Its been nice knowing you all

[Ron Bello]

OK, WBZ & WWL are directional today.
When were WTAM & WEAF ?


>I assme that all directional
>stations (except maybe WEAF, WBZ, WTAM, and WWL, which didn't have to
>protect anyone) had to proof their DAs at the new frequency. That was a job
>that could take weeks.
>
>--
>Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
>eFax 707-215-6367
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>
>To: Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>; Bill O'Neill
><billo@shoreham.net>
>Cc: Boston Radio Interest <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
>Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:29 PM
>Subject: Re: Its been nice knowing you all
>
>
> >
> > Did all stations move on the same day ?
> >
> > How did they do it ?
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:56 PM 1/19/04 -0500, Dan Strassberg wrote:
> > >Pre NARBA, WBZ was on 990, WEEI was on 590, WLAW was on 680, WHDH was on
>830
> > >(I believe), and WLLH was on 1370. That was just prior to March 1941.
>NARBA
> > >did not move most of the stations below 730. Dropping in the Mexican
>Class
> > >IA channel on 730 resulted in most stations between 730 and 780 moving up
> > >one notch. The next Mexican IA at 800 caused most stations between 790
>and
> > >890 to move up two notches. The third Mexican IA at 900 caused most
>stations
> > >from 900 to <something> to move up three notches. There were four more
> > >Mexican IAs added--at 940, 1050, 1220, and 1570. Some channels, including
> > >990, moved up four notches, but somewhere one channel must have been
> > >subtracted, because a whole bunch of regional channels in the 1200s,
>1300s
> > >and 1400s moved up only 30 kcps (no kHz then). The New York area had
> > >regionals at 1250, 1300, 1350, 1400, and 1450. Most of the New York area
> > >stations on these frequencies were share-timers. Today, the equivalent
> > >stations are on 1280 (WADO), 1330 (WWRV), 1380 (WKDM), 1430 (WNSW), and
>1480
> > >(can't remember the current calls). The local channel at 1500 moved down
>one
> > >notch to 1490.
> > >WMEX moved from 1470 to 1510 and WJSV Washington moved from 1460 to 1500
>and
> > >became WTOP. Those moves were four notches. Before NARBA, the "broadcast"
> > >band (there was no regularly licensed FM service, so there was no need to
> > >identify the standard broadcast band as the AM band) ran from 550 to
>1500,
> > >with "experimental high-fidelity" stations on 1530, 1550, and 1570. NARBA
> > >did away with the hi-fi channels but extended the band to 1600. NARBA did
> > >not extend the band downward to 540. That happened later. Canada (and
>maybe
> > >Mexico) went down to 530 still later, but the US never went below 540,
> > >except for TISs.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Bill O'Neill <billo@shoreham.net>
> > >To: 'Dan Strassberg' <dan.strassberg@att.net>; <rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net>;
> > >'Scott Fybush' <scott@fybush.com>;
> > ><boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org>; 'Kevin Vahey'
> > ><kvahey@tmail.com>
> > >Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:02 PM
> > >Subject: RE: Its been nice knowing you all
> > >
> > >
> > > > > I had one of those Zenith AM-FM radios when I was in college
> > > > > and for many
> > > > > years afterward. Both the AM and FM were excellent, and I
> > > > > believe that a
> > > > > side-by-side comparison with my GE Super Radio III (a very
> > > > > fine receiver by
> > > > > today's standards) would reveal the Zenith to be superior to
> > > > > the SR III in
> > > > > almost all respects on both AM and FM.
> > > >
> > > > That's quite an endorsement I'd not expected. I actually own two of
>them.
> > >The
> > > > other I picked up at a yard sale about 20 years ago.  It works but
> > >occasionally
> > > > has an audio drop out and there's a very narrow bandwidth audio.  Tube
> > >theory
> > > > ain't my bag, but I think I'll try to tinker with it sometime just for
> > >fun.  I
> > > > also have a GE 1921 floor model radio purchased new by my grandparents
>at
> > >the
> > > > Bon Marche in Lowell that year.  Broadcast Band, SW1, SW2.  A speaker
>the
> > >size
> > > > of a satellite dish ;-) and decent sound.  I pre-dates whatever the
> > >smartie
> > > > engineering types invented so as to bring close and far stations into
>some
> > >sort
> > > > of leveling. So, the locals are very loud and the distants (beyong .25
> > >mV/m it
> > > > seems) need a big of a volume tweak.  Not running a longwire, so I'm
>not
> > >getting
> > > > SW on it right now.  It still has the station names (Boston/Lowell)
>market
> > >over
> > > > the five "auto" preselects. WBZ, WEEI (590), WLAW (680), WHDH (850),
>WBZ
> > >(1030),
> > > > WLLH (1400).  I have to wonder if those were the dial positions in
>1921.
> > >I
> > > > don't think so.
> > > >
> > > > Bill O'Neill
> > > >
> >
> >