WNOX new format

[Guest jwp]

The history is on every local media's webpage (WATE, WBIR, KNS) and Wikipedia, but the "reader's digest" version is that Citadel leased the station for a number of years. They filed Chapter 11 in December of '09 and part of that bankruptcy was the termination of the WNOX lease agreement two years early. The owners are keeping it news/talk and will be airing Boortz and even Savage.

And according to the engineers around the area there really isn't any way that 98.7 can increase their power without some miracle.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

well the reception is worse on 98.7... and what is the deal with this trucker talk on the night shift now? I have already complained.. of course.. as far as I am concerned.. they could take tripe h off there.. or yet.. put him on the night shift.. lol.

[Mike.357]

Need to pay more attention. Rush, Hannity, & Levin bash liberals regardless of the letter next to their name.

I never heard Rush bash anyone but Dem's, I have not heard Hannity or Levin on radio. I pretty much don't listen to Rush anyway, his egotistical rants give me a headache.

[Mike.357]

where do you guys not get reception at with 98.7?

I listen in the truck on Friday's from Knoxville, to Loudon, to Oak Ridge, North Knox and it comes in fine the whole time.

[ttocswob]

Cumberland Plateau - 100.3 had a strong signal up here; 98.7 is useless static - and bleed-over from some podunk station in Kentucky.

And my parents haven't had TV since the digital switchover, either.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I never heard Rush bash anyone but Dem's, I have not heard Hannity or Levin on radio. I pretty much don't listen to Rush anyway, his egotistical rants give me a headache.

So, what's you're point? That's his

job. His show is a response to liberal

media. But he will go after republicans, too, if they're not being

conservative.

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[Garufa]

I'm gonna miss the Oldies station that used to be on 98.7

[Guest FroggyOne2]

i can't get it even in Wartburg and used to be able to listen to it all the way down to Chatt before I would loose it.. can't do that now.

[Guest jwp]

i can't get it even in Wartburg and used to be able to listen to it all the way down to Chatt before I would loose it.. can't do that now.

You should be able to get 98.7 in Wartburg as the station is licensed to Oliver Springs.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

Should be able and can able is two different things.

[Mike.357]

So, what's you're point?

point being I do not care for Limbaugh and he gives me a headache

[mikegideon]

You should be able to get 98.7 in Wartburg as the station is licensed to Oliver Springs.

I'm not that familiar with the Knoxville signals (except that 100 in Oak Ridge has always had huge coverage), but City of License has very little to do with coverage areas these days. The FCC only requires you to put a city grade signal over the city limits. For years, broadcasters have been moving FM's toward population centers. Frequently, barely covering the city of license is the result. In hilly terrain, like the Knoxville area, that coverage can be bogus because of the way the FCC calculates FM coverage. I've done contour maps where you had to zoom in to see that the contour barely includes the city border.

[mikegideon]

point being I do not care for Limbaugh and he gives me a headache

I'll let you borrow AR's aluminum helmet before I give it to him at Christmas. It has an antenna

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I understand:D, but my tin foil is losing its effectiveness

[mikegideon]

The helmet is machined from a solid block of aluminum. It will work.

[Guest grimel]

I never heard Rush bash anyone but Dem's, I have not heard Hannity or Levin on radio. I pretty much don't listen to Rush anyway, his egotistical rants give me a headache.

So you make this statement based on limited listening and no knowledge: Where as the rest of them just seem to be on a mission to bash Democrat's.

[Mike.357]

So you make this statement based on limited listening and no knowledge: Where as the rest of them just seem to be on a mission to bash Democrat's.

how much of Limbaugh does a person have to hear to know what he is saying? I would guess I have listened to him for maybe 50 to 100 hours in the last couple of years. Is that not enough to get his intent?

I will retract my statement on Hannity and Levin as I have not really ever heard them on the radio. My deepest and heartfelt apologies to them if they feel slighted in any way.

[Mike.357]

The helmet is machined from a solid block of aluminum. It will work.

Please send the helmet.

[Guest jwp]

I'm not that familiar with the Knoxville signals (except that 100 in Oak Ridge has always had huge coverage), but City of License has very little to do with coverage areas these days. The FCC only requires you to put a city grade signal over the city limits. For years, broadcasters have been moving FM's toward population centers. Frequently, barely covering the city of license is the result. In hilly terrain, like the Knoxville area, that coverage can be bogus because of the way the FCC calculates FM coverage. I've done contour maps where you had to zoom in to see that the contour barely includes the city border.

Well, close. The FCC requires that your 3.16 mV/m curve cover the entire City or Community of License. (strangely this was put in place by the Communications Act of 1934, the Gov't was very busy that year). That's why we have the A and C3s moving as far as they can, but not all the way, into an area to service a larger metro population. They also must have their official main studio within 25 miles of the geographical center of the COL.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I don't know about an aluminum helmet. It might melt.

Anyway, I listen occasionally to whoever is on at the time.

Been catching Savage and Levin, lately, but I did listen to

Rush while I was putting my wife's car back together, today.

[Mike.357]

Rush while I was putting my wife's car back together, today.

did he give you a headache?

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Naw, he was on in the background, the blower in the garage was

drowning him out. I was too busy worrying about a missing nut

or bolt to pay much attention.

[Guest grimel]

how much of Limbaugh does a person have to hear to know what he is saying? I would guess I have listened to him for maybe 50 to 100 hours in the last couple of years. Is that not enough to get his intent?

Actually, no, as the one nutter reporter who bashed him and was then chastised by another reporter found out, it takes a couple of weeks listening to the whole show to understand the underlying themes and style. You've caught bits and pieces of his show in a disjointed fashion. Listen everyday for 2 weeks, your brain works better than a liberal reporter's.

I will retract my statement on Hannity and Levin as I have not really ever heard them on the radio. My deepest and heartfelt apologies to them if they feel slighted in any way.

How about just listening before you form an opinion?

I'm at the point I can't take more than 30 minutes of any of them reporting what I've missed coming from DC before I start having a stupidity induced stroke.

[Armed Aviator]

We dont get Boortz here in Nashville, except for a rerun on the weekend. I like that better than Beck's radio show. I would sure like to get Boortz here.

[Mike.357]

Actually, no, as the one nutter reporter who bashed him and was then chastised by another reporter found out, it takes a couple of weeks listening to the whole show to understand the underlying themes and style. You've caught bits and pieces of his show in a disjointed fashion. Listen everyday for 2 weeks, your brain works better than a liberal reporter's.

How about just listening before you form an opinion?

I'm at the point I can't take more than 30 minutes of any of them reporting what I've missed coming from DC before I start having a stupidity induced stroke.

I understand Limbaughs style , it is pretty much " me me me me me , bash Obama, me me me me me me , bash a lib, me me me me , bash a Obama staffer:doh: , me me me , bash a random democrat ,me me me me , etc...

Don't get me wrong, I do not mind him bashing lib's, Dem's, Obamite's etc, it is his ego I can't stand. His Operation Chaos BS put me off a lot. It failed miserably as I see it since Obama won. The guy is a drug addict hypocrite and I will never be convinced otherwise.

I don't have time to waste listening to the radio other than Friday's when I run a route so listening to the others probably is not going to happen, my apology will have to suffice.

Edited July 20, 2010 by Mike.357
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