"Steven J Sobol" wrote in message
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R J Carpenter wrote:
99.5 JAMN 995 DC Washington (WJMO) DC'S JAMMIN' OLDIES

Just out of curiosity, who owns WMJO-FM these days? Infinity?

Radio One. The AM calls are still in Cleveland (my alma mater in radio, in
fact) and the FM is in Richmond, VA.

"Steven J Sobol" wrote in message
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R J Carpenter wrote:
99.5 JAMN 995 DC Washington (WJMO) DC'S JAMMIN' OLDIES

Just out of curiosity, who owns WMJO-FM these days? Infinity?

Since April 2001 they are WIHT - hot. Owned by CC.

Quoting from DCRTV.com: http://www.dcrtv.net/mediawf.html

99.5 WIHT WASHINGTON DC contemporary
In April 2001 station owner Clear Channel flipped 99.5 from "Jammin' Oldies"
to a "hot" rhythmic urbanish contemporary hit format. The WJMO calls became
WIHT. The urban oldies format (as WJMO) only lasted two years - being born
in April 1999. Before that, 99.5 spent more than three decades playing
relaxing music as WGAY. WGAY played a laid back mix of adult contemporary
tunes which evolved from elevator music of the 1970s. The old WGAY of the
1960s and 1970s was the ultimate "relaaaaaxing" elevator music station. Its
ads featured station programmer Bob Chandler leaning way back in a recliner
with his station's "easy" music playing in the background. For a while in
the early 1990s, WGAY switched its calls and became "Bright 99.5" WEBR, but
listeners didn't accept the more up-tempo music. Clear Channel owns WIHT.
The first station on this frequency was WCFM, owned by the Cooperative
Broadcasting Association. The station went dark for a while before WGAY
arrived.
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Also from DCRTV:

July 21, 2003 PGC's 1st Again, TOP Jumps To 2nd

Once again urban WPGC-FM was in 1st place (up from winter's 2nd) in the
spring Arbitron quarterly radio ratings for DC, out on 7/21. In the overall
age 12+ numbers, all-news WTOP placed 2nd (up from 3rd). Adult urban WMMJ
ranked 3rd (down from 1st), with adult urban WHUR 4th (up from 6th), urban
WKYS 5th (down from 4th), classical WGMS 6th (down from 4th), news talk WMAL
7th (holding level), smooth jazz WJZW 8th (up from 9th), with a tie for 9th
between country WMZQ (up from 13th) and oldies WBIG (up from 12th). Hot talk
WJFK-FM was 11th (up from 14th), hot adult contemporary WRQX 12th (down from
8th), rhythmic contemporary WIHT 13th (down from 11th), adult contemporary
WASH 14th (down from 9th) in a tie with rocker WWDC (up from 16th).

[My comment -- WMMJ is a Class A station, the rest of the FMs are B.]

On 29 Aug 2003 20:30:12 GMT, (Sven Franklyn Weil)
wrote:

A 5 watt nighttime station on AM 74 in Cambridge, Mass. does cover Boston
and Cambridge quite well..

WTAO, then WCAS, then WJIB has always had an amazing signal for its
power. I worked for WACE, Chicopee (Springfield, MA) on 730 with 5kw
days. If we went off the air, WTAO would bomb in (over 100 miles)
daytime.

The FM was WXHR which became WJIB(FM), then something else, then
something else and is now WTKK. I worked there when it was WJIB. I
recorded the bells. I'd love to get the master.

Rich

In article , Rich Wood wrote:
The FM was WXHR which became WJIB(FM), then something else, then
something else and is now WTKK. I worked there when it was WJIB. I
recorded the bells. I'd love to get the master.

Have you ever met the owner Bob Bittner? He also owns WJTO in Bath,
Maine. I think that's one is either oan AM 73 or AM 75...

Both of them used to program instrumental music, but in the past few
months he has tweaked it into a mix of standards, instrumentals and
some very very limited soft pop. Terrific mix.

Also is the host of the two-hour long monthly "Let's Talk About Radio"
show on Sundays. Used to be a weekly hour long show.

--
Sven Weil
New York City, U.S.A.

C-Quam is very sensitive to co-channel interference. At 270 watts
they'd be vulnerable to every signal. The resulting platform motion
would make every listener run for their barf bags.

Just like most FM Stereo receivers, modern AM Stereo receivers employ
a Stereo Blend feature which progressively blends weak and/or unstable
signals toward mono in order to improve the reception quality.

In general, considerable improvement has been made in the quality of
AM Stereo reception of weaker signals. The following web site offers
some sample recordings of the new Fanfare FTA-100P tuner, receiving
clear, noise-free AM Stereo from stations up to 80 miles away during
the *daytime*:

http://www.fanfare.com/soundbites.html

In article , WBRW wrote:
some sample recordings of the new Fanfare FTA-100P tuner, receiving
clear, noise-free AM Stereo from stations up to 80 miles away during

The endless proposers of AM stereo fail to keep in mind one thing.

WHO ON EARTH is going to pay US$1,700 for an AM Stereo (or even an AM/FM)
tuner that has to be then connected to a stand-alone amplifier so they
can listen to Michael Savage or Rush Limbaugh in stereo?

You're talking about people who buy US$10 portable off-brand radios at
closeout and discount spots and also those all-in-one ministereos that
cost at most a couple of hundred dollars.

Most of these things sound crappy to begin with and are mostly bought
becasue the people want to either listen to their music at work or blast
it with lots of bass at home for a party. And usually they're playing
tapes, records or mostly CDs.

Please note that this is also my reservation towards AM (and FM) IBOC.
People won't buy these things if the improvement in sound quality is
practically negligible if all you're going to do is listen to the same
talk and music you can get from a $20 boombox.

Explains why the government is pushing to get the analog side of things
shut off....they just want to tinker with market forces and twist them to
suit their convenience.

--
Sven Weil
New York City, U.S.A.

WBRW wrote:

In general, considerable improvement has been made in the quality of
AM Stereo reception of weaker signals. The following web site offers
some sample recordings of the new Fanfare FTA-100P tuner, receiving
clear, noise-free AM Stereo from stations up to 80 miles away during
the *daytime*:

http://www.fanfare.com/soundbites.html

Good demonstrations.

To my ear, it sounds like the CFCO broadcasts sound like they have a better
frequency response. Is Canada running under the same 10kHz limit that the
USA is?

In article ,
TritonVA wrote:

M.B. wrote:


Just a guess, but they may use 2 different transmitters...one for days, and
one for nights, given the large discrepancy between operating power levels.
Heck, the control circuits of the high-power 50 kW xmtr probably use more
than 270 watts of AC power just running in standby !! In any case, it may
be as simple as the low-power transmitter not being equipped with a C-QUAM
exciter (or it not being in working condition) ..... and judged not to be
worth the $$ it would take to repair/replace/install in the first place.



Doh! This had never occurred to me for some reason. At 270 watts, in a
city as RF noisy as Washington D.C., I can't imagine that they'd have a
huge listenship at night in the first place - so the financials probably
don't make sense to maintain the C-Quam at night.

Which begs the question: why don't these stations just throw in the
towel for the after sunset crowd? Are they really generating enough
revenue with their non-existant nighttime numbers to justify the AC for
the xtmr? I can't count a half dozen stations in the D.C./Baltimore
markets that *barely* cover their C.O. at night. And turning down all
those pip-squeak stations at night *just* might lower the noise floor
for everybody else...

How do AM stations with sunset flea power price their overnight
inventory? Surely the sales team doesn't price these spots the same as
a daypart spot, right?

- Jeremy Powell


WHVO in Hopkinsville KY drops to 24 watts and has a decent signal which
covers about 6 - 8 square miles.

George
K3UD

In article , K3UD wrote:
WHVO in Hopkinsville KY drops to 24 watts and has a decent signal which
covers about 6 - 8 square miles.

That's providing there's anyone in that tiny area. This may work in a
high-population density city like Boston/Cambridge....

How crowded is Hopkinsville, Kent.?

--
Sven Weil
New York City, U.S.A.

[ Moderator's note: I have family in Hopkinsville, KY. The area is fairly
well populated... Fort Campbell straddles the city and state lines, with
half of the base sitting in Hopkinsville, and the rest sitting in Clarksville,
Tennessee. The base itself is pretty big. ]