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Wvlk-fm 101.1

I guess I won't be listening to WSGS 101.1 out of Hazard anymore. I know, I know. It's too far away to listen to in Lexington, but it DOES come in quite well here on a good receiver. In fact, I have a pre-set for 101.1 in my Silverado because it is usually listenable while mobile. Years ago, I lost reception of WUBE 105.1 out of Cincinnati when the FCC put WRNZ on 105.1 just south of Lexington .... WUBE had a decent signal here using my FM yagi up about 50 feet...
 
Well, if you listen to WSGS and the translator interferes with your reception, send a complaint to WSGS. They'll have the option to pursue your complaint with the FCC and potentially shut down the translator.
 
I, too will miss being able to listen to WSGS from Lexington. It actually does have a pretty decent signal here (especially on the east and south sides of town), and almost as good as it had back in the old days before the transmitter move. It's a shame that all these translators are being built on frequencies that are great for DXing and for pulling in out-of-market stations on a regular or semi-regular basis. The FM dial really is getting too crowded here in Lexington metro (as it is in most other cities around the country as well) and I'm sure it's only going to get worse.
Kent said:
Well, if you listen to WSGS and the translator interferes with your reception, send a complaint to WSGS. They'll have the option to pursue your complaint with the FCC and potentially shut down the translator.
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And Kent, I think you would have to be trying to listen within the Class-B coverage contour to be able to put in a legitimate complaint with the FCC about interference issues. Lexington, unfortunately, is outside of that coverage contour. Guess we're out of luck here :/
 
KYradioJake said:
And Kent, I think you would have to be trying to listen within the Class-B coverage contour to be able to put in a legitimate complaint with the FCC about interference issues. Lexington, unfortunately, is outside of that coverage contour. Guess we're out of luck here :/
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No, you don't. That's a common myth (and one I used to believe myself). If any listener, regardless of signal contour or location, can no longer hear a full-power station because of a translator, the translator must mitigate the interference. The only catch in the law is that the station, not the listener, must claim interference. So, the station has to decide whether or not to pursue your complaint. In the case of WSGS, it would be possible that the station could decide not to pursue your complaint because it can't monetize your listening. However, there have been cases of stations filing complaints on behalf of listeners more than 100 miles away.
 
Ok, that makes sense. And all this time I thought a listener had to be within the secondary service contour. Ha, go figure! But regarding the likelihood of WSGS's willingness or desire to pursue the complaint is a toss-up for sure. In the past, they made it obvious that they were very proud to be the station with the largest FM coverage area in the state. Seems like since they cared that much about their huge coverage area, they would want to make sure everyone that listened to them could continue to do so without any problems. But who knows if they are still as enthusiastic as they used to be regarding their signal and listeners. I bet if you could make a good argument and convince them that there are still quite a few listeners in Lex. metro, they would pursue the complaint(s).
 
Anyone know how long it would take to get this station on the air? Haven't seen anyone working on the WKYT tower.
 
From what I can tell, forever. Here in Louisville there are (at least to my knowledge) three construction permits that have been floating out there for translators for several months to year with nothing really happening with them. Although it could be different for WVLK since they want to return that station to FM after killing the previous FM.
 
sdskees said:
From what I can tell, forever. Here in Louisville there are (at least to my knowledge) three construction permits that have been floating out there for translators for several months to year with nothing really happening with them. Although it could be different for WVLK since they want to return that station to FM after killing the previous FM.
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I'm wondering what's going on with the translator that W&B has for 100.1 that will rebroadcast 620.I still think that 620 will become WAKY.
What are the other two translators for?
 
WTFX has one at 93.5, that one was only a few months ago (CP was moved from Elizabethtown to Fairdale). The other one is for WNRW at 105.5, that construction permit dates back to 2013. The WNRW one is actually owned by iHeartMedia while the WTFX one was not (but it sounded likely that it was something iHeartMedia would be using).
 
Not sure how bays (guess that is what they are called) WLXX has on WKYT but I noticed another one has been added that is a little lower than 92.9.
 
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