[no subject]

But from the point of view of WSNJ's new owners, the station will now
throw a city-grade signal over 1.5 million more listeners, since (even
though Pennsauken is, as WSNJ goes to great lengths to demonstrate, an
independent community) the new site would be just across the river
from Philadelphia. The move does eliminate short-spacings between WSNJ
and WPUR (107.3 Atlantic City), WBYN (107.5 Boyertown), WGTY (107.7
Gettysburg) and WFSI (107.9 Annapolis); it would also force high
school station WHHS (107.9 Havertown) and translators W300AD (107.9
Philadelphia, relaying WWFM Trenton) and W300AA (107.9 Levittown,
relaying WRDV Warminster) to find new spots on the dial.

Elsewhere in the Garden State, we hear Dan Turi, late of WMGQ in New
Brunswick, is the new PD at Millennium's WOBM-FM (92.7 Toms River),
while Lou Russo takes morning drive duties at sister station WJLK
(94.3 Asbury Park).

*Crossing the river to PENNSYLVANIA, the bankruptcy of Brill Media
means WIOV (1240 Reading), WIOV-FM (105.1 Ephrata) and the LMA of WSOX
(96.1 Red Lion) are all up for sale; there's word religion may return
to the Red Lion frequency eventually (it was WGCB-FM for years and
years and years...)

Allentown's WKAP (1470) adds another local oldies jock to its
schedule; Dick Elliott, who was doing mornings at former oldies
station WODE (99.9 Easton), takes the afternoon shift at 'KAP.

Up north of Johnstown, WHPA (93.5 Barnesboro) has gone modern rock as
"The Point." The station is now under common management with talker
WBZV (1400 Loretto) and country combo WNCC (950 Barnesboro)/WRDD (1580
Ebensburg).

Penn State is applying to move its WPSX-TV (Channel 3) in Clearfield
to a new tower. The old tower on state forest land couldn't handle the
load of a DTV antenna, so WPSX built a new, taller tower next door for
WPSX-DT (Channel 15) - but the state now wants the old channel 3 tower
to come down, so WPSX wants to move its analog PBS signal to the new
tower, dropping power from 100 kW to 42.4 kW but raising the antenna
to 395 meters above average terrain, which should give the station
better penetration into its mountainous region of north-central
Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh will soon have Scott Paulsen back on FM. The former WDVE
(102.5) morning co-host has been doing sports talk on sister station
WBGG (970) in the afternoons, but now he's headed back upstairs to the
FM side, where he'll do the 6-10 PM shift on 'DVE beginning next
Monday. Over in Greensburg, WSSZ (107.1) has been granted a move to a
new site south of Latrobe. The move clears the way for simulcast
sister WAMO-FM (106.7 Beaver Falls) to move its tower to Wexford,
closer in to Pittsburgh and its urban audience.

*Up in CANADA, the CRTC announced its DTV policy this week, and it
seems (at first glance) more sensible than the US equivalent. The
Canadians say they'll let the market dictate when broadcasters begin
putting digital signals on the air and when they turn off their analog
outlets; stations will be allowed 14 hours a week of non-simulcast
material on their DTV channels, but it must be in high
definition. (And the CRTC says that by December 2007, two-thirds of
digital material broadcast must be HDTV.)

There will be 10 new FM signals on the air in Toronto from July
22-28. Gary Hooper was granted temporary licenses for 89.9, 90.7,
91.9, 96.9, 98.7, 99.5, 101.7, 102.7, 103.9 and 104.9 to broadcast in
ten different languages during World Youth Day celebrations.

CKUE (95.1 Chatham) is applying for an on-channel booster to improve
its signal into Windsor and across the border into Detroit; listeners
there have had a hard time hearing the station since it swapped
frequencies with CKSY (now on 94.3) last year.

Mark Miatello has resigned as PD of CKLC (1380) and CFLY (98.3) in
Kingston, we're told.

And for you DXers out there, Montreal's CINW (940) and CINF (690) will
be silent from midnight until 4:30 on Wednesday and Thursday mornings,
June 26 and 27, to make antenna-system repairs and upgrades.

*We'll close out this week with the last installment of our annual
baseball guide, as we look at the single-A teams in the region, most
of which start their New York-Penn League season this week.

Up in Vermont, the Expos remain on WKDR (1390 Burlington), which
shares some games with sister station WDEV (550 Waterbury), while the
Lowell Spinners stay on WCCM (800 Lawrence) and fans wonder why
they're hearing CJAD at the ballpark during night games.

The newest team in New York is the Tri-City Valley Cats, who moved to
the Capital District this year from Pittsfield (where they had been
the Mets and then the Expos) - and do they ever get a big signal!
George Miller will do the Cats' play-by-play on 50-kilowatt WPTR (1540
Albany) for the entire 76-game season.

There's no radio for the Oneonta Tigers; the Hudson Valley Renegades
will return to WBNR (1260 Beacon) and WLNA (1420 Peekskill); the
Brooklyn Cyclones get their schedule on cross-Hudson WSNR (620 Newark
NJ) and the Staten Island Yankees not only get radio on WSIA (88.9
Staten Island) but 9 TV games on the Yanks' YES network.

Upstate, the Auburn Doubledays are on WDWN (89.1 Auburn), while the
Batavia Muckdogs (the favorite team of Freckles, the NERW Wonder Dog)
get their away games on WBSU (89.1 Brockport) and the Jamestown
Jammers appear on WKSN (1340).

The New Jersey Cardinals' home games will be on WNNJ (1360 Newton) and
WHCY (106.3 Blairstown), while down the shore, the Lakewood Blue Claws
are already playing on WHTG (1410 Eatontown).

In Pennsylvania, you'll catch the Williamstown Crosscutters on WRAK
(1400 Williamsport) and WRKK (1200 Hughesville), and up in Quebec
City, les Capitales are on CHYZ (94.3 Ste-Foy).

While we're at it, the independent Northern League can also be heard
on the radio in the region this summer: in Massachusetts, the Brockton
Rox are on WBET (1460), while Pittsfield gets the new Berkshire Black
Bears in the old Expos/Astros slot on WBRK-FM (101.7). In New York,
it's the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs - but they're off the air after a
few games on WOFX (980 Troy) - and the Elmira Pioneers on WWLZ (820
Horseheads).

The New Jersey Jackals play on WJUX (99.7 Monticello NY - make that
W276AQ on 103.1 in Fort Lee!), while the Allentown Ambassadors are on
WEST (1400 Easton).

*And that's it for another week. We're on the road (if you're down in
the NY/NJ/CT area, drop us a line!) until next week's issue, which
will appear a day or so late. See you next Tuesday!

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