WWL 105.3 FM signal

[radiorock89xfm]

Has anyone notice that WWL FM 105.3 has turn off the stereo decoder for better signal throughout South Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast area?

 

[Groove1670]

Most N/T and translator stations have done this. A smart move.

 

[RadeoEngineer]

Has anyone notice that WWL FM 105.3 has turn off the stereo decoder for better signal throughout South Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast area?

That would actually be the stereo encoder, but it does make a huge difference in coverage when done.

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

I picked up WWL 105-3 all the way to the 210 Loop in Lake Charles a couple of weeks ago. Very powerful FM.

 

[J Alex Bowab]

Back when the 80-90 Docket was compelling all the big signal FMs to either upgrade to Full C or downgrade to C-1, 105.3 took the downgrade (dropped below 300 meters haat), as it could not otherwise move to a TV tower closer to New Orleans, rather than staying on a 350 ft tower in Slidell.

Its coverage should not be any different from the other New Orleans signals; perhaps some tropo bending took the signal all the way to Calciseu Parish.