No Jack Please/Yes for Spanish FM Radio

[wxctintern]

I agree with the poster below who says The River 105.9 is similar to a JACK station. I also want to say I think Hartford doesn't have enough FM signals to have a station like this. "Hartford" (meaning the market) only has 9 FM Stations - 92.5, 93.7, 95.7, 96.5, 100.5, 102.9, 104.1, 105.9, and 106.9). 9 stations IMHO isn't enough to try a flavor of the week format. The situation with Infinity's Dancin' Oldies format on 93.7 was different because at least that station had personality.

I think we'll see an FM Spanish station before we get Jack. I just don't know who would go Spanish on FM, but I can tell you it should not be 106.9 FM because their signal isn't that terrific in New Haven because 1). There is a translator for WJMJ on 107.1 in New Haven, and 2). WCCC's tower is on Avon Mountain. Why does a Spanish station in Hartford need to do well in New Haven? Because New Haven hasn't had their own legal Spanish Station since the original WXCT on 1220 AM (Hamden) was sold to Qunnipiac 10 years ago. For a while the guy who is programming the new WXCT (990 AM Southington/Hartford) Hipolito Cuevas was running an unlicensed spanish station at 104.5 FM in New Haven. 104.5 FM got busted because 1). WYBC-FM 94.3 claimed 104.5 was interfering with their station. (I'm not an engineer, so I don't know how that is possible) and 2). Luz Lebron who was owner of LaBrava 1470 a Spanish Station in Meriden filed a complaint with the FCC about 104.5 FM.

And to CabRadio before you say I'm making false accusations against Mr. Cuevas I want to tell you that in one of the articles that were in The New Britain Herald in September 2000 about all the stuff that was going down at WNTY it states that Hipolito who was WNTY's GM didn't get along with Luz Lebron who was programming WNTY because she reported his illegal radio station to the FCC while she owned a station in Meriden.<P ID="signature">______________
~Jay Clark~
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[cabradio]

> And to CabRadio before you say I'm making false accusations
> against Mr. Cuevas

I know that part of the story too...the who WNTY debacle (before I arrived) was one for the history books for sure. And now, the saga continues....<P ID="signature">______________
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[KML0224]

If we have to have a Spanish station on the FM dial here in Hartford again then fine...if all of the AM outlets could become something else first. This market should have a Spanish FM (we used to until 93.7 started all their format changes in 1990).

Speaking of Hartford market FMs, which one does best in terms of signal quality in New Haven? I check my Walkman when rolling through there on I-95 or I-91. It's certainally not WCCC-FM or WTIC-FM (further away then West Peak in Meriden).

 

[Ozman]

I have a LOT of trouble beliving that the religious station 107.1 transmits only 1 watt in new haven ct. It over takes wccc 106.9 in downtown new haven on my walkmen! especially, nearby the old coleseum. can anyone back me up on that?
furthermore,
Is wccc trasmitting in IBOC? the reason I ask is because my radio was quiet on 107.1 when I passed by their dual tower (which one of the two do they use anyway?) and I could get waaf 107.3 in and out as I was driving by it on rt 44...

> If we have to have a Spanish station on the FM dial here in
> Hartford again then fine...if all of the AM outlets could
> become something else first. This market should have a
> Spanish FM (we used to until 93.7 started all their format
> changes in 1990).
>
> Speaking of Hartford market FMs, which one does best in
> terms of signal quality in New Haven? I check my Walkman
> when rolling through there on I-95 or I-91. It's certainally
> not WCCC-FM or WTIC-FM (further away then West Peak in
> Meriden).
>

 

[TXengineer]

> I have a LOT of trouble beliving that the religious station
> 107.1 transmits only 1 watt in new haven ct. It over takes
> wccc 106.9 in downtown new haven on my walkmen!

1 Watt is more power than you may think. You can't assume that because it is only 1 watt of power, that the station's signal will only cover 10 feet.
Assuming that the station you are talking about is W296AO, it actually licensed to 3 watts, and has a transmitter located 66 meters (or 215 feet) above average terrain. With that kind of configuration, I wouldn't be surprised if it came in 5-10 miles to the north.

> Is wccc trasmitting in IBOC? the reason I ask is because my
> radio was quiet on 107.1 when I passed by their dual tower
> (which one of the two do they use anyway?) and I could get
> waaf 107.3 in and out as I was driving by it on rt 44...

It is the taller of the two with the three black elements on it.

 

[EvanRadio2005]

WCCC-FM and WTMI-AM are both running HD/Digital.

> > I have a LOT of trouble beliving that the religious
> station
> > 107.1 transmits only 1 watt in new haven ct. It over takes
>
> > wccc 106.9 in downtown new haven on my walkmen!
>
> 1 Watt is more power than you may think. You can't assume
> that because it is only 1 watt of power, that the station's
> signal will only cover 10 feet.
> Assuming that the station you are talking about is W296AO,
> it actually licensed to 3 watts, and has a transmitter
> located 66 meters (or 215 feet) above average terrain. With
> that kind of configuration, I wouldn't be surprised if it
> came in 5-10 miles to the north.
>
> > Is wccc trasmitting in IBOC? the reason I ask is because
> my
> > radio was quiet on 107.1 when I passed by their dual tower
>
> > (which one of the two do they use anyway?) and I could get
>
> > waaf 107.3 in and out as I was driving by it on rt 44...
>
> It is the taller of the two with the three black elements on
> it.
>