Over the last few days, I've noticed that WNOX is simulcasting from somewhere around Knoxville on 98.5 FM, pretty much making it impossible to hear WTFM here. Where is this coming from? I can't seem to find any listings for a 98.5 translator on Radio-Locator. And why does WNOX even need such a thing? 100.3 is one of the strongest signals in East Tennessee. Why would it need a translator?
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WNOX on 98.5 FM?
- Thread starter RMarino
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RMarino said:
It may be an intermod problem, meaning two or more FM frequencies are clashing together on another frequency. In this case, 98.5 assumming it is an intemod problem and not a new station or translator.
Here in Florida a few years ago we had a similar situation where two FM stations did that very thing, and it had to do with the distance in frequencies and the transmitter locations relative to each other. To be more specific, we had one station broadcasting with 50kw on 90.5 which was clashing with another station broadcasting with 1.7kw on 92.1. As a result, both stations could be heard on 92.1 simultaneously creating a radio trainwreck. It's one thing for this to happen on an unused channel, but it the case of 90.5 and 92.1, the clashing occured on an assigened and licensed facility. The station on 90.5 was the newer station, so it was the one required to change transmitter locations. When the station on 90.5 moved its tower site, the intermod probelm corrected itself and the problem went away.
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boogiecheck
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I too wondered about this since I haven't seen any new filings for a translator in the area.
I would say it's some sort of intermod problem too, and possibly something in Citadel's signal chain (RF or the like) considering that they operate 98.7 which is the first adjacency to 98.5. Give it a few days to clear up.
I would say it's some sort of intermod problem too, and possibly something in Citadel's signal chain (RF or the like) considering that they operate 98.7 which is the first adjacency to 98.5. Give it a few days to clear up.
You may be getting a bleed-over from Cookeville (WGIC-FM, Class 2, 50,000 watts).. They have been known to get past the edge of Rockwood Mountain occasionally.
Otherwise, there's probably a signal variance somewhere. You won't find a translator (not even a low powered one) for anybody on 98.5 in the Knoxville area, not with the signal strength and tower height of WTFM from Holston Mountain. After the FCC Media Bureau stopped laughing, they'd turn down the application in a heartbeat.
Could be a rogue transmitter of some sort, but nothing legal.
Otherwise, there's probably a signal variance somewhere. You won't find a translator (not even a low powered one) for anybody on 98.5 in the Knoxville area, not with the signal strength and tower height of WTFM from Holston Mountain. After the FCC Media Bureau stopped laughing, they'd turn down the application in a heartbeat.
Could be a rogue transmitter of some sort, but nothing legal.
True, I guess it could be RF of some sort. But here is something that also has me curious:
I see that WNOX has two translators listed:
W266AM 101.1 FM Oak Ridge, TN (250 watts)
W284AW 104.7 FM Gatlinburg, TN (10 watts)
Gatlinburg, I can understand. Most, well ok ALL, of the Knoxville signals have trouble getting into Gatlinburg. But why in the world would WNOX need a translator in Oak Ridge? Isn't the 100.3 transmitter only a few miles outside of Oak Ridge?
I see that WNOX has two translators listed:
W266AM 101.1 FM Oak Ridge, TN (250 watts)
W284AW 104.7 FM Gatlinburg, TN (10 watts)
Gatlinburg, I can understand. Most, well ok ALL, of the Knoxville signals have trouble getting into Gatlinburg. But why in the world would WNOX need a translator in Oak Ridge? Isn't the 100.3 transmitter only a few miles outside of Oak Ridge?
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Mid West Clubber
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WNOX is listened to Oak Ridge, I think the TX is only a temp till they put on another format. The only Knox signals have trouble in Gatlinburg due to the Terrain, WNOX has really bad static and multipath in gatlinburg and pigeon forge
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Elkhosen
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W266AM-FM 101.1 is now a translator of the recently revived WATO-AM 1290 (www.sheepdogbroadcasting.com). The translator's antenna is on top of AM 1290's tower on Tulsa Road in Oak Ridge. That tower (and building) used to be the sister station of WNOX-FM 100.3 (was WOKI) -- the long-silent WORI-AM 1550. Sounds like WNOX was just a place holder for a time to keep the 101.1 signal until WATO could take it over.
abccbsnbcfox said:
I remember on my trips home to Johnson City from Nashville in the 1980s, I could get WTFM all the way to Crossville before loosing them. Guess I could not do that today.
I received WQUT-FM one night coming home from work in Nashville late one night. I called WQUT and told them I was in Nashville listening. They kept thinking I was saying Asheville until I spelled out the word Nashville. This was also back in the 80's
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