From hykker@grolen.com Fri Jul 1 06:56:17 2005 From: hykker@grolen.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Fri Jul 1 07:37:08 2005 Subject: How the times have changed... In-Reply-To: <20050630223101.MVXQ11036.lakermmtao01.cox.net@main> References: <11.485b25c8.2ff5bce3@aol.com> <20050630223101.MVXQ11036.lakermmtao01.cox.net@main> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20050701065412.01b5ed78@pop3.grolen.com> Larry Lovering wrote: >I play 'em all on my Internet station. My copy of Ramblin' Rose came from >Adventure Car Hop, when my dad bought me Chicken In A Basket. Thought you only got a 45 when you bought a Ginsburger?. From news@southstation.org Fri Jul 1 08:02:55 2005 From: news@southstation.org (Larry Lovering) Date: Fri Jul 1 08:26:39 2005 Subject: How the times have changed... In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20050701065412.01b5ed78@pop3.grolen.com> Message-ID: <20050701120305.EWHJ10612.lakermmtao12.cox.net@main> The record came under the basket! At 7 years old, I don't think I liked the Ginsburger, but had the good fortune of listening to Arnie. -Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] > On Behalf Of SteveOrdinetz > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:56 AM > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org > Subject: RE: How the times have changed... > > Larry Lovering wrote: > >I play 'em all on my Internet station. My copy of Ramblin' > Rose came > >from Adventure Car Hop, when my dad bought me Chicken In A Basket. > > > Thought you only got a 45 when you bought a GinsburgerR. > > > > From mamros@MIT.EDU Fri Jul 1 10:32:07 2005 From: mamros@MIT.EDU (Shawn Mamros) Date: Fri Jul 1 10:32:03 2005 Subject: How the times have changed... In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:42:56 EDT." <200506302042.QAA24643@webmail10.cac.psu.edu> Message-ID: <200507011432.j61EW8MH014957@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu> >Last week, when I met up with some folks on a trip to D.C., someone gave me a >couple copies of old American Top 40 shows with Casey Kasem from 1984 and 1985. >It was remarkable the breadth of music that hit the charts then-- I was >astonished by some of the stuff I heard. I suspect if you were to look at a Billboard chart today, you'd easily see just as much, if not more, variety in the top 40 as what was in the charts 20 years ago. The only difference is, you won't find a single radio station that plays all of today's top 40. The lines between different genres and radio formats are just too strongly drawn these days. -Shawn Mamros E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu From Rogerkola@aol.com Fri Jul 1 14:13:35 2005 From: Rogerkola@aol.com (Rogerkola) Date: Fri Jul 1 14:29:04 2005 Subject: WBOQ 104.9 to Carry Red Sox? References: <007c01c57dac$51fc8e00$6823a8c0@Sales2><6.0.3.0.0.20050630203545.01bbae08@pop3.grolen.com> <20050701013146.11640.qmail@mail.vobbe.com> Message-ID: <003d01c57e68$99bac560$6823a8c0@Sales2> Although I think I have found the answer, the necessity of the accounts being in the area for a station with WEEI's ratings, wouldn't ring as true as removing exposure for regional and national accounts who depend on the entire coverage area they bought. Rough examples would be 1-800-54Giant (don't know if they ARE a sponsor) and GEICO (who can't sell in MA anyway.) An observation...on my daily trip north up 95 into central Essex county last night I listened to 850 into my driveway and then to my softball game which started at 6P. Typical AM "listenable" signal with some scratchies in certain locations. After finishing the game at 8p, the 850 signal in the car was barely listenable, even for a diehard AM'er like me. I went home and checked the Radio Locator Day/Night coverage maps and there is no indication there is a hole in the coverage...but if there is, WBOQ will well fill this void. Roger WA1KAT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald C. Gitschier" To: "SteveOrdinetz" Cc: Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: Re: WBOQ 104.9 to Carry Red Sox? > Points well taken... But when you stop to think about it; does WEEI really > take on any accounts from Cape Ann & Vicinity?? Probably not, but I > haven't had the opportunity to listen to WEEI, being out-of-range here in > FL, away from my ol' hometown. > $.02; > Ron Gitschier > Palm Coast, FL >> Rogerkola wrote: >>> WBOQ Beverly/Gloucester has just announced they intend to pick up the >>> Red Sox after the All Star Break....in an area well covered by WEEI, why > would the Flagship station give up the revenue? > SteveOrdinetz writes:I'm not sure WEEI is giving up any revenue. Sports > packages are usually sold for the season, not individual games. Besides, > stations must pay to carry the games...I'm sure as the flagship WEEI gets > a cut of that fee. >> > > > From markwats@comcast.net Fri Jul 1 20:55:36 2005 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Fri Jul 1 20:55:33 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon Message-ID: <001f01c57ea0$c487d2f0$6f918318@Mark> Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 Nashua) has been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to Absolute Broadcasting, who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas Monahan, head of Absolute Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to keep WSMN from being sold to a national company. WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property that the studios and towers were located was sold to developers planning to build housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN on the air again by Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site while looking for a permanent site, and plans to have a mix of local news, talk, music and the return of one of WSMN's staples, "Bargain Box". Here's a link to the Telegraph article on their web site: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050701/BUSINESS/107010019/-1/nashua Mark Watson From radiotony@comcast.net Fri Jul 1 21:58:14 2005 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Fri Jul 1 21:58:12 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <001f01c57ea0$c487d2f0$6f918318@Mark> Message-ID: <200507020158.j621wAq8021873@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> This is great news not only for radio but for the community. Best, Anthony Schinella Program Director/News/A&E WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH http://www.wkxl1450.com http://politizine.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Mark Watson Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:56 PM To: Boston Radio Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 Nashua) has been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to Absolute Broadcasting, who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas Monahan, head of Absolute Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to keep WSMN from being sold to a national company. WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property that the studios and towers were located was sold to developers planning to build housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN on the air again by Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site while looking for a permanent site, and plans to have a mix of local news, talk, music and the return of one of WSMN's staples, "Bargain Box". Here's a link to the Telegraph article on their web site: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050701/BUSINESS/ 107010019/-1/nashua Mark Watson From raccoonradio@myway.com Fri Jul 1 22:26:38 2005 From: raccoonradio@myway.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri Jul 1 22:26:34 2005 Subject: Boston Globe Article On Lowell Spinners Return To WCAP Message-ID: <20050702022638.9390412D02@mprdmxin.myway.com> >>I thought it odd that the article did not mention that there was some concern among students over the legality of having a commercial for-profit entity such as the Spinners broadcasting over the non-commercial airwaves of WUML. For awhile baseball's minor league Akron (OH) Aeros aired their games on WAPS, a non-comm FM owned by the Akron Public Schools. I have heard tapes of WAPS also running what sounded like commercials for the Ohio Lottery --not sure how legal that was. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Jul 1 22:51:00 2005 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Fri Jul 1 23:17:52 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon References: <200507020158.j621wAq8021873@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <001f01c57eb4$9c912c60$19eefea9@dstrassberg> I can believe that he will get the low-power nondirectional operation going, but I think the chances of his getting a full-power operation back on the air are slim to none. I'm assuming that he paid little enough that if all he can get is a permit to run at low power on 1590, he won't have overpaid. If the price was based on the idea that he can get a full-power directional operation back on the air, he wasted his money. Maybe he believes that he can get an authorization to move the unused ex-band allocation on 1700 from Rochester to Nashua. If the FCC were amenable, that could work because it could be done with one relatively short stick. In fact, the 900 tower would likely be ideal. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "radiotony" To: "'Boston Radio'" Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 9:58 PM Subject: RE: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > > This is great news not only for radio but for the community. > > Best, > Anthony Schinella > Program Director/News/A&E > WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH > http://www.wkxl1450.com > http://politizine.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of > Mark Watson > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:56 PM > To: Boston Radio > Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > > Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 Nashua) has > been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to Absolute Broadcasting, > who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas Monahan, head of Absolute > Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to keep WSMN from being sold to a > national company. > > WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property that the > studios and towers were located was sold to developers planning to build > housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN on the air again by > Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site while looking for a permanent > site, and plans to have a mix of local news, talk, music and the return of > one of WSMN's staples, "Bargain Box". > > Here's a link to the Telegraph article on their web site: > http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050701/BUSINESS/ > 107010019/-1/nashua > > Mark Watson > > > > From hykker@grolen.com Sat Jul 2 08:23:07 2005 From: hykker@grolen.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sat Jul 2 08:23:10 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <200507020158.j621wAq8021873@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> References: <001f01c57ea0$c487d2f0$6f918318@Mark> <200507020158.j621wAq8021873@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20050702081246.01b417d8@pop3.grolen.com> Of course, the big challenge is getting anyone to listen. Neither 900 nor 1590 have much of a track record in that dept. over the years despite numerous attempts on both frequencies to do "local" radio. I doubt that 5% of the population in the area even knows the station(s) exist. I assume "Bargain Box" is another trading post/swapshop-type show? Now there's an audience magnet! While I'm as sad as anyone on this list to see any station go away, the realist in me recognizes that it's a tough go for a signal-challenged AM these days...even one with a heritage of being consistent and doing it reasonably "right"...something neither of these stations has. I wish Mr. Monahan luck...he'll need it! At 09:58 PM 7/1/2005, radiotony wrote: > >This is great news not only for radio but for the community. > >Best, >Anthony Schinella >Program Director/News/A&E >WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH >http://www.wkxl1450.com >http://politizine.blogspot.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org >[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of >Mark Watson >Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:56 PM >To: Boston Radio >Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > > Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 Nashua) has >been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to Absolute Broadcasting, >who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas Monahan, head of Absolute >Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to keep WSMN from being sold to a >national company. > > WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property that the >studios and towers were located was sold to developers planning to build >housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN on the air again by >Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site while looking for a permanent >site, and plans to have a mix of local news, talk, music and the return of >one of WSMN's staples, "Bargain Box". > > Here's a link to the Telegraph article on their web site: >http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050701/BUSINESS/ >107010019/-1/nashua > >Mark Watson > > > > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/2005 From radiotony@comcast.net Sat Jul 2 13:58:05 2005 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Sat Jul 2 13:58:05 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20050702081246.01b417d8@pop3.grolen.com> Message-ID: <200507021758.j62Hw3mQ029448@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> I can say from the WKXL perspective, that we have seen an increase in interest in the station and the community since we dumped almost all of our syndicated programming and replace it with seven hours of local news, local volunteer guest hosts talking about everything from health to senior issues to films to financial issues. Listeners and calling in, sending ideas for stories and guests, telling other folks about the station, and have increased availability and awareness about the station. We are slowly starting to chip away at the "audio alcohol" on the airwaves and giving people the quality they have always talked about wanting. Listeners don't have to be yelled at or talked down to; they now have a choice. Will we be tops in our market like WBZ? Probably not; but we are striving to be. Will WSMN become the number station in its market? Probably not; but if they strive to be ... As well, if Monahan and the people he hires to take this radio station take a similar tact as we have at WKXL, they will probably find open arms from local government, local business, arts and restaurants, as well as the listeners. I know we have. Nashua is a bigger city with even more opportunities for sharing information. I am sure that they will succeed. Best, Anthony Schinella Program Director/News/A&E WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH http://www.wkxl1450.com http://politizine.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of SteveOrdinetz Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:23 AM To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org Subject: RE: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon Of course, the big challenge is getting anyone to listen. Neither 900 nor 1590 have much of a track record in that dept. over the years despite numerous attempts on both frequencies to do "local" radio. I doubt that 5% of the population in the area even knows the station(s) exist. I assume "Bargain Box" is another trading post/swapshop-type show? Now there's an audience magnet! While I'm as sad as anyone on this list to see any station go away, the realist in me recognizes that it's a tough go for a signal-challenged AM these days...even one with a heritage of being consistent and doing it reasonably "right"...something neither of these stations has. I wish Mr. Monahan luck...he'll need it! At 09:58 PM 7/1/2005, radiotony wrote: > >This is great news not only for radio but for the community. > >Best, >Anthony Schinella >Program Director/News/A&E >WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH >http://www.wkxl1450.com >http://politizine.blogspot.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org >[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On >Behalf Of Mark Watson >Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:56 PM >To: Boston Radio >Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > > Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 Nashua) >has been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to Absolute >Broadcasting, who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas Monahan, head of >Absolute Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to keep WSMN from being >sold to a national company. > > WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property >that the studios and towers were located was sold to developers >planning to build housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN on >the air again by Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site while >looking for a permanent site, and plans to have a mix of local news, >talk, music and the return of one of WSMN's staples, "Bargain Box". > > Here's a link to the Telegraph article on their web site: >http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050701/BUSI >NESS/ >107010019/-1/nashua > >Mark Watson > > > > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/2005 From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Jul 2 16:09:46 2005 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat Jul 2 16:09:31 2005 Subject: Jerry Williams audio clips and book Message-ID: <1fbbbced050702130968c34a7e@mail.gmail.com> I noticed there are new audio clips up at jerrywilliams.org including Grace Queen of the Cockamamies, the Pop Culture Survey, and a talk with Ted Kennedy in 1990. Also it's good to find out (via the site) that there will shortly be a book called: "Burning Up the Air - How Jerry Williams Lit a Fire in Talk Radio" http://www.jerrywilliams.org/stations.php?whichstation=WRKO From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Jul 2 17:47:13 2005 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat Jul 2 17:46:59 2005 Subject: Jerry Williams audio clips and book In-Reply-To: <1fbbbced050702130968c34a7e@mail.gmail.com> References: <1fbbbced050702130968c34a7e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1fbbbced05070214472c7fd1b9@mail.gmail.com> ..and they also put up Jerry's induction into the Radio hall of Fame: http://www.jerrywilliams.org/audio/Misc/misc02.m3u I already had saved a snippet of this (the montage put together by Nancy Shack) on a cassette, but this is the whole thing including intros by Casey Kasem and Dr. Laura. From gspatola@wavecable.com Sat Jul 2 17:47:22 2005 From: gspatola@wavecable.com (Glenn and Judy Spatola) Date: Sat Jul 2 18:47:33 2005 Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air Message-ID: <001401c57f4f$a2a20c00$c12c7118@wavecable.com> Here's a link to a classic photo, and details of Charles' new gig by former WBCN satirist and music critic Michael Fremer. http://www.musicangle.com/shownews.php?id=74 Glenn Spatola From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Sun Jul 3 07:16:31 2005 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Sun Jul 3 07:48:40 2005 Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air References: <001401c57f4f$a2a20c00$c12c7118@wavecable.com> Message-ID: <000501c57fc0$aa77e640$98803418@DG07P241> Is that not the late Norm Nathan also in the pic? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn and Judy Spatola" To: "boston radio" Cc: "Brian" Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air > Here's a link to a classic photo, and details of Charles' new gig by former WBCN satirist and music critic Michael Fremer. > http://www.musicangle.com/shownews.php?id=74 > > > Glenn Spatola > > > From lorraine6474@usadatanet.net Sun Jul 3 11:17:02 2005 From: lorraine6474@usadatanet.net (Lorraine Smith) Date: Sun Jul 3 12:27:30 2005 Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air References: <001401c57f4f$a2a20c00$c12c7118@wavecable.com> <000501c57fc0$aa77e640$98803418@DG07P241> Message-ID: <000601c57fe2$456f84c0$160bda42@customer> > Is that not the late Norm Nathan also in the pic? Yep! Is the gal Neila Smith (no relation)? Lorraine From hykker@grolen.com Sun Jul 3 20:49:06 2005 From: hykker@grolen.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sun Jul 3 20:49:09 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <200507021758.j62Hw3mQ029448@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> References: <6.0.3.0.0.20050702081246.01b417d8@pop3.grolen.com> <200507021758.j62Hw3mQ029448@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20050703203815.01b16978@pop3.grolen.com> At 01:58 PM 7/2/2005, radiotony wrote: > >As well, if Monahan and the people he hires to take this >radio station take a similar tact as we have at WKXL, they will probably >find open arms from local government, local business, arts and restaurants, >as well as the listeners. I know we have. Nashua is a bigger city with even >more opportunities for sharing information. I am sure that they will >succeed. But WKXL has been a relatively consistent quantity over the years, especially where it comes to local sports. They never played the format du jour game, and even though they ran a lot of syndicated programming, it was never a latchkey operation like WSMN was. As hokey as a lot of the programming was, at least it was an honest attempt at being a part of the community. WSMN never sounded like anyone there gave a damn. Nashua isn't Concord. From kc1ih@mac.com Sun Jul 3 20:59:01 2005 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Sun Jul 3 20:58:52 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20050703203815.01b16978@pop3.grolen.com> References: <6.0.3.0.0.20050702081246.01b417d8@pop3.grolen.com> <200507021758.j62Hw3mQ029448@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> <6.0.3.0.0.20050703203815.01b16978@pop3.grolen.com> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050703205708.020de960@mail.mac.com> At 08:49 PM 7/3/2005, SteveOrdinetz wrote: >But WKXL has been a relatively consistent quantity over the years, >especially where it comes to local sports. They never played the >format du jour game, and even though they ran a lot of syndicated >programming, it was never a latchkey operation like WSMN was. As >hokey as a lot of the programming was, at least it was an honest >attempt at being a part of the community. WSMN never sounded like >anyone there gave a damn. Nashua isn't Concord. Another big difference is that the Nashua market is much more influenced by the Boston signals than is the Concord market. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From radiotony@comcast.net Sun Jul 3 21:29:46 2005 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Sun Jul 3 21:29:47 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20050703205708.020de960@mail.mac.com> Message-ID: <200507040129.j641TiTQ041372@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Well, both of your points seem to be legit. I can't speak to them because I don't know the previous programming. But, that doesn't mean with some good press, good will, and hard work that it can't be done. I think you guys are being too cynical. :-) Buying the station and attempting to do what they are doing is a GOOD thing for radio. Best, Anthony Schinella Program Director/News/A&E WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH http://www.wkxl1450.com http://politizine.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Larry Weil Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 8:59 PM To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org Subject: RE: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon At 08:49 PM 7/3/2005, SteveOrdinetz wrote: >But WKXL has been a relatively consistent quantity over the years, >especially where it comes to local sports. They never played the >format du jour game, and even though they ran a lot of syndicated >programming, it was never a latchkey operation like WSMN was. As hokey >as a lot of the programming was, at least it was an honest attempt at >being a part of the community. WSMN never sounded like anyone there >gave a damn. Nashua isn't Concord. Another big difference is that the Nashua market is much more influenced by the Boston signals than is the Concord market. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From n1qgs@yahoo.com Sun Jul 3 23:43:13 2005 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Sun Jul 3 23:43:05 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20050702081246.01b417d8@pop3.grolen.com> Message-ID: <20050704034313.96297.qmail@web30705.mail.mud.yahoo.com> There have been some incarnations of both 900 and 1590 Nashua that I found dreadful to listen to. However, more often than not I do and did listen to the Nashua stations because that is were is was born and grew up. Even through many of the various formats, the local programing/news/weather provided some consistency from format to format. I may be a radio geek but I'm always talking up the local programming on stations such as WASR 1420 Wolfeboro and WKXL 1450 Concord. One person I was talking to from Concord had resigned himself to listening to 99 44/100% XM radio, lamenting the death of local programming. He unfortunately tuned back in late in the evening when classical music was playing, not in the morning during the heavy news and local programming segment. I look forward to WSMN's return to the airwaves. Since I'm working mostly in Nashua, I should be able to hear whatever small signal they put out. Both Nashua stations get/got to be real tough copy out here in Derry about 1.5 to 2 hours after sunset, but I just tweak my Yaesu FRG-7 a bit if I really want to listen. Nashua at one time was AM radio hungry enough to support both Bargain Box and Swap Shop. It still generated a healthy string of calls daily until it was eliminated in favor of Todd and Arnie's 3 hour live show. Oh if only WDER 1320 Derry would go back to the program they had in their first several years, I'd be happy. John B Derry From gspatola@wavecable.com Mon Jul 4 17:32:43 2005 From: gspatola@wavecable.com (Glenn and Judy Spatola) Date: Mon Jul 4 18:32:58 2005 Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air References: <001401c57f4f$a2a20c00$c12c7118@wavecable.com><000501c57fc0$aa77e640$98803418@DG07P241> <000601c57fe2$456f84c0$160bda42@customer> Message-ID: <002401c580df$ea12f360$c12c7118@wavecable.com> I can't identify any of the others in the photo. Besides Norm Nathan, does anyone on the list know who else is pictured? The photo must be from the early 70s, or even earlier. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorraine Smith" To: "Paul B. Currier" ; "Glenn and Judy Spatola" ; "boston radio" Cc: "Brian" Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 8:17 AM Subject: Re: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air > > > Is that not the late Norm Nathan also in the pic? > > Yep! > > Is the gal Neila Smith (no relation)? > > Lorraine > > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Mon Jul 4 20:19:02 2005 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Mon Jul 4 20:53:29 2005 Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air In-Reply-To: <002401c580df$ea12f360$c12c7118@wavecable.com> References: <001401c57f4f$a2a20c00$c12c7118@wavecable.com> <000501c57fc0$aa77e640$98803418@DG07P241> <000601c57fe2$456f84c0$160bda42@customer> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050704201830.02fc03c8@pop.registeredsite.com> At 02:32 PM 7/4/2005 -0700, Glenn and Judy Spatola wrote: >I can't identify any of the others in the photo. Besides Norm Nathan, does >anyone on the list know who else is pictured? The photo must be from the >early 70s, or even earlier. Absolutely the woman on the left is Neila Smith. I used to work with her. From lglavin@lycos.com Tue Jul 5 12:31:10 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue Jul 5 12:31:02 2005 Subject: What's Up With WLLH-AM? Message-ID: <20050705163110.030FEE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Last night (07/04) as I was driving back from upstate NY, I tuned to AM 1400 while travelling through Westford, Chelmsford and Lowell on Route 495. There was no usable signal from WLLH-AM, just intermittent bursts of sound. I got off the highway and headed to the WLLH antenna near the Umass Lowell nuclear plant, and the station was silent (WPOP in Hahtf'd was continuously audible). As I headed to the CityonceknownasthecityknownasthetownofMethuenandnowactuallytheCityofMethuen I began to pick up the WLLH-AM temporary-for-60+-years experimental antenna in Lawrence, and all I got were noticeable alternations between normal power and lower or no power. This continued until this morning. Hey you folks in Lowell: is the AM 1400 stick there finally back on? -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From lglavin@lycos.com Tue Jul 5 12:38:44 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue Jul 5 12:38:36 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon Message-ID: <20050705163844.9BC3DE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Watson" >To: "Boston Radio" >Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon >Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 20:55:36 -0400 > > Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 > Nashua) has been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to > Absolute Broadcasting, who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas > Monahan, head of Absolute Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to > keep WSMN from being sold to a national company. > > WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property > that the studios and towers were located was sold to developers > planning to build housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN > on the air again by Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site > while looking for a permanent site, and plans to have a mix of > local news, talk, music... One quick question: if there's a market in Nashua for at least ONE locally-oriented AM radio station, why not do it on AM 900 and keep the problematic 1590 frequency dark? Or maybe put a 250-watt NDA on 1590 in a place like Milford as a back-fill-in for AM 900? OK that's two quick questions. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Tue Jul 5 12:43:43 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Tue Jul 5 12:46:58 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon References: <20050705163844.9BC3DE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <007001c58180$b65d6c20$1404fea9@xyz> > One quick question: if there's a market in Nashua for at > least ONE locally-oriented AM radio station, why not do > it on AM 900 and keep the problematic 1590 frequency dark? > Or maybe put a 250-watt NDA on 1590 in a place like Milford as a > back-fill-in > for AM 900? OK that's two quick questions. OK, here's a comment, and not an answer to your questions... ;-) Looking at the way they operate 900AM....mostly sattelite/syndicated programming with automated controls...this owners appear to invest very little in their stations and programming. They seem to be running 900AM on a shoestring. With all of the wonderful ideas he touted in that article....all sorts of locally oriented programming....I think all of that comes with bodies and expense. I have a hard time believing that the new onwers, who we have seen in action at 900AM, will (or can) spend what is necessary to make a locally oriented radio station. $.02 JP From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Jul 5 15:46:13 2005 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Tue Jul 5 15:46:29 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon References: <20050705163844.9BC3DE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <005f01c5819a$3a9ad720$19eefea9@dstrassberg> It's unclear to me whether WSMN can find a suitable daytime site for anything more than a temporary operation. Based on the radiation in the former three-tower-pattern minima, nighttime operation with around 25W from the 900 tower should be perfectly legal. This would be consistent with a Class D AM, which has no responsibility to cover anything at night. It's OK if the ends of the ground radials are beyond the NIF contour ;>(. Probably not too good if the power is so low that you have to stand inside the protective fence around the tower base to get a usable signal ;>) But days are a different problem. Maybe not for a temporary operation under STA but certainly for a license, a station has to radiate an inverse-distance field of at least 140.7 mV/m @ 1 km. This is the equivalent of 250W into a tower of about 56 degrees in height with a standard ground system (120 radials 90 degrees in length). By my calculations, such a tower needs to be only 96' high at 1590 and could be even shorter if top loaded. From WSMN's old site, the station could run only about 25W if it had been nondirectional. The 900 tower is only 1.5 miles north of WSMN's old site. I suspect that WSMN's 25 microvolt/meter contour (important for protection of WARV) and its 0.25 mV/m contour (important for protecting WUNR) would encroach more deeply into the protected coverage of those two stations if WSMN were to run 250W days from the 900 tower. So although the FCC might allow WSMN to operate temporarily from the 900 tower with more than 25W-D, I doubt whether a license would be granted for 250W-D or anything close. Since finding a site for a DA sounds like a completely forlorn hope, WSMN's best hope would appear to be to find an existing tower (cell tower) in or near the north end of Nashua, get permission from the tower owner to add a skirt-fed Folded Uniple antenna to the tower and hope that 250W-D or thereabouts would work put the requisite signal over Nashua while reducing interference to WARV and WUNR. Alternatively, two 100' towers somewhere in South Nashua might be satisfactory if a site could be found where the neighbors didn't hold up the project for years. Such an operation would have a reasonable chance of being allowed enough daytime power to actually cover Nashua with the requisite 5 mV/m daytime signal. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Glavin" To: "Mark Watson" ; "Boston Radio" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: Re: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mark Watson" > >To: "Boston Radio" > >Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > >Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 20:55:36 -0400 > > > > > Today's (7/1) Nashua NH Telegraph reports that WSMN (1590 > > Nashua) has been sold by current owners WSMN Broadcasting LLC to > > Absolute Broadcasting, who also own WSNH (900 Nashua). Thomas > > Monahan, head of Absolute Broadcasting, sais he pursued the sale to > > keep WSMN from being sold to a national company. > > > > WSMN has been dark since Jan. 31 after the W.Hollis St. property > > that the studios and towers were located was sold to developers > > planning to build housing on the land. Monahan hopes to have WSMN > > on the air again by Aug.15th. from a temporary transmitter site > > while looking for a permanent site, and plans to have a mix of > > local news, talk, music... > > One quick question: if there's a market in Nashua for at > least ONE locally-oriented AM radio station, why not do > it on AM 900 and keep the problematic 1590 frequency dark? > Or maybe put a 250-watt NDA on 1590 in a place like Milford as a > back-fill-in > for AM 900? OK that's two quick questions. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. > http://datingsearch.lycos.com > > From scott@fybush.com Tue Jul 5 16:33:50 2005 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Tue Jul 5 16:33:07 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon In-Reply-To: <005f01c5819a$3a9ad720$19eefea9@dstrassberg> References: <20050705163844.9BC3DE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20050705163115.04113a30@gwind.pair.com> >So although the FCC might allow WSMN to operate temporarily >from the 900 tower with more than 25W-D, I doubt whether a license would be >granted for 250W-D or anything close. Since finding a site for a DA sounds >like a completely forlorn hope, WSMN's best hope would appear to be to find >an existing tower (cell tower) in or near the north end of Nashua, get >permission from the tower owner to add a skirt-fed Folded Uniple antenna to >the tower and hope that 250W-D or thereabouts would work put the requisite >signal over Nashua while reducing interference to WARV and WUNR. >Alternatively, two 100' towers somewhere in South Nashua might be >satisfactory if a site could be found where the neighbors didn't hold up the >project for years. Such an operation would have a reasonable chance of being >allowed enough daytime power to actually cover Nashua with the requisite 5 >mV/m daytime signal. One wonders whether Mr. Monaghan has anyone experienced enough in the ways of AM radio to counsel him as well as Dan is doing right here, or whether he's spending the $300K on the theory that losing the three-tower array is no big deal. Dan, isn't the 1580 Cordaville app also a concern here, since (as long as it's alive) it limits WSMN's 0.25 mV contour in that direction as well? And changing COL to, say, Hudson might have been a possibility once - but it requires the sort of major-change window that came and went a year ago and isn't likely to come around again for a while... s From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Jul 5 17:20:42 2005 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Tue Jul 5 17:20:51 2005 Subject: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon References: <20050705163844.9BC3DE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20050705163115.04113a30@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <009701c581a7$6bd6fbe0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> I suspected that Cordville's proposed 1 kW ND day operation could kill the Cordaville app as long as WSMN remained licensed, but maybe not. The distance from Cordaville to WSMN's old site is 31.6 miles. I bet Cordaville's 0.25 mV/m would be no more than 20 miles from its site, leaving more than 10 miles for WSMN's old signal to the southwest to drop down to 0.25 mV/m. I don't think Cordaville had any problem with the old WSMN. A site five miles to the north of the old WSMN site would probably be three miles further from Cordaville, so a 250W ND signal might fit there, although it would be a tighter squeeze than it would have been if the old WSMN had remained. A stronger signal from a two-tower array beamed north from S Nashua might also fit. But realistically, I doubt whether Cordaville will ever be built because of the minimal chance that there a site with the correct shape and size that is large enough for six towers and is so situated as to allow proper coverage of the COL. Can such a site a) be found at all, b) get the neighbors' and the town's approval, and, c) given real-estate prices in MetroWest, fit the applicant's budget--or any reasonable budget? I guess that the chances of affirmative answers to all of these questions are just a skosh higher than the possibility of affirmative answers to the same questions about Langer's proposed move of 650 to Lex,,, err, Foxboro. In a posting elsewhere, I put the chances of the 650 move at 0.01%. However, at least there is a need for the Cordaville station if it could be built: Portuguese 24/7. As for the WSRO move, Alex is not stupid; what could he have been thinking? Besides requiring land that could easily cost well over $10 million, what purpose would the station serve--a replacement for WDIS, maybe? Oh, if WVBF does attempt to focus on Taunton as a replacement for WPEP, maybe WSRO could take over the talking books ;>) -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush" To: "Dan Strassberg" ; "Laurence Glavin" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:33 PM Subject: Re: WSMN Sold And Expected Back On The Air Soon > > >So although the FCC might allow WSMN to operate temporarily > >from the 900 tower with more than 25W-D, I doubt whether a license would be > >granted for 250W-D or anything close. Since finding a site for a DA sounds > >like a completely forlorn hope, WSMN's best hope would appear to be to find > >an existing tower (cell tower) in or near the north end of Nashua, get > >permission from the tower owner to add a skirt-fed Folded Uniple antenna to > >the tower and hope that 250W-D or thereabouts would work put the requisite > >signal over Nashua while reducing interference to WARV and WUNR. > >Alternatively, two 100' towers somewhere in South Nashua might be > >satisfactory if a site could be found where the neighbors didn't hold up the > >project for years. Such an operation would have a reasonable chance of being > >allowed enough daytime power to actually cover Nashua with the requisite 5 > >mV/m daytime signal. > > One wonders whether Mr. Monaghan has anyone experienced enough in the ways > of AM radio to counsel him as well as Dan is doing right here, or whether > he's spending the $300K on the theory that losing the three-tower array is > no big deal. > > Dan, isn't the 1580 Cordaville app also a concern here, since (as long as > it's alive) it limits WSMN's 0.25 mV contour in that direction as well? > > And changing COL to, say, Hudson might have been a possibility once - but > it requires the sort of major-change window that came and went a year ago > and isn't likely to come around again for a while... > > s > From markwats@comcast.net Tue Jul 5 18:05:03 2005 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Tue Jul 5 18:04:55 2005 Subject: What's Up With WLLH-AM? References: <20050705163110.030FEE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <001001c581ad$9a0e9760$6f918318@Mark> Laurence Glavin wrote: > Hey you folks in Lowell: is the AM 1400 stick there finally > back on? Not as of 6:04 PM as I type and post this. Mark Watson From escapen@msn.com Mon Jul 4 18:56:37 2005 From: escapen@msn.com (Stephen Capen) Date: Wed Jul 6 12:17:36 2005 Subject: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air References: <001401c57f4f$a2a20c00$c12c7118@wavecable.com><000501c57fc0$aa77e640$98803418@DG07P241><000601c57fe2$456f84c0$160bda42@customer> <002401c580df$ea12f360$c12c7118@wavecable.com> Message-ID: I do believe that is Neila Smith (promo person?) and behind Charles is David Bieber. You can email Charles at the Mana'o Radio web site. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: Glenn and Judy Spatola To: Lorraine Smith ; Paul B. Currier ; boston radio Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: Re: Charles Laquidara Back on the Air I can't identify any of the others in the photo. Besides Norm Nathan, does anyone on the list know who else is pictured? The photo must be from the early 70s, or even earlier. From lglavin@lycos.com Wed Jul 6 13:45:11 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed Jul 6 13:45:05 2005 Subject: What's Up With WLLH-AM? Message-ID: <20050706174511.5177BE5BC9@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Watson" To: "Laurence Glavin" , boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: What's Up With WLLH-AM? Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:05:03 -0400 > > Laurence Glavin wrote: > > > Hey you folks in Lowell: is the AM 1400 stick there finally > back on? > > Not as of 6:04 PM as I type and post this. > > Mark Watson As of this morning (07/06) the WLLH-AM transmitter in Lawrence is back to normal. With today's gas prices, I'm not going to drive to Lowell to see if they're back on! -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From lglavin@lycos.com Wed Jul 6 17:08:25 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed Jul 6 17:08:22 2005 Subject: 'GBH' Hasn't Always Referred To Boston PBS/NPR Outlets Message-ID: <20050706210825.66224E5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> http://www.njhindl.demon.co.uk/gbh/ According to WBUR's website, they're appearing Thursday, July 7th at Axis in Boston. I won't be there. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From scott@fybush.com Thu Jul 7 12:00:48 2005 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Thu Jul 7 12:33:13 2005 Subject: Norm Prescott has died Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20050707120009.034e9c40@gwind.pair.com> Thanks to Peter Casey for bringing this to my attention... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117925521?categoryId=25&cs=1 From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Jul 7 12:43:32 2005 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu Jul 7 12:43:18 2005 Subject: Herald: Jones brings Jack to Mike Message-ID: <1fbbbced0507070943126a7335@mail.gmail.com> http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=92831 >From Business section of today's Herald. Excerpt: "Steve Jones has been working the airwaves since he was a teenager. Now, at 35, the former on-air personality is taking the program director post at WMKK (93.7 FM), the Boston station that last April redubbed itself ``Mike'' and switched to disc-jockey-free airtime. "'Our goal here is to bring as many flavors as possible,' Jones said. 'I want people to turn (Mike) on and go: "I haven't heard that in years."'" From n1qgs@yahoo.com Thu Jul 7 23:33:12 2005 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Fri Jul 8 00:35:12 2005 Subject: PAX stations becoming I Message-ID: <20050708033312.20795.qmail@web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Does anybody have details or insight on the current PAX TV network analog channels becoming I (Indepentent) Network, while the existing PAX will be on cable and digital channels only? John B Derry NH From billo@shoreham.net Mon Jul 11 17:09:11 2005 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Mon Jul 11 18:44:36 2005 Subject: Don & Mike loss Message-ID: <000801c5865c$c97f8d20$0400a8c0@windhamgroup.com> Listening to the Don & Mike Show on WXZO (96.7 Willsboro (Burlington)) to learn of the death of Michael "Don Geronimo" Sorce's wife, Freda, 50, to an auto accident yesterday. Freda was a regular contributor to the program for many years. With Don off the air, the rest of the staff are holding what seems to be a wake or bereavement session on the air. Condolences go out. I'd have rolled a best-of Freda and called it a day. Bill O'Neill From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Thu Jul 14 06:45:31 2005 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Thu Jul 14 07:22:34 2005 Subject: Don & Mike loss References: <000801c5865c$c97f8d20$0400a8c0@windhamgroup.com> Message-ID: <002401c58861$2849d620$98803418@DG07P241> HI Folks, I stopped receiving messages from BRI with this message...???? Paul Sandwich MA From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Fri Jul 15 14:24:24 2005 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Fri Jul 15 14:25:26 2005 Subject: BRI References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050707120009.034e9c40@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <009d01c5896a$6d698de0$98803418@DG07P241> HI Scott, Is BRI still sending? I've not received anything since 7/11; other e-mails are coming in though. Thanks, Paul Sandwich MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush" To: Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: Norm Prescott has died > Thanks to Peter Casey for bringing this to my attention... > > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117925521?categoryId=25&cs=1 > > From wollman@csail.mit.edu Fri Jul 15 14:36:38 2005 From: wollman@csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri Jul 15 14:36:27 2005 Subject: BRI In-Reply-To: <009d01c5896a$6d698de0$98803418@DG07P241> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050707120009.034e9c40@gwind.pair.com> <009d01c5896a$6d698de0$98803418@DG07P241> Message-ID: <17112.566.343564.478208@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Is BRI still sending? I've not received anything since 7/11; other e-mails > are coming in though. There hasn't been any activity on the list since 7/11. Sincerely, Your Friendly Moderator From paulcurrier@adelphia.net Fri Jul 15 14:41:10 2005 From: paulcurrier@adelphia.net (Paul B. Currier) Date: Fri Jul 15 14:57:29 2005 Subject: BRI References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050707120009.034e9c40@gwind.pair.com><009d01c5896a$6d698de0$98803418@DG07P241> <17112.566.343564.478208@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <00b201c5896c$c51295d0$98803418@DG07P241> Thank you Garrett, Knowing that makes going cold turkey just a bit more bearable. Paul Sandwich MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Wollman" To: "Paul B. Currier" Cc: Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:36 PM Subject: Re: BRI > < said: > > > Is BRI still sending? I've not received anything since 7/11; other e-mails > > are coming in though. > > There hasn't been any activity on the list since 7/11. > > Sincerely, > > Your Friendly Moderator > > From chuckigo@maine.rr.com Fri Jul 15 14:35:22 2005 From: chuckigo@maine.rr.com (Chuck Igo) Date: Fri Jul 15 15:17:20 2005 Subject: Congrats to Pete Falconi Message-ID: <000801c5896b$f5ff9180$0300a8c0@maine.rr.com> Pete Falconi back in the PD seat at WODS, Oldies 103.3. Nice, talented guy and one who has had his share of radio ups/downs. Let's hope that this relationship with Uncle Dale, JJ and the crew will be UP, UP and UP. (and of course, in deference to my other Boston radio programming friends, not too UP) ;-) - -Chuck (might run for office someday) Igo From billings@suscom-maine.net Fri Jul 15 21:27:16 2005 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Daniel Billings) Date: Fri Jul 15 22:30:35 2005 Subject: Congrats to Pete Falconi References: <000801c5896b$f5ff9180$0300a8c0@maine.rr.com> Message-ID: <000b01c589a5$808eab90$4ded05cf@yourm3vezyx8af> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Igo" To: Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: Congrats to Pete Falconi > - -Chuck (might run for office someday) Igo Now that would be funny! -- Dan Billings, failed former politician From sid.whitaker@unh.edu Sat Jul 16 10:13:14 2005 From: sid.whitaker@unh.edu (sid.whitaker@unh.edu) Date: Sat Jul 16 10:13:02 2005 Subject: upstate NY news Message-ID: <20050716101314.o1asor4t28g044k4@webmail.unh.edu> A couple of notes from upstate NY... WMHT is buying license and facilities of WBKK Rotterdam and simulcasting classical... http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2005/07/11/daily44.html?jst=b_ln_hl and WGY has reduced power from 50kw to 1kw while they do transmitter and tower work associated with the move of studios and offices from 1 Washington Sq Albany to Troy-Schenectady Rd. in Latham (or is it Colonie?). Not sure when they'll be back to normal power. Sid From revdoug1@verizon.net Sat Jul 16 10:41:28 2005 From: revdoug1@verizon.net (Doug Drown) Date: Sat Jul 16 10:36:32 2005 Subject: upstate NY news References: <20050716101314.o1asor4t28g044k4@webmail.unh.edu> Message-ID: <002601c58a14$73a09550$6401a8c0@pastor2> Am I right in thinking that WGY is moving into new digs with all the other stations in the local Clear Channel cluster? (Does that include Channel 23?) By-the-by --- who now occupies the northern half of the old WGY-WGFM-WRGB complex on Balltown Road? Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "boston-radio-interest" Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: upstate NY news > > > A couple of notes from upstate NY... > > WMHT is buying license and facilities of WBKK Rotterdam and simulcasting > classical... > > http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2005/07/11/daily44.html?jst=b_ln_hl > > and WGY has reduced power from 50kw to 1kw while they do transmitter and tower > work associated with the move of studios and offices from 1 Washington Sq > Albany to Troy-Schenectady Rd. in Latham (or is it Colonie?). Not sure when > they'll be back to normal power. > > Sid > From scott@fybush.com Sat Jul 16 11:38:47 2005 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sat Jul 16 11:37:56 2005 Subject: upstate NY news In-Reply-To: <002601c58a14$73a09550$6401a8c0@pastor2> References: <20050716101314.o1asor4t28g044k4@webmail.unh.edu> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20050716113712.066fa018@gwind.pair.com> At 10:41 AM 7/16/2005 -0400, Doug Drown wrote: >Am I right in thinking that WGY is moving into new digs with all the other >stations in the local Clear Channel cluster? (Does that include Channel >23?) > >By-the-by --- who now occupies the northern half of the old WGY-WGFM-WRGB >complex on Balltown Road? Not sure who's at "1410" Balltown Road now, but CC is indeed combining its two radio studio facilities in the area (the WGY/WRVE/WKKF/WHRL studios near Crossgates Mall and the WTRY/WOFX/WPYX studios at the 980 transmitter site) into a Colonie office park. Channel 23 stays put. s From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 16 13:48:45 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat Jul 16 13:48:34 2005 Subject: "The Connection" Disconnected Message-ID: <20050716174845.4367586B10@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> WBUR radio today announced that its longtime (11 years) talk show "The Connection" will cease production on Friday, August 5th, 2005. Host Dick Gordon has already cleared out his desk and fill-in hosts will anchor the program until then. Tom Ashbrook's "On Point" will move from its 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm slot to the former "Connection" time period. Besides Gordon, several staff-members invloved in the daily production of the show have also been terminated. Interim station director Peter Fiedler cited cost reasons and flat ratings. Flat is a bit of strange word...did he expect ratings to surge non-stop until they reached 100%? -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From map@map.com Sat Jul 16 16:38:39 2005 From: map@map.com (Mark Casey) Date: Sat Jul 16 19:08:50 2005 Subject: Alpine Armstrong FM Station on now Message-ID: <001a01c58a46$61e2e250$89054da1@yourm3vezyx8af> The Armstrong Memorial FM station in Apline NJ is on today until at least 5 pm. Wide band FM on 42.800 MHz. They have broadcast authority until at least Sept 15, so watch for broadcasts (check their website) at at various times during this summer. Mark Casey K1MAP Hampden, Mass near Springfield From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sat Jul 16 22:20:37 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sat Jul 16 22:52:23 2005 Subject: Alpine Armstrong FM Station on now In-Reply-To: <001a01c58a46$61e2e250$89054da1@yourm3vezyx8af> Message-ID: <42D98835.26903.700A73@localhost> On 16 Jul 2005 at 16:38, Mark Casey wrote: > The Armstrong Memorial FM station in Apline NJ is on today until at > least 5 pm. Wide band FM on 42.800 MHz. They have broadcast authority > until at least Sept 15, so watch for broadcasts (check their website) > at at various times during this summer. Now if there were any receivers around that could pick up the signal ... -- 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 jjlehmann@comcast.net Sat Jul 16 23:08:51 2005 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Sat Jul 16 23:41:39 2005 Subject: Alpine Armstrong FM Station on now In-Reply-To: <42D98835.26903.700A73@localhost> Message-ID: <200507170341.j6H3fs0D042449@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> Any scanner should be able to pick it up. It might be a little distorted, but you'd hear it if you were close enough. Some scanners even have Wide FM mode in them. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA >-----Original Message----- >From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston- >radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of A. Joseph Ross >Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 10:21 PM >To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org; Mark Casey >Subject: Re: Alpine Armstrong FM Station on now > >On 16 Jul 2005 at 16:38, Mark Casey wrote: > >> The Armstrong Memorial FM station in Apline NJ is on today until at >> least 5 pm. Wide band FM on 42.800 MHz. They have broadcast authority >> until at least Sept 15, so watch for broadcasts (check their website) >> at at various times during this summer. > >Now if there were any receivers around that could pick up the signal ... > >-- >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 chuckigo@maine.rr.com Sun Jul 17 18:00:02 2005 From: chuckigo@maine.rr.com (Chuck Igo) Date: Sun Jul 17 18:51:38 2005 Subject: Persky Back Monday 7/18 Message-ID: <000001c58b1a$e2c68a00$0300a8c0@maine.rr.com> According to the Portland Press Herald, and Mark himself, Mark Persky will join the morning show on 107.5 WFNK starting tomorrow morning, joining morning host Bill Fox and Kelly Price for a fun-loving free-for-all. As I told Mark, have fun and do well, but not too well. We both shared a laugh of how he's basically returning to the scene of the crime at 107 & a half... Which in itself is funny as for years we all heard "It's The Blimp, Frank, it's the Blimp!" (thanks to the great Prophet Captain Beefhart) - -Chuck Igo From lglavin@lycos.com Mon Jul 18 17:14:34 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon Jul 18 17:14:24 2005 Subject: Globe Columnist Weighs In On WBUR/WGBH Changes Message-ID: <20050718211434.CC81F86B10@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> A Boston Globe columnist named Sam Allis (yclept "The Observer") lent his observations about changes at WGBH-FM and WBUR: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/17/air_waves_boston_public_radio_scene_gets_interesting/ -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From markwats@comcast.net Tue Jul 19 20:00:07 2005 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Tue Jul 19 20:00:00 2005 Subject: WBZ-TV News Director Fired Message-ID: <00ac01c58cbe$01a7b490$6f918318@Mark> Tuesday's Boston Herald reports that WBZ-TV Channel 4 (a/k/a CBS 4) has fired news director Matt Ellis, who held the job for about 2 years. It is believed Ellis was ousted because there was no major improvement in the ratings for newscasts. Jennifer Street, a 15 year veteran of WBZ-TV has been named acting news director. Here's a link to the article in Tuesday's (7/19) Herald: http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=94400 Mark Watson From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Jul 19 20:47:35 2005 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue Jul 19 20:47:25 2005 Subject: WBZ-TV News Director Fired In-Reply-To: <00ac01c58cbe$01a7b490$6f918318@Mark> References: <00ac01c58cbe$01a7b490$6f918318@Mark> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050719204547.02a2a260@mail.mac.com> At 08:00 PM 7/19/05, Mark Watson wrote: > Tuesday's Boston Herald reports that WBZ-TV Channel 4 (a/k/a CBS > 4) has fired news director Matt Ellis, who held the job for about 2 > years. It is believed Ellis was ousted because there was no major > improvement in the ratings for newscasts. Jennifer Street, a 15 > year veteran of WBZ-TV has been named acting news director. I saw the same thing in today's Globe. I thought it unusual that they announced that he was fired, usually it's that the person "resigned for personal reasons". Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From lglavin@lycos.com Wed Jul 20 17:13:00 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed Jul 20 17:12:49 2005 Subject: Another View Of WBUR Changes Message-ID: <20050720211300.1164CE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> Harvard University Professor Howard Gardner expresses disappointment over the recent changes in WBUR programming in an op-ed piece in Wednesday's Globe. A few days ago, a link to the Globe on this subject didn't work although the URL was definitely correct. The Globe now requires FREE registration (how long will that last?) and I needed to go through that rigamarole to view the former column. Perhaps the Globe's server needs to see the registration for some items and not others. This story was made available without entering my ID and password, so it may work today, but as always, remember the Globe articles go into archive very quickly. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/07/20/a_missed_connection/ Professor Gardner received one of those MacArthur genius grants, and notice how he fastened on the excuse of "flat ratings", something I emphasized in my post when the story broke. Yes, great minds think alike. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Jul 21 18:23:47 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Jul 21 18:23:36 2005 Subject: WROL Application Message-ID: <20050721222347.4921386B10@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> WROL-AM 950, current COL: Boston, has modified its application to move COL to Reveah and add nighttime DA with 1KW; now it's applying for 5KW nights at the same location as the currrent day/night NDA operation. They could wind up with LESS wattage in Boston at night, critical in winter for that portion of the Hibernian hits that air after local sunset. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From ssmyth@psu.edu Thu Jul 21 18:27:42 2005 From: ssmyth@psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu Jul 21 18:27:26 2005 Subject: WROL Application Message-ID: <200507212227.SAA09518@webmail5.cac.psu.edu> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:23:47 +0000, "Laurence Glavin" wrote: > WROL-AM 950, current COL: Boston, has modified its application to > move COL to Reveah and add nighttime DA with 1KW; > now it's applying for 5KW nights at the same location > as the currrent day/night NDA operation. They could wind > up with LESS wattage in Boston at night, critical in winter for > that portion of the Hibernian hits that air after local > sunset. I'm confused. Less wattage? They're 90 watts or so at night. And that 90 watts actually does a good job of booming into the city straight over the ocean and the marshes. Did someone alter their application/go dark, thus permitting the application change? From lglavin@lycos.com Thu Jul 21 18:38:02 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu Jul 21 18:37:51 2005 Subject: WROL Application Message-ID: <20050721223802.42FDDE5BC8@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sean Smyth" >To: "Laurence Glavin" >Subject: Re: WROL Application >Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:27:42 -0400 (EDT) > > > I'm confused. Less wattage? They're 90 watts or so at night. And that 90 watts > actually does a good job of booming into the city straight over the ocean and > the marshes. > > Did someone alter their application/go dark, thus permitting the application > change? I believe the former 950 in Presque Isle, Maine is gone, which partially explains the orientation to the north and the change of COL. It appears that Boston itself will lie in the path of one or more of those pesky nulls in DA's that make AM radio stations sound weird even if a measuring device says the signal should be strong enough for reception. Ask the people west of route 128 who try tried to listen to Celtic games on WWZN (once again a no-show in the latest Arbitrons). -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From dan.strassberg@att.net Thu Jul 21 21:12:54 2005 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Thu Jul 21 21:13:45 2005 Subject: WROL Application References: <20050721222347.4921386B10@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <001c01c58e5a$9c0c9bc0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> It has been many months since WROL first submitted an application to run 5 kW-U DA-N (three towers) from its present ND-D site using Revere as its new COL. I looked over the latest app and I see nothing different about it from the app submitted six or so months ago. Maybe I am missing something. I doubt whether Presque Isle's presence or absence is a factor in the design of the pattern. The fact that the site plat shows none of the ground radials being foreshortened by property lines suggests that there was always room for the planned array at the day site. If so, it's unclear why the original app specified a site further west and slightly further inland--in what appears to be a residential neighborhood. I can only speculate about the why WROL would have started out with a proposal for such a site with lower power. Although the day site appears to be an odd choice for the proposed night operation--essentially the entire night signal goes right out over water and doesn't encounter land until Provincetown and then maybe Bermuda--the salt water is a cure for pretty much whatever might ail this proposal (except maybe for a big northeaster that sweeps the entire array and transmitter building out to sea). The 37.5 mV/m NIF contour doesn't quite kiss the shoreline in Dorchester, but 37.5 mV/m can't be realistic. The real NIF number must be a LOT lower. Here in Arlington Heights, with no particular benefit from the salt water, I don't think we get even 1 mV/m nights, yet the WROL signal is almost invariably quite listenable. WROL should get some slight benefit from WPEN's night signal upgrade. WPEN's new 21 kW night facility diplexed with WWDB 860 is built and being tested. Despite the fourfold power increase, WPEN should send quite a bit less night signal toward Boston. WROL should benefit slightly from this change, but as far as I can tell, the latest WROL application doesn't reflect it. A really interesting question is whether, once this app is approved, Salem will then start work on a proposal to move WTTT to the WROL site. A night diplex with WROL looks easy. The 950 and 1150 patterns are nearly identical. Technically, WTTT could probably use the Saugus site by day too, but not unless Industrie Canada can be persuaded to delete the international notification of the long unused (20 years?) 1150 facilities of CHSJ Saint John NB. Such a deletion would be a rare event indeed, but maybe Salem's power of prayer is influential; in an almost unprecedented move, Canada deleted an allocation for an unbuilt 1160 station in North Bay ON to make room for Salem's recent night upgrade of its WYLL Chicago. Protecting second-adjacent WFPB 1170 Orleans would not be a problem; a suitable pattern could be synthesized using only two of WROL's proposed three towers. WMRD Middletown CT is a question mark, though. It might have to go to make a daytime move of 1150 possible. If WMRD and the ghost of CHSJ can be exorcised from 1150, WTTT could probably get 10 kW-D quite easily from this very advantageous site. Moving WTTT to the Saugus site, which Salem owns, would save Salem the rent on WTTT's Lexington site and would clear the way for WKOX to move to Lexington. 1150 and 1200 are too close in frequency for a diplex, but if WTTT were gone, WKOX could run 50 kW-D/5 kW-N from the three existing Lexington towers, (just barely) delivering enough of a nighttime signal to Newton to meet FCC requirements for coverage of WKOX's new COL and also delivering enough night signal to downtown Boston to meet Clear Channel's requirements for at least 10 mV/m in the downtown area of the market's principal community. With reasonable luck, WKOX could move to Lexington in, say, five years ;>) Will the US still be using the AM band for audio broadcasting in five years? -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Glavin" To: Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: WROL Application > WROL-AM 950, current COL: Boston, has modified its application to > move COL to Reveah and add nighttime DA with 1KW; > now it's applying for 5KW nights at the same location > as the currrent day/night NDA operation. They could wind > up with LESS wattage in Boston at night, critical in winter for > that portion of the Hibernian hits that air after local > sunset. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. > http://datingsearch.lycos.com > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Jul 21 22:45:21 2005 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (dlh@donnahalper.com) Date: Thu Jul 21 22:45:19 2005 Subject: News about Air America Message-ID: <200507220245.j6M2jLdp027127@mail10.atl.registeredsite.com> I tried to send this before, but my computer crashed so this may the list twice. I'm in Minneapolis at a convention, the same one where Air America had its affiliate meetings, and I heard a bunch of interesting news. Seems some affiliates are flat (New York, for one) but others are up dramatically (Minneapolis, from .1 to 1.5 in two books) and others continue to do well in ratings and revenue (Portand). Some growth in LA and Chicago, and some good trends in small and medium markets like Madison WI. AAR just signed their 70th station, and plans to expand their news and do some other things that I cannot discuss right now... Al Franken will be speaking at this convention on Saturday, which ought to be interesting. From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Jul 21 23:14:00 2005 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (dlh@donnahalper.com) Date: Thu Jul 21 23:13:59 2005 Subject: News about Air America Message-ID: <200507220314.j6M3E0Ge005568@mail4.atl.registeredsite.com> I also notice that everyone in an executive position at AAR now is a radio person, which is good because they understand what needs to be done. The network has gone through a year of growing pains, but affiliates I talked to were still very enthusiastic and many say they are making money, which they weren't before. Some other news--certain AAR markets are developing their own live and local shows so that when Al or Randi or whoever isn't around, the station can still have live talent. So, that's what is going on with AAR-- can they fix the ratings in NY and fix the cities where they have poor signals? Does progressive talk have a future? Only time will tell, but they now have 70 affiliates and some markets are seeing a lot of growth, as I said before. So we shall see. From hykker@grolen.com Fri Jul 22 07:27:58 2005 From: hykker@grolen.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Fri Jul 22 07:28:24 2005 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <200507220314.j6M3E0Ge005568@mail4.atl.registeredsite.com> References: <200507220314.j6M3E0Ge005568@mail4.atl.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20050722071719.01b9b020@pop3.grolen.com> dlh@donnahalper.com wrote: >So, that's what is going on with AAR-- can they fix the ratings in NY and >fix the cities where they have poor signals? Does progressive talk have a >future? Only time will tell, but they now have 70 affiliates and some >markets are seeing a lot of growth, as I said before. Since most of the stations AA is on were long-time market dogs, there is nowhere to go but up. What I'm wondering is if extreme partisan "rant & rave" talk (of both the left and right) has begun to wear out its welcome. I can't be the only one who's bored with politics, and that's seems to be about all there is on talk radio these days. From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Jul 22 13:12:26 2005 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (dlh@donnahalper.com) Date: Fri Jul 22 13:12:23 2005 Subject: News about Air America Message-ID: <200507221712.j6MHCbJR031311@mail2.atl.registeredsite.com> Steve wrote-- > What I'm wondering is if extreme partisan "rant & > rave" talk (of both the left and right) has begun to wear out its > welcome. I can't be the only one who's bored with politics, and that's > seems to be about all there is on talk radio these days. Amen!!! I think the polarised ranting is tedious. I wish we had more debate and discussion and less ranting... From radiotony@comcast.net Fri Jul 22 14:24:27 2005 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Fri Jul 22 14:24:27 2005 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <200507221712.j6MHCbJR031311@mail2.atl.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <200507221824.j6MIOOAo032674@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Hi all, I'm personally not "bored with politics," as much as I'm bored with politics being discussed in an abrasive and fraudulent manner. Actually, thinking about it now, I can't believe I just wrote that because I too can be an intense person in my writing, which is different than the hot medium of radio. I miss the days of the conversation. One of the great things about Bruds [RIP] was even though he was totally in right field on some issues, he was still enjoyable to listen to. I could listen to him even if I didn't agree with him. It was like taking a class; ditto Jerry Williams [RIP]. I used to love Howie Carr and the other day while on the Cape I tried listening to him and it was unbearable. He used to be so funny and now it is just whining. The Republicans control everything and he is whining about welfare. I thought I was in a time zone. During the first years of the Clinton administration, I used to listen to Rush and found it funny even if I didn't agree with him. I also liked listening to Chuck Harder because he was talking about a lot of important issues that I cared about, like personal privacy and trade. But some of the same problems with Clinton have occurred under Bush 2 and instead of just telling the truth about it, most conservative syndicated hosts just lie. The majority of talk hosts would rather protect their ideology than tell folks the honest truth about problems going on in our nation. It really is a travesty. Best, Anthony Schinella Program Director/News/A&E WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH http://www.wkxl1450.com http://politizine.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of dlh@donnahalper.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 1:12 PM To: SteveOrdinetz; boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: Re: News about Air America Steve wrote-- > What I'm wondering is if extreme partisan "rant & rave" talk (of both > the left and right) has begun to wear out its welcome. I can't be the > only one who's bored with politics, and that's > seems to be about all there is on talk radio these days. Amen!!! I think the polarised ranting is tedious. I wish we had more debate and discussion and less ranting... From radiotony@comcast.net Fri Jul 22 14:28:35 2005 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Fri Jul 22 14:28:33 2005 Subject: Did anyone see this article on the new ratings system? Message-ID: <200507221828.j6MISUGp032705@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> In a nutshell, radio ads are flat and advertisers want a better way of tracking listenership. "The new study, conducted by Forrester Research and commissioned by the Radio Advertising Bureau, explored how Arbitron Inc's Portable People Meter electronic ratings service, now being tested in Houston, would affect the $20 billion radio industry as it struggles against increased competition from satellite radio, iPods and other devices." Here is the link: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005072102240002230528 &dt=20050721022400&w=RTR&coview Best, Anthony Schinella Program Director/News/A&E WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH http://www.wkxl1450.com http://politizine.blogspot.com From lglavin@lycos.com Fri Jul 22 17:50:50 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:50:50 -0500 Subject: No IBOC On WMKI-AM Message-ID: <20050722215050.4005AE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://lists.BostonRadio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/attachments/20050722/a2b54b98/attachment.ksh From lspin@comcast.net Sat Jul 23 09:44:17 2005 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:44:17 -0400 Subject: Donna and Rush? In-Reply-To: <200507220314.j6M3E0Ge005568@mail4.atl.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <200507231344.j6NDiDhl021442@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Donna, did you ever work at a station in Cleveland, WMMS "The Buzzard," back in 1974? I have come across a recording of a live concert featuring the band Rush, and the DJ at the studio was interviewing a Donna Halper about the 'buzz' around this new band. Just wondering. -Lou From radiotony@comcast.net Sat Jul 23 17:43:02 2005 From: radiotony@comcast.net (radiotony) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:43:02 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <04a501c58fb9$47844660$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <200507240219.j6O2JWYT024614@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Yeah, Rush was really hilarious at one time. I liked the parody songs a lot! My points below were this: 1) Bush 2 has done some of the same things that Clinton did yet when Clinton did them, it was "wrong." For example, when Clinton was nation-building in Bosnia, Hannity called him a war criminal. When Bush invades Iraq - invades a sovereign nation, not nation builds - he is a hero and not a war criminal. Say what? Clinton didn't serve overseas; neither did Cheney or Bush. Gore did. According to the Hannitys and Rushs of the world, Bush was better to lead the military than Gore. He was a true American, Gore wasn't. Say what? These comments by the Hannitys and Rushs of the world were all based on ideology; not facts or truth. It is totally fraudulent in my mind. These are just two examples. There are many more but I won't waste list subscriber's time here. 2) Liberals do this too. That's why I thought Rush was so funny - and correct sometimes - when he and others went after the Clintons. I never made a distinction between the ideology of the host. I said "talk hosts would rather protect their ideology then tell folks the truth." I stand by that - the Rushs and the Hannitys should go after Bush for the same evils they went after Clinton. :-) Best, Anthony Schinella Program Director/News/A&E WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH http://www.wkxl1450.com http://politizine.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Pappalardo [mailto:joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 3:04 PM To: radiotony; boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: Re: Re: News about Air America > ...instead of just telling the > truth about it, most conservative syndicated hosts just lie. I thought we went thru this already? That's quite a leap to an accusation. > The majority of > talk hosts would rather protect their ideology than tell folks the > honest truth about problems going on in our nation. It really is a travesty. How about liberals, do they do this too? From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sat Jul 23 15:03:54 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:03:54 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <200507221824.j6MIOOAo032674@rolinin.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <04a501c58fb9$47844660$1404fea9@xyz> > I used to listen to Rush and found it funny even > if I didn't agree with him. Remember when Rush started? He was a riot! He used to do "updates" on Gorbechov, Condoms, Barney Frank update, etc? He used to even have a 'theme" for each one. I got the impression he actually prepared these bits and they were funny! Now, even as a conservative, I don't know if he's just lazy or what, but true, he spends a lot of time simply ranting and whining. Right before he announced his hearing issues, he didn't take one phone call for a week! > ...instead of just telling the > truth about it, most conservative syndicated hosts just lie. I thought we went thru this already? That's quite a leap to an accusation. > The majority of > talk hosts would rather protect their ideology than tell folks the > honest truth about problems going on in our nation. It really is a travesty. How about liberals, do they do this too? From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 23 15:28:17 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:28:17 -0500 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD Transmitter? Message-ID: <20050723192817.9AB5CE5BC7@ws7-2.us4.outblaze.com> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://lists.BostonRadio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/attachments/20050723/cc87dbe3/attachment.ksh From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jul 24 08:04:18 2005 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:04:18 -0400 Subject: ESPN 890/1400 Taking To The Air Tonight Message-ID: <001601c59047$d36bc3e0$6f918318@Mark> Today's (7/24) Boston Globe mentions in it's "Sportview" column that tonight (Sunday) at 8 PM WAMG (890 Dedham) and WLLH (1400 Lowell/Lawrence) will finally make the switch to ESPN Sports, starting with "Sunday Night Baseball". It appears that at the start, they will be running ESPN Radio 24/7 while they work out any technical bugs, etc. Currently as I post this, 890 & 1400 are stunting with hits of the 60's, 70's & 80's with sports highlights between each song. Just heard the 8 AM legal ID, "890 WAMG Dedham, 1400 WLLH Lowell". No mention of Lawrence in the ID, and the Lowell transmitter is still off (it's been off for over 2 weeks now). I'm listening on 1400 from the Lawrence TX. Mark Watson From Kaimbridge@gmail.com Sun Jul 24 14:01:42 2005 From: Kaimbridge@gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:01:42 +0000 Subject: ToNight's The Nite: WAMG/WLLH Stunting! Message-ID: <42E3D786.8000405@Gmail.com> First noticed last night at about 8:30, 0.890-WAMG/1.400-WLLH is stunting with macho oldies ("We Are The Champions"/"We Will Rock You" [in that reverse order], "Born To Run", "Rebel Yell", "Takin' Care Of business", etc.--it appears to be a 2 hour loop) with a few play-by-play snips and promos advising that "tonight it happens". 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Sure enough, there it was (after some stunting, as I understand...I was driving home from Philadelphia and tuned to 890 just before Worcester on the Pike....Signal got better after Worcester and continued to do well on I-90 east and then I-95/Rt 128 north, though it seemed to get weaker after I got into Peabody, Danvers, etc. This was at twilight and then again at night). They ran promos for their shows, including Mike and Mike, Dan Patrick, etc. I think they may be running Jim Rome too...though I believe Rome is syndicated by Premiere.) Right now Mike and Mike are on and they just talked to Jeremy Schaap about Lance Armstrong. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Jul 26 17:41:42 2005 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:41:42 -0400 Subject: WBIX's Bleidt pleads guilty Message-ID: <1fbbbced050726144125759a2a@mail.gmail.com> Heard Listo Fisher mention this on WRKO just now, and more details via WHDH-TV 7. Brad Bleidt pled guilty this afternoon to stealing more than $27 million from investors. Details on the case and what Bleidt could face for punishment: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BOS3107/ Ch 7 just reported on it..they say he's expected to be behind bars for more than 11 years. They talked to a victim and a friend of one victim, and they said his crimes were heinous and ruined lives. One woman he swindled, said one man, "has been sick (about it?) ever since". Ch 7 said he agreed to plead guilty to 115 counts of mail fraud, I believe. From wollman@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu Fri Jul 29 17:56:26 2005 From: wollman@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:56:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Testing mail server changes Message-ID: <200507292156.j6TLuQs6051629@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> I made some changes to the mail server for bostonradio.org and want to make sure that everything is getting through OK. Please do not reply. -GAWollman From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Jul 29 18:22:13 2005 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:22:13 -0400 Subject: Talk Host Suspended? Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050729181727.02109400@mail.mac.com> I was listening to Lynn Samuels this afternoon, and she was talking about some syndicated talk host who had been suspended indefinitely for something that was said on the air. Since I missed the beginning of the segment, I had no idea who she was talking about, except that she mentioned ABC radio. Does anyone know who and/or the details? If anyone's gonna be at the Lowell Folk Festival, I'll be there on Sunday. Look for a bearded guy carrying a black Channel 7 shoulder bag. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From dcassell@gmail.com Fri Jul 29 19:36:42 2005 From: dcassell@gmail.com (Damon Cassell) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:36:42 -0400 Subject: Talk Host Suspended? In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20050729181727.02109400@mail.mac.com> References: <6.2.3.4.2.20050729181727.02109400@mail.mac.com> Message-ID: <2979f9f4050729163616105909@mail.gmail.com> According to Google News, Michael Graham has been suspended from WMAL in DC for some remarks about Islam and terrorism. I'm not sure this show is actually syndicated, though. Damon On 7/29/05, Larry Weil wrote: > I was listening to Lynn Samuels this afternoon, and she was talking > about some syndicated talk host who had been suspended indefinitely > for something that was said on the air. Since I missed the beginning > of the segment, I had no idea who she was talking about, except that > she mentioned ABC radio. > > Does anyone know who and/or the details? > > If anyone's gonna be at the Lowell Folk Festival, I'll be there on > Sunday. Look for a bearded guy carrying a black Channel 7 shoulder bag. > > > Larry Weil > Lake Wobegone, NH > > From tklaundry@juno.com Fri Jul 29 21:09:38 2005 From: tklaundry@juno.com (Dave Faneuf) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:09:38 -0400 Subject: ESPN 890/1400 debuts Message-ID: <20050729.210939.2908.2.tklaundry@juno.com> I tuned in on my way home from work Wed night/Thur morning. No audio. I am currently listening now. I live less than a mile from the WLLH tower. I can NOT hear the signal! Nice way to make a splash with a new format. DF From lawyer@attorneyross.com Fri Jul 29 23:41:22 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:41:22 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <04a501c58fb9$47844660$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <42EABEA2.21192.5B842D@localhost> On 23 Jul 2005 at 15:03, Joseph Pappalardo wrote: > > ...instead of just telling the > > truth about it, most conservative syndicated hosts just lie. > > I thought we went thru this already? > > That's quite a leap to an accusation. Al Franken does a great job of pointing out right wing lies. He regularly plays a clip from Rush or Bill O'Reilly and then takes it apart with cited facts. In one case, where Bill O'Reilly mis-quoted Condoleeza Rice, and continued to do so after his mis-quote was pointed out to him, Al played the tape of Condoleeza's speech, where the mis-quote was quite clear. > > The majority of > > talk hosts would rather protect their ideology than tell folks the > > honest truth about problems going on in our nation. It really is a > travesty. > > How about liberals, do they do this too? I don't listen to all of them, but I'm not under the impression that any liberal talk host deliberately lies, as certain right-wing columnists do. I do think that some of them play a lot more fast and loose with facts than Al Franken does, but I don't listen to them very much because I don't like ranting, on either side. -- 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 joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sat Jul 30 03:21:08 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:21:08 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EABEA2.21192.5B842D@localhost> Message-ID: <000401c594dd$6823ff40$1404fea9@xyz> > > > ...instead of just telling the > > > truth about it, most conservative syndicated hosts just lie. > > > > I thought we went thru this already? > > > > That's quite a leap to an accusation. > > Al Franken does a great job of pointing out right wing lies. He regularly plays a clip from > Rush or Bill O'Reilly and then takes it apart with cited facts. Incorrect facts do not make lies. A lie implies intent. 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. Using the word 'lies' is simply lobbing a verbal bomb into the discussion...and not accurate. Unless, of course, Mr. Franken is clairvoyant and knows everyone else's intent. > > > The majority of > > > talk hosts would rather protect their ideology than tell folks the > > > honest truth about problems going on in our nation. It really is a > > travesty. > > > > How about liberals, do they do this too? > > I don't listen to all of them, but I'm not under the impression that any liberal talk host > deliberately lies, as certain right-wing columnists do. See above. And Franken's continued blatant use of the word 'lies', when there is no apparent proof of intent, is disingenuous, incorrect and an attempt to decieve. From hykker@grolen.com Sat Jul 30 09:05:34 2005 From: hykker@grolen.com (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:05:34 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <000401c594dd$6823ff40$1404fea9@xyz> References: <42EABEA2.21192.5B842D@localhost> <000401c594dd$6823ff40$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20050730090232.01befe40@pop3.grolen.com> Joseph Pappalardo wrote: >And Franken's continued blatant use of the word 'lies', when there is no >apparent proof of intent, is disingenuous, incorrect and an attempt to >decieve. Keep in mind that, like many of the hard-core right-leaning talk hosts he's preaching to the choir...telling his listeners what they want to hear. AA's audience doesn't want to hear anythng positive about Bush any more than Hannity's audience wants to hear anything negative. From dlh@donnahalper.com Sat Jul 30 13:34:18 2005 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:34:18 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <000401c594dd$6823ff40$1404fea9@xyz> References: <42EABEA2.21192.5B842D@localhost> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050730132024.02d2c840@pop.registeredsite.com> >Joe P. said-- >Using the word 'lies' is simply lobbing a verbal bomb into the >discussion...and not accurate. > >Unless, of course, Mr. Franken is clairvoyant and knows everyone else's >intent. I had the pleasure of hearing a very emotional and honest assessment of Air America and his own career as a radio talk host from Franken himself at a talk he gave last Saturday. The impression I got from him was that he sincerely believes that liberals have been mis-represented by the media, a charge conservatives also make about their ideology. Franken talked about his life, talked about how his love for his father influenced him (his father died several years ago and Franken had to pause as he tried to tell a joke about his dad's personality and foibles-- but he ended up in tears-- clearly he still misses his dad a lot-- it was a surprising and not scripted moment in an otherwise very well-prepared and often funny speech) and of course he talked about the use of political humour, and about his faith in the mission of liberal and progressive radio. He also told some jokes, using some of the character-voices he is known for. But everyone in the room-- and there were attendees from both sides of the talk show wars-- agreed that too much rhetoric and too many "verbal bombs" are being thrown. It makes good radio, perhaps, but it's not helping the country clarify issues or move forward. I'd prefer NOT to get into a discussion on this list of which side is right or wrong. And yes, the word "liar" is thrown around too much, like kids in a school yard fight. O'Reilly calls names and uses insults as much as anyone, and yes he does twist and distort facts. So do lots of talk show hosts, and that has not changed in several decades. Now, is Franken right to call O'Reilly (or anyone else on the right) a liar? He sincerely believes the right is manipulating facts to score political points, and by that definition, he feels that yes they are lying. From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 30 14:04:52 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:04:52 -0500 Subject: ESPN 890/1400 Taking To The Air Tonight Message-ID: <20050730180452.69DD8CA08B@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Watson" >To: "Boston Radio" >Subject: ESPN 890/1400 Taking To The Air Tonight >Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:04:18 -0400 > Currently as I post this, 890 & 1400 are stunting with hits of > the 60's, 70's & 80's with sports highlights between each song. > Just heard the 8 AM legal ID, "890 WAMG Dedham, 1400 WLLH Lowell". > No mention of Lawrence in the ID, and the Lowell transmitter is > still off (it's been off for over 2 weeks now). I'm listening on > 1400 from the Lawrence TX. > > Mark Watson Just for fun, and because gasoline dropped 2 cents at the Getty station, I drove out at about 1:00 pm today (07/30) to the WLLH Lowell tower and it was STILL off-the-air. I was amazed that I got a pretty good signal AND A STATION ID by WASR-AM 1420 Wolfeboro, NH right in front of the WLLH stick near the UMASS Lowell Nuclear plant. I would have bet that the new owners, once being apprized of the WLLH/Lowell outage would have fixed the problem for the ESPN Radio launch, but not yet. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 30 14:13:36 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:13:36 -0500 Subject: Talk Host Suspended? Message-ID: <20050730181336.5C864CA08B@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Damon Cassell" >To: "Larry Weil" >Subject: Re: Talk Host Suspended? >Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:36:42 -0400 > > According to Google News, Michael Graham has been suspended from WMAL > in DC for some remarks about Islam and terrorism. I'm not sure this > show is actually syndicated, though. > > Damon > > > Damon is correctimundo...Michael Graham IS the, um, "gentleman" who was suspended for making remarks hostile not only to the terrorists, but to ISLAM as a religion itself. I understand that the suspension resulted not from comments Graham made on his talk show (since it's not syndicated and I probably wouldn't listen if it were so I can't verify that) but from a column he wrote for a right-wing publication. S I D E B A R: Graham is on the panel of a show called "Eye On Washington" procued by commercial channel 9 in Washington, DC and aired in Boston on PBS outlet WGBX-TV channel 44. If he hasn't been banished from this show as well, he will appear on channel 44, usually channel 16 on Comcast, Sunday morning (07/31) at 8:30 am EDST. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 30 14:17:32 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:17:32 -0500 Subject: No IBOC On WMKI-AM Message-ID: <20050730181732.20302CA08B@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://lists.BostonRadio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/attachments/20050730/542bc2cf/attachment.ksh From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sat Jul 30 14:18:42 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:18:42 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EABEA2.21192.5B842D@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20050730132024.02d2c840@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <01bb01c59533$28159160$1404fea9@xyz> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Joseph Pappalardo" ; "A. Joseph Ross" ; "radiotony" ; Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:34 PM Subject: Re: News about Air America > > >Joe P. said-- > >Using the word 'lies' is simply lobbing a verbal bomb into the > >discussion...and not accurate. > > > >Unless, of course, Mr. Franken is clairvoyant and knows everyone else's > >intent. > > I had the pleasure of hearing a very emotional and honest assessment of Air > America and his own career as a radio talk host from Franken himself at a > talk he gave last Saturday. The impression I got from him was that he > sincerely believes that liberals have been mis-represented by the media, a > charge conservatives also make about their ideology. Franken talked about > his life, talked about how his love for his father influenced him (his > father died several years ago and Franken had to pause as he tried to tell > a joke about his dad's personality and foibles-- but he ended up in tears-- > clearly he still misses his dad a lot-- it was a surprising and not > scripted moment in an otherwise very well-prepared and often funny speech) > and of course he talked about the use of political humour, and about his > faith in the mission of liberal and progressive radio. He also told some > jokes, using some of the character-voices he is known for. But everyone in > the room-- and there were attendees from both sides of the talk show wars-- > agreed that too much rhetoric and too many "verbal bombs" are being > thrown. It makes good radio, perhaps, but it's not helping the country > clarify issues or move forward. > > I'd prefer NOT to get into a discussion on this list of which side is right > or wrong. And yes, the word "liar" is thrown around too much, like kids in > a school yard fight. O'Reilly calls names and uses insults as much as > anyone, and yes he does twist and distort facts. So do lots of talk show > hosts, and that has not changed in several decades. Now, is Franken right > to call O'Reilly (or anyone else on the right) a liar? He sincerely > believes the right is manipulating facts to score political points, and by > that definition, he feels that yes they are lying. Aside from the right/wrong...left/right discussion... If I say today was Partly Cloudy...and you say it's "Overcast"....Would one of us be "Lying"? No, each is speaking from his/her own perspective, understanding and inherant bias. I suppose, if I sincerely believe you are manipulating the facts to, say, support your "sunny disposition" ;-), then, like Franken, I could say you are/were "Lying". When Franken attempts to justify using the word "Lie", he cites 'facts'....as he sees them, no less. As I said in an earlier post....incorrect facts do not make for a lie. (He should alknowledge that #1.) Second, be you liberal or conservative, mature discussion alknowledges that some people see things differently. Some people see facts differently, some people see half full, some see half empty (If you said the glass was half full, would you be "Lying"?) There are all different kinds of people in the world. If we are all to get along, no matter what your ideology, we have to accept that people are different, without shouting accusations at them...and questioning there motivation. Civility. Back to radio....most people said they were tired of radio rants. Accepting differing opinions without being disrespectful or accusatory....name-calling, etc....would do a lot to make talk radio much more pleasant. Finally, like I said in my original note, yes, both sides are guilty of this. At least I see it, and don't claim that "my guy" is the only one who speaks with purity of intenttion. From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 30 14:26:46 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:26:46 -0500 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD Transmitter? Message-ID: <20050730182646.C527DCA08B@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://lists.BostonRadio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/attachments/20050730/4d0518b0/attachment.ksh From lglavin@lycos.com Sat Jul 30 14:34:14 2005 From: lglavin@lycos.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:34:14 -0500 Subject: Posts Are Lighnting Fast Message-ID: <20050730183414.AE680CA08B@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://lists.BostonRadio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/attachments/20050730/8689cd61/attachment.ksh From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Jul 30 18:20:27 2005 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:20:27 -0400 Subject: ESPN 890/1400 debuts In-Reply-To: <20050729.210939.2908.2.tklaundry@juno.com> References: <20050729.210939.2908.2.tklaundry@juno.com> Message-ID: <1fbbbced0507301520780a447f@mail.gmail.com> It's possible the WLLH problem may have been fixed. I was on Rt 1 in Peabody (nr Rt 114) and 1400 came in halfway decent. Not sure if it was the Lawrence or Lowell xmtr. by the way, WAMG/WLLH was airing today's "ESPN Game of the Week", Angels at Yankees. Would hope the Yankees had lost (they didn't) but at least I was able to hear it (for the heck of it). Now what I'm wondering is: had the Red Sox game been scheduled for this afternoon instead of tonight, would "ESPN 890" have been prevented from carrying the _other_ game? On 7/29/05, Dave Faneuf wrote: > I tuned in on my way home from work Wed night/Thur morning. No audio. > I am currently listening now. I live less than a mile from the WLLH > tower. I can NOT hear the signal! > Nice way to make a splash with a new format. > DF > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Jul 30 18:24:00 2005 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:24:00 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <01bb01c59533$28159160$1404fea9@xyz> References: <42EABEA2.21192.5B842D@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20050730132024.02d2c840@pop.registeredsite.com> <01bb01c59533$28159160$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <1fbbbced05073015245bd9d643@mail.gmail.com> Yes, both sides indeed are guilty. Franken accused right-wingers of lying yet IIRC there was an incident where he misrepresented himself to Bill Bennett, in the process of talking to Bennett during the writing of his book (saying it was a book about "virtues", not a "fair and balanced look at the right"--itself a debatable claim. One anti-Franken website dubbed the comedian/talk host a "Lying Liar" himself. And it goes on and on... :) On 7/30/05, Joseph Pappalardo wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Halper" > To: "Joseph Pappalardo" ; "A. Joseph Ross" > ; "radiotony" ; > > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:34 PM > Subject: Re: News about Air America > > > > > > >Joe P. said-- > > >Using the word 'lies' is simply lobbing a verbal bomb into the > > >discussion...and not accurate. > > > > > >Unless, of course, Mr. Franken is clairvoyant and knows everyone else's > > >intent. > > > > I had the pleasure of hearing a very emotional and honest assessment of > Air > > America and his own career as a radio talk host from Franken himself at a > > talk he gave last Saturday. The impression I got from him was that he > > sincerely believes that liberals have been mis-represented by the media, a > > charge conservatives also make about their ideology. Franken talked about > > his life, talked about how his love for his father influenced him (his > > father died several years ago and Franken had to pause as he tried to tell > > a joke about his dad's personality and foibles-- but he ended up in > tears-- > > clearly he still misses his dad a lot-- it was a surprising and not > > scripted moment in an otherwise very well-prepared and often funny speech) > > and of course he talked about the use of political humour, and about his > > faith in the mission of liberal and progressive radio. He also told some > > jokes, using some of the character-voices he is known for. But everyone in > > the room-- and there were attendees from both sides of the talk show > wars-- > > agreed that too much rhetoric and too many "verbal bombs" are being > > thrown. It makes good radio, perhaps, but it's not helping the country > > clarify issues or move forward. > > > > I'd prefer NOT to get into a discussion on this list of which side is > right > > or wrong. And yes, the word "liar" is thrown around too much, like kids > in > > a school yard fight. O'Reilly calls names and uses insults as much as > > anyone, and yes he does twist and distort facts. So do lots of talk show > > hosts, and that has not changed in several decades. Now, is Franken right > > to call O'Reilly (or anyone else on the right) a liar? He sincerely > > believes the right is manipulating facts to score political points, and by > > that definition, he feels that yes they are lying. > > Aside from the right/wrong...left/right discussion... > > If I say today was Partly Cloudy...and you say it's "Overcast"....Would one > of us be "Lying"? No, each is speaking from his/her own perspective, > understanding and inherant bias. > > I suppose, if I sincerely believe you are manipulating the facts to, say, > support your "sunny disposition" ;-), then, like Franken, I could say you > are/were "Lying". > > When Franken attempts to justify using the word "Lie", he cites > 'facts'....as he sees them, no less. > > As I said in an earlier post....incorrect facts do not make for a lie. (He > should alknowledge that #1.) > > Second, be you liberal or conservative, mature discussion alknowledges that > some people see things differently. Some people see facts differently, some > people see half full, some see half empty (If you said the glass was half > full, would you be "Lying"?) > > There are all different kinds of people in the world. If we are all to get > along, no matter what your ideology, we have to accept that people are > different, without shouting accusations at them...and questioning there > motivation. > > Civility. > > Back to radio....most people said they were tired of radio rants. Accepting > differing opinions without being disrespectful or > accusatory....name-calling, etc....would do a lot to make talk radio much > more pleasant. > > Finally, like I said in my original note, yes, both sides are guilty of > this. > > At least I see it, and don't claim that "my guy" is the only one who speaks > with purity of intenttion. > > > > From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sat Jul 30 21:38:48 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:38:48 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20050730090232.01befe40@pop3.grolen.com> References: <000401c594dd$6823ff40$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <42EBF368.10501.5B3C65@localhost> On 30 Jul 2005 at 9:05, SteveOrdinetz wrote: > Keep in mind that, like many of the hard-core right-leaning talk hosts > he's preaching to the choir...telling his listeners what they want to > hear. AA's audience doesn't want to hear anythng positive about Bush > any more than Hannity's audience wants to hear anything negative. Al Franken does occasionally say positive things about Bush. In particular, he praises Bush for paying so much attention to aid to Africa, more so, he says, than any previous President. -- 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 Sat Jul 30 21:38:49 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:38:49 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <000401c594dd$6823ff40$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <42EBF369.22797.5B3D6E@localhost> On 30 Jul 2005 at 3:21, Joseph Pappalardo wrote: > Incorrect facts do not make lies. > > A lie implies intent. > > 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a > falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. A false statement which is made repeatedly after the error has been pointed out is being done intentionally. Bill O'Reilly either deliberately lies or has an incredibly poor grasp on reality. -- 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 Sat Jul 30 21:38:49 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:38:49 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <01bb01c59533$28159160$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <42EBF369.12714.5B3E11@localhost> On 30 Jul 2005 at 14:18, Joseph Pappalardo wrote: > If I say today was Partly Cloudy...and you say it's > "Overcast"....Would one of us be "Lying"? No, each is speaking from > his/her own perspective, understanding and inherant bias. But if you say it was Partly Cloudy and there was never a cloud in the sky, and you keep saying it after it's been pointed out to you that there was never a cloud in the sky, ... > When Franken attempts to justify using the word "Lie", he cites > 'facts'....as he sees them, no less. The right wing has this notion that facts are entirely a matter of opinion. facts can be documented. One can play the tape of what Condoleeza Rice said, and if someone persists in their misquote, once the error is pointed out to them, and shouts down people who try to point it out to them, one can draw conclusions about motives. -- 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 n1pba@juno.com Sat Jul 30 08:45:39 2005 From: n1pba@juno.com (Ed Hennessy) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:45:39 -0400 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD Transmitter? Message-ID: <20050730.084540.2804.0.n1pba@juno.com> I live near the WXKS and WILD (and WEZE) towers. Neither has any signs of construction activity the last time I went by both (Thursday afternoon 7/28). The WILD stick is still sitting there, now much more out in the open since "Telecom City" cleared most of the buildings out of the way between the transmitter and antenna and Commercial Street. No activity back in by the stick, and the road has been finished since the spring now. WXKS-AM looks to have recently (in the last few months) painted their tower white, but I didn't see it happening, nor has there been anything unusual at that site lately (well, some roadwork in parts of Wellington T Station, but nothing over at WXKS...). I'm WAY too close to see if there's any difference in CH signal at all, though I'd be able to tell you whether they're off the air altogether... Ed Hennessy On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:28:17 -0500 "Laurence Glavin" writes: > Today (07/23) > I noticed that AM 1430 was very weak and subject to interference > probably from AM 1430 in Amherst. No problem...I just flipped to > WKOX. But then it occurred to me that perhaps they were > installing the WILD-AM transmitter at the 99 Revere Beach Highway > site that will be its new home. When lower gas prices > prevailed, I would have though nothing of driving down route 93 > and viewing the WXKS property to observe if there was mucho > activity around the towers. Now, not so much. People closer to > Medford may want to check out whether WILD's CH signal seems > stronger. From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sat Jul 30 22:23:52 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:23:52 -0400 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD Transmitter? In-Reply-To: <20050730.084540.2804.0.n1pba@juno.com> Message-ID: <42EBFDF8.6811.847FA6@localhost> On 30 Jul 2005 at 8:45, Ed Hennessy wrote: > I'm WAY too close to see if there's any difference in CH signal at > all, though I'd be able to tell you whether they're off the air > altogether... I haven't noticed any change in the WXKS signal, but I have noticed a rather strange bit of interference, when I'm driving on Route 2 in Lexington, near the Waltham Street exit, WXKS fades totally, and some other station comes on in its place. I haven't stopped to listen to what it is, I just switch over to WKOX. I'm generally at that location once a month, around noontime, for a lawyers' lunch in Lexington. -- 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 billo@shoreham.net Sat Jul 30 13:12:40 2005 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:12:40 -0400 Subject: ESPN 890/1400 debuts References: <20050729.210939.2908.2.tklaundry@juno.com> Message-ID: <000501c5954c$4d9e4bc0$0300a8c0@windhamgroup.com> >I tuned in on my way home from work Wed night/Thur morning. No audio. > I am currently listening now. I live less than a mile from the WLLH > tower. I can NOT hear the signal! > Nice way to make a splash with a new format. > DF And how did LLH get the moniker We Love Lazy Haddock? (There were others but...) Bill O'Neill From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sun Jul 31 11:07:50 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:07:50 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EBF369.22797.5B3D6E@localhost> Message-ID: <007001c595e2$118c92e0$1404fea9@xyz> > > falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. > Bill O'Reilly either deliberately lies or has an incredibly poor grasp on > reality. And that is from your perspective. Others milage may vary....and reach different conclusions. From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sun Jul 31 11:10:58 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:10:58 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EBF369.12714.5B3E11@localhost> Message-ID: <007101c595e2$121c01a0$1404fea9@xyz> > But if you say it was Partly Cloudy and there was never a cloud in the sky, and you keep > saying it after it's been pointed out to you that there was never a cloud in the sky, ... But if I see clouds, and point out to you that there are indeed clouds..... > > When Franken attempts to justify using the word "Lie", he cites > > 'facts'....as he sees them, no less. > > The right wing has this notion that facts are entirely a matter of opinion. facts can be > documented. However, one can reach differeing conclusions from the same facts. The Left Wing has the notion that they everyone must reach the same conclusion they do. From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Jul 31 11:50:36 2005 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:50:36 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <007101c595e2$121c01a0$1404fea9@xyz> References: <42EBF369.12714.5B3E11@localhost> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050731114754.02c24f50@pop.registeredsite.com> >Joe P wrote-- >The Left Wing has the notion that they everyone must reach the same >conclusion they do. Umm, so does the right, which also puts forth the belief that if you aren't with us, you're against us. And THAT is the problem. Forigve the word, but there is no NUANCE in either side, with a couple of notable exceptions. It is now possible to go your entire life and never hear the other point of view. People seek out only those opinions with which they agree and they never even consider what the other side is saying. I see most talk shows only adding to this problem, not helping to solve it. From billo@shoreham.net Sun Jul 31 14:08:38 2005 From: billo@shoreham.net (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:08:38 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EBF369.12714.5B3E11@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20050731114754.02c24f50@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <007501c595fa$e0597990$0400a8c0@windhamgroup.com> Donna writes: People seek out only those opinions with which they agree and they > never even consider what the other side is saying. I see most talk shows > only adding to this problem, not helping to solve it. And that assumes that it is a problem. People who are absolutist in their views bear the moniker of fundamentalist, among other things. The conundrum is that many maintain that if they know the "truth" on things political, personal, spiritual, and that all other views are not the truth, then giving a bit to the other POV is akin to walking off of something of a core belief. What I think has become perverted is not that more people are "absolutist" but that people are less accepting of others with a different POV. There is a huge difference in that in terms of framing the problem. If the premise is changed to something like, "We all are locked into what we believe to be true, disagree with those who believe otherwise, but we still love the other enough to defend their right to believe that way." Getting people to agree on things political, personal or spiritual is a waste of resources and misses the point, altogether. Right wing or left wing radio has a vital place in the world but it need not be confused with the Fourth Estate. I'll not broad-brush radio talk as entertainment but it is more of a reflection of what people believe. How those with contrasting views work together to keep this train rolling such that we respect the passion in others (who are peaceable) defines our country and it's future. Bill O'Neill From rdavisson@neo.rr.com Sun Jul 31 14:12:15 2005 From: rdavisson@neo.rr.com (Tim) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:12:15 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EBF369.12714.5B3E11@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20050731114754.02c24f50@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <000b01c595fb$62e609a0$5aca5d18@tim98b01b5ec4c> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Joseph Pappalardo" ; "A. Joseph Ross" ; "radiotony" ; Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: News about Air America > Umm, so does the right, which also puts forth the belief that if you > aren't with us, you're against us. And THAT is the problem. Forigve the > word, but there is no NUANCE in either side, with a couple of notable > exceptions. It is now possible to go your entire life and never hear the > other point of view. People seek out only those opinions with which they > agree and they never even consider what the other side is saying. I see > most talk shows only adding to this problem, not helping to solve it.> Great comments above. We live in "us or them" times....which only serves to make average Americans...Democrats or Republicans...more vernerable to being lied to or hyped by politicans....and, because it serves to line their pockets...radio, TV, and print "entertainers" play along with the polarizing jive. Controversy creates a buzz that creates higer ratings that generates wealth for entertainers. There needs to be a serious discussion of problems that effect many average Americans...but, you'll rarely see that happening in commercial media. Just how stupid are average Americans? We're being played against each other for the financial benefits of politicans and entertainers. From joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com Sun Jul 31 14:51:20 2005 From: joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com (Joseph Pappalardo) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:51:20 -0400 Subject: News about Air America References: <42EBF369.12714.5B3E11@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20050731114754.02c24f50@pop.registeredsite.com> Message-ID: <00c101c59601$319f8a00$1404fea9@xyz> > >Joe P wrote-- > >The Left Wing has the notion that they everyone must reach the same > >conclusion they do. > > Umm, so does the right, which also puts forth the belief that if you aren't > with us, you're against us. And THAT is the problem. Agreed, that's why I posted the somewhat rhetorical statement above. (Preceeded by Joe Ross' statement that 'The Right Wing does this/that.......") From elipolo@earthlink.net Sun Jul 31 17:02:53 2005 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:02:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD transmitter? Message-ID: <29967632.1122843773343.JavaMail.root@wamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > From: "A. Joseph Ross" > To: boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org, Ed Hennessy > > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:23:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD > Transmitter? > I haven't noticed any change in the WXKS signal, but I have noticed > a rather strange bit of > interference, when I'm driving on Route 2 in Lexington, near the > Waltham Street exit, WXKS > fades totally, and some other station comes on in its place. I > haven't stopped to listen to > what it is, I just switch over to WKOX. I'm generally at that > location once a month, around > noontime, for a lawyers' lunch in Lexington. What's probably happening there is your radio is most likely being overloaded by WTTT 1150, which transmits from the four-tower array (the tallest one being the inactive old 100.7 FM tower) directly off of Route 2 at the Lexington/Belmont/Waltham line. I know that 1150 is not near 1430 on the dial, but so close to a 5 kW transmitter, interference from it could pop up practically anywhere on your AM dial. Also, I don't think WILD has moved yet. Perhaps they may be prepping the WXKS site, but I don't think they've moved. I was told that when they move, WILD will use a new transmitter that will no longer transmit their AM stereo carrier, and will eventually (or sooner) go IBOC. The C-Quam AM Stereo pilot is still on (though the modulation feed is mono), so they are probably still on the old transmitter. Eli Polonsky From scott@fybush.com Sun Jul 31 17:23:15 2005 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:23:15 -0400 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD transmitter? In-Reply-To: <29967632.1122843773343.JavaMail.root@wamui-little.atl.sa.e arthlink.net> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20050731172050.02c60170@gwind.pair.com> >What's probably happening there is your radio is most likely being >overloaded by WTTT 1150, which transmits from the four-tower array >(the tallest one being the inactive old 100.7 FM tower) directly off of >Route 2 at the Lexington/Belmont/Waltham line. > >I know that 1150 is not near 1430 on the dial, but so close to a 5 kW >transmitter, interference from it could pop up practically anywhere on >your AM dial. Especially when that site is also home, as it now is, to WAZN on 1470, and when the 50 kW of 1510 is quite nearby, too. What's likely happening is that there's a mixing product of those two, 40 kHz apart, that's causing interference 40 kHz down from 1470. I have a similar problem here in Rochester, where two very strong and nearby locals on 1370 and 1460 wipe out a more distant station (250 watts, 25 miles away) on 1550. I suspect those two would also wreak havoc on 1280, but there's yet another 5 kW local sitting on that channel. How does WNTN 1550 sound as you drive by the towers? s From lawyer@attorneyross.com Sun Jul 31 17:38:05 2005 From: lawyer@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:38:05 -0400 Subject: News about Air America In-Reply-To: <007101c595e2$121c01a0$1404fea9@xyz> Message-ID: <42ED0C7D.20861.24141E@localhost> On 31 Jul 2005 at 11:10, Joseph Pappalardo wrote: > But if I see clouds, and point out to you that there are indeed > clouds..... If you point to a crystal clear sky and tell me there are clouds, I'm going to wonder what substances you've been taking. -- 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 dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Jul 31 22:32:16 2005 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan Strassberg) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:32:16 -0400 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD transmitter? References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050731172050.02c60170@gwind.pair.com> Message-ID: <001701c59641$7a87fbe0$19eefea9@dstrassberg> All radios with tuned-RF front-end stages ahead of the mixer are subject to this sort of overload. That includes car radios and the GE Super Radios--as well as some others. I live about one mile northeast of WTTT/WAZN and two miles north of WAZN. When WAZN is on day pattern and full daytime power, the mixing product on 1430 makes WXKS on my SR III sound as if it's "gargling." That's because WWZN intentionally runs off frequency by about 15 Hz. That irregularity is the result of a the need to suppress the effects of beat between the 1510.000-kHz carrier and an oscillator (I forget its function) in TV sets in areas where the 1510 signal is very strong. The beat note creates nasty visual artifacts on TVs. The station had to slightly offset its carrier frequency because the problem affected TVs throughout Belmont and Watertown when 1510 first moved to 411 Waverley Oaks Rd in 1981. For DXers who have receivers that can accurately measure a station's carrier frequency, that 15-Hz offset is a strong indication that the identity of an UNID'ed 1510 station is WWZN. The gargling problem also affects WCRN on my car radio over quite large area around here. You guessed it--1510-680=830. At the moment, the gargling is not audible on 1430 during the day on my SR III. I take that to mean that WAZN is once again operating at reduced power--at least during the day. About a month ago, Jeff Kline, WAZN's GM, posted at radio-info.com that WAZN was running at reduced power pending resulution of some technical problem. -- Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net eFax 707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush" To: "Eli Polonsky" ; Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD transmitter? > > >What's probably happening there is your radio is most likely being > >overloaded by WTTT 1150, which transmits from the four-tower array > >(the tallest one being the inactive old 100.7 FM tower) directly off of > >Route 2 at the Lexington/Belmont/Waltham line. > > > >I know that 1150 is not near 1430 on the dial, but so close to a 5 kW > >transmitter, interference from it could pop up practically anywhere on > >your AM dial. > > Especially when that site is also home, as it now is, to WAZN on 1470, and > when the 50 kW of 1510 is quite nearby, too. What's likely happening is > that there's a mixing product of those two, 40 kHz apart, that's causing > interference 40 kHz down from 1470. I have a similar problem here in > Rochester, where two very strong and nearby locals on 1370 and 1460 wipe > out a more distant station (250 watts, 25 miles away) on 1550. I suspect > those two would also wreak havoc on 1280, but there's yet another 5 kW > local sitting on that channel. > > How does WNTN 1550 sound as you drive by the towers? > > s > From sid@wrko.com Sun Jul 31 23:01:06 2005 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:01:06 -0600 Subject: WXKS-AM At Low Power; Are They Installing WILD transmitter? Message-ID: >>That irregularity is the result of a the need to suppress the effects of beat between the 1510.000-kHz carrier and an oscillator (I forget its function) in TV sets in areas where the 1510 signal is very strong. The beat note creates nasty visual artifacts on TVs. The station had to slightly offset its carrier frequency because the problem affected TVs throughout Belmont and Watertown when 1510 first moved to 411 Waverley Oaks Rd in 1981.<< That would probably be horizontal sync, at 15,734 Hz (nominally 15,750 Hz for monochrome transmission). Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Boston MA 02135-2040 Phone: 617-779-5369 Fax: 617-779-5379 E-Mail: sid@wrko.com