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[IRCA] Fw: Re: [Amdx] [Tvfmdx] Frank FM 97.1 on 1310- Still ???
WEMG is alive and well and itself -
preventing me from having a shot at the mystery station.
So far it's been established that "Frank" is a Nassau
Broadcasting 'brand'; Nassau owns no stations on either 97.1
nor 1310; there are no other 'Franks' on either frequency.
Given that it may be a pirate or a low power, my guess is
that the reason he only hears it at night is quite possibly
because it isn't on during the day.
Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH
Blue Bell, PA
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
FM: Yamaha T-80 w/ Conrad RDS Decoder &
Onkyo T-450RDS; APS9B @ 15'
AM: Sony ICF-2010 barefoot
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Andrew MacKenzie <andymack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Andrew MacKenzie <andymack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [Amdx] [Tvfmdx] [IRCA] Frank FM 97.1 on
> 1310- Still ???
> > To: "Scott Fybush" <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: amdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 1:01 AM
> > This might sound a bit far fetched -
> > but are there *any* 1310's that are rebroadcasting
> audio
> > from an off-air FM source? My thinking is the whole
> Frank
> > 97.1 thing might be a ruse, and that if some AM
> station is
> > relying on picking up it's audio from any FM source,
> what we
> > may have here is a sort of overnight hijacking.
> >
> > Example: Let's use WEMG Camden NJ as an example. WEMG
> has
> > an antenna hung outside to receive whatever
> programming that
> > normally runs on some semi-distant FM station. I
> > live/drive/walk near the 1310 tx site and with my $20
> fm
> > transmitter, key up a signal good enough for the rx to
> pick
> > up and wallah, I'm on the air on 1310. Doesn't really
> matter
> > what frequency is mentioned or imaging I use... or
> anything
> > really. I now have a 250 watt night signal at my
> disposal to
> > mess around with, and because the station probably
> hasn't
> > had a regular listener after sunset in 30 years, I
> could do
> > this every night and nobody would be the wiser.
> >
> > I know that whole scenario is from way out in left
> field...
> > just trying to think out of the box on this one. I
> heard of
> > an FM translator or two being 'taken over' in much the
> same
> > way.
> >
> > My only other guess would be a 1310 station having
> access
> > to the use of a translator on 97.1, where the imaging
> is
> > geared toward the FM frequency.
> >
> > Monitoring the frequency here tonight and all I'm
> hearing
> > above the din is an Oldies station (presumed Ottawa)
> and
> > Spanish music ID'ing as "La Mega" (which might
> actually be
> > WEMG).
> >
> >
> > Andrew MacKenzie
> > Ballston Lake NY
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush"
> <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <amdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > <tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Tvfmdx] [IRCA] Frank FM 97.1 on 1310-
> Still
> > ???
> >
> >
> > > HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote:
> > >> Since John is hearing it at night, makes me
> wonder
> > if some satellite
> > >> feed has gotten hosed * and the 1310 station
> is
> > pulling in unintended
> > >> programming? Could 1310 be stunting?
> > JD mentioned Nasau broadcasting -
> > >> that had been discussed but maybe John
> should
> > contact them, directly.
> > >> I'm no help at all - 1310 is all local
> WTLC-AM and
> > oddly we do have a
> > >> 97.1 but it's Hank-FM and quite Country. :)
> > >
> > > I've been pondering this one as I've been
> driving
> > around the last couple of days, and here's what I'm
> > thinking: this may not be a licensed station.
> > >
> > > "Frank FM" is a trademarked name belonging to
> Nassau
> > Broadcasting, and they own no stations on either 1310
> or
> > 97.1. What's more, I can't find even a single instance
> of a
> > co-owned 1310/97.1 pair anywhere in the US or Canada.
> Only a
> > couple of 97.1s even share a market with a 1310
> (Dallas,
> > most notably) - and they're competitors, in each
> case.
> > >
> > > I wonder if this is someone's hobby Part 15
> station,
> > perhaps running on both AM and FM from somewhere
> relatively
> > close to John?
> > >
> > > s
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