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Chuck FM often better than True Oldies

gregg75

gregg75

Could Chuck FM 103.7 get any more power? Wikipedia says it is 4,100 watts and the tower is in Royston (near South Carolina).
I get a listenable but weak signal in east, central Dekalb (which is probably great considering it's so far away). Even if they upped to 5,000 watts it would be an improvement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXKT
 
gregg75 said:
Could Chuck FM 103.7 get any more power? Wikipedia says it is 4,100 watts and the tower is in Royston (near South Carolina).
I get a listenable but weak signal in east, central Dekalb (which is probably great considering it's so far away). Even if they upped to 5,000 watts it would be an improvement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXKT
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any signal improvement most likely will not be on or near 103.7: To many stations too close on 103.7

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bi...at=&dx=3&radius=200&freq=103.7&sort=freq&sid=

plus 103.9 doesn't look that promising:

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bi...at=&dx=3&radius=200&freq=103.9&sort=freq&sid=

With V 103 (C0) in Atlanta on 103.3, only 51.6 miles away 103,5 will not work either.
 
Wasn't 103.7 one of those frequencies that was originally allocated to class A's, like 100.1 and 102.3, leading to a lot of relatively tight spacing on-frequency?
 
Their power rating is computed to be what is necessary to cover their market. They are not an Atlanta market station.
It would probably not be cost effective for a power increase to compete in the over-saturated Atlanta market.
I suggest getting an outside antenna if you want to DX.
 
I can pick up Chuck very well at Kennestone hospital (well, in the old employee parking deck). Made it into work about 1/2 early, and I listened from about 1030P-1115P. Didn't hear anything that stood out as better (or worse) than TOC, actually they sound more like a typical A/C station, very heavy on the 80's top 20 hits that everyone else plays. At least for the 45 minutes I listened to them.
 
If you like 103.7 & 98.9, try tuning...

to 88.9. Thats WKEU the Rock. Its operated by Ga. Public Broadcasting out of LaGrange.
They come in pretty well in the AM. Although they transmit the stereo pilot signal, they're really mono.
They have a slightly boomy sound that gives those classic oldies a nostalgic AM sound.
The morning show features Maria Danza (syndicated out of NY) and appears to be live.
 
I tried picking up 88.9 in Gwinnett/Johns Creek, but couldn't very well. However, in the process I found WBCX 89.1, the college radio station for Brenau. They play 60s-80s adult hits when they don't have a particular show on. http://www.brenau.edu/wbcx/programming/

They're only an 840 watt class A, but they seem to have a clear, relatively interference-free signal into at least Duluth. I'll see if I can take them all the way to Norcross this afternoon.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WBCX&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
 
TOC is much better music wise. Scott Shannon knows his music and you hear obscure songs that you truly never ever hear anywhere. Plus I like his themed weekends and the Sunday night "cruising across America, which is very doo-wop oriented.
 
I was able to take WBCX into Norcross and Peachtree Corners. One thing I did notice--I've never seen an FM station so subject to RFI from traffic lights and the like.

Oddly, I had problems with WBCX in downtown Suwanee.
 
jabba17 said:
I was able to take WBCX into Norcross and Peachtree Corners. One thing I did notice--I've never seen an FM station so subject to RFI from traffic lights and the like.

Oddly, I had problems with WBCX in downtown Suwanee.
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Were are the traffic lights LED? Somewhere there was a posting about LED lights messing with FM reception like the leaky electric lines and CFL have destroyed the AM band.
 
secondchoice said:
Were are the traffic lights LED? Somewhere there was a posting about LED lights messing with FM reception like the leaky electric lines and CFL have destroyed the AM band.
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I posted that not too long ago, but I was talking about the LEDs in my office messing with my portable radio - not traffic lights and (presumably) car radios.
 
Yes I like The Rock. They come in on 85 south around Fairburn. They say they are in Hogansville though, inside a car lot. They are on the www also.
 
The problem with TOC...

is they don't have very many oldies in their database. I emailed Scott and he said about 1000.
Often the limit on the database is the software they're using.
Not only are the songs in the database but also spots (and PSAs) and jingles.
Another limit is pay for play fees.
 
Just when you think True Oldies is GOOD, they throw in something like "Yakkaty Yak" "It's My Party" and "Leader Of The Pack". Doesn't take but one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch.
 
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It's not "good times and eight oldies", but their playlist isn't as deep as it could be considering the time period they span (now into the early 80s). Maybe they're doing the old B98.5/River Cox "turn and burn" method, where you ballroom test a bunch of songs, burn the hell out of them, then retest and turn out the burnouts.
 
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