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alextide32

When i'm driving in my car in Bloomington, I like to listen to 107.9 (yes I know many of you on this board aren't big fans of the track). But when I drive close to the downtown area, it seems to be blocked out by another frequency. I looked it up and apparently "Spirit 95" ::) seems the need to have a relay transmitter on 107.7 which is completely blocking out the frequency on 107.9 anywhere near downtown Bloomington. I'm thinking about filing a complaint with the FCC but i'm not sure if this would be worthy of doing so.
 
Ive done the same thing with what I thought was a religious pirate blocking reception of X-103 WRZX ...The X used to do good in Bloomington, but now Bloomington has a LEGAL station on 103.1 that Stomps it out, What is the FCC thinking.... They have a 99.1 here too that blocks out WZKF Louisville, which used to have a Usable signal here, It was only 64 miles away at 50kw at 499 ft.... Wake Up FCC..... These translator are worse than pirates, cause at least the pirates provide something not over sturated in the market, and usually only cover a few miles without interference. My pirate in Martinsville is on 93.5,,, so it doesnt cause interference to the other stations, and has a format that doesnt compete with the legit stations. Also,,, I dont broadcast 24 hrs a day,, only over nights and week ends,,, so if the FCC comes,,, Ill send them into B-Town... if they take them off, then I will go off..... The FCC claims to own the airwaves, but its really just who has the money to bribe them/./// No one owns the airwaves.... its like electricity, its just there.
 
My pirate in Martinsville is on 93.5,,, so it doesnt cause interference to the other stations, and has a format that doesnt compete with the legit stations. Also,,, I dont broadcast 24 hrs a day,, only over nights and week ends,,, so if the FCC comes,,, Ill send them into B-Town... if they take them off, then I will go off..... The FCC claims to own the airwaves, but its really just who has the money to bribe them/./// No one owns the airwaves.... its like electricity, its just there.
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tell it to the judge. Good Luck, Pilgrim.
 
99.1 in Bloomington is WIUX-LP which landed on 99.1 when their original frequency, 100.3, got grabbed up by Korn Country in Columbus. They transmit from the IU main library.

This frequency change was to allow a rim shot Class A (not WZKF which is a Class B) to move closer to Louisville.

The only reason 99.1 was assigned to WIUX-LP was that WZKF moved closer to Louisville, the wanted to be another rim shot into Louisville instead of staying near Salem (and thus listenable in Bloomington). So find out WZKF Salems' phone number in Louisville, call 'em up and read 'em the riot act. While you're at it, call Korn Country and do the same because otherwise WIUX-LP would still be on 100.3
 
its like electricity, its just there.
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So you don't pay your power bill, I take it? ::)
 
Mid West Clubber said:
,,, so if the FCC comes,,, Ill send them into B-Town... if they take them off, then I will go off.....
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If they tell you to shut off - you WILL shut off or you'll be telling your cellmates how you stood up to the FCC - until they took everything you own and tossed you in the clink.

Mid West Clubber said:
The FCC claims to own the airwaves, but its really just who has the money to bribe them/./// No one owns the airwaves.... its like electricity, its just there.
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No, the PUBLIC owns the airwaves. The FCC only issues and regulates (and will soon start confiscating - Remember "change" and "hope" from our new administration really means "dupe" and "steal") licenses.

And where do you think electricity comes from? Trees? Someone has to PRODUCE it, and DISTRIBUTE it via power stations and power lines. There is a cost - but unlike legitimate owners, YOU are stealing resources (airwaves and electricity) others have to pay for.

And, what if someone else in your neighborhood decided to fire up their own pirate on the same frequency? What are you going to do - complain to the FCC?
 
cold_coffee said:
A million hot line calls wouldn't straighten these guys out.
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I think we all know by now that a 'million hotline calls' didn't help ANY station do anything other than run off quality talent, kill ratings, income and bring the value of the station to less than what was paid for it - hmmmmmm?
 
Okay the electricity comment was bad on my part, I didnt explain my point,,, Electricity is in fact there,, if you can harness it,,,, doesnt mean you get free power from Duke...lol I was in fact on 93.7 for awhile, but moved to 93.5 because it is a cleaner frequency and I didnt realize I was getting into Warm 93.9s contour. Also, Power was reduced and the antenna height was raised greatly,, there isnt much point into covering any area outside Martinsville, since the signal would be way too Hot to try to penetrate into Indy or Bloomington... The signal is clean and properly modulated,,, In mono in order to reduce noise, and also not to interfere any.. If I am in fact causing any interference to anyone's signal, radio,,, Air traffic, Emergency first responders.. then I want to know about it so I can correct the problem, or switch off if need be.

If someone else wants to broadcast at low power on 93.5, which has happened in the past when I was on 88.3.. it would do no good except to cancel out both broadcasts... It would take nearly 4 times our power in order to drown us out,, and if they are that brave and stupid, and have that much money for a TX,,,,, I'll let them have the frequency, and I'll go back to 88.3... When Ch.6 goes all Digital im gonna move to 87.9 anyway,,, this will prevent any possible interference and will also cause most cars to Default all presets to 87.9 or 87.7 when their battery dies.... Plus Non HD TVs will still hear the signal on CH 6...

My audio sounds alot better than that on 90.9 south of Martinsville-Licensed to Morgantown,, and we dont mash out other stations that are legit,,, School Owned,,, or otherwise,, unlike all these Religious Translators that squash out School stations, and Fringe signals that have been audible there for 40 plus yrs.
 
radioho said:
cold_coffee said:
A million hot line calls wouldn't straighten these guys out.
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I think we all know by now that a 'million hotline calls' didn't help ANY station do anything other than run off quality talent, kill ratings, income and bring the value of the station to less than what was paid for it - hmmmmmm?
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Truer woids was neva spoken. Save the calls for somebody who is worth caring about; and then put a face other than concern on it to help them through a tough spot.
 
WYGB known as KORN Country was displaced from their channel just like WIUX-LP. WYGB was siisued a Show and Cause order to be moved to 100.3. Like WIUX, they were ordered to move by the FCC so the Louisville station could upgrade.

WPFR owned by Paul Dean Ford in Clinton was also recently ordered to move from 93.9 to 93.7.
Paul treid to oppose this. But a license is only a grant to a trustee and nobody owns a certain
frequency. You sign a waiver to this effect when you first apply. The FCC can move you where
they want.

KORN is one of the few mom and pop stations left. This is a dead horse issue and it is wrong how
it was portrayed.
 
i dont know why WPFR was trying to fight a move of one dial spot. its not like they were moving from 93.9 to some where like 102.1. Korn Country was one who had move from 102.9 to 100.3 thats a bigger change for its listeners than one little flip a button one time
 
As far as LPFMs and translators interfering with out of market stations that used to be recieved, the FCC decided years ago that you had no right or reason to be listening to out of market stations. Threfore, if a translator is blocking out Louisville in Bloomington..that's too bad but the Louisville stations are for Louisville.
 
But, 107.9 and 103.3 from Indianapolis had once been popular in Bloomington.

Now, how about the pirate on the previous page? The FCC could use some quotes
from him in a PR campaign for a crackdown.
 
We have been broadcasting off and on,,, not 24-7 in Martinsville since 1999,, but our format and frequencys have changed from AM 1610 which was Classic Country, also 88.3 with a Dance Format,, then a flip to Oldies when Gold 104.5 went away,, then when we got WCLS and WKLU we went to CHR-top 40,, but this proved to be a mistake since the CHR audience already listens to WBWB and WNOU here,,, so we went Hip Hop Rhythmic since you cant hear WHHH here,, this didnt set well with the older Christian conservative audience, we went back to Dance on 93.7, and are now on 93.5 Mono so as to not cause interference ,,, only on Over nights and Weekends with 100 Milowatts, but the Antenna is very high, it covers all of Martinsville on a car radio. I dont own it, I just volunteer and program it and stuff.

Indeed in Bloomington all the out of markets are blocked by translators,,, Indianapolis isnt really outta market for a Class B to be heard in Bloomington like 107.9 and 103.3....... Also,, 98.9 WZKF is licensed to Salem still and is only 64 miles from Bloomington at 50kw at 499 FT,,, should be listenable as well.

Also,, in Bedford there is another station on 96.9 that bleeds into WBWB 96.7 which is a popular CHR for Bedford,, and you cant get Hank FM 97.1 in Bedford anymore due to K-Love on 97.3.... Hank is only 60 miles from Bedford, and has 23,000 watts at 700 some odd feet.

I think Martinsville High School should have a station, at least a Part 15,,,, I think nearly all High Schools should have any station of any format if possible so the kids can learn and develope interest in broadcasting. Even just a very small station that covers the parking lot.
 
media1170 said:
The only reason 99.1 was assigned to WIUX-LP was that WZKF moved closer to Louisville, the wanted to be another rim shot into Louisville instead of staying near Salem (and thus listenable in Bloomington). So find out WZKF Salems' phone number in Louisville, call 'em up and read 'em the riot act.
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You make that sound like it happened recently. It was back in the 90s sometime when that occurred, and it wasn't even WZKF then.

And you make it sound like they don't cover Louisville adequately. They are a class B and cover Louisville with a city grade signal. That's not a rim blaster.

Did you EVER hear it when it was WSLM in Salem? And you want that back on "50,000 red hot watts?" ::)
 
Hey Clubber, read the regs and check the history of 98.9 Salem, then get back to us. 98.9 Salem's transmitter is 78 miles from Martintucky and 63 miles from the WIUX transmitter. Lifeline #1 (the only one you get)-Part 73.807

FYI-Korn got an upgrade from their freq move. Don't recall anyone down there fighting the move the way WIUX-LP did. Kind of makes Timewarps comments feel a little "self serving".
 
kd8hho said:
1 thing is for sure. something has to be done with all these damn religious translators.
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Because we need them to rebroadcast all the great classic rock stations out there?

What kind of statement is that? I don't think there is a need for so many country stations out there - something needs to be done about that too!
 
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