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IS WEW GOING TO 24/7 BROADCASTING?

blackgold

blackgold

I've read on the Radio Locator web site that WEW is applying to go 24/7/365 with expanded power and broadcasting time. Any truth about this?
 
RE: They've had an ongoing battle w/77 wabc about this.
I'm curious where you got this information? It was approved a couple of years ago, but all the filings with the FCC I can find indicate they had to change the original site (current daytime site) to one nearby and have had problems with zoning and local government. The most recent filing is for shorter unlit top loaded towers. It gives WABC adaquate skywave protection according to their engineering nighttime study. It was granted in the past and the latest filing will also probably be granted. It is up to WABC to prove the application faulty under FCC rules. I can't find where they have objected to the FCC in the past so why would this app be any different? By the way it is for 10kw day with a two tower array and 200 watts night with a two tower array. The patterns are similar cardioids with supression to the northeast protecting 780 WBBM in the day and WABC at night. They will probably run into more problems from local government, NIMBYS and expenses than WABC or the FCC!
 
Actually, the battle over 770 was between wabc and KOB, Albequerque.

Rich Wood said;
KOB was involved in a 38-year-long dispute with New York City station WABC (originally WJZ) over the use of the 770 kHz frequency. KOB was moved there from 1030 to make room for WBZ in Boston. While the Federal Communications Commission had requested that WJZ install a directional antenna to allow the stations to interoperate over large areas, the station refused to comply, encroaching on the range KOB was intended to cover.

Only after reaching the U.S. Supreme Court was the issue settled, when the FCC assigned KOB to a new license class. Interestingly KKOB and WABC are now both owned by Citadel since its purchase of ABC Radio was finalized in 2007.
 
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