On 28 Mar 2004 22:20:19 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:

On the other hand, I'm sure the engineering study for WWVA wasn't cheap
- and Clear Channel isn't known for wasting money filing impossible
technical changes. Obviously they've found *some* way they expect to
get this change through.

I wonder if anyone knows *how*?

The presumption, by many of us following this move, is that CC has
made a deal with Family Radio to either shutter or move WCUE/1150
Cuyahoga Falls.

You're right, there's no way to plop 1170 on the dial licensed to Stow
(even if the tower is out past Strongsville) if 1150 is on in the
Falls.

Unfortunately, the WWVA move application has no attached PDF files, so
it's hard to tell how they're justifying the move technically
WCUE's presence. But I'd bet the farm that WCUE is either going to be
paid to go dark, or move frequency. A friend suggested that 1140
might work, since two stations in the region that used to be on the
frequency are no longer on the air...but I don't know if that
third-adjacent would be enough.

I'm also unsure why a WCUE application hasn't ended up online yet, but
this could all be already "covered", just not online at the FCC site
yet.

I'd actually shed a tear for a dark WCUE, as it's the first radio
station sort of in my resume, and a long-time Top 40 outlet locally
back in the day.