There is just a whole lot of idiocy involved with this "translator shell game" anyway that really needs to be addressed. For example, the aforementioned REACH-FM has what amounts to two translators that serve Dover, Delaware (on 98.7 and 106.9). Why on earth do you need two translators to serve the whole town? The 106.9 signal works just fine.
That 98.7 signal? If you look it up in the FCC database, you find it licensed to Smyrna, DE. But the transmitter is actually in Woodside, Delaware, a full 20 miles away, on the southside of Dover. You can barely hear 98.7 in Smyrna. That one really makes me roll my eyes. I think a lot of these translator coverage areas do overlap anyway. I can hear no fewer than 4 REACH-FM signals here in Smyrna without even trying hard. Of course, the secular stations are just as guilty of this translator farming, as seen in all the licenses I see locally for Temple University in this area. Their 90.1 main signal does just fine and they really don't need half of the translators that they think they do. John Cereghin -- http://www.pilgrimway.org/dx.html _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
