Yesterday around 3 or 4pm, WGVA 1240AM joined the growing ranks of AM stations relayed on FM translators, as W239BJ went on-air on 96.1 with 220 watts and a yagi antenna on the WNYR tower in Fayette. The signal really gets out there nicely; it's aimed at Waterloo and the 60dBu reaches out just far enough to cover Geneva and Seneca Falls. I could hear it clearly almost to Canandaigua in my car on Rtes 5 & 20.
Given all the high school sports that the Finger Lakes Radio Group does, the bulk of which are after dark when the 1240 "graveyard channel" signal tends to effectively shrink to "Geneva proper" only...I bet the ad rates for WGVA just ticked up a few bucks a spot. ;D
Gotta give Alan Bishop credit, he's really worked his translators for all they're worth and then some. I think every AM he owns now has at least one FM outlet, and in WGVA's and WCGR's cases, the translators have some hefty signals.
Given all the high school sports that the Finger Lakes Radio Group does, the bulk of which are after dark when the 1240 "graveyard channel" signal tends to effectively shrink to "Geneva proper" only...I bet the ad rates for WGVA just ticked up a few bucks a spot. ;D
Gotta give Alan Bishop credit, he's really worked his translators for all they're worth and then some. I think every AM he owns now has at least one FM outlet, and in WGVA's and WCGR's cases, the translators have some hefty signals.