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What has happened to WXIO-LP in Ridge Manor?

Silent STA filed for WXIO filed today"

THE TOWER SUPPORTING THE ANTENNA FELL ON JUNE 7, 2019. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT STATION OPERATIONS WILL BE RESTORED SHORTLY.


LPFMDatabase.com says they filed today, stating they went off the air September 7th but that the tower supporting their antenna fell June 7th. all I found however is the one line above in caps.
 
An LPFM or non-comm needs to operate 36 hours a week. If the licensee is a school, it does not have to operate weeks and days school is not in session. The FCC will sometimes allow a time share if a station does not maintain a 12 hour a day schedule. In such a case a time share can be forced.

Some school FMs that operated only a few hours a week welcomed an NPR affiliate to take the hours the school station is silent. Many times it meant a power upgrade from a D class station and it prevented the burden of minimal hours and any challenges.
 
Interesting. I wonder how they stayed on the air from June 7th to September 7th with no antenna? Rhetorical question LOL! How did the tower fall?
 
We operate 24/7.
 
wlsl said:
Interesting. I wonder how they stayed on the air from June 7th to September 7th with no antenna? Rhetorical question LOL! How did the tower fall?
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I’m guessing some high wind gusts blew the tower down; guessing the tower may not have been secured properly and of course WXIO was not on the air until the 7th of September.........well not full power, during the time period mentioned; it was usually only receivable if you were in front of their locked gates; even in the parking lot at the United Methodist church; probably a distance of 500 feet from the Anchor Church building, they were barely receivable on a good radio.

Streaming has resumed about 10-12 days ago on the new IOSiPad platform; streaming is not working on the iPhone platform; not sure about Android. Streaming is just music loops and mentions of Ridge Manor Christian Academy; website also has a link for Central Florida Bible College.

So that sounds as if they are trying to do the school linking, so that they don’t have to be on the air 24/7.......sounds as they WXIO has a guardian angel explaining the loopholes to them!
 
WXIO is on the air and evidently experimenting with frequency stabilization; power and modulation; for the most part it’s distorted music, slightly off frequency and the reception bars on my radio will change from the 16 bars to 9 and 10 bars without me moving, touching the radio or the antenna. They are not full power by any means as they pretty well fade out at about 4.5 miles from their transmitter; still don’t see a tower/antenna. I first noticed them on the air Monday afternoon, but off later Monday; returned to RM this morning and they have been on the air the whole time with the audio problems, which makes them unlistenable.
 
Curious as to what transmitter they are using. There HAS to be sort of modulation monitor. But then maybe they are using a Ramsey LOL!
 
WXIO is still on the air (audio distortion every other song) this weekend and in mono; even with that, it’s odd that now that they’ve at long last notified the FCC they had been off the air nearly all summer.......now they’re on the air! ....as though they’re making up for lost time.
 
wlsl said:
Face Book page has not been updated since 2015.
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Maybe WXIO is on the 5 Year Plan, where they update their website every 5 years whether it needs it or not! :)

Seriously, I have noticed a lot of radio stations, even those belonging to large chains, don’t seem to place a high priority of updating their website.

Just check, still broadcasting some distorted music that sounds off frequency, I’m not sure how an update on their website could put a positive spin on that!
 
drt said:
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Maybe WXIO is on the 5 Year Plan, where they update their website every 5 years whether it needs it or not! :)

Seriously, I have noticed a lot of radio stations, even those belonging to large chains, don’t seem to place a high priority of updating their website.

Just check, still broadcasting some distorted music that sounds off frequency, I’m not sure how an update on their website could put a positive spin on that!
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Gonna be up in your neck of the woods on Saturday. I'll give it a listen.
 
wlsl said:
Gonna be up in your neck of the woods on Saturday. I'll give it a listen.
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Definitely poor range. I tuned in as we were passing the church, signal was gone at Hill n' Dale. Which brings me to another question. 102.9's signal was strong at Hill n' Dale. Seems a bit odd considering the location of the transmitter. I wish 92.7 had that coverage. We pretty much fit the predicted 50/50 contour running 85 watts ERP with the antenna at 85 feet.
 
wlsl said:
Definitely poor range. I tuned in as we were passing the church, signal was gone at Hill n' Dale. Which brings me to another question. 102.9's signal was strong at Hill n' Dale. Seems a bit odd considering the location of the transmitter. I wish 92.7 had that coverage. We pretty much fit the predicted 50/50 contour running 85 watts ERP with the antenna at 85 feet.
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Make me wonder how many organizations and churches applied for LPFMs...and have trouble funding programming and upkeep.
 
Wimmmex said:
Make me wonder how many organizations and churches applied for LPFMs...and have trouble funding programming and upkeep.
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So many LPFM stations were given false information or they did not listen to the experts about getting a LPFM station license. These are non-commercial. It costs money to run and you have to be able to raise the operating funds. Many so called "consultants" filed false or misleading applications. Some licensees when called knew nothing about filing for a LPFM station. Tower sites can cost money if you have to rent one. Many stations filed a license to cover and have not actually constructed the station.
 
That is correct. Many LPFM applicants had no clue. Applications filed were sometimes cookie-cutter because the 'consultant' knew that wording would not be questioned. When reality sank in and the Construction Permit was about to expire, some tried to borrow equipment to 'get on' then file to go silent or just plain lied. It was easy to tell by program descriptions written by some that they had virtually no clue about radio.

Churches especially have a tough time. They call it outreach but fail to understand they use secular activities for outreach but on radio they think outreach is 'in the pews 24/7' and don't understand why only a few in the pews actually listen. I've advised several 'broke and disenchanted' Church operated stations to adopt a family friendly secular format with little 60 second inspirational spots every 30 minutes and community announcements might produce results.
 
b-turner said:
That is correct. Many LPFM applicants had no clue. Applications filed were sometimes cookie-cutter because the 'consultant' knew that wording would not be questioned. When reality sank in and the Construction Permit was about to expire, some tried to borrow equipment to 'get on' then file to go silent or just plain lied. It was easy to tell by program descriptions written by some that they had virtually no clue about radio.

Churches especially have a tough time. They call it outreach but fail to understand they use secular activities for outreach but on radio they think outreach is 'in the pews 24/7' and don't understand why only a few in the pews actually listen. I've advised several 'broke and disenchanted' Church operated stations to adopt a family friendly secular format with little 60 second inspirational spots every 30 minutes and community announcements might produce results.
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This particular LPFM ministry owned WXIO had the program formula you described; it aimed at the general public with very little religious reference; the music was a blend of contemporary Christian, country and soft rock (Beach Boys, Beatles, Supremes, George Harrison, John Lennon, Cat Stevens and music from the 80’s as well.)

There were local news inserts and a community bulletin board as well. All went well until after Hurricane Irma, there seemed to be some technical problems and whether related to the technical problems or not, the staff of 3 or 4 were either let go or walked out. The programming went to playing about 18 songs over and over, news was discontinued (also a cross portion with the local weekly newspaper was discontinued at the time) and then the programming was boring and unlistenable, the still ongoing signal problems did not help at all. Their tower was on their church property; now there doesn’t appear to be a tower.
 
wlsl said:
Definitely poor range. I tuned in as we were passing the church, signal was gone at Hill n' Dale. Which brings me to another question. 102.9's signal was strong at Hill n' Dale. Seems a bit odd considering the location of the transmitter. I wish 92.7 had that coverage. We pretty much fit the predicted 50/50 contour running 85 watts ERP with the antenna at 85 feet.
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WXIO definitely has problems; don’t know if you noticed while scanning the FM dial in the area, butWJUF 90.1 is on reduced power and no HD2 or HD3; spoke to their engineer a week ago today, while he was on site. Parts not in stock were on order and hopefully WJUF will be back on full power with HD by Thanksgiving.

Drt
 
drt said:
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WXIO definitely has problems; don’t know if you noticed while scanning the FM dial in the area, butWJUF 90.1 is on reduced power and no HD2 or HD3; spoke to their engineer a week ago today, while he was on site. Parts not in stock were on order and hopefully WJUF will be back on full power with HD by Thanksgiving.

Drt
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I am trying to understand how an FM station that filed for an STA to go silent is currently on the air? They in my opinion are in need of some serious FCC guidance. LOL!

They are currently NOT listed in RECNET's LPFM Database: https://lpfm.us/?state=FL
 
I’ve pretty well given up on WXLO; even though they are on the air; the sound is distorted and their playlist is short. Meanwhile WJUF has resolved all of it’s problems (other than the occasional interference in eastern Hernando from “LP”(sic) power 91.

Now WTMP’s 96.5 Hd has been out for for nearly 2 weeks. (When working their HD2 broadcasts WTMP 1150 out of Tampa).

As long as I have Wi-Fi; streaming and listening to my own playlists seem to be the way to go for me.
 
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