Originally Posted by NottaVillager (Post 874077)

You cannot simply "request" an FM station and "poof" one will materialize. It doesn't work that way.

First off, "The Villages" is not a city as far as the FCC is concerned and they would not license an AM, FM or TV station to it. If you look up the bona fides for WVLG on the FCC data base you will see that the station is licensed to Wildwood..NOT..The Villages. Because there is an allowance for a station to move it's main studio outside of it's city of license WVLG can have studios within TV. The calculation is made "as the crow flies" from the central Post Office of the city of license. Since TV is so close to Wildwood the station can have studios inside TV.

To get an FM station Morse & Company would either have to purchase an EXISTING nearby FM station..of which there are none..OR..they would have to do a frequency search for an available FM frequency. They would then have to submit the request to the FCC. If the FCC agrees that there is an available frequency the FCC would allot the channel to wherever the frequency fit whether it be Summerfield, Wildwood, Fruitland Park, Leesburg or some other recognized municipal entity.

Once the channel is allotted virtually ANYBODY has the right to file with the FCC for a construction permit for the new channel. While the group that did the original work often gets the CP..it is NOT a foregone conclusion and the FCC will hold comparative hearings to decide which group would be the best applicant. This can take YEARS.

So while the idea of an FM for WVLG would certainly be a good one, the chance of it happening under current circumstances is almost nil.

To the poster who mentioned an FM translator..a translator will only cover what is called the station's "city grade" signal..and since WVLG is licensed to Wildwood, that's about all it will cover. If you lived near Lake Sumter you would NOT even be able to hear it. You might not even be able to hear it in Brownwood.

Originally Posted by Gat0r (Post 874071)

It would be cool if they would do genre hours like some slow dance at dinner time.And Blues after that, then some bluegrass to wake me up in the morning.

Originally Posted by Cedwards38 (Post 874257)

Very true. I even like lots of current and modern music, alternative rock, and new wave. I like that idea very much.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 874191)

New FM station in Ocala 99.7

Originally Posted by happy employee (Post 874214)

I beg to differ on the Translator. A 300 watt translator co-located on the existing WVLG tower would thoroughly cover most, if not all, areas of The Villages. Z88.3 currently has a translator located in the industrial area that can be heard all the way to Hwy 44 in Wildwood