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havasalad

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WIWA-AM 1160 has returned to the air, and it's not so good.
They have been carrying, via satellite, Alex Jones and his far-right "Infowars" programming. They're on 24/7; no legal ID's.
 
Maybe the owners are just doing one of those turn on the transmitter for a few days and run something just to keep the license current. Hopefully it will go away. Alex Jones is the biggest idiot to ever crack a microphone.
 
I think the bank/lender owns it. It will sell for about $10 more than the land value when the smoke clears.
 
They have a mainly north-south directional signal - not much going east and west. You were right in the sweetspot in SW Volusia County. I love the part about "as long as I could stand the programming"
 
ok walters said:
They have a mainly north-south directional signal - not much going east and west. You were right in the sweetspot in SW Volusia County. I love the part about "as long as I could stand the programming"
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I would hardly call SW Volusia a "sweet spot" in any sense... but that's a different discussion ::)

I can't see the upgrade for this station ever being completed. I'm involved with a very similar AM facility, and it's very cost prohibitive.
 
It is a directional sweet spot, not necessarily a broadcasting sweet spot.

Most AM upgrades are cost prohibitive at this point in the AM game.
 
In 1996, I was working for WOTS/Kissimmee. Since we only had 1kW days and flea-power at night (I could hear Mexico City and Cleveland in my headphones), we were looking for upgrade options. 1160 had been "found" in a search for open frequencies, but not yet allocated. We decided against pursuing it because the costs of construction & operation would likely exceed potential revenue. We also decided against increasing power on 1220 with a multi-tower directional array for the same reason.

This was 17 years ago. If it wasn't financially viable then, it sure isn't now.
 
MN Maniac said:
In 1996, I was working for WOTS/Kissimmee. Since we only had 1kW days and flea-power at night (I could hear Mexico City and Cleveland in my headphones), we were looking for upgrade options. 1160 had been "found" in a search for open frequencies, but not yet allocated. We decided against pursuing it because the costs of construction & operation would likely exceed potential revenue. We also decided against increasing power on 1220 with a multi-tower directional array for the same reason.

This was 17 years ago. If it wasn't financially viable then, it sure isn't now.
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While you were with WOTS, I'm curious what was the maximum potential power upgrade discovered for 1220?
 
jmtillery said:
While you were with WOTS, I'm curious what was the maximum potential power upgrade discovered for 1220?
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If I remember correctly, it was 10kW daytime. But this required 5 towers and a new TX site located WSW of the current site. Main lobe would have been NE. Basically, right up I-4 into downtown Orlando and then on to SE Volusia Co. Deep null towards 1220/Sarasota and 1230/Lakeland. Nights would have remained at 1kW, due to 1220 being a Mexican clear. The nighttime SW null towards Mexico City would have allowed an upgrade from 110 watts ND.
 
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