Re: Costa / Haverhill Gazette / WCCM

["Mark" <markbeth@netway.com>]

Dan Strassberg wrote:
> No, but supposedly (as reported in the Boston Globe a month of so ago),
the
> WCCM calls and English-language programming will be moving to 1490, the
WNNW
> calls and programming will be moving to 800, and the WHAV calls and
> programming will be moving to 1110. The change is (or was) supposed to
take
> place in late summer. For English speakers in most of the Merrimack
Valley,
> this will limit the choices to WCAP and WLLH (among local AM signals).
1490
> may make it to Lawrence (albeit not too well), but I think that Lawrence
is
> now about 75% Hispanic. So the fact that English speakers in Lawrence may
be
> able to pick up a third local AM broadcasting in English is not important
to
> very many people. Lowell, where the percentage of English speakers is
higher
> than in Lawrence, doesn't hardly get 1490 at all--especially at night.
WHAV puts a listenable signal into most of Lawrence proper by day,but at
night,as you might expect for your typical graveyarder,not really
listenable by the time you get to Lawrence.from 7-12 Mid,Mon-Fri,WLLH is
also offering Spanish programming,"Radio Hit Musicale"with Eddie Chico.I
believe this is leased time programming,and when WLLH airs Lowell Spinners
Baseball,U Mass Lowell Hockey,or High School Football(depending on the
season),the spanish programming will start after the game is over.WCAP airs
satellite talk till 10PM,then airs leased time Spanish Religion programs
till they sign off at 12MID.So for the 25% non-hispanic Lawrence
residents,not much English local radio to pick from at night.As of this
past week,BTW,WCCM,WNNW,and WHAV are still at 800,1110,and 1490
respectively,along with their formats.All 3 stations are now in Pat Costa's
building at 462 Merrimack St in Methuen,WCCM moving in a couple of weeks
ago.                       Mark Watson

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