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Ridgfield Broadcasting is denied 1490 in Uncasville

Re: Question about 1510....

> Thanks...I can recall the signal, being strong when ever
> driving from the South shore, to the North shore, but as
> soon as you went West on 1-90, you could almost immediately
> hear it start to fade....where as WRKO was audible past the
> New York State border....

That's in the daytime only. WRKO also nulls west at night. Their Burlington site northwest of Boston allows it to cover the immediate west suburbs within Route 128 well, but at night it's weak beyond Route 128 by the Natick/Framingham area, and pretty much gone past Route 495 before Worcester.
 
The WACM Tower....

According to the math I did, the 1490 tower is 184.14 feet tall and therefore, not required to be lighted. For a station at 1490 to be using a tower then 200 feet would kinda of odd, as a station at 1520Khz uses 150 feet so 1490Khz would maye be 170feet.

Now, I might be wrong and if WACM's tower *IS* 200 feet or taller, that doesnt account for its 470Watts. The reduced power is to protect 1480AM in Windsor...
 
Re: 1510 alums

> Speaking of ex-WNLC people, Cliff "Truckin'" Canyon was
> there during its Top 40 days between gigs at WCCC and
> WAVZ/WKCI (Willie B. Goode). He was a great CHR jock and,
> from what people told me, a heck of a nice guy. Where is he
> now?

Willie is now living nicely in FLA with his wife and is still making radio a better place as "Gnarly Charley" on 97.3 The Coast! Damn, his hair looks good! www.coastfm.com/inside/gnarlycharlie.html

Willie (not his real name) is a great guy and probably one of the real gentlemen of the industry.

Speaking of WNLC alums (and WAVZ/WKCI, too!)...as ops manager and PD of WNLC/WTYD back in 1985-86, I remember that multiple tower array all too well.

WNLC started life in 1936 on 1490 as a 100watt daytimer with a single tower near the ferry terminal downtown. I seem to remember that they went to fulltime in the late 30s (1939?) and got bumped up to 250 watts in 1941. Reports were that the station got out very well with the salt water as the ground.

In the early 1960s, when every AM just had to have lots of kilowatts to be a player, managment tapped CE Randy Barrett to figure out how to pump up the volume. WNLC & WTYD(FM) built studios and offices out on the end of Foster Road* and there was Barrett's solution in the back yard: an eight tower array. The station had 10,000 big watts of power during the day protecting WMEX/Boston with two sticks and then was reined in to a kilowatt at night protecting Boston, Washington, DC (WTOP) and NJ's 1520 using SIX towers.

Proofs on WNLC in the mid-80s were a bitch. It had a ground system that needed a lot of work that our new boss (Norman Drubner from Waterbury) was not about to spring for and that meant that night pattern was going nowhere (at least nowhere with people listening). I had the station sign-off at midnight for five hours. It wasn't worth staffing for overnights. (Hey, remember staffing overnights? Wow, takes me back!)

* Bonus info: hidden off to the side of the parking lot was a bomb shelter/studio built in case the Reds bombed Groton. We got FEMA to pay to clean out the old equipment/records/office furniture and other collected crap and rebuild it. I don't remember if it was ever finished after I left in 1986.

Bob Perry
 
Re: The WACM Tower....

> According to the math I did, the 1490 tower is 184.14 feet
> tall and therefore, not required to be lighted. For a
> station at 1490 to be using a tower then 200 feet would
> kinda of odd, as a station at 1520Khz uses 150 feet so
> 1490Khz would maye be 170feet.
>

I am unsure what math you're using, however the tower is registered at
121.9 meters, or 400 feet.
 
Re: 1510 alums

> > Speaking of ex-WNLC people, Cliff "Truckin'" Canyon was> > there during its Top 40 days between gigs at WCCC and> > WAVZ/WKCI (Willie B. Goode). He was a great CHR jock and,> > > from what people told me, a heck of a nice guy. Where is> he> > now?> > Willie is now living nicely in FLA with his wife and is> still making radio a better place as "Gnarly Charley" on> 97.3 The Coast! Damn, his hair looks good!> www.coastfm.com/inside/gnarlycharlie.html > > Willie (not his real name) is a great guy and probably one> of the real gentlemen of the industry.> > Speaking of WNLC alums (and WAVZ/WKCI, too!)...as ops> manager and PD of WNLC/WTYD back in 1985-86, I remember that> multiple tower array all too well. > > WNLC started life in 1936 on 1490 as a 100watt daytimer with> a single tower near the ferry terminal downtown. I seem to> remember that they went to fulltime in the late 30s (1939?)> and got bumped up to 250 watts in 1941. Reports were that> the station got out very well with the salt water as the> ground.> > In the early 1960s, when every AM just had to have lots of> kilowatts to be a player, managment tapped CE Randy Barrett> to figure out how to pump up the volume. WNLC & WTYD(FM)> built studios and offices out on the end of Foster Road* and> there was Barrett's solution in the back yard: an eight> tower array. The station had 10,000 big watts of power> during the day protecting WMEX/Boston with two sticks and> then was reined in to a kilowatt at night protecting Boston,> Washington, DC (WTOP) and NJ's 1520 using SIX towers.> > Proofs on WNLC in the mid-80s were a bitch. It had a ground> system that needed a lot of work that our new boss (Norman> Drubner from Waterbury) was not about to spring for and that> meant that night pattern was going nowhere (at least nowhere> with people listening). I had the station sign-off at> midnight for five hours. It wasn't worth staffing for> overnights. (Hey, remember staffing overnights? Wow, takes> me back!)> > * Bonus info: hidden off to the side of the parking lot was> a bomb shelter/studio built in case the Reds bombed Groton. > We got FEMA to pay to clean out the old> equipment/records/office furniture and other collected crap> and rebuild it. I don't remember if it was ever finished> after I left in 1986.> > Bob Perry> Very interesting talk...but as a point of reference, since it was mentioned, "NJ's 1520", was 1510 WRAN, a four tower, directional pointed NE/SW, 10kw days, 500 watts nights, with the night signal mostly pointed due north.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: 1510 alums

> > > Speaking of ex-WNLC people, Cliff "Truckin'" Canyon was>> > there during its Top 40 days between gigs at WCCC and> >> WAVZ/WKCI (Willie B. Goode). He was a great CHR jock and,>> > > from what people told me, a heck of a nice guy. Where> is> he> > now?> > Willie is now living nicely in FLA with> his wife and is> still making radio a better place as> "Gnarly Charley" on> 97.3 The Coast! Damn, his hair looks> good!> www.coastfm.com/inside/gnarlycharlie.html > > Willie> (not his real name) is a great guy and probably one> of the> real gentlemen of the industry.> > Speaking of WNLC alums> (and WAVZ/WKCI, too!)...as ops> manager and PD of WNLC/WTYD> back in 1985-86, I remember that> multiple tower array all> too well. > > WNLC started life in 1936 on 1490 as a> 100watt daytimer with> a single tower near the ferry> terminal downtown. I seem to> remember that they went to> fulltime in the late 30s (1939?)> and got bumped up to 250> watts in 1941. Reports were that> the station got out very> well with the salt water as the> ground.> > In the early> 1960s, when every AM just had to have lots of> kilowatts to> be a player, managment tapped CE Randy Barrett> to figure> out how to pump up the volume. WNLC & WTYD(FM)> built> studios and offices out on the end of Foster Road* and>> there was Barrett's solution in the back yard: an eight>> tower array. The station had 10,000 big watts of power>> during the day protecting WMEX/Boston with two sticks and>> then was reined in to a kilowatt at night protecting> Boston,> Washington, DC (WTOP) and NJ's 1520 using SIX> towers.> > Proofs on WNLC in the mid-80s were a bitch. It> had a ground> system that needed a lot of work that our new> boss (Norman> Drubner from Waterbury) was not about to> spring for and that> meant that night pattern was going> nowhere (at least nowhere> with people listening). I had> the station sign-off at> midnight for five hours. It wasn't> worth staffing for> overnights. (Hey, remember staffing> overnights? Wow, takes> me back!)> > * Bonus info: hidden> off to the side of the parking lot was> a bomb> shelter/studio built in case the Reds bombed Groton. > We> got FEMA to pay to clean out the old>> equipment/records/office furniture and other collected crap>> and rebuild it. I don't remember if it was ever finished>> after I left in 1986.> > Bob Perry> Very interesting> talk...but as a point of reference, since it was mentioned,> "NJ's 1520", was 1510 WRAN, a four tower, directional> pointed NE/SW, 10kw days, 500 watts nights, with the night> signal mostly pointed due north.> Typo, and my sorrys all around; WRAN pointed NW/SE, for the obvious reasons, and your New England signals killed us winters, locally....our night time signal was pretty good, and that WAS pointed due north; covered North New Jersey very well.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: 1510 alums

WRAN pointed NW/SE, for the obvious reasons, and your New England signals killed us winters, locally....our night time signal was pretty good, and that
WAS pointed due north; covered North New Jersey very well.

Man, Carl, is that WebTV that screws up the text like that? Wow.

Yes, 1510 in NJ...didn't Cousin Brucie (Eeeeeeeeee!) own and run that into the ground?

CJ
 
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