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carlvenorden
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I live in Wayne County and except for the class B FM's, the class A FM's are a difficult catch here of those coming from Scranton.
I had heard of the demolition of the old 910 tower, and listened on and off as 910 was being integrated with the 630 tower on top of the Scranton Times building.
WEJL's signal always baffled me: except for the low frequency, I constantly think as to how that signal can be so good.
Not only because it sits ontop a building in a city but because it is very electrically short for the frequency.
It just could be it is just about right for 910.
I got a JOLT of Kevin and guest Julie Sidoni (ch 16) this morning as I turned on a radio I had previously set to 910 (for the testing of the new installation).
I hadn't heard it since and it was alarming how loud and clear that signal was!
WILK hasn't had a decent signal up here in a while, and 910 was always clearer than 980, but today....WOW.
I'm against simulcasts in general as IF I wanted to hear WILK I could, and I recall it can be heard in Hazelton (hence, two signals wasted on simulcasts), but the relocation of 910 to the WEJL tower, in order to save a station was a brilliant idea.
Now, if we can get some other programming on it (AA maybe?) it would do away with the unnessary overlap in signal.
As it doesn't look like HD-AM is taking hold in NEPA yet, it seems to me that a station that just simulcasts another one that is so nearby is a waste of spectrum.
And that....is part of why AM radio is dieing...here, and across the entire northern hemisphere.
While on the subject, the mighty 590 WARM can no longer be heard in Wayne County.
I used to WAKE UP to this station, loud and clear (yes, it was Harry West) every morning.
I've heard WARM in Philadelphia, in south Jersey, in mountainous Northern New Jersey years and years ago. Now it sounds like a 100 watt station on a graveyard frequency.
Are they still playing Sat. Oldies?........if so, they would be better off using the 910 frequency for it,shutting off 590 for good and saving the cash they should have used to re-do the ground system.
Part of the reason why AM is now "not listened to" belongs to the receiver manufacturers, who deemed it important to make them cheaply thereby reproducing bad audio.
However the other fault lies with the broadcasters, who either refuse to invest in quality programming for thier stations or allow them to rot to the ground.
The 910 tower "going away" in this case was not a bad thing, 910 going to the 630 tower was a good thing.
If it was programmed differently, (not SPORTS AGAIN), it could be a very viable alternative station for Scranton....and beyond.
I had heard of the demolition of the old 910 tower, and listened on and off as 910 was being integrated with the 630 tower on top of the Scranton Times building.
WEJL's signal always baffled me: except for the low frequency, I constantly think as to how that signal can be so good.
Not only because it sits ontop a building in a city but because it is very electrically short for the frequency.
It just could be it is just about right for 910.
I got a JOLT of Kevin and guest Julie Sidoni (ch 16) this morning as I turned on a radio I had previously set to 910 (for the testing of the new installation).
I hadn't heard it since and it was alarming how loud and clear that signal was!
WILK hasn't had a decent signal up here in a while, and 910 was always clearer than 980, but today....WOW.
I'm against simulcasts in general as IF I wanted to hear WILK I could, and I recall it can be heard in Hazelton (hence, two signals wasted on simulcasts), but the relocation of 910 to the WEJL tower, in order to save a station was a brilliant idea.
Now, if we can get some other programming on it (AA maybe?) it would do away with the unnessary overlap in signal.
As it doesn't look like HD-AM is taking hold in NEPA yet, it seems to me that a station that just simulcasts another one that is so nearby is a waste of spectrum.
And that....is part of why AM radio is dieing...here, and across the entire northern hemisphere.
While on the subject, the mighty 590 WARM can no longer be heard in Wayne County.
I used to WAKE UP to this station, loud and clear (yes, it was Harry West) every morning.
I've heard WARM in Philadelphia, in south Jersey, in mountainous Northern New Jersey years and years ago. Now it sounds like a 100 watt station on a graveyard frequency.
Are they still playing Sat. Oldies?........if so, they would be better off using the 910 frequency for it,shutting off 590 for good and saving the cash they should have used to re-do the ground system.
Part of the reason why AM is now "not listened to" belongs to the receiver manufacturers, who deemed it important to make them cheaply thereby reproducing bad audio.
However the other fault lies with the broadcasters, who either refuse to invest in quality programming for thier stations or allow them to rot to the ground.
The 910 tower "going away" in this case was not a bad thing, 910 going to the 630 tower was a good thing.
If it was programmed differently, (not SPORTS AGAIN), it could be a very viable alternative station for Scranton....and beyond.