MIAMI MARKET TRANSMITTERS

[ericlatinkid1025]

WAS RECENTLY IN MIAMI AND AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FOLLOWING STATIONS BROADCAST FROM. ON RADIO-LOCATOR.COM IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME LOCATION. I NOTICED A LARGE TOWER OFF OF 95 A FEW MINUTES NORTH OF MIAMI WOULD THIS BE IT?

WQHT
WPOP
WMIB
WMGE
WEDR
WHYI

 

[ericlatinkid1025]

SORRY THAT WAS WPOW

 

[top4odj]

WAS RECENTLY IN MIAMI AND AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FOLLOWING STATIONS BROADCAST FROM. ON RADIO-LOCATOR.COM IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME LOCATION. I NOTICED A LARGE TOWER OFF OF 95 A FEW MINUTES NORTH OF MIAMI WOULD THIS BE IT?

WQHT
WPOP
WMIB
WMGE
WEDR
WHYI

The tower off I-95, just west on Pembroke Road, is owned by Trinity Broadcasting (a religious company). Y-100 & WAXY used to partake on that tower. The bulk of the stations in Miami-Dade / Broward are now on the former Gannett Tower at County Line Road and 441. It holds about 11 Radio & 3 TV stations. One of my other posts tells the who's tower belongs to who story.

 

[bat manny]

WAS RECENTLY IN MIAMI AND AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FOLLOWING STATIONS BROADCAST FROM. ON RADIO-LOCATOR.COM IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME LOCATION. I NOTICED A LARGE TOWER OFF OF 95 A FEW MINUTES NORTH OF MIAMI WOULD THIS BE IT?

WQHT
WPOP
WMIB
WMGE
WEDR
WHYI

The tower off I-95, just west on Pembroke Road, is owned by Trinity Broadcasting (a religious company). Y-100 & WAXY used to partake on that tower. The bulk of the stations in Miami-Dade / Broward are now on the former Gannett Tower at County Line Road and 441. It holds about 11 Radio & 3 TV stations. One of my other posts tells the who's tower belongs to who story.

Hey Stu

would you mind linking me to the post about whos tower belongs to who... i couldnt find it on a search thx

 

[top4odj]

Hey Stu

would you mind linking me to the post about whos tower belongs to who... i couldnt find it on a search thx

I'll just give you an off the cuff answer from meomory. As mentioned above, The Trinity Tower (Ch. 45)..otherwise known as the Candelabra is the former home of Y-100 (100.7), WAXY-FM (105.9) and I believe WSHE-FM (103.5).

In 1984 the then owners of WINZ-FM (I-95) and WINZ-AM (940 AM), Guy Gannett Broadcasting decided to build their own Radio/TV Tower off County Line Road/NW 199th Street and 441. The original I-95 & WYOR (105.1) was at One Biscayne Tower. When it was finished, it was the new home to Radio Stations
I-95/WINZ (94.9 FM)
Y-100/WHYI (100.7 FM)
Love94/WLVE (93.9 FM)
99 JAMZ/WEDR (991 FM)
WTMI (93.1 FM)
WSHE (103.5)
Lite FM/WLYF (101.5)
99 Kiss/WKQS (99.9 FM)
WYOR (105.1 FM)
97 A1A/WAIA (97.3 FM)
TV Stations were CH. 69, CH. 33. Since then Power 96 has gone on that stick along with another TV station and multiple Cellular antennas. The tower closest to 441 & County Line Road is the Dico Tower, which is mostly VHF and Cellular bands. If you notice, i've used the names of the older call letters & station names in a few. You can see how things have changed in 22 years.

Just off Hallandale Beach Blvd and 56th, there is a shorter tower that is owned by Broward County Schools. Other TV Towers at the "Antenna Farm", starting on 199th Street going north, just west of 441, is the CH. 2 WPBT Tower (which also used to house the original 96X & WAIA (now The Coast). North of that is CH 10 (WPLG), and then CH. 7 (WSVN) which is the closest to County Line Road (Those TV's are lined up in a row). The newest TV Tower in the area, was originally built for CH. 6/WTVJ, but when they sold the frequency and swapped with CBS, then CH. 4/WFOR grabbed the facility.

Many of the FM'ers have back up towers around Miami-Dade & Broward, but they're much smaller and mostly on the higher office towers.

I hope that has answered your question. Why I know this stuff both boggles my mind & weirds me out. I am a radio geek no doubt!

I HAVE BEEN TO THE TOP OF THE RADIO TOWER MOUNTAIN & HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE IT!

 

[PaulBWalkerJr]

id love to see those pics, u can email em to me: [email protected]

 

[davideduardo]

The tower off I-95, just west on Pembroke Road, is owned by Trinity Broadcasting (a religious company). Y-100 & WAXY used to partake on that tower. The bulk of the stations in Miami-Dade / Broward are now on the former Gannett Tower at County Line Road and 441. It holds about 11 Radio & 3 TV stations. One of my other posts tells the who's tower belongs to who story.

The candelabra was originally called the Crider tower by everyone. It is short guyed, and sits in the middle of about 100 tornado magnets.

 

[The-Major]

I tend to think too much. Instead of putting it to waste, I decided to put it down on "paper' for everyone to read...
http://www.theradiogod.com/blog.html **BLOG UPDATED AS OF WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16th, 2006**

GOOD STUFF on all of your various blogs and web sites. In fact you've got so much stuff out there I had to bookmark it and save it for later. I've read many of your posts on some of the other Radio-Info boards, but I don't think that I've ever seen you on this one. (We are nice people over here.)

WELCOME ABOARD ! Feel free to stick around and post whenever you get a chance.

THE MAJOR

 

[PaulBWalkerJr]

Thanks for the invite Major, I'll stick around awhile!~

Glad you like my blogand website..

 

[Mike Sheridan]

The candelabra was originally called the Crider tower by everyone. It is short guyed, and sits in the middle of about 100 tornado magnets.
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I have only heard it refered to as the Candelabra tower. I wonder why it was never called the Amaturo tower since he owned it in partnership with Crider. That tower started out as a much shorter tower and closer to the road when the origional Channel 51 started WSMS-TV. I think it was only 500 feet back then. The Candelabra was moved further back on the property and they also moved the TV transmitter building which later also housed transmitters for 103.5, 99.9, 106.7 and 100.7 all of which have changed calls since they moved there except for WHYI. 105.9 was there too but had it's own building.

Stuart are you saying the FM's moved out of there? Hopefully they are on a tower with an elevator.

Now the real question....which towers have Ham radio repeaters? ;D

 

[bat manny]

Hey Stu

would you mind linking me to the post about whos tower belongs to who... i couldnt find it on a search thx

I'll just give you an off the cuff answer from meomory. As mentioned above, The Trinity Tower (Ch. 45)..otherwise known as the Candelabra is the former home of Y-100 (100.7), WAXY-FM (105.9) and I believe WSHE-FM (103.5).

In 1984 the then owners of WINZ-FM (I-95) and WINZ-AM (940 AM), Guy Gannett Broadcasting decided to build their own Radio/TV Tower off County Line Road/NW 199th Street and 441. The original I-95 & WYOR (105.1) was at One Biscayne Tower. When it was finished, it was the new home to Radio Stations
I-95/WINZ (94.9 FM)
Y-100/WHYI (100.7 FM)
Love94/WLVE (93.9 FM)
99 JAMZ/WEDR (991 FM)
WTMI (93.1 FM)
WSHE (103.5)
Lite FM/WLYF (101.5)
99 Kiss/WKQS (99.9 FM)
WYOR (105.1 FM)
97 A1A/WAIA (97.3 FM)
TV Stations were CH. 69, CH. 33. Since then Power 96 has gone on that stick along with another TV station and multiple Cellular antennas. The tower closest to 441 & County Line Road is the Dico Tower, which is mostly VHF and Cellular bands. If you notice, i've used the names of the older call letters & station names in a few. You can see how things have changed in 22 years.

Just off Hallandale Beach Blvd and 56th, there is a shorter tower that is owned by Broward County Schools. Other TV Towers at the "Antenna Farm", starting on 199th Street going north, just west of 441, is the CH. 2 WPBT Tower (which also used to house the original 96X & WAIA (now The Coast). North of that is CH 10 (WPLG), and then CH. 7 (WSVN) which is the closest to County Line Road (Those TV's are lined up in a row). The newest TV Tower in the area, was originally built for CH. 6/WTVJ, but when they sold the frequency and swapped with CBS, then CH. 4/WFOR grabbed the facility.

Many of the FM'ers have back up towers around Miami-Dade & Broward, but they're much smaller and mostly on the higher office towers.

I hope that has answered your question. Why I know this stuff both boggles my mind & weirds me out. I am a radio geek no doubt!

I HAVE BEEN TO THE TOP OF THE RADIO TOWER MOUNTAIN & HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE IT!

Great info, Thx Stu !

Ive been by that tower farm many times by Miami gardens & 441 that place is huge and is a few miles long or wide, when was it built do you know ? is there a website dedicated to that facility?? id love to read more about it.

I remember the first time i drove by it, it was 1992 and had just won a small mix cassette from power 96 and was on the way to the radio station to pick it up. I figured that had to be where all the staions were at... i was simply amazed by the place i was 12 at the time tho... finally today i get some info about that place, ive been wondering about it since i first saw it !


BTW would love to see some pics frm the towers, if possible send them to [email protected]

 

[otterk9]

Stu mentions WKIS (orig. WKQS) and WLYF being on the Guy Gannett Tower (today referred to as "Miami Tower").

I'm pretty sure WKIS (99.9) shared -- and may still share -- the Pembroke Park candelabra with WAXY (105.9, now WBGG) and WJQY (106.7, now WRMA). I don't think they've ever been at the Gannett site.

And WLYF has been about 800 feet up Channel 10's tower at 501 N.W. 207th St. (next door to the Gannett facility) since it went up in power under Sudbrink's ownership in early 1970.

One station not mentioned on the Gannett list is WMXJ (102.7) which relocated to the "big stick" from that gawdawful location they shared with their once co-owned AM (1470) off Rock Island Road in north Broward.

 

[Ai4i]

Let us see if I have this right without going into the history of who was where when and with what call letters.
The tower on the south side of Pembroke Rd has 105.9 and channel 45 above the candelabra (I think channel 51 is gone). 99.9 and 106.7 share an antenna just below the candelabra. Long gone are 100.7 and 103.5. Low on the tower was 103.5, only about 150 meters up. 99.9 can not move to any other tower because their city grade contour must cover all of Boca Raton.
The north side of Hallendale Bch Blvd is channel four's old tower and now supports two DTV stations, both on top.
The south side of Hallendale Bch Blvd originally had ch 2, ch 17, and 91.3, then just 91.3 and ch 39 (top). Now their new tower has 91.3 (top) and maybe channel 39 (side).
The tower closest to County line rd and SR-7 has no broadcasters on it, but it does have two huge delicious glazed donoughts near the top (yum!).
Just west of it is a tower with 93.9, 94.9, 96.5, 97.3, 99.1, 100.7, 102.7, 103.5, 105.1, 106.7, 107.5 (all into one antenna on top), ch 33, ch 48, maybe ch 51, ch 69 (all side mounted). 99.1 is short spaced with 88.5 (10.6MHz removed) and 102.7 moved to this tower the same night that 92.1 moved to 92.3 for the same reason.
The next tower to the west is 101.5 (side) and channel 10 (top).
South of that is channel 7 (top).
South of that is ch 2 (wrap around) and ch 17 & 23 (top). Formerly this tower also had 96.3/96.5 and 97.3.
The tower to the west with the huge platform on top is for ch 4 and I think ch 39.
My info is somewhat old, so please feel free too correct any mistakes.
Oh, the tower at 17107 SW 248 St has channel 6 on top, 98.3 side, 89.7 side, and sadly 95.7 left to be closer to Hialeah from One Biscayne Tower, 92.3 is also on OBT). 88.9 was supposed to be on this tower so as to minimise QRM to channel 6, but I do not think they are. Originally, 98.3 was originally a Christian class A station with 450 watts @ 1100 feet.
Ch 35 is across from the Dadeland mall.
90.5 is on the UN campus and 88.1 and 88.3 are somewhere.
88.5 is at Piper HS, 44st & University Dr, Plantation.
90.3 is at Coral Ridge Pres church, just north of Commercial & Fed.
I think I got them all.

 

[The-Major]

Oh, the tower at 17107 SW 248 St has channel 6 on top, 98.3 side, 89.7 side, and sadly 95.7 left to be closer to Hialeah from One Biscayne Tower, 92.3 is also on OBT). 88.9 was supposed to be on this tower so as to minimise QRM to channel 6, but I do not think they are. Originally, 98.3 was originally a Christian class A station with 450 watts @ 1100 feet.

GREAT INFORMATION - THANKS FOR POSTING IT ALL !

One of my lifelong dreams (as a radio, frequency, and antenna geek) is to take a personalized walking tour of all of these transmitters.

As far as the Homestead area transmitter above is concerned I live exactly 5 miles due south of it (very near theoretical SW 171st Avenue). If I walk out my front door and look due north there it is.

Radio-Info has WRTO (98.3) listed as being just above 1,400 feet up, WMCU (89.7) just above 1,000 feet up, and WRGP (88.1) just above 400 feet up. WRGP is an FIU station - "Radiate FM".

It's not in Radio-Info (obviously), but I believe that WTVJ itself is all the way at the top just above 1,800 feet up (near the 180th floor).

I was actually glad when WXDJ (95.7) moved away because it allowed me to pick-up 95.5 from all the way up in Martin County. It's a very weak signal, but I still get it. I didn't get it at all when 95.7 was down here.

THE MAJOR

 

[Ai4i]

GREAT INFORMATION - THANKS FOR POSTING IT ALL !
Radio-Info has...It's not in Radio-Info (obviously), but...THE MAJOR

I think you meant Radio-locator.
I have to commend you on putting a lot of work into getting your posts to look "just right".
I wonder how far one needs to go in any direction before this gets squashed by that?
Many years ago, I got a personal tour of Mt. Sutro by the engineer/designer, The Late Don Lincoln. I did not go up the elevator as I only would have looked down fog.

 

[The-Major]

I wonder how far one needs to go in any direction before this gets squashed by that?

I see what you mean. 50,000 watts trumps a mere 165 watts ! I would imagine that WAYF-88.1 would start to beat-up on WRGP-88.1 not too far from Homestead - perhaps in the vast Kendall area. I wonder if WRGP even makes it to FIU itself ?

Good observation there. I wasn't aware of the Palm Beach County version of 88.1 FM.

THE MAJOR

 

[Ai4i]

Here is a funny little note about the Way-FM web site:
They used to show a young girl smiling and holding something up to her ear, presumably a small FM radio tuned to her favorite Christian hit radio station.
The metroPCS web site showed that same girl in the same pose, with the same stupid smile on her face, but left/right inverted (a mirror image) holding that same small box up to her ear, presumably a metroPCS handset.
Web surfers who visit radio station web sites are not supposed to be the same web surfers who visit ghetto wireless phone company web sites.

 

[954]

Here is a funny little note about the Way-FM web site:
They used to show a young girl smiling and holding something up to her ear, presumably a small FM radio tuned to her favorite Christian hit radio station.
The metroPCS web site showed that same girl in the same pose, with the same stupid smile on her face, but left/right inverted (a mirror image) holding that same small box up to her ear, presumably a metroPCS handset.
Web surfers who visit radio station web sites are not supposed to be the same web surfers who visit ghetto wireless phone company web sites.

Funny story, but aren't you dating yourself a bit by using a 1960s-70s poliitical term like ghetto?

Elvis notwithstanding, do you know what a ghetto really is? "The word historically referred specifically to the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy, where Jews were required to live." And of course there was the famous Warsaw Ghetto.

"Some people in the U.S. and Europe strongly dislike the term ghetto, believing it to have racist, elitist and culturally insensitive overtones, and the mention of such a word to describe a working-class ethnic community is a considered a generalization or an insult. Many suggest alternative words like inner city and economically disadvantaged areas." ... Wikipedia

Since I've never seen people locked into the gates of Liberty City at night,
as per the original ghettoes, I tend to agree.

73s

 

[Ai4i]

Sorry :-\ I also frequent some wireless phone discussion boards and that is the acccepted designation given to metroPCS. When I hear such words used in hip hop songs, I can only assume they are OK. I will never feel comfortable with some words (e.g., ***** ending in a) which todays youth generation use in a positive, nondemeaning, noninsulting way.

 

[954]

Sorry :-\ I also frequent some wireless phone discussion boards and that is the acccepted designation given to metroPCS.

Really... I had no idea it was high-tech jargon! I guess it fits in with the other less-accepted uses of the word.

When I hear such words used in hip hop songs, I can only assume they are OK. I will never feel comfortable with some words (e.g., ***** ending in a) which todays youth generation use in a positive, nondemeaning, noninsulting way.

Same here.

I suspect it is intended to offend the PC and other older people.

But you gotta remember, hiphop is intended to be anti-social -- promoting
drugs, crime, sexism, violence, and racism, among other things.

73s