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A-14 THE RECORD HEY JERSEY I i iurtn I tty4 Me college radio stotioes may ctael on the dial Press Broadcasting even threatened to petition the FCC to take WMCS off the air before Montclair State's Board of Trustees agreed last month to move the station for $50,000. The company has also promised to pay up to $25,000 of the college's moving costs and $100,000 in services, including permission for WMSC to rebroadcast WKXW's news and weather be reached for comment Wednesday. Perry was concerned that a more powerful WRPR might run into interference on the air from WMSC on 90.3. He said there are also three New York college stations and a third station at Kean College in Union also on 90.3 FM. "There are a lot of issues that have to be answered to protect everybody," he said.

"Nobody's trying to be selfish." the station is located in Mahwah and hemmed in by hills and mountains. But Perry said the college wants to relocate the station's transmitter and antenna to a higher spot that would enable the 100-watt station which broadcasts music, talk, and live sports to reach all of Bergen County and possibly Passaic and Essex counties as well. Such a plan would require FCC approval. FCC officials could not Robert McAllan, president of Press Broadcasting, said his company's engineering firm told him that WMSC would not run into interference from WRPR on its new frequency. He was unaware of Ramapo State's plans and declined to comment on the possibility of any future problems.

"This is the first I've heard of it," McAllan said. Michael Hyde, WMSC's station manager, declined to comment on the matter. With WMSC out of the way, WKXW would have access to a-larger segment of North Jersey's lucrative suburban market, and WMSC should wind up with more listeners without interference from the Trenton station. There won't be any immediate interference if the FCC grants WMSC a new home on the dial that is the same as Ramapo's. WRPR's signal is limited because Storcvido Savings For 4 ttta" ZJ Your Fcrnily And Home! Shop Today 10AM Q) i mm sag8 VI miff-mi regular prices ILJ V-l UU gBm fV (C esasifiifliaiaBSai By CEVIN LEONARD Staff Writer at Talk about mixed signals: Montclair State College's plan to -move WMSC, its tiny student ra- Aio station, to 90.3 FM may be in for some static.

ii, WRPR, the fledgling campus -station at Ramapo College of New jjersey, already occupies that spot on the FM dial. Jesse Rosenblum, Montclair State's vice president for institutional advancement, said Wednesday that he didn't expect the two stations to clash on the airwaves. "I don't see this as a problem at all," Roseblum said. But Andre Perry, WRPR's faculty adviser and director of Ramapo State's International Telecommunications Center, isn't so sure there won't be trouble if the Federal Communications Commission approves the move. "I don't want to fight with our sister college in the state," Perry said, "But we have to protect our interests here at Ramapo State." Montclair wants to move its 10-watt student station because of pressure from WKXW, a Trenton station.

Right now, 9WMSC and WKXW share the jame frequency: 101.5 FM. WKXW's owner, Press Broadcasting Co. of Neptune, has complained that the sleepy college sta-4ibh, which specializes in alternative rock, has been interfering with its broadcast of oldies and Jersey-oriented talk shows. (::. Gambler can't sue over slots removal he Associated Press (.

ATLANTIC CITY An Atlantic City gambler can't sue casinos (over their 1992 removal of millions of dollars worth of progressive slot-machine jackpots, a state court has ruled, yi The casinos didn't do anything wrong when they discontinued more than $20 million in the jackpots, a two-judge panel of the Appellate Division of Superior Court ruled Tuesday. -i The judges refused to reinstate a lawsuit by Joseph Decker against ight gambling halls, saying he -didn't have a basis to sue. "Plaintiff placed money in the (progressive slot machines and received in return a chance to win ihe progressive jackpot," the ruling says. ir The judges said the casinos "did hot take away the opportunity to win a progressive jackpot before Decker pulled the handle." They said Decker had gambled regularly i Atlantic City and, like most players, lost money, The appeals panel also said the matter came under the jurisdiction of the state Casino Control Commission, and not the courts. In 1992, the casinos stopped offering more than $20 million in progressive jackpots after receiving commission approval.

Progressive slots offer a top prize that increases every time a player inserts a coin. Often a group of progressive slots are linked to pne jackpot. New charge in customs bribery case The Associated Press NEWARK A New Jersey man charged with attempting to bribe a customs inspector to transport diesel fuel through Serbia to Croatia was accused Wednesday of trying to violate presidential orders supporting U.N. sanctions, The new indictment makes Leonard Caiola among the first Americans charged under the U.N. Participation Act of 1945, said Assistant U.S.

Attorney Stuart J. Rabner. Caiola, 71, of Fort Lee has been held without bail since his arrest last month after a federal magistrate ruled he posed a risk of fleeing the country. The customs inspector was offered $400,000 in exchange for approving paperwork for fuel worth $35 million, court papers said, Caiola was arrcHted in a Newark Hotel room after handing tho inspector a $50,000 cash down payment, which was videotaped. Caiola has said he Is a self-em-jloycd consultant to oil compan- t'S.

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