WCAP Update

[Bill O'Neill]

Mark is correct. Like Cohen was an engineer-based radio guy. Nothing looked pretty, from Army surplus on down, but he knew the guts of the air chain cold. 

Ike worked at WHN NY as an engineer, the son of Russian immigrants, and saved every dime until he could propose, design and sign on WCAP as a 1 kW-D on June 10, 1951, introducing a second signal to Greater Lowell residents.

Ike held tightly to his resources but it was clear that WCAP was his life mission to the end. 

Bill O'

Mark Watson <markwats@comcast.net> wrote:
>Bill O'Neill wrote:
>
>
>> This appears to be a financial crisis driving technical ones. >Under
>the 
>> Cohen's (when I worked there) while there were >certainly austere
>periods, 
>> the main transmitter delivered the >footprint. What program we put to
>that 
>> carrier, well, that's >for another post!
>
>Finances certainly are playing a role in contributing to WCAP's recent 
>technical woes, but deferred maintainance and upkeep of the transmitter
>and 
>technical plant are also to blame IMHO. I agree Bill that there were
>some 
>periods of technical glitches at WCAP, especially after Ike Cohen
>passed and 
>Maurice was running the place solo, but I don't recall WCAP being down
>for 
>an extended period or as frequent as they've been recently under Sam 
>Poulten's watch.
>
>Mark Watson

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