WMEX 50 KW DA days

[Cohasset / Hippisley]

Thanks to all for the retrospectives and nostalgia relating to WMEX.  
While I was at MIT it was one of two "consistent" Top 40 stations (the 
other being WCOP) that I listened to.   Unlike WCOP, it was often quite 
usable in Central NY at night, frequently comparable to WKBW in 
strength, for connecting with Boston while I was home for breaks or 
summer vacations. 

Ah, the good old days of Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg....

And to this day I occasionally catch myself quietly singing along to the 
Adventure Car Hop mantra -- "Out on Route 1 in Saugus, come dressed just 
as you are....Adventure Car Hop is the place to go, where you never get 
out of your car."

Sigh....

Bud Hippisley

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Dale H. Cook wrote:
> At 11:39 PM 5/6/2006, Robert S Chase wrote:
>
>> I think when WMEX was at the Quincy transmitter site (where the bank 
>> complex is now) it was 50 KW DA days, power reduction at night.
>
> At the old Quincy site WMEX was 50 kW days and 5 kW nights. Some years 
> ago I discussed the Quincy array with John H. Garabedian (now host of 
> the sat program Open House Party), who was, from 1969 to 1971 IIRC, 
> afternoon drive jock, Program Director and Chief Engineer at WMEX.
>
> I