*SPAM 50* - :Re: Herald: sticking points in the Carr issue

[Sid Schweiger]

>>One time, when I was co-hosting a "Let's Talk About
Radio", Bob Bittner said he possessed or saw a population density map 
of the Boston urban area from before the buildout of arterial roads,
and the population at that time dropped precipitously one you got past

Waltham. Thus when the antenna designs were made for those outlets, as

the original  WEEI-AM at 590 and the old WNAC-AM 1260, WCOP-AM 1150,
and
WMEX-AM 1510, only minimal signals were sent west.<<

Not entirely.  While the population to be served by those signals is
certainly a factor, so is skywave protection of the (at the time) 1-A
signals on those frequencies.  WRKO's nulls protect KNBR/SF, WEEI's
protect KOA/Denver, and WMEX's protect WLAC/Nashville.



Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom New England
WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WKAF
WMKK - WRKO - WVEI AM/FM
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Boston MA  02135-2040
Phone: 617-779-5369
Fax: 617-779-5379
E-Mail: sid@wrko.com