We don't usually chronicle the license transfers of stations but this one is worth noting. W262BL is a 1-watt translator licensed to Gulf Shores in Baldwin County. It has never been on the air as far as anyone is aware, but has remained active in the database all these years. It has just been transferred to Red Mountain Broadcasting, which operates translators in and around Birmingham that relay Clear Channel formats.
Does this mean WNTM is headed to FM via 100.3? We shall see. A translator can only be moved as far as its 60 dBu signal reaches (or thereabouts) so they will have to file for a massive power increase before they can contemplate moving anything, and even then there are no guarantees because the FCC has put the kybosh on moving translators more than one or two "hops".
WNTM has recently been rebroadcast on WRKH-HD2, which would allow the station to be heard via translator throughout much of southern Alabama and Florida, but The Rocket's HD signal has been off air for the last few weeks.
Whatever the plans for this tiny translator, it will merit watching as the Mobile area has not embraced translators like Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville have.
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