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Wfnx LIVES AGAIN!

trock

trock

This time taking over Northeast Broadcasting's 99.9 in Athol Ma. According to Radio Insight it is still simulcasting 92.5 The River. I can't imagine they will keep it that way or else why bother? Unless they are just parking it for some other purpose.
 
Could they just be parking the call letters there? I doubt that 101.7 gets any coverage in Athol, although there may be some from 92.1 in Peterborough.

Jacko
 
Apparently there is no ownership change. According to this All-Access blurb, Northeast Broadcasting, owner of 92.5 "The River" WXRV Haverhill and simulcast 99.9 WXRG Athol, has purchased the call letters WFNX and has applied to put them on WXRG.

There doesn't appear to be any notice that this change has been made official yet per the FCC, but apparently WXRG is already calling itself WFNX (perhaps there may be a TOH ID that still says WXRG, I'm not in range to hear).

According to this, it's still simulcasting "The River". No mention of any plans for programming changes, or whether Northeast may be "parking" these calls for future plans.

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/117276/wfnx-lives-on-sorta
 
FCC CDBS says County Broadcasting Co. of Bedford, NH has reserved the WFNX-FM call letters. (WFNX itself is on an AM station in Florida)

It doesn't say which County Broadcasting station they want to use it on but obviously 99.9 would be the most likely choice. (I think the only other choices are WTUB-700 and WGAW-1340)
 
Aren't County Broadcasting, Northeast Broadcasting and Beanpot Broadcasting actually or essentially all different names for the same company?
 
What kind of signal does 99.9 from Athol have? I live in Leominster and the only signal that I've ever received on 99.9 was last summer from the 99.9 on Cape Cod. We could be terrain shielded out here with the many hills in the area.

-mike
 
Glad FNX is back at least in some form, I wonder if Northeast are going to have DJ's on the stations or if the programming will be some what similar to WXRV.
 
Eli Polonsky said:
Aren't County Broadcasting, Northeast Broadcasting and Beanpot Broadcasting actually or essentially all different names for the same company?
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On WXRV's wikipedia page, It says that WXRV is owned by Beapot License Corp., WXRG is owned by County Broadcasting, and WLKC in Maine is owned by Devon Broadcasting Co, but they are the same company ''Northeast Broadcasting''.
 
As I recall, the signal for 99.9 Athol heading east on Route 2 is marginal by Fitchburg, and doesn't make it past the hills there.

And, the stream for 99.9 WXRG on TuneIn is actually fed the stream from the stream from 92.5 WXRV. There was no ID for Athol whatsoever. I don't think that there is a separate stream from 99.9 WXRG only. As long as it's a direct simulcast of WXRV (except for a different automated TOH ID on the air), they don't need a separate stream.
 
The signal's pretty hemmed in by terrain. I never get it clean in the Worcester area, even west of the city. It really isn't usable where there's any significant population. I mean, in 2003 Citadel sold the station and it's AM sister for $650,000, and that's when station prices were at their height! It's not a good signal.
 
Driving down through CT from Northampton, 99.9 was loud and clear into Hartford..basically beating out a fighting WEZN, until star took over completely..past Hartford on 91.
 
That's odd, I carry star through downtown Hartford on my commute every night. I stand by the statement that WXRG isn't useable on a regular basis where there's any population of consequence.
 
A couple years ago, 99.9 WXRG went for a year or more with absolutely terrible audio, and nobody seemed to care. I can't remember exactly how it sounded, maybe a loud hum, whine, etc... but to me it was unlistenable. I'm guessing Northeast Broadcasting regrets buying 99.9 and 700. They tried spanish and then ESPN radio on 700 for a while, but for at least a year it has just been a simulcast of 99.9. I can't see 99.9 ever becoming anything other than a simulcast of 92.5, unless it's sold. 700 will probably just go dark someday.
 
I recall hearing 99.9 Athol going southwest throughout the Pioneer Valley, the Amherst area, and into northern CT, though not strongly in any of those areas. It didn't carry to anywhere near Hatrford for me.
 
radio Energy ID on 99.9, weak , presumed Brockton. inaudible on 90.1 at the time, but parallel to 1620 which was only freq mentioned in ID.. that highschool (WHHB) is pretty intermittent and only 10 watts , maybe time for them to sell the license to someone will use it besides a weekday afternoon dumpage of black-metal
 
Mattcatlover456 said:
Question I was listening today and the said 99.9 wfnx but they were airing 92.5 the river why
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Because that station 99.9 has been airing 92.5 WXRV "The River" for the past few years. It's owned by the company that owns "The River" and the call letters were WXRG (sounds like WXRV). Its purpose was to relay "The River" to north central Massachusetts. They just apparently applied to change the call letters of 99.9 to WFNX, but they have not changed the programming as of yet.
 
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