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[Kevin Vahey]

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?


Politics was a driver as the Chicago Tribune wanted a license in NYC

WPIX and WJAR could not coexist on 11






On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 1:04 AM A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
> > The sender's mail server does not allow the list to forward their
> > message unchanged due to misguided anti-spam measures. The original
> > message as received by the list is shown below.
>
> > To:
> > John Andrews <w1tag@charter.net>, bostonradiointerest
> > <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
> >
> >
> >     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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