WHMP Northampton

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Funny we're talking about WHMP .. I just got an older-ish sticker from
" "Today's Best Hits, The All New 99 POINT 3" WHMP-FM.". it's probably a
mid to late 90s sticker.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Mike Ward <mward@iname.com> wrote:

> Translators can ID either aurally three times a day, or in code hourly.
> They don't have to say "W245AK Northampton" hourly. (Though I loved it when
> W282AM Leesburg VA, now W282BA, was IDed hourly by the "WTOP Radio
> Network".)
>
> Here's the requisite FCC text, courtesy of Google's cache since the FCC
> website is in shutdown mode:
>
> *Identification of translator and booster stations.*  Translator stations
> must be identified by the licensee by the following means:
>
>    - ... by arranging with the primary station whose signal is being
>    rebroadcast to identify the translator by call sign and location.  The
>    identification must occur 3 times daily:  once between 7 AM and 9 AM, once
>    between 12:55 PM and 1:05 PM, and once between 4 PM and 6 PM.
>    Stations that do not begin operating before 9 AM must provide the
>    identification at the beginning of the broadcast day.  The licensee of the
>    translator station must arrange for the primary station to keep in the
>    primary FM station's file (and to make available to FCC personnel), the
>    call sign and location of the translator station.  This record must include
>    the name, address, and telephone number of the translator licensee or his
>    service representative to be contacted in the case of a malfunction of the
>    translator.  *See* 47 CFR Section 74.1283(c)(1)<http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2010/octqtr/pdf/47cfr74.1283.pdf>
>    .
>    - ... by transmitting the call sign in Morse Code at least once hour.
>    *See* 47 CFR Section 74.1283(c)(2)<http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2010/octqtr/pdf/47cfr74.1283.pdf>for additional requirements for transmission of the call sign in this
>    manner.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for saying that Dale. .i couldn't really come up with a plausible
>> answer.
>>
>> Maybe saying W245AK Northhampton would be confusing to listeners. They
>> know
>> what WHMP, WABC, WTIC is.. but what the fark would W245AK be or mean to
>> them?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Dale H. Cook
>> <radiotest@plymouthcolony.net>wrote:
>>
>> > At 01:28 AM 10/3/2013, A Joseph Ross wrote:
>> >
>> > >... though I don't understand what good a legal ID is that can't be
>> > heard.  Who can hear it?
>> >
>> > The FSK ID in Morse code is not intended for the public - it is intended
>> > for the Enforcement Bureau. I don't quite understand it either.
>> >
>> > Dale H. Cook, Market Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting,
>> > Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
>> > http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>