102.5 WHIZ Move in...

[TomT]

Southeast Ohio has applied to change the city of license for 103.7 from McConnelsville to Philo, with the antenna on the WHIZ-TV tower in SE Zanesville. (Zanesville--named for Rev. war veteran Col. Ebenezer Zane, who laid out Zane's trace (now U.S. 22) from Wheeling to Maysville, Ky. on the Ohio River.  Now back to our regular program).

I would look for 92.7 to downgrade to a Class A and also move to the same tower.  The new Frazaysburg 96.7 is too far out of town to have a strong signal in the city.

[talkers]

(Zanesville--named for Rev. war veteran Col. Ebenezer Zane, who laid out Zane's trace (now U.S. 22) from Wheeling to Maysville, Ky. on the Ohio River.  Now back to our regular program).

Thanks Cliff Clavin! =D

[xmusicmatt]

I would look for 92.7 to downgrade to a Class A and also move to the same tower.  The new Frazaysburg 96.7 is too far out of town to have a strong signal in the city.

Looking at the projected 57dbu on the FCC site for the new WKOV... Looks like it does put a signal into Zanesville...
but as we all know (hills are not accounted for in that projection).

http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/FM1180415.jpg

[TomT]

You need at least a 70 dbu to be competitive. On a B-1, that's about 10 to 15 miles max.

[Allfirdup]

You need at least a 70 dbu to be competitive. On a B-1, that's about 10 to 15 miles max.

I dont think that applys much in a small town like Zanesville,. WWJM 105.9 in New Lexington is a class A and about the same distance, and they have been competitive in Zanesville for years. and the WKOV tower will be closer with a Class B1 i think they will do just fine

[OhioMediaWatch]

Yes, 92.7 is not the same signal as 102.5 was.  Yes, there's some loss of service/signal reach, at least at the current levels.

But effectively, for the largest amount of listeners (in Zanesville itself), 92.7 is today's 102.5.  Same format, same people, different frequency.

And things could change again if this 103.7/Philo move happens.

In the end, Mr. Littick will get his money (though not nearly what it would have been before the economic collapse), and he'll still have two (or more) radio signals serving his core market. I don't think anyone can blame him for going for the brass ring, and he did not have to spend some of that money (beforehand!) replacing the lost 102.5 signal back in Zanesville.

[OhioMediaWatch]

Here's Southeastern Ohio's proposed 103.7/Philo, a pretty nice centrally located class A:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM1334591.html

[sparks794]

Everyone seems to forget that Zanesville has another local FM station, 107.3 WYBZ.  And now that SE Ohio Broadcasting has filed for a second FM Licensed to McConnolsville, but transmitting from the WHIZ tower at 103.7. ( Id look for a change of COL on the 92.7 signal to McConnolsville, and the new signal to become South Zanesville, but thats just a guess to keep the allocations)

102.5 moving to Columbus makes way for the move of WCMJ 96.7 to 102.7 increasing their power from 2.3kw to 4.5kw, that move makes way for 96.7 WKOV In Jackson Ohio to Move to Frazeysburg with 11.5kw putting a city grade signal over all of Zanesville and even Newark. Alot of changes but it looks to me like Zanesville will get a gain of 1 City grade signal over what they had.

At the present time there is not a commercial FM signal in Muskingum county.  107.3 tx is in Crooksville and 105.9 is outside New Lex.  92.7 is in Rose Farm.


From the rumor mill - I hear that the move in to Frazeysburg hit a snag......money.

[gabigley1]

Everyone seems to forget that Zanesville has another local FM station, 107.3 WYBZ.  And now that SE Ohio Broadcasting has filed for a second FM Licensed to McConnolsville, but transmitting from the WHIZ tower at 103.7. ( Id look for a change of COL on the 92.7 signal to McConnolsville, and the new signal to become South Zanesville, but thats just a guess to keep the allocations)

They, SEORB, filed to move the the vacant 103.7 allocation from McConnolsville to a reserved channel 103.7 in Philo on October, 16, 2009.
Since, the reserve channel is closer to Zanesville, they, if approved, will be able to transmit from the WHIZ tower located in Zainesville. Here is the
application if anyone wants to look it up under McConnolsville and Philo. Allfirdup, you must have had some inside info to know SEORB was planning
to move 103.7 from  McConnolsville to Philo. IF the FCC approves this, and it may take many years before the station gets on the air from the new city of license of Philo, there will still be one less signal in Zanesville until then. Also, the new 103.7 won't have as strong of coverage area of the region that the old 102.5 licensed to Zanesville had.

Click here for the Applications:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=OH&call=&city=&arn=&serv=&vac=&freq=103.7&fre2=103.7&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9

[gabigley1]

From the rumor mill - I hear that the move in to Frazeysburg hit a snag......money.

They were granted a C.P. last June and they still have allmost three years to get it on the air. Who knows what the econmy will hold two years from now?

Here is the link to their C.P.:

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1180415