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Town of Burlington wants WJMJ off the air

And after watching "The Sopranos", the mountain that the tower sits upon may never sound the same...
 
Is short spacing the reason why this station has a Burlington transmitter to begin with? Also, does the signal of second adjacent WRTC-FM 89.3 of Hartford really get that far out? Here in the south end of New Britain, I get a decent mono signal of WJMJ while WRTC is in stereo with a bit of noise.

As for increasing the tower height like they wanted, would that eliminate the need for the translators in Hamden on 93.1 and New Haven at 107.1?
 
KML-224 said:
Is short spacing the reason why this station has a Burlington transmitter to begin with? Also, does the signal of second adjacent WRTC-FM 89.3 of Hartford really get that far out? Here in the south end of New Britain, I get a decent mono signal of WJMJ while WRTC is in stereo with a bit of noise.

As for increasing the tower height like they wanted, would that eliminate the need for the translators in Hamden on 93.1 and New Haven at 107.1?
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WERS (88.9) in Boston is one of the limiting factors for WJMJ to get a stronger signal. In addition WRTC-FM/89.3 (Hartford) and WNHU/88.7 (New Haven) are the other limiting factors as well. WJMJ was a late bloomer in the grand scheme of things, having only been on the air since the late 70's. That's why they require those translators in Hamden and New Haven. WJMJ used to operate in really clean and crisp Stereo with a superb sound in their processing. I especially used to love the late night Jazz shows that was run by one of the priests at the seminary. Apparently, they reverted to mono a few years ago due to some multipath issues experienced by some listeners. To tell you the truth, while riding on the Mass. Pike, I saw none of those issues on my car radio. I kind of wish they would turn the Stereo back on.

Let's hope WJMJ and the Town of Burlington can find some "common ground" to avoid the possible shutdown from the mountain. Finding another site in these NIMBY type days can prove to be costly, never mind it being almost impossible due to spacing issues like the ones I just mentioned.
 
Is this the station that plays old pop songs from the before the 1950's on Saturday nights? If so, it's a fantastic show. I believe it is this station.
 
WJMJ was known (maybe still is, haven't listened in years) for playing Christmas music (the classical, religious variety) well into the new year -- the "12 days of Christmas."

Is the station now 100 percent EWTN off the bird or is there still local programming remaining?
 
justareporter said:
Seems like pretty simple contract law to me...but if you want to read some REAL hate read the comments to the newspaper.

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/hartford-courant/TK4FQD1COGDDU4TQ7
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There's always going to be some people who actually believe the kind of hateful tripe listed on that type of blog. Let them continue to make a royal a** of themselves. As I said earlier, both WJMJ and the landlord should come together and come to some "common ground" to make everybody happy. I hope this does not become a stupid NIMBY issue causing WJMJ to lose its' ability to operate. Time will tell.
 
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