If we use 50 dBu and not 60 dBu, WKHQ, WMKC, WSRT and WLXT do cover the entire market or at least 90 percent of it with just one stick.
In the area around Traverse City, the Charlevoix and Emmet county based signals perform remarkably well signal strength wise. Indoor reception can be touchy but car reception is excellent. I used to be able to pick up WKHQ decently on a boom box near Cadillac some 30 years ago, a good 70 miles south of their TX site.
The counties along the highway M-55 corridor were removed from the MSA some time ago. Even Benzie County was removed.
Some brands in the market use two or more signals to simulcast, resulting in full market coverage. Examples include 105.1/95.5 (Real Rock) and 97.5/93.5/96.7 (WKLT).
For a few decades, WKLT programming was simulcast on the signal formerly known as WJML-FM (98.9), which became WKLZ.
As a result of a series of sales in Northern Michigan recently, WKLT was sold to the parent company of WTCM AM & FM, WKLZ was sold to EMF, and KLT's new owner decided to dump its simulcasts of WTCM-F from 93.5 (Petoskey area) and WATZ-F from 96.7 (Rogers City area) to repurpose those signals as WKLT simulcasters.
The following towers in northern lower Michigan have been completely destroyed:
WKHQ
WLXT
WMJZ
The following tower suffered significant damage:
WFUP-TV
(I think some FM stations may be on this same tower)
We can add 100 kW 90.5 WPHN to the list of destroyed towers:If we use 50 dBu and not 60 dBu, WKHQ, WMKC, WSRT and WLXT do cover the entire market or at least 90 percent of it with just one stick.
In the area around Traverse City, the Charlevoix and Emmet county based signals perform remarkably well signal strength wise. Indoor reception can be touchy but car reception is excellent. I used to be able to pick up WKHQ decently on a boom box near Cadillac some 30 years ago, a good 70 miles south of their TX site.
The counties along the highway M-55 corridor were removed from the MSA some time ago. Even Benzie County was removed.
Some brands in the market use two or more signals to simulcast, resulting in full market coverage. Examples include 105.1/95.5 (Real Rock) and 97.5/93.5/96.7 (WKLT).
For a few decades, WKLT programming was simulcast on the signal formerly known as WJML-FM (98.9), which became WKLZ.
As a result of a series of sales in Northern Michigan recently, WKLT was sold to the parent company of WTCM AM & FM, WKLZ was sold to EMF, and KLT's new owner decided to dump its simulcasts of WTCM-F from 93.5 (Petoskey area) and WATZ-F from 96.7 (Rogers City area) to repurpose those signals as WKLT simulcasters.
The following towers in northern lower Michigan have been completely destroyed:
WKHQ
WLXT
WMJZ
The following tower suffered significant damage:
WFUP-TV
(I think some FM stations may be on this same tower)
It is short-spaced to 105.7 WZTK in Alpena (which is only 107 km from the WSRT tower; the required fully spaced distance between a Class A and a Class C1 on first adjacent channels is 133 km).The WMBN STA is on the WSRT tower, 15 kW into WSRT Antenna. Not sure it is fully spaced to all stations there to be a permanent facility. The WSRT facility antenna is also not as high above average terrain than the WKHQ tower..
Ah, WMBN: "Michigan's Beautiful North" (except from October to April and you have to drive to work).The WMBN STA is on the WSRT tower, 15 kW into WSRT Antenna. Not sure it is fully spaced to all stations there to be a permanent facility. The WSRT facility antenna is also not as high above average terrain than the WKHQ tower..