RE: 1570 Westfield (Was: RE: Thanks )

[Garrett Wollman <wollman>]

<<On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:26:42 -0400, EM1 GITCHIER <RGITSCHIER@doyle.navy.mil> said:

> why no one opened up the freq? I don't think ANYONE is on that freq in
> Canada at night anymore

Canada never releases AM allocations.  As far as the working
arrangement between the FCC and the CRTC is concerned, 1570 is still
allocated for a 50-kW station in Laval.  1570 Westfield could never be
reactivated because the current FCC rules do not permit the
establishment of daytime-only stations (where daytime-only is defined
as any station entitled to less than 250 W at night).  That's why Alex
Langer moved 1050 Peterborough (is that tower still there?) to 650
Ashland -- even though it was a ``major change'', he wasn't trying to
create a *new* daytimer in the FCC's eyes.

-GAWollman