Re: Fwd: RE: Boston spring 2002 Arbitrends-- two questions

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

At 09:24 AM 7/29/2002, Laurence Glavin wrote:
>What is really sad about all these Southern NH numbers is the fact that 
>WUBB 95.3 FM
>is a virtual no-show.  Apparently it has adopted a number of formats in
>order to make its presence known, but to no effect.  Why do I care?
>Well its only function is to cause interference to Harvard's W-H-RB, the
>only source of high-quality classical programming during the evening
>hours in metro Boston.
>If WUBB didn't exist at all, WHRB would have a passable stereo signal even
>25 miles north of One Financial Center in Boston.  I have a pushbutton for 
>WHRB
>in my car and can carry it north to Andover before WUBB splatters in.
>It's too bad Harvard U isn't interested enough in its radio station to
>buy WUBB and silence it!
>
>Laurence Glavin
>Methuen, MA
>--

Careful there Laurence, the same argument could be made of WRBB (104.9, 
Northeastern Univ) blocking WBOQ (also 104.9, Gloucester).    WBOQ reaches 
Medfield just fine all the way from Cape Ann...but it can't get downtown 
because of little Class D 17 watt WRBB.   Of course, WRBB probably has next 
to no listenership either since the co-channel interference is bad and the 
4th-adjacents WBCN-104.1 and WROR 105.7 on the Pru are blanketing the hell 
out of WRBB.

So why should WRBB get to stay on the air when all they're doing is 
screwing up WBOQ's chance at the big time?  (tongue firmly in cheek there, 
folks)

For that matter, WWFX would reach a lot further east if it weren't for 
WBRS...I can get WWFX - barely but I can get it - in downtown Boston in the 
early mornings when WBRS is often off the air.

A slippery slope indeed.

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