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1090 AM

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1090 AM

Post by proxima3 » Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:51 pm

This station has been off the air for about a week now. Anybody have an idea why?

Yes, I know that nobody listens to it. And that nobody misses it. :wink:



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by Colonel Flagg » Sat Oct 09, 2021 10:17 am

proxima3 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:51 pm
This station has been off the air for about a week now. Anybody have an idea why?

Yes, I know that nobody listens to it. And that nobody misses it. :wink:
What's on 1090 these days? I've heard rumors of brokered rap music, and syndicated uniblab sports, but I've never checked it out.

1090 was a cash machine when Walter Wolpin owned it. Now that WJR is basically a pay to play station, the days of these suburban AMs making money that way are gone.


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Re: 1090 AM

Post by SixPlusOne » Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:14 am

proxima3 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:51 pm
This station has been off the air for about a week now. Anybody have an idea why?
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.ex ... _num=73397

DUE TO A TRANSMITTER FIRE, WCAR IS TEMPORARILY SILENT. THE LICENSEE EXPECTS THE STATION TO RETURN TO THE AIR IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by MWmetalhead » Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:07 pm

I bet it'll be off the air much longer than that.



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by Colonel Flagg » Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:53 pm

MWmetalhead wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:07 pm
I bet it'll be off the air much longer than that.
I imagine the term "deferred maintenance" comes into play here. Just an educated guess.


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Re: 1090 AM

Post by ZenithCKLW » Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:47 pm

I live less than 2 miles from this station. Its just a nuisance to the airwaves here, and for no good programming. I’m glad it’s off.



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by Colonel Flagg » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:39 pm

ZenithCKLW wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:47 pm
I live less than 2 miles from this station. Its just a nuisance to the airwaves here, and for no good programming. I’m glad it’s off.
I agree, and it's a shame. It was a unique community radio station for a very long time. A unique facility too, in that it actually increases power at night. Nowadays, it likely can't overcome the noise floor at night. In the 70s and 80s it was quite listenable in most of Oakland and Macomb on night pattern.


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Re: 1090 AM

Post by proxima3 » Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:45 pm

SixPlusOne wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:14 am
proxima3 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:51 pm
This station has been off the air for about a week now. Anybody have an idea why?
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.ex ... _num=73397

DUE TO A TRANSMITTER FIRE, WCAR IS TEMPORARILY SILENT. THE LICENSEE EXPECTS THE STATION TO RETURN TO THE AIR IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
Thank you. It's much appreciated.

For the record, it's been Fox Sports Radio for a few months now.



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by billmich88888 » Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:42 am

ZenithCKLW wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:47 pm
I live less than 2 miles from this station. Its just a nuisance to the airwaves here, and for no good programming. I’m glad it’s off.
no matter what their programming was, you'd call it a nuisance, and those towers were there (95% certainty) before you moved to your place of residence



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by Mega Hertz » Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:28 pm

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There are the towers in question. As I snapped this picture, I had 1090 in my work van and got solid static.


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Re: 1090 AM

Post by billmich88888 » Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:20 am

maybe you were by a power source that caused every station to have static



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by ZenithCKLW » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:14 am

billmich88888 wrote:
Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:42 am
ZenithCKLW wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:47 pm
I live less than 2 miles from this station. Its just a nuisance to the airwaves here, and for no good programming. I’m glad it’s off.
no matter what their programming was, you'd call it a nuisance, and those towers were there (95% certainty) before you moved to your place of residence
I grew up in the 80s and 90s with those towers visible from the house. The house I bought since then is within 2 miles of the towers. What's your point?



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by Mega Hertz » Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:46 pm

billmich88888 wrote:
Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:20 am
maybe you were by a power source that caused every station to have static
Yeah, except for no. Every other station came in a-okay. As was asked before, what's your point?


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Re: 1090 AM

Post by 48125er » Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:53 pm

last i paid attention to this station was when it was a competitor to 990 WDEO catholic radio



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Re: 1090 AM

Post by billmich88888 » Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:50 am

Mega Hertz wrote:
Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:46 pm
billmich88888 wrote:
Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:20 am
maybe you were by a power source that caused every station to have static
Yeah, except for no. Every other station came in a-okay. As was asked before, what's your point?
for you , attempting to trouble shoot - for the other guy - "Don't buy a house within a mile of towers" -



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