Garrett Wollman@[email protected] @mazz @ai6yr Without the AM on the air at the time the 2020 license renewal was filed, the licensee has perjured himself before the FCC and should be declared unfit to be a broadcast licensee. The translator license then evaporates, along with the AM (which should have expired as a matter of law when it was silent for 366 consecutive days). If indeed this is the case.
Mary Mazzocco@mazz @[email protected] @ai6yr There should be aerial photography going back before 2020 that would show whether the tower was actually there at the time the last license renewal was filed. That at least gives a lower bound on how long this has been going on.
AI6YR Ben@ai6yr @mazz @[email protected] Definitely there in Google Maps aerials, right next to the sewage treatment plant (and there's another station nearby, shown in ancient USGS-derived POIs as "WWWB" but now WIXI 1360).
Doug Grinbergs@wollman @ai6yr @mazz @vees @geerlingguy
FCC AM Tower Locator Map search
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless-telecommunications/am-towers?lat=33.82041&long=-87.27286&height=100
returns 3 records: WIXI daytime, WIXI nighttime, #WJLX - detailed below
Latitude, Longitude
33.815108, -87.271949
Distance
0.60 km
File Number
BL-13566
Hours of Operation
Unlimited
Frequency
1240 kHz
Antenna Mode
ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night
Also
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=54798
