As I've heard the announcement this week that ESPN Radio is coming to 98.7 FM as of Monday, which means that 1050 will no longer be carrying ESPN Radio on AM. It will be simulcasting on FM until the station goes to ESPN Deportes, a spanish sports station on 1050 starting this fall. As you may remember, 1340 WALL and 1390 WEOK used to carried ESPN Radio back in 2000 as a sports station in the Poughkeepsie area. That lasted for two years until 2002 when it flipped to a spanish format known as "El Ritmo", and that bombed after a year before it went to Radio Disney.
If you look at the signal coverage, WEPN at 1050 AM has a decent signal coming into Poughkeepsie and Kingston, and it is 50kw depending on a range. I found this one on these two links.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WEPN&service=AM&status=L&hours=D
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WEPN&service=AM&status=L&hours=N
Now look at the new ESPN Radio on FM at 98.7 starting this Monday.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WRKS&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
Looks like the station didn't get any signal in Poughkeepsie, because it is listenable to hear sports. As for now ESPN Radio will be on 1050 until the station goes to a spanish sports station known as ESPN Deportes coming this fall. I hope any hispanics in the HV listening area would have a shot of this station due to the demise of "El Ritmo" back in 2003 or 2004.
Any thoughts?
If you look at the signal coverage, WEPN at 1050 AM has a decent signal coming into Poughkeepsie and Kingston, and it is 50kw depending on a range. I found this one on these two links.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WEPN&service=AM&status=L&hours=D
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WEPN&service=AM&status=L&hours=N
Now look at the new ESPN Radio on FM at 98.7 starting this Monday.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WRKS&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
Looks like the station didn't get any signal in Poughkeepsie, because it is listenable to hear sports. As for now ESPN Radio will be on 1050 until the station goes to a spanish sports station known as ESPN Deportes coming this fall. I hope any hispanics in the HV listening area would have a shot of this station due to the demise of "El Ritmo" back in 2003 or 2004.
Any thoughts?