New Maine AM?

[Dan Strassberg]

1120 kHz 1 kW-D (two towers) 600W-N (three towers). According to the FCC's
AM Query, it's still just an application. The day pattern is a broad
modified cardioid aimed north-northeast (23 degrees). The night pattern is a
tight three tower pattern not unlike WTTT's night pattern but with smaller
lobes behind the array. The line of towers towers is at 132 degrees. The
towers are 195' so they won't be illuminated unless there is an airport
nearby. There should be four towers total, with one common between day and
night. Although the day-pattern minimum is to the south-southwest, the day
coverage will be OK in the southeast direction of the night pattern.

The original application specified ND days but the day tower was not common
with the night array, which used three very short towers and higher night
power (1 kW) to produce a pattern very similar to the one now being proposed
for night. My guess is that this WILL be granted. The question then will
become whether the applicant will go through with constructing. Don't know
what land costs are up there, but the acreage would not be considered
trivial down here. And you've got NIMBY's up there too. Once the land is in
hand and the necessary local permits have been granted, I think the
construction cost will be in the neighborhhod of half a million. Sounds like
a great chance to lose a good chunk of money.

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Dan Strassberg
dan.strassberg@att.net
Fax: 1-707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
To: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:56 PM
Subject: New Maine AM?


> The Times Record tonight reports that a new AM radio tower is planned for
> Richmond, Maine.  Richmond is the next town north of me and is about 20
> miles from Augusta.  The station will be owned by Alpine Broadcasting
Corp.
> of Liberty, Mo. which owns KCXL there.  The station in Maine will be talk
> like the Missouri station.  The Missouri station has an odd collection of
> shows: http://www.kcxl.com/index.htm
>
> Can someone check the FCC status of this station's application and tell me
> what frequency it would be on?
>
> The owner of the proposed station says he does not expect the station to
be
> on the air any time soon.
>
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
>
>