RE: Radio One

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

What about 106.3 (WWKX) in Woonsocket? I thought they were an urban
station...
Looking at the book, it calls them CHR, so perhaps they've changed?

WHOB pretty much makes trying to get WWXK an impossibility my entire
Boston-Derry drive.

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:58 PM
> To: hopfgapr@sprynet.com; bostonradio@yahoo.com; bri@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: Radio One
>
>
> In a message dated 5/17/00 4:22:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> hopfgapr@sprynet.com writes:
>
> << Actually, from the Providence Spring Book anyways, WBOT seems
> to be picking
>  up some listeners in the Providence Area (Likely Taunton-Fall River-New
>  Bedford)
>
>  I'll be interested to see what WBOT does in the New Bedford book as well.
>   >>
>
> I didn't think there would be a separate New Bedford book; after
> all, there
> are only three stations there (the two FMs and the AM).
>
> How "small" of markets do books go down to; IIRC, New Bedford has about
> 100,000 population. Brockton has about 60,000 (??). Would Brockton, with
> three stations, also get its own book.
>
> In addition, it doesn't surprise me that WBOT is pulling numbers in
> Providence; their signal south of the city is close enough to get into
> Providence and Providence doesn't really have an urban station.
>
> -Sean
>