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Birmingham Informal Objection filed for move of W222BK 92.3 Birmingham

passtheword

passtheword

Just curious, did you file this petition to deny? I read the contents but no name or contact info on who filed it.​

Dan <><

P.S. Without someone's name or contact info being attached to this petition, I don't see it going anywhere.​
 
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I saw this today, too. Very interesting and would explain the poor signal near the licensed location. I'm (vaguely) familiar with where the supposed actual location is near the Waffle House in Pelham but the street view for that area is only from 2023 so I don't see anything that looks like it could be a temporary FM site. The pictures in the objection don't show a specific TX site, unfortunately.

I noticed the app to move to Signal Mountain near Chelsea was granted but the parent station is still listed as WPYA and not WENN.
 
Yes, I noticed that as well...that the originating station for W222BK is still listed as WPYA rather than WENN. Whether that implies anything as far as future plans for 92.3...

I haven't heard a TOH ID given for W222BK for a while now when listening to the AM and online broadcasts (not that an FM translator is required to provide the ID verbally and may do so by other means). No idea if the FM translator is on the air as I cannot receive the signal here in south Shelby county and I haven't checked lately when I'm in the Pelham/Alabaster area.
 
Most of the Petition for Reconsideration is meaningless. No photos of an antenna and showing photos of a receiver doesn't prove much. Add to that, there's no explanation of why the petitioner didn't participate earlier before the grant.
 
kc4rae said:
Most of the Petition for Reconsideration is meaningless. No photos of an antenna and showing photos of a receiver doesn't prove much. Add to that, there's no explanation of why the petitioner didn't participate earlier before the grant.
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In his complaint, he states the tower that W222BK had been using was already dismantled when Summit Media filed a resumption of operations. If that could be substantiated, wouldn't that be enough evidence the station never returned to broadcast from its licensed location and accordingly, since it's been over a year's time (as he alleges) the license would be subject to revocation?
 
passtheword said:
In his complaint, he states the tower that W222BK had been using was already dismantled when Summit Media filed a resumption of operations. If that could be substantiated, wouldn't that be enough evidence the station never returned to broadcast from its licensed location and accordingly, since it's been over a year's time (as he alleges) the license would be subject to revocation?
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The evidence should have been included in the Petition. Just a cursory look at Google Earth, until 2023, there were three towers on that hill. Now, there's two. Which one were they using? We don't know unless the petitioner was on-site or has contacts and knows from conversations with people (something that should be included).

Ninety dBµV is pretty strong. My Jeep's radio (sales code RES) measures signal strength in dBµv. Most metro signals in the suburban area I live in measures around 40-60, but these are not class C FMs and it is pretty hilly here like Central Alabama is.

If anything, a Letter of Inquiry will be issued. The Petition faces a high hurdle on its own because a informal objection or Petition to Deny should have been filed first before the grant. It'll be interesting to see what the Commission does here.
 
kc4rae said:
My Jeep's radio (sales code RES) measures signal strength in dBµv.
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I hate to potentially hijack this thread but this was too interesting not to ask about. Is it via a service menu or some other means? I've had a couple of VW OEM radios that could show signal strength in a service menu of sorts, but it was just a "progress bar" animation, not actual measurements. I didn't think any other car radios exposed that information. (IIRC it also worked on AM, and also could show MPX deviation of the stereo signal, whatever that meant.)
 
tomservo said:
I hate to potentially hijack this thread but this was too interesting not to ask about. Is it via a service menu or some other means? I've had a couple of VW OEM radios that could show signal strength in a service menu of sorts, but it was just a "progress bar" animation, not actual measurements. I didn't think any other car radios exposed that information. (IIRC it also worked on AM, and also could show MPX deviation of the stereo signal, whatever that meant.)
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I was able to find it on the app my OBD II scan tool uses. It has a variety of PIDs that have certain information that can be read as it polls data. As far as I am aware, it is not available through a special menu or on the display. I hope that I can use the data it gets and plot it on a map as I'm driving around.
 
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