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Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

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Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Deleted User 15502 » Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:44 pm

Now, I'm talking about family radio, NOT Family Life radio or American family radio. The one with the late Harold Camping. Since his end of the world prediction went bust a decade ago, it's been a downward spiral. They had to sell strong FM signals off in major markets and settle for AM stations no commercial broadcaster wanted anymore.

As of late, every so often I read there selling a station or 2. Recently, they sold 2 in Pennsylvania and they sold 89.9 in Buffalo NY to EMF, about a year ago. IMO, despite the fact they have tried to distance themselves from the past, including purging themselves of anything related to Harold Camping. I think it's too late, my own view is they may sell of the rest of there stations or most of them, then just go online. They recently, in part moved to Tennessee due to costs of doing business in California. Will be interesting to see if any of this reverses there fortunes.



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:43 pm

Last month they shut down WFME 1560 in New York, after they sold the land on which their towers were located for $50 M.

They didn't surrender their license. They say they'll be back again, but I doubt it.

They shut down their short wave operations in Fl, about 8 years ago. WRMI in Miami took over their facilities. WRMI sells block of broadcast time to various Christian broadcasters. I don't know why Family Radio wouldn't go that way. WRMI 's signals cover most of North America.


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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Deleted User 15506 » Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:22 pm

Turkeytop wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:43 pm
Last month they shut down WFME 1560 in New York, after they sold the land on which their towers were located for $50 M.

They didn't surrender their license. They say they'll be back again, but I doubt it.

They shut down their short wave operations in Fl, about 8 years ago. WRMI in Miami took over their facilities. WRMI sells block of broadcast time to various Christian broadcasters. I don't know why Family Radio wouldn't go that way. WRMI 's signals cover most of North America.
WRMI is shortwave, only us DXer’s tune in to that dying band. AM/MW is heading in the same direction, 10 years from now AM will be the new shortwave. All preachers all the time, and the Bible scriptures just keep on coming. It’s time to do the tribulation shuffle and here’s Robbie and the Rapture’s and their big hit “The Devil Made Me Do It”.



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:25 pm

I don't have a religious bone in my body. But I always enjoyed the traditional Christian music they played. in recent months they were playing more and more contemporary music. It doesn't appeal to me at all.

They are always sending me e mails urging me to listen online. I always tell them the same thing

"I DON'T LISTEN TO ONLINE RADIO'.


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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Deleted User 15506 » Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:41 pm

Turkeytop wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:25 pm
I don't have a religious bone in my body. But I always enjoyed the traditional Christian music they played. in recent months they were playing more and more contemporary music. It doesn't appeal to me at all.

They are always sending me e mails urging me to listen online. I always tell them the same thing

"I DON'T LISTEN TO ONLINE RADIO'.
How did they get your email address?



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:02 pm

Skip wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:41 pm


How did they get your email address?

I gave it to them. I sent a reception report.

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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Deleted User 15506 » Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:44 pm

Turkeytop wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:02 pm
Skip wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:41 pm


How did they get your email address?

I gave it to them. I sent a reception report.

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Got it.



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by WOHO » Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:28 pm

So what's the deals with 1560 in NYC? If they go dark, then 1560 Toledo should be allowed to fire-up 1.5KW at night instead of 3 watts since the clear channel frequency in New York is unused, and I can't see how California can still dictate this ole daytimer frequency?
And wouldn't it be worth the money in the top market to put a clear channel signal back on 1560 ? Only need one tower, correct?



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Turkeytop » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:30 pm

WFME still holds the license to operate on 1560 in NYC. I wonder how long they can hold the rights to that frequency when they aren't even using it.

They say they'll be back, but to buy the acreage for their towers would probably cost as much as they made selling their old piece of land.


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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by rugratsonline » Sat May 15, 2021 10:01 pm

WOHO wrote:
Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:28 pm
So what's the deals with 1560 in NYC? If they go dark, then 1560 Toledo should be allowed to fire-up 1.5KW at night instead of 3 watts since the clear channel frequency in New York is unused, and I can't see how California can still dictate this ole daytimer frequency?
Current law states that stations still must protect other stations operating on the same frequency, even if the station being protected goes dark or moves to FM (such as the case for many stations in Canada).



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by WOHO » Sun May 16, 2021 6:42 pm

don't like that answer Rugrats...if a station goes dark for 2 years, especially the Canadian AM's that left for FM, and there is no chance of going back on the air, why not let other facilties upgrade their coverage?



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Turkeytop » Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:16 pm

Turkeytop wrote:
Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:30 pm
WFME still holds the license to operate on 1560 in NYC. I wonder how long they can hold the rights to that frequency when they aren't even using it.

They say they'll be back, but to buy the acreage for their towers would probably cost as much as they made selling their old piece of land.

WFME is back. A 1KW effort transmitting from NJ. Just enough to maintain their license. I was able to catch their test broadcast here tonight in London ON.

They were asking for reception reports by telephone or email.


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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Marcus » Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:27 pm

We might see AM 1560 New York diplex with another AM transmitter site. There are a number of them in Ney Jersey that target the NYC metro area. They also might come back with a little bit less than 50,000 watts. Right now 550 WGR and 1520 WWKB in Buffalo are both combined.



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Marcus » Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:28 pm

Pardon my spelling. I meant New Jersey. Here are the stations and the cities they transmit from.

570 WMCA / 820 WNYC - Kearny (I doubt that Salem would co-operate with Family Radio)
620 WSNR / 710 WOR / 1010 WINS / 1190 WLIB - Lyndhurst
930 WPAT / 1430 WNSW - Clifton
970 WNYM / 1330 WWRV - Hackensack (WNYM is also owned by Salem)
1050 WEPN - Secaucus
1130 WBBR / 1280 WADO / 1380 WKDM / 1660 WWRU - Carlstadt
1480 WZRC - Ridgefield Park

Out of all those options I would lean towards the 1050 WEPN site.

Sources : https://worldradiomap.com/us-ny/new-york
https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&latd=40.7042&lond=73.9179
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locat ... &x=18&y=11



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Re: Will Family Radio eventually exit terrestrial radio

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:16 pm

Marcus wrote:
Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:28 pm
Pardon my spelling. I meant New Jersey. Here are the stations and the cities they transmit from.

570 WMCA / 820 WNYC - Kearny (I doubt that Salem would co-operate with Family Radio)
620 WSNR / 710 WOR / 1010 WINS / 1190 WLIB - Lyndhurst
930 WPAT / 1430 WNSW - Clifton
970 WNYM / 1330 WWRV - Hackensack (WNYM is also owned by Salem)
1050 WEPN - Secaucus
1130 WBBR / 1280 WADO / 1380 WKDM / 1660 WWRU - Carlstadt
1480 WZRC - Ridgefield Park

Out of all those options I would lean towards the 1050 WEPN site.

Sources : https://worldradiomap.com/us-ny/new-york
https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&latd=40.7042&lond=73.9179
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locat ... &x=18&y=11
They are back up, running 1 KW, from a temporary slant wire antenna from the tower of WNSH. located in West Orange NJ.

If you can hear it in Sarnia, they would love to hear from you.

BTW, I was in Sarnia today.


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