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Hudson Valley Anybody heard 1420 WLNA lately?

Ex-RadioTV

Ex-RadioTV

They haven’t been on the air for several days now. I’m not close enough to hear their translator so can’t say whether it is off as well.
 
Updating: WLNA has a carrier on, without any audio. Their translator on 94.3 continues to beam out “The Beacon” as if nothing’s wrong with its AM 1420 parent.
Is there a FCC loophole that allows the translator to continue operating with programming even though the AM is broadcasting silence?
 
Ex-RadioTV said:
A colleague reached out to WLNA owner Pamal this morning and informed them of the silence on WLNA. In short order they were able to restore the audio.
THE BEACON is back.
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Isn't that crazy? The owner didn't realize or different care that the AM station was off the air, as long as the FM translator was airing the conservative talk format.
 
Gregg. said:
Isn't that crazy? The owner didn't realize or different care that the AM station was off the air, as long as the FM translator was airing the conservative talk format.
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I was thinking the same thing. Apparently, us radio nerds care a lot more about these stations than the people who own them!
 
Gregg. said:
Isn't that crazy? The owner didn't realize or different care that the AM station was off the air, as long as the FM translator was airing the conservative talk format.
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Many, if not most, of the owners of translators linked to AMs could not care less about the AM itself; if the FCC allowed the translator to exist on its own, they would likely turn the AM off.
 
Barry said:
Is it worth keeping WLNA AM on the air, to feed a 1 (yes 1) watt translator which reaches a tiny area northeast of Peekskill, NY?
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The translator is one of those that is forever linked to WLNA. So in order for the translator to keep running, so must WLNA.
But you have to wonder who is listening on AM. It’s supposedly 5kW-DA day and can be heard in Newburgh when the sun is up. Night is a kilowatt, shooting in another direction.
Why not just go back to being a non-D class D station with flea-power at night. Or even sign off at night. That’s enough to allow the translator to operate 24/7, and they’ll reduce their power bill to boot.
 
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Ex-RadioTV said:
The translator is one of those that is forever linked to WLNA. So in order for the translator to keep running, so must WLNA.
But you have to wonder who is listening on AM. It’s supposedly 5kW-DA day and can be heard in Newburgh when the sun is up. Night is a kilowatt, shooting in another direction.
Why not just go back to being a non-D class D station with flea-power at night. Or even sign off at night. That’s enough to allow the translator to operate 24/7, and they’ll reduce their power bill to boot.
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My point was that even the translator is probably of not much value, as it is only reaching a very small area, with it's one watt of power. Is it worth maintaining an AM station for such a flea powered translator?
 
A really sharp engineer might be able to work out a better translator freq and power but it might require an expensive directional antenna from a different location. It's tuff being that close to NYC and on paper the terrain is not helping either.
 


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