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- Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: Robert Liggett passes...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2267
Re: Robert Liggett passes...
Sorry to hear this news. He was an owner in the early 70's. AM was King is those days and he saw "that other station" (FM) was the wave of the future before most other broadcasters figured it out. He owned stations in California too. I didn't notice anyone posting that info. When he sold out of radi...
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:09 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: New channel frquencies
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3582
Re: New channel frquencies
WNEM easily meets principal community coverage with a site near Frankenmuth. The digital principal city contour is far greater than the analog contour was. This is why WPXD, still licensed to Ann Arbor, can transmit from Southfield. Not WNEM, they're a Bay City station with tower site NE of Saginaw...
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:40 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: New channel frquencies
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3582
Re: New channel frquencies
I was looking at rabbitears the other night. I think the CW affiliate up there in F-S-BC area is switching to a 600kW transmitter when they do their phase 3 switchover from RF 46 to RF23. If so, they will be quite a powerful signal up there. You mention that they're going from 70kW ERP to 600kW ERP...
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: New channel frquencies
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3582
Re: New channel frquencies
I was looking at rabbitears the other night. I think the CW affiliate up there in F-S-BC area is switching to a 600kW transmitter when they do their phase 3 switchover from RF 46 to RF23. If so, they will be quite a powerful signal up there. You mention that they're going from 70kW ERP to 600kW ERP...
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:41 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: New channel frquencies
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3582
Re: New channel frquencies
WDWO is going from 18 to 22 WEYI in Saginaw in Phase 3 is going from 30 to 18, so WDWO should move off 18 by Friday, but can't move to soon as WNEM Bay City Phase 3 is going from 22 to 30. 22 won't be open for them until that change is made by WNEM. All 3 stations need to work together to avoid prob...
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:29 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: 62.3 DABL ???
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3039
Re: 62.3 DABL ???
You guys do realize these networks pay the stations to run their programs don't you?
The network that pays the most gets the channel.
For the record, Decades doesn't pay very well.
The network that pays the most gets the channel.
For the record, Decades doesn't pay very well.
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:55 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: URBAN ONE is selling Urban AC WDMK
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1234
URBAN ONE is selling Urban AC WDMK
From All Access: URBAN ONE is selling Urban AC WDMK (105.9 KISS FM) and three translators, Gospel W260DB-W252BX-W228CJ (DETROIT PRAISE NETWORK)/DETROIT, to BEASLEY BROADCAST GROUP, INC. for $13.5 million. BEASLEY CEO CAROLINE BEASLEY said, “The accretive acquisition of WDMK-FM significantly enhances...
- Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:22 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: America's Rural Radio Stations Are Vanishing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1664
Re: America's Rural Radio Stations Are Vanishing
When a small town station is used as a "rim shot" staton into a larger city, it's the same as moving it into that city. Those stations operate as if they're in the larger city and generally don't mention the community of license only in the legal ID. In fact they normally try give the illusion to th...
- Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:49 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: 1250/99.3
- Replies: 5
- Views: 567
Re: 1250/99.3
Update from my post above: Today is Monday and both stations sound much better. Did an engineer show up for work today and increase the modulation or what? The AM sounds 100% better and sounds good here in Bay City and all along my trip to Flint area. The FM sounds louder and had a good signal almos...
- Mon Jun 03, 2019 11:03 am
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: 1250/99.3
- Replies: 5
- Views: 567
Re: 1250/99.3
The 60dBu contour is the normal contour for coverage, especially inside buildings. On the map that's on the link, it's the light green contour. I understand that it can and would likely get farther out on car radios, but some of those contours on that map IMO are wishful thinking! Yesterday, I drove...
- Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:18 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: 1250/99.3
- Replies: 5
- Views: 567
Re: 1250/99.3
Looking at the protected contour, it covers most of the City of Saginaw, but doesn't get into Saginaw Township or as far north as Carrollton. That is the contour area on the FCC map, but I just went out to my car and it is coming in loud and clear here in SW Bay City near the river. I Googled it and...
- Fri May 31, 2019 12:49 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: Supertalk 1570, WWCK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 756
Re: Supertalk 1570, WWCK
I like the "pitiful" station when I'm in the Flint area. It's a radio station, who cares if it only has 300 FB followers? What difference does that make? Earlier this year their signal was poor at best. Coming south on I-75, it wasn't good until Clio exit, but last week, I started listening by Bay C...
- Fri May 24, 2019 1:15 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: TV5 Blackout
- Replies: 6
- Views: 782
Re: TV5 Blackout
WNEM is currently on RF channel 22 going to channel 30
WEYI is currently on RF channel 30 going to channel 18
WBSF is currently on RF channel 46 going to channel 23
WAQP is currently on RF channel 48 going to channel 36
They're all in Phase 3 which is happening currently.
WEYI is currently on RF channel 30 going to channel 18
WBSF is currently on RF channel 46 going to channel 23
WAQP is currently on RF channel 48 going to channel 36
They're all in Phase 3 which is happening currently.
- Wed May 22, 2019 3:41 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: FCC Posts TV Rescan Help Video
- Replies: 0
- Views: 454
- Wed May 22, 2019 3:40 pm
- Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
- Topic: FCC Posts TV Rescan Help Video
- Replies: 1
- Views: 286