Re: reminiscing about Boston radio

[Jibguy@aol.com]

Greetings:

When I lived in Rochester NY back in the 60's & 70's,  WSAY-1370, then owned
by an old man Gordon Brown (radio was his toy), also broadcasted the Rosary
every evening at 7 PM.  Ratings for the entire station were dismal....  under
a 1.5.  HOWEVER, whenever the Rosary came on, several times a day, the
ratings shot up to a 40.0 with women over 80.

WSAY was also very unique.....  as a toy, all DJ's had to be inexperienced,
and had to take a stupid name like "Mike Melody" or "Jerry Jack."   WSAY went
thru 20 Mike Melodys in 10 years.  But on the upside, it gave lots of people
(boys) a chance to be on the air and learn how radio is not run.   Come to
think of it, they wouldn't hire any women..... never!

Having a very unprofesssional station on AM was really unheard-of in those
days.

- -----jibguy

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