Re: Ex-band stuff, including WTRY (Was Re: 1660 and 1on1)

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

At 02:54 PM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>        Speaking of 1640: The FCC database shows that WTRY received an
>ex-band allotment for 1640. Does anyone know whether they intend to build
>it--and, if so, WHY?
>
I have never seen anything in the FCC actions to indicate that WTRY has
applied for the allocated ex-band facilities. Maybe WGNY could buy the 1640
allocation from WTRY. WGNY, which did not receive an ex-band allocation, has
been trying to become the first directional ex-band station ever since the
FCC ordered them off 1200 and back onto 1220.

Were WTRY to move, the principal beneficiary would be WCAP, which would wind
up with a relatively quiet channel at night. But with one or two exceptions,
no ex-band station has shut down its regular frequency. The only ones that
I've heard about are one in MD and one in AL. The AL shutdown was a
necessity. The old frequency was 1590 and the new frequency is 1620. The
antenna sites are the same. That's less than a 2% frequency difference--too
close for diplexing.

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