97.1 on air in Pensacola today

[Poledo]

Exactly. It appears 97.1 Pensacola is a translator for class A WTKE-FM 100.3 in Fort Walton. I know that Hale owns 97.1 and he's got an LMA for 100.3 so I suppose it's technically legal for him to feed his translator with his programming that originates from a station he doesn't own... but if that's the setup, I've never heard of a 250 watt translator at 400 feet simulcasting an out of market station. The tall 250 watters all simulcast HD2 or HD3 or AM channels. That isn't happening here and the translator has been on and off the air for around 6 weeks now.

Someone will pop up soon enough that knows or sees what is really going on here.

 

[Groove1670]

Three options for any translator

#1 The translator has to be in the 60db signal of the primary station

#2 The HD on the primary signal has to be in the 60 db signal of the translator.

#3 It must relay the primary AM signal of the originating AM signal within the daytime signal pattern (someone can give the exact m/v pattern, I don't remember).

Once again, it must relay the off the air signal. No STL, ISDN, or webcast signal.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Three options for any translator

#1 The translator has to be in the 60db signal of the primary station

#2 The HD on the primary signal has to be in the 60 db signal of the translator.

#3 It must relay the primary AM signal of the originating AM signal within the daytime signal pattern.

Once again, it must relay the off the air signal. No STL, ISDN, or webcast signal.

If it's a translator for the AM, it does NOT have to pick up the feed via the AM signal.

 

[Poledo]

But a regular, old fashion, translator can relay a commercial, out of market, station but can't be owned by the originating station. Picking up the OTA signal from 100.3 with a yagi antenna shouldn't be a problem, it's only about 40 miles away.

Only problem is that I don't think there is any way for 97.1 to run 250 watts at 400 feet running as a regular old fashion translator.


CCENG, any idea what's up in Pensacola?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

But a regular, old fashion, translator can relay a commercial, out of market, station but can't be owned by the originating station. Picking up the OTA signal from 100.3 with a yagi antenna shouldn't be a problem, it's only about 40 miles away.

Only problem is that I don't think there is any way for 97.1 to run 250 watts at 400 feet running as a regular old fashion translator.


CCENG, any idea what's up in Pensacola?

if 250W at 40 0feet cna fit, technically.. why not?

 

[Groove1670]

Correct. A translator not owned by the originating signal can pick up a signal out of the 60db range.

 

[tomservo]

Correct. A translator not owned by the originating signal can pick up a signal out of the 60db range.

This must be what's happening. If Hale owns both the translator and WTKE it would be against the rules, but if he's LMA'ing The Ticket that must change things somehow. Still seems hinky. Why carry something practically everyone else can already hear at 100.3 instead of breathing new life into WPNN?

 

[Groove1670]

Probably relaying an HD-2 channel, not an AM. It's being done all over, but ordinarily the content is something other than that of the FM main channel.

If it is not from an AM, it could be from a HD signal.

It looks the like the primary station & translator have different owners. If they can get a signal over from from Niceville or Port Saint Joe, question answered.

With a good translator tuner and elevated professional receive antenna (cut to receive frequency), signals have been received from 80 miles away.