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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING March 9, 1945 0 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on Friday evening, March 9, 1945 at 8:00 P.M. Chairman Glynn Messrs. Bowker, and Nickerson, Associate Members Ballard and' Redman were present. The Clerk was also present. The meeting was held for the purpose of considering the application of the Massachusetts Broadcasting Corporation (Station WCOP) for permission to erect and maintain a radio broadcasting transmitting station on the premises bounded northerly by the Concord -Cambridge Turnpike, easterly by land of the Belmont Springs Company, southerly by Concord Avenue and westerly by land of the Minute Man Golf Club. The public hearing was held on February 23, 1945. Mr. Bowker reported that. he had discussed the proposed station with Mr. Hale of the Massachusetts Broadcasting Corpor- ation. Mr. Bowker stated that he believed, after the close of the war, frequency modulation would be used to a much greater extent than at the present time, and interference from static would be eliminated. He explained th4t frequency modulation is up.around 42 megacycles and ordinary modulation is around 1500 which means the higher the frequency, the less energy is put into the air. Mr. Bowker stated that frith the new types of radio there would be no interference from the station. Mr. Bowker said that the antenae would face towards Boston, and that as far as Lexington is concerned, under the proposed type of transmitter, there is a very small area with possibly two or three houses for which special sets willhave to bepurchased to eliminate interference. He said that the Federak Communications Commission has investigated this matter thoroughly and they would regulate it very closely. Mr. Bowker stated that,he did not believe there would be any trouble encountered except possibly when the kilowatts exceed fifty. Upon motion of Mr. Bowker; seconded by Mr. Nickerson, it was unanimously voted to grant the petition of the Massachusetts Broadcasting Corporation in the following form; BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40,Sections 25 to 30 as amended, having received a written petition addressed to it by Massachusetts Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Station WCOP a copy of which is hereto m. mexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the Lex- ington Minute -Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which • hearing was held in the Selectments Room, in the Town Office Building on the twenty-third day of February, 1945.