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WILD HASN'T BEEN ON THE AIR!
- Thread starter blackgold
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blackgold said:
WILD is on with CRI right now.
It's on now, receivable in Beverly. Discussion of college professors working overseas and I heard the
word "Beijing"...
word "Beijing"...
very sad where they've gone now
blackgold said:
No, they’ve not only been on, they’ve been on 24 HOURS A DAY since the hurricane...albeit, mostly with either real weak modulation or just a pure dead carrier!!! :
;DI rarely tune by the station any more, but I did notice it on the air with a dead carrier in the middle of the night recently.
Uncle Kaimbridge said:No, they’ve not only been on, they’ve been on 24 HOURS A DAY since the hurricane...albeit, mostly with either real weak modulation or just a pure dead carrier!!! :
robotique said:
I had guessed that the transmitter shutdown may have been automated on a timer, judging by the way that it always simply dropped carrier during automated programming in the middle of a song, or even in the middle of a spot, with no mention of signing off or even a legal ID, for at least the past decade.
robotique said:
I don't know anything about WILD. However, a fairly common way to manage sign-ons and sign-offs or day/night pattern changes is to use a controller, made by a Tennessee company, that can be programmed with the appropriate times for each month. The controller is very reliable and virtually indestructible, but if it loses power it can "forget" the date and time. When the power comes back on, some transmitters will stay off until they are manually turned on, while others will return to the state they were in when the power went off. The controller, however, will turn nothing on or off until someone resets its date and time. So, if a transmitter is off, it stays off; but if it is on, it stays on. People have to remember to check these controllers periodically and make sure they know what date and time it is.
I wonder if they have that at WXCT 990 in Southington, Connecticut. They haven't been powering down in months. The station used to power down to 80 watts (and switch patterns) at sunset automatically and power back up to 2500 watts automatically at sunrise. It's been 2500 watts round the clock probably since February. I don't know exactly when they started having this problem. I don't listen to the station since they run Spanish Christian Programming.
Eli Polonsky said:
Yup, that’s my guess, too.
Hmmm, they were actually off last night....Maybe someone dropped them our dime? :
Eli Polonsky said:
Wow, just like Lumberyard 1440 in the Phoenix market (KAZG Scottsdale)!
Bob,
Their license is up for renewal in 2014. Sounds like a reason to deny a license renewal to me. Anyway last summer I contacted Rene Tetero at 990 in Philly (telling him that maybe another station on 990 could complain about WXCT) when WXCT wasn't powering down and a couple days after I contacted him WXCT started powering down again. Maybe I should send another email to him and he can go to the FCC.
Their license is up for renewal in 2014. Sounds like a reason to deny a license renewal to me. Anyway last summer I contacted Rene Tetero at 990 in Philly (telling him that maybe another station on 990 could complain about WXCT) when WXCT wasn't powering down and a couple days after I contacted him WXCT started powering down again. Maybe I should send another email to him and he can go to the FCC.
WLYN and WAZN transmitters are both on dial up remote controls. The remote
will power up and down, or change patterns, as required by law. Each remote is
on a small UPS, which will keep the clock active, if there is a power
failure at the transmitter site. If the UPS battery then runs down, the
time and date must be reset for it to work properly. This runs strictly by
the book. At one point a certain competitor was NOT powering down at
night, as required. They were then claiming they had much better
coverage than we did. NOT! If I ever get wind of something like this
happening again, I will drop a dime on them so fast it will make their little
head spin...
will power up and down, or change patterns, as required by law. Each remote is
on a small UPS, which will keep the clock active, if there is a power
failure at the transmitter site. If the UPS battery then runs down, the
time and date must be reset for it to work properly. This runs strictly by
the book. At one point a certain competitor was NOT powering down at
night, as required. They were then claiming they had much better
coverage than we did. NOT! If I ever get wind of something like this
happening again, I will drop a dime on them so fast it will make their little
head spin...
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