Its here.... Were into it an hour and no call letter ID just yet. The calls are now WLQR.
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kirkiefan
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WLQR used to be beautiful music at 101.5 before moving to 1470 AM,the former Top 40 WOHO.
So is this an AM/FM sports simulcast..or is 1470 going to change formats and calls?
So is this an AM/FM sports simulcast..or is 1470 going to change formats and calls?
kirkiefan said:
It'll be a sports simulcast on the AM & FM. The AM still carries the Detroit Tigers games, which they aren't allowed to transfer over to the FM side.
Memo to Cumulus Toledo:
"WLQR Toledo/Delta" is not a proper legal ID for both 1470 and 106.5. You'd better hope the FCC's Detroit field office isn't visiting...
"WLQR Toledo/Delta" is not a proper legal ID for both 1470 and 106.5. You'd better hope the FCC's Detroit field office isn't visiting...
Is 106.5 not permitted to carry the Tigers games since they are so close to Detroit? Additionally, I'm surprised CBS hasn't sent a little letter to Cumulus yet. I know it's a different market, but it's close enough to where I would think they'd have some issues, no?
gabigley1 said:
WLQR Toledo, WLQR-FM Delta. It's acceptable to insert frequency/channel number and licensee name between each set of calls and city of license - but you have to do each callsign followed by each city of license.
If both stations were licensed to Toledo, the FCC generally looks the other way at "WLQR AM and FM, Toledo" - but since 106.5 isn't licensed to Toledo, there has to be a "WLQR-FM Delta" in there somewhere, and there's not.
And of course, technically, AM is an "extraneous" addition. There is no such thing as "WLQR-AM" as a official callsign for a standard band station...the (AM) is silent 
Still, the FCC looks the other way at that one, too...and plenty of stations ID that way ("WARF-AM Akron").
Anyway, the point here is that you can't just add a legal ID to your FM simulcaster by throwing the FM's COL after the AM legal ID.
Still, the FCC looks the other way at that one, too...and plenty of stations ID that way ("WARF-AM Akron").
Anyway, the point here is that you can't just add a legal ID to your FM simulcaster by throwing the FM's COL after the AM legal ID.
Heck all the time when WZPL and WNTR in indy ID they always throw the FM in even though there are no WZPL and WNTR AM in the us that im aware of
gabigley1 said:OhioMediaWatch said:Anyway, the point here is that you can't just add a legal ID to your FM simulcaster by throwing the FM's COL after the AM legal ID.
Also, the AM cal letters are always to be announced first, hence, no need to ID as WLQR-AM Toledo?
Mr. Fybush could probably correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the rules about the order of the ID if two stations are IDing at the same time.
Everything you'd want to know about it, including those official rules, here:
http://www.tophour.com/whats-a-legal-id
There's no need to announce "WLQR-AM" because that's not a legal call sign. The facility at 1470 kHz licensed to Toledo is, officially, "WLQR". No "-AM". If you look up its records in the FCC database, you won't see "-AM".
All AM stations are "standard band" stations. They came first.
MikeStandardsFromIndiana said:
As far as I remember, a FM or TV station can request the FCC to drop the attached suffix if there is a corresponding AM station with the same call letters changed calls. There once was a "WNTR" in Washington DC (which is now that's city's Air America affiliate) but this was way back in the late 80s.
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nightfly61
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Did someone miss Announcing 101?
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