(Update 12/31/15 1:15pm) Please be advised that in late November 2015, WWBB installed a new antenna. This antenna actually should help REDUCE blanketing interference in the downtown area, but nevertheless it's a change and that resets the one-year clock described below.
(Update 02/03/15 5:00pm) B101 has officially moved to One Financial Plaza (aka Hospital Trust tower) in downtown Providence as their new permanent home. A "license to cover" has been granted by the FCC.
What does this mean for your listening to 88.1FM?
If you live within approx. 1.5km of One Financial Plaza (see map at right) and you are experiencing blanketing interference to RIPR, then the FCC rules (47 CFR § 73.318(b)) mandate that WWBB must "satisfy all complaints of blanketing interference which are received by the station during a one year period." That period began 1/27/2015 and ends 1/27/2016 but please don't delay! (EDIT: after changing antennas in November 2015, the clock resets to end in November 2016)
You can contact Troy Langham at (918) 664-4581 or FCCcontact@iheartmedia.com to log a blanketing interference complaint and request assistance from their engineers. Make sure to mention it's under "FCC rule section seventy-three dot three-one-eight". Give your name, physical address, and a way to contact you (email or phone).
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