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Why not just combine stations?

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105.7 in Cleveland and Columbus almost overlap--why not just simulcast for both markets?
I think Lanigan could work in both places and the music on the Brew and Majic are not totally dissimilar...
 
> 105.7 in Cleveland and Columbus almost overlap--why not just
> simulcast for both markets?
> I think Lanigan could work in both places and the music on
> the Brew and Majic are not totally dissimilar...
>


What? Overlap? No they don't! You can't get any Cleveland station in Columbus, even WTAM comes in crappy in this town. There is a huge gap in both signals so they don't "almost" overlap. FCC requires at least 12 1/2 km seperation, and according to radio-locator (which uses FCC data), WMJI's fringe coverage is Mansfield, and WBWR's is about Galion. They are totally opposite...Cleveland is oldies and The Brew is 80's rock. And Lanigan won't work in Columbus. He's a Cleveland Icon like Bob Conners is to Columbus. Now if you are a Browns fan, it is nice to listen to the same freqency between Cleveland and Columbus, but even then driving on I-71 there's going to be at least a 30 mile gap in coverage!
 
> > 105.7 in Cleveland and Columbus almost overlap--why not
> just
> > simulcast for both markets?
> > I think Lanigan could work in both places and the music on
>
> > the Brew and Majic are not totally dissimilar...
> >
>
>
> What? Overlap? No they don't! You can't get any Cleveland
> station in Columbus, even WTAM comes in crappy in this town.
> There is a huge gap in both signals so they don't "almost"
> overlap. FCC requires at least 12 1/2 km seperation, and
> according to radio-locator (which uses FCC data), WMJI's
> fringe coverage is Mansfield, and WBWR's is about Galion.
> They are totally opposite...Cleveland is oldies and The Brew
> is 80's rock. And Lanigan won't work in Columbus. He's a
> Cleveland Icon like Bob Conners is to Columbus. Now if you
> are a Browns fan, it is nice to listen to the same freqency
> between Cleveland and Columbus, but even then driving on
> I-71 there's going to be at least a 30 mile gap in coverage!

I agree. Format issues aside, from an engineering standpoint the only way that could have a fair chance of working would be to drop a third 105.7 signal somewhere in the Mansfield / Ashland area with about 1 or 1.5kW and set it all up as a regional "trimulcast". Needless to say, that doesn't have any real chance of happening without some major warping of several different FCC regs.
>
 
Now if you
> > are a Browns fan, it is nice to listen to the same
> freqency
> > between Cleveland and Columbus,

WAS. Browns games moved to 100.7 WMMS in Cleveland a few seasons ago.


drop a third 105.7 signal somewhere in the Mansfield /
> Ashland area with about 1 or 1.5kW and set it all up as a
> regional "trimulcast". Needless to say, that doesn't have
> any real chance of happening without some major warping of
> several different FCC regs.


That and you have monster Mansfield signals on 105.3 and 106.1
Not happening
 
Yea, although the new improved FCC spacing spreadsheet would allow for that in some instances, it would result in plenty of interference here in Columbus and Mansfield and the previous post is very succinct in the main reason.

Trick_Magnet

> Now if you
> > > are a Browns fan, it is nice to listen to the same
> > freqency
> > > between Cleveland and Columbus,
>
> WAS. Browns games moved to 100.7 WMMS in Cleveland a few
> seasons ago.
>
>
> drop a third 105.7 signal somewhere in the Mansfield /
> > Ashland area with about 1 or 1.5kW and set it all up as a
> > regional "trimulcast". Needless to say, that doesn't have
> > any real chance of happening without some major warping of
>
> > several different FCC regs.
>
>
> That and you have monster Mansfield signals on 105.3 and
> 106.1
> Not happening
>
 
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