WFCR To Move AM Programming From 1430 To 640

[raccoonradio]

You might not agree with their programming decisions but it comes down to the fact that radio is a business and they want what is the best return for their investment...in their opinions. That means Clear Channel
runs conservative talk, NPR affiliates kill off jazz to run news. It may not be right, but that's the way it is.

[VoiceofWayne]

As for WPNI, here it is five years later and they are still "temporarily" simulcasting WUMB.  Maybe it should be placed on eBay.

Whatever the sale price is, it must be too much -- what can you do with what is essentially a 5000 watt daytimer in Amherst, Mass?  Satellite?  This is an example of an AM station that could really use an FM translator.

[MarcB]

I don't know anything about 1430's signal, but if it has a decent signal into Springfield (daytime anyway) new owners should flip it to Oldies. That's a format hole since 1450 flipped from The True Oldies Channel to ESPN.

[Schuyler]

It doesn't put anything into Springfield.  Mostly, the signal goes into the Quabbin Reservoir.

[MarcB]

Maybe that's why no one wants to buy the station. They would think the signal could get into Springfield and it doesn't.

[APinDC]

Mostly, the signal goes into the Quabbin Reservoir.

Only a tiny lobe sprays a signal into Springfield. WNNZ's beam heads Northwest; or at least it used to by my experience.
In 1988 I worked at WHEN Syracuse during the week and drove home to Blandford Mass on weekends. I would start to pick up WNNZ on the east side of Utica NY, back in the day when 640AM would simulcast the Channel 40 news. I'd have it on up until it the pattern change at sunset.