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WSFS 89.3 We Shall Forgive Sinners? We're saved from sinning?
- Thread starter myke25
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This is out of my geography.
What is trajic about it?
What is trajic about it?
Myke,
Is 89.3 from Freehold currently on the air? If so, is WDDM 89.3/Hazlet still on as well? It seems strange that the FCC would grant 89.3 to Freehold when the air distance to Hazlet (or Holmdel the site of WDDM's transmitter) is only about 10 miles. When 89.3 from Freehold comes on the air, there is going to be interference anywhere south and west of Hazlet, although the value for WDDM's owners is probably the 100.7 translator in Edison, where the core of the Hindi-population exists.
As an aside, I remember when 89.3 in Hazlet came on the air as WVRM in the late 70s. It was a great little community radio station in its day. I distinctly remember a 50's doo-wop show and also a Frank Sinatra show- my uncle Bill used to call them all the time with requests and he actually had an 89.3 WVRM T-Shirt. Studios at the time were located atop the IEI Electronics store in Hazlet. Not sure where the antenna was back then.
-Mike
Is 89.3 from Freehold currently on the air? If so, is WDDM 89.3/Hazlet still on as well? It seems strange that the FCC would grant 89.3 to Freehold when the air distance to Hazlet (or Holmdel the site of WDDM's transmitter) is only about 10 miles. When 89.3 from Freehold comes on the air, there is going to be interference anywhere south and west of Hazlet, although the value for WDDM's owners is probably the 100.7 translator in Edison, where the core of the Hindi-population exists.
As an aside, I remember when 89.3 in Hazlet came on the air as WVRM in the late 70s. It was a great little community radio station in its day. I distinctly remember a 50's doo-wop show and also a Frank Sinatra show- my uncle Bill used to call them all the time with requests and he actually had an 89.3 WVRM T-Shirt. Studios at the time were located atop the IEI Electronics store in Hazlet. Not sure where the antenna was back then.
-Mike
Mike,
WSFS isn't on the air yet and was recently granted calls. WDDM's still on the air operating either at 5 or 8 watts from Telegraph Hill. Their signal used to come in decently towards Freehold a few months back but, whatever they did, not so much anymore. WDDM has an app to relocate to 104.7, same power, same transmitter location. They stressed to the FCC that the other religious folks are going to sign on soon which would impact WDDM. If you look at the projected coverage of the new WSFS compared to WDDM, you'd see it's a damn shame. Another religious station is granted something of what, 3800 watts to air horrible sounding EWTN programming. This is what it's coming down to. No more local and worthwhile radio. More catholic crap. ugh.
100.7 isn't anything special. The sound quality is horrendous. For an 8 watt station right off of 27, it's not reaching the core of the Hindi business on Oak Tree Road. Their 60dbu goes a little over 3.2 miles.
Ahh, the old Airport Plaza studio days... I was a wee bit kid when I made my first visit to WCNJ as a cub scout. It was awesome. From that moment, at 8 or 9 yrs old, I was hooked. I remember I won an old WCNJ t-shirt and came to pick it up on a Saturday afternoon. I walked up to the 2nd floor and turned to my left. On my right, suites 5 and 6 I believe... I remember something about the walls being an old green. It was some guy, long hair, rocker type... To sit there next to him in that old studio, I remember almost every detail. I loved that shirt and the logo. When my cub scout troop 134 went on this one day in the fall, we were on the JW Show. I vaguely remember him but I'd never forget the voice. I wish I had that recorded cassette tape still. The transmitter was on top of Airport Plaza. If you look at the roof next to that gaudy satellite dish over the Comcast store, you'd see the little black tower.
After WCNJ returned post-1994 spanish and relaunched it was under a different direction. Local radio but with the big city feel. To have something right in our own backyard that answered the phone, took our requests, gave us local information.... remembered the names of loyal listeners.
That's something that meant so much to me as a kid. I knew when I was 8 that I wanted to be in radio. That station did it for me...The pretending with old record players, old recorders, practicing for hours... ruining my mother's never opened Elvis record. 19 years later, I'm blessed to be on a pretty well known college station and going on 3 yrs there, enjoying the music and appreciating those loyal listeners who make me smile. They make me want to do better week after week and work harder to make better content. As humbling as it is, it's also a slight ego boost.
I love volunteering my passion and wisdom and energy. I'm proud to be among the folks in radio who believe that personality and passion are vital, who refuse to let it die and we will unite to revive radio as a whole.
WSFS isn't on the air yet and was recently granted calls. WDDM's still on the air operating either at 5 or 8 watts from Telegraph Hill. Their signal used to come in decently towards Freehold a few months back but, whatever they did, not so much anymore. WDDM has an app to relocate to 104.7, same power, same transmitter location. They stressed to the FCC that the other religious folks are going to sign on soon which would impact WDDM. If you look at the projected coverage of the new WSFS compared to WDDM, you'd see it's a damn shame. Another religious station is granted something of what, 3800 watts to air horrible sounding EWTN programming. This is what it's coming down to. No more local and worthwhile radio. More catholic crap. ugh.
100.7 isn't anything special. The sound quality is horrendous. For an 8 watt station right off of 27, it's not reaching the core of the Hindi business on Oak Tree Road. Their 60dbu goes a little over 3.2 miles.
Ahh, the old Airport Plaza studio days... I was a wee bit kid when I made my first visit to WCNJ as a cub scout. It was awesome. From that moment, at 8 or 9 yrs old, I was hooked. I remember I won an old WCNJ t-shirt and came to pick it up on a Saturday afternoon. I walked up to the 2nd floor and turned to my left. On my right, suites 5 and 6 I believe... I remember something about the walls being an old green. It was some guy, long hair, rocker type... To sit there next to him in that old studio, I remember almost every detail. I loved that shirt and the logo. When my cub scout troop 134 went on this one day in the fall, we were on the JW Show. I vaguely remember him but I'd never forget the voice. I wish I had that recorded cassette tape still. The transmitter was on top of Airport Plaza. If you look at the roof next to that gaudy satellite dish over the Comcast store, you'd see the little black tower.
After WCNJ returned post-1994 spanish and relaunched it was under a different direction. Local radio but with the big city feel. To have something right in our own backyard that answered the phone, took our requests, gave us local information.... remembered the names of loyal listeners.
That's something that meant so much to me as a kid. I knew when I was 8 that I wanted to be in radio. That station did it for me...The pretending with old record players, old recorders, practicing for hours... ruining my mother's never opened Elvis record. 19 years later, I'm blessed to be on a pretty well known college station and going on 3 yrs there, enjoying the music and appreciating those loyal listeners who make me smile. They make me want to do better week after week and work harder to make better content. As humbling as it is, it's also a slight ego boost.
I love volunteering my passion and wisdom and energy. I'm proud to be among the folks in radio who believe that personality and passion are vital, who refuse to let it die and we will unite to revive radio as a whole.In this wonderful naton, I too don't agree with everything heard on the air. Sometimes Rush angers me, sometimes Air America angers me. But let's look at reply #8 posted.
Substitute the word 'music' for the word 'religion' in every placement, and it looks like a post from someone who had their rock station taken away and format switched to churban. They have evey right to say as they wish, I do however wish, they did not have 4 spots on the FM dial with the same audio on overlapping repeaters. It is what it is.
Substitute the word 'music' for the word 'religion' in every placement, and it looks like a post from someone who had their rock station taken away and format switched to churban. They have evey right to say as they wish, I do however wish, they did not have 4 spots on the FM dial with the same audio on overlapping repeaters. It is what it is.
Stations that sound like crap shouldn't be allowed on the air like Radio Cantico Nuevo. (1430 Newark/990 Hartford/540 Long Island). These 3 stations run an internet stream to get their Spanish Language Christian programming on the air and it sounds like crap. Lots of over modulation. Lots of distortion. And I don't know about 1430 because I live in Central CT, but I know 990 has lots of dead air because the stream crashed. And if Radio Cantico Nuevo has board ops they do a horrible job. Lots of times they'll be running something cut it off in the middle and start something which is starting in the middle. What few times 990 has a board op they're incompetant. Every Sunday it's the same thing. They have a Polka Show (it's been on 990 for 15 years and about 200 formats they've had in 15 years). The Polka Show airs 2PM-3PM and comes in via a telephone. Every Sunday at 3PM when the Polka Show ends it's the same thing. Dead Air. Then over the air you hear clicking and popping and sometimes cursing as they're switching back over to the internet stream of Radio Cantico Nuevo.
MarcB said:
Regardless of the programming, it seems like a textbook way of how NOT to do radio - from an programming, engineering, hell, ANY standpoint. The college station I run at least has a functioning automation system and EAS 24/7, and is decent sounding (Omia 3fm turbo) without overmodulating, and is trying to do more community involvement. At the bare minimum they should be using a Comrex to deliver remote audio - hell, the latest ones do audio over IP. It's REALLY easy to set up and use, and doing it over IP means no phone charges.
Oh if I only had a few spare million lying around....
myke25 said:
Yeah, there's what is sometimes called "a bad apple in the barrel" now and then. I once had to pull-the-plug on a misbehaving pastor of all people, In all my years of being a participant in those church-thingies, I personally knew one man that we had to help get his act together and walk away from the bottle. I know there are more out there. I know there are some of my friends that probably keep secret some amount of misbehavior of some kind. But all in all, life is not the big orgy that you are trying to paint.
I once managed a religious programmed station. I've never had a desire to ever do it again. When you study the goals and ambitions of the various groups (denominations), almost all of the religious programming comes from a segment known as the Evangelicals. I don't know an accurate number, and someone in this discussion group will scold me for picking a number that is too low, but maybe 20% of Christians are Evangelicals.
If that number has any accuracy, that means 80% of those who claim to be Christians see life differently that what you hear on religious broadcasting. Many of that 80% would like to see something change so that religious broadcasting is more "pluralistic"... to use an inflammatory term. But we don't favor getting that done via some FCC regulation.
Catholic involvement in religious stations has not been that big a deal in recent history, but does seem to be on the rise. And why shouldn't it. Catholics are the largest single block of organized Christianity in North America are they not?
It would not be appropriate for discussion in this forum, but if you really wanted to understand what is going on and why, I can give you a theological logic as to why some groups are front and center in religious broadcasting, and other groups don't give it the time of day. And it has absolutely nothing to do with who gets drunk, who beats his wife, and who frequents "boobie bars".
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