WMRN Updates

[gabigley1]

I have noticed that WYTS audio has tanked ever since IBOC has been added to the WYTS audio
chain. I have requested that IBOC be removed but to no avail. So, IBOC seems to be the
case of the the tanked audio at WYTS.

 

[xiradiodotcom]

I have noticed that WYTS audio has tanked ever since IBOC has been added to the WYTS audio
chain. I have requested that IBOC be removed but to no avail. So, IBOC seems to be the
case of the the tanked audio at WYTS.

Not to get too off-topic, but WTVN sounds notably worse with IBOC as well.

 

[gabigley1]

The WCBE translator at 106.7 FM in Newark is another causality of the WMRN move in to Columbus
on 106.7. WCBE used to ID this translator with the frequency and city of license along with the official WCBE ID each hour.

This is the link to this ex-translator on the FCC Database:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=4270

This is an article about the WCBE translator signing off the air in Newark
Click here for the entire article:

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/NEWS01/712060343/1002

Public radio station blocked in city
WCBE silenced in Newark by Clear Channel competitor
By KENT MALLETT
Advocate Reporter

NEWARK -- David Edelblute turned his car radio to 106.7-FM to listen to Columbus public radio station WCBE and was shocked to hear the television theme song from 1970s sitcom "Maude."

Instead of hearing WCBE's offerings of news, music and cultural information, all he heard was one TV theme song after another.

It wasn't WCBE, but instead WMRN-FM, a Clear Channel station that recently moved from 106.9 in Marion to 106.7 in Dublin. The Clear Channel station has the right as a primary service station to take over a frequency used by another station.

 

[cbussteeler]

I was traveling to the Buckeye Hall Fame Cafe last night - in that area the signal does cut in and out between mono to stereo. However, there is not as much static as there is on 103.9.

 

[CBusDave]

I was traveling to the Buckeye Hall Fame Cafe last night - in that area the signal does cut in and out between mono to stereo. However, there is not as much static as there is on 103.9.

Drive from I-70 West at I-270 on the west side, hop on I-670 West, head to 315 North... this is probably the worst area of town for 103.9 because of the towers at the 670/315 junction. So when I was heading that way on Saturday I figured I would put 106.7 through the rigors of that stretch of road... no good. At least you can still somewhat make out what is playing but there is a ton of static. Ironic the worst part of the signal is in the Grandview area, which just happens to be where the CC offices are.

 

[gabigley1]

I would agree about the signal not being very impressive. I was traveling into northern Licking County today (Utica and St Louisville). You totally lose the station northeast of Johnstown on Rt. 62 and some public radio station with NPR programing takes it's place. WTDA 103.9 came in the whole way - and they are at lower wattage and I believe at a lower position on the WOSU tower at Highland Lakes / Westerville compared to WMRN.

There's a WCBE translator in Newark at 106.7 FM they might have forgotten to kick off. Maybe that's what's causing so much crap with the signal? But then again, its approximately at the same HAAT as 93.3 with basically 1/5 of the power ...... maybe we all got too excited by the fact that the signal was supposed to be the equivalent of 25,000 watts?

WCBE still announces the 106.7 Newark Translator at the top of the hour IDs. Is this translator still on the air??

 

[gabigley1]

This is an email from WCBE about the WCBE translator in Newark on 106.7 FM being forced off the air
by the move in of Full Power WMRN-FM on 106.7 FM:
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Hi,

Yes, WCBE’s holiday season had a rough start: we lost our 106.7 FM signal in Newark, Ohio.
How did this happen?

Simple: a new station moved into our radio neighborhood. Clear Channel moved WMRN-FM from Marion to Dublin. WMRN is a full-power station – and it operates at the same 106.7 FM frequency we had been using to serve Licking County. Clear Channel’s transplant is a full-power station…and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gives priority to full-power stations, no matter how new to the area. Clear Channel’s move is perfectly legal and not at all unusual.

As per the top of the hour IDs…these are being said merely out of habit and we have advised our on-air staff to please discontinue the announcement of our no-longer existing repeater signal at 106.7 FM.

Thank you for listening to WCBE and happy holidays,
Richelle

PS: The only press coverage of this issue has been in the Newark Advocate. Here’s a link to their article: http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/NEWS01/712060343/1002

Richelle Antczak McCuen
Membership Director/WebKeeper
90.5 FM WCBE Columbus & 106.7 FM Newark
Central Ohio’s Independent NPR Station

 

[Snat]

I guess it's not only "out of habit" that 106.7 is still in the TOH but also in the "WebKeeper's" sig file.

 

[gabigley1]

WWLT-LP FM, 106.7 in Logan, Ohio is complaining about the interference they are receiving from
the new WRXS FM move in. Since the interference to the WRXS signal is minimal and this is a
Low Power station, it's not likely that CC Columbus will ask them to vacate the frequency but
they may if they want to.

Two translators were also forced to leave 106.7 fm due to the 106.7 FM move in.

This is the website of WWLT-FM : http://www.1067wwtl.com/default.asp

Click here for the rest of the story:

http://www.logandaily.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=124246&TM=44901.43

'Netting' listeners
Station branches out

Leslie Gray
Logan Daily News Reporter

However, Clear Channel has relocated its 106.7 (WMRN) station to the Dublin area causing some interference with 106.7 (The Net), so plans have been postponed.

The Net operates on a low power frequency, designed for local use only. Low power frequencies have to be locally owned and operated. Larger stations, like those in Columbus, operate on higher frequencies to cover a larger portion of the state.

"We have to find other creative ways to fill in the coverage area," Anderson said.

WMRN's (country station) coverage is overlapping that of The Net. Another tower in Nelsonville may help with some of the problems.

 

[Shelloutfalter]

SportsRadioDoc Is 100% correct in that Greg is the BEST engineer PERIOD.

Absolutely NO arguments there! Savoldi is beyond amazing!

 

[AugC]

Sounds like that low power 'net' is abusing the low power fm spectrum by adding more lowpower stations that other entities could use. what a fraud. I think CC columbus should ask them to stop broadcasting. They (wwtl) are in the wrong by still being on the air. WRXS should have just become a full class B but directional and got rid of the 106.5 chillocothe and made special arrangements w/ cc dayton with their signal on 1065 Greenville. OH well. Just my two cents....

 

[techie2]

Sounds like that low power 'net' is abusing the low power fm spectrum by adding more lowpower stations that other entities could use. what a fraud. I think CC columbus should ask them to stop broadcasting. They (wwtl) are in the wrong by still being on the air. WRXS should have just become a full class B but directional and got rid of the 106.5 chillocothe and made special arrangements w/ cc dayton with their signal on 1065 Greenville. OH well. Just my two cents....

As long as WWTL does not cause interference inside the service contour of WRXS (the 57 dBu) then they are still within FCC rules.

Generally if an LPFM finds itself co-channel with a full power station, the LPFM coverage area takes a beating compared to any interference to the full power.

 

[AugC]

techie2...a follow up, but aren't there spacing requirements? Seems quite close even though it's officially outside the contour.

 

[techie2]

LPFM to B1 spacing requirement is 87km...according to Recnet, they are now short spaced by about 1.7 km or so to WRXS. However, spacing requirements only are required for a new authorization. The LPFM doesn't have to protect an "encroachment" by a full power moving closer after the LPFM was authorized, as long as the LP station won't cause interference inside the primary service contour (60dbu for Class A, 57 for B1, 54 for B).

In practice, co-channel interference usually ruins the LPFM signal to the point it isn't worth operating.