Radio-Info.com

Radio-Info.com Discussion Boards
Login March 22, 2010, 05:31:48 AM *
Username Password Session Length
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. Did you miss your activation email? Did you forget your password?
:  
   Home   Help Search Login Register  
Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: FCC Touch-es 106.1, other pirates with fines, warnings  (Read 2415 times)
DanStrassberg
rimember

Offline Offline

Posts: 1451


« Reply #40 on: March 28, 2008, 10:03:03 AM »

At one point I had considered putting WBRS on 106.1, using the 5 bay antenna atop the 500 foot tower in Lexington (along Rte. 2) That antenna is tuned for 106.7, but would have worked well enough for Brandeis on 106.1.

Unfortunately, the rent there was quite high and that killed the project.

Originally, wasn't that antenna tuned for 100.7. Only after what had been WCOP-FM (now WZLX) moved (first, I believe, to the John Hancock building and then to WHERE... Huh) and Greater Media used the tower for an auxiliary for Magic, was the antenna retuned to 106.7. But since it was retuned once, I have to assume it could have been retuned again. Right? More recently, a (religious, IIRC) outfit had applied to site a 91.7 noncomm there. Obviously, Pat Montheath was not happy and I don't think a CP was ever issued. Now, with WAVM having been granted an increase in power on 91.7, I believe the Lexington 91.7 is a dead issue.
« Last Edit: March 28, 2008, 10:05:32 AM by DanStrassberg » Logged
chrish
rimember

Offline Offline

Posts: 218


« Reply #41 on: March 28, 2008, 12:57:04 PM »

I replaced the original WCOP-FM 7 bay RCA BFC series antenna with the current
ERI 5 bay rototiller that remains on the 500' FM tower in Lexington.
Kevin Mc Namara had moved the old WBZ-FM 10 kw RCA to Lexington with the intention of retuning the ERI antenna to 106.7 but it never happened.
The RCA was junked and the ERI antenna remains on 100.7 to this day.

Chris Hall
Logged
Eli Polonsky
rimember

Offline Offline

Posts: 3383


« Reply #42 on: March 28, 2008, 06:05:12 PM »


Originally, wasn't that antenna tuned for 100.7. Only after what had been WCOP-FM (now WZLX) moved (first, I believe, to the John Hancock building and then to WHERE... Huh


100.7 WZLX ended up on the Pru.


More recently, a (religious, IIRC) outfit had applied to site a 91.7 noncomm there. Obviously, Pat Montheath was not happy and I don't think a CP was ever issued. Now, with WAVM having been granted an increase in power on 91.7, I believe the Lexington 91.7 is a dead issue.


It was Monteith's finally parterning with Maynard H.S. (after years of pending a competing application in Stow, MA that would have completely knocked them off the air) resulting in the granted 500w CP for WAVM, which will time-share programming content with WUMB, that effectively shut out the religious application for Lexington.

Combining the community support for their local high school station with her desire to put more repeaters on the air (even if a time-shared one) and therefore get its power increase CP finally granted (which the H.S. had failed to do on their own for many years while it remained a vulnerable Class D) turned out to be the only effective way to stave off the religious applicants from the frequency in the area.

I may have heard that it will be built once local NIMBY issues regarding a new tower are resolved.



« Last Edit: March 28, 2008, 06:15:40 PM by Eli Polonsky » Logged
Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP

Postings on Radio-Info.com are the opinions of the people who post them. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of Radio-Info.com or its parent in3 media, inc. In fact many of the views expressed here are just plain wrong. But they are opinions and this site allows us all to discuss those opinions. Any reliance on information posted is done so at the user's own risk. For a detailed look at the rules, regulations and uses of Radio-Info.com please see our TERMS OF SERVICE. 14

Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Page created in 0.779 seconds with 20 queries.