Breaking News: 98.5 becomes All Sports WBZ-FM

[Larry Weil]

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>  On Behalf Of Dan.Strassberg
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:11 PM
> To: Paul B. Walker, Jr.; bri; Boston Radio
> Subject: Re: Breaking News: 98.5 becomes All Sports WBZ-FM
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> 2. Are all the machinations about moving WBMX to 104.1 and putting
> WBZ-FM on 98.5, rather than leaving WBMX at 98.5 and putting WBZ-FM on
> 104.1 related to coverage differences between 98.5 and 104.1? 98.5 is
> on FM-128, I think--or maybe it's on the WBZ-TV tower. Anyhow, 98.5 is
> 7.7 miles west-southwest of 104.1. That means that 98.5 has a better
> signal in Worcester than does 104.1. Why 98.5 never moved downtown is
> unclear to me, however. Can't be an IF problem--98.5+10.7 is above the
> top of the FM band and 98.5-10.7 is below the bottom of the band. Is
> it a spacing problem from downtown to third-adjacent WPLM-FM?
> 

I was thinking about this, and came up with the idea that perhaps they want
to have their sport-talk station closer on the dial (do any radios still
have a dial?) to the political-talk station that's already on 96.9, so that
talk listeners might find it easier.

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH