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No big changes but B took a nice little hit.

I would say that when any R/CHR signs on that the Mainstream would take a hit... but Power is really more Urban sounding than Rhythmic so I don't think people are jumping from B to Power.

Any thoughts?
 
Bad decisions. Many bad decisions going back to the reign of Baby Sid and continuing today.
 
I don't know but I wonder if there is some sort of agreement between Citadel and Clear Channel that both can't program the same format from the same tower (the Vacherie tower) as my guess there is one buried in the contracts...

Cause I love what they've done out west on 93.7
 
I guess Citadel has to wait to see what CC-BR does with KYRK, I'm still hearing either they leave it alone or it becomes WJBO-FM. They are currently just saying 104-1, and added oldies on HD-2. Running NO and BR spots.
 
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WAKE UP CITADEL!! Flip to Actiive Rock already!
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I agree. Citadel should flip 92.3 to modern rock. It would be interesting to see the ratings in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
 
I don't know but I wonder if there is some sort of agreement between Citadel and Clear Channel that both can't program the same format from the same tower (the Vacherie tower) as my guess there is one buried in the contracts...
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i think this is true. i read it on here one day a while back but it is silly nonetheless.

and looking at the ratings page i would say quite a few new orleans stations took a hit. im shocked b97 took a hit with their new pd. they are sounding better musically than they have in a long time. still the afternoon show stinks.
92.3 is doing bad because its the same 1980s songs with a handful of todays songs and few odds n ends in between. they need a major refresh -overhaul.
102.9-- is it urban or rhythmic?? sounded like a lot of rap and hip hop to me. weak signal here in the river parishes.

my question is why is wynk starting to show in n.o. ratings and wnoe falling?? thats odd to me but i do know wynk is starting to sound better with more variety, the new jingles and audio adjustments. for a while they were so flat and bland sounding over the air (like wfmf nowdays). i think they are now trying to sound like 100.7 with the heavy sound-fat and thick..
They are currently just saying 104-1, and added oldies on HD-2.
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what kind of oldies johnny?? i dont own an hd radio.................yet! ;D

BRian
 
Sawtooth McMullen said:
I don't know but I wonder if there is some sort of agreement between Citadel and Clear Channel that both can't program the same format from the same tower (the Vacherie tower) as my guess there is one buried in the contracts...
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i think this is true. i read it on here one day a while back but it is silly nonetheless.
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No I've made the comment a few times, as I'm not sure of the owner of the tower. It used to be a 50/50 deal between Raymond Saadi and the Levet family. Records I have found show Clear Channel and the Levet's having registration records with the FCC so I can't find out who owns it for sure.

My guess is there would have to be some deal in place as you don't want your competitor trying to out gun you on your own tower (where your station is). With all the duplexed and diplexed antennas around, I'm kind of wondering on those two, as basically in New Orleans no two or three stations on the same tower have the same format.

I figure Saadi and Levet had a gentlemen's aggreement but I figure CC corporate would have inserted language somewheres to make sure this situation would never happen.
 
as basically in New Orleans no two or three stations on the same tower have the same format.
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Um, it's been a few years and a hurricane or two since we first put 99.5 and 105.3 into the same antenna on the ch. 32 stick, but AFAIK the two news-talkers are still radiating from the same monster 12-bay Dielectric (antenna). Somewhere I have pix of me crawling around the bays. Of course I was up there strictly for work purposes, you know, in order to inspect the install -- had nothing to do with the fun of being 1000' above Bayou Bienvenue, nothing at all :)
 
Doctor_Technical said:
as basically in New Orleans no two or three stations on the same tower have the same format.
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Um, it's been a few years and a hurricane or two since we first put 99.5 and 105.3 into the same antenna on the ch. 32 stick, but AFAIK the two news-talkers are still radiating from the same monster 12-bay Dielectric (antenna). Somewhere I have pix of me crawling around the bays. Of course I was up there strictly for work purposes, you know, in order to inspect the install -- had nothing to do with the fun of being 1000' above Bayou Bienvenue, nothing at all :)
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Hey DOC;
I have noticed both 99.5 and 105.3 have been on low power for afew months and CH.32 has been off air lately. Do you think 99.5/105.3 main was shut down for 32's DTswitch and how long would the conversion work last? (Ball park figure would be OK)
 
I understand that WLAE 32 analog is off for good, with their equipment slated to reconfigured for 31 digital. It's my impression that all of the needed work is in the building (i.e. the antenna was long-since ready), but it's been four years since I was there. See
fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101291108&formid=910&fac_num=18819

As for 99.5 / 105.3: RFLA has better FCC-searching chops than me, but I think WRNO's STA to use the old Plaza Tower antenna explains it all: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101288330&formid=911&fac_num=54890, especially the statement at the end: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=716030

The engineer in me is proud that CC kept that antenna, and that it's still of service, although I can't imagine the nightmare of getting to it (PT is a 42-story abandoned building). Does explain why the signal has been funky in BR -- but even at 10kw at 500 feet, with a co-channel in Lake Charles, it is still copyable up here.
 
Oh, about a year or so before Kat. We had to replace the original FM antenna, and to meet the loading requirements for the new, much-higher-power (and thus heavier) antenna, we had to let 105.3 join the party. If you notice their ERP is now 96K, since they are ever-so-slightly over height for a C1. They still went up about 150', and IMO got a better signal out of the deal. It took a while, because 32 was fiddling around too, and the tower, guy wires and anchors were being beefed up. Must have worked, because everything above the building survived The Storm nicely. As for the building and contents -- not so much.

From reading their STA, I think WNOE is on the old 105.3 backup at about 600' (on the same tower). Note sure where 105.3 is, I suspect is it on the 101.9 backup antenna on the LodeStar/SpectraSite/ATC tower, the one that they used post-Kat.

Backup sites are handy. I'm only sorry that they apparently had to let the original 101.1 antenna site go (another abandoned building). When NOE was on it during the Bayou Bienvenue re-work, I used to stand on the rooftop of 225 Baronne and marvel that it was the same antenna from which I used to listen to rock 101NOE up in Jackson, MS.
 
I saw WRNO claiming feedline issues on the report to the FCC and no Doctor, you are doing a fine job on the FCC reports, main issues are just the research and knowing what you are reading.

But WLAE has filed to go totally digital
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws...xt=25&appn=101291108&formid=910&fac_num=18819

My only question is when will the federal government actually force these stations to actually provide like the act says.. the same coverage area in 1997.. I'm finding here on the Bayou that the NOLA stations are weaker compared to analog (but it's so nice to see a clear HD picture and not have to pay for it:)
 
RFLA as you know I am in Livingston...And I get all the new orleans stations but not all the BR stations. So the New Orleans stations for me are better than the old analog signal.
 
Smashed; you are doing better than me receptionwise. I live about 25 miles SSE of RFLA so I get a lot of over the water skips but I can get all but 2 N.O. stations clearly. However as for WRNO and WWL-FM( when on Backup), I get WTUL and KKND clearer and those are the weakest stations in N.O. on FM.
B.T.W;
KLEB is having electrical problems according to Truck so they will be on and off air intermittently till the problem is repaired
 
Quick road to the top of any book - Hire Wilkie. Where is he anyway? Is he doing the sideline reports for the Super Bowl tomorrow? Or, maybe he's down in Spring Training reporting for the Yankees? Or maybe out in LA covering the Lakers?
 
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