98.5 WBON Adds Atlantic City AM Simulcast

[GSP163]

1490 WTAA Pleasantville/Atlantic City has flipped from a Regional Mexican format "La Gran D" to a simulcast of 98.5 WBON Westhampton "La Fiesta"....I was surprised to see an Atlantic City station simulcasting a Long Island FM but it might make some sense....Doesn't 1490's signal reach the Southern Shore of Long Island?....I know Long Island stations like WALK-AM make it to the Southern Jersey Coast quite clearly.

 

[nd2023]

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTAA&service=AM&status=L&hours=D

It should have a good signal across Long Island, but only in the daytime. That was a pretty smart move by TMO. Now they can serve 2 different markets and have coverage all over Long Island. ESPN should simulcast 1450 AM on 107.1, as 1450 from Atlantic City is the strongest ESPN affiliate in Long Island.

 

[cspence]

Not at all. WGHC in Greenwich hits the south shore in the daytime.

 

[nd2023]

WGHC is an inland station in Georgia, no way it makes it up the coast!
Yes, 1490 in Atlantic City does reach the southern shore and inland. ESPN 1450 from AC covers all of Suffolk County in the day.

 

[pjc1961]

WGHC is an inland station in Georgia, no way it makes it up the coast!
Yes, 1490 in Atlantic City does reach the southern shore and inland. ESPN 1450 from AC covers all of Suffolk County in the day.

I think the original poster cspence was referring to the station in Greenwich, Connecticut at 1490 AM: WGCH.