Q105 reunion at WJQB??

[Nostalgia]

Heard Jo Jo Walker doing the weather on True Oldies WJQB this afternoon. Has he followed the Marvelous one to Pasco County??

 

[jmtillery]

Heard Jo Jo Walker doing the weather on True Oldies WJQB this afternoon. Has he followed the Marvelous one to Pasco County??

WJQB is a nice little station playing Scott Shannon's True Oldies with the kind of music not often heard on radio today. How's the signal down towards Tampa?

 

[Nostalgia]

Definately a rimshot for Tampa and I guess that is reflected in their position in the Tampa book. They ID as Spring Hill, Tampa, Clearwater, North Pinellas. Here in N Pinellas they are fine with just some fluttery spots. Havent listened to them much over in Tampa but other than the northern suburbs cant imagine being too strong, especially downtown. Studio used to be in Palm Harbor but now is in Hudson.

 

[drt]

I can tell you that w/i a radius of 5 miles of downtown St. Pete WJQB is non-existant; now about 6 miles n.n.w. of here they start to faintly come in (no stereo light) on my car radio. Sometimes I can pick them up at night on my Grundig radio, but only if I tune to 106.28 and put the bandwidth in narrow; otherwise WCTQ at 106.5 comes in.

So basically in s.e. St. Pete and downtown, 106.3 isn't there to be heard; I can't speak for reception in Tampa though, which was the question.

drt

 

[sbe1]

The reason you dont get WJQB in South Pinellas or Bradenton etc is that 106.5 IBOC signal takes up the 106.3 frequency. Since 106.5's transmitter is in north Palmetto, a lot of interference is generated. Since the interference is detected in an analog FM radio as AM, most radios just wont hear it, kind of like an FM radio doesnt decode lightning, but its still there and will block any other signal. Remember the HD IBOC digital signal is on the adjacent frequencies not the main frequency.

 

[dwtpa97]

WJQB (ex-WGUL-FM) comes in very poorly within Tampa city limits, particularly in South Tampa, but in the northern suburbs it comes in OK. Back when WGUL 860 AM & FM were simulcasting, I think the station's management used the FM in the northern suburbs to augment the nighttime AM signal, which at night had trouble in the north.

Of course, there are plenty of listeners in WJQB's regular listening area anyway, so I'm sure they're not hurting in that regard anyway.