WBCN to sports at 98.5; WBMX to 104.1

Scott Fybush scott@fybush.com
Wed Jul 15 11:37:08 EDT 2009


Dan.Strassberg wrote:
> Well, if Entercom were willing to take the same kind of 90% hit on
> 97.7 that Heftel and its successors took on the Newark/NYC 105.9, WGBH
> or WBUR could get WKAF and the WCRB intellectual property for only $3
> million. It would be interesting to hear how the population numbers
> for 97.7 compare with those for any of the full Bs on the Pru. Scott
> almost certainly knows the answer already, but I would not be
> surprised to learn that WKAF's 60 dBu contour covered 70% of the
> population within (say) WBCN's 60 dBu.

At a guess, I'd say the number is probably 65% or less. The difference 
between an A and a B is much more dramatic than that between a B1 and a 
B - and it's exacerbated by WKAF's non-central transmitter site. And 
with WOKQ to contend with, as well as the 97.7 in southwest NH, there's 
really no wiggle room to move WKAF anywhere much more useful.

WBCN's 60 covers nearly everything within 495. WKAF's doesn't even get 
everything within 128.

s


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