RE: COL

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

Let's not forget:

WBOS(FM)Brookline-Boston
WCRB(FM)Waltham-Boston
WAAF(FM)Worcester-Boston

and our newest "we hate our COL" member
WBOT(FM)Brockton-Boston

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH-Boston



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> dan.Strassberg@att.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 4:17 PM
> To: Kevin Vahey
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: COL
> 
> 
> WXKS (AM)'s COL changed from Medford to Everett when the 
> station began night service. FCC requirements state that 
> a Class A or B AM must deliver an interference-free 
> nighttime signal to at least 80% of the area of the COL. 
> There is no similar requirement for Class C and D AMs 
> because no interference-free nighttime service area is 
> calculated for them. The WXKS TX, studios, and offices 
> are in Medford, but are at the east side of the city. 
> The DA sends very little signal to the west and the QRM 
> on 1430 is extremely high. The worst culprit is WENE, 
> which sends the equivalent of nearly 50 kW toward 
> Boston. Therefore, little of Medford receives an 
> interference-free signal at night. Everett, on the other 
> hand, is geographically compact, is due east of the TX, 
> and is separated from the TX by salt water. Everett also 
> has no radio station, so changing the COL to Everett was 
> a slam dunk.
> 
> None of the stations on your list is licesnsed to 
> Boston. All ID as <something>-Boston in accordance with 
> FCC regs. Yes, the regs are a joke, but if you stick 
> youir head far enough in the sand, they do have a 
> certain bizarre logic.
> 
> > COL's have always amused me and I have always suspected 
> politics is the main
> > reason they even exist. A few examples...
> > 
> > WKLB  Lowell-Boston
> > WROR Framingham-Boston
> > WUNR Brookline-Boston
> > WXKS AM Everett-Boston
> > WXKS FM Medford-Boston
> > 
> > WLVI-TV Cambridge-Boston
> > WMFP-TV Lawrence-Boston
> > 
>