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Laurence Glavin
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Less than one day after I questioned whether WPKZ-AM 1280 in Fitchburg had commenced broadcasting, the station has now added an ID for 105.3 FM, but no call letters. This was at noon on Tuesday, 04/06.
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>>Our new AM/FM website is heading your way in a few days. Stay tuned. Tell everyone that AM 1280 can be heard on 105.3 FM
and a facebook box embedded on the page says:
>> Red Sox Baseball tonight. Pre-game 6pm - First pitch 7:10. WPKZ on AM 1280 and 105.3 FM
Radio locator has a CP map (as usual, not necessarily accurate--estimate)
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W288CE&service=FX&status=C&hours=U
radio-locator page at one point says "WPKZ-FM 105.5" (.5??) "Gloucester MA" (well it was lic. to
Gloucester but Fishtown is nowhere near where it's broadcasting from!) btw not sure but whomever
updates radio-locator may have been on vacation for awhile; a few times I alerted them to WXKS'
new website and format but as of now it still says "Spanish/Rumba 1200" and the link takes you to
Mia.)
>>Our new AM/FM website is heading your way in a few days. Stay tuned. Tell everyone that AM 1280 can be heard on 105.3 FM
and a facebook box embedded on the page says:
>> Red Sox Baseball tonight. Pre-game 6pm - First pitch 7:10. WPKZ on AM 1280 and 105.3 FM
Radio locator has a CP map (as usual, not necessarily accurate--estimate)
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W288CE&service=FX&status=C&hours=U
radio-locator page at one point says "WPKZ-FM 105.5" (.5??) "Gloucester MA" (well it was lic. to
Gloucester but Fishtown is nowhere near where it's broadcasting from!) btw not sure but whomever
updates radio-locator may have been on vacation for awhile; a few times I alerted them to WXKS'
new website and format but as of now it still says "Spanish/Rumba 1200" and the link takes you to
Mia.)
Glad they were able to move further south in to Fitchburg. The original spot just over the line from Mason at 10watts would have really hurt.
LOL. Well, I guess you could call them that. How does 105.3 do out in to east Townsend and up towards Pepperell?
I will say that on my car stereo, as I drove from Beverly to N. Reading on Rt 62, at first the Shark 105.3
was fighting it out with the new signal and winning but by N. Reading itself the new WPKZ simulcast was
starting to win out, even out there. (Hannity on WPKZ, classic rock on the Shark from NH seacoast)
was fighting it out with the new signal and winning but by N. Reading itself the new WPKZ simulcast was
starting to win out, even out there. (Hannity on WPKZ, classic rock on the Shark from NH seacoast)
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W288CE Kicks serious butt in Gardner. (The AM signal is good during the day but not at night in the Chair City.) There's no trace of it in the Athol-Orange metroplex, but going EAST toward The 'Burg on Route 2, it starts to pop out of the noise in Templeton.
The topography is a very mixed bag out this way, so there are some spots where the signal is listenable for a talk format but too spotty for music.
Going north on 13 thru Townsend towards Milford, NH, the no frills car radio produced results from great to so-so all the way to just south of the RT 13, RT 101 junction. If you head toward Keene on 101, you start picking up classic rock in Wilton as 105.3 jumps the Shark. If you head toward Nashua on 101, the WPKZ translator goes into DXile.
W288CE Kicks serious butt in Gardner. (The AM signal is good during the day but not at night in the Chair City.) There's no trace of it in the Athol-Orange metroplex, but going EAST toward The 'Burg on Route 2, it starts to pop out of the noise in Templeton.
The topography is a very mixed bag out this way, so there are some spots where the signal is listenable for a talk format but too spotty for music.
Going north on 13 thru Townsend towards Milford, NH, the no frills car radio produced results from great to so-so all the way to just south of the RT 13, RT 101 junction. If you head toward Keene on 101, you start picking up classic rock in Wilton as 105.3 jumps the Shark. If you head toward Nashua on 101, the WPKZ translator goes into DXile.
All I can get on 105.3 here in Somerville is the Caribbean/Reggae pirate "Vibe-105" from Mattapan.
Driving from Worcester to New Hampshire last night on I-190 and MA 13, I turned to 105.3 when WVEI started fading. (WVEI came in well farther up I-190 than I thought it would.)
105.3 was listenable in Princeton with only a little--what do they call it--picket-fencing? The signal was solid through Sterling and north all the way to the center of Townsend, where it started to picket-fence. But I got a clear signal again up through Brookline. Earlier in the day, it was fighting with another station in Brookline, possibly WSHK Kittery ME.
But I notice there's a 105.3 in Rindge, NH--WFPC, so it could have been them too. That's pretty close for two stations on the same frequency, which must limit WPKZ's translator once you get north and west of Gardner.
I was pretty impressed with the 105.3 translator's signal and happy that, for me, it more than takes the place of WCRN. The Red Sox fan who works at a convenience store on Route 13 was thrilled to know about 105.3 since he can now listen to the games interference-free in the store.
Paul
105.3 was listenable in Princeton with only a little--what do they call it--picket-fencing? The signal was solid through Sterling and north all the way to the center of Townsend, where it started to picket-fence. But I got a clear signal again up through Brookline. Earlier in the day, it was fighting with another station in Brookline, possibly WSHK Kittery ME.
But I notice there's a 105.3 in Rindge, NH--WFPC, so it could have been them too. That's pretty close for two stations on the same frequency, which must limit WPKZ's translator once you get north and west of Gardner.
I was pretty impressed with the 105.3 translator's signal and happy that, for me, it more than takes the place of WCRN. The Red Sox fan who works at a convenience store on Route 13 was thrilled to know about 105.3 since he can now listen to the games interference-free in the store.
Paul
Which Convenience Store might that be? North of South of the border? I imagine the stores (all 2 or 3 of them) on 13 in Brookline will be happy.
The Cumberland Farms at King's Corner in Leominster.
103.7 is in and out (unlike the solid WWBB in Providence) and 104.9, while mostly there, is fluttery in Framingham. These are all more annoying than WEEI's westward signal at night. Another option at night is WTIC in Hartford which usually bombs in at 1080 AM. WCRN at 50,000 watts directional eastward was the best signal. Too bad there's no more Sox there.
Yes--I've mentioned how tough it is for me to pick up Sox games at work. Last night I had to keep
readjusting the radio (rebroadcast over a mini FM trans)--moving orig radio to diff. places, etc. At one
point I had WTIC on. I did notice 830 was coming in loud and clear in N. Reading--
more powerful than 850--but unfortunately no more Sox there. I wonder if Entercom will address this
somehow. Perhaps even agree with someone to put them on a solid FM signal, normally a music station,
in Worc or central MA?
And yes the flagship of the nemesis Yankees, 880, kicked 850's butt. Again wish they hadn't left 680
which would make it so much easier for me
readjusting the radio (rebroadcast over a mini FM trans)--moving orig radio to diff. places, etc. At one
point I had WTIC on. I did notice 830 was coming in loud and clear in N. Reading--
more powerful than 850--but unfortunately no more Sox there. I wonder if Entercom will address this
somehow. Perhaps even agree with someone to put them on a solid FM signal, normally a music station,
in Worc or central MA?
And yes the flagship of the nemesis Yankees, 880, kicked 850's butt. Again wish they hadn't left 680
which would make it so much easier for me
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