WPKZ To Air Yankees Games

[Dan.Strassberg]

980 in Troy hasn't been WTRY for decades. Currently, I believe that
station is WOFX (Fox spelled sideways--for Fox Sports, AFAIK). I don't
know if this is still the case, but at one time, the WTRY calls had
migrated to 98.3, which is a Class A licensed to Rotterdam. IIRC,
Rotterdam is a little way southwest of Schenectady, but I have no idea
where the WTRY-FM transmitter is located. WTRY-FM's HAAT is listed as
only 318', suggesting its not in the Heldebergs or on Bald Mountain
(former location of Channel 13). Long, long ago, WTRY AM and FM were
co-owned with Channel 13. Anyhow, I suspect that 6 kW at 318' isn't
quite enough to cover the entire Capital District market--especially
if Rotterdam is where I think it is and the 70 dBu contour has to
cover Rotterdam.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
To: "Paul Anderson" <paulranderson@charter.net>
Cc: "Boston Radio Mailing List"
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: WPKZ To Air Yankees Games


>I understand that now that WUCS 97.9 Windsor Locks CT is doing ESPN,
> plus some local talk, AND the Yankees, sister station WPOP 1410 will
> switch to Fox Sports this Monday--and the Yanks won't be on the AM
> side, it's said. Some who are curious about Yankee games in our area
> would have had WPOP as an option, as before (other than WCBS, XM
> Radio, etc.) but not now. But if they're near Fitchburg... and there
> is the 105.3
> simulcast as well).
>
> The Yankees were known to have affiliates in places like Dover NH
> (1270) and Cape
> Cod (1170 at one time), plus Providence, etc.Certainly there are
> cities like Burlington VT "on the border of the territories" where
> you
> can get the Sox on WJOY 1230 and
> the Yanks on WVMT 620.
>
> Sox do pick up some station in NY state including WTRY 980.