Re: WRNI

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

What is the COL for WRNI?


--- Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 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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> Aaron "Bishop" Read     / aread@speakeasy.net
> Fried Bagels Consulting / www.friedbagels.com
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> 


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Cooper Fox
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