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Is Entercom that Clueless?

DanStrassberg said:
Sometimes, however, the position of the antenna with respect to the tower structure is counterintuitive. A now-deceased friend engineered a station in central New York and achieved a relatively high gain toward the CoL by placing the antenna NOT on the side of the tower closest to the CoL but on the side opposite--and facing it AWAY from the CoL. Meanwhile, the competition did it the obvious way and wound up with a much inferior signal in the CoL.
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The only correct way to get the intended coverage is to have the antenna manufacturer model the antenna AND the tower together, even if it's not a directional antenna (in which case it MUST be modeled in order to meet the CP's specs for the nulls of the pattern). I had to have this done with a station I put on the air about 15 years ago, at the Shiveley factory in Maine. It was a fascinating process and it took us four or five tries, but we got exactly what the CP specified for the pattern and everyone was happy with the result.
 
NHRadio said:
sportsradioweei1037 said:
well then they could use webi or something like that no???? how bout keeipng wmki letters
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I think you mean WMKK. WMKI is Radio Disney Boston at 1250.
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You mean 1260. (WMKI does make a lot of noise on 1250 and 1270, but that's just their IBOC).

1250 is either WGAM Manchester, NH to the north of Boston (formerly the long-ago southern NH AM legend WKBR) , or the cool independent small-market '50s/'60s "Real Oldies" station WARE Ware, MA to the west.
 
Thanks, Eli. The old memory just ain't what it used to be. ;)


Eli Polonsky said:
NHRadio said:
sportsradioweei1037 said:
well then they could use webi or something like that no???? how bout keeipng wmki letters
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I think you mean WMKK. WMKI is Radio Disney Boston at 1250.
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You mean 1260. (WMKI does make a lot of noise on 1250 and 1270, but that's just their IBOC).

1250 is either WGAM Manchester, NH to the north of Boston (formerly the long-ago southern NH AM legend WKBR) , or the cool independent small-market '50s/'60s "Real Oldies" station WARE Ware, MA to the west.
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NHRadio said:
WEEI-FM is taken. It's on 103.7 in Westerly RI.
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...which is also an Entercom-owned station, so they can move the call signs around if they want to. All the WEEI network stations are "master-branded" as WEEI anyhow, so it only really matters for the once-an-hour legal ID.
 
DanStrassberg said:
Sometimes, however, the position of the antenna with respect to the tower structure is counterintuitive. A now-deceased friend engineered a station in central New York and achieved a relatively high gain toward the CoL by placing the antenna NOT on the side of the tower closest to the CoL but on the side opposite--and facing it AWAY from the CoL. Meanwhile, the competition did it the obvious way and wound up with a much inferior signal in the CoL.
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Dan, et. al. Judge for yourself...

http://www.necrat.us/wkaf-2.jpg

It is the 2 bay halfway down. The 3 bay on top is the WGBH-HD antenna.
 
"If" and only "if" The new Sports Hub makes a dent in WEEI's ratings, then they might consider adding an FM presence. But the question is, who would they serve? WEEI already hits the area very well, and several affiliates also. If they do that, it will only be because of an image thing instead.
 
Necrat said:
Dan, et. al. Judge for yourself...

http://www.necrat.us/wkaf-2.jpg

It is the 2 bay halfway down. The 3 bay on top is the WGBH-HD antenna.
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Great pic BUT, without knowing the compass bearings of WKAF's two-bay antenna with respect to the tower, I have no clue in which direction the signal is likely to be strongest. And even if I did know, I couldn't be sure that the spacings were similar to those of the the antenna at the upstate New York station that my late friend engineered. The spacing between the antenna and the tower in your photo looks greater than the corresponding spacing on his tower, but I have no photos of his tower to compare, so I can't be sure. His tower was guy supported and constant in cross section, however. So even if you gave me all of the particulars of the WKAF installation, I still could only guess at the outcome. I'm sure I could concoct an explanation to match any scenario on measured coverage that you provided, which means that you'd be crazy to accept any explanation from me.
 
NHRadio said:
WEEI-FM is taken. It's on 103.7 in Westerly RI.

LAUROJRM said:
Station Name?
"Fox 93.7 WEEI FM"
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No doubt Entercom will move the FM calls to Boston proper if such a move goes down. Can you say, WPEI?
 
NHRadio said:
No doubt Entercom will move the FM calls to Boston proper if such a move goes down. Can you say, WPEI?
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Is WWEI (FM) or WWEI-FM available? Would work in (Westerly)-Providence. Or they could take approach of the old Concert Network of 40-some years ago: Concert Network had WBCN Boston, WHCN Hartford, WNCN New York City, but WXCN Providence. That would make today's WEEI-FM Westerly-Providence into WXEI (FM) or WXEI-FM.
 
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