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November 20, 2025 10:19 am  #31


Re: 560 CFOS - The end is near

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

It's odd you would mention this. I obviously am not a listener to WTOR, but many years ago, I was DXing on a summer night and heard the station at an obviously reduced power coming in under WABC well after sundown.

I remember thinking, "Why are they still on?" I thought it might be a mistake, but then realized, why would they be airing any programming at all if they're supposed to be off the air? It made no sense. It went on for a few nights more and then stopped. 
 

Streaming

Not quite sure what you mean. This was definitely over the air, not on streaming. Are you saying they made a mistake and thought they were online only? Or that they were streaming and accidentally left the station on at low power? Either way, how does that happen?
 

 

November 20, 2025 10:33 am  #32


Re: 560 CFOS - The end is near

RadioActive wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

It's odd you would mention this. I obviously am not a listener to WTOR, but many years ago, I was DXing on a summer night and heard the station at an obviously reduced power coming in under WABC well after sundown.

I remember thinking, "Why are they still on?" I thought it might be a mistake, but then realized, why would they be airing any programming at all if they're supposed to be off the air? It made no sense. It went on for a few nights more and then stopped. 
 

Streaming

Not quite sure what you mean. This was definitely over the air, not on streaming. Are you saying they made a mistake and thought they were online only? Or that they were streaming and accidentally left the station on at low power? Either way, how does that happen?
 

The streaming and the transmitter would be fed from the same source. The tx gets turned off, the programming continues. The only mistake is leaving the tx on.

Last edited by RadioAaron (November 20, 2025 10:34 am)

 

November 20, 2025 10:48 am  #33


Re: 560 CFOS - The end is near

CHOK Sarnia and CFCO Chatham both have repeaters on the FM band. Given these repeaters I'm not sure there would be any advantage for the listener if they migrated to the FM band. Of course they would save the expenses associated with operating a directional AM transmitter which would be significant. Both of the 10 kilowatt AM signals cover a large area.

Like CFOS it is unlikely they would get an FM frequency where they could operate at a robust power level that would provide anything more than a local signal probably not much more than their current repeaters.

 

November 20, 2025 2:48 pm  #34


Re: 560 CFOS - The end is near

I have read on this site that CFCO will move to 91.3fm and close down the 630am and 92.9 repeater, but no date.

I have seen no news about CHOK so maybe they are happy with 103.9 and 1070 continuing together...I have no idea how old the 1070 tower(s) would be.   Several big city stations in the states are continuing with AM and FM  (for example WFAN in New York and WBBM in Chicago.

 

November 20, 2025 3:24 pm  #35


Re: 560 CFOS - The end is near

Any word if they are taking down the CFOS AM towers yet?