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W281AB: Something old is new again?

According to the Times Daily, they're on a translator on 92.3. Hadn't heard it myself, though.
 
rambo2 said:
I'm curious, when did WTLS receive a waiver from the FCC to broadcast on an FM translator? If so, what are the call letters, and who owns it? Are there any other AM stations in the State of Alabama using FM translators besides WJLD?
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I'm not sure when they received the waiver, but they were probably on the air before WJLD, if not waivered first. Someone e-mailed me when WTLS began simulcasting and it was at the end of October, and I didn't hear WJLD until Thanksgiving. But JLD could have been on before that.

Radio-Info shows WLAY-FM as being on the 92.3 translator in the Shoals, but it is often wrong.
 
rambo2 said:
W281AB owned by Richardson Broadcasting which also owns WJLD -AM, in talking with its Owner,GM and Chief Engineer Gary Richardson. WJLD recieved an STA on August 7, 2007 to re-broadcast its AM programming. W281AB antenna is temporarily located at the studio loaction. Richardson says he will move the antenna to Red Mountain soon, and says the signal will dramatically improve when that move occurs. The FM antenna is on a short STL studio tower and is shadowed by Ishkooda mountain which explains the choppy signal. Is practically on the ground using 27 watts. WJLD is the first AM in Alabama allowed to use an FM translator, it was also the first HD AM radio station in the US to broadcast a digital signal using commercially available equipment. Richardson says that HD exciter needed repairs, the HD signal should return to the air by December 20.
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Where'd you find this?
 
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