-=> 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.   
      
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