1510/"what are those call-letters?" (Re: Fwd: Herald: Is WWZN dragging down SNR?)

["Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>]

    I could see a college operating maybe a 250 to
1000 ND AM'er. It's been done.  But anything of higher
wattage with more than a several tower array, well....
you're talking serious bucks.  No college would be
able to afford something like 1510/Boston. 1510 (with
whatever its' call-letters are, this week), forget it!
 If the powerbill doesn't wipe you out, the
maintenance costs and the rent of the site itself
WILL!  This is one of the those antenna arrays that
should have never been built in the first place.  The
start-up costs and the RFI factor were extremely
prohibitive.  That's why the station went silent in
the first place.  To this day, this station hasn't
made a dime since the WIMMEX days.   
     Today, 1510 (and I hate to say this) can only
survive if a major player (no pun intended) were to
come and buy it.  I personally would love to see 1510
go the way of WWKB and WSAI and really crank out the
"real oldies" format.  A second sports station can't
cut it here in Boston.  WEEI is the de-facto sports
station in town. Now, look at New York.  WFAN has the
market pretty much sewn in.  I don't think 1050 (ESPN)
will ever be a major factor, ratings wise.  But that
station is, for the most part, an infomercial for
ESPN/TV so ratings are not important.  And 620,
well...... it's dead.
      Oh, well.  73.


Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts





--- Sid Schweiger <sid@wrko.com> wrote:
> >>Or give it to a college station.<<
> 
> You've got to be kidding me.  The concept that a
> college could afford the maintenance required on an
> AM directional, to say nothing of the power bill for
> a 50-kW AM transmitter, is out in la-la-land.  It's
> hard enough on the budget of a commercial station
> when something happens to a directional array,
> requiring troubleshooting, repairs, and sometimes
> replacement of high-power (and VERY expensive)
> components, followed by a partial proof of
> performance.  Try telling a board of governors of a
> college that "we don't know how much money it will
> take to keep this thing legal, but it could get very
> expensive if something goes wrong."
> 
> If you've ever wondered why colleges tend not to own
> AM stations, or why AM directionals are being
> neglected and sometimes just turned off nationwide,
> now you know.
> 
> 
> 
> Sid Schweiger
> MIS Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
> WAAF - WEEI - WQSX - WRKO - WVEI
> Phone: 617-779-5369
> Fax: 617-779-5379
> E-Mail: sid@wrko.com
> 
> 


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Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
                           "Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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