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Surprise: WSLK/Madison has split from WHLK...

How is that signal? Viable in Madison, or is it really "Mount Horeb's and Dodgeville's Hottest Jams?"

Just wondering if it's strong enough to work... haven't been through on 151 for a while.
 
Thanks, but I visited both before I posted.

Re: the news article: As far as the manager saying 106.7 is a comparable or better signal than 105.9, that's what I would expect them to say since they are trying to attract the old station's advertisers and listeners. I would guess it is actually a wash between 106.7 and 105.9 - better to the west, worse to the south.

That being said, I commend the company for at least breaking the simulcast and trying to being another format (back) to the market.

Re: radio-locator: a useful service, but when it comes to plotting coverage areas, especially when the market target is on the signal's fringe, it isn't always indicative of actual reception, due to varying proximity of interfering co-channels in different directions, terrain, etc., especially for a class A stick like this one. Anyone have some actual, real-world reception observations regarding 106.7 around Madison? Is it strong enough to get people to tune into a unique format in the market? Or enough people to draw enough revenue to make it more than a hard drive linked to a transmitter?
 
When 106.7 initially signed on I dialed in from different areas (in the car) and found the following.

Downtown Madison had the worst signal, which was on par with or a little better than WKPO's reception. This is mostly due, I suspect, with downtown Madison essentially being in a bowl, blocking weaker and peripheral signals from coming in. During the summer I actually got frequent interference with the 106.7 in the Chicagoland area, which was strange and hopefully anomalous.

The east and west sides of Madison, including south and north, had signifcantly better reception than downtown. In fact, I tuned in better reception from Lake Mills in Jefferson County than I got downtown. The biggest change from 105.9's signal is the reception on the west side. On the west side, 105.9 often was often mostly or completely imperceptible, especially around the candelabra towers from where most of Madison's other stations broadcast. 106.7 has a fair to good signal in most of this area, probably due to the proximity from their transmitter which is way out near Barneveld.

Hope this helps.
 
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