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WXCT

CTListener said:
WXCT weirdness: Yesterday, I was driving on the Berlin Turnpike and heard the DJ on WXCT not only say that Jonathan Edwards' "Sunshine" had just been played when a completely different song had, but she also remarked on the snow that was coming down and how it wouldn't end until "sometime tomorrow." Obviously, her contribution to the show was a voicetracked shift from the previous day, not synced with the current day's playlist.

Today, even more weirdness: Same drive, and I notice there's no DJ and the music mix is back to '50s and '60s. Hmmmm. I get into New Britain, tune to 1490, and there's "Boogie Oogie Oogie," playing at the same time 990 is playing "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"! No simulcast!

Any idea what's going on? Marc, maybe
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They pick up the programming from 1490 via an Internet Stream from COX Cable. It periodically goes down so they have a back up computer with music to put the station back on the air. Same thing used to happen when they used to simulcast La Nueva Power 1270. Other times there are transmitter issues that take the station down. According to a post on their Facebook Page they are in the process of firing COX Cable. As for the wrong song ID, it's something messed up with the Voice-Tracking. Either the wrong playlist or the wrong voice tracks.

Should be noted station call letters are changing back to WNTY and they will be getting an FM repeater on 96.1 FM. I also will be visiting the West Springfield studio sometime in May. Will hope to gets pictures of the studio, and a picture of myself with Ray Mills, and a picture of my best friend with Ray Mills, and if there is someone else in the build a picture of me, my best friend, and Ray Mills.

Speaking of La Nueva Power 1270 they are now known as Bomba 1270. Same name as their sister station in Connecticut, but it's not a simulcast.
 
Looks like a second Translator is also in the works for WSKP ON 1180 KHZ in HOPE VALLEY, RI. That will move down from Sarasota Springs NY and will ask for 250 watts on 104.3........W224CT
 
Just heard a legal (at 7:45pm!) that said "...WNTY, Southington...." It would be nice to bring back WTXL to 1490 and WJJF to 1180. Glad to hear about the translators that are coming our way.
 
And now for the Triple-Play...........WACM will be moving a translator from Montauk, NY to 104.5 in Springfield at 250 watts. W230BH
The translator for HOPE VALLEY, RI. now has a new call sign as the paperwork at the feds show the move. It now W282CB.
 
>It would be nice to bring back WTXL to 1490...

They can’t. Channel 27 in Tallahassee, Fl has those calls. See http://www.wtxl.com

There’s no real reason to change the calls back to WTXL in West Springfield.
. The branding is Kool Radio, and that’s all that matters.
. WTXL became WNUS in 1975 when Boston talk host Jerry Williams and a partner bought the station and made it an NBC NIS affiliate.
. Only us radio geeks would remember WTXL, which had less billing and ratings than Top 40 leader WHYN. It got worse after WAQY went on the air in 1972 as an automated Top 40, while WHVY (before going back to WMAS-FM) was album oriented.

The only reason to change the WXCT calls back to WNTY is to avoid the cost of replacing the WNTY building sign that never went away. :)
 
Couldn't they change one of the WMRQ-FM HD channels 2 this? One of them is Bomba 97.1 (I think?) and the other two are Spanish, Portuguese or both.
 
KML-224 said:
Couldn't they change one of the WMRQ-FM HD channels 2 this? One of them is Bomba 97.1 (I think?) and the other two are Spanish, Portuguese or both.
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TWO of them -- HD2 and HD4 -- are Bomba, for reasons unexplained. The HD3 is Portuguese and other ethnicities as well as English-language preachin' and teachin' (WFAR Danbury). KOOL makes sense as an HD stream, but so far Red Wolf has shown no interest. Hopefully, the FM translator will help, and if it winds up on West Peak with WMRQ, it ought to have pretty good coverage for 250 watts.
 
I was pretty much out of the area after 1969 so my memories are of WTXL - we had a "hip" English teacher in high school who told the class "they're playing good music on 1490 now - not many ads either" when TXL went top 40 c.1967. I never listened to WHYN that much - I was more into the bottom of the dial - with WSPR before it went to "Adult Power" (MOR as they used to call it) radio plus WDRC, WPOP and then WTXL. I did know the WTXL calls were on a TV station in FL so that was just nostalgic thinking on my part!
 
MarcB said:
I haven't seen anything about it except it's going to be on 96.1, licensed to Southington and be 250 watts. 2 guesses would be either mounted to one of the two towers on Old Turnpike Road or maybe on Meriden Mountain with sister station WMRQ 104.1 FM.
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A source I have at KOOL Radio tells me that the WNTY translator will in fact be located on Meriden Mountain and the signal may reach the Mass state line.
 
LouG said:
96.1 wont work in southern CT. 96.1 from Long Island too strong
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I also heard a strong signal on 96.1 in New Britain, but it may have been a pirate -- all music, no ID or jingles/liners/sweepers in half an hour of listening the other day. WJVC from Long Island will wipe it out as close in as Wallingford.
 
Would that be MY COUNTRY 96.1? I only get a weak signal here in New Britain's south end if I have the headphone cord "antenna" coiled in just the right way.
 
KML-224 said:
Would that be MY COUNTRY 96.1? I only get a weak signal here in New Britain's south end if I have the headphone cord "antenna" coiled in just the right way.
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That's the one. It's in there pretty good in the car on I-91 passing through Wallingford and only gets stronger as you drive south. I have no idea what I heard in New Britain. It wasn't playing country. I'll have to give the frequency another listen the next few times I'm up that way and see if the signal is still there.
 
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