WEIM's heroic effort - Ice Storm '08

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: mrschuyler@aol.com
>To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
>Subject: WEIM's heroic effort - Ice Storm '08
>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:45:42 -0500

>Greetings from the Lunar Iceberg, alias Lunenburg, Gateway to 
>Townsend.? Twelve days without power here on the Hilltop of Great 
>Reception.? Thank goodness for AM 1280 the Blend, a/k/a WEIM in 
>Fitchburg.
>Morning host/station manager Ben Parker (formerly of WRKO) and his 
>news director Scott May put in marathon hours, keeping grateful 
>listeners informed and reassured.? Longtime former morning man Ray 
>C, now the station's public service director, came out of 
>semi-retirement to anchor some afternoon and evening coverage.? 
>Weekenders and the gentlemen who host the late night Spanish 
>programming pitched in.
>When the station lost power during the storm, the City of Fitchburg 
>provided back up generators for the studio's STL and the Alpine 
>Road transmitter.? That's probably the main reason why WEIM was at 
>reduced power.? The other local AMs, WCMX 1000 Leominster and WFGL 
>960 Fitchburg stayed off for days on end.? They didn't have a 
>prayer.

Was this an UNINTENTIONAL pun, or did you you plan it that way, 
because both outlets are "religion"-formatted stations.



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