RE: Boston TV for Sale/Pittsfield Auction

[<Patriotsrule417@prodigy.net>]

Pittsfield's Channel 51 allocation has been off the air for some time now,
and I expect after the auction it will be back online. Maybe as a CBS
station, I would imagine a station from Pittsfield would cover the entire
Pioneer Valley, as I can clearly get WCDC most of the time with a regular
indoor antenna (which broadcasts from Mt. Greylock). There is not a digital
allocation, but I assume once the station signs on the air, a digital
allocation will be made. I really hope that the station affiliates with the
CBS network, then finally we would have a CBS station that would care about
New England sports. If it would have a conflict with WRGB, I'm sure the
allocation could be moved to Greenfield or Northampton..

~Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
[mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Bill
Welch
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 6:08 PM
To: Boston Radio
Subject: Boston TV for Sale/Pittsfield Auction


This weeks BroadcastingCable has two Massachusetts items.

An ad for full power TV station for sale in Boston.
And an auction for channel 51 in Pittsfield minimum bid $420 thousand.

Two questions.
1. Who's selling
2. Isn't 51 an allocation from when channels were first allocated?  I
know Arlo Guthrie at one time was awarded the license but did not
build.  Would anyone put this on the air as an analog allocation.  I
though there was not a digital allocation for Pittsfield.