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I've noticed that WFYL 1180 has been silent for what seems to be the entire week. Anyone have an idea of what's going on there?
 
jjtreese said:
I've noticed that WFYL 1180 has been silent for what seems to be the entire week. Anyone have an idea of what's going on there?
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I live outside their signal range (more than 2 miles from the transmitter?) so I can't tell what their OTA signal is doing. Their stream online (they stream through YouTube) shows that only 2 people are listening. I'm currently one of them.

Their Twitter account is just retweets of right wing tweets and plugs of their shows. No mention of their signal being down.

Can they really be making money with such a crappy signal and the D-List leftovers of the fringe right wing talk-sphere?

Edit: They're also Daytime only. With no FM translator. So they'd be off the air around now (5:15PM) anyway, right?
 
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WFYL got evicted from its transmitter site back in October and since then has been operating under Special Temporary Authority to transmit from an alternate site at reduced power (300 watts) using a very short antenna (electrical length of only 6.5 degrees) mounted on the roof of a fire station.
 
kevtronics said:
WFYL got evicted from its transmitter site back in October and since then has been operating under Special Temporary Authority to transmit from an alternate site at reduced power (300 watts) using a very short antenna (electrical length of only 6.5 degrees) mounted on the roof of a fire station.
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The antenna WFYL is using looks like whats on the front page here:
http://www.theradiosource.com/

The fire station in question where the antenna is.. is lower providence township volunteer fire department station 53 on state route 4031
 
WFYL has a message on their web site stating "NOTICE: There may be streaming and broadcast interruptions and schedule delays this week due to maintenance. Please be patient and bear with us."
 
This is the signal that I presume WFYL 1180 was designed to send our way:

https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WFYL&service=AM&h=D

On that map, we are a haff-inch above Pottsville.
PottsVILLE, not Pottstown.
WFYL would be very, very weak but steady on the bare-feet GE Superadio 2.

Tuh. WFYL wanted 'Phylly', not us. Same as KYW wanted. The same as KYW wants the Jersey Shore and the gambling busses. We out here in The Land Time Forgot don't (or will never) count.

Still, that's a pretty nice omni signal for WFYL.
 
I checked their signal last week as I was in King of Prussia. It was silent.
I wouldn’t call the station garbage. They ran Laura Ingraham, Dana Losch, Michael Savage and another national host , they were worthwhile. But I am only ten miles from East Noriton and the signal is weak here.
( Abington)
 
On June 4th WFYL was granted an extension to their Special Temporary Authority to transmit at reduced power from a fire department. They are seeking approval to make it their new permanent transmitter site.
 
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