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- From: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (jim mcnicholas)
- Newsgroups: chi.general
- Subject: Re: Casion--Vote (really chicago and $$)
- Message-ID: <eBo3XB1w165w@jimmc.chi.il.us>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 05:41:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.211820.6572@sdc.com>
- Reply-To: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (jim mcnicholas)
- Organization: Prime Time Productions Aurora, Illinois
- Lines: 48
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- kenk@sdc.com (Ken Konecki) writes:
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- > In article <930124948@drktowr.chi.il.us> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Gilib
- > >3) You can't just
- > >plop an antenna anywhere - the EPA would have a seizure. You think
- > >dangerous EMF comes off high voltage lines? Stand next to a 150,000 watt
- > >transmitter and you'll get an E-burn you'll never forget.
- >
- > 150,000 watts? Not in the U.S. 50,000 is as high as it gets.
- > In any event, the EPA has very little say in where an antenna
- > gets placed.
- you are correct about the EPA but,
- BUZZZZZTTT!! You lose alot of 100,000 watt stations in this country
- FM's all in the major metros, 50K is all they'll allow though!
-
- > >In other words, the best location for an antenna at the
- > >time the stations were set up was in Chicago, and for the most part
- > >there weren't any suburbs to reach (except for like Aurora and a few
- > >others that were around before Chicago).
-
- How long do you think radio has been around anyway?
-
-
- > The suburbs have been around much longer than television and
- > radio. When television came along there was definitely a
- > suburban audience to reach. Chicago was chosen because it happens
- > to be at the center of the circle.
- >
- > >Now who has to provide the
- > >plowing and crap like I mentioned before so the stock broker can
- > >get to work downtown? Yep. The city.
- >
- > Bzzt. Guess again. The majority of suburban commuters who work
- > downtown come via the RTA which is subsidized by suburban tax money.
- > Of those that don't, only a small percentage of time is spent on roads
- > that fall under the jurisdiction of the city. The Feds pay to plow the
- > expressways and U.S. highways, the state for state roads, county for
- > county roads, etc.
-
- No, flame here ken, just trying to keep the media part correct!
-
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