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Farewell, WKLD

R.D.P. said:
Far as I can tell, no they haven't. I live at the southern fringe of their coverage area. Most days, I can barely get them. Some days, I can get them pretty well.

Once they do up their power, will that improve the signal over North and East Dallas County? Inquiring minds want to know.

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I'm not really sure either if WHPH has increased their power, but I know when I was up around Hoover and Shades Mountain this week, their signal seemed to be stronger than it previously had been. Their signal is usually fair up in that area, and sometimes scratchy, but I was able to receive a good signal from the station driving around the Hoover-Vestavia area. Usually in that area, I pick up a mix of WKLD and WHPH, but since WKLD is no more (at least in Oneonta) and there's one less signal on that frequency in the area, WHPH might just appear to be stronger than before (could be just the "power of suggestion"). I was able to hear WHPH this week, though, on a clock radio up on Shades Mountain, and previously I've never been able to hear WHPH on any type of radio such as that, only via a car stereo. As I was driving through Pelham, their signal seems stronger as well. I was able to lock in the station doing a scan and I cannot ever recall hearing their signal that strongly in Pelham. Considering the coverage maps for the respective class A and C3 facilities (60 dBu contour), WHPH should get a good signal into Pelham whereas the class A signal only makes it up to around Alabaster. If WHPH is still broadcasting with their class A facilities, they should have no problem covering the Hoover and Vestavia Hills areas once the C3 signal is fired up. Greater Birmingham, though, is another matter...


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R.D.P. said:
Far as I can tell, no they haven't. I live at the southern fringe of their coverage area. Most days, I can barely get them. Some days, I can get them pretty well.

Once they do up their power, will that improve the signal over North and East Dallas County? Inquiring minds want to know.

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The coverage maps show a noticeable improvement for northern Dallas County, but those don't take into account terrain between the listener and transmitter. Personally I don't think you'll notice much a real world distance, but I've been wrong before. ;)
 
Is this station ever going to sign on? It is August now and the AFN translator is still broadcasting on 97.7 in Huntsville. WKLD isn't here yet...
 
Speaking of WKLD, I wish they would sign on. For the past couple weeks I've been a security officer in Huntsville, and every night around 1:30 as I'm heading home and as soon as Sunny 98 fades out near Madison, I tune in to 97.7 to see if WKLD has made its return. Speaking of work, Starting tomorrow I start at my new post at Kroger on South Parkway (behind Lite 96.9) from 3-11PM. (I was at Kroger on Drake across from Parkway Place mall from 5P-1AM. When in the area, Y'all stop by and see me sometime. Just look for a fat person with a short haircut in uniform and chances are, It'll be me:)

Travis
 
I little off topic, but since KLD is gone I can hear a nice mix of Winfield, The Peach, public radio from Rome, Ga, and a spanish station. The spanish one is probably tropo. All this from my truck radio, since a Way-FM translator a half mile away from my house on 98.1 blows 97.7 away on my home stereo.
 
Hmmm, seems that Great south Wireless, or as referred to in the application, GSW, is experiencing Technical difficulties. Maybe they will eventually get on air before the end of the year. Speaking of things once related to WKLD, WCRL's 95.3 FM has a better coverage area than before. They have a better signal in Hanceville and Cullman, and I can even hear them here in NW Cullman County.

Any idea where their studios will be located at in Huntsville?

Travis
 
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