Rich Wood wrote:
On 23 Aug 2003 20:08:49 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:
(it may not be a coincidence WLAC's news-talk and all-sports competitors
are both 100kw FM stations)
The only talk stations that have reasonable numbers are WWTN-FM (5.1)
and WLAC-AM (4.0) What's the other FM talk/sports station? Not Salem's
"Christian Talk" with a .8? Both WLAC and WWTN dropped in the Spring
book.

You may not have heard of it, as it was a VERY recent format change -
just last week IIRC. WGFX-104.5 (licensed to Gallatin) flipped from
classic hits to all-sports. There hasn't been a book since they
flipped, so I've no idea how they're doing.

(which station are they listing with Salem "Christian Talk"? I thought
Salem's only stations in the market were religious AC simulcast pair
WYYB/WRLG. But I work in TV so am not fully up to date on who owns what.)

(oh, I meant competitors strictly in the sense of offering similar
formats - not necessarily in the sense that they were having any
relative successgrin)

In Nashville you might be right. I'm amazed that WWTN has better
numbers than WLAC. WWTN's programming is weak (IMHO), compared to
WLAC. Looking at the lineups I would assume WLAC has a signal problem.

Up here north of town WLAC definitely has nighttime signal problems.
I've heard the Joliet, Illinois daytimer on the same frequency on the
car radio at sunset, while driving within 20 miles of the WLAC
transmitter. They are directional at night, though their nulls don't
fall into any extremely important areas. I suspect the high dial
position is the big problem. My personal impression is that, averaged
across the market, WWTN's signal is considerably better than WLAC's,
especially at night.

Too, by comparison to NYC, Nashville's FMs have considerably better
coverage. Less interference, more power, higher towers.
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com