Re: Fwd: ethnic radio

[Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

At 12:38 PM 6/21/97 -0500, you wrote:
>

>I noticed the post-sunset operation too.  I don't think they could ever 
>(in the past) get pre or post sunset authority because of Providence and
>Charlotte and Pittsfield(?)...
>
>Isn't local Charlotte sunset/sunrise the same as ours in Boston?
>
No. Although most people think of Charlotte as south of us, which, of
course, it is, it is also several hundred miles west. It's west of New York
City, which is almost 200 miles west of Boston. At this time of year,
Charlotte sunset is probably not too much later than sunset here. (I noted
WNNW "signing off" at 8:45; local sunset here is at 8:15.) In the Winter,
operating till Charlotte sunset probably buys more. At that time of year,
the longer daylight (due to the more sourtherly lattitude) adds to the
effect of the more westerly longitude. As for Pittsfield and Providence,
they have no effect on WNNW's eligibility for a PSSA. The only station that
is involved is WBT. Since WPMZ is eligible for a PSSA, WNNW is too.
Moreover, since WNNW's pattern (as far as WBT and the FCC know) protects
WBT, WNNW should be eligible for fairly high PSS power--maybe even full
daytime power. 

>Would it be that "far out" to think that they have altered the patter
>illegally....and operate after sunset illegally?
>
>I'd be very interested in knowing if they got the legal OK to change
>that original pattern....and their pre/post sunrise operation....
>
>(I would have called.....but I was afraid no one there would be able to
>speak english....)
>
>I'm told that their answering machine accepts messages in any language :-)
You can also not get a return call in any language.

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