Re: 94.9

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

I would guess that, for the moment, they are occupied
with making sure that they can serve the largest
amount of people.  Portland happens to be the largest
population center around.


--- Kevin Vahey <k-vahey@attbi.com> wrote:
> Problem is how will WHOM deal with losing the
> Vermont audience. In a 
> good chunk of the Northeast Kingdom WHOM was it.
> (unless you speak 
> french)
> 
> North Country of NH same thing.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 1:41PM -0500, Dan Billings
> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roy Lawrence" <lawrencemedia@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Cooper Fox" <fox893@yahoo.com>;
> <billings@suscom-maine.net>
> > Cc: <bri@bostonradio.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: 94.9
> >
> >
> >>  I wasn't sure of this earlier, but it appears
> WBLM has
> >>  maintained their emergency back up transmitter
> site on
> >>  Blakstrap Hill in Falmouth. This was the sight
> WBLM
> >>  used during their recovery of "Ice Storm '98". A
> >>  friend of mine heading into work last night
> drove the
> >>  94.9 signal from the Gray-New Gloucester area
> where
> >>  the signal was barely in stereo and when he
> reached
> >>  the Falmouth stretch of I-95, the signal was
> >>  full-quiet. I would guess they are putting out
> 250
> >>  watts max. The signal starts to dwindle around
> the
> >>  Saco/Biddeford area to the south.
> >
> > That makes sense and would also explain the
> simulcast on 93.9.  The 
> > two
> > signals would cover most of southwestern Maine
> well, with the exception 
> > of
> > most of York County.
> >
> > -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
> 


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