Globe article on Touch FM (not legal) 106.1

[Roger Kolakowski]

Let's try it again...the "buoy bell"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola@aol.com>
To: "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@mail.com>; "Donna Halper"
<dlh@donnahalper.com>; "Eli Polonsky" <elipolo@earthlink.net>;
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Globe article on Touch FM (not legal) 106.1


> 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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