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What would YOU do with the new 106.5fm?

If I were in management at Press Broadcasting, I would move "The Breeze" to 106.5 and take WBHX dark on 99.7. Since the 106.5 MHz facility will be a full-facility Class A station, it will get a dependable signal into both Ocean and Atlantic Counties for "The Breeze". It will also eliminate co-channel interference from WHTG-FM. If Press installs a full-featured RDS encoder (such as the Inovonics Model 712) at 107.1 and 106.5 and programs the "AF" (alternate frequency) feature, RDS-equipped radios will automatically track "The Breeze" in listeners' cars driving down the Parkway. Taking the 99.7 signal off the air would eliminate the RFI problems in downtown Beach Haven that Press inherited from the previous owner of that station, as well as legal conflicts with the Borough of Beach Haven over the siting of the current tower on Amber Street.

A possible option for 99.7 would be for Press to donate the station to Richard Dalton's community radio group, under the conditions that the station be operated noncommercially and that the transmitter site is to be moved, possibly to the old WSC tower in West Creek, which will soon be used by WYRS as well. This would give Press a tax break while providing Southern Ocean County with a community radio station that does not have a religious agenda, since the move of WKOE to 106.5 shuts out the community-oriented LPFM stations that were proposed for the area. Since the WSC tower is north and west of the existing site, WBHX would have to operate at reduced power to accommodate second-adjacent WJRZ, but the added antenna height will prevent or alleviate any RFI issues.
 
> A possible option for 99.7 would be for Press to donate the
> station to Richard Dalton's community radio group

That certainly would be a welcome proposal!

:)

Richard<P ID="signature">______________
http://www.RichardJDalton.com</P>
 
> A full powered Class A signal. (6,000 watts
> non-directional)
> Licenced to the Philadelphia market.
> Transmitting from the Monmouth/Ocean market.
> Covering Ocean County but not Monmouth.
> Covering Atlantic County but not Cape May.
> http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/njradio/wwww.html

Some kind of spanish format. Sell it locally and
go for the big 12+ shares.
 
> > A full powered Class A signal. (6,000 watts
> > non-directional)
> > Licenced to the Philadelphia market.
> > Transmitting from the Monmouth/Ocean market.
> > Covering Ocean County but not Monmouth.
> > Covering Atlantic County but not Cape May.
> > http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/njradio/wwww.html
>
> Some kind of spanish format. Sell it locally and
> go for the big 12+ shares.
>


Another format that was attempted here, but failed. Mega owned 104.9 and broadcasted a Spanish format (WEMG were the calls at the time) - it lasted only a year or two before going Smooth Jazz under new owners (Nassau, I believe) under the calls WOJZ, then it wasn't long before they became Hot AC SoJo 104.9 (WSJO).</P>

But you know what? With the sudden enormous breakthrough of reggaeton into the mainstream, maybe giving it another shot wouldn't be such a bad idea.</P>
 
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