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W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Posted by JFB1129 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=JFB1129' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 2, 2023, 5:07 am

Translator Sales

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Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Posted by Shizam <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Shizam' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 2, 2023, 10:30 am, in reply to "W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge"

Isn't that going to infringe on Star 96.7 just a bit??

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 2, 2023, 10:39 am, in reply to "Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge"

Shizam that CP for 9 more watts massively changes the radiation pattern. Who knows? Hell if 96.7 is being interred with just switch to Star 102.3!

Pretty safe to say they will be re-broadcasting the 97.9 HD4.

NOW:

AFTER:

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Ugh, you know how I feel about EMF and their BS.

Star 96.7 actually sounds like a 101.9 The Mix cloan now that they've combined all the Stars....dropping many MANY titles....so I can't even listen anymore anyhow.

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Shizam, 97.9 is running 4 HD's. 103.9 is running 4 HD's last time I checked. Most of the full signals from downtown have dropped all HD except for HD1.

You might not like EMF but a) they are not bankrupt b) they are commercial free c) they are reaching their audiences. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Example: WGN-AM has no FM counterpart. Their lifespan is a handful of years if they do not migrate to FM, as they will have no younger demos to come in and replace the older ones dying off. Couldn't they have bought one of the translators to feed it off of Trump Tower and get some FM coverage? Of course not, so you have EMF controlling the game. Again how can you blame them? Their pockets are full and no one else is buying.

Last one, please turn off the lights.

Z

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Posted by Jeremy Andrews <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Jeremy+Andrews' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 2, 2023, 1:28 pm, in reply to "Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge"

This relays 97.9 HD4 on 101.5

This relays 97.9 HD3 on 97.5

And yes, they get out much farther than what the map says.

When WGTD goes off the air, I can hear this one in Kenosha, which relays WBEZ HD2

This can be heard to the state line at 103.9

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

101.5 is a monster within its contours.

97.5 in the outer contour is really dicey. The map is much more generous than its actual signal. WZOK clashes and often solidly wins out there.

W280EM 103.9FM, that map is really generous too. EMF's signal destroys it in many parts of the outer contour, especially the NW part of it, including the HD sub channels.

Overall Jeremy is correct. These translators tend to signal farther, when conditions are right. Some tropo or other atmospheric conditions, you can throw those maps out.

Z

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Figure from Winthrop Harbor, anywhere south of the state line, closer to the lake, 103.9 battles it out with WAWY. WXSS' HD takes it out any farther north.

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There was a period where I could hear 97.5 at any given time in Kenosha. It hasn't been the case lately. Not sure if it's degraded or if they changed the pattern.

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Which 97.5 Jeremy?

Do you every get the 103.9 HD signals up there by you? Even if they don't lock in, does the radio show that they exist?

Z

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

I was referring to the downtown 97.5

I never hear 103.9's HD signals here. 103.7's HD wipes out that frequency in this area for the most part.

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

Yes 103.7 is grandfathered in with a higher power provision from what I read.

Trust me, you are not missing anything on the AM or FM bands in Chicago.

Z

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

I can hear most Chicago here in HD. The hardest HD signals to lock are any that are sandwiched between two frequencies. Examples are 105.9 with WMIL on 106.1 and Audacy's translator on 105.7. Used to be able to get WTMX's HD signal here until a translator signed on on 101.7.

96.9 WWDV's HD must be at super low power. They shut off the HD-2. Sometimes I can get WDRV's HD to blink, even lock on 97.1 even with 96.9 right down the road. A lot of HD Radios, especially the Sony ones were made with selectivity in mind.

The suburban signals are hit or miss. A good opening will bring in 103.9 WAWY. Usually in the spring 94.3 will boom in here loud and clear, especially at night. 105.5 always comes in except when WLJE is coming in during enhancement from the lake. WERV comes in every so often. Not as much as it used to.

Re: W2444BQ 96.7 Park Ridge

96.7 has been throwing out a massive signal recently rebroadcasting 105.1HD2 Da Streetz. It is a dead carrier today.

Z

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