RE: WMTW-TV begins transmitting from new tower in York County

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

Definite improvement to WMTW-8 signal here in Derry (Basically equal to
WGBH-2 and WBZ-4, though not as good as WCVB-5, and better than any
Boston-based UHF signal except maybe WFXT-25, and far and away best Portland
market signal...I'll never want for ABC network programing)

WHDH-7's signal rivals that of WMUR-9 here in Derry, WHDH is definitely the
second best over-the-air signal that I receive here...I'm guessing that's
because the signal MUST reach Lake Woebegone NH perfectly for their
engineer, Larry to pick up...

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Just North of Lake Woebegone NH (aka Derry)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Ben
> Gore
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:51 PM
> To: bri@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: WMTW-TV begins transmitting from new tower in York County
>
>
> It remains to be seen how well the change affects their ratings,
> if at all. But, in
> the meantime someone needs to brush up on geography....Baldwin is
> in Cumberland
> County, not York County.
>
> -Ben
>
>
>
> Matthew Osborne wrote:
>
> > --- Dib9@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> >
> http://www.boston.com/dailynews/036/region/WMTW_TV_begins_transmit
ting_fr:.shtml
>
> Ok, there's one line from this article that I'm really
> having a hard time believing.  WMTW's General Manager,
> David Kaufman, mentioned that this new transmitter
> site can reach 3 times as many people as the old Mt
> Washington site could.  Is this really true?  I can't
> imagine how it could, considering WMTW's coverage area
> from atop Mt Washington, and the number of different
> markets its signal must've reached from up there
> (including parts of Canada). Is this an exaggeration,
> or is he actually right on this?
>
>                                Matt Osborne
>                                Hyde Park, NY
>
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