[BC] WNLC 1510 New London, CT

[WFIFeng at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/30/2007 9:37:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com writes:

> According to a high ranking official at Hall Communications Cuprak 
>  Road office in Norwich, CT .. they told me that there was a fire at 
>  the base of a tower or two and it would've been too costly to repair.
>  
>  They operated at 100W ND for several months before turning in the license

100 watts? they were 10K day! They could have run 2500 watts non-d for a 
time. WFIF has had to run non-d on a few occasions while I was there. (1250 
watts.) Listeners on Long Island stated calling, asking what we did to come in so 
good. Our more distant listeners here in CT asked why they couldn't hear us as 
well. It was when we had a tower fall, another time when we had to replace a 
tower, and again when maintenance was being done on the antenna system.

Anyway, it is obvious that WNLC did not have insurance, because something 
like that should *not* have been *that* expensive! They were already doomed. :( I 
guess this just made a convenient excuse. Perhaps they *did* have insurance, 
and the payout was more than they thought they could get for the station? I 
find that hard to believe, though... either that, or they were deep in debt, and 
this was the easiest way to file bankruptcy. I just have such a hard time 
grasping how this situation was all it took to deep-six them. I think they "gave 
up" much too easily.

Still, having clear coverage well up the CT coastline (Interstate 95) is a 
bonus for WFIF, now that 1510 is gone.

Willie...


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