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[Bob Nelson]

Thus (for Barre VT's WSNO) it's an excuse to get a low powered FM
translator on the air. "AM Revitalization"...
Meanwhile in the Boston area, Bob Bittner's WJIB 740 has W267CE on at 101.3
covering quite a few listeners with some music not necessarily found
elsewhere. He prefers to do listener support rather than advertising.

The 740 signal does quite well by day but the FM repeater helps especially
at night.Not far away is another 101.3 FM repeater, W267CD for WMRC 1490
Milford.One can go west from Fresh Pond on Rt 2 and find the WMRC repeater
soon cutting in and taking over.

Is it a case of exposing AM signals to those who primarily go to FM..and
helping the AMs hurt by low night signals and interference? Another
translator goes on soon, for WROL 950 at 100.3, with an antenna in Kendall
Sq Cambridge.Pirate Big City 101.3 was forced to find a new spot when
WJIB's new signal went on...they found 100.3 and will soon exit there,
overwhelmed by a licensed station.

On Feb 3, 2018 2:32 PM, "billohno@gmail.com" <billohno@gmail.com> wrote:

> WSNO (1450) likely has nil for listeners now. They used to clear Rush and
> other bird talk in latter years. No longer. 105.7 doesn’t cover nearly the
> same footprint.
>
> Sent from my mobile.
>
> > On Feb 3, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Stephen King's WZON 620 Bangor ME just dropped progressive talk for
> oldies
> > (but one afternoon talk show) and they advertise as also being on an HD
> > subchannel; maybe they too will get an FM translator and accent that?
> >
> > In Barre VT WSNO 1450 abruptly dropped conservative talk awhile back when
> > they got an FM translator...they brand as 105.7 The Beat (CHR).How many
> > teens tune in to the AM?
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 3, 2018 9:20 AM, "Bob DeMattia" <bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Do any of these station do any off-air advertising?  People who are
> >> listening to the station already know how to find it.
> >> There might be a small advantage to letting them know about the AM, but
> >> off-air and where you are trying to get non-listeners
> >> to find your signal.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Well, WTSN in Dover, NH now identifies itself solely as "Newstalk 981
> >>> WTSN", making no mention of AM 1270; but the AM is most definitiely
> still
> >>> on the air, and the AM and FM are 100% simulcast, as per the rules.
> >>>
> >>> I believe Binnie's AM in Laconia, WEMJ, is similarly calling itself
> "WEMJ
> >>> 107.3" even though it's simulcasting AM 1490.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rob
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Don wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>      I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off
> >>>>      the AM and just keep the translator going.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with
> the
> >>>> AM.
> >>>>
> >>>> WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you
> >>>> would
> >>>> never know they are listenable on AM.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://valley989.com/
> >>>>
> >>>> WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/
> >>>>
> >>>> Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when
> >>>> they
> >>>> were just AM stations.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind.....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>      On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>            I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations
> >>>>            turn off the AM and just keep the translator going.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>      All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their
> >>>>      translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was
> >>>>      listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator
> >>>>      is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely
> >>>>      surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give
> >>>>      it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's
> >>>>      nighttime coverage.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>      Rob
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
>