RE: Re: Power Increase Beyond Class of Station

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

There is a "synchonous" setup at 92.1 FM where WPHX (Sanford ME) and WFEX
(Peterboro NH) do battle here in Derry (though 'FEX does seem to come in
better than before...did Mindich do anything to the 2 92.1s
ERP/directionality?

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

(BTW 95.3 is a "antenna turner" here in Derry where I can listen to 'HRB or
'UBB depending on direction)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> lglavin@lycosmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:29 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Fwd: Re: Power Increase Beyond Class of Station
>
>
>
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Feb 2001 lglavin@lycosmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > What we need is for a millionaire Harvard graduate to
> > > buy the 95.3 on Agamenticus Hill, Maine, shut it down
> > > and underwrite a power increase for WHRB in the
> > > PPRoC.
> >
> > While I haven't consulted my fellow Trustees, I think we'd
> prefer to have
> > the Maine station donated to us. That way, we could simulcast from both
> > sites.
> >
> > WHRB can never apply for a power increase as long as it is
> short-spaced to
> > WBRU.
> >
> >
> Well, I did postulate that they could install a
> north-oriented DA near the Boston/Milton/Canton/Dedham
> line that would not offer more interference to WBRU
> than it does now.
> "Synchronous" broadcasting by 2 or more stations on the
> same FM frequency may be no better than the fabled
> WLLH-AM 1400 setup in Lowell and Lawrence.  People
> living halfway between each or travelling where they
> get input from both outlets can receive spurious noises.
> I've experienced this when travelling from D.C. to
> Filthydelphia;  NPR stations in both cities operate
> on 90.9.
> By the way, I checked the latest ratings for Portsmouth,
> and WUBB is a no-show...so the station serves virtually
> no audience and simply exists to interfere with WHRB.
> As Mel Blanc used to say: "Cy.".
>
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