MPBN to close transmitters

[Scott Fybush]

The Bangor Daily News is reporting that MPBN is in a serious funding 
crunch, and will be pulling the plug on WMED-DT 13 in Calais and two 
MPBN Radio transmitters, WMED 89.7 Calais and WMEF 106.5 Fort Kent, in 
January, in an effort to keep as much of its funding as possible going 
towards local news and programming...

http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/95479.html#comments

Most of the Fort Kent transmitter's coverage overlaps with WMEM 106.1 
Presque Isle, and the remainder is over largely unpopulated (or French 
Canadian) areas - but Calais and southwestern New Brunswick will 
completely lose public radio if this goes down, since the area is out of 
range from the other MPBN transmitters.

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