Tower In Milton, MA To Get New Tenants

[Jeff Lehmann]

> There's an impressive-looking tower in Milton, MA just south of the
> Boston City Limits that up until now has  not been the home to any
> broadcast FM or TV station. According to info at the FCC, WUMB-FM 91.9
> has  applied to move to that site from its present location about 2
> miles to the NNE, increase the HAAT and  reduce power a bit. While I
> was checking this info out, I became aware that two translators also
> have  applications to operate from that tower: one at 96.5
> rebroadcasting KLRH in Sparks, NV and at 102.1  rebroadcasting WXRV
> 92.5 COL Andover but really Haverhill, MA. I wonder if WKLB 102.5 and
> WTKK 96.9 will  file an objection.

Those translator applications have been in the FCC's system for quite some time, whenever the last window was, maybe 2005 or earlier? There are many others around the area too, including 102.9 in Boston I believe. It's interesting that we still don't have any big translators around here, where there are many on 2nd adjacent frequencies in big markets such as 97.9 in Atlanta, 97.5 and 100.7 in Chicago, 103.1 and 106.3 in NYC, etc...

Jeff Lehmann
Hanson, MA