@ Marcos C .....
Yessir. WAWZ and WBNX had very similar pattenrs, however.
At night, anyway. Both stations (each with their own xmtr site) wanted as much of the 5 NYC Boroughs as their coverage allowed.
WAWZ ran a lot of low audio, which made for better DX by us near JFK Airport. WBNX seemed to send their loud audio right down our street in Queens.
WAWZ's huge 99.1 *FM* now makes the NYC ratings on a steady basis.
Some other tidbits you're no doubt aware of ; others here might not be :
WAMS in Wilmington Delaware, 115 miles away from Columbus Circle, was required to adjust their own basically South signal a few times each day to accomodate / protect the two different xmtr locations and leap-frogging signals of the time-share 1380 NYC stations .....
Reportedly, the COL of Zarephath NJ didn't exist when the station was licensed, and that the FCC / FRC somehow overlooked the fact, or issued some form of religious dispensation. Word has it that the station site was a church in a cemetery at the time, and the resulting COL had a population of 69 as of 2020 .....
The two share-time NYC stations were directional in such a similar fashion that CT Listener's local WNVR/WOWW on 1380 was able to broadcast, and with its own nighttime signal as well.
Yessir. WAWZ and WBNX had very similar pattenrs, however.
At night, anyway. Both stations (each with their own xmtr site) wanted as much of the 5 NYC Boroughs as their coverage allowed.
WAWZ ran a lot of low audio, which made for better DX by us near JFK Airport. WBNX seemed to send their loud audio right down our street in Queens.
WAWZ's huge 99.1 *FM* now makes the NYC ratings on a steady basis.
Some other tidbits you're no doubt aware of ; others here might not be :
WAMS in Wilmington Delaware, 115 miles away from Columbus Circle, was required to adjust their own basically South signal a few times each day to accomodate / protect the two different xmtr locations and leap-frogging signals of the time-share 1380 NYC stations .....
Reportedly, the COL of Zarephath NJ didn't exist when the station was licensed, and that the FCC / FRC somehow overlooked the fact, or issued some form of religious dispensation. Word has it that the station site was a church in a cemetery at the time, and the resulting COL had a population of 69 as of 2020 .....
The two share-time NYC stations were directional in such a similar fashion that CT Listener's local WNVR/WOWW on 1380 was able to broadcast, and with its own nighttime signal as well.
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