Re: [IRCA] CONFIRMED - WNCT off freq

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:26 PM 11/19/2005, you wrote:
> > I just confimed that WNCT 1070 is the one who is off frequency on
> > 1070.  I have them at 1070.073 tonight.
>
>What exactly happens in the U.S.A. (or Canada for that matter)
>when a station appears off frequency?
>I would imagine, that when corps like Clear Channel
>acquire station after station, that they do not necessarily
>invest in new hardware or technicians to look after
>said infrastructure.

Depends on the company. Clear Channel spends a lot of money upgrading the 
AM facilities they acquire, which have often been the victims of decades of 
deferred maintenance.

In the case of WNCT (owned by a small group called Beasley), whatever 
problems now exist will probably go away when they finish rebuilding the 
antenna array. They're replacing the six towers that the station used with 
five new ones and going from 50/10 kW to 50/50.

s 

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