Re: Rimshot IDs

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:56:18 +0000, dan.strassberg@att.net said:

> there were WAY more than four named in most of the IDs. I got the
> impression that there was some sort of competition among the
> stations over which had the most communities within its 60 dBu
> contour and to make sure that the legal named every one.

Welcome to the land of 2000-foot towers with 100-kW FMs on top.
But I think you overestimate the popularity of the multi-city ID.  I
have in the collection:

	WERO Washington (Greenville, New Bern, Jacksonville)
	WGPM Farmville (Greenville, New Bern, Jacksonville)
	WRNS-FM Kinston (Washington, Greenville, New Bern,
		Jacksonville, Morehead City)
		[probably the one Dan remembers]
	WEQQ Pinetops/WEQR Goldsboro
	WKTC Goldsboro (Wilson, Rocky Mount, Smithfield, Selma)
		[I believe this is now a Raleigh-market station]
	WSAY-FM Rocky Mount (Wilson)
	WXNR Grifton (Greenville, Jacksonville)
	WMGV Newport
	WRHT Morehead City/WCBZ Williamston
	WSFL-FM New Bern (Greenville, Jacksonville, Morehead City)
	WNCT-FM Greenville (New Bern, Jacksonville)

So that's one with six, one with five, three with four, two with
three, two simulcasts with one each, and one with one.

> If Garrett still has the tapes, perhaps he's counted and found the
> station that names the most communities.

All the audio is in the Archives, so you can do so yourself with a net
connection and a sound card.

-GAWollman