Wednesday, November 2, 2011

W241AI on the move to downtown Birmingham

A long speculated move appears to be coming to fruition for the Gorgas-licensed W241AI (currently 10 watts, relaying WGIB in Birmingham).  The translator just received a permit for a 43-watt facility located atop Red Mountain overlooking downtown Birmingham.  Although it's lower powered than other translators it will be picking up a rumored HD3 subchannel for WERC.  It's not known yet what format this station will pick up.  The HD2 of WERC currently has gospel, and WMJJ's HD2 is urban and also being heard on an area translator.  Clear Channel also appears to be in the works to bring a translator to Tuscaloosa.  Someone unknown is working on bringing one from Calera to the Birmingham area as well.

The times, for translators around Birmingham, are interesting indeed.

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