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Big stick in Central Florida?

tanner said:
Charlottle includes areas that are geographically further away than the mentioned counties around Orlando. Orlando should be the #24 market not Charlotte.
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Radio markets are defined by a strictly applied criteria based on the amount of listening to stations "home to the metro" and commuting from each county into the central area of a metro.

When markets are surrounded by other metros, as Orlando is by the Tampa / St. Pete, Lakeland, Gainesville markets, it can not be any larger and its stations don't get that much listening, anyway.

Radio MSA's are not always the same as Census MSA's. One means Metro Survey Area, the other means Metropolitan Statistical Area and the criteria for inclusion of areas is different.
 
Any comments why 540 got rid of their Green Swamp array and went to 740's. They lost a lot of their punch when they did that.
 
tanner said:
Why is Charlotte's so big?
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Because the home to the metro stations have high listening in the outlying counties, and there is sufficient commuting to bring in extra counties. Plus, there are no tightly adjacent metros to restrict it.
 
tanner said:
Any comments why 540 got rid of their Green Swamp array and went to 740's. They lost a lot of their punch when they did that.
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A few reasons:

1. Co-locating both AM stations saves money by maintaining only one facility.
2. Engineers don't have to drive as far to repair and maintain 540. Again.. co-location.
3. The old 540 site was just that... old.
4. Signal strength and reach doesn't matter anymore. 540 programs to Orlando. A solid signal in the Orlando area is all Clear Channel cares about.... and saving money. ;D
 
billalm said:
1. Co-locating both AM stations saves money by maintaining only one facility.
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And don't forget, as part of this, the value of the land that a multi-tower directional stands on. In some cases, the land is worth more than the station.
 
Does anyone have a signal strength map or a description of the areas 99.9 in Palatka covered as a Full Class-C. Sounds like the signal was very Powerful back in the day.

How was the signal in Orlando. Was it consistent while driving around or was it consistently fading in and out. Or falling victim to static and interference from other channels.
 
gamefreak said:
Does anyone have a signal strength map or a description of the areas 99.9 in Palatka covered as a Full Class-C. Sounds like the signal was very Powerful back in the day.

How was the signal in Orlando. Was it consistent while driving around or was it consistently fading in and out. Or falling victim to static and interference from other channels.
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I can tell you that I called someone at 99.9 when it covered from ORL to JAX. I asked where the stick was, & he said it was in Bunnell. It sure did cover a mess o' land in its day.....

cd
 
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