KIX 97.9

[MarcB]

As I was driving along Pleasant Street in Southington, CT this afternoon in the area of The High School I began receiving another station inferring with KIX 97.9. In the past I have gotten WSKQ from NYC on 97.9, but I know it wasn't WSKQ because programming was en Ingles, not Espanol. What I heard wasn't clear enough for me to ID, but it was clear enough that I know it was en Ingles not Espanol.

 

[necrat123]

Probably the Naugatuck translator, W250AA on 97.9...

 

[CTListener]

Probably the Naugatuck translator, W250AA on 97.9...

A translator of what station?

 

[MarcB]

97.9 W250AA simulcasts WFAR from Danbury, which last I knew was Portugesse.

 

[necrat123]

It's multi-lingual with english programming on it sometimes too.

 

[WPHA]

97.9 W250AA simulcasts WFAR from Danbury, which last I knew was Portugesse.

Yes. Tell me HOW that makes sense... that an 18 watt CLASS D FM, can put translators all over CT, WAY OUTSIDE of it's coverage area? Very strange rules.

 

[MarcB]

97.9 W250AA simulcasts WFAR from Danbury, which last I knew was Portugesse.

Yes. Tell me HOW that makes sense... that an 18 watt CLASS D FM, can put translators all over CT, WAY OUTSIDE of it's coverage area? Very strange rules.

WFAR is a non-commercial station and there's some different rules regarding translators and non-commercial stations.

 

[CTListener]

97.9 W250AA simulcasts WFAR from Danbury, which last I knew was Portugesse.

Yes. Tell me HOW that makes sense... that an 18 watt CLASS D FM, can put translators all over CT, WAY OUTSIDE of it's coverage area? Very strange rules.

WFAR is a non-commercial station and there's some different rules regarding translators and non-commercial stations.

WMNR Monroe was briefly on 91.9 with a 1-watt signal from a little translator on West Peak in Meriden. I think that pipsqueak translator also carried WAMC Albany for a time.

 

[KML0224]

I swear I picked up that translator once, in of all places, the food court at the Buckland Hills Mall in Manchester!

 

[MarcB]

Probably the Naugatuck translator, W250AA on 97.9...

Thanks Mike. I confirmed this today. I heard Portugesse music underneath KIX when I was traveling in the same area of Southington today. It was very strong near the high school. I suppose this translator has to shut down when they move 97.9 to Hartford.

 

[MarcB]

I know KIX is moving to 100.9 sometime in the future (And who knows how well the new signal will reach into my area), but for the time being is it too much to ask for an act of god to knock down the antenna on the ESPN Building on Middle Street that belongs to 98.1 ESPN Campus Radio? I'm sick of losing KIX's signal when as I drive by the ESPN Building everyday.

 

[DToTheJ]

Don't mess with the Mothership. :

And for the future: God is spelled with a capital G.