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More Nassau cutbacks

Ms_Milk_Maid_Mary said:
splicer38 is right...although don't compare shapiro programming to the upper valley. very sloppy. in fact just pathetic. it's funny how you can tell know one cares, or wants to be there, just by listening.

thanks for the paycheck jeffy.

smooches,

Mary ;-)

The only station of his I listen to is WXXK and I think they could do a much better job. On-air sound is very loose and compared to the Upper Valley's Wolf the on-air staff quite poor.
 
taylorjsdad said:
Ms_Milk_Maid_Mary said:
splicer38 is right...although don't compare shapiro programming to the upper valley. very sloppy. in fact just pathetic. it's funny how you can tell know one cares, or wants to be there, just by listening.

thanks for the paycheck jeffy.

smooches,

Mary ;-)

The only station of his I listen to is WXXK and I think they could do a much better job. On-air sound is very loose and compared to the Upper Valley's Wolf the on-air staff quite poor.

Well, the clients love it, and that's all that matters.
 
In case it was not reported... Detone and Walton both ended up at the River.
 
BenKarlow said:
taylorjsdad said:
Ms_Milk_Maid_Mary said:
splicer38 is right...although don't compare shapiro programming to the upper valley. very sloppy. in fact just pathetic. it's funny how you can tell know one cares, or wants to be there, just by listening.

thanks for the paycheck jeffy.

smooches,

Mary ;-)

The only station of his I listen to is WXXK and I think they could do a much better job. On-air sound is very loose and compared to the Upper Valley's Wolf the on-air staff quite poor.

Well, the clients love it, and that's all that matters.

That may be true but I bet many of those same clients are spending money with Nassau as well. I understand this market is more on relationships than quality programming and ratings (I bet there has not been a book for the Upper Valley in at least a year.)

The shame of it is that when I was learning the craft of broadcasting, it was the quality of your programming which brought in the advertising dollars. Maybe if some operators would remember that they would make more with their stations.
 
forget about cutting airstaff, seems like they cut out a whole station. No sign of 1230-WTSV Claremont, N.H. "ESPN Radio, The Score" in over a month.
 
Xkrusdx said:
forget about cutting airstaff, seems like they cut out a whole station. No sign of 1230-WTSV Claremont, N.H. "ESPN Radio, The Score" in over a month.


I was wondering about that myself. I like to tune in to them on Sundays on the way to pick up my daughter and could not.
 
taylorjsdad said:
Xkrusdx said:
forget about cutting airstaff, seems like they cut out a whole station. No sign of 1230-WTSV Claremont, N.H. "ESPN Radio, The Score" in over a month.


I was wondering about that myself. I like to tune in to them on Sundays on the way to pick up my daughter and could not.

From the FCC website: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w...xt=25&appn=101321244&formid=910&fac_num=17795

ON JUNE 25, 2009 THE TRANSMITTER FOR WSTV SUSTAINED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITHIN THE POWER SUPPLY SECTION. THIS TRANSMITTER IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURER, AND NASSAU HAS EXHAUSTED ITS OWN SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS. NASSAU HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING PARTS FROM THIRD PARTY SOURCES OR IDENTIFYING NEW SOURCES THROUGH INTERNET SEARCHES. THEREFORE, NASSAU RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS RELIEF FROM THE MINIMUM OPERATING SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 73.1740 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND AUTHORITY FOR THE STATION TO REMAIN DARK FOR A PERIOD OF 180 DAYS UNTIL NEW EQUIPMENT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND OBTAINED.
 
WHY would they invest in a new transmitter for WTSV? No cash flow there. Parts for the transmitter might be found on EBay! I bet they keep it dark and don't bring it back. OR transfer it to a non-profit to fix and operate. Church group? NHPR? Who would want that station other than Nassau? Is there any value there?
 
Church maybe... NHPR? HELL. NO.

Claremont is plenty well served with Public Radio anyway, the best signal being VPR's WVPR 89.5, offering a city-grade in to Claremont.

As for NHPR, WEVO (Concord) WEVN (Keene) and WEVH (Hanover) cover Claremont relatively well. But again, WVPR is best.
 
How about Dartmouth college? They would have the cash to fix it up. Don't they have an FM already? WDCR? I've been away too long to know what the college has now.
 
Dartmouth owns WDCR (which I think is dark) and WFRD-FM which is Rock. Vox was selling it's spots under a JSA...don't know if that's still the case. Not too many colleges have commercially licensed signals.

splicer38 said:
How about Dartmouth college? They would have the cash to fix it up. Don't they have an FM already? WDCR? I've been away too long to know what the college has now.
 
taylorjsdad said:
Xkrusdx said:
forget about cutting airstaff, seems like they cut out a whole station. No sign of 1230-WTSV Claremont, N.H. "ESPN Radio, The Score" in over a month.


I was wondering about that myself. I like to tune in to them on Sundays on the way to pick up my daughter and could not.

If they've been off the air since June & you didn't notice until October I'd guess you don't listen very often. Isn't that their stick in the swamp across from Big Lots? Judging by the looks of it, that site needs more than just a new transmitter!
 
ThatGuyOnTheRadio said:
Church maybe... NHPR? HELL. NO.

Claremont is plenty well served with Public Radio anyway, the best signal being VPR's WVPR 89.5, offering a city-grade in to Claremont.

As for NHPR, WEVO (Concord) WEVN (Keene) and WEVH (Hanover) cover Claremont relatively well. But again, WVPR is best.
Actually NHPR makes great sense. Here's why. Claremont is a gaping hole in NHPR's state coverage. It's also a community that NHPR wants to serve. The fact that they get VPR better than NH PR is an even bigger factor. They applied for a new FM there in the last filing window, though it appears that they will not win that MX group. So if they could get WTSV at a reasonable price I could see NHPR being all over it.

PTR
 
This thread has taken many twists and turns but let's focus back on Nassau for a moment. Why have they (shapiro) not filed with the FCC? Why has the FCC not approved the transfer to Goldman? What is happening with 102.3 in Concord? Are there any other stations they are going to part with? What happened to the Portland signal they had to divest? There may be trouble in Paradise with Mr. Shapiro. I have heard he was anxious to close or at the very least LMA. Why have things cooled? What's possibly going on? Is the deal still as deal?
 
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