WCCC-FM (was Re: Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN)

[Peter Q. George]

Hello, Bud,

WCCC-FM 106.9 comes in just fine in Westfield, it always has.  It's only 10 miles west of Springfield and less than 35 miles North from Hartford.  The AM on the other hand was always weak, and nobody listened to it.  But if you had a decent AM radio, you could hear it somewhat. But the AM was always ID'ed on both AM and FM. But in answer to your comments, most people on campus at WSC back in '79 listened to either WCCC-FM 106.9 or WAAF 107.3 (which today 'AAF no longer covers the area after their transmitter site moved).

In fact, virtually every Hartford station (Class B FM) like WDRC-FM, WTIC-FM, WHCN-FM comes in fine in Amherst.  In fact, I was driving to Amherst two weeks ago and listened to WDRC-FM 102.9 from Palmer, MA all the way to Amherst and never lost it.  Got 'DRC-FM in full Stereo all the way up UMass Amherst.  Sounds to me like you might have a receiver or antenna problem.   

BTW: I lived in Western Massachusetts from '77-'80 and 'CCC-FM was a favorite of mine. And I've been in this businesss for 32 years, so I DO know what stations cover where. 73.

    
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"

radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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--- On Wed, 7/22/09, Bud Torchia <torchia@technologist.com> wrote:

> From: Bud Torchia <torchia@technologist.com>
> Subject: RE: WCCC
> To: radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 5:46 AM
> Quoting
> your posting on Boston radio group: 
>   "Yup.  It is the
> same WCCC you remember as a student at UMass.  I was 
> 
> a regular listener to CCC while I went to school at
> Westfield State 
> 
> College back in in the 70's."
> 
> My comment: 
> If you attended Westfield State which is west of
> Springfield, and WCCC-AM can just
> 
> about cover the metro Hartford Market, and WCCC-FM can
> barely cover Hartford County,  how could
> 
> you have possibly listened to either station in Westfield,
> Massachusetts!  I have my doubts as well if 
> 
> Joe Ross could hear either station In Amherst as well.
> 
> I never have heard of anyone getting the WCCC carrier up
> the Connecticut river valley that well.
> 
> 
> Bud Torchia (who, up until five years ago lived in West
> Hartford.) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
                           "Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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--- On Mon, 7/20/09, A. Joseph Ross <Joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:

> From: A. Joseph Ross <Joe@attorneyross.com>
> Subject: Re: Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN
> To: "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@triad.rr.com>
> Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 3:44 PM
> On 20 Jul 2009 Ted Larsen wrote:
> 
> > Seeing WCCC certainly brings back some long forgotten
> memories. I was
> > dating my future wife who lived in NYC and I was
> always driving my VW
> > Beetle from Boston to the Big Apple when the station
> was all classical
> > which I liked. Their format was called "The Hot 100."
> When CCC was out
> > of range I'd switch to WCBS for all-news.
>  
> Wasn't there a WCCC in Hartford in the mid-1960s? 
> Seems to me I 
> heard an FM station with that or similar call letters when
> I was at 
> UMass then.
> 
> -- 
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