Around 2003 WBBQ was downgraded from 100,000 watts to 78,000 watts to enable co-owned WQNQ Asheville to upgrade its signal. Perhaps that also plays a part in no longer being able to pick it up.
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iHM is getting ready to do what Entercom or Cumulus should've done YEARS ago...
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WBBQ has one of the more impressive signals in the state. It's up there with The River, 102.9 in Columbus and to a lesser extent, 106.7 in Douglas.
Yes, WBBQ was downgraded but still has an absolutely monster signal.
Would you also consider 95.9 out of Dublin to be impressive as well? That's another one I get when the FM DXing is good. Sometimes it would interfere with 96 Rock.
Jabba, I have not actually heard that station, but the answer is probably yes. I know from buying time for a couple of clients that it covers many, many towns in which I was looking for coverage.
Yeah, however, translators have really hurt Y96 in the last few years. For example, the station is not listenable in Macon and it use to be.
106.7 in Douglas is more impressive in terms of pulling a signal further out under normal conditions.
Probably just irony but 106.7 locally can be heard easily in Carrollton. Impressive considering the tower is clear on the other side of Atlanta and isn’t even 100K watts. Height is more impactful that strength though.
By contrast, 95.5 WSB signal is not impressive at all considering the height/strength. Lose it before you get to Forsyth (maybe due to translator in Warner Robins) and in Carrollton, signal is weaker than the other in town 100K watt stations.
Finally, 100.5, considering its weak overall power, the signal stretches pretty good. Maybe due to lack of outside interference on frequency.
Finally, 100.5, considering its weak overall power, the signal stretches pretty good. Maybe due to lack of outside interference on frequency.
Two of the other in-town C1's have tower height advantages: 92.9 (64KW at 1115 feet) and the Bull (78KW at 1083 feet) verses WSBB FM's 915 feet. Neither is directional like 95.5. IIRC the northwest notch for 95.5 is due to WSM FM 95.5 Nashville's (a full class C) protection:
Still 95.5's signal is a lot better than 100.5 which is a class C2 which is very similar to the class B's (except for the 60 db protection) that a lot of markets are limited too. 100.5 get clobbered north of Canton quite frequently by on channel WSSL (100.5 100KW@1250 ft. Gray Court (Greenville SC).
Still 95.5's signal is a lot better than 100.5 which is a class C2 which is very similar to the class B's (except for the 60 db protection) that a lot of markets are limited too. 100.5 get clobbered north of Canton quite frequently by on channel WSSL (100.5 100KW@1250 ft. Gray Court (Greenville SC).
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WSM-FM and WSBB-FM are actually 210 miles apart, which is beyond either the 180-mile spacing between two class Cs or the 168-mile spacing between a C and a C1.Two of the other in-town C1's have tower height advantages: 92.9 (64KW at 1115 feet) and the Bull (78KW at 1083 feet) verses WSBB FM's 915 feet. Neither is directional like 95.5. IIRC the northwest notch for 95.5 is due to WSM FM 95.5 Nashville's (a full class C) protection:
Still 95.5's signal is a lot better than 100.5 which is a class C2 which is very similar to the class B's (except for the 60 db protection) that a lot of markets are limited too. 100.5 get clobbered north of Canton quite frequently by on channel WSSL (100.5 100KW@1250 ft. Gray Court (Greenville SC).
I would have attributed to WALV-FM (formerly WPLZ) at 95.3, but adjacent-channel spacing between a C3 and a C1 is 90 miles (and between a C3 and a C, 109 miles). WALV-FM and WSBB-FM are 103 miles apart.
100.5 is very weak in the mornings in Loganville. Many mornings WSSL stomps all over them. Once you get to Between or further N near the end of Sugarloaf near 316, 100.5 is gone. I don't know if it gets better during the day because I don't listen after 10AM. Just remembered, one morning at Mall of GA some sports station was perfectly clear, no sign of Rock 100.5.
Yes because it isn’t going to happen.
We probably have, Alex. It's become more of a train of thought. Maybe we should start new threads before we run this one off the rails. That may be too late at this point. IHM was gonna do what?
Flip 94.9 or 96.1 to The Breeze, LOL.
As of November 5, 2021, WBZW-FM 96.7 has flipped to “Christmas 96.7”… Merry Early Christmas!!!
I'd love to see 94.9 flip back to AC.
94.9 the Breeze or the Peach!
Bring it baacckkk!!!!
Not happening.I'd love to see 94.9 flip back to AC.
94.9 the Breeze or the Peach!
Bring it baacckkk!!!!
Be on the loom out next week for iHeart Media nationwide flips of stations presently stunting in Christmas mode. 😉
*lookout
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