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The number of commercial FM's that completely cover the area from Florida City to the PBI with essentially the same 60dbu signal has gone from fifteen to sixteen.jmtillery said:
Nah, they are plugging WAXY 104.3 too much.OMFLA9 said:
The local sports stuff will be on FM and the AM will either carry ESPN Radio or go time brokered or be sold.
What are my bids for the AM?
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Groove1670
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Sports the only format that can get a 1 share, and generate revenue ;D
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Raydeodood
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bTBl said:
Easy answer to this question. How are they identifying legally?
jmtillery said:
I heard the TOH last night:
"W-A-X-Y South Miami.....W-A-X-Y-F-M Miramar, and W-M-X-J-H-D-2 Pompano Beach."
I guess they won't need the HD 2 signal on WMXJ 102.7 anymore. I'm sure the new 104.3 signal will cover any area that 102.7 HD 2 covers. Also interesting that they chose Miramar as the City of License. Didn't Miramar serve as another station's City of License some years ago?
I wonder why they didn't go for a taller tower? When they were licensed to West Palm Beach, they put out 100 kW from a 1270 foot tower. Now they're on a 920 foot tower. There's no other station in the Keys or around Fort Myers on or near 104.3 that they might interfer with, so they could have gone to a taller tower. The shorter tower won't mean much in the Miami market but will stop them from getting much north of West Palm Beach now.
The old West Palm Beach signal for then-WEAT-FM was really a monster. I remember hearing them clearly from Key Largo all the way up to around Melbourne. They'd always show up in the Miami ratings, one of the only West Palm stations to do so. I'd switch back and forth between WEAT-FM and WLYF for Soft AC while on vacation in So. Florida. Their playlists were almost identical.
I wonder why they didn't go for a taller tower? When they were licensed to West Palm Beach, they put out 100 kW from a 1270 foot tower. Now they're on a 920 foot tower. There's no other station in the Keys or around Fort Myers on or near 104.3 that they might interfer with, so they could have gone to a taller tower. The shorter tower won't mean much in the Miami market but will stop them from getting much north of West Palm Beach now.
The old West Palm Beach signal for then-WEAT-FM was really a monster. I remember hearing them clearly from Key Largo all the way up to around Melbourne. They'd always show up in the Miami ratings, one of the only West Palm stations to do so. I'd switch back and forth between WEAT-FM and WLYF for Soft AC while on vacation in So. Florida. Their playlists were almost identical.
Gregg said:
i dont think any of the miami towers located in north dade/ south broward are tall enough or reach 1,200+ feet as far as im aware. all the miami fm's broadcast from at least 900 to 1,007 feet... as per www.radio-locator.com. the tallest tower in miami dade is in south dade where ch.6 and wrto 98.3 broadcast from it at least 2,000 feet high... wrto 98.3 in south dade according to www.radio-locator.com has the largest coverage pattern of any miami-dade fm
From the Lantana antenna farm, also home to WRMF, WPEC, WPTV, WFLX, etc. that the city grade signal from the old WEAT-FM from that site died just south of I-595 in Broward. Home and office listening was a crap shoot. WRMF pushed hard to be a Miami station around 15 years ago or so, but if you don't have the signal....
In Dade or Broward, the max tower height is around 1000 ft. give or take if you don't include the WRTO/WKCP/ex-WTVJ stick down in Homestead around 246th Street.
Miramar WAS the COL for 96.3 (now 96.5) when the frequency was resurrected in the mid '80s. It'd be more fun to let our resident Mr. 96X tell the story! RadioDiscussions calling Stuart Elliott.... *tap tap*
104.3 is now worth much more as a Miami FM than a WPB FM due to population living within its city grade coverage area. True, there are no other 104.3's in the area, but they still have to protect first adjacent channels such as 104.1 Big Pine Key as well as other preexisting signals. There's so many moving parts; they need to fit into the table of allotments and engineering already in place with other signals.
In Dade or Broward, the max tower height is around 1000 ft. give or take if you don't include the WRTO/WKCP/ex-WTVJ stick down in Homestead around 246th Street.
Miramar WAS the COL for 96.3 (now 96.5) when the frequency was resurrected in the mid '80s. It'd be more fun to let our resident Mr. 96X tell the story! RadioDiscussions calling Stuart Elliott.... *tap tap*
104.3 is now worth much more as a Miami FM than a WPB FM due to population living within its city grade coverage area. True, there are no other 104.3's in the area, but they still have to protect first adjacent channels such as 104.1 Big Pine Key as well as other preexisting signals. There's so many moving parts; they need to fit into the table of allotments and engineering already in place with other signals.
Gregg said:
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