Is it true that WDRZ is silent? FCC data says it's operational but other sites indicate it's silent. Is there anyone near WDRZ to confirm this. I hear some bleeding from WIBA and possibly some polka music but it depends on where I am in Dane County so it's hard to know what I'm actually hearing
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You mean WRDZ 1300? Theres a thread about that elsewhere on here about it
here is that thread for reference:
WRDZ 1300 To Resume Operations With An Emergency Antenna
FCC APP filed for an Emergency Antenna at the licensed site. https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/amDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f919207403e019225592ee91908&id=25076f919207403e019225592ee91908&goBack=N
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so WRDZ is now alive & well as an STA, operating with (supposedly) 800 watts daytime and 10 watts nighttime from a 529 foot tower at 4949 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago.
That tower was used many years ago for WSBC before the station took over the WEDC tower on 5475 N. Milwaukee Ave.
the format is “Rebel Radio” which is heavy metal, no polka music — unless that was an on-air joke of some kind.
a few years ago before WRDZ lost their La Grange (Alsip?) site, it was relaying Polskieradio — but that was and is a Polish CHR format — NOT polka music! For that, one would need to go back when the station was WTAQ.
what doesn’t make any sense is how anyone could get a listenable signal anywhere near Madison, WI! I was driving last week to Louisville and WRDZ’s signal made it out to about the IL-IN border along I-80/94. so…about 30 miles. What’s 30 miles going towards Madison? possibly Crystal Lake?
WRDZ is using an omnidirectional skirt antenna on that 529 foot tower. though their modulation volume has improved, it’s not nearly as loud as nearby on the dial WSBC 1240. it should be LOUD, after all, it’s a heavy metal station!
their signal strength ought to be almost comparable to WSBC, at 20 miles away — it’s only 200 watts less than WSBC’s 1kW. it sounds to me that even if the transmitter is outputting 800 watts, their antenna system may only be radiating 200-250 watts of the 800 watts!