Top 40 competitors

[Roger Kolakowski]

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Roger
WA1KAT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola@aol.com>
To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>; "Rick Kelly" <rickkelly@gmail.com>
Cc: "Boston Radio Interest Board"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: Top 40 competitors


> 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
> > >
> >
> >
>
>