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[oasisrulz]

Where is their Xmtr located, is it on the same tower as WAYV. I noticed more local programming which is a nice change to check out the shore.

 

[otaguy]

If you drew a line between Glassboro and Hammonton, the xmtr is a little bit north of the middle of that line. Same site as WNJS. I've never heard of WAYV. A service contour map for WMCN is here:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT1139122.html

 

[oasisrulz]

Thanks for the info, I think the town is Waterford Works, the reason I know this is long long ago WNJS-23 had their first tower there, and a station from Vineland I think was the call city...which aired very old programs had a tower erected there also...65 was the channel number....WAYV is on the outskirts of AC near the Windmills....

 

[otaguy]

Took me a while to realize that WAYV is an FM station as opposed to TV. Transmitter is in Atlantic City.

 

[DToTheJ]

WMCN is like South Jersey's version of Eastern Long Island's WVVH...

 

[dx1ng]

If you drew a line between Glassboro and Hammonton, the xmtr is a little bit north of the middle of that line. Same site as WNJS. I've never heard of WAYV. A service contour map for WMCN is here:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT1139122.html

Isn't WMCM kind of close to New York City's WNYW also on channel 44? There must be some destructive overlap between the two signals. WNYW is one of the most consistent New York DTV signals here in the Poughkeepsie, NY area.

 

[otaguy]

Now that you mention it the service contours do overlap. WNYW is here and extends as far south as Trenton: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT288174.html

WMCN is here and extends a little north of Trenton: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DS605156.html

So bottom line my guess is if you live in Trenton you are not getting either of these stations because they interfere with each other.

 

[Bill_W]

Why would the FCC give out 2 channel digital channel 44s so close to other when they can't find a usable UHF frequency for WPVI-DT? WMCN-DT has been on channel 44 for years also, their analog transmitter has been off for years. Was channel 5 in NYC on 44 digital before the analog turnoff?

 

[tripinva]

The FCC actually originally assigned channel 50 to WMCN. However, they wanted to move the transmitter closer to Philly and could not do that on channel 50. So, they ran an interference study and determined that channel 44 would work. However, the pattern is very directional, putting very little power toward WNYW.

- Trip

 

[w9wi]

Why would the FCC give out 2 channel digital channel 44s so close to other when they can't find a usable UHF frequency for WPVI-DT? WMCN-DT has been on channel 44 for years also, their analog transmitter has been off for years. Was channel 5 in NYC on 44 digital before the analog turnoff?

(with regard to NYC ch. 5, yes, its pre-transition DTV channel was 44)

Due to differences in the rules, it's a lot easier to squeeze in DTV channels in tight spaces than was possible with analog.

- Directional antennas can be considerably more directional.
- For the DTV facilities associated with former analog stations, allocations are made on the basis of the stations' authorized powers -- not the maximum for the class of station.