Why can't/won't WJIB use the Ship's Bell(was: Top o' the hour)

[Bill Piacentini <billpi@ll.mit.edu>]

The "Subject Line" says it all.
Why doesn't WJIB use the Ship's Bell from the 96.9FM days? Is it
copyrighted/trademarked?
It is something that is NOT irritating to me. I like the authenticity of it
especially living around Massachusetts Bay. You heard it and you knew it was
'JIB.
Of course, it changes every half-hour, and repeats every four hours. It is
probably not compatible with your staff/programming cycle but, hey, it's a
hell of a symbol!
At 01:45 AM 6/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-06-03 01:38:27 EDT, bthomp01@mail.coin.missouri.edu
>(Blaine Thompson) writes:
>
>>> Speaking of ego, is anybody else tired of the bombastic 'BZ announcements:
>
>>> "We're Driving Fifty Thousand Watts Of Power!  We... Are ..." Irritating 
>>> The Listeners.  
>>> 
>>
>>More irritating is when they say they're a "CBS Radio station" and then
>>they go into ABC News :-)
>>
>>Blaine
>>(who's 50,000 watt radio station he works for doesn't "drive")
>>
>>
>>
>It's irritating, but it's more effective than irritating.   Remember the WABC
>"Chime?"  Everyone hated it but it worked.  One may not have been able to
>hear a distant radio but they did hear the chime.    Irritating works on
>America.
>
>---jibguy
>
>
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