TECHNICAL INFORMATION
WBOW-FM is a Class B FM station, authorized at 50,000 watts ERP
at 500 feet. However, WBOW's tower on Oregon Church Road southwest
of Terre Haute is nearly 700 feet tall, so our actual power output is reduced
to about 30,000 watts. The transmitter is a BE 20 kw transmitter
with a 50 watt exciter. The signal is microwaved from our studios
in downtown Terre Haute to the transmitter site with a 10 watt Bext analog
transmitter, using Scala Paraflector antennas at each end. The STL
hop is about 12 miles; the sending dish is up 100 feet, the receiving dish
is up about 200 feet.
WBOW-FM processess its audio with an Optimod 8200. The
Broadcast system is a Scotts System. Our studio for B-102.7 includes
a LPB 12L control board, Cool Edit Pro production computer, Comrex
digital on-air phone system, voice tracking softwear, Shure mics
and a Symetrex mic processor. Our engineer is Kevin Berlen..