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Country Music on 106.3

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Barry

A few months ago, WVIP 93.5 FM briefly rebroadcast its HD3 Channel, Country Hits HD, from a translator in Long Island City on 106.3 FM. The translator was shut down after only a few days, when NJ's Thunder Country, also on 106.3 complained to the F.C.C. of interference.
The owner of the translator promptly filed for permission to move it to a tall apartment building in Glen Oaks, in far eastern Queens. That would put it further away from Thunder Country, and virtually at the border with Nassau County. But Thunder Country is once again filing objections with the F.C.C.
But if the F.C.C. decides the new translator location is OK (and Thunder cannot produce sufficient complaints from its listeners to block the move), it appears possible a considerable part of Nassau County could receive a country music broadcast on 106.3, originating at WVIP HD3.
But much of northern Nassau County can already receive country music from Kicks Country, also on 106.3. And part of southern Nassau can receive Thunder Country, yes also on 106.3.
So, would it make sense for WVIP to try and dominate the 106.3 frequency in Nassau County with its own country music programming (if that is what they are attempting)?
 
Barry said:
A few months ago, WVIP 93.5 FM briefly rebroadcast its HD3 Channel, Country Hits HD, from a translator in Long Island City on 106.3 FM. The translator was shut down after only a few days, when NJ's Thunder Country, also on 106.3 complained to the F.C.C. of interference.
The owner of the translator promptly filed for permission to move it to a tall apartment building in Glen Oaks, in far eastern Queens. That would put it further away from Thunder Country, and virtually at the border with Nassau County. But Thunder Country is once again filing objections with the F.C.C.
But if the F.C.C. decides the new translator location is OK (and Thunder cannot produce sufficient complaints from its listeners to block the move), it appears possible a considerable part of Nassau County could receive a country music broadcast on 106.3, originating at WVIP HD3.
But much of northern Nassau County can already receive country music from Kicks Country, also on 106.3. And part of southern Nassau can receive Thunder Country, yes also on 106.3.
So, would it make sense for WVIP to try and dominate the 106.3 frequency in Nassau County with its own country music programming (if that is what they are attempting)?
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They won't dominate the 106.3 frequency, they'll just add to the mess of 106.3, and WBLI will wipe them out to the east with their IBUZ on 106.3. Would be better to get the 101.5 frequency. Party 101.5 used to cover most of Nassau, and I could even hear it in Sandy Hook without tropo.
 
Thunder Country probably would take issue if the 106.3 signal was at the base of the Statue of Liberty, reduced to 8 watts, and sent straight up her gown.

And you really can't blame this gutsy company. That borderline pirate on 106.3 .... an LPFM in New York City, for crying out loud .... was a spitball that somehow got thrown past the FCC. Right now the facility is a leaky tire that stubborn drivers leave in their trunk anyway as a spare. That's how useful it is and how much cargo space it's taking up.

What will all the commotion, though : What is the likelihood of these Kicks people and even these WJVC people and these Thunder people getting together at a campfire, beans and whinney'ing horses and all, and coming to agreement on a country format that would cover those cherished five boroughs plus the spread back home?

It would be the renaissance of the 107.1 quadcast -- only with an actual Midtown signal this time to give it all that Broadway credibility.

I'm sure I'm missing facts here. But doesn't Clear Channel own that 106.3 translator? If so (and if it's true that they're cutting back on office space and latrine towels and coffee machines nationwide), then they may be amenable to getting some use out of their runt-of-the-litter 106.3 vis-a-vis an agreement with these rimshot ranch folks.

It's either that, or wind up having the thing being pushed all the way to Scotland to broadcast without coming under fire.
 
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