Re: WHEB-AM...RIP

["Dan C." <dcole@ici.net>]

Richard Chonak wrote:
> 
> > So why couldn't WHEB find some
> > college or other nonprofit institution to turn the station over to for the
> > tax writeoff?
> 
> That wasn't a real option.  The only nearby college was UNH/Durham, and my
> alma mater already had one station for the students to play with.   An NPR
> outlet might have been the next logical option, but what good is All Things
> Considered on a station that has to shut off at 5:30 pm in December?
> Besides, at the time the NPR audience near Portsmouth was already being
> served by stations in Biddeford and Boston.
> 
> When did New Hampshire's traditionally thrifty state government consent to
> the creation of NH Public Radio, anyway?  I thought they'd have held out
> forever against "National Liberal Radio" and "One Side Considered".  Did it
> happen during one of the sporadic Democratic governorships up there?   :-)
> 
> ---
> Richard Aquinas Chonak, rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us


Actually, I think it was during "Uncle Mel's" time in office. 
Go figure.


Dan Cole
WTSN / WBYY
Dover, NH

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