[BC] join us on AM ?

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

Scott, that 's something that never occured to me, but it makes perfect 
sense. Every day we see situations where an AM/FM owner silences the AM 
and returns the license. Maybe the only reason was the high cost of 
tubes and electric. It's a shame.

-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN (really, don't laugh)
wbzq1300 at verizon.net


Bailey, Scott wrote:

>Robert,
>
>    Correct! The GM at WEEN-AM/WLCT-FM, Lafayette, TN is still running a
>tube transmitter, a Collins 20V-2, that was installed when WEEN went on
>in 1958. Randy said the tube prices from Richardson were getting higher
>& higher and they were just about ready to turn off the AM, due the FM
>was the money maker for them.
>     I think now they are buying a rack mount transmitter for the AM and
>keep it on.
>
>  
>