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W291CC On The Move

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Laurence Glavin

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FM Translator W2912CC 106.1 is on the move. Licensed to Sanford, ME, the new application is for a move to New Hampshire near route 4. How long before it migrates to the Newburyport, MA market a la WPKZ?
 
Laurence Glavin said:
FM Translator W2912CC 106.1 is on the move. Licensed to Sanford, ME, the new application is for a move to New Hampshire near route 4. How long before it migrates to the Newburyport, MA market a la WPKZ?
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Only in America........ Out of curiousity though, isn't WSCA-LP in Portsmouth, a rather popular low power FM'er, in the same backyard on 106.1 ? I do believe LPFM's have some protection from translators if I'm not mistaken. This ought to be rather interesting.
 
FM Translator W2912CC 106.1 is on the move. Licensed to Sanford, ME, the new application is for a move to New Hampshire near route 4. How long before it migrates to the Newburyport, MA market a la WPKZ?
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I have heard through reliable channels that the FCC is clamping down on long-distance translator migrations. Has been for about eight months, now. Assuming no problems with the app, the first application for a move is usually granted within a few weeks, maybe a month or two. The next application for a second move is delayed by at least six months because they can. File an application for a third move and they'll sit on it until judgment day.

I don't know if that informal policy applies to unbuilt CP's, though. But FWIW, it appears that W291CC is already filed a license to cover at its new location on Hussey Mtn, just south of Farmington, NH. It does appear they're using a directional antenna with a null towards Portsmouth. And WSCA-LP is low enough in height that while I imagine W291CC isn't helping their fringe reception, the fringe of WSCA wasn't all that far out to begin with.

As for moving to Newburyport, I'd hazard a guess that W291CC is better-positioned to serve the Concord and Manchester markets in New Hampshire. It might even put a passable signal over those areas now, although with NH's mountainous terrain I wouldn't put money on that.
 
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