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Western Mass. GBH and NEPM Plan to Merge Operations

This may have been what started the rumors of GBH buying WBUR. Not surprising given the situation with funding, especially for WFCR.

GBH may grow into an even larger regional player at some point.
 
As a cost-cutting measure, would it make sense for Classical NEPM (which airs mainly Classical 24 programming) to simulcast CRB instead?
 
TheBigA said:
This may have been what started the rumors of GBH buying WBUR. Not surprising given the situation with funding, especially for WFCR.

GBH may grow into an even larger regional player at some point.
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WGBH made inquiries into combining with WBUR along with NEPM and another regional public media group.
Kemosabe said:
As a cost-cutting measure, would it make sense for Classical NEPM (which airs mainly Classical 24 programming) to simulcast CRB instead?
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Not sure that could be considered a cost cutting measure, but it would make much more sense to carry WCRB programming across the whole network for multiple reasons.
 
One of the things to look for here is how WGBH has treated network stations in the past. To that end, one might look at the programming of the simulcasting outlets WCAI (90.1 mHz, Woods Hole in the Hyannis area) and WNAN (91.1 mHz licensed to Nantucket.) From the looks of things GBH gives those simulcasters a great deal of room when it comes to programming and I expect the same to happen at WFCR.

Here is the WCAI/WNAN website so you can see for yourself.

Local NPR for Cape Cod, the South Coast, and Islands — CAI | CAI

The Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR stations, WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, and WZAI 94.3 are listener-supported public radio stations serving Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and the South Coast.
www.capeandislands.org www.capeandislands.org
 
ted chittenden said:
One of the things to look for here is how WGBH has treated network stations in the past. To that end, one might look at the programming of the simulcasting outlets WCAI (90.1 mHz, Woods Hole in the Hyannis area) and WNAN (91.1 mHz licensed to Nantucket.) From the looks of things GBH gives those simulcasters a great deal of room when it comes to programming and I expect the same to happen at WFCR.

Here is the WCAI/WNAN website so you can see for yourself.

Local NPR for Cape Cod, the South Coast, and Islands — CAI | CAI

The Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR stations, WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, and WZAI 94.3 are listener-supported public radio stations serving Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and the South Coast.
www.capeandislands.org www.capeandislands.org
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I should add that I think that the biggest change from this merger may well be either the sale of or the cancellation of the WNZZ-AM license. Like nearly everyone else, public radio listeners are not fans of AM radio and, if I remember a post by @SomeRadioGuy while he was still in Alaska, it costs more money to run the AM outlets with their numerous (three in this case) towers and the requirement to chop power at sunset (from 50kW to 1kW in this case).
 
ted chittenden said:
I should add that I think that the biggest change from this merger may well be either the sale of or the cancellation of the WNZZ-AM license. Like nearly everyone else, public radio listeners are not fans of AM radio and, if I remember a post by @SomeRadioGuy while he was still in Alaska, it costs more money to run the AM outlets with their numerous (three in this case) towers and the requirement to chop power at sunset (from 50kW to 1kW in this case).
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Youre comparing apples to oranges.. AM operation in alaska and am operation in massachusetts have nothing to do with each other, really...... power for 640 would b as little as half as cheap, maybe more then powering something similar in Alaska

And, i dont see where 640's sale or deletion is mentioned anywhere but by you.... so where'd you get the idea public radio listeners dont like AM? Theres 44 public radio ams, 36 if you dont count alaska and some have been on AM for awhile
 
Waxing nostalgic......
It wasn't too long ago that WNNZ was "Oldies 640", owned by Curt and Cele Hahn....
The 50 kw daytime signal (AM stereo!) could be heard in central NH with only a modest radio.....
I talked to Curt by phone several times....I regret not getting to visit the facility....
"The times.....they are a changin'...":(
 


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