From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Jun 1 03:29:55 2007 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 02:29:55 -0500 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports Message-ID: <20070601072955.0B8B849B6A8@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> http://www.bostonradiowatch.com You know that announcement the new owners of WWZN made about the station flipping to programming serving the immigrant community? Never mind. In a press release that Boston Radio Watch reproduced, they said that 1510 WILL stay sports. "'1510 The Zone has been embedded in Boston as a sports station for the last 10 years and we would like to preserve that tradition,' said Peter Davidson, the head of Blackstrap Broadcasting, LLC. 'Boston is among the greatest sports cities in the country and the demand for sports coverage in the region reflects that,' he said." From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Jun 1 07:33:10 2007 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 07:33:10 -0400 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports References: <20070601072955.0B8B849B6A8@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <000c01c7a440$a6e47240$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Well, what about Sports in Spanish? There is an ESPN Spanish network, and though I'm sure that WROL has the Sox in Spanish locked up for this season (at night--WBNW carries the day games in Spanish), it shouldn't be hard for 50-kW WWZN to show the Sox (or whomever is responsible for selling the Spanish radio rights) that WWZN covers a lot better at night than WROL does (even when WROL "forgets" to cut back to night power--which seems to be most of the time). -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "BostonRadio Mailing List" Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 3:29 AM Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports > http://www.bostonradiowatch.com > > You know that announcement the new owners of WWZN made about the station flipping to > programming serving the immigrant community? Never mind. In a press release > that Boston Radio Watch reproduced, they said that 1510 WILL stay sports. > > "'1510 The Zone has been embedded in Boston as a sports station for the last 10 years and we would like to preserve that tradition,' said Peter Davidson, the head of Blackstrap Broadcasting, LLC. 'Boston is among the greatest sports cities in the country and the demand for sports coverage in the region reflects that,' he said." > From elipolo@earthlink.net Fri Jun 1 09:08:33 2007 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:08:33 -0400 Subject: WALE is Spanish Message-ID: >From NERW, May 28, 1999: > One bit of RHODE ISLAND news: WBUR-FM is applying for a > Newport translator on 91.5, which would bring a solid > public radio signal to Aquidneck Island for the first > time. That never went on the air as far as I know. EP From sean.smyth@yahoo.com Fri Jun 1 09:31:57 2007 From: sean.smyth@yahoo.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 06:31:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports In-Reply-To: <000c01c7a440$a6e47240$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Message-ID: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Dan Strassberg wrote: > Well, what about Sports in Spanish? There is an ESPN Spanish network, > and > though I'm sure that WROL has the Sox in Spanish locked up for this > season > (at night--WBNW carries the day games in Spanish), it shouldn't be > hard for > 50-kW WWZN to show the Sox (or whomever is responsible for selling > the > Spanish radio rights) that WWZN covers a lot better at night than > WROL does > (even when WROL "forgets" to cut back to night power--which seems to > be most > of the time). The key word in Davidson's aforementioned statement is "like." I'd love to do a lot of things, including buy a smaller station that gets a 1 rating, but it isn't happening anytime soon, even if Bob Bittner chose to sell. Spanish sports is a legit possibility. I see few markets where it would be plausible, even with the ESPN Deportes network, but Boston would be one. The Spanish community is very into the Red Sox, as was evidenced by Pedro Mania, and there are a couple very successful players of Hispanic background on this team. You may recall that 1510 was thisclose to being the Red Sox' Spanish flagship a few years ago. WEEI balked, and the deal was squashed. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Jun 1 10:17:29 2007 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:17:29 -0400 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports References: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> No, I didn't recall. What was the reason or alleged reason for WEEI's objection to having a real full-time station carry the Sox in Spanish--as opposed to a Class D AM with low-power nighttime authority (even if it often "forgets" to power down at sunset)? Did Entercom feel that enough of the people who listened to the Sox on WEEI were bilingual and would switch the Spanish broadcasts, if only the Spanish signal were better? I suppose that if that theory were correct, a stronger signal for the Spanish broadcasts could actually cut the ratings for the English broadcasts by a measurable amount. I can imagine 0.1 or maybe even 0.2 share points. Since WWZN never makes it into the ratings, I suppose that if it had gotten the Sox in Spanish and WEEI's ratings for the Sox in English had declined measurably, that small decline would have been the first solid statistical evidence that anyone at all listened to WWZN. Nevertheless, I don't think WWZN would have challenged CJBC for the fewest listeners per watt in North America. The numbers for both stations are surely well below 1, but CJBC must have more zeros to the immediate right of the decimal point. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smyth" To: "Dan Strassberg" ; "Bob Nelson" ; "BostonRadio Mailing List" Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:31 AM Subject: Re: WWZN announces it will stay sports > > Spanish sports is a legit possibility. I see few markets where it would > be plausible, even with the ESPN Deportes network, but Boston would be > one. The Spanish community is very into the Red Sox, as was evidenced > by Pedro Mania, and there are a couple very successful players of > Hispanic background on this team. > > You may recall that 1510 was thisclose to being the Red Sox' Spanish > flagship a few years ago. WEEI balked, and the deal was squashed. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's > Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 From elipolo@earthlink.net Fri Jun 1 18:28:13 2007 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:28:13 -0400 Subject: BRI: Old Casey Kasem AT-40 shows to WODS? Message-ID: The other night I heard a promo with an aged-sounding Casey Kasem saying that Oldies 103.3 will be rebroadcasting old 1970's editions of his nationally syndicated "American Top 40" shows on Saturday evenings. I guess that's it for "Mighty Mike" Osborne's live, local "Saturday Night 70's". I'm sure the shows will have nostalgia factor for the oldies audience who grew up listening to him every week in the 70's, but I can't see it getting ratings of a well-executed live, local, interactive Saturday night 60's/70's oldies party show. It's probably supplied at low cost and mostly national sponsor supported (or perhaps even free and sponsored), so it would cost them a lot less to run it and pay a board-op rather than live talent (I don't think they use automation there). They're also running old Wolfman Jack shows Sunday nights at 11:00 PM (after Barry Scott's "Lost 45's"). Well, as the man always said, "keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars"... EP From billings@suscom-maine.net Fri Jun 1 18:53:58 2007 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:53:58 -0400 Subject: ESPN replaces Air America on 870 in Portland Message-ID: <9817BF71F5C9495A9562E47BD26D619F@DanBillingsPC> http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/012511.html From brian_vita@cssinc.com Sat Jun 2 01:33:06 2007 From: brian_vita@cssinc.com (Brian Vita) Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: BRI: Old Casey Kasem AT-40 shows to WODS? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1180762386.466101125667c@colossus.bilow.com> Quoting Eli Polonsky : > The other night I heard a promo with an aged-sounding Casey > Kasem saying that Oldies 103.3 will be rebroadcasting old > 1970's editions of his nationally syndicated "American Top > 40" shows on Saturday evenings. I guess that's it for > "Mighty Mike" Osborne's live, local "Saturday Night 70's". > Actually XM Radio has been playing the shows sans commercials on the 70's and 80's channels for the past few weeks. All I can surmise is that Kasey Kasem is trying to milk a few dollars for his retirement by placing the shows back in syndication. I actually think that its a good time filler for an Oldies station though maybe not at the expense of a popular live show. Brian T. Vita, President Cinema Service & Supply, Inc. 77 Walnut St. Peabody, MA 01960-5691 (978)538-7575/Fax (978)538-7550 From wollman@bostonradio.org Sun Jun 3 01:19:27 2007 From: wollman@bostonradio.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 01:19:27 -0400 Subject: Gratuitous plug Message-ID: <18018.20319.119829.249324@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> For those of you on the list who for some reason don't make it a habit to check in regularly at our site, The Archives @ BostonRadio.org (shame on you!), over the past week I've worked to put up three new photo galleries (with a fourth on the way as soon as its review period expires). I've also reorganized the index of photo galleries so you can find things more easily. Hop on over to and spend some quality time with "WUNR/WKOX/WRCA construction progress, Spring 2007" and "Brighton Studioplex". Both galleries are fairly small by my standards, so if you want something a bit meatier, and you can tolerate my taste in architecture, give "Some Back Bay architecture" a try. Four down, only about thirty-five to go.... -GAWollman From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Jun 3 02:48:53 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:48:53 -0500 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports In-Reply-To: <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com>, <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Message-ID: <46621E05.20195.9E9588@joe.attorneyross.com> On 1 Jun 2007 at 10:17, Dan Strassberg wrote: > No, I didn't recall. What was the reason or alleged reason for WEEI's > objection to having a real full-time station carry the Sox in > Spanish--as opposed to a Class D AM with low-power nighttime authority > (even if it often "forgets" to power down at sunset)? Did Entercom > feel that enough of the people who listened to the Sox on WEEI were > bilingual and would switch the Spanish broadcasts, if only the Spanish > signal were better? I suppose that if that theory were correct, a > stronger signal for the Spanish broadcasts could actually cut the > ratings for the English broadcasts by a measurable amount. I can > imagine 0.1 or maybe even 0.2 share points. Since WWZN never makes it > into the ratings, I suppose that if it had gotten the Sox in Spanish > and WEEI's ratings for the Sox in English had declined measurably, > that small decline would have been the first solid statistical > evidence that anyone at all listened to WWZN. It would be my guess that having the Sox in Spanish on a station that was otherwise an English-language sports station might motivate some people who could understand both languages to listen to the Sox in Spanish on WWZN and then stay for some of its English sports programming. I can see how WEEI might consider that a threat, whereas having the Sox in Spanish on a station that was not otherwise a sports station, or one that was all Spanish, might not be seen as quite so much of a threat. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From sean.smyth@yahoo.com Sun Jun 3 01:45:35 2007 From: sean.smyth@yahoo.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Gratuitous plug In-Reply-To: <18018.20319.119829.249324@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <407584.92008.qm@web58303.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Garrett Wollman wrote: > For those of you on the list who for some reason don't make it a > habit > to check in regularly at our site, The Archives @ BostonRadio.org > (shame on you!), over the past week I've worked to put up three new > photo galleries (with a fourth on the way as soon as its review > period > expires). I've also reorganized the index of photo galleries so you > can find things more easily. Hop on over to > and spend some quality time with > "WUNR/WKOX/WRCA construction progress, Spring 2007" and "Brighton > Studioplex". Both galleries are fairly small by my standards, so if > you want something a bit meatier, and you can tolerate my taste in > architecture, give "Some Back Bay architecture" a try. > > Four down, only about thirty-five to go.... Speaking of the Archives, are the market listings still there? If they are, I've been passing over them. ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Jun 3 11:06:09 2007 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:06:09 -0400 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports References: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com>, <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> <46621E05.20195.9E9588@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <002201c7a5f0$cac09020$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Well, AFAIK, neither WROL, which carries the Sox in Spanish at night, nor WBNW, which, effective this season, carries the Sox day games in Spanish, broadcasts in any language besides English at other times OTOH, neither of these stations' mostly brokered-time English-language programming appears to compete with anything that Entercom broadcasts on WEEI, WRKO, or any of its other Southern New England properties (AM or FM), whith the possible exception of WBNW's weekday financial talk shows, which nominally cater to the same audience as Bob Brinker's weekend shows on WRKO. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Joseph Ross" To: ; "Bob Nelson" ; "BostonRadio Mailing List" ; "Dan Strassberg" Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:48 AM Subject: Re: WWZN announces it will stay sports > On 1 Jun 2007 at 10:17, Dan Strassberg wrote: > > > No, I didn't recall. What was the reason or alleged reason for WEEI's > > objection to having a real full-time station carry the Sox in > > Spanish--as opposed to a Class D AM with low-power nighttime authority > > (even if it often "forgets" to power down at sunset)? Did Entercom > > feel that enough of the people who listened to the Sox on WEEI were > > bilingual and would switch the Spanish broadcasts, if only the Spanish > > signal were better? I suppose that if that theory were correct, a > > stronger signal for the Spanish broadcasts could actually cut the > > ratings for the English broadcasts by a measurable amount. I can > > imagine 0.1 or maybe even 0.2 share points. Since WWZN never makes it > > into the ratings, I suppose that if it had gotten the Sox in Spanish > > and WEEI's ratings for the Sox in English had declined measurably, > > that small decline would have been the first solid statistical > > evidence that anyone at all listened to WWZN. > > It would be my guess that having the Sox in Spanish on a station that > was otherwise an English-language sports station might motivate some > people who could understand both languages to listen to the Sox in > Spanish on WWZN and then stay for some of its English sports > programming. I can see how WEEI might consider that a threat, > whereas having the Sox in Spanish on a station that was not otherwise > a sports station, or one that was all Spanish, might not be seen as > quite so much of a threat. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com > > From wollman@bostonradio.org Sun Jun 3 12:36:56 2007 From: wollman@bostonradio.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:36:56 -0400 Subject: UNS: Re: Gratuitous plug In-Reply-To: <407584.92008.qm@web58303.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <18018.20319.119829.249324@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <407584.92008.qm@web58303.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <18018.60968.633629.486247@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Speaking of the Archives, are the market listings still there? If they > are, I've been passing over them. No, we removed them a few years ago when it became clear that I was not going to be able to keep them up-to-date. -GAWollman From kvahey@gmail.com Sun Jun 3 11:24:26 2007 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:24:26 -0400 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports In-Reply-To: <002201c7a5f0$cac09020$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> <46621E05.20195.9E9588@joe.attorneyross.com> <002201c7a5f0$cac09020$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Message-ID: <4fc429770706030824y73a3d4e8kb334aab65c9bfee1@mail.gmail.com> The Red Sox did veto the Spanish games going to 1510. The Sox were upset about unauthorized promotions the station had and then the fiasco with Dakota's morning show claiming Hazel Mae and Terry Francona were an item. I am surprised the Sox Spanish games didn't surface on 1470. However it is also obvious 950 is at daytime power for Sox night games. On 6/3/07, Dan Strassberg wrote: > Well, AFAIK, neither WROL, which carries the Sox in Spanish at night, nor > WBNW, which, effective this season, carries the Sox day games in Spanish, > broadcasts in any language besides English at other times OTOH, neither of > these stations' mostly brokered-time English-language programming appears to > compete with anything that Entercom broadcasts on WEEI, WRKO, or any of its > other Southern New England properties (AM or FM), whith the possible > exception of WBNW's weekday financial talk shows, which nominally cater to > the same audience as Bob Brinker's weekend shows on WRKO. > > -- > Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net > eFax 707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. Joseph Ross" > To: ; "Bob Nelson" ; "BostonRadio > Mailing List" ; "Dan > Strassberg" > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:48 AM > Subject: Re: WWZN announces it will stay sports > > > > On 1 Jun 2007 at 10:17, Dan Strassberg wrote: > > > > > No, I didn't recall. What was the reason or alleged reason for WEEI's > > > objection to having a real full-time station carry the Sox in > > > Spanish--as opposed to a Class D AM with low-power nighttime authority > > > (even if it often "forgets" to power down at sunset)? Did Entercom > > > feel that enough of the people who listened to the Sox on WEEI were > > > bilingual and would switch the Spanish broadcasts, if only the Spanish > > > signal were better? I suppose that if that theory were correct, a > > > stronger signal for the Spanish broadcasts could actually cut the > > > ratings for the English broadcasts by a measurable amount. I can > > > imagine 0.1 or maybe even 0.2 share points. Since WWZN never makes it > > > into the ratings, I suppose that if it had gotten the Sox in Spanish > > > and WEEI's ratings for the Sox in English had declined measurably, > > > that small decline would have been the first solid statistical > > > evidence that anyone at all listened to WWZN. > > > > It would be my guess that having the Sox in Spanish on a station that > > was otherwise an English-language sports station might motivate some > > people who could understand both languages to listen to the Sox in > > Spanish on WWZN and then stay for some of its English sports > > programming. I can see how WEEI might consider that a threat, > > whereas having the Sox in Spanish on a station that was not otherwise > > a sports station, or one that was all Spanish, might not be seen as > > quite so much of a threat. > > > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > > 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 > > Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > > > > > From dave@skywaves.net Sun Jun 3 18:59:40 2007 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:59:40 -0400 Subject: Rhode Island Translators (Was WALE is Spanish) References: Message-ID: <004f01c7a632$de4dba40$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> Hi, all- A translator CP was granted to Boston University for 91.5 in Newport. Apparently, it was never built. The app was filed in 1999, granted in 2000, and expired in 2003. Its current status at the FCC is Permit Cancelled, and it has been assigned a deleted-type call sign (DW218BO). There is an active translator application by The WRNI Foundation for 91.3 in Wakefield. It was filed in 1999, and is still listed as "Tendered." A translator app filed in 1998 by Southern RI Public Radio Broadcasting for Coventry on 91.5 was dismissed, presumably because it would interfere with WCVY, also in Coventry, also on 91.5. Another translator app filed in 1999 by Broadcasting for the Challenged for 91.5 in Coventry was also dismissed, presumably for the same reason. So of all four of these translator apps on 91.3 and 91.5, not one is on the air. -Dave Doherty Skywaves, Inc. 97 Webster Street Worcester, MA 01603 508-425-7176 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eli Polonsky" To: "'Boston Radio'" Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:08 AM Subject: Re: WALE is Spanish > >From NERW, May 28, 1999: >> One bit of RHODE ISLAND news: WBUR-FM is applying for a >> Newport translator on 91.5, which would bring a solid >> public radio signal to Aquidneck Island for the first >> time. > > That never went on the air as far as I know. > > EP > > > From dave@skywaves.net Sun Jun 3 19:05:20 2007 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:05:20 -0400 Subject: WALE is Spanish References: <465ED896.4060400@comcast.net> Message-ID: <000301c7a633$a8d6a290$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> Hi, all- >From the STA App they filed in January (sorry about the caps, that's all the FCC accepts in its app system): "WALE (AM), GREENVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, WENT SILENT ON DECEMBER 29, 2006, BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IN THE CURRENT OPERATING CONFIGURATION OF THE STATION'S FACILITIES. DUE TO THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IN THE CONFIGURATION, THE STATION IS CONSUMING AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THIS SIGNIFICANT AND DISPROPORTIONATE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER HAS MADE IT ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE STATION UNDER THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION. CUMBRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP. REQUESTS PERMISSION TO REMAIN SILENT WHILE IT RECONFIGURES ITS OPERATING SYSTEM TO CURE THIS TECHNICAL ISSUE." -Dave Doherty Skywaves, Inc. 97 Webster Street Worcester, MA 01603 508-425-7176 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Butler" To: ; "Russ Butler" Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:15 AM Subject: WALE is Spanish > According to www.radio-locator.com (search WALE), 990AM is now a Spanish > language broadcaster but currently off the air. License granted July > 9,1999 to Greenville, RI expires in 2014. Last FCC update was December 29, > 2006. Owned by Cumbre Broadcasting. > > The 50Kw coverage pattern and xmtr site Northwest of Smithfield near > Tarkin, RI (not Burrellville RI) coordinates are shown. The Google > satellite map zooms in on the six tower array. > > The 2007 RI Media Guide has this listing (the WALE's web site > supermax990am.com doesn't work if they are off the air, however). They own > are two other stations in the market: Latina 100.3 (Middletown) and > Festival Jazz 102.7 (Narragansett Pier): > > WALE Supermax 990 AM > P.O. Box 6443 > Providence, RI 02904 > Located at 1185 North Main St. > Supermax WKKB Inc. > > General Manager: Craig Rapoza > Program Director: Dr. Manolo Pazos > Telephone: (401) 521-0990 > Fax: (401) 521-5077 > Web site: www.supermax990am.com > Email: manolopazos@aol.com > Format: 24 hours in Spanish, Red Sox in Spanish, Targets Ages > 34+, news, sports, traffic, weather > Notes: Sister to WKKB-FM Latina 100.3 and WAKX > FM 102.7 > > Maybe they are getting WALE's xmtr all fixed to fire it up? > > =Russ Butler songbook2@comcast.net > > From readaaron@friedbagels.com Mon Jun 4 00:04:38 2007 From: readaaron@friedbagels.com (Aaron Read) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:04:38 -0400 Subject: WALE is Spanish / Rhode Island translators Message-ID: <46638F56.5040504@friedbagels.com> The Coventry apps were dismissed when "Educational Radio for the Public of the New Millennium" (a religious broadcaster) finally forced WCVY into a share-time arrangement for 91.5FM, after many years of many parties trying - they finally succeeded. I have heard many stories, if half of them are true then nobody came out smelling good in that little saga. The "New Millennium" folks have got calls WRJI and they're trying to put 100 watts on 91.5 from Cranston, IIRC. The WBUR translator in Newport was allowed to expire after the FCC rejected WBUR's attempt to get a waiver that would allow the FM translator to repeat WRNI 1290AM's programming. (FM translators, by the rules, may only repeat FM stations...not AM) Since the translator realistically could only repeat the 90.9 signal from Boston, and (at the time) there were serious rumblings that there was "too much Boston" on the Rhode Island stations, the translator was never built and the app allowed to expire. Nowadays we know that, at the time, WBUR/WRNI were starting to run a huge deficit (this was not all that long before Jane Christo's role as GM ended rather publicly) so I'd hazard a guess any unnecessary expenses were to be avoided. (shrugs) BTW Scott, I know the setup on the 96.5 translator in Newport quite well...and WCRB 102.5 comes in better there than WCRI does. Strange but true. However, you are correct that 96.5 repeated WCRB for many years, then was switched to 96.9 (even though it was better on 102.5) and stayed that way until it switched to WMVY. Around the same time 96.5 switched to WMVY, there was some idle speculation that 96.5 would translate WBUR's 90.9 signal (actually there was speculation it would translate several signals) but it never actually happened. BTW to everyone in Providence, how well does WUMD's new 89.3 signal come in around the Providence area? I've heard it's supposed to be a good rimshot signal in there... -- -------------------------- Aaron Read readaaron@friedbagels.com Boston, MA 02446-2204 Hi, all- A translator CP was granted to Boston University for 91.5 in Newport. Apparently, it was never built. The app was filed in 1999, granted in 2000, and expired in 2003. Its current status at the FCC is Permit Cancelled, and it has been assigned a deleted-type call sign (DW218BO). There is an active translator application by The WRNI Foundation for 91.3 in Wakefield. It was filed in 1999, and is still listed as "Tendered." A translator app filed in 1998 by Southern RI Public Radio Broadcasting for Coventry on 91.5 was dismissed, presumably because it would interfere with WCVY, also in Coventry, also on 91.5. Another translator app filed in 1999 by Broadcasting for the Challenged for 91.5 in Coventry was also dismissed, presumably for the same reason. So of all four of these translator apps on 91.3 and 91.5, not one is on the air. -Dave Doherty Skywaves, Inc. 97 Webster Street Worcester, MA 01603 508-425-7176 From readaaron@friedbagels.com Mon Jun 4 10:41:22 2007 From: readaaron@friedbagels.com (Aaron Read) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:41:22 -0400 Subject: WOMR off the air Message-ID: <46642492.1030401@friedbagels.com> There was a small "fire" (there's conflicting reports in Cape Cod Online) at WOMR's transmitter site last week, knocking their 92.1 signal off the air. Station management was mentioned as saying they expected to be back on the air with "half power" by this past weekend. http://capecod.planetdiscover.com/?keywords=WOMR&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Search -- -------------------------- Aaron Read readaaron@friedbagels.com Boston, MA 02446-2204 From PaulBCurrier@comcast.net Mon Jun 4 13:28:36 2007 From: PaulBCurrier@comcast.net (Paul B Currier) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:28:36 -0400 Subject: WOMR off the air References: <46642492.1030401@friedbagels.com> Message-ID: <000501c7a6cd$c9020dd0$633f434b@DG07P241> Yes, they we off for a couple of days and returned Wednesday with 2000 or their 6000 watts. Still awaiting more parts.. Paul Sandwich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Read" To: Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:41 AM Subject: WOMR off the air > There was a small "fire" (there's conflicting reports in Cape Cod > Online) at WOMR's transmitter site last week, knocking their 92.1 signal > off the air. Station management was mentioned as saying they expected > to be back on the air with "half power" by this past weekend. > > http://capecod.planetdiscover.com/?keywords=WOMR&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submi t=Search > > -- > > > -------------------------- > Aaron Read > readaaron@friedbagels.com > Boston, MA 02446-2204 > > > > > From mike@miscon.net Mon Jun 4 20:39:51 2007 From: mike@miscon.net (mike@miscon.net) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:39:51 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports In-Reply-To: <4fc429770706030824y73a3d4e8kb334aab65c9bfee1@mail.gmail.com> References: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> <46621E05.20195.9E9588@joe.attorneyross.com> <002201c7a5f0$cac09020$19eefea9@dstrassberg> <4fc429770706030824y73a3d4e8kb334aab65c9bfee1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <.24.60.119.12.1181003991.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> earlier, Kevin Vahey said: > The Red Sox did veto the Spanish games going to 1510. The Sox were > upset about unauthorized promotions the station had and then the > fiasco with Dakota's morning show claiming Hazel Mae and Terry > Francona were an item. It was my understanding that the Spanish Beisbol Network negotiations for going to 1510 took place in 2000 - 2001 and that there were WEEI protections and Fenway park signage issues that came into play. New owners for both the Sox and 1510 might mean another stab at it. >However it is also obvious 950 is at daytime power for Sox night games. I know that this accusation keeps reappearing on this list - I believe that the (then) CE made a very clear statement about automated day/night power changes (I'll look through the archives to see if I've got that right - please excuse me if I'm wrong). I think I'll also swing by the station and ask to see the logs. It'd be good to have something to go on other than supposition. Mike Michael G Wilkins From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Jun 4 21:17:24 2007 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:17:24 -0400 Subject: WWZN announces it will stay sports In-Reply-To: <002201c7a5f0$cac09020$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <623780.77789.qm@web58311.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <001801c7a457$9b3b1900$19eefea9@dstrassberg> <46621E05.20195.9E9588@joe.attorneyross.com> <002201c7a5f0$cac09020$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Message-ID: <4fc429770706041817x568caa8cr71a451e4b1f65715@mail.gmail.com> In the past 2 weeks I have heard 950 clear at night in Hyannis and Chelmsford. OK Hyannis as a water shot maybe but not Chelmsford at nite. The Sox vetoed 1510 again 2 years ago. On 6/3/07, Dan Strassberg wrote: > Well, AFAIK, neither WROL, which carries the Sox in Spanish at night, nor > WBNW, which, effective this season, carries the Sox day games in Spanish, > broadcasts in any language besides English at other times OTOH, neither of > these stations' mostly brokered-time English-language programming appears to > compete with anything that Entercom broadcasts on WEEI, WRKO, or any of its > other Southern New England properties (AM or FM), whith the possible > exception of WBNW's weekday financial talk shows, which nominally cater to > the same audience as Bob Brinker's weekend shows on WRKO. > > -- > Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net > eFax 707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. Joseph Ross" > To: ; "Bob Nelson" ; "BostonRadio > Mailing List" ; "Dan > Strassberg" > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:48 AM > Subject: Re: WWZN announces it will stay sports > > > > On 1 Jun 2007 at 10:17, Dan Strassberg wrote: > > > > > No, I didn't recall. What was the reason or alleged reason for WEEI's > > > objection to having a real full-time station carry the Sox in > > > Spanish--as opposed to a Class D AM with low-power nighttime authority > > > (even if it often "forgets" to power down at sunset)? Did Entercom > > > feel that enough of the people who listened to the Sox on WEEI were > > > bilingual and would switch the Spanish broadcasts, if only the Spanish > > > signal were better? I suppose that if that theory were correct, a > > > stronger signal for the Spanish broadcasts could actually cut the > > > ratings for the English broadcasts by a measurable amount. I can > > > imagine 0.1 or maybe even 0.2 share points. Since WWZN never makes it > > > into the ratings, I suppose that if it had gotten the Sox in Spanish > > > and WEEI's ratings for the Sox in English had declined measurably, > > > that small decline would have been the first solid statistical > > > evidence that anyone at all listened to WWZN. > > > > It would be my guess that having the Sox in Spanish on a station that > > was otherwise an English-language sports station might motivate some > > people who could understand both languages to listen to the Sox in > > Spanish on WWZN and then stay for some of its English sports > > programming. I can see how WEEI might consider that a threat, > > whereas having the Sox in Spanish on a station that was not otherwise > > a sports station, or one that was all Spanish, might not be seen as > > quite so much of a threat. > > > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > > 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 > > Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > > > > > From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jun 5 00:24:21 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:24:21 -0500 Subject: Latest on WCRB Message-ID: <46649F25.18840.30DB43@joe.attorneyross.com> I've noticed Listo FIsher on WCRB on weekends lately. He never used to be a classical music announcer, but he seems to be doing it OK. Their latest promotion is that they interrupt the music for commercials only twice an hour. If they played longer works, it would work out that way anyway. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From rogerkirk@ttlc.net Tue Jun 5 15:03:02 2007 From: rogerkirk@ttlc.net (Roger Kirk) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:03:02 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? Message-ID: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier (i.e. before 8:00 am) than I: "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite montage promos - the tag line at the end was: You got questions, We've got answers!" Now where have I heard that one before? From haverhill01835@comcast.net Tue Jun 5 15:15:31 2007 From: haverhill01835@comcast.net (haverhill01835@comcast.net) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:15:31 +0000 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? Message-ID: <060520071915.12079.4665B653000ECFF300002F2F22068150930C050303@comcast.net> The winner is: Radio Shack Marc -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Roger Kirk > From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier (i.e. before > 8:00 am) than I: > > "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite montage > promos - the tag line at the end was: > > You got questions, We've got answers!" > > Now where have I heard that one before? > > > From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Jun 5 15:09:53 2007 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:09:53 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? In-Reply-To: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> Message-ID: <001601c7a7a5$265f9830$c7151bac@MasterExtra> > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] > On Behalf Of Roger Kirk > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:03 PM > To: bri@bostonradio.org > Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? > > From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier > (i.e. before 8:00 am) than I: > > "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite > montage promos - the tag line at the end was: > > You got questions, We've got answers!" > > Now where have I heard that one before? I think a more accurate in reality version of the Rat Shack slogan is "You've got questions, we've got blank stares"! From francini@mac.com Tue Jun 5 15:24:59 2007 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:24:59 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? In-Reply-To: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> References: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> Message-ID: RadioShack! They appear to have dropped the slogan in favor of the rather simplistic, but perhaps less memorable "Do Stuff". j On 5 Jun 2007, at 15:03, Roger Kirk wrote: > From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier (i.e. > before 8:00 am) than I: > > "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite > montage promos - the tag line at the end was: > > You got questions, We've got answers!" > > Now where have I heard that one before? > > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Jun 5 15:25:35 2007 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:25:35 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? References: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> Message-ID: <000701c7a7a7$674b17a0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Do I win anything for being the first of at least 100 replies with the correct answer? Radio Shack. I have also heard many dozens of Radio Shack-related takeoffs on the slogan, the most memorable of which is "You've got questions, we've got blank stares." -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kirk" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:03 PM Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? > From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier (i.e. before > 8:00 am) than I: > > "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite montage > promos - the tag line at the end was: > > You got questions, We've got answers!" > > Now where have I heard that one before? > > > From raccoonradio@mail.com Tue Jun 5 15:07:42 2007 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:07:42 -0500 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? Message-ID: <20070605190742.879ED1F50B1@ws1-2.us4.outblaze.com> I heard that too; we'll see if Radio Shack sues (I think that's who had it). Maybe just playfully borrowing the slogan...? = Pedometers as Low as $1 - Free Shipping Huge Selection of Quality Brands Like, Yamax, Sportline, Freestyle, and More. Customer Logos, Free Shipping. Fast Delivery. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=1ed972f8bac8e902c6afbaf95c7b7930 From dave@skywaves.net Tue Jun 5 15:38:32 2007 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:38:32 -0400 Subject: WUMD/Providence References: <46638F56.5040504@friedbagels.com> Message-ID: <003101c7a7a9$1a11bc30$6601a8c0@skywaves.net> > BTW to everyone in Providence, how well does WUMD's new 89.3 signal come > in around the Providence area? I've heard it's supposed to be a good > rimshot signal in there... It sounds quite good to me all over town. There are a few spots where it takes a deep fade, but in general it is very listenable. You start to get serious breakup out by Cranston in the area of the 6 / 295 intersection, but south of there on 295, you're very solid. I'll be heading up 146 tonight, and I'll give it a listen up that way. YMMV, though. The Onleyville Pirate (Spanish on 89.1) was not operating today. -Dave Doherty Skywaves, Inc. 97 Webster Street Worcester, MA 01603 508-425-7176 From me@billoneill.us Tue Jun 5 16:10:38 2007 From: me@billoneill.us (Bill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:10:38 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? In-Reply-To: References: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> Message-ID: <4665C33E.9030708@billoneill.us> John Francini wrote: > They appear to have dropped the slogan in favor of the rather > simplistic, but perhaps less memorable "Do Stuff". > So, that will be the _next_ WBZ slogan? We Do Stuff. Hey, not bad. I prefer, WBZ...Keep your questions to yourself. WBZ...ask your neighbor. WBZ...you figure it out. WBZ...what are you lookin' at? WBZ...you talkin' to me? Bill O'Neill From rickajho@rcn.com Tue Jun 5 16:15:25 2007 From: rickajho@rcn.com (Rick) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:15:25 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? References: <060520071915.12079.4665B653000ECFF300002F2F22068150930C050303@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4665C45D.10B3E62A@rcn.com> haverhill01835@comcast.net wrote: > > The winner is: Radio Shack > > Marc As I recall Radio Schlock actually acquired a trade mark on that slogan. I wonder if BZ will get into trouble if they use it for same. Rick > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Roger Kirk > > From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier (i.e. before > > 8:00 am) than I: > > > > "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite montage > > promos - the tag line at the end was: > > > > You got questions, We've got answers!" > > > > Now where have I heard that one before? > > > > > > From chuckigo@maine.rr.com Tue Jun 5 17:02:52 2007 From: chuckigo@maine.rr.com (Chuck Igo) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:02:52 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? References: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> <4665C33E.9030708@billoneill.us> Message-ID: <000401c7a7b4$e3524500$0201a8c0@Family> regarding 'BZ's evolving and borrowed slogans, Bill O wrote: >>I prefer, WBZ...Keep your questions to yourself. WBZ...ask your neighbor. WBZ...you figure it out. WBZ...what are you lookin' at? WBZ...you talkin' to me? << how about the ever popular and versatile - If it's happening, it's News to us! - -Chuck Igo From lglavin@mail.com Tue Jun 5 13:21:33 2007 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:21:33 -0500 Subject: Latest on WCRB Message-ID: <20070605172133.DD9751158CC@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Joseph Ross" To: "BostonRadio Mailing List" >Subject: Latest on WCRB>Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:24:21 -0500 >I've noticed Listo FIsher on WCRB on weekends lately. He never used >to be a classical music announcer, but he seems to be doing it OK. >Their latest promotion is that they interrupt the music for >commercials only twice an hour. If they played longer works, it >would work out that way anyway. >-- >A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 >92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 >Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com One other piece of news from 750 South Street: according to universalhub.com, WCRB will no longer run outdoor classical music concerts on Thursday afternoons at Copley Plaza. Sponsors could not be found to underwrite the expenses. I'm truly broken up over this. = Hair Transplant Surgeon Hair Transplant Surgeon. Schedule your free consultation today. Take charge of your hair loss. Experience life changing results. Get your hair back now. Look great. Feel confident. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=a2a51479ec0bbbfc226cc36917c0c6cd From lglavin@mail.com Tue Jun 5 13:24:46 2007 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:24:46 -0500 Subject: WOMR off the air Message-ID: <20070605172446.8C9CB1158CC@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul B Currier" >To: "Aaron Read" , boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org >Subject: Re: WOMR off the air >Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:28:36 -0400 >Yes, they we off for a couple of days and returned Wednesday with 2000 or >their 6000 watts. Still awaiting more parts.. >Paul >Sandwich >---- Original Message ----- >From: "Aaron Read" >Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:41 AM >Subject: WOMR off the air > There was a small "fire" (there's conflicting reports in Cape Cod > Online) at WOMR's transmitter site last week, knocking their 92.1 signal > off the air. Station management was mentioned as saying they expected > to be back on the air with "half power" by this past weekend. > The oddity about this is the fact that WOMR's ANTENNA sits on a water tank! = Los Angeles Times Travel Travel for Southern Californians by Southern Californians. Go Now. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=24e2ecd92b98c2513543dcdedebfffbd From wollman@bimajority.org Tue Jun 5 18:37:45 2007 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:37:45 -0400 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? In-Reply-To: <000401c7a7b4$e3524500$0201a8c0@Family> References: <4665B366.7090601@ttlc.net> <4665C33E.9030708@billoneill.us> <000401c7a7b4$e3524500$0201a8c0@Family> Message-ID: <18021.58809.33477.267906@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > how about the ever popular and versatile - > If it's happening, it's News to us! No, that would have to be Metro/Shadow's slogan. Particularly on the traffic side. -GAWollman From fox893@yahoo.com Tue Jun 5 17:42:20 2007 From: fox893@yahoo.com (Cooper Fox) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:42:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? In-Reply-To: <20070605190742.879ED1F50B1@ws1-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <588781.67936.qm@web39102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > I heard that too; we'll see if Radio Shack sues (I > think that's who had it). Maybe just > playfully borrowing the slogan...? > Many of the newer sweepers on JJ Jeffries' WRED feature tag lines and slogans stolen from commercials... "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!" What that has to do w/ CHR/U music, I don't know... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ From wollman@bimajority.org Tue Jun 5 23:57:55 2007 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:57:55 -0400 Subject: Any idea...? In-Reply-To: <380487.23283.qm@web55313.mail.re4.yahoo.com> References: <380487.23283.qm@web55313.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <18022.12483.511085.540592@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> [We interrupt this mailing-list for a minor administrative announcement....] < said: > Any idea why none of my posts seem to make it to the > list? Yes. Read any one of my four previous messages to you on this subject. If you didn't receive them, then try using a working email address. [We apologize for the interruption. Just to repeat for the benefit of everyone: (a) If your email address is not the same as the one you are subscribed under, you will not be able to post to the list. (b) If your email address doesn't work, you will not even receive the message telling you that you are not allowed to post. If you wish to be able to post from multiple addresses, you may subscribe all of them and disable mail delivery to some or all of them. Thank you for your attention. We now return to our regularly-scheduled program.] -GAWollman From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Jun 6 01:10:05 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:10:05 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act Message-ID: <4665FB5D.7282.5C3B15@joe.attorneyross.com> I've just got a mailing from "Consumers for Tech Choice" promoting the "Massachusetts Cable Choice and Competition Act." They don't really say what the Act is, and their Website isn't very specific either. For all I know this is some industry group trying to abolish all regulation. Or maybe it really is an organization trying to eliminate "obsolete restrictions" on cable service. Does anyone have any idea what this really is? -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From wollman@bimajority.org Wed Jun 6 00:21:10 2007 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:21:10 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <4665FB5D.7282.5C3B15@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <4665FB5D.7282.5C3B15@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <18022.13878.623578.345096@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > I've just got a mailing from "Consumers for Tech Choice" promoting > the "Massachusetts Cable Choice and Competition Act." They don't > really say what the Act is, and their Website isn't very specific > either. For all I know this is some industry group trying to abolish > all regulation. Pretty much. It's an astroturf campaign backed by Verizon trying to bypass local franchise authorities (i.e., cities and towns) and get the General Court to give it a statewide cable TV franchise, in which it would be allowed to serve only those customers it felt like (i.e., the most profitable ones), unlike the incumbent cable TV companies who must serve everyone in their licensed service areas. As with all campaigns, there is an equal and opposite astroturf operation acting as a front for Comcast. I've heard radio spots from both urging me to contact my state legislators and support or oppose this legislation. -GAWollman (who already has a choice of cable companies, thank you very much) From francini@mac.com Wed Jun 6 00:26:13 2007 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:26:13 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <4665FB5D.7282.5C3B15@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <4665FB5D.7282.5C3B15@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: At 0:10 -0500 6/6/07, A. Joseph Ross wrote: >I've just got a mailing from "Consumers for Tech Choice" promoting >the "Massachusetts Cable Choice and Competition Act." They don't >really say what the Act is, and their Website isn't very specific >either. For all I know this is some industry group trying to abolish >all regulation. Or maybe it really is an organization trying to >eliminate "obsolete restrictions" on cable service. Does anyone have >any idea what this really is? > >-- >A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 >Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com I believe that it is a law that, if passed, would remove the cities' and towns' right to award cable franchises to one company (or two, in the areas where both Comcast and RCN both have them). This is an issue because Verizon wants to get FIOS into more areas, but many towns are requiring them to go through the same process the cable companies do to get a franchise. This is delaying FIOS rollout significantly, apparently. Verizon would MUCH rather deal with a single state-wide protocol and/or authority to get permission to build-out FIOS than being required to deal with 351 different authorizing bodies. John -- John Francini, francini@mac.com "The journey is more important than the destination -- that's part of life. If you only live for getting to the end, you're almost always disappointed." -- Donald Knuth From wollman@bimajority.org Wed Jun 6 00:34:45 2007 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:34:45 -0400 Subject: More new old photos Message-ID: <18022.14693.406070.852920@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Our latest photo gallery, "More Boston AMs, March 2006", shows the inside of the WWZN, WKOX, WBIX, WUNR (pre-construction), and WRCA transmitter sites. -GAWollman From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Jun 6 08:14:17 2007 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:14:17 -0400 Subject: More new old photos References: <18022.14693.406070.852920@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <001601c7a834$3953afa0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Garrett: Since you don't usually do anything without a reason that makes sense at least to you, I assume you are trying to teach the list members a lesson. Well, maybe you will succeed, but your omission of a link or links from the message to which I am replying strikes me as simply dumb! THIS IS A RULE for EVERYONE who sends e-mails to a list or just to an individual or individuals in an attempt to promote traffic at a Web site: Your message should include A LINK to the target site. The more difficult you make it for the recipients of your message to take the action the message proposes, the less likely the suggestion you proffer will elicit the desired response. (And all this time, I thought the rule was self-evident.) -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Wollman" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:34 AM Subject: More new old photos > Our latest photo gallery, "More Boston AMs, March 2006", shows the > inside of the WWZN, WKOX, WBIX, WUNR (pre-construction), and WRCA > transmitter sites. > > -GAWollman > From pete@partnercomm.com Wed Jun 6 12:16:06 2007 From: pete@partnercomm.com (Peter Murray) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:16:06 -0400 Subject: More new old photos In-Reply-To: <001601c7a834$3953afa0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <18022.14693.406070.852920@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <001601c7a834$3953afa0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Message-ID: <4666DDC6.606@partnercomm.com> No need to sound so harsh, Dan. Given that Garrett posted on 3-June about http://gallery.bostonradio.org, I'd expect he probably figured it was redundant to refer to it again. Not an unreasonable omission. There is much information at the Archives (http://www.bostonradio.org) - certainly enough to keep the average radio geek amused for hours. While we're posting URLs of note, check out the "Other Resources" link off the Archives main page. If you have additional radio-relevant URLs to share, post them! A few from my collection: http://www.radio-locator.com - good info, but for entertainment only. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio - the authoritative site for US radio info. http://www.geocities.com/athens/olympus/3514/index.html - Peter George's "RadioDXer" site, including the "UHF Morgue" http://www.dxfm.com - excellent TV/FM propagation info -Peter -- Peter Murray (N3IXY) Oak Hill, VA Dan Strassberg wrote: > Garrett: Since you don't usually do anything without a reason that makes > sense at least to you, I assume you are trying to teach the list members a > lesson. Well, maybe you will succeed, but your omission of a link or links > from the message to which I am replying strikes me as simply dumb! THIS IS A > RULE for EVERYONE who sends e-mails to a list or just to an individual or > individuals in an attempt to promote traffic at a Web site: Your message > should include A LINK to the target site. The more difficult you make it for > the recipients of your message to take the action the message proposes, the > less likely the suggestion you proffer will elicit the desired response. > (And all this time, I thought the rule was self-evident.) > > -- > Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net > eFax 707-215-6367 From Joe@attorneyross.com Wed Jun 6 14:25:41 2007 From: Joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:25:41 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <18022.13878.623578.345096@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <4665FB5D.7282.5C3B15@joe.attorneyross.com>, <18022.13878.623578.345096@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4666B5D5.18490.32D454@Joe.attorneyross.com> On 6 Jun 2007 Garrett Wollman wrote: > Pretty much. It's an astroturf campaign backed by Verizon trying to > bypass local franchise authorities (i.e., cities and towns) and get > the General Court to give it a statewide cable TV franchise, in which > it would be allowed to serve only those customers it felt like (i.e., > the most profitable ones), unlike the incumbent cable TV companies who > must serve everyone in their licensed service areas. > > As with all campaigns, there is an equal and opposite astroturf > operation acting as a front for Comcast. I've heard radio spots from > both urging me to contact my state legislators and support or oppose > this legislation. Thanks, I had an inkling it was something like that. When a campaign has some gut-reaction slogan like "choice and competition" and is short on the specifics, it's a good guess. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax: 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From lglavin@mail.com Wed Jun 6 15:05:00 2007 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:05:00 -0500 Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? Message-ID: <20070606190500.4A8C41158CC@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry Weil" >To: bri@bostonradio.org >Subject: RE: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? >Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:09:53 -0400 > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] > On Behalf Of Roger Kirk > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:03 PM > To: bri@bostonradio.org > Subject: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? > > From a professional acquaintance that is up much earlier (i.e. > before 8:00 am) than I: > "In the last couple of days, WBZ aired one of their news bite > montage promos - the tag line at the end was: >> You got questions, We've got answers!" >> Now where have I heard that one before? >I think a more accurate in reality version of the Rat Shack slogan is "You've got questions, we've got blank stares"! >From the derisive posts about Radio Shack that have appeared since this thread first appeared, I think some of you might get a laugh from a recent entry at the satirical site "The Onion". Since the article is now in the archives, it appears that no specific URL works, but under the Doctrine of Fair Use, here are a few lines from it. The headline reads: "Even CEO Can't Figure Out How Radio Shack Is Still in Business". It opens with: "After a thorough review of its operations, Radio Shack CEO Julian Day could provide no real explanation for the analog-riddled company's staying power" Later in the article he is also quoted as saying: "There must be some sort of business model that enables Radio Shack to make money, but I'll be damned if I know what it is". One of the theories advanced for Radio Shack's longevity is the possibility that there are still countless Radio Shack gift cards out there, and when some recipients of these items find themselves in a mall with a Radio Shack store, they wander in and try to redeem them for something, ANYTHING. The article closes with a plaintive description of an incognito visit by CEO Day to one of his outlets: "It was about as inviting as a visit to the DMV". -- Get a free http://www.mail.com account & e-mail address today! Choose from over 100 personalized domains. From Kaimbridge@gmail.com Thu Jun 7 09:42:45 2007 From: Kaimbridge@gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:42:45 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] Re: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? Message-ID: <46680B55.5060608@Gmail.com> One of our esteemed radiophytes, Laurence Glavin, wrote, > From the derisive posts about Radio Shack that have appeared since > this thread first appeared, I think some of you might get a laugh > from a recent entry at the satirical site "The Onion". Since the > article is now in the archives, it appears that no specific URL > works, You didn't look (or should I say "Google") hard enough P=): http://www.theonion.com/content/news/even_ceo_cant_figure_out_how ?> The Onion is not intended for readers under 18 years of age. ~Kaimbridge~ ----- Wikipedia?Contributor Home Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From raccoonradio@mail.com Thu Jun 7 13:14:43 2007 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:14:43 -0500 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690 Message-ID: <20070607171443.7655F49B6A8@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> Big City Radio, a pirate at 101.3,can be picked up in Beverly and Salem with a half decent car stereo ...reggae, maybe some r&b/rap... broadcasting from somewhere in Boston. Not sure of the wattage, but it ain't licensed... Also was running what sounded like an ad for some kind of event (a bunch of local businesses/restaurants, etc. were mentioned as part of it). I'm guessing that if the station makes money, they don't report it to the IRS...Described as "urban/tropical" on a site I found listing "low power radio" in the area. Also coming in strong in Salem (have picked up before): 1690 WRCI R.Creole Inter, Lynn - French news/talk, AM Stereo (according to Baconti's site). Also breaking the law...based on Union St. in Lynn according to their site. "Radio Creole was founded to give choices to different ethnic groups that live in the Northshore area." Well, be advised that WMWM does run some ethnic programming as does WLYN (though time is sold out on the latter, we've heard...) Not sure how long the FCC will take to take action against them. From lglavin@mail.com Thu Jun 7 13:14:07 2007 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:14:07 -0500 Subject: [B-R-I] Re: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? Message-ID: <20070607171407.5950A478092@ws1-5.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kaimbridge M. GoldChild" >To: "Boston Radio Interest" >Subject: [B-R-I] Re: WBZ Borrowing A Slogan? >Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:42:45 +0000 >One of our esteemed radiophytes, Laurence Glavin, wrote, > From the derisive posts about Radio Shack that have appeared since > this thread first appeared, I think some of you might get a laugh > from a recent entry at the satirical site "The Onion". Since the > article is now in the archives, it appears that no specific URL > works, >You didn't look (or should I say "Google") hard enough P=): >http://www.theonion.com/content/news/even_ceo_cant_figure_out_how ?> The Onion is not intended for readers under 18 years of age. ~Kaimbridge~ How do you like that! Usually if a URL works in Google it works on Yahoo! and vice versa , and I tried it on Yahoo! to no avail. -- Get a Free E-mail Account at Mail.com! Choose From 100+ Personalized Domains Visit http://www.mail.com today From readaaron@friedbagels.com Thu Jun 7 16:56:33 2007 From: readaaron@friedbagels.com (Aaron Read) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:56:33 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act Message-ID: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> That's essentially correct, John...but the problem is that if this act passes, it will largely remove what little leverage local towns have over their cable provider to provide things like local access funds, carrying specific channels, providing regular maintenance, etc etc etc. All that stuff will be moved to up the state level, where it's much easier to ignore. I recommend reading up at Dan Kennedy's Media Nation blog, he's got a good summary there. http://medianation.blogspot.com/search/label/local%20access -- -------------------------- Aaron Read readaaron@friedbagels.com Boston, MA 02446-2204 I believe that it is a law that, if passed, would remove the cities' and towns' right to award cable franchises to one company (or two, in the areas where both Comcast and RCN both have them). This is an issue because Verizon wants to get FIOS into more areas, but many towns are requiring them to go through the same process the cable companies do to get a franchise. This is delaying FIOS rollout significantly, apparently. Verizon would MUCH rather deal with a single state-wide protocol and/or authority to get permission to build-out FIOS than being required to deal with 351 different authorizing bodies. John From dave@skywaves.net Thu Jun 7 20:05:59 2007 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:05:59 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> Message-ID: <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> Let me start be saying that I am, in general, not a great fan of Verizon. There are things that they do exceedingly well, however, and I gladly buy my cell phone service from them as a result. Another thing I would readily buy from VZ - if it were available - is FiOS. I recently moved from New Jersey, where FiOS was available, to Worcester, where it is not, and I have to say that I miss it very much. The NJ regulators franchised Verizon for the entire state, after which they rolled it out very quickly. The cable companies complained a lot, but none of them went out of business. FiOS is a fabulous service, and totally free of the restraints and problems that usually come with Verizon DSL and dialup service, which I wouldn't buy on any account. I had business-grade service with 5 fixed IPs and a direct pipe to the Internet - no blocking of Port 25 and the other nonsense that they put you through on the other services. I paid for "up to 15mbps" and never, ever, clocked it at less than 12. Charter's rates are through the roof compared with other areas of the country, and all I can say about their Internet service is that it's better than dialup. They could sure use the competition on both Internet and Video services. So from somebody who lived in a state that did what Massachusetts is considering, I say "go for it." Competition is a great thing, even if it does come from Verizon. -Dave Doherty Skywaves, Inc. 97 Webster Street Worcester, MA 01603 508-425-7176 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Read" To: Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:56 PM Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act > That's essentially correct, John...but the problem is that if this act > passes, it will largely remove what little leverage local towns have over > their cable provider to provide things like local access funds, carrying > specific channels, providing regular maintenance, etc etc etc. > > All that stuff will be moved to up the state level, where it's much easier > to ignore. > > I recommend reading up at Dan Kennedy's Media Nation blog, he's got a good > summary there. > > http://medianation.blogspot.com/search/label/local%20access > > -- > > > -------------------------- > Aaron Read > readaaron@friedbagels.com > Boston, MA 02446-2204 > > > > I believe that it is a law that, if passed, would remove the cities' > and towns' right to award cable franchises to one company (or two, in > the areas where both Comcast and RCN both have them). > > This is an issue because Verizon wants to get FIOS into more areas, > but many towns are requiring them to go through the same process the > cable companies do to get a franchise. This is delaying FIOS rollout > significantly, apparently. > > Verizon would MUCH rather deal with a single state-wide protocol > and/or authority to get permission to build-out FIOS than being > required to deal with 351 different authorizing bodies. > John > > From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Jun 8 01:03:24 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:03:24 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> Message-ID: <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com> On 7 Jun 2007 at 20:05, Dave Doherty wrote: > So from somebody who lived in a state that did what Massachusetts is > considering, I say "go for it." Competition is a great thing, even if > it does come from Verizon. I have no problem with the competition issue, but I don't see why Verizon can't go through the local communities, just as Comcast and RCN have done. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From wollman@bimajority.org Fri Jun 8 01:04:01 2007 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 01:04:01 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > I have no problem with the competition issue, but I don't see why > Verizon can't go through the local communities, just as Comcast and > RCN have done. They want to be able to cherry-pick the most profitable customers, while leaving other areas unserved. Most communities won't allow that, and want to hold Verizon to the same build-out standards as the incumbent operators were held to. (RCN didn't mind having to serve lower-income areas of the communities they operate in, because their whole strategy was to aggressively target customers in MDUs[1] anyway.) They also don't want to have to fund or carry PEG[2] channels, since that (a) would put them at cost parity or even a disadvantage relative to the incumbents, given their cost of capital, and (b) would require them to have dedicated bandwidth in every community for channels which no one watches. -GAWollman [1] MDU: Multiple Dwelling Unit; i.e., an apartment or condominium building. [2] PEG: Public/Educational/Government [-access channels]. The FCC requires them to carry them, if they exist, but not to fund them. All cablecos want to get out of having to fund them, figuring (quite rightly) that their customers have no interest in either watching or paying for them, and if they stopped funding them, the local communities would not have money on their own to operate them any more. From markwa1ion@aol.com Fri Jun 8 12:17:47 2007 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (markwa1ion@aol.com) Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:17:47 -0400 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) Message-ID: <8C977FFB03104B8-B30-E5A1@webmail-da10.sysops.aol.com> There's quite a list of these stations at "http://members.aol.com/baconti/bostonLP.htm". Some of them have websites. A few stations on the list are licensed, most aren't. Some of the high-band AM stations have been heard as far as Newfoundland (on sensitive equipment of course). Some of these puppies have been on for YEARS with no FCC visits. Boston, like Miami and a few other cities, is a sort of "wild west" of pirate broadcasting operations. Mark Connelly - Billerica, MA Bob Nelson wrote << Big City Radio, a pirate at 101.3,can be picked up in Beverly and Salem with a half decent car stereo ...reggae, maybe some r&b/rap... broadcasting from somewhere in Boston. Not sure of the wattage, but it ain't licensed... Also was running what sounded like an ad for some kind of event (a bunch of local businesses/restaurants, etc. were mentioned as part of it). I'm guessing that if the station makes money, they don't report it to the IRS...Described as "urban/tropical" on a site I found listing "low power radio" in the area. Also coming in strong in Salem (have picked up before): 1690 WRCI R.Creole Inter, Lynn - French news/talk, AM Stereo (according to Baconti's site). Also breaking the law...based on Union St. in Lynn according to their site. "Radio Creole was founded to give choices to different ethnic groups that live in the Northshore area." Well, be advised that WMWM does run some ethnic programming as does WLYN (though time is sold out on the latter, we've heard...) Not sure how long the FCC will take to take action against them. >> ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Jun 8 12:32:41 2007 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:32:41 -0500 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) Message-ID: <20070608163241.B646449B6A8@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> >>There's quite a list of these stations at "http://members.aol.com/baconti/bostonLP.htm". Some of them have websites. A few stations on the list are licensed, most aren't. Yes, and note that his page refers to these stations as "low power" (in Boston area), not purely as "pirates" because quite a few of them are legitimate--traveler's info, Logan Airport info, "local info" (RadioDerry for example), etc. I heard from someone at WFNX that there's an effort by that station as well as some other adjacents (WWBB Prov., WGIR-FM in NH) to contact the FCC and get the huge 101.3 Boston pirate shut down. He said that the 101.3 could be still picked up faintly in Andover. The 720 pirate from Dorchester is also quite audible up in Salem/Beverly area. Choice FM 102.9, as I've stated before, claims to have the call letters of WCFM which should come as news to the legit station in Williamstown which has them. On their site: "WCFM broadcasts at 2000 radiated watts from its studios in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Our broadcast radius extends into the Boston metro area for approximately 100 miles." If that's true (and I doubt it is!) they should have been shut down/seized/ operators arrested long ago. From readaaron@friedbagels.com Fri Jun 8 12:37:42 2007 From: readaaron@friedbagels.com (Aaron Read) Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:37:42 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act (FiOS) Message-ID: <466985D6.6050806@friedbagels.com> Let me start be saying that I am, in general, not a great fan of Verizon. There are things that they do exceedingly well, however, and I gladly buy my cell phone service from them as a result. Another thing I would readily buy from VZ - if it were available - is FiOS. I recently moved from New Jersey, where FiOS was available, to Worcester, where it is not, and I have to say that I miss it very much. ---------------- You're among the few, Dave. Check out this litany of unhappy FiOS consumers: http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/fios/ The classic is the first entry: RFJason documented the 6-month ordeal it took to get Verizon FiOS installed. It was a debacle, starting with his first customer service calls to get the fiber optic installed, like this quote from a customer service rep: "Sir, I think I know our products pretty well, and there's no such thing as fie-ohsss here. Maybe you're thinking of another company." -- -------------------------- Aaron Read readaaron@friedbagels.com Boston, MA 02446-2204 From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Jun 8 16:53:31 2007 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:53:31 -0400 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) In-Reply-To: <20070608163241.B646449B6A8@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20070608163241.B646449B6A8@ws1-3a.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: At 11:32 AM -0500 6/8/07, Bob Nelson wrote: > >I heard from someone at WFNX that there's an effort by that station >as well as some other adjacents (WWBB Prov., WGIR-FM in NH) >to contact the FCC and get the huge 101.3 Boston pirate shut down. He said >that the 101.3 could be still picked up faintly in Andover. 101.3 is not adjacent to 101.7, it is what is referred to as a second adjacent. Any modern radio should have no trouble separating the two. A lot of the standards that the stations use to claim that a station has an interference potential are based on tube radios with IF transformers rather than filters. -- Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From elipolo@earthlink.net Sat Jun 9 17:50:28 2007 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:50:28 -0400 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) Message-ID: > > From: Larry Weil > To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:53:31 -0400 > Subject: Re: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) > > 101.3 is not adjacent to 101.7, it is what is referred to > as a second adjacent. Any modern radio should have no > trouble separating the two. You need to add another word to that. Any modern QUALITY radio should have no trouble separating the two. Try separating two powerful second-adjacents on virtually any modern clock radio, Walkman style portable, or "boom box". The cheap tuners that get Prudential "intermod" all over the dial when you're anywhere within about six miles of the building itself. They won't do it. EP From lglavin@mail.com Sat Jun 9 13:32:57 2007 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:32:57 -0500 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) Message-ID: <20070609173257.25AA2102ED@ws1-3.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry Weil" >To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org >Subject: Re: Avast, ye pirates Just a reminder that "Talk Like A Pirate" Day is September 19th. -- Get a Free E-mail Account at Mail.com! Choose From 100+ Personalized Domains Visit http://www.mail.com today From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Jun 10 01:04:39 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:04:39 -0500 Subject: Avast, ye pirates (Boston 101.3, Lynn 1690) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <466B4017.28152.640FD8@joe.attorneyross.com> On 9 Jun 2007 at 17:50, Eli Polonsky wrote: > Try separating two powerful second-adjacents on virtually > any modern clock radio, Walkman style portable, or "boom > box". The cheap tuners that get Prudential "intermod" all > over the dial when you're anywhere within about six miles > of the building itself. They won't do it. Right. I had a lot of trouble picking up WCRB 102.5 in my downtown office and in Brookline with several newer radios, but I've had no problem with 1960s-vintage tube sets. Or even with the solid-state Sylvania table radio that I bought in 1968. BTW, I moved my office last week, and I've found that in my new office, with that same Sylvania radio, I can pick up WCRB 99.5 with no antenna connected at all. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From radiotony@comcast.net Sun Jun 10 10:51:43 2007 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:51:43 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com> <18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> It seems illogical though that Verizon would want to cherry-pick inside a city or town though, since, even in the poorer communities, the purchase of phone and cable services are kinda standard. Speaking from experience, most lower-middle class folks choose to spend a bit more on cable because they don't have a ton of money to spend on entertainment outside of the home, like theaters, or buying/renting DVDs. In other words, more often than not, it's a captive audience. In addition, I've been noticing Verizon offering phone/DSL/cable via one of the dish channels with more channels than basic cable for $99 a month. Let me tell you, after looking at a current combined $185 phone/broadband/cable bill, another grand in my pocket annually instead of Comcast's isn't such a bad thing. As far as PEG stuff goes, I'm torn about how I feel about it. I've seen what great operations they have in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, and I've also enjoyed the programming in all three cities. SCAT does an amazing job and Boston's NNN and Talk of the Neighborhoods is great programming. It always seemed a worthy cost in those communities, since the bulk of the costs for PEG are just passed on by the cable companies to their customers anyway. Why would Verizon be complaining about that? On the flip though, I've seen what has happened here in Concord, N.H. The media access center is an embarrassment. It's not worth the $240k-plus we pay for it, especially when we used to only pay $60k for it. It has few original programs which are repeated over and over again. During the renewal talks with Comcast two years ago, the city tried to force Comcast to donate two more channels to the access center. Comcast laughed that proposal off after they started tracking the broadcasts and found that 91 percent of the programming was repeats or billboard notices. The local newspaper complained that the programs are "like a couch left on the curb" and said of the station's picture quality: "no, you don't need glasses, it's the TV." Despite an influx of $350k for capital equipment last year, the government meeting coverage looks like it is 14th generation tape. It has also been alleged that a few years back, a sitting city councilor conspired to oust the station's original executive director. She then took the job for herself, and later, had an outreach coordinator position created for her. Despite constant outcry about these actions, the council refuses to do anything about it. In fact, despite cuts to the city budget, including a number of departments and services for the poor, the non-profit that runs the PEG stations are scheduled to receive additionally $11k and will be hiring a fourth full-time person, along with two part-timers. You would think this is some town in Massachusetts but no, it's New Hampshire. Best, Tony Schinella -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:04 AM To: A. Joseph Ross Cc: boston-radio-interest@BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: Cable Choice and Competition Act < said: > I have no problem with the competition issue, but I don't see why > Verizon can't go through the local communities, just as Comcast and > RCN have done. They want to be able to cherry-pick the most profitable customers, while leaving other areas unserved. Most communities won't allow that, and want to hold Verizon to the same build-out standards as the incumbent operators were held to. (RCN didn't mind having to serve lower-income areas of the communities they operate in, because their whole strategy was to aggressively target customers in MDUs[1] anyway.) They also don't want to have to fund or carry PEG[2] channels, since that (a) would put them at cost parity or even a disadvantage relative to the incumbents, given their cost of capital, and (b) would require them to have dedicated bandwidth in every community for channels which no one watches. -GAWollman [1] MDU: Multiple Dwelling Unit; i.e., an apartment or condominium building. [2] PEG: Public/Educational/Government [-access channels]. The FCC requires them to carry them, if they exist, but not to fund them. All cablecos want to get out of having to fund them, figuring (quite rightly) that their customers have no interest in either watching or paying for them, and if they stopped funding them, the local communities would not have money on their own to operate them any more. From billings@suscom-maine.net Sun Jun 10 11:48:31 2007 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:48:31 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com><18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> Message-ID: <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> How many people actually watch public access stations? Does the service really justify the mandatory tax paid by all cable subscribers? I think the whole system is driven by the ego of local politicians who like to be on TV. -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Jun 10 13:33:09 2007 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:33:09 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com> <18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> Message-ID: <18028.13781.159789.83375@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > It seems illogical though that Verizon would want to cherry-pick inside a > city or town though, since, even in the poorer communities, the purchase of > phone and cable services are kinda standard. > Speaking from experience, most lower-middle class folks choose to spend a > bit more on cable because they don't have a ton of money to spend on > entertainment outside of the home, like theaters, or buying/renting DVDs. In > other words, more often than not, it's a captive audience. There's obviously a balancing act for any would-be cable company: lower-income neighborhoods are generally denser, and therefore cheaper to serve, but the subs are generally a greater credit risk, and may not spend as much on more-profitable services like pay-per-view, premium movie channels, and high-speed Internet. In Verizon's case it may be worse: I think their fiber-to-the-curb technology is actually *more* expensive in denser neighborhoods. But the real issue, I think, is cost of capital. If the franchising authority says "you must serve everyone in town within five years", that requires them to build out a much bigger network (which may never be used to capacity) than if they confine their efforts to those most likely to subscribe. -GAWollman From paul@derrynh.net Sun Jun 10 13:02:48 2007 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:02:48 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> Message-ID: <006601c7ab81$2cdcd7b0$8e8e1f42@YOURF7ED5FB036> OK, now you've hit below the belt (as a "local politician" that was on local access cable for over a decade from 1993-2006.....) Seriously, you might be surprised how many people actually watch the Tuesday Night Council meetings here in Derry. During my tenure as a Town Councilor, I can't tell you how many times strangers would walk up to me thanking me for my service on the Council and saying the watch the Council meetings (either live or replay). I have to come down on the side of being a staunch supporter of Local Public Access Cable... -Paul Hopfgarten Derry NH (Derry ZBA 93-96; Town Council 1996-2005; Charter Commission 2006...all on local access cable) PS: Also a 2nd term NH State Rep...wishes Ch 11/NHPTV would broadcast proceedings... -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Dan Billings Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 11:49 AM To: radiotony; boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org Subject: Re: Cable Choice and Competition Act How many people actually watch public access stations? Does the service really justify the mandatory tax paid by all cable subscribers? I think the whole system is driven by the ego of local politicians who like to be on TV. -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine From kc1ih@mac.com Sun Jun 10 13:15:54 2007 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:15:54 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com> <18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> Message-ID: At 10:51 AM -0400 6/10/07, radiotony wrote: >In addition, I've been noticing Verizon offering phone/DSL/cable via one of >the dish channels with more channels than basic cable for $99 a month. For an introductory period (1 year?) only. After that, they figure they got you hooked, and charge the regular, higher rates. -- Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 14:09:53 2007 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don A) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:09:53 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com><18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu><003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> Message-ID: <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> > How many people actually watch public access stations? Does the service > really justify the mandatory tax paid by all cable subscribers? I think just having council/selectment/comittee meetings beamed into every household in town is very valuable. I would not like to see us go back to a time when city officials would vote something in at 11:02PM after the last 3 citzens had left the chambers. The accountability has been a great step forward. From pete@partnercomm.com Sun Jun 10 17:36:01 2007 From: pete@partnercomm.com (Peter Murray) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:36:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: Message-ID: One other thing to remember with FIOS is that as part of having fiber run directly to your house by Verizon is that you *will* lose access to the copper pairs that were already there. The last step in the successful fiber installation is the destruction of the original copper infrastructure. No more DSL option. Your choices (if you decided you didn't like FIOS, for whatever reason), would now just be your cable provider (if you have one), or a wireless or satellite-based ISP. No more "telecom"-based services. -Peter -- Peter Murray (N3IXY) Oak Hill, VA On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Larry Weil wrote: > At 10:51 AM -0400 6/10/07, radiotony wrote: > > >In addition, I've been noticing Verizon offering phone/DSL/cable via one of > >the dish channels with more channels than basic cable for $99 a month. > > For an introductory period (1 year?) only. After that, they figure > they got you hooked, and charge the regular, higher rates. > > From kc1ih@mac.com Sun Jun 10 19:40:17 2007 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:40:17 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200706102340.l5ANeJbd023898@mac.com> At 05:36 PM 6/10/2007, Peter Murray wrote: >One other thing to remember with FIOS is that as part of having fiber run >directly to your house by Verizon is that you *will* lose access to the >copper pairs that were already there. The last step in the successful >fiber installation is the destruction of the original copper >infrastructure. > >No more DSL option. Your choices (if you decided you didn't like FIOS, for >whatever reason), would now just be your cable provider (if you have one), >or a wireless or satellite-based ISP. No more "telecom"-based services. Wouldn't the law require them to give you phone service, either by fiber or by copper, if you quit FIOS (provided you were current on the bill)? Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From radiotony@comcast.net Sun Jun 10 19:53:45 2007 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:53:45 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <001101c7a960$cb882400$336ba8c0@skywaves.net> <46689CCC.28037.1982C30@joe.attorneyross.com><18024.58177.644722.903393@hergotha.csail.mit.edu><003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net> <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> Message-ID: <000b01c7abba$95f22690$c1d673b0$@net> Well, you mean every household which subscribes to a cable service. :-) Best, Tony Schinella -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Don A Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 2:10 PM To: Dan Billings Cc: bri@bostonradio.org Subject: Re: Cable Choice and Competition Act > How many people actually watch public access stations? Does the service > really justify the mandatory tax paid by all cable subscribers? I think just having council/selectment/comittee meetings beamed into every household in town is very valuable. I would not like to see us go back to a time when city officials would vote something in at 11:02PM after the last 3 citzens had left the chambers. The accountability has been a great step forward. From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Jun 11 02:32:46 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:32:46 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net>, <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> Message-ID: <466CA63E.856.939743@joe.attorneyross.com> On 10 Jun 2007 at 11:48, Dan Billings wrote: > How many people actually watch public access stations? Does the > service really justify the mandatory tax paid by all cable > subscribers? > > I think the whole system is driven by the ego of local politicians who > like to be on TV. It probably varies from one town to another, but there seem to be a lot of people who watch Brookline Town Meeting. And of course, we Town Meeting Members watch the repeats. The Board of Selectmen are watched by many, including I'm sure, people who are interested in one or another issue that comes before the Selectmen. Brookline High graduation is probably watched, and perhaps recorded, by the graduates and their families. Other local events, not involving politicians, are watched and recorded at least by their participants and their families. Other local-access programs have their special audience. It isn't large, but I've always thought that's partly because the programs aren't promoted as well as commercial or even PBS programs. I know that Joseph Gallant used to (perhaps still does) have a program on Norwood cable, which I believe may even have been syndicated to other cable systems. I appeared on his show once to talk about old-time radio, and I was impressed with the size of his studio audience of teenagers, who asked remarkably knowledgeable questions (such as "Why did Zeppo leave the Marx Brothers movies?"). -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Jun 11 02:32:47 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:32:47 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> Message-ID: <466CA63F.4289.93981E@joe.attorneyross.com> On 10 Jun 2007 at 14:09, Don A wrote: > I think just having council/selectment/comittee meetings beamed into > every household in town is very valuable. > > I would not like to see us go back to a time when city officials would > vote something in at 11:02PM after the last 3 citzens had left the > chambers. > > The accountability has been a great step forward. Amen! In Brookline, the Selectmen used to meet every Tuesday starting at 4 PM, then break for dinner, and resume at 8. Only the evening portion was televised. They started to tend to put the most controversial agenda items on in the afternoon, un-televised portion. This eventually caused a warrant article at Town Meeting requiring the entire meeting to be televised, which now happens. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From brian_vita@cssinc.com Mon Jun 11 09:10:21 2007 From: brian_vita@cssinc.com (Brian Vita) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:10:21 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <466CA63E.856.939743@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <003601c7ab6e$dd05de10$97119a30$@net>, <78026D20F4ED477F8E41DD9A3F84C562@DanBillingsPC> <466CA63E.856.939743@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <466D49BD.6040104@cssinc.com> A. Joseph Ross wrote: > I know that Joseph Gallant used to (perhaps still does) have a > program on Norwood cable, which I believe may even have been > syndicated to other cable systems. I appeared on his show once to > talk about old-time radio, and I was impressed with the size of his > studio audience of teenagers, who asked remarkably knowledgeable > questions (such as "Why did Zeppo leave the Marx Brothers movies?"). > > Well, why did he? Brian Vita From billings@suscom-maine.net Mon Jun 11 19:14:01 2007 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:14:01 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <466CA63F.4289.93981E@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> <466CA63F.4289.93981E@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <0F47511B43C94839B553352BF567F82C@DanBillingsPC> When I was young, we had these things called newspapers that actually covered local government meetings. They had people that they called reporters who went to the meetings and then wrote stories that could be read in minutes telling what happened. Instead of spending the whole evening watching a meeting to see the one or two things that you cared about, you could read what happened over breakfast. Of course, most newspapers long ago end such coverage. I wonder if the tax on cable TV could go to subsidizing the coverage of local government in local newspapers? -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine From xtrovato@yahoo.com Mon Jun 11 21:46:05 2007 From: xtrovato@yahoo.com (Rob Trovato) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:46:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <0F47511B43C94839B553352BF567F82C@DanBillingsPC> Message-ID: <890267.26519.qm@web35911.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- Dan Billings wrote: > I wonder if the tax on cable TV could go to > subsidizing the coverage of > local government in local newspapers? What? And kill more trees? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ From me@billoneill.us Mon Jun 11 21:30:50 2007 From: me@billoneill.us (Bill O'Neill) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:30:50 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <0F47511B43C94839B553352BF567F82C@DanBillingsPC> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <006401c7ab8a$dfa1ade0$6801a8c0@DESKTOP2> <466CA63F.4289.93981E@joe.attorneyross.com> <0F47511B43C94839B553352BF567F82C@DanBillingsPC> Message-ID: <466DF74A.8040109@billoneill.us> Dan Billings wrote: > They had people that they called reporters who went to the meetings > and then wrote stories that could be read in minutes telling what > happened. I'm on a school board in Vermont. The meetings are live and replayed on the local access channel. So, I can only assume that the local paper cleans what it wants from the video. On those rare occasions when there is a real, live reporter at the meeting it does make a difference in much of how business transpires. It may be in the subtle stuff such as how board members or visitors act, react, and contribute. As it should be. Having grown up in a very news-oriented home and in the former full-contact sport market of Boston, it can be quite a let-down when public business just sort of ... happens. Not that there are many earth-shattering events in local town or school business, but it is something that could garner eyeballs to the page (and adverts thereon). The raw feeds of municipal meetings do have a place, but... Bill O'Neill From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jun 12 01:09:08 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:09:08 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <466D49BD.6040104@cssinc.com> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <466CA63E.856.939743@joe.attorneyross.com>, <466D49BD.6040104@cssinc.com> Message-ID: <466DE424.25747.3FF8A5@joe.attorneyross.com> On 11 Jun 2007 at 9:10, Brian Vita wrote: > A. Joseph Ross wrote: > > I know that Joseph Gallant used to (perhaps still does) have a > > program on Norwood cable, which I believe may even have been > > syndicated to other cable systems. I appeared on his show once to > > talk about old-time radio, and I was impressed with the size of his > > studio audience of teenagers, who asked remarkably knowledgeable > > questions (such as "Why did Zeppo leave the Marx Brothers movies?"). > > > > > Well, why did he? He wasn't really part of the act, he was an employee of the other brothers, he didn't have a comedy role, and his screen time was diminishing with each movie. He decided to go into business as an agent. Gummo, the fifth brother, soon joined him in the agency and, in fact, handled the three brothers' accounts. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jun 12 01:09:08 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:09:08 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <0F47511B43C94839B553352BF567F82C@DanBillingsPC> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <466CA63F.4289.93981E@joe.attorneyross.com>, <0F47511B43C94839B553352BF567F82C@DanBillingsPC> Message-ID: <466DE424.19141.3FF903@joe.attorneyross.com> On 11 Jun 2007 at 19:14, Dan Billings wrote: > When I was young, we had these things called newspapers that actually > covered local government meetings. They had people that they called > reporters who went to the meetings and then wrote stories that could > be read in minutes telling what happened. Instead of spending the > whole evening watching a meeting to see the one or two things that you > cared about, you could read what happened over breakfast. > > Of course, most newspapers long ago end such coverage. Unfortunately, the business model for most local papers has changed. It used to be that people would buy the newspaper, and subscriptions plus ads were enough to make a profit. But the old subscription- supported model failed in more recent times when sales started to decline. Now, most local papers are given away free and entirely supported by ads. This no doubt limits the space available for news coverage. I remember when school committee and selectmen's minutes used to appear regularly in the local paper. You don't see that any more now. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From rickkelly@gmail.com Tue Jun 12 09:22:15 2007 From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:22:15 -0400 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <466DE424.25747.3FF8A5@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com> <466CA63E.856.939743@joe.attorneyross.com> <466D49BD.6040104@cssinc.com> <466DE424.25747.3FF8A5@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <521b7fd10706120622s5aea6e70w4bd8a02d01464d6f@mail.gmail.com> On 6/12/07, A. Joseph Ross wrote: RE: "Why did Zeppo leave the Marx Brothers movies? > He wasn't really part of the act, he was an employee of the other > brothers, he didn't have a comedy role, and his screen time was > diminishing with each movie. He decided to go into business as an > agent. Watching those first Marx Bros films, Zeppo seemed uncomfortable. He wisely resigned from his film roles. > Gummo, the fifth brother, soon joined him in the agency and, > in fact, handled the three brothers' accounts. I thought Gummo was a lot older than the others, too, but could be mistaken. Did they ever have a regular radio show, I wonder (just to keep this the subject at hand...) -Rick Kelly northeastairchecks.com ("This month featuring LARRY GLICK!") From Joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jun 12 14:31:40 2007 From: Joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:31:40 -0500 Subject: Cable Choice and Competition Act In-Reply-To: <521b7fd10706120622s5aea6e70w4bd8a02d01464d6f@mail.gmail.com> References: <46687101.2040300@friedbagels.com>, <466DE424.25747.3FF8A5@joe.attorneyross.com>, <521b7fd10706120622s5aea6e70w4bd8a02d01464d6f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <466EA03C.3698.109210@Joe.attorneyross.com> On 12 Jun 2007 Rick Kelly wrote: > I thought Gummo was a lot older than the others, too, but could be > mistaken. Did they ever have a regular radio show, I wonder (just to > keep this the subject at hand...) Gummo was actually fourth. Chico was the oldest, then Harpo, then Groucho, then Gummo, then Zeppo. Gummo left the act to go into the Army during World War I and never returned. There were a number of radio shows, mostly either Groucho alone or Groucho with Chico. Harpo made very few radio appearances for obvious reasons. Groucho and Chico did a short-lived comedy called "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel," about a law office. Few of those episodes exist now, but the BBC re-created them from the scripts a few years back. It was originally called "Beagle, Shyster & Beagle," but a real-life attorney Beagle threatened to sue, so they changed the name. They explained the name change by having the secretary tell someone over the phone that her boss got a divorce and returned to his maiden name. There was also an even shorter-lived news parody, modeled after Time Magazine's "The March of Time." It was called "The Marx of Time," with Groucho and Chico, and you can use your imagination to guess what it was like. Groucho hosted a variety show called the Pabst Blue Ribbon Hour for maybe one season. Finally, John Guidel pursuaded him to do a quiz show, so that he would have a vehicle for his ad-libbing. That was the highly successful "You Bet Your Life," which ran for 14 years on radio and television. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax: 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From songbook2@comcast.net Tue Jun 12 18:21:07 2007 From: songbook2@comcast.net (Russ Butler) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:21:07 -0700 Subject: Terrestrial online radio Message-ID: <466F1C53.6070704@comcast.net> News you can use! Today's New York Times reports that a tumultuous time for Internet-only webcasters is coinciding with a push by terrestrial broadcasters to expand their presence online. Here's the story from NYTimesOnline: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/arts/music/12RADIO.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2&ref=music&oref=slogin There is a newly imposed royalty rate increase with a July 15th deadline for the webcasters (and, apparently there will be terrestrial broadcasters as well, eventually) so - what to do? Go here and participate. Thanks. http://www.savenetradio.org/ From nostaticatall@charter.net Tue Jun 12 19:04:09 2007 From: nostaticatall@charter.net (David Tomm) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:04:09 -0400 Subject: Terrestrial online radio In-Reply-To: <466F1C53.6070704@comcast.net> References: <466F1C53.6070704@comcast.net> Message-ID: Not trying to come off snippy here, but what does this have to do with Boston radio, or New England radio for that matter? Most of us on this list have probably been following this story on the major industry sites like All Access, Radio & Records, etc. There's nothing in this post that ties into anything locally. Is there a major webcaster based in this area that might be affected? How are the corporate clusters in our region handling their online presence? Next time, don't spam up our mailboxes with your "save internet radio" crap unless you actually can discuss how it affects our area specifically. Thanks. -Dave Tomm "Mike Thomas" On Jun 12, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Russ Butler wrote: > News you can use! Today's New York Times reports that a tumultuous > time for Internet-only webcasters is coinciding with a push by > terrestrial broadcasters to expand their presence online. Here's the > story from NYTimesOnline: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/arts/music/12RADIO.html? > _r=2&pagewanted=2&ref=music&oref=slogin > > There is a newly imposed royalty rate increase with a July 15th > deadline for the webcasters (and, apparently there will be terrestrial > broadcasters as well, eventually) > so - what to do? Go here and participate. Thanks. > > http://www.savenetradio.org/ > From billings@suscom-maine.net Tue Jun 12 19:39:15 2007 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:39:15 -0400 Subject: Portland radio changes Message-ID: <21825D90BBC04478906A73A88AE7CF6D@DanBillingsPC> WCYI and WCLZ are now owned by a trust, due to Citadel's purchase of the ABC stations. As of today, WCYI simulcasts WCLZ instead of WCYY. More details at: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=113197&ac=PHnws From me@billoneill.us Tue Jun 12 20:28:07 2007 From: me@billoneill.us (Bill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:28:07 -0400 Subject: Terrestrial online radio In-Reply-To: References: <466F1C53.6070704@comcast.net> Message-ID: <466F3A17.9020107@billoneill.us> David Tomm wrote: > Not trying to come off snippy here, but Next time, don't spam > up our mailboxes with your "save internet radio" crap unless you > actually can discuss how it affects our area specifically. Thanks. Streaming audio and satellite radio has had an impact on the dwindling radio share of the pie. I don't see the downside to terrestrial radio if streaming audio gets a boot on the neck. It crosses all demos. Bill O'Neill From donald_astelle@yahoo.com Tue Jun 12 21:39:53 2007 From: donald_astelle@yahoo.com (Donald A.) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:39:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Terrestrial online radio In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <877234.40072.qm@web55303.mail.re4.yahoo.com> You manage to come off very snippy! (For someone "not trying to".) --- David Tomm wrote: > Not trying to come off snippy here, but what does > this have to do with > Boston radio, or New England radio for that matter? > Most of us on this > list have probably been following this story on the > major industry > sites like All Access, Radio & Records, etc. > There's nothing in this > post that ties into anything locally. Is there a > major webcaster based > in this area that might be affected? How are the > corporate clusters in > our region handling their online presence? Next > time, don't spam up > our mailboxes with your "save internet radio" crap > unless you actually > can discuss how it affects our area specifically. > Thanks. > > -Dave Tomm > "Mike Thomas" > > > On Jun 12, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Russ Butler wrote: > > > News you can use! Today's New York Times reports > that a tumultuous > > time for Internet-only webcasters is coinciding > with a push by > > terrestrial broadcasters to expand their presence > online. Here's the > > story from NYTimesOnline: > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/arts/music/12RADIO.html? > > > _r=2&pagewanted=2&ref=music&oref=slogin > > > > There is a newly imposed royalty rate increase > with a July 15th > > deadline for the webcasters (and, apparently there > will be terrestrial > > broadcasters as well, eventually) > > so - what to do? Go here and participate. > Thanks. > > > > http://www.savenetradio.org/ > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 From xtrovato@yahoo.com Tue Jun 12 21:55:03 2007 From: xtrovato@yahoo.com (Rob Trovato) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:55:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Terrestrial online radio In-Reply-To: <877234.40072.qm@web55303.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <861090.82605.qm@web35904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Do we have a new moderator, David Tomm? --- "Donald A." wrote: > > You manage to come off very snippy! > (For someone "not trying to".) > > > > --- David Tomm wrote: > > > Not trying to come off snippy here, but what does > > this have to do with > > Boston radio, or New England radio for that > matter? > > Most of us on this > > list have probably been following this story on > the > > major industry > > sites like All Access, Radio & Records, etc. > > There's nothing in this > > post that ties into anything locally. Is there a > > major webcaster based > > in this area that might be affected? How are the > > corporate clusters in > > our region handling their online presence? Next > > time, don't spam up > > our mailboxes with your "save internet radio" crap > > unless you actually > > can discuss how it affects our area specifically. > > Thanks. > > > > -Dave Tomm > > "Mike Thomas" > > > > > > On Jun 12, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Russ Butler wrote: > > > > > News you can use! Today's New York Times > reports > > that a tumultuous > > > time for Internet-only webcasters is coinciding > > with a push by > > > terrestrial broadcasters to expand their > presence > > online. Here's the > > > story from NYTimesOnline: > > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/arts/music/12RADIO.html? > > > > > _r=2&pagewanted=2&ref=music&oref=slogin > > > > > > There is a newly imposed royalty rate increase > > with a July 15th > > > deadline for the webcasters (and, apparently > there > > will be terrestrial > > > broadcasters as well, eventually) > > > so - what to do? Go here and participate. > > Thanks. > > > > > > http://www.savenetradio.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. > Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Jun 13 00:43:16 2007 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:43:16 -0500 Subject: Terrestrial online radio In-Reply-To: References: <466F1C53.6070704@comcast.net>, Message-ID: <466F2F94.11308.5E0F0A@joe.attorneyross.com> On 12 Jun 2007 at 19:04, David Tomm wrote: > Not trying to come off snippy here, but what does this have to do with > Boston radio, or New England radio for that matter? Most of us on > this list have probably been following this story on the major > industry sites like All Access, Radio & Records, etc. Well, I haven't. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109 http://www.attorneyross.com From raccoonradio@mail.com Wed Jun 13 08:48:49 2007 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:48:49 -0500 Subject: Memories of John Garabedian and V-66... Message-ID: <20070613124849.129D083985@ws1-2a.us4.outblaze.com> When in Burlington VT, I taped some WXXX 95.5 for a tape trader. Turns out they were doing a syndie show that also runs on stations like Kiss 108: the Open House Party with John Garabedian (hmm! I'd heard that name before...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garabedian I'd known of WVJV-TV, "V-66", our own version of MTV (a project with Woo Woo Ginsburg) and WGTR... Anyway, the show I taped featured CHR music by request and a brief interview with Avril Lavigne. The Open House Party site has more info on John (as well as a portrait of the late Sunny Joe White). You may know of this guy... "At the age of 17, John joined Worcester station WORC-AM as a disc jockey. Several years after joining, he became a co-host of the original Open House Party radio program...In 1969, John and partners founded WGTR-AM (now WBIX) as a top-40 station serving MetroWest from Natick...Two years after MTV's 1981 debut, John and fellow WMEX alumnus Arnie Ginsburg started a Boston-area 24-hour music video station, WVJV-TV" (Open House Party started in 1987 on Kiss 108...he does it from any of his 3 homes: suburban Boston; Vermont, and the Cape) http://www.openhouseparty.com/history.html V-66 (remember those bumper stickers?) played music videos a la MTV...they played some by local artists as part of that (and another indie UHF station in town, WQTV-TV 68, used to have a show--Friday nights at 6, I think?-- that would play videos or taped performances by local bands. This was a station which used to scramble its signal and play movies (pay TV) but at times the signal was unscrambled. As for V-66... http://www.worcestermass.com/dynamix/v66.shtml "The VJs were some of the best and the brightest in Boston -- John Garabedian (now doing "Open House Party" on Saturday night radio) and David O'Leary (now at WBOS 92.9) among them. Also, I remember a bizarre commercial that Garabedian and Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsberg did when the Patriots were playing the Bears in the Super Bowl -- they had a teddy bear bound and gagged and tortured it between videos." The comments bring back memories... David O'Leary was a VJ. Artists played (local) included New Man, The Stompers, and Robert Ellis Orrall. The logo, as seen on the page linked above, had a purple "V", slightly off kilter, with yellow lightning bolts that form a "66" in the middle Other comments on that page show that V-66 viewers fondly remember them playing local artists such as The Fools, Digney Fignus, New Man, Rods & Cones, The Lyres, Rubber Rodeo, Ball & Pivot, Til Tuesday & The November Group. From revdoug1@verizon.net Wed Jun 13 10:36:07 2007 From: revdoug1@verizon.net (Doug Drown) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:36:07 -0400 Subject: Memories of John Garabedian and V-66... References: <20070613124849.129D083985@ws1-2a.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <010101c7adc8$2e5ba190$6501a8c0@pastor2> I remember John Garabedian when he was "Johnny Gardner" on WPTR and WORC. Haven't heard him in years. Ah, the memories! He was a class act. -Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "BostonRadio Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:48 AM Subject: Memories of John Garabedian and V-66... > When in Burlington VT, I taped some WXXX 95.5 for a tape trader. Turns out they were doing a syndie > show that also runs on stations like Kiss 108: the Open House Party with John Garabedian (hmm! I'd > heard that name before...) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garabedian > > I'd known of WVJV-TV, "V-66", our own version of MTV (a project with Woo Woo Ginsburg) and WGTR... > Anyway, the show I taped featured CHR music by request and a brief interview with Avril Lavigne. The > Open House Party site has more info on John (as well as a portrait of the late Sunny Joe White). You > may know of this guy... > > "At the age of 17, John joined Worcester station WORC-AM as a disc jockey. Several years after joining, he became a co-host of the original Open House Party radio program...In 1969, John and partners founded WGTR-AM (now WBIX) as a top-40 station serving MetroWest from Natick...Two years after MTV's 1981 debut, John and fellow WMEX alumnus Arnie Ginsburg started a Boston-area 24-hour music video station, WVJV-TV" > > (Open House Party started in 1987 on Kiss 108...he does it from > any of his 3 homes: suburban Boston; Vermont, and the Cape) > > http://www.openhouseparty.com/history.html > > V-66 (remember those bumper > stickers?) played music videos a la MTV...they played some by local artists as part of that > (and another indie UHF station in town, WQTV-TV 68, used to have a show--Friday nights at 6, I think?-- > that would play videos or taped performances by local bands. This was a station which used to scramble > its signal and play movies (pay TV) but at times the signal was unscrambled. > > As for V-66... > http://www.worcestermass.com/dynamix/v66.shtml > > "The VJs were some of the best and the brightest in Boston -- John Garabedian (now doing "Open House Party" on Saturday night radio) and David O'Leary (now at WBOS 92.9) among them. Also, I remember a bizarre commercial that Garabedian and Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsberg did when the Patriots were playing the Bears in the Super Bowl -- they had a teddy bear bound and gagged and tortured it between videos." > > The comments bring back memories... > > David O'Leary was a VJ. Artists played (local) included New Man, The Stompers, and Robert Ellis Orrall. > The logo, as seen on the page linked above, had a purple "V", slightly off kilter, with yellow lightning > bolts that form a "66" in the middle > > Other comments on that page show that V-66 viewers fondly remember them playing local artists such as > The Fools, Digney Fignus, New Man, Rods & Cones, The Lyres, Rubber Rodeo, Ball & Pivot, Til Tuesday & The November Group. > > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Jun 13 09:40:26 2007 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:40:26 -0400 Subject: Memories of John Garabedian and V-66... References: <20070613124849.129D083985@ws1-2a.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <002901c7adc1$6d26c820$19eefea9@dstrassberg> The subject line made me wonder whether Garabedian had passed away. I don't think so; I believe he is still very much alive. Wikipedia is not infallible and I note that it is the source of the 1969 date for the founding of WGTR. I'm quite sure that Home Service Broadcasting, the original licensee of WGTR, was founded several years before 1969 (maybe 1966) and that WGTR did not sign on until several years after 1969 (I'm almost positive it was 1972; the month was most likely November). There were a lot of legal complications. The FCC granted Home Service's application pretty early on but then rescinded the grant of a CP shortly afterward when a competing applicant protested that its application had not been considered. WGTR maintaned that the competing app had not been timely filed and therefore was not entitled to consideration. Although the FCC concurred, the competing applicant protested and the applications were designated for a hearing. Before the hearing could took place, however, Home Service bought out the competing applicant. This resulted in changing the proposed transmitter site from the foot of Oak St on the east side of Natick, just south of Route 9, to Kendall Ave in S Natick (which I believe was property that the competing applicant had secured). Kendall Ave was a superior site for serving MetroWest because of its proximity to Framingham (and Sherborn), but it was also a few miles closer to KYW, which resulted in WGTR having to use a very short (56-degree, 140') tower to keep its radiation efficiency down to the FCC's Class II-D AM minimum of 175 mV/m/kW @ 1 mile. WGTR could neither exceed the minimum nor fall below it. Other stations besides WORC and WMEX where Garabedian worked before putting WGTR on the air were WESO and WPTR. I suspect that he got the idea for the WGTR calls from WPTR. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "BostonRadio Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:48 AM Subject: Memories of John Garabedian and V-66... > When in Burlington VT, I taped some WXXX 95.5 for a tape trader. Turns out they were doing a syndie > show that also runs on stations like Kiss 108: the Open House Party with John Garabedian (hmm! I'd > heard that name before...) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garabedian > > I'd known of WVJV-TV, "V-66", our own version of MTV (a project with Woo Woo Ginsburg) and WGTR... > Anyway, the show I taped featured CHR music by request and a brief interview with Avril Lavigne. The > Open House Party site has more info on John (as well as a portrait of the late Sunny Joe White). You > may know of this guy... > > "At the age of 17, John joined Worcester station WORC-AM as a disc jockey. Several years after joining, he became a co-host of the original Open House Party radio program...In 1969, John and partners founded WGTR-AM (now WBIX) as a top-40 station serving MetroWest from Natick...Two years after MTV's 1981 debut, John and fellow WMEX alumnus Arnie Ginsburg started a Boston-area 24-hour music video station, WVJV-TV" > > (Open House Party started in 1987 on Kiss 108...he does it from > any of his 3 homes: suburban Boston; Vermont, and the Cape) > > http://www.openhouseparty.com/history.html > > V-66 (remember those bumper > stickers?) played music videos a la MTV...they played some by local artists as part of that > (and another indie UHF station in town, WQTV-TV 68, used to have a show--Friday nights at 6, I think?-- > that would play video