WBCN to sports at 98.5; WBMX to 104.1

[Scott Fybush]

Dan.Strassberg wrote:
> Why shouldn't 105.9 be commercial classical? In Chicago ,WFMT, a 
> commercial classical station, is owned by a non-commercial FM (actually, 
> a non-commercial FM and TV, I think). As a commercial classical station, 
> WFMT apparently brings un more revenue for the noncommercial station or 
> stations that own it than would a noncommercial classical FM. Also, is 
> 105.9 licensed to New York City or to someplace else, like maybe Newark? 
> Is it on ESB or Conde Nast or someplace else?

105.9 is a less-than-full B1 from Empire - 600 watts ERP from the same 
master antenna that the full Bs use at 6 kW/410m.

It's not yet clear to me whether WNYC intends to run WQXR 105.9 as 
commercial or noncomm. There are tax implications if they run it as a 
commercial enterprise...and if they have any intention of using 
translators to fill in some of the lost 96.3 coverage, they can't do any 
signal extension of a commercial signal. If they own the translator as 
well as the main signal, the translator's 60 dBu can't go outside the 
main signal's 60 dBu, so that's no good out on Long Island.

s