ESPN New York moving to 98.7 FM (WRKS) KISS moves to 107.5 (WBLS)

[Dan.Strassberg]

Across the river from Manhattan, the WEPN signal should be a killer!
When WEPN moved from Lyndhurst to its present location a few years
ago, the station made it clear that it now was broadcasting from the
closest location to Manhattan of any 50 kW AM in the market. The
location is in a salt marsh, which offers great conductivity. Also,
WEPN's signal does not, as the column suggests, change at sunset. What
changes is the interference. CHUM does not protect WEPN and were WEPN
to go off the air, CHUM would be clearly audible in New York on most
nights.

BTW, if the writer lived on the other side of the Hudson--that is on
the west side of Manhattan--he'd have problems receiving WFAN at any
time. From their site on an island in Long Island Sound just east of
the Bronx, WFAN and WCBS generally lose the battle with New York's
canyons of granite and steel. The conductivity in Manhattan is nearly
non-existent. Almost certainly, WEPN has a better signal on the west
side of Manhattan than WFAN and WCBS do. On the east side of
Manhattan, however, WEPN doesn't do so well and WFAN and WCBS win big
time.

But the writer is correct that WFAN makes it into PA quite nicely and
WFAN does not. WFAN and WCBS are ND; WEPN's directional pattern
prevents much coverage of most of NJ. The signal in Port Jervis NY
(near the northwest corner of NJ) is probably OK, though--at least
during the day.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Cc: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@psualum.com>; "Boston Radio Group"
<boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: ESPN New York moving to 98.7 FM (WRKS) KISS moves to
107.5 (WBLS)


> Yes--the column is here:
>
> http://sports.yahoo.com/news/local-fan-reaction-espn-york-1050-am-move-165400985--nfl.html
>
> He writes:
> "The ESPN 1050 AM radio signal is somewhere between "fair" and "I
> can't understand a word they're saying." I live across the river
> from
> Manhattan, and static frequently prevents me from listening to the
> station once the sun goes down. The same can't be said for ESPN New
> York's greatest rival, WFAN 660 AM. WFAN comes in loud and clear at
> my
> home 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
>
> He compares WFAN's strong signal (can get it well across
> Pennsylvania)
> to WEPN and mentions friends in New Jersey having trouble with the
> latter.
>
> --Bob