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New Amherstberg Radio Station Now Testing With July 3 Launch Date
New Amherstberg Radio Station Now Testing With July 3 Launch Date
107.9 CKBG Amherstberg is now testing and hopes to begin regular programming on July 3rd. The town of 22,000 is located 25km south of Windsor. CKBG will be known as The Berg and will have a soft a/c format. The station also will have a mid morning talk show, and a Midnight Doo-Wop program.
Blasting out 50 watts from its 169 ft. tower, this will truly be a local station.
More about the station, program highlights and to listen live.... https://ckbg.ca/
Blasting out 50 watts from its 169 ft. tower, this will truly be a local station.
More about the station, program highlights and to listen live.... https://ckbg.ca/
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A friend of mine, who also posts on this board, will be doing a Saturday air shift.
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Amherstburg....
I just wanted to clarify that.
I just wanted to clarify that.
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Note to self.
Be careful what you copy and paste.
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How’s the signal over there. I did a reception report on the MI side of the border in another thread.
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Driving around Amherstburg the other day I can tell you the signal suffers a bit of co-channel interference from the Mexican translator when close to the Detroit river, which ironically is where the downtown is and the station's studio is. It's fine when not moving.
In most of the neighbourhoods away from the river it locks in fine. It certainly does not cover rural communities on the outskirts of the town proper very well...the Mexican station is just too strong for the 50 watt signal to completely dominate the frequency.
At my house in LaSalle ON 107.9 is 95% Mexican with the Burg causing some minor interference.
The internet streams sounds very good though so there's that.
In most of the neighbourhoods away from the river it locks in fine. It certainly does not cover rural communities on the outskirts of the town proper very well...the Mexican station is just too strong for the 50 watt signal to completely dominate the frequency.
At my house in LaSalle ON 107.9 is 95% Mexican with the Burg causing some minor interference.
The internet streams sounds very good though so there's that.
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Does a 50 watt Canadian station have any protection from interference on their soil?
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?c ... service=FX
According to this the signal should not reach Ontario but it clearly does.
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?c ... service=FX
According to this the signal should not reach Ontario but it clearly does.
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I can almost guarantee that W300DI is over wattage and non directional. This signal booms in Windsor, Essex, and even into Amherstburg! ( took a drive along front road, and even at Texas Road W300DI was popping in and out. The signal IS interfering and hopefully gets at least an investigation to their coverage. I'd like to see them get toned down at very least. CKBG at 50 watts doesn't help, but if there were less interference that 50 watts could cover more area.edj wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:14 amDoes a 50 watt Canadian station have any protection from interference on their soil?
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?c ... service=FX
According to this the signal should not reach Ontario but it clearly does.
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Townsquare should have complained about that translator interfering with WCRZ within their 54 dBu F(50,50) contour. Their corporate engineer lived in California, and didn't really understand or respect the market or make it a priority in my estimation, like Denny Moon did with WIOT. Look what's happening in California now.
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W300DI is definitely directional - the signal is very weak in the Birmingham, NW Royal Oak, and Berkley area - but I do suspect the actual radiation pattern is significantly looser than the licensed parameters. Extra ERP is probably being sent toward SW Detroit.
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Could just be WCRZ interfering with it.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:01 pmW300DI is definitely directional - the signal is very weak in the Birmingham, NW Royal Oak, and Berkley area - but I do suspect the actual radiation pattern is significantly looser than the licensed parameters. Extra ERP is probably being sent toward SW Detroit.
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During tropo in particular that is a possibility. 107.9 from Cleveland makes it into that area on occasion, too.
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Got my first chance to do a signal report today on the New CKBG FM.
Was all spanish translator until around the marina at River Canard. The Berg started coming in and overtaking the spanish.
Nice signal in A Berg proper. For 50 watts nice stereo sound with info on my Dodge Caravan radio.
Even at my destination the Libro Centre it sound great.
Will be a good format for the town and the zoomer demo.Liked the gingle in their station ID.
On the way back to Windsor lost it at same point of the marina. Went back to Ozzys Boneyard......
They are looking for interference reports to probably build a case against the translator withe the CRTC/ FCC.
Was all spanish translator until around the marina at River Canard. The Berg started coming in and overtaking the spanish.
Nice signal in A Berg proper. For 50 watts nice stereo sound with info on my Dodge Caravan radio.
Even at my destination the Libro Centre it sound great.
Will be a good format for the town and the zoomer demo.Liked the gingle in their station ID.
On the way back to Windsor lost it at same point of the marina. Went back to Ozzys Boneyard......
They are looking for interference reports to probably build a case against the translator withe the CRTC/ FCC.
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