I notice that 97.7 WBOT has just filed an application that would make some nice improvements to the station's signal around Boston. WOQL Winchendon will be modify their signal enough to allow WBOT to improve. Radio One will pay Saga (WOQL's owner) 500,000 dollars plus expenses for the move. I only saw a minor pull away from Boston for WOQL so Saga will lose only minor coverage.
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97.7 making deals to improve coverage
- Thread starter RickRose
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You mean more than just WBOT's recent transmitter move up to Blue Hill?
That significantly improved their signal in Boston proper, and especially it's urban neighborhoods.
> I notice that 97.7 WBOT has just filed an application that
> would make some nice improvements to the station's signal
> around Boston. WOQL Winchendon will be modify their signal
> enough to allow WBOT to improve. Radio One will pay Saga
> (WOQL's owner) 500,000 dollars plus expenses for the move. I
> only saw a minor pull away from Boston for WOQL so Saga will
> lose only minor coverage.
>
That significantly improved their signal in Boston proper, and especially it's urban neighborhoods.
> I notice that 97.7 WBOT has just filed an application that
> would make some nice improvements to the station's signal
> around Boston. WOQL Winchendon will be modify their signal
> enough to allow WBOT to improve. Radio One will pay Saga
> (WOQL's owner) 500,000 dollars plus expenses for the move. I
> only saw a minor pull away from Boston for WOQL so Saga will
> lose only minor coverage.
>
T
TXengineer
Guest
What's happening is...
> > You mean more than just WBOT's recent transmitter move up
> to
> > Blue Hill?
> >
> >
> If I reading things right WBOT will become non-directional
> instead of a null to the northwest as currently.
>
WBOT is becoming non directional, reducing their power a little, and modifying the height slightly.
WOQL will remain on the same tower, with a different antenna pattern that limits more signal towards WBOT. (Which is OK, because the main focus of WOQL is Keene, NH anyways).
> > You mean more than just WBOT's recent transmitter move up
> to
> > Blue Hill?
> >
> >
> If I reading things right WBOT will become non-directional
> instead of a null to the northwest as currently.
>
WBOT is becoming non directional, reducing their power a little, and modifying the height slightly.
WOQL will remain on the same tower, with a different antenna pattern that limits more signal towards WBOT. (Which is OK, because the main focus of WOQL is Keene, NH anyways).
Re: What's happening is...
> > > You mean more than just WBOT's recent transmitter move
> up
> > to
> > > Blue Hill?
> > >
> > >
> > If I reading things right WBOT will become non-directional
>
> > instead of a null to the northwest as currently.
> >
>
> WBOT is becoming non directional, reducing their power a
> little, and modifying the height slightly.
>
> WOQL will remain on the same tower, with a different antenna
> pattern that limits more signal towards WBOT. (Which is OK,
> because the main focus of WOQL is Keene, NH anyways).
>
YESSSSS!!!!! When does this happen? Geez, maybe I'll actually be able to listen to WBOT in the NW 'burbs!
> > > You mean more than just WBOT's recent transmitter move
> up
> > to
> > > Blue Hill?
> > >
> > >
> > If I reading things right WBOT will become non-directional
>
> > instead of a null to the northwest as currently.
> >
>
> WBOT is becoming non directional, reducing their power a
> little, and modifying the height slightly.
>
> WOQL will remain on the same tower, with a different antenna
> pattern that limits more signal towards WBOT. (Which is OK,
> because the main focus of WOQL is Keene, NH anyways).
>
YESSSSS!!!!! When does this happen? Geez, maybe I'll actually be able to listen to WBOT in the NW 'burbs!
J
Joseph_Gallant
Guest
Re: What's happening is...
Isn't Sudbury's WYAJ still on 97.7??
That too would have to be addressed.
Isn't Sudbury's WYAJ still on 97.7??
That too would have to be addressed.
Re: What's happening is...
> Isn't Sudbury's WYAJ still on 97.7??
>
> That too would have to be addressed.
WYAJ is not a concern at all. Prior to the Radio One acquisition, WYAJ's 4 watts provided a small coverage area which included Sudbury and parts of the other towns which it borders (Lincoln, Wayland, Framingham, Maynard, Marlborough, Hudson, etc.).
When WCAV was dark, WYAJ's signal was heard easily in most of the towns listed. However, since 97.7 signed back on as WBOT, WYAJ's signal covers a 1-2 mile radius of Lincoln-Sudbury High School.
The station certainly is not a concern; if it were, WBOT would not have likely received approval to use the Great Blue Hill transmitter site.
> Isn't Sudbury's WYAJ still on 97.7??
>
> That too would have to be addressed.
WYAJ is not a concern at all. Prior to the Radio One acquisition, WYAJ's 4 watts provided a small coverage area which included Sudbury and parts of the other towns which it borders (Lincoln, Wayland, Framingham, Maynard, Marlborough, Hudson, etc.).
When WCAV was dark, WYAJ's signal was heard easily in most of the towns listed. However, since 97.7 signed back on as WBOT, WYAJ's signal covers a 1-2 mile radius of Lincoln-Sudbury High School.
The station certainly is not a concern; if it were, WBOT would not have likely received approval to use the Great Blue Hill transmitter site.
> I notice that 97.7 WBOT has just filed an application that
> would make some nice improvements to the station's signal
> around Boston. WOQL Winchendon will be modify their signal
> enough to allow WBOT to improve. Radio One will pay Saga
> (WOQL's owner) 500,000 dollars plus expenses for the move. I
> only saw a minor pull away from Boston for WOQL so Saga will
> lose only minor coverage.
>
This is good,because WBOT fills a genre that has never really been covered.An FM RnB station in the Boston radio market.
KISS108 could have been it when it started to cut back on club disco in 1980-81.
> would make some nice improvements to the station's signal
> around Boston. WOQL Winchendon will be modify their signal
> enough to allow WBOT to improve. Radio One will pay Saga
> (WOQL's owner) 500,000 dollars plus expenses for the move. I
> only saw a minor pull away from Boston for WOQL so Saga will
> lose only minor coverage.
>
This is good,because WBOT fills a genre that has never really been covered.An FM RnB station in the Boston radio market.
KISS108 could have been it when it started to cut back on club disco in 1980-81.
Re: What's happening is...
> Isn't Sudbury's WYAJ still on 97.7??
>
> That too would have to be addressed.
Aren't Class D's not protected?
> Isn't Sudbury's WYAJ still on 97.7??
>
> That too would have to be addressed.
Aren't Class D's not protected?
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