Re: Last gasps of WQEW (Was Re: [Fwd: WQEW make your move])

[Sven Weil <sven@gord.isdn.lightning.net>]

Larry Weil said:
> 
> At 1:55 PM +0000 12/25/98, Dan Strassberg wrote:
> 
> >Of the stations that have run spots on WQEW, the one that sounds the most
> >interesting is WBGO 88.3. Isn't WBGO licensed to Newark? How much of the New
> >York market does WBGO reach?
> >
> 
> Asking that is kinda like asking "Since Channel 56 is licensed to
> Cambridge, how much of the Boston market does it reach?"  I know that WBGO
> comes in quite nicely in most of Nassau County, Long Island.  But WBGO's
> programming is more mainstream jazz rather than American standards.
> 


Out of all the stations that are now advertising on the soon-to-be
lobotomized WQEW, the ONLY one that reaches New York City with any kind 
of stable, listenable (and static-free!!)  signal is WBGO-FM. 


The signals of WVNJ-AM, Oakland NJ; WMTR-AM Morristown, NJ; WLUX-AM Islip,
NY; and WHLI, Hempstead, NY can be received with high quality radios in
certain surrounding areas of New York City - such as Westchester county
with WVNJ and the county line between Queens and Nassau counties with
WHLI.

WMTR can also be received somewhat decently in the southern tip of Staten
Island, during the day.  

This, however does leave the vast majority of the city itself (and some
surrounding areas without a good quality pop standards signal. Hopefully
someone will offer to buy one of Arthur Liu's Multicultural B'casting
stations and flip it to pop standards. 

Would Liu sell? Also...does anyone know how well he maintains his
stations?

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