Re: WJLT

[Dan.Strassberg@att.net]

If WBIX is operating more than two hours past local 
sunset from its day site, it's a bit of a surprise that 
Langer has gotten authorization for the station to 
remain on 24 hours. Long ago, when it was dark, 1060 had 
either an application or a CP for 3.3W-N ND from the 
Sewell St, Ashland site, from which it operated before 
it went dark and from which it, at one point--pre Langer-
-proposed to operate again. The then owners of 890 
refused to share the site and, until Langer struck a 
deal with Fairbanks to use the WKOX site, it looked as 
if the Natick station was headed for oblivion. I guess 
that, until now, Langer never figured that he could do 
enough with 3.3W to make it worthwhile to stay on the 
air at night with such low power.

Conceivably, though, WBIX has been authorized more than 
3.3W at night from the WKOX towers. WBIX now runs 
significant power (maybe as much as 500W) between 6:00 
AM and local sunrise as well as between local sunset and 
Philadephia sunset (almost always just 15 minutes 
later). Perhaps this means that WBIX now has authority 
to use its critical-hours pattern pre-sunrise and post-
sunset. If so, the station might have authorization to 
operate with that pattern all night. I have speculated 
repeatedly about just how much power the FCC might 
authorize for a directional nighttime operation on 1060 
from WKOX's towers. My guess is tens of watts, which 
would be enough to cover much of Framingham with a 
listenable signal.

There is no evidence that Langer will actually build out 
his CPs for a 650 operation with 2 kW-D DA-D from Sewell 
St or a dual-site full-time 1060 operation that would 
have WBIX operating nights from Sewell St with 2.5 kW-N 
DA-N.
--
dan.strassberg@att.net
617-558-4205
eFax 707-215-6367
> <<On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:02:29 -0500, Norm Rosen <inorm99@earthlink.net> said:
> 
> > I had expected WBIX 1060 to be the first of Langer's metrowest stations
> > to go be on the air post sunset, however WBIX only broadcasts
> > until Philly sunset.
> 
> I've heard 1060 on until at least midnight.  (I live about four air
> miles from the tx.)
> 
> -GAWollman
>