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WBAB Signal Hijacked

I think that a lot of board members lost their passwords and some are no longer involved as much as they used to be.Yeah its been quiet ???I heard this too, and first thought, well there will be an opening in am drive now, but then clearly knowing Roger and JP, they wouldnt go down this road. So some asshole plays a wacky song....it happoeded on WBLI in the overnight and will happen again Im sure to another station, unless this person has a hard on for Cox stations?? I say, inside job too, and not some jock, it would have to be someone of engineer quality and someone geeky to own that stuff.Not funny! :mad:crap thunder!
 
So they are using an analog Studio to Transmitter Link? I know I haven't engineered at a station in ages, but I just assumed these days most stations are using some form of digital encoded signal for the STL, or hasn't anything like that been approved? I can remember when someone hyjacked the signal of WTIC-FM, (Hey, didn't someone do this to HBO also?) that was like mid-80's or something, has to be someone in the biz, I mean even most FM pirates don't know what an STL is.Or maybe WBAB is up to something and trying to get attention away from the steakhouse parody.
 
The buzz all over the email lists is that was this was one of two things..1.) A stupid stunt to grab more attetnion2.) Done by a well knowing, expierienced person with access to expensive equipment in an on-going Long Island Radio Fued...
 
I have the Link to a soundbite of it happening.. sounds like a stunt But who knows....basically anyone with radio Engineering background and knows what to Buy. can do it.I would Figure they would have a T-1 but their Roof is loaded with STL dishes.. Not For nothing If you know where their site is.. park within 1 mile with an old STL and point. would overpower them. I remember a Ham bunny hunt on the mineola repeater at police HQ.a guy placed a small transmitter in a film case in bushes along the parking lot under the repeater tower.Only 1 guy found that bugger. we were all out that night it locked up the repeater input. the closer they are to the Tower the better they can take it over..... NO IT WAS NOT ME.. But I have to laugh .. this is the Only time when I can say digital is Better... Neal
PaulBWalkerJr said:
The buzz all over the email lists is that was this was one of two things..1.) A stupid stunt to grab more attetnion2.) Done by a well knowing, expierienced person with access to expensive equipment in an on-going Long Island Radio Fued...
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Didn't something similar happen with WBAB some years back? I seem to recall something at one of the Jones Beach firework simulcasts on the 4th of July some years ago. Maybe pre-Cox can anyone back me up on this? Also does anyone remember equipment being stolen from WBLI's old tx location on Adirondak Dr in Farmingville some years ago? It put them off the air for awhile.
 
In the fireworks incident, wasn't it just someone setting up an FM transmitter tuned to 102.3 in the general vicinity of the fireworks show? I don't think they actually set up an STL to override the entire WBAB signal.
 
neo11 said:
In the fireworks incident, wasn't it just someone setting up an FM transmitter tuned to 102.3 in the general vicinity of the fireworks show? I don't think they actually set up an STL to override the entire WBAB signal.
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I believe you are correct. Anyone within the nearby area of the fireworks listening on 102.3 got the pirate. Anyone who was listening outside that area or even on 94.3 (WMJC?) who also ran it, just got the fireworks show.
 
There was a series of thefts that hit a bunch of Xmtr shacks in the 90's when I was at WLIM. Someone broke in and stole equipment we had stored ther as well as WBLI and a number of other LI stations.  Not sure if they caught the guy.
 
DJKraze said:
Or maybe WBAB is up to something and trying to get attention away from the steakhouse parody.
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Maybe.....But if they did,WHY CALL IN THE FCC FOR HELP??? (Maybe to try and make it look legit)
 
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