Re: Uh.. I thought 1430/1200 was simulcast?
> > > You seem suprised by this?
> > > Aren't they supposed to be a dual broadcast-one station
> with
> > > two frequencies?
> > >
> > > Or are they seperate stations?
> > > Your post has me confused...
> >
> > They're two different stations that simulcast. 1200 is
> WKOX,
> > licensed to Framingham, 20 miles west of Boston, with a
> > signal blanketing the western suburbs while hitting some
> > nearby areas as well.
>
> But, not at night. WKOX then only gets the outer
> "metro-west" suburbs west of Route 128 and (not quite out
> to) Route 495. The immediate west suburbs of Boston within
> Route 128 get a very noisy, barely listenable signal from
> 1200 at night, and also get barely a trace, if that, of 1430
> at night.
>
Sadly it is at night when WKOX/WXKS programming really stinks. Moderate Ed Schultz (his last 1:45 hours are now after power down) is followed by a tape delayed Randi Rhodes followed by a tape delayed Jerry Springer followed by a tape delayed Majority Report in the dead of night. I can't imagine why people aren't lining up to listen...
> > > You seem suprised by this?
> > > Aren't they supposed to be a dual broadcast-one station
> with
> > > two frequencies?
> > >
> > > Or are they seperate stations?
> > > Your post has me confused...
> >
> > They're two different stations that simulcast. 1200 is
> WKOX,
> > licensed to Framingham, 20 miles west of Boston, with a
> > signal blanketing the western suburbs while hitting some
> > nearby areas as well.
>
> But, not at night. WKOX then only gets the outer
> "metro-west" suburbs west of Route 128 and (not quite out
> to) Route 495. The immediate west suburbs of Boston within
> Route 128 get a very noisy, barely listenable signal from
> 1200 at night, and also get barely a trace, if that, of 1430
> at night.
>
Sadly it is at night when WKOX/WXKS programming really stinks. Moderate Ed Schultz (his last 1:45 hours are now after power down) is followed by a tape delayed Randi Rhodes followed by a tape delayed Jerry Springer followed by a tape delayed Majority Report in the dead of night. I can't imagine why people aren't lining up to listen...