Discussion of 97.5's Upcoming New Pattern?

[LibertyOne]

Greetings,

I see the new construction permit for 97.5 with its upcoming transmitter change. This appears to be a bold move changing from...

50KW hor/48KW directional
535 ft ASL, at 40° 14' 05" N, 74° 46' 02" W

to

26kW
900 ft ASL at 40° 04' 57" N, 75° 10' 53" W

My question for discussion is how will this new pattern change effect the fringe coverages of adjacent and co-channel stations that already exist...

97.3 New Jersey 97.3 (101.5) (Millville, NJ)
97.3 The River (Harrisburg, PA)
97.7 Eagle 97.7 (Milford, DE)
and 97.5 WALK (Long Island, NY)
98.1 WOGL (Philadelphia)

I know there most likely be issues with the 97.3 coverage in Camden, Gloucester and Salem Counties in NJ with radios that have poor adjacent channel rejection. Is Millenium content in those listeners tuning from 97.3 to 101.5 in those areas?

Also, the coverage of 97.5 WALK in Long Island will encounter far less capture effect driving down the NJ Turnpike from NYC. It may actually help their coverage within NYC (their far west fringes).

I am unsure of The River and Eagle.

Can we have two Class B stations with 600 KHz separation so close (97.5 and 98.1)?

Will the pattern change proposed on 97.5 be enough to warrant complaints from any of the mentioned adjacent channels. Or will this change not effect their "guaranteed coverage"?

Regards,
LibertyOne

 

[amfmsw]

I always thought the seperation of WFPG-FM 96.9 Atlantic City and W...hell, what are the call letters this week?..at 97.3 Millville was going to be a trainwreck when 97.3 powered up to a full class B, but it worked out pretty well.

 

[eatspaste]

WJJZ's FCC patern plot:
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/polarplo...&p330=0.933&p340=1.000&p350=1.000&p360=1.000&

Radio Locator's different take on it:
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WJJZ&service=FM&status=C&hours=U

97.3 New Jersey 97.3 (101.5) (Millville, NJ)
97.3 The River (Harrisburg, PA)
97.7 Eagle 97.7 (Milford, DE)
and 97.5 WALK (Long Island, NY)
98.1 WOGL (Philadelphia)

I know there most likely be issues with the 97.3 coverage in Camden, Gloucester and Salem Counties in NJ with radios that have poor adjacent channel rejection. Is Millenium content in those listeners tuning from 97.3 to 101.5 in those areas?

River/Harrisburg will be OK, Eagle is a non-factor anywhere close to Philly, WJJZ will be moving further away from WALK - benefit for them, WOGL will be just fine. Potential big loser here is 97.3, although they've been going out of their way to say, "serving Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties at 97.3" for a while now, as if they don't want Gloucester or Camden County residents listening to it in the first place.

As long as 97.3 puts a solid signal in those three counties, I don't think Millennium will care much (they probably couldn't argue it much anyway). And as long as 97.3 puts an interference-free signal into Cumberland and Salem Counties (primary EAS station), the state of NJ won't have much to say.

Can we have two Class B stations with 600 KHz separation so close (97.5 and 98.1)?

96.9 & 97.3, two 50kw FM's in the Atlantic City area, have been on the air for decades without a problem. Granted, there's something like 18 miles between them, but you can hear one of them under the tower of the other.

In addition to 97.5/98.1 in Philly, you're also going to have 97.5 going up against that 97.1 translator in Center City. But we all know that you can't put a LPFM on the air that close to a full class-B, so 97.1 should just turn itself off now and get it over with (NAB jab!).

The fun will really start when both 97.3 and 97.5 go HD and splatter all over each other!

 

[Radioeng500]

Will the move in of 97.5 be a problem for the 97.1 (wxhl) that is on the PSFS building?

 

[eatspaste]

Will the move in of 97.5 be a problem for the 97.1 (wxhl) that is on the PSFS building?

97.1 as a 10 watt translator will not be a problem.

If 97.1 was a 10 watt LPFM, it would be the end of the world.

 

[papaul1967]

HAS 97.5 movedto roxborough yet?

 

[csp-1]

NO , NOT YET