WGPA time change

[drpickle]

Starting tommorrow WGPA will go on the air at 5:30 am. The rest of April will be 6am at low power and 6:30 at full power. The station I believe will be on till 9 pm. Please make a note of this.

 

[radiophile]

> Starting tommorrow WGPA will go on the air at 5:30 am. The
> rest of April will be 6am at low power and 6:30 at full
> power. The station I believe will be on till 9 pm. Please
> make a note of this.
>
I worked at WGPA in the mid 80s (under different ownership).

At that time, there was no pre-sunrise authorization. The post sunset authorization was only for 30 minutes, and was at a small wattage, something like 14 or 16 watts.
When did WGPA get pre-sunrise authorization? Since sunset is going to be about 7:30, when did its post-sunset authorization increase to more than a half hour? What's the low power wattage?
Thanks. Just curious.

 

[drpickle]

> > Starting tommorrow WGPA will go on the air at 5:30 am.
> The
> > rest of April will be 6am at low power and 6:30 at full
> > power. The station I believe will be on till 9 pm.
> Please
> > make a note of this.
> >
> I worked at WGPA in the mid 80s (under different ownership).
>
>
> At that time, there was no pre-sunrise authorization. The
> post sunset authorization was only for 30 minutes, and was
> at a small wattage, something like 14 or 16 watts.
> When did WGPA get pre-sunrise authorization? Since sunset is
> going to be about 7:30, when did its post-sunset
> authorization increase to more than a half hour? What's the
> low power wattage?
> Thanks. Just curious.
>


Since at least 1991. Here is the schedule



January 7:30-5:30 (low power 4:45)

Februrary 7:00-5:45 (low power 5:00)

March 6:15-7:30 (low power 7:00)

April 5:30- 8:30 1 day

6:00- 9:00 6 low power 6:30 high power

May 5:30- 9:00 8:30 low power

June 5:30 - 9:15 8:45 low power

July 5:45-9:15

August 6:15-8:45

September 6:45-8:00

October 7:15- 7:00

November 6:45-6:00

December 7:15-5:00

 

[elevator_opratr]

WGPA should be allowed to stay on-air until 10 p.m. year round. As if their 15 or so watts at night are really going to interfere with the Ohio station. It makes it really tough to market a station whose hours change by the month. <P ID="signature">______________

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[radiophile]

> WGPA should be allowed to stay on-air until 10 p.m. year
> round. As if their 15 or so watts at night are really going
> to interfere with the Ohio station. It makes it really tough
> to market a station whose hours change by the month.
>
I agree they should have extended hours, but I think morning drive is more the issue.
Let them sign on at 6:00 a.m. year 'round, and let them stay on until 6:00 pm, too (some months, according to the above post, they still have to sign off at 5:30).

Radio listening, according to Arbitron's Web site, starts to drop off sharply after 6 PM. Just having 6am to 6 pm all year would probably be a huge help.

 

[carlvanorden]

> > WGPA should be allowed to stay on-air until 10 p.m. year> > round. As if their 15 or so watts at night are really> going> > to interfere with the Ohio station. It makes it really> tough> > to market a station whose hours change by the month.> > > I agree they should have extended hours, but I think morning> drive is more the issue.> Let them sign on at 6:00 a.m. year 'round, and let them stay> on until 6:00 pm, too (some months, according to the above> post, they still have to sign off at 5:30).> > Radio listening, according to Arbitron's Web site, starts to> drop off sharply after 6 PM. Just having 6am to 6 pm all> year would probably be a huge help.> Definately the Daytimers have issues just because of these schedules. However, what they do have is a very clear frequency during the day: some daytimers with only 250 or 500 watts sound like 10,000 watts because they sit on a clear frequency. The lower power critical hours allotments were entirely gifts, since the clear channel stations these daytimers share frequency with do have the upper hand. It would totally depend, but in some cases, even with very very low power, some of these stations would still be drown out by the clear channels, to the point where the local community couldn't hear them. I agree that tests should be made to see if it is viable to stay on the air at low power, but keep in mind, some of the clears are so strong, they MAY blow the daytimer out of the water just a mile or less from their tower. Good thought though!!<P ID="signature">______________
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