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pay attention... its the new owner.
I don't live in Illinois so I guess I am way out of The Loop. Not to make light of this very sad occurrence (I had spoken to Jeremy quite a few times, and worked on a big project with him and the late Bill Sanderson at Faircom/Regent/Townsquare, and a big part of our conversations recently was talking about Bill passing away, which he wasn't aware of.).
You're ALL right about many people who own and run radio now, who don't LOVE it like the old timers. Jeremy had joined the "fraternity" of people who cared deeply about radio. I'm deeply saddened, but I don't like the politicization of this headline. Whoever wrote that headline needs to go to confession. But I guess we all do.
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You're ALL right about many people who own and run radio now, who don't LOVE it like the old timers. Jeremy had joined the "fraternity" of people who cared deeply about radio. I'm deeply saddened, but I don't like the politicization of this headline. Whoever wrote that headline needs to go to confession. But I guess we all do.
Unvaccinated Peoria native dies from COVID: 'It's a shame, because he was a wonderful man'
Jeremy Ruck was born in Peoria and graduated from Richwoods High School. He was not vaccinated and died from COVID-19 at age 50 in rural Illinois.
At the same time, the FCC assigned 1000 AM back when we knew a lot less about radio than they do now. Following the example of other Chicago frequencies (think of WSCR vs KLTT, WGN/KDWN, WBBM/KKOH, WLS/KDXU), WMVP should adjust their pattern to no longer protect KOMO, but still maintain a null to the south. Or, KOMO should be given some reign over the frequency, since Chi-town already has four 50kw sticks that get out great.
I was in a graduate program in Biophysics at The University of Michigan when Matt Folkert was there. I probably was in a class or two with him in Electricity and Magnetism and Advanced Calculus for Engineers. Wish we had met then.
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I actually wanted to link to that when i replied earlier about his passing, but i found the headline so leading and disrespectful, i decided against it. One should not be defined by whether they have had a jab or not.I don't live in Illinois so I guess I am way out of The Loop. Not to make light of this very sad occurrence (I had spoken to Jeremy quite a few times, and worked on a big project with him and the late Bill Sanderson at Faircom/Regent/Townsquare, and a big part of our conversations recently was talking about Bill passing away, which he wasn't aware of.).
You're ALL right about many people who own and run radio now, who don't LOVE it like the old timers. Jeremy had joined the "fraternity" of people who cared deeply about radio. I'm deeply saddened, but I don't like the politicization of this headline. Whoever wrote that headline needs to go to confession. But I guess we all do.
Unvaccinated Peoria native dies from COVID: 'It's a shame, because he was a wonderful man'
Jeremy Ruck was born in Peoria and graduated from Richwoods High School. He was not vaccinated and died from COVID-19 at age 50 in rural Illinois.
Typically an obit is written by the family. Some states may require details on a covid death in the certificate.
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It's not exactly an obit and it was written by a staff member of his hometown's newspaper. My objection is the headline and that it was a news story and not an obituary. I don't believe Jeremy was any sort of local household name. Had he died from some other cause the story in its form would likely not exist at all.
Regardless, and i have no interest in arguing about vaccines or masks or any of that in any direction, I didn't know Jeremy, but I have looked through dozens of his applications over the years and from the narratives to the maps and exhibits he produced for his clients, including a number during the NCE window last month, his work was absolutely top notch. He seemed to love radio and certainly will be missed greatly. I'm especially sad for his wife and son.
Here is the actual obit, for anyone interested. Don't miss the tributes tab as there are some very nice posts by some of his radio clients including Eben Fowler at Bott (I most recently saw Jeremy's work for Bott in the NCE window last month for applications in Texarkana and Arkadelphia) and Spirit Catholic Radio.
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I would swear it was 10 kW watts STA, but the authorization says NOT TO EXCEED 12.5 kW. Maybe they had an old 10 kW transmitter that couldn't make 12.5 kW. Glen Clark mentioned the problem with the WLS site being so far away from much of Chicago in the request. Art Vuolo said when I told him about them being about to lose the legacy WCFL/WMVP site, he also said that many people in those suburbs are now l listening to WLS online anyway. He hadn't heard about the latest 6+ being 0.8. For WLS, WJR, WWJ and may others, ending up simulcasting on coowned FMs is a foregone conclusion, sooner rather than later. Alternative formats and Classic Hits demographics are apparently "moribund".
The Physics Professor that probably both Matt Folkert and I had for Electricity and Magnetism was a lot like Dr. Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun. Most of the class reacted like Leon (played by Ian Lithgow, John/Dick's son). The AVERAGE score on the Final Exam was 83 out of 200 (41.5 percent), which was on a B- curve. One big thing I learned was the derivation of electromagnetic dipole radiation being 222 mV/m @ 1 kW @ 1 km. The answer was in the back of one of the books, Reitz and Milford or Corson and Lorrain. I asked my undergraduate Physics professor about the way it was begin taught, and he said those books were supposed to be for a TWO semester class, not ONE. That and Solar Flux being equivalent to 686 V/m at Earth distances. Since 600 V/m is only safe for limited microwave and other radiofrequency exposure, I decided at that point that I would henceforth stay out of the sun for extended periods. Not that that is directly comparable to monochromatic coherent radiation.
The Physics Professor that probably both Matt Folkert and I had for Electricity and Magnetism was a lot like Dr. Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun. Most of the class reacted like Leon (played by Ian Lithgow, John/Dick's son). The AVERAGE score on the Final Exam was 83 out of 200 (41.5 percent), which was on a B- curve. One big thing I learned was the derivation of electromagnetic dipole radiation being 222 mV/m @ 1 kW @ 1 km. The answer was in the back of one of the books, Reitz and Milford or Corson and Lorrain. I asked my undergraduate Physics professor about the way it was begin taught, and he said those books were supposed to be for a TWO semester class, not ONE. That and Solar Flux being equivalent to 686 V/m at Earth distances. Since 600 V/m is only safe for limited microwave and other radiofrequency exposure, I decided at that point that I would henceforth stay out of the sun for extended periods. Not that that is directly comparable to monochromatic coherent radiation.
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I don't think I've ever seen so may kind words in comments in an Obituary of a non celebrity. Thanks for posting the unpoliticized version.Here is the actual obit, for anyone interested. Don't miss the tributes tab as there are some very nice posts by some of his radio clients including Eben Fowler at Bott (I most recently saw Jeremy's work for Bott in the NCE window last month for applications in Texarkana and Arkadelphia) and Spirit Catholic Radio.
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I was not familiar with that practice at some newspapers. I lost a father, stepfather and mother and the Cleveland Plain Dealer had the obits written by a staff writer; they called to verify the information. Same for a former girlfriend who died in Cincinnati.
They can't just choose to not protect KOMO, under current FCC rules.
There might be some optimization that could reduce the land required for a new antenna, but Disney just rebuilt the WMVP facility in the 2000s, and they did not pursue anything of that sort at the time. That leads me to suspect there wasn't much pushing and squeezing to be done.
Sorry to hear Mr. Ruck has died. FYI, a death notice is the paid ad the family places through the funeral home. An obituary, which was written by a Journal Star staffer in this case, is a news story. David has it right (and the Journal-Star, which Yahoo picked up, calls the paid death notice an obit, so go figure). I've written a few myself. And I had no problem with the headline, given the virus was the cause of death.
Back to 1000. So Disney sees more value in the land under the WMVP transmitter than in the station. Not a surprise. That's the Wrigley Field of transmitter sites, smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood that was farmland when the towers went up way back. Sell the station, keep the land, sell it to a developer that will plunk half-million dollar homes (or thereabouts) on it. Zillow, for instance, estimated the value of the house across from the front gate of the site at $512,000. You can probably fit 64 lots of that size on the site, so that's a potential $30-million plus in sales for a developer.
Now, where can WMVP go and keep the same pattern? Due west? Then it's west of Aurora (and Mooseheart, where WJJD started). Maybe they can swing a deal with WKKD, which is in the Aurora area, if the land is right. It'll be a tough go to duplicate what they have.
Back to 1000. So Disney sees more value in the land under the WMVP transmitter than in the station. Not a surprise. That's the Wrigley Field of transmitter sites, smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood that was farmland when the towers went up way back. Sell the station, keep the land, sell it to a developer that will plunk half-million dollar homes (or thereabouts) on it. Zillow, for instance, estimated the value of the house across from the front gate of the site at $512,000. You can probably fit 64 lots of that size on the site, so that's a potential $30-million plus in sales for a developer.
Now, where can WMVP go and keep the same pattern? Due west? Then it's west of Aurora (and Mooseheart, where WJJD started). Maybe they can swing a deal with WKKD, which is in the Aurora area, if the land is right. It'll be a tough go to duplicate what they have.
FCC will let a station run 25% of normal power only in an STA situation such as technical problems with a directional array.
Licensing require the protection of the other co-channel and adjacent channel be met.
If when operating under an STA the FCC gets interference complaint(s) the STA will be amended to a lower power level to satisfy the complaint.
They were approved for an AUX for 12000 watts at the WLS site several years ago.
I've posted this link before, but it bears repeating.
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Also look at the satellite photos on Google Maps.
WGN Transmitter
Also look at the satellite photos on Google Maps.
Good Karma has named director of content to run WMVP.
Maybe the WCPT 820 AM night time site on the east side of Joliet, IL would work as a diplex site for WMVP. It's positioned well to provide the null towards Oklahoma City. Would only need to diplex at night as WCPT has their daytime diplex site on the northwest side of chicago with WSBC 1240 AM.
The current site was not included in the sale. So at some point they will need to relocate.
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