Taunton approves new WVBF (1530 Middleborough Center) tower

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

What does testing on 1640 prove for 1530 though.... How does testing on
1640 provide useful results for anything 110khz away?

Paul

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Jeff Lehmann wrote:

> As mentioned in Scott Fybush's 8/19/13 NERW, he was running an
> experimental station which was supposedly to test to see if he could move
> 1530 to the old 1570 WPEP site. It was WV1XBF on 1640. I never heard it
> myself, but a friend of mine sis hear it on the air a couple months ago.
>
> Jeff Lehmann
>
> > On Oct 30, 2013, at 9:57 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <
> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > The signal cancellation tower?
> >
> > "Callahan said the existing Taunton tower prevents his signal from
> > interfering with a small Newport talk station located on the dial at 1540
> > AM."
> >
> > Im confused by that statement and what Taunton has to do with WVBF's
> tower
> > that isnt in Taunton.
> >
> > He has no APPs or CPs on file.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net<javascript:;>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I read and re-read the article and remain unsure of what Callahan is
> doing
> >> or proposes to do. Does he want to add a second tower to WVBF's existing
> >> site in Middleborough? If so, why are the Taunton selectmen involved? I
> can
> >> imagine that a two-tower DA in Middleborough with 5 kW DA-D and a
> pattern
> >> that protects WADK would allow WVBF to improve its signal in Taunton,
> but
> >> this would appear to require no action by the City of Taunton. Adding a
> >> second tower to the Middleborough site would very likely require
> approval
> >> from the Town of Middleborough, however. If the old WPEP tower in
> Taunton
> >> still stands and Callahan wants to move WVBF's transmitter there, he
> might
> >> require approval from the City of Taunton and would, of course, require
> FCC
> >> approval. Among other things, such a move would require a change in CoL,
> >> which sounds as if it would violate the recently changed FCC policy on
> AM
> >> CoL moves because it would deprive Middleborough of its only local
> >> broadcast
> >> service.
> >>
> >> -----
> >> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net <javascript:;>)
> >> eFax 1-707-215-6367
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@psualum.com<javascript:;>
> >
> >> To: <boston-radio-interest@**bostonradio.org<
> boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org <javascript:;>>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:27 AM
> >> Subject: Taunton approves new WVBF (1530 Middleborough Center) tower
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.tauntongazette.com/**news/x1745250874/Taunton-City-**
> >>> Council-approves-signal-**upgrade-for-WVBF<
> http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1745250874/Taunton-City-Council-approves-signal-upgrade-for-WVBF
> >
> >>>
> >>> Most of the station's local programming is Taunton-centric, anyway.
> 1530
> >>> // the blind reading service produced at the WATD facility during other
> >>> hours.
> >>
>