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WEIB-FM???

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This station showed up with a .7 in the new Hartford ratings. Never heard of it. The format is listed as "smooth jazz." Does it really have a Hartford signal?
 
With WYBC getting good ratings on a weak signal and WEIB getting 0.7 on a almost no signal in Hartford, look like Hartford need a decent Urban A/C signal station.
 
I hear ya about WEIB-FM! It's licensed to Northampton, MA, but their transmitter must not be that powerful, because I have trouble getting them even in Springfield. I get almost nothing of them here. Sticking with Northampton radio...WLZX-FM 99.3 gets wiped out by WPLR-FM 99.1 of New Haven. Depending which way my wire is laying, I'll either get a weak signal of the 105.5 FM simulcast of WEEI-AM or WQGN-FM from Groton/New London. Lastly, there's WRNX-FM 100.9, which is a non-event here.

I like the variety of WYBC-FM 94.3. The problems with them is their current signal. They can't increase power because of another station on Long Island using 94.3 FM. Also, there's WERB-FM 94.5 from Berlin High School that causes interference for me. If I'm not mistaken, the two transmitters are only 22 air miles apart. Who let that one go through? I remember when WERB was on 97.3 FM, which was moved when WZBG-FM 97.3 of Litchfield hit the air in 1989.
 
KML-224 said:
I hear ya about WEIB-FM! It's licensed to Northampton, MA, but their transmitter must not be that powerful, because I have trouble getting them even in Springfield. I get almost nothing of them here. Sticking with Northampton radio...WLZX-FM 99.3 gets wiped out by WPLR-FM 99.1 of New Haven. Depending which way my wire is laying, I'll either get a weak signal of the 105.5 FM simulcast of WEEI-AM or WQGN-FM from Groton/New London. Lastly, there's WRNX-FM 100.9, which is a non-event here.

I like the variety of WYBC-FM 94.3. The problems with them is their current signal. They can't increase power because of another station on Long Island using 94.3 FM. Also, there's WERB-FM 94.5 from Berlin High School that causes interference for me. If I'm not mistaken, the two transmitters are only 22 air miles apart. Who let that one go through? I remember when WERB was on 97.3 FM, which was moved when WZBG-FM 97.3 of Litchfield hit the air in 1989.
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And, the last time I was in Hartford, WYBC was getting hammered by co-channel interference from a translator of WLZX-FM that the FCC permitted somewhere in the Springfield area on.......94.3. It was particularly bad when driving over the CT River bridge on I-84 and in the downtown area. Typical FCC move on this one: WYBC has no protection in Hartford, yet they had a lot of listeners there.

Rapking is right in that Hartford could really use an urban/AC on FM. It would do reasonably well, as would a Spanish Tropical.
 
All I know is, I wonder how much Clear Channel would pay WEIB for those call letters. Wouldn't they look great on a "Rush Radio" station? ::)
 
I hear ya about WEIB-FM! It's licensed to Northampton, MA, but their transmitter must not be that powerful, because I have trouble getting them even in Springfield.
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I am going to guess that you weren't suffering from weak signals, as much as you were being killed by overload. WMAS-FM's 50kW signal is a flame thrower. Add to that the relatively close by WAQY @ 17kW, and you got a real RF mess. WEIB's signal is very strong around Springfield.
Better radios can overcome the weak signal-dome.

I like the variety of WYBC-FM 94.3. The problems with them is their current signal. They can't increase power because of another station on Long Island using 94.3 FM. Also, there's WERB-FM 94.5 from Berlin High School that causes interference for me. If I'm not mistaken, the two transmitters are only 22 air miles apart. Who let that one go through? I remember when WERB was on 97.3 FM, which was moved when WZBG-FM 97.3 of Litchfield hit the air in 1989.
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WERB is a class D station, it doesn't afford any protection. WYBC was allowed to increase their power because of this.

And, the last time I was in Hartford, WYBC was getting hammered by co-channel interference from a translator of WLZX-FM that the FCC permitted somewhere in the Springfield area on.......94.3. It was particularly bad when driving over the CT River bridge on I-84 and in the downtown area. Typical FCC move on this one: WYBC has no protection in Hartford, yet they had a lot of listeners there.
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How long ago did you check? WYBC complained to SAGA about the interference from the translator, so within the last 4-5 weeks, the translator transmitting antenna was reoriented a little more north and the power was drastically reduced from 250 watts to 59 watts.
When I was in Springfield in November, after the move, you can't even barely hear it there anymore.
 
Necrat said:
How long ago did you check? WYBC complained to SAGA about the interference from the translator, so within the last 4-5 weeks, the translator transmitting antenna was reoriented a little more north and the power was drastically reduced from 250 watts to 59 watts.
When I was in Springfield in November, after the move, you can't even barely hear it there anymore.
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Interesting, thanks for that heads up. Last time I was there was in August, so it's been a while. At the time, I was shocked at what inroads the translator made into what was formerly a decent (though not necessarily protected) reception zone for WYBC. Glad to hear that something was done about it.
 
Could Cox Communications put the Urban AC format on 99.1 (WPLR) and switch the Rock on 99.1 to the weaker 94.3?
99.1 comes in clear in Hartford.

I know Cox only manages 94.3 WYBC. Yale University is the owner.Would that be an issue?
 
Is WYBC-FM somehow supposed to be the Yale University radio station? I know the call letters stand for Yale Broadcasting Company.
 
WYBC-FM is still owned by Yale and just leased out to COX.

They also have an AM, 1340 WYBC.
 
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