http://www.turnto10.com/community/4676707/detail.html
NBC 10 Receives $40,000 Grant to Study Alternative Source Of Electricity
At Transmitter Site In Rehoboth, MA
POSTED: 5:13 pm EDT July 1, 2005
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) recently notified NBC
10 that it received a $39,690 feasibility grant to study the possibility
of the installation of a wind turbine at it TV transmitter facility in
Rehoboth, MA.
NBC 10 had applied for the grant earlier this year with the goals of
generating electricity from a wind turbine for its facilities, saving
energy costs, and educating the public about the benefits of renewable
energy through site tours and school-based forums. .
“We are extremely pleased to receive this grant and excited to start our
work,” said Lisa Churchville, NBC 10 President and GM. “We are grateful
to the members of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative for funding
this exploration of the use of alternative sources of electricity for
our facility.”
Boreal Renewable Energy Development will lead the project with NBC 10
engineer Mark McMillan.
The Rehoboth TV transmitter site is 156 acres with a building, two
towers already in place and adjacent open field. The grant money will be
used to “verify on-site wind resources on the existing towers, in
addition to performing an economic analysis, assessment on electrical
interconnection, permitting, looking for potential interference of a
wind turbine with TV transmissions, and wind turbine visualization.
The study is expected to take about four months, according to the
consultants.
The benefits of renewable generation like wind turbines to generate
electricity have been shown to decrease demand on electrical grids and
reduce emissions found in fossil fuel power.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
NBC 10 is one of the 14 owned-and-operated stations. These stations,
located in key markets across the United States, include New York
(WNBC-TV), Los Angeles (KNBC), Chicago (WMAQ), Philadelphia (WCAU), San
Francisco (KNTV), San Diego (KNSD), Dallas (KXAS), Birmingham (WVTM),
Providence (WJAR), and Hartford (WVIT), Columbus (WCMH), Raleigh (WNCN),
Miami (WTVJ), and Washington DC (WRC). Together these stations cover
approximately 30 percent of the nation's viewing households, and
annually generate more than $1 billion in revenue from advertising
sales. In addition, NBC owns and operates 15 Telemundo stations in top
Hispanic language markets, as well as the number one ranked station in
Puerto Rico
--
Dishnut-P
================================================================
Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News
heard Saturdays at 10pm EST. on
RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network AMC-7 Transponder 5 / 7.50Mhz
(4DTV W-7 973), WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations.
http://dishnuts.net
RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen
Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/
Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post.
_______________________________________________
MEDIANEWS mailing list
medianews@twiar.org
To unsubscribe send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]