Re: WTRY (was Re: WPTR, again

["Douglas J. Broda" <djbroda@mindspring.com>]

At 07:43 PM 1/11/00 -0500, Rick Kelly wrote:

>OK, I can provide an explanation... in those years, when WTRY-FM
>simulcasted with 106.5 WTRY-FM they played oldies on the all night shift
>only.  They were Top 40 during all other hours.  They simulcast all night
>to save $.

Ahhhh. :) That makes sense. (Hasn't 'TRY had an FM sister bearing its name
three different times? The one you're talking about (now PYX-106), the
current 98.3... and I could swear there was a third FM, or maybe an earlier
stop at 98.3.)

I didn't mean to give away any secrets.... but the stuff on Rick's page IS
great, manna for a radio junkie, as is Dave's. Don't overload their ISPs. :)

P.S. The Wacky 102 clips bring back less pleasant memories.... of the night
circa 1979-1980 when I was stranded for 15 hours by a blizzard, on my way
back from a Springfield Indians-Adirondack Red Wings hockey game at the Big
E, stuck at the rest area atop the mountain west of Westfield on the Mass
Pike. Me, a couple of truckers, one bored employee and Wacky 102 all night
and all morning. The second-to-worst experience I've had driving, behind
the accident that put me in the hospital on my wedding night. :)

-- Doug Broda, Troy, NY