FM Translators With Regular On-Air Legal IDs?

[OhioMediaWatch]

I was doing a lot of reading about various FM translator moves, and wondered how many of those translators actually do their legal ID in audio form, either at the prescribed times or hourly, even.

I'm especially looking for examples of the latter.

When it first signed on, WTOP/Washington's translator in Leesburg VA, W282AM, was included in each and every legal ID. I don't think they do that anymore.

The translator became W282BA, actually getting a call sign change because Bonneville didn't like "AM" in the calls. (I have no idea how you can get a call sign change for a translator.)

Just this hour, I listened in on the legal ID of WTKI/1450 Huntsville AL, and the ID included not only simulcaster WEKI/1490 Decatur AL, but both stations' FM translators (W225AH/92.9 Huntsville AL and W232BX/94.7 Decatur AL, both said in a low voice).

We don't have any locally originated/non-religious-satellator translators around here, so I have no examples from Northeast Ohio...

 

[ddsparxx]

I think the translator in Leesburg is still on air...I heard its faint signal about 15 miles SE of it.

 

[msugrad2000]

WIBI Carlinville, IL lists its translators as well as WPOZ Union Park:Orlando, FL at the top of every hour.

 

[ironbear]

I did a network of FMT's with locally originated advertising ages ago...but FCC Sec. 74.1283 is still the same:

By arranging for the primary station whose station is being
rebroadcast to identify the translator station by call sign and
location. Three such identifications shall be made during each day: once
between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., once between 12:55 p.m. and 1:05 p.m. and
once between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m

Other options are Morse code identification using AM or frequency shift modulation, which can generally be seen by FCC guys on a spectrum analyzer. FM translator units often include this, although it's quite typical these days to use exciters or low power conventional transmitters fed by STL, phone line or off air receiver.

In our case the Primary station didn't want to clutter up the main signal with weird sounding call signs, so we got FCC permission to do our own ID's within the translator commercials, which is a good place for them.

 

[xmusicmatt]

Kinda off topic but before EMF's Air1 got larger and installed local insert equipment they used to run a legal ID that ran off their dozen of call letters/COL and Translator calls/COL about 40: - 50: .. however with that network have grown they now do triggered legal IDs and the translators I think ID via non audiable form.

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

I was running through the Atlanta section of TopHour.com, your home for Legal ID audio goodness, and at least a couple of the stations with significant translator presence IDed those translators at whatever time the ID was recorded.

Among them - W250BC/97.9 Riverdale GA, the analog home of the alt-rock "99X" format, now "99X at 97.9". Its nominal home is the HD2 channel of WWWQ/99.7 "Q100", which supplanted "99X" at its original full-power broadcast home.

Here's the example:

http://www.tophour.com/audio/Atlanta GA/fm0997hd2_2010-08_wwwq-hd2_lventa.mp3

 

[FreddyE1977]

WKHB-AM in Irwin, PA recently started using a Pittsburgh area translator on 94.1.
They modified their legal ID to give both....620, WKHB-AM, Irwin, and W231BM, Clairton.

 

[LibertyNT]

here in DFW KGVL 1400 recently got a Translator.
Once in a while during an ad break you will hear "K290AP Commerce"

 

[techie2]

W266BG (101.1) Huber Heights, Ohio is IDed by originating station WSWO-LP (97.7) in the legal ID's that start the 8 AM, 1 PM, and 5 PM hours.