WPAA-FM Antenna Structure Razed

[Laurence Glavin]

As some of you may know, I have reported on the past propensity for WPAA-FM
91.7 at Andover's Philips academy to stay on the air 24/7 with unmodulated
carrier instead of programming.  Then, a few months ago, I observed
that WPAA disappeared.  Well, just out of curiosity, I went to the
campus quadrangle that was the site for the building that held the
WPAA-FM antenna...but it's GONE.  By that I mean the antenna AND
the building.  Construction vehicles were all over the place, and 
the aforementioned structure had been razed to the ground and trucked away.
WPAA is still on the FCC website as a licensed station, so the question
arises:  when the new building goes up, will the school put a new
antenna atop it and resume broadcasting (or even
unmodulated carrier transmitting)?  This is a matter for the 
future because it will undoubtedly take a long time for a 
new building to go up...will this necessitate a CP for higher 
alttude, or will Phillips just not operate its station while
holding a license?  Maybe WUML and WNEF should look into this.
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