WVOX lives on (for now)

[SomeRadioGuy]

Antennas like a wire or the one in use for WGCH are a compromise. THey're better than nothing.. and some temporary antennas are better than others. A ground system of any kind will help things a bit but you cant compromise size (1/4 wave for 1490 is around 125-150 feet) with a 10-20 feet antenna and expect great range.

It's like when Dxers talk about recieving antennas, its not just about the radio.. its about the antenna used and the proper accoutrements to go with it. Yo ucan compromise on antenna, but you'll pay for that in worse results.

I was partially involved in the attempted revival of a dormant AM license almost a decade ago. We attempted to use an Isotron AM Antenna from the studio at 250 Watts... well, we let the magic smoke out of the tuning unit and RF got into EVERYTHING.

I know of another AM station normally 10kw day 1kw night thats running 10 watts from a 17 foot tall vertical whip (the model/type isnt specified in the STA) from the roof of it's studio with 10 32 foot groundplane wires. I'd be shocked if it covers the city of license.. but it's there just to keep the license alive since the AM feeds a translator

10 watts wont get much rf into anything 100 watts? Maybe not if you have things shielded well.

 

[luperm]

The comedy here is that this is all for a low powered, high on the dial AM station that was essentially meaningless (except in the mind of its late former owner) in its so called "halcyon" days. I seriously doubt that many people knew of its existence back then, and now it is essentially forgotten about but for some FCC records. Some church in the Bronx has the license now and wants to revive it...to what end? Better off streaming to your flock than getting involved in an FCC licensed endeavor on a band for which radios are barely being produced.

 

[Barry]

When WVOX was on the air, it did receive permission to have an FM translator. It was probably not set up because the intention was to sell or donate the station.
Perhaps WVOX will ultimately be sold to an owner that could reapply for an FM translator. If it reaches a decent chunk of the metro, it may have enough value to be worth the investment.

 

[luperm]

When WVOX was on the air, it did receive permission to have an FM translator. It was probably not set up because the intention was to sell or donate the station.
Perhaps WVOX will ultimately be sold to an owner that could reapply for an FM translator. If it reaches a decent chunk of the metro, it may have enough value to be worth the investment.

They did have a translator at 98.3 that originated from the WFAS tower in Hartsdale. It was not on for long and was a terrible signal. It barely made it to Tarrytown and got pounded by the Danbury (WDAQ) and Hempstead (WKJY) co-channel stations. That license was surrendered. Unless they can find an existing translator to buy, I doubt that the space exists to cram something else of any significance in the NYC area (it would have been done by now).

 

[Barry]

They did have a translator at 98.3 that originated from the WFAS tower in Hartsdale. It was not on for long and was a terrible signal. It barely made it to Tarrytown and got pounded by the Danbury (WDAQ) and Hempstead (WKJY) co-channel stations. That license was surrendered. Unless they can find an existing translator to buy, I doubt that the space exists to cram something else of any significance in the NYC area (it would have been done by now).

The translator on 98.3 was operated by Cumulus, to keep a version of WFAS FM on the air, after 103.9 FM was sold. Different ownership from WVOX.
As I recall, WVOX had permission to build translators at 2 locations: The Armstrong tower in Alpine NJ, and the Trump building in New Rochelle, NY. I don’t think either one was actually set up.

 

[luperm]

The translator on 98.3 was operated by Cumulus, to keep a version of WFAS FM on the air, after 103.9 FM was sold. Different ownership from WVOX.
As I recall, WVOX had permission to build translators at 2 locations: The Armstrong tower in Alpine NJ, and the Trump building in New Rochelle, NY. I don’t think either one was actually set up.

The Cumulus translator was 94.3 (W232AL). It's owned by Bridgelight. That has since moved down to an apartment building in Fort Lee, NJ which is the same site that the 103.1 (W276AQ) translator has been operating for many years. It moved from Rockland County, NY to the WFAS tower, and eventually south closer to NYC.

The 98.3 translator for WVOX was W252DX White Plains, NY and was cancelled in early 2024.

 

[Barry]

The Cumulus translator was 94.3 (W232AL). It's owned by Bridgelight. That has since moved down to an apartment building in Fort Lee, NJ which is the same site that the 103.1 (W276AQ) translator has been operating for many years. It moved from Rockland County, NY to the WFAS tower, and eventually south closer to NYC.

The 98.3 translator for WVOX was W252DX White Plains, NY and was cancelled in early 2024.

You’re correct. My bad.

 

[Ex-RadioTV]

WVOX’s owner, Jeff Chang has filed for silent authority for the station, saying they have lost the lease where they were STA-ing from, which was also a possible site from which they could resume licensed operation.

WVOX request for silent authority 1/6/26

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

The comedy here is that this is all for a low powered, high on the dial AM station that was essentially meaningless (except in the mind of its late former owner) in its so called "halcyon" days. I seriously doubt that many people knew of its existence back then, and now it is essentially forgotten about but for some FCC records. Some church in the Bronx has the license now and wants to revive it...to what end? Better off streaming to your flock than getting involved in an FCC licensed endeavor on a band for which radios are barely being produced.

In spite of your biased opinion, WVOX did provide an important service for New Rochelle, the Pelhams, Mount Vernon, and the communities they served in Westchester County. Can you honestly say that about 50 kw blowtorch WABC, which is now the sandbox of an egotistical billionaire who pushes pro-Trump MAGA and capitalist propaganda 24/7?

You certainly sound as if you had an axe to grind against the O'Shaughnessys. Bad business dealings with Bill, perhaps?

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

WVOX’s owner, Jeff Chang has filed for silent authority for the station, saying they have lost the lease where they were STA-ing from, which was also a possible site from which they could resume licensed operation.

WVOX request for silent authority 1/6/26

oh well. This means more opportunities for distant 1460 signals to creep into the NYC area, from Rochester (WHIC, the Station of the Cross ✝️) and Harrisburg PA (WTKT, Fox Sports Radio).

 

[RadioGuy1864]

The thing is no one on this Board has ever stated that they heard WVOX broadcasting from the Mount Vernon site. Not saying they weren't, but it's interesting to file another STA before the sale to the Church closes.

 

[Ex-RadioTV]

The thing is no one on this Board has ever stated that they heard WVOX broadcasting from the Mount Vernon site. Not saying they weren't, but it's interesting to file another STA before the sale to the Church closes.

I can’t say they weren’t actually broadcasting from the Mt. Vernon location, but Chang would be wise to play it straight while the license assignment to Omega Vision Network works its way through the Commission. With a silent STA, there should be no question that WVOX is not on the air.
He has filed the required quarterly programs and issues reports to the public file, but they are pretty much carbon copies of each other, except for an unfortunate typo on the latest Q4 report, stating that it’s for the 4th quarter of 2026 🙄. Each is a single page, stating 5 different :30 announcements they’ve run in the quarter:
IRS Issues and Guidance, VA Voluntary Support, Kids and Substance Abuse, Organ Donation, and IRS (again) Volunteer Help. No attempt to list any programs. If that doesn’t look like pure B.S., I don’t know what does.

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Merely a mid-1970's reception note here vis a vis WVOX plus what Paul Walker posted about longwires and antennae.
Our crew of four DXed from Queens NYC, at the top of the 'o' in 'New York' on the linked map entertainingly supplied from Radio-Locator.
WVOX put a nice signal by us, about 1/3rd water path at its start. One early afternoon, witha barbershop Zenith table radio (a real good DX job despite its unsophistication) and a four-foot unamplified loop, I got a wicked null of WVOX. It took some tilting aside from the straight-up null, and no one was allowed to breathe loudly, but WVOX was gone. A faint -- very faint -- but steady MoR station was there. With a spot for the Burlington County Times. It was what I hoped it would be when the undertaking had begun to null WVOX deeply enough tp dim the lights in their studio. Heck -- SOMETHING might have come in during a felonious assault of a null.
At the time, the weak station was known as WJJZ Mt. Holly NJ, with four towers on an island in the Delaware River. The old pattern had a deadened signal to protect WVOX, and our DXing huts down near Jamaica Bay were darn near co-linear between the two ; in effect you'd be nulling some signal from both stations. The NJ station is now WIFI, with their towers inland. Oddly, I heard WIFI out HERE one morning atop 1460, with then-local WPAM 1450 not quite a mile away but fiendishly nulled in much the same tilted, cockeyed way. Something to do with the up-down/back-and-forth/side to side of an RF signal. Engineers here will explain it better than I.

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