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> How does it sound? Is it jockless?
>
Is it even called "The Sound"? I know thats what 100000watts.com reported, but their website just says "Classic Hits 98.7." www.wnlc.com
I am hearing them right now, but they're broadcasting a WNBA game. That probably hurt them with this new format.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by jlehmann on 08/26/05 11:41 PM.</FONT></P>
>
Is it even called "The Sound"? I know thats what 100000watts.com reported, but their website just says "Classic Hits 98.7." www.wnlc.com
I am hearing them right now, but they're broadcasting a WNBA game. That probably hurt them with this new format.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by jlehmann on 08/26/05 11:41 PM.</FONT></P>
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Radio1968
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From All Access (8/26):
HALL COMMUNICATIONS Standards WNLC/NEW LONDON, CT has flipped to Classic Hits as "98-7 THE SOUND." Under the watchful eye of HALL COMMUNICATIONS VP/Programming JIM REED, market GM ANDY RUSSELL, and BOSTON-based consultant CLARK SMIDT, THE SOUND was designed and implemented to be complemented by crosshall sister Oldies WKNL (KOOL 101). The Standards format has moved across the hall to WICH-A, which was previously an AC outlet.
> > How does it sound? Is it jockless?
> >
>
> Is it even called "The Sound"? I know thats what
> 100000watts.com reported, but their website just says
> "Classic Hits 98.7." www.wnlc.com
>
> I am hearing them right now, but they're broadcasting a WNBA
> game. That probably hurt them with this new format.
>
HALL COMMUNICATIONS Standards WNLC/NEW LONDON, CT has flipped to Classic Hits as "98-7 THE SOUND." Under the watchful eye of HALL COMMUNICATIONS VP/Programming JIM REED, market GM ANDY RUSSELL, and BOSTON-based consultant CLARK SMIDT, THE SOUND was designed and implemented to be complemented by crosshall sister Oldies WKNL (KOOL 101). The Standards format has moved across the hall to WICH-A, which was previously an AC outlet.
> > How does it sound? Is it jockless?
> >
>
> Is it even called "The Sound"? I know thats what
> 100000watts.com reported, but their website just says
> "Classic Hits 98.7." www.wnlc.com
>
> I am hearing them right now, but they're broadcasting a WNBA
> game. That probably hurt them with this new format.
>
> From All Access (8/26):
>
> HALL COMMUNICATIONS Standards WNLC/NEW LONDON, CT has
> flipped to Classic Hits as "98-7 THE SOUND." Under the
> watchful eye of HALL COMMUNICATIONS VP/Programming JIM REED,
> market GM ANDY RUSSELL, and BOSTON-based consultant CLARK
> SMIDT, THE SOUND was designed and implemented to be
> complemented by crosshall sister Oldies WKNL (KOOL 101). The
> Standards format has moved across the hall to WICH-A, which
> was previously an AC outlet.
Well I think All Access got it wrong. I just heard a liner after the WNBA game that said something like "...home for classic hits, 98.7 WNLC." They're quite weak tonight, so I'll have to listen more.
>
> HALL COMMUNICATIONS Standards WNLC/NEW LONDON, CT has
> flipped to Classic Hits as "98-7 THE SOUND." Under the
> watchful eye of HALL COMMUNICATIONS VP/Programming JIM REED,
> market GM ANDY RUSSELL, and BOSTON-based consultant CLARK
> SMIDT, THE SOUND was designed and implemented to be
> complemented by crosshall sister Oldies WKNL (KOOL 101). The
> Standards format has moved across the hall to WICH-A, which
> was previously an AC outlet.
Well I think All Access got it wrong. I just heard a liner after the WNBA game that said something like "...home for classic hits, 98.7 WNLC." They're quite weak tonight, so I'll have to listen more.
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CTM
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> > From All Access (8/26):
> I'll have to listen more.
I did, just after 1:30...
Peter Frampton, "I Want You..."
Steve Miller, "Abracadabra"...
Then..."The New Home of Classic Hits, the new 98.7 WNLC"
"All new classic hits..."
Then into Bruce Springsteen.
Nothing even remotely sounding like "The Sound" heard.
> I'll have to listen more.
I did, just after 1:30...
Peter Frampton, "I Want You..."
Steve Miller, "Abracadabra"...
Then..."The New Home of Classic Hits, the new 98.7 WNLC"
"All new classic hits..."
Then into Bruce Springsteen.
Nothing even remotely sounding like "The Sound" heard.
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wxctintern
Guest
Their website also shows WNLC Classic Hits 98.7
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jack
Guest
> Their website also shows WNLC Classic Hits 98.7
Oh, and they play Eric ClapTOON! Cool.
Oh, and they play Eric ClapTOON! Cool.
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edbealtherapking
Guest
> > Their website also shows WNLC Classic Hits 98.7
>
> Oh, and they play Eric ClapTOON! Cool.
>
OK now this is the station that is blocking 98.7 Kiss FM New York .<P ID="signature">______________
Jack Format is bad for radio .</P>
>
> Oh, and they play Eric ClapTOON! Cool.
>
OK now this is the station that is blocking 98.7 Kiss FM New York .<P ID="signature">______________
Jack Format is bad for radio .</P>
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RadioJay
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98.7 Kiss FM
Great station! I wish they would stream online. 107.5 WBLS does but it's not as good as Kiss FM. If the New London 98.7 wasn't there Kiss would get some pretty good coverage in southern Connecticut, especially along Route 95 and the shoreline. <P ID="signature">______________
Moe: (Sees a microphone in a radio studio) Ooh, a microphonie!
Curly: Or a phoney at the mike!
Moe: Quiet numbskulls I'm broadcastin'!
From The Three Stooges episode "Micro-Phoneys"</P>
Great station! I wish they would stream online. 107.5 WBLS does but it's not as good as Kiss FM. If the New London 98.7 wasn't there Kiss would get some pretty good coverage in southern Connecticut, especially along Route 95 and the shoreline. <P ID="signature">______________
Moe: (Sees a microphone in a radio studio) Ooh, a microphonie!
Curly: Or a phoney at the mike!
Moe: Quiet numbskulls I'm broadcastin'!
From The Three Stooges episode "Micro-Phoneys"</P>
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FMRadio1
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Re: 98.7 Kiss FM
No way. Even before 98.7 popped up in SE CT in the early 90's, WRKS/NY did not come in on a regular basis. It would die out around Hamonassett Beach most of the year and would get out as far as Old Saybrook if conditions were favorable in the summertime. If WNLC was to go away tomorrow, most of the CT shoreline would be bombarded with first adjacent WBON/Westhampton, NY on 98.5.
--Mike Thomas
> Great station! I wish they would stream online. 107.5 WBLS
> does but it's not as good as Kiss FM. If the New London
> 98.7 wasn't there Kiss would get some pretty good coverage
> in southern Connecticut, especially along Route 95 and the
> shoreline.
>
No way. Even before 98.7 popped up in SE CT in the early 90's, WRKS/NY did not come in on a regular basis. It would die out around Hamonassett Beach most of the year and would get out as far as Old Saybrook if conditions were favorable in the summertime. If WNLC was to go away tomorrow, most of the CT shoreline would be bombarded with first adjacent WBON/Westhampton, NY on 98.5.
--Mike Thomas
> Great station! I wish they would stream online. 107.5 WBLS
> does but it's not as good as Kiss FM. If the New London
> 98.7 wasn't there Kiss would get some pretty good coverage
> in southern Connecticut, especially along Route 95 and the
> shoreline.
>
Re: 98.7 Kiss FM
> No way. Even before 98.7 popped up in SE CT in the early
> 90's, WRKS/NY did not come in on a regular basis. It would
> die out around Hamonassett Beach most of the year and would
> get out as far as Old Saybrook if conditions were favorable
> in the summertime. If WNLC was to go away tomorrow, most of
> the CT shoreline would be bombarded with first adjacent
> WBON/Westhampton, NY on 98.5.
>
> --Mike Thomas
I don't know what kind of equipment you used, but I was able to pull in 98.7 Kiss without a problem in downtown New Britain back before WNLC went on the air, and just about any time I'd go to the shore, I'd hear someone with a boom box on either Kiss, BLS, or Hot 97.
I've always considered WNLC and WZBG just a bit too short spaced to other stations either on channel (98.7) or adjacent channel (97.3 -> 97.1 & 97.5)
> No way. Even before 98.7 popped up in SE CT in the early
> 90's, WRKS/NY did not come in on a regular basis. It would
> die out around Hamonassett Beach most of the year and would
> get out as far as Old Saybrook if conditions were favorable
> in the summertime. If WNLC was to go away tomorrow, most of
> the CT shoreline would be bombarded with first adjacent
> WBON/Westhampton, NY on 98.5.
>
> --Mike Thomas
I don't know what kind of equipment you used, but I was able to pull in 98.7 Kiss without a problem in downtown New Britain back before WNLC went on the air, and just about any time I'd go to the shore, I'd hear someone with a boom box on either Kiss, BLS, or Hot 97.
I've always considered WNLC and WZBG just a bit too short spaced to other stations either on channel (98.7) or adjacent channel (97.3 -> 97.1 & 97.5)
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TXengineer
Guest
Re: 98.7 Kiss FM
> I've always considered WNLC and WZBG just a bit too short
> spaced to other stations either on channel (98.7) or
> adjacent channel (97.3 -> 97.1 & 97.5)
I just crunched the numbers for you.
Spacing between WNLC and WRKS is 176kM. WNLC is a "73.215 Protected Countour" status station. Under the 73.215 spacing, WNLC is required to be 143kM away from the WRKS transmitter. (In other words, they are clear by 33kM)
Spacing between WZBG and WQHT is 136kM. WZBG being a 2nd adjacent class A is required to be spaced a minimum of 113kM away. WZBG is clear by 23kM.
So they are both clear...
> I've always considered WNLC and WZBG just a bit too short
> spaced to other stations either on channel (98.7) or
> adjacent channel (97.3 -> 97.1 & 97.5)
I just crunched the numbers for you.
Spacing between WNLC and WRKS is 176kM. WNLC is a "73.215 Protected Countour" status station. Under the 73.215 spacing, WNLC is required to be 143kM away from the WRKS transmitter. (In other words, they are clear by 33kM)
Spacing between WZBG and WQHT is 136kM. WZBG being a 2nd adjacent class A is required to be spaced a minimum of 113kM away. WZBG is clear by 23kM.
So they are both clear...
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Joseph_Gallant
Guest
New York FM Reception Along The Connecticut Coast (Was: Re: 98.7 Kiss FM)
A few years ago, driving back from New York, I had WKTU-103.5 on the car radio as far up I-95 as the New London area.
I was a little surprised; I thought that once you got to the New London area, the only New York radio stations you could get on a car radio were the more powerful AM signals (i.e. WFAN-660, WOR-710, WABC-770, WCBS-880; and to a lesser extent, WMCA-570, WINS-1050, WEPN-1050, WBBR-1130, and WQEW-1560)
A few years ago, driving back from New York, I had WKTU-103.5 on the car radio as far up I-95 as the New London area.
I was a little surprised; I thought that once you got to the New London area, the only New York radio stations you could get on a car radio were the more powerful AM signals (i.e. WFAN-660, WOR-710, WABC-770, WCBS-880; and to a lesser extent, WMCA-570, WINS-1050, WEPN-1050, WBBR-1130, and WQEW-1560)
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CTRadio
Guest
Re: New York FM Reception Along The Connecticut Coast (Was: Re: 98.7 Kiss FM)
Must've been some tropo. NYC FM does come in at times during the summer, but it's not a regular presence. WEEI-103.7 would clobber KTU from New London east. Along the immediate shore on AM, WNYC-820 is fairly strong and WLIB-1190 comes in until WCNX-1180 in RI splatters onto it. WPAT-930, WADO-1280 and a few others are shoreline catches.
> A few years ago, driving back from New York, I had
> WKTU-103.5 on the car radio as far up I-95 as the New London
> area.
>
> I was a little surprised; I thought that once you got to the
> New London area, the only New York radio stations you could
> get on a car radio were the more powerful AM signals (i.e.
> WFAN-660, WOR-710, WABC-770, WCBS-880; and to a lesser
> extent, WMCA-570, WINS-1050, WEPN-1050, WBBR-1130, and
> WQEW-1560)
>
Must've been some tropo. NYC FM does come in at times during the summer, but it's not a regular presence. WEEI-103.7 would clobber KTU from New London east. Along the immediate shore on AM, WNYC-820 is fairly strong and WLIB-1190 comes in until WCNX-1180 in RI splatters onto it. WPAT-930, WADO-1280 and a few others are shoreline catches.
> A few years ago, driving back from New York, I had
> WKTU-103.5 on the car radio as far up I-95 as the New London
> area.
>
> I was a little surprised; I thought that once you got to the
> New London area, the only New York radio stations you could
> get on a car radio were the more powerful AM signals (i.e.
> WFAN-660, WOR-710, WABC-770, WCBS-880; and to a lesser
> extent, WMCA-570, WINS-1050, WEPN-1050, WBBR-1130, and
> WQEW-1560)
>
> > > From All Access (8/26):
> > I'll have to listen more.
>
> I did, just after 1:30...
>
> Peter Frampton, "I Want You..."
You mean "Show Me The Way"?
> > I'll have to listen more.
>
> I did, just after 1:30...
>
> Peter Frampton, "I Want You..."
You mean "Show Me The Way"?
Re: 98.7 Kiss FM
> > I've always considered WNLC and WZBG just a bit too short
> > spaced to other stations either on channel (98.7) or
> > adjacent channel (97.3 -> 97.1 & 97.5)
>
> I just crunched the numbers for you.
>
> Spacing between WNLC and WRKS is 176kM. WNLC is a "73.215
> Protected Countour" status station. Under the 73.215
> spacing, WNLC is required to be 143kM away from the WRKS
> transmitter. (In other words, they are clear by 33kM)
>
> Spacing between WZBG and WQHT is 136kM. WZBG being a 2nd
> adjacent class A is required to be spaced a minimum of 113kM
> away. WZBG is clear by 23kM.
>
> So they are both clear...
>
Yeah, I kinda knew that but didn't want to believe it, I have nothing against either station, it's just that as soon as each signed on reception of the other either was lost or made difficult.
> > I've always considered WNLC and WZBG just a bit too short
> > spaced to other stations either on channel (98.7) or
> > adjacent channel (97.3 -> 97.1 & 97.5)
>
> I just crunched the numbers for you.
>
> Spacing between WNLC and WRKS is 176kM. WNLC is a "73.215
> Protected Countour" status station. Under the 73.215
> spacing, WNLC is required to be 143kM away from the WRKS
> transmitter. (In other words, they are clear by 33kM)
>
> Spacing between WZBG and WQHT is 136kM. WZBG being a 2nd
> adjacent class A is required to be spaced a minimum of 113kM
> away. WZBG is clear by 23kM.
>
> So they are both clear...
>
Yeah, I kinda knew that but didn't want to believe it, I have nothing against either station, it's just that as soon as each signed on reception of the other either was lost or made difficult.
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