WUNR/WKOX/WRCA construction

[Dan.Strassberg]

Hi, Garrett: Is there room in the building for a) a  backup generator
and b) auxiliary transmitters? If the answer to b) is "no," are the
transmitters "self-sparing?" (Meaning, are the transmitters designed
so that each one is, in effect, two transmitters, each rated for
approximately half the normal output power, with provisions for
operating the working portion at half power while repairs are made to
the failed portion?) With all of the dough that has gone into this
installation and despite the onerous conditions on the building
configuration imposed by the City of Newton, I would think that
station ownership would have insisted on some such requirement. WKOX's
Framingham site may remain operational indefinitely, I suppose, and if
so, in the absence of a backup plan for the Newton site, CCU would
doubtless get it licensed as an auxiliary site, but while the 10 kW
day facilities may prove adequate as a backup, the 1 kW-N really will
not cut it. As for WRCA, I'm sure that the plan is to remove the
towers in Waltham ASAP, perhaps even before the license to cover has
been granted for the Newton facility. And WUNR has no backup site at
all, though if Champion really wanted to spend the $$$ (doubtful), one
might be constructed, I suppose, at the WXKS site at 99 Revere Beach
Parkway.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:51 AM
Subject: WUNR/WKOX/WRCA construction


>I have more photos of the WUNR etc. construction progress at
> <http://gallery.bostonradio.org/2007-12/wunr/>.  (Sniff! The very
> last
> photo gallery of 2007!)  Thanks to Grady Moates for coming in on
> Sunday to show me around.
>
> -GAWollman
>