[BC] WOWO gives way to NYC

R A Meuser rameuser at ieee.org
Tue Oct 30 13:26:44 CDT 2007


WLIB has always been directional days. They have a three tower array. 
The night operation is 4 towers



Dana Puopolo wrote:
> The daytimer in NYC was WLIB, owned by Inner Vity. They were 10 kW non d
> daytime only. They bought WOWO, neutered it and now have 30 Kw DA at 
> night in
> NYC.
> 
> By the way, WOWO is still in the top 5 in Fort Wayne and covers their 
> market
> quite well both day and night.
> 
> -D
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:57:31 AM EDT
> From: WFIFeng at aol.com
> 
> In a message dated 10/30/2007 11:37:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com writes:
> 
>  > Actually, Willie, Im pretty sure both the current Day AND Night KFXR 
> 1190
>  >  were around long before WOWO 1190 was upgraded..... as they had to 
> protect
>  >  WOWO.
> 
> WOWO was *downgraded* some years ago, so a Daytimer in NYC could run 24/7.
> (They bought WOWO, gutted it, then resold it.) I'm sure a lot of other
> stations
> benefitted from WOWO's partial demise. KFXR may well be one of them.
> 
> It sure would be interesting to see what would happen to WFIF and all the
> other Daytimers on 1500, if someone were to do the same with the former 
> WTOP!
> 
> Willie...



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