Translators far away?

[Bob Nelson]

I thought there was a 25 mi requirement between antenna and city of
license.That may be in play here, as they (105.3) and 1570 are each
licensed to Methuen. But yes, Medford, home of the translatorbin reality,
isn't exactly Merrimack Valley.

Wikipedia entry for 1570:"Broadcast area--Greater Boston"

I think WUBG 1570 Methuen is 50 kW by day and is designed to serve Greater
Boston somehow even if the AM barely reaches Boston (days).(Their website
shows a Boston skyline.The AM antenna is in Andover.)

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018, 4:51 PM Don <astelle.donald@gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe some of the technical people can answer this?
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> This is a translator for 1570AM in Methuen
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> https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=W287CW-FX
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> Looks like it barely reaches the city of license.....Methuen (right next to
> Haverhill).
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> Looks like the translator serves a different geo-population that the AM it
> is intended to help.
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> How is this OK?
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> Thanks for your thoughts...
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