Translators far away?

[Sean Smyth]

I reckon you don't agree with the FCC's "AM revival" policy?

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 7:20 PM, Gary's Ice Cream <gary@garysicecream.com> wrote:
> There is no reason in my opinion for translators to exist.
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> Chelmsford Creamery Inc. - Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr.
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 4:53 PM
> To: Don
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: Translators far away?
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> Simple.
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> Translators don’t have city or license coverage requirements
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> Paul.
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> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 4:51 PM Don <astelle.donald@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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