WPTR's signal?

["Mark Casey" <map@map.com>]

What has happened to WPTR's signal over the years? They were so loud in the
sixties, here near Springfield, Mass. When buying a GE 10 transistor radio
at Zayre's in Springfield in 1966, I tried it out inside the store and
could get, as I expected, only 2 stations, WHYN & WPTR. Dissapointed as I
was inside the building, when outside the store,  the radio "got them all".

PTR was always louder then KB here back then but recently (the last 20
years or so) has faded way down. Anybody with thoughts on this?

Mark Casey
K1MAP
Hampden, Mass

Kyle wrote

> Also, it seemed to me when the station was WDCD, the modulation level
> was always very low. I remember hearing 1540 at our Littleton
> NH area cabin growing up and they were the most powerful signal
> on the dial during the Rock years, but hearing the WDCD sound,
> even though the signal seemed to be ok, was much weaker with
> hash behind it. It may be my imagination, but it seems to be
> louder again. 



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