-=> Quoting Raymond Yates to Nancy Backus on 10-23-05  11:25 <=-

 NB> Partnering with other stations has been getting a lot more prevalent
 NB> lately, but I've seen it more in the public radio networks, as I'm not
 NB> that tuned into TV.  Locally, WXXI-FM and AM have been simulcasting
 NB> with (I think it's) WJSU, at Houghton College, for a few years now,
 NB> and recently have been simulcasting the NPR newscasts with WRUR at the
 NB> UofR as well.  And then, of course, there are the joint ventures, such
 NB> as the Voice of the Voter, with WXXI-TV, WOKR (again, I think that's
 NB> the right one) and isn't that with the D&C as well?

 RY> You hit it right on the head. with a minor correction?
 RY> The public radio situation is more like the stations carry the same
 RY> national feed at the same time. Thay can do that, of course.

That's partly the case here, but not entirely.  When it comes to the NPR
feeds and such, you are of course exactly right.  But what I was also
talking about was the local* programs on WXXI also being broadcast on
WJSU.  Also North Country Public Radio, whose main station is WSLU in
Canton NY, on the campus of St Lawrence University (hence the call
letters ), but which has a LONG list of stations that also have the
exact same programming, both local and the national feeds, including a
number of translators as well.

 RY> It's handy for me as I have to drive to Raleigh every once in a while,
 RY> and can listen to Morning Edition all they way up to there (it's three
 RY> hours) without missing a beat by changing stations. As for locally,
 RY> it's neat that thay do that, as it gives the listener choices if
 RY> there's areas where the signal fadews due to interference.

Yes, I've done that on trips, too...  :)  Even on trips of 6, 10 or more
hours...     Well, actually, on the longer trips, the national feeds
don't last the whole time...  :)  So I do get the different stations'
programming.  But even there, I've noticed that there are more and more
of the collaborations between stations...  At the top of the hour, when
they give the station ID, there's a list of call letters and locations
and dial settings, sometimes just 2 or 3, sometimes, like NCPR, more
like a dozen or two...!

 RY> As I said someplace (probably here) we have one station that
 RY> briadcasts on two different frequencies,and transmitter loations and
 RY> gets from a small station (relatively) a signal pattern of some 100
 RY> miles circumference. This could only be duplicated from a single
 RY> transmitter location by quadrupling the power output. That would be
 RY> expensive. 

Which is, I believe, the set-up as stated above for North Country Public
Radio.  They cover all of the top part of New York State, along with
Vermont.  I think that that is what is being started here in Rochester,
to a lesser extent, with adding WJSU to the WXXI signal.  Locally it's a
bit stranger, even... as WJSU sometimes is simulcasting with WXXI-FM and
sometimes with WXXI-AM.  The AM station has all the newsfeeds (FM only
takes the 3-5 minutes on the top of the hour, and not every hour,
either), and passes them to WJSU.  I think that that's also what is
happening with the newsfeeds to WRUR, that it actually comes through
WXXI-AM rather than being WRUR hooking up directly to the same national
feed.  Both WJSU and WRUR are FM stations, BTW.

ttyl        neb

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