Re: WILD Sign-offs??

["elipolo@earthlink.net" <elipolo@earthlink.net>]

Well, I was using the information from the WILD page on radio-locator.com.
for the wattage. I'm sure it's not necessarily accurate, but it's the only 
resource I have to go by.

However, I listen in AM stereo in Somerville, and they are currently in 
stereo up until 4:15 PM, when I hear the "blip" of the transmitter being 
switched and then a mono signal (a bit weaker, with increased background 
noise) until 4:45 PM when it suddenly goes completely off the air.

It sounds the same to me all day up until 4:15 PM, and this is also in the 
car in the suburbs farther west, such as out in Newton, out where you hear 
a sharp drop at 4:15 (and perhaps WBAL in the background) until they go off 
at 4:45.

Perhaps they're doing more illegally than not doing proper signoffs???

Eli Polonsky


>From: Dan Strassberg dan.strassberg@att.net
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 10:03:45 -0500
>To: elipolo@earthlink.net, boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
>Subject: Re: WILD Sign-offs??
>
>WILD's PSSA is NOT anywhere near 1 kW. My guess is something less than
100W.
>And if WILD is operating legally, before it switches to PSSA, it runs its
>1-kW CH power for two hours (2:15 to 4:15 PM in December). This month, WILD
>is supposed to run its full 5-kW power only from 9:00 AM to 2:15 PM. Where
I
>live in Arlington Heights, I can't tell the difference between WILD at 1 kW
>and WILD at 5 kW, but the PSSA is definitely weaker.



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