Re: FW: Birthday Games

[Marc Lemay <marc@timescommunications.com>]

I don't think they ever did get their stick moved...the talk was that they 
were going to move it to the Freetown State Forest, but Ed Dinis was 
looking to get his stick placed there to compete better with the two Fall 
River stations.  At that time, both stations were doing Portuguese in 
some daypart...even whole weekends.

FHN still blows real hard into Fall River and covers most of Bristol 
County like a blanket...from what I understand they even take care of 
some of the lower Cape as well.  When they first went on, they went on 
just before or just after WWKX 106.1 (fmr KICKS106...then KIX 106) 
from their studios in the hub of activity known as Downtown Attleboro...

The ironic part about FHN was (and still is from what I understand...) is 
that while they sound like a major market station...their roots remain 
local, bringing the van out for community events and local happenings.  
Hmm...what a neat idea...local radio remaining local.

ML
Mike Thomas wrote:
> 
> I did part-time at Fun 107 back in 1995 and it was a great place to do radio.  JR, Palana, Bren St. James, Michael Rock and the crew are good folks and they do
> great job.  I currently monitor the station for Mediabase 24/7 since they usually get a two or three share in Providence without even trying.  They are a good
> example of local radio done well.  WQGN-New London, which is owned by the same company (and where I also did some air work) is also a very good Mainstream CHR
> station--although not quite as rhythmic as FHN.  Fun was supposed to move their stick closer to Fall River, which would make them virtually city grade in
> Providence.  Does anyone know if this ever happened?
> 
> Joe Limardi was the PD at Fun before JR.  Last I knew, he was doing PM drive in Hartford at WZMX.  On weekends he's on WBMX in Boston, but I'm not sure if he's
> or voicetracked there.
> 
> Mike Thomas
> WXLO & Mediabase 24/7

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