WNAC 1200

Kevin Vahey kvahey@gmail.com
Thu Aug 2 14:59:22 EDT 2012


They moved to 720 in 1987

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-397.HTM

Just an observation but 720 didn't do as well in New England as the other
Chicago clears 670, 780 or 890.  1000 was the strongest but they were
directional to the east.

670 could fight off 660 New York fine but WGN was just clobbered by WOR at
night.



On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>wrote:

> CHTN probably moved to 720 in the early '80s--after the Rio treaty took
> effect. The treaty broke down the ex I-A channels and opened them up to new
> Class B AMs in the US and other North American countries. Before it moved
> to 720, CHTN had been on 1190 for, IIRC, several decades. 1190 was a Class
> I-B channel even before WOWO gave up its I-B status.
>
> An interestng thing happened on 720 in New England after CHTN moved to FM:
> Bob Vinikoor was granted a CP for a station that was to run 50 kW-D in a
> town in the Connecticut River Valley in central NH. The nighttime power of
> this station was originally to be 2500W using a six-tower array. But
> interference to a 720 station in either Greenland or Iceland forced a power
> reduction to 670W. The NH station was never built and Vinikoor ultimately
> turned in the CP. But what made no sense to me was that the Greenland or
> Iceland station would have received much more interference from CHTN when
> it was operating than it ever would have gotten from the NH station, even
> had it run the originally planned 2500W at night.
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg
> e-fax 707-215-6367
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Larry Weil
>   To: Jibguy@aol.com
>   Cc: dan.strassberg@att.net ; dlh@donnahalper.com ; aerie.ma@comcast.net;
> boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org
>   Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 1:29 PM
>   Subject: Re: WNAC 1200
>
>
>   Until about 10 years ago there was a 720 on PEI, Canada.  I think the
> power was 10KW IIRC.
>
>   Larry Weil
>   Lake Wobegone, NH
>
>   Sent from my iPhone
>   Big freekin deal!
>
>   On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Jibguy@aol.com wrote:
>
>   > According to my 1963 edition of "White's Radio Log" (which I've had
> since I
>   > was 13 years old), there was only one station in the USA on 720 and
> 1200;
>   > WGN and WOAI.   Not even any daytimers on those freqs.
>   >
>   > ---BB
>


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