98.5 Duplicate
 

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.
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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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