1430 WPLN Sold

[firepoint525]

From radio-locator.com:

WWRB first used 1/22/1988

WRLT first used 10/4/1988

WHNK first used 3/2/1990

WCKD first used 8/21/1995

WMAK first used 9/1/1996

WKDA first used 12/12/2000

WQDQ first used 3/26/2002

WPLN first used 4/9/2002

Probably will get a new set of call letters with this latest change. Interesting that they have had two sets of heritage call letters, without ever having been a "heritage" station, itself.

 

[Radio Nashville]

Firepoint, to go back a wee bit farther: WJRB 10/17/77; WENO 9/16/57

 

[firepoint525]

Firepoint, to go back a wee bit farther: WJRB 10/17/77; WENO 9/16/57

WENO was another set of call letters that got shifted around quite a bit.

 

[kc4rae]

...and a new set of calls will be issued soon: WYGI. Don't know if they'll be temporary but that was submitted.

 

[Murfradiojim]

...and a new set of calls will be issued soon: WYGI. Don't know if they'll be temporary but that was submitted.

Ive been looking for information out there about it? Thanks for the update.

 

[Murfradiojim]

WPLN is going off 1430 at noon today. Not sure if it will just go dark temporarily or if Kensington will start with the new station.

 

[itsTheRolyPoly]

WPLN is going off 1430 at noon today. Not sure if it will just go dark temporarily or if Kensington will start with the new station.

Where are you hearing this? I'm not seeing anything related to this.

 

[firepoint525]

WPLN is going off 1430 at noon today. Not sure if it will just go dark temporarily or if Kensington will start with the new station.

If you can capture their signoff, please do so, and post it to youtube.

 

[firepoint525]

Where are you hearing this? I'm not seeing anything related to this.

They just made an announcement to that effect, but I am listening online, so they are continuing to stream.

 

[Murfradiojim]

If you can capture their signoff, please do so, and post it to youtube.

There wasnt much to capture. They just cut the carrier in the middle of an underwriting announcement. I was also listening to it in my office parking lot in Murfreesboro.

 

[firepoint525]

There wasnt much to capture. They just cut the carrier in the middle of an underwriting announcement. I was also listening to it in my office parking lot in Murfreesboro.

So you were actually listening on-air. I have the stream going, and they are still on.

 

[Murfradiojim]

So you were actually listening on-air. I have the stream going, and they are still on.

I figured they would keep the stream going. Yes...I was listening on my car radio. I didnt think of recording it. It just went dead.

 

[itsTheRolyPoly]

The online stream keeps it going because it came from 90.3 WPLN-HD3 where its still available, whereas 1430 WPLN itself is now dead and waiting to be switched to a new format under new management.

 

[Murfradiojim]

Kensington has taken over 1430 and its a Simulcast of 94.5 Hippie Radio.

 

[Tibbs4]

First new ID @ 2:50:30 today, Jim (This is WHPY Bellevue and WYGI Madison AM 1430) in honor of Yogi.

 

[kc4rae]

For a while, I thought there was some dead air. Then the Mama's and Papa's started singing a cappella. The AM isn't getting one of the stereo channels. I'm sure work is not done yet.
I see the call sign was just approved and the licensee was changed in the database. How cool!

 

[Tibbs4]

The work will be done to take three of the four towers down. A few more tweaks to get the processing right. Then the magic of real estate will start. Mono Mamas and The Poppin Papas? I guess the first DJ on the AM was Grateful Ed in afternoon drive then about 3:50.

 

[Murfradiojim]

The work will be done to take three of the four towers down. A few more tweaks to get the processing right. Then the magic of real estate will start. Mono Mamas and The Poppin Papas? I guess the first DJ on the AM was Grateful Ed in afternoon drive then about 3:50.

Do you work there? Is the simulcast permanent? It might just be me but the signal seems stronger now here in Murfreesboro compared to when it was WPLN. I dont know if it's the difference between music and talk. But it seems to me to sound better.

 

[kc4rae]

Do you work there? Is the simulcast permanent? It might just be me but the signal seems stronger now here in Murfreesboro compared to when it was WPLN. I dont know if it's the difference between music and talk. But it seems to me to sound better.

It'll seem like it now that the signal is modulating nicely. When it was airing BBC World Service, the modulation was pretty low and not at all aggressive.

 

[kc4rae]

A modification application was submitted for WYGI proposing:
(1) Erecting a replacement tower for the four that is proposed to be removed. The replacement tower is slightly taller than any one of the four that are there now.
(2) Power increase from 15 kW to 19 kW to make up for decreased efficiency with a shorter ground system.
(3) Reclassification of WYGI from Class B to Class D with night power reduction to 30 watts.

The replacement tower is to be near the south tower. Along with the shorter ground, it looks that this is to reduce WYGI's real estate footprint. WQZQ's licensee has not submitted a modification application to move to the new tower yet (not that I could find, but LMS is a real piece of work), however, WYGI's application exhibits seem to have worked in WQZQ's move to the new tower with a increase in power to 3 kW.