Re: Old Channel 5 tower

[Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>]

Why 2 UHF panels ?


At 04:17 PM 1/31/03 -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote:
><<On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:26:28 -0500, "Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com> said:
>
> > I will submit this to the tower experts on the list. Why hasn't the old
> > WHDH-TV tower in Newton ever been considered to ease the overcrowding on
> > Channel 4's stick.
>
>What overcrowing on the Viacom tower?
>
>The setup on that tower is pretty simple:
>
>390 - Master UHF panel on the top for 20, 30, 39, and (future) 43
>374 - 19/44 panel
>353 - 4 and 5 (circularly polarized)
>225 - 2 panel
>
>I'd be surprised if they did not have empty combiner ports waiting for
>additional stations to sign up to use the master.  It looks like 'MFP
>has applied to do digital from there, although I don't know if they
>have an actual lease agreement with Viacom.
>
>Perhaps Viacom is offering better lease terms than American Tower.  In
>theory they ought to be able to.
>
>-GAWollman