RE; WOTW-FM's fake stereo

[KUJX66A@prodigy.com ( MATT SOBOLEWSKI)]

>BUMP MARTIN wrote
>There was a story about WOTW-FM.  They didn't have any real stereo
>equipment...cart machines, turntable, r-to-r's...  But they did 
generate
>the 5khz pilot to light everyone's stereo light.....

>Don't know if this is true or not...


It's true.  During the station's final years when Bob Cohen and Mike 
Siegal held the Interim Operating Authority for the stations  (am 900 
and fm 106.3 after Eastminster Broadcasting lost the licenses in 
1978), there was no money for new equipment. We purchased some used 
processing and top-40 music on cart from another station that had 
changed formats.  We had a stereo generator and simply turned it on.  
Later we experimented with an Orban Stereo Synthesizer.....really 
just a comb filter that split the audio up into different bands 
sending a different mix to the left and right channels.  The station 
known as FM 106 did a personality Top 40 from late 1980 until 1982.  
It was a time when nobody was playing the hits, a recession had 
established stations playing it safe..up and down the dials all that 
was available was AC or at the other extreme WCOZ.  We were young and 
rebellious and had fun.   Oh by the way Bump...It's a 19Khz signal 
for a stereo pilot.  


Matt Stevens
WNBP
WZID

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