Re: Is It 98.5 WITH or WITHOUT a decimal point?

["Roy Lawrence" <mediaace@ici.net>]

On 26 Jun 98 at 11:01, Keith Barry wrote:

> Does anyone else think that it might have something to do with the
> internet web-page address problem of not being able to include
> decimal points in a domain name? If a listener, new to the internet,
> typed in "http://www.mix98.5.com", he or she would not get the WBMX
> web page. It does seem like a rather foolish provision, but then
> again, remember the ratings confusion between WCLB and WCVB? Need I
> say more? Or, has the moniker changed to make the announcements more
> smooth? It's a lot easier to say "Mix 98-five" than add that "point"
> in there!

Don't forget to add WCRB to that list of confusion!

Take Care,

Roy Lawrence 

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