When WPEN received a CP to increase its night power to 21 kW and move its nighttime transmitter site to the WWDB site in E Norriton, work got underway almost immediately and was completed in record time (six months or so, IIRC). When that work was complete, WPEN applied for and was granted an increase to 25 kW days from its existing day site in West Philadelphia. The 25 kW-D operation will use the three towers that used to consitute the old 5-kW night array. Since I don't live near Philly, I can't go to the site to see if there is any obvious activity (and there might be nothing visible because no tower construction is required). I also can't listen for any clues about work being done (such as the station operating with reduced daytime power). Does anyone have any info on the state of this project? It certainly seems to be progressing more slowly than the night upgrade did.
When the work is complete, WPEN will have a dynamite daytime signal in Philadelphia and South Jersey, but the signal along the Main Line, in places like Bryn Mawr and Haverford, will actually decease very slightly (presumably, not enough to be noticeable).
When the work is complete, WPEN will have a dynamite daytime signal in Philadelphia and South Jersey, but the signal along the Main Line, in places like Bryn Mawr and Haverford, will actually decease very slightly (presumably, not enough to be noticeable).