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Any name yet for WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL trimulcast?

LouPickney

LouPickney

Just curious if the WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL trimulcast, which was briefly branded as Bob FM before going nameless, has been given a new name yet. I'm going through my list of stations on VarietyHits.com and I realized that I still had it listed as an "unnamed trimulcast". Are they just running song after song, or are there any positing statements or names used (outside of the legal ID)?<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
 
> Just curious if the WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL trimulcast, which was
> briefly branded as Bob FM before going nameless, has been
> given a new name yet. I'm going through my list of stations
> on VarietyHits.com and I realized that I still had it listed
> as an "unnamed trimulcast". Are they just running song
> after song, or are there any positing statements or names
> used (outside of the legal ID)?
>

All the liners just say "97.7 and 99.5" on them except for the legal ID with the calls.
 
Why does everyone even care about WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL anyway? Do these 3 stations even matter in the Cincinnati Market? Someone with lots more radio experience please fill me in, I am very curious.....Please educate me as this baffles me.


> Just curious if the WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL trimulcast, which was
> briefly branded as Bob FM before going nameless, has been
> given a new name yet. I'm going through my list of stations
> on VarietyHits.com and I realized that I still had it listed
> as an "unnamed trimulcast". Are they just running song
> after song, or are there any positing statements or names
> used (outside of the legal ID)?
>
 
They're amazed because you never see three stations that had seperate formats, change to a brand new format and trimulcast. What gets me is that WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL only had the Bob FM name for less than 24 hours and people still refer to the stations as Bob FM. You can't even compare this mix up to when 96.5 made their HUGE error with "The Eagle"!!

> Why does everyone even care about WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL anyway? Do
> these 3 stations even matter in the Cincinnati Market?
> Someone with lots more radio experience please fill me in, I
> am very curious.....Please educate me as this baffles me.
>
>
> > Just curious if the WOXY/WAXZ/WAOL trimulcast, which was
> > briefly branded as Bob FM before going nameless, has been
> > given a new name yet. I'm going through my list of
> stations
> > on VarietyHits.com and I realized that I still had it
> listed
> > as an "unnamed trimulcast". Are they just running song
> > after song, or are there any positing statements or names
> > used (outside of the legal ID)?
> >
>
 
I can't even listen to them. Their audio is an obvious digital stream at a low bitrate. Sounds tinny and awful. They should kick up their stream to 128kb instead of the 64 they are running. It's pathetic!<P ID="signature">______________
Bill Spry
The ChoiceFM Radio Network
</P>
 
> I can't even listen to them. Their audio is an obvious
> digital stream at a low bitrate. Sounds tinny and awful.
> They should kick up their stream to 128kb instead of the 64
> they are running. It's pathetic!
>

The WOXY audio has sounded like a low bit rate Windows Media stream ever since First took over and started running it from an (illegal) main studio site at the WAXZ building in Georgetown. I'm not sure if they are using some sort of IP based connection or maybe a POTS codec. I know it would cut out and drop off the air just like streaming audio would when "rebuffering".
 
>...and started running it from an (illegal) main studio site at the WAXZ building in Georgetown.

That's just funny for all the wrong reasons.
 
What do you mean illegal? How do you know they are not legit?

> >...and started running it from an (illegal) main studio
> site at the WAXZ building in Georgetown.
>
> That's just funny for all the wrong reasons.
>
 
Well, the original WOXY building in Oxford was demolished and X97.7 was originating from Georgetown.

Sec. 73.1125 says the "main studio" has to be either in the city of license, inside the 70 dBu (for commercial) or 60 dBu (for noncommercial) of any station licensed to that city, or within principal community coverage of any TV station licensed there, or within 25 miles of the reference coordinates of the city of license.

I don't know if they have some other location that fits the above (in Oxford, inside the 70dBu of WOXY, 60 dBu of WMUB, or 80 dBu of WPTO-TV), or within 25 miles of Oxford) or have a main studio waiver...but I seriously doubt that running out of Georgetown constitutes a legal main studio for WOXY. Maybe they considered the WOXY transmitter site to be the "main studio" since I think all that's really needed to be there is the license and public file.


> What do you mean illegal? How do you know they are not
> legit?
>
> > >...and started running it from an (illegal) main studio
> > site at the WAXZ building in Georgetown.
> >
> > That's just funny for all the wrong reasons.
> >
>
 
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