The signal of Audacy Classic Hip Hop “94.7 The Block” WXBK Newark NJ should be somewhat stronger in the eastern parts of the New York City market as the station has completed its move from its longtime tower site in West Orange NJ to the tower of iHeartMedia’s 710 WOR in Rutherford NJ.
WXBK is now operating with 40kW at 166m from the Vertical Bridge owned tower in the swamps of the Meadowlands across from MetLife Field.
The move increases WXBK’s service area further east in Long Island and strengthens its signal in parts of the city itself. 94.7 had operated from its former site in West Orange since 1949. In order to complete the move of the station closer to Manhattan, Audacy contingently had to add a directional array to 94.7 WMAS-FM Enfield CT/Springfield MA to alleviate short-spacing concerns. Those same short-spacing issues prevent the station from moving all the way to the Empire State Building or elsewhere in Manhattan unlike 100.3 WHTZ which made the move from West Orange in 1983.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com