WCCM

[Paul Hopfgarten]

There's already a 94.1 TX in Manchester (for 96.5) which I frankly think is
unneeded, and only barely squeezes in the hash area between the Franklin NH
and Providence 94.1s

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH

-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Laurence Glavin
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:18 PM
To: Joe Corcoran; boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org
Subject: Re: WCCM

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Corcoran" 
>To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
>Subject: WCCM
>Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:13:45 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

>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 its signal north, so I wonder how the signal will compare 
>to 1490 in the Merrimack Valley
>Joe Corcoran

A few months ago, I noticed that WCCM no longer had a local newscast
following
the network newscast on the hour at 30-past.  I posted that observation 
here, and in addition I called a WCCM talk show to discuss the lack of local
news on the station.  Bruce Arnold was in the studio at the time and said to
"stand by", that there would be further developments at Costa-Eagle soon.
So this is it.  I just visited their website,  http://www.1490wccm.com
which of course will have to be changed next week.  There was no indication 
there about the switch to 1110, and the "news" on the home page was a week
old.
(In  December and January, they won't be going on-the-air until 7:00 or 7:15
am).  You know, WCCM might be a candidate for an AM/FM-translator pairing
now being considered by the FCC.  For a time, Greater Media had a CP for a
translator on 93.3...since that's a channel in use by Providence-area FM's,
94.1 and 98.1 would be further possibilities (98.1 is a bit farther away in
New 
Bedford).


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