Translators a plenty...

[JH_Radio]

Hey all,
So I have an antenna on my roof in Bensalem, and can get 3 99.9's (without it being tropo.)
One is WODE, but what are the other two?
I'm assuming translators of some kind?
One is Spanish music, and one is pop-FM?
The Pop adds are Vineland, etc...
Anyone got any ideas?
So many translators I can get and some of them I'm like what is this.
95.1 WZZO and 95.1 WAYV come in well, but there's a religious translator. what is this, also there's another religious translator on 94.9 and 95.3 which come in as well.
Could 95.1 be WZC (the former dance station?)
And a spanish music on 104.1, but if i turn the antenna another way its WAEB-FM.
I thought I heard the word FM on 96.9 in one direction (is there a translator for that now that I could possibly be getting ? Another way its WFPG.

Thanks!

 

[radiodx10]

and one is pop-FM?
The Pop adds are Vineland, etc...
Anyone got any ideas?

Easily found with a radio-locator.com search.

99.9 Pop-FM is WSNJ 1240's translator. 250 watts from Swedesboro
94.9 W235BZ is a simulcast of WVBV 90.5.
95.1 W236AF is a simulcast of WBZC 88.9 Word-FM
96.9 W245AG is a simulcast of WBYO 88.9 Word-FM
104.1 has two translators overlapping each other. One is W281CL form Berlin (licensed to Cherry Hill) which simulcasts WXHL/ 97.1 Reach Gospel. The Spanish one is W281CM simulcasting I think Ben FM HD-3 or WPEN HD-3.

 

[JH_Radio]

So is that pretty good that I can get these all static free for the most part during the day? and in stereo.
I'm not sure how I'd do it... radio-locator doesn't always tell the entire story.
For example, I can get 98.5 WBBO perfectly and 98.5 up town radio which I know is an LPFM. Radio-locator also doesn't say that I'll be able to get WAYV when I search for fringe but that comes in perfect too. It says I should be able to get WMGQ Magic 98.3 but even before HD took over WOGL I couldn't get it.
It doesn't say I should be able to get 106.7 WLTW, or 101.9 WEPN but I get that too...

Wow. no more dance I'm guessing the colige sold 88.9.

 

[Miguelito]

You can get WAYV in Bensalem?!

 

[JH_Radio]

You can get WAYV in Bensalem?!

Yep, Also WMGM, WJRZ-FM, and WENJ. This is all daytime stuff too not DX nighttime tropo.

 

[Miguelito]

That's some antenna!

 

[JH_Radio]

Also a Sony XDR-F1HD tuner. I have that and the Rotel RT-1084, but that tuner is no match for the Sony. Sony best for reception, Rotel (from what I've heard so far in tuners, best for sound.)

 

[tvk5195]

Also a Sony XDR-F1HD tuner. I have that and the Rotel RT-1084, but that tuner is no match for the Sony. Sony best for reception, Rotel (from what I've heard so far in tuners, best for sound.)

I had that tuner for a short time in college. I got it for about $10 at Goodwill before I sold it on eBay for $150. I remember I was able to pick up WMGK HD-2 in my brick building in the Lehigh Valley. Definitely a good tuner!

 

[JH_Radio]

Yeah amazing once its modified! I keep mine in forced analog mode usually.
I've also got a stereo/mono switch on the back, sound improvements, a battery to hold presets when it loses power and the back lighting turns on and off with the power of the tuner. A fan has been installed to keep it cool and feet on the bottom to help with cooling too. I'd never give mine up! They can fetch more than $150 now.

 

[nd2023]

Wow. no more dance I'm guessing the colige sold 88.9.

Z88.9 stopped playing dance music in 2014 when Brett left. It got sold in 2018

 

[JH_Radio]

Z88.9 stopped playing dance music in 2014 when Brett left. It got sold in 2018

Who's Brett and what did they do between 2014 and 2018 as far as the format?

Now its the word-fm right?

 

[bholcomb]

Who's Brett and what did they do between 2014 and 2018 as far as the format?

Now its the word-fm right?

I'm Brett. They went to a typical college radio format when I left. It was a very sad thing to see and the school destroyed the program that I built, which started quite a few careers in broadcasting for the students that went through that station.