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[A Joseph Ross]

I remember when these changes took place.  They also involved WRGB in 
Schenectady moving from channel 4 to channel 6 and WJAR-TV in Providence 
moving from channel 11 to 10.  I understand the channel 4 to 6 and 6 to 
8 moves, but why the move from 11 to 10?

On 10/22/2020 5:40 PM, Martin Waters via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote:
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>     Channel 5 or any other VHF channel already on in NYC would have 
> been at such a low power as to be unviable from Worcester to serve 
> Boston. Channel 8 in New Haven was originally on 6, but mininum 
> spacing in general had been calculated wrong originally. New Haven was 
> moved to 8 because of interference to 6 in Philadelphia. That made 6 
> in New Bedford possible. It's just about exactly the same distance, 
> 150 miles, between Worcester and NYC as the distance from New Haven to 
> Philadelphia. All the VHF assignments for Boston were about as close 
> to NYC as they could be.
> Subject:
> WTAG-TV; was AM in Boston after WW II
> From:
> Martin Waters <martinjwaters@yahoo.com>
> Date:
> 10/22/2020, 5:40 PM
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