Re: Fwd: Re: WPAA Hasn't Broadcast Anything In Weeks

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

Hey guys, don't get too uppity about it.  I'm planning on contacting them tomorrow to see if I can help resolve the situation.  It's something I've been doing for several stations lately.

Just yelling at a station does nothing to solve the problem, but I've got lots of potential solutions to offer them, often solutions that make several parties happy at once (rare enough in this field).

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Aaron "Bishop" Read   aread@speakeasy.net
www.friedbagels.com   AOL IM: ReadAaron
FriedBagles Consulting, Brighton, MA


On 11 Dec 2002, Shawn Mamros wrote:

> >Well, this has been the situation for weeks,
> >well before such putative tests...and it's no
> >excuse.
>
> If it really bothers you that much, then do
> something about it.
>
> Contact someone (preferrably the Chief
> Engineer) at a local station whose signal
> would be negatively impacted by WPAA's dead
> carrier. For this to have real impact, it
> would have to be a nearby co-channel or first,
> second, or third adjacent channel. (At a quick
> glance, I'd think WJUL Lowell, being a first
> adjacent, would potentially have grounds for
> complaint. Co-channel WMWM Salem might be too
> far away, but would probably be the best
> second choice.) Let them know that WPAA's dead
> carrier is messing up your reception of their
> station. I don't know if one listener
> complaint alone would get the CE inspired
> enough to complain in turn to the FCC, but it
> certainly couldn't hurt. Additional listener
> complaints would certainly help.
>
> The FCC will pay attention when one station's
> CE points out flaws in another station's
> operation that negtively impacts them. The
> feds do not pay much attention to gripes on a
> mailing list, though.
>
> -Shawn Mamros E-mail to: mamros@mit.edu