Keys people: Any ideas?

[strangelove]

Miami-Dade Schools owns a station in Marathon, is this a simulcast of WLRN or is this a different station entirely?

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=122606

 

[cdsull502]

It's a simulcast of WLRN -- it's been on the air for just a couple of weeks.

 

[strangelove]

Interesting. Thanks for the info. I wonder now if they'll be keeping their chain of translators on the air.

 

[radiofish]

Is Marathon part of Miami-Dade?

 

[Radio-X]

Is Marathon part of Miami-Dade?

No, it's part of Monroe County (as are all of the Florida Keys)

However, Miami-Dade Schools are the license holder for WLRN-FM/TV, and put a station in Marathon to allow the Keys public radio without the huge chain of translators. Makes sense since the nearest public radio station to the Keys besides WLRN is probably Radio Reblede in Havana ;D

Radio-X

 

[TerryKay]

What's the real story with WAZQ-FM and the translators (104.9, 106.9 for certain) elsewhere in the Keys? I was down there about three weeks ago. Here's the details of my reeption:

88.3 MHz FLORIDA WAZQ "Q-FM", Key West; September 12-13-14, 2008. I was
tipped off to the format of this station -- as well as the translator relays --
by a WIIS "Island 107" employee while visiting their station on September
12th. WAZQ's format is Active Rock/Alternitive, with a few call-to-action commercials
dropped in. There are many canned ID's, such as: "The best of the 80's,
90's and today -- Q-FM"; "Q-FM reaches, aaaah, about 100,000 people
potentially every day"; "88.3 WAZQ, Key West, 89.3 KLSI, Moss Beach-San
Francisco" (then an appended "Marathon 106.9") and others. This is
a truly odd one: WAZQ is licensed to Educational Public Radio, Inc. while translators
on 104.9 and 106.9 are licensed to Broadcast Towers, Inc. Bill Lacy is the owner
of Educational Public Radio. Wikipedia lists WAZQ translators as: W225AU 92.9 Islamorada,
Florida 5 watts; W257AC 99.3 Islamorada, Florida 5 watts; W241BA 96.1 Key Largo,
Florida 250 watts; W235AM 94.9 Key West, Florida 215 watts; W285EH 104.9 Key West,
Florida 207 watts; W295AN 106.9 Marathon, Florida 250 watts; and W287BJ 105.3 Ramrod
Key, Florida 250 watts. But not having this information with me, I didn't check
whether (except for announced 104.9 and 106.9) they are all relaying WAZQ.

 

[strangelove]

A little more info for you here:

http://www.recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?...ountry=US&zip=&party=&party_type=LICEN&jaws=0

 

[radioguybroadcasting]

What's the real story with WAZQ-FM and the translators (104.9, 106.9 for certain) elsewhere in the Keys? I was down there about three weeks ago. Here's the details of my reeption:

88.3 MHz FLORIDA WAZQ "Q-FM", Key West; September 12-13-14, 2008. I was
tipped off to the format of this station -- as well as the translator relays --
by a WIIS "Island 107" employee while visiting their station on September
12th. WAZQ's format is Active Rock/Alternitive, with a few call-to-action commercials
dropped in. There are many canned ID's, such as: "The best of the 80's,
90's and today -- Q-FM"; "Q-FM reaches, aaaah, about 100,000 people
potentially every day"; "88.3 WAZQ, Key West, 89.3 KLSI, Moss Beach-San
Francisco" (then an appended "Marathon 106.9") and others. This is
a truly odd one: WAZQ is licensed to Educational Public Radio, Inc. while translators
on 104.9 and 106.9 are licensed to Broadcast Towers, Inc. Bill Lacy is the owner
of Educational Public Radio. Wikipedia lists WAZQ translators as: W225AU 92.9 Islamorada,
Florida 5 watts; W257AC 99.3 Islamorada, Florida 5 watts; W241BA 96.1 Key Largo,
Florida 250 watts; W235AM 94.9 Key West, Florida 215 watts; W285EH 104.9 Key West,
Florida 207 watts; W295AN 106.9 Marathon, Florida 250 watts; and W287BJ 105.3 Ramrod
Key, Florida 250 watts. But not having this information with me, I didn't check
whether (except for announced 104.9 and 106.9) they are all relaying WAZQ.

WAZQ and KLSI are for sale.. and have been for sale since day one.