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Upgrades and Changes

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David Sharp

Noticed while sifting through FCC stuff:

1) Application filed to change WFUS 103.5 city-of-license from Bradenton, to (of all places) Gulfport.

2) Application filed to move WWRZ 98.3 transmitter site north, to better cover Lakeland-Winter Haven (new signal would put city grade in to Brandon and East Tampa).

3) Noticed CP for WPCV 97.5 which would give all of Orlando city grade coverage with similar signal strength projected in Brandon and New Tampa.

4) CP for WCTQ 106.5 has new city grade covering most of St. Pete and South Tampa.
 
CTQ would do far better to concentrate on service to the Sarasota Bradenton market rather than become just another Tampa rimshot. I dont understand the COL change for 103.5, unless they are going to actually become a part of the Tampa market rather than Sarasota Bradenton they are now. 98.3 and 97.5 moves I can understand. They will probably be both on the same stick as the stations are co-owned.
 
CP's for both WPCV and WWRZ at the same time makes me wonder if Hall is going to try to sell them.

The COL change for 103.5 is odd... is CC maybe going to move the Gandy complex somewhere that would make the studios too far from Bradenton?
 
"WFUS Gulfport-Tampa Bay". Hmmm... doesn't really have a ring to it.

I do wonder if this has to do with CC being forced to sell off a Tampa station and a Sarasota station. And why Gulfport and not Apollo Beach?
 
sbe1 said:
98.3 and 97.5 moves I can understand. They will probably be both on the same stick as the stations are co-owned.
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No, according to FCC maps, WWRZ's move is to the north, WPCV's move is to the east (and much higher than current location). New location for WPCV would have 60 dB signal from Brandon and North Tampa, all the way to Palm Bay and north to almost Sanford.
 
Wazzie said:
I do wonder if this has to do with CC being forced to sell off a Tampa station and a Sarasota station.
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When did I miss this piece of news? Is the sell-off part of the general sell-off with CC or in relation to review of ownership rules? If CC must sell a Tampa and Sarasota station, then making WFUS a bona fide Tampa station countermands the sell-off there. Any speculation as to which stations will go? I presume they'll lose an FM in each market (or can they dump an AM instead)?
 
I'd like to hear more about this sell off as well. If what you say is true, then my guess is CC (or the new "investors") will eventually sell off most of the stations in Ft. Myers, Port Charlotte, and Sarasota. Kinda makes me wonder if changes like the 100.1/107.1 switch and the app for 106.5 all have something to do with this. The WFUS app is just silly inless the reasons go far deeper. Just because a stations' COL is not part of the main DMA or target market has never stopped them from having studios or even transmitters targeted towards another area before. Why the change now? Is it some legal loophole they're planning on jumping though? I'm guessing Gulfport gets the nod because it's one of the few cities in the area without a COL and is geographicly closest to Bradenton. Let's make this fun... I say make it WFUS Kenneth City.

As far as the Hall stations go, Max 98.3's signal sucks near and north of Lakeland. That's a smart move based on current coverage area. I believe WPCV has been sitting on that app for a higher antenna for a while. Even if they make the change I doubt very seriously they would abandon their sales and programming positions towards the Lakeland area. Hall is successful and probably has no intention on fighting the big boys in Tampa or Orlando.
 
billalm said:
The WFUS app is just silly inless the reasons go far deeper. Just because a stations' COL is not part of the main DMA or target market has never stopped them from having studios or even transmitters targeted towards another area before. Why the change now? Is it some legal loophole they're planning on jumping though? I'm guessing Gulfport gets the nod because it's one of the few cities in the area without a COL and is geographicly closest to Bradenton. Let's make this fun... I say make it WFUS Kenneth City.
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But to my knowledge the studios must be within a certain distance of the COL. (I could be wrong about this, but this is my understanding of it anyway...). Let's say for giggles that CC if wanted to move the studios to Wesley Chapel or Lutz or somewhere like that, then Bradenton might be too far away.
 
The studio can be:
1. In your city of license
2. Anyplace within your city grade contour.
3. Anyplace with the city grade contour of ANY station licensed to that city. This is what allows 930, Sarasota to have its studio in Tampa. The studio is within the city grade contour of 102.5, which is also licensed to Sarasota. This allows smaller stations the same advantage of moving their studios as the big guys.
 
930's Main studio is actually in St. Pete in the old Florida Power building on US 19. The real studio is in Tampa. A blatant flaunting of the rules. No local service is being done. They cant even hear the station at the studio. What a waste of the most powerful AM signal in Sarasota Bradenton. Agreed 102.5's contour can be used, but so can Channel 40 TV since their tower is just south of the Tampa antenna farm in Riverview/Balm.
 
WCTQ's CP looks exactly like their current service, if
Radio-Locator is correct. Maybe they are just doing an antenna change for HD service or some other tower work. They already have a good signal in St. Pete. ???
 
Look at the FCC website. It shows WCTQ with a directional signal (pulled back from Tampa and St Pete). Application shows a more non-directional signal, with St. Pete and South Tampa within the 60 dB signal contour.
 
Re: WFUS

Someone suggested Kenneth City as COL. Okay, here are some other fun possibilities:

1) Thonotosassa-Tampa Bay
2) Turkey Creek (near Plant City)-Tampa Bay (sorta fits the country format I think)
3) Lithia-Tampa Bay
4) Wimauma-Tampa Bay

Any others?
 
WCTQ is getting rid of that directional antenna, they will be non-directional. I think the change has already been made. I think going non-directional is the only change.
 
I recall they did replace that antenna several months ago. They had to do a partial proof on 1420 WBRD which is located at the same site on the north end of Palmetto. The FM tower has to be detuned so as not to interfere with the AM's directional pattern.
 
Hall is successful and probably has no intention on fighting the big boys in Tampa or Orlando.

These moves would allow them to take on both markets at once. Big things planned!
 
Parttimer said:
CP's for both WPCV and WWRZ at the same time makes me wonder if Hall is going to try to sell them.
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No way that will happen, at least with WPCV. 97 Country is Hall's bread and butter, and probably is a key in keeping the other stations afloat.
 
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