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WXCT 990

OMGZ0RZ!! This station is teh bestest!!! They dont disturb the neighborhood at night with silly things like tower lights, and they can be heard all over the world!!! what with not switching power.

The greater than 100% modulation really punches through the crud at night too, and I'm not bothered by the under modulated ID!

WXCT is teh bestest!!


(the preceding was satire and sarcasm, for those of you too thick to really get it, look it up if you need to.)
 
Ron said:
OMGZ0RZ!! This station is teh bestest!!! They dont disturb the neighborhood at night with silly things like tower lights, and they can be heard all over the world!!! what with not switching power.

The greater than 100% modulation really punches through the crud at night too, and I'm not bothered by the under modulated ID!

WXCT is teh bestest!!


(the preceding was satire and sarcasm, for those of you too thick to really get it, look it up if you need to.)
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You're forgetting the part of them not powering down and running full 2500 watts at night, which is preventing me from listening to 1010 WINS at night now in addition to the daytime. Some engineer out there wanna go out there with a signal meter and then send their report out to the FCC?
 
MarcB said:
You're forgetting the part of them not powering down and running full 2500 watts at night, which is preventing me from listening to 1010 WINS at night...
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Dr. Joy Browne on an obscure Canadian AM station prevents you from listening to 1010 WINS at night.
 
DToTheJ said:
Dr. Joy Browne on an obscure Canadian AM station prevents you from listening to 1010 WINS at night.
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Dr. Joy is on 2AM-5AM 7 nights a week on CHML 900 out of Hamilton, Ontario, which is hardly an obscure Canadian Radio Station. And lately depending on the conditions WLAT 910's I-CRAP Hash is bleeding into their signal. At 2AM I'm not gonna listen to CHML's internet stream to listen to Dr. Joy. I'm glad CHML carries her at that time of night. It's a lot more intelligent than the other crap on at that time - those kooks on Coast to Coast AM (who all belong in padded rooms) and the Dinosaur known as Joey Reynolds.
 
MarcB said:
You're forgetting the part of them not powering down and running full 2500 watts at night, which is preventing me from listening to 1010 WINS at night now in addition to the daytime. Some engineer out there wanna go out there with a signal meter and then send their report out to the FCC?
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To the best of my knowledge, that's been going on for the longest time. Why don't you just contact the FCC yourself and maybe they'll send a field agent out there; provided one's available.
 
bub said:
To the best of my knowledge, that's been going on for the longest time. Why don't you just contact the FCC yourself and maybe they'll send a field agent out there; provided one's available.
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Actually it's been the last couple months. When I was there there was a timer or something in the transmitter room that cut to night power automatically and powered back up in the morning.
 
MarcB said:
bub said:
To the best of my knowledge, that's been going on for the longest time. Why don't you just contact the FCC yourself and maybe they'll send a field agent out there; provided one's available.
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Actually it's been the last couple months. When I was there there was a timer or something in the transmitter room that cut to night power automatically and powered back up in the morning.
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I recall the Sunwatch device that changed the power from day to night and vice versa when I was there. Beyond that, MarcB, one more time, contact the FCC yourself if you believe there's an issue with the power patterns there. You're saying the last couple of months. I can recall picking it up as far as Rocky Hill at night in the last couple of YEARS. Either that's one heck of a night pattern for 80 watts or their cheating. Do you still keep in contact with the CE? Contact the CE.
 
bub said:
I recall the Sunwatch device that changed the power from day to night and vice versa when I was there. Beyond that, MarcB, one more time, contact the FCC yourself if you believe there's an issue with the power patterns there. You're saying the last couple of months. I can recall picking it up as far as Rocky Hill at night in the last couple of YEARS. Either that's one heck of a night pattern for 80 watts or their cheating. Do you still keep in contact with the CE? Contact the CE.
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There is a Sine Systems remote, and Lee Steele would never allow this. I cannot drop the dime as that would END my career. But any of you NOT in broadcasting can. All you need to do is swear out an affidavit that you did not hear it drop power at the prescribed time (you can find this on the FCC Media Bureau Website). Then forward this off to the Boston enforcement agents.

I however will call Joe Rizza and Paul Gois on Monday... Say what you will about the Goisesseses, they DO run a legal operation. If I get some BS about the client wanting that, I can put pressure on the other end, since they come out of my studios at 449 Broadway.
 
Ron said:
There is a Sine Systems remote, and Lee Steele would never allow this. I cannot drop the dime as that would END my career. But any of you NOT in broadcasting can. All you need to do is swear out an affidavit that you did not hear it drop power at the prescribed time (you can find this on the FCC Media Bureau Website). Then forward this off to the Boston enforcement agents.

I however will call Joe Rizza and Paul Gois on Monday... Say what you will about the Goisesseses, they DO run a legal operation. If I get some BS about the client wanting that, I can put pressure on the other end, since they come out of my studios at 449 Broadway.
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Can it be just as simple as contacting the CE directly and maybe he has to physically go out to Southington and make adjustments with the system instead of putting the squeeze on with the FCC enforcement? And even if you go the enforcement route, there's still the issue of the availability of a field agent who will bother to do an inspection.
 
MarcB said:
Dr. Joy is on 2AM-5AM 7 nights a week on CHML 900 out of Hamilton, Ontario. It's a lot more intelligent than the other crap on at that time - those kooks on Coast to Coast AM (who all belong in padded rooms) and the Dinosaur known as Joey Reynolds.
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Crap is all in the eye of the beholder. As for me......ONE VOTE for the "Dinosaur" Joey Reynolds. True enough, he's not 35 anymore, but he's STILL one of the very best at what he does!
 
The Harris Sunwatch is no longer supported by Harris, has not been for many years. I was a beta tester for the product and was responsible for many of its features including a 14 month year. The Sine Systems RFC-1/B MUST have a UPS protecting it from a power failure, even a momentary one. That will cause it to lose track of time and render timed events useless. If you check 70 and 71, the month/year and time and they default to zero then there has been a loss of power.
 
Tom Gary said:
The Harris Sunwatch is no longer supported by Harris, has not been for many years. I was a beta tester for the product and was responsible for many of its features including a 14 month year. The Sine Systems RFC-1/B MUST have a UPS protecting it from a power failure, even a momentary one. That will cause it to lose track of time and render timed events useless. If you check 70 and 71, the month/year and time and they default to zero then there has been a loss of power.
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Yup and given the maintenance budget this place has ($0, I lost interest when they gave me a hard time replacing the HOT WATER HEATER).  I'm betting that's what it is, I'm just too lazy to listen at other times, literally, dont care.  What matters is, is the interference and rules violations after (whatever time sunset is this month) and the 2nd harmonic component on 160 meters.
 
Tom Gary said:
The Harris Sunwatch is no longer supported by Harris, has not been for many years. I was a beta tester for the product and was responsible for many of its features including a 14 month year. The Sine Systems RFC-1/B MUST have a UPS protecting it from a power failure, even a momentary one. That will cause it to lose track of time and render timed events useless. If you check 70 and 71, the month/year and time and they default to zero then there has been a loss of power.
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Not surprised. The Harris Sunwatch probably went the way of the SEDAT Transponder during Y2K transition.

Ron said:
Yup and given the maintenance budget this place has ($0, I lost interest when they gave me a hard time replacing the HOT WATER HEATER).
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I was there off and on between '93 and '99 and in all that time, I dont ever recall a time when we had hot water anywhere in the building.

Ron said:
I'm just too lazy to listen at other times, literally, dont care.
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Don't sweat it. It's a tree in the forest. No one else cares except MarcB. ;)
 
Update:

After an anonymous email was sent to Rene Tetero Chief Engineer at WNTP 990 in Philadelphia 2 weeks ago, WXCT began powering down at night. Rene told the person that sent him the email that with WXCT running full 2500 watts, they were interfering in areas that should've been getting WNTP in the clear. Rene also went on to mention he noticed WXCT was unusually strong when he was in the New England area a few weeks ago, but he thought it was WALE. Turns out that believe it or not WALE was in compliance.


Oh boy. Today was the ultimate example of the "We don't Care" attitude at the station. 13 minutes of dead air interspersed with the sounds of the phone clicking at the dial tone going over the air a few times because they couldn't get a phone connection between the Bristol Polish Club and the station. After 13 minutes of dead air with no announcement at all they went back to their Spanish preaching programming. 7 minutes later at 2:20 Patti Ann's Polka Party started.

If it was me I would've made an announcement on the air "We're experiencing technical difficulties with Patti Ann's Polka Party. Please stay tuned as we work to get her show on the air shortly." Then I would've switched over to regular programming.

I mean seriously. How many of the Polka fans sat through 13 minutes of dead air and 7 minutes of a Spanish Preacher waiting for the Polka Show to start? Some probably stayed on through the dead air, but those who did probably tuned out when the Spanish Preacher began without warning.
 
bub said:
Don't sweat it. It's a tree in the forest. No one else cares except MarcB. ;)
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Game... set... match...
 
DToTheJ said:
MarcB said:
Oh boy. Today was the ultimate example of the "We Don't Care" attitude at the station...
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And speaking of "we don't care"...
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MarcB said:
I mean seriously. How many of the Polka fans sat through 13 minutes of dead air and 7 minutes of a Spanish Preacher waiting for the Polka Show to start? Some probably stayed on through the dead air, but those who did probably tuned out when the Spanish Preacher began without warning.
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MarcB: More people will sit through an 80-point UConn Women's Basketball Win than this. ::)
 
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