Fwd: Re: college radio gone dark for summer?

["Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@lycos.com>]

>DATE: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:29:03
>From: Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>
>To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org

>BTW - the FCC moved to eliminate the Class D license >not only because of 
>spectrum efficiency...it was no secret that a lot of >Class D's were dinky 
>little stations that were poorly run and had a lot of >technical 
>problems.  Flash-forward twenty years to today and >now we're seeing a lot 
>of those same Class D's-turned-small-Class A...and >the problems are still 
>there.   There are precious few stations that have a >small broadcast range 
>(like a grandfathered Class D or a 100 watt Class A) >that aren't just 
>rotting in the dirt...sandboxes for the kiddies to >play in until the 
>transmitter breaks.   The schools have zero interest >in putting any money 
>into them, and the DJ's frequently have no interest >in doing anything by 
>the rules or really doing anything with the station >except turning it into 
>a personal CD changer for themselves.   And, >naturally>they have no listeners.

>Yeah...I'm feeling the bitterness...

Of course, you're describing WPAA-FM 91.7 in Andover
precisely, and yes it's on-the-air this very minute with
an unmodulated carrier.  But, it sounds a little better (although silent)
because it gets no interference from the 91.7 at Salem State College
that's apparently off-the-air right now.  WPAA can be heard throughout
Andover, Mass pretty well; as you head north on 93,  WNEF 
Amesbury/Newburyport starts moving in on it.
 
Laurence Glavin


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