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96.9 WBZJ.

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A 94Z Fan

I've Heard Don Curtis Has A Bought A Translator 103.7 W279BW Out Roxboro And Moving It To Durham. So The Biggest Question Is Well He Simiualcast 96.9 and 103.7 Or 101.1???
 
I would have to guess 96.9 since they have weak Durham Coverage and a lot of that demo lives there. 101.1 covers Raleigh to Greensboro. A translator for 101.1 would be overkill. What I have wondered is why Curtis uses the 98.7 Translator in Northern Wake Forest to rebroadcast Radio 96.1. That should be used to rebroadcast Pulse to give them coverage up towards Franklinton and Henderson.
 
A translator cannot extend the coverage area of a commercial station, only fill in holes of what's already there. If they want to simulcast 96.9 on a translator in Durham it means 96.9 will have to simulcast either on a Durham AM or HD2. The 96.9 "translator" will really be simulcasting one of those two.
 
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w00t said:
A translator cannot extend the coverage area of a commercial station, only fill in holes of what's already there. If they want to simulcast 96.9 on a translator in Durham it means 96.9 will have to simulcast either on a Durham AM or HD2. The 96.9 "translator" will really be simulcasting one of those two.
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Don Curtis Dosen't Own Any AMs In Durham. An Extend Coverage For 96.9 Would Be 101.1??? Just My 2 Cents! :-*
 
Good Question. PTF Always Had A Bad Signal Into Durham, Chapel Hill At Night. I can Only Get 680 AM Past RTP Along Interstate 40 Before The Signal Fades Out!
 
WPTF is at least listenable in much of central Durham at night. WPTF's sister talk outlet WPTK "Talk Radio 850 WPTF" has much worse nighttime coverage in Durham and is basically unreceivable in Chapel Hill (heard that's been the case since the "Channel 85" Top 40 days of the 60s and 70s when UNC students who had FM equipment would listen to the 96.1 simulcast). Around the Bethesda/Brier Creek area of southeast Durham/northwestern Raleigh, we get a strong night signal, but horrible phase distortion from that tight night pattern.
 
A 94Z Fan said:
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w00t said:
A translator cannot extend the coverage area of a commercial station, only fill in holes of what's already there. If they want to simulcast 96.9 on a translator in Durham it means 96.9 will have to simulcast either on a Durham AM or HD2. The 96.9 "translator" will really be simulcasting one of those two.
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Don Curtis Dosen't Own Any AMs In Durham. An Extend Coverage For 96.9 Would Be 101.1??? Just My 2 Cents! :-*
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Here's an idea: WDUR!
 
Wonder If He Has He's Looking into Buy WDUR?
 
If he does, it will either have to go under an LMA, a separate holdings corp. (McClatchey?) or he will have to either divest one of the below FMs or swap one of the AMs, as the CMG Raleigh cluster is at its 8-station (5 max per one band) limit.

FM: WQDR (94.7), WBBB (96.1), WWPL/WPLW (102.3/102.5), WBZJ (96.9), WYMY (101.1)
AM: WPTF (680), WFNL (570), WPTK (850)
 
Translators don't, but what's feeding that translator might. None of the CMG stations are currently airing an HD Radio signal, so it will either be filling in one of the FMs or translating an AM to FM. The 103.7 CP currently lists WYMY 101.1, but their signal is fine in Durham.
 
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