I ran across a post in Contemporary Christian under formats about a new format called God's Country. So I tuned in to WIIN 780 and heard this format. It is mainly a cross between Southern Gospel and Christian Country. Seems like 780 AM has quit simucasting US96.3 and got to try a new format.
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God's Country Jubilee 780
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You're very late on this. It's been Jubilee for about a year or so. The US96.3 simulcast was just filler time due to the women's talk network they carried went belly-up.
Count me in as late, too. Was in J-town this week and caught 780 on a scan, thought for a moment that 1120 had moved.
1120's still sounding good; lots of credible bluegrass. What's their story? Who's the real person/people behind that station?
1120's still sounding good; lots of credible bluegrass. What's their story? Who's the real person/people behind that station?
WTWZ 1120 has been operated by Terry Wood since it came on the air around 25 years ago. Terry is a one man show, and has been blind since birth. He has upgraded the station from 2.5kw when it first went on at 1120 to a 10kw daytimer. Terry uses state of the art equipment... new BE 10kw transmitter, CDS32 automation with a speech interface, Radio Systems Millenium console, Optimod processing and an Audio Processing Technologies Rio unit to get the audio to and from the transmitter site.
Terry does paid religious programming in the morning then switches to bluegrass during the afternoon. Terry is very particular about the sound of WTWZ... I did his engineering for several years. He's a very unique owner / operator, and a good guy to work for.
RFB
Terry does paid religious programming in the morning then switches to bluegrass during the afternoon. Terry is very particular about the sound of WTWZ... I did his engineering for several years. He's a very unique owner / operator, and a good guy to work for.
RFB
WTWZ 1120 in my opinion is the best sounding AM station in the area. as a matter of fact it sounds better than some of the over-processed FM stations in Jackson. The bass sounds smooth and deep and dosent have that growling sound that some AM stations have, and the treble sounds good also. Its a shame AM stereo died, because I bet this station would sound great if it were in stereo. Its rare these days to find an AM station that actually cares about their sound quality.
As for AM 780, I'm not sure what's wrong with their audio. I listen to it sometimes but it just doesn't have any kick. It sounds kinda thin and scratchy, but not as distorted as it used to be. it needs to be a tad lounder. when you tune it in you have to turn up the volume to hear it. thats not a problem if you are in Jackson, but if you are out where I live, its not loud enough to get above the static from the powerlines and such. The signal is strong, but you just can't hear it. You would have to take your radio out in the woods to get away from the static.
BTW. How is it Terry Wood can afford state of the art new equipment and the "big boys" across town sound like they are using old East German transmitters held together with bailing wire and duct tape?
As for AM 780, I'm not sure what's wrong with their audio. I listen to it sometimes but it just doesn't have any kick. It sounds kinda thin and scratchy, but not as distorted as it used to be. it needs to be a tad lounder. when you tune it in you have to turn up the volume to hear it. thats not a problem if you are in Jackson, but if you are out where I live, its not loud enough to get above the static from the powerlines and such. The signal is strong, but you just can't hear it. You would have to take your radio out in the woods to get away from the static.
BTW. How is it Terry Wood can afford state of the art new equipment and the "big boys" across town sound like they are using old East German transmitters held together with bailing wire and duct tape?
flytrap said:
At one time, 780 kept the modulation turned down because the AM signal was getting into WYOY's audio. Both are located on the same tower, so there's a lot of AM RF floating around. I don't know if that is still an issue or if something else is the problem.
WTWZ is Terry Wood's baby - he puts all his money back into the station because he can. You're right about the sound... WTWZ is the best sounding AM music station in the area.
RFB
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