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Gem 104 - Everywhere all the time.

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Zenith Transoceanic

I like wGMF ("Gem 104") as much as the next guy, but do they really need to be on 6 frequencies in Wilkes-Barre? The FCC makes would-be LP FM broadcasters jump through a hundred hoops to be licensed, but this commercial station from Tunkhannock gets to be on a half-dozen frequencies with no problem. Not fair, imho.

AM
1460
730

FM
104.5
104.3
92.5
101.7

I get that some of these are repeaters for other areas, but the FCC seems to have no problem cluttering up the dial with unnecessary (imo) repeaters for stations that don't need them. Three of the frequencies above serve Wilkes-Barre directly.
 
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Gem

AM doesn't count, especially at night. Some of the FM's have no signal strength.

Zenith Transoceanic said:
I like wGMF ("Gem 104") as much as the next guy, but do they really need to be on 6 frequencies in Wilkes-Barre? The FCC makes would-be LP FM broadcasters jump through a hundred hoops to be licensed, but this commercial station from Tunkhannock gets to be on a half-dozen frequencies with no problem. Not fair, imho.

AM
1460
730

FM
104.5
104.3
92.5
101.7

I get that some of these are repeaters for other areas, but the FCC seems to have no problem cluttering up the dial with unnecessary (imo) repeaters for stations that don't need them. Three of the frequencies above serve Wilkes-Barre directly.
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None of these may extend coverage beyond the contour of the primary station. (FCC 74.1232 Eligibility and licensing requirements) On Gem’s website, it appears 104.3 does just that.

I tend to agree with the OP - unnecessary clutter. Perhaps one of the tech experts can comment.

NigelWick said:
AM doesn't count, especially at night. Some of the FM's have no signal strength.
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Let’s accept this premise for the sake of discussion. So most listeners must gravitate to one of the FMs. Which one?
 
I find that the 730 signal has very good quality during the day, so I tend to go with that in the day time. Admittedly, the night time signal of 12 watts is no power-house, so I have listened to 104.5 at night. Did they need to add 92.5 ? I don't think so.

By the way, I didn't bother to mention the wZMF (730 repeater) at 99.9
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W260AY&service=FX&status=L&hours=U

or the 95.3 signal from Mt Top
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W237DP&service=FX&status=L&hours=U

so make that 4 frequencies in Wilkes-Barre, and 7 or 8 altogether.
 
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