Kiss 104/WALR-FM has a construction permit to move to a tower south of Villa Rica in Douglas County. The location is north, northwest of the current site in Newnan.
Several years ago, Cox Corporate had someone whose job was improving facilities. He obtained a construction permit for Kiss to move to the 107.9/96.7 tower in Tyrone. From the coverage map, it looked like the signal would have been more intense in the city of Atlanta but far smaller than the current signal. That move would have allowed for WVFJ-FM/93.3 to improve its signal toward Atlanta. WVFJ was granted a CP for their signal boost contingent on WALR moving.
Apparently Cox Atlanta engineering management did not agree with the move to the Tyrone site and stalled. After 3 years, the length of the WALR CP, WVFJ asked the FCC for permission to implement their own CP even though Cox had not moved WALR. The FCC agreed with WVFJ, and the WVFJ changes required WALR to be degraded from a C1 to a C0 and drop its power to 60KW. WALR protested vehemently, saying they tried to make the move but that Fayette County was not allowing Cox to make the tower slightly higher to mount the antenna. The protest letters became almost funny, sounding kind of like a high-school kid protesting being expelled from school.
The new WALR move will enable 104.1 to regain its C1 classification. Antenna height will be a little lower, but the signal will be directional. Coverage of Atlanta looks to be almost as good as it is now.
Several years ago, Cox Corporate had someone whose job was improving facilities. He obtained a construction permit for Kiss to move to the 107.9/96.7 tower in Tyrone. From the coverage map, it looked like the signal would have been more intense in the city of Atlanta but far smaller than the current signal. That move would have allowed for WVFJ-FM/93.3 to improve its signal toward Atlanta. WVFJ was granted a CP for their signal boost contingent on WALR moving.
Apparently Cox Atlanta engineering management did not agree with the move to the Tyrone site and stalled. After 3 years, the length of the WALR CP, WVFJ asked the FCC for permission to implement their own CP even though Cox had not moved WALR. The FCC agreed with WVFJ, and the WVFJ changes required WALR to be degraded from a C1 to a C0 and drop its power to 60KW. WALR protested vehemently, saying they tried to make the move but that Fayette County was not allowing Cox to make the tower slightly higher to mount the antenna. The protest letters became almost funny, sounding kind of like a high-school kid protesting being expelled from school.
The new WALR move will enable 104.1 to regain its C1 classification. Antenna height will be a little lower, but the signal will be directional. Coverage of Atlanta looks to be almost as good as it is now.