In broadcasting, a trimulcast is a cluster of three radio stations and/or translators that play the same feed. Normally this is done in order to have full coverage of a certain area. Some stations use this technique to provide

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coverage into a major

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by broadcasting on the outskirts from three different locations, or combine multiple low power television stations in an attempt to provide the equivalent coverage of one full-power station.

Examples

WGVX WGVX, WLUP and WWWM-FM are three separate radio stations that make up a trimulcast serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market. The three stations are owned by Cumulus Media, along with sister stations KQRS-FM and KXXR. The three statio ...

/WLUP/WWWM in

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make up

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station

Love 105 WGVX, WLUP and WWWM-FM are three separate radio stations that make up a trimulcast serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market. The three stations are owned by Cumulus Media, along with sister stations KQRS-FM and KXXR. The three statio ...

FM. * KRXV, KHWY, and KHYZ cover the

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from Barstow to Laughlin and

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; they target listeners travelling to the two cities on

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and

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from

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, with their advertising *

KBPI KBPI (107.9 FM, "KBPI") is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Collins, Colorado. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it broadcasts an Active rock radio format. KBPI's studios are located in Denver in the Tech Center. In December 2017, iHea ...

KBPL KBPL (107.9 FM, "107.9 KBPI") is a radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, and serving the Colorado Springs/Pueblo radio market. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an Active rock format. The transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain amid ...

/K300CP on 107.9 frequency cover the Colorado Interstate 25 corridor. *In 1996,

WBMA-LP WBMA-LD (channel 58) is a low-power television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate WABM (channel 68) and Homewood-licensed CW affiliate ...

WCFT-TV WSES (channel 33) is a television station licensed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, serving the western portion of the Birmingham market as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Heroes & Icons. The station is owned by Howard Stirk ...

WJSU-TV WGWW (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Anniston, Alabama, United States, serving the eastern portion of the Birmingham market as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Heroes & Icons. The station is owned by Howard Stirk Hol ...

formed a television trimulcast in the Anniston/

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, Alabama area to replace

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as the market's

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affiliate when it switched to

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. While owner

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had acquired the full-powered WCFT and WJSU in Tuscaloosa and Aniston to serve as a simulcast covering the region, at the time Nielsen regarded all three cities as separate media markets—meaning that they were both considered out-of-market stations in Birmingham (and thus ineligible to be counted in local ratings). As a workaround WBMA-LP was added to the arrangement, and classified as the originating station for WCFT and WJSU.

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