[BC] Coastal 1A's

[Bill Brister]

I have a question about coastal 1A radio stations. Only two coastal 1A's
that I know of use directional antennas. WBZ, Boston to eliminate signal
waste over the Atlantic Ocean and WWL, New Orleans to eliminate the Gulf of
Mexico. They put a much stronger signal over the land areas of the country
as a result.

The rest use non-directional antennas. It seems that stations like KFI and
KNX in Los Angeles put half of their signals into the Pacific Ocean. The
1A's in New York City would have a little bigger challenge covering New
England and the East Coast but I would think that could be overcome rather
easily.

Just curious.

Bill Brister
Houston, TX