Re: WGBX/44 reduced power.

["Marc Lemay" <mmkc@msn.com>]

Many public access television stations also use it under their bulletin
boards/community notices.  One access station in particular is MATV Channel
3 in Malden.

Thanks for the trivia Garrett - didn't know that was run out of Marshfield.

Marc Lemay

> <<On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:34:14 -0500 (EST), Sven Weil <sven@lily.org>
said:
>
> > What is the Talking Information Center?
>
> > Is it some kind of radio reading service for the blind?
> > Those make for interesting listening...
>
> Yep.  It's run out of Ed Perry's WATD in Marshfield.  It is carried on
> the SAP of WGBX-TV (44) and WENH-TV (11).  (Elsewhere in the SAP
> department: WGBH-TV (2) carries DVS and BBC World Service; WBZ-TV (4)
> and WCVB (5) carry main program audio.)  On subcarriers, it's heard on
> a number of local stations including WATD.  It's also carried on a few
> college and high-school stations when those stations have no local
> programming.
>
> -GAWollman
>
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