93.3 WMMR used to reach beautifully into Maryland but is now garbled by 93.3 WFLS(?) from Fredericksburg,VA. 93.1 WPOC also bumps MMR. WXCY 103.7 Havre de Grace rides over more than just 103.7 Jersey...it affects 103.1 Grasonville/Annapolis and used to scramble 103.9 WDRE Jenkintown.
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ccuphl said:
You have class B 99.5 in NYC and class B 99.1 in Zarepath. What's the FCC ruling on that? ???
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w9wi said:
This is a fun area to be in if you want to study short-spacings:
96.9 WFPG and 97.3 WENJ - two non-directional 50kw FMs that are about 19 miles apart.
96.1 WCTO and 96.1 WSOX - two 50kw FMs on the same frequency, only about 80 miles apart.
105.7/York and 105.7/Baltimore - two 50kw FMs on the same frequency, less then 50 miles apart.
WAWZ and WBAI are too close under today's standards, WLEV and WZXL are too close, WPRB and WKTU are way too close, etc.
You also have many pirates short spaced to Class B's in NYC (and also short spaced to other pirates). For example, there's a pirate on 105.3 in the Bronx, just a few miles from Power 105.1. There are multiple pirates on 99.9 in Brooklyn itself, so there are very strong signals interfering with each other.
w9wi said:
When I lived in East Brunswick, NJ, 99.1 FM was basically just a bit to the west. 99.1 and 99.5 were both listenable in the area. Strangely, on my Sony clock radio, the FM dial is spaced .1, e.g. 92.3, 92.4 etc. WBAI at 99.5 actually came in on that radio at 99.6, probably due to 99.1 being just to the west.
It does: Class D WRSD in Folsom, and translators W235AP in Radnor and W235AT in Coatesville.e-dawg said:
Some other short spacings:
97.1 W246?? and 97.1 W246?? One does reach fm and the other is wrdv
95.1 W236AF, WAYV, WZZO
106.5 baltimore and 106.7 washington d.c.
92.1 vineland and 91.9 barnegat ( power might be too low for both stations)
100.7 WLEV/WZXL/W264?? Mt Holly
91.7 WKDU/WLBS/WBMR
94.7 WDSD/WDAC?
97.5 WPEN and WENJ (only 20 miles from center point)
98.3 and 98.7 down the shore ( cape may county )
97.1 W246?? and 97.1 W246?? One does reach fm and the other is wrdv
95.1 W236AF, WAYV, WZZO
106.5 baltimore and 106.7 washington d.c.
92.1 vineland and 91.9 barnegat ( power might be too low for both stations)
100.7 WLEV/WZXL/W264?? Mt Holly
91.7 WKDU/WLBS/WBMR
94.7 WDSD/WDAC?
97.5 WPEN and WENJ (only 20 miles from center point)
98.3 and 98.7 down the shore ( cape may county )
Dxer1105 said:
106.7 WJFK-FM is actually licensed to Manassas, VA and transmits from Merrifield, VA. Both 106.5 and 106.7 are owned by CBS. Because of the existence of 106.5, the signal for 106.7 is pretty poor toward the northeast of the DC market. Which is why, when the Washington Nationals selected 106.7 to be their flagship station, they also retained 1500 AM in Washington as an affiliate.
Other short spacings in that market:
98.7 Washington
99.1 Annapolis
99.5 Washington
These are second adjacent rather than first, but they still cause problems on analog-tuned radios.
50,000 watt WDAC in Lancaster does beat up WPST quite badly once you work your way west
I'm not sure when WPST went on the air, but I believe WDAC has been on the air, as a religious station, since the last 1940's. Actually, I wish WPST wasn't there, because WPST's signal cuts out WDAC's signal in the Wilmington area. You can get it pretty well in the Newark area, but the closer you get to Wilmington then WPST cuts in.
I'm not sure when WPST went on the air, but I believe WDAC has been on the air, as a religious station, since the last 1940's. Actually, I wish WPST wasn't there, because WPST's signal cuts out WDAC's signal in the Wilmington area. You can get it pretty well in the Newark area, but the closer you get to Wilmington then WPST cuts in.
WDAC might be a full B, but they are not 50,000 watts. There are 19,000.
There are three class B FMs sharing 99.5 on the I-95 corridor, NYC, Wilmington DE, and DC. Wilmington is closer to DC than NY. I think Wilmington's 99.5 has more power than NY and DC. Does Wilmington's 99.5 interfere with DC or NYC's counterpart? ???
IIRC just from living there, the 99.5 in DC is one of the more powerful signals in that market. I imagine it would be even more powerful if there wasn't a 99.1 in Annapolis.
That 99.5 signal is powerful enough that I think it singlehandedly won the CHR war for that station against a weaker opponent with a fair amount of heritage in Z104 on 104.1.
DC is a weird market. They have transmitters and COLs all over the market, as opposed to Philly and NYC where most (I know not all) stations are licensed to the big city. By my count, there are only 9 commercial FM stations licensed to Washington, D.C.
That 99.5 signal is powerful enough that I think it singlehandedly won the CHR war for that station against a weaker opponent with a fair amount of heritage in Z104 on 104.1.
DC is a weird market. They have transmitters and COLs all over the market, as opposed to Philly and NYC where most (I know not all) stations are licensed to the big city. By my count, there are only 9 commercial FM stations licensed to Washington, D.C.
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vacuum tube said:
19kw @ 247m is the same as 50kw @ 150m. WDAC is a full 50kw class-B.
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