From dan.strassberg@att.net  Wed Sep  1 16:25:50 2010
From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:25:50 -0400
Subject: WBIX ownership/format flip to take place much sooner than originally
	announced
Message-ID: <777F728AA1F64A5FB7D2AF857F4B5489@SatU205S5044>

The FCC daily e-mail digest for (I think) last Thursday, August 26
announced that the application for transfer of the WBIX license to
Holy Family had been granted. Nevertheless, I continued to believe
that the actual closing of the sale would take place on November 1 as
originally announced and that neither the new WQOM calls nor the new
EWTN programming would be heard until then. I figured H-F needed the
extra time to scrape together the $1 million that is due to Alex
Langer at closing. Also there is an issue with an application to
modify WBIX's CP to increase its D power to 50 kW and give up its
dual-site operation. The original CP, which was granted several months
ago, used all five towers at the Ashland site. With the modified CP,
WBIX would use, by day, only three of the five towers at the site. So
far, I have seen no indication that the modification of CP has been
granted.

There had been speculation that many of the brokered-time programs on
WBIX would stay put under the new ownership. That seems not to be the
case, however. Apparently, the existing shows have to be gone by
Monday September 13. So far, I have heard only one program announce
where it will be heard. Tom O'Brien, the technical market analyst--the
guy who sounds as if he has completely taken leave of his senses and
without a doubt has completely taken leave of the English
language--will move his (two hours, I think) of totally unintelligible
gibberish to WBNW et al on 9/13 at 4:00PM.

-----
Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
eFax 1-707-215-6367


From map@mapinternet.com  Wed Sep  1 18:08:04 2010
From: map@mapinternet.com (Mark Casey)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:08:04 -0400
Subject: W. MA doesn't get Boston TV channels anymore
In-Reply-To: <19581.35599.140708.738981@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
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Can't speak to the 8-vsb debate but agree with the 2nd part
of Sid's statement.

<<On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:35:05 -0400, Sid Schweiger <sid@wrko.com> said:

> From what I've seen and read, it's a combination of 8-VSB and the
> substantially lower-than-analog ERP allowed for digital stations.

Apples and oranges.  Digital TV is regulated for average ERP; analog
TV is regulated for peak ERP (which occurs during sync pulses).  The
peak-to-average ratio of "System M" analog TV is about 5:1 as I
understand it, which is why they chose 1000 kW as the average-power
limit for UHF DTV (versus 5000 kW peak for NTSC-M).  However, that's
not enough to account for the horrendous disadvantage the Commission
gave the VHF-low band, which I suspect reflects a failure to properly
account for the noise floor in that band, particularly when it comes
to impulse noise.

-GAWollman


As far as allowed power is concerned
Less apples & oranges = less fruit (less signal)

I haven't seen any Boston TV here in Western Mass.
since the digital conversion last year. And I don't expect to see
any at my location 64.2 miles from the WBZ-TV plant.

>From the previous discussion on this remailer, last year, and from
opinions of various engineers, and FCC engineers, the ratio of peak
NTSC vs. average ATSC could be anywhere from 1.5:1 up to 20:1.
>From the real world it appears to be closer to 2:1-3:1. The best
example is WFSB, Hartford's 1 million watt digital signal on
Channel 33. It's close, but just not as robust as their old 100,000
watt signal on Channel 3. If it were 2 miilion, maybe.
Springfield's Channel 22 was about 3 million watts
analog, then moved to Ch. 11  for digital with 15,000 watts. It's no
where near it's old self. Maybe 100+kw would equal the old
UHF coverage.
(And, not all ERP's are created equal.)
Digital doesn't make it as well as analog with the FCC allowing
UHF only 20% (5:1) and VHF only 5%  (20:1).
The whole FCC plan for TV power has been flawed since its'
beginning. If set up in any scientific manner the allotment would be on a
sliding scale by channel. I understand why they set it up that way in
1940 or 1950, but ya think they could have figured out it wasn't
right and corrected it by 2009?
Even with the correction for higher frequency, and thus less bending
of waves to cover distance, given equal facilities otherwise,
there's no way a 316 kw station on Ch 13
(210-216 MHz) would equal the coverage
of a 5000kw station on Ch 14 (470-476 MHz). With the digital
conversion, It got even worse.
Even with better building penetration on the high UHF channels,
but with current FCC power rules, if they think that there is a significant
"antenna tv" audience, most broadcasters
would want to be on the low UHF channels. My guess is that the
Channel 7/42 experience will look like an aberration a few years
from now. If, or maybe when, VHF is allowed to increase to
say, 30 or 40% of analog power, then some may want to go there.
Looks like it may be going that way,too.
Today, a Las Vegas digital Ch. 2 is licensed for 27.7kw (27.7%),
another has a CP request for 105kw on Ch. 11 (29.7%), and at least
3 Los Angeles stations have CP requests for 115-120kw on Ch.'s 7-13.
Those figures are heading toward a more realistic 3:1, or 2:1 mark.
Since many TV's were short spaced for digital, I doubt we will
see the UHF 1 million watt limit upped. And, for market coverage,
few UHF's ever increased power to the 5M limit, but almost all
VHF's were at the 100kw & 316kw limits.
Many digital UHF's are stuck at a power far below the present limit.
A good example of that is Channel 30 in Hartford.

I doubt the noise floor is a significant signal blocking issue.
Of course, extraneous man-made & occasional high bursts of natural
noise is an issue at all TV frequencies on one occasion or another,
but are usually confined to more isolated cases than the complaining
would make it seem.

Mark Casey
K1MAP, in Western Mass.







From marklaurence@mac.com  Wed Sep  1 23:13:21 2010
From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence)
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:13:21 -0400
Subject: W. MA doesn't get Boston TV channels anymore
In-Reply-To: <5DBBE22EB9C341C89492537D814BBAE6@CASEYPC>
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On Sep 1, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Mark Casey wrote (or quoted, it's hard to  
tell who said what)

> Can't speak to the 8-vsb debate but agree with the 2nd part
> of Sid's statement...
>
> I haven't seen any Boston TV here in Western Mass.
> since the digital conversion last year. And I don't expect to see
> any at my location 64.2 miles from the WBZ-TV plant.

I've gone to great lengths to get any off-air TV reception using a  
roof antenna in Rutland, 12 miles NW of Worcester and 38 miles from  
WBZ's antenna.  Before digital we got 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and sometimes 19,  
not perfect but quite watchable.  After digital, none of these  
stations appear.  After dozens of trips to the roof to tweak the  
antenna by a half inch or so, I finally succeeded in getting WNAC in  
Providence, but it cuts out often enough to make viewing almost  
impossible.  Oddly, that's not among the stations that are predicted  
for my location on the FCC website.  None of those appear except  
WUNI.  Maybe WUNI should put an English broadcast on one of their sub- 
channels, since they seem to have exclusive service to a fairly large  
area of English speaking people.

I've also tried off-air reception in Shrewsbury, 24 miles from WBZ,  
using a high quality indoor antenna, and get 3 channels instead of the  
14 indicated on the FCC website for a moderate or better signal.

Finally, in Boston, within the city of license and 4.4 miles away, I  
can't watch WHDH consistently if I have the antenna oriented toward  
the majority of other stations (WGBH, WBZ, WCVB, WSBK, WFXT, WGBX,  
etc.).  Sometimes WHDH comes in, sometimes it freezes and drops out.   
That's with a roof VHF/UHF antenna.

When the picture is clear, it's better than cable, but for reception,  
the digital system is pathetic.

Mark

From dan.strassberg@att.net  Thu Sep  2 06:09:31 2010
From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:09:31 -0400
Subject: W. MA doesn't get Boston TV channels anymore
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Laurence" <marklaurence@mac.com>
To: "Mark Casey" <map@mapinternet.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: W. MA doesn't get Boston TV channels anymore


> After dozens of trips to the roof to tweak the  antenna by a half
> inch or so, I finally succeeded in getting WNAC in  Providence, but
> it cuts out often enough to make viewing almost  impossible.

Do you have an amplier between the antenna output and the receiver's
RF input? In areas where there are strong signals as well as weak
ones, amplifiers can overload, making reception (especially reception
of the weak signals) even worse. But it doesn't sound as if you have
any strong signals (except, maybe, "27") at your location, which ought
to make it a good candidate for an amplifier.


From marklaurence@mac.com  Thu Sep  2 12:04:42 2010
From: marklaurence@mac.com (marklaurence@mac.com)
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:04:42 -0400
Subject: W. MA doesn't get Boston TV channels anymore
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On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:09 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:

> Do you have an amplier between the antenna output and the receiver's
> RF input? In areas where there are strong signals as well as weak
> ones, amplifiers can overload, making reception (especially reception
> of the weak signals) even worse. But it doesn't sound as if you have
> any strong signals (except, maybe, "27") at your location, which ought
> to make it a good candidate for an amplifier.

I do have a signal amplifier, a $25 Radio Shack booster, which I tried  
without success.  I know there are better amplifiers and better places  
to put them in the system, but I have given up on this project and  
bought bare-bones cable for $13 a month.

I see in a tvb.org report that cable and satellite penetration covers  
91.6% of households (98.8% in Boston/Manchester!), but I wonder how  
many of the remaining 8% have dropped off the grid?


From dlh@donnahalper.com  Thu Sep  2 14:16:06 2010
From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper)
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:16:06 -0400
Subject: Bill Silver
Message-ID: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>

I am trying to place the guy-- his name came up in a conversation 
about 1980s radio... what stations was he at?  (I ought to know 
this... just cannot place him, and I know as soon as I hit "send", 
it'll come back to me... I keep thinking WBOS???  


From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com  Thu Sep  2 14:25:23 2010
From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:25:23 -0400
Subject: Bill Silver
References: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>
Message-ID: <DDA679A570514C80B057B07A8E1ED9B5@s20035>

Bill Silver:

WGNG....<pawtucket> RHODE ISLAND!

JB105 in Providence....part of a 2 man morning team.(1980?)

WHDH Weekends...eventually replacing T0m Kennedy for awhile (1981?)

WBOS Mornings for about 3 weeks 

WMJX - PM Drive (1985?)

WZLX - SOme weekend work.

big...BIG voice

Now VP of sales for Sig Saur.(sp?)






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:16 PM
Subject: Bill Silver


>I am trying to place the guy-- his name came up in a conversation 
> about 1980s radio... what stations was he at?  (I ought to know 
> this... just cannot place him, and I know as soon as I hit "send", 
> it'll come back to me... I keep thinking WBOS???  
> 
>

From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com  Thu Sep  2 14:28:45 2010
From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:28:45 -0400
Subject: Bill Silver
References: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>
	<DDA679A570514C80B057B07A8E1ED9B5@s20035>
Message-ID: <66EC8B1B12594E5D840761BB9D1FB601@s20035>

Also...WROR...right before they flipped to "mix".



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com>
To: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>; "B-R-I" 
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: Bill Silver


> Bill Silver:
>
> WGNG....<pawtucket> RHODE ISLAND!
>
> JB105 in Providence....part of a 2 man morning team.(1980?)
>
> WHDH Weekends...eventually replacing T0m Kennedy for awhile (1981?)
>
> WBOS Mornings for about 3 weeks
> WMJX - PM Drive (1985?)
>
> WZLX - SOme weekend work.
>
> big...BIG voice
>
> Now VP of sales for Sig Saur.(sp?)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:16 PM
> Subject: Bill Silver
>
>
>>I am trying to place the guy-- his name came up in a conversation about 
>>1980s radio... what stations was he at?  (I ought to know this... just 
>>cannot place him, and I know as soon as I hit "send", it'll come back to 
>>me... I keep thinking WBOS???
> 


From jwcorcoran@earthlink.net  Thu Sep  2 14:54:12 2010
From: jwcorcoran@earthlink.net (Joe Corcoran)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:54:12 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Subject: Bill Silver
Message-ID: <27015516.1283453653479.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Back in his Rhode Island days, Bill was also one of the first infomercial commercial voices.  He was famous for doing the Ginsu knife spots..."But wait there's more".  I believe a guy by the name of Ed Valenti of Dial Meda in R.I. was one of, if not the first guy, to dream up that type of selling on TV.  Bill Silver did a whole host of those early spots.




From rac@gabrielmass.com  Thu Sep  2 15:03:21 2010
From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak)
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:03:21 -0400
Subject: Bill Silver
In-Reply-To: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>
References: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>
Message-ID: <4C7FF4F9.9000508@server4.gabrielmass.com>

I think more than one announcer at WHEB-FM used the name around 1980 or 
so.

--RC


From hykker@wildblue.net  Thu Sep  2 14:51:02 2010
From: hykker@wildblue.net (SteveOrdinetz)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:51:02 -0400
Subject: W. MA doesn't get Boston TV channels anymore
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On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:04 PM, <marklaurence@mac.com> wrote:

> I see in a tvb.org report that cable and satellite penetration covers
> 91.6% of households (98.8% in Boston/Manchester!), but I wonder how many of
> the remaining 8% have dropped off the grid?
>
>
Count me among that 8%.  I'm on the grid, but cable isn't available where I
live & we decided that even the lowest-priced satellite package is more than
we want to pay for the little tv we watch.  We make do with what we can
receive over-the-air.

From paul@derrynh.net  Thu Sep  2 18:03:30 2010
From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:03:30 -0400
Subject: Bill Silver
In-Reply-To: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>
References: <20100902181556.6AB651EA6D9@relay10.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>
Message-ID: <A3FC14C5B21745A4B0876C2B39C051BE@PaulPC>

Think he was at WPRO-FM before he was at WBOS????

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Concord NH

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:16 PM
To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Subject: Bill Silver

> I am trying to place the guy-- his name came up in a conversation 
> about 1980s radio... what stations was he at?  (I ought to know 
> this... just cannot place him, and I know as soon as I hit "send", 
> it'll come back to me... I keep thinking WBOS???  
> 

From raccoonradio@mail.com  Fri Sep  3 12:15:23 2010
From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com)
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:15:23 -0400
Subject: ESPN 1510 related domain names registered...
Message-ID: <8CD199A591676A5-1614-14560@web-mmc-d01.sysops.aol.com>

RadioInsight.com and Boston Sports Media Watch ( http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2010/09/espn-radio-on-1510 ) note that 2 domain names relating to ESPN 1510 Boston have been registered. RadioInsight said the domain names were registered by a company run by Anthony Pepe of WWZN (though I could turn up no WHOIS info; private), while Boston Sports Media got a quick response from Pepe saying nothing was happening.

However it was said here last month that Bob Kraft was looking into possibly getting 1510 to
run ESPN and Revs soccer, though there was concern about the signal. Who knows what will happen, but I think ESPN started on WEEI last Oct. and if there are one year contracts, you
wonder if there could be a switch. I happen to think ESPN wouldn't mind a station like 1510
at least by day and weeknights, and perhaps they could also keep the relationship with WEEI
(overnights, baseball playoffs) though WEEI wouldn't be too crazy about that kind of situation
(2 affiliates in town, one with mostly ESPN talk shows?) Bruce Allen of BSMW also
doubts it will happen, especially given the "hype" about the affiliation last year.

But if ESPN is desperate enough to want to get its shows on/ ads run, etc...? Look at
Clear Channel which is getting its Premiere shows (and ads) cleared on WXKS now. The
ratings are so-so, for now, but they're getting the shows and ads on. Might ESPN want
the same?

From francini@mac.com  Fri Sep  3 13:50:41 2010
From: francini@mac.com (John Francini)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:50:41 -0400
Subject: ESPN 1510 related domain names registered...
In-Reply-To: <8CD199A591676A5-1614-14560@web-mmc-d01.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CD199A591676A5-1614-14560@web-mmc-d01.sysops.aol.com>
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I wonder if that will screw things up for WGAM/WGHM in Nashua/ 
Manchester, which currently clears most ESPN content (save for Red Sox  
games, a PM drive program, and Dan Patrick). WGAM serves as a useful  
counter to WEEI when D&C start getting strident.  I'd much rather  
listen to bird-fed Mike & Mike -- who actually talk about sports in  
the morning -- to D&C's political rants or Toucher & Rich's boys- 
locker-room humor.

j



On 3 Sep 2010, at 12:15, raccoonradio@mail.com wrote:

> RadioInsight.com and Boston Sports Media Watch ( http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2010/09/espn-radio-on-1510 
>  ) note that 2 domain names relating to ESPN 1510 Boston have been  
> registered. RadioInsight said the domain names were registered by a  
> company run by Anthony Pepe of WWZN (though I could turn up no WHOIS  
> info; private), while Boston Sports Media got a quick response from  
> Pepe saying nothing was happening.
>
> However it was said here last month that Bob Kraft was looking into  
> possibly getting 1510 to
> run ESPN and Revs soccer, though there was concern about the signal.  
> Who knows what will happen, but I think ESPN started on WEEI last  
> Oct. and if there are one year contracts, you
> wonder if there could be a switch. I happen to think ESPN wouldn't  
> mind a station like 1510
> at least by day and weeknights, and perhaps they could also keep the  
> relationship with WEEI
> (overnights, baseball playoffs) though WEEI wouldn't be too crazy  
> about that kind of situation
> (2 affiliates in town, one with mostly ESPN talk shows?) Bruce Allen  
> of BSMW also
> doubts it will happen, especially given the "hype" about the  
> affiliation last year.
>
> But if ESPN is desperate enough to want to get its shows on/ ads  
> run, etc...? Look at
> Clear Channel which is getting its Premiere shows (and ads) cleared  
> on WXKS now. The
> ratings are so-so, for now, but they're getting the shows and ads  
> on. Might ESPN want
> the same?


From dave@skywaves.net  Fri Sep  3 21:16:28 2010
From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:16:28 -0400
Subject: Globe editorial calls FM radio "outdated technology"
In-Reply-To: <4C7C7137.9050601@attorneyross.com>
References: <AANLkTimQQm4SMXDy98L1OeSKpmGutqx3HGX3iB3CGs3s@mail.gmail.com><461E209ABD8E4616BF7B79CE521676F5@s20035><90D249078D624F67A5B315A78AEEB36A@dave>
	<4C7C7137.9050601@attorneyross.com>
Message-ID: <7D90F560EC58470D93CAFE0C6787E687@dave>

I wasn't referring to digital OTA broadcast at all. In general, that doesn't 
seem to be working out all that well.

I was thinking about digital devices fed by cell, WiFi, WiMax, and whatever 
else is out there. Whatever device I have in my hand, I want to be able to 
enter the call sign or other identifying info and have the device connect to 
that station's stream without having to jump through a bunch of hoops.

-d

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From: "A Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:04 PM
To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Subject: Re: Globe editorial calls FM radio "outdated technology"

>
>  On 8/30/2010 12:38 AM, Dave Doherty wrote:
>
>>
>> The point is that all stations - AM / FM / TV  - need to have a voice in 
>> the digital delivery world. I really don't care what device you use to 
>> listen to my stations, I want you to be able to hear them. That means we 
>> need digital transmission standards, carrier-neutral transmission, and 
>> devices that adhere to, or at least accept, those standards.
>>
>
> I don't see why.  For all I can tell, digital transmission, at least over 
> the air, is far more subject to interference than analog, making many 
> people's reception, since the government-forced changeover, much more 
> problematic, even  nonexistent.
>
> I first saw color TV in the Museum of Science in 1955 or 56.  The picture 
> quality was very bad, and the same was true of every color set I saw for 
> the next several years (usually in TV stores).  Black and white pictures 
> on early color sets had a greenish tint and were inferior to pictures on a 
> B&W set.  But the acceptance of color depended on the market, not on a 
> government mandate.  As color TVs got better, and the price came down, 
> more and more people started to buy them.  Their market penetration was 
> natural as the product got better.  Digital radio and TV should also have 
> to compete and win customers by offering an attractive product.
>
> -- 
> 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 ewerme@comcast.net  Sat Sep  4 00:39:37 2010
From: ewerme@comcast.net (Ric Werme)
Date: Sat,  4 Sep 2010 00:39:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: WNNH 99.1 FM in Henniker NH - dark days?
Message-ID: <20100904043937.A36F96AC7B@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net>

(Not to be confused with 99.1 in Plymouth MA - WPLM.)

This station sort of faded away and went dark after a power failure.

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101355873&formid=910&fac_num=11664
is an application to stay dark until about now.  An attachment says:

  The Station lost power on Monday, March 1, 2010. However, Nassau III
  requests authority for the Station to remain dark even after the power is
  restored. The Station is the subject of an assignment application, ... to
  implement the restructuring of Nassau III and related companies. ...
  Nassau III requests authority to take the Station dark for a period of six
  (6) months so it can complete the restructuring and the new owner can
  resume Station operations.

They were a decent oldies station, but the empty frequency is also handy
as it's a good spot to run my mp3 player to Crane FM modulator while
driving from near Concord NH to property on Mt Cardigan, 30 miles NNW.

Is Nassau getting its act together sometime?  Maybe not,
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101370434&formid=905&fac_num=11664
is a May request for a 90 day extension for assigning the license.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNNH - Scott Fybush scores highly in
the references.

From paul@derrynh.net  Sat Sep  4 01:02:40 2010
From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:02:40 -0400
Subject: WNNH 99.1 FM in Henniker NH - dark days?
In-Reply-To: <20100904043937.A36F96AC7B@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net>
References: <20100904043937.A36F96AC7B@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net>
Message-ID: <D97090BD47964A33A54160C3670CB5EE@PaulPC>

WWHQ  101.5 Meredith has also been dark for the same time span

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Ric Werme" <ewerme@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 12:39 AM
To: "B-R-I" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Subject: WNNH 99.1 FM in Henniker NH - dark days?

> (Not to be confused with 99.1 in Plymouth MA - WPLM.)
>
> This station sort of faded away and went dark after a power failure.
>
> https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101355873&formid=910&fac_num=11664
> is an application to stay dark until about now.  An attachment says:
>
>  The Station lost power on Monday, March 1, 2010. However, Nassau III
>  requests authority for the Station to remain dark even after the power is
>  restored. The Station is the subject of an assignment application, ... to
>  implement the restructuring of Nassau III and related companies. ...
>  Nassau III requests authority to take the Station dark for a period of 
> six
>  (6) months so it can complete the restructuring and the new owner can
>  resume Station operations.
>
> They were a decent oldies station, but the empty frequency is also handy
> as it's a good spot to run my mp3 player to Crane FM modulator while
> driving from near Concord NH to property on Mt Cardigan, 30 miles NNW.
>
> Is Nassau getting its act together sometime?  Maybe not,
> https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101370434&formid=905&fac_num=11664
> is a May request for a 90 day extension for assigning the license.
>
> See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNNH - Scott Fybush scores highly in
> the references. 


From ewerme@comcast.net  Sat Sep  4 01:45:44 2010
From: ewerme@comcast.net (Ric Werme)
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:45:44 -0400
Subject: WNNH 99.1 FM in Henniker NH - dark days? 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:02:40 EDT."
	<D97090BD47964A33A54160C3670CB5EE@PaulPC> 
Message-ID: <20100904054544.A9C8C6AD47@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net>

> WWHQ  101.5 Meredith has also been dark for the same time span

Interesting - their engineering information lists a different
transmitter site (at least I think that's the transmitter), but
a power failure on the same day as WNNH.  Does "Power failure" include
"We shut off the circuit breaker because we can't afford the electricity?"

Nassau owns both stations.

There is an August request from WNNH for an extension to transfer the
license citing a tax liability issue that needs resolving.  Is that
a euphemism for "What do you mean we can't deduct the full loss?"


From ewerme@comcast.net  Thu Sep  9 08:27:21 2010
From: ewerme@comcast.net (Ric Werme)
Date: Thu,  9 Sep 2010 08:27:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Radio station The Tick.
Message-ID: <20100909122721.B06816A7EB@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net>

Well, why not? Here in Concord NH we have "The Pulse", WTPL.

Rumor has it that Clear Channel has bought out a Ft Collins station that
they will call "The Tick" as soon as they update the stale, old format.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CpsPgXyIm8 and
http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html

From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net  Thu Sep  9 10:28:16 2010
From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=)
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:28:16 -0400
Subject: Full service radio
Message-ID: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>

Having been in New Brunswick over the weekend and having listened to CBC Radio One with its full service format, I'm wondering if there are any 50,000-watt commercial radio stations left in the U.S. that still tout themselves as such.  WGN in Chicago was the last one that I knew of.   WTIC and WGY were, I think, the last in the New England-eastern New York area, but both had morphed into talk stations by the early '90s.   I know there are small-market stations such as WDEV that could still be called full service, but has the format died out completely as a major market contender?    -Doug




From dan.strassberg@att.net  Thu Sep  9 11:00:29 2010
From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:00:29 -0400
Subject: Radio station The Tick.
References: <20100909122721.B06816A7EB@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net>
Message-ID: <106DAFDAE22C4E2D8D29DD49C08EB768@SatU205S5044>

I was tuned in overnight last night to a program on WRCA that features
old comedy cuts. Believe it or not, the guys who do the program buy
the time. I guess they have fun doing it, but they sure sound
unprofessional. The comedian who voiced the cut I heard sounded
familiar, but I can't place his voice for the life of me. The
positioner you mentioned, "the Tick," reminded me of one of his lines:
"I'm starting a home for animals with physical and emotional
disabilities. We even take insects. One of them is a nervous tick."

-----
Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
eFax 1-707-215-6367

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Werme" <ewerme@comcast.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:27 AM
Subject: Radio station The Tick.


> Well, why not? Here in Concord NH we have "The Pulse", WTPL.
>
> Rumor has it that Clear Channel has bought out a Ft Collins station
> that
> they will call "The Tick" as soon as they update the stale, old
> format.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CpsPgXyIm8 and
> http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html


From dan.strassberg@att.net  Thu Sep  9 10:49:12 2010
From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 10:49:12 -0400
Subject: Full service radio
References: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
Message-ID: <DBA88BE4E6FB4D85B024EECFE9A088EE@SatU205S5044>

I suppose you could call WCAP and WATD full service. AFAIK, both
broadcast music as well as talk. I can hear WCAP and I know it does. I
can't hear WATD, but I've been led to believe that it does.

-----
Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
eFax 1-707-215-6367

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>
To: "=?utf-8?b??=" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: Full service radio


> Having been in New Brunswick over the weekend and having listened to
> CBC Radio One with its full service format, I'm wondering if there
> are any 50,000-watt commercial radio stations left in the U.S. that
> still tout themselves as such.  WGN in Chicago was the last one that
> I knew of.   WTIC and WGY were, I think, the last in the New
> England-eastern New York area, but both had morphed into talk
> stations by the early '90s.   I know there are small-market stations
> such as WDEV that could still be called full service, but has the
> format died out completely as a major market contender?    -Doug
>
>
>


From marklaurence@mac.com  Thu Sep  9 10:52:14 2010
From: marklaurence@mac.com (marklaurence@mac.com)
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:52:14 -0400
Subject: Full service radio
In-Reply-To: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
References: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
Message-ID: <D12B4F63-F1BF-4449-BBB6-B2D7FFAF1422@mac.com>

On Sep 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Doug Drown wrote:

> Having been in New Brunswick over the weekend and having listened to  
> CBC Radio One with its full service format, I'm wondering if there  
> are any 50,000-watt commercial radio stations left in the U.S. that  
> still tout themselves as such.

I listen to CBC Radio One a lot, streaming from Halifax, Montreal,  
Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver, depending on which time zone I'm in  
the mood for.  Even after all its budget cutbacks, it's an excellent  
radio network, very similar in programming to NPR and even more  
commercial free, with no pledge drives and funding announcements.  I  
don't know of any similar commercial formats in the US or Canada right  
now.

PPMs have demonstrated that NPR can go up against top-ranked  
commercial stations for ratings, clearly showing there's an appetite  
for talk and entertainment that goes beyond political rants and wall- 
to-wall music.  I don't know why commercial stations couldn't succeed  
with it again.

Mark

From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com  Thu Sep  9 10:45:10 2010
From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:45:10 -0500
Subject: Full service radio
In-Reply-To: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
References: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimD-3+5BhaqvBeKL6-rf4BBbEeKsOwkO2H6QN8J@mail.gmail.com>

I believe KRVN-AM 880 Lexington, NE 50KW Day/50KW Night would be considered
full service with all the farm news/ag/local news/weather they do during the
day and Im pretty sure they also play SOME very limited music during the day
and a bigger amount of music overnights.



On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Having been in New Brunswick over the weekend and having listened to CBC
> Radio One with its full service format, I'm wondering if there are any
> 50,000-watt commercial radio stations left in the U.S. that still tout
> themselves as such.  WGN in Chicago was the last one that I knew of.   WTIC
> and WGY were, I think, the last in the New England-eastern New York area,
> but both had morphed into talk stations by the early '90s.   I know there
> are small-market stations such as WDEV that could still be called full
> service, but has the format died out completely as a major market contender?
>    -Doug
>
>
>
>

From mamros@mit.edu  Thu Sep  9 13:37:38 2010
From: mamros@mit.edu (Shawn Mamros)
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:37:38 -0400
Subject: Full service radio
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:52:14 EDT."
	<D12B4F63-F1BF-4449-BBB6-B2D7FFAF1422@mac.com> 
Message-ID: <201009091737.o89Hbc8U028057@outgoing.mit.edu>

>PPMs have demonstrated that NPR can go up against top-ranked  
>commercial stations for ratings, clearly showing there's an appetite  
>for talk and entertainment that goes beyond political rants and wall- 
>to-wall music.  I don't know why commercial stations couldn't succeed  
>with it again.

Question is, do the NPR listeners stay tuned in for both the talk
and the music shows, or do they only tune in to the shows of their
choosing?  If it's the latter, then I doubt there are many commercial
stations that would choose to go that way.

-Shawn

From wollman@bimajority.org  Thu Sep  9 15:19:23 2010
From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:19:23 -0400
Subject: Full service radio
In-Reply-To: <201009091737.o89Hbc8U028057@outgoing.mit.edu>
References: <D12B4F63-F1BF-4449-BBB6-B2D7FFAF1422@mac.com>
	<201009091737.o89Hbc8U028057@outgoing.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <19593.13115.131702.51100@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>

<<On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:37:38 -0400, Shawn Mamros <mamros@mit.edu> said:

> Question is, do the NPR listeners stay tuned in for both the talk
> and the music shows, or do they only tune in to the shows of their
> choosing?  If it's the latter, then I doubt there are many commercial
> stations that would choose to go that way.

Most of the NPR listeners I know listen to nothing else.  They might
turn the radio off (or to the "other" station) when Diane Rehm comes
on, but if they're using radio, it's NPR.  However, few NPR stations
interleave talk and music any more -- and the ones that do are mostly
old-line classical stations that break format for ME and ATC.  Once
you've paid those NPR and PRI membership fees, there's no cheaper way
to run the station than to simply take as much of the network as will
fit.

In many parts of the country, the same NPR-member operation owns two
stations, as in Boston or Las Vegas (or even two networks, as in
Vermont and Wisconsin -- or three, in Minnesota), allowing them to
fully segregate music and talk listening rather than dayparting.  In a
sense that's little different from the way commercial operators will
program formats in a large cluster to different audiences.

-GAWollman


From joe@attorneyross.com  Thu Sep  9 22:31:26 2010
From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross)
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:31:26 -0400
Subject: Full service radio
In-Reply-To: <DBA88BE4E6FB4D85B024EECFE9A088EE@SatU205S5044>
References: <20100909102816.5rojqogvot1c08sc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
	<DBA88BE4E6FB4D85B024EECFE9A088EE@SatU205S5044>
Message-ID: <4C89987E.6000202@attorneyross.com>

  On 9/9/2010 10:49 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:
> I suppose you could call WCAP and WATD full service. AFAIK, both
> broadcast music as well as talk. I can hear WCAP and I know it does. I
> can't hear WATD, but I've been led to believe that it does.
>

I can only hear WATD on my car radio or online, but I do listen from 
time to time.  I would call them full service.

-- 
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  Sat Sep 11 19:07:40 2010
From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:07:40 -0400
Subject: Mass Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Message-ID: <20100911230753.9E1F21B4015@relay24.relay.iad.mlsrvr.com>

This Thursday is the MBHOF annual luncheon.  A number of local stars 
will be there to accept awards, and you can also meet the very 
amazing Bill Swartley of WBZ, who is now 102 years old and still 
sharp as can be.  There are a few tickets left (all seats are good), 
and we'd love to have you with us.  More info can be found 
here:   http://www.massbroadcastershof.org/events.htm


From kvahey@gmail.com  Sun Sep 12 17:28:19 2010
From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:28:19 -0400
Subject: Is Howie going national?
Message-ID: <AANLkTikN7rU6VQWWp9e-ED1Rt0j00ULq=iEHzwuR4Rdx@mail.gmail.com>

WORD in Greenville, SC has a billboard up saying Howie is coming to
the Upstate. (No date)

WORD is owned by Entercom so this could be similar to when Carr aired
in Seattle.

From raccoonradio@gmail.com  Mon Sep 13 14:51:30 2010
From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:51:30 -0400
Subject: Is Howie going national?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikN7rU6VQWWp9e-ED1Rt0j00ULq=iEHzwuR4Rdx@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTikN7rU6VQWWp9e-ED1Rt0j00ULq=iEHzwuR4Rdx@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=BcVbPNJ_N1S68BBMNVHbQJ56Tzxms3Mu0XbCJ@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting..he has some roots in _North_ Carolina (went to UNC; his
mother and his late father down there). Howie's national syndication
was spotty--he was in places like
Newark OH, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Deluth MN, etc--rare he got
outside of New England.

WORD's site is http://www.newsradioword.com/ but no mention there from
what I could see

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:
> WORD in Greenville, SC has a billboard up saying Howie is coming to
> the Upstate. (No date)
>
> WORD is owned by Entercom so this could be similar to when Carr aired
> in Seattle.
>

From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com  Mon Sep 13 16:14:34 2010
From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:14:34 -0500
Subject: WDCR 1340
Message-ID: <AANLkTinehw7sRR2=uoqSTmHADARjf0s-WGzw6iQ4c2am@mail.gmail.com>

I guess WDCR's license has been deleted and i gather Dartmouth won't fight
it.. it's done.

Someone on one of the DX lists posted a link and their current license
status is "Deleted"

From dan.strassberg@att.net  Mon Sep 13 18:21:26 2010
From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:21:26 -0400
Subject: WDCR 1340
References: <AANLkTinehw7sRR2=uoqSTmHADARjf0s-WGzw6iQ4c2am@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <52BA6449F93C498EAB3DD14DE236B3F5@SatU205S5044>

Since Bob Vinikoor never got WQTH on the air despite years of court 
battles and a victory before the NH Supreme Court, one would think 
he'd lower his sights from 50 kW (days, anyhow) to 1 kW-U and apply 
for a station on 1340 in Hanover. More night power than WQTH's first 
CP but less than either incarnation of its second CP.

-----
Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
eFax 1-707-215-6367

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com>
To: "B-R-I" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 4:14 PM
Subject: WDCR 1340


>I guess WDCR's license has been deleted and i gather Dartmouth won't 
>fight
> it.. it's done.
>
> Someone on one of the DX lists posted a link and their current 
> license
> status is "Deleted" 


From sean.smyth@yahoo.com  Mon Sep 13 17:57:15 2010
From: sean.smyth@yahoo.com (Sean Smyth)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:57:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Is Howie going national?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=BcVbPNJ_N1S68BBMNVHbQJ56Tzxms3Mu0XbCJ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <798405.83701.qm@web110505.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

On Mon, 9/13/10, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting..he has some roots in
> _North_ Carolina (went to UNC; his
> mother and his late father down there). Howie's national
> syndication
> was spotty--he was in places like
> Newark OH, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Deluth MN, etc--rare he
> got
> outside of New England.
> 
> WORD's site is http://www.newsradioword.com/ but no
> mention there from
> what I could see

I would say the Upstate has been much more aligned in the past with Charlotte and Atlanta, culturally, than Raleigh/Durham. It's probably three or four hours from Greenville to the Triad. Then again, Greenville has seen a fair bit of growth in the past 10 years.

That being said, I don't see Howie playing well anywhere outside New England. This theory has been proven time and again with multiple attempts at syndicating his show nationwide. 

(Maybe Howie could fill some sort of tea party niche? But I'm thinking he'll still rip the same people he always rips, and 80 percent of his targets are in the Massachusetts legislature.)


      

From TVNETDUDE@aol.com  Tue Sep 14 17:41:20 2010
From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:41:20 EDT
Subject: WDCR 1340
Message-ID: <147292.7b41e382.39c14600@aol.com>

Hi Paul,
 
The license wasn't taken away from them they turned it in. Taken from  
yesterday's FCC Daily Digest.
 
"AM STATION APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE TO COVER LICENSE  CANCELLED
--------------------------------------------------------------

NH   BL- DWDCR  68257 TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE License Cancelled 
9/8/2010  
P 1340 KHZ HANOVER, NH  per Applicant's request-no  
letter sent.
 
Mike



In a message dated 9/14/2010 12:01:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes:

>>>guess WDCR's license has been deleted and i gather  Dartmouth won't fight
it.. it's done.

Someone on one of the DX lists  posted a link and their current license
status is  "Deleted"<<<

From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com  Tue Sep 14 17:47:57 2010
From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:47:57 -0500
Subject: WDCR 1340
In-Reply-To: <147292.7b41e382.39c14600@aol.com>
References: <147292.7b41e382.39c14600@aol.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinU9hHT39MWm38qHmcRqM6afhqz+zzufWm5wnRG@mail.gmail.com>

I should've put it a different way.... I know they turned it in.

Sad anyways.



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:41 PM, <TVNETDUDE@aol.com> wrote:

>  Hi Paul,
>
> The license wasn't taken away from them they turned it in. Taken from
> yesterday's FCC Daily Digest.
>
> "AM STATION APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE TO COVER LICENSE CANCELLED
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> NH  BL- DWDCR  68257 TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE License Cancelled
> 9/8/2010
>     P 1340 KHZ HANOVER, NH  per Applicant's request-no
> letter sent.
>
> Mike
>
>  In a message dated 9/14/2010 12:01:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes:
>
> >>>guess WDCR's license has been deleted and i gather Dartmouth won't fight
> it.. it's done.
>
> Someone on one of the DX lists posted a link and their current license
> status is "Deleted"<<<
>
>

From raccoonradio@mail.com  Wed Sep 15 11:54:02 2010
From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:54:02 -0400
Subject: Talk Radio Station Hires Convicted Felon Pol
Message-ID: <8CD23055A433CCA-13A0-72B1@web-mmc-m04.sysops.aol.com>


 
In the spirit of Tom Finneran (D-WRKO) and Buddy Cianci (R-WPRO), WTIC has given a one year
contract to former CT gov John Rowland (R) for 3-6 pm. There's hope for lawbreakers yet!

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2010/09/15/news/local/506648.txt



From Jibguy@aol.com  Wed Sep 15 12:33:29 2010
From: Jibguy@aol.com (Jibguy@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:33:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Talk Radio Station Hires Convicted Felon Pol
Message-ID: <1325f3.165fc0c.39c24f59@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 9/15/2010 11:03:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
raccoonradio@mail.com writes:

In the spirit of Tom Finneran (D-WRKO) and Buddy Cianci (R-WPRO), WTIC has 
given a one year
contract to former CT gov John Rowland (R) for 3-6 pm. There's hope for 
lawbreakers yet!

----------------------
Silly me!  I always thought the best way to land a talk-radio on-air 
position was using the old-fashioned way; "tape & resume".
 
--------BB 

From raccoonradio@mail.com  Thu Sep 16 15:46:21 2010
From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:46:21 -0400
Subject: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
Message-ID: <8CD23EEF8B2B408-A18-E99F@web-mmc-m01.sysops.aol.com>


 
It was reported on radio-info that WBIX 1060 was off air earlier today. Just now I was on 128 in
Danvers and they were coming in, running a recording of the Rosary. Occasionally it sounded
like the signal was being tweaked.

Originally WQOM 1060 was to debut on 11/1 but it sounds like they're in control a month and a half
before that announced date.

From lglavin@mail.com  Thu Sep 16 13:16:08 2010
From: lglavin@mail.com (lglavin@mail.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:16:08 -0400
Subject: WBIX-AM 1060 Off-The-Air
Message-ID: <8CD23D9FC92CBA1-A50-ED0E@web-mmc-d01.sysops.aol.com>


There's total radio silence at the 1060 frequency today (09/16).  WBIX is off-the-air. This offered me an opportunity to check out if the new WEPN facility in NJ that was featured recently on Scott's Tower Calendar helped even its daytime signal. On previous occasions when AM 1060 under previous ownership was silent, I could us my GE portable-that-isn't-a-superradio-but-gets-distant-stations-anyway (the radio I used to liisten to "Let's Talk About Radio" on WJIB-AM 740) and pick up what was on AM 1050 in NYC at that time (WHN?).  Nowadays,  there's a new impediment:  WBZ-AM 1030 IBOC hash.  I had to take my radio outside in an area of my backyard where by turning it "sideways" to WBZ, but "headon" to WEPN, and I got a very usable signal from WEPN at noontime, at least as good as the much closer WTIC-AM 1080 in Avon, CT (when my eradio is so configured, it's also "sideways" to WILD-AM 1090 i n Medford.  I don't know if WBIX will be silent until the new owners take over or they're doing engineering for the power upgrade and transmitter site change, or how long the radio silence will last.  The WBIX web page is still up and indicating that programming is continuing as usual.





From raccoonradio@gmail.com  Fri Sep 17 03:19:55 2010
From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:19:55 -0400
Subject: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
In-Reply-To: <8CD23EEF8B2B408-A18-E99F@web-mmc-m01.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CD23EEF8B2B408-A18-E99F@web-mmc-m01.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinFUhZqm+tUNgNrBrK-kpZRertLKnbrsN_AJ6XP@mail.gmail.com>

Station's site:

http://www.wqom.org/index.php

Has map showing alleged coverage area maybe w/ power increase?

also http://www.thestationofthecross.com has a fundraising campaign
for better signal(s) of their various stations

-----
"You won't find sports on EWTN. But will you find the Cardinals and the Padres"
--one-time promo for Eternal World Television Network. Some EWTN shows
will air on 1060.
(You may recall Col. Potter on M.A.S.H referring to Father Mulcahy as "Padre")

From dan.strassberg@att.net  Fri Sep 17 07:20:42 2010
From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:20:42 -0400
Subject: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
References: <8CD23EEF8B2B408-A18-E99F@web-mmc-m01.sysops.aol.com>
	<AANLkTinFUhZqm+tUNgNrBrK-kpZRertLKnbrsN_AJ6XP@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B716259D441A4D78876E227509EF2E4A@SatU205S5044>

The coverage map won't stay on my screen long enough for me to study
it carefully but it looks like the daytime coverage after the upgrade
to 50 kW using the three-tower array proposed in the application for a
modification of the already granted CP. That three tower array would
consist of towers 2, 3, and 4 of the existing five-tower nighttime
setup in Ashland. AFAIK, the FCC has not yet authorized the
modification of CP. (The original CP calls for the use of all towers
of the existing 5-tower 2.5-kW night pattern but with a power of 50 kW
all day. No change in night facilities. Like the original CP, the
proposed modified CP makes no change in the night operation.)

Meanwhile, it sounds to me as if the station is running less than its
licensed 2.5 kW at night and the day power sounds as if it is less
than the licensed 40 kW/22 kW CH from the old WKOX two-tower site on
Mt Wayte Ave in the heart of Framingham. Conceivably, the station is
now operating full-time from Ashland, but, if so, it would not be
using the proposed three-tower day array or 50 kW. Rather, it might be
running its night (five-tower) pattern at 5 kW during the daytime.

-----
Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
eFax 1-707-215-6367

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
To: <raccoonradio@mail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: WBIX 1060 running Rosary


> Station's site:
>
> http://www.wqom.org/index.php
>
> Has map showing alleged coverage area maybe w/ power increase?
>
> also http://www.thestationofthecross.com has a fundraising campaign
> for better signal(s) of their various stations
>
> -----
> "You won't find sports on EWTN. But will you find the Cardinals and
> the Padres"
> --one-time promo for Eternal World Television Network. Some EWTN
> shows
> will air on 1060.
> (You may recall Col. Potter on M.A.S.H referring to Father Mulcahy
> as "Padre")


From tlmedia@triad.rr.com  Fri Sep 17 08:55:47 2010
From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:55:47 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
Message-ID: <064EBC8740F44C46935E8F8A90EF0DAE@YOURbcbbe822ed>

I'm not trying to be self-serving but, I tried to figure of "What the heck you do you when you are a veteran broadcaster but too old for radio.

Then it dawned on my...VOICEOVERS!

It's worked well for me, so I thought I'd share the idea.

Good luck to one and all.

Ted.

http://www.tedvoiceover.com/


From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com  Fri Sep 17 09:01:55 2010
From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:01:55 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
References: <064EBC8740F44C46935E8F8A90EF0DAE@YOURbcbbe822ed>
Message-ID: <3711FDEC25A34F71A1CE208E4B832215@s20035>

Ted, your site mentions you were a former station owner.

What station did you own?

D


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@triad.rr.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@tsornin.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 8:55 AM
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers


I'm not trying to be self-serving but, I tried to figure of "What the heck 
you do you when you are a veteran broadcaster but too old for radio.
Then it dawned on my...VOICEOVERS!

It's worked well for me, so I thought I'd share the idea.

Good luck to one and all.

Ted.

http://www.tedvoiceover.com/



From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net  Fri Sep 17 09:21:26 2010
From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:21:26 -0400
Subject: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
Message-ID: <20100917092126.xbi8z9233u8sggsw@webmail.myfairpoint.net>

It'll be interesting to hear how well it comes in up here in east 
coastal Maine.  As it is even now, I can get WBIX with a steady, albeit 
somewhat faint, signal all day long --- 150 miles across the water from 
Boston.   -Doug

Quoting "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>:
> The coverage map won't stay on my screen long enough for me to study
> it carefully but it looks like the daytime coverage after the upgrade
> to 50 kW using the three-tower array proposed in the application for a
> modification of the already granted CP. That three tower array would
> consist of towers 2, 3, and 4 of the existing five-tower nighttime
> setup in Ashland. AFAIK, the FCC has not yet authorized the
> modification of CP. (The original CP calls for the use of all towers
> of the existing 5-tower 2.5-kW night pattern but with a power of 50 kW
> all day. No change in night facilities. Like the original CP, the
> proposed modified CP makes no change in the night operation.)
>
> Meanwhile, it sounds to me as if the station is running less than its
> licensed 2.5 kW at night and the day power sounds as if it is less
> than the licensed 40 kW/22 kW CH from the old WKOX two-tower site on
> Mt Wayte Ave in the heart of Framingham. Conceivably, the station is
> now operating full-time from Ashland, but, if so, it would not be
> using the proposed three-tower day array or 50 kW. Rather, it might be
> running its night (five-tower) pattern at 5 kW during the daytime. 
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
> eFax 1-707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
> To: <raccoonradio@mail.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:19 AM
> Subject: Re: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
>
>
> > Station's site:
> >
> > http://www.wqom.org/index.php
> >
> > Has map showing alleged coverage area maybe w/ power increase?
> >
> > also http://www.thestationofthecross.com has a fundraising campaign
> > for better signal(s) of their various stations
> >
> > -----
> > "You won't find sports on EWTN. But will you find the Cardinals and
> > the Padres"
> > --one-time promo for Eternal World Television Network. Some EWTN
> > shows
> > will air on 1060. 
> > (You may recall Col. Potter on M.A.S.H referring to Father Mulcahy
> > as "Padre")
>




From kvahey@gmail.com  Fri Sep 17 11:13:46 2010
From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:13:46 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
In-Reply-To: <064EBC8740F44C46935E8F8A90EF0DAE@YOURbcbbe822ed>
References: <064EBC8740F44C46935E8F8A90EF0DAE@YOURbcbbe822ed>
Message-ID: <839E1573-CF35-438E-91B3-FAAACA51DFC3@gmail.com>

Good Luck Ted

It certainly has worked well for Frank Kingston Smith, Jim Cutler, Dick Summer and many others. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:55 AM, "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@triad.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm not trying to be self-serving but, I tried to figure of "What the heck you do you when you are a veteran broadcaster but too old for radio.
> 
> Then it dawned on my...VOICEOVERS!
> 
> It's worked well for me, so I thought I'd share the idea.
> 
> Good luck to one and all.
> 
> Ted.
> 
> http://www.tedvoiceover.com/
> 


From raccoonradio@mail.com  Fri Sep 17 11:23:06 2010
From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:23:06 -0400
Subject: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
In-Reply-To: <20100917092126.xbi8z9233u8sggsw@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
References: <20100917092126.xbi8z9233u8sggsw@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
Message-ID: <8CD24935C952024-494-12846@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>

Irony: the city of license is Natick, hometown of Boston College football legend Doug Flutie--he of
the "Hail Mary" pass! (and for the record the movie theatres in that town are, or used to be,
located on "Flutie Pass")


From raccoonradio@mail.com  Fri Sep 17 11:24:10 2010
From: raccoonradio@mail.com (raccoonradio@mail.com)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:24:10 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
In-Reply-To: <064EBC8740F44C46935E8F8A90EF0DAE@YOURbcbbe822ed>
References: <064EBC8740F44C46935E8F8A90EF0DAE@YOURbcbbe822ed>
Message-ID: <8CD24938300F1EC-494-12853@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>


 A friend of mine from Ohio is a sales manager for a station group, former DJ. He is doing a voiceover
business on the side.



From sean.smyth@yahoo.com  Fri Sep 17 12:06:38 2010
From: sean.smyth@yahoo.com (Sean Smyth)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:06:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
In-Reply-To: <8CD24938300F1EC-494-12853@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <720970.78439.qm@web110508.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

On Fri, 9/17/10, raccoonradio@mail.com <raccoonradio@mail.com> wrote:
 >  A friend of mine from Ohio is a sales manager for a
> station group, former DJ. He is doing a voiceover
> business on the side.

How does one get into the voiceover/imaging business? I understand it's competitive -- and there are few Jim Cutlers out there.


      

From gary@garysicecream.com  Fri Sep 17 12:16:16 2010
From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:16:16 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
In-Reply-To: <720970.78439.qm@web110508.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <8CD24938300F1EC-494-12853@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>
	<720970.78439.qm@web110508.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <014001cb5683$a90e43e0$fb2acba0$@com>

I do a lot of work doing "on hold" messages for companies and podcast
intro/outros
-Gary Francis

-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Sean Smyth
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:07 PM
To: tlmedia@triad.rr.com; boston-radio-interest@tsornin.bostonradio.org;
raccoonradio@mail.com
Subject: Re: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers

On Fri, 9/17/10, raccoonradio@mail.com <raccoonradio@mail.com> wrote:
 >  A friend of mine from Ohio is a sales manager for a
> station group, former DJ. He is doing a voiceover
> business on the side.

How does one get into the voiceover/imaging business? I understand it's
competitive -- and there are few Jim Cutlers out there.


      


From rogerkirk@ttlc.net  Fri Sep 17 12:32:46 2010
From: rogerkirk@ttlc.net (Roger Kirk)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:32:46 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
In-Reply-To: <014001cb5683$a90e43e0$fb2acba0$@com>
References: <8CD24938300F1EC-494-12853@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>	<720970.78439.qm@web110508.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<014001cb5683$a90e43e0$fb2acba0$@com>
Message-ID: <4C93982E.1070203@ttlc.net>

  So, you're the one that keeps telling me "your call will be answered 
in the order in which it was received" whilst I listen to very badly 
compressed music with artifacts & hiss?


On 9/17/2010 12:16 PM, Gary's Ice Cream wrote:
> I do a lot of work doing "on hold" messages for companies and podcast
> intro/outros
> -Gary Francis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
> Sean Smyth
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:07 PM
> To: tlmedia@triad.rr.com; boston-radio-interest@tsornin.bostonradio.org;
> raccoonradio@mail.com
> Subject: Re: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
>
> On Fri, 9/17/10, raccoonradio@mail.com<raccoonradio@mail.com>  wrote:
>   >   A friend of mine from Ohio is a sales manager for a
>> station group, former DJ. He is doing a voiceover
>> business on the side.
> How does one get into the voiceover/imaging business? I understand it's
> competitive -- and there are few Jim Cutlers out there.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


From gary@garysicecream.com  Fri Sep 17 12:48:41 2010
From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:48:41 -0400
Subject: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
In-Reply-To: <4C93982E.1070203@ttlc.net>
References: <8CD24938300F1EC-494-12853@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>	<720970.78439.qm@web110508.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<014001cb5683$a90e43e0$fb2acba0$@com> <4C93982E.1070203@ttlc.net>
Message-ID: <014101cb5688$31215480$9363fd80$@com>

I do all the "on hold" stuff dry - if they (or the phone provider) wants to
add music then that is up to them........"Please listen carefully as our
directory has recently changed....."


-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Kirk [mailto:rogerkirk@ttlc.net] 
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:33 PM
To: Gary's Ice Cream
Cc: Boston radio e-mail list
Subject: Re: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers

  So, you're the one that keeps telling me "your call will be answered 
in the order in which it was received" whilst I listen to very badly 
compressed music with artifacts & hiss?


On 9/17/2010 12:16 PM, Gary's Ice Cream wrote:
> I do a lot of work doing "on hold" messages for companies and podcast
> intro/outros
> -Gary Francis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf
Of
> Sean Smyth
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:07 PM
> To: tlmedia@triad.rr.com; boston-radio-interest@tsornin.bostonradio.org;
> raccoonradio@mail.com
> Subject: Re: Too Old For Radio. Try Voiceovers
>
> On Fri, 9/17/10, raccoonradio@mail.com<raccoonradio@mail.com>  wrote:
>   >   A friend of mine from Ohio is a sales manager for a
>> station group, former DJ. He is doing a voiceover
>> business on the side.
> How does one get into the voiceover/imaging business? I understand it's
> competitive -- and there are few Jim Cutlers out there.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



From bob.bosra@demattia.net  Fri Sep 17 11:26:02 2010
From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:26:02 -0400
Subject: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
In-Reply-To: <8CD24935C952024-494-12846@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>
References: <20100917092126.xbi8z9233u8sggsw@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
	<8CD24935C952024-494-12846@web-mmc-d09.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikF5OHhVkd4xMGu2M1xu_nCcw_z6L0bnnjDAA4K@mail.gmail.com>

 for the record the movie theatres in that town are, or used to be,
> located on "Flutie Pass")
>


They still are...

http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1CHMP_en-USUS291US303&q=flutie+pass&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

From markwats@comcast.net  Fri Sep 24 19:52:11 2010
From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:52:11 -0400
Subject: New Director of Programming & Operations At Saga's Manchester Stations
Message-ID: <BECECC55431A44DCB78374A2B38CE5F0@Mark>

  Pat McKay, who was Ops Manager & PD of Clear Channel's Springfield 
stations has been named Director of Programming & Operations for Saga's 
Manchester Radio Group (WFEA/WZID/WMLL). He is also the new PM drive host on 
WZID. He replaces previous Ops Mgr./PD/WZID PM host Dave Ashton, who has 
"left the building".

Mark Watson 



From revdoug1@myfairpoint.net  Mon Sep 27 17:58:52 2010
From: revdoug1@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:58:52 -0400
Subject: Jim Runyon
Message-ID: <20100927175852.vp1uac12xyxw0coc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>

Jim Runyon's famed 1960s "Chicken Man" radio series came to my mind a few minutes ago, for some reason, so I looked up Runyon in Wikipedia.  It mentions him serving in the Korean War, then joining KYW (now WTAM) in Cleveland in 1961, leaving there for WCFL in Chicago in 1965, then returning to Cleveland later in the '60s, where he remained until his death in 1973. 

Didn't Runyon work at WHDH at one point . . . or is my memory going?

-Doug


From rickkelly@gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 20:24:10 2010
From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:24:10 -0400
Subject: Jim Runyon
In-Reply-To: <20100927175852.vp1uac12xyxw0coc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
References: <20100927175852.vp1uac12xyxw0coc@webmail.myfairpoint.net>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinyUDiJERAfHU0ftiaxAyKYy13xWR2+XR4ZK-Fy@mail.gmail.com>

I believe you are right about him being at WHDH... When I was at Grahm
Junior College in the early seventies, someone had done an interview
with Runyon... I have it on a reel to reel... Somewhere...

-Rick Kelly


On 9/27/10, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> Jim Runyon's famed 1960s "Chicken Man" radio series came to my mind a few
> minutes ago, for some reason, so I looked up Runyon in Wikipedia.  It
> mentions him serving in the Korean War, then joining KYW (now WTAM) in
> Cleveland in 1961, leaving there for WCFL in Chicago in 1965, then returning
> to Cleveland later in the '60s, where he remained until his death in 1973.
>
> Didn't Runyon work at WHDH at one point . . . or is my memory going?
>
> -Doug
>
>

From markwats@comcast.net  Mon Sep 27 20:54:47 2010
From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:54:47 -0400
Subject: WCAP No Longer "Paying Attention"
Message-ID: <3739C385FFD04C668E3D423C22323623@Mark>

  The Lowell Sun reported in their weekly political/gossip column Sunday 
that the "Paying Attention with Tommy Duggan" Saturday talk show had not 
been heard on WCAP the past two weeks. The column (which is not available on 
the Sun's website) stated they were told by WCAP management that the show is 
"on hiatus". The column also reported that earlier this year, Duggan, the 
show's host was bashing WCAP on his Facebook page and that he also had some 
not so nice on-air exchanges in recent weeks with Warren Shaw, who hosts the 
Saturday morning show that airs prior to Duggan's former timeslot. This 
morning, it was announced by morning host Ted Panos that "Paying Attention" 
will no longer be heard on WCAP, without giving a definitive reason as to 
why the show was dropped by the station. Panos also went on to comment on 
why the Sun devoted so much space in the column about "Paying Attention" 
while WCAP has refrained on commenting about the number of editors & 
reporters that have left the paper. (I should note that Ted Panos writes a 
weekly sports column every Tuesday in the Sun).

Mark Watson



 



From kvahey@gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 21:37:15 2010
From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:37:15 +0000
Subject: Jim Runyon
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He was at HDH circa 1968 or so.  If memory serves he replaced Fred B Cole when HDH was trying to get a younger voice.  
Sent on from my BlackBerry? so typos are because of tiny keys

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Kelly <rickkelly@gmail.com>
Sender: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:24:10 
To: Doug Drown<revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: Jim Runyon

I believe you are right about him being at WHDH... When I was at Grahm
Junior College in the early seventies, someone had done an interview
with Runyon... I have it on a reel to reel... Somewhere...

-Rick Kelly


On 9/27/10, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> Jim Runyon's famed 1960s "Chicken Man" radio series came to my mind a few
> minutes ago, for some reason, so I looked up Runyon in Wikipedia.  It
> mentions him serving in the Korean War, then joining KYW (now WTAM) in
> Cleveland in 1961, leaving there for WCFL in Chicago in 1965, then returning
> to Cleveland later in the '60s, where he remained until his death in 1973.
>
> Didn't Runyon work at WHDH at one point . . . or is my memory going?
>
> -Doug
>
>


From kvahey@gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 21:47:38 2010
From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:47:38 +0000
Subject: Jim Runyon
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Jim Runyon in mentioned in this TIME Magazine article about Chickenman from 1967 saying he and his wife had moved to Boston.  

Boston in those days was still considered one of the top markets for radio as the sunbelt cities hadn't exploded yet. I would guess in 1967 Boston was the #6 market just a shade behind Detroit.  

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843884,00.html
Sent on from my BlackBerry? so typos are because of tiny keys

-----Original Message-----
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:37:15 
To: Rick Kelly<rickkelly@gmail.com>; <boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org>; Doug Drown<revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Reply-To: kvahey@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Jim Runyon

He was at HDH circa 1968 or so.  If memory serves he replaced Fred B Cole when HDH was trying to get a younger voice.  
Sent on from my BlackBerry? so typos are because of tiny keys

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Kelly <rickkelly@gmail.com>
Sender: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:24:10 
To: Doug Drown<revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: Jim Runyon

I believe you are right about him being at WHDH... When I was at Grahm
Junior College in the early seventies, someone had done an interview
with Runyon... I have it on a reel to reel... Somewhere...

-Rick Kelly


On 9/27/10, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> Jim Runyon's famed 1960s "Chicken Man" radio series came to my mind a few
> minutes ago, for some reason, so I looked up Runyon in Wikipedia.  It
> mentions him serving in the Korean War, then joining KYW (now WTAM) in
> Cleveland in 1961, leaving there for WCFL in Chicago in 1965, then returning
> to Cleveland later in the '60s, where he remained until his death in 1973.
>
> Didn't Runyon work at WHDH at one point . . . or is my memory going?
>
> -Doug
>
>


From dave@skywaves.net  Tue Sep 28 01:02:31 2010
From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:02:31 -0700
Subject: Jim Runyon
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Hard to believe today with the rise of the sunbelt, but a top ten markets 
list circa 1967 would probably have beenn something like NY, Chicago, LA, 
Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, San Francisco/San Jose, Houston, Pittsburgh, 
and Washington.




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From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:47 PM
To: "Rick Kelly" <rickkelly@gmail.com>; 
<boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org>; "Doug Drown" 
<revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: Jim Runyon

>
> Jim Runyon in mentioned in this TIME Magazine article about Chickenman 
> from 1967 saying he and his wife had moved to Boston.
>
> Boston in those days was still considered one of the top markets for radio 
> as the sunbelt cities hadn't exploded yet. I would guess in 1967 Boston 
> was the #6 market just a shade behind Detroit.
>
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843884,00.html
> Sent on from my BlackBerry? so typos are because of tiny keys
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:37:15
> To: Rick Kelly<rickkelly@gmail.com>; 
> <boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org>; Doug 
> Drown<revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; 
> <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Reply-To: kvahey@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Jim Runyon
>
> He was at HDH circa 1968 or so.  If memory serves he replaced Fred B Cole 
> when HDH was trying to get a younger voice.
> Sent on from my BlackBerry? so typos are because of tiny keys
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Kelly <rickkelly@gmail.com>
> Sender: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:24:10
> To: Doug Drown<revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; 
> <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Subject: Re: Jim Runyon
>
> I believe you are right about him being at WHDH... When I was at Grahm
> Junior College in the early seventies, someone had done an interview
> with Runyon... I have it on a reel to reel... Somewhere...
>
> -Rick Kelly
>
>
> On 9/27/10, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>> Jim Runyon's famed 1960s "Chicken Man" radio series came to my mind a few
>> minutes ago, for some reason, so I looked up Runyon in Wikipedia.  It
>> mentions him serving in the Korean War, then joining KYW (now WTAM) in
>> Cleveland in 1961, leaving there for WCFL in Chicago in 1965, then 
>> returning
>> to Cleveland later in the '60s, where he remained until his death in 
>> 1973.
>>
>> Didn't Runyon work at WHDH at one point . . . or is my memory going?
>>
>> -Doug
>>
>>
>
>
> 


From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com  Tue Sep 28 01:42:09 2010
From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:42:09 -0400
Subject: WCAP No Longer "Paying Attention"
References: <3739C385FFD04C668E3D423C22323623@Mark>
Message-ID: <CED8C4FA04244F97B07B419F2CB82627@s20035>





>  The Lowell Sun reported in their weekly political/gossip column Sunday 
> that the "Paying Attention with Tommy Duggan" Saturday talk show had not 
> been heard on WCAP the past two weeks. The column (which is not available 
> on the Sun's website) stated they were told by WCAP management that the 
> show is "on hiatus". The column also reported that earlier this year, 
> Duggan, the show's host was bashing WCAP on his Facebook page and that he 
> also had some not so nice on-air exchanges in recent weeks with Warren 
> Shaw, who hosts the Saturday morning show that airs prior to Duggan's 
> former timeslot.


Wasn't Duggan considered to be a bit or a loose cannon?