WCCM

[haverhill01835@comcast.net]

As of 8/1 - WCCM and WCEC programming will swap programming (Brokered spanish will now be on 1490 and Eng. Programming will now be heard on 1110) 

If memory serves me correct - 1110 is a pretty decent So. NH radio signal, getting into Manchester rather well.  As a matter of fact - I remember having to pick up a contract engineer when I worked for Costa Eagle at Manchester Airport.  Leaving Methuen, 1110 came in rather well right up to the Manchester Airport parking facility.

1110 is a very tough catch for me in Haverhill (read: darned near impossible), and is even worse in the 'burbs of Groveland, Georgetown, etc.  Even north of the border into Plaistow, 1110 is a tough catch. It can also be considered marginal at best in parts of Methuen, Lawrence and other parts of the Valley during my "airchecks" since I found out about the change.  

On the flip side, 1490 has been marginal in parts of Lawrence (esp. Downtown) since the flip from 800 a few years back.  

IMHO: The Bottom line is that WCCM 1490 has been a "daytimer" of sorts for sometime now: English runs from 5A-6P with some sort of Spanish programming from 6P-5A (whether it's Red Sox baseball in Spanish or the Spanish "Romantica" music format, or even a broker or two)  Now, it's just a requirement for WCCM to officially "be" a daytimer being on 1110.  This will allow Costa/Eagle management the chance to further sell into the Spanish brokered market.  It would appear to be a business decision - plain and simple.

Marc Lemay
fmr. AM Drive Host (and a variety of other positions)
Costa Eagle Broadcasting

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Joe Corcoran <jwcorcoran@earthlink.net>
> Happened to be scanning 1490 this morning and heard a promo that on August 1st 
> WCCM would move to 1110 AM.  This would make the third move for WCCM in the past 
> few years, (800 orignally) and I'm assuming would free up the 1490 frequency for 
> Costa to run fulltime Spanish language progamming.
> 
> If I remember correctly, the 1110 is based in Salem, N.H. and sends most of it's 
> signal north, so I wonder how the signal will compare to 1490 in the Merrimack 
> Valley
> 
> Joe Corcoran