RE: Channel 6/Montreal (was RE: Radio Free Brattleboro netcasting)

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Peter...I believe the 87.9 being reffered to was Burlington, hence the Ch 6
Montreal question (being closer to Burlington than is Schenectady)

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Peter
> Q. George
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:18 PM
> To: paul@03038.com; Aaron Read; boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Channel 6/Montreal (was RE: Radio Free Brattleboro netcasting)
>
>
> Yes, there is a Channel 6 in Montreal, CBMT.  The
> English flagship station of the CBC.  In the area of
> Brattleboro, Vermont,  operations on 87.9 MHz would be
> not be permitted due to overlap from WRGB
> (especially), WLNE, and to a lesser amount, both WCSH
> and CBMT.
>
> I do agree that all these TV stations would probably
> have a possible combined audience of maybe 10 people
> (if that) in the Brattleboro area, due to the distance
> involved.  But, rules are rules and unfortunately for
> RFB, that's the way it is.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> Whitman, Massachusetts
>
>
> --- Paul Hopfgarten <paul@03038.com> wrote:
> > Isn't there a Ch 6 in Montreal? Is that far enough
> > away from Burlington?
> >
> > Oh...and how strict can the rules be? Ch 6 (WLNE) in
> > Providence doesn't
> > Ch6 in Portland (WCSH) or Ch 6 in Scenectady (WRGB)?
> >
> >
> > Paul Hopfgarten
> > East Derry NH 03041
> > paul@03038.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > >
> >
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On
> > Behalf Of Aaron
> > > Read
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:48 AM
> > > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > > Subject: Re: Radio Free Brattleboro netcasting
> > >
> > >
> > > At 08:39 PM 7/14/2003, Bob Nelson wrote:
> > >
> >
> >http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8862~1511402,00.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >The Brattleboro Reformer reports that some shows
> > of
> > > >the now-shut-down Radio Free Brattleboro are
> > back, via
> > > >Net streaming, and an effort is being made to get
> > the
> > > >station back on. The FCC sent agents up from its
> > > >Quincy office to squelch the pirate outlet.
> > >
> > >
> > > The dream dies hard, doesn't it?   BTW, was there
> > no room for an LPFM in
> > > Brattleboro?   Would there be if the 3rd-adjacent
> > protections are dropped
> > > as MITRE recommends?
> > >
> > > The article also mentions "Free Radio Burlington",
> > which a little Google
> > > searching revealed is apparently on 87.9FM...which
> > can be done if there's
> > > no TV6 anywhere near them...I don't know what the
> > TV dial is like up in
> > > Burlington, but I know that the 87.9 rules are so
> > strict that the
> > > Chan.6 in
> > > Providence might preclude anything on 87.9 in most
> > of New England.  :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > --------------------------
> > > Aaron "Bishop" Read
> > aread@speakeasy.net
> > > FriedBagels Consulting          AOL-IM: readaaron
> > > http://www.friedbagels.com      Boston, MA
> > >
> >
>
>
> =====
> Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> Whitman, Massachusetts
>                            "Scanning the bands since 1967"
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