Boston Globe Article On WNNW Lawrence

[Mark Watson]

    Sunday's (6/5) Boston Globe has an article about WNNW (800 Lawrence) and 
owner Costa-Eagle's plans to capture more of the Latino audience after WLLH 
& WAMG flip from Spanish to ESPN Sports soon. The article mentions how they 
are planning on taking their popular morning show on the road to such places 
as Lowell, Jamaica Plain & Salem NH, and that they are hoping to get a power 
increase that will enable them to be heard as far south as Plymouth. 
Currently they are 1000 watts ND by day, 244 watts ND at night. Can they get 
a power increase without adding additional towers? Wouldn't they have to 
protect WLAD in Danbury CT?  Wouldn't they still have to drop power at night 
to protect CKLW & the 800 in Montreal? (calls escape me at the moment). And 
wouldn't WSKO at 790 in Providence be a problem as well? Maybe Dan 
Strassberg can chime in with his take on how they can increase power.

    Article also mentions that co-owned WCCM (1490 Haverhill) recently added 
Spanish programming from 12 Midnight to 6 AM daily. Reading between the 
lines, could more Spanish programming end up on 1490?

   Here's a link to the article on line. Please note the Globe usually moves 
articles to the archives within a day or so of appearing on the web site:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/05/making_waves_in_spanish/

Mark Watson