WWTF 1580 FM Repeater

[jb_ky]

Looks like 1580-AM could be getting a FM repeater at 97.7.

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https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=158396

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS...?appn=101723803&qnum=5120&copynum=1&exhcnum=1

I do see, 96.5, and 93.9 getting repeaters in Lexington and Winchester too.

 

[Kyle1016]

Are these all in Lexington? What about in Louisville?

 

[jb_ky]

I replied and it didn't show. Strange.

96.5 has had a permit (since 2013) to be on the WKYT-TV tower but to serve Winchester. Louisville is getting a repeater for some station on 98.1 I think it's on 97.9 currently. Bad move I think.

 

[jb_ky]

97.7 is currently on the air.

 

[Kyle1016]

Is 97.7 repeating 1580 in Lexington only?
What about in Louisville?

 

[davideduardo]

Is 97.7 repeating 1580 in Lexington only?
What about in Louisville?

A translator can not be used to increase the coverage of an AM station.

 

[jb_ky]

Is 97.7 repeating 1580 in Lexington only?
What about in Louisville?

Pretty much only covers Lexington only. You'd have a hard time hearing in in Winchester or further east.

 

[jb_ky]

Something tells me they are going to flip this station to something else.

The 97.7 repeater is in stereo. Been on for nearly a week, no mention of it on air, nor social media.

Labor day is coming.

 

[Kyle1016]

Remember just because it's in stereo doesn't that it won't stay sports, 93.9 in Louisville is been in stereo ever since it came back on the air

 

[jb_ky]

Remember just because it's in stereo doesn't that it won't stay sports, 93.9 in Louisville is been in stereo ever since it came back on the air

I think the people at 93.9 don't know how to turn it back off lol.

True.

When WVLK 101.5 was a repeat of 590, then one day it was stereo. Then a short time later became NASH Icon.

The RDS isn't even on either.

We don't have really have an Alt. channel (103.3 does some but with classic rock).