[BC] Tower down in Spokane

Douglas B. Pritchett wbzq1300
Fri Dec 1 11:36:10 CST 2006


It should be interesting to see how this plays out. It speaks to the 
efficiency of digital, does in not?
-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
WBZQ1300 at verizon.net


Robert Meuser wrote:
> Other than a 2011 sunset date for analog, the rest of the plan is for 
> the CBC and not necessarily commercial operations. If you read between 
> the lines, what they really are proposing is the elimination of low 
> powered translators in small communities. The traditional major 
> transmitters would remain.  44 markets in Canada still takes remaining 
> transmitters to some fairly small markets probably 50,000 or less. One 
> transmitter in Toronto covers 5 of the top 30 Canadian cities and a 
> number of towns in between
> 
> R


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