From raccoonradio@myway.com Wed Dec 1 03:19:20 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed Dec 1 03:19:29 2004 Subject: Langer controls WBIX/ "NRN" talk for now Message-ID: <20041201081920.B676112D14@mprdmxin.myway.com> Boston Radio Watch says Alex Langer's National Radio Network will be providing talk shows for WBIX, starting today. No more biz radio (unless the NRN show happens to be a business one?)...the WBIX site has a "stay tuned for more info" page instead of the biz news headlines/lineup they had before. Langer in control as of today. http://www.bostonradiowatch.com http://www.wbix.com http://www.nationalradionetwork.com/index.html _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From lorraine6474@usadatanet.net Wed Dec 1 09:47:43 2004 From: lorraine6474@usadatanet.net (Lorraine Smith) Date: Wed Dec 1 09:47:58 2004 Subject: WPLM AM & FM References: <013c01c4d735$0873ecb0$5c5ba445@DG07P241> Message-ID: <002f01c4d7b4$b9ff2dd0$5813da42@Lorraine> From: "Paul B. Currier" > Ed Perry of WATD 95.9 Marshfield is still doing live and interesting radio - > the man is a pro and dedicated to real radio. The station features real > live DJ's, news, info, etc. and is a gem of this and probably any area. > > Paul of Cape Cod I have noticed lately that WATD is coming in pretty good in the MetroWest area. My radio frequently stops on 95.9 when scanning. Have they done an upgrade in the last month or so? Lorraine Holliston, MA From raccoonradio@myway.com Wed Dec 1 12:31:13 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed Dec 1 12:31:26 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc Message-ID: <20041201173113.8E66712D1C@mprdmxin.myway.com> Was sending an email to a tape trader and writing about WNSH and WESX, so I decided to do a little research about "history of WESX" and wound up finding a page with a bit of radio history. It started with a reproduction of a 1943 New York Times article, "New FM Calls Coming", explaining that the system of numbers and letters (W242AB) would be replaced by "four letters". "The commission's decision to abandon the number-letter FM calls was based on limitations discovered by the FM broadcasters themselves. They were found cumbersome, hence did not meet with general public acceptance. The old familiar three or four letter call system was well rooted in the industry. It seemed so, at least. Another difficulty was that when an FM station was moved, geographically or along the megacycles, it involved changes in both letters and numerals. "Letter calls are intrenched in the public mind. What old-timer does not remember WBF of Boston operated by the W. B. Filene store in Boston before, during and after World War I..." etc. Hmm! Didn't know Filene's had a station. Then there was an article about the FM band being moved from 1945: "(The FCC) ordered today the assignment to frequency modulation of ninety channels between 88 and 106 megacycles, twenty of which, from 88 to 92 megacycles, are for non-commercial educational FM. At present FM is between 42 and 50 megacycles, and the action, consequently, lifts it 'upstairs.'" I had known of this before, and later FM wound up claiming from 106 to 108 as well...the article mentions _those_ frequencies were for "facsimile". (Meaning what we now call a fax? Or something else?) And it also has a list of construction permits for FM stations in 1946; among the, 105.5 for WESX in Salem, MA. I didn't know they had a CP for an FM and as far as I know they never put it on the air, though wasn't there a 105.5 in Lynn for awhile? Link to page in question-- http://members.aol.com/jeff560/fm5.html _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From elipolo@earthlink.net Wed Dec 1 13:39:24 2004 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Wed Dec 1 13:40:03 2004 Subject: WATD MetroWest (was WPLM AM & FM) Message-ID: >From: "Lorraine Smith" >To: "Paul B. Currier" , "Mark Springer" >, boston-radio-interest@BostonRadio.org >Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:47:43 -0500 >Subject: Re: WPLM AM & FM > I have noticed lately that WATD is coming in pretty good in > the MetroWest area. My radio frequently stops on 95.9 > when scanning. > > Have they done an upgrade in the last month or so? I've found WATD to be coming in FAR WORSE in MetroWest lately, since WSRS 96.1 in Worcester recently added IBOC to their signal. Heading west on the Pike, I used to be able to hear WATD almost to Route 495 before adjacent splatter from WSRS made it unlistenable. Now, the adjacent IBOC hiss from WSRS begins to affect WATD as far east as Newton, and completely engulfs WATD in white noise not far west of Route 128. My digital FM tuners all stop one frequency before any station running IBOC because of the digi-noise on the adjacent frequencies. Perhaps WSRS's IBOC may now be causing your tuner to stop on WATD in Holliston, where it didn't before? Eli Polonsky From lglavin@lycos.com Wed Dec 1 16:51:59 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed Dec 1 16:52:08 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer Message-ID: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Mark Watson" >To: "Boston Radio" >Subject: Fw: The Answer >Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:50:15 -0500 > > The WLLH Lowell transmitter is back on the air today, I heard it on > my way home just after 4 PM. So it appears the new STL transmitter > is up and running. > > Mark Watson This episode probably means nothing to people outside of the Valley, but it was fun while it lasted. I now have a good idea of what kind of coverage that puny antenna in downtown Lawrence really provides: pretty good after all, just about comparable to a "graveyarder" with a more standard-issue tower. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From lglavin@lycos.com Wed Dec 1 16:59:10 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed Dec 1 16:59:34 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc Message-ID: <20041201215915.CA10CCA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Bob Nelson" >To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org >Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc >Date: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 > And it also has a list of construction permits for FM stations > in 1946; among the, 105.5 for WESX in Salem, MA. I didn't know > they had a CP for an FM and as far as I know they never > put it on the air, though wasn't there a 105.5 in Lynn for awhile? > The station was on 105.3 (now in Kittery, ME) and used the call letters WUPY or was it WUPI? The tower still exits on Route 1 just north of the City of Sin. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Dec 1 17:50:45 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Wed Dec 1 17:51:50 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc References: <20041201215915.CA10CCA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <001201c4d7f8$4e73f520$19eefea9@dstrassberg> I believe that over its short life, the Lynn station was both WUPY and WUPI. It started as WUPY but then the owner, a fruitcake named Harvey Sheldon, received a CP for a full-power FM in Miami. As I recall, he wanted the WUPY calls there and moved them. He renamed the Lynn station WUPI. Except that he wasn't a financial adviser, I think Sheldon's bio ultimately became as interesting as Brad Bleidt's. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurence Glavin To: ; Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:59 PM Subject: Re: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc > >From: "Bob Nelson" > >To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org > >Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc > >Date: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 > > > And it also has a list of construction permits for FM stations > > in 1946; among the, 105.5 for WESX in Salem, MA. I didn't know > > they had a CP for an FM and as far as I know they never > > put it on the air, though wasn't there a 105.5 in Lynn for awhile? > > > The station was on 105.3 (now in Kittery, ME) and used the > call letters WUPY or was it WUPI? The tower still exits on > Route 1 just north of the City of Sin. > -- > _______________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp ?SRC=lycos10 > > From lawyer@attorneyross.com Thu Dec 2 01:29:52 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Thu Dec 2 01:31:10 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc In-Reply-To: <20041201215915.CA10CCA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <41AE7010.18395.7474BB@localhost> On 1 Dec 2004 at 16:59, Laurence Glavin wrote: > The station was on 105.3 (now in Kittery, ME) and used the > call letters WUPY or was it WUPI? The tower still exits on > Route 1 just north of the City of Sin. Both, actually. First it was WUPY, with ads mostly from Anthony's restaurants, Hawthorne, Hawthorne by the Sea, and the General Gloverhouse. Then the station went off the air for a time, and then came back for awhile as WUPI. All this was in the early 60s. I believe it was gone by 1964 or so -- perhaps earlier. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From raccoonradio@myway.com Thu Dec 2 03:17:33 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu Dec 2 03:17:42 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc Message-ID: <20041202081733.6023E12CFC@mprdmxin.myway.com> lglavin@lycos.com said: >>The station was on 105.3 (now in Kittery, ME) and used the call letters WUPY or was it WUPI? The tower still exits on Route 1 just north of the City of Sin. Dan Strassberg said: >>I believe that over its short life, the Lynn station was both WUPY and WUPI. Oh, OK! Yes I had read of a station around 105 on the dial up in Lynn with those calls (WUPY? WUPI?)...and noted, as I said, that WESX had a CP back in the late 40s for an FM. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From raccoonradio@myway.com Thu Dec 2 03:18:33 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu Dec 2 03:18:43 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc Message-ID: <20041202081833.4EF0C12D16@mprdmxin.myway.com> Joe Ross wrote: >>Both, actually. First it was WUPY, with ads mostly from Anthony's restaurants, Hawthorne, Hawthorne by the Sea, and the General Gloverhouse. Then the station went off the air for a time, and then came back for awhile as WUPI. All this was in the early 60s. I believe it was gone by 1964 or so -- perhaps earlier thanks for the info, all! _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Dec 2 17:46:17 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Dec 2 17:46:26 2004 Subject: Dean Johnson Byline Appears With Radio Items Message-ID: <20041202224617.9712FE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Today's (12/02) Boston Herald contained two stories pertaining to radio: one about the return of Gregg Daniels to WBMX-FM 98.5 Boston... and the intention of Clear Channel Brodacasting to reduce clutter on most of its stations, soon to include WXKS-FM 107.9 and WJMN-FM 94.5 in Boston. These were brief items running down the side of the page and each was signed by Dean Johnson. I guess this means that D.J. is their go-to guy when there's anything happening on the radio front, but his weekly column is histoire. (WBIX-AM stories appear on the business pages and carry bylines of business page writers.) -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From EBRadio@maine.rr.com Fri Dec 3 12:34:35 2004 From: EBRadio@maine.rr.com (EBRadio) Date: Fri Dec 3 12:34:30 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc In-Reply-To: <20041202081733.6023E12CFC@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <00bf01c4d95e$5c0262f0$6401a8c0@yourxu5v9frokn> What is the station I recently heard bombing in while traveling through Chelsea/East Boston/Everett at 105.3 FM? SS -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Bob Nelson Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:18 AM To: dan.strassberg@att.net; boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org; lglavin@lycos.com Subject: Re: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc lglavin@lycos.com said: >>The station was on 105.3 (now in Kittery, ME) and used the call letters WUPY or was it WUPI? The tower still exits on Route 1 just north of the City of Sin. Dan Strassberg said: >>I believe that over its short life, the Lynn station was both WUPY and WUPI. Oh, OK! Yes I had read of a station around 105 on the dial up in Lynn with those calls (WUPY? WUPI?)...and noted, as I said, that WESX had a CP back in the late 40s for an FM. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From elipolo@earthlink.net Sat Dec 4 14:28:31 2004 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sat Dec 4 14:13:02 2004 Subject: The FM band; WESX on FM, etc In-Reply-To: <00bf01c4d95e$5c0262f0$6401a8c0@yourxu5v9frokn> Message-ID: On 12/3/04 12:34 PM, "EBRadio" wrote: > What is the station I recently heard bombing in while traveling > through Chelsea/East Boston/Everett at 105.3 FM? It's a pirate. I also heard it strong (though broadcasting in mono) in Everett, and it comes in weakly where I live in Somerville. Eli Polonsky From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Dec 4 14:57:29 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat Dec 4 14:57:40 2004 Subject: December LTAR Sunday the 5th Message-ID: <20041204195730.021B7CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Don't forget: Sunday, December 5th is the first Sunday of the month, so "Let's Talk About Radio" will occupy the WJIB-AM frequency, 740 kc, or khz, whichever you prefer, from 11:00 am until noon, or thereabouts. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From mixer@zoso.net Sat Dec 4 11:13:30 2004 From: mixer@zoso.net (Jeremy Mixer) Date: Sat Dec 4 16:21:32 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation Message-ID: I don't beleive anyone has posted this, I checked the archives and just resubscribed. I beleive I was unsubscribed while my email server wasn't working for a few weeks...... anyway here is the link, well worth a read. I just composed a response that I submitted to the editor. It's good to see this being covered: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/business/stories/041202blethen.shtml From wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Sat Dec 4 16:29:24 2004 From: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sat Dec 4 16:29:31 2004 Subject: December LTAR Sunday the 5th In-Reply-To: <20041204195730.021B7CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041204195730.021B7CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <200412042129.iB4LTOoZ033107@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> < said: > frequency, 740 kc, or khz, whichever you prefer, from 11:00 am I prefer my unit symbols to be spelled correctly, so that would be 740 kHz. (Or, for Kaimbridge, 0.740 MHz....) -GAWollman From billo@shoreham.net Sat Dec 4 16:41:29 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sat Dec 4 16:41:35 2004 Subject: December LTAR Sunday the 5th In-Reply-To: <200412042129.iB4LTOoZ033107@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20041204195730.021B7CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <200412042129.iB4LTOoZ033107@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <41B22F09.3050400@shoreham.net> Garrett Wollman wrote: >I prefer my unit symbols to be spelled correctly, so that would be 740 >kHz. (Or, for Kaimbridge, 0.740 MHz....) > >-GAWollman > > >kHz, khz, kHz, khz, let's call the whole thing off > Bill O'Neill From fox893@yahoo.com Sat Dec 4 17:02:24 2004 From: fox893@yahoo.com (Cooper Fox) Date: Sat Dec 4 17:02:33 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041204220225.48729.qmail@web54605.mail.yahoo.com> I remember a discussion about the tanker spill on here when it happened. Not that I am for having a whole cluster unattended at night, but shouldn't the authorities have contacted FEMA and had them run an EAS message about the spill? --- Jeremy Mixer wrote: > I don't beleive anyone has posted this, I checked > the archives and just > resubscribed. I beleive I was unsubscribed while my > email server wasn't > working for a few weeks...... anyway here is the > link, well worth a read. > I just composed a response that I submitted to the > editor. It's good to > see this being covered: > > http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/business/stories/041202blethen.shtml > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com From n1qgs@yahoo.com Sun Dec 5 11:37:06 2004 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Sun Dec 5 11:37:10 2004 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <20041205163706.74141.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com> FROM the Brattleboro VT Reformer WOOL radio makes plans for a pair of parties BELLOWS FALLS -- Do not under estimate the heart of community radio. Volunteers working to get WOOL-FM -- Great Falls Community Broadcasting Company -- on the air are watching the skies. FULL STORY AT: http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8862~2573477,00.html John Derry NH From billings@suscom-maine.net Sun Dec 5 11:43:43 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Sun Dec 5 11:43:49 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation References: Message-ID: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Does Mr. Blethen see the irony of this message coming from the man who owns 3 of the 7 daily newspapers in the state and a growing chain of weekly papers? Blethen's ownership is also a good example of out of state owners cutting back on local news resources. -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine From lglavin@lycos.com Sun Dec 5 13:06:52 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sun Dec 5 13:07:05 2004 Subject: December LTAR Sunday the 5th Message-ID: <20041205180652.EC870E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Bill O'Neill" >To: "Garrett Wollman" >Subject: Re: December LTAR Sunday the 5th >Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:41:29 -0500 > > Garrett Wollman wrote: > > > I prefer my unit symbols to be spelled correctly, so that would be 740 > > kHz. (Or, for Kaimbridge, 0.740 MHz....) > > > > -GAWollman > > > > > > kHz, khz, kHz, khz, let's call the whole thing off I was just relaying Bob's message at radio-info.com/Boston > > > > Bill O'Neill -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From lglavin@lycos.com Sun Dec 5 13:12:22 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sun Dec 5 13:12:29 2004 Subject: Wan Sun Message-ID: <20041205181222.3CCEFE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> These days, the sun is as ineffective as it gets with regard to suppressing skywave. It's not unusual to get distant signals well after sunrise. That happened today (12/05) as I was listening to LTAR from about 25 miles away. The Toronto station at 740 was very audible under Bob, and I know it was that outlet and not another from the recordings they played ("Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by"!) I didn't scan the dial to see if Rochester, NY's 1180 or Philly's 1210 were coming in...they're the most likely pickup when this happeans. I wonder if people in central RI were getting WHAM and WCNX, even fairly close to the 1180 there. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From raccoonradio@myway.com Sun Dec 5 13:45:39 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun Dec 5 13:45:53 2004 Subject: Wan Sun Message-ID: <20041205184539.D5754394F@mprdmxin.myway.com> >>It's not unusual to get distant signals well after sunrise. That happened today (12/05) as I was listening to LTAR from about 25 miles away. The Toronto station at 740 was very audible under Bob Hmm--prob. happened here in Beverly, too. I taped LTAR on my bedroom stereo and also happened to have WJIB on my clock radio and I could hear music under Bob's voice on the latter. Around dusk the other day (or actually just before dusk) I was picking up WSAW 1160 in Augusta, ME (ESPN) quite well here on the North Shore...also was hearing some "choral" Christmas carols on 920. Hmm, it wasn't Air America on WHJJ for sure...it was CJCH from Halifax, NS, doing well in N. Reading at dusk. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From scott@fybush.com Sun Dec 5 14:01:22 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun Dec 5 14:00:25 2004 Subject: Wan Sun In-Reply-To: <20041205181222.3CCEFE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041205135937.03844400@gwind.pair.com> At 01:12 PM 12/5/2004 -0500, Laurence Glavin wrote: >These days, the sun is as ineffective as it gets with regard >to suppressing skywave. It's not unusual to get distant >signals well after sunrise. That happened today (12/05) as >I was listening to LTAR from about 25 miles away. The Toronto >station at 740 was very audible under Bob, and I know it was >that outlet and not another from the recordings they played >("Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by"!) >I didn't scan the dial to see if Rochester, NY's 1180 or >Philly's 1210 were coming in...they're the most likely pickup >when this happeans. I wonder if people in central RI >were getting WHAM and WCNX, even fairly close to the 1180 there. I had WCRN here in Rochester about 4 PM yesterday, and I'm getting a darn fine WBZ signal right now at 2 PM - no mistaking Mike Coleman voicing a spot for Burk, 410 Beacon Street, Chelsea :-) (Conditions yesterday favored the south and west a bit more than the east - at 4:00 I had WWGB Indian Head MD with Spanish religion instead of the FIFTY THOUSAND WATT crankin' voice of NEWS RADIO...) s From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Dec 5 14:44:24 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sun Dec 5 14:50:51 2004 Subject: Wan Sun References: <5.1.0.14.0.20041205135937.03844400@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <003701c4db03$b13f0a60$19eefea9@dstrassberg> WWGB, which is 50 kW DA-D, protects WBZ's daytime service area, but it throws a good-sized lobe to the north--which it has to do to serve DC from its location about 35 miles south of the city. That lobe must send a nice daytime-skywave signal over central and western New York. (Considering that there is a 1050 that used to be--and maybe still is--licensed to Silver Spring, one can certainly allege that the MD 1030 station was shoehorned in, but listening to either station in the southern reaches of metro DC can be no more challenging than listening to WCRN in, say, Natick.) -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Fybush To: Laurence Glavin ; Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 2:01 PM Subject: Re: Wan Sun > > I had WCRN here in Rochester about 4 PM yesterday, and I'm getting a darn > fine WBZ signal right now at 2 PM - no mistaking Mike Coleman voicing a > spot for Burk, 410 Beacon Street, Chelsea :-) > > (Conditions yesterday favored the south and west a bit more than the east - > at 4:00 I had WWGB Indian Head MD with Spanish religion instead of the > FIFTY THOUSAND WATT crankin' voice of NEWS RADIO...) > > s > > From steveord@bit-net.com Sun Dec 5 17:12:03 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sun Dec 5 17:11:56 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation In-Reply-To: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> Daniel Billings wrote: >Does Mr. Blethen see the irony of this message coming from the man who >owns 3 of the 7 daily newspapers in the state and a growing chain of >weekly papers? > >Blethen's ownership is also a good example of out of state owners cutting >back on local news resources. I was thinking the same thing. Not even a new phenomenon...I worked at the Seattle Times in the mid 70s, and even then they were pretty much the only game in town...they had a joint operating agreement with their erstwhile competitor, the Post Intelligencer and owned most of the weeklies in the area too. From billings@suscom-maine.net Sun Dec 5 18:45:45 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Sun Dec 5 18:45:51 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> Message-ID: <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> ----- Original Message ----- From: "SteveOrdinetz" To: Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation >>Not even a new phenomenon...I worked at the Seattle Times in the mid 70s, > and even then they were pretty much the only game in town...they had a > joint operating agreement with their erstwhile competitor, the Post > Intelligencer and owned most of the weeklies in the area too. My suspicion is that Mr. Blethen's real concern is competition. There has been talk that the joint operating agreement in Seattle might fall apart. Who better to run the other newspaper than a company that owns one of the TV stations in town? From mlaurence@mindspring.com Sun Dec 5 21:05:58 2004 From: mlaurence@mindspring.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Sun Dec 5 21:06:05 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation In-Reply-To: <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <5EC334F8-472B-11D9-BE02-000393D13824@mindspring.com> On Dec 5, 2004, at 6:45 PM, Daniel Billings wrote: > My suspicion is that Mr. Blethen's real concern is competition. There > has been talk that the joint operating agreement in Seattle might fall > apart. Who better to run the other newspaper than a company that owns > one of the TV stations in town? If the JOA fell apart, the Blethens would be the winners. Their Seattle Times is the dominant paper in town, and without a JOA the Post Intelligencer would be gone in a year or two. Blethen has been battling the agreement since 2003. The P-I is about as attractive a media property as WBIX. Mark From billings@suscom-maine.net Mon Dec 6 00:05:50 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Mon Dec 6 00:06:05 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <5EC334F8-472B-11D9-BE02-000393D13824@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <002201c4db51$415e4eb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Laurence" To: "Daniel Billings" Cc: "SteveOrdinetz" ; Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation > If the JOA fell apart, the Blethens would be the winners. Their Seattle > Times is the dominant paper in town, and without a JOA the Post > Intelligencer would be gone in a year or two. Blethen has been battling > the agreement since 2003. The P-I is about as attractive a media property > as WBIX. But would it be differently if it was combined with a TV station in town? From mlaurence@mindspring.com Mon Dec 6 00:23:07 2004 From: mlaurence@mindspring.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Mon Dec 6 00:23:15 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation In-Reply-To: <002201c4db51$415e4eb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <5EC334F8-472B-11D9-BE02-000393D13824@mindspring.com> <002201c4db51$415e4eb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: On Dec 6, 2004, at 12:05 AM, Daniel Billings wrote: > >> If the JOA fell apart, the Blethens would be the winners. Their >> Seattle Times is the dominant paper in town, and without a JOA the >> Post Intelligencer would be gone in a year or two. Blethen has been >> battling the agreement since 2003. The P-I is about as attractive a >> media property as WBIX. > > But would it be differently if it was combined with a TV station in > town? Sure, then you would have a money-making TV station subsidizing a money-losing second-rate newspaper. It would be like when channel 5 kept the Herald Traveler in business for its last shaky years. That didn't make the Herald Traveler any more profitable, and it was soon put out of business by "merging" with the Record American. Establishing a new cross-ownership isn't legal anyway. Mark From sid.whitaker@unh.edu Mon Dec 6 09:32:37 2004 From: sid.whitaker@unh.edu (Sid Whitaker) Date: Mon Dec 6 09:32:50 2004 Subject: Wan Sun In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20041205135937.03844400@gwind.pair.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20041205135937.03844400@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <1102343557.41b46d85739f7@webmail.unh.edu> Late Saturday afternoon in Lebanon, NH, I also heard WWGB fighting it out with 'BZ. Had never before heard anything other than 'BZ on 1030 in northern New England, day or night... Sid Whitaker Quoting Scott Fybush : > (Conditions yesterday favored the south and west a bit more than the east - > at 4:00 I had WWGB Indian Head MD with Spanish religion instead of the > FIFTY THOUSAND WATT crankin' voice of NEWS RADIO...) > > s > > From raccoonradio@myway.com Mon Dec 6 11:57:31 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon Dec 6 11:57:43 2004 Subject: Clear Channels links with Fox News Radio Message-ID: <20041206165731.21B4F396E@mprdmxin.myway.com> According to a Wall Street Journal article, Clear Channel has signed a five year deal with Fox News to become their primary news provider. "...as many as 172 of Clear Channel's news and talk stations could eventually carry Fox" newscasts and programs by the likes of Alan Colmes. Right now WRKO is Boston's Fox News Radio affiliate (and the Colmes show is not heard at all here); not sure if this means that the newscasts, etc., will switch to CC-owned Air America affiliates WKOX and WXKS. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From lglavin@lycos.com Mon Dec 6 17:01:34 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon Dec 6 17:01:47 2004 Subject: Wan Sun Message-ID: <20041206220134.AAD62C6134@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Sid Whitaker" >To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org >Subject: Re: Wan Sun >Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:32:37 -0500 > > Late Saturday afternoon in Lebanon, NH, I also heard WWGB fighting it out with > 'BZ. Had never before heard anything other than 'BZ on 1030 in northern New > England, day or night... > > Sid Whitaker > Several years ago, I could hear interference to WBZ's signal at night from a station in Tennessee (there are two outlets in Gore Country; I heard a reference or two to something having to do with TN, but I never got a station ID). Then it stopped, maybe the folks at 1170 SFR got wind of it and complained. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Dec 6 17:32:24 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Mon Dec 6 17:32:42 2004 Subject: Wan Sun References: <20041206220134.AAD62C6134@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <001c01c4dbe3$7acf94a0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> The offender was a station in Memphis or a suburb. That station runs 50 kW days, I think and nondirectional IIRC--though maybe only 10 kW CH. The night power is a lot lower and the night pattern protects WBZ. The problem was that they just about never used the night pattern or power. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurence Glavin To: Sid Whitaker ; Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:01 PM Subject: Re: Wan Sun > >From: "Sid Whitaker" > >To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org > >Subject: Re: Wan Sun > >Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:32:37 -0500 > > > > > Late Saturday afternoon in Lebanon, NH, I also heard WWGB fighting it out with > > 'BZ. Had never before heard anything other than 'BZ on 1030 in northern New > > England, day or night... > > > > Sid Whitaker > > > Several years ago, I could hear interference to WBZ's signal at > night from a station in Tennessee (there are two outlets in > Gore Country; I heard a reference or two to something > having to do with TN, but I never got a station ID). Then it > stopped, maybe the folks at 1170 SFR got wind of it and complained. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp ?SRC=lycos10 > > From billings@suscom-maine.net Mon Dec 6 17:49:17 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Mon Dec 6 17:49:23 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <5EC334F8-472B-11D9-BE02-000393D13824@mindspring.com> <002201c4db51$415e4eb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <003701c4dbe5$d116e9b0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Laurence" To: "Daniel Billings" Cc: "SteveOrdinetz" ; Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:23 AM Subject: Re: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation > Establishing a new cross-ownership isn't legal anyway. That's the whole point -- Blethen is opposing consolidation in the media. From scott@fybush.com Mon Dec 6 20:02:35 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon Dec 6 20:01:38 2004 Subject: Wan Sun In-Reply-To: <20041206220134.AAD62C6134@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041206200108.03c21a90@gwind.pair.com> >Several years ago, I could hear interference to WBZ's signal at >night from a station in Tennessee (there are two outlets in >Gore Country; I heard a reference or two to something >having to do with TN, but I never got a station ID). Then it >stopped, maybe the folks at 1170 SFR got wind of it and complained. I do believe that was the operation in/near Memphis; it gave the engineers at BZ quite a bit of trouble in the mid-90s when I was there. And speaking of "Wan Sun," I had some egg rolls there the other day...mighty tasty! -s, who really does have the "House Poon Chinese Restaurant" just down the road, and who's all hopped up on pain pills after getting three teeth pulled this afternoon... From mlaurence@mindspring.com Mon Dec 6 20:53:53 2004 From: mlaurence@mindspring.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Mon Dec 6 20:53:58 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation In-Reply-To: <003701c4dbe5$d116e9b0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <5EC334F8-472B-11D9-BE02-000393D13824@mindspring.com> <002201c4db51$415e4eb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <003701c4dbe5$d116e9b0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: On Dec 6, 2004, at 5:49 PM, Daniel Billings wrote: >> Establishing a new cross-ownership isn't legal anyway. > > That's the whole point -- Blethen is opposing consolidation in the > media. I'm confused. The man who wants to put the Seattle Post Intellligencer out of business and run a newspaper monopoly in Seattle, and who wants to enable monopoly newspapers to own TV in their own market, thus controlling the top two sources of news in a community, is opposed to consolidation in the media? How's that? Mark From nostaticatall@comcast.net Mon Dec 6 22:22:34 2004 From: nostaticatall@comcast.net (David Tomm) Date: Mon Dec 6 22:23:35 2004 Subject: Clear Channels links with Fox News Radio In-Reply-To: <20041206165731.21B4F396E@mprdmxin.myway.com> References: <20041206165731.21B4F396E@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <3CFFACF0-47FF-11D9-9E0E-000A95DCEF88@comcast.net> I doubt that CC's liberal talkers will fall under this directive for obvious reasons. Those stations are airing Air America news which fits that format better. I wouldn't be surprised if some of CC's left leaning stations pick up Alan Colmes though. However, CC's mainstream and right-wing talkers probably will make the switch. Right now that wouldn't affect Boston, but I could see WTAG/Worcester and WGIR/Manchester (and it's simulcast partners) switching over. WHJJ/Providence does run some Air America programming, but there are also local shows and Imus, so who knows if they'll pick up Fox or not. --Dave Tomm "Mike Thomas" On Dec 6, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > According to a Wall Street Journal article, Clear Channel has signed a > five year deal with Fox News to become their primary news provider. > > "...as many as 172 of Clear Channel's news and talk stations could > eventually carry Fox" newscasts and programs by the likes of Alan > Colmes. Right now WRKO is Boston's Fox News Radio affiliate (and > the Colmes show is not heard at all here); not sure if this means > that the newscasts, etc., will switch to CC-owned Air America > affiliates WKOX and WXKS. From scott@fybush.com Mon Dec 6 23:40:08 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon Dec 6 23:39:09 2004 Subject: Clear Channels links with Fox News Radio In-Reply-To: <20041206165731.21B4F396E@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041206233733.03c4b860@gwind.pair.com> At 11:57 AM 12/6/2004 -0500, Bob Nelson wrote: >According to a Wall Street Journal article, Clear Channel has signed a >five year deal with Fox News to become their primary news provider. > >"...as many as 172 of Clear Channel's news and talk stations could >eventually carry Fox" newscasts and programs by the likes of Alan >Colmes. Right now WRKO is Boston's Fox News Radio affiliate (and >the Colmes show is not heard at all here); not sure if this means >that the newscasts, etc., will switch to CC-owned Air America >affiliates WKOX and WXKS. I wouldn't read that much into it. CC rarely, if ever, issues nationwide programming dictates, contrary to local belief. While a deal like this will certainly bring Fox content to stations like WHAM here in Rochester and WGY in Schenectady eventually, CC's local managers will still have leeway to make the decisions they think are appropriate for their local audiences. Fox News obviously has no place on an Air America affiliate like WKOX/WXKS, and it won't completely supplant ABC on WHAM or WGY as long as Paul Harvey draws breath. s From lawyer@attorneyross.com Tue Dec 7 01:38:31 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue Dec 7 01:40:09 2004 Subject: Possible virus Message-ID: <41B50997.27041.C0F981@localhost> I've gotten a lot of e-mails today similar to the one below, with either an MS-DOS shortcut containing a virus or a ZIP file, which I presume also contains a virus. This one claimed to have come from this list. Another claimed to have come from one list member, who I've e- mailed separately. 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Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From billings@suscom-maine.net Tue Dec 7 20:54:19 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Tue Dec 7 20:54:29 2004 Subject: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation References: <004101c4dae9$95293f40$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <6.0.3.0.0.20041205170845.01b18b18@pop3.bit-net.com> <002501c4db24$8a5a0f00$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <5EC334F8-472B-11D9-BE02-000393D13824@mindspring.com> <002201c4db51$415e4eb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <003701c4dbe5$d116e9b0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <005901c4dcc8$d4fdcfb0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Laurence" To: "Daniel Billings" Cc: "SteveOrdinetz" ; Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:53 PM Subject: Re: Portland Press Herald article on Media Consolidation > I'm confused. The man who wants to put the Seattle Post Intellligencer > out of business and run a newspaper monopoly in Seattle, and who wants to > enable monopoly newspapers to own TV in their own market, thus controlling > the top two sources of news in a community, is opposed to consolidation in > the media? How's that? Read the story -- he is against newspapers owning TV in their market. My point was that is probably because it limits his potential competition. From raccoonradio@myway.com Wed Dec 8 03:33:26 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed Dec 8 03:33:43 2004 Subject: "Companion Radio" 98.9 Beverly Message-ID: <20041208083326.42B413A15@mprdmxin.myway.com> A while back, I was driving near Beverly Hospital and noticed some big-band-era music at 98.9 FM. Not sure where it came from. Then Kaimbridge Goldchild emailed me and asked if I ever heard a "non-ID" station on that frequency, in that area. I told him what I'd heard. He said he went to that area (Brimball Ave. in Beverly) and noticed the signal was strongest near the Blueberry Hill Rest Home. He asked around and found that they're the ones broadcasting it (not really a powerful signal; flea-powered. Only can be picked up from one end of Brimball Ave. to another.) Today I heard them say "This is Companion Radio--Potpourri" as I drove past the rest home around 4 pm. A quick web search led me to this link--looks like they're a service for "senior facilities" by satellite. Checked out their schedule--wow, I'm nearly 43, yet it sounded interesting to me: OTR shows like "Jack Benny" and "Burns and Allen"; jazz; folk, etc. Wonder if they'd provide service to more powerful stations? http://www.companionradio.com/ _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From kc1ih@mac.com Wed Dec 8 12:52:56 2004 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Wed Dec 8 12:53:09 2004 Subject: "Companion Radio" 98.9 Beverly In-Reply-To: <20041208083326.42B413A15@mprdmxin.myway.com> References: <20041208083326.42B413A15@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20041208125152.022575d0@mail.mac.com> At 03:33 AM 12/8/2004, Bob Nelson wrote: >Today I heard them say "This is Companion Radio--Potpourri" as >I drove past the rest home around 4 pm. A quick web search led me >to this link--looks like they're a service for "senior facilities" >by satellite. Checked out their schedule--wow, I'm nearly 43, >yet it sounded interesting to me: OTR shows like "Jack Benny" >and "Burns and Allen"; jazz; folk, etc. Wonder if they'd >provide service to more powerful stations? My guess is that doing so would violate their music licensing. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From raccoonradio@myway.com Wed Dec 8 15:13:16 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed Dec 8 15:13:28 2004 Subject: Severin returning fire at Globe columnist Message-ID: <20041208201316.87BC912D83@mprdmxin.myway.com> Am listening to Jay "Live From Long Island" Excedrin on WTKK right now and he says at 5 pm he'll address the issue of the "fat loser" named "Scat He-lies" at the "Boston Globe Fabricator". (Whose offices are right next to WTKK, though I don't know if Jay's doing his show from Morrissey Blvd or the Empire State today)... The article: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/12/08/romney_and_severin_go_figure _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Dec 8 16:18:11 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed Dec 8 16:18:43 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David Brudnoy's cancer has spread and he only has a few days to live. From billo@shoreham.net Wed Dec 8 16:29:20 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Wed Dec 8 16:29:36 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <41B77230.5090900@shoreham.net> Donna Halper wrote: > Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David Brudnoy's cancer > has spread and he only has a few days to live. > Prayers for David and his loved ones. It's been a long struggle. Wish him peace and comfort at this time. Bill O'Neill From raccoonradio@myway.com Wed Dec 8 16:58:13 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed Dec 8 16:58:24 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death Message-ID: <20041208215813.40BC03949@mprdmxin.myway.com> Sad to hear--BostonRadioWatch posted a link to WBZ's site with details (that is, excerpts from what David considers to be his farewell to his listeners). I hope there's a way those visiting David (as Gary LaPierre did) can relay our thoughts, prayers, and thanks for his great work over the years. http://wbz1030.com/topstories/topstoriesbos_story_343145722.html _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From sid@wrko.com Wed Dec 8 17:01:55 2004 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Wed Dec 8 17:42:51 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death Message-ID: >>Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David Brudnoy's cancer has spread and he only has a few days to live.<< Damn. One of the more articulate, polite, open-minded talk show hosts...and from all accounts, a thoroughly decent human being. He will be acutely missed. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WQSX - WRKO - WVEI 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Boston MA 02135-2040 Phone: 617-779-5369 Fax: 617-779-5379 E-Mail: sid@wrko.com From lglavin@lycos.com Wed Dec 8 18:13:27 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed Dec 8 18:13:35 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death Message-ID: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Sid Schweiger" >To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org >Subject: Re: Brudnoy near death >Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:01:55 -0700 > > >> Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David Brudnoy's cancer > has spread and he only has a few days to live.<< > > Damn. One of the more articulate, polite, open-minded talk show > hosts...and from all accounts, a thoroughly decent human being. He will > be acutely missed. > > Talk about a work ethic; he was doing his show until shortly before Thanksgiving, although he sounded pretty rough the last time I heard him. He also taught a class at BU. Probably did the grading before checking into the hospital. In his spare(?) time he did movie reviews for the Herald's suburban weeklies. Maybe he should have given up some of these other duties, and kept just the talk show schedule...he probably just wore out. The only bright side: he probably didn't see "Alexander". -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From markwats@comcast.net Wed Dec 8 18:30:45 2004 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Wed Dec 8 18:30:59 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death References: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <008601c4dd7d$f2ad4a30$6f918318@Mark> Donna Halper wrote: > Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David >Brudnoy's cancer > has spread and he only has a few days to live. WBZ Radio will be airing David Brudnoy's farewell remarks tonight at 7PM, according to WBZ-TV 4. Brudnoy requested a chance to thank and say farewell to what he calls his "family"- his listeners. WBZ Radio news anchor Gary LaPierre visited Brudnoy at Mass General Hospital this afternoon and recorded the interview with David. I'll be rolling tape per request of someone who will be unable to listen. I'm sure many on the list if able will want to do the same. David Brudnoy fought a good fight, certainly defying the odds more than once it seems. My thoughts and prayers go out to David Brudnoy, he will be missed by many. One of the last intelligent and civilized radio talk hosts. Mark Watson From billo@shoreham.net Wed Dec 8 18:31:53 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Wed Dec 8 18:32:04 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <41B78EE9.80700@shoreham.net> Laurence Glavin wrote: >Maybe he should have given up >some of these other duties, and kept just the talk show >schedule...he probably just wore out. > I'm speculating, too, but what I know of people with Brudnoy's work ethic, busy is a very good thing. Work can be the best remedy. Perhaps he still has more that he wants to accomplish. Bill O'Neill From scott@fybush.com Wed Dec 8 18:48:06 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Wed Dec 8 18:47:14 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <008601c4dd7d$f2ad4a30$6f918318@Mark> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041208184707.02a0d450@gwind.pair.com> I don't even really have any words to offer at this point. I spent five of the best years of my career working with David. This moment is hardly unexpected, but it doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt like hell. s At 06:30 PM 12/8/2004 -0500, Mark Watson wrote: >Donna Halper wrote: > >>Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David >Brudnoy's cancer >>has spread and he only has a few days to live. > > WBZ Radio will be airing David Brudnoy's farewell remarks tonight at > 7PM, according to WBZ-TV 4. Brudnoy requested a chance to thank and say > farewell to what he calls his "family"- his listeners. WBZ Radio news > anchor Gary LaPierre visited Brudnoy at Mass General Hospital this > afternoon and recorded the interview with David. I'll be rolling tape per > request of someone who will be unable to listen. I'm sure many on the > list if able will want to do the same. > > David Brudnoy fought a good fight, certainly defying the odds more > than once it seems. My thoughts and prayers go out to David Brudnoy, he > will be missed by many. One of the last intelligent and civilized radio > talk hosts. > >Mark Watson > From billo@shoreham.net Wed Dec 8 19:07:12 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Wed Dec 8 19:07:24 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <008601c4dd7d$f2ad4a30$6f918318@Mark> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> <008601c4dd7d$f2ad4a30$6f918318@Mark> Message-ID: <41B79730.8020503@shoreham.net> Mark Watson wrote: > WBZ Radio will be airing David Brudnoy's farewell remarks tonight > at 7PM, according to WBZ-TV 4. Brudnoy requested a chance to thank and > say farewell to what he calls his "family"- his listeners. Just heard the news report where LaPierre interviewed David (very recently). Extremely sad. His voice is very weak yet his dignity and strength remains very intact. His determination over the years against all odds has been peerless, remarkable. Meade will be hosting at seven. Scott said it best in that it's never easy to lose someone even if there is warning. It seems too odd to be speaking about David in past tense at this time, so I won't. Bill O'Neill From rac@gabrielmass.com Wed Dec 8 19:36:59 2004 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Wed Dec 8 19:35:29 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <41B79E2B.2090200@gabrielmass.com> Laurence Glavin wrote: > The only bright side: he probably didn't see "Alexander". To the contrary, Brudnoy bravely faced the "bloated but occasionally moving biopic" head-on. He gave it a C- in a capsule review for Community Newspapers. --RC From nostaticatall@comcast.net Wed Dec 8 20:02:31 2004 From: nostaticatall@comcast.net (David Tomm) Date: Wed Dec 8 20:04:15 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <41B79730.8020503@shoreham.net> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20041208161658.029d59d8@pop.registeredsite.com> <008601c4dd7d$f2ad4a30$6f918318@Mark> <41B79730.8020503@shoreham.net> Message-ID: <00E8B6B2-497E-11D9-8893-000A95DCEF88@comcast.net> If you have RealAudio on your computer, you can stream the interview. It's on the WBZ radio website. --Dave Tomm "Mike Thomas" On Dec 8, 2004, at 7:07 PM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > > Mark Watson wrote: > >> WBZ Radio will be airing David Brudnoy's farewell remarks tonight >> at 7PM, according to WBZ-TV 4. Brudnoy requested a chance to thank >> and say farewell to what he calls his "family"- his listeners. > > Just heard the news report where LaPierre interviewed David (very > recently). Extremely sad. His voice is very weak yet his dignity and > strength remains very intact. His determination over the years > against all odds has been peerless, remarkable. > Meade will be hosting at seven. Scott said it best in that it's never > easy to lose someone even if there is warning. It seems too odd to be > speaking about David in past tense at this time, so I won't. From mlaurence@mindspring.com Wed Dec 8 21:09:35 2004 From: mlaurence@mindspring.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Wed Dec 8 21:09:42 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041208231327.BCE99E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <5F9087AC-4987-11D9-9155-000393D13824@mindspring.com> On Dec 8, 2004, at 6:13 PM, Laurence Glavin wrote: > In his > spare(?) time he did movie reviews for the Herald's > suburban weeklies. Maybe he should have given up > some of these other duties, and kept just the talk show > schedule...he probably just wore out. The only bright > side: he probably didn't see "Alexander". Yes he did, and he gave it a C-. In fact, it appears he thought "Alexander" deserved a second look and contributed his own review after TAB arts editor Alexander Stevens originally reviewed it. In last week's CNC papers, Brudnoy reviewed "Christmas With the Kranks" (C-) and "National Treasure."(B) As always, a busy guy. Mark From scott@fybush.com Wed Dec 8 22:33:25 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Wed Dec 8 22:32:45 2004 Subject: "Companion Radio" 98.9 Beverly In-Reply-To: <20041208083326.42B413A15@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041208213251.03d9a7d0@gwind.pair.com> The Companion Radio folks are actually here in Rochester. There was something about them a while back in the local rag, and the DXers find their signals every once in a while on both the AM and FM dials. They seem to be constantly adding new retirement homes (or whatever today's euphemism is) to their network, and they seem to be doing a pretty good job of picking open channels to operate on. Truly Part 15 compliant? Who knows... s >A while back, I was driving near Beverly Hospital and noticed some >big-band-era music at 98.9 FM. Not sure where it came from. Then >Kaimbridge Goldchild emailed me and asked if I ever heard a "non-ID" >station on that frequency, in that area. I told him what I'd heard. > >He said he went to that area (Brimball Ave. in Beverly) and noticed >the signal was strongest near the Blueberry Hill Rest Home. He asked >around and found that they're the ones broadcasting it (not really >a powerful signal; flea-powered. Only can be picked up from one end >of Brimball Ave. to another.) > >Today I heard them say "This is Companion Radio--Potpourri" as >I drove past the rest home around 4 pm. A quick web search led me >to this link--looks like they're a service for "senior facilities" >by satellite. Checked out their schedule--wow, I'm nearly 43, >yet it sounded interesting to me: OTR shows like "Jack Benny" >and "Burns and Allen"; jazz; folk, etc. Wonder if they'd >provide service to more powerful stations? > >http://www.companionradio.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. >Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From lawyer@attorneyross.com Thu Dec 9 00:24:52 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Thu Dec 9 00:26:20 2004 Subject: Al Franken Message-ID: <41B79B54.23413.42A36A@localhost> Al Franken announced on his show today that he has signed a multi-year deal to continue doing his show on Air America. He says that the reason he only signed a one-year contract at first was because he didn't know whether he would like it. But he's found that he loves doing the show and will continue for years to come. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From mlaurence@mindspring.com Thu Dec 9 01:34:35 2004 From: mlaurence@mindspring.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Thu Dec 9 01:34:46 2004 Subject: Al Franken In-Reply-To: <41B79B54.23413.42A36A@localhost> References: <41B79B54.23413.42A36A@localhost> Message-ID: <64901499-49AC-11D9-9155-000393D13824@mindspring.com> On Dec 9, 2004, at 12:24 AM, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > Al Franken announced on his show today that he has signed a multi-year > deal to continue > doing his show on Air America. Randi Rhodes has also signed a three year deal with Air America, and they have a new boss, Rob Glazer, who is the CEO of Real Networks. The Washington Post says AA has signed a DC station: WRC, 1260 AM. Mark From nostaticatall@comcast.net Thu Dec 9 02:07:47 2004 From: nostaticatall@comcast.net (David Tomm) Date: Thu Dec 9 02:07:59 2004 Subject: Al Franken In-Reply-To: <64901499-49AC-11D9-9155-000393D13824@mindspring.com> References: <41B79B54.23413.42A36A@localhost> <64901499-49AC-11D9-9155-000393D13824@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <07BE669E-49B1-11D9-98B3-000A95DCEF88@comcast.net> In addition, AA has been rumored to be finally landing an LA affiliate and taking over WSAI/Cincinnati after the new year. That would put them in a bunch of major markets--LA, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, DC, San Francisco & Miami among them. Not bad for a network that has been on the air for less than a year. Jones Radio Network has recently been repping AA and now it looks like Clear Channel, who has been signing on many of these new progressive talkers, wants part of that action. This format seems to be finding an audience--and advertisers-- despite being put on flea-powered AM's in many markets. Now that AA programming is being syndicated through traditional means, they seem to be thriving. It looks like they're here to stay. --Dave Tomm "Mike Thomas" On Dec 9, 2004, at 1:34 AM, Mark Laurence wrote: > On Dec 9, 2004, at 12:24 AM, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > >> Al Franken announced on his show today that he has signed a >> multi-year deal to continue >> doing his show on Air America. > > Randi Rhodes has also signed a three year deal with Air America, and > they have a new boss, Rob Glazer, who is the CEO of Real Networks. > The Washington Post says AA has signed a DC station: WRC, 1260 AM. From raccoonradio@myway.com Thu Dec 9 03:14:21 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu Dec 9 03:14:29 2004 Subject: Companion Radio 98.9 Beverly Message-ID: <20041209081421.D83A23977@mprdmxin.myway.com> All nursing home radio! Plus some within a couple blocks can tune in as well. The one in Beverly seems to be following the Part 15 rule--only covers a fraction of a mile, and disappears quickly when you get out of that area _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From stevewest106@hotmail.com Thu Dec 9 06:04:19 2004 From: stevewest106@hotmail.com (Steve West) Date: Thu Dec 9 06:07:16 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20041208184707.02a0d450@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: Good people of this list: If there is any way I could obtain a copy of Brudnoy's remarks (for personal listening only) it would be highly appreciated. This is a very emotional moment for me. Steve West Soundworks Media Millington, TN ========================= www.airchexx.com - "Where Classic Radio LIVES!" >From: Scott Fybush >To: "Mark Watson" , >, "Donna Halper" > >Subject: Re: Brudnoy near death >Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:48:06 -0500 > >I don't even really have any words to offer at this point. I spent five of >the best years of my career working with David. This moment is hardly >unexpected, but it doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt like hell. > >s > >At 06:30 PM 12/8/2004 -0500, Mark Watson wrote: >>Donna Halper wrote: >> >>>Per Dean Johnson, Dan Kennedy and Boston.com -- David >Brudnoy's cancer >>>has spread and he only has a few days to live. >> >> WBZ Radio will be airing David Brudnoy's farewell remarks tonight at >>7PM, according to WBZ-TV 4. Brudnoy requested a chance to thank and say >>farewell to what he calls his "family"- his listeners. WBZ Radio news >>anchor Gary LaPierre visited Brudnoy at Mass General Hospital this >>afternoon and recorded the interview with David. I'll be rolling tape per >>request of someone who will be unable to listen. I'm sure many on the list >>if able will want to do the same. >> >> David Brudnoy fought a good fight, certainly defying the odds more >>than once it seems. My thoughts and prayers go out to David Brudnoy, he >>will be missed by many. One of the last intelligent and civilized radio >>talk hosts. >> >>Mark Watson >> > From chuckigo@maine.rr.com Thu Dec 9 06:38:05 2004 From: chuckigo@maine.rr.com (chuckigo@maine.rr.com) Date: Thu Dec 9 06:38:10 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death Message-ID: <16550a166d0b.166d0b16550a@nyroc.rr.com> Steve, the interview is available at www.wbz1030.com via real audio. runs about 17 minutes. Bruds is a helluva man. intelligent, well-versed and possessed of an unlimited volume of patience. to me, he was always kind, understanding, willing to listen to my questions and provide insightful answers. - -Chuck Igo ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve West Date: Thursday, December 9, 2004 6:04 am Subject: Re: Brudnoy near death > Good people of this list: > > If there is any way I could obtain a copy of Brudnoy's remarks > (for personal > listening only) it would be highly appreciated. This is a very > emotional > moment for me. > > Steve West > Soundworks Media > Millington, TN > ========================= > www.airchexx.com - "Where Classic Radio LIVES!" > From raccoonradio@myway.com Thu Dec 9 11:49:38 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu Dec 9 11:49:51 2004 Subject: Hannity re-ups with ABC Radio for $25 mil. Message-ID: <20041209164938.D98773A1A@mprdmxin.myway.com> ABC Radio has re-signed Sean Hannity for $25 million over 5 years. So much for any ideas about Fox News Radio signing the man who co-hosts "Hannity and Colmes" on their sister news channel on cable. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1297807/posts Scott Shannon, in a liner: "This is NOT the number one rated (radio) talk show in the nation, but, we're number two (behind Rush). It's OK. Keeps us humble." _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Dec 9 16:51:07 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Dec 9 16:51:20 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death Message-ID: <20041209215107.9735EE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Chonak" >To: "Laurence Glavin" >Subject: Re: Brudnoy near death >Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:36:59 -0500 > > Laurence Glavin wrote: > > The only bright side: he probably didn't see "Alexander". > > To the contrary, Brudnoy bravely faced the "bloated but > occasionally moving biopic" head-on. He gave it a C- in a capsule > review for Community Newspapers. > > --RC I also commented that he probably went to the trouble of correcting papers before going to the hospital, and Brian McGrory of the Globe confirmed that he did. I don't know if he was an "easy" grader of papers by his college students, but he seemed to be an easy grader of some flicks that didn't deserve it. Maybe a he gave an automatic C- if the sprockets were evenly spaced! -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From francini@mac.com Thu Dec 9 17:53:29 2004 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Thu Dec 9 17:53:33 2004 Subject: Brudnoy near death In-Reply-To: <20041209215107.9735EE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041209215107.9735EE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <2485BCD4-4A35-11D9-8FC5-000A95A0515A@mac.com> I don't know -- I can remember on several occasions he's given movies a "dismal D" or even a "dreadful D-Minus" in capsule reviews he did on WBZ. As for the Alexander review, there's a more detailed one -- but with the grade improved to C+ -- in the Framingham TAB... David Brudnoy, along with Gene Burns, were the two "must-listen-to" talk hosts for me in the 80s and into the 90s. They thought about the issues. They discussed them eloquently, passionately, and, most importantly, made me think. I've missed Gene ever since he jumped coasts; I'll miss David now that he's about to jump existences. John Francini On Dec 9, 2004, at 4:51 PM, Laurence Glavin wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Chonak" >> To: "Laurence Glavin" >> Subject: Re: Brudnoy near death >> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:36:59 -0500 > >> >> Laurence Glavin wrote: >>> The only bright side: he probably didn't see "Alexander". >> >> To the contrary, Brudnoy bravely faced the "bloated but >> occasionally moving biopic" head-on. He gave it a C- in a capsule >> review for Community Newspapers. >> >> --RC > I also commented that he probably went to the trouble of > correcting papers before going to the hospital, and Brian > McGrory of the Globe confirmed that he did. I don't > know if he was an "easy" grader of papers by his college > students, but he seemed to be an easy grader of some flicks > that didn't deserve it. Maybe a he gave an automatic C- if the > sprockets were evenly spaced! > -- > _______________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/ > default.asp?SRC=lycos10 > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Dec 9 18:57:02 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (dlh@donnahalper.com) Date: Thu Dec 9 18:57:09 2004 Subject: David Brudnoy, RIP Message-ID: <200412092357.iB9Nv2rL008271@mail8.atl.registeredsite.com> NECN is reporting that David Brudnoy has lost his battle with cancer. From markwats@comcast.net Thu Dec 9 19:34:24 2004 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Thu Dec 9 19:34:37 2004 Subject: David Brudnoy, RIP References: <200412092357.iB9Nv2rL008271@mail8.atl.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <00a901c4de50$01346f20$6f918318@Mark> Donna Halper sadly wrote: > NECN is reporting that David Brudnoy has lost his battle with cancer. WBZ Radio reported that David Brudnoy passed away at 6:11 PM at Mass General Hospital. Certainly a sad night in Boston radio. A nice piece from Jay McQuaide aired at the top of the 7 PM WBZ news. Anchor Art Cohen was choked up getting through that newscast. Dan Pierce hosting a tribute show now on WBZ. Rest In Peace David Mark Watson From kwillcox@wnsh.com Thu Dec 9 13:18:53 2004 From: kwillcox@wnsh.com (Keating Willcox) Date: Thu Dec 9 20:52:36 2004 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041209131251.024edec0@mail.comcast.net> Lets not forget the progress against HIV and aids. If someone had told David that he would survive AIDS into his sixties, and work right up until the end, no one would have believed them. So, a moment of appreciation for the superb medical team that kept him going for quite so long. Sincerely, Keating Willcox ~/~ WNSH AM 1570 Beverly 'playing the best music ever recorded' kwillcox@wnsh.com www.wnsh.com 978-921-1570 FAX 978-468-1954 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915 From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Fri Dec 10 23:01:24 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Fri Dec 10 23:01:46 2004 Subject: Nik Carter? Message-ID: <003001c4df36$1d135210$ad02050a@gmiboston.com> Anyone know what happenned to Nik Carter at BCN? From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Dec 11 15:24:16 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat Dec 11 15:24:25 2004 Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) Message-ID: <20041211202416.E84FCC611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> Here's something odd: WFCR-FM 88.5 in Amherst, MA delays the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts by seven seconds. Today (12/11) is the first week of the 2004-2005 broadcast season, and I was checking to see if there were any discrepancies between the station lineup on the Met's website and who was actually carring the broadcasts. One discrepancy (expected): WSNH-AM 900 in Nashua is NOT airing them any more. The fact that they did may be news to some, but it was probably done because first Texaco, then Chevron for years paid outlets a certain amount of money. Now a 1,000-watt AM in NH might only get a few hundred dollars, but at least it WAS revenue. Getting back to WFCR, I am led to wonder if they are deliberately delaying the Met, or is the whole station on tape (or hard-drive) delay? Later on, I'll have to see if NPR and PRI feeds are also 7 seconds behind. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From dan.strassberg@att.net Sat Dec 11 16:01:42 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sat Dec 11 16:12:21 2004 Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) References: <20041211202416.E84FCC611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <001601c4dfc6$175854c0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> I'd be quite surprised if the delay is only for the Met. It's much easier just to leave the entire station on delay--no messy entries and exits from delay. Unlike the delay systems of yore, solid-state delay units are about as reliable as any solid-state studio equipment and they don't require replacement of tape cartridges (or reel-to-reel tapes) ever. Also, few if any listeners can discern any difference in audio quality between the delayed and non-delayed versions of a feed. It's a non-event to iscover that a station whose format includes telephone talk (even small amounts of it) is running on delay when telephone talk is not airing. Listen to George Noory some night on the half-dozen or more signals on which you can pick up the program. You'll discover about as many durations of delay as signals on which you can receive the program. In some cases, I think, a station will rebroadcast a feed that is already delayed by a few seconds and add a few more seconds of delay. Has the potential of a (rather uninteresting) parlor game--in which you amaze your friends. Listen on headphones to a station that uses less delay. Use a different radio to tune to a station that uses more delay. Put that feed on speakers so your friends can hear it. Amaze them by predicting, seconds in advance, what the host or guest is about to say. You may be able to keep your friends' attention for as long as two minutes! -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Glavin" To: Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) > Here's something odd: WFCR-FM 88.5 in Amherst, MA delays the > Metropolitan Opera broadcasts by seven seconds. Today (12/11) is > the first week of the 2004-2005 broadcast season, and I was checking > to see if there were any discrepancies between the station lineup > on the Met's website and who was actually carring the broadcasts. > One discrepancy (expected): WSNH-AM 900 in Nashua is NOT airing them > any more. The fact that they did may be news to some, but it was > probably done because first Texaco, then Chevron for years paid > outlets a certain amount of money. Now a 1,000-watt AM in NH > might only get a few hundred dollars, but at least it WAS revenue. > Getting back to WFCR, I am led to wonder if they are deliberately > delaying the Met, or is the whole station on tape (or hard-drive) > delay? Later on, I'll have to see if NPR and PRI feeds are also > 7 seconds behind. > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp ?SRC=lycos10 > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Sat Dec 11 16:21:56 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sat Dec 11 16:22:12 2004 Subject: WBIX has new positioner Message-ID: <001a01c4dfc7$7622e1e0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Not like the bankrupt station has gone to great expense (or even necessarily any expense) to do it, but WBIX has a new "positioner," voiced by a guy who I think works for Alex Langer at WSRO. "News-Talk 1060--the NEW WBIX, Natick-Boston." Officially, then, Langer has ended WBIX's run as a business station. Nevertheless, Clark Howard's personal-finance show and Jim Kramer's stock-market show are both still on--including the Kramer rerun at 6:00 PM. (Or to be more correct, the shows were still on on Friday; things seem to change without warning from one day to the next.) Bruce Williams is no longer on in the evenings, although I was mistaken when I called Williams's show the dullest program in radio. Whatever is on in its place is even duller. And speaking of dull, I guess that Frankie Boyer who does that awful "health" show on WROL and WSRO is paying Langer a little extra to have the show on the big 1060 signal. Or maybe Langer is throwing in WBIX; Boyer has been a good customer of Langer's stations for quite a few years and, as long as the transmitter is on, I guess it doesn't cost him anything extra to run her program on WBIX. Would be nice if Upton Bell, who I believe leased time from Langer when WBIX was WMEX, would come back. The 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM slot would be ideal for Bell to pick up where he left off, what, three years ago? His program was not half bad; in fact, occasionally, it was pretty decent. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 From ssmyth@psu.edu Sat Dec 11 17:08:00 2004 From: ssmyth@psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat Dec 11 17:08:04 2004 Subject: WBIX has new positioner Message-ID: <200412112208.RAA09390@webmail2.cac.psu.edu> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:21:56 +0000, "Dan Strassberg" wrote: > her program on WBIX. Would be nice if Upton Bell, who I believe leased time > from Langer when WBIX was WMEX, would come back. The 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM slot > would be ideal for Bell to pick up where he left off, what, three years ago? > His program was not half bad; in fact, occasionally, it was pretty decent. I seem to recall Upton moving over to 650 when WBIX went business. I believe his show was not brokered and was produced in-house. From w1mex@lycos.com Sat Dec 11 17:15:26 2004 From: w1mex@lycos.com (KEVIN GOODWIN) Date: Sat Dec 11 17:15:35 2004 Subject: WBIX has new positioner Message-ID: <20041211221526.6A327C611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Strassberg" To: "Boston Radio Interest" Subject: WBIX has new positioner Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:21:56 -0500 > Dan, I heard the TOH ID for WBIX. I do not know the guy's name, but I have heard former WKOX Morning guy and PD Scott Gibbons doing ID's for WBIX as well. Kevin Goodwin > Not like the bankrupt station has gone to great expense (or even necessarily > any expense) to do it, but WBIX has a new "positioner," voiced by a guy who > I think works for Alex Langer at WSRO. "News-Talk 1060--the NEW WBIX, > Natick-Boston." Officially, then, Langer has ended WBIX's run as a business > station. Nevertheless, Clark Howard's personal-finance show and Jim Kramer's > stock-market show are both still on--including the Kramer rerun at 6:00 PM. > (Or to be more correct, the shows were still on on Friday; things seem to > change without warning from one day to the next.) Bruce Williams is no > longer on in the evenings, although I was mistaken when I called Williams's > show the dullest program in radio. Whatever is on in its place is even > duller. And speaking of dull, I guess that Frankie Boyer who does that awful > "health" show on WROL and WSRO is paying Langer a little extra to have the > show on the big 1060 signal. Or maybe Langer is throwing in WBIX; Boyer has > been a good customer of Langer's stations for quite a few years and, as long > as the transmitter is on, I guess it doesn't cost him anything extra to run > her program on WBIX. Would be nice if Upton Bell, who I believe leased time > from Langer when WBIX was WMEX, would come back. The 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM slot > would be ideal for Bell to pick up where he left off, what, three years ago? > His program was not half bad; in fact, occasionally, it was pretty decent. > > -- > Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net > eFax 707-215-6367 -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From w1mex@lycos.com Sat Dec 11 18:18:06 2004 From: w1mex@lycos.com (KEVIN GOODWIN) Date: Sat Dec 11 18:18:16 2004 Subject: Nik Carter Message-ID: <20041211231806.8428BE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Somebody asked what happened to Nik Carter. Nik was let go by WBCN PD Dave Wellington. Apparently his contract was not renewed. More on Nik Carter's departure from WBCN can be found at Mark Snyder's Bostonradiowatch.com -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From markwats@comcast.net Sun Dec 12 12:14:20 2004 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun Dec 12 12:14:31 2004 Subject: Paul Sullivan Named David Drudnoy's Replacement Message-ID: <013501c4e06e$0702e0b0$6f918318@Mark> WBZ Radio's Paul Sullivan has been named to succeed the late David Brudnoy. In an interview in today's Lowell Sun, Sullivan said that one of Brudnoy's last requests was "give my slot to Paul Sullivan". For now, Sullivan will hold down the 7-10 PM slot, with guest hosts covering 10-Midnight. Sometime in January, WBZ will expand Sullivan to 4 hours, from 8 to Midnight. They will fill the 7 to 8 PM hour with the regular news format. Note that Sullivan will begin undergoing chemotherapy treatments shortly, this could keep him off the air every now & then, but he is up for the challenges of that and filling the void left with the passing of David Brudnoy. Unfortunately Paul Sullivan's interview is not on the Lowell Sun website as of the time I am posting this. If it does show up later, I will post the link to it. Mark Watson From wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Sun Dec 12 23:06:05 2004 From: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun Dec 12 23:06:14 2004 Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) In-Reply-To: <20041211202416.E84FCC611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041211202416.E84FCC611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <200412130406.iBD465bG035733@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> < said: > Here's something odd: WFCR-FM 88.5 in Amherst, MA delays the > Metropolitan Opera broadcasts by seven seconds. According to trade publications, WFCR (no "-FM") just turned on IBOC. The analog audio is delayed to facilitate "blend-to-analog" when the digital signal drops out or is no longer decodable. -GAWollman From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Dec 13 07:49:37 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Mon Dec 13 07:50:05 2004 Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) References: <20041211202416.E84FCC611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> <200412130406.iBD465bG035733@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <000c01c4e112$390f9540$19eefea9@dstrassberg> But what is the duration of the IBOC delay. I don't think it is 7 seconds. Four seconds, maybe? And is it the same for the AM- and FM-band versions of HDRadio? Now what if CCU runs one of its national call-in contests and the stations that are not running HDRadio don't insert a dealy equal to the IBOC delay. Will there be lawsuits from listeners whose chances of getting through were diminished to the vanishing point by the fact that some listeners could hear the program several seconds earlier? -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Wollman" To: "Laurence Glavin" Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:06 PM Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) > < said: > > > Here's something odd: WFCR-FM 88.5 in Amherst, MA delays the > > Metropolitan Opera broadcasts by seven seconds. > > According to trade publications, WFCR (no "-FM") just turned on IBOC. > The analog audio is delayed to facilitate "blend-to-analog" when the > digital signal drops out or is no longer decodable. > > -GAWollman > From scott@fybush.com Mon Dec 13 08:18:26 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon Dec 13 08:17:30 2004 Subject: WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?) In-Reply-To: <000c01c4e112$390f9540$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <20041211202416.E84FCC611D@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> <200412130406.iBD465bG035733@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041213081420.0300b668@gwind.pair.com> At 07:49 AM 12/13/2004 -0500, Dan Strassberg wrote: >But what is the duration of the IBOC delay. I don't think it is 7 seconds. >Four seconds, maybe? And is it the same for the AM- and FM-band versions of >HDRadio? Now what if CCU runs one of its national call-in contests and the >stations that are not running HDRadio don't insert a dealy equal to the IBOC >delay. Will there be lawsuits from listeners whose chances of getting >through were diminished to the vanishing point by the fact that some >listeners could hear the program several seconds earlier? Interesting question. The "standard" IBOC delay right now is actually closer to 8 seconds, but one of the things Ibiquity is working on as it continues to improve the codec is a low-delay setting that would make it easier for stations to carry live sports play-by-play and such. Less than half the delay currently in use is actually needed for encoding and decoding the digital signal. It's as long as it is to provide better time diversity to the signal, the idea being that any transient reception problems (a lightning strike, driving under a power line, meteor scatter , what have you) won't last for 8 seconds, so the radio can fall back to analog mode in time to recover usable audio for whatever period the digital signal was lost. In practice, it's my understanding that the analog fallback mode hasn't really worked that well and that Ibiquity's putting less emphasis on it in newer implementations of the codec. s From billo@shoreham.net Thu Dec 16 07:34:02 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill.....) Date: Thu Dec 16 07:34:09 2004 Subject: GPS Message-ID: <41C180BA.9040101@shoreham.net> Interesting news that says the White House is keeping open the option of being able to shut down GPS over the U.S. in the event of a major crisis so as to prevent the GPS to be used against us. I was unaware that the GPS system is so neatly linked that it could be brought off-line. Would the entire set of birds be shut down? If so, what else shares those birds and would be similarly affected, broadcast, financial links, weather, other critical services? Bill O'Neill Shoreham, Vt. 12 deg. (F) -- Peace From mamros@MIT.EDU Thu Dec 16 09:57:07 2004 From: mamros@MIT.EDU (Shawn Mamros) Date: Thu Dec 16 09:57:13 2004 Subject: GPS In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:34:02 EST." <41C180BA.9040101@shoreham.net> Message-ID: <200412161457.iBGEv7aK017775@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> >Interesting news that says the White House is keeping open the option of >being able to shut down GPS over the U.S. in the event of a major crisis >so as to prevent the GPS to be used against us. I was unaware that the >GPS system is so neatly linked that it could be brought off-line. Would >the entire set of birds be shut down? If so, what else shares those >birds and would be similarly affected, broadcast, financial links, >weather, other critical services? IIRC, GPS was originally developed by and for the U.S. military, and they still use it. In fact, they have access to a greater degree of pinpoint accuracy than what they allow to be available for civilian use. So they likely wouldn't shut down GPS altogether, but instead lock out civilian access, while they still would use it themselves. And I'm pretty certain GPS uses its own set of satellites, rather than shared space on civilian communications satellites, for the very same reason. But even if they didn't, I would think satellites these days would provide control over individual transponders, such that you could turn one or more off while keeping others on. -Shawn Mamros E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu From sid.whitaker@unh.edu Thu Dec 16 11:23:23 2004 From: sid.whitaker@unh.edu (Sid Whitaker) Date: Thu Dec 16 11:23:32 2004 Subject: GPS In-Reply-To: <200412161457.iBGEv7aK017775@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> References: <200412161457.iBGEv7aK017775@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> Message-ID: <1103214203.41c1b67be04ef@webmail.unh.edu> Shawn is right about the military's use of GPS. My understanding is that civilian GPS is bascially the same as military GPS, with something called "selective accuracy" (SA) thrown in. In other words, military GPS receivers are accurate to within a few feet (or less), while the military adds SA to civilian GPS receivers to make them less accurate (say, to within 50 feet or so). SA was designed and added specifically to counter enemy use of the GPS system. I thought that SA was removed prior to 9/11 as GPS became more widely accepted, but perhaps not. Seems to me that instead of shutting down the GPS system, the military easily could increase the SA on civilian GPS to a level of inaccuracy (e.g., to one mile) that would render the system useless. Sid Whitaker Quoting Shawn Mamros : > >Interesting news that says the White House is keeping open the option of > >being able to shut down GPS over the U.S. in the event of a major crisis > >so as to prevent the GPS to be used against us. I was unaware that the > >GPS system is so neatly linked that it could be brought off-line. Would > >the entire set of birds be shut down? If so, what else shares those > >birds and would be similarly affected, broadcast, financial links, > >weather, other critical services? > > IIRC, GPS was originally developed by and for the U.S. military, and > they still use it. In fact, they have access to a greater degree of > pinpoint accuracy than what they allow to be available for civilian > use. So they likely wouldn't shut down GPS altogether, but instead > lock out civilian access, while they still would use it themselves. > > And I'm pretty certain GPS uses its own set of satellites, rather > than shared space on civilian communications satellites, for the > very same reason. But even if they didn't, I would think satellites > these days would provide control over individual transponders, such > that you could turn one or more off while keeping others on. > > -Shawn Mamros > E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu > From kwillcox@wnsh.com Thu Dec 16 12:38:50 2004 From: kwillcox@wnsh.com (Keating Willcox) Date: Thu Dec 16 12:36:00 2004 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041216122612.02400850@mail.comcast.net> First, I am seeking a word. I am not comfortable with season's greetings. I'd like a new word, perhaps an acronym, that expresses Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Salaam, Happy Kwanza, and whatever Native American salute there is for this season. Please reply with some suggestions. Second, the GPS signal can become more accurate over time. We needed to make a very accurate reading in the woods of our Longitude and Latitude, so the engineer simply put a recording GPS at the location. As the gadget recorded continuous GPS readings, and kept track of all the readings, it was able to gradually reduce the error, over a period of a day, down to some very small measure, perhaps a fraction of an inch. Third, I enjoyed David Brudnoy tremendously. I very much enjoyed his prolix style. He would take several sentences to establish a particular thesis or point. Very erudite. I was surprised no one mentioned his occasional brush with political correctness, and his feelings about Boston schools and city students. I always enjoyed his discussions, and his movie reviews. Sincerely, Keating Willcox ~/~ WNSH AM 1570 Beverly 'playing the best music ever recorded' kwillcox@wnsh.com www.wnsh.com 978-921-1570 FAX 978-468-1954 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915 From wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Thu Dec 16 12:51:21 2004 From: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Thu Dec 16 12:51:23 2004 Subject: GPS In-Reply-To: <1103214203.41c1b67be04ef@webmail.unh.edu> References: <200412161457.iBGEv7aK017775@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> <1103214203.41c1b67be04ef@webmail.unh.edu> Message-ID: <200412161751.iBGHpLxf079337@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> < said: > Shawn is right about the military's use of GPS. My understanding is that > civilian GPS is bascially the same as military GPS, with something called > "selective accuracy" (SA) thrown in. Actually, it's called "selective availability". GPS offers three different services of varying accuracy. - SPS with SA ("Standard Positioning Service with Selective Availability") is the lowest-level service. The signals broadcast in this mode have an artificial, pseudorandom noise added to them, which degrades the positioning accuracy to about 100 m on all axes. In the current fleet of NavStar satellites, the amplitude of the SA noise can be varied depending on where the satellite is currently beaming, so service can be degraded in trouble spots while allowing high-quality solutions over the US mainland. (This is the principal reason why the Russians have their own positioning system and the European Space Agency is about to launch its own.) For a stationary observer, the noise introduced by SA is uniform and can be removed by averaging over a long time. - SPS without SA is the mid-level service. This service has two modes of operation: either SA is disabled in the satellite, or (in trouble spots) the key to the pseudorandom sequence is broadcast periodically, encrypted so that it may only be decoded by authorized receivers. This service has positioning accuracy of about 10 m. - PPS ("Precise Positioning Service") adds an encrypted timecode on a second downlink frequency, which allows receivers to precisely determine the propagation delay between the satellite and their position, giving a better position fix. It is possible to get near-PPS accuracy using a technique called "differential GPS", wherein a radio transmitter is precisely located using traditional surveying. The station broadcasts the difference between the current GPS position fix and its true location; receivers located nearby can then use this signal to correct their own independent fixes. (This works because all of the receivers in a given area will be observing the same satellites at the same time.) The US Coast Guard operates DGPS stations in major harbors as aids to navigation. Now, all of these positioning services rely on the distribution of very precise timing information. Each NavStar satellite has on board an atomic clock which is synchronized with the US Naval Observatory's hydrogen maser ensemble to provide very accurate and very stable time. This makes GPS an important resource for precise time and frequency measurements. All modern radio and television exciters use GPS as a frequency reference (most will also accept a standard frequency input from an atomic frequency standard). Qualcomm's CDMA cellular-telephone technology (used by Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS) requires all cell sites and all handsets to be synchronized to GPS time within a few microseconds. Computer network operators depend on GPS for distribution of accurate time signals across a wide-area network to accurately determine one-way delays, and many networking protocols require some measure of clock synchronization among participants. Of course, all sorts of navigational activities, from hiking to aviation, depend on the positioning service. This makes it highly unlikely that GPS would ever be "turned off". It might well be degraded by enabling Selective Availability again; this would have little impact on most timing applications (which already do the averaging I mentioned) and civilian navigation can usually survive with 100 m accuracy. -GAWollman From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Dec 16 12:54:45 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu Dec 16 12:55:17 2004 Subject: (no subject) In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20041216122612.02400850@mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041216125314.02d12720@pop.registeredsite.com> At 12:38 PM 12/16/2004 -0500, Keating Willcox wrote: >First, I am seeking a word. I am not comfortable with season's greetings. >I'd like a new word, perhaps an acronym, that expresses Merry Christmas, >Happy Hannukah, Salaam, Happy Kwanza, and whatever Native American salute >there is for this season. Please reply with some suggestions. I tend to wish people a Happy Holiday Season and a Healthy New Year-- that even gets the Hindus included, since their festival of lights, Divali, comes in late November or early December, and no matter what religion you are (or are not), if you ain't got your health, what have you got? From dcassell@gmail.com Thu Dec 16 13:00:09 2004 From: dcassell@gmail.com (Damon Cassell) Date: Thu Dec 16 13:00:17 2004 Subject: GPS In-Reply-To: <1103214203.41c1b67be04ef@webmail.unh.edu> References: <200412161457.iBGEv7aK017775@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> <1103214203.41c1b67be04ef@webmail.unh.edu> Message-ID: <2979f9f4041216100025146c7@mail.gmail.com> Selective accuracy was eliminated in 2000. That has not changed. http://www.igeb.gov/sa/ Damon On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:23:23 -0500, Sid Whitaker wrote: > > Shawn is right about the military's use of GPS. My understanding is that > civilian GPS is bascially the same as military GPS, with something called > "selective accuracy" (SA) thrown in. In other words, military GPS receivers are > accurate to within a few feet (or less), while the military adds SA to civilian > GPS receivers to make them less accurate (say, to within 50 feet or so). SA was > designed and added specifically to counter enemy use of the GPS system. I > thought that SA was removed prior to 9/11 as GPS became more widely accepted, > but perhaps not. Seems to me that instead of shutting down the GPS system, the > military easily could increase the SA on civilian GPS to a level of inaccuracy > (e.g., to one mile) that would render the system useless. > > Sid Whitaker > > > Quoting Shawn Mamros : > > > >Interesting news that says the White House is keeping open the option of > > >being able to shut down GPS over the U.S. in the event of a major crisis > > >so as to prevent the GPS to be used against us. I was unaware that the > > >GPS system is so neatly linked that it could be brought off-line. Would > > >the entire set of birds be shut down? If so, what else shares those > > >birds and would be similarly affected, broadcast, financial links, > > >weather, other critical services? > > > > IIRC, GPS was originally developed by and for the U.S. military, and > > they still use it. In fact, they have access to a greater degree of > > pinpoint accuracy than what they allow to be available for civilian > > use. So they likely wouldn't shut down GPS altogether, but instead > > lock out civilian access, while they still would use it themselves. > > > > And I'm pretty certain GPS uses its own set of satellites, rather > > than shared space on civilian communications satellites, for the > > very same reason. But even if they didn't, I would think satellites > > these days would provide control over individual transponders, such > > that you could turn one or more off while keeping others on. > > > > -Shawn Mamros > > E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu > > > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Dec 16 13:13:44 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu Dec 16 13:14:16 2004 Subject: Eric MacEwen Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041216125228.02d3b500@pop.registeredsite.com> A Canadian producer called me about this guy-- he is supposed to have done a lot of radio work in Boston in the 60s, but so help me, while he sounds familiar, I can't place him. He is said to have done a lot of celebrity interviews. Does "Eric MacEwen" ring a bell with anyone? From billings@suscom-maine.net Thu Dec 16 20:50:40 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Thu Dec 16 20:50:47 2004 Subject: Maine News Message-ID: <008c01c4e3da$d08b1cd0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> The Portland Press Herald reports today that Saga has begun construction of a new tower to replace its Portland tower that fell down last year: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/041216tower.shtml The Lewiston Sun-Journal reported today that Maine Public Broadcasting began operating the state's first terrestrial digital radio station on Nov. 9 when WMEH-HD, at 90.9 MHz, signed onto the air. The six other radio stations operated by Maine Public Broadcasting will undergo digital conversion within the next year through a grant provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. From wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Thu Dec 16 21:48:25 2004 From: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Thu Dec 16 21:48:27 2004 Subject: Maine News In-Reply-To: <008c01c4e3da$d08b1cd0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> References: <008c01c4e3da$d08b1cd0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <200412170248.iBH2mP1u083646@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> < said: > WMEH-HD, at 90.9 MHz Of course, "-HD" is just nonsense dreamed up by iBiquity. IBOC operations are not a separate license and do not have their own callsigns. (Likewise, so far as I can tell from parts 2 and 73, "-DT".) The controlling paragraph is 73.3550(f). (2.302 does not seem to have been kept up-to-date.) The FCC has mentioned the possibility of issuing separate callsigns to multicast audio services if these are permitted. -GAWollman From n1qgs@yahoo.com Fri Dec 17 12:20:50 2004 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Fri Dec 17 12:20:57 2004 Subject: WNDS NEWS NOW, NOW, NOT NOW, AT NOON Message-ID: <20041217172050.20513.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> I noticed over the last two times this week at noon time that the Channel 50 Derry noon news was not on. Today Cheers is playing, the other day was just a raster for several minutes when I tuned in. Eric Shiner (sp?) was also seen during the evening news, he (used to) anchor the noon news. Michael Farentino (sp?) has also been absent from the evening anchor desk for many days now. John B Derry From raccoonradio@myway.com Fri Dec 17 14:38:59 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri Dec 17 14:39:13 2004 Subject: Barbara Anderson column on Brudnoy Message-ID: <20041217193859.1FD9212D40@mprdmxin.myway.com> http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/04/s/sstory.pl?fn-colbadb _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From lglavin@lycos.com Fri Dec 17 17:10:27 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Fri Dec 17 17:10:57 2004 Subject: Bill Moyers' Farewell; "Now" Features Media Consolidation Message-ID: <20041217221027.58A6DE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> The PBS program "Now" this weekend will offer Bill Moyers' farewell as he is retiring, plus the standard topic of "Now" on numerous occasions, the issue of media consolidation. In Massachusetts, it will air tonight (12/17) at 8:00 pm pn WGBH-TV channel 2 Boston and WGBY channel 57 in Springfield. Overnight for VCRs and TIVOs, there will be runs at 2:00 and 4:00 am on WGBX channel 44 in Boston; same times on WGBY. WGBH will have repeat at 5:00 am WGBX will re-air the show Sunday at 11:00 am. In Maine, it's on ME Public Broadcasting stations tonight at 11:00 pm and Sunday at 6:00 pm. In NH, the stations of NH Public Broadcasting will have one run, Sunday at 6:00m pm. In VT, VT Public Broadcasting will run it tonight at 8:00 pm and Saturday overnight at 2:00 and 4:00 am. WSBE-TV 36 in Providence is putting "Now" on hiatus...it will be broadcasting non-stop tapes of RI officials taking bribes. Oh...by the way: tonight will be the final "Greater Boston/ Beat the Press" on WGBH-TV for 2004 at 7:00 pm plus the usual repeats on 2 and 44. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From raccoonradio@myway.com Sat Dec 18 11:11:26 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat Dec 18 11:11:37 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk Message-ID: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> Not sure exactly when it flipped but I guess WMAS 1450 in Springfield is now talk: George Murphy (local), Stephanie Miller, Neil Boortz, Ed Schulz, Randi Rhodes, Phil Hendrie. I had heard about some lil' AM station going AA out that way (thought WHMP had done so awhile ago...) Boortz and Hendrie aren't on in Boston. From what I've heard Boortz is a libertarian while Hendrie is the guy who does a talk show spoof where he does all the voices (and when he does political talk I think he's on the right a bit, but who knows; maybe fiscal conservative social moderate or something. I could be wrong... only heard some of his reg. stuff, mostly the "talk show spoof" stuff, via tape traders). WMAS had been Music of your Life...still listed as such (for now) on 100000 watts and radio-locator. Maybe they flipped months ago and I just hadn't heard yet (haven't been in that area since Labor Day) http://www.947wmas.com/pages/wmas1450/index.php3 _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From steveord@bit-net.com Sat Dec 18 11:13:35 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sat Dec 18 11:13:27 2004 Subject: WNDS NEWS NOW, NOW, NOT NOW, AT NOON In-Reply-To: <20041217172050.20513.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041217172050.20513.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041218111256.01bfcd70@pop3.bit-net.com> At 12:20 PM 12/17/2004, John Bolduc wrote: >I noticed over the last two times this week at noon time that the Channel >50 Derry noon news was not on. Today Cheers is playing, the other day was >just a raster for several minutes when I tuned in. Eric Shiner (sp?) was >also seen during the evening news, he (used to) anchor the noon news. >Michael Farentino (sp?) has also been absent from the evening anchor desk >for many days now. Wasn't the station sold recently? Looks like the new owners are starting to make some changes. From dlh@donnahalper.com Sat Dec 18 12:49:24 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sat Dec 18 12:50:02 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk In-Reply-To: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041218124722.02d25110@pop.registeredsite.com> Bob wrote-- >I had heard about some lil' AM station going AA out that way (thought WHMP >had done so awhile ago...) Not exactly. WHMP carries right wing talk all day and then carries Al Franken on a delay in the late afternoon and one other AA show at night. As somebody who spends a lot of time out in Western Mass, it will be nice to finally hear both the right wing and the left wing views on the issues. WMAS has a long history-- it began in 1932 as a member of the Yankee Network, in fact... From dlh@donnahalper.com Sat Dec 18 12:50:27 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sat Dec 18 12:50:59 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk, PS In-Reply-To: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041218124949.02dfb3c0@pop.registeredsite.com> At 11:11 AM 12/18/2004 -0500, Bob Nelson wrote: >Not sure exactly when it flipped but I guess WMAS 1450 in Springfield is >now talk: George Murphy (local), Stephanie Miller, Neil Boortz, Ed Schulz, >Randi >Rhodes, Phil Hendrie. It seems a number of stations carry a combination of AA and Jones Radio programming-- Ed and Stephanie are from Jones. From rogerkola@aol.com Sat Dec 18 12:52:56 2004 From: rogerkola@aol.com (Roger Kolakowski) Date: Sat Dec 18 12:53:18 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk References: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <003501c4e52a$67eeb1e0$0200a8c0@teal> Speaking of 1450, WNBP in Newburyport is now under the tutelage of Todd Tangier of WBOQ fame. No change in format yet, just a new boss. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk > > Not sure exactly when it flipped but I guess WMAS 1450 in Springfield is now talk: George Murphy (local), Stephanie Miller, Neil Boortz, Ed Schulz, Randi > Rhodes, Phil Hendrie. I had heard about some lil' AM station going AA out that way (thought WHMP had done so awhile ago...) > > Boortz and Hendrie aren't on in Boston. From what I've heard Boortz is a libertarian while Hendrie is the guy who does a talk show spoof where he does all the voices (and when he does political talk I think he's on the right a bit, but who knows; > maybe fiscal conservative social moderate or something. I could be wrong... > only heard some of his reg. stuff, mostly the "talk show spoof" stuff, via > tape traders). > > WMAS had been Music of your Life...still listed as such (for now) > on 100000 watts and radio-locator. Maybe they flipped months ago and I just hadn't heard yet (haven't been in that area since Labor Day) > > http://www.947wmas.com/pages/wmas1450/index.php3 > > > _______________________________________________ > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. > Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com > From DonKelley@aol.com Sat Dec 18 13:00:15 2004 From: DonKelley@aol.com (DonKelley@aol.com) Date: Sat Dec 18 13:00:29 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk Message-ID: <6B3EB06F.41C6B664.0238A7FB@aol.com> WMAS, by the way, was the original Music Of Your Life station. Al Hamm was a buddy of station owner Bob Lappin. From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Dec 18 14:06:31 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat Dec 18 14:06:39 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End Message-ID: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Several commercial stations (the ones I've heard are WBZ-AM and WTKK-FM) have run spots for a scheme whereby listeners are invited to "donate" their cars to "charities" for re-sale, and the "donors" get a hefty tax deduction. A few months ago, the Boston Sunday Globe's consumer reporter Bruce Mohl published a story outlining how a private firm (I won't name it but you may know who it is) profited greatly from this scheme. As the IRS became aware of it, they promulgated a new rule that should diminish or wipe out this process. Previously you could deduct what you considered "book value" for the car, deduct it hope you don't get audited. Now you can only deduct the proceeds of the car after it's sold, which may be far less. Since almost by definition, people interested in this are already itemizing deductions, the comparatively niggardly (not a naughty word) return in most cases won't be worth it. Just today (12/18, 168 hours before the Big Day) I heard an underwriting message on WBUR promoting an auto "donation" for the station. I wonder if these commercials or underwriting messages will continue into 2005, perhaps with some caveats, or will they go merrily on like the International Star Register scam with no comments! -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From dan.strassberg@att.net Sat Dec 18 14:13:30 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sat Dec 18 14:36:52 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk References: <6B3EB06F.41C6B664.0238A7FB@aol.com> Message-ID: <001201c4e538$ea352fe0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> I thought that the original MOYL station was WDJZ, the 1530 daytimer in Bridgeport CT. I heard that many years ago and continued to believe it until I read your post just now. I still kinda believe it--because I think I heard it from more than one source. Could more than one station have begun using Hamm's (then tape-delivered) service at the same time? It's not too hard to believe that Hamm might have started out with multiple affiliates. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:00 PM Subject: Re: WMAS 1450 to talk > WMAS, by the way, was the original Music Of Your Life station. Al Hamm was a buddy of station owner Bob Lappin. From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sat Dec 18 15:32:59 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sat Dec 18 15:34:11 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End References: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <016101c4e540$e54b4700$1404fea9@xyz> > Several commercial stations (the ones I've heard are WBZ-AM and WTKK-FM) > have run spots for a scheme whereby listeners are invited to "donate" > their cars to "charities" for re-sale, and the "donors" get a hefty > tax deduction. A few months ago, the Boston Sunday Globe's consumer > reporter Bruce Mohl published a story outlining how a private firm (I won't > name it but you may know who it is) profited greatly from this scheme. I hardly think of it as a "scheme". It's what it is... You wanna get rid of a car (or other property?) Want it to do some good to your favorite charity? Firm "A" will take your car...covert it to cash somehow...and the charity will get some cash...Firm "A" get paid for doing the "food chain" work for the older car. Sound like a pretty good deal for everyone involved. > As the IRS became aware of it, they promulgated a new rule that should > diminish or wipe out this process. Previously you could deduct what > you considered "book value" for the car, deduct it hope you don't get > audited. Now you can only deduct the proceeds of the car after it's > sold, which may be far less. I was under the impression that you could get a certified appraisal that would suffice...but again, this is only for cars worth over $5,000. (I could be wrong, but that how I understand it.) > Since almost by definition, people > interested in this are already itemizing deductions, the comparatively > return in most cases won't be worth it. If you could get even a $100 deduction....why wouldn't it be worth it? By the way, this has been the case for many years. If I donated my car to my church or synagogue before this "scheme"...the same rules would've been in place. I get to take the value of the car as a charitable deducation...the Church/cynagogue could/would do whatever they wanted to to turn the car into cash. If you donate stock to the Dana Farber Cancer institute....Dana Farber would probably sell the stock for it's value (Which may have increased substantially since your grandfather left it to you). And you get the deducation for it's value. You've posted on this before. You seem to imply their is some naughtiness going on. The only naughtiness is when people inflate, lie or cheat. (And that's the case with everything.) From dan.strassberg@att.net Sat Dec 18 15:38:09 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sat Dec 18 15:38:21 2004 Subject: Fw: WMAS 1450 to talk, PS Message-ID: <004601c4e541$81b87180$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Once again, I forgot to copy the list. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Strassberg" To: "Donna Halper" Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 2:37 PM Subject: Re: WMAS 1450 to talk, PS > As I understand it, Jones now handles affiliate relations for AAR, which > partially explains why a lot of stations that carry AAR (including all of > the one owned by CCU, I think) pre-empt some of the AAR programming to carry > shows from Jones. For example, WKOXKS carry Randi Rhodes on delay so that > they can carry Ed Schultz live. I would think, then, that Randi is on delay > on many more stations than she is on live. You'd think that AAR would change > the time of the live feed to the hours in which the program airs on the > largest number of stations. I, for one, would like to hear Randi take more > calls on the air. > > But, of course, that would create a problem for WLIB, AAR's most importnat > affiliate, in PM drive. I suspect that Randi, with her New York accent, > plays a lot better in New York City than Schultz does. In my opinion, > Schultz is OK, but I think he tries to get too many calls onto the air, with > the result that a lot of callers don't get a chance to develop their points. > (This is not sour grapes; the one time I got through to Ed, I was on the air > for about 3-1/2 minutes. Ed did most of the talking, but I did not feel that > I got the fast shuffle.) > > Schultz's show airs live from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM Eastern. Rhodes air's live > from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM Eastern. WKOXKS carries Rhodes from 6:00 PM to 10:00 > PM--entirely on delay. A compromise would put Rhodes' last hour on live on > stations like WKOXKS, making the last hour the first hour of the program to > be heard each day in Boston (and many other markets) and the only hour to be > heard live in those places. Maybe someone has decided that each hour of the > program needs to be heard in its entirely in the same sequence as in the > live feed. If that's what some genius thinks, I think it's a mistake. I know > that one of the strong points of AAR's stats is its high TSL, but how many > people listen to four complete hours in one sitting? > > -- > Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net > eFax 707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Halper" > To: ; > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:50 PM > Subject: Re: WMAS 1450 to talk, PS > > > > At 11:11 AM 12/18/2004 -0500, Bob Nelson wrote: > > > > >Not sure exactly when it flipped but I guess WMAS 1450 in Springfield is > > >now talk: George Murphy (local), Stephanie Miller, Neil Boortz, Ed > Schulz, > > >Randi > > >Rhodes, Phil Hendrie. > > > > It seems a number of stations carry a combination of AA and Jones Radio > > programming-- Ed and Stephanie are from Jones. > > > From steveord@bit-net.com Sat Dec 18 16:17:27 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sat Dec 18 16:17:23 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk In-Reply-To: <001201c4e538$ea352fe0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <6B3EB06F.41C6B664.0238A7FB@aol.com> <001201c4e538$ea352fe0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041218161511.01b9c658@pop3.bit-net.com> Dan Strassberg wrote: >I thought that the original MOYL station was WDJZ, the 1530 daytimer in >Bridgeport CT. I heard that many years ago and continued to believe it until >I read your post just now. I still kinda believe it--because I think I heard >it from more than one source. Could more than one station have begun using >Hamm's (then tape-delivered) service at the same time? It's not too hard to >believe that Hamm might have started out with multiple affiliates. I'd always heard Donna's version. I think MOYL was locally programmed at first, it's success led Hamm to syndicate it. Maybe WDJZ was one of the early affiliates once it went into syndication? From steveord@bit-net.com Sat Dec 18 16:20:06 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sat Dec 18 16:19:57 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk, PS In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20041218124949.02dfb3c0@pop.registeredsite.com> References: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20041218124949.02dfb3c0@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041218161828.01b41618@pop3.bit-net.com> Donna Halper wrote: >It seems a number of stations carry a combination of AA and Jones Radio >programming-- Ed and Stephanie are from Jones. Makes sense...aside from a few familiar names with high marquee value, AA has some pretty weak dayparts. Stands to reason that affiliates would cherry pick. From billings@suscom-maine.net Sat Dec 18 16:23:03 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Sat Dec 18 16:23:09 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End References: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> <016101c4e540$e54b4700$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <004601c4e547$c210b4d0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Pappalardo" To: "Laurence Glavin" ; Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Re: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End > Sound like a pretty good deal for everyone involved. Except for the taxpayers. The person donating the car gets a larger tax break than the charity gets a donation. > You seem to imply their is some naughtiness going on. > > The only naughtiness is when people inflate, lie or cheat. > (And that's the case with everything.) If you are getting a deduction that is larger than you could actually sell the car for aren't you actually inflating its value? From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sat Dec 18 16:47:12 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sat Dec 18 16:48:26 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End References: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com><016101c4e540$e54b4700$1404fea9@xyz> <004601c4e547$c210b4d0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <018801c4e54b$44313540$1404fea9@xyz> > > Sound like a pretty good deal for everyone involved. > > Except for the taxpayers. The person donating the car gets a larger tax > break than the charity gets a donation. For someone in the 30% tax bracket. A $1,000 book value car donation....would yield $333 break. Are you saying that the charity doesn't get at least $333 from that vehicle? (I know the broker gets a peice of it...but not that high.) > If you are getting a deduction that is larger than you could actually sell > the car for.... If I was in the 27% tax bracket....I would get a $270 break on a car that the Kelly Blue Book says I could get $1000 for. That's not a larger deduction than I could actually sell it for. According to the blue book. >>aren't you actually inflating its value? Well, since you can't *sell* the car and *then* donate it...you have to use an estimate...either from an appraiser...or the famous Kelly Blue Book. If you follow the rules....there's nothing wrong with it. However, if you cheat, it's like anything else....it's the cheating that's wrong. From steveord@bit-net.com Sat Dec 18 18:11:56 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sat Dec 18 18:57:09 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End In-Reply-To: <018801c4e54b$44313540$1404fea9@xyz> References: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> <016101c4e540$e54b4700$1404fea9@xyz> <004601c4e547$c210b4d0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <018801c4e54b$44313540$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041218180709.01bfae20@pop3.bit-net.com> Joseph Pappalardo wrote: >For someone in the 30% tax bracket. > >A $1,000 book value car donation....would yield $333 break. > >Are you saying that the charity doesn't get at least $333 from that vehicle? > >(I know the broker gets a peice of it...but not that high.) > > > If you are getting a deduction that is larger than you could actually sell > > the car for.... > >If I was in the 27% tax bracket....I would get a $270 break on a car that >the Kelly Blue Book says I could get $1000 for. That's not a larger >deduction than I could actually sell it for. According to the blue book. I've always thought this scheme sounded like a sham...a way to get rid of some worthless old clunker and be able to get a tax deduction for it. If the car was any good, why would you want to give it away in the first place? From billings@suscom-maine.net Sat Dec 18 22:05:26 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Sat Dec 18 22:05:30 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End References: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com><016101c4e540$e54b4700$1404fea9@xyz> <004601c4e547$c210b4d0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> <018801c4e54b$44313540$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <002801c4e577$96bb1b10$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> If you give a charity $333 in cash, you only get to write $333 off your income -- not $1000. You are right it is not cheating, but the rule makes no sense. Even if the car has a good radio. (To get back on the subject of this list. ;-) ) From rickkelly@gmail.com Sat Dec 18 22:25:45 2004 From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly) Date: Sat Dec 18 22:25:54 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk In-Reply-To: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> References: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <521b7fd104121819255d3edc60@mail.gmail.com> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:11:26 -0500 (EST), Bob Nelson wrote: > > Not sure exactly when it flipped but I guess WMAS 1450 in Springfield is now talk Yes, I heard yesterday that they flipped in early November after the ownership change. -- -RK From rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net Sat Dec 18 22:59:17 2004 From: rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net (rogerkirk) Date: Sat Dec 18 22:59:23 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End Message-ID: <200412182259.AA849543790@mail.ttlc.net> IIRC, there was an issue with the "Helping Hands Of America" organization - which was alledgedly not a charity, but a used car dealer that used donated cars to seed their stock for free. Once a car was sold, they donated a "portion" of the proceeds to a charity such as "Sacred Hearts" or others. Since the donation wasn't "really" to a charitable organization it would appear that this activity would cause the IRS to take a close look. Anybody confirm/deny/have another version? From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sun Dec 19 00:59:23 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sun Dec 19 01:00:11 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End References: <200412182259.AA849543790@mail.ttlc.net> Message-ID: <006d01c4e58f$f39f3d80$1404fea9@xyz> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rogerkirk" To: "BRI" Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:59 PM Subject: Re: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End > IIRC, there was an issue with the "Helping Hands Of America" > organization - which was alledgedly not a charity, but a > used car dealer that used donated cars to seed their stock > for free. Once a car was sold, they donated a "portion" of > the proceeds to a charity such as "Sacred Hearts" or others. > > Since the donation wasn't "really" to a charitable organization > it would appear that this activity would cause the IRS to take > a close look. The donation WAS to a charitable organization. I have a reciept from the organization. The charity simply engages said car company to pick it up...and turn it to cash. Now...How much goes to the charity? I believe it is more than the people caling from your "Local Police and Fire departments" who are really located in a boiler room in Cleveland. In those cases the charity gets some miniscule amount...and the guy calling from the police department isn't a police officer. > I've always thought this scheme sounded like a sham...a way to get rid of > some worthless old clunker and be able to get a tax deduction for it. If > the car was any good, why would you want to give it away in the first place? 1.) I want to help out the charity of my choice. 2.) To remove the headache of selling, listing, showing a car....never mind the paperwork. They really make it a breeze. (I would rather do this than give it as a trade-in on a new car...because the dealers will always give you next to nothing.) Now, the charities never tell you an amount you can deduct. That's up to you and your CPA to determine. If someone is cheating...I have no problem with the IRS going after them. The sales tax is decided by the KBB no matter what the condition, right? If someone uses the KBB, with milage allowances, etc...then there's nothing wrong with it. I believe the rule change is to stop people from claiming thousands of dsollars without getting an independednt appraisal. But for someone donating a car worth $1200....the car company will probably strip it down...take this and that off of it and turn it into case. (I know I don't want to do that...and the Lupus society certainly doesn't want to do that...so they engage a company to do it for them for a cost.) Even if it doesn't have a radio ;-) in it.... From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sun Dec 19 11:39:25 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sun Dec 19 11:39:44 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End References: <20041218190631.E71C186B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com><016101c4e540$e54b4700$1404fea9@xyz><004601c4e547$c210b4d0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af><018801c4e54b$44313540$1404fea9@xyz> <002801c4e577$96bb1b10$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <006601c4e5e9$4e95d740$1404fea9@xyz> > If you give a charity $333 in cash, you only get to write $333 off your > income -- not $1000. Yes, but the car's value is equal to $1,000 in cash, not $333. From billo@shoreham.net Sun Dec 19 14:26:37 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun Dec 19 14:26:55 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk In-Reply-To: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> References: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <41C5D5ED.6060603@shoreham.net> Bob Nelson wrote: > Hendrie is the guy who does a talk show spoof where he does all the voices (and when he does political talk I think he's on the right a bit, but who knows; >maybe fiscal conservative social moderate or something. I could be wrong... >only heard some of his reg. stuff, mostly the "talk show spoof" stuff, via >tape traders). > Hendrie is live 10-1a (ET). Since he moved from 7-10p I've lost track. Very funny guy. He can bust-on better than anyone, IMO. And when he does get serious, I'd say he's moderate, slightly right of center. Does spend more time spoofing on talkradio. Bill O'Neill Shoreham, VT From kc1ih@mac.com Sun Dec 19 15:41:29 2004 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Sun Dec 19 15:42:02 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk In-Reply-To: <41C5D5ED.6060603@shoreham.net> References: <20041218161126.A95BB12F6F@mprdmxin.myway.com> <41C5D5ED.6060603@shoreham.net> Message-ID: At 2:26 PM -0500 12/19/04, Bill O'Neill wrote: > >Hendrie is live 10-1a (ET). I'm confused. Do you mean 1000 to 1300, or 2200 to 0100? -- Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From raccoonradio@myway.com Sun Dec 19 15:48:47 2004 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun Dec 19 15:48:55 2004 Subject: WMAS 1450 to talk Message-ID: <20041219204847.6A36412FFF@mprdmxin.myway.com> 10 pm - 1 am >>Hendrie is live 10-1a (ET). Since he moved from 7-10p I've lost track. Very funny guy. He can bust-on better than anyone, IMO. And when he does get serious, I'd say he's moderate, slightly right of center. Does spend more time spoofing on talkradio. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From billo@shoreham.net Sun Dec 19 15:50:50 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill.....) Date: Sun Dec 19 15:50:57 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck Message-ID: <41C5E9AA.4090301@shoreham.net> Sad news from LA that 2 people were killed in the crash of a private plane that struck KFI LA's radio tower and crashed. KFI wasn't off for long. Not sure if they switched to a backup site or if the tower site provided for contingencies. Is KFI off-air "non-stimulating talk radio?" Bill O'Neill -- Peace From scott@fybush.com Sun Dec 19 16:10:25 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun Dec 19 16:10:28 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck In-Reply-To: <41C5E9AA.4090301@shoreham.net> References: <41C5E9AA.4090301@shoreham.net> Message-ID: <1203.24.93.17.17.1103490625.squirrel@24.93.17.17> > Sad news from LA that 2 people were killed in the crash of a private > plane that struck KFI LA's radio tower and crashed. KFI wasn't off for > long. Not sure if they switched to a backup site or if the tower site > provided for contingencies. > > Is KFI off-air "non-stimulating talk radio?" > > Bill O'Neill There's an aux tower there, though it's not capable of handling the full 50 gallons. http://www.fybush.com/site-020320.html Lots more pictures here, too: http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/LA/kfipix.htm s From lawrencemedia@yahoo.com Sun Dec 19 19:26:39 2004 From: lawrencemedia@yahoo.com (Roy Lawrence) Date: Sun Dec 19 19:26:53 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck In-Reply-To: <41C5E9AA.4090301@shoreham.net> Message-ID: <20041220002639.34963.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> They were back on the air minutes later from an alternate location. Caution: This is not a northeast radio event! The long arm of Garrett maybe watching. ;-) Take care, Roy Lawrence San Francisco, CA --- "Bill O'Neill....." wrote: > Sad news from LA that 2 people were killed in the > crash of a private > plane that struck KFI LA's radio tower and crashed. > KFI wasn't off for > long. Not sure if they switched to a backup site or > if the tower site > provided for contingencies. > > Is KFI off-air "non-stimulating talk radio?" > > Bill O'Neill > > -- > Peace > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From rogerkola@aol.com Sun Dec 19 19:51:17 2004 From: rogerkola@aol.com (Roger Kolakowski) Date: Sun Dec 19 19:52:02 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck References: <20041220002639.34963.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001001c4e62e$04448520$0200a8c0@teal> It's Northeast of Santa Catalina ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Lawrence" To: Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: Re: KFI tower struck > They were back on the air minutes later from an > alternate location. > > Caution: This is not a northeast radio event! The long > arm of Garrett maybe watching. ;-) > > Take care, > Roy Lawrence > San Francisco, CA > > > --- "Bill O'Neill....." wrote: > > > Sad news from LA that 2 people were killed in the > > crash of a private > > plane that struck KFI LA's radio tower and crashed. > > KFI wasn't off for > > long. Not sure if they switched to a backup site or > > if the tower site > > provided for contingencies. > > > > Is KFI off-air "non-stimulating talk radio?" > > > > Bill O'Neill > > > > -- > > Peace > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > From scott@fybush.com Sun Dec 19 20:55:27 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun Dec 19 20:54:25 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041219205508.03245e90@gwind.pair.com> At 04:26 PM 12/19/2004 -0800, you wrote: >They were back on the air minutes later from an >alternate location. > >Caution: This is not a northeast radio event! The long >arm of Garrett maybe watching. ;-) Ah...but he's headed to LA next weekend, as it happens, so I suspect he'll let this one slide. :-) s From billo@shoreham.net Sun Dec 19 21:08:05 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun Dec 19 21:08:14 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20041219205508.03245e90@gwind.pair.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20041219205508.03245e90@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <41C63405.8090501@shoreham.net> Scott Fybush wrote: > I suspect he'll let this one slide. :-) > > s > But, will Garrett have camera in hand?? Bill O'Neill From scott@fybush.com Sun Dec 19 21:10:25 2004 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun Dec 19 21:09:21 2004 Subject: KFI tower struck In-Reply-To: <41C63405.8090501@shoreham.net> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20041219205508.03245e90@gwind.pair.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20041219205508.03245e90@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20041219210948.03218a80@gwind.pair.com> At 09:08 PM 12/19/2004 -0500, Bill O'Neill wrote: >Scott Fybush wrote: > >>I suspect he'll let this one slide. :-) >> >>s >But, will Garrett have camera in hand?? I do expect that he will. I've been prepping him with as much insight as I can offer from several years of visits to LA... s From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sun Dec 19 23:29:25 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun Dec 19 23:30:15 2004 Subject: WBOQ Message-ID: <41C60ED5.19774.4271A5@localhost> I used to like to listen to WBOQ when it was classical music. Now that they have Little Walter on Sunday night, I've been listening again. But it occurs to me that Simon Geller must be spinning in his grave. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From gary@garysicecream.com Mon Dec 20 07:18:46 2004 From: gary@garysicecream.com (gic) Date: Mon Dec 20 07:19:11 2004 Subject: WBOQ References: <41C60ED5.19774.4271A5@localhost> Message-ID: <00d101c4e68e$0e3d7630$6500a8c0@office> .....as Little Walter spins those platters that matters........ Sorry.. -g ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Joseph Ross" it occurs to me that Simon Geller must be spinning in his grave. > > > From mamros@MIT.EDU Mon Dec 20 11:22:38 2004 From: mamros@MIT.EDU (Shawn Mamros) Date: Mon Dec 20 11:22:46 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:59:23 EST." <006d01c4e58f$f39f3d80$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <200412201622.iBKGMcOj002493@grumpy-fuzzball.mit.edu> >Now, the charities never tell you an amount you can deduct. That's up to >you and your CPA to determine. Actually, I believe charities are obligated to tell you how much of your donation is considered tax-deductible, if you request that information from them. For example, if you make a simple cash contribution to your favorite non-commercial radio station that's also organized as a non-profit organization, and receive some sort of premium (T-shirt, etc.) in return from them, the organization has to tell you (at least if you ask) what the cash value of the premium is. The actual tax-deductible amount is the total donation minus the cost of the premium(s), if you want to stay within the letter of the law w.r.t. the IRS. I don't know exactly how the figure is determined if one were to donate a car - AFAIK, no one's ever offered one to the non-profit I do work for, and if anyone were to offer one, I'd probably suggest that we turn it down. (Parking in Cambridge is bad enough without us having to find space to put donated cars, after all... ;-) Back to the original subject - has anyone else noted that 'BZ's "Helping Hands of America" spots have always been voiced by name talent, as opposed to their "no name" spot announcers? It used to be the late David Brudnoy who did those spots. The one they currently run uses Gil Santos' voice. One wonders how they make the decision to use name vs. no-name voices - do the former cost extra for the sponsor? And how much say does a name announcer have in deciding whether he does a spot or not? -Shawn Mamros E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu From abruzzese@biochem.bumc.bu.edu Mon Dec 20 14:05:08 2004 From: abruzzese@biochem.bumc.bu.edu (Tony Abruzzese) Date: Mon Dec 20 14:05:21 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End In-Reply-To: <200412201622.iBKGMcOj002493@grumpy-fuzzball.mit.edu> References: <200412201622.iBKGMcOj002493@grumpy-fuzzball.mit.edu> Message-ID: <41C72264.9030207@biochem.bumc.bu.edu> Shawn Mamros wrote: >Back to the original subject - has anyone else noted that 'BZ's "Helping >Hands of America" spots have always been voiced by name talent, as opposed >to their "no name" spot announcers? It used to be the late David Brudnoy >who did those spots. The one they currently run uses Gil Santos' voice. >One wonders how they make the decision to use name vs. no-name voices - >do the former cost extra for the sponsor? And how much say does a name >announcer have in deciding whether he does a spot or not? > > > The Helping Hands spots, at least on the Greater Media Stations, use GM talent. Loren & Wally do the spots in the morning on WROR, sometimes even live. Barnicle & crew also do some spots on his show on WTKK, and I believe that Jay Severin also does a spot for them. My guess is that there is some kind of deal along the lines of the Giant Glass spots where the spots on each station have the choice of using "generic" talent or using station talent to do the spots for that station. Tony From lglavin@lycos.com Mon Dec 20 16:46:14 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon Dec 20 16:46:24 2004 Subject: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End Message-ID: <20041220214614.2639C86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: rogerkirk >To: BRI >Subject: Re: "Donate Car To Charity" Scheme May End >Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:59:17 -0500 > > IIRC, there was an issue with the "Helping Hands Of America" > organization - which was alledgedly not a charity, but a > used car dealer that used donated cars to seed their stock > for free. Once a car was sold, they donated a "portion" of > the proceeds to a charity such as "Sacred Hearts" or others. > > Since the donation wasn't "really" to a charitable organization > it would appear that this activity would cause the IRS to take > a close look. > > Anybody confirm/deny/have another version? You mentioned the privately-owned company I didn't want to mention, although it was the one cited by the Globe several moons ago. The "relevance" to radio will be whether advertising for this scheme will continue unchanged in 2005 (as well as in underwriting messages on public radio stations). The fact that the rule-writers in Congress and the IRS have promulgated changes to the procedure indicates that it was not always on the up-and-up. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From lawrencemedia@yahoo.com Mon Dec 20 22:31:01 2004 From: lawrencemedia@yahoo.com (Roy Lawrence) Date: Mon Dec 20 22:31:13 2004 Subject: WBOQ In-Reply-To: <00d101c4e68e$0e3d7630$6500a8c0@office> Message-ID: <20041221033101.4656.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> As long as Simon doesn't suddenly request Tommy Roe's "Dizzy" we'll be all set. :-) Roy Lawrence San Francisco, CA --- gic wrote: > .....as Little Walter spins those platters that > matters........ > > Sorry.. > > -g > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. Joseph Ross" > it occurs to me that Simon Geller must be spinning > in his grave. > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com From billo@shoreham.net Mon Dec 20 22:42:41 2004 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Mon Dec 20 22:42:50 2004 Subject: WBOQ In-Reply-To: <20041221033101.4656.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041221033101.4656.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <41C79BB1.2080004@shoreham.net> Roy Lawrence wrote: >As long as Simon doesn't suddenly request Tommy Roe's >"Dizzy" we'll be all set. :-) > >Roy Lawrence >San Francisco, CA > > > "Dubba you Vee Cee A in GLAWstuh MassaCHUsetts....." Who can forget Simon! RIP Bill O'Neill Shoreham, VT (-9 F) From steveord@bit-net.com Tue Dec 21 07:47:58 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Tue Dec 21 07:47:52 2004 Subject: WBOQ In-Reply-To: <20041221033101.4656.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <00d101c4e68e$0e3d7630$6500a8c0@office> <20041221033101.4656.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041221074609.01b63bf0@pop3.bit-net.com> Roy Lawrence wrote: >As long as Simon doesn't suddenly request Tommy Roe's >"Dizzy" we'll be all set. :-) > >--- gic wrote: > > > .....as Little Walter spins those platters that > > matters........ > > He hasn't been on a station that I can hear for a long time. Is he playing "normal" (ie-recognizable) oldies or is it all obscure doo-wop like he played in the 70s & 80s? From sgitschier@cfl.rr.com Tue Dec 21 09:45:46 2004 From: sgitschier@cfl.rr.com (Email) Date: Tue Dec 21 09:45:49 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> Indeed, I was impressed with the WLLH Lawrence tower's performance when I visited Lowell/Lawrence etc area for a number of weeks. I have jpg files I took a month ago in Lawrence detailing the tower (from the street, w/digital zoom) if anyone's interested please email me at my primary email address: wgsr1570@nrcdxas.org. Happy Holidays Ron Gitschier Palm Coast, FL (formerly Lowell, MA, and WLLH - 1978) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Glavin" To: "Mark Watson" ; "Boston Radio" Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > >From: "Mark Watson" > >To: "Boston Radio" > >Subject: Fw: The Answer > >Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:50:15 -0500 > > > > > > The WLLH Lowell transmitter is back on the air today, I heard it on > > my way home just after 4 PM. So it appears the new STL transmitter > > is up and running. > > > > Mark Watson > > This episode probably means nothing to people outside of the Valley, > but it was fun while it lasted. I now have a good idea of what > kind of coverage that puny antenna in downtown Lawrence really > provides: pretty good after all, just about comparable to a > "graveyarder" with a more standard-issue tower. > -- > _______________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp ?SRC=lycos10 > > > From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Dec 21 10:42:07 2004 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue Dec 21 10:42:15 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer In-Reply-To: <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> Message-ID: At 6:45 AM -0800 12/21/04, Email wrote: >Indeed, I was impressed with the WLLH Lawrence tower's performance when I >visited Lowell/Lawrence etc area for a number of weeks. I have jpg files I >took a month ago in Lawrence detailing the tower (from the street, w/digital >zoom) if anyone's interested please email me at my primary email address: >wgsr1570@nrcdxas.org. > >Happy Holidays >Ron Gitschier After posting that you have such detailed pictures, I'de expect a visit from Homeland Security any day now. -- Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From elipolo@earthlink.net Tue Dec 21 17:39:32 2004 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Tue Dec 21 17:23:50 2004 Subject: WBOQ In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20041221074609.01b63bf0@pop3.bit-net.com> Message-ID: On 12/21/04 7:47 AM, "SteveOrdinetz" wrote: >> --- gic wrote: >> >>> .....as Little Walter spins those platters that matters........ >>> > He hasn't been on a station that I can hear for a long time. Is he > playing "normal" (ie-recognizable) oldies or is it all obscure > doo-wop like he played in the 70s & 80s? Now that he's nationally syndicating the show, it's a somewhat more accessible mix. The semi-obscure to really obscure doo-wop is still there, but mixed with many of the 50's/early 60's hits that used to be commonly played on Oldies stations fifteen or twenty years ago. In other words, plenty of well known Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, and even Elvis's (etc...) major hits are now included. A few times an hour nowadays he'll include soul/R&B from the 60's, artists such as Otis Redding, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Aretha, certain Motown hits, etc... I've heard soul/R&B as late as 1970. I don't know if the show is still on WNNH 99.1 Henniker. It was on Friday and Sunday nights. Also I don't know if WBOQ 104.9 comes in up there, he's on Sunday nights at 8 PM. Some places in southern NH can get WWBB 101.5 Providence, he's on Sundays at 9 PM there. On any clear Monday through Saturday night you can hear Walter skipping up on 1530 AM WSAI Cincinnati, they run one hour of his show at 11 PM, though I hear confirmed that sometime after New Years WSAI is switching from "Real Oldies" to Air America, which will dump Walter's show when that happens. Eli Polonsky From Kaimbridge@programmer.net Wed Dec 22 12:22:04 2004 From: Kaimbridge@programmer.net (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Wed Dec 22 12:22:12 2004 Subject: 107.9-WXKS (Testing?) w/IBOC Message-ID: <41C9AD3C.67125BF@Programmer.Net> Don't know when they started, but as of at 11:30am this morning (Wed 22 Dec), WXKS-107.9 is throwing off the all-too-well-known, high-pitch IBOC sideband buzz! WWEL, KISS-off another spot on the dial for fringe reception. P=( (Sorry, I couldn't resist! P=) ~Kaimbridge~ ----- Wanted?Kaimbridge (w/mugshot!): http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/digitology/Wanted_KMGC.html ---------- Digitology?The Grand Theory Of The Universe: http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/digitology/index.html ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From sven@gordsven.com Wed Dec 22 12:28:26 2004 From: sven@gordsven.com (Stephanie Weil) Date: Wed Dec 22 12:28:35 2004 Subject: 107.9-WXKS (Testing?) w/IBOC In-Reply-To: <41C9AD3C.67125BF@Programmer.Net> References: <41C9AD3C.67125BF@Programmer.Net> Message-ID: > Don't know when they started, but as of at 11:30am this morning (Wed > 22 Dec), WXKS-107.9 is throwing off the all-too-well-known, > high-pitch IBOC sideband buzz! I don't get it. I can understand the side-band buzz on AM (such as WBZ and WOR here in New York), plus the added hiss on the main channel. But I've never noticed that problem with IBOC-FM. We have WNEW-FM doing IBOC and there's no sideband buzz anymore. I do remember that happening when they were first testing the equipment but they seemed to have solved that problem. -- Stephanie Weil New York City From sgitschier@cfl.rr.com Wed Dec 22 15:13:19 2004 From: sgitschier@cfl.rr.com (Email) Date: Wed Dec 22 15:13:12 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> Message-ID: <000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> Hmm, Larry you bring up a good point. Goes to show I was kind of old-fashioned in that line of thinking. Just snap photos of what you want until someone stops you... If they put Me, Scott F. and Garrett W. in the same holding cell block (for our AM radio tower photo transgressions), we can at least exchange different tower photos from our collections. Ron Gitschier Whereabouts unknown, depending who's asking! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Weil" > At 6:45 AM -0800 12/21/04, RonGitschier wrote: > >Indeed, I was impressed with the WLLH Lawrence tower's performance when I>visited Lowell/Lawrence etc area for a number of weeks. I have jpg files I > >took a month ago in Lawrence detailing the tower (from the street, w/digital zoom) if anyone's interested > >Happy Holidays > >Ron Gitschier > Larry Weil replies thusly: > After posting that you have such detailed pictures, I'de expect a visit from Homeland Security any day now. > Larry Weil From wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Wed Dec 22 15:34:58 2004 From: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed Dec 22 15:35:04 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer In-Reply-To: <000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> Message-ID: <200412222034.iBMKYvZc052001@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> < said: > If they put Me, Scott F. and Garrett W. in the same holding cell block (for > our AM radio tower photo transgressions), we can at least exchange different > tower photos from our collections. In all honesty, I have very few photos that Scott doesn't have, and he has very many photos that I don't have. I have Madison and Milwaukee; he has Detroit and Ann Arbor. Neither of us have anything from Minneapolis. Scott has nearly all of California (at least the inhabited bits) plus Phoenix, Flagstaff, Lost Wages, and Denver. I have Key West. That's the difference between a hobby and an (obs|prof)ession. -GAWollman From n1qgs@yahoo.com Wed Dec 22 21:51:40 2004 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Wed Dec 22 21:51:44 2004 Subject: Looking for old laws (1930's) regarding the mobile use of radios in automobiles Message-ID: <20041223025140.87062.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com> Hello I'm looking for sources of old laws (1930's or so) regarding the mobile use of radios in automobiles. If I recall some of the first car radios met with the scrutiny of lawmakers and police. This is also a stretch, but with some of the old radios being capable of hearing the local police just above the AM broadcast band, were there any laws regarding having this capability in an automobile. Thanks John Derry NH From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Wed Dec 22 21:59:04 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Wed Dec 22 22:14:10 2004 Subject: IRS rules changing for donation of cars to charity Message-ID: <000501c4e89d$74e71fb0$327e050a@gmiboston.com> Might be of interest to some, due to a recent discussion. IRS rules changing for donation of cars to charity http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/12/22/irs_rules_changing_for_donation_of_cars_to_charity?mode=PF From rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net Fri Dec 24 08:11:25 2004 From: rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net (rogerkirk) Date: Fri Dec 24 08:11:28 2004 Subject: Christmas On The Radio Message-ID: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> Corey Deitz (radio guide for About.Com) asks an interesting question: Why hasn't the ACLU demanded that radio stations broadcasting on frequency spectrum that alledgedly belongs to all citizens remove all Christmas Broadcasting? The "separation of church and state" issue that is removing Nativity scenes from City Hall lawns. http://radio.about.com/od/christmasradio/a/aa122204a.htm From steveord@bit-net.com Fri Dec 24 08:47:21 2004 From: steveord@bit-net.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Fri Dec 24 08:47:15 2004 Subject: Christmas On The Radio In-Reply-To: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> References: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20041224084314.01b03ed8@pop3.bit-net.com> At 08:11 AM 12/24/2004, rogerkirk wrote: >Corey Deitz (radio guide for About.Com) asks an interesting >question: Why hasn't the ACLU demanded that radio stations >broadcasting on frequency spectrum that alledgedly belongs >to all citizens remove all Christmas Broadcasting? The >"separation of church and state" issue that is removing >Nativity scenes from City Hall lawns. Quoted from the article: >If radio stations are technically always owned by the "public" and simply >"leased" by the government in this fashion - then why has no atheist has >ever sent out a press release to Fox News suggesting there needed to be a >separation of church and state? Since when are radio stations technically owned by the public? I suppose companies like Infinity and Clear Channel whose stock is publicly traded could be (with enough imagination) considered publicly owned, but this is a stretch. Let's not give them any ideas. There's enough mindless political correctness around these days as it is. From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Dec 24 09:16:15 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Fri Dec 24 09:16:31 2004 Subject: Christmas On The Radio References: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> <6.0.3.0.0.20041224084314.01b03ed8@pop3.bit-net.com> Message-ID: <000d01c4e9c3$298b3520$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Yeah; the "idea" might give the owners an "incentive" to decide (as CCU has done in many markets and--believe it or not--Entercom has done in at least one market) that there is more money to be made by carrying progressive talk from Jones and AAR. Wouldn't THAT be just tragic? Left to their own devices, broadcasting companies are almost 100% politically conservative. They need incentives to provide a more balanced diet of ideas. Apparently, they also need incentives to realize that broadcasting of conservative ideas is not the only way to make money. Even with incentives, many owners will NEVER see the light. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "SteveOrdinetz" To: Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 8:47 AM Subject: Re: Christmas On The Radio > > Since when are radio stations technically owned by the public? I suppose > companies like Infinity and Clear Channel whose stock is publicly traded > could be (with enough imagination) considered publicly owned, but this is a > stretch. > > Let's not give them any ideas. There's enough mindless political > correctness around these days as it is. > > From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Dec 24 11:49:38 2004 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri Dec 24 11:49:46 2004 Subject: Christmas On The Radio In-Reply-To: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> References: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> Message-ID: At 8:11 AM -0500 12/24/04, rogerkirk wrote: >Corey Deitz (radio guide for About.Com) asks an interesting >question: Why hasn't the ACLU demanded that radio stations >broadcasting on frequency spectrum that alledgedly belongs >to all citizens remove all Christmas Broadcasting? The >"separation of church and state" issue that is removing >Nativity scenes from City Hall lawns. I think the ACLU is happy on this one as long as Chanukah songs, etc., are still allowed. It may be the public airwaves, but I still think it's a big difference between Xmas songs on the radio and a Nativity scene on the town common. -- Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Dec 24 13:13:54 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri Dec 24 13:14:38 2004 Subject: Christmas On The Radio In-Reply-To: <200412240811.AA2892300456@mail.ttlc.net> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041224130329.02c28130@pop.registeredsite.com> At 08:11 AM 12/24/2004 -0500, rogerkirk wrote: >Corey Deitz (radio guide for About.Com) asks an interesting >question: Why hasn't the ACLU demanded that radio stations >broadcasting on frequency spectrum that alledgedly belongs >to all citizens remove all Christmas Broadcasting? Bah humbug, said Donna. That column is the most bizarre column of his I've ever read--- and I hope he was joking. Christmas is hardly "under attack"-- although various right-wing extremists want to insist that if there isn't more public religious observance (namely theirs), then we are all in deep trouble. I disagree. I see plenty of public expression of Xmas all around me, and while I still think many people have forgotten the true meaning of the holiday (helping the poor) in favour of the the consumer-oriented meaning (buy lotsa stuff), who am I to tell them how to live their lives? But similarly, let them not tell me that we need to break down the wall of separation between church and state, because one reason why America hasn't had pogroms and violent attacks on other religious groups is that the rights of the majority are protected and the rights of the minority are protected too. Let's keep it that way. As a radio consultant, I'm about respecting my audience, so I have no problem with stations that wanna play Xmas music if they think that is what their listeners want (when I consulted full-time, in some markets, the research showed people got tired of those songs really quickly!). But radio stations need to remember that not every listener is religious and not every listener is of the same religious faith, so unless your format is aimed at a particular denomination, it seems to me we should program a wide range of holiday music and make listeners happy. Now, as for Nativity scenes on public property-- that is another "Red State/Blue State" issue and we've had way too many of them this year. Let those who celebrate Xmas do so in peace, and let those of us who don't not be subjected to insults and feeling like we are bad people. And by the way, the ACLU have defended tolerance for nearly 100 years and I find it offensive that some critics regard them as the anti-Christ. While I respect my Christian neighbours, I don't think public space should be used to promote any one religion (my own included)-- either have a display that honours tolerance for all faiths (the way the Founding Fathers wanted us to) or fugeddaboudit! From rogerkola@aol.com Sat Dec 25 13:38:53 2004 From: rogerkola@aol.com (Roger Kolakowski) Date: Sat Dec 25 13:39:18 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com><01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher><000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <200412222034.iBMKYvZc052001@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <000c01c4eab0$fc9b5b00$0200a8c0@teal> Have all of you seen these of the KFI Tower (post run-in with the light plane?) http://www.sakrison.com/radio/KFItowercollapse.html This find is courtesy of the W0KIE / Dishnuts Network Makes you want to think twice about working in an industrial park under a tower like the WEGQ/WCGY/WSTR stick off Forest Street in Peabody Happy Holiday to all Roger WESX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Wollman" To: "Ron Gitschier" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > < said: > > > If they put Me, Scott F. and Garrett W. in the same holding cell block (for > > our AM radio tower photo transgressions), we can at least exchange different > > tower photos from our collections. > > In all honesty, I have very few photos that Scott doesn't have, and he > has very many photos that I don't have. I have Madison and Milwaukee; > he has Detroit and Ann Arbor. Neither of us have anything from > Minneapolis. Scott has nearly all of California (at least the > inhabited bits) plus Phoenix, Flagstaff, Lost Wages, and Denver. I > have Key West. That's the difference between a hobby and an > (obs|prof)ession. > > -GAWollman > > From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Sun Dec 26 10:18:26 2004 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Sun Dec 26 10:20:40 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com><01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher><000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher><200412222034.iBMKYvZc052001@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <000c01c4eab0$fc9b5b00$0200a8c0@teal> Message-ID: <000501c4eb5e$25f03950$5c5ba445@DG07P241> Memories of the WBZ tower falling on Nelson Bragg's (I think) car during one of the hurricanes in '54 or '55. The news pic had him "Oh no-ing" with his hand on his forehead. Paul Cape Cod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kolakowski" To: "Garrett Wollman" ; "Ron Gitschier" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > Have all of you seen these of the KFI Tower (post run-in with the light > plane?) > > http://www.sakrison.com/radio/KFItowercollapse.html > > This find is courtesy of the W0KIE / Dishnuts Network > > Makes you want to think twice about working in an industrial park under a > tower like the WEGQ/WCGY/WSTR stick off Forest Street in Peabody > > Happy Holiday to all > > Roger > WESX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Garrett Wollman" > To: "Ron Gitschier" > Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > > > > < > said: > > > > > If they put Me, Scott F. and Garrett W. in the same holding cell block > (for > > > our AM radio tower photo transgressions), we can at least exchange > different > > > tower photos from our collections. > > > > In all honesty, I have very few photos that Scott doesn't have, and he > > has very many photos that I don't have. I have Madison and Milwaukee; > > he has Detroit and Ann Arbor. Neither of us have anything from > > Minneapolis. Scott has nearly all of California (at least the > > inhabited bits) plus Phoenix, Flagstaff, Lost Wages, and Denver. I > > have Key West. That's the difference between a hobby and an > > (obs|prof)ession. > > > > -GAWollman > > > > > > From lglavin@lycos.com Sun Dec 26 12:20:31 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sun Dec 26 12:20:47 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer Message-ID: <20041226172031.9F4EE86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Paul B. Currier" >To: "Roger Kolakowski" , "Garrett Wollman" >wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, "Ron Gitschier" >Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer >Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:18:26 -0500 > > Memories of the WBZ tower falling on Nelson Bragg's (I think) car during one > of the hurricanes in '54 or '55. > The news pic had him "Oh no-ing" with his hand on his forehead. > > Paul > Cape Cod > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Kolakowski" > To: "Garrett Wollman" ; "Ron Gitschier" > > Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > > > > Have all of you seen these of the KFI Tower (post run-in with the light > > plane?) > > > > http://www.sakrison.com/radio/KFItowercollapse.html > > > > This find is courtesy of the W0KIE / Dishnuts Network > > > > Makes you want to think twice about working in an industrial park under a > > tower like the WEGQ/WCGY/WSTR stick off Forest Street in Peabody > > > > Happy Holiday to all > > > > Roger > > WESX > > There are comparatively few stations that have their transmitting towers at the same site as their studio location...WKOX was one of them (I say "WAS" because I presume that these days, there's nobody at 100 Mt. Wayte any more); and yes, on one occasion, during the 1190 days, the WKOX tower did come tumbling down onto the studio facility. Speaking of tower danger areas, Waltham must take the prize locally with two of them: the office park near the WWZN-AM 1510 towers (there are 4 of them) and a similar office park near the two WRCA-AM 1330 towers on South Street. (They could also affect a nearby FM station whose call letters skip my mind because they don't give them enough!). -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From dmoisan@davidmoisan.org Sun Dec 26 12:52:03 2004 From: dmoisan@davidmoisan.org (David Moisan) Date: Sun Dec 26 12:52:06 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer In-Reply-To: <20041226172031.9F4EE86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041226172031.9F4EE86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.1.20041226124921.03245bc0@incoming.verizon.net> At 12:20 PM 12/26/2004, you wrote: >facility. Speaking of tower danger areas, Waltham must take the prize >locally with two of them: the office park near the WWZN-AM 1510 towers >(there are 4 of them) and a similar office park near the two >WRCA-AM 1330 towers on South Street. (They could also affect >a nearby FM station whose call letters skip my mind because If we consider TV, the Needham Sheraton, at which I occasionally attend IT seminars, is almost directly under the Candelabra, with one of its guy points in the hotel parking lot . David Moisan, N1KGH ARES/SKYWARN dmoisan@davidmoisan.org Invisible Disability: http://www.davidmoisan.org/invisible_disability.html ATS-909 FAQ: http://www.davidmoisan.org/radio/sangean/ats909faq.html From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sun Dec 26 13:32:47 2004 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sun Dec 26 13:33:27 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041226172031.9F4EE86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <009701c4eb79$4e9e8bc0$1404fea9@xyz> > There are comparatively few stations that have their transmitting towers > at the same site as their studio location...WKOX was one of them (I > say "WAS" because I presume that these days, there's nobody at > 100 Mt. Wayte any more); Isn't the Talkradio Network.....or Alex Langer's National Radio (barter) Network located there? From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Dec 26 14:27:23 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sun Dec 26 14:27:31 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041226172031.9F4EE86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> <009701c4eb79$4e9e8bc0$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <001d01c4eb80$f098bf20$19eefea9@dstrassberg> Wrong! There may be nobody associated with WKOX at that location except during maintenance, but 100 Mt Wayte Ave is home to not one, not two, but THREE AM transmitters (WKOX, WSRO, and WBIX--the last-named during daytime operation only). WSRO, and since it went into bankruptcy, WBIX, maintain offices and studios there. In fact, I think that 100 Mt Wayte serves as the headquarters for one or more of the national networks that Alex Langer apparently owns (Cable Radio Network, National Radio Network, and Langer Broadcasting Network). These networks don't have many affiliates (considering the quality of the programming, that should come as no particular surprise), but they do have affiliates on both coasts, making them officially national. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Pappalardo" To: "Laurence Glavin" Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 1:32 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > > > There are comparatively few stations that have their transmitting towers > > at the same site as their studio location...WKOX was one of them (I > > say "WAS" because I presume that these days, there's nobody at > > 100 Mt. Wayte any more); > > Isn't the Talkradio Network.....or Alex Langer's National Radio (barter) > Network located there? > From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Dec 26 22:55:20 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun Dec 26 22:55:54 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer In-Reply-To: <000501c4eb5e$25f03950$5c5ba445@DG07P241> References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <200412222034.iBMKYvZc052001@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <000c01c4eab0$fc9b5b00$0200a8c0@teal> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041226225025.02e97b78@pop.registeredsite.com> At 10:18 AM 12/26/2004 -0500, Paul wrote: >Memories of the WBZ tower falling on Nelson Bragg's (I think) car during one >of the hurricanes in '54 or '55. >The news pic had him "Oh no-ing" with his hand on his forehead. Yes, the WBZ tower fell in the late summer of 1954, as I recall-- I have several news clippings and pictures of it. It's amazing nobody was killed. In fact, both WBZ radio and WBZ TV remained on the air, if my memory serves... (I was just a kid, and much of Boston lost power, but thanks to the ubiquitous transistor radios, we were able to hear the news...) And how about the WHIL tower (remember old WHIL?) on Revere Beach Parkway in Medford? I have an article from 5 September 1957: 198 Foot Radio Tower Crashes to Ground, Misses Studio. From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sun Dec 26 23:31:55 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun Dec 26 23:32:38 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer In-Reply-To: <20041226172031.9F4EE86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <41CF49EB.13351.6EDDB5@localhost> On 26 Dec 2004 at 12:20, Laurence Glavin wrote: > There are comparatively few stations that have their transmitting > towers at the same site as their studio location...WKOX was one of > them (I say "WAS" because I presume that these days, there's nobody at > 100 Mt. Wayte any more); and yes, on one occasion, during the 1190 > days, the WKOX tower did come tumbling down onto the studio facility. > Speaking of tower danger areas, Waltham must take the prize locally > with two of them: the office park near the WWZN-AM 1510 towers (there > are 4 of them) and a similar office park near the two WRCA-AM 1330 > towers on South Street. (They could also affect a nearby FM station > whose call letters skip my mind because they don't give them enough!). Another is WJIB in Cambridge. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sun Dec 26 23:31:56 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun Dec 26 23:32:43 2004 Subject: (Fwd) The battle against Christmas Message-ID: <41CF49EC.12944.6EDE32@localhost> A propos the discussion about public displays of Christmas: ------- Forwarded message follows ------- http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7551 ------- End of forwarded message ------- I agree with these sentiments. Having been Jewish in a very Gentile public school system, it never really bothered me that everyone else was celebrating Christmas. I always liked the music, the Santa Claus mythology, and the good cheer. What bothered me was the general assumption that everyone was celebrating Christmas, and that was the ONLY holiday anyone was celebrating. This wasn't just in school, but on TV and radio and everywhere else. I did what I could, wrote articles in the school paper describing Chanukah, etc., to at least make Chanukah more visible. Nowadays, that's less of a problem. Pluralism is an established fact. And Chanukah isn't the only holiday being celebrated at this season either (and never was -- some branches Buddhism celebrate the Buddha's enlightenment at this time). This is a pluralistic country, which is majority Christian. I don't begrudge the Christian part, but I do want the pluralism part acknowledged. (Incidentally, I saw flyers this week at the Hebrew Rahabilitation Center to the effect that there was a Christmas mass celebrated there. Not all of the residents there are Jewish, and I'm glad to see that at least some of the minority who are not were able to have their celebration.) -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From sgitschier@cfl.rr.com Mon Dec 27 11:05:24 2004 From: sgitschier@cfl.rr.com (Email) Date: Mon Dec 27 11:05:16 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <200412222034.iBMKYvZc052001@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <000c01c4eab0$fc9b5b00$0200a8c0@teal> <5.1.0.14.2.20041226225025.02e97b78@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <000f01c4ec2d$e018ed70$0200a8c0@gitscher> Yes, WBZ 1030 Remained on the air when Hurricane Carol came through Boston in 1954. I have an aircheck of the actuality. Facinating listening. Ron Gitschier Palm Coast, FL (Formerly, Lowell, MA, and, wllh-wssh 1978) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" > >The news pic had him "Oh no-ing" with his hand on his forehead. > > Yes, the WBZ tower fell in the late summer of 1954, as I recall-- I have several news clippings and pictures of it. It's amazing nobody was killed. In fact, both WBZ radio and WBZ TV remained on the air, if my > memory serves... (I was just a kid, and much of Boston lost power, but thanks to the ubiquitous transistor radios, we were able to hear the news...) And how about the WHIL tower (remember old WHIL?) on Revere > Beach Parkway in Medford? I have an article from 5 September 1957: 198 Foot Radio Tower Crashes to Ground, Misses Studio. From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Dec 27 20:47:53 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Mon Dec 27 20:48:34 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <41CF49EB.13351.6EDDB5@localhost> Message-ID: <001101c4ec7f$551d45c0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> WKOX lost a tower or maybe two in the 1190 days, but its most spectacular tower loss occurred right after the two 440' top-loaded towers for 1200 were constructed--during the late summer of 1985. One of the two brand new towers (the one closer to the building, I believe) came down in what I believe were the fringes of a hurricane. WXKS (AM) has also lost two towers. I know that WRCA has lost two (the first in the early 1960s when the station was still WCRB (AM)), but Bob Bittner, who worked there at one time, remembers a third one. I wonder which US AM holds the record for having lost the most towers due to weather, vandalism, and/or old age. Might be KFAN Minneapolis, which lost four or five towers of its nine-tower array in one tornado a year or two ago. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Joseph Ross" To: "Laurence Glavin" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 11:31 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > On 26 Dec 2004 at 12:20, Laurence Glavin wrote: > > > There are comparatively few stations that have their transmitting > > towers at the same site as their studio location...WKOX was one of > > them (I say "WAS" because I presume that these days, there's nobody at > > 100 Mt. Wayte any more); and yes, on one occasion, during the 1190 > > days, the WKOX tower did come tumbling down onto the studio facility. > > Speaking of tower danger areas, Waltham must take the prize locally > > with two of them: the office park near the WWZN-AM 1510 towers (there > > are 4 of them) and a similar office park near the two WRCA-AM 1330 > > towers on South Street. (They could also affect a nearby FM station > > whose call letters skip my mind because they don't give them enough!). > > Another is WJIB in Cambridge. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com > Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From lawyer@attorneyross.com Tue Dec 28 01:00:38 2004 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue Dec 28 01:01:32 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer In-Reply-To: <000f01c4ec2d$e018ed70$0200a8c0@gitscher> Message-ID: <41D0B036.14127.6B47AC@localhost> On 27 Dec 2004 at 8:05, Email wrote: > Yes, WBZ 1030 Remained on the air when Hurricane Carol came through > Boston in 1954. I have an aircheck of the actuality. Facinating > listening. Actually, that's not surprising, since it was the TV tower that was blown down. The radio towers in Hull weren't. I was in Albany at the time, but I believe I've heard from others that WBZ-TV was knocked off the air for awhile, until they could set up a temporary transmission. I've heard variously that they transmitted temporarily from the top of the auxiliary radio tower at Soldiers Field Road or from the Channel 7 tower, which was somewhere around Medford or Malden at the time. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@attorneyross.com Boston, MA 02108-2503 http://www.attorneyross.com From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Tue Dec 28 11:02:05 2004 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Tue Dec 28 11:02:14 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer References: <20041201215159.A6587CA07A@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> <01ce01c4e76b$c1e60250$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <000901c4e862$b1486fd0$9ce1ca44@gitscher> <200412222034.iBMKYvZc052001@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <000c01c4eab0$fc9b5b00$0200a8c0@teal> <5.1.0.14.2.20041226225025.02e97b78@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <001501c4ecf6$93d7a630$5c5ba445@DG07P241> Thanks Donna. Yes WHIL - from the good days of radio; good DJ's like Jack Chatterton, George Fennell...the other names escape me. Paul Cape Cod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Paul B. Currier" Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > At 10:18 AM 12/26/2004 -0500, Paul wrote: > >Memories of the WBZ tower falling on Nelson Bragg's (I think) car during one > >of the hurricanes in '54 or '55. > >The news pic had him "Oh no-ing" with his hand on his forehead. > > Yes, the WBZ tower fell in the late summer of 1954, as I recall-- I have > several news clippings and pictures of it. It's amazing nobody was > killed. In fact, both WBZ radio and WBZ TV remained on the air, if my > memory serves... (I was just a kid, and much of Boston lost power, but > thanks to the ubiquitous transistor radios, we were able to hear the > news...) And how about the WHIL tower (remember old WHIL?) on Revere > Beach Parkway in Medford? I have an article from 5 September 1957: 198 > Foot Radio Tower Crashes to Ground, Misses Studio. > > From mark.springer@gmail.com Tue Dec 28 12:44:10 2004 From: mark.springer@gmail.com (Mark Springer) Date: Tue Dec 28 12:44:17 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: Of course WPLM's studio AND transmitter is right under their array. I forget how tall the 4 towers are. Help me out here- didn''t a light plane crash into a tower there once- or into some guys? I cannot pin down when, but very early 60's seems about right. I don't recall if they lost a tower or not. Being "high atop Marconi Hill" would not be a pleasant spot to be on duty in the middle of a good hurricane! BTW, does anyone know when WPLM was first licensed? Thanks, Mark Springer (Manomet expat now in Bethel, Alaska) From elipolo@earthlink.net Tue Dec 28 13:48:46 2004 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Tue Dec 28 13:32:52 2004 Subject: The Answer In-Reply-To: <41CF49EB.13351.6EDDB5@localhost> Message-ID: On 12/26/04 11:31 PM, "A. Joseph Ross" wrote: > On 26 Dec 2004 at 12:20, Laurence Glavin wrote: > >> There are comparatively few stations that have their transmitting >> towers at the same site as their studio location...WKOX was one of >> them... > > Another is WJIB in Cambridge. Also WNTN Newton. It's not very common for major market AM stations to have transmitters at their studio locations. Unlike FM or TV, broadcast AM towers are not mounted on buildings, and there is generally not suitable terrain right in an urban area for them. AM towers are best constructed on damp ground somewhere just outside of the urban area they serve. However, major market broadcasters usually want the studios to be in the city they serve (or easily accessible nearby), so the studios are often not in an appropriate place for their AM towers. Also, when a directional antenna pattern is required by the station, the towers are usually built outside the city in the direction of the required null, and the signal directed toward the city they serve. More AM stations tend to be located with their tower sites when the COL is a suburban or rural town with open areas on which studios and grounded AM towers can be built on the same site, especially for lower power or daytime only AM stations which can serve an immediate area without having to utilize a directional pattern. If you include FM stations in the Boston area, WZLX still (for now) has their studios in the Prudential, and their antenna on the roof. Also, some of the college stations have their transmitters on their campuses, though not on the very same buildings as their studios. Eli Polonsky From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Tue Dec 28 13:46:59 2004 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Tue Dec 28 13:47:10 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer Message-ID: <004b01c4ed0d$9d142f40$5c5ba445@DG07P241> Or was Chatterton on WLYN with Johnny Towne and all...??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul B. Currier" To: "Donna Halper" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > Thanks Donna. Yes WHIL - from the good days of radio; good DJ's like Jack > Chatterton, George Fennell...the other names escape me. > > Paul > Cape Cod > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Halper" > To: "Paul B. Currier" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 10:55 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: The Answer > > > > At 10:18 AM 12/26/2004 -0500, Paul wrote: > > >Memories of the WBZ tower falling on Nelson Bragg's (I think) car during > one > > >of the hurricanes in '54 or '55. > > >The news pic had him "Oh no-ing" with his hand on his forehead. > > > > Yes, the WBZ tower fell in the late summer of 1954, as I recall-- I have > > several news clippings and pictures of it. It's amazing nobody was > > killed. In fact, both WBZ radio and WBZ TV remained on the air, if my > > memory serves... (I was just a kid, and much of Boston lost power, but > > thanks to the ubiquitous transistor radios, we were able to hear the > > news...) And how about the WHIL tower (remember old WHIL?) on Revere > > Beach Parkway in Medford? I have an article from 5 September 1957: 198 > > Foot Radio Tower Crashes to Ground, Misses Studio. > > > > > From brouder@juno.com Tue Dec 28 18:31:11 2004 From: brouder@juno.com (brouder@juno.com) Date: Tue Dec 28 18:32:30 2004 Subject: Fw: The Answer Message-ID: <20041228.153207.28913.90977@webmail01.lax.untd.com> Jack Chadderton (Chatterton?) was also on WHDH by 1966. Ed Brouder Man From Mars Productions (http://www.manfrommars.com) ________________________________________________________________ Juno Gift Certificates Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. http://www.juno.com/give From tklaundry@juno.com Tue Dec 28 22:50:53 2004 From: tklaundry@juno.com (Dave Faneuf) Date: Tue Dec 28 22:53:16 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: <20041228.225054.3184.0.tklaundry@juno.com> Laurence Glavin wrote: "and yes, on one occasion, during the 1190 days, the WKOX tower did come tumbling down onto the studio facility". Actually I worked there at the time and I still have several pieces of the tower as souvenirs. WKOX had already switched to 1200. And the tower crashed into the building causing amazing damage. For some reason, the news director at the time, Len Mallioux, had moved studio operations out of the main news studio into another room. If he had not done that, the tower would have injured or killed someone since the main force of the tower hit the main news studio along with the WKOX control room . A DJ working at WVBF, which was still on Mt Wayte Ave at the time, was hit by the guy wires and thrown across the parking lot, he was fortunate that broken ribs were his only injuries. Dave From sven@gordsven.com Wed Dec 29 08:29:37 2004 From: sven@gordsven.com (Stephanie Weil) Date: Wed Dec 29 08:29:48 2004 Subject: The Answer In-Reply-To: <20041228.225054.3184.0.tklaundry@juno.com> References: <20041228.225054.3184.0.tklaundry@juno.com> Message-ID: Dave Faneuf wrote: > A DJ working at WVBF, which was still on Mt Wayte Ave at the time, was > hit by the guy wires and thrown across the parking lot, he was fortunate > that broken ribs were his only injuries. Yah, I'm surprised the guy wires didn't slice him in two! Those things are under an incredible amount of tension. -- steph From sid@wrko.com Wed Dec 29 12:42:17 2004 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Wed Dec 29 12:42:56 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: >>> A DJ working at WVBF, which was still on Mt Wayte Ave at the time, was hit by the guy wires and thrown across the parking lot, he was fortunate that broken ribs were his only injuries.< Yah, I'm surprised the guy wires didn't slice him in two! Those things are under an incredible amount of tension.<< I was there for that little event too. The DJ was Dennis John Cahill, who suffered from back problems for months after being hit. The guy wires had already hit the building before hitting him, releasing most of the kinetic energy, otherwise he wouldn't have survived. He was outside the building, running away from it, when the wire hit him. I was less than 20 feet from where the tower crashed through the ceiling of the WKOX air studio. Scott Gibbons was sitting in the seat to the left of the console. He heard it coming and ducked. If he hadn't, it would have caved in his head. When I looked out of the engineering shop window and saw one entire set of guy wires (the ones anchored in the swamp) flopping in the wind, I knew it was only a matter of seconds until the tower crashed. I ran back toward the studios yelling for everyone to get down. Thankfully Dennis' was the only injury. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WQSX - WRKO - WVEI 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Boston MA 02135-2040 Phone: 617-779-5369 Fax: 617-779-5379 E-Mail: sid@wrko.com From brian_vita@cssinc.com Wed Dec 29 12:54:01 2004 From: brian_vita@cssinc.com (Brian Vita) Date: Wed Dec 29 12:54:16 2004 Subject: The Answer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001701c4edcf$61e160b0$c3ec33d1@alvin> > > >>> A DJ working at WVBF, which was still on Mt Wayte Ave at the time, > was hit by the guy wires and thrown across the parking lot, > he was fortunate that broken ribs were his only injuries.< > When did this happen? (approx date?) From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Dec 29 13:28:50 2004 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Wed Dec 29 13:29:47 2004 Subject: The Answer References: <001701c4edcf$61e160b0$c3ec33d1@alvin> Message-ID: <001201c4edd4$5bbbcae0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> It was late summer 1985--August, I think. As I said in a previous posting, the new towers had been up for just a few weeks and IIRC, southern New England was brushed by the fringes of a hurricane. However, I bet Fairbanks sued the company that constructed the towers. Hurricane or no (wind gusts to maybe 50 mph), when a tower falls so soon after being completed, there must be a presumption of defective workmanship. As I said in a previous posting, this was not the first tower to fall at 100 Mt Wayte Ave. At least one (I think two) shorter towers had fallen in previous years. The demise of one of those towers was reponsible for WKOX--while it was still on 1190--changing from a conventional base-insulated series-fed tower to a taller grounded-base tower that had previously served only the FM. I think the FM had already moved to the Needham candelabra by the time the AM tower collapsed (in an ice storm, IIRC), but a usable tower was already standing on the site and WKOX was back on the air in a matter of days. If Sid was there at the time of that event, maybe he can provide some details. For example, was the grounded-base tower skirt fed or shunt fed when pressed into AM service? -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Vita" To: "'Sid Schweiger'" ; Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:54 PM Subject: RE: The Answer > > > > > >>> A DJ working at WVBF, which was still on Mt Wayte Ave at the time, > > was hit by the guy wires and thrown across the parking lot, > > he was fortunate that broken ribs were his only injuries.< > > > When did this happen? (approx date?) > From sid@wrko.com Wed Dec 29 14:04:17 2004 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Wed Dec 29 14:04:39 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: >>I bet Fairbanks sued the company that constructed the towers. Hurricane or no (wind gusts to maybe 50 mph), when a tower falls so soon after being completed, there must be a presumption of defective workmanship.<< Nope. They sued the company that made the epoxy which was supposed to have waterproofed the guy anchor in the swamp, which was the one that pulled out of the ground in the high winds. It turns out the epoxy mixture was defective and didn't do the job. No evidence was found that the tower failed for a reason other than one set of guy wires becoming unanchored. Once the west tower fell across the building, we all went across the street to shelter inside the town incinerator's building, and watched the east tower doing a dance in the wind...but it never fell, and a subsequent inspection revealed no problems. We retensioned the guy wires, retightened the leg bolts and that was it. >>was the grounded-base tower skirt fed or shunt fed when pressed into AM service?<< I never saw any skirts nor any evidence of mounting points for skirts on that tower, so I'm assuming that it was shunt-fed before coming down so that the 1200 towers could go up. That wasn't something I took care of back then. Steve Hnat was the CE and that was his baby. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WQSX - WRKO - WVEI 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Boston MA 02135-2040 Phone: 617-779-5369 Fax: 617-779-5379 E-Mail: sid@wrko.com From DonKelley@aol.com Wed Dec 29 14:18:30 2004 From: DonKelley@aol.com (DonKelley@aol.com) Date: Wed Dec 29 14:18:48 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: <62698835.2BF2067B.0238A7FB@aol.com> The date was September 27, 1985. The storm was Hurricane Gloria. When the tower fell the building on Mt. Wayte Avenue was cut in half. The photo was on the cover of R&R. MAGIC 106.7 News Director Gay Vernon, who was on WVBF at the time, was in the buildong when it happened. The WKOX tower at that site also fell in 1977. From tklaundry@juno.com Wed Dec 29 20:59:44 2004 From: tklaundry@juno.com (Dave Faneuf) Date: Wed Dec 29 21:08:17 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: <20041229.210629.840.2.tklaundry@juno.com> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:39:36 -0500 rbello@gis.net writes: > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > Laurence Glavin wrote: > > "and yes, on one occasion, during the > > 1190 days, the WKOX tower did come tumbling down onto the studio > > facility". Dave Faneuf wrote: > > Actually I worked there at the time and I still have several > pieces of > > the tower as souvenirs. > > > > WKOX had already switched to 1200. And the tower crashed into > the > > building causing amazing damage. rbello wrote: > I believe it was 1976 when WKOX - still at 1190 - lost their 1 and > only > tower. A rented replacement was up in a day or two. Dave responds: The WKOX tower came down during Hurricane Gloria. As I mentioned, I worked there at the time. From tklaundry@juno.com Wed Dec 29 21:06:29 2004 From: tklaundry@juno.com (Dave Faneuf) Date: Wed Dec 29 21:08:19 2004 Subject: The Answer Message-ID: <20041229.210629.840.5.tklaundry@juno.com> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:29:37 -0500 (EST) Stephanie Weil writes: > > > Dave Faneuf wrote: > > > A DJ working at WVBF, which was still on Mt Wayte Ave at the time, > was > > hit by the guy wires and thrown across the parking lot, he was > fortunate > > that broken ribs were his only injuries. > Yah, I'm surprised the guy wires didn't slice him in two! Those > things are > under an incredible amount of tension. > steph You're right, he was a very very lucky guy! dave From billings@suscom-maine.net Wed Dec 29 22:50:47 2004 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Wed Dec 29 22:50:52 2004 Subject: The Answer References: <20041229.210629.840.2.tklaundry@juno.com> Message-ID: <000801c4ee22$bf60d6f0$bee705cf@yourm3vezyx8af> I spent Hurricane Gloria in the dark at WCLZ in Brunswick -- in the building right beside the tower. I had heard about a couple of radio towers coming down earlier in the day. It made for a long night. The engineer woke me up in the middle of night. He said he just came down to see if the tower was still up. From gary@garysicecream.com Wed Dec 29 23:07:57 2004 From: gary@garysicecream.com (gic) Date: Wed Dec 29 23:08:09 2004 Subject: Amanda Ober Message-ID: <000501c4ee25$255cb5d0$6500a8c0@office> While watching Channel 2 in Daytona, FL up came a local live story with Amanda Ober. Didn't she work either in Boston or Manchester recently? gf From markwats@comcast.net Wed Dec 29 23:11:18 2004 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Wed Dec 29 23:11:30 2004 Subject: Amanda Ober References: <000501c4ee25$255cb5d0$6500a8c0@office> Message-ID: <01bc01c4ee25$9f433900$6f918318@Mark> Gary Francis wrote: > While watching Channel 2 in Daytona, FL up came a local live story with > Amanda Ober. Didn't she work either in Boston or Manchester recently? She was an anchor/reporter at WMUR Channel 9 Manchester at one time. I don't recall seeing her on any Boston TV station. Mark Watson From brouder@juno.com Thu Dec 30 06:11:00 2004 From: brouder@juno.com (brouder@juno.com) Date: Thu Dec 30 06:12:32 2004 Subject: Amanda Ober Message-ID: <20041230.031144.3697.111151@webmail12.lax.untd.com> Gary wrote: > While watching Channel 2 in Daytona, FL up came a local live story >with Amanda Ober. Didn't she work either in Boston or Manchester >recently? Mark replied: >She was an anchor/reporter at WMUR Channel 9 Manchester at one time. I >don't recall seeing her on any Boston TV station. Amanda worked at WMUR TV from 1989-1997. She's been at WESH TV in orlando since. Her complete bio is on the NH Association of Broadcasters Alumni page at: http://www.nhab.org/alumni.cfm Ed Brouder Man From Mars Productions ________________________________________________________________ Juno Gift Certificates Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. http://www.juno.com/give From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Dec 30 13:29:35 2004 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu Dec 30 13:30:25 2004 Subject: WGAW query Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20041230132840.0295d0b0@pop.registeredsite.com> Somebody asked me whatever happened to Douglas Rowe, who used to own WGAW in Gardner... and wasn't that station embroiled in some controversy during the 90s? From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Dec 30 17:02:10 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Dec 30 17:02:19 2004 Subject: No "LTAR" This Sunday Message-ID: <20041230220210.A0C38C6167@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> The first "Let's Talk About Radio" will NOT occur on the first Sunday of the month, but a week later Jan 9th on WJIB-AM 740 in Cambridge starting at 11:00 am until ? This according to a post at radio-info.com/ Boston, by bob Bittner. How this affects Maine remains to be seen, er, heard. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Dec 30 17:07:19 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Dec 30 17:07:26 2004 Subject: Boston Herald Story Indicates WWZN May Go All-Biz Message-ID: <20041230220719.D2780C6197@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> A story in today's (12/30) Boston Herald indicated that Chris Egan, former LMA partner in business radio WBIX-AM, may be looking into purchasing WWZN-AM 1510. A reference is made to the onerous tower-site arrangement, and is one of the very few times a general story about radio mentioned that WWZN's antenna array is very directional. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Dec 30 17:16:42 2004 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Dec 30 17:16:49 2004 Subject: No "LTAR" This Sunday Message-ID: <20041230221642.9B644C612B@ws7-5.us4.outblaze.com> >From: "Laurence Glavin" >To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org >Subject: No "LTAR" This Sunday >Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:02:10 -0500 > > The first "Let's Talk About Radio" By the "first" I mean the FIRST "Let's Talk About Radio" of the New Year. -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From kwillcox@wnsh.com Fri Dec 31 14:34:47 2004 From: kwillcox@wnsh.com (Keating Willcox) Date: Fri Dec 31 14:39:01 2004 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041231142945.05631ec0@mail.comcast.net> Donna asked about WGAW. Doug Rowe sold me WGAW several years ago. The station needed some love, and I bought it and fixed most of it up. It had a nice signal in an area with little competition, but not a lot of people. When I got Lymphoma in 2000, I sold all of our stations to Anastos Group (except for the baby WNSH AM 1570 Beverly), and they have since sold to a new owner. I have heard nothing from Doug Rowe since that time. If you see him, tell him I enjoyed WGAW, had I remained healthy I would have rebuilt WGAW into a good business, and I wish him well. Sincerely, Keating Willcox ~/~ WNSH AM 1570 Beverly 'playing the best music ever recorded' kwillcox@wnsh.com www.wnsh.com 978-921-1570 FAX 978-468-1954 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915