MPBN to close transmitters

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

The article said MPBN will be closing  2 of its "radio towers".. do we know
for sure the towers are coming down too.. or might the newspaper reporter
who knows nothing about radio just mean the MPBN signals are being shut off/

Paul Walker


On 12/18/08, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:
>
> Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>
>> Calais has WQDY 92.7, a 3000W/299 ft Class A which simulcasts a 3KW/67
>> meter Class A on 95.3 from Machias.
>>
>> Machias also has a 50KW/118 meter Class B FM Construction Permit on 101.1
>> owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.
>>
>> Calais also has Dennysville licensed 100KW/139 meter C1 on 102,9, WCRQ.
>>
>
> And WCRQ leases space on the MPBN site in Meddybemps that's about to be
> shut down, so I wonder what happens to them.
>
> Yes, there's commercial service to the Calais area, both from WQDY/WALZ and
> WCRQ and from several Canadian signals, notably CHTD 98.1 right across the
> river in St. Stephen NB.
>
> The Fort Kent area will lose out more - the AM in Fort Kent shut down more
> than a decade ago, and there's nothing in English across the border. I
> suspect MPBN believes people will tune in WMEM 106.1 Presque Isle instead,
> and they're probably right - it has a decent fringe signal to Fort Kent.
>
> s