Re: Why Lower Power?

[Peter Murray <pete@partnercomm.com>]

If I am understanding this correctly, these are stations owned by larger 
corporations?

If so, then it sounds much like what Clear Channel did with WRFY (102.5 - 
Reading, PA) - they dropped that station's power (and it had a SLAMMING 
signal) so that they could keep it. The station had too much reach into 
the Philadelphia market, and ownership restrictions would have mandated 
that it be sold otherwise.

Not a decision made for proper technical reasons, or in the interest of 
the public, in my mind, but somehow, I think I'm preaching to the choir.

-Peter Murray (N3IXY)
Pittsburgh, PA

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Rick Fortunata wrote:

> --- dan.strassberg@att.net wrote (edited):
> 
> > The most likely reason is that the applications also
> > specify a greater antenna height....
> 
> That's what I thought, too, and maybe I'm misreading
> something in the FCC database, but I do not see any
> height revisions.
> 
> > Then there are power reductions that make possible
> > power increases by co-owned stations....
> 
> So maybe their sacrificing the weaker formats to
> increase power in the stronger ones. What about the
> ability to purchase new stations in that or an
> adjacent market? Could they be doing this to buy even
> more stations in Bangor and/or Augusta?
> 
> Has anyone noticed, is this happening anywhere other
> than up here in Maine?
> 
> Rick
> 
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