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AM 1110 Off The Air?

4dude said:
Wow from reading alot of your replies guys it seems like alot of you have WORSE time trying to hear them in 107.9 then you did on 1.10!! (1110)
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There's a common thread to anyone saying they have a harder time with 107.9 than 1110. They're not inside the rated Charlotte market - and listeners outside the rated market contribute nothing at all to the bottom line, which is the only thing Radio One (or any commercial broadcaster) cares about.
 
fybush said:
There's a common thread to anyone saying they have a harder time with 107.9 than 1110. They're not inside the rated Charlotte market - and listeners outside the rated market contribute nothing at all to the bottom line, which is the only thing Radio One (or any commercial broadcaster) cares about.
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Thank you.

I can’t imagine that being even possible though, I’m in Laurens County, SC where 107.9 booms in, in HD in many cases. 1110’s noise floor is so awful you have to turn the radio all the way up to understand it on a good day.

I imagine a lot of this “signal” talk may be potential bias toward 1110 vs. 107.9.
 
101tm said:
Yep, and they’re still licensed to Dallas. WTBI AM did come on first in the early 1980s I believe. 91.7 FM signed on in 1991.

WTBI was a bit ahead of their time. My dad had some relatives that went to their church and I remember my parents trying to connect to their share-a-thon programming online in 1997 or 1998 over 56kbps dial up. The connection and quality were awful, but they were ahead of many stations with streaming!
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Roger on all that. WTBI and WSOF were both ahead of their time, re: streaming. Light & Truth Radio Network WTBI Side-note, the former long-time Pastor of Island Ford Baptist Church, the late Dr. Gary L. Hall, was a former Tabernacle graduate.
 
101tm said:
Thank you.

I can’t imagine that being even possible though, I’m in Laurens County, SC where 107.9 booms in, in HD in many cases. 1110’s noise floor is so awful you have to turn the radio all the way up to understand it on a good day.

I imagine a lot of this “signal” talk may be potential bias toward 1110 vs. 107.9.
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In Greenville County WBT-107.9 from Charlotte is subject to interference. Ironically often from another Radio One station Hot 107.9 in Atlanta, and perhaps some local LPFMs. The WBT signal is indeed there, and the HD will lock on at various select locations. But it is inconsistent due to the interference. Once you get into Laurens County or Spartanburg County, it is much stronger. And driving down I-26 toward Columbia, WBT-107.9 will last almost to the Harbison Rd. exit, then you have interference from a low power religious station. Although I have had the HD lock on in the parking lot at the Columbiana Mall. Which by the way, the Belk in that mall has a very large stand alone men's store. And the Rush's burger joint is right next to the mall. Which is usually why I stop there.

But in all these fringe areas, 1110 presents a decent signal where 107.9 can be subject to interference. Which I know is not a business concern for Radio One, but fringe listeners can nevertheless benefit from the 1110 signal. I get a very decent signal from 1110 in Greenville County on my car radio, normally minimal static. But I guess that can vary by vehicle.
 
And I will also observe that signals from 95.1, 96.1, and 101.9 often tend to be better in Greenville County than 107.9. And they all transmit from a similar location. 95.1 is really good, and the HD locks on very well. But I suppose this is due to engineering issues or variations in interference in fringe areas.
 
101tm said:
Thank you.

I can’t imagine that being even possible though, I’m in Laurens County, SC where 107.9 booms in, in HD in many cases. 1110’s noise floor is so awful you have to turn the radio all the way up to understand it on a good day.

I imagine a lot of this “signal” talk may be potential bias toward 1110 vs. 107.9.
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There are times when summer/fall skip happens and 107.9 gets wiped out by another station on the coast. This happens in East Charlotte - Monroe. Admittedly only for around a week, mostly mornings.

I'm to the point I really don't care anymore since 95% of my listening is to satellite channels whos worst enemies are sometimes trees on the south side of the road.

I did here a little bit of Vince Coakley today and he wasn't exactly pro Trump. I was surprised.

As of this date AM 730 is still on with a dead carrier!
 
Mike Sheridan said:
There are times when summer/fall skip happens and 107.9 gets wiped out by another station on the coast. This happens in East Charlotte - Monroe. Admittedly only for around a week, mostly mornings.

I'm to the point I really don't care anymore since 95% of my listening is to satellite channels whos worst enemies are sometimes trees on the south side of the road.

I did here a little bit of Vince Coakley today and he wasn't exactly pro Trump. I was surprised.

As of this date AM 730 is still on with a dead carrier!
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"Did here???"
 
The Maestro said:
"Did here???"
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We really have to be tolerant of auto-correct as so many of us use it for the composition of messages and email and the like.
 
RF101 said:
Video Story on WBT land sale. Inside views , etc. Entire story is 17 min 17 sec.

"WBT, the Carolinas' first commercial radio station, faces a land sale and potential demolishing. Charlotte locals are fighting for preservation."


Author: wcnc.com
Published: 4:26 PM EDT July 8, 2026
Updated: 4:26 PM EDT July 8, 2026
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Sure would be nice if they'd come clean about that "new format" business.

Or was that ever promised at any "official" level?
 
KilowattKat said:
Is there a goal for the number of signatures needed?
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No. Real life doesn't work like Cub Scouts, where you sell a certain amount of popcorn and get a reward. This petition, like most change.org petitions, is unlikely to be acknowledged by anyone who can make change, no matter how many signatories it has.

IM42A said:
Or was that ever promised at any "official" level?
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RadioInsight quoted this, attributed to program director Mike Schaefer:

"In regards to WBT AM 1110, we will continue as a company Radio One and Urban One will continue to proudly own and operate AM 1110 WBT. There’s no question about that and please stay tuned for announcements coming on what that programming will be."

radioinsight.com

1110 WBT Moves To Redirect Loop

After one month of simulcasting, Radio One News/Talk 107.9 WBT-FM Charlotte is no longer being heard on 1110 WBT. 1110
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As far as I can tell, that is the only thing any employee of Urban One has said publicly about WBT programming. Technically they are still operating WBT.
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
No. Real life doesn't work like Cub Scouts, where you sell a certain amount of popcorn and get a reward. This petition, like most change.org petitions, is unlikely to be acknowledged by anyone who can make change, no matter how many signatories it has.


RadioInsight quoted this, attributed to program director Mike Schaefer:

"In regards to WBT AM 1110, we will continue as a company Radio One and Urban One will continue to proudly own and operate AM 1110 WBT. There’s no question about that and please stay tuned for announcements coming on what that programming will be."

radioinsight.com

1110 WBT Moves To Redirect Loop

After one month of simulcasting, Radio One News/Talk 107.9 WBT-FM Charlotte is no longer being heard on 1110 WBT. 1110
radioinsight.com radioinsight.com

As far as I can tell, that is the only thing any employee of Urban One has said publicly about WBT programming. Technically they are still operating WBT.
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Dumb question, maybe, does a station with a 50 kw clear-channel license have to run at that power, or could they just run at a lower power, requiring (assuming here again) a less-elaborated transmitting setup?

I'm thinking something along the lines of WVOC 560 down here in Columbia, which runs 5000 watts and gets fairly decent coverage at least 50 miles out. At a lower power, WBT would have less need to protect other stations on 1110 at night.
 
IM42A said:
Dumb question, maybe, does a station with a 50 kw clear-channel license have to run at that power.
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Yes, they must maintain licensed power and minimum hours of service. But they can apply to reduce the class of their license, which is routinely granted.

WBT could probably diplex somewhere with 50 kW days and 500 W nights. Maybe 1 kW nights. All non-directional. Hard to say precisely without the fancy software.
 
fybush said:
There's a common thread to anyone saying they have a harder time with 107.9 than 1110. They're not inside the rated Charlotte market - and listeners outside the rated market contribute nothing at all to the bottom line, which is the only thing Radio One (or any commercial broadcaster) cares about.
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I think that may be overstated. Do radio station owners primarily care about the market their stations are operating in? Sure.

But many of their advertisers have locations beyond the counties that make up the Charlotte metro. I think the banks, supermarkets, restaurant chains, tourist attractions and other advertisers like having WBT selling their product or services to folks in communities that tune in beyond the borders of the metro area designated by Nielsen.

BTW, I was going across the George Washington Bridge last night and hit the scan button on my car radio. There was 1110 WBT with its soft instrumental music, coming in on my car's radio, 1,000 miles to the northeast. Maybe Urban One should learn from Audacy. That company has kept nearly all the AM news and news-talk stations it owns on the air, continuing to simulcast the FM stations that are now the primary destinations for listeners. WFAN, WINS, WBBM, WSCR, KCBS. There must be more than 20 powerful AM stations that Audacy is still simulcasting even after giving them an FM simulcast.
 


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