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Power Increases
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> Besides the usual FCC requirements, what would a station
> have to do to increase their power? Also, does a power
> increase mean more listeners? Finally, are there any
> stations in our market that can or would do that?
> Most of the FM stations could increase their tower height from 1,000 feet to 1500' or even higher. It would provide better signals up in West Palm Beach --
or they could do what 96.1 is attempting -- put a 2,000 foot stick in the middle of the state and cover both coasts Palm Beach to Miami and Ft. Myers Naples. I don't know if the increase in costs (initial outlay and maintenance) would be justified by a commensurate increase in revenue -- there is an awful lot of competition on the dial.
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> have to do to increase their power? Also, does a power
> increase mean more listeners? Finally, are there any
> stations in our market that can or would do that?
> Most of the FM stations could increase their tower height from 1,000 feet to 1500' or even higher. It would provide better signals up in West Palm Beach --
or they could do what 96.1 is attempting -- put a 2,000 foot stick in the middle of the state and cover both coasts Palm Beach to Miami and Ft. Myers Naples. I don't know if the increase in costs (initial outlay and maintenance) would be justified by a commensurate increase in revenue -- there is an awful lot of competition on the dial.
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> > Besides the usual FCC requirements, what would a station
> > have to do to increase their power? Also, does a power
> > increase mean more listeners? Finally, are there any
> > stations in our market that can or would do that?
> > Most of the FM stations could increase their tower height
> from 1,000 feet to 1500' or even higher. It would provide
> better signals up in West Palm Beach --
> or they could do what 96.1 is attempting -- put a 2,000 foot
> stick in the middle of the state and cover both coasts Palm
> Beach to Miami and Ft. Myers Naples. I don't know if the
> increase in costs (initial outlay and maintenance) would be
> justified by a commensurate increase in revenue -- there is
> an awful lot of competition on the dial.
>
Possible, but then every Class C* in Miami/Lauderdale (WHYI, WLYF, WMXJ, etc etc.) are going to give interference to the same-channel stations in Central and West-Central FL, such as WOMX (105.1), WHKR (102.7), WHTQ (96.5), WOCL (105.9), WXXL (106.7)/Orlando and WMTX (100.7), WPOI (101.5) in Tampa.
A city where a tower is located, channel number and 4 letters to remind you why this is near impossible, not necessarily in that order: WTVJ, Channel 6, Homestead.
After Andrew, 'CIX, before they moved to channel 4 in '95, had their tower in Homestead destroyed. They were back on from the antenna farm at the Dade/Broward line for a while until the FCC received enough interference complaints from stations from here to Orlando (especially now WKMG-Ch.6 in O-Town) that forced them back to South Dade after all was said and done. And of course, we all remember 9/10/1995, where 6 moved to 4, and 4 moved to 6. Irrelevant? No; in television, the sound is on FM, the picture on AM. Works pretty much the ame way.
I recall when the Miami FM's were off flipping to the tower next door and tilting the beams about 8 or 9 months ago or so, the Tampa and Orlando stations came in loud and clear in West Broward. Even on a cheap clock radio.
These stations are mostly C's with HAAT's above 1400 feet, covering quite a chunk of land. Especially WPCV 97.5 in Winter Haven, who's already covering Central FL totally, and now they have a CP to max out their HAAT.
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> > have to do to increase their power? Also, does a power
> > increase mean more listeners? Finally, are there any
> > stations in our market that can or would do that?
> > Most of the FM stations could increase their tower height
> from 1,000 feet to 1500' or even higher. It would provide
> better signals up in West Palm Beach --
> or they could do what 96.1 is attempting -- put a 2,000 foot
> stick in the middle of the state and cover both coasts Palm
> Beach to Miami and Ft. Myers Naples. I don't know if the
> increase in costs (initial outlay and maintenance) would be
> justified by a commensurate increase in revenue -- there is
> an awful lot of competition on the dial.
>
Possible, but then every Class C* in Miami/Lauderdale (WHYI, WLYF, WMXJ, etc etc.) are going to give interference to the same-channel stations in Central and West-Central FL, such as WOMX (105.1), WHKR (102.7), WHTQ (96.5), WOCL (105.9), WXXL (106.7)/Orlando and WMTX (100.7), WPOI (101.5) in Tampa.
A city where a tower is located, channel number and 4 letters to remind you why this is near impossible, not necessarily in that order: WTVJ, Channel 6, Homestead.
After Andrew, 'CIX, before they moved to channel 4 in '95, had their tower in Homestead destroyed. They were back on from the antenna farm at the Dade/Broward line for a while until the FCC received enough interference complaints from stations from here to Orlando (especially now WKMG-Ch.6 in O-Town) that forced them back to South Dade after all was said and done. And of course, we all remember 9/10/1995, where 6 moved to 4, and 4 moved to 6. Irrelevant? No; in television, the sound is on FM, the picture on AM. Works pretty much the ame way.
I recall when the Miami FM's were off flipping to the tower next door and tilting the beams about 8 or 9 months ago or so, the Tampa and Orlando stations came in loud and clear in West Broward. Even on a cheap clock radio.
These stations are mostly C's with HAAT's above 1400 feet, covering quite a chunk of land. Especially WPCV 97.5 in Winter Haven, who's already covering Central FL totally, and now they have a CP to max out their HAAT.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bi...&y=11&is_unl=Y&is_lic=Y&is_cp=Y&sr=Y&s=C&sid=
Channel six transmitted from the county line area only untill their replacement tower could be installed at 17107 sw 248st with no thought of staying in north Dade. I believe most interferrence problems would more likely be to WPTV, on adjacent channel five. I wonder why NBC can't buy WPTV, move them to where channels 25 & 34 transmit from (directional away from 6 in Orlando and 5 in Gainesville) and move channel 6 to the county line, maybe directional away from Orlando.
There has also been a trend by many stations to reduce their class and overall coverage area in order to be in a better place. 99.9 in central Florida used to be a full class C and covered Orlando to Jacksonville but not well. Froggy changed their city of license from Palatka to Middleburg and downgraded to a class C1 and now enjoys a competitive signal in Jacksonville.
I've not read anything about 96.1's courageous plan in well over a year.
The only reason they could pull it off is that they are co-owned with Power-96 in Miami. Two stations owned by the same entity can be short spaced with no problems. I would like to see them do it. How would they do local traffic and weather? I suspect they would completely give up on Fort Myers and try to provide a format that is lacking in Miami, maybe Jack or AAA. WTMI lovers would love classical, and they would cover the area much better than WXEL.<P ID="signature">______________
Proud 2 B a pioneering satellite radio subs¢riber
Ai4i is always on the trailing edge of technology
______________</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ai4i on 09/03/05 05:50 PM.</FONT></P>
There has also been a trend by many stations to reduce their class and overall coverage area in order to be in a better place. 99.9 in central Florida used to be a full class C and covered Orlando to Jacksonville but not well. Froggy changed their city of license from Palatka to Middleburg and downgraded to a class C1 and now enjoys a competitive signal in Jacksonville.
I've not read anything about 96.1's courageous plan in well over a year.
The only reason they could pull it off is that they are co-owned with Power-96 in Miami. Two stations owned by the same entity can be short spaced with no problems. I would like to see them do it. How would they do local traffic and weather? I suspect they would completely give up on Fort Myers and try to provide a format that is lacking in Miami, maybe Jack or AAA. WTMI lovers would love classical, and they would cover the area much better than WXEL.<P ID="signature">______________
Proud 2 B a pioneering satellite radio subs¢riber
Ai4i is always on the trailing edge of technology
______________</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ai4i on 09/03/05 05:50 PM.</FONT></P>
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