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> WILD 1090 is a daytime only AM station (that doesn't have a
> terribly strong signal either) and it always shows up in
> every single book and has even on occasion beaten a station
> or two with full market FM signals.
>
> > Could a daytime only AM station show up in the ratings?
> >
>
Which is why some of the lower rated FMs should just give it up and become WILD-FM!
Boston NEEDS an FM more then just Rap RnB station. In the mid 80s it could have been Kiss
> terribly strong signal either) and it always shows up in
> every single book and has even on occasion beaten a station
> or two with full market FM signals.
>
> > Could a daytime only AM station show up in the ratings?
> >
>
Which is why some of the lower rated FMs should just give it up and become WILD-FM!
Boston NEEDS an FM more then just Rap RnB station. In the mid 80s it could have been Kiss
Many readers of this board would mention WJIB as well...
> Many readers of this board would mention WJIB as well...
>
If you exclude the 30 minutes or so past local sunset that WILD-AM stays on with flea power, it is indeed a daytimer according to the general use of the term. WJIB-AM broadcasts 24 hours a day with 5-trillion femtowatts at night that does cover its City of License.
>
If you exclude the 30 minutes or so past local sunset that WILD-AM stays on with flea power, it is indeed a daytimer according to the general use of the term. WJIB-AM broadcasts 24 hours a day with 5-trillion femtowatts at night that does cover its City of License.
> > Many readers of this board would mention WJIB as well...
> >
> If you exclude the 30 minutes or so past local sunset that
> WILD-AM stays on with flea power, it is indeed a daytimer
> according to the general use of the term. WJIB-AM
> broadcasts 24 hours a day with 5-trillion femtowatts at
> night that does cover its City of License.
WJIB's 5 watt night power covers metro Cambridge/Boston and the immediate suburbs with a fair signal, especially on nights when the CHWO Toronto skywave isn't very strong. Here in Somerville, just a few miles from the tower, WJIB is still in fairly clean AM Stereo at night.
As far as I know, the only other true daytimer in the Boston metro that completely signs off at night is WNTN in Newton. There may be others in farther outlying suburban areas, but all the other former daytimers right in the Boston metro besides WILD now have some sort of low power nighttime authorization. It's not possible for WILD on 1090 due to the skywave strength of 50 kW WBAL Baltimore at night.
> >
> If you exclude the 30 minutes or so past local sunset that
> WILD-AM stays on with flea power, it is indeed a daytimer
> according to the general use of the term. WJIB-AM
> broadcasts 24 hours a day with 5-trillion femtowatts at
> night that does cover its City of License.
WJIB's 5 watt night power covers metro Cambridge/Boston and the immediate suburbs with a fair signal, especially on nights when the CHWO Toronto skywave isn't very strong. Here in Somerville, just a few miles from the tower, WJIB is still in fairly clean AM Stereo at night.
As far as I know, the only other true daytimer in the Boston metro that completely signs off at night is WNTN in Newton. There may be others in farther outlying suburban areas, but all the other former daytimers right in the Boston metro besides WILD now have some sort of low power nighttime authorization. It's not possible for WILD on 1090 due to the skywave strength of 50 kW WBAL Baltimore at night.
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The Good old days , When WILD-AM 1090 was King .MikeyBos said:WILD 1090 is a daytime only AM station (that doesn't have a terribly strong signal either) and it always shows up in every single book and has even on occasion beaten a station or two with full market FM signals.
> Could a daytime only AM station show up in the ratings?
>
JIBGUY said:WJIB's nighttime signal is overrated here.... many winter nights, it doesn't reach the east end of Cambridge. As far as Boston goes, WJIB is usually a no-show at night in Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Roxbury, Mattapan, East Boston, South Boston and Beacon Hill.
I've also heard it well some nights in all those areas, even as far south as Mattapan. It all depends on the relative strength of the CHWO Toronto skywave in this area on any given night. It's not that the WJIB night signal doesn't reach those areas (albeit weakly), it's that CHWO interferes with it.
A few years ago I heard WJIB at night well enough to make out what song was playing while parked in the lot at the Tweeter Center (formerly Great Woods) in Mansfield.
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