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WWNJ 91.1fm question

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JerseyShor

WWNJ has a construction permit to move its transmitter site a couple of miles west of its current location, however in the process it is downgrading from a Class B station with 50,000 watts from a 151 ft. tower to a Class B1 station with 13,200 watts from a 184 ft. tower.

This downgrade will result in a noticeable decrease in coverage, especially in North-Eastern Monmouth County (Long Branch area) and Southern Ocean County (Tuckerton area).

There are no applications for power boosts on 93.9 or 89.1 increase power and fill in these new gaps either.

Why would a non-commercial station, reliant upon donations from listeners, want to decrease the number of people who can hear them (and potentially donate)??

I guess it is good news for WHYY @ 90.9, WFMU @ 91.1 and WRTQ @ 91.3 though...
 
Why would a non-commercial station, reliant upon donations from listeners, want to decrease the number of people who can hear them (and potentially donate)??
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It could be because they might be getting kicked off their current site and might have to decrease power to protect other area stations....This happened to 106.3 WFAF in Westchester when they lost their tx site and had to move to another location.....They ended up losing major coverage to the south which gave WHTG-FM a much better northern signal.
 
JerseyShor said:
WWNJ has a construction permit to move its transmitter site a couple of miles west of its current location, however in the process it is downgrading from a Class B station with 50,000 watts from a 151 ft. tower to a Class B1 station with 13,200 watts from a 184 ft. tower.

This downgrade will result in a noticeable decrease in coverage, especially in North-Eastern Monmouth County (Long Branch area) and Southern Ocean County (Tuckerton area).

There are no applications for power boosts on 93.9 or 89.1 increase power and fill in these new gaps either.

Why would a non-commercial station, reliant upon donations from listeners, want to decrease the number of people who can hear them (and potentially donate)??

I guess it is good news for WHYY @ 90.9, WFMU @ 91.1 and WRTQ @ 91.3 though...
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WFMU in NYC prevents WWNJ from being heard in Long Branch. It starts overtaking WWNJ in Howell. IIRC, WWNJ's directional antenna throws most of the signal SW.

This station, IMHO, has never had the punch that a 50Kw operation should have, not even in the strongest part of its directional pattern. Seems more like a class A in its signal. And I do listen to it! I'm about 5 miles or so from the water tower in Lavallette, from which they currently emanate, and I can pull WHYY on 90.9 with no problem at all. The 'mother ship' of this operation, in West Windsor, is a Class A, and covers more real estate than 91.1!

All that said, I'm grateful for a full time classical outlet.
 
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