As of this writing, around 10:15 a.m. on 9/09/2010, I'm receiving a very strong signal on 92.1 with Spanish. There doesn't appear to be any strong tropo activity going on, so I'm really baffled. For the life of me, I can't figure out what this is. Usually, when I receive anything at all on this frequency, it's the WFNX simulcast from New Hampshire, and this is definitely not the public station from Cape Cod. I'm thinking this is a pirate, but it has commercials as it if were a legit station, including an ad for McDonald's. For the record, I'm in Stoneham, MA, just a few miles north of Boston on I-93. Any help here would be much appreciated. 'La Musica Ahora' is what the ID sounds like to my non-fluent ears.
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Spanish on 92.1 ... Is this is a Pirate?
- Thread starter RedWingCJS278
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It is definitely legal, a translator for AM 800 in Lawrence. W221CH (the 221 referring to its
"channel number") rebroadcasts WNNW 800 Lawrence. 92.1 is licensed to Newton NH. It went on air a yr or two ago, maybe more. I've picked it up on 128 in Danvers, 28 in
Reading etc. I'm not surprised it could reach Stoneham. While they are licensed to
Newton NH I think the antenna is on top of a bldg in Lawrence
http://www.power800am.com/
Note logo for Power 92.1
http://radio-locator.com/info/W221CH-FX
Coverage map
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W221CH&service=FX&status=L&hours=U
From Wikipedia entry for WNNW:
>>Later that year ('08), Costa-Eagle purchased W275BH (102.9), a construction permit for a translator in Newton, New Hampshire. Costa-Eagle moved it to 92.1 FM in Lawrence in 2009 (thereby changing its call letters to W221CH), and put it on the air that March as a repeater of WNNW.
"channel number") rebroadcasts WNNW 800 Lawrence. 92.1 is licensed to Newton NH. It went on air a yr or two ago, maybe more. I've picked it up on 128 in Danvers, 28 in
Reading etc. I'm not surprised it could reach Stoneham. While they are licensed to
Newton NH I think the antenna is on top of a bldg in Lawrence
http://www.power800am.com/
Note logo for Power 92.1
http://radio-locator.com/info/W221CH-FX
Coverage map
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W221CH&service=FX&status=L&hours=U
From Wikipedia entry for WNNW:
>>Later that year ('08), Costa-Eagle purchased W275BH (102.9), a construction permit for a translator in Newton, New Hampshire. Costa-Eagle moved it to 92.1 FM in Lawrence in 2009 (thereby changing its call letters to W221CH), and put it on the air that March as a repeater of WNNW.
Ah, awesome Raccoon Radio, thank you very much. 800's signal is usually horrid here, as is whatever shows up at any given time on 92.1, so these have never been stations on my radar, so to speak. Thank you again, you've been very helpful.
I was surprised to hear this translator, very faintly, in spots just west of Boston in Brighton and Newton (MA) in areas that had a clear vista to the north.
May have been a little troppo.
May have been a little troppo.
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Laurence Glavin
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The antenna is mounted atop the WNNW-AM 800 tower on Chandler Street in Andover, just west of the southwesternmost (is that even a word?) corner of Lawrence. It's slightly directional so its best signal is towards North Andover, and it is diminished a little in parts of Lawrence. I've seen billboards IN Lawrence promoting 92.1, but only in the south side of town. There once was a CP for a translator in Andover on 93.3. I wionder if that channel would have been better for the station.
I'm still picking up this station here in Stoneham, and very clearly. It's funny, I've also been receiving 105.3, the translator from the Fitchburg area (not as clearly as 92.1) for over a week now. If you look up W288CE on Radio Locator and see it's coverage area and wattage, you'll see that it has absolutely no has business coming in all the way out here. In fact, it's not even supposed to cover all of Fitchburg (I realize these maps are not always accurate.) Of course, I am fortunate to have a very good radio and an excellent antenna, but this is still very strange. Must be something in the atmosphere.
robotique said:
890 and other AMs have nice bandwidth. try a 10khz filter during the day- FM grade audio (i'll have to paste some audio clips)
100.3 Providence makes it as north as blue hill, spanish 24/7 afaik
96.5 and 102.9 have some spanish shows
if you can find a Radio Signal (90.5) relay on 88.5 or 91.7 or something they have great spanish music in the afternoons
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