Re: Hi all!

[Doug Bassett <dbassett@sover.net>]

Since we seem to be editorializing for the time being, I'll add my two cents
here...

At 20:13 05/21/1997 -0400, Steve Sawyer wrote:
>It's been about 2 months since I last saw this room from Texas, but alas,
I've returned 
>to New England to find the radio dial much the same as where I left it
years ago.  While 
>I guess most of you know the Boston market intimately, I thought I'd share my 
>observations and opinions of what I've heard on the air around here since
March 25th (I 
>guess this is the 'for what it's worth' column).

...[Boston Market observations snipped, as I have no comment]...
>
>West of Boston, WXLO 104.5 sounds fantastic!  Definitely not the same
station I worked 
>for in the 80's!...

One of my favorites, too. Clear as a bell. I'll take XLO over KNE any day!

...WSRS 96.1 also sounds good, solid A/C format.. Same jingle package in 
>use at WASH-FM 97.1 in Washington, DC
>
>WINQ 97.7 Winchendon (MA) sounds much better these days than the oldies
format circa 
>1990, A/C format now, live dayparts and a LOCAL NEWS COMMITMENT... in
Western Mass..  
>Now THAT I like!
>
All that, and a decent signal, too!

>WKNE-FM 103.7 Keene still playing the hits, but the format sounds muddy,
only going by 
>FM 103.7.. doesn't anyone know how to say call letters anymore??

If you listen at the top of the hour, you'll hear the jingle... "FM103.7!
WKNE-FM..Keene!" which satisfies legal ID requirements.

>...out here in the hinterlands of Orange, WCAT-FM 99.9 is still a satellite
jukebox.  
>Very little community involvement.. Hey, somebody get me a quarter, I've
got a request!! 
> You'll never hear a live DJ on THAT station as long as current ownership
remains.  
>WCAT-AM 700 is another regurgitated broadcast of the "TalkAmerica Radio
Network".  
>Question: does anyone really listen to that, or is it a good way to create
a tax write 
>off? ...

Hmmm. Just what I was thinking. Speaking of call letters, I haven't heard a
legal ID, or any mention of call letters period, on WCAT-FM in about five
years...come to think of it, I don't think I EVER have!

...  Evidently someone at WRPT 650 thinks it's good.
>The excitement in Orange is (how can we support 3 stations here????) WJDF
97.3 is doing 
>a bang up job with community support.  It is LIVE.  Course, the owners
(Jay, Donn & Fred 
>Deane) all work on the air... and other jobs.  I wish them the best.
>
...[observations on the AM band snipped, as I couldn't agree more with the
original post]...

>And with that, thank you all for taking the time to read this.  The 
>boston-radio-interest group really helped me pass the time in Texas this
past winter and 
>I got to talk with you all about what was going on in New England.
>
>Later!
>
>
Doug Bassett - dbassett@sover.net - West Brattleboro, Vt.

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