Article: VPR is making waves

[CrankyYankee]

(From the "Vermont Guardian")
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Talk to any radio station owner in Vermont and they’ll tell you it’s not Clear Channel Communications they worry about when it comes to market dominance or competition for frequencies — it’s Vermont Public Radio.

Unlike commercial owners, there is no limit to the number of frequencies that VPR can own in Vermont.

http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/052007/VPR.shtml

 

[NO DAG]

In Bennington County, you can hear Regular VPR on 94.3 WBTN-FM and 95.1 WJAN. Both signals pretty cover the same place, though WJAN gets out further. They also have a VPR regular translator that provides triple coverage in Manchester at 92.5. That's what I call market penetration. VPR's Classical coverage, without HD, is not as well established.. Yet.. I can hear regular VPR fine at my house at 89.5, 88.7, 95.1, 107.9, and 92.5

 

[CrankyYankee]

Case in point, as reported in the new Tom Taylor newsletter from Radio-Info.com
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"Another score for Mark Vogelzang at Vermont Public Radio, represented by the $1,100,000 purchase of non-commercial-band WAVX, Schuyler Falls, NY (90.9) from Christian Ministries."
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http://www.radio-info.com

 

[Ike]

Wow, a religious nutjob sold out? How rare is that?! VPR really does wield huge power if it can buy out a Christian station.

Then I guess VPR has done it. It's finally found itself a classical frequency for the Burlington area. So will it drop classical from its "regular" network of stations and go all-news/talk now? Or does it think the classical fans in Barre/Montpelier and the Northeast Kingdom will rise up against it for not waiting until it secures frequencies for classical there too? And will "regular" VPR retain the evening jazz programming?

In Bennington County, you can hear Regular VPR on 94.3 WBTN-FM and 95.1 WJAN.

My impression was that WJAN runs the classical format -- is that incorrect? VPR's web site is vague about this. Putting classical on there would make a lot more sense, since the regular VPR is already at 94.3 and 88.7 and 92.5. But I haven't been to the Manchester area in several weeks so I can't listen for myself.