WJIB at 101.3

[Sean Smyth]

I listened to WJTO and the WJTO translator last year while I was heading up
north. You know that FM has a clearer sound, but in flipping between the
translator and 730 it was striking.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 9:49 PM Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:

> The pirate has an Instagram message saying they have heard the rumors and
> only can say they are trying to restore programming..but people can get it
> on an app.
>
> As for FM translators I too note what Bob is doing. But:
> WSNO Barre VT got an FM translator and changed the AM from talk radio to
> CHR.. because it must be a simulcast.1450 and 105.7 now known as "105.7 The
> Beat".
>
> WMVX Salem NH is on 1110 and also 98.9 as a translator. Known as Valley
> 98.9
>
> WRCA Watertown and WNBP Newburyport each have translators at 106.1 and are
> known as Bloomberg 106.1
>
> Get the picture?
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2017 8:41 PM, "A Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm glad the pirate moved, since it made the WJIB translator
> useless
> > in my area.  Without the pirate interfering, the FM signal is superior to
> > the AM signal, especially at night.
> >
> > I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just
> > refers to 730 and 740.  That harkens back to my younger days, when
> stations
> > that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked about the AM
> frequency
> > and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. That was fine back when most
> > of the audience was on AM, but I assume Bob put up the translator, as
> well
> > as his other stations in Maine so that people will listen to them, and
> they
> > won't unless they know about them.
> >
> > I suppose the WJIB translator is still in the test stage, but Bob doesn't
> > mention the other Maine stations either, unless he uses announcements
> that
> > are only heard in Maine.
> >
> >
> > On 8/16/2017 5:17 PM, Bob Nelson wrote:
> >
> >> Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried 100.5, and
> now
> >> 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local pirates in
> >> Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right next to big
> >> legit stations like this.
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild <
> >> Kaimbridge@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Bob “RaccoonRadio” Nelson wrote,
> >>>
> >>> As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the
> >>>> North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering.
> >>>> Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am
> >>>> hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in
> >>>> Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with
> >>>> no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the
> >>>> pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from.
> >>>> So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some
> >>>> other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City.
> >>>>
> >>> Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, “Big City 101.3” was no where
> >>> to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or—later
> >>> confirmed—anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.ʼs W267CE
> >>> (w/Milfordʼs W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)!
> >>> Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with
> >>> good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity
> >>> and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection:  While all of the other
> >>> radios at South Station were “image wastelands” on FM due to the
> >>> Pruʼs FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever
> >>> (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe,
> >>> very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really
> >>> being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!)
> >>> “image hash” at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well
> >>> as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?)
> >>> the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7➜100.9)—though easily overtaken by
> >>> the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe
> >>> I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change
> >>> silence!
> >>> What this means is—besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and
> >>> SEʼrn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo
> >>> from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5
> >>> a couple of times} and probably even further)—all of the (even
> >>> Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at
> >>> South Station!
> >>>
> >>> (I was off last night, and the night before I didnʼt hear
> >>> anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight)
> >>>
> >>>       ~Kaimbridge~
> >>>
> >>> -- -- --
> >>>       Wiki—Sites Contribution History Pages:
> >>>
> >>>         l:Contributions/Kaimbridge
> >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge>
> >>>           math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge
> >>>   wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php
> >>> <http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
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