If there are any radcio listeners here in Kalamazoo listening.

Can someone tell me what the deal is with WNWN 98.5 broadcasting on 95.5 as
well as it's regular frequency? I discovered this while searching the FM
band this morning. I thought at first that it was the radio that I was using
but when I turned on my large stereo system and punched in the duplicate
frequency I found the same station on the big radio as well.

So what's the deal? Is it my radios or are they going to put a new station
in the 95.5 spot?

TIA
Robert

Robert L. Herman wrote:
If there are any radcio listeners here in Kalamazoo listening.

Can someone tell me what the deal is with WNWN 98.5 broadcasting on 95.5 as
well as it's regular frequency? I discovered this while searching the FM
band this morning. I thought at first that it was the radio that I was using
but when I turned on my large stereo system and punched in the duplicate
frequency I found the same station on the big radio as well.

So what's the deal? Is it my radios or are they going to put a new station
in the 95.5 spot?

TIA
Robert



It's a translator/booster to improve the 98.5 signal in the downtown
areas of Kalamazoo. I never had a problem hearing WNWN-FM in downtown
Kalamazoo in the car, but it might be necessary to help penetration into
some buildings.

There is no way that they could put a full power station on 95.5.

Charlie

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Robert L. Herman wrote:
Can someone tell me what the deal is with WNWN 98.5 broadcasting on 95.5 as
well as it's regular frequency? I discovered this while searching the FM
band this morning. I thought at first that it was the radio that I was using
but when I turned on my large stereo system and punched in the duplicate
frequency I found the same station on the big radio as well.

So what's the deal? Is it my radios or are they going to put a new station
in the 95.5 spot?

http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w...fac_num=145136

It's a new station, W238AL. The numbers in the call letters mean it's a
"translator" station, authorized to rebroadcast the signals of some
other station (in this case WNWN) but not to originate programs of its
own.

Apparently WNWN doesn't feel their 98.5 transmitter has a strong enough
signal in some parts of the Portage area.
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

Robert L. Herman wrote:

Can someone tell me what the deal is with WNWN 98.5 broadcasting on 95.5 as
well as it's regular frequency?

It's called a translator. W238AL to be exact.


So what's the deal? Is it my radios or are they going to put a new station
in the 95.5 spot?

They can't. W238AL can only rebroadcast a full power station. In this
case, it gives a better signal to the Kalamazoo area than the 98.5 main
station.

"CA was in NJ"
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Robert L. Herman wrote:

Can someone tell me what the deal is with WNWN 98.5 broadcasting on 95.5
as
well as it's regular frequency?

It's called a translator. W238AL to be exact.


So what's the deal? Is it my radios or are they going to put a new
station
in the 95.5 spot?

They can't. W238AL can only rebroadcast a full power station. In this
case, it gives a better signal to the Kalamazoo area than the 98.5 main
station.

Is this, perhaps, to preempt the possibility of a LPFM?

R J Carpenter wrote:
Is this, perhaps, to preempt the possibility of a LPFM?

Y'know, I've wondered about that...

We have a couple of cases where Nashville stations have filed for
translators at sites well within their city-grade contour and where no
apparent terrain obstruction exists.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

R J Carpenter wrote:

Is this, perhaps, to preempt the possibility of a LPFM?

Not even close. First adjacent WBXX (class A) around 20 miles away would
prevent that.

CA was in NJ wrote:
R J Carpenter wrote:


Is this, perhaps, to preempt the possibility of a LPFM?


Not even close. First adjacent WBXX (class A) around 20 miles away would
prevent that.


Translator rules are weird. They can put up a 175 watt translator, but
not a 100 watt LPFM.

Charlie
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