I noticed that neither WFIL nor WNTP has a FM translator and I wondered if anyone knows if any of their other properties use a translator. I’m no fan of them because they crowd an already crowded FM dial and they block out other signals that would otherwise be listenable in certain regions. With that said, if I owned an AM, especially one that has to reduce power after dark, I’d definitely petition for a FM repeater.
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Does Salem Have Translators
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What? You don't like Salem for operating stations the FCC said are not interfering with other radio stations. You honestly think the government regulator of the airwaves intentionally allows stations to block the signal of others? The rules apply to every station on the dial, no matter the company. You meet the requirements and get a license or you don't and you don't get a license. The opportunity for a translator has long passed. One would need to find an existing translator for sale and can be utilized for that certain AM station. Translator rules are rather extensive. You'd be smart to get a translator. It's the FM translator in many cases that keeps the AM afloat.
Salem's 1070 in Houston has a translator..
Who said anything about liking or disliking Salem? Where did I suggest that rules don't apply? As far as the government "intentionally allowing stations to block the signals of others," I was referring to pulling in out of market signals. For example, WLEV 100.7 in the Lehigh Valley used to be heard in South Jersey but now it's unlistenable due to a translator on that same frequency in Mount Holly. It's not illegal, just annoying.
I find it interesting that after you wrote a full paragraph completely misinterpreting my words, you try to convince me that a translator helps keeps the AM afloat. If you read my post you would know that I already acknowledged that fact.
I’m no fan of them because they crowd an already crowded FM dial and they block out other signals that would otherwise be listenable in certain regions is a quote from you. I interpret that as you not liking Salem followed by the reason why. We must simply have differing opinions on interpreting your words. By the way, I'm in agreement with you on the value of the translator.
When I said I’m no fan of “them” I was talking about translators, not Salem. I can see why the sentence might sound confusing.
Translators have ruined many a distant station.
At least if you have a roter and live far enough you can null it out.
WBBO and WKMK are no longer able to be gotten no matter which way I turn the outdoor antenna.
98.5 is spanish broadcasting from the WPST tower, and 106.5 is the LP FM out of Warminster, PA.
At least if you have a roter and live far enough you can null it out.
WBBO and WKMK are no longer able to be gotten no matter which way I turn the outdoor antenna.
98.5 is spanish broadcasting from the WPST tower, and 106.5 is the LP FM out of Warminster, PA.
Oh, I see. Personally I'd prefer no translators too but I'm thinking the day will come that there is an option to turn in an AM daytimer, then any other AMs for a 250 watt FM that becomes primary, not secondary.
Until that happens, any translator out there can be challenged as long as the complaining station has enough complaints and where those complaints are geographically but it is a heck of a fight to jump those hurdles and then have the FCC not make a decision for two years or more as more billing walks out the door (85% drop in 2 years).
In this instance the broadcaster was not a good one and has been pegged on many violations and likely more serious ones yet to come as the FCC legal department can budget.
Until that happens, any translator out there can be challenged as long as the complaining station has enough complaints and where those complaints are geographically but it is a heck of a fight to jump those hurdles and then have the FCC not make a decision for two years or more as more billing walks out the door (85% drop in 2 years).
In this instance the broadcaster was not a good one and has been pegged on many violations and likely more serious ones yet to come as the FCC legal department can budget.
It seems like this thread was lost in - oh ho! - "translation"
I helped force a translator to change its frequency. K284CW signed on in April 2019 and interfered with KJUL 104.7. I filed an informal objection as a listener within a week of the translator signing on, months before KJUL themselves filed an objection. K284CW was forced to go off the air in late 2019. They then signed on again in March 2020 even though they were ordered to go silent. In November 2020, K284CW changed its frequency to 103.1 and became K276GX.
WVLT in Vineland NJ was able to rid itself of interference not from a translator but from what I believe was a LPFM on 92.1 in Horsham. Even though Horsham is far away from their protected area, they had enough listeners in densely populated NE Philly and up around Mount Laurel and Cherry Hill, NJ who wrote letters to the FCC until the Horsham channel was shut down.
The station I mentioned actually caused the rules to change on what is interference and what constitutes enough interference to result in action. Quite frankly, I think it was mostly the interfering station who caused the issues. The station sent everything to the FCC including letters from the other station about clearing up the interference and an implication the listener might be sued by the station. There were listeners outside the protected contours and such. Finally the FCC wrote some rules about all of this.
The 92.1 in Horsham was supposed to be for providing emergency information. But with no emergencies it was short PSA’s run over & over 24/7, just an annoying block of Crusin’ 92.1. Then when the pandemic shut everything down in March, 2020 they provided no emergency information as far as I heard, same when a tornado hit the Horsham area.
I remember the tornado. That was the one that took out the car dealership on Street Road last year. So what you’re saying is that the emergency channel failed to fulfill its sole purpose of providing the local community with vital information during a natural disaster. Seems like a good reason to be shut down if you ask me.
It was an automated station airing PSAs over and over. When there was an emergency (that tornado, the other tornado, Coronavirus) it provided no local information.
It did manage to annoy people who enjoyed Cruisin 92.1 because no one else plays oldies. Cruisin 92.1 could have provided more emergency information to Bucks county than DWEMQ, since WVLT is live and local.
I found something in regard to WEMQ and the other Ready Radio licenses...
file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/March_9_2022_license_cancellation_request.pdf
www.montcopa.org
file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/March_9_2022_license_cancellation_request.pdf
Ready Radio | Montgomery County, PA - Official Website
Used to be able to get WBEB 101.1 and WIOQ 102.1 in Lancaster. Weak, sure, but they were there and fairly clear on a sensitive enough receiver in the right spot. When WROZ 101.3 in Lancaster (transmitter closer to York) turned on HD radio, WBEB got wiped out. And when W271DA 102.1 signed on in Elizabethtown, WIOQ got wiped out.
What is interesting is that when WROZ was sold and flipped to a Christian format last year, they stopped transmitting in HD. I'm assuming the HD equipment was not a part of the sale. This made WBEB listenable in Lancaster again! Explained why my grandpa had a B101 magnet on his fridge, he could get it "back in the day" before HD radio.
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