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Ocean County to get new 15,000 watt FM

> WYRS, 90.7/Manahawkin has filed to up power from 500 watts
> to 15,000!
>
> The station's antenna location will change from the
> WNJM/W300AO tower in Manahawkin to a diffrent tower in West
> Creek.
>
> Coverage map at:
http://www.fcc.gov/ftp> /Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/FM1116031.gif
>

Not sure how they are planning on doing that. They are already short spaced to WVBV by about 50 miles. I thought when you change power, you cannot incrase short spacing. Perhaps I'm mistaken? <P ID="signature">______________

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Wouldn't this also have an effect on 90.5 WBJB in Ocean County?

> > WYRS, 90.7/Manahawkin has filed to up power from 500 watts
>
> > to 15,000!
> >
> > The station's antenna location will change from the
> > WNJM/W300AO tower in Manahawkin to a diffrent tower in
> West
> > Creek.
> >
> > Coverage map at:
> http://www.fcc.gov/ftp>
> /Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/FM1116031.gif
>
> >
>
> Not sure how they are planning on doing that. They are
> already short spaced to WVBV by about 50 miles. I thought
> when you change power, you cannot incrase short spacing.
> Perhaps I'm mistaken?
>
 
> Not sure how they are planning on doing that. They are
> already short spaced to WVBV by about 50 miles. I thought
> when you change power, you cannot incrase short spacing.
> Perhaps I'm mistaken?

Yes, mistaken.

NCE-FM reserved band stations have contour protection standards, not distance separation standards.

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by rdalton on 03/28/06 05:03 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> WYRS, 90.7/Manahawkin has filed to up power from 500 watts
> to 15,000!
>
> The station's antenna location will change from the
> WNJM/W300AO tower in Manahawkin to a diffrent tower in West
> Creek.
>
> Coverage map at:
http://www.fcc.gov/ftp> /Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/FM1116031.gif
>


That's great. Now Monmouth and Ocean Counties can all get down on their knees and praise Jesus, together! Say it with me, my brothers and sisters - Praise The Lord! Praise The Lord! Praise The Lord!
 
> That's great. Now Monmouth and Ocean Counties can all get
> down on their knees and praise Jesus, together! Say it with
> me, my brothers and sisters - Praise The Lord! Praise The
> Lord! Praise The Lord!
>
Now, even more fishies can praise the Lord, since according to the FCC website, they cover a lot more water than land.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471
WWPH 107.9 FM: http://wwph1079fm.no-ip.org</P>
 
> Say it with me, my brothers and sisters - Praise The Lord!
> Praise The Lord! Praise The Lord!

Pass The Loot! Pass The Loot! Pass The Loot!

Unless much of their programming is going to come from local churches and religious groups, listeners should send contributions to their local churches and synagogues instead of to out-of-town preachers who aren't very ethnical in the ways they raise and spend money.
 
> Wouldn't this also have an effect on 90.5 WBJB in Ocean
> County?

WBJB is a 900 watt Monmouth County station located almost 45 miles north of WYRS's Ocean County location.

WBJB only has minimal Ocean County coverage as it is.
 
>> Say it with me, my brothers and sisters - Praise The Lord!
>> Praise The Lord! Praise The Lord!
>> Pass The Loot! Pass The Loot! Pass The Loot!
>
> Unless much of their programming is going to come from local
> churches and religious groups, listeners should send
> contributions to their local churches and synagogues instead
> of to out-of-town preachers who aren't very ethnical in the
> ways they raise and spend money.

You may not agree with the content of what is on the station, which is fine...

...but WYRS has a proven track record that is quite opposite of the above assumptions.

They truly are a community based station.<P ID="signature">______________
http://www.RichardJDalton.com</P>
 
> > Wouldn't this also have an effect on 90.5 WBJB in Ocean
> > County?
>
> WBJB is a 900 watt Monmouth County station located almost 45
> miles north of WYRS's Ocean County location.
>
> WBJB only has minimal Ocean County coverage as it is.<

While WBJB doesn't cover all of Ocean County, I wouldn't call its coverage in that neck of the woods "minimal." You can drive around Brick, Toms River, Lakehurst, Beachwood and environs and listen to 90.5 The Night on your car radio with no problem at all. So it solidly covers the northern third (or so) of Ocean County - where the population is most dense. But having said all this, there's no guarantee the FCC will grant the power increase to WYRS anyway.

Steve
KC2LDY


>
 
It is rare that a radio station files an application
that IS NOT granted. Your consultant doesn't risk
his reputation asking for the impossible. You ask
for what you are legally entitled to. That application
meets the letter of the law, or they wouldn't have
wasted the money filing it.

> But having said all this, there's no guarantee the
> FCC will grant the power increase to WYRS anyway.
>
> Steve
> KC2LDY
>
>
> >
>
 
> You
> can drive around Brick, Toms River, Lakehurst, Beachwood and
> environs and listen to 90.5 The Night on your car radio with
> no problem at all. So it solidly covers the northern third
> (or so) of Ocean County - where the population is most
> dense.

Most people are not 40dBu DXers, they're listening on crappy $5 tuners indoors. Most of a station's listeners are within it's 70dBu contour (or so I've been told by MANY on this board).

WBJB's 70dBu contour doesn't even reach Ocean County. The station's 60dBu contour doesn't make it south of Brick.
 
> Most people are not 40dBu DXers, they're listening on crappy
> $5 tuners indoors. Most of a station's listeners are within
> it's 70dBu contour (or so I've been told by MANY on this
> board).
>
> WBJB's 70dBu contour doesn't even reach Ocean County. The
> station's 60dBu contour doesn't make it south of Brick.
>

I live in Toms River and listen to 90.5 regularly on my basic car stereo, hence why I asked. I could care less about "most people", I just want to know if this would affect my ability to get the station if it went through.
 
> I live in Toms River and listen to 90.5 regularly on my
> basic car stereo, hence why I asked. I could care less about
> "most people", I just want to know if this would affect my
> ability to get the station if it went through.

Yes it will. And yes it will be fully legal as WBJB is not licenced to serve Ocean County.

I live in Ocean County and where I live I get WVBV from Medford Lakes on 90.5, once WYRS increases power I will not be able to hear them either.
 
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