NB Pirate simulcasting WPRX 1120

[newbritainradio]

The New Britain pirate on 90.1 has been simulcasting WPRX 1120 for some time now but I have not seen it mentioned on this board. The signal is quite good and in stereo. I wonder if WPRX is running the pirate or if it is a third party. I do see a little whip antenna on the old Harris building on 321 Ellis Street where WPRX's studios are located. Any speculation on where they are transmitting from? I don't think I've ever seen WPRX in the Hartford book.

 

[KML0224]

Wow! You're right! I'm getting the same thing at my south end home, too. As for the Harris building, maybe they've got something up there by the fifth floor? I can check when I go by that building on Sunday morning. (For those coming to New Britain, take Exit 25 off of CT Route 9 from either direction and take a right.)

 

[nd2023]

Is there a CP for a translator?

 

[necrat123]

Not on 90.1, there isn't. 1120 is a commercial station, it couldn't legally be translated on a NCE band translator.

The only 90.1's in CT (CP or LIC) are:
W211AI 90.1 Stamford, a translator for WSHU
WRXC 90.1 Shelton (On the Comcast tower) //WMNR
WGSK 90.1 S Kent //WMNR
WECS 90.1 Willimantic (On the WILI-FM tower in Lebanon) EastConn.

 

[DJKraze]

I mentioned this in the past, the NB 90.1 pirate has actually used calls from WECS in the past possibly to throw people off.

 

[KML0224]

Wow! You're right! I'm getting the same thing at my south end home, too. As for the Harris building, maybe they've got something up there by the fifth floor? I can check when I go by that building on Sunday morning. (For those coming to New Britain, take Exit 25 off of CT Route 9 from either direction and take a right.)

To follow up on my own post here: I walked past their building today. There's a short 3 or 4-foot antenna on the roof's western edge, with a hastily strung coaxial cable heading to a north-facing fourth floor window. Hmmmm! Interesting! :-\