From sid@wrko.com Mon Feb 1 08:32:20 2010 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:32:20 -0500 Subject: Hybrid Digital Radio Power Increase In-Reply-To: <0KX4009L8KU8UD50@asmtp016.mac.com> References: <0KX4009L8KU8UD50@asmtp016.mac.com> Message-ID: <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC553130782E@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> "I'm not sure if this applies to FM stations only or to both AM and FM?" FM only. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net Tue Feb 2 12:39:04 2010 From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (revdoug1@myfairpoint.net) Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:39:04 -0500 Subject: Montreal's 690 and 940 to power down tonight Message-ID: <20100202123904.6ql22b2bdvoi68k4@webmail.myfairpoint.net> CFCF was a 5-kw 'er originally on 600, yes. Conus (or whatever its predecessor was) moved it to 940 several years ago when CBM moved over to FM. I think the call letters had been changed prior to that, at the time when the TV station was sold off. -Doug Quoting Jim Hall : > We had a house at the beach in NH when I was growing up. We had an old > furniture-size console radio/turntable from the 40s or 50s there. It had > wideband AM and shortwave on it. CFCX Montreal (//CFCF), CHNX Halifax > (//CHNS), and CFRX Toronto (//CFRB) used to come in loud and clear in the 49 > meter band all day long. At night, they were drowned out by the big > international broadcasters. I think the three Canadian relays only operated > 500 watts. > > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of > SteveOrdinetz > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 5:33 PM > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Re: Montreal's 690 and 940 to power down tonight > > revdoug1@myfairpoint.net wrote: > > >CINW (940) is the successor to CFCF, Canada's first radio station, > >which Marconi Wireless put on the air in 1919. The station's old TV > >counterpart, Channel 12, is still known as CFCF and is under > >separate ownership, I believe. > > Wasn't the original CFCF on 600? As a kid I remember listening to > their shortwave simulcast CFCX, I think I have a QSL from them. A > number of Canadian stations had shortwave simulcasts back in the > 60s/70s. When did they pull the plug on them? > From necrat.alternate@gmail.com Tue Feb 2 13:49:23 2010 From: necrat.alternate@gmail.com (Mike Fitzpatrick) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:49:23 -0500 Subject: Hybrid Digital Radio Power Increase In-Reply-To: <19302.13929.777379.517058@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <0KX4009L8KU8UD50@asmtp016.mac.com> <19301.61711.335250.889527@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <19302.13929.777379.517058@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <000601caa438$701ca610$5055f230$@alternate@gmail.com> IIRC, first station to do the -10db tests for NPR labs was WRAT in Southern New Jersey, which was done in 2005. The next four stations that were tested were WKLB, KCRB (Bernidji, MN), KUHF (Houston, TX), and KUVO (Denver, CO) There were other stations doing -10db tests for other companies or for whatever reason, such as KROQ in Los Angeles, WKCI in New Haven, CT. (I believe the KROQ test might have been for Harris, actually) The FCC's OK for power increases are for between -10db and -14db. Depending on the interference level. Using the NPR labs calculator, I ran most of the area's stations in Boston metro, 4 stations should be allowed to go to -10db (WMKK, WKAF, WZLX, and WODS). (You can see my complete results list @ http://www.necrat.us/hdpower.html ) From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net Fri Feb 5 18:53:29 2010 From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (revdoug1@myfairpoint.net) Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:53:29 -0500 Subject: Pacific and Southern?? Message-ID: <20100205185329.hx3wii9uia348kks@webmail.myfairpoint.net> I happened to notice the tail-end credits of this evening's newscast from WLBZ-TV in Bangor, and instead of stating that the station is owned by Gannett, it said "(C) 2010 Pacific and Southern Co." A bit startled, I went to my computer and Googled the company name --- which I had never heard of --- and found that it's a division of Gannett that manufactures wireless and broadcasting equipment. I then went to the WLBZ website, and sure enough, it gives Gannett as the station's owner, with Pacific and Southern's name in parentheses. Does anyone know what this is all about? -Doug From scott@fybush.com Fri Feb 5 19:45:13 2010 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:45:13 -0500 Subject: Pacific and Southern?? In-Reply-To: <20100205185329.hx3wii9uia348kks@webmail.myfairpoint.net> References: <20100205185329.hx3wii9uia348kks@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Message-ID: <4B6CBB99.3000706@fybush.com> revdoug1@myfairpoint.net wrote: > I happened to notice the tail-end credits of this evening's newscast > from WLBZ-TV in Bangor, and instead of stating that the station is > owned by Gannett, it said "(C) 2010 Pacific and Southern Co." A bit > startled, I went to my computer and Googled the company name --- > which I had never heard of --- and found that it's a division of > Gannett that manufactures wireless and broadcasting equipment. I then > went to the WLBZ website, and sure enough, it gives Gannett as the > station's owner, with Pacific and Southern's name in parentheses. > > Does anyone know what this is all about? P&S is a shell company for Gannett, the same way that WBZ might be licensed to "CBS Broadcasting East" or WXKS to "Citicasters," for instance. It keeps the lawyers happy and insulates the parent company from litigation that might be aimed at one particular station in a big cluster. The actual name of the shell company is nearly irrelevant. Clear Channel is (or was, until recently) using various corporate entities it acquired in the midst of its conglomeration a decade ago - "Jacor," "Citicasters," "AMFM," etc. Pacific and Southern, in this case, was a broadcast group based (surprise!) in the southwest that Gannett bought some 30 years ago. I believe it brought LA's KIIS, among others, into the Gannett family. Look on the WLBZ license and, sure enough, it's licensed to "Pacific and Southern Company, Inc.", with a mailing address c/o Gannett Co. in Virginia. It looks like Gannett uses several operating companies for its TV licenses; my semi-local WGRZ in Buffalo is licensed to "Multimedia Entertainment, Inc.," a corporate name that I believe came into the Gannett family with the acquisition of WKYC in Cleveland. There is no manufacturing arm associated with P&S or Gannett that I'm aware of. s From wollman@bimajority.org Fri Feb 5 21:17:06 2010 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:17:06 -0500 Subject: Pacific and Southern?? In-Reply-To: <4B6CBB99.3000706@fybush.com> References: <20100205185329.hx3wii9uia348kks@webmail.myfairpoint.net> <4B6CBB99.3000706@fybush.com> Message-ID: <19308.53538.262674.168960@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Pacific and Southern, in this case, was a broadcast group based > (surprise!) in the southwest that Gannett bought some 30 years ago. I > believe it brought LA's KIIS, among others, into the Gannett family. Actually, they were based in Atlanta, New York, and later Denver before being acquired by Combined Communications in 1975. Gannett got both P&S and KIIS through their purchase of Combined in 1979. (I don't believe there's any connection to the current Combined Communications, which appears to date to the late 1980s.) P&S owned KHON, WQXI, WSAI, and KIMN, among others. tells some stories about the company. -GAWollman From raccoonradio@mail.com Sat Feb 6 02:41:08 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:41:08 -0500 Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Message-ID: <8CC7516E1A70E06-A20-C90@web-mmc-m09.sysops.aol.com> Unlicensed operator Wave 87.9, an oldies outlet from Boxford, is now off air though still broadcasting online Posts on radio-info.com are reporting that the FCC showed up on Jan. 28 and the operator shut it down A man in Groveland set up a site, http://radioether.org in which he says that after complaining about a pirate operation in "Northeastern Mass.", the FCC took action (probably The Wave) The man explains why pirate radio is simply illegal but the FCC has been lax in enforcing it (as we have said before though they need to have complaints before they act, especially from stations receiving interference, plus they need to have the resources available to shut down illegal operations.) Of course several pirates in the Boston area continue to operate despite being issued warnings or fines, for now, but it looks like The Wave has waved goodbye, at least to FM. Look, sometimes these pirates may provide programming unavailable elsewhere, but rules need to be followed. I'd hate to get a call from someone when I'm doing my blues show: "Hey, why can't I pick up WMWM in Peabody today? I'm hearing religious stuff instead..." and I find out it's because a pirate has set up shop right next to us on the dial...That isn't right. From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Sat Feb 6 12:26:45 2010 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:26:45 -0500 Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye References: <8CC7516E1A70E06-A20-C90@web-mmc-m09.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <0D9F7F345A5541118BDFD8304C687492@YOURbcbbe822ed> Because he claims to be such an activist, which is good, I don't see a "CONTACT ME" link. We might like to tell him about other violators, but not by the USPS. Strange. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:41 AM Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Unlicensed operator Wave 87.9, an oldies outlet from Boxford, is now off air though still broadcasting online Posts on radio-info.com are reporting that the FCC showed up on Jan. 28 and the operator shut it down A man in Groveland set up a site, http://radioether.org in which he says that after complaining about a pirate operation in "Northeastern Mass.", the FCC took action (probably The Wave) The man explains why pirate radio is simply illegal but the FCC has been lax in enforcing it (as we have said before though they need to have complaints before they act, especially from stations receiving interference, plus they need to have the resources available to shut down illegal operations.) Of course several pirates in the Boston area continue to operate despite being issued warnings or fines, for now, but it looks like The Wave has waved goodbye, at least to FM. Look, sometimes these pirates may provide programming unavailable elsewhere, but rules need to be followed. I'd hate to get a call from someone when I'm doing my blues show: "Hey, why can't I pick up WMWM in Peabody today? I'm hearing religious stuff instead..." and I find out it's because a pirate has set up shop right next to us on the dial...That isn't right. From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Sun Feb 7 15:12:42 2010 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 15:12:42 EST Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Message-ID: He doesn't care about other violators this guy had a personal vendetta against the guy in Boxford. I doubt you will see the same determination with the pirate stations in Boston. I don't see websites devoted to shutting any of the Boston pirates down. Thanks to Harry Reid and Radio Goldfield the Boxford station may be filing a lawsuit to obtain a license. You do it for one you have to do it for all. That is the way the law used to work anyway. Mike In a message dated 2/7/2010 12:01:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org You can reach the person managing the list at boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye (Ted Larsen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:26:45 -0500 From: "Ted Larsen" To: , Subject: Re: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Message-ID: <0D9F7F345A5541118BDFD8304C687492@YOURbcbbe822ed> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Because he claims to be such an activist, which is good, I don't see a "CONTACT ME" link. We might like to tell him about other violators, but not by the USPS. Strange. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:41 AM Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Unlicensed operator Wave 87.9, an oldies outlet from Boxford, is now off air though still broadcasting online Posts on radio-info.com are reporting that the FCC showed up on Jan. 28 and the operator shut it down A man in Groveland set up a site, http://radioether.org in which he says that after complaining about a pirate operation in "Northeastern Mass.", the FCC took action (probably The Wave) The man explains why pirate radio is simply illegal but the FCC has been lax in enforcing it (as we have said before though they need to have complaints before they act, especially from stations receiving interference, plus they need to have the resources available to shut down illegal operations.) Of course several pirates in the Boston area continue to operate despite being issued warnings or fines, for now, but it looks like The Wave has waved goodbye, at least to FM. Look, sometimes these pirates may provide programming unavailable elsewhere, but rules need to be followed. I'd hate to get a call from someone when I'm doing my blues show: "Hey, why can't I pick up WMWM in Peabody today? I'm hearing religious stuff instead..." and I find out it's because a pirate has set up shop right next to us on the dial...That isn't right. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 14, Issue 40 ***************************************************** From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Sun Feb 7 16:58:35 2010 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:58:35 -0500 Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye References: Message-ID: <6AEE23F17BB14ECD876011C493FAE85C@YOURbcbbe822ed> Thanks so much. It did think it was odd. I searched for other similar "services" but couldn't find none. A possible lawsuit is interesting. I'm sure we'll all be watching. ----- Original Message ----- From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com To: boston-radio-interest@tsornin.BostonRadio.org ; tlmedia@triad.rr.com ; raccoonradio@mail.com Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:12 PM Subject: Re: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye He doesn't care about other violators this guy had a personal vendetta against the guy in Boxford. I doubt you will see the same determination with the pirate stations in Boston. I don't see websites devoted to shutting any of the Boston pirates down. Thanks to Harry Reid and Radio Goldfield the Boxford station may be filing a lawsuit to obtain a license. You do it for one you have to do it for all. That is the way the law used to work anyway. Mike In a message dated 2/7/2010 12:01:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org You can reach the person managing the list at boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye (Ted Larsen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:26:45 -0500 From: "Ted Larsen" To: , Subject: Re: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Message-ID: <0D9F7F345A5541118BDFD8304C687492@YOURbcbbe822ed> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Because he claims to be such an activist, which is good, I don't see a "CONTACT ME" link. We might like to tell him about other violators, but not by the USPS. Strange. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:41 AM Subject: Boxford pirate Waves goodbye Unlicensed operator Wave 87.9, an oldies outlet from Boxford, is now off air though still broadcasting online Posts on radio-info.com are reporting that the FCC showed up on Jan. 28 and the operator shut it down A man in Groveland set up a site, http://radioether.org in which he says that after complaining about a pirate operation in "Northeastern Mass.", the FCC took action (probably The Wave) The man explains why pirate radio is simply illegal but the FCC has been lax in enforcing it (as we have said before though they need to have complaints before they act, especially from stations receiving interference, plus they need to have the resources available to shut down illegal operations.) Of course several pirates in the Boston area continue to operate despite being issued warnings or fines, for now, but it looks like The Wave has waved goodbye, at least to FM. Look, sometimes these pirates may provide programming unavailable elsewhere, but rules need to be followed. I'd hate to get a call from someone when I'm doing my blues show: "Hey, why can't I pick up WMWM in Peabody today? I'm hearing religious stuff instead..." and I find out it's because a pirate has set up shop right next to us on the dial...That isn't right. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 14, Issue 40 ***************************************************** From billohno@gmail.com Mon Feb 8 16:12:31 2010 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:12:31 -0500 Subject: WROW? Message-ID: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> What's up with WROW (590 Albany)? They were re-feeding one of their FMs today. Did I miss something? Bill O'Neill From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Mon Feb 8 16:15:24 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:15:24 -0600 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002081315o5e808e6ek8e101860a67d108b@mail.gmail.com> They dumped the talk format on the AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to the AM and there will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months Paul On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > What's up with WROW (590 Albany)? They were re-feeding one of their FMs > today. Did I miss something? > > Bill O'Neill > From wollman@bimajority.org Mon Feb 8 16:52:00 2010 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:52:00 -0500 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <8bce0fe81002081315o5e808e6ek8e101860a67d108b@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> <8bce0fe81002081315o5e808e6ek8e101860a67d108b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <19312.34688.593785.805469@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > They dumped the talk format on the AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on > the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to the AM and there > will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months Cite source, please. -GAWollman From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Mon Feb 8 16:53:29 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:53:29 -0600 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <19312.34688.593785.805469@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> <8bce0fe81002081315o5e808e6ek8e101860a67d108b@mail.gmail.com> <19312.34688.593785.805469@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002081353o2b2f9bc7h202b4b97619f43ce@mail.gmail.com> RIGHT HERE: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=898342 I have a friend in house and he hasnt told me whats going on over there yet. Paul On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> said: > > > They dumped the talk format on the AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI > on > > the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to the AM and > there > > will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months > > Cite source, please. > > -GAWollman > > From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Mon Feb 8 19:02:29 2010 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:02:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <19312.34688.593785.805469@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <335068.48706.qm@web55807.mail.re3.yahoo.com> On Monday, Feb 8 2010 Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > > They dumped the talk format on the AM, are > simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on > > the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all > to the AM and there > > will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months To which Garrett Wollman replied on On Mon, 2/8/10: > Cite source, please. > > -GAWollman > Would the liners that have been running almost continuously since 11:00 AM today advising all Magic 100.9 listeners to change their radios to AM 590 to continue hearing the current format count? Matt Osborne Rotterdam, NY From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Feb 8 20:18:23 2010 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:18:23 -0500 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <335068.48706.qm@web55807.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <19312.34688.593785.805469@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <335068.48706.qm@web55807.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Earlier today, www.wrow.com went to the NewsTalk 590 website, now it redirects to albanymagic.com On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Matthew Osborne wrote: > On Monday, Feb 8 2010 Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: >> >> > They dumped the talk format on the AM, are >> simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on >> > the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all >> to the AM and there >> > will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months > > > To which Garrett Wollman replied on On Mon, 2/8/10: > >> Cite source, please. >> >> -GAWollman >> > > Would the liners that have been running almost continuously since 11:00 AM today advising all Magic 100.9 listeners to change their radios to AM 590 to continue hearing the current format count? > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Matt Osborne > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Rotterdam, NY > > > > > > From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Mon Feb 8 21:20:48 2010 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:20:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <8bce0fe81002081315o5e808e6ek8e101860a67d108b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <863826.99965.qm@web55808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote, regarding WROW: > They dumped the talk format on the > AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on > the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to > the AM and there > will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months Did anyone happen to get the exact time the plug was pulled and AM 590 was switched to the simulcast? I was listening to Magic 100.9 for most of this morning at my desk starting a little after 10:00 AM. As late as 10:30, I recall the announcer talking about hearing your favorite Magic songs "in crystal-clear FM stereo." The first sign that anything was up came at about 10:50 AM, when they did a combined legal ID for WKLI and WROW. Then, immediately after the TOH newscast the liners began, instructing all Magic listeners to switch to AM 590 to continue hearing it. All in all, I'm not surprised by this at all. WROW's ratings have been in the tank for a few years now, and with start-up talk station WGDJ (AM 1300, the former WQBK) gaining traction, the writing was on the wall. The real question in my mind is, if the Magic format turns out to be unviable for AM 590, what other format would work for a 5 kw-D/1 kw-N AM station like that? Matt Osborne Rotterdam, NY From radiojunkie3@yahoo.com Mon Feb 8 21:45:14 2010 From: radiojunkie3@yahoo.com (Peter Q. George) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:45:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> Message-ID: <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of Oldies. With a signal that covers the Capital District like a glove, it might make sense. Since 98.3 (WTRY-FM) really has gone out of the "oldies" vein for all intents and purposes, there is a void in the market for a station with a fairly good signal who plays real-oldies. Oh, well. In any event, considering that a good amount of radio listening in offices is by computer, it really doesn't make any difference if the signal is from either an AM or FM station. People could still enjoy the Magic format (in Stereo) on line and on 590 everywhere else. So, who knows...... Peter Q. George (K1XRB) Whitman, Massachusetts "Scanning the bands since 1967" *********************************************************** --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Bill O'Neill wrote: > From: Bill O'Neill > Subject: WROW? > To: "Boston Radio Interest" > Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 4:12 PM > What's up with WROW (590 Albany)? > They were re-feeding one of their FMs today. Did I miss > something? > > Bill O'Neill > From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Feb 8 21:48:04 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:48:04 -0500 Subject: WROW? References: <863826.99965.qm@web55808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: WROW certainly has a great signal--especially during the day. Even if 1300 builds out its power increase to 10 kW-D/8 kW-N, the coverage will never equal WROW's. Who is doing sports in the Capital District? 980, right? Nothing wrong with the 980 signal, but 590 is better. Unless there is a sports-talk station on a decent FM signal, I would guess WROW's next format flip would be to sports talk. ESPN? Is 980 local at all? If not, I would guess that the competition would not feel compelled to be local either. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Osborne" To: "Bill O'Neill" ; " Jr.Paul B. Walker" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:20 PM Subject: Re: WROW? > --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote, regarding WROW: > >> They dumped the talk format on the >> AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on >> the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to >> the AM and there >> will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months > > Did anyone happen to get the exact time the plug was pulled and AM > 590 was switched to the simulcast? I was listening to Magic 100.9 > for most of this morning at my desk starting a little after 10:00 > AM. As late as 10:30, I recall the announcer talking about hearing > your favorite Magic songs "in crystal-clear FM stereo." The first > sign that anything was up came at about 10:50 AM, when they did a > combined legal ID for WKLI and WROW. Then, immediately after the > TOH newscast the liners began, instructing all Magic listeners to > switch to AM 590 to continue hearing it. > > All in all, I'm not surprised by this at all. WROW's ratings have > been in the tank for a few years now, and with start-up talk station > WGDJ (AM 1300, the former WQBK) gaining traction, the writing was on > the wall. The real question in my mind is, if the Magic format > turns out to be unviable for AM 590, what other format would work > for a 5 kw-D/1 kw-N AM station like that? > > Matt Osborne > Rotterdam, NY > > > > From wollman@bimajority.org Mon Feb 8 21:48:41 2010 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:48:41 -0500 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <19312.52489.997671.42065@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of Oldies. I would. Nobody wants to be caught dead telling baby-boomers that they are "old". (Never mind the fact that the same songs have been called "oldies" almost since they fell off the charts in 1967....) -GAWollman From paul@derrynh.net Mon Feb 8 21:58:35 2010 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:58:35 -0500 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: References: <863826.99965.qm@web55808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: 104.5 FM (missed calls) does ESPN in the Capital Region...(I was listening yesterday on my way back home...going through Albany)... -Paul Hopfgarten -Concord NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan.Strassberg" To: "Matthew Osborne" ; "Bill O'Neill" ; " Jr.Paul B. Walker" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:48 PM Subject: Re: WROW? > WROW certainly has a great signal--especially during the day. Even if > 1300 builds out its power increase to 10 kW-D/8 kW-N, the coverage > will never equal WROW's. Who is doing sports in the Capital District? > 980, right? Nothing wrong with the 980 signal, but 590 is better. > Unless there is a sports-talk station on a decent FM signal, I would > guess WROW's next format flip would be to sports talk. ESPN? Is 980 > local at all? If not, I would guess that the competition would not > feel compelled to be local either. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Osborne" > To: "Bill O'Neill" ; " Jr.Paul B. Walker" > > Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: WROW? > > >> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Paul B. Walker, Jr. >> wrote, regarding WROW: >> >>> They dumped the talk format on the >>> AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on >>> the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to >>> the AM and there >>> will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months >> >> Did anyone happen to get the exact time the plug was pulled and AM >> 590 was switched to the simulcast? I was listening to Magic 100.9 >> for most of this morning at my desk starting a little after 10:00 >> AM. As late as 10:30, I recall the announcer talking about hearing >> your favorite Magic songs "in crystal-clear FM stereo." The first >> sign that anything was up came at about 10:50 AM, when they did a >> combined legal ID for WKLI and WROW. Then, immediately after the >> TOH newscast the liners began, instructing all Magic listeners to >> switch to AM 590 to continue hearing it. >> >> All in all, I'm not surprised by this at all. WROW's ratings have >> been in the tank for a few years now, and with start-up talk station >> WGDJ (AM 1300, the former WQBK) gaining traction, the writing was on >> the wall. The real question in my mind is, if the Magic format >> turns out to be unviable for AM 590, what other format would work >> for a 5 kw-D/1 kw-N AM station like that? >> >> Matt Osborne >> Rotterdam, NY >> >> >> >> > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Feb 8 22:20:16 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:20:16 -0500 Subject: WROW? References: <863826.99965.qm@web55808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Who owns 104.5? Galaxy? If it's Galaxy, is the company at its ownership limit in the Capital District? If not, I could see them buying WROW. Dunno whether an AM/FM simulcast would then be an option, but it's certainly easier to find music formats that work on FM than music formats that work on AM. I guess if that didn't work, the last-ditch option would be a simulcast with WAMC, which would presumably mean that WAMC would have to get rid of 1400--or switch it to Classical unless some other public station is already doing Classical. I doubt that there would be much expectation that anyone would actually listen to Classical on 1400, but it would keep the license alive. If WAMC were to sell 1400, I suspect that 1400 would wind up in the hands of some religious broadcaster. I don't think there's a Catholic station in the Capital District. There is one in Rochester, though, and it's a decent facility--the former WHEC 1460. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hopfgarten" To: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "Matthew Osborne" ; "Bill O'Neill" ; " Jr.Paul B. Walker" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:58 PM Subject: Re: WROW? > 104.5 FM (missed calls) does ESPN in the Capital Region...(I was > listening yesterday on my way back home...going through Albany)... > > -Paul Hopfgarten > -Concord NH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan.Strassberg" > To: "Matthew Osborne" ; "Bill O'Neill" > ; " Jr.Paul B. Walker" > > Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:48 PM > Subject: Re: WROW? > > >> WROW certainly has a great signal--especially during the day. Even >> if >> 1300 builds out its power increase to 10 kW-D/8 kW-N, the coverage >> will never equal WROW's. Who is doing sports in the Capital >> District? >> 980, right? Nothing wrong with the 980 signal, but 590 is better. >> Unless there is a sports-talk station on a decent FM signal, I >> would >> guess WROW's next format flip would be to sports talk. ESPN? Is 980 >> local at all? If not, I would guess that the competition would not >> feel compelled to be local either. >> >> ----- >> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) >> eFax 1-707-215-6367 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Matthew Osborne" >> To: "Bill O'Neill" ; " Jr.Paul B. Walker" >> >> Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" >> >> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:20 PM >> Subject: Re: WROW? >> >> >>> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Paul B. Walker, Jr. >>> wrote, regarding WROW: >>> >>>> They dumped the talk format on the >>>> AM, are simulcasting Magic 100.9 WKLI on >>>> the AM, the Magic format will eventually move over all to >>>> the AM and there >>>> will be a new format for 100.9 in a few months >>> >>> Did anyone happen to get the exact time the plug was pulled and AM >>> 590 was switched to the simulcast? I was listening to Magic 100.9 >>> for most of this morning at my desk starting a little after 10:00 >>> AM. As late as 10:30, I recall the announcer talking about >>> hearing >>> your favorite Magic songs "in crystal-clear FM stereo." The first >>> sign that anything was up came at about 10:50 AM, when they did a >>> combined legal ID for WKLI and WROW. Then, immediately after the >>> TOH newscast the liners began, instructing all Magic listeners to >>> switch to AM 590 to continue hearing it. >>> >>> All in all, I'm not surprised by this at all. WROW's ratings have >>> been in the tank for a few years now, and with start-up talk >>> station >>> WGDJ (AM 1300, the former WQBK) gaining traction, the writing was >>> on >>> the wall. The real question in my mind is, if the Magic format >>> turns out to be unviable for AM 590, what other format would work >>> for a 5 kw-D/1 kw-N AM station like that? >>> >>> Matt Osborne >>> Rotterdam, NY >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Mon Feb 8 22:25:21 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:25:21 -0600 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: References: <863826.99965.qm@web55808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002081925p27101a71y3325c509798ea89@mail.gmail.com> Here is some WROW 590/WKLI 100.9 Audio http://www.onairdj.com/wrow.mp3 A scoped aircheck off their stream of some of the liners and mentions they're making about moving Magic 100.9 to the AM 590 signal.I aircheck it for those who can't or don't wanna listen to the stream. Paul Walker On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > Who owns 104.5? Galaxy? If it's Galaxy, is the company at its > ownership limit in the Capital District? If not, I could see them > buying WROW. Dunno whether an AM/FM simulcast would then be an option, > but it's certainly easier to find music formats that work on FM than > music formats that work on AM. > > I guess if that didn't work, the last-ditch option would be a > simulcast with WAMC, which would presumably mean that WAMC would have > to get rid of 1400--or switch it to Classical unless some other public > station is already doing Classical. I doubt that there would be much > expectation that anyone would actually listen to Classical on 1400, > but it would keep the license alive. If WAMC were to sell 1400, I > suspect that 1400 would wind up in the hands of some religious > broadcaster. I don't think there's a Catholic station in the Capital > District. There is one in Rochester, though, and it's a decent > facility--the former WHEC 1460. > > > ----- > From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Feb 9 01:39:59 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:39:59 -0500 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <19312.52489.997671.42065@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com>, <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com>, <19312.52489.997671.42065@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4B71033F.11353.7B4B4B@joe.attorneyross.com> On 8 Feb 2010 at 21:48, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of Oldies. > > I would. > > Nobody wants to be caught dead telling baby-boomers that they are > "old". (Never mind the fact that the same songs have been called > "oldies" almost since they fell off the charts in 1967....) So you play the music and give it some other name. After all, the previous generation's music was called "Music Of Your Life." -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Feb 9 06:25:04 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:25:04 -0600 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <4B71033F.11353.7B4B4B@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <19312.52489.997671.42065@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4B71033F.11353.7B4B4B@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002090325m6af1acf8oa2d3cafbd487f493@mail.gmail.com> Well, "The Greatest Memories of All Time" as they call Magic 100.9 now definately plays what we'd consider some "oldies", and a good helping of what I guess would be AC. THey're already close to AC, they just don't call it that. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new revamped talk format end up on the FM, and the station gonig Mono. FM stations simulcasting talk stations have gotten listeners the AM Talker never had 'cuse there are listeners who would tune in just "cuse it's FM" that don't like AM. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com www.facebook.com/onairdj On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:39 AM, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > On 8 Feb 2010 at 21:48, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > > > I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of Oldies. > > > > I would. > > > > Nobody wants to be caught dead telling baby-boomers that they are > > "old". (Never mind the fact that the same songs have been called > > "oldies" almost since they fell off the charts in 1967....) > > So you play the music and give it some other name. After all, the > previous generation's music was called "Music Of Your Life." > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Feb 9 06:25:49 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:25:49 -0600 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <8bce0fe81002090325m6af1acf8oa2d3cafbd487f493@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <19312.52489.997671.42065@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4B71033F.11353.7B4B4B@joe.attorneyross.com> <8bce0fe81002090325m6af1acf8oa2d3cafbd487f493@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002090325p286d7f4fu747ad48426f59ba5@mail.gmail.com> Er, "They're already close to OLDIES, they just don't call it that!" I shouldn't type at 520 in the morning when still half asleep and hurying to get to work! On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, "The Greatest Memories of All Time" as they call Magic 100.9 now > definately plays what we'd consider some "oldies", and a good helping of > what I guess would be AC. THey're already close to AC, they just don't call > it that. > > I wouldn't be surprised to see a new revamped talk format end up on the FM, > and the station gonig Mono. FM stations simulcasting talk stations have > gotten listeners the AM Talker never had 'cuse there are listeners who would > tune in just "cuse it's FM" that don't like AM. > > Paul Walker > www.onairdj.com > www.facebook.com/onairdj > > > From hykker@wildblue.net Tue Feb 9 08:23:26 2010 From: hykker@wildblue.net (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:23:26 -0500 Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <4B707E3F.6040401@gmail.com> <812908.89354.qm@web50803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <9ff2be351002090523p4392f030wc5ef5281cf8c1e6b@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Peter Q. George wrote: > > I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of Oldies. With a > signal that covers the Capital District like a glove, it might make sense. > Since 98.3 (WTRY-FM) really has gone out of the "oldies" vein for all > intents and purposes, there is a void in the market for a station with a > fairly good signal who plays real-oldies. I assume by "real oldies" you mean 1955-64 centric? That ship sailed a long time ago. If WWKB and WSAI couldn't make it with their giant signals and call-letter heritage, I don't think it can successfully be done. From raccoonradio@mail.com Tue Feb 9 11:58:09 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:58:09 -0500 Subject: WRKO drops Coast to Coast for Howie re-runs (1200 coming..) Message-ID: <8CC77C0310E38BD-17FC-5138@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> Someone on Save WRKO mentioned that Coast is Coast is gone from WRKO. Sure enough, a look at the WRKO webpage shows that the Fried Clam Man--in re-runs--will be on instead Tuesday, February 9 Start Finish Program 12:00AM 1:00AM Jerry Doyle 1:00AM 5:00AM Howie Carr 5:00AM 5:30AM Wall Street Journal This Morning http://www.wrko.com No doubt this may have to do with Clear Channel starting WXKS AM 1200 on April 1. Premiere, a Clear Channel division, syndicates Coast to Coast, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck. Supposedly RKO has a deal to run Rush till 2012 but who knows, that could end early. It's a safe bet 1200 will debut with Beck, Hannity, and Coast to Coast at the very least WABC NY and KABC LA have dropped CTC too, in favor of Citadel's new Doug McIntyre show From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Feb 9 12:07:13 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:07:13 -0600 Subject: WRKO drops Coast to Coast for Howie re-runs (1200 coming..) In-Reply-To: <8CC77C0310E38BD-17FC-5138@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CC77C0310E38BD-17FC-5138@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002090907l62820be0s8b4ffd75232dd7db@mail.gmail.com> At one time I worked for suburban station that was carrying a Premiere Radio product that was in dispute with a nearby large market Clear Channel station. You see, we dropped the normal format (which was alost all Premire Radio product) for 2 whole days to provide emergency uiformation, and being the nice folks they are, they took the air producd we temporarily suspended to serve our community. In the mind of a certain General Manager, we had dumped the program entirely. Apparently, Any Clear Channel station can take any Clear Channel or Premiere Radio or affiliated show or product at anytime without prior notice, any agreement, contract or notification. I even think,as they did down in the North Carolina Triad, Clear Channel can yank their product of a competitors station to put on their own, regardless of any contract a station might have. Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.onairdj.com www.facebook.com/onairdj On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:58 AM, wrote: > > Someone on Save WRKO mentioned that Coast is Coast is gone from WRKO. Sure > enough, a look at the WRKO webpage shows that the Fried Clam Man--in > re-runs--will be on instead > > Tuesday, February 9 > Start Finish Program > 12:00AM 1:00AM Jerry Doyle > 1:00AM 5:00AM Howie Carr > 5:00AM 5:30AM Wall Street Journal This Morning > > http://www.wrko.com > > No doubt this may have to do with Clear Channel starting WXKS AM 1200 on > April 1. Premiere, a Clear > Channel division, syndicates Coast to Coast, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, > and Glenn Beck. Supposedly RKO has a deal to run Rush till 2012 but who > knows, that could end early. > > It's a safe bet 1200 will debut with Beck, Hannity, and Coast to Coast at > the very least > > WABC NY and KABC LA have dropped CTC too, in favor of Citadel's new Doug > McIntyre show > > From radiojunkie3@yahoo.com Tue Feb 9 12:24:23 2010 From: radiojunkie3@yahoo.com (Peter Q. George) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:24:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <9ff2be351002090523p4392f030wc5ef5281cf8c1e6b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <793305.30096.qm@web50805.mail.re2.yahoo.com> No, not just 1954-1964. More like 1954-1979, the first 25 years of Rock and Roll, with an emphasis of 1962-1979 with a few older, upbeat material (say maybe two to three songs from the early tunes like Chuck Berry, Elvis, Bobby Darin et.al.). Peter Q. George (K1XRB) Whitman, Massachusetts "Scanning the bands since 1967" radiojunkie3@yahoo.com *********************************************************** --- On Tue, 2/9/10, SteveOrdinetz wrote: > From: SteveOrdinetz > Subject: Re: WROW? > To: "Boston Radio Interest" > Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8:23 AM > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Peter > Q. George wrote: > > > > > I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of > Oldies.? With a > > signal that covers the Capital District like a glove, > it might make sense. > >? Since 98.3 (WTRY-FM) really has gone out of the > "oldies" vein for all > > intents and purposes, there is a void in the market > for a station with a > > fairly good signal who plays real-oldies. > > > > I assume by "real oldies" you mean 1955-64 centric?? > That ship sailed a long > time ago.? If WWKB and WSAI couldn't make it with > their giant signals and > call-letter heritage, I don't think it can successfully be > done. > From raccoonradio@mail.com Tue Feb 9 12:48:08 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:48:08 -0500 Subject: WRKO drops Coast to Coast for Howie re-runs (1200 coming..) In-Reply-To: <8bce0fe81002090907l62820be0s8b4ffd75232dd7db@mail.gmail.com> References: <8CC77C0310E38BD-17FC-5138@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> <8bce0fe81002090907l62820be0s8b4ffd75232dd7db@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8CC77C72C5EDDCE-17FC-53D1@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> Thanks for the info; even ironclad contracts could mean nothing and Premiere/CC could pull Rush from RKO at a moment's notice (it may cost some kind of penalty for the early withdrawal but still could be done, who knows). This coupled with the RushRadio1200.com's registration (for one year? hey, they can renew it any time now too) gives hints to what could happen From markwa1ion@aol.com Tue Feb 9 13:50:15 2010 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (markwa1ion@aol.com) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:15 -0500 Subject: oldies (was WROW) Message-ID: <8CC77CFDA24E0B6-2358-C2DF@webmail-m084.sysops.aol.com> << On 8 Feb 2010 at 21:48, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > I wouldn't be surprised if WROW goes some variation of Oldies. > > I would. > > Nobody wants to be caught dead telling baby-boomers that they are > "old". (Never mind the fact that the same songs have been called > "oldies" almost since they fell off the charts in 1967....) So you play the music and give it some other name. After all, the previous generation's music was called "Music Of Your Life." -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com >> So what is the big deal about admitting being old ? I don't care if they call it oldies, dinosaurs, nearly dead, or Music of Your Life. If someone could crank up a good oldies format covering, primarily, '50s and '60s, I'd be a regular listener. AM or FM - it doesn't matter. With greats such as Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Del Shannon, Everly Bros., Ray Charles, and Elvis being completely shunned (except in a few places like night WCAP), the access to these tunes has decreased dramatically in just 5 or 10 years. It's not like the listener base went from being age 65+ in 2000 to 75+ now, which would likely mean that a fair amount "didn't make it". It's more like 45 to 50 then and 55-60 now. I think insurance figures would indicate that most of those who liked '50s rock ten years ago are still here. Do they not like it now ? I doubt that supposition. I wouldn't even mind a format of big-bands, pre-rock standards, old blues and country from WW2 and before, etc. Seems like even stuff that "ancient" wasn't too hard to find a few years back. You can hear Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Benny Goodman, Howlin' Wolf, Tex Ritter, Sons of the Pioneers, and so on as background in some fairly classy Boston area restaurants (as well as in chain places like Uno's). Somebody must think that the music sets a mood and is relevant to things such as thoughts of idealized romance, recalling old movies or American history, or something else that enhances the experience of dining out or having cocktails - even for people born decades after the songs reached their Billboard peaks. But trying getting any on the radio. Even a few years back when WLLH-1400, WXKS-1430, and others were doing the pre-rock thing, many regular listeners were too young - even at that point - to remember the first time around for the tunes. But good music is still good music. I like what Bob Bittner is doing at WJIB/WJTO though it runs rather mellow for me sometimes. And it's too bad the music licensing fees preclude WJIB from web-streaming since the night signal doesn't go too far. Someone with the fire, pizazz, knowledge, enthusiasm, and showmanship of the late Bill Marlowe could enliven an older music format - kicking it up a notch from the 'JIB style - and introduce something to younger people who want music that is either more intelligent or more romantic (or both) than hip-hop, boy bands, and the like. Danny Stiles out of NYC (who shows up on WRCA sometimes) isn't too bad. Radio format specialists see nothing wrong with bulking up the dial with multiple sports, religion, and foreign language stations in a given market, but have the idea that one good '50s/'60s rock oldies station and/or one pre-rock standards / jazz station is superfluous to the needs of local listeners. What surprises me is that the conclusion is even the same on Cape Cod which is the New England version of Florida, a.k.a. "God's waiting room". I do understand that it would likely be smaller stations who'd pick up older music formats and run successfully (as opposed to high-cost operations like WWKB which need big audience numbers). Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA + S. Yarmouth, MA From cohasset@frontiernet.net Tue Feb 9 14:45:32 2010 From: cohasset@frontiernet.net (Cohasset / Hippisley) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:45:32 -0500 Subject: oldies (was WROW) In-Reply-To: <8CC77CFDA24E0B6-2358-C2DF@webmail-m084.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CC77CFDA24E0B6-2358-C2DF@webmail-m084.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <6CD00F5F-1196-42CE-B5E1-E79CFE6329D5@frontiernet.net> On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:50 PM, markwa1ion@aol.com wrote: > On 8 Feb 2010 at 21:48, Garrett Wollman wrote: > >> Nobody wants to be caught dead telling baby-boomers that they are >> "old". (Never mind the fact that the same songs have been called >> "oldies" almost since they fell off the charts in 1967....) And before. We started Rock n' Roll Memory Time on WTBS in 1960. (Back then, our rule was, "Older than 1 year".) > > So you play the music and give it some other name. "Music I Want to Hear Between Now and My Funeral...." Bud Hippisley From raccoonradio@mail.com Tue Feb 9 16:34:55 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:34:55 -0500 Subject: the WRKO-Premiere divorce Message-ID: <8CC77E6DB3C8D57-17FC-5F7B@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> Not only is Coast to Coast gone from WRKO but so is Glenn Beck (they did a best of Beck on Saturday nights) and now from a glance at WRKO's schedule page it looks like the Sunday night Bill Cunningham show, which had replaced Matt Drudge, is gone too, replaced by Bob Brinker. These shows destined for 1200 (wonder if the debut will be earlier than April 1?) it seems This leaves Rush as the only Premiere host left on WRKO and who knows how long that will last. From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Feb 9 15:59:47 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:59:47 -0500 Subject: oldies (was WROW) References: <8CC77CFDA24E0B6-2358-C2DF@webmail-m084.sysops.aol.com> <6CD00F5F-1196-42CE-B5E1-E79CFE6329D5@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: <751EE6601E72409292FE6DA5168B799F@SatU205S5044> I am amazed that nobody has mentioned WBOQ's "good-time favorites." If they haven't copyrighted that name and if they can do so (I remember when John H Garabedian copyrighted "On Radio"), they might make more on the fees paid by stations in other markets for licensing the name than they make on their entire spot load;>( ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cohasset / Hippisley" To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:45 PM Subject: Re: oldies (was WROW) On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:50 PM, markwa1ion@aol.com wrote: > On 8 Feb 2010 at 21:48, Garrett Wollman wrote: > >> Nobody wants to be caught dead telling baby-boomers that they are >> "old". (Never mind the fact that the same songs have been called >> "oldies" almost since they fell off the charts in 1967....) And before. We started Rock n' Roll Memory Time on WTBS in 1960. (Back then, our rule was, "Older than 1 year".) > > So you play the music and give it some other name. "Music I Want to Hear Between Now and My Funeral...." Bud Hippisley= From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Tue Feb 9 23:04:00 2010 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:04:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <589236.28737.qm@web55804.mail.re3.yahoo.com> --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > Who owns 104.5? Galaxy? 104.5 WTMM-FM is owned by Regent Communications. They also own heritage country powerhouse WGNA-FM (107.7), rock simulcast 'Q-103' (WQBK 103.9 Rennselaer, WQBJ 103.5 Cobleskill), and AC WBZZ 'Buzz 105.7' Malta. Until a few years ago, they also owned WGNA (now WDDY) 1460 Albany and WTMM (now WGDJ) 1300 Rennselaer. Galaxy Communications has not had a presence in the Albany market since selling WRCZ (94.5) and WOOB (93.7) to EMF Broadcasting in 2007. Matt Osborne Rotterdam, NY From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Feb 10 00:03:55 2010 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:03:55 -0500 Subject: blogging question Message-ID: <20100210050411.EECCF1B404D@relay18.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> My journalism students at Lesley University want to set up a news-blog. I have no experience with setting up blogs-- I've commented on the blogs of friends of mine, but have no clue how one gets a blog started. I think I need something a little fancier than Blogger-- something where we can post pictures and video in addition to text. Do any of you know some companies that host blogs at a reasonable cost, where a neo-Luddite like myself could learn to set one up for my students? From rac@gabrielmass.com Wed Feb 10 00:59:59 2010 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:59 -0500 Subject: blogging question In-Reply-To: <20100210050411.EECCF1B404D@relay18.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> References: <20100210050411.EECCF1B404D@relay18.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> Message-ID: <4B724B5F.2000400@server4.gabrielmass.com> On 02/10/2010 12:03 AM, Donna Halper wrote: > My journalism students at Lesley University want to set up a news-blog. > I have no experience with setting up blogs-- I've commented on the > blogs of friends of mine, but have no clue how one gets a blog started. > I think I need something a little fancier than Blogger-- something where > we can post pictures and video in addition to text. Do any of you know > some companies that host blogs at a reasonable cost, where a neo-Luddite > like myself could learn to set one up for my students? Hi, Donna-- A lot of people host blogs at wordpress.com, and for a single blog that's probably a fine way to go. They make it easy enough for non-IT specialists to do just fine with it. WordPress can handle uploaded photos. For video, I'd recommend that your students upload their files to a video-streaming site that's well-equipped to handle the storage requirements and the traffic, such as Vimeo or YouTube. Once you've done that, it is easy to "embed" a video into a blog post by pasting in some appropriate HTML code. If you need to host multiple blogs, it might become worthwhile at some point to run your own server; I host about a dozen blogs, using "Movable Type", another well-known blogging software program. Movable Type is available for free for non-commercial uses, and the Linux server where I run it goes for $30/month. You'd need somebody with Linux system-administration knowledge to install the software, set up the database where blog posts are stored, etc. Hope this helps! --RC From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net Wed Feb 10 10:42:07 2010 From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (revdoug1@myfairpoint.net) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:42:07 -0500 Subject: WROW? Message-ID: <20100210104207.wunx8u24dugcg0o8@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Just curious . . . what has become (or will become) of WROW's CBS affiliation? -Doug Quoting Matthew Osborne : > --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > > > Who owns 104.5? Galaxy? > > 104.5 WTMM-FM is owned by Regent Communications. They also own > heritage country > powerhouse WGNA-FM (107.7), rock simulcast 'Q-103' (WQBK 103.9 > Rennselaer, WQBJ > 103.5 Cobleskill), and AC WBZZ 'Buzz 105.7' Malta. Until a few years > ago, they > also owned WGNA (now WDDY) 1460 Albany and WTMM (now WGDJ) 1300 Rennselaer. > > Galaxy Communications has not had a presence in the Albany market > since selling > WRCZ (94.5) and WOOB (93.7) to EMF Broadcasting in 2007. > > Matt Osborne > Rotterdam, NY > > > > From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Wed Feb 10 12:29:44 2010 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:29:44 EST Subject: oldies (was WROW) Message-ID: <9b08.66171a28.38a44708@aol.com> I don't really care what they call it as long as the music they play suits my taste. They have a great low power AM in my part of NJ that is basically a throw away, part of a group, but the guy that runs it operates it like the old WABC. WHTG-AM (1410) I always have it on and they are proud to be in mono and that they are Monmouth County's oldies station. Mike - K1MH In a message dated 2/10/2010 12:02:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: >>>>So you play the music and give it some other name. After all, the previous generation's music was called "Music Of Your Life."<<<< From bwelch1957@verizon.net Wed Feb 10 16:30:24 2010 From: bwelch1957@verizon.net (Bill Welch) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:30:24 -0500 Subject: blogging question In-Reply-To: <20100210050411.EECCF1B404D@relay18.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> References: <20100210050411.EECCF1B404D@relay18.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> Message-ID: <4B732570.8010507@verizon.net> Donna As someone else mentioned WordPress is very powerful for creating blogs. I am looking into using it for our high school newspaper. A google search will turn up dozens of templates free and low cost available for using WordPress for blogs and other publications. Lesley probably already has in place the hosting capabilities forWordPress it runs on an Apache web server and it can be dowloaded for free from WrodPresss.org. Bill Welch Donna Halper wrote: > My journalism students at Lesley University want to set up a > news-blog. I have no experience with setting up blogs-- I've > commented on the blogs of friends of mine, but have no clue how one > gets a blog started. I think I need something a little fancier than > Blogger-- something where we can post pictures and video in addition > to text. Do any of you know some companies that host blogs at a > reasonable cost, where a neo-Luddite like myself could learn to set > one up for my students? > From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Wed Feb 10 20:19:17 2010 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:19:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW? In-Reply-To: <20100210104207.wunx8u24dugcg0o8@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Message-ID: <971019.57248.qm@web55806.mail.re3.yahoo.com> --- On Wed, 2/10/10, revdoug1@myfairpoint.net wrote: > Just curious . . . what has become > (or will become) of WROW's CBS > affiliation????-Doug I'm guessing it will remain. Magic (100.9), the format that will be moving to AM 590, already runs CBS News at the top of the hour. It'll probably just shift fully over to 590 now. Matt Osborne Rotterdam, NY From heritageradio@msn.com Thu Feb 11 03:28:13 2010 From: heritageradio@msn.com (Thomas Heathwood) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:28:13 -0500 Subject: WRKO drops Coast to Coast for Howie re-runs (1200 coming..) In-Reply-To: <8CC77C0310E38BD-17FC-5138@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> <8bce0fe81002090907l62820be0s8b4ffd75232dd7db@mail.gmail.com> References: <8CC77C0310E38BD-17FC-5138@web-mmc-m07.sysops.aol.com> <8bce0fe81002090907l62820be0s8b4ffd75232dd7db@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: This is to confirm that COAST TO COAST will resume in Boston on April 1st per a personal note to me from George Noory. Meanwhile - a little trick is to monitor online at one of the many stations that still carry it such as: www.kfyi.com Since this is West Coast station, the time slot is different of course. Tom Heathwood 2/11 From m_carney@yahoo.com Thu Feb 11 09:40:21 2010 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:40:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: Entercom cuts in Boston Message-ID: <997906.34363.qm@web53306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Looks like there will be some changes coming: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20100211boston_radio_station_cuts_feared_will_entercom_ceo_broadcast_bad_news_to_weei_wrko/srvc=home&position=4 All staff meeting next Wednesday @ 10a. Any guesses who's going (beyond Rush Limbaugh)? My short list includes Mike Adams, Jon Meterperel and Tom Finneran. Mikey gets preempted by BC basketball, Celtics and Red Sox, and now that the Sox are back full-time on EEI he won't be doing a full shift more than once a week. Meter may go the way of Pete Sheppard with the morning flashes being outsourced to Metro. Finneran's contract is up. And of course they'll stick it to Howie Carr by keeping him around whether he likes it or not. He's been bashing Entercom more than usual in the last few weeks on the air. From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Feb 12 02:24:06 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:24:06 -0500 Subject: 1200 already running Coast to Coast Message-ID: <8CC79CB7EF64820-1550-3368@web-mmc-d02.sysops.aol.com> Noticed Coast to Coast tonight before 2 am on AM 1200. For a sec thought it was an informercial but there was George's voice, etc.--plus I tuned to 1180 WHAM and they were running the same thing. At top of hour, ID "WKOX Newton Boston's new home for Coast to Coast". All PSAs till show started again, and one mention of "WKOX Newton". Calls will change eventually. Mark S was tuning in and heard mention of the new Boston station Signal recep on 62 in Middleton and Danvers: 8 out of 10, sometimes 7 out of 10 From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net Fri Feb 12 11:15:33 2010 From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (revdoug1@myfairpoint.net) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:15:33 -0500 Subject: 1200 already running Coast to Coast Message-ID: <20100212111533.at349r8s2iowc40g@webmail.myfairpoint.net> FWIW, I learned last night that WABC has just dropped "Coast to Coast." The New York Radio Message Board contains lots of comments on the move. -Doug Quoting raccoonradio@mail.com: > > > > Noticed Coast to Coast tonight before 2 am on AM 1200. For a sec > thought it was > an informercial but there was George's voice, etc.--plus I tuned to 1180 WHAM > and they were running the same thing. > > At top of hour, ID "WKOX Newton Boston's new home for Coast to > Coast". All PSAs > till show started again, > and one mention of "WKOX Newton". Calls will change eventually. Mark S was > tuning in and heard > mention of the new Boston station > > Signal recep on 62 in Middleton and Danvers: 8 out of 10, sometimes 7 > out of 10 > > From lglavin@mail.com Fri Feb 12 16:10:28 2010 From: lglavin@mail.com (lglavin@mail.com) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:10:28 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications Message-ID: <8CC7A3EEFC9C0C4-7F0-4E4C@web-mmc-d05.sysops.aol.com> I guess some Federal employees in DC were sufficiently able to dig themselves out to appear at work because the fcc.gov website is displaying applications and actions today (Friday; they'll be off Monday on a scheduled holiday). There were three items that caught my eye: WICN- FM 90.5 in Worcester is already, or very soon will be transmitting from Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton; WRYP-FM 90.1 in Wellfleet/Provincetown is already or soon will be broadcasting with increased power utilizing a directional vertical antenna; and WMEA-FM, also on 90.1 in Portland, ME is installing a directional antenna and increasing its ERP. I get a pretty good signal from WMEA's omnidirectional antenna now...I wonder if I'll lose a few microvolts when that happens. From attychase@comcast.net Sat Feb 13 14:19:58 2010 From: attychase@comcast.net (Robert S Chase) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:19:58 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications References: Message-ID: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> Regarding the post quoted below, I wonder if the FCC has a telecommute program. That would explain the approvals on a day when everybody else was snowed under. One of the good things about telecommuting is that you can earn money when everybody else is up to their eyeballs in snow. I would suggest that booth announcing and anything else that doesn't need a personal appearance could be done that way in this age of communications and virtual presence. If one can have a virtual office, why not a virtual studio? However, after I wrote the above, I researched the issue and discovered that the real reason was that federal agencies were open on Friday although openings were delayed a couple of hours. >From the OPM website at http://www.opm.gov/ : Feb 12, 2010 Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are OPEN under a DELAYED ARRIVAL\UNSCHEDULED LEAVE policy. Employees should plan to arrive for work no more than 2 hours later than they would normally arrive. Feb 11, 2010 Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED. Feb 10, 2010 Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED. > From: lglavin@mail.com > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > > I guess some Federal employees in DC were sufficiently able to dig > themselves out to appear at > work because the fcc.gov website is displaying applications and actions > today (Friday; they'll be > off Monday on a scheduled holiday). ... From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Sat Feb 13 16:05:53 2010 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:05:53 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> References: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> At 02:19 PM 2/13/2010, Robert S Chase wrote: >If one can have a virtual office, why not a virtual studio? You could, but it might be expensive. In our cluster all announce and production positions use an RE20 with shock mount, pop filter, and Symetrix 528E processor. With a mike boom that would set an announcer back $1,300. Add $200 for a decent quality USB audio interface and you get $1,500. Even with that investment you would not get the same result as voice tracking in the studio, since each announcer would need their own automation system at home to do that, at a cost of about $10,000 per jock for one of the top-end systems. Trying to do a shift live from home over the internet would be possible, but the uncontrollable delay of the internet and other uncertainties would make it problematical. For a remote office all you really need is remote management of the office computer. Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZU / WZZI / WLNI / WVMP http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/starcity.html From brian.vita@gmail.com Sat Feb 13 22:19:58 2010 From: brian.vita@gmail.com (Brian Vita) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:19:58 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD Message-ID: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> Just a note to all, VD (Valentine's Day - you dirty minded folks) is Donna Halper's birthday. Don't forget to wish her a happy one. Happy Birthday Donna! Brian From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Feb 14 01:35:14 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:35:14 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> Message-ID: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> On 13 Feb 2010 at 16:05, Dale H. Cook wrote: > You could, but it might be expensive. In our cluster all announce and > production positions use an RE20 with shock mount, pop filter, and > Symetrix 528E processor. With a mike boom that would set an announcer > back $1,300. Add $200 for a decent quality USB audio interface and you > get $1,500. Even with that investment you would not get the same > result as voice tracking in the studio, since each announcer would > need their own automation system at home to do that, at a cost of > about $10,000 per jock for one of the top-end systems. Trying to do a > shift live from home over the internet would be possible, but the > uncontrollable delay of the internet and other uncertainties would > make it problematical. OK, but I've read that circa 1947 WNBC built a studio in the basement of Bob Smith's (the future Buffalo Bob) home in New Rochelle, so that he could do his show from home on weekends. That studio was expanded into a TV studio in 1955, after his heart attack, permitting him to be on the Howdy Doody Show from "Pioneer Village," so that he wouldn' have to commute into New York every day. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Feb 14 01:35:17 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:35:17 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD In-Reply-To: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> References: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <4B7799A5.11418.80E87D@joe.attorneyross.com> On 13 Feb 2010 at 22:19, Brian Vita wrote: > Just a note to all, VD (Valentine's Day - you dirty minded folks) is > Donna Halper's birthday. Don't forget to wish her a happy one. It's also Jack Benny's birthday. I think he's still 39. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Feb 14 01:43:11 2010 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:43:11 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD In-Reply-To: <4B7799A5.11418.80E87D@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> <4B7799A5.11418.80E87D@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <20100214064320.C449E44C03F@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com> >Joe Ross wrote-- > >It's also Jack Benny's birthday. I think he's still 39. And I think he's still dead. But unlike Mr Benny, I'm still alive and happy to celebrate birthday #63 (but still young and cute). 8-) Thanks to Brian and other list-members for the good wishes, but not the VD, thanks! From markwats@comcast.net Sun Feb 14 07:19:49 2010 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:19:49 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD References: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Brian Vita wrote: > Just a note to all, VD (Valentine's Day - you dirty minded folks) is Donna > Halper's birthday. Happy Birthday Donna. Mark Watson From rogerkirk@ttlc.net Sun Feb 14 09:13:11 2010 From: rogerkirk@ttlc.net (Roger Kirk) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:13:11 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday In-Reply-To: <20100214064320.C449E44C03F@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com> References: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> <4B7799A5.11418.80E87D@joe.attorneyross.com> <20100214064320.C449E44C03F@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com> Message-ID: <4B7804F7.9080701@ttlc.net> Donna Halper wrote: > I'm still alive and happy to celebrate birthday #63 (but still young > and cute). Happy Birthday from a soon-to-be 63 year-old. (Am I still young? Yes. Am I still cute? Not so much.) Roger From dave@skywaves.net Sun Feb 14 09:22:07 2010 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:22:07 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD In-Reply-To: <20100214064320.C449E44C03F@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com> References: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com><4B7799A5.11418.80E87D@joe.attorneyross.com> <20100214064320.C449E44C03F@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com> Message-ID: <20062ADEB2314FE38803D1318566D8B2@dave> Happy day, Donna! -d -------------------------------------------------- From: "Donna Halper" Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:43 AM To: "A. Joseph Ross" Cc: Subject: Re: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD > > >>Joe Ross wrote-- >> >>It's also Jack Benny's birthday. I think he's still 39. > > And I think he's still dead. But unlike Mr Benny, I'm still alive > and happy to celebrate birthday #63 (but still young and cute). 8-) > Thanks to Brian and other list-members for the good wishes, but not > the VD, thanks! > > From dave@skywaves.net Sun Feb 14 09:21:44 2010 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:21:44 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> That was a pretty extreme case, but it was not at all unusual for radio celebs to work from home studios. In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home studio (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... -d -------------------------------------------------- From: "A. Joseph Ross" Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:35 AM To: "Dale H. Cook" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > > On 13 Feb 2010 at 16:05, Dale H. Cook wrote: > >> You could, but it might be expensive. In our cluster all announce and >> production positions use an RE20 with shock mount, pop filter, and >> Symetrix 528E processor. With a mike boom that would set an announcer >> back $1,300. Add $200 for a decent quality USB audio interface and you >> get $1,500. Even with that investment you would not get the same >> result as voice tracking in the studio, since each announcer would >> need their own automation system at home to do that, at a cost of >> about $10,000 per jock for one of the top-end systems. Trying to do a >> shift live from home over the internet would be possible, but the >> uncontrollable delay of the internet and other uncertainties would >> make it problematical. > > OK, but I've read that circa 1947 WNBC built a studio in the basement > of Bob Smith's (the future Buffalo Bob) home in New Rochelle, so that > he could do his show from home on weekends. That studio was expanded > into a TV studio in 1955, after his heart attack, permitting him to > be on the Howdy Doody Show from "Pioneer Village," so that he wouldn' > have to commute into New York every day. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Sun Feb 14 10:07:06 2010 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:07:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest Message-ID: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Apparently there was a protest held yesterday outside the Albany Broadcasting studios over WROW's format change. It was covered by a few local media outlets. http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=900535&LinkFrom=RSS http://blog.timesunion.com/business/upset-listeners-to-protest-wrow-format-change/17846/ http://capitalnews9.com/capital-region-news-12-content/top_stories/496140/change-at-wrow-prompts-protest To summarize, it was the typical disgruntled former listeners picketing outside the studios trying to get as much media attention as they can. It was organized primarily by several local conservative political groups; nothing wrong with that. However, what I find really scary about this is that these protestors insist that this change is solely for political reasons (to silence conservative opinion) and has nothing to do with the fact that WROW's ratings have been in the dumper for several years now (and their billing couldn't have been much better). Albany Broadcasting GM Chuck Benfer came and addressed these protestors, telling them that he personally is a registered Republican, and insists that this change is purely business-related (see my comment about ratings above). Even this doesn't faze them... Matt Osborne Rotterdam, NY P.S. - These protesters also fail to acknowledge the fact that there are at least two other conservative talk stations in this area (WGY 810 and WGDJ 1300, which is predominantly conservative talk) so their opinions are not necessarily being 'stifled' by this. From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Feb 14 10:41:20 2010 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:41:20 -0500 Subject: Don't forget to help Donna celebrate her birthday with VD In-Reply-To: <002501caad79$a7ec9bf0$f7c5d3d0$@com> References: <4b776c24.1ac1f10a.7db6.ffff9739@mx.google.com> <4B7799A5.11418.80E87D@joe.attorneyross.com> <20100214064320.C449E44C03F@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com> <002501caad79$a7ec9bf0$f7c5d3d0$@com> Message-ID: <20100214154130.76B0F1B401C@relay17.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> At 08:28 AM 2/14/2010, Gary's Ice Cream wrote: >Let's all give a clap for Donna on her birthday!!!! See I would never >use the VD acronym. That reminds me of a front-sell somebody used in the top-40 era as they were doing the intro to the Guess Who's song "Clap for the Wolfman," and the jock paused a second and said, "No, Wolfman already has the clap." From rogerkirk@ttlc.net Sun Feb 14 10:59:03 2010 From: rogerkirk@ttlc.net (Roger Kirk) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:59:03 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> Message-ID: <4B781DC7.40506@ttlc.net> IIRC, Dale Dorman voiced his WRKO morning show live from his home while he was incapacitated by ?a motorcycle accident? Dave Doherty wrote: > That was a pretty extreme case, but it was not at all unusual for > radio celebs to work from home studios. > > In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home studio > (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Sun Feb 14 09:59:44 2010 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:59:44 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> References: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20100214095632.027dc0b8@plymouthcolony.net> At 09:21 AM 2/14/2010, Dave Doherty wrote: >but it was not at all unusual for radio celebs to work from home studios. Doug Stephan and John Garabedian work from home, but both have complete studio facilities in their homes. Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZU / WZZI / WLNI / WVMP http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/starcity.html From gary@garysicecream.com Sun Feb 14 11:01:02 2010 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:01:02 -0500 Subject: Home Studios....WAS....RE: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> Message-ID: <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> When I was working at WCAP (1999 - 2008) I was doing almost everything from my home studio. The overnight show (Music & Memories 1940's,50's, 60's, 70's) from Midnight - 6am every night......Morning news anchoring.......The Saturday Night Sock Hop (came from the ice cream shop parking lot which is on the same property).....etc. I was tied into the station by an 8khz telco line which both went through the master control console (for news and other times that I had to interact with other talent) and also went around the console direct to an automated switcher for times that it was going to be just me originating programming. When I was doing production, I would record it at home.....upload it to the station computer...then remote into the station computer and import the file into the stations automation system....the only time I had to go to the downtown Lowell studios was on Fridays to get my paycheck. The studio consisted of: Mackie 1402 mixer with a Broadcast Tools Console Controller Audio-Digital brand profanity delay 2 Telos digital hybrids for phone calls 3 computers for audio (two ran OtsDJ software, all 3 had Adobe Audition and Cool Edit Pro) 3 RE-20 mikes on OC White booms Sennheiser HD202 headphones (run through a Bheringer Headphone Distrib Amp) Bose Speakers for studio monitor Sony AM receiver for air monitor The studio still exists today (minus the 8k telco line) but is used just for voice-over and podcast work....I have also integrated my ham station into it. Gary Francis W1GFF -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:22 AM To: A. Joseph Ross; Dale H. Cook Cc: boston Radio Interest Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications That was a pretty extreme case, but it was not at all unusual for radio celebs to work from home studios. In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home studio (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... -d -------------------------------------------------- From: "A. Joseph Ross" Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:35 AM To: "Dale H. Cook" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > > On 13 Feb 2010 at 16:05, Dale H. Cook wrote: > >> You could, but it might be expensive. In our cluster all announce and >> production positions use an RE20 with shock mount, pop filter, and >> Symetrix 528E processor. With a mike boom that would set an announcer >> back $1,300. Add $200 for a decent quality USB audio interface and you >> get $1,500. Even with that investment you would not get the same >> result as voice tracking in the studio, since each announcer would >> need their own automation system at home to do that, at a cost of >> about $10,000 per jock for one of the top-end systems. Trying to do a >> shift live from home over the internet would be possible, but the >> uncontrollable delay of the internet and other uncertainties would >> make it problematical. > > OK, but I've read that circa 1947 WNBC built a studio in the basement > of Bob Smith's (the future Buffalo Bob) home in New Rochelle, so that > he could do his show from home on weekends. That studio was expanded > into a TV studio in 1955, after his heart attack, permitting him to > be on the Howdy Doody Show from "Pioneer Village," so that he wouldn' > have to commute into New York every day. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From gary@garysicecream.com Sun Feb 14 11:02:51 2010 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:02:51 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <4B781DC7.40506@ttlc.net> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B781DC7.40506@ttlc.net> Message-ID: <004601caad8f$2a2a1510$7e7e3f30$@com> And David Brudnoy did his show from his home the last year or two that he was on WBZ. -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Roger Kirk Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:59 AM To: Dave Doherty Cc: boston Radio Interest Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications IIRC, Dale Dorman voiced his WRKO morning show live from his home while he was incapacitated by ?a motorcycle accident? Dave Doherty wrote: > That was a pretty extreme case, but it was not at all unusual for > radio celebs to work from home studios. > > In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home studio > (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... From sid@wrko.com Sun Feb 14 13:08:05 2010 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:08:05 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C2@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> "what I find really scary about this is that these protestors insist that this change is solely for political reasons (to silence conservative opinion) and has nothing to do with the fact that WROW's ratings have been in the dumper for several years now (and their billing couldn't have been much better)." Regrettably, the conspiracy mindset is not limited to this particular format change. Whenever WRKO preempts Rush Limbaugh for ANY reason, even as we did through last month's US Senate election to provide local coverage, the switchboard is flooded with protest calls insisting that we are muzzling their hero. It happens every single time we preempt Rush. One has to wonder about the thought process of people who cannot possibly get through their day without either their marching orders or confirmation of their political beliefs from a re-purposed disc jockey. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From paul@derrynh.net Sun Feb 14 13:19:57 2010 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:19:57 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C2@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> References: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C2@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <84537086C7C044AD9629A079CBBD0A23@PaulPC> How will they react when Rush goes to 1200, especially in areas where that signal doesnt come in well... -Paul Hopfgarten -Concord NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Schweiger" To: Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:08 PM Subject: RE: WROW/Albany format change protest "what I find really scary about this is that these protestors insist that this change is solely for political reasons (to silence conservative opinion) and has nothing to do with the fact that WROW's ratings have been in the dumper for several years now (and their billing couldn't have been much better)." Regrettably, the conspiracy mindset is not limited to this particular format change. Whenever WRKO preempts Rush Limbaugh for ANY reason, even as we did through last month's US Senate election to provide local coverage, the switchboard is flooded with protest calls insisting that we are muzzling their hero. It happens every single time we preempt Rush. One has to wonder about the thought process of people who cannot possibly get through their day without either their marching orders or confirmation of their political beliefs from a re-purposed disc jockey. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From gary@garysicecream.com Sun Feb 14 13:25:18 2010 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:25:18 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <84537086C7C044AD9629A079CBBD0A23@PaulPC> References: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C2@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> <84537086C7C044AD9629A079CBBD0A23@PaulPC> Message-ID: <006901caada3$17f30f00$47d92d00$@com> I've been trying to get 1200 here in Chelmsford the past couple of days and nights but can't pick it up at home at all. Gary Francis -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Paul Hopfgarten Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:20 PM To: Sid Schweiger; boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org Subject: Re: WROW/Albany format change protest How will they react when Rush goes to 1200, especially in areas where that signal doesnt come in well... -Paul Hopfgarten -Concord NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Schweiger" To: Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:08 PM Subject: RE: WROW/Albany format change protest "what I find really scary about this is that these protestors insist that this change is solely for political reasons (to silence conservative opinion) and has nothing to do with the fact that WROW's ratings have been in the dumper for several years now (and their billing couldn't have been much better)." Regrettably, the conspiracy mindset is not limited to this particular format change. Whenever WRKO preempts Rush Limbaugh for ANY reason, even as we did through last month's US Senate election to provide local coverage, the switchboard is flooded with protest calls insisting that we are muzzling their hero. It happens every single time we preempt Rush. One has to wonder about the thought process of people who cannot possibly get through their day without either their marching orders or confirmation of their political beliefs from a re-purposed disc jockey. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Feb 14 15:06:01 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:06:01 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest References: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C2@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com><84537086C7C044AD9629A079CBBD0A23@PaulPC> <006901caada3$17f30f00$47d92d00$@com> Message-ID: <61D564B308EB4624A191A62F4CE93DCE@SatU205S5044> Problems nighttime don't surprise me. The NIF on 1200 is middling high even with a couple of 1200's in the northeast dark. Daytime, I don't understand. 1200 won't come in like 680--that's for sure, or even like 850, 590, 1060, or 1030, or for that matter, like 1510, which is directional to the northeast all day (though not very directional during non-critical hours). But on a decent radio, the 1200 signal _ought_ to be listenable during most daylight hours. In Zip 01824 (Chelmsford), the V-Soft Web site gives it 1.76 mV/m by day, which coincides quite well with what radio-locator.com's map says. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary's Ice Cream" To: "'Paul Hopfgarten'" Cc: "Boston radio e-mail list" Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:25 PM Subject: RE: WROW/Albany format change protest > I've been trying to get 1200 here in Chelmsford the past couple of > days and > nights but can't pick it up at home at all. > > Gary Francis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On > Behalf Of > Paul Hopfgarten > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:20 PM > To: Sid Schweiger; boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org > Subject: Re: WROW/Albany format change protest > > How will they react when Rush goes to 1200, especially in areas > where that > signal doesnt come in well... > > -Paul Hopfgarten > -Concord NH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sid Schweiger" > To: > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:08 PM > Subject: RE: WROW/Albany format change protest > > > "what I find really scary about this is that these protestors insist > that > this change is solely for political reasons (to silence conservative > opinion) and has nothing to do with the fact that WROW's ratings > have been > in the dumper for several years now (and their billing couldn't have > been > much better)." > > Regrettably, the conspiracy mindset is not limited to this > particular format > > change. Whenever WRKO preempts Rush Limbaugh for ANY reason, even > as we did > > through last month's US Senate election to provide local coverage, > the > switchboard is flooded with protest calls insisting that we are > muzzling > their hero. It happens every single time we preempt Rush. > > One has to wonder about the thought process of people who cannot > possibly > get through their day without either their marching orders or > confirmation > of their political beliefs from a re-purposed disc jockey. > > Sid Schweiger > IT Manager, Entercom New England > 20 Guest St / 3d Floor > Brighton MA 02135-2040 > > From sid@wrko.com Sun Feb 14 13:09:09 2010 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:09:09 -0700 Subject: Home Studios....WAS....RE: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave>, <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> Message-ID: <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C3@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> "it was not at all unusual for radio celebs to work from home studios." For some portion of his time at WINS, Alan Freed worked from home. He had been in a pretty bad car accident one late night after a live show he emceed. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From hykker@wildblue.net Sun Feb 14 16:09:06 2010 From: hykker@wildblue.net (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:09:06 -0500 Subject: Home Studios.... In-Reply-To: <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> References: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> Message-ID: <4b786688.8502be0a.4f4b.ffffbd19@mx.google.com> At 11:01 AM 2/14/2010, Gary's Ice Cream wrote: > >The studio consisted of: > >3 computers for audio (two ran OtsDJ software, all 3 had Adobe Audition and >Cool Edit Pro) Curiously, why did you have both AA & CEP? From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Feb 14 20:01:04 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:01:04 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B781DC7.40506@ttlc.net> Message-ID: <874AD13B25D245139CC6A0734A121293@SatU205S5044> When was Davis on WOKO and who owned WOKO when he worked there? I remember him on WINS in New York when I was in high school, if not before, and I was in the Capital District when he arrived there--at WROW. He may still have been working at WROW when I graduated from college and moved to Boston. Since he had worked in New York (albeit, he was at WINS before it became a huge success under Westinghouse ownership), I wondered whether he felt like a big fish in a small pond, but I guess he didn't mind. I also remember Bruce Bradley at WROW. He was an MOR jock then--and obviously very talented. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kirk" To: "Dave Doherty" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:59 AM Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > IIRC, Dale Dorman voiced his WRKO morning show live from his home > while he was incapacitated by ?a motorcycle accident? > > Dave Doherty wrote: >> That was a pretty extreme case, but it was not at all unusual for >> radio celebs to work from home studios. >> >> In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home >> studio (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... > From marklaurence@mac.com Sun Feb 14 19:27:57 2010 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:27:57 -0500 Subject: Home Studios....WAS....RE: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C3@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> References: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> <0D5E60C875634E4AA1031FC691BCCC55335061C3@ENTCORMB2.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <14142BDD-3DE3-4704-BE1B-2B62544ADAB5@mac.com> When I was growing up in Worcester, my mom would listen to "Julie and Andy" who did a talk show on WTAG every morning. They broadcast from their home, which I think was in Holden. On Feb 14, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > "it was not at all unusual for radio celebs to work from home > studios." > > For some portion of his time at WINS, Alan Freed worked from home. > He had been in a pretty bad car accident one late night after a live > show he emceed. > > Sid Schweiger > IT Manager, Entercom New England > 20 Guest St / 3d Floor > Brighton MA 02135-2040 From raccoonradio@mail.com Sun Feb 14 22:13:19 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:13:19 -0500 Subject: WRKO site: "Red Eye Radio" overnights Message-ID: <8CC7C03F5146EE5-1428-92E7@web-mmc-m04.sysops.aol.com> File under that didn't last long... Early last week it was noticed that Coast to Coast was gone from WRKO, replaced by Howie Carr reruns. Soon C2C turned up on Clear Channel's WKOX 1200... now I notice that, according to http://www.wrko.com , those Howie reruns didn't last long. It now says "Red Eye Radio" There is no link to a website but this is apparently a show hosted by Doug McIntyre that just debuted on WABC and KABC with other markets to be added. Apparently WRKO is one of those new affiliates... http://www.laradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:doug-mcintyres-red-eye-radio-is-back&catid=14:lead-stories >>"Doug has been doing the lead-in show to Imus in the Morning at WABC where the pd, Laurie Cantillo, said: ?Red Eye Radio is a refreshing live alternative to traditional overnight fare, which is canned, conspiratorial, and just plain dull." From raccoonradio@mail.com Sun Feb 14 22:30:17 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:30:17 -0500 Subject: WRKO site: "Red Eye Radio" overnights In-Reply-To: <8CC7C03F5146EE5-1428-92E7@web-mmc-m04.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CC7C03F5146EE5-1428-92E7@web-mmc-m04.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CC7C06540CE9C2-1428-9339@web-mmc-m04.sysops.aol.com> What's odd is that Jason Wolfe just praised Howie and pointed out how important he is to the station and that's why they decided to start running him overnights--and then days later the RKO sched has a change! I'm pretty sure that Howie is on vacation next week but would they only be picking up Red Eye for one week? (A trial run?) Or maybe they'd pick up Red Eye for a couple hours then re-run Howie, once Howie gets back From rickkelly@gmail.com Sun Feb 14 23:59:57 2010 From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:59:57 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <874AD13B25D245139CC6A0734A121293@SatU205S5044> References: <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice> <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B781DC7.40506@ttlc.net> <874AD13B25D245139CC6A0734A121293@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <521b7fd11002142059l60e4985eg6394eac7efc98740@mail.gmail.com> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > When was Davis on WOKO and who owned WOKO when he worked there? I remember Davis on WOKO when I was in high school in the 60's. I also remember him on WROW, particularly when they were Top 40 for a few months in 1959. Rick Kelly www.northeastairchecks.com From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Feb 15 00:58:30 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:58:30 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4B78E286.25266.7508B1@joe.attorneyross.com> On 14 Feb 2010 at 7:07, Matthew Osborne wrote: > To summarize, it was the typical disgruntled former listeners > picketing outside the studios trying to get as much media attention as > they can. Shades of WKRP! -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Feb 15 00:58:30 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:58:30 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> References: , <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com>, <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> Message-ID: <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> On 14 Feb 2010 at 9:21, Dave Doherty wrote: > In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home studio > (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... There was another radio personality in the Albany area called Dave Denny, who did his show from a large barn called "Dave Denny's Barn." I assume he did other things from the barn at other times, perhaps large parties, record hops, or some such. I know about this because, when my family lived in the Albany area, the summer day camp that I went to had a field trip to Dave Denny's Barn, and we observed and participated in his radio show. As I recall, we sang "The Ballad of Davy Crocket," each of us singing one verse. At one point while a record was playing, a large dog came over, and Dave sang (to the Davy Crocket tune) Dukie, Dukie Denny, Dave Denny's dog." -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From brian_vita@cssinc.com Mon Feb 15 01:59:59 2010 From: brian_vita@cssinc.com (Brian Vita) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:59:59 -0500 Subject: Home Studios....WAS....RE: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <004501caad8e$e91a32d0$bb4e9870$@com> Message-ID: <002f01caae0c$80544f50$80fcedf0$@com> > When I was working at WCAP (1999 - 2008) I was doing almost everything > from > my home studio. The overnight show (Music & Memories 1940's,50's, 60's, > 70's) from Midnight - 6am every night......Morning news > anchoring.......The > Saturday Night Sock Hop (came from the ice cream shop parking lot which is > on the same property).....etc. I was tied into the station by an 8khz > telco > line which both went through the master control console (for news and > other > times that I had to interact with other talent) and also went around the > console direct to an automated switcher for times that it was going to be > just me originating programming. > When I was doing production, I would record it at home.....upload it to > the > station computer...then remote into the station computer and import the > file > into the stations automation system....the only time I had to go to the > downtown Lowell studios was on Fridays to get my paycheck. > While I don't consider myself a radio personality, I've been doing my Sunday night show from my office studio since I began the show 3 years ago. I wanted to do a Sunday night show but really didn't feel like driving to the college every Sunday night and spending the evening in their studio. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, doing the show remotely is a breeze and sounds as good as those that originate from the main studio. My studio consists of: AudioArts A-50 Console - an old unit that I've been refurbishing Heil PR-40 Microphone through a Behringer processor Audio Technica ATM-40 (Guest) Microphones w/Behringer processors Marantz Pro CD Decks x 2 Tascam Dual well CD/CD Recorder Tascam DAT Machine Sony MiniDisk Revox RTR Deck (someday I'll connect it) Teac dual well cassette deck Marantz Pro CF Recorder (for air checks) BE Cart Machines (for legacy inputs) Behringer EFX Processor Behringer Compressor/Limiter for air feed QSC Amplifier (for studio monitors) EV FR-12's for studio monitors RANE Headphone Distro Amp RANE Distro Amp for AUD buss Telos One Digital Hybrid M-Audio Firewire Soundcard Various computers running Jockey ProLT and ZaraRadio automations for production elements We're working on putting Rivendell on another machine to work with. Computer running Edcast (formerly Oddcast) for studio feed to server IceCast server (this is the hub that the station feeds off of) GotoMyPC - runs on automation computer at station so that I can remotely take control and start WinAmp at station end to accept the feed. I've been using this rig for about 5 years now and it works great. I call it guerrilla remoting. We use a variation of this for doing remotes for the station. Our remote rig is: Phonic Helix Mixer with USB output Various ATM-40 Microphones Laptop with Internet access (wired, wi-fi or cell modem as available) running Edcast We use this rig, connecting Edcast to the IceCast server at my office then with Winamp at the station connecting to the IceCast server. Voila! Instant 15K stereo audio connection - good s/n, low noise floor. Yes, this is all low budget but that's what we have to work with. Best of all, it works like a champ! Brian From heritageradio@msn.com Mon Feb 15 02:38:34 2010 From: heritageradio@msn.com (Thomas Heathwood) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:38:34 -0500 Subject: FCC Approved consumer Equipment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Anyone have an idea how to check on additional information on electronic equipment that does not have a manufacturer's name/address on it, but does include an FCC approval number? From radiojunkie3@yahoo.com Mon Feb 15 08:00:53 2010 From: radiojunkie3@yahoo.com (Peter Q. George) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:00:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <4B78E286.25266.7508B1@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <624048.93730.qm@web50805.mail.re2.yahoo.com> "Hell NO, we won't go!!" And in true WKRP style, I'm sure WROW and its' cluster buddies will use the "FREE" publicity to their advantage. "Mother Carlson", please let the "Big Guy" have some fun! *********************************************************** --- On Mon, 2/15/10, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > From: A. Joseph Ross > Subject: Re: WROW/Albany format change protest > To: "Matthew Osborne" > Cc: "boston Radio Interest" > Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 12:58 AM > On 14 Feb 2010 at 7:07, Matthew > Osborne wrote: > > > To summarize, it was the typical disgruntled former > listeners > > picketing outside the studios trying to get as much > media attention as > > they can. > > Shades of WKRP! > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D.? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ???617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ???Fax > 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004? ? ? ? > ?????? ? ? ? > ???http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From dave@skywaves.net Mon Feb 15 09:42:44 2010 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:42:44 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <874AD13B25D245139CC6A0734A121293@SatU205S5044> References: , <4F7751D82E594BA7A2BF4ADE8E886C1D@HomeOffice>, <7.0.1.0.2.20100213155345.02860778@plymouthcolony.net> <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B781DC7.40506@ttlc.net> <874AD13B25D245139CC6A0734A121293@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <878EF50132794B5696CE5506E39D00C1@dave> Geoff Davis was the morning man on WOKO when I started working there in December of 1967. As I understood it at the time, morning drive was pretty much a two-way battle between him and Bill Edwardson at WGY. Shortly after I started at WOKO, the station was sold to a group that switched format from MOR to country. Davis left at that time, and I don't know where he went afterwards. A year or two later, Edwardson left WGY for greener pastures - Detroit or Cleveland, as I recall. I did have the opportunity to work with him at WGY before he left the station. Davis was replaced by Dave Dewey at WOKO, and Edwardson was replaced by Jack Shannon - "Shannon on the Morning." When I started, WOKO was owned by a local-ish group whose name escapes me now. The buyer was a Denver-based group that also owned KTLK ("K-Talk"). Jack Chapman, the new manager, was astonished to find that previous management had traded out just about everything, including the power bill! The vast majority of the cash income was from the Sunday morning taped religious shows that I ran. The tapes came with checks in the boxes. That, apparently, was sufficient to make payroll. Some things never change... -d -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dan.Strassberg" Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:01 PM To: "Roger Kirk" ; "Dave Doherty" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > > When was Davis on WOKO and who owned WOKO when he worked there? I > remember him on WINS in New York when I was in high school, if not > before, and I was in the Capital District when he arrived there--at > WROW. He may still have been working at WROW when I graduated from > college and moved to Boston. Since he had worked in New York (albeit, > he was at WINS before it became a huge success under Westinghouse > ownership), I wondered whether he felt like a big fish in a small > pond, but I guess he didn't mind. > > I also remember Bruce Bradley at WROW. He was an MOR jock then--and > obviously very talented. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Kirk" > To: "Dave Doherty" > Cc: "boston Radio Interest" > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > > >> IIRC, Dale Dorman voiced his WRKO morning show live from his home >> while he was incapacitated by ?a motorcycle accident? >> >> Dave Doherty wrote: >>> That was a pretty extreme case, but it was not at all unusual for >>> radio celebs to work from home studios. >>> >>> In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home >>> studio (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... >> > > From dave@skywaves.net Mon Feb 15 09:46:17 2010 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:46:17 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> References: , <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com>, <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <8E2B5B514A0C4AAFADB3D03DB7561570@dave> Funny. The guy who replaced Geoff Davis at WOKO after the country switch in 1968 was Dave Dewey - I wonder if that was Dave Denny under another name. -d -------------------------------------------------- From: "A. Joseph Ross" Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:58 AM To: "Dave Doherty" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > > On 14 Feb 2010 at 9:21, Dave Doherty wrote: > >> In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home studio >> (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... > > There was another radio personality in the Albany area called Dave > Denny, who did his show from a large barn called "Dave Denny's Barn." > I assume he did other things from the barn at other times, perhaps > large parties, record hops, or some such. > > I know about this because, when my family lived in the Albany area, > the summer day camp that I went to had a field trip to Dave Denny's > Barn, and we observed and participated in his radio show. As I > recall, we sang "The Ballad of Davy Crocket," each of us singing one > verse. At one point while a record was playing, a large dog came > over, and Dave sang (to the Davy Crocket tune) Dukie, Dukie Denny, > Dave Denny's dog." > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Feb 15 10:00:30 2010 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:00:30 -0500 Subject: FCC Approved consumer Equipment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you have the FCC ID number, you can look it up here: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm -Bob On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Thomas Heathwood wrote: > Anyone have an idea how to check on additional information on electronic equipment that does not have a manufacturer's name/address on it, but does include an FCC approval number? > From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Feb 15 10:06:43 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:06:43 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications References: , <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com>, <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> I think Dave Denny was noted for really cornball country music. IIRC, he not only played country records, but he also had a band that was featured on his program (or some of his programs). He may have been the band's vocalist. And didn't his wife co-host his programs? I can't remember her name, but, in my mind, I can sort of hear a woman with a kind of Tennessee accent. In any event, I heard that Denny leased the time for his shows from WPTR. I don't know whether that was true or not, but I think he was WPTR's top talent--at least until WPTR captured WTRY's top talent, Paul Flanagan. I don't think that happened until after I left the Capital District for Boston, however. Also, did Denny eventually move his programs from WPTR to WOKO? I can imagine that, after Flanagan's arrival, WPTR might have de-emphasized country in favor of top-40. I could imagine Denny (or WPTR) deciding that there was no place for a country personality on a top-40 station. The were other Capital District radio legends in that era--people who garnered incredible audience shares for years on end. Besides Flanagan, with his Tri-City Ballroom, there was Roy Schutt who had apparently been on the air forever in AM drive with his First Prize Music Clock show, sponsored by First Prize baloney (honest). First Prize also made hot dogs. Schutt's schtick was reading people's (mostly kids'--but not only kids') names on the air and wishing them a happy birthday. In the early 50's, his program was on WTRY but I believe that, before WTRY, Schutt had been on WOKO for many years. Considering the ratings, I guess many people would call Schutt's program a prime example of local radio of that era at its best. I thought it was the dullest program I had heard since the guy (wish I could recall his name) who sounded as if he had marbles in his mouth (probably, his false teeth were loose). His daily "news and commentary" program originated at WNAC and was fed to the entire Mutual network. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Joseph Ross" To: "Dave Doherty" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:58 AM Subject: Re: FCC Open Today: Area Applications > On 14 Feb 2010 at 9:21, Dave Doherty wrote: > >> In Albany, at least one morning guy did his show from his home >> studio >> (Geoff Davis on WOKO-1460)... > > There was another radio personality in the Albany area called Dave > Denny, who did his show from a large barn called "Dave Denny's > Barn." > I assume he did other things from the barn at other times, perhaps > large parties, record hops, or some such. > > I know about this because, when my family lived in the Albany area, > the summer day camp that I went to had a field trip to Dave Denny's > Barn, and we observed and participated in his radio show. As I > recall, we sang "The Ballad of Davy Crocket," each of us singing one > verse. At one point while a record was playing, a large dog came > over, and Dave sang (to the Davy Crocket tune) Dukie, Dukie Denny, > Dave Denny's dog." > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com > > From billohno@gmail.com Mon Feb 15 11:35:08 2010 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:35:08 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <4B78E286.25266.7508B1@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <194208.25786.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <4B78E286.25266.7508B1@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <4B7977BC.1070601@gmail.com> A. Joseph Ross wrote: > Shades of WKRP! > > Bring on the turkey-drop! Bill O'Neill From dave@skywaves.net Mon Feb 15 14:26:57 2010 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:26:57 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> References: , <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com>, <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> WOKO switched from MOR to country in late 1969 or early 1970. About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... (Moline? Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, Saratoga.) Roy Urbinas had an airshift at WPTR, maybe mornings. He eventually went north and worked at WIRY in Plattsburgh. The afternoon drive guy was "Boom-Boom" Brannigan. I think Don Weeks might have worked there also between gigs at WTRY and WGY and a stint as a weatherman. And for a while, nights were the province of the "Wild Child..." WPTR was an exciting place in those days, and a lot of the area's rock jocks took a turn there. I don't recall Dave Denny and his wife at all, though. I was not a country fan, though I did stay with WOKO for a while after the big switch. -d From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Feb 15 14:37:25 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:37:25 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) References: , <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com>, <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> Message-ID: I don't know whether Brannigan is still living; ISTR reading somewhere that he had died, but don't take my word for it. He DID however (and if he is still living, may still) own the AM 1160 in Mechanicville. I think it now has the WABY calls; those calls having been relinquished by 1400 in Albany when it was acquired by WAMC. I believe 1400 is now WAMC (AM) and the FM (on Mt Greylock) is now WAMC-FM. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Doherty" To: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "A. Joseph Ross" Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) > WOKO switched from MOR to country in late 1969 or early 1970. > > About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the > "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - > Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... (Moline? Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, > Saratoga.) Roy Urbinas had an airshift at WPTR, maybe mornings. He > eventually went north and worked at WIRY in Plattsburgh. The > afternoon drive guy was "Boom-Boom" Brannigan. I think Don Weeks > might have worked there also between gigs at WTRY and WGY and a > stint as a weatherman. And for a while, nights were the province of > the "Wild Child..." WPTR was an exciting place in those days, and a > lot of the area's rock jocks took a turn there. > > I don't recall Dave Denny and his wife at all, though. I was not a > country fan, though I did stay with WOKO for a while after the big > switch. > > -d > > > > From dave@skywaves.net Mon Feb 15 17:26:01 2010 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:26:01 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: <521b7fd11002151422j4bb6a3a4t72387c97d569d74b@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151422j4bb6a3a4t72387c97d569d74b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <165474B17502409CBFF75C890A30578D@dave> Could be. I rarely listened to WEEE. -d -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rick Kelly" Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 5:22 PM To: "Dave Doherty" Cc: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "A. Joseph Ross" ; "boston Radio Interest" Subject: Re: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) > > I think that Denny was more associated with country WEEE 1300AM during the > 60's. > > -Rick Kelly From rickkelly@gmail.com Mon Feb 15 17:23:50 2010 From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:23:50 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> Message-ID: <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> Last I heard, Boom Boom was still alive. He does not own the 1160 anymore. -Rick Kelly On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > I don't know whether Brannigan is still living; ISTR reading somewhere > that he had died, but don't take my word for it. He DID however (and > if he is still living, may still) own the AM 1160 in Mechanicville. I > think it now has the WABY calls; those calls having been relinquished > by 1400 in Albany when it was acquired by WAMC. I believe 1400 is now > WAMC (AM) and the FM (on Mt Greylock) is now WAMC-FM. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Doherty" > To: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "A. Joseph Ross" > > Cc: "boston Radio Interest" > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 2:26 PM > Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) > > >> WOKO switched from MOR to country in late 1969 or early 1970. >> >> About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the >> "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - >> Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... ?(Moline? ?Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, >> Saratoga.) ?Roy Urbinas had an airshift at WPTR, maybe mornings. He >> eventually went north and worked at WIRY in Plattsburgh. ?The >> afternoon drive guy was "Boom-Boom" Brannigan. ?I think Don Weeks >> might have worked there also between gigs at WTRY and WGY and a >> stint as a weatherman. And for a while, nights were the province of >> the "Wild Child..." ?WPTR was an exciting place in those days, and a >> lot of the area's rock jocks took a turn there. >> >> I don't recall Dave Denny and his wife at all, though. I was not a >> country fan, though I did stay with WOKO for a while after the big >> switch. >> >> -d >> >> >> >> > > From rickkelly@gmail.com Mon Feb 15 17:22:35 2010 From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:22:35 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> Message-ID: <521b7fd11002151422j4bb6a3a4t72387c97d569d74b@mail.gmail.com> I think that Denny was more associated with country WEEE 1300AM during the 60's. -Rick Kelly On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Dave Doherty wrote: > WOKO switched from MOR to country in late 1969 or early 1970. > > About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the "Quad > Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - Albany, Schenectady, > Troy, and... ?(Moline? ?Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, Saratoga.) ?Roy Urbinas had an > airshift at WPTR, maybe mornings. He ?eventually went north and worked at > WIRY in Plattsburgh. ?The afternoon drive guy was "Boom-Boom" Brannigan. ?I > think Don Weeks might have worked there also between gigs at WTRY and WGY > and a stint as a weatherman. And for a while, nights were the province of > the "Wild Child..." ?WPTR was an exciting place in those days, and a lot of > the area's rock jocks took a turn there. > > I don't recall Dave Denny and his wife at all, though. I was not a country > fan, though I did stay with WOKO for a while after the big switch. > > -d > > > > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Mon Feb 15 18:23:29 2010 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:23:29 -0500 Subject: Doug Fieger, RIP Message-ID: <20100215232343.1CDCD1B4FFC@relay25.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> Doug Fieger, who co-wrote and sang lead on the hit song "My Sharona" has died of cancer-- he was only 57. Like the song or not, My Sharona was one of those great top-40 records that sounded especially good when listening in the car. From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Mon Feb 15 18:26:04 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:26:04 -0600 Subject: Doug Fieger, RIP In-Reply-To: <20100215232343.1CDCD1B4FFC@relay25.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> References: <20100215232343.1CDCD1B4FFC@relay25.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002151526m191eb9cag4649f8a8f373257d@mail.gmail.com> Wow, even I KNOW that song. The first time I ever remember playing it was when I did 2 fill-in shows at WCNI-FM, then at 91.1 and later when I was at an un named AM Daytimer that went from Top 40/CHR/Rock to Oldies. Paul Walker On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > Doug Fieger, who co-wrote and sang lead on the hit song "My Sharona" has > died of cancer-- he was only 57. Like the song or not, My Sharona was one > of those great top-40 records that sounded especially good when listening in > the car. > From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Feb 16 00:30:23 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:30:23 -0500 Subject: FCC Open Today: Area Applications In-Reply-To: <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> References: , <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <4B7A2D6F.7980.500F8B@joe.attorneyross.com> On 15 Feb 2010 at 10:06, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > I think Dave Denny was noted for really cornball country music. IIRC, > he not only played country records, but he also had a band that was > featured on his program (or some of his programs). He may have been > the band's vocalist. And didn't his wife co-host his programs? I can't > remember her name, but, in my mind, I can sort of hear a woman with a > kind of Tennessee accent. In any event, I heard that Denny leased the > time for his shows from WPTR. I don't know whether that was true or > not, but I think he was WPTR's top talent--at least until WPTR > captured WTRY's top talent, Paul Flanagan. I don't think that happened > until after I left the Capital District for Boston, however. Also, did > Denny eventually move his programs from WPTR to WOKO? I can imagine > that, after Flanagan's arrival, WPTR might have de-emphasized country > in favor of top-40. I could imagine Denny (or WPTR) deciding that > there was no place for a country personality on a top-40 station. As I recall, WPTR was already going Top 40 by the time Paul Flanagan got there. I do remember that, when we visited Dave Denny's Barn, when the show broke for station announcements or news, it was from WPTR. But later I heard him on WABY, so I think that's where he went from WPTR. I don't remember his wife co-hosting with him that particular day, but I do remember that he had a guitar that he strummed while singing to his dog. He and our counselor did a routine together, our counselor using a ukulele. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From hmglaz@worldnet.att.net Tue Feb 16 12:24:42 2010 From: hmglaz@worldnet.att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:24:42 -0500 Subject: Doug Fieger, RIP References: <20100215232343.1CDCD1B4FFC@relay25.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> <8bce0fe81002151526m191eb9cag4649f8a8f373257d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001c01caaf2c$ee1732c0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> One of the good things (and there aren't all that many) about oldies stations transitioning to "classic hits" is that great late '70s and early '80s power-pop songs like "My Sharona" and "Jessie's Girl" and "Sweet Talkin' Woman" are getting played again. For years, they've been too lightweight for classic rock stations, which would rather play U2 and Black Sabbath, and too recent for oldies stations, which would rather play Herman's Hermits and the Supremes. Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. > Wow, even I KNOW that song. The first time I ever remember playing it was > when I did 2 fill-in shows at WCNI-FM, then at 91.1 and later when I was at > an un named AM Daytimer that went from Top 40/CHR/Rock to Oldies. > > Paul Walker > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > > > Doug Fieger, who co-wrote and sang lead on the hit song "My Sharona" has > > died of cancer-- he was only 57. Like the song or not, My Sharona was one > > of those great top-40 records that sounded especially good when listening in > > the car. > > > > From hmglaz@worldnet.att.net Tue Feb 16 12:31:33 2010 From: hmglaz@worldnet.att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:31:33 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave><4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com><16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044><15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> "Dave Doherty" wrote: >> About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the >> "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - >> Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... (Moline? Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, >> Saratoga.) WGNA had (probably still has, haven't listened to them in many years) an ID of "WGNA Voorheesville/Albany/Schenectady/Troy," creating another "Quad Cities" combination. But that was to satisfy the FCC, right? WPTR wasn't somehow obligated to add Saratoga back then, was it? Howard From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Feb 16 12:51:08 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:51:08 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave><4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com><16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044><15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> Message-ID: <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) did the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to Voorheesville (I don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but even if the AM and FM were simulcasting, that should not have resulted in the insertion of Voorheesville into the AM legal. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Glazer" To: "Rick Kelly" ; "Dan.Strassberg" ; Cc: "boston Radio Interest" Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:31 PM Subject: Re: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) > > "Dave Doherty" wrote: >>> About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving >>> the >>> "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - >>> Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... (Moline? Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, >>> Saratoga.) > > WGNA had (probably still has, haven't listened to them in many > years) an ID > of "WGNA Voorheesville/Albany/Schenectady/Troy," creating another > "Quad > Cities" combination. But that was to satisfy the FCC, right? WPTR > wasn't > somehow obligated to add Saratoga back then, was it? > > Howard > > > > From scott@fybush.com Tue Feb 16 13:21:35 2010 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:21:35 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave><4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com><16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044><15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <4B7AE22F.4020008@fybush.com> Dan.Strassberg wrote: > When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) did > the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to Voorheesville > (I don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but even if the AM > and FM were simulcasting, that should not have resulted in the insertion > of Voorheesville into the AM legal. Both 1460 and 107.7 are still licensed to Albany. The "Voorheesville" FM is the fairly recent class A drop-in at 96.3 that's now WAJZ. It signed on as WCDA (a call last seen in Albany on TV, in the channel 41 days) and was WPTR-FM for a few years in the late nineties. s From hmglaz@worldnet.att.net Tue Feb 16 13:16:07 2010 From: hmglaz@worldnet.att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:16:07 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave><4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com><16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044><15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <000b01caaf34$1d4064c0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> From: Dan.Strassberg > When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) > did the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to > Voorheesville (I don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but > even if the AM and FM were simulcasting, that should not have resulted > in the insertion of Voorheesville into the AM legal. > I was referring to WGNA-FM, circa early/mid-'90s, when I was really into country music. Although I still get up to that area every summer, I no longer listen to that station, so I have no idea what it's doing now. Hmmmm ... if there's no connection to Voorheesville for 'GNA, I'm beginning to wonder if it might have been some other Albany-area FM that I somehow "misremembered." Howard From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Feb 16 13:11:20 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:11:20 -0600 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com> <733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave> <4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com> <16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044> <15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002161011u74e81f5rd0ef5118def58886@mail.gmail.com> WGNA-FM is licensed to Albany. When I was in Colchester, I often heard their Am sister, WGNA-AM.. that, 980 and 1540 were regulars. On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) did > the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to Voorheesville (I > don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but even if the AM and FM > were simulcasting, that should not have resulted in the insertion of > Voorheesville into the AM legal. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Glazer" < > hmglaz@worldnet.att.net> > To: "Rick Kelly" ; "Dan.Strassberg" < > dan.strassberg@att.net>; > Cc: "boston Radio Interest" > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:31 PM > Subject: Re: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) > > > > >> "Dave Doherty" wrote: >> >>> About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the >>>> "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city - >>>> Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... (Moline? Bettendorf? Oh, yeah, >>>> Saratoga.) >>>> >>> >> WGNA had (probably still has, haven't listened to them in many years) an >> ID >> of "WGNA Voorheesville/Albany/Schenectady/Troy," creating another "Quad >> Cities" combination. But that was to satisfy the FCC, right? WPTR wasn't >> somehow obligated to add Saratoga back then, was it? >> >> Howard >> >> >> >> >> > From ssmyth@psualum.com Tue Feb 16 23:10:47 2010 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:10:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: New program at WBUR? Message-ID: <782356.86263.qm@web110501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> An ad on journalismjobs.com today for a producer for a new, "local" program at 90.9. (Wasn't The Connection local when it first signed on?) http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1149976 What gets bumped off the schedule? I'd guess the second hour of Talk of the Nation, if they're still airing it. Maybe this is old news and apologies if it is, but I hadn't seen/heard anything about it previously. From rogerkirk@ttlc.net Wed Feb 17 13:26:03 2010 From: rogerkirk@ttlc.net (Roger Kirk) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:26:03 -0500 Subject: Doug Fieger, RIP In-Reply-To: <001c01caaf2c$ee1732c0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> References: <20100215232343.1CDCD1B4FFC@relay25.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com> <8bce0fe81002151526m191eb9cag4649f8a8f373257d@mail.gmail.com> <001c01caaf2c$ee1732c0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> Message-ID: <4B7C34BB.2060109@ttlc.net> Howard Glazer wrote: > One of the good things (and there aren't all that many) about oldies > stations transitioning to "classic hits" is that great late '70s and early > '80s power-pop songs like "My Sharona" and "Jessie's Girl" and "Sweet > Talkin' Woman" are getting played again. For years, they've been too > lightweight for classic rock stations, which would rather play U2 and Black > Sabbath, and too recent for oldies stations, which would rather play > Herman's Hermits and the Supremes. > The Hermits & The Supremes are almost all but forgotten by Oldies 103.3 The 70's rule. From Kaimbridge@gmail.com Wed Feb 17 13:55:32 2010 From: Kaimbridge@gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:55:32 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] WFXZ-CA Converts Analog To Digital, Ch.24 --> 25 Message-ID: <4B7C3BA4.40302@Gmail.com> While doing my 8pm evening/wakeup dialscan Monday night, noted a message (in Spanish) about its ch.24 digital conversion on "Martes 2/16/2010". Sure enough, last night I noted ch.24 was off, then this morning shortly after 6am I noted something (on the Insignia's digital signal meter) on ch.25: After playing around with the trusty old dipole antenna around 10:15am, WFXZ-CA:24 decoded with the same conversion message on 24.1 (though, as I post this, they have since returned to regular programming) and infomercials on 24.2 - 24.4??yes, this LPTV station consists of four digital subchannels! Analog WFXZ-CA-24 had the honor of being the last analog TV signal in the Boston area...excluding CATV leakage! P=) P=) P=) ~Kaimbridge~ ----- Wikipedia?Contributor Home Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From scott@fybush.com Wed Feb 17 14:18:20 2010 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:18:20 -0500 Subject: [B-R-I] WFXZ-CA Converts Analog To Digital, Ch.24 --> 25 In-Reply-To: <4B7C3BA4.40302@Gmail.com> References: <4B7C3BA4.40302@Gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B7C40FC.8080103@fybush.com> Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote: > Analog WFXZ-CA-24 had the honor of being the last analog TV signal in > the Boston area...excluding CATV leakage! P=) P=) P=) What ever happened to "CuencaVision," which used to be on 19 and then on, what, 58? Is that gone for good? s From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Feb 17 14:54:09 2010 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:54:09 -0600 Subject: Rush and Sox Message-ID: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com> Looks more and more like Rush will be moving to 1200 as Clear Channel is starting to do something with www.rushradio1200.com Entercom seems to being hit in all directions and I was told this morning by a Red Sox official that the 2010 radio rights fee is due IN FULL by 5 PM on March 1. He told me the Sox have a backup plan in place and they will not extend the deadline. From Kaimbridge@gmail.com Wed Feb 17 15:47:26 2010 From: Kaimbridge@gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:47:26 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] Re: WFXZ-CA Converts Analog To Digital, Ch.24 --> 25 Message-ID: <4B7C55DE.9000100@Gmail.com> Scott FyBush wrote, >Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote: > >> Analog WFXZ-CA-24 had the honor of being the last analog TV >> signal in the Boston area...excluding CATV leakage! P=) P=) >> P=) > > What ever happened to "CuencaVision," which used to be on > 19 and then on, what, 58? Is that gone for good? Whoops, maybe, maybe not! P=| The FCC still has them (WCEA-LP-58) listed, though both them and WFXZ are listed as 5 kw, with WCEA's xmtr somewheres in the Brookline-Fenway area, and WFXZ's out further, around the Rt.128 Needham farm: Up here on the North Shore, WFXZ-24 had been coming in "snowy strong", and now DT-25 is able to break through digitally with some antenna manipulation. On the other hand, I can't find any trace of WCEA-58. Anyone on the southwest side get WCEA-58? ~Kaimbridge~ ----- Wikipedia?Contributor Home Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From markwats@comcast.net Wed Feb 17 18:13:58 2010 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:13:58 -0500 Subject: Rush and Sox References: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Kevin Vahey wrote: > Entercom seems to being hit in all directions and I was told this morning > by a Red Sox official that the 2010 radio rights fee is due IN FULL by 5 > PM on March 1. He told me the Sox have a backup plan in place and they > will not extend the deadline. One has to wonder if 98.5 The Sports Hub is part of the backup plan. Does CBS have the cash in hand to pay in full if Entercom doesn't? BTW does anyone have any info on what happened at the Entercom Boston all employee meeting this morning? Mark Watson From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Feb 17 18:26:53 2010 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:26:53 -0600 Subject: Rush and Sox In-Reply-To: References: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4fc429771002171526y41ef672ap6edf6218d06ba9d9@mail.gmail.com> I think CBS would go for the kill if the opportunity came. Keep in mind they also own WTIC. The real warning sign for Entercom is they are slashing their top revenue producers. Pete Sheppard is a perfect example. From raccoonradio@mail.com Thu Feb 18 03:01:18 2010 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:01:18 -0500 Subject: Rush and Sox (and 1200) In-Reply-To: References: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8CC7E87AF9A87D7-1974-9C4D@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com> Herald says the all-staff meeting was canceled but he did meet with some sales people. http://bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20100218glenn_beck_sean_hannity_on_wxks-am_lineup_also_clark_rockefeller_story_to_air/srvc=home&position=4 That article also divulges more details of the 1200 lineup come 4/1. It's said that details are sketchy on 6 am--a local show--and noon ("PD mum on Rush") but there will be Glenn Beck at 9 am, Sean Hannity at 3, Jason Lewis (out of Minneapolis I think) at 6 pm, TBA at 9, Coast 2 Coast at midnight -----Original Message----- From: Mark Watson To: Kevin Vahey ; (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 6:13 pm Subject: Re: Rush and Sox Kevin Vahey wrote: > Entercom seems to being hit in all directions and I was told this morning > by a Red Sox official that the 2010 radio rights fee is due IN FULL by 5 > PM on March 1. He told me the Sox have a backup plan in place and they > will not extend the deadline. One has to wonder if 98.5 The Sports Hub is part of the backup plan. Does CBS have the cash in hand to pay in full if Entercom doesn't? BTW does anyone have any info on what happened at the Entercom Boston all employee meeting this morning? Mark Watson From m_carney@yahoo.com Thu Feb 18 08:28:53 2010 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:28:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: Rush and Sox (and 1200) In-Reply-To: <8CC7E87AF9A87D7-1974-9C4D@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com> References: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com> <8CC7E87AF9A87D7-1974-9C4D@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <282308.95855.qm@web53305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Is the Sox backup position to buy time on an FM (not necessarily 98.5) and keep the revenue, with sales handled by the NESN sales staff? The drawback for the Sox (besides having TV people selling radio) is that they have the money from Entercom in the budget and would like not to revise those figures at a likely lower level. Second question is the announcers - are Joe Castiglione and Dave O'Brien employed by Entercom or the team? I think it's Entercom, and would they hold them hostage (like Howie Carr)? From tcoco@whav.net Mon Feb 15 12:10:45 2010 From: tcoco@whav.net (Tim Coco) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:10:45 -0500 Subject: WROW/Albany format change protest In-Reply-To: <624048.93730.qm@web50805.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <4B78E286.25266.7508B1@joe.attorneyross.com> <624048.93730.qm@web50805.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <33AF471D5152462A8B706889117EF32F@CEO> Controversy is almost always good publicity: ?I don?t care what you say about me, as long as you spell my name right.? George M. Cohan (1878-1942) OR ?I don?t mind what the opposition say of me, so long as they don?t tell the truth.? Mark Twain (1835-1910) Tim Coco President & General Manager WHAV -----Original Message----- From: Peter Q. George [mailto:radiojunkie3@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:01 AM To: Matthew Osborne; A. Joseph Ross Cc: boston Radio Interest Subject: Re: WROW/Albany format change protest "Hell NO, we won't go!!" And in true WKRP style, I'm sure WROW and its' cluster buddies will use the "FREE" publicity to their advantage. "Mother Carlson", please let the "Big Guy" have some fun! *********************************************************** --- On Mon, 2/15/10, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > From: A. Joseph Ross > Subject: Re: WROW/Albany format change protest > To: "Matthew Osborne" > Cc: "boston Radio Interest" > Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 12:58 AM On 14 Feb 2010 at 7:07, > Matthew Osborne wrote: > > > To summarize, it was the typical disgruntled former > listeners > > picketing outside the studios trying to get as much > media attention as > > they can. > > Shades of WKRP! > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ???617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 > ? ? ? ? ???Fax > 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004 > ?????? ? ? ? > ???http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From adamg@universalhub.com Wed Feb 17 13:31:18 2010 From: adamg@universalhub.com (Adam Gaffin) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:31:18 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? In-Reply-To: <782356.86263.qm@web110501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <782356.86263.qm@web110501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4B7C35F6.5080207@universalhub.com> Looks like they'll be expanding Radio Boston to five days. Here's the job posting for executive producer: http://bit.ly/9otFph Sean Smyth wrote: > An ad on journalismjobs.com today for a producer for a new, "local" program at 90.9. (Wasn't The Connection local when it first signed on?) > > http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1149976 > > What gets bumped off the schedule? I'd guess the second hour of Talk of the Nation, if they're still airing it. > > Maybe this is old news and apologies if it is, but I hadn't seen/heard anything about it previously. > > > > From ddillaby@myfairpoint.net Wed Feb 17 13:32:32 2010 From: ddillaby@myfairpoint.net (Donald Dillaby) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:32:32 -0500 Subject: WCRB audio Message-ID: <022301caafff$920f54c0$b62dfe40$@net> Has anyone else noticed that the audio from WCRB, 99.5, is somewhat distorted today? I was wondering if it was my vehicle radio or the transmitter. Regards, Donald Dillaby 27 Palisade Dr. Nashua, NH 03062 603-888-2766 From dan.strassberg@att.net Thu Feb 18 12:58:49 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:58:49 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? References: <782356.86263.qm@web110501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B7C35F6.5080207@universalhub.com> Message-ID: I think it will be the afternoon broadcast of Terri Gross and Fresh Air that will disappear from WBUR. WBUR will still carry Terri at 9:00PM M-F and WGBH caries her at 2:00PM. If that's what happens, WBUR will lose some listeners to the first hour of TOTN. A lot of people who currently listen to Terri during the day won't switch to evenings because they can get her an hour later just down the dial. But they can't listen to Terri and hour 1 of TOTN at the same time. Personally, I don't think Radio Boston is a strong entry on WBUR's midday schedule. With this move, I think WBUR is shooting itself in the foot and is showing that it is running scared. OTOH, the less professionally done local shows on WGBH (Emily and Callie) may have lowered the bar. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Gaffin" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:31 PM Subject: Re: New program at WBUR? > Looks like they'll be expanding Radio Boston to five days. Here's > the job posting for executive producer: > > http://bit.ly/9otFph > > Sean Smyth wrote: >> An ad on journalismjobs.com today for a producer for a new, "local" >> program at 90.9. (Wasn't The Connection local when it first signed >> on?) http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1149976 >> >> What gets bumped off the schedule? I'd guess the second hour of >> Talk of the Nation, if they're still airing it. >> >> Maybe this is old news and apologies if it is, but I hadn't >> seen/heard anything about it previously. >> >> >> From sean.smyth@yahoo.com Thu Feb 18 13:45:28 2010 From: sean.smyth@yahoo.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:45:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: New program at WBUR? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <693448.62151.qm@web110512.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> On Thu, 2/18/10, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > I think it will be the afternoon > broadcast of Terri Gross and Fresh > Air that will disappear from WBUR. WBUR will still carry > Terri at > 9:00PM M-F and WGBH caries her at 2:00PM. If that's what > happens, WBUR > will lose some listeners to the first hour of TOTN. A lot > of people > who currently listen to Terri during the day won't switch > to evenings > because they can get her an hour later just down the dial. > But they > can't listen to Terri and hour 1 of TOTN at the same time. Good point, Dan, on Fresh Air. I was thinking second hour of TOTN since few(er) stations seem to air it (at least in the northeast), and it would create a 3-til-7 news-style block. > Personally, I don't think Radio Boston is a strong entry on > WBUR's > midday schedule. With this move, I think WBUR is shooting > itself in > the foot and is showing that it is running scared. OTOH, > the less > professionally done local shows on WGBH (Emily and Callie) > may have > lowered the bar. Haven't listened to Emily/Callie yet. I like Radio Boston, but I wonder if that in-depth format can sustain itself five days a week, an hour a day. I'm guessing not, not with a six- or eight-person staff (the BU ad mentions the producer would supervise 6 people). I'd think you'd need more producers/reporters to do it well and do it on a daily basis. From dbroda@nycap.rr.com Thu Feb 18 16:17:36 2010 From: dbroda@nycap.rr.com (Douglas Broda) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:17:36 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) In-Reply-To: <4B7AE22F.4020008@fybush.com> References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave><4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com><16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044><15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044> <4B7AE22F.4020008@fybush.com> Message-ID: <4B7DAE70.9080002@nycap.rr.com> I think the possible confusion is that 96.3 was satellite country, trying to compete with WGNA, for a couple of years in the 90s. Scott Fybush wrote: > Dan.Strassberg wrote: >> When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) >> did the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to >> Voorheesville (I don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but >> even if the AM and FM were simulcasting, that should not have >> resulted in the insertion of Voorheesville into the AM legal. > > Both 1460 and 107.7 are still licensed to Albany. The "Voorheesville" > FM is the fairly recent class A drop-in at 96.3 that's now WAJZ. It > signed on as WCDA (a call last seen in Albany on TV, in the channel 41 > days) and was WPTR-FM for a few years in the late nineties. > > > -- Douglas J. Broda Attorney at Law Post Office Box 239 Troy, New York 12182 (518) 272-0580 Fax (518) 237-0949 NOTE: I do not regularly read emails from this account, other than those sent to mailing lists to which I subscribe, in order to minimize spam. If you need to reach me quickly and do not have my other email address, please feel free to call me. From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Feb 19 01:00:59 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:00:59 -0500 Subject: [Boston_Progressive_Talk] Re: WBUR taking Radio Boston daily In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <4B7E291B.521.BDC491@joe.attorneyross.com> On 18 Feb 2010 at 12:08, ddstrassberg wrote: > > I guess this means that WBUR is dropping its first daily broadcast of > Fresh Air with Terri Gross. However, WBUR also airs Terri's program at > 9:00PM and WGBH carries it at 2:00PM. So those who want to hear Terri > in the afternoon won't be forced to wait eight hours--just one. OTOH, > it you want Terri at two, you will have to miss the first hour of Talk > of the Nation. But isn't the morning show the live one, where you can call in? -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Feb 19 01:00:59 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:00:59 -0500 Subject: Rush and Sox (and 1200) In-Reply-To: <282308.95855.qm@web53305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com>, <8CC7E87AF9A87D7-1974-9C4D@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com>, <282308.95855.qm@web53305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4B7E291B.11819.BDC6C3@joe.attorneyross.com> On 18 Feb 2010 at 5:28, Maureen Carney wrote: > Is the Sox backup position to buy time on an FM (not necessarily 98.5) > and keep the revenue, with sales handled by the NESN sales staff? The > drawback for the Sox (besides having TV people selling radio) is that > they have the money from Entercom in the budget and would like not to > revise those figures at a likely lower level. Why? By what logic (outside the Beltway, that is) is it bad to be under-budget? -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From friedbagels@gmail.com Fri Feb 19 01:27:03 2010 From: friedbagels@gmail.com (Aaron Read) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:27:03 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? Message-ID: If WBUR drops Fresh Air from 1pm, they'll drop it from 9pm, too. Shows like FA cost too much to run at off-peak times when listenership is much lower. However, my money would be on WBUR moving Fresh Air from 1pm to 3pm, and running the local show at the 1pm slot. That way they preserve some of TOTN, they (in theory) keep their FA audience, and they still have the local show on at a strong-ish time. I say "in theory" for FA because FA tends to be very popular as a "lunchtime listening" show, so it's best at 12n or 1pm. Moving it to 3pm will mean a very different audience; tough say if it'll do as well then...although with enough time to build an audience, it'll probably do fine. OTOH, it's also possible that WBUR will drop FA entirely, thus saving some money in program fees and allowing them to run their local show twice daily. Or run something else at 9pm...probably the BBC or maybe they'll be experimental and pick up "Tell Me More"...which is a good show and plays well to both white and black audiences, something I would think WBUR would not mind making inroads with. I'm sure WBUR will not like losing the FA audience to WGBH, but it's not unprecedented. For a few years WBUR didn't have Marketplace because WGBH did. And I'm sure WBUR feels their local show will be a stronger draw overall anyways...otherwise they wouldn't be doing it at all. BTW, it's Terry with a "y", not an "i". Make a spelling mistake like that to Terry's face at your own peril, my friends! ;-) -- -- ----------------------------------------- Aaron Read friedbagels@gmail.com WEOS 89.7FM General Manager (315) 781-3811 I think it will be the afternoon broadcast of Terri Gross and Fresh Air that will disappear from WBUR. WBUR will still carry Terri at 9:00PM M-F and WGBH caries her at 2:00PM. If that's what happens, WBUR will lose some listeners to the first hour of TOTN. A lot of people who currently listen to Terri during the day won't switch to evenings because they can get her an hour later just down the dial. But they can't listen to Terri and hour 1 of TOTN at the same time. From friedbagels@gmail.com Fri Feb 19 01:32:30 2010 From: friedbagels@gmail.com (Aaron Read) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:32:30 -0500 Subject: [Boston_Progressive_Talk] Re: WBUR taking Radio Boston daily Message-ID: > I guess this means that WBUR is dropping its first daily broadcast of > Fresh Air with Terri Gross. However, WBUR also airs Terri's program at > 9:00PM and WGBH carries it at 2:00PM. So those who want to hear Terri > in the afternoon won't be forced to wait eight hours--just one. OTOH, > it you want Terri at two, you will have to miss the first hour of Talk > of the Nation. ------------ >But isn't the morning show the live one, where you can call in? ----------- What morning show? Fresh Air? FA is not a call-in show. If you mean On Point, which is 10am - 12n, then yes that's a call-in show but it's not part of the discussion about where Radio Boston will air as a daily show. Talk of the Nation runs 2pm - 4pm live, and is also a call-in show, but is viewed as more "expendable" by WBUR because A: On Point gets better ratings*** and B: On Point is produced by WBUR and thus is not going to be bumped. Ditto for Here & Now at 12n. *** Generally speaking, call-in shows do best on NPR affiliates across the country when they're on from 10am-12n local time. And all shows, not just call-in's, after 12n show a marked dropoff that gets progressively worse as you approach 4pm and then back up as afternoon drive begins. Afternoons are just a tough sell, no matter what show you put in there or how good it is. -- -- ----------------------------------------- Aaron Read friedbagels@gmail.com WEOS 89.7FM General Manager (315) 781-3811 From m_carney@yahoo.com Fri Feb 19 06:25:06 2010 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:25:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Rush and Sox (and 1200) In-Reply-To: <4B7E291B.11819.BDC6C3@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <4fc429771002171154h575a7687n5a0e5c2af5c2c50e@mail.gmail.com>, <8CC7E87AF9A87D7-1974-9C4D@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com>, <282308.95855.qm@web53305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4B7E291B.11819.BDC6C3@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <442104.54384.qm@web53305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'm approaching this from the point that they counted on so much coming in and the potential of getting much less. If the Sox budgeted $10 million from radio revenue and only receive $9, that's a shortfall of $1 million that has to be made up by cuts elsewhere if they planned on using the money. From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Feb 19 06:48:14 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:48:14 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? References: Message-ID: I was following what I _thought_ was the rule: Terry is a man's name (or nickname for Terrence); Terri is a woman's name (or nickname for Theresa). Of course, I should have thought a little more deeply. I believe Terry Gross is Jewish. There may be some Jewish women with the given name of Theresa, but Theresa would be a very uncommon choice of given name for a Jewish girl. Theresa is a common given name for Roman Catholic women because they are usually named for saints and there must have been at least one (probably more than one) St Theresa. Anyhow, we can be pretty sure (though not positive) that Terry Gross is not really Theresa. So is Terry her real given name, or is it a nickname for something besides Theresa, or is it a nickname for Theresa, or is it simply an air name that she chose and is not a nickname for anything? And if it's the last of these possibilities, why did she spell it with a y when an i would have been the more common spelling? Oh, and about the substance of Aaron's message: I don't think Fresh Air costs WBUR a lot. I suspect that WBUR get's it from WHYY in a trade for Here and Now, which WHYY carries live at noon Eastern. That said, my guess is that, if WBUR drops the afternoon broadcast of Fresh Air, the 9:00PM broadcast will continue on 90.9. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Read" To: Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 1:27 AM Subject: New program at WBUR? > BTW, it's Terry with a "y", not an "i". Make a spelling mistake > like > that to Terry's face at your own peril, my friends! ;-) > From friedbagels@gmail.com Fri Feb 19 10:25:46 2010 From: friedbagels@gmail.com (Aaron Read) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:25:46 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B7EAD7A.4000306@gmail.com> Dan.Strassberg wrote: > Oh, and about the substance of Aaron's message: I don't think Fresh > Air costs WBUR a lot. I suspect that WBUR get's it from WHYY in a > trade for Here and Now, which WHYY carries live at noon Eastern. > Ummm...no. WHYY doesn't control the distribution of Fresh Air, NPR does. WBUR pays their NPR fees just like everyone else. I'm not at liberty to disclose exactly what they are, but let's just say that it's noticeably above an average employee's salary. NPR programming ain't cheap. WBUR and WAMU had a deal that each would air the other's talk show (On Point and Diane Rehm, respectively) but they each still had to pay NPR for the rights fees to air the programs. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Aaron Read | Finger Lakes Public Radio friedbagels@gmail.com | General Manager (WEOS & WHWS-LP) Geneva, NY 14456 | www.weos.org / www.whws.fm From friedbagels@gmail.com Fri Feb 19 10:27:42 2010 From: friedbagels@gmail.com (Aaron Read) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:27:42 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B7EADEE.6050003@gmail.com> BTW, it appears WBUR is also hiring a new Production Assistant to work the Morning Edition shift. One does wonder if they've already filled the new job at Radio Boston internally by moving the ME:PA over. http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175417661 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Aaron Read | Finger Lakes Public Radio friedbagels@gmail.com | General Manager (WEOS & WHWS-LP) Geneva, NY 14456 | www.weos.org / www.whws.fm From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Feb 19 11:54:28 2010 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:54:28 -0500 Subject: [Boston_Progressive_Talk] Re: WBUR taking Radio Boston daily In-Reply-To: <4B7E291B.521.BDC491@joe.attorneyross.com> References: <4B7E291B.521.BDC491@joe.attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <35079830156532617157910305264844341661-Webmail@me.com> Huh? Fresh Air is not, and never has been, a call-in program. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH On Friday, February 19, 2010, at 01:00AM, "A. Joseph Ross" wrote: >On 18 Feb 2010 at 12:08, ddstrassberg wrote: > >> >> I guess this means that WBUR is dropping its first daily broadcast of >> Fresh Air with Terri Gross. However, WBUR also airs Terri's program at >> 9:00PM and WGBH carries it at 2:00PM. So those who want to hear Terri >> in the afternoon won't be forced to wait eight hours--just one. OTOH, >> it you want Terri at two, you will have to miss the first hour of Talk >> of the Nation. > >But isn't the morning show the live one, where you can call in? > >-- >A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 >Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com > > > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Feb 19 22:34:09 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:34:09 -0500 Subject: WROL 950 not on air Friday evening 2/19 Message-ID: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> Was WROL off the air this evening because of technical difficulties or have they just given up on the minimal coverage they get with 90W on a channel where the NIF is 37 mV/m (or maybe a bit less since WPEN upgraded)? Years ago (decades ago, actually), before WROL began operating at night and even longer before WROL management apparently forgot the location of the Day/Night switch on the remote-control setup, WIBX Utica was a nightly catch here, with a good, solid signal. If you look at WIBX's pattern, you can see why; nice lobe to the east. I don't think I've heard WIBX at night here in 30 years--maybe longer. Tonight, WIBX was dominating 950 with local high-school basketball and then Laura Ingraham. The signal may not have been as good as I remember it from back in the '70s, but it was solid, with few fades and no hint of WROL. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 From bob.bosra@demattia.net Fri Feb 19 23:38:20 2010 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:38:20 -0500 Subject: WROL 950 not on air Friday evening 2/19 In-Reply-To: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: WIBX is coming in S9+18 here (Northborough) tonight. No sign of WROL. I can usually pick up 'ROL just fine. And is that the classic country sound of WJKB (Charlestown, SC) I hear underneath the IBX signal? -Bob From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Feb 20 00:33:22 2010 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:33:22 -0500 Subject: WBUR taking Radio Boston daily In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B7F7422.28319.5CE1C5@joe.attorneyross.com> On 19 Feb 2010 at 1:32, Aaron Read wrote: > What morning show? Fresh Air? FA is not a call-in show. If you > mean On Point, which is 10am - 12n, then yes that's a call-in show but > it's not part of the discussion about where Radio Boston will air as a > daily show. I must have mixed them up, then. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From markwats@comcast.net Sat Feb 20 10:04:11 2010 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:04:11 -0500 Subject: Fox 25's Doug Meehan & Joe Malone Mulling A Run For Congress Message-ID: <6264B4B14E11468A80DEB6E92284BC10@Mark> The Boston Herald reports that Fox 25's Morning News traffic reporter Doug Meehan, who will be leaving the station March 5th due to budget cuts is considering a run as a Democratic candidate for the 10th Congressional District seat currently held by Rep.William Delahunt. Another member of the Fox 25 Morning News team, political commentator and former state treasurer Joe Malone is almost 100 percent sure he will run for the same seat. More from the Herald website: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20100219foxs_doug_meehan_joseph_d_malone_may_be_in_the_hunt_for_congress_seat/ Mark Watson From lglavin@mail.com Thu Feb 18 14:55:41 2010 From: lglavin@mail.com (lglavin@mail.com) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:55:41 -0500 Subject: WCRB audio In-Reply-To: <022301caafff$920f54c0$b62dfe40$@net> References: <022301caafff$920f54c0$b62dfe40$@net> Message-ID: <8CC7EEB7C08384A-141C-51B6@web-mmc-d06.sysops.aol.com> >-----Original Message----- >From: Donald Dillaby >To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 1:32 pm >Subject: WCRB audio >Has anyone else noticed that the audio from WCRB, 99.5, is somewhat distorted today? I was wondering if it was my vehicle radio or the transmitter. >Regards, Donald Dillaby It's funny you should mention it; just one hour ago, I was listening to one of the tapes WGBH made of performances in their concert hall. The piece (not that it particularly matters whatn the piece was, we're talking about audio quality here) was a Beethoven sonata for 'cello and piano from Opus 5, therefore an early piece by the L-man. That means he wrote it during his phase as the most amazing improviser on keyboard ever (contemporaries who heard both Mozart and Beethoven improvise said that the latter was superior). The upshot is that a piece described as a sonata for 'cello and piano by LvB that early is ACTUALLY a sonata for piano with 'cello accompaniment...and the piano sound was GLORIOUS, as if the instrument was actually in the room. Once in a while, when the 'cello player had something to say, you could almost see the horsehide fray as he dug into the music. All in all, no distortion today (Thursday) as far as I could tell. From m_carney@yahoo.com Sun Feb 21 11:16:59 2010 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:16:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: WJAR airing obituaries Message-ID: <438320.16572.qm@web53305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www2.turnto10.com/jar/news/local/article/nbc10_to_broadcast_obituary_announcements/31462/ They won't be the only ones. I heard that WFSB will also have an obit show, airing somewhere between 4-6am. Paid obits aren't that unusual with local radio stations - they were part of the programming on WMRC Milford, MA when I was there. We read them after the local news. From billings@suscom-maine.net Sun Feb 21 13:39:41 2010 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:39:41 -0500 Subject: New program at WBUR? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2FADFA573411410B999AC2A3B9F0FE6A@DanPC> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Read" To: Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 1:27 AM Subject: New program at WBUR? > If WBUR drops Fresh Air from 1pm, they'll drop it from 9pm, too. > Shows like FA cost too much to run at off-peak times when listenership > is much lower. Maine Public Radio runs Fresh Air at 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday evenings. From friedbagels@gmail.com Sun Feb 21 20:45:58 2010 From: friedbagels@gmail.com (Aaron Read) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:45:58 -0500 Subject: Pirates! Message-ID: http://www.necrat.us/pirate/pirates.gif Thanks to NECRAT for compiling this and posting it on Facebook. Caption is "Just in case you might be curious about Pirate stations in Boston, here is a little map of the FM ones. All these have been confirmed transmit location. I didn't do a map of the AMs which there are about 5 or 6 of." -- -- ----------------------------------------- Aaron Read friedbagels@gmail.com WEOS 89.7FM General Manager (315) 781-3811 From jjlehmann@comcast.net Sun Feb 21 21:14:05 2010 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:14:05 -0500 Subject: FW: Pirates! Message-ID: <003501cab364$b5de80c0$219b8240$@net> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fitzpatrick [mailto:necrat@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:13 PM To: 'Jeff Lehmann' Subject: FW: Pirates! Jeff, can you post this reply for me? My reply is taking forever to show up, again, on the list. Thanks, --Mike -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fitzpatrick [mailto:necrat.alternate@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 20:56 To: 'Aaron Read'; 'BRI@bostonradio.org' Subject: RE: Pirates! I didn't want this link posted on any forums, mailing lists, etc. I posted it on Facebook but I controlled who can or can not see it. I have removed the link. If you want the link, email me privately. --Mike -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Read Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 20:46 To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Pirates! http://www.necrat.us/pirate/pirates.gif Thanks to NECRAT for compiling this and posting it on Facebook. Caption is "Just in case you might be curious about Pirate stations in Boston, here is a little map of the FM ones. All these have been confirmed transmit location. I didn't do a map of the AMs which there are about 5 or 6 of." -- -- ----------------------------------------- Aaron Read friedbagels@gmail.com WEOS 89.7FM General Manager (315) 781-3811 From necrat.alternate@gmail.com Sun Feb 21 20:56:10 2010 From: necrat.alternate@gmail.com (Mike Fitzpatrick) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:56:10 -0500 Subject: Pirates! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001601cab362$3548a280$9fd9e780$@alternate@gmail.com> I didn't want this link posted on any forums, mailing lists, etc. I posted it on Facebook but I controlled who can or can not see it. I have removed the link. If you want the link, email me privately. --Mike -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Read Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 20:46 To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Pirates! http://www.necrat.us/pirate/pirates.gif Thanks to NECRAT for compiling this and posting it on Facebook. Caption is "Just in case you might be curious about Pirate stations in Boston, here is a little map of the FM ones. All these have been confirmed transmit location. I didn't do a map of the AMs which there are about 5 or 6 of." -- -- ----------------------------------------- Aaron Read friedbagels@gmail.com WEOS 89.7FM General Manager (315) 781-3811 From hmglaz@worldnet.att.net Mon Feb 22 10:10:33 2010 From: hmglaz@worldnet.att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:10:33 -0500 Subject: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...) References: <4B7799A2.25946.80DAD1@joe.attorneyross.com><733CEE633E554A57BA2B800316961025@dave><4B78E286.27185.75094D@joe.attorneyross.com><16B98D0DD1A94047A6A6C10AADF0B8F8@SatU205S5044><15556894A0BA4209BE24B8AD78E94192@dave> <521b7fd11002151423j826232eq29fe84abbefc9b24@mail.gmail.com> <002501caaf2d$e33b8bc0$a0834c0c@oemcomputer> <02092128C093495F90DE0B4894D7220B@SatU205S5044><4B7AE22F.4020008@fybush.com> <4B7DAE70.9080002@nycap.rr.com> Message-ID: <001301cab3d1$2f9c7540$199b4c0c@oemcomputer> Exactly. I was "misremembering" the WPTR-FM ID as the WGNA ID. I lost interest in country music in the late '90s, so I stopped listening to WGNA on my trips to the Capital District after that, hence the hazy memory. Sorry for the confusion. Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Broda > I think the possible confusion is that 96.3 was satellite country, > trying to compete with WGNA, for a couple of years in the 90s. > > Scott Fybush wrote: > > Dan.Strassberg wrote: > >> When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) > >> did the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to > >> Voorheesville (I don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but > >> even if the AM and FM were simulcasting, that should not have > >> resulted in the insertion of Voorheesville into the AM legal. > > > > Both 1460 and 107.7 are still licensed to Albany. The "Voorheesville" > > FM is the fairly recent class A drop-in at 96.3 that's now WAJZ. It > > signed on as WCDA (a call last seen in Albany on TV, in the channel 41 > > days) and was WPTR-FM for a few years in the late nineties. > > > > > > > > > -- > Douglas J. Broda > Attorney at Law > Post Office Box 239 > Troy, New York 12182 > (518) 272-0580 > Fax (518) 237-0949 > > NOTE: I do not regularly read emails from this account, other than those sent to mailing lists to which I subscribe, in order to minimize spam. If you need to reach me quickly and do not have my other email address, > please feel free to call me. > > > > From mike@miscon.net Fri Feb 26 14:19:49 2010 From: mike@miscon.net (mike@miscon.net) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:19:49 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Subject: quick radio contest question In-Reply-To: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> Are stations still required to broadcast contest rules, or can postings of such on the web suffice? From aerie.ma@comcast.net Fri Feb 26 14:27:43 2010 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:27:43 -0500 Subject: quick radio contest question In-Reply-To: <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> Message-ID: <106CB7EBD15E4A728EC0FFC885CA31AE@CHEM214> I've heard some stations do a breathless, high-speed recitation of their general contest rules, usually very early in the morning (~5AM or so). This makes me think they are still required to broadcast the rules, otherwise why would you put that on. They are so quickly read that they are nearly impossible to understand (kind of like those FDA disclaimers that flash on the screen for 2 milliseconds on herbal remedy infomercials). I don't think anyone could actually read that fast, so I would bet they compress it electronically. -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of mike@miscon.net Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:20 PM To: Boston Radio Interest Subject: quick radio contest question Are stations still required to broadcast contest rules, or can postings of such on the web suffice? From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Feb 26 15:12:04 2010 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:12:04 -0500 Subject: quick radio contest question References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044><.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> <106CB7EBD15E4A728EC0FFC885CA31AE@CHEM214> Message-ID: <829E807EE6794BF489C22BB9D277428E@SatU205S5044> WBZ certainly compresses their rules electronically. They must use software that's designed to read text to the blind, although the voice is not synthesized; it's a WBZ voice that I recognize from promos; when Scott Fybush worked at 'BZ, he and Scott did many promos together. ISTR, his last name is Coleman. Anyhow, it sounds as if the speech is time compressed to the maximum possible extent using software intended to produce text for the blind. Visually challenged people apparently become quite adept at deciphering the compressed speech. Must take a fair amount of practice, though. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hall" To: "'Boston Radio Interest'" Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:27 PM Subject: RE: quick radio contest question > I've heard some stations do a breathless, high-speed recitation of > their > general contest rules, usually very early in the morning (~5AM or > so). This > makes me think they are still required to broadcast the rules, > otherwise why > would you put that on. They are so quickly read that they are nearly > impossible to understand (kind of like those FDA disclaimers that > flash on > the screen for 2 milliseconds on herbal remedy infomercials). I > don't think > anyone could actually read that fast, so I would bet they compress > it > electronically. > > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On > Behalf Of > mike@miscon.net > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:20 PM > To: Boston Radio Interest > Subject: quick radio contest question > > > > > Are stations still required to broadcast contest rules, or can > postings of such on the web suffice? > > > > > > From torchia@technologist.com Tue Feb 23 04:44:45 2010 From: torchia@technologist.com (torchia@technologist.com) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:44:45 -0500 Subject: HERALD ARTICLE Message-ID: <8CC8283F72FA4E3-1CF4-2C94@web-mmc-d02.sysops.aol.com> Near the beginning of this month Jessica Heslam wrote an article in the Boston Herald regarding Ch. 5 and its out sourcing of traffic dept. to a North Carolina firm. I have written her several times, without a response, asking who this N.C. company was. Do any list members happen to know to whom she was referring. THANKS! Bud From lglavin@mail.com Fri Feb 26 15:55:30 2010 From: lglavin@mail.com (lglavin@mail.com) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:55:30 -0500 Subject: Things You Learn From The FCC Message-ID: <8CC853D2A8122B0-1EF0-95D9@web-mmc-m04.sysops.aol.com> You probably thought that since 2009 was NOT a leap year, it contained only 365 days. But if you perused the Daily Digest at fcc.gov for February 26th, you would have found a listing of broadcast station totals for September 31, 2009. Funny...that date did not appear on my Fybush Tower Calendar. From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Feb 26 17:54:22 2010 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:54:22 -0500 Subject: quick radio contest question In-Reply-To: <829E807EE6794BF489C22BB9D277428E@SatU205S5044> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> <106CB7EBD15E4A728EC0FFC885CA31AE@CHEM214> <829E807EE6794BF489C22BB9D277428E@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <20100226225428.3B0C316CEEF@relay6.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com> At 03:12 PM 2/26/2010, Dan.Strassberg wrote: >WBZ certainly compresses their rules electronically. They must use >software that's designed to read text to the blind, although the voice >is not synthesized; it's a WBZ voice that I recognize from promos; >when Scott Fybush worked at 'BZ, he and Scott did many promos >together. ISTR, his last name is Coleman. Mike Coleman-- the guy is one of the best production directors. Actually, radio PDs and even some GMs have been begging the FCC for years to get rid of those long disclaimers-- you also hear them on car ads which have some motormouth explaining the terms and conditions for getting the special rates, but you can't understand a word the person is saying... For whatever reason, the FCC has never moved on putting an end to the long list of whatevers and caveats-- I wish they would because it sounds awful. From markwats@comcast.net Fri Feb 26 18:31:20 2010 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:31:20 -0500 Subject: Storm Forces WZID Out Of It's Studio Message-ID: Confirmed by a friend who e-mailed me, from a friend of his at the station: Manchester's WZID is operating from a temporary studio in a conference room at the WMUR studio building in downtown Manchester due to damage caused to their building (converted mill building) when part of the roof was blown off by the storm overnight. No word on what effect the building damage had on their sister stations in the same building, WFEA & WMLL. Mark Watson From markwats@comcast.net Fri Feb 26 18:35:19 2010 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:35:19 -0500 Subject: WPLM-FM's Frank Mitchell Let Go Message-ID: WPLM-FM PD Frank Mitchell has been let go from the station today. Mitchell did mornings at WMJX for a few years before leaving to take the WPLM gig. Mark Watson From wollman@bimajority.org Fri Feb 26 18:55:40 2010 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:55:40 -0500 Subject: quick radio contest question In-Reply-To: <20100226225428.3B0C316CEEF@relay6.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> <106CB7EBD15E4A728EC0FFC885CA31AE@CHEM214> <829E807EE6794BF489C22BB9D277428E@SatU205S5044> <20100226225428.3B0C316CEEF@relay6.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com> Message-ID: <19336.24444.392343.440992@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Mike Coleman-- the guy is one of the best production > directors. Actually, radio PDs and even some GMs have been begging > the FCC for years to get rid of those long disclaimers-- you also > hear them on car ads which have some motormouth explaining the terms > and conditions for getting the special rates, but you can't > understand a word the person is saying... For whatever reason, the > FCC has never moved on putting an end to the long list of whatevers > and caveats-- I wish they would because it sounds awful. They'd be begging the wrong agency if they were begging the FCC. This (particularly the intentionally-deceptive car ads) is all FTC territory. If it were up to me, I'd require all advertising to make any required disclaimers[1] to be made at the same time and manner as whatever is being disclaimed. Of course, the advertising industry would be up in arms over being forced to stop trying to deceive customers. The FDA is better (but of course only has jurisdiction over that subset of drugs which are subject to licensing), and there are probably some magazines being propped up by the revenue from those double-page ads. The FCC is the agency responsible for "The following is a commercial message" followed by a different kind of deceptive ad, the sort that are made to sound like an actual radio interview or news broadcast. FWIW, I'm more than a little burnt out on Coleman. -GAWollman [1] Particularly the sleazy ones that say things like "ALL #{X} ON SALE" and then the barely-intelligible disclaimer says, in effect, "excludes every #{X} anyone would ever buy; sale claims based on prices which nobody ever pays at our store or anywhere else". From hykker@wildblue.net Fri Feb 26 19:32:38 2010 From: hykker@wildblue.net (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:32:38 -0500 Subject: quick radio contest question In-Reply-To: <19336.24444.392343.440992@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> <106CB7EBD15E4A728EC0FFC885CA31AE@CHEM214> <829E807EE6794BF489C22BB9D277428E@SatU205S5044> <20100226225428.3B0C316CEEF@relay6.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com> <19336.24444.392343.440992@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4b886851.8602be0a.57d1.169c@mx.google.com> Speaking of disclaimers, I've noticed one that's read by WBZ's anchors before they run the Olympics updates. It says something to the effect that these events may be shown on tv later in the day (can't remember the exact phrasing). Any idea why they do this? From wollman@bimajority.org Fri Feb 26 20:54:59 2010 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:54:59 -0500 Subject: quick radio contest question In-Reply-To: <4b886851.8602be0a.57d1.169c@mx.google.com> References: <2C98D72366F141099BAD8CA70928A2FB@SatU205S5044> <.132.185.144.121.1267211989.squirrel@mail.miscon.net> <106CB7EBD15E4A728EC0FFC885CA31AE@CHEM214> <829E807EE6794BF489C22BB9D277428E@SatU205S5044> <20100226225428.3B0C316CEEF@relay6.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com> <19336.24444.392343.440992@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4b886851.8602be0a.57d1.169c@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <19336.31603.204988.479832@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Speaking of disclaimers, I've noticed one that's read by WBZ's > anchors before they run the Olympics updates. It says something to > the effect that these events may be shown on tv later in the day > (can't remember the exact phrasing). Any idea why they do this? They are (astonishingly) doing the right thing, warning any listeners who don't want their viewing spoiled by knowledge of the outcome so that they can tune out. -GAWollman From billings@suscom-maine.net Sat Feb 27 02:01:01 2010 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:01:01 -0500 Subject: Camden Maine station off the air due to storm damage Message-ID: <4E61A88306DE4A1BA39EA6FA78765589@DanPC> http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineHeadlineNews/tabid/968/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3479/ItemId/11205/Default.aspx Maine Public Radio's Camden station is off the air due to storm damage. Fortunately, almost the entire area covered by the station is also covered by at least one of the network's other stations. From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Sat Feb 27 02:06:01 2010 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:06:01 -0600 Subject: Camden Maine station off the air due to storm damage In-Reply-To: <4E61A88306DE4A1BA39EA6FA78765589@DanPC> References: <4E61A88306DE4A1BA39EA6FA78765589@DanPC> Message-ID: <8bce0fe81002262306l306c6a86qa9db8594e6d96d96@mail.gmail.com> Dare I say... if the area is already almost covered entirely other signals they own.. why do they need yet another? Just so they can hog up the airwaves like the religious broadcasters and make sure every single last person can hear them? On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Dan Billings wrote: > > http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineHeadlineNews/tabid/968/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3479/ItemId/11205/Default.aspx > > Maine Public Radio's Camden station is off the air due to storm damage. > > Fortunately, almost the entire area covered by the station is also covered > by at least one of the network's other stations. > From billohno@gmail.com Sat Feb 27 11:43:48 2010 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:43:48 -0500 Subject: Storm Forces WZID Out Of It's Studio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B894BC4.8060701@gmail.com> Mark Watson wrote: > Confirmed by a friend who e-mailed me, from a friend of his at the > station: Manchester's WZID is operating from a temporary studio in a > conference room at the WMUR studio building in downtown Manchester due > to damage caused to their building (converted mill building) when part > of the roof was blown off by the storm overnight. No word on what > effect the building damage had on their sister stations in the same > building, WFEA & WMLL. > Our home office at Windham Group is the floor below the station and was devastated by the water damage largely due to the sprinkler system damage by the storm. Bill O'Neill From friedbagels@gmail.com Sat Feb 27 16:23:47 2010 From: friedbagels@gmail.com (Aaron Read) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:23:47 -0500 Subject: Camden Maine station off the air due to storm damage Message-ID: I would point out three things: 1. I haven't done a full spectrum study, but glancing at R-L it appears that there's quite a lot of room for new stations in Camden. I don't think MPBN is "hogging" anything...if someone else wanted to drop another NCE signal in there, they probably could. 2. MPBN, as a statewide broadcasting network, has a mission to provide quality service to as much of the state's residents as is feasible. This mission goes a lot further than most other broadcasters, whose mission is more to serve enough listeners to achieve maximum profit. Or at least maximum ROI. Even godcasters don't necessarily have a mission to reach ALL the residents of a region...depends on the religion. The concept of a statewide network is the reason why many communities in rural states like Maine, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, etc have any radio at all. In some places the public radio outlet is the SOLE broadcast outlet you can receive...and in such places internet is often a chancy proposition at best. 3. Camden no doubt gets some service from their Bangor signal, but I doubt it's all that great service. Probably "okay" for car radios but I'll bet in-home listening is lousy. The terrain is murderous on distant FM signals up in those parts. - Aaron -- ----------------------------------------- Aaron Read friedbagels@gmail.com WEOS 89.7FM General Manager (315) 781-3811 Dare I say... if the area is already almost covered entirely other signals they own.. why do they need yet another? Just so they can hog up the airwaves like the religious broadcasters and make sure every single last person can hear them? On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Dan Billings wrote: > > http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineHeadlineNews/tabid/968/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3479/ItemId/11205/Default.aspx > > Maine Public Radio's Camden station is off the air due to storm damage. > > Fortunately, almost the entire area covered by the station is also covered > by at least one of the network's other stations. > From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Feb 27 17:55:07 2010 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:55:07 -0600 Subject: Big Show producer suspended for texting 985 Message-ID: <4fc429771002271455n19f43234j872e4256058c65fc@mail.gmail.com> It appears things have gotten nasty between WEEI and WBZ-FM as a Big Show producer has been suspended for texting 985. http://bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20100226weei_guys_texting_ignites_radio_war/srvc=home&position=6 From billings@suscom-maine.net Sat Feb 27 22:20:33 2010 From: billings@suscom-maine.net (Dan Billings) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:20:33 -0500 Subject: Camden Maine station off the air due to storm damage In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <12C8C875145C4B55900B61B2A7402F2D@DanPC> Camden was added, IMO, because it is an area with lots of well-off retirees who will/can contribute to Public Radio. Northwestern Maine could use a signal lots more than one was needed in the midcoast area. Also, due to budget problems, MPBN announced that they were going to drop the Calais radio station, as well as TV signals in Calais and Aroostook County. Only political reaction that could have threatened their state appropriation caused the network to reverse those decisions. Contributions top the need for a statewide network in terms of importance to MPBN. From zymrgist@comcast.net Sat Feb 27 12:31:42 2010 From: zymrgist@comcast.net (John) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:31:42 -0500 Subject: WPLM Message-ID: <4B8956FE.3020607@comcast.net> Anyone know why Frank Mitchell was let go from WPLM? I worked with Frank decades ago at WOCB out on the Cape. From lglavin@mail.com Sat Feb 27 14:01:09 2010 From: lglavin@mail.com (lglavin@mail.com) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:01:09 -0500 Subject: Camden Maine station off the air due to storm damage In-Reply-To: <8bce0fe81002262306l306c6a86qa9db8594e6d96d96@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E61A88306DE4A1BA39EA6FA78765589@DanPC> <8bce0fe81002262306l306c6a86qa9db8594e6d96d96@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8CC85F65B5329E0-141C-1218C@web-mmc-d06.sysops.aol.com> >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. >To: Dan Billings >Cc: Boston Radio >Sent: Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:06 am >Subject: Re: Camden Maine station off the air due to storm damage >Dare I say... if the area is already almost covered entirely other signals they own.. why do they need yet another? Just so they can hog up the airwaves like the religious broadcasters and make sure every single last person can hear them? MPBN is probably directing listeners to other outlets based on the coverage maps of their stations in Orono and Portland. But we all know that coverage maps fall under the category of fiction or fantasy. Chances are that the network got requests from listeners in that particular mountainous area for a relay specifically serving Camden and vicinity. According to their website, MPBN has only seven full-power frequencies for that sizable state. (I don't know how many translators they have.) And since 90.5 is a frequency in the non-commercial (if you don't count underwriting messages that sound a LOT like commercials at times)band, if some other entity was broadcasting on it, it very well could be a sectarian operator. =