Due to the construction of a high powered commercial radio station that is being put into service in the New York City area which will be transmitting on the 1700 AM frequency, the local radio station presently utilized by the Township of Clark will be overcome and we will no longer be able to be heard on that frequency. Based on that situation the Township has obtained a new radio license from the FCC and we will start to operate on the frequency of 590 AM in the next few months. We are presently in the process of obtaining the necessary equipment that will be needed to make this transition happen and will keep you informed as to the schedule of when the actual changeover will occur.
We are also in the process of upgrading the station capabilities for increasing the message recording time from 15 minutes to 3 hours which will greatly improve the ability to put additional information on the air concerning Township information and events on both the regular schedule and in emergency situations. We are also hoping to be able to put in an audio connection into the radio station which will allow us to feed the audio part of the TV 36 station into the radio system. In this way when the township officials are doing a broadcast on TV 36 during an emergency event people will be able to receive important information by utilizing a battery powered radio to listen to 590 AM even if they don’t have electrical power to watch the program on TV 36.
Submitted by J. Fewkes, Emergency Management Coordinator, Clark Twp.
