R J Carpenter wrote:
None of which addresses your point about WWVA having COL-grade coverage at
Stow.
WWVA's proposed pattern is very broad, and not down very far toward Cuyahoga
Falls.
(or Stow). WCUE must not have a lot of sig at Stow because of its VERY
tight
pattern. The outdated info I have lists the Stow ZIP code as having a
population
of a bit over 30,000, but that includes a lot more than just Stow. Likewise
my
old population data shows just 32,000 for the Cuyahoga Falls ZIP. Could it
be
that neither of these towns has more than 10,000 in its INCORPORATED area -
and may thus require only 2 mV/m signal. Cuyahoga Falls is definitely in a
minor
lobe of WCUE's day signal.

Comments from Clevelanders on another list indicate the incorporated
areas of the two towns border on each other. (Steven S., do you know if
this is true?)

The Census Bureau's map page says the 1990 population of Stow was 27,702
and of Cuyahoga Falls 48,950. (each spread across multiple ZIP codes)
I'd think that would mean the incorporated area but could be wrong.

I guess if they only need 2mV/m then it works out from WCUE's standpoint.

I can't imagine that WCUE is worth very much - could there be an agreement
to
purchase and take dark not reflected in the WWVA application?

My bet is this is what's going on. Maybe CC will hand over one of their
smaller Cleveland/Akron-area AMs in return?

Also note that there is an application by WRTK for 1180 days from WABQ's
site in the NE suburbs of Cleveland.

Yep, there are nearly 200 other applications for major changes. WWVA's
is the only one involving a 50,000-watt station, but there are some
other big ones, sometimes involving moves to different markets. For
example, KBLU-560 Yuma, Arizona to Nellis AFB (Las Vegas), Nevada. Or
WCSJ-1550 (Morris, Illinois) to Amado, Arizona on 670...

There's also a pile of applications for completely new stations. Some
of them in surprisingly large cities - for example, for a new Class C
station on 1400 in Philadelphia...
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