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WHNY McComb officially gone

The owners do have the option to appeal the decision to either an FCC ALJ or a federal district judge. But I read the decision. I doubt they bother.

A review would only focus upon whether the FCC followed the law in its decision. Having read the letter, it certainly sounds as if they. What little discretion the FCC had is really not reviewable.

They're done.

DE
 
Zach said:
*dusts off topic*

Looks like a last ditch attempt to reinstate the license has failed. It's not just gone, but gone-gone.

I found the day and night patterns on Radio-Locator but the coordinates for the tower site comes up in the middle of a forest. Anyone know where the old tower site really was, and if it's still standing?
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The coordinates aren't too far off. The towers were standing last time I came thru McComb... probably 6-8 months ago. You can see the building just off Hwy 570 about 800 ft E. of the coordinates. The towers MAY be down, but you couldn't see them thru the trees anyway. That site is a complete disaster... it needed cutting in 1989 when I first saw it and I'd be willing to bet that nothing was done after that.

R.I.P. WHNY

RFB
 
After reading this one, you should read the item also released yesterday, about WLMA-1350 in South Carolina. If you think WHNY's story is a sad one.....
 
Ah OK, I found the tower on a Bing Bird's Eye view. The field is completely overgrown. I bet the ground system is a wreck. They're also visible with Google Street View but it's less visually stunning. The studio is barely visible just down the street. Or is that a decrepit trailer with a big satellite dish?

Either way, it's very depressing to look at. :(

And that WLMA story is just awful, running for over a decade while unlicensed. Crazy stuff.
 
I went by WHNY in June of last year. Everything is destroyed. There is NO WAY that thing can operate from that building or those towers!! I have pictures of the studio and transmitter site on my facebook page. Its a shambles. The local crackheads have stolen all the copper out of the building. there is black mold all over everything..all the windows are busted..Only thing there salvageable....A Y104 bumper sticker on a bookshelf in a backroom that was once a production room..well if you really want to call it that... ;D
 
pobryan said:
WJNT has a 50 KW daytime signal. That really covers up the AM noise around Jackson. Daytime is where they make their splash in the ratings and revenue. They run a very tight directional pattern at night which really kills their signal where I live out by the reservoir. I know it kills them in the winter when they have to cut back around 5 PM. As for the Holt organization, here's what we always said the call letters represented and it pretty much told the story...

WHNY Where Holt Needs You (He really needed all the help he could get in McComb)
WHSY Where Holt Screws You (Home office. Nuff said.)
WHHY Where Holt Has You. (Holt's best station)
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Ah, that brings back memories, Phil. If I remember correctly you were at Triple X while I was at WHSY back in the mid 70s. My first programming gig was at WHNY, around '79. Holt had brought a guy named Bob (can't remember last name) in to be the new GM. He had been a competing GM in Montgomery against WHHY, and they gave him the gig to get him out of the market. lol.


Anyway, we turned the station around, got it profitable and sounding more professional, but suddenly Bob couldn't get any profit and loss statements back from Hattiesburg. Turned out the station wasn't SUPPOSED to make a profit. It was a tax write-off. The GM, engineer, and I were all fired at the same time shortly afterwards. My first time to be fired from a gig. However, it propelled me down to Baton Rouge, and a much larger market, so it was a blessing in disguise.

So sorry to hear about the state of WHNY in McComb. I was in Hattiesburg about 15 years ago and saw that the old WHSY studios in Petal were long deserted, with weeds growing in the parking lot.

In spite of it all, Charlie was a man who LOVED radio, and I sure do miss those days of individual station owners and characters like him. I had a LOT of fun.
 
A while back while digging thru some tapes I found an aircheck of WHNY. I still have it. There is a liner on it that says..First in McComb 1250 WHNY....Sadly its the only one on there. I drove by there last weekend. Now you cant even see the former studios from the road. I also didnt see the towers. Wonder if they finally fell over..
 
How long has that station been off the air? I used to occasionally pick it up in Rankin county, so it must have had a decent signal in its hey day. I can't remember the last time I heard it. Must have been in 80's or early 90's.
 
Went back to McComb for a birthday celebration and drove by the WHNY studios. I didn't expect the towers to still be there. But the building is a wreck. I was surprised to see someone parked outside in a red Cadillac.
 
That red caddy is prob Charlie Holt..owner of the former station..Believe it or not there is equipment in that delapotated bldg..I have pics of the inside on my facebook wall.
 
Charlie Holt? Wonder why he would be there. He doesn't live anywhere nearby, does he?

I've seen your photos- heartbreaking. Looks very different from when I lived in McComb 40 years ago.
 
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