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WCTZ 96.7 moving to Long Island...? Good for 96.5 WTIC and 96.9 WRRV?

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Ozman

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Rumor now has it that 96.7 WCTZ Stamford Ct signal now has plans to move to Long Island.

this would probably cause WRRV and WTIC to have a little bit better coverage in their southern fringes having only sideband interference from WQHT 97.1 NYC and WQXR 96.3 ? be nice to get WRRV bleeding into westchester and northern Fairfield County abit more Ideas?


the other thing I did want to mention is with the WCTZ move if it happens, no more RF intefernce in stamford from WCTZ 96.7 whahoo!
 
When I was in Danbury, CT last week I could not get a trace of 96.9 WRRB....Also in Danbury 96.7 WCTZ is listenable but weak.....Therefore, I don't think the WCTZ move will give WRRB any more coverage.....The move might give WTIC slightly more listenable coverage but they still have to deal with 50,000 watt 96.3 WQXR.
 
First WFAS-FM 103.9 moved away from White Plains and now this? Isn't there a station on eastern Long Island using 96.9 FM?

On a side note, this might be a plus for me. WQHT-FM 97.1 of New York City (""Hot 97") always gets destroyed by this station near WWE headquarters and the train station on I-95 due to the closeness of the 96.7 transmitter.

Speaking of which, what would happen to that tower? Is anybody else mounted on it now?
 
You're right Jamie, it's shocking how far this signal is being moved out of Fairfield County! I never realized that it would make that much difference. The 60 dbu contour only sneaks into southern Greenwich though in reality, I am sure the signal would come in pretty well along the coast out to at least Bridgeport. Still, the signal will drop off the table for many inland areas.

Good news for WTIC-FM, that's for sure. Their effective coverage area will expand southwestward. Not as familiar with WRRV's signal, so I can't comment.
 
The new City Of License would be Port Chester, NY and their transmitter would be on western Long Island? Wow!
 
radio220 said:
How do you see the new coverage maps?
Click to expand...
Its under the service contour map for area (60 dbu)

heres a direct link (below)
now if only every NYC station all moved about 20 miles to the southwest... then I could defiantly get some good ole inland CT radio instead of mush, adjacent interference and IBOC Hash on those channels from a way too High Db signal on the water in Greenwich from the ESB 6,000 watt signals ;)

WCCC!

Old:
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM1216370.html

New
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM1236905.html
 
Thanks, Jamie. I now see them.

If the tower was somewhere near Glen Cove, with increased power, I could see the move. But from this map, it totally ignores the majority of its old fairfield county audience. Wierd. I wonder how accurate this map is.
 
radio220 said:
Thanks, Jamie. I now see them.

If the tower was somewhere near Glen Cove, with increased power, I could see the move. But from this map, it totally ignores the majority of its old fairfield county audience. Wierd. I wonder how accurate this map is.
Click to expand...

The 60 dbu contour is the projected area within which the station will broadcast a strong (and protected) signal. In other words, a signal that should be strong enough to come in on weaker devices such as clock radios and the like.

Although it doesn't represent the entire range of the station's new signal, that is the protected area and it will be the primary service area. So, you'll probably still be able to pick it up in most of Fairfield County after the change. But, the signal will be significantly weaker and Fairfield County will no longer be the focus of the station's service.

In that way, they will be turning their back on the majority of their old audience in favor of more crowded pastures in eastern Westchester and western LI.
 
Wasn't the original purpose of the move to have more coverage in NYC? Looking at the proposed map they still only cover about 2/3 of the city.

Is there a proposed date of when this move would take place?
 
I'll be honest with you, they now have much more competition. Of course it's great that they will be heard in the #1 market but they will probably get demolished ratings-wise.. way to many different stations and their coverage doesn't even cover the whole city.

Is this a good idea in the long run and what now happens to the audience that won't be able to get it?

X ???
 
have not heard anything new. Just the Aplication to cover. How long do these things usally take? its going to be nice to maybe get WRRV down this way if this goes through. I can get it now with strong DX but thats it.
 
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