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Equipment, Signal Coverage, and Basic Facts
Frequency: 1700 kHz
Transmitter location: Acme Park, 154 Great Road, Shirley Center/North Shirley
Sign on date: April 2004
Effective Radiated Power: 100 milliwatts (1/10th of a watt) FCC Part 15 maximum power level.
Antenna: Home constructed 3 meter vertical, impedance matched with a tuning coil and elevated about 17 feet above ground level at its base.
Transmitter: SStran Model AMT3000 assembled from kit.
Automation software: Station Playlist
Coverage Area: The neighborhoods of North Shirley, Shirley Center, and Woodsville in the town of Shirley, Massachusetts. Maximum range is 2 miles, but more is possible using good mediumwave DX equipment during daylight hours in locations AWAY from power lines (See map below.) During ideal conditions, the signal has been detected on a high quality car radio at "hot spot" locations three miles away.
Format: Folk, Americana, New Age and World Music (progressive easy listening) supplemented with populist/progressive talk. We feature more than 7,000 quality selections from over 1400 artists... and we're just getting started. Compare THAT to corporate radio!
Heritage: Walden 1120 AM, Concord, MA (1989-1997), Folk Image.com (1997-2004)
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