Jeff Chang has filed with the FCC for an extension of his original Silent STA for the station. I'm sure it will be granted, but if the Station does not return to the air in some fashion by it's first anniversary of the original STA it will have it's license deleted by operation of law.
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WVOX lives on (for now)
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In the filing with the F.C.C. for the extension, the new licensee of WVOX asserted that he had tried to reach an agreement with the owner of the former tower site, to permit him to resume broadcasting from it. Instead, the tower was dismantled.
It seems a reasonable guess the owners intend to sell the real estate, rather than keep a radio tower on the land, diminishing its value.
It seems a reasonable guess the owners intend to sell the real estate, rather than keep a radio tower on the land, diminishing its value.
If I recall, the sale documents specifically excluded access to the existing transmitter site. Not sure why this was a surprise to the new owner.
The land is worth a lot more as a development site than as tower land.
Given the value of land in lower Westchester County, it may be quite a challenge for the new owner of WVOX to find an affordable site. And I don't think there are many if any existing towers that could reach COL with an adequate signal, given the relatively low power the station is licensed to use.
Maybe there will need to be an application to change the COL.
Maybe there will need to be an application to change the COL.
It wouldn't be surprising if Cumulus shuts down WFAS in the near future and also dismantles their tower.
The land it's occupies is no doubt worth a lot more than WFAS, which virtually no one listens to.
There's also WRVP, 1310 AM in Mt; Kisco, NY. But that's even further from COL, New Rochelle.
The land it's occupies is no doubt worth a lot more than WFAS, which virtually no one listens to.
There's also WRVP, 1310 AM in Mt; Kisco, NY. But that's even further from COL, New Rochelle.
Fybush question: could any of these "challenged" AM stations get authorization to locate to a building roof using one of the short AM antenna options such as High Efficiency Antenna System ?
WGCH 1490 AM , in nearby Greenwich CT has been temporarily broadcasting for several years from such an antenna, after they lost their tower site. They have been able to renew several times an STA to permit this arrangement, while they search for a permanent site. But their 300 watt signal from the antenna barely reaches outside the immediate Greenwich area.
WGCH Recent STA Request
I'm new here and just popped into this thread because I'd did a summer internship at VOX/RTN. But I'm curious, what's a Fybush question?
Today (9/1), WVOX applied for an engineering STA, using a long wire on a Mt. Vernon, NY building’s rooftop. (Note to the applicant: there is no Haven STREET in MV. There is a Haven Ave.)
In any event, they don’t specify a power level for this location. So is the FCC to assume they want the full 500 watts? Time will tell.
WVOX’s STAE application, which contains the drawing below
In any event, they don’t specify a power level for this location. So is the FCC to assume they want the full 500 watts? Time will tell.
WVOX’s STAE application, which contains the drawing below
Interesting operation. When I owned stations in Quito, Ecuador in the 60's, most of my competitors had similar antennas: about 10 to 12 meters above ground with a buried car radiator or chassis as the ground and two Eucalyptus trees as the support structures. But that works, and even 300 to 500 watt stations like that managed to cover the whole market of about a million people.
My point is that such a primitive system is more effective than one would think if properly tuned and installed.
My point is that such a primitive system is more effective than one would think if properly tuned and installed.
Unless it's causing some sort of interference issues or the licensee has other issues with the FCC, these STAs can be renewed indefinitely.
It's not like anyone else is beating down the FCC's doors desperate for these frequencies.
I live in Mount Vernon. This location is on the east side of the city. It is close to New Rochelle, but you would still need to drive through the Village of Pelham (in the Town of Pelham) to get there.
Here is the address in question, based on this Google Maps Street View image:
Here is the address in question, based on this Google Maps Street View image:
Across the street is a warehouse type building that seems much more appropriate, and consistent with the drawing in the application. So I would guess there is either a mistake in the address given in the filing, or in Google Maps.
An amendment added today to their STAE request clarifies that WVOX is requesting 10 watts of power for the long wire antenna. Stay tuned (to 1460 kHz). But it still gets the street name wrong.