Kool 101 WKNL vs. 92.1 WLNG

[RadioJay]

I would love to see Kool 101 (100.9) WKNL play more music like 92.1 WLNG. LNG plays music from a library of 10,000 oldies and sounds great. I love the nostalgic presentation they have with all the old jingles and the reverb, not to mention the strong audio processing. I've even heard them play records! Makes the station sound really authentic. Kool 101 still plays 60's and even some 50's music unlike in Hartford and Providence where oldies stations have gone mainly 70's and 80's, but WLNG definately has the upper hand with music variety. The only thing is that the signal is only clear right near the Connecticut shoreline. Once you start moving away from the coast it starts fading away. <P ID="signature">______________
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[thedougpound]

WLNG's signal is alot better then you say.

I know people who have heard it in East Hartford, Columbia and Norwich crystal clear and listen to it on a regular basis.

 

[RadioJay]

> WLNG's signal is alot better then you say.
>
> I know people who have heard it in East Hartford, Columbia
> and Norwich crystal clear and listen to it on a regular
> basis.
>
On Route 2 in North Stonington right up to Foxwoods Casino and east of Route 2 into RI the signal is fair at best. Even some New London FMs that have their transmitters west of Route 2 are not that strong because none of them scan on the dial in this area. In noticed the area is hilly so that may have something to do with it. I work at Foxwoods and park at an open shuttle bus lot in North Stonington and WLNG is also fair at best and stations like 97.7 WCTY, 98.7 WNLC, 100.9 WKNL, and 105.5 WQGN also are fair at best and do not scan at all. This must be a dead signal area because once you are west of Route 2 the stations are clear and you can scan them. Once you are back on 95 North out of the area and well into Rhode Island (exit 3 and higher) the signals get a lot better and then as you approach exit 5 they quickly fade out. It's really wierd. Must be the hills. <P ID="signature">______________
Moe: (Sees a microphone in a radio studio) Ooh, a microphonie!

Curly: Or a phoney at the mike!

Moe: Quiet numbskulls I'm broadcastin'!

From The Three Stooges episode "Micro-Phoneys"</P>

 

[FMRadio1]

WLNG seems to have a lull in it's pattern to the northeast, which would make sense because they are near the tip of Long Island anyway plus they have to protect first-adjacent WPRO-FM. I grew up in the Colchester/East Haddam area to the northwest of Sag Harbor and I never had trouble pulling in WLNG. Funny thing, they sound about the same now as they did way back when!

As far as the other signals go, they are all class A 3000 and 6000 watt stations. They aren't powerful enough to maintain a strong signal through hilly terrain. I'd bet 103.7 with it's 50K stick comes in fine through that stretch.

Either that or you have a really crappy car radio.....

Mike Thomas


> On Route 2 in North Stonington right up to Foxwoods Casino
> and east of Route 2 into RI the signal is fair at best.
> Even some New London FMs that have their transmitters west
> of Route 2 are not that strong because none of them scan on
> the dial in this area. In noticed the area is hilly so that
> may have something to do with it. I work at Foxwoods and
> park at an open shuttle bus lot in North Stonington and WLNG
> is also fair at best and stations like 97.7 WCTY, 98.7 WNLC,
> 100.9 WKNL, and 105.5 WQGN also are fair at best and do not
> scan at all. This must be a dead signal area because once
> you are west of Route 2 the stations are clear and you can
> scan them. Once you are back on 95 North out of the area
> and well into Rhode Island (exit 3 and higher) the signals
> get a lot better and then as you approach exit 5 they
> quickly fade out. It's really wierd. Must be the hills.
>

 

[TXengineer]

> WLNG seems to have a lull in it's pattern to the northeast,
> which would make sense because they are near the tip of Long
> Island anyway plus they have to protect first-adjacent
> WPRO-FM.

Nope, they are a grandfathered allotment. They are operating completley non directional. They are also fully spaced under 73.207 standards.
(They are 118km apart, where the 200kHz A to B spacing minimum is 113km)

 

[CTRadio]

The two stations have plenty of signal overlap and fall under the oldies label, but they are in no way direct competitors. They play to two separate markets and are listened to for different reasons. WLNG IS Eastern Long Island, and a heritage of local involvement since 1963 is what makes it tick, not "Twist Twist Senora" by Gary U.S. Bonds. That just adds to its quirkiness, which radio people and vinyl junkies love. I salute them, but WLNG's one-of-a-kind success cannot be easily duplicated, even across the Sound. Doing the huge early era playlist in mono reverb on other stations would be disastrous, especially where it's more of a horse race. I'd go to Foxwoods and bet in the high stakes section on that. It's nice that you like the obscures and pre-64 stuff, but it's NOT about what we think sounds good. It's about what works. Translate that to what advertisers will buy.

> I would love to see Kool 101 (100.9) WKNL play more music
> like 92.1 WLNG. LNG plays music from a library of 10,000
> oldies and sounds great. I love the nostalgic presentation
> they have with all the old jingles and the reverb, not to
> mention the strong audio processing. I've even heard them
> play records! Makes the station sound really authentic.
> Kool 101 still plays 60's and even some 50's music unlike in
> Hartford and Providence where oldies stations have gone
> mainly 70's and 80's, but WLNG definately has the upper hand
> with music variety. The only thing is that the signal is
> only clear right near the Connecticut shoreline. Once you
> start moving away from the coast it starts fading away.
>