Re: WNSH--most powerful North Shore AM?

[Dan.Strassberg@att.net]

As usual, 100,000watts is wrong. (Despite the fact that the site is now 
maintained by the normally scrupulously accurate Scott Fybush, errors abound 
there.) At least six months ago, WNSH discovered that it could not make its new 
500W night facilities work, and applied for and was granted authority to remain 
a class D AM with some really low nondirectional power at night. I don't 
remember the night power, but I believe it is way less than 100W--maybe 16W or 
8W. Should the CRTC ever grant a new station to replace the long-dark CKLM 
Laval (Montreal) PQ, WNSH's night service will become totally useless and the 
station will be forced to sign off at sunset because the signal will receive 
severe interference--even if the listener and his portable radio stand on the 
quite inadequate ground system.

As far as I know, the 5 kW day facilities were never completed won't be. The 
station IS operating from its new site at Endicott College, but all of the 
towers required for the 5-kW day operation weren't constructed. Hence, the day 
power is, and will remain 500W--with a waiver of the minimum antenna-efficiency 
requirements. The waiver was necessary because of the inadequacy of the ground 
system.
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> We've talked about how much more powerful WNSH sounds.
> I checked 100000watts.com and this is their listing
> for 'NSH:
> 
> WNSH
> 1570  Format: 50s-70s oldies, talk, ethnic
> (note: 50s-70s oldies has been dropped--BN)
> ID: Beverly MA/Hamilton MA (huh? thought it was just
> WNSH Beverly--BN)
> Co-owned: WMSX
> Web Site: http://www.wnsh.com/
> Facilities: 500w/500w