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Change in power and to 720kHz
[edit]John is now saying on the air that the station is awaiting delivery of a new transmitter, and once it's in will increase power and change frequency to 720 kHz, presumably to not interfere with CFZM. Does anyone have a source on this yet? I cannot find one yet. Kether83 (talk) 16:13, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- The filing was reported in the trade press. Traveling now so I can't provide details easily but you can do an FCC application search for the actual proposed facilities. 121a0012 (talk) 20:35, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, and the reason for moving from 740 to 720 is as much about interference from CFZM as interference to CFZM. Because WGN is much father away from Cambridge than CFZM is, WJIB would receive much less interference on 720 than it does on 740. Such a move has been proposed before, under pre-Bittner ownership, but the existing contour overlap of WJIB and WJTO is grandfathered, so previous proposals would have required either silencing WJTO or installing an expensive directional array which would be difficult to find the real estate for. The current proposal is to move both WJIB and WJTO to new frequencies so that the required new transmitter site for WJIB is still practical and would still serve Cambridge. Bittner never owned the transmitter site (or the studios), althoutgh IIRC he did own the physical tower itself; the land that they are sitting on is now quite valuable and would be prime for redevelopment if the station relocated. And again, because of the grandfathered overlap with WJTO, any new location would have to protect Bath more than the current facility does, possibly requiring a city-of-license change and definitely impairing the signal in the densest parts of the metropolitan area. 121a0012 (talk) 20:49, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
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