WBCN to sports at 98.5; WBMX to 104.1

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Fybush" 
>To: "Dan.Strassberg" 
>Cc: "Boston Radio Group" 
>Subject: Re: WBCN to sports at 98.5; WBMX to 104.1
>Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:37:08 -0400

>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


For what it's worth, WKAF has applied to the FCC for a power boost from 1,700 watts to a little more
than 2,000 watts from the same transmitter site and with the same altitude, etc.   The contour map 
at fcc.gov shows that the primary signal will float northward from south of Woburn center to include
it in its coverage area, and it will move northeastward from Saugus to Lynn!  Whoopee.
Maybe Entercomm plans to apply for power increases every year until the signal reaches Methuen;  ok,
it already does, but subject to splatter from WOKQ.

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