WLYN simulcasting WZRC New York

[Eli Polonsky]

> > From: "Stephanie Weil" <stephanie@gordsven.com>
> To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 18:10:21 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: WLYN simulcasting WZRC New York
> 
> What's the signal like in Boston proper for WLYN?

WLYN's 700 watt day signal comes in quite well in Boston
proper. It comes over mostly salt water from the North
Shore just ten miles from downtown Boston. It's obviously
not a powerhouse signal, but it's very listenable in the
city and the immediate Boston metro, and it also hits the
coast of the South Shore well.

It weakens as you travel inland, but still can be heard
to Route 128 and a lot farther in some areas depending
on conditions.

Their problem is that they've been broadcasting on only
the left channel of their C-Quam AM Stereo signal for at
a few months now. WLYN is one of the only two surviving
AM Stereo stations in greater Boston, but the only one
remaining broadcasting properly in that mode is WJIB 740.

WLYN's 76 watt mono night signal becomes very weak south
of the Tobin Bridge. It can be heard faintly in Boston,
but with a lot of background noise from WDRC Hartford and
other co-channels in the Northeast which may drown it out
on nights with strong skywave.

Eli Polonsky