Most NPR stations that fare well in the Nielsens have news/talk formats, but WFCR is only news/talk in morning drive and afternoon/evening with "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered." It's classical from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., jazz from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., and classical again from 11 p.m. to the start of "Morning Edition." How does that translate into the solid 4 and 5 shares WFCR posts in comparison to WNNZ(AM) and its network of pipsqueak FMs (WAIC and several translators), which hardly register? Is Springfield an unusually strong market for classical music and jazz, or are "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" largely responsible for WFCR's unusually high overall numbers? How does WFCR do in middays and evening? How does WNNZ/WAIC/translators do in morning and afternoon?
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Nielsen question -- WFCR
- Thread starter CTListener
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It's the morning show. In 12+ they are 3rd in the morning, 11th in midday hours, 7th in PM drive and lower at night. So much of the big full week number is due to the morning offering.
These are pre-Covid numbers, of course.
WNNZ-AM 640 of Westfield must have a directional signal. I struggled to get this station in New Britain (CT) back in the early 1990s, during their talk/paid programming days. If they're really 50,000 watts, why would they need all the translators for?
I also notice how WFCR-FM registers in some of the Hartford/New Britain/Middletown books.
I also notice how WFCR-FM registers in some of the Hartford/New Britain/Middletown books.
Ask the folks in Rutland, Vt., and Amsterdam, N.Y., if WNNZ is really 50 kilowatts. They'll tell you yes, because WNNZ's pattern favors the north and west. It's a fringe signal at best in our area of Connecticut, and gone completely by Bridgeport. I'd imagine this extreme null is because it has to stay out of the way of first-adjacent WSM and second-adjacent WFAN.
must have a directional and if theyre really 50kw? Do you not bother to take 10-20 seconds to look that up at radio-locator.com or any number of other sources?
Heck, I've even picked up WNNZ around Burlington, Vermont. When the FCC relaxed its clear channel regulations in the '80s, 640 kHz was made available to the Springfield-Hartford area. To gain a competitive advantage for his application, Curt Hahn proposed reaching underserved listeners (in the Berkshires) with the directional pattern that exists today. Shortly after being awarded the license, Mr. Hahn filed for a CP to redirect WNNZ's signal to include a lobe down I-91 toward Springfield, Hartford, and New Haven. The permit was granted eventually, but Mr. Hahn never implemented it. Ah, the best laid schemes …
That would be one slim lobe, I'd imagine, since the coverage of WPRO Providence at 630 would be affected otherwise.
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