Talk:WBEW

Latest comment: 1 year ago by 2601:248:C480:FDC0:20A8:EB10:F4CB:5E8A in topic Yuhyuh

WNIJ edit

I changed the section about interference because the FCC approved the pattern and WNIJ serves Rockford which is well over 50 miles to the west, and therefor does not seem like the most relevant information for the article. While the signal did bleed into some of the service area it was very erratically, because there was no local signal on the air in the past.

I changed this because, while the point about the location does not list where Rockford is 50 miles *from*, and because the signal bleed is quite profound. WBEW is a station in Chesterton, IN, which is 134 miles to the East of Rockford. A look at the broadcast area of WNIJ and WBEW shows that the broadcast area of WNIJ includes the Western and Northwestern suburbs of Chicago, while the broadcast area of WBEW does not. The assertion that there was no local signal on 89.5 FM is false; WNIJ is the existing local signal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.225.133.248 (talk) 2009-01-08 08:44:27

89.5 WNIJ is licensed for DeKalb, Illinois, not Rockford, Illinois; it has a translator, 105.7 W289AB, at Rockford. The probable reason the suburbs may have had trouble hearing WNIJ was that it has had sepecial temporary authority to run at only 7kW at 117.3 meters high in January 2009 (BSTA-20090114ABI) instead of its licensed 50kW at 128 meters high. Compare the normal 60dBu contour at 50kW to 60dBu contour at 7kW. Since it's now November 2010, I'm deleting the unsourced (and probably WP:OR) claim that 89.5 WBEW causes "interference" to WNIJ. --Closeapple (talk) 08:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Some proposed changes edit

  • Specific text to be added or removed: Change page name to Vocalo instead of WBEW
  • Reason for the change: Vocalo does not use call letters for their brand
  • References supporting change: https://vocalo.org/
  Not done Subject of the article is radio station WBEW, not Vocalo branding.--Tdl1060 (talk) 05:42, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
  Not done Subject of the article is WBEW, not Vocalo branding.--Tdl1060 (talk) 05:42, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
  • Specific text to be added or removed: Change City to Chicago, IL and Chesterton, Indiana and change Broadcast area to Chicago and Northwest Indiana
  • Reason for the change: Vocalo has two service areas
  • References supporting change: https://vocalo.org/
  Not done Subject of the article is WBEW, not Vocalo branding, and WBEW is licensed to Chesterton, Indiana, and has minimal coverage outside of Northwest Indiana.--Tdl1060 (talk) 05:42, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
  • Specific text to be added or removed: Change Frequency to 91.1FM and 89.5FM
  • Reason for the change: Vocalo has two frequencies
  • References supporting change: https://vocalo.org/
  Not done Subject of the article is WBEW, not Vocalo branding, and 91.1 FM is technically a translator for WBEZ not WBEW.--Tdl1060 (talk) 05:42, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Yuhyuh edit

Best radio 2601:248:C480:FDC0:20A8:EB10:F4CB:5E8A (talk) 01:26, 25 June 2022 (UTC)Reply