WBPS off the air

[Dan.Strassberg@att.net]

"Boston's Talk Party," WBPS 890 AM Dedham, has been Boston's Dead-Air Party for 
at least the last 36 hours or so. Sometime Monday, the program feed must have 
gone down, because 890 was broadcasting an open carrier when I left work at 
around 7:00 PM Monday. That continued overnight and presumably must have 
continued for at least part of Tuesday. When I got into my car to drive home at 
about 8:30 PM Tuesday evening, my first reaction was, "they're back." But I 
started to wonder when the news contained several items about Chicago. Yup, it 
was WLS, clear as a bell, even under the trackless-trolley wires in Watertown 
Sq. The open carrier was gone. (If Boston really is outside of WLS's 0.5 mV/m 
10% skywave contour, last night must have been one of those 1% or 2% nights; 
WLS's signal--which was darned near fade free--had to be AT LEAST 3 mV/m in 
Watertown Sq.) This morning, the open carrier is back, although I did not 
notice a pattern change just now at 7:00 AM. 

I wonder whether this is a technical problem or whether the outfit that is 
LMAing 890 from Mega and broadcasting all of those far-right-wing talk shows 
has failed to come through with its latest lease payment. 

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