Question about WXDJ-FM frequency

[SportsDotCom]

I see that on radio locator it claims the ERP is 40k.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wxdj&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C

Yet on the FCC site it says 1400 watts and the antenna's are half what radio locator has them listed as.

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WXDJ

What's the story behind that? What is the reach of that station?

 

[davideduardo]

I see that on radio locator it claims the ERP is 40k.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wxdj&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C

Yet on the FCC site it says 1400 watts and the antenna's are half what radio locator has them listed as.

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WXDJ

What's the story behind that? What is the reach of that station?

Scroll down on the FCC page. You were looking at the 1.4 kw auxiliary transmitter and site, not the main location and transmitter.

 

[SportsDotCom]

I see that on radio locator it claims the ERP is 40k.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wxdj&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C

Yet on the FCC site it says 1400 watts and the antenna's are half what radio locator has them listed as.

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WXDJ

What's the story behind that? What is the reach of that station?

Scroll down on the FCC page. You were looking at the 1.4 kw auxiliary transmitter and site, not the main location and transmitter.

Ah... I see. So, it is 40k watts. So, the reach is what? Boca to Key Largo basically?

 

[davideduardo]

Ah... I see. So, it is 40k watts. So, the reach is what? Boca to Key Largo basically?

The 65 dbu goes from just south of downtown Ft Lauderdale to the north side of Homestead.

 

[Nocturnalstate]

There's a reason for this, there's a 95.5 in the ft. pierce wpb Boca raton area with a 1000,000 watt signal

 

[Ai4i]

...there's a 95.5 in the ft. pierce wpb Boca raton area with a 1000,000 watt signal

Wow!
BTW, they share their location with 92.3 which runs a tad less ERP but has a higher antenna and has essentially the same coverage.

 

[cd637299]

WXDJ began in 1986 with COL of Homestead & tower co-located with the old channel 6 analog & 89.7, with the full 100 k. I suppose it could get away with that, with that tower location.

No need, I guess, to have more than the 40k (it wouldn't be allowed anyway) from where they are now.

BTW there is an allocation for 95.7 in Big Pine Key, which I guess would not exist, had WXDJ still had the 100k stick. I believe the BPK 95.7 already has call letters assigned.

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[Groove1670]

There's a reason for this, there's a 95.5 in the ft. pierce wpb Boca raton area with a 1000,000 watt signal

We moved WAIL in Key West from 95.5 to 99.5 in the 80's so WXDJ could sign on.

 

[cd637299]

There's a reason for this, there's a 95.5 in the ft. pierce wpb Boca raton area with a 1000,000 watt signal

We moved WAIL in Key West from 95.5 to 99.5 in the 80's so WXDJ could sign on.

That too! Also WLEQ Immokalee or Bonita Springs moved to 96.1 to accommodate as well (not to mention the boost to 100k), I believe----or didn't that move matter?

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[jmtillery]

There's a reason for this, there's a 95.5 in the ft. pierce wpb Boca raton area with a 1000,000 watt signal

We moved WAIL in Key West from 95.5 to 99.5 in the 80's so WXDJ could sign on.

That too! Also WLEQ Immokalee or Bonita Springs moved to 96.1 to accommodate as well (not to mention the boost to 100k), I believe----or didn't that move matter?

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WLEQ Bonita Springs moved to 96.1 in order to upgrade from a class A to a class C FM. However, before that move could be implemented, WMJX Miami needed to move from 96.3 C to 96.5 C. This also required the Jupiter station on 96.7 A to move to 99.5 A to accommodate WMJX's move to 96.5.

 

[cd637299]

^ Right! Also forgot about WMJX/WCJX's move as well; 95.7 could not go on unless WCJX moved to 96.5. I remember reading initially in Broadcasting magazine, the whole shuffle plan. Quite a read.

BTW when the Jupiter station was WTRU on 99.5 in 1990, it was a great music station.....they specialized in MOR tunes that radio forgot. It was always a great drive whenever I had to go to Palm Beach County.

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[davideduardo]

WLEQ Bonita Springs moved to 96.1 in order to upgrade from a class A to a class C FM.

And when WLEQ filed for that change, it was considered a major upgrade that opened a competitive filing window. Owner Dick Friedman did not think anyone would come after his little FM, but something like nine different entities filed on top of him.

After spending hundreds of thousands on legal fees defending his existing license, he folded and got bought out for a fraction of what WLEQ was originally worth.

In a rare fit of reasonableness, the FCC realized that upgrades that allowed better service to expanding metros should not put a license at risk, and they proposed rules changing the nature of major upgrades.

Unfortunately, the "a station in every pot" people converted this into Docket 80--90 that allowed for upgrades, move-outs, move-ins, changes of cities of license and the assignment of about a thousand new channels. All of this made radio in many smaller markets totally un-viable.

File under: "No good deed goes unpunished."