User talk:DrChuck68/Archives/2019/July

Signals on multiple radio templates

While WMDR is technically part of the Augusta market when the COL is concerned, that shouldn’t mean that it ONLY appears on the Augusta Template. The same can be said about WHOM (which appears on four different templates) and WBLM (which appears on three). Since WBLM is licensed to Portland, should that mean that it only appears on the Portland Template? Or should WHOM only appear on the Northern NH/NEK template since it isn’t within the boundaries of any ranked market? Should WAAF only be in the Worcester Template even though it primarily targets Boston? Or should WCTK only be on the South Coast Template even though it primarily targets Providence? Where do we draw the line? TomG2002 (talk) 15:50, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

For 99.5% of the radio stations in the U.S., the city of license (COL) determines which template the station resides on. For those stations in the 99.5%, having it on one template is sufficient. For the remaining 0.5%, it needs to be done on a case by case basis.

WBLM is licensed to Portland. It is also a 100 kW blowtorch, and has a lot of reach as indicated by the article, so I added footnotes to the non-Portland templates to indicate so. WEQX is licensed to Manchester, Vermont. It's also been voted best radio station in Capital Region (Albany, NY), thanks to the fact that it broadcasts from Mount Equinox. I added a footnote to the Albany template for WEQX. Both WHOM and WPKQ transmit from high atop Mount Washington. WHOM is licensed to Mount Washington, but WPKQ is licensed to North Conway. I've added footnotes to each of the stations "home" template. CKON-FM straddles the border of U.S. and Canada. That's why it's in one NY template and one Canadian template.

These stations are part of the 0.5%, not the majority. As Wikipedia editors, we cannot just look at the coverage map on Radio-Locator and say what markets they target or what areas they cover, because that's WP:OR. We do not want to make Wikipedia difficult to read/maintain. This is why WSHU-FM is only on the Bridgeport template, and not on the Danbury or Stamford/Norwalk templates. Regional groupings within a template only adds to the clutter an confusion. --DrChuck68 (talk) 23:31, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Connecticut radio market boundaries

I’ve always assumed that the boundaries for the Connecticut radio markets are:

Stamford-Norwalk — Connecticut Panhandle Danbury - Northern Fairfield Bridgeport - Rest of Fairfield and SW New Haven County New Haven - New Haven County and southern Middlesex. Hartford - Hartford County, Tolland County, Northern Middlesex, eastern Litchfield

However, WMRQ, WWYZ, WATR and even WKSS are included ONLY in the Hartford template, even though none of New Haven County is in the Hartford market? I’d think that these stations would be in both the Hartford and New Haven templates, but I don’t know. Same thing with WFOX (licensed to Southport but transmitting from Norwalk). Can you clear this up? TomG2002 (talk) 21:39, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

On the Nielsen/Arbitron map, New Haven County actually has a split in it. This puts Waterbury in their Hartford market. I'm very familiar with this region; WMRQ, WWYZ, WATR, and WKSS are most definitely Hartford stations. The signal may get into New Haven, but they don't actively target it. As for WFOX, for the longest time their COL was Norwalk. It's only in recent years that it's changed to Southport. Who can say why? They still cover their section of Fairfield County, anyway. --DrChuck68 (talk) 23:06, 16 July 2019 (UTC)