Taunton approves new WVBF (1530 Middleborough Center) tower

[Jeff Lehmann]

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> 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
> 
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> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>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)
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>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@psualum.com>
>> To: <boston-radio-interest@**bostonradio.org<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:27 AM
>> Subject: Taunton approves new WVBF (1530 Middleborough Center) tower
>> 
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>> 
>> 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.
>>