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DRC is my first choice for an oldie station and like Arvy I also listen with the tunein app in Britain. From Hartford CT its radio foot print spreads out all over the north east so it must be pushing some power on fm.
Im not too sure of the frequency but from New York State where we go to Hartford CT its around 200 miles and in the car we`re able to hear it. Its different in the house though, the radio must point the right way otherwise its a bad reception but around 200 miles is very good. I think I read somewhere that DRC (big D) is the most listened to station in the North East.
Quote: mike wrote in post #5Im not too sure of the frequency but from New York State where we go to Hartford CT its around 200 miles and in the car we`re able to hear it. Its different in the house though, the radio must point the right way otherwise its a bad reception but around 200 miles is very good. I think I read somewhere that DRC (big D) is the most listened to station in the North East.
No - you are right its not the former 96.7 when you look for it you get this: http://www.967thecoast.com/ - I think WRDC has some relay-transmitters at Ct.'s boarders which make it possible to listen outside Connecticut - Like I can listen to or watch Austrian radio or TV over a distance of ca. 200 kms as the terrestial transmitter is in Salzburg.
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Quote: mike wrote in post #5Im not too sure of the frequency but from New York State where we go to Hartford CT its around 200 miles and in the car we`re able to hear it. Its different in the house though, the radio must point the right way otherwise its a bad reception but around 200 miles is very good. I think I read somewhere that DRC (big D) is the most listened to station in the North East.
200 MILES ON FM?????????
How much power are they putting out? Nominal range is 30 miles!
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Quote: mike wrote in post #5Im not too sure of the frequency but from New York State where we go to Hartford CT its around 200 miles and in the car we`re able to hear it. Its different in the house though, the radio must point the right way otherwise its a bad reception but around 200 miles is very good. I think I read somewhere that DRC (big D) is the most listened to station in the North East.
200 MILES ON FM?????????
How much power are they putting out? Nominal range is 30 miles!
Wow, that's some kind of reach guys from DRC! I only know that the studio of DRC FM is just beside a transmitter-parc where also the FM tower from DRC FM is located. DRC FM is for me the prove that oldies radio can be very successfull without becoming mainstream. A superb station. DRC broadcasts on 102.9 FM by the way. I read somewhere they use quite a lot of power indeed. And in the past they also broadcasted via AM.
Here you can have a look via Google Streetview to the location of the DRC studio. A bit a spooky place as well, because on the otherside of the road there is a big graveyard...
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Quote: Arvy001 wrote in post #10Wow, that's some kind of reach guys from DRC! I only know that the studio of DRC FM is just beside a transmitter-parc where also the FM tower from DRC FM is located. DRC FM is for me the prove that oldies radio can be very successfull without becoming mainstream. A superb station. DRC broadcasts on 102.9 FM by the way. I read somewhere they use quite a lot of power indeed. And in the past they also broadcasted via AM.
Here you can have a look via Google Streetview to the location of the DRC studio. A bit a spooky place as well, because on the otherside of the road there is a big graveyard...
Ahh! So they're in the Dead Centre of Town then!
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Its flat country and a lot of water from CT to Upper New York State so the line of sight could be a factor. They also could have repeaters along the CT state line. The station itself started out being a community station so I guess its never lost its roots and still does a lot of work within its community.
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Quote: mike wrote in post #12Its flat country and a lot of water from CT to Upper New York State so the line of sight could be a factor. They also could have repeaters along the CT state line. The station itself started out being a community station so I guess its never lost its roots and still does a lot of work within its community.
A-HA! I was expecting repeaters somewhere along the way. (Dunno if they could be got to all work on the same frequency though)
But if you look at these tower hights the waves will travel quite a few miles........
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I had asked them what these huge antenna-towers are for - this is the answer:
102.9 DRC-FM hat deinen Beitrag kommentiert. 102.9 DRC-FM hat geschrieben: „Those are our AM towers. WDRC AM's signal is 5,000 watts and covers greater Hartford.“
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