FCC Visit to Lexington

[jry]

Anyone hear any stories about a surprise visit by the Commission to a local Lexington Radio Station?

 

[KyDXIn]

Anyone hear any stories about a surprise visit by the Commission to a local Lexington Radio Station?

Nope. Which company run station was it?

 

[jry]

I think it was one of the group owned AM's that is currently without a Chief Engineer.

 

[Bengalsfan]

Who is without a Chief?

 

[chrisalcorn]

I figured they could have been looking at 1580. They suddenly have extra night power. This station is solid all over Fayette county and gets out past Nicholasville at night. Quite a feat with only 59 watts at over 20 miles from the x-mitter on a frequency like 1580. Hummmm??

 

[Nostatic1]

Maybe they are checking out the billboard station playing the UK song. Or, maybe the spur around 1470.

 

[jry]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

What did WBLG do to piss off the FCC? : )

 

[Nostatic1]

Not sure where the spur is coming from, it seems to move around down below 1300 and sometimes is very nasty.

 

[Bengalsfan]

Lynn Martin....enough said.

 

[KR4BD]

There has been an "on and off" again spurious emission heard mainly around 1530 and 1070 for many years here in the Lexington area. Both of these frequencies are 230 khz up/down from 1300. It often completely wiped out 1530 out of Cincinnati and 1070 from Indianapolis during the day. It seemed to be related to WLXG as the very distorted audio often heard on the spur was that of the 1300 signal. I noticed it more during the day, but also it could be heard at night, at times. I live about 6-7 miles from their TX site but have noticed the problem on all radios, including my car radio where it could be detected many miles north of town toward Cincinnati. In recent days it seems to be gone, however. Maybe they finally figured out what the problem was ????

 

[jry]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

What did WBLG do to piss off the FCC? : )

The Commission wasn't ticked. A licensee in the market got someone upset, maybe a contractor. Then, as our little tale goes, that person tipped off the FCC.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

What did WBLG do to piss off the FCC? : )

The Commission wasn't ticked. A licensee in the market got someone upset, maybe a contractor. Then, as our little tale goes, that person tipped off the FCC.

I was being sarcastic, this is a message board you know. Besides, the WBLG call letters haven't been on 1300 in thirty years. I believe it was around this time in 1979 they changed the calls to WTKC and Turned Kentucky Country, but I digress.

 

[Bengalsfan]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

What did WBLG do to piss off the FCC? : )

The Commission wasn't ticked. A licensee in the market got someone upset, maybe a contractor. Then, as our little tale goes, that person tipped off the FCC.

Very likely since Lynn is known for not paying his bills.

 

[radiorob2.0]

There has been an "on and off" again spurious emission heard mainly around 1530 and 1070 for many years here in the Lexington area. Both of these frequencies are 230 khz up/down from 1300. It often completely wiped out 1530 out of Cincinnati and 1070 from Indianapolis during the day. It seemed to be related to WLXG as the very distorted audio often heard on the spur was that of the 1300 signal. I noticed it more during the day, but also it could be heard at night, at times. I live about 6-7 miles from their TX site but have noticed the problem on all radios, including my car radio where it could be detected many miles north of town toward Cincinnati. In recent days it seems to be gone, however. Maybe they finally figured out what the problem was ????

Damn shame about 1300's audio. They used to sound amazing back in the day especially in stereo. Their former CE mentioned on his site the stereo audio proofed better than some of the FM's in town.

Not to dump on Lynn Martin but when he arrived the problems began. Before I left Lexington the field inspectors would address complaints of Nolan Kenner when his 97.1 Somerset was being creamed by 96.9's massive overmodulation. Lynn would turn it down. Once he felt the field inspector was out of the area modulation was cranked to PEAK modulation. Granted it was an over the air signal but we used to clock him peaking at 150 percent from our Yarnalton Pike vantage point.

 

[jry]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

What did WBLG do to piss off the FCC? : )

The Commission wasn't ticked. A licensee in the market got someone upset, maybe a contractor. Then, as our little tale goes, that person tipped off the FCC.

I was being sarcastic, this is a message board you know. Besides, the WBLG call letters haven't been on 1300 in thirty years. I believe it was around this time in 1979 they changed the calls to WTKC and Turned Kentucky Country, but I digress.

I kind of thought that. I just wanted to introduce more new fact to the story.
LM is doing pretty well with those properties, right? Is Lynn just intentionally a slow payer?
Ever seen his "non compete clause" in the salespersons employment package? Wow!

 

[TheDr]

"Ever seen his "non compete clause" in the salespersons employment package? Wow!" You should see it for the engineer !!!!!
The Spur IS from the OLD MW-5, been due for replacement for over 10 years, OR major repairs. But station money is needed for JET fuel, not equipment repairs or replacements.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Little lower on the dial. Say, around 1300 or so.

What did WBLG do to piss off the FCC? : )

The Commission wasn't ticked. A licensee in the market got someone upset, maybe a contractor. Then, as our little tale goes, that person tipped off the FCC.

I was being sarcastic, this is a message board you know. Besides, the WBLG call letters haven't been on 1300 in thirty years. I believe it was around this time in 1979 they changed the calls to WTKC and Turned Kentucky Country, but I digress.

I kind of thought that. I just wanted to introduce more new fact to the story.
LM is doing pretty well with those properties, right? Is Lynn just intentionally a slow payer?
Ever seen his "non compete clause" in the salespersons employment package? Wow!

A friend of mine worked for Lynn in the late 90's when they were located at the 1300 transmitter site. You had a feel for the place when you walked in the very small lobby and noticed a large hole in the dry wall. Speaking of holes, you crossed into the original transmitter building through an unfinished hole in the concrete wall. The place was dark from lack of lighting and what lighting existed was decreased as wires were running through the florescent fixtures. Since it was in the middle of nowhere, the facility was also home to various rodents, bugs and the occasional snake. The true reality was its location within walking distance of two prisons as you were protected with doors and windows that could be opened with a butter knife. At the time, they had hired a competent engineer but Lynn decided his focus was to find a way to upgrade 1300 to 50kw. The station vehicle was a 12 year old leased minivan.

To answer you question, Lynn isn't a slow player. He's just a greedy bastard who does nothing more than clear out the cash drawer each night. As I said above, he lowered the bar of Lexington radio with his sleazy business practices....like the time one of his A/E (before cell phones were everywhere) was caught making a sales call on the WVLK lobby phone.

 

[Bengalsfan]

"Ever seen his "non compete clause" in the salespersons employment package? Wow!" You should see it for the engineer !!!!!
The Spur IS from the OLD MW-5, been due for replacement for over 10 years, OR major repairs. But station money is needed for JET fuel, not equipment repairs or replacements.

You are kidding, right? A non-compete for the engineer? No wonder he can't keep anyone.

 

[Nostatic1]

All of this reminds me of a visit to a station in Atlanta in the late 1960s. The station was an AM on 1580. The call letters, believe it or not, were WBAD. I was visiting my cousin and we phoned the studio and asked for a visit. The jock gave us directions, which I couldn't believe, but followed. After a drive out in the country, we found the tower with a small transmitter building in the middle of a corn field. The adjacent studios which were located in an old circus tent. The jock told us that the station owner had lost the downtown studios in a poker game. This is a true story SHMG.