WFLL 1400 makes application to go on WEXY tower

[Mike Sheridan]

If anyone cares I just found on the FCC website an application to put WFLL on one of the WEXY towers. This will probably result in a less than optimal signal for WFLL but it will be on the air.

James Crystal made the same application a while back but was denied because of Red Light fees owed to the FCC. A new owner doesn't have to contend with that. Sorry to see this is the best they can do. Seems like a minimal investment. If it were my money I'd probably do the same.

 

[davideduardo]

This will probably result in a less than optimal signal for WFLL but it will be on the air.

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why the WEXY tower would result in a less optimal signal?

 

[AMRocks]

"Less than optimal" is still WAAAAAY better than they have now. I think it's a wire on a church off sample road.

 

[Ai4i]

The tower(s) are just under 80° tall, but they are fat at the high current node, and maaaybe their signal could be improved by directionalizing. I don't know if that is allowed on local channels.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why the WEXY tower would result in a less optimal signal?

The original application had a request for a waver pertaining to the coverage not meeting what the FCC requires for the station's service area. Looking at it now it's not as bad as I thought.

This is from the FCC application made by JCE:

WFLL was originally licensed in 1946 with the principal community Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was located at the current licensed facility parameters. WFLL is seeking, via this application, to move approximately 8,268 feet in distance from the current location and diplex with Station WEXY (Facility ID#9730), as detailed in the Engineering Exhibit attached hereto. Although the current licensed site meets the 80% threshold required by §73.24(i), the combination of (a) a small change in location, which shifts the site away from the traditional center of the Fort Lauderdale community, (b) a small decrease in radiation efficiency of the WEXY diplex facility as compared to the licensed facility, and (c) the expansion of the city’s legal boundaries results in the proposed site only covering 78.15% of the principal community with a nighttime interference free (NIF) contour. The omitted NIF portion of the principal community is the southern portion comprising the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades (both commercial/industrial areas).

 

[Ai4i]

I am a little bit confused about:

WFLL was originally licensed in 1946 with the principal community Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was located at the current licensed facility parameters.

Because, the station originally used a stick located on the (north?) side of the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale. They moved to west of I-95 some time in the early 1970's in order to cover more land area inland, as the population was expanding westward.

 

[JayR]

Mike,

Thanks for the information.

It's too bad they will probably continue with brokered Brazilian Portuguese religious programming.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

Mike,

Thanks for the information.

It's too bad they will probably continue with brokered Brazilian Portuguese religious programming.

Indeed, I guess in the modern world that's all that they can do. After all gotta pay the bills. Sad though, a shadow of what was a vibrant voice in the community.