WJIB

[markwa1ion@aol.com]

Right you are.  Unfortunately by sunset, even as close to the city as 
128 in the Burlington-Woburn stretch, the Toronto ON and Long Island NY 
stations are starting to muck with the signal and by dark, with the 5 
watt reduced power, usable WJIB pretty much ends on Route 2 west at the 
Arlington-Lexington line and 93 north somewhere around Stoneham.  And 
at this time of year it's dark a lot more of the day than it's light.

WJIB's day signal, however, is indeed commendable for only 250 watts 
and I heard it (as WCAS in the Donna-as-DJ days) from the southwestern 
end of Nova Scotia around Clarke's Harbour and Tusket.  Too bad it 
can't go to 750, a channel with far less co-channel interference since 
Portsmouth, NH vacated it ages ago.  I guess Leicester on 760 kills 
that idea.

Yes, Bob Bittner is to be commended for what he does on WJIB and on 
Maine's WJTO (an actually-better signal in some Mass. coastal areas).  
I think there should be a little more 'ancient' country / folk / blues 
/ bluegrass, more hot '50s jazz a la Monk-Mingus-Coltrane-Parker-Davis, 
and more '50s rock / R&B in the line-up but that's just my opinion and 
I don't see him taking out some of the Mantovani and Melachrino Strings 
for "Sixty Minute Man" and "Work With Me Annie" anytime soon.

I guess WATD-95.9 should get a mention too.

Mark Connelly

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Please don't leave out Bob's WJIB 740!  I can hear that little
transmitter of his
almost 20 miles out in my car.

-Bob
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