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WNSP/Mobile question

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Dr voicetrack

Let me first say that since the new imaging voice was brought in, and the switch to Fox was made, the station is 10x more listenable. Just two little things bug me....

1) Why run the 1st hour of DP after the final live hour? Isn't there any way to run the show on a hour delay rather than slapping the 1st hour at the back.

2) Is there a mandatory obligation to run the Fox Sports Daybreak? Is that why it's on after DP? I ask because that show is God awful. There has to be something better to follow DP. I haven't heard the Jay Mohr show, but that has to be better.

Other than those two small things, the station sounds great!
 
Zach said:
How long ago did they switch? I'm in Foley but can't get WNSP due to WCSN bleed-over. (And seriously, how many counties in the US can lay claim to having two stations on first adjacents like this?)
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105.7 on the southern border
105.5 in the middle of the county
105.9 just a hair outside the northern border
106.1 just 20 miles south of 105.9 with a second 106.1 about 30 miles west of 105.9
105.1 and 106.3 also nearby in Esc Co AL.

It does make you wonder what engineer laid out these class A allocations back in the day. All these first adjacents limit the range of the other stations unlike any other part of the local commercial FM dial. Is this the norm in other parts of the country?
 
How long ago did they switch? I'm in Foley but can't get WNSP due to WCSN bleed-over. (And seriously, how many counties in the US can lay claim to having two stations on first adjacents like this?)
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Actually 3. 105.9 in Atmore. All agreed to be first adjacent stations to go on the air.
 
poledo said:
Zach said:
How long ago did they switch? I'm in Foley but can't get WNSP due to WCSN bleed-over. (And seriously, how many counties in the US can lay claim to having two stations on first adjacents like this?)
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105.7 on the southern border
105.5 in the middle of the county
105.9 just a hair outside the northern border
106.1 just 20 miles south of 105.9 with a second 106.1 about 30 miles west of 105.9
105.1 and 106.3 also nearby in Esc Co AL.

It does make you wonder what engineer laid out these class A allocations back in the day. All these first adjacents limit the range of the other stations unlike any other part of the local commercial FM dial. Is this the norm in other parts of the country?
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Were these stations co owned? And unless it is really bad the FCC has allowed some interference, if the stations agree. IIRC on FM as long as the COL 60 db's are protected the FCC has an allowed a surprizing amount of interference. I now live north of Atlanta, and WYAY 106.7 (one of only two class full class C's in noth GA) and WSKZ 106.5 Chattanooga had an "agreement" even before Cumulus owned both. At my house they both bleed on each other frequently even with "good" car radios.
 
Yes. agreements were reached many years back on the Baldwin stations. Some before they signed on (73.215 FCC rules.)
 
Did the same person do the engineering studies for all three stations before the allocations went to auction?
I assume 105.5 in Fort Walton must have upgraded to a directional C2 after 105.5 was allocated to Bay Minette. It seems like the Holliday family would have objected to the Bay Minette co-channel allocation unless they were involved.
And if my memory is correct the 105.9 in Atmore is directional to protect 105.9 in Biloxi and 106.1 in Pensacola but it just barely clears 106.1 in Jackson. It still seems like second adjacent 106.3 in Brewton would cause problems for 105.9 in Atmore.
Was it the 105.9 allocation to Atmore or Biloxi that ended up killing off 105.9D, WTOC, at Springhill?
 
Did the same person do the engineering studies for all three stations before the allocations went to auction?
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No auction. The allocations set for a very long time. After many years, with site, power changes, etc. This is what happened.
 
It's surprising those allocations sat for a long time. The WCSN 105.7A allocation with arguably the smallest coverage area (on land) of any FM in Alabama is worth a mint.
I can see the issues with the Bay Minette allocation and trying to make 105.5A into a Mobile station, even though I believe Bay Minette could support a local FM (hopefully someone will get a translator for 1110 and set up shop in the county seat).
What issues did 105.9 in Atmore have to deal with? Obviously they couldn't locate any closer to 106.3A in Brewton. It appears to be far enough from 105.7A in Orange Beach, so that shouldn't have been a issue unless they wanted to put their tower further south at some point. I believe 105.9 was allocated before 106.1 in Pensacola. I just assumed that since 106.1 was far more valuable than 105.9, Cumulus paid to get full coverage from the Fairfield Dr. tower instead of the original application to put 106.1 on the WUWF tower.

Actually, wasn't Marantha (sp?) Ministries out of Atmore the original owner of the 106.1A Gulf Breeze/Pensacola CP? I know they owned 1620 when it was still licensed to Atmore. Did they also own 105.9 in the beginning?

I was living in Atlanta when this was going on so these are the local stations I know the least about.
 
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