Top 40 competitors

[Roger Kolakowski]

I have a WRKO Golden Oldies yellow, see through LP...but other than that, I
was between Hartford and Northfield, VT at the time. BTW...there was NO
competition in Northfield, VT!

Roger
WA1KAT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: "Rick Kelly" <rickkelly@gmail.com>; "Roger Kolakowski"
<rogerkola@aol.com>
Cc: "Boston Radio Interest Board"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: Top 40 competitors


> What about WBZ and WMEX, in the pre-WRKO days?  WBZ was always the big Top
> 40 station in eastern New England when I was growing up, but did 'MEX give
> it much competition in the Boston metro area?
> (We never could get 'MEX out near Fitchburg.)
>
> -Doug
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Kelly" <rickkelly@gmail.com>
> To: "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola@aol.com>
> Cc: "Boston Radio Interest Board"
> <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Top 40 competitors
>
>
> > On 6/16/06, Roger Kolakowski <rogerkola@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Springfield was almost a "Hartford / Springfield" market as I remember
> it,
> > > with WHYN winning South of the city...
> >
> > WHYN dominated all competitors in Springfield, and not a bad signal in
> > Hartford.  WACE, WTXL and WSPR were all Top 40 at one point in the
> > 60's.  In the seventies, WAQY-FM mounted an offensive.  They were
> > unsuccessful as well.
> >
> > Rick Kelly
> > www.northeastairchecks.com
> >
>
>