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A little late, but...

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A little late, but...

Post by ftballfan » Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:27 pm

https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb335

WTCM-FM back to #1 (just ahead of KLT and Big Country) despite the new market definitions eliminating two of TCM's strongest counties.

Impressive that WTCM-AM gets nearly a 5 share despite being an AM only station!



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Re: A little late, but...

Post by Ben Zonia » Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:44 pm

ftballfan wrote:
Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:27 pm
https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb335

WTCM-FM back to #1 (just ahead of KLT and Big Country) despite the new market definitions eliminating two of TCM's strongest counties.

Impressive that WTCM-AM gets nearly a 5 share despite being an AM only station!
50000 watts at 580 kHz, with a Directional Antenna which blasts the counties in the Market. The maximum Standard Pattern IDF at 35 degrees is 5435.53 mV/m at one kilometer, which, referred to the standard efficiency in the International Agreements, 300 mV/m @ 1 kW @ 1 km, is 328000 watts "ERP", though ERP is not defined in any other way for AM by the FCC. This, despite the fact that the conductivity is much less than M-3, measured by their own DA proofs of performance, blankets the most populated Northwest Michigan Counties, with a City Grade measured signal of 5 mV/m. The only thing that might help, especially at Night when the power drops to 1100 watts, is a translator within the 2 mV/m contour in the outer edges of the service area.


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Re: A little late, but...

Post by DAC » Wed Mar 09, 2022 5:18 pm

Since radio stations never use their call letters other than at the top of the hour, it's amazing how many of these stations I cannot identify. Now, if they were listed by 'The Fox," "The Bear," "The Orangutan," "The Gourd," "Happy Hunter 104.5," or "Q-Licious 101," I might know some of them.



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Re: A little late, but...

Post by Jim Sofonia » Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:55 am

WTCM always states they're legal ID call letters at the top of the hour. I would presume the other stations also do that as it is required by the FCC, but there is always one that lets it slide out there.



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