WMEX (was AM stereo WLYN)

[Doug Drown]

<I had an FM radio at the time, so I had the option of listening to rock &
roll music on WKBR-FM in Manchester, and I sometimes did (especially at
night, when WBZ and WMEX had talk shows), but WMEX was my favorite at that
time because of the weirdness of the DJs.>

Growing up in northern Worcester County in the mid-'60s, I discovered
WRKO-FM, WKBR-FM and WHYN-FM, with crystal-clear signals playing their AM
counterparts' Top 40 formats.  They opened up a whole new world to me.
Not long afterward, FM rock began to have a life of its own, with the advent
of WBCN and the spinning-off of  WAAB-FM (WAAF) and WHEB-FM.  That was the
beginning of the end of Top 40.

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
To: "Glenn and Judy Spatola" <gjspatola@wavecable.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: WMEX (was AM stereo WLYN)


> On 28 May 2006 at 14:59, Glenn and Judy Spatola wrote:
>
> > At one time in the early 1960's the WMEX daytime line-up included BOTH
> > Mel Miller and Melvin X Melvin.  It was Fenway (mornings til 10) ,
> > then Mel Miller (mid-days 10 to 2),  and Melvin X Melvin (2 to 6pm).
> > Dan Donovan was not part of the schedule during that time.
>
> I only started listening to WMEX in the summer of 1962, which was
> between my junior and senior years in high school.  That was when
> WCOP suddenly stopped the rock & roll format.  At that time, Mel
> Miller and Melvin X. Melvin were both on the schedule, Miller in the
> morning and Melvin in the afternoon.  between them was either Dan
> Donovan or "The Jones Boy," I forget which.  So I suppose it was
> possible for someone to do an airshift in the morning, take three
> hours off, and then another in the afternoon.  Mel Miller used a bit
> of an echo, which may have partly kept his voice sounding different.
>
> WMEX reception at night in my little corner of Bedford was very bad,
> and it was often difficult to keep WKBW from interfering.  Before
> WCOP ended the rock & roll format, the only time I listened to WMEX
> was on Sunday evening, when Arnie Ginsburg played oldies for an hour
> or so.  I can't remember how I even discovered that.
>
> Since it was summer and I was home in the daytime a lot, I had plenty
> of chance to listen to WMEX in the daytime, and that was when I
> discovered the wonderfully weird ambiance of the station, and it
> became my favorite station.
>
> I had an FM radio at the time, so I had the option of listening to
> rock & roll music on WKBR-FM in Manchester, and I sometimes did
> (especially at night, when WBZ and WMEX had talk shows), but WMEX was
> my favorite at that time because of the weirdness of the DJs.
>
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