Globe article on Touch FM (not legal) 106.1

[Roger Kolakowski]

When Bob ran his DX test last year, WJTO had a better signal into beautiful
downtown Topsfield, MA than JIB...I sure wish he would bring the Bout "bell"
back...

Roger
WA1KAT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@mail.com>
To: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>; "Eli Polonsky"
<elipolo@earthlink.net>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Globe article on Touch FM (not legal) 106.1


> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Donna Halper"
> >To: "Eli Polonsky" , boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org
> >Subject: Re: Globe article on Touch FM (not legal) 106.1
> >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:00:50 -0500
> > Eli wrote--
> >
> > I've listened to the "station". It is running advertisments, and
> > soliciting them on their website. Legitimately licensed LPFM's
> > are non-commercial.
>
> >And I wonder if they pay their ASCAP and BMI fees-- the rates have
> >gone up dramatically, which is a story for another day; but no
> >kidding, if you play music, you are supposed to pay them. I don't
> >recall any exemptions for small stations, unless I am reading the
> >rules incorrectly.
>
> It was brought up at the "Bring back Boston's Progressive Talk" meeting
last
> week that one broadcaster definitely affected by this is good guy Bob
> Bitner.  On  radio-info.com's Boston board, Bob said that later in the
> year he plans to move to Maine and run both WJTO and WJIB as simulcasts,
> possible to save $$$$$$$.
>
> =
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