RE: WKXL Sale-WGIR

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Because of the 4-station ID, they no longer say Concord...

I guess WGIR-Manchester, WGIN-Rochester, WGIP-Exeter (which they ID even
when off the air, as it is daytime only), and WTSL-Hanover/Lebanon is enough
of an ID....(Im surprised that WTSL calls haven't been changed to
WGI-somthing)

BTW #1.....What ever happened to the 1700 permit for WGIN....are they ever
going to switch, is there a cut-off time where they either switch to 1700 or
lose it?

BTW #2.....I'm sure someone on this list knows (if anyone does)...what's the
longest legal ID's in the USA, both for a single station, and for
multi-station groups?

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of David
> W. Harris
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:32 PM
> To: Joseph Pappalardo
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: WKXL Sale
>
>
> Mr. Pappalardo asked:
>
> > How are the Manchester AM's in Concord...?
> >
> > Is 610, 1250 & 1370 all listenable in Concord day and night?
> >
> Here's how I hear it in the heart of the capital city (I'm just a few
> blocks north of the golden dome):
>
> WGIR 610 super-solid during the day and decent at night
>
> WKBR 1250 a challenging listen during the day--you have to line up your
> antenna just so and be willing to put up with some noise--and at night
> forget about it [in the past this station has had problems switching to
> day pattern when the temperature was below 25 degrees F so back when
> Let's Talk About Radio aired here on Saturday mornings it was sometimes
> just a whisper in the winter--I could tell there was somebody there
> talking about radio but couldn't really hear anything useful above the
> noise floor]
>
> WFEA 1370 so-so day and night [OK if you don't mind a little noise with
> your music]
>
> WFEA throws Concord in at the end of their top-of-hour IDs and I know
> WGIR used to but I haven't checked that lately.