Re: WABY-FM/Albany FM signals

["Douglas J. Broda" <dougbroda@mindspring.com>]

I don't think a Class A can cover the whole market because of both the size
of the market and the terrain, which has a line-of-sight problem from any
transmitter to some major part of the market. In fact, this transcends
Class As -- 99.5 is a tough pull in many parts of the market. Of course,
here in Troy FM is awful because we are in a severe valley. (The easiest FM
to pull in in downtown Troy is WJKE, Stillwater -- because its transmitter
has line-of-sight down the Hudson.)

- -- Doug Broda (dougbroda@mindspring.com)

At 07:01 AM 9/21/98 -0400, Gavin B. Burt wrote:
>I have been reading some posts on this mailing list about how WABY and
>WABY-FM do signal wise in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market.  WABY is not a
>great signal at all, and is horrible at night here, just 4 miles south of
>the city of Albany.  WABY-FM seems to be in the Albany pack of class A FM
>stations.  You see, class A stations with their towers closer to the
>Downtown Albany seem to get better signals in the city of Albany, but have
>faltering signals in places like Schenectady and Saratoga Springs.  Other
>stations in this category include WHRL, 103.1, and WQBK, 103.9.
>
>Then you have the other group of class A FM stations in Albany that are
>located closer to Schenectady or in Saratoga County.  These stations include
>WTRY, 98.3, WXCR, 102.3, WXLE, 104.5, WDCD, 96.7, and even WKLI, 100.9,
>which is actually closer to the city of Schenectady than Albany.  These
>stations put great signals into Schenectady and Saratoga County, but really
>lose signal in Albany.
>
>Well, that is how this market plays out in terms of smaller stations on FM.
>I guess you could say this market is too big for one single class A FM
>station to cover.
>
>Gavin Burt
>Albany, New York
> 

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