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Active Member
This was just forwarded to me tonight:
Is Cuba Pumping Wattage Into the Cottage?
WOR’s Tom Ray says a Cuban station on 710 kHz is shooting a powerful
nighttime signal up the eastern seaboard and interfering with his New
York AM station and possibly others.
The Cuban station is broadcasting American music, with a
Spanish-speaking DJ and no ID, says Tom, who is also a Radio World
contributor.
How does he know where the signal originates? The FCC used monitoring
stations around the country, and located the source of the transmitter
in Cuba, according to Ray. In Utica, N.Y., this Cuban station had a
local-grade signal. An FCC source told Tom he estimated the station is
pushing at least 500,000 watts (and possibly up to a million) up the
coast. Ray also believes the agency’s hands are tied on this one by
the State Department.
We recently reported that the State Department had purchased time on
Miami’s WQAM(AM) to air American propaganda, in Spanish. “The majority
of WQAM’s 50 kW at night goes directly toward Cuba. So this 710 signal
is in retaliation for the propaganda being sent towards Cuba on 710
from Miami * in my humble opinion * being paid for by my tax dollars
and causing grief for my employer and bad will for our listeners,”
said Ray, who works for Buckley Broadcasting.
WOR is looking to hear from stations that may be similarly affected so
they can combine efforts to talk to regulators and possibly get some
relief from the interference.
Contact him at tomray@wor710.com. Write to me
about your experiences or thoughts at Lstimson@nbmedia.com.
Is Cuba Pumping Wattage Into the Cottage?
WOR’s Tom Ray says a Cuban station on 710 kHz is shooting a powerful
nighttime signal up the eastern seaboard and interfering with his New
York AM station and possibly others.
The Cuban station is broadcasting American music, with a
Spanish-speaking DJ and no ID, says Tom, who is also a Radio World
contributor.
How does he know where the signal originates? The FCC used monitoring
stations around the country, and located the source of the transmitter
in Cuba, according to Ray. In Utica, N.Y., this Cuban station had a
local-grade signal. An FCC source told Tom he estimated the station is
pushing at least 500,000 watts (and possibly up to a million) up the
coast. Ray also believes the agency’s hands are tied on this one by
the State Department.
We recently reported that the State Department had purchased time on
Miami’s WQAM(AM) to air American propaganda, in Spanish. “The majority
of WQAM’s 50 kW at night goes directly toward Cuba. So this 710 signal
is in retaliation for the propaganda being sent towards Cuba on 710
from Miami * in my humble opinion * being paid for by my tax dollars
and causing grief for my employer and bad will for our listeners,”
said Ray, who works for Buckley Broadcasting.
WOR is looking to hear from stations that may be similarly affected so
they can combine efforts to talk to regulators and possibly get some
relief from the interference.
Contact him at tomray@wor710.com. Write to me
about your experiences or thoughts at Lstimson@nbmedia.com.