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WCMA 1560 DALEVILLE......50,000 WATTS

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morecowbell

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Heavens to mergatroids.......50,000 watts !!!

With a power bill of about 5 grand a month.
Located in Daleville AL.
I give them three power bills before they are dark.
Sooner if they have to buy a tube for that monster transmitter.

See video below. Long "Jaws" intro. Patients required.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5oRhr5mE0
 
morecowbell said:
Heavens to mergatroids.......50,000 watts !!!

With a power bill of about 5 grand a month.
Located in Daleville AL.
I give them three power bills before they are dark.
Sooner if they have to buy a tube for that monster transmitter.

See video below. Long "Jaws" intro. Patients required.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5oRhr5mE0
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I heard WCMA the other day, too, on my car radio when I went to pick up my wife at work. It was a little after 5 pm, and it was blaring in. I hadn't ever heard anything quite that strong on that frequency before during the daytime, so I was wondering what it was. I had heard of the station before but don't ever remember listening to it. In between songs, I heard someone announce that it was WCMA with 50000 watts (was the signal just upgraded?). They were playing a very eclectic mix of music, I heard Paul Mauriat's "Love is Blue" and then mostly classic country hits.


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Are they still simulcasting OPP in OPP? Just love typing that, OPP, for some reason. While on technical stuff what's up with 106.7? That 100K sounds pretty bad, did they swap transmitters w/CMA? LOL.

Did hear a strange rumor, heard Frogman was going to engineer for both TRP and Magic.....wouldn't it be kinda neat if the s[ite that pours down (and up) from on high was diffused by a mutual engineer? Brings a song lyric to mind by Pure Prairie League, "Amy, what you gonna do?" Wonder if she'd share photographers or plastic surgeons w/ Misty?
 
Whoa, wait, hang on, in no way at all was I making any kind of insinuation w/ the surgeon comment Misty. Really sorry, swallowed my entire foot with that, Misty would most certainly win a radio DJ beauty pageant and most any other for that matter. Hey, not a bad idea, I can see that event being promoted on the flashing sign in umm, uhh, never mind. Is a good idea though, can you see all the vans in one location with everybody broadcasting the event from the red carpet as the sun sinks into West. It really seems quite appropriate upon reflection of the tone of this board and we can have the DJ's from the new wiregrass powerhouse at CMA officiate the event!! Hey, who are their DJ's?
 
morecowbell said:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5oRhr5mE0
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Other than the silly intro and outro music, that was a good lil' video.

OK OK, I know Radio-Locator is not supposed to be the gospel when it comes to coverage maps, but if it is any indication of their coverage, then they ain't gettin' much bang for their buck. I thought WMQM in Memphis was getting shortchanged by their 50 kW at 1600 but it looks like these guys got 'em beat!

5x the power, same coverage as WQLS on 1210 -- gotta love the AM band. ::)

Is the ground conductivity bad in that area of sumthin'?
 
Ground conductivity in that area sucks.

Interesting to compare the coverage of WOOF and WCMA. WOOF at 560 with 5kw, WCMA at 1560 with 50kw. Both with very similar ground conductivity limitations.

It's amazing to me how much better stations in the midwest do. There's an area in Ohio, along I-75 north of Dayton, where you can receive the 50kw stations in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Ft. Wayne, Windsor and Toronto. Must have been a fun place to listen to the radio, even during the daytime, back when AM still had good, local programming. Of course, there is very little population in that area...mostly farm houses and fields. IIRC, the Chicago stations can be heard in St. Louis during the day. Out west, the coverage is even better. I remember being able to listen to KFI Los Angeles at a very great distance during the day. I can't remember now, but I'm pretty sure they came into Phoenix during the day...maybe Salt Lake City too. And Denver?! I can't remember. But that's a long haul!
 
Stewy said:
Are they still simulcasting OPP in OPP? Just love typing that, OPP, for some reason.
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The problem with OPP is that it is two-thirds P.
 
Stewy said:
Are they still simulcasting OPP in OPP? Just love typing that, OPP, for some reason. While on technical stuff what's up with 106.7? That 100K sounds pretty bad, did they swap transmitters w/CMA? LOL.

Did hear a strange rumor, heard Frogman was going to engineer for both TRP and Magic.....wouldn't it be kinda neat if the s[ite that pours down (and up) from on high was diffused by a mutual engineer? Brings a song lyric to mind by Pure Prairie League, "Amy, what you gonna do?" Wonder if she'd share photographers or plastic surgeons w/ Misty?
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Very interesting rumor. I will throw it up as a main topic and see everybody thinks.
 
al_atl said:
Ground conductivity in that area sucks.

Interesting to compare the coverage of WOOF and WCMA. WOOF at 560 with 5kw, WCMA at 1560 with 50kw. Both with very similar ground conductivity limitations.

It's amazing to me how much better stations in the midwest do. There's an area in Ohio, along I-75 north of Dayton, where you can receive the 50kw stations in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Ft. Wayne, Windsor and Toronto.
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All 4 Chicago 50KW non-directionals are audible daytime (in some cases barely) from Des Moines to Detroit, Saint Louis to Green Bay.

5KW at 560? To the Northwest, where its main lobe is beamed, WIND's daytime signal generally carries at least as far the four blowtorches. (Ground conductivity turns to crap in most of northern Wisconsin).
 
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