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RMHinNEO
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And guess who it is!?!?!?!?!
WJMP 1520 AM
Discuss....
(and I believe that would be a Fox Sports affiliate that reaches roughly 11 people in Portage County)
WJMP 1520 AM
Discuss....
(and I believe that would be a Fox Sports affiliate that reaches roughly 11 people in Portage County)
Re: And guess who it is!?!?!?!?!
> WJMP 1520 AM
>
> Discuss....
>
> (and I believe that would be a Fox Sports affiliate that
> reaches roughly 11 people in Portage County)
Hah!
Well, it makes sense, as Kaiser Bill and company...if they do anything with 1520... move it to "fill a market hole" as it were. Even if that hole is in the Cleveland market, with their move to standards back when WRMR/850 decamped from the format (and before the WRMR format, and eventually, name, moved back to 1420). All that, despite the presence of standards on WAKR/1590 IN THE AKRON MARKET the entire time.
That's always been the odd thing about 1520. It reaches perhaps 1/25th of the Cleveland market (and I'm being very charitable here), but they have an inordinate fascination with affecting Cleveland...witness the story about the Air America format change in the Plain Dealer. Yet, the station's "big brother" talker really doesn't make any effort to serve Cleveland, despite having a somewhat better signal in that market.
Go figure.
-OA
> WJMP 1520 AM
>
> Discuss....
>
> (and I believe that would be a Fox Sports affiliate that
> reaches roughly 11 people in Portage County)
Hah!
Well, it makes sense, as Kaiser Bill and company...if they do anything with 1520... move it to "fill a market hole" as it were. Even if that hole is in the Cleveland market, with their move to standards back when WRMR/850 decamped from the format (and before the WRMR format, and eventually, name, moved back to 1420). All that, despite the presence of standards on WAKR/1590 IN THE AKRON MARKET the entire time.
That's always been the odd thing about 1520. It reaches perhaps 1/25th of the Cleveland market (and I'm being very charitable here), but they have an inordinate fascination with affecting Cleveland...witness the story about the Air America format change in the Plain Dealer. Yet, the station's "big brother" talker really doesn't make any effort to serve Cleveland, despite having a somewhat better signal in that market.
Go figure.
-OA
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boblong889
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Re: And guess who it is!?!?!?!?!
The biggest problem with the WJMP signal is that they have to protect WINW (also at 1520AM) in Canton. As a result, you can't hear WJMP south of I-76...which means half of Portage County doesn't even know they exist. As a result, the signal goes north and west.<P ID="signature">______________
Bob Long - 88.9/WSTB</P>
The biggest problem with the WJMP signal is that they have to protect WINW (also at 1520AM) in Canton. As a result, you can't hear WJMP south of I-76...which means half of Portage County doesn't even know they exist. As a result, the signal goes north and west.<P ID="signature">______________
Bob Long - 88.9/WSTB</P>
Re: And guess who it is!?!?!?!?!
> The biggest problem with the WJMP signal is that they have
> to protect WINW (also at 1520AM) in Canton. As a result, you
> can't hear WJMP south of I-76...which means half of Portage
> County doesn't even know they exist. As a result, the signal
> goes north and west.
>
WJMP has a deep null right through Tallmadge Circle....so they are very spotty on Akron's central and southeast side. Anybody who's driven through that area knows what I mean. Their pattern is mostly north/northwest.
I've seen the station's actual measured signal pattern...the one they submitted to the FCC when they applied for the station's original license...the pattern submitted from the consulting engineering firm that designed the pattern. The pattern has not changed.
The station issues a coverage map for sales purposes that greatly exaggerates their coverage into the city of Akron. They wish they had the coverage they claim. Drive in the area...you'll see.
> The biggest problem with the WJMP signal is that they have
> to protect WINW (also at 1520AM) in Canton. As a result, you
> can't hear WJMP south of I-76...which means half of Portage
> County doesn't even know they exist. As a result, the signal
> goes north and west.
>
WJMP has a deep null right through Tallmadge Circle....so they are very spotty on Akron's central and southeast side. Anybody who's driven through that area knows what I mean. Their pattern is mostly north/northwest.
I've seen the station's actual measured signal pattern...the one they submitted to the FCC when they applied for the station's original license...the pattern submitted from the consulting engineering firm that designed the pattern. The pattern has not changed.
The station issues a coverage map for sales purposes that greatly exaggerates their coverage into the city of Akron. They wish they had the coverage they claim. Drive in the area...you'll see.
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LTFT
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Re: And guess who it is!?!?!?!?!
> The station issues a coverage map for sales purposes that
> greatly exaggerates their coverage into the city of Akron.
> They wish they had the coverage they claim. Drive in the
> area...you'll see.
The FM coverage map is similar. Without a filter, you can't get 100.1 in Tuscarawas County. WTUZ 99.9 is too powerful in that area.
> The station issues a coverage map for sales purposes that
> greatly exaggerates their coverage into the city of Akron.
> They wish they had the coverage they claim. Drive in the
> area...you'll see.
The FM coverage map is similar. Without a filter, you can't get 100.1 in Tuscarawas County. WTUZ 99.9 is too powerful in that area.
Re: And guess who it is!?!?!?!?!
> The FM coverage map is similar. Without a filter, you can't
> get 100.1 in Tuscarawas County. WTUZ 99.9 is too powerful
> in that area.
But at least you can hear WNIR in populated areas, like, you know, the Akron market, the Canton market, and a good chunk of the Cleveland market. The map overstates by a mile or two or two dozen, but they have no problems in their target areas.
The WJMP signal, as noted above, basically is a local signal for Kent, Ravenna and nearby areas (like maybe Streetsboro). It doesn't do badly at all along I-76 in most of Portage County, but that's probably about as far south as it goes without significant static.
I was driving along 76 into Akron today, and kept flipping back and forth between 1520 and 1350, this thread in mind. If WJMP does go back to sports with FSR (for whatever reason), it'll solve the 1350 signal problem for a few dozen farms east of Kent/Ravenna and north of 76.
-OA
> The FM coverage map is similar. Without a filter, you can't
> get 100.1 in Tuscarawas County. WTUZ 99.9 is too powerful
> in that area.
But at least you can hear WNIR in populated areas, like, you know, the Akron market, the Canton market, and a good chunk of the Cleveland market. The map overstates by a mile or two or two dozen, but they have no problems in their target areas.
The WJMP signal, as noted above, basically is a local signal for Kent, Ravenna and nearby areas (like maybe Streetsboro). It doesn't do badly at all along I-76 in most of Portage County, but that's probably about as far south as it goes without significant static.
I was driving along 76 into Akron today, and kept flipping back and forth between 1520 and 1350, this thread in mind. If WJMP does go back to sports with FSR (for whatever reason), it'll solve the 1350 signal problem for a few dozen farms east of Kent/Ravenna and north of 76.
-OA
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