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NERW 4/9/2012: CBC to silence RCI shortwave

Apr 09, 2012 5 Comments by

In this week’s issue: CBC plans big budget, staffing cuts – CBS staffs up new WLNY-TVĀ  – Grayson returns to Boston airwaves – Walt Sanders, RIP – New suburban Toronto FM signal licensed by SCOTT FYBUSH (Before we get into the headlines from this holiday-abbreviated week, a schedule note: next Monday’s NERW will be coming [...]

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Site of the Week 4/6/2012: Cleveland’s Seven Hills/Parma Tower Farm, revisited

Apr 06, 2012 4 Comments

Way back in 2004, this column featured an extensive look at the many tall towers that dot the landscape of Parma, Ohio, just south of Cleveland. Go ahead and hit that link – you’ll get peeks at most of the AM, FM and TV sites that serve this very sizable and interesting market, not to [...]

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NERW 4/2/2012: Connoisseur’s Long Island bargain?

Apr 02, 2012 1 Comment

In this week’s issue: Barnstable’s $23 million Long Island exit – WLNY joins CBS – Huckabee lands at WOR – Vermont gets a new “Mix” – Jimmy Roach jumps from “Froggy” to WDSY – Baseball on the Radio 2012 (the Minor Leagues) by SCOTT FYBUSH *It is, by far, the biggest station sale in NEW [...]

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Site of the Week 3/30/12: From Kingston to Catskill, June 2010

Mar 30, 2012 6 Comments

It’s taken us four Tower Site of the Week installments to cover all the ground that we surveyed in real life back in June 2010, when we spent three very busy days traversing New York’s Hudson Valley in the company of our longtime tower-hunting colleague Mike Fitzpatrick of NECRAT.us. In our first three installments, we’ve [...]

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NERW 3/26/2012: Barnstable Sells LI Stations

Mar 26, 2012 1 Comment

In this week’s issue: Jack Williams cuts back at WBZ-TV – Baseball on the Radio 2012 (the Major Leagues) – FM Auction 93 includes VT, PA signals – New FMs sign on in Maine – Tietolman eyes Montreal’s CJAD by SCOTT FYBUSH MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Barnstable Broadcasting is exiting Long Island with the sale of [...]

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