what a poor signal on 101.9

[StemCell]

Living in Philly I usually go to Seaside Heights in the summer, today heading down I tried K-Rock and the new 101.9, being a listener of K-Rock in the past I started to pull them in around the 70/72 circle which is a long catch, tried 101.9 nothing, in fact it was not until I was in Lakehurst that they started to come in but not that good. K-Rock and most NYC signals (with the exception of 101.1 we all know why because of the B) were booming. Is this the rule of RXP, I never had any reason to tune them in before but their signal is really bad....

 

[cawasinnj]

Maybe they were a low power or on the backup. WXRK and WRXP have virtually identical technical characteristics. WXRK is 6kw @ 415m and WRXP is 6.2w @ 413m from Empire.

 

[RadioFixerCLE]

There was a shutdown on Monday night at Empire. CBS FM was transmitting from its backup on the Viacom building. So I assume some of the other FMs were also doing the same.

 

[BigBoy41]

perfect....signal matches the station.

 

[Ozman]

If you want to hear the poorest signal of 101.9 and you might be cruisin through greenwich/stamford, try listening to 101.9 on 103.1 fm. URRGG! what a waste of dial space.

 

[MikeD]

Although the pattern & strength are identical 92.3 is much stronger for some reason in Burlington County. I don't know if 92.5 in Philly is a little weaker, or what exactly causes it. But 92.3 along with 103.5 (no first adjacent IBOC) are the strongest stations in Burlington County.

 

[GSP163]

If you want to hear the poorest signal of 101.9 and you might be cruisin through greenwich/stamford, try listening to 101.9 on 103.1 fm

I never knew 101.9 had a translator......Radio-Locator says that 103.1 W276AV (Stamford) translates WQXR while 103.1 W276BV (Greenwich) translates WMNR.....Although we can't really trust Radio-Locator as it says 101.9 is on 99.1 W256BD in Warwick, NY but currently 99.1 is translating AM 1110 WTBQ.


Although the pattern & strength are identical 92.3 is much stronger for some reason in Burlington County. I don't know if 92.5 in Philly is a little weaker, or what exactly causes it.


Actually 92.5 WXTU does have a directional signal so that can be reason it seems a bit weaker.......Remember 101.9 and few other NY stations do have to deal with Class B stations to the south and west which causes signal issues:

97.9 WSKQ - 97.9 WBSX Hazleton, PA
99.5 WBAI - 99.5 WJBR Wilimington, DE
100.3 WHTZ - 100.3 WPHI Media, PA
101.1 WCBS - 101.1 WBEB Philadelphia, PA
101.9 WRXP - 101.9 WAVT Pottsville, PA
107.5 WBLS - 107.5 WFKB Boyertown, PA

 

[eyg2181]

Although the pattern & strength are identical 92.3 is much stronger for some reason in Burlington County. I don't know if 92.5 in Philly is a little weaker, or what exactly causes it. But 92.3 along with 103.5 (no first adjacent IBOC) are the strongest stations in Burlington County.

same is true in levittown. 925 is rather weak and K Rock is by far the easiest NYC to pull in. but i must say i prefer 105.7 The Hawk, G Rock and WMMR and YSP. these signals boom in my area.