WCVY 91.5 FM at Coventry High School has reached an agreement with a religious broadcaster who challenged its license. Under the settlement, WCVY will be limited to broadcasting between 2 and 10 pm Mon-Fri. The other station, licensed to East Greenwich, will operate full-time on weekends and on school holidays/breaks. I must say that I"m really disappointed with the powers that be at Coventry high. I can't believe they were too cheap to install some sort of automation system that would have kept WCVY on the air 24/7, and thsu would have thwarted the plans of the challenger. I mean, how expensive is a CD changer? Or a satellite receiver that could have carried World Radio Network. Or better still, they could have opened their studios to community volunteers, instead of being a student-only operation. I can't help but wonder if there may have been other issues at play here. Such as pressure from area church groups, or the school board being concerned about possible fall out from special interest groups if they didn't agree to share their frequency. And how long will it be before the new station tries to shut WCVY down completely so they can have the channel full time? Any thoughts...?
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High school station settles challenge to its license.
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> WCVY 91.5 FM at Coventry High School has reached an
> agreement with a religious broadcaster who challenged its
This is the typical scenario for many high-school and college stations. They only operate during school hours and during the school year. I agree, there is NO reason for ANY high-school or college station NOT to be operating 24/7, with the proper automation and transmitter monitoring/remote control systems. WCVY used to be on 7 days a week, several years ago. But, they kinda slacked off a bit and simply followed the "school year policy". Some out-of-town entity (can you say a Je$u$ entity....) took advantage of WCVY's lack of programming hours and successfully took them to the task of fighting for a "time share" license. It's a shame too as WCVY was/is one of the better engineered high-school stations with a nice 200 watt Stereo signal. All is not lost fortunately. They still have that ability of being on the air 40 hours a week. I suggest they use it to the best of their ability. Heaven knows that other potential high-school or college stations would DROOL for the opportunity to have their own "live and local" station.
Somebody "dropped the ball" at WCVY and a result, they lost a good portion of their ability to operate on their own terms. I, for one, would have NEVER allowed this to happen.
> license. Under the settlement, WCVY will be limited to
> broadcasting between 2 and 10 pm Mon-Fri. The other station,
> licensed to East Greenwich, will operate full-time on
> weekends and on school holidays/breaks. I must say that I"m
> really disappointed with the powers that be at Coventry
> high. I can't believe they were too cheap to install some
> sort of automation system that would have kept WCVY on the
> air 24/7, and thsu would have thwarted the plans of the
> challenger. I mean, how expensive is a CD changer? Or a
> satellite receiver that could have carried World Radio
> Network. Or better still, they could have opened their
> studios to community volunteers, instead of being a
> student-only operation. I can't help but wonder if there may
> have been other issues at play here. Such as pressure from
> area church groups, or the school board being concerned
> about possible fall out from special interest groups if they
> didn't agree to share their frequency. And how long will it
> be before the new station tries to shut WCVY down completely
> so they can have the channel full time? Any thoughts...?
> <P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>
> agreement with a religious broadcaster who challenged its
This is the typical scenario for many high-school and college stations. They only operate during school hours and during the school year. I agree, there is NO reason for ANY high-school or college station NOT to be operating 24/7, with the proper automation and transmitter monitoring/remote control systems. WCVY used to be on 7 days a week, several years ago. But, they kinda slacked off a bit and simply followed the "school year policy". Some out-of-town entity (can you say a Je$u$ entity....) took advantage of WCVY's lack of programming hours and successfully took them to the task of fighting for a "time share" license. It's a shame too as WCVY was/is one of the better engineered high-school stations with a nice 200 watt Stereo signal. All is not lost fortunately. They still have that ability of being on the air 40 hours a week. I suggest they use it to the best of their ability. Heaven knows that other potential high-school or college stations would DROOL for the opportunity to have their own "live and local" station.
Somebody "dropped the ball" at WCVY and a result, they lost a good portion of their ability to operate on their own terms. I, for one, would have NEVER allowed this to happen.
> license. Under the settlement, WCVY will be limited to
> broadcasting between 2 and 10 pm Mon-Fri. The other station,
> licensed to East Greenwich, will operate full-time on
> weekends and on school holidays/breaks. I must say that I"m
> really disappointed with the powers that be at Coventry
> high. I can't believe they were too cheap to install some
> sort of automation system that would have kept WCVY on the
> air 24/7, and thsu would have thwarted the plans of the
> challenger. I mean, how expensive is a CD changer? Or a
> satellite receiver that could have carried World Radio
> Network. Or better still, they could have opened their
> studios to community volunteers, instead of being a
> student-only operation. I can't help but wonder if there may
> have been other issues at play here. Such as pressure from
> area church groups, or the school board being concerned
> about possible fall out from special interest groups if they
> didn't agree to share their frequency. And how long will it
> be before the new station tries to shut WCVY down completely
> so they can have the channel full time? Any thoughts...?
> <P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>
> > And how long will it be before the new station tries to shut WCVY down
> completely so they can have the channel full time? Any thoughts...?
> >
>
This is a problem all over the country as the bible thumpers are buying up every non-com frequency they can get their grimy little hands on. In New England, it is especially bad in Vermont, where there are very few non-religious non-coms left.
> completely so they can have the channel full time? Any thoughts...?
> >
>
This is a problem all over the country as the bible thumpers are buying up every non-com frequency they can get their grimy little hands on. In New England, it is especially bad in Vermont, where there are very few non-religious non-coms left.
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