Re: WRNI

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At first I thought that the idea was to get the night
>array working at 10 kW and then apply for 10 kW-D using
>the same three towers as are in the new night array.
>But, apparently, that isn't what will happen (or isn't
>what has already happened). WRNI has been granted a CP
>for 10 kW-D using the original three towers. So can
>anyone tell us whether the WRNI site now has four
>towers, two of which are very close together? If so, did
>construction of the fourth tower make it necessary to
>take down the nearby existing tower and construct a
>replacement having guy anchors at points different from
>those used for the original tower?

Being a former WBUR employee...and around when the whole WRNI thing first 
started...I have some knowledge on the situation, but it could be 
considered "dated" (I haven't actually worked there since 1999).

WRNI seemed like a great deal at first...new license, complete with studios 
and transmitters/towers.  What a wash it really was...if memory serves 
virtually every piece of equipment, including the towers and transmitters, 
had to be replaced....or is so bad that it's slated to be replaced when 
there's enough money.  In essence, WBUR got screwed on the purchase but in 
the end, came out ahead from the added underwriting and fundraising revenue.

As such, I don't think any of the "original" three towers from pre-WRNI 
times are still there....new ones were constructed at the same site and the 
old ones torn down.

I still chat with the CE over there fairly regularly.  I'll ask him about 
it the next time I talk to him.


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