Ice Storm + Radio

[Dan.Strassberg]

Isn't the 1600 station in the CT Valley WH_N_P? I think it's //WHMP.
As for Rumba, even a lot of the commercials are in EE. Re-recording
those puppies in other languages is expensive--especially when you
consider that most Hispanics in this area can speak enough English to
get by.

If WBNW is coming in better than you are used to during the
day in Methuen, it might be running its night pattern by day. WBNW is
one of those AMs that, even though its night power is lower than its
day power, is not supposed to run its night pattern by day OR its day
pattern by night. The day pattern has a VERY deep null to the
northeast to protect first-adjacent WCCM 1110. Since the night pattern
has no such null, the station is supposed to use both of its patterns
at the appropriate times. In the past, WBNW has been a flagrant
violator, but usually by running its day pattern at night.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@mail.com>
To: "Mark Watson" <markwats@comcast.net>; "Paul Hopfgarten"
<paul@derrynh.net>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>;
<jjlehmann@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Ice Storm + Radio


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Watson"
>To: "Paul Hopfgarten" , boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org,
>jjlehmann@comcast.net
>Subject: Re: Ice Storm + Radio
>Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:51:56 -0500

>WCCM (1110 Salem NH) is off the air. WFEA is back.
>Mark Watson

While WCCM-AM is off-the-air, I've been getting very good reception
of WBNW-AM 1120 in Conkuhd, MA.

I mentioned earlier in the week that the WUNR-AM 1600 signal is
registering a higher figure on my radio that displays relative
signal strength, enough seemingly to squelch WHMP in East Longmeadow
at midday.  WUNR is still settling at the same reading, but at
noon today (Saturday) I could clearly hear a time tone and the CBS
News sounder at noon, and WHMP carries CBS news.  Skywave can happen
daytimes in December, and just like at night, it can fade out.  That
must be the reason  WUNR sounded so clear on Tuesday.  I've tried
picking up WUNR
after sunset, but 1600 turns into a goulash of WWRL (the Alan Colmes
show),
Fox Sports (I don't know which station) and some kind of music that I
don't believe they play on WUNR.  Sunday, I'll be in the
Back Bay for an all-Beethoven concert at the Gardner Museum (December
16th is the Big Guy's birthday according to Charles Schulz)
and I plan to check out WUNR's penetration into downtown;
even if I can't understand what they're saying, I can judge the
quality of signal.  It would help if like Radio Rumba and WNNW they
would run English-language PSA's.

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