FCC grants WNRB improved non-critical-hours pattern

["Smyth, Sean (CON-COLUMBO)" <ssmyth@cnc.com>]

Dan Strassberg writes:
>There will be a slight decrease in daytime signal strength over
>Boston, but nobody is likely to notice.

In other words, fewer fishes are going to be logging 1510 in
their Arbitron books?

>Now, if somebody could only find something worthwhile to
>do with the WNRB... How about this rumor (which I'm
>starting right here, right now): ABC will buy WNRB and
>flip Radio Disney from 1260 to 1510. Hibernia, which
>owns WPZE, will then lease 1260 to Mrs Nash who will
>move WILD to 1260 and will lease 1090 to some ethnic or
>religious broadcaster.

Nash should have just bought 1510 about 6-7 years ago,
when it was being sold for real cheap -- in the $1-2 million
ballpark. It took Noble forever to unload the station. In
their defense, however, I believe this was around that period
of time that Mr. Nash was in failing health.

Dan, I think you've brought this up before: People have
commented that 1510 has a subpar inner-city signal, a
claim which is totally false. You can pick up that station
as well at night as any of the other Boston 50,000-watt
Big Pappas while heading through Dudley Sq. or Grove
Hall at 10 p.m.

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Sean Smyth
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