RE: License to Cover for LPFM In Newport, RI (Anyone Listening?)

["Aaron 'Bishop' Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 06:26 PM 6/29/2002, Keith Fornal wrote:
>I actually heard the station briefly on Thursday evening while driving
>through Little Compton & Tiverton, RI.  I heard some Spanish music and
>at first thought I was hearing WCAA-FM from Newark, NJ but then it
>dawned on me that it could be the new LPFM in Newport.  I was outside
>what they have on their website as a coverage map but the station was
>coming in quite strong and in stereo on my Sony car radio.
>
>Keith Fornal
>Treasurer
>Dutch Island Lighthouse Society
>www.dutchislandlighthouse.org
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
>[mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org] On Behalf Of
>Laurence Glavin
>Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 2:27 PM
>To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
>Subject: License to Cover for LPFM In Newport, RI (Anyone Listening?)
>
>I was perusing the fcc.gov website for this weeks applications and
>actions,
>and I noted that an LPFM in Newport, RI...WXHQ-LP...apparently is
>on-the-air.
>It also has a website, including theoretical coverage map, at:
>www.radionewport.org
>There's a message board that includes a posting by someone whose name
>I didn't recognize claiming that "low power FM kills DXing".
>Has anyone on the BRIG checked this out yet?  It may be among the
>first functioning Low Power assignments in New England!
>
>Laurence Glavin


I believe WRFR-LP in Rockland, ME (http://www.wrfr.org/) is the first New 
England LPFM that was on the air - their start date was Feb.14th 2002.

If WXHQ is still in Phase 1, they are currently running solely as an 
unattended-operation (i.e. computer, no live DJ's) while they try and build 
their air studio.

DXing on the AM/FM is, IMHO, something that is nifty if you can get it 
(like listening to Wisconsin Public Radio while in Medfield recently), but 
also something that 99.9% of the public couldn't care less about.  If it 
comes down to more voices on the dial vs. satisfying DX'ers...I say the 
DX'ers are outta luck.

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