Re: 87.7 FM in Portland,ME & WCSH NEWS

[Peter Murray <pete@partnercomm.com>]

The audio section of any TV channel 6 is located at 87.7 MHz. It's not a
separate broadcast facility, it's just the audio portion of the TV
station's signal you're hearing. I can listen to Philadelphia's WPVI-TV 6
throughout much of southeastern PA - the monaural FM signal suffers from
little interference from other stations. 

-Pete (from near Philadelphia)

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 WhomFAN@aol.com wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 01:09:54 EDT
> From: WhomFAN@aol.com
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: 87.7 FM in Portland,ME & WCSH NEWS
> 
> 
> ON occasion during the WCSH newscasts mostly 6PM they run a short spot saying 
> if storms knock your power out you can tune into "News Center" on your 
> battery radio. My search on the online database using 87.7 and Maine as a 
> state have come up empty. 
> 
> My questions are:
> who is 87.7? 
> Do they have any real power?
> And do they broadcast WCSH news all the time or just during 
> widespread power outages?
> 
> I cannot answer the third one as my only digital tuned radio starts at 88.1. 
> :)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Good Day
>