RPTR CLAIMS WEAK LCL CTLR FREQ TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS FOR LNDG AND RWY XING CLRNCS.

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UPON APCHING EWR IN THE NIGHT; WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE TWR. THE RADIO THE CTLR WAS USING WAS VIRTUALLY UNREADABLE. WE HAD TO TURN OUR VOLUME TO ALMOST MAX JUST TO HEAR TWR; WHICH CAUSED ALL OF THE OTHER AIRPLANES XMISSIONS TO BLOW US OUT OF THE COCKPIT. EVERY AIRPLANE ON THE FREQ COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WEAK XMITTER; AND THE CTLR SAID THAT HE HAS RPTED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND THAT THE TECHNICIANS SAID THAT IT WAS FINE. I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER PLTS THAT THIS PROB HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME; AND WHILE NOT CONSISTENT; THE PROB IS CHRONIC. AFTER LNDG; WE HELD SHORT OF RWY 4L; AND WERE UNABLE TO HEAR THE XING CLRNC. AFTER ABOUT 5 TRIES; WE WERE FINALLY; BARELY ABLE TO READ THE CTLR AND CROSSED. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE XING THE RWY. AFTER SWITCHING OVER TO GND; WHICH WAS TOTALLY READABLE; WE COMPLAINED AGAIN. THE GND CTLR ALSO SAID THAT EVERYONE COMPLAINS ABOUT THE TWR FREQ; BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. I FEEL THAT THE SIT WITH THE EXTREMELY WEAK TWR FREQ IS BORDERLINE; AND I'VE NEVER USED THIS WORD IN A DEBRIEF; DANGEROUS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR AND A FACILITY PERSON REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ANALYST TALKED WITH A FACILITY PERSON WHO WAS UNAWARE OF ANY LCL CTLR FREQ PROBS ON THE FINAL APCH OR ON THE GND. TWR PERSON INDICATED THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD A BLIND SPOT FOR DEPS NEAR THE APCH END OF RWY 4L WHICH HAS BEEN CORRECTED. ANALYST LEARNED FROM THE RPTR THAT ON TWO RECENT TRIPS TO EWR THERE WERE NO PROBS WITH THE LCL CTLR FREQ. RPTR HAD HEARD OTHER COMPANY PLTS MENTION THE PROB WITH THE FREQ.