Question about WUCS 97.9 Windsor Locks

I asked this on the other radio forum and got no response.

Can the new WUCS 97.9 ESPN Windsor Locks (with the antenna in downtown Hartford) reach Springfield, Mass? I was just curious. The last time I was in the Springfield market was for my uncle's wake in July 2010 and 97.9 was still a Springfield Market station.

Yes. I was in Springfield back in December and it comes in OK there. I'd imagine the signal peters out quite rapidly as you go north, though.

I'm surprised the FCC ever allowed this move-in to happen! I get a so-so signal of them on my home stereo here in New Britain's south end. My Panasonic "Walkman" struggles to capture them if I'm walking into the Kensington section of Berlin. It's quite weak at the Berlin Amtrak station. Heading south, they're stepped on in Meriden once I'm close to West Peak.

And once you get past Wallingford on 91, the Spanish 97.9 from NYC makes hash of the signal. Of course, that's one of the stations WUCS has to protect.

I can't get them on my Walkman where I live in Southington, but I have no trouble picking them up on my car radio in my driveway. I can get them to about Cedar Lake on Route 69 in Bristol before I start to hear WSKQ from NYC start to mix in. Reception may vary on Wolcott Street in Waterbury.