Talk:WMLU

Expansion of the wikipedia page

WMLU is not owned by the Longwood Radio Associates, and as far as I can find, no such organization exists. WMLU is a student run station according to their website, wmlu.org. Additionally, it's my understanding that the organization is making efforts to expand this page to include station history so I would expect updates in the future. Cpl attari (talk) 21:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Rationale for deletion of disambiguation page

Per the WP:Disambig page, "If only a primary topic and one other topic require disambiguation, then disambiguation links are sufficient, and a disambiguation page is unnecessary." Since the radio station call letters are the primary identification and the code reference to an airport is a secondary identification, a hat note is sufficient and requires no more steps than would a disambiguation page for people seeking the airport. - Dravecky (talk) 06:46, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Inclusion of source material

Sources for general information, history, NPR rebroadcasting information, and bandfest information have been updated. If you have any questions, on the matter, contact WMLU directly to find out about current listings.

Also, there is currently no organization by the name of Longwood Radio Associates. If there was, it has been disbanded for a good 20+ years. WMLU913 (talk) 22:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

That one you will have to take up with the FCC. They had, until about 2 months ago, listed the owner as Longwood Radio Associates. It is currently listed as the university. The application to update that was from 2003. Blame the federal government for being slow to act on an 8 year application, not us. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:25, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

How up to date is this current listing from the FCC? Ive heard conflicting reports on the effective output power from sources closer to WMLU than the FCC's outdated records. Should be about 250 ERP, but the only record of that currently would be at the transmitter diagnostic controls and nowhere else. The next set of FCC license data for WMLU won't be out for some time. --CommodoreZ (talk) 09:13, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, since it is from the FCC, you can pretty much call it current information. Nothing changes or gets changed with the operation any radio or television station with the FCCs say so. So, if WMLU is operating at power that is higher than they are allotted, then they can be fined or if it is a big enough problem, have their license pulled (which shuts the station down immediately). - Neutralhomer • Talk • 09:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

So Ive been digging around for sources in reference to the effective power output of WMLU. After talking with the man who was around for the transmitter upgrade, and he informed me that 250 was the calculated power output from the engineers that installed it. Im still on the lookout for a document containing that number. So 150/1 is correct for the polarized outputs, all FCC documents corroborate that value, but I think 250 should be listed too... any ideas of where that value could be found would be appreciated. As for Longwood Radio Associates, the point when that organizational title stopped being used isn't officially listed. Still searching for info about it.CommodoreZ (talk) 04:51, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Sources for future expansion

For future expansion. - Dravecky (talk) 01:53, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

• Clatterbuck, Justin (September 22, 2010). "Mulligan's Change of Staff Causes Problems for WMLU Radio Station". The Rotunda. Longwood University. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Relocated some sources to the article. - Dravecky (talk) 22:40, 10 March 2011 (UTC)