Fybush: Willcox selling WNSH to Costa-Eagle

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 >-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@mail.com>
>To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
>Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 11:41 am
>Subject: Fybush: Willcox selling WNSH to Costa-Eagle
 
>Scott Fybush said in today's North East Radio Watch (  http://www.fybush.com ) 

>that Keating Willcox isn't just leasing WNSH

>to Costa-Eagle for Spanish programming, simulcasting the 800/92.1 combo in 

>Lawrence area, he's selling it to them for $400,000. A "Power 1570" logo appears 

>on the page Costa-Eagle has up.

>http://power800am.com/

>At least the 1570 they mentioned is a legit station. Awhile back wasn't there a 

>pirate in the Merrimack

>Valley (Methuen?) at 1570?

>Certainly a Hispanic audience out there, and the 30,000 watt directional signal 

>can do well (85w at night I believe though). 

The pirate I recall being mentioned at 1570 in the Merrimack Valley was supposedly
in Lowell.  WNSH is NON-directional.  Early in the process of upgrading WNSH in terms
of its signal strength, also including shutting down WPEP in Taunton, there was a 
proposal to go to 50,000 watts with a directional antenna.  I'm sure the people who
live in the homes near the Endicott College campus would have loved that!  There might 
have been a Oak Park District NIMBY group if that had gone forward.  As it is, 30,000
watts out of a runt tower can't be much fun if a person living nearby tried to listen
to anything in the upper AM band. Yikes...I hope Costa-Eagle doesn't try to morph this deal
into running 30K on 1570 out of the current 800 tower in Andover!  There goes WWZN for me!