Jackson's New 87.7 FM

[KirkSherwood]

Turn on 87.7FM!  What is your opinion of the signal strength and quality?  BTW:  The processing is still being tweaked.   

As an FYI ―87.7 FM, WLFM‒Chicago broadcasts “smooth jazz,” and according to the owner’s web site, WLFM is the 2nd highest rated station in Chicago among African-American listeners with a total cume of 497,200―#26 of 64 ranked stations.  AQH-wise, WLFM is in the middle of the 12+ pack (#25 of 59 ranked stations).  Being in the middle of the pack, is comparable to other smooth-jazz formatted stations.     

[the golden boy]

All I hear right now is dead air.

[gritsandeggs]

Better keep tweaking, that audio is horrible. Songs fade and fade and fade like there's nothing pulling up the song. Signal strength? Ok I think, but what do you do with another non-comm?

[Jazz_Kat]

Turn on 87.7FM!  What is your opinion of the signal strength and quality?  BTW:  The processing is still being tweaked.   

As an FYI ―87.7 FM, WLFM‒Chicago broadcasts “smooth jazz,” and according to the owner’s web site, WLFM is the 2nd highest rated station in Chicago among African-American listeners with a total cume of 497,200―#26 of 64 ranked stations.  AQH-wise, WLFM is in the middle of the 12+ pack (#25 of 59 ranked stations).  Being in the middle of the pack, is comparable to other smooth-jazz formatted stations.     

You're half right. : ) WLFM now airs a Smooth AC format from Broadcast Architecture.

Are saying it's a smooth jazz station? I'm out of state, that's why I'm asking.

[KirkSherwood]

You're half right. : ) WLFM now airs a Smooth AC format from Broadcast Architecture.

Are saying it's a smooth jazz station? I'm out of state, that's why I'm asking.

Thanks for the update!  Most of the online trades list WLFM's format as Smooth Jazz (radio-info does not list a format for WLFM). 

As to an earlier poster ― 87.7FM [WJMF] is below the non-com band.  They can air all the commercials the sales department can sell!

[the golden boy]

It's on the air now but it doesn't sound like smooth jazz to me. The voiceover guy is calling the station EZ 87.7. The last few songs I've heard...

Phil Collins, "In Your Eyes"
James Ingram, "I Don't Have the Heart"
Hot Chocolate, "You Sexy Thing"
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants To Rule the World"
Jimmy Cliff, "I Can See Clearly Now"
Eagles, "Take It To the Limit"

Nice little mix of songs there. I may have to make room for a preset.

[flytrap]

I can pick it up in the car in Rankin County, but not in the house.  I also tried to get it on TV channel 6 since its really a TV station anyway.  I can get with the outside antenna.  Since they have the audio cranked up to FM radio levels, its way too loud when listening on TV.  There is a card on the screen which looks like call letters, but my plasma has a lousy analog tuner I can barely read it for the snow.
I was under the assumption that channel 6 was supposed to be part of WJMF TV 19, which used to be on channel 53.  Both TV channel 49 and 53 (now 19) were dark for a while and were purchased by Rainey Radio and is listed as Kids Television LLC as the owner.  Both Channel 19 and 53 had test patterns but no programming several months ago, but I haven't been to Jackson with a portable TV lately so I don't know if they are on the air or not.  Both were at very low power and could barely make it into Pearl. Both stations used to have pretty good signals where I live.  Can anyone shed any light on the stations, and where the "fake" radio station 87.7 fits into all of this?

[flytrap]

Sounds like some of the same stuff they are playing on 105.1

[w9wi]

I was under the assumption that channel 6 was supposed to be part of WJMF TV 19, which used to be on channel 53.  Both TV channel 49 and 53 (now 19) were dark for a while and were purchased by Rainey Radio and is listed as Kids Television LLC as the owner.  Both Channel 19 and 53 had test patterns but no programming several months ago, but I haven't been to Jackson with a portable TV lately so I don't know if they are on the air or not.  Both were at very low power and could barely make it into Pearl. Both stations used to have pretty good signals where I live.  Can anyone shed any light on the stations, and where the "fake" radio station 87.7 fits into all of this?

Channel 53 has a permit to move to channel 19, and then another permit to move to channel 6.  Same tower on all three channels.  2kw on channel 6 - that's visual power.  Arguably for a LPTV it would be legal to run the same power for the aural.  It's all the same license, so at least theoretically only one channel - 6, 19, *or* 53 - should be operating at any given time.

Calls are WJMF-LP.

[Goodtimes1978]

  I get such a kick out of reading these discussion boards. It's almost like reading a nut doctors notes. LOL. Questions answered with comments that don't even make sense. Folks wake up. I'm no expert on any of the radio or lptv business but good lord, i think before i looked like an idiot - i'd read up. Are you folks in the radio industry or wanna be? It's amazing to me, just the otherday i heard an "engineer?" (right,right, right....) try to explain to the inventor of some equiptment, that he (the inventor of the unit) was putting it together incorrect. Pretty stupid. Any grown adult with any brains knows that nothing in radio or television is going to be perfect on day 1. I'm sure when Walt Disney showed off his half drawn mouse cartoon back in the day, he had no idea what was to come. Alot of people are involved with the putting together this operation of WJMF TV 6 and 87.7 FM. Is it going to hit the air on day one at 100%, nope... Sorry. But, hey....I guess if it did, alot of people would be out of their nightly hobbie of explaining how everyone else needs to correct this, do that or I would do it this way... Too bad. No, it doesn't sound like Q105. Can 87.7 air commercials? Yes. non-comm rules do not apply to lptv6. do your homework. WJMF is LPTV6 and 87.7 FM, the comment of it being a "fake radio station", are you insane? Past decades i've WORKED in radio, it was on AM or FM... I SOLD commercials, voiced commercials, did a real radio show (never have been a lazy card reader), remotes and so on. Since 87.7 is on FM, can roll spots, have jocks with real shows, ect... there is nothing fake about it, doof. If you're in radio, get busy... you should have plenty to do for the org that pays your light bill. If you're not? Didn't make the cut? or got cut because you couldn't make the cut? Get over it, GET A JOB. I can assure you, that if you WORK in radio (not just hold a title or wish you could turn the clock back) You would have enough knowledge as a human to know that one thing is for sure. Nothing stays the same. Everything changes. You start and either progress or go. WJMF won't be the same in 3 years, 3 months, 3 days or even 3 minutes from now. What a grand idea, hummm.. i think i'll go out, put on a radio or tv station (or in this situation both) and I really want the automation to hang up, yesss... and maybe i'll just plug the processing up and look at it, rather than tweek it over a period of time to be the best it can be. Come on, nobody does that. My sweet Lord, with people around like this... no dang wonder radio is kickin' the bucket quick. experts, they always have the answer. Funny thing is they never know what the hel* they're talking about. Ahhhh, this is fun... I may have to add this to my list of daily entertainment. Nah, once every now and again is enough. Nothing helpful or decent to say or discuss? Evaluate what you do and how your performance and work ethic is. If you think it's good. Get busy you're not doing enough. You can do better. God Blesses even us.