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Author Topic: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic  (Read 361 times)
dxho
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ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« on: January 31, 2012, 01:25:54 AM »

Who is it? I can't hear the ID, and I can't find it listed.
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Re: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 08:34:29 AM »

NRC Log suggests Florence, SC.  (WYMB)
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Re: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 08:51:00 AM »



The first one that came to mind,   w9wi and dxho,   was WMMN In WV.     I've heard them at various times on Long Island and in Norfolk in the 60's,  and here in NEPA in the 90s.

I presume that dxho checked and found WMMN listed as Fox sports,   not ESPN.

But Radio-Locator also lists WMMN as being 200 watts at night.    Huh?     Every old NRC log I have -- admittedly old NRC logs -- lists WMMN as 5000 watts day and night.       Considering the possibility that Radio-Locator is incorrect listing them as 200 nighttime watts,   might their situating of WMMN as Fox sports be (as it were) off-base,  too?
           
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Re: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2012, 08:58:13 AM »

If it's WYMB, it must be a very recent change; looking at Google, only amlogbook.com lists it as ESPN.

That being said, that would make sense for me; I heard an ESPN Radio on 920 at night from a relative's home in Ocala FL.

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Re: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 09:26:26 AM »

Huh?     Every old NRC log I have -- admittedly old NRC logs -- lists WMMN as 5000 watts day and night.       Considering the possibility that Radio-Locator is incorrect listing them as 200 nighttime watts,   might their situating of WMMN as Fox sports be (as it were) off-base,  too?      

FCC records indicate that WMMN reduced nighttime power to 200 watts around 1995.
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Re: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 09:56:54 AM »

Huh?     Every old NRC log I have -- admittedly old NRC logs -- lists WMMN as 5000 watts day and night.       Considering the possibility that Radio-Locator is incorrect listing them as 200 nighttime watts,   might their situating of WMMN as Fox sports be (as it were) off-base,  too?      

FCC records indicate that WMMN reduced nighttime power to 200 watts around 1995.

I used to hear WMMN all the time at night here in Central KY when they were 5 KW 24/7.  I believe they dropped the night power to 200 watts because they did not want to maintain a directional antenna system anymore.  Apparently, they felt that 200 watts, non-directional was good enough to cover their main target area at night. 
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Re: ESPN 920, mid-atlantic
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 10:34:53 PM »

Mystery solved: WYMB it is.
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