wobm finally pushing their FM signal

[daddyoo]

After months of only mentioning 1160 and 1310 and ignoring 104.1, today its just the opposite, you only hear FM 104.1, no mention of the two AM's. I wonder why it took so long to finally mention the FM outlet, which IMHO has a better reach using WOBM's FM bays with less power...

 

[AMRocks]

Based on the coverage maps on Radio-locator, they'd be silly to not at least mention the 1310am. It seems to cover much further north than the 104.1 signal.

 

[davideduardo]

Based on the coverage maps on Radio-locator, they'd be silly to not at least mention the 1310am. It seems to cover much further north than the 104.1 signal.

But it is AM. Most owners that get a translator would love to be able to turn the AM off permanently, but the FCC does not allow that.

 

[AMRocks]

But it is AM. Most owners that get a translator would love to be able to turn the AM off permanently, but the FCC does not allow that.

I know you're right, but the two AM's together have a much bigger pattern -- covering a good part of the Jersey Shore. The FM, not so much

 

[davideduardo]

I know you're right, but the two AM's together have a much bigger pattern -- covering a good part of the Jersey Shore. The FM, not so much

Without knowing anything about the programming, I'll bet 80% of the listening is to the FM.

 

[teaneck]

Sat at the Wawa just E OF US9 in Lakewood and could barely pick up the 104.1 on the car radio.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Sat at the Wawa just E OF US9 in Lakewood and could barely pick up the 104.1 on the car radio.

yeah and? look at a coverage map.. lakewood is well outside the city grade contour of the translator.. near the 50dbu which can be crappy on crappy radios. The translator is south of toms river.

Translators have no city of license coverage requirements, so this is perfectly ok

 

[JH_Radio]

I can get this from Benselam, PA too though with some static. I was like what is this Oldies on 104.1 I'm hearing? I was surprised to know I could get that translator in the day time from that far.

 

[teaneck]

yeah and? look at a coverage map.. lakewood is well outside the city grade contour of the translator.. near the 50dbu which can be crappy on crappy radios. The translator is south of toms river.

Translators have no city of license coverage requirements, so this is perfectly ok

Just saying they shouldnt boast About a frequency their Lakewood listeners cant pick up.

 

[teaneck]

yeah and? look at a coverage map.. lakewood is well outside the city grade contour of the translator.. near the 50dbu which can be crappy on crappy radios. The translator is south of toms river.

Translators have no city of license coverage requirements, so this is perfectly ok

If you're used to listening to a strong signal from 1160 (like in its city of license Lakewood)
you would be very disappointed to be directed to 104.1 . Instead, 104.1 just adds the Toms River listening area, not
replaces 1160 in Lakewood.

 

[lanceventa]

If you're used to listening to a strong signal from 1160 (like in its city of license Lakewood)
you would be very disappointed to be directed to 104.1 . Instead, 104.1 just adds the Toms River listening area, not
replaces 1160 in Lakewood.

Because of that massive Country music audience on AM in Lakewood? There were very few people still using the AM period whether in Lakewood or elsewhere.

AMs at this point are just mechanisms to feed translators. And the requirements are simply to be within the 2mV daytime contour or 25 miles of the parent transmitter. And putting 104.1 on the 92.7/105.7 tower gives the signal wider coverage. Between the 104.1 and 96.7 it does give the two signals combined a fairly solid in-car signal on the Parkway from the southern tip of Ocean County to near the Arts Center in Monmouth County. That's what they want out of the signals. It's not going to have strong building penetration but it gets them the ability to peel commuters and hope they stream the brand indoors.

While I think they would have been better served using 1160/104.1 to give WJLK a better signal in Ocean County and 1310/96.7 the same for WCHR-FM or WOBM-FM in Monmouth, Townsquare used the two translators combined to attempt to chip away at Thunder 106 as they are the closest to New Jersey 101.5 in demos in the Monmouth/Ocean ratings.

 

[myke25]

On a side note, what year did 105.7 relocate to the WOBM tower?

 

[Radi0411]

Looks like they applied for the move in 2016 and it was completed with L2C filed and granted in December of 2019.