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Post by sparepart on Apr 14, 2020 23:07:15 GMT
WJDM 1530 AM was licensed to "Radio Cantico Nuevo" broadcasting a Spanish language Christian radio format. 1000w Daytime, 670W during critical hours & nights
The station had been dark quite a while. Would have been a great addition to the Union County (NJ) Division of Emergency Services for the county instead of the TIS station.
SP
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Post by sparepart on Apr 15, 2020 11:19:03 GMT
What came to light last night:
The previous holder of the license (Radio Cantico Nuevo) had been approached by other groups about an LMA or outright purchase - both options were were rejected out of hand.
SP
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Post by Boomer on Apr 18, 2020 16:05:50 GMT
There was a similar situation here, an old line kilowatt family broadcaster. The owner died, and his wife had the station, kept the DJs and it was on the air for a while, but she couldn't run the station, and she got some good offers, even from people who had worked there in the past and wanted to keep it going. She refused the offers, and people couldn't figure out why, it was pretty good money.
She ended up going off air, telling the FCC that the transmitter was old and couldn't be fixed because parts were no longer available. At least she got something out of it, money for the land that the towers were on, 2 towers I believe.
People wondered why she couldn't at least have sold the license to someone else.
Could it be that type of situation? WJDM sounds familiar too, Elizabeth. Did they have one of the first expanded band stations on 1660 khz? I remember something like those call letters and Elizabeth, and they pushed really hard to get it to address an under-served population, if my memory is correct. I had an expanded GE radio and it was a novelty to hear a station at 1660 at the time.
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Post by sparepart on Apr 18, 2020 19:53:31 GMT
Could it be that type of situation? WJDM sounds familiar too, Elizabeth. Did they have one of the first expanded band stations on 1660 khz? I remember something like those call letters and Elizabeth, and they pushed really hard to get it to address an under-served population, if my memory is correct. I had an expanded GE radio and it was a novelty to hear a station at 1660 at the time. Boomer Yep - that's the one. |
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Post by Boomer on Apr 19, 2020 15:33:10 GMT
They put all the effort into securing 1660 for the under served, then promptly switched to Radio Disney..  I know some who thought they were major cheaters for that, and I was saddened about it too. Maybe a different story can be told. Maybe you could get the WJDM license and transfer it to CDL. AM rules have been changed recently, allowing lower minimum field strengths, and hence shorter antennas with lower efficiencies. |
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Post by sparepart on Apr 19, 2020 16:03:07 GMT
45 mile difference in location, and CDL is on a NPS listed site.
EDIT: Now you have thinking: I actually did the math for a Valcom V-33085AM/CL2 self-supporting monopole, which is pre-certified for 1200 KHz and higher.
Would need a 240 foot circle of lawn for the ground mat consisting of 120 radials, each 114 long
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Post by Boomer on Apr 21, 2020 18:34:37 GMT
120 radials has been the standard at AM broadcast antenna sites, good for the assurance of a stable operating environment and highest efficiency. As we are let to believe from Part-15 tests, the number of radials could vary depending on ground conductivity.
Newer FCC rules allow lower efficiency now too, maybe this article would be good for ideas:
radioworld.com/columns-and-views/am-stations-have-new-options
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Post by sparepart on Apr 21, 2020 21:45:57 GMT
Multicultural threw in the towel & killed off WJDM so another religious broadcaster could apply for higher power...
Same day as the license was surrendered, WTHE applied to move to 1530 at 10 kilowatts non-directional by day, and 500 watts during critical hours
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Post by Boomer on Apr 25, 2020 0:39:50 GMT
Thanks for the resolution, I thought there was probably some backyard wrangling going on there.
Since the site has a connection to the National Parks Service, you may qualify for a Tourist Information Station, some of the first TIS stations were part of Parks. It's just for information, but it's low enough power to keep the electric bill small, and the students could still learn by reading scripts and doing recording and production for segments on a TIS.
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I know some who thought they were major cheaters for that, and I was saddened about it too. Maybe a different story can be told.