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Imus On Philly Radio
- Thread starter kzewdude
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Michael Klein recently wrote that Citadel is talking "with a Philly station he won't identify" regarding carriage of the I-Man.
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Even if they signed on at 6:00, their signal would be so limited that it wouldn't be worth broadcasting. But I remember in the summertime a couple of years ago that I used to be able to listen to 860 on my way to work in Trenton, and was able to pick up the signal on Route One loud and clear until I got just past Fairless Hills.
Just looked at WWDB's listing on the FCC website; they have no presunrise or post sunset listed. I remember seeing an old application dated 1988, where they wanted 3towers in Lower Merion fort 500 watts at night. Seems to have been shot down by zoningh, but was thinking they could use the PEN setup to get between 250-500 watts.
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Imus on 560? You're kidding, right? Imus in the Morning and the Gospel all Day!
No way that would work.
But 990 would be a good fit, except Imus is not really a conservative. He would certainly help the ratings but he does not fit the format.
No way that would work.
But 990 would be a good fit, except Imus is not really a conservative. He would certainly help the ratings but he does not fit the format.
WTUX said:
Firstly, Salem doesn't care as much about ratings as they do ideology. Secondly, he doesn't fit the "Salem mold" of talk host. That is, not only is he not not far enough to the right; but he has talent. And, if 990 did get him, they'd probably tape delay it until 3-6AM: just like they delay Miller from 9PM-12AM and Savage from 12AM-3AM.
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I have been talking up this same idea for a couple of years now to no effect--ever since WPEN first applied to move to the WWDB site at night. Not only could WWDB move to the WPEN towers at night, but so could WVCH, Dave--probably with very similar power to whatever WWDB could get. The primary protections for both 740 and 860 at night are the two Toronto stations, CHWO and CJBC, that diplex from the same tower with the same power. The phasor designs for both of the Philly-area stations would thus be similar. But power greater than 250W could be a problem. I think both WWDB and WVCH could require CoL changes because, thanks to the huge interfering signals from Toronto, neither could put an NIF signal over anything close to 80% of the population of its current CoL, as required for licensing as a Class B, even with 500W from that location. Fortunately, both stations could change their CoLs to something besides Philadelphia and Chester without depriving those communities of their sole audio broadcast service (the sort of move that the FCC has frequently balked at). The problem would be finding communities that meet the CoL criteria. You know the Philly are far better than I do, Dave, so tell me if there are any candidates (geographically compact towns southeast of and close to the WPEN day sticks). If no such communities exist, the stations would have to remain Class Ds, which would limit the night power to the lesser of 250W or an RMS inverse-distance field of 140.85 mV/m @ 1 km (the equivalant of 250W into a minimum-efficiency Class D radiator). The advantage of remaining a Class D is that there is absolutely no requirement for providing ANY nighttime coverage of the CoL.
BTW, when WPEN applied to move to the WWDB sticks at night, the application made much of the fact that this was NOT to be a conventional diplex because WWDB would not be operating from the site when WPEN used it. The equipment was not designed for diplexing and a retrofit could be prohibitive both technically and economically. But doing for WWDB and WVCH at the old WPEN site the reverse of what Greater did for WPEN at the WWDB site sounds to me like a very neat approach. And it seems as though NOW would be the time to apply because Greater has just filed to increase WPEN's day power to 50 kW. If the FCC approves that app, additional work will be required at the old WPEN site. In all probability, adding two low-power stations that would operate from the site only when WPEN was not doing so would not constitute a major complication. At another time, the cost and complexity of the job could be a lot greater (small G).
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Can't pick it up here in the office.
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Many large corporations, mine included, forbid listening to radio on-line. Only real life radios or cd's. So WABC on-line is "out of line" for me.
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