From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Thu Sep 1 13:37:09 2011 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:37:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Storm-aftermath quintcast Message-ID: <1314898629.36443.YahooMailClassic@web112120.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ???? I don't collect recordings of legal ID's . . . but I was wishing I had a recorder with me in the car Monday night at 7. Five of the Cox stations along the coast of southwestern Connecticut, in New Haven and Fairfield counties, all were carrying the same storm info. and let's-take-phone-calls programming from WPLR-FM in New Haven. It also was on WEZN-FM, Bridgeport; WFOX-FM, Norwalk; WNLK (AM), Norwalk; and WSTC (AM), Stamford.??????? I can testify that the broadcast helped my life, :)), as I'm now and forevermore carrying a digital recorder in the car with me.???? However, at least at that top-hour (the only one I heard), collectors would not have captured a legal ID.The host mentioned quite often the various stations, but no legal ID around 7. Even for WPLR, there was nothing close to one. WFOX was just "The?Fox, 95-9," etc.?? From ecps92@earthlink.net Thu Sep 1 18:28:39 2011 From: ecps92@earthlink.net (~Bill) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:28:39 -0400 Subject: WUMB is back Message-ID: <012a01cc68f6$7f7f3b70$7e7db250$@net> Power to the hill was just restored in the past hour Bill Dunn N1KUG Cruise Ship Frequencies http://scanmaritime.com/ From elipolo@earthlink.net Fri Sep 2 12:27:17 2011 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:27:17 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: WUMB is back Message-ID: <18592367.1314980837866.JavaMail.root@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:28:39 -0400 >From: "~Bill" >To: "'Boston Radio'" >Subject: WUMB is back > >Power to the hill was just restored in the past hour Yes, I'm now receiving them in full HD in Somerville. EP From elipolo@earthlink.net Fri Sep 2 13:46:56 2011 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 13:46:56 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: WUMB is back Message-ID: <3854323.1314985616228.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >From: Larry Weil >Sent: Sep 2, 2011 1:28 PM >To: Eli Polonsky >Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >Subject: Re: WUMB is back > >On Sep 2, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Eli Polonsky wrote: >> >>Yes, I'm now receiving them in full HD in Somerville. >> > >I?ve never been able to receive them in HD here in >North Salem, NH. I believe this is due to adjacent- >channel signals. Only ten miles away from their Quincy transmitter on the side of a south-facing hill in Somerville, it requires certain positioning of my "rabbit ear" TV antenna on my HD home tuner to lock WUMB in to HD, and there are very few spots where my Insignia personal portable will get them in HD in this area. I'd be surprised that you would get a clean analog signal from their Quincy transmitter up there, let alone HD. It's only 660 watts ERP, the HD would be a very small fraction of that. Are you listening to 91.9 from Quincy, or to their 91.7 repeater WNEF from Newburyport (Amesbury)? EP From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Sep 2 13:28:00 2011 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:28:00 -0400 Subject: WUMB is back In-Reply-To: <18592367.1314980837866.JavaMail.root@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <18592367.1314980837866.JavaMail.root@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <74A24EDE-248D-46F9-8113-2445C7A5BABA@mac.com> On Sep 2, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Eli Polonsky wrote: >> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:28:39 -0400 >> From: "~Bill" >> To: "'Boston Radio'" >> Subject: WUMB is back >> >> Power to the hill was just restored in the past hour > > Yes, I'm now receiving them in full HD in Somerville. > I?ve never been able to receive them in HD here in North Salem, NH. I believe this is due to adjacent-channel signals. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Sep 2 13:52:38 2011 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:52:38 -0400 Subject: WUMB is back In-Reply-To: <3854323.1314985616228.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <3854323.1314985616228.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <98AA8191-1524-4A8A-AE58-F08E5972CA66@mac.com> On Sep 2, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Eli Polonsky wrote: >> From: Larry Weil >> Sent: Sep 2, 2011 1:28 PM >> To: Eli Polonsky >> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >> Subject: Re: WUMB is back >> >> On Sep 2, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Eli Polonsky wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I'm now receiving them in full HD in Somerville. >>> >> >> I?ve never been able to receive them in HD here in >> North Salem, NH. I believe this is due to adjacent- >> channel signals. > > Are you listening to > 91.9 from Quincy, or to their 91.7 repeater WNEF > from Newburyport (Amesbury)? I usually listen to 91.9, but I can also get them on 91.7, though splash from WUML 91.5 is sometimes a problem. I am using a Sangean HDT-1 (not 1X), and a nine element FM antenna on a rotator at approx. 30 feet above ground, and ground is approx. 170 feet above sea level. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From raccoonradio@mail.com Sat Sep 3 03:31:52 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:31:52 -0400 Subject: Globe: WDEV a big help for Vermonters during Irene Message-ID: <20110903073152.118970@gmx.com> Thank goodness they had that generator... I would think Vt. Public Radio also helped out to spread the word and keep the sense of community. Radio actually helping the local community, wow. (So did I, for WMWM on Sunday as we did storm updates and the likes of Bill Newell called in with updates) http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/blogs/the_angle/2011/08/vermonts_unsung.html From scott@fybush.com Wed Sep 7 19:16:24 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:16:24 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> And we're off...Mike is gone, WEEI is up against WBZ on FM, 105.5 in Spfld becomes WWEI and 103.7 in RI to WVEI-FM. Discuss... :) From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Sep 7 19:44:09 2011 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:44:09 -0400 Subject: WEEI can't blame the Bruins for July In-Reply-To: <25227755.61793.1313274842899.JavaMail.root@sz0146a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> References: <25227755.61793.1313274842899.JavaMail.root@sz0146a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: <4E6801C9.6060600@donnahalper.com> So WEEI's strategy is to kill Mike-FM and simulcast, according to the Globe. This gives WEEI an FM signal, but is it too late for them to be competitive against The Sports Hub? http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2011/09/weei_to_begin_fm_simulcast_mon.html?p1=Upbox_link From kenwvt@gmail.com Wed Sep 7 19:17:14 2011 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken VanTassell) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:17:14 -0400 Subject: WEEI to start simulcasting on 93.7 Message-ID: http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2011/09/weei_to_begin_fm_simulcast_mon.html From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Sep 7 19:39:46 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:39:46 -0400 Subject: WEEI to begin FM simulcast Monday - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases - Boston.com Message-ID: The shocker is Entercom is killing Mike-FM... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2011/09/weei_to_begin_fm_simulcast_mon.html?p1=Upbox_links From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Sep 7 20:01:30 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:01:30 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> References: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> Message-ID: I figured it would be AAF they would kill but they must figure 103.7 will handle the southern part of the market On Sep 7, 2011 7:53 PM, "Scott Fybush" wrote: > And we're off...Mike is gone, WEEI is up against WBZ on FM, 105.5 in Spfld becomes WWEI and 103.7 in RI to WVEI-FM. > > Discuss... :) From bob.bosra@demattia.net Wed Sep 7 22:08:49 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 22:08:49 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> Message-ID: OK, I'm a little slow tonight. The change is NEXT Monday! Interestingly, they ran an advertisement for WAAF during one of their breaks. I wonder if they always did this, or if they somehow think the MKK audience will convert to AAF. Given the difference in formats, this seems unlikely. -Bob On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > Hmmmm. Mike-FM is still streaming as if nothing has happened. > > http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=WMKK > > > -Bob > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > >> I figured it would be AAF they would kill but they must figure 103.7 will >> handle the southern part of the market >> On Sep 7, 2011 7:53 PM, "Scott Fybush" wrote: >> > And we're off...Mike is gone, WEEI is up against WBZ on FM, 105.5 in >> Spfld >> becomes WWEI and 103.7 in RI to WVEI-FM. >> > >> > Discuss... :) >> > > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Wed Sep 7 21:14:19 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:14:19 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> Message-ID: Hmmmm. Mike-FM is still streaming as if nothing has happened. http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=WMKK -Bob On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > I figured it would be AAF they would kill but they must figure 103.7 will > handle the southern part of the market > On Sep 7, 2011 7:53 PM, "Scott Fybush" wrote: > > And we're off...Mike is gone, WEEI is up against WBZ on FM, 105.5 in > Spfld > becomes WWEI and 103.7 in RI to WVEI-FM. > > > > Discuss... :) > From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Sep 7 22:49:41 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:49:41 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> Message-ID: <4E682D45.3030304@attorneyross.com> On 9/7/2011 10:08 PM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > OK, I'm a little slow tonight. The change is NEXT Monday! > Interestingly, they ran an advertisement for WAAF during one > of their breaks. I wonder if they always did this, or if > they somehow think the MKK audience will convert to AAF. > Given the difference in formats, this seems unlikely. The newspaper story doesn't say they're going to change the call letters. So I wonder whether it will actually be WEEI-FM or stay WMKK or something else. -- 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 vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net Wed Sep 7 22:00:05 2011 From: vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:00:05 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110907220005.96bm16yk0s8so008@webmail.myfairpoint.net> How clear is the 93.7 signal in Worcester? ?Does it render 1440 irrelevant? ?-Doug On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:16:24 -0400, Scott Fybush wrote: And we're off...Mike is gone, WEEI is up against WBZ on FM, 105.5 in Spfld becomes WWEI and 103.7 in RI to WVEI-FM. > > Discuss... :) > > From raccoonradio@mail.com Thu Sep 8 03:28:28 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:28:28 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110908072828.118960@gmx.com> Globe story says Mike will not be moving elsewhere--in other words, it won't shift to 97.7 or 107.3. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Sep 8 03:20:13 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 03:20:13 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110907220005.96bm16yk0s8so008@webmail.myfairpoint.net> References: <20110907220005.96bm16yk0s8so008@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Message-ID: About time! It only makes sense and of course it's sweet for me because where I work, I'm only a town away from 93.7's stick (Peabody/ I work in N. Reading). I suppose one can check out the signal chart from radio-locator.com which of course should be taken with a shaker of salt... http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WMKK&service=FM&status=L&hours=U I think red line is extent of main signal, purple is distant, and blue is fringe. The purple line goes right through Worcester. I wonder how far the 93.7 in the Hartford area goes, and will it affect the reception of the new WEEI home at 93.7? On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Doug Drown wrote: > How clear is the 93.7 signal in Worcester? ?Does it render 1440 irrelevant? > ?-Doug > > On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:16:24 -0400, Scott Fybush ?wrote: > And we're off...Mike is gone, WEEI is up against WBZ on FM, 105.5 in Spfld > becomes WWEI and 103.7 in RI to WVEI-FM. >> >> Discuss... :) >> >> > > > > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Sep 8 03:32:10 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 03:32:10 -0400 Subject: WEEI to begin FM simulcast Monday - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases - Boston.com In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Would have thought they might have saved it by moving it to 97.7. Guess not. Well WEEI on 93.7 is fine by me On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > The shocker is Entercom is killing Mike-FM... > > http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2011/09/weei_to_begin_fm_simulcast_mon.html?p1=Upbox_links > From m_carney@yahoo.com Thu Sep 8 07:08:17 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 04:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <55bf3a0e-a77a-46df-b7ac-5f0a7b6c0784@email.android.com> Message-ID: <1315480097.24288.YahooMailNeo@web161313.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> They alternate between Mike-FM and WAAF promos, usually 1 per hour. From elipolo@earthlink.net Thu Sep 8 15:46:26 2011 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:46:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <21877845.1315511186784.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:01:30 -0400 >From: Kevin Vahey >To: Scott Fybush >Cc: bri@bostonradio.org >Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > >I figured it would be AAF they would kill but they >must figure 103.7 will handle the southern part of >the market 93.7 is their most competitive FM signal against "The Sports Hub" WBZ-FM within the Boston metro. I think that is their primary concern, more than which music format was sacrificed. The 97.7 transmitter is closer to Boston proper, but the signal is a lot weaker overall than 93.7. 107.3 remains primarily a Metro-West and Central MA signal despite any past attempts to make it a Boston signal. As for music formats, WAAF actually has a heritage of sorts as a rock station, and is the only contemporary mainstream rock station left in the market. "Mike FM", though it did fairly well, had a lot of overlap with Classic Hits and Classic Rock stations as well as AC and Hot AC stations. Though it was an odd mix at times there wasn't really much music that was unique to the market, despite any claims otherwise. EP From m_carney@yahoo.com Fri Sep 9 10:10:18 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:10:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <21877845.1315511186784.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <21877845.1315511186784.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <1315577418.72396.YahooMailNeo@web161315.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Mike-FM was running the "follow us on Twitter" liners this morning, but there was one promo for WEEI coming on Monday, tagged with "Sports Radio 93.7" and no call letters. From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Sep 9 12:36:59 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:36:59 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> On Sept 15 a Peabody woman who won a radio contest for singing can croon the National Anthem at Fenway. Technically by then the station that gave it to her, Mike 93.7, will no longer exist. http://features.937mikefm.com/contests/oh_say_can_you_sing_winner.php >>Everyone did a fantastic job, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year! Wonder if WEEI-FM 93.7 will keep the contest going? ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Carney Sent: 09/09/11 10:10 AM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 Mike-FM was running the "follow us on Twitter" liners this morning, but there was one promo for WEEI coming on Monday, tagged with "Sports Radio 93.7" and no call letters. From m_carney@yahoo.com Fri Sep 9 13:51:02 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> References: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: <1315590662.68060.YahooMailNeo@web161316.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Reminds me of when Star 93.7 became Mike-FM. Star was promoting a station concert (I can't remember the acts) that happened a few weeks after the switch. It went on, apparently with the old station branding. From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Sep 9 14:12:29 2011 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:12:29 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> References: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > On Sept 15 a Peabody woman who won a radio contest for singing can croon the National > Anthem at Fenway. Technically by then the station that gave it to her, Mike 93.7, will no longer exist. > > http://features.937mikefm.com/contests/oh_say_can_you_sing_winner.php Maybe it will still exist on an HD subchannel? Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Sep 9 16:15:49 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:15:49 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio Message-ID: Radio Shack no longer carries HD radios and Best Buy wants you to order on line to pick up at the store. Does this format have any chance to survive? From francini@mac.com Fri Sep 9 15:50:06 2011 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 15:50:06 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: <420CCE6C-7398-4DC1-86F5-3DE89C679179@mac.com> I hope not... I also hope that their 'simulcast' doesn't introduce the damnable HD-Radio delay normally required -- that will make 93.7 utterly useless at Fenway Park. Yes, when I go to ballgames, I bring a headset radio so I can hear what the pitch location was, as it's hard to see it from our seats. The AM broadcast has near zero delay right now. John On 9 Sep 2011, at 14:12, Larry Weil wrote: > > On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > >> On Sept 15 a Peabody woman who won a radio contest for singing can croon the National >> Anthem at Fenway. Technically by then the station that gave it to her, Mike 93.7, will no longer exist. >> >> http://features.937mikefm.com/contests/oh_say_can_you_sing_winner.php > > Maybe it will still exist on an HD subchannel? > > Larry Weil > Lake Wobegone, NH > > > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Fri Sep 9 16:40:59 2011 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:40:59 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <420CCE6C-7398-4DC1-86F5-3DE89C679179@mac.com> References: <20110909163700.210580@gmx.com> <420CCE6C-7398-4DC1-86F5-3DE89C679179@mac.com> Message-ID: Several stations, AM and FM, that run HD and carry sports turn it off during games. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM, John Francini wrote: > I hope not... > > I also hope that their 'simulcast' doesn't introduce the damnable HD-Radio > delay normally required -- that will make 93.7 utterly useless at Fenway > Park. Yes, when I go to ballgames, I bring a headset radio so I can hear > what the pitch location was, as it's hard to see it from our seats. The AM > broadcast has near zero delay right now. > > John > > > > > On 9 Sep 2011, at 14:12, Larry Weil wrote: > > > > > On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > > >> On Sept 15 a Peabody woman who won a radio contest for singing can croon > the National > >> Anthem at Fenway. Technically by then the station that gave it to her, > Mike 93.7, will no longer exist. > >> > >> http://features.937mikefm.com/contests/oh_say_can_you_sing_winner.php > > > > Maybe it will still exist on an HD subchannel? > > > > Larry Weil > > Lake Wobegone, NH > > > > > > > > > From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Sep 9 16:41:35 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:41:35 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> By the way, the Sox could have been on a Boston-area FM in '05 or '06 (and note I say Boston, so I'm not talking about WBOQ or anything) 2005: WODS _almost_ went to a Jack-like format. "Mike 93.7" beat them to it. Had WODS gone to Jack, Entercom may have just said, "well, maybe we can simulcast WEEI on 93.7..." April 2006: Papers like the Globe reported a "done deal" in which Greater Media would have sold much of WBOS 92.9 to the Red Sox. The flagship would have been 92.9...imagine, WBOS would have been your home for the 2007 World Champions. In May of '06, GM must have thrown in the towel, walked away. Entercom signed a 10 year deal (has since been extended?) with WRKO carrying most games, WEEI a few. Of course when Sports Hub debuted in August of 2009, Entercom quickly switched just about all Sox games to 850 only to shore them up as a sports station. (WRKO had occasional situations like Celts/Sox conflicts, from then) From Jibguy@aol.com Fri Sep 9 18:15:47 2011 From: Jibguy@aol.com (Jibguy@aol.com) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 18:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio Message-ID: <960ee.61bae82e.3b9bea12@aol.com> In a message dated 9/9/2011 4:19:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kvahey@gmail.com writes: Radio Shack no longer carries HD radios and Best Buy wants you to order on line to pick up at the store. Does this format have any chance to survive? ---------------------------------- Nope! It's dead & buried. :-) ---BB From kenwvt@gmail.com Fri Sep 9 18:23:27 2011 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken Vantassell) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 18:23:27 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <897837A1-2D6C-4185-9CA9-B035A7B4A3B6@gmail.com> Hd radio will only survive if they start including it in all radios manufactured. I bet more people stream on their smartphones than listen to HD radio. Ken Sent from my iPad On Sep 9, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Radio Shack no longer carries HD radios and Best Buy wants you to order on > line to pick up at the store. > > Does this format have any chance to survive? From marklaurence@mac.com Fri Sep 9 19:31:49 2011 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:31:49 +0900 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <899F1680-EB4A-4E14-A6B9-73D67D4B9778@mac.com> How many people buy "radios" of any kind at Best Buy? If you were going to buy an HD radio, wouldn't the first place you'd look be Amazon? They seem to have a bazillion of them. On Sep 10, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Radio Shack no longer carries HD radios and Best Buy wants you to order on > line to pick up at the store. > > Does this format have any chance to survive? From sid@wrko.com Fri Sep 9 17:41:56 2011 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 21:41:56 +0000 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37B2E9@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> "Does this format have any chance to survive?" There really does appear to be very little consumer interest, and radio industry figures show that new HD station conversions have slowed to a trickle. Last figures I saw for US stations showed approximately 17% of FMs and 3% of AMs are running HD at all, not to mention those AMs running it daytime-only. Considering that it has been a viable transmission mode for almost a decade, I don't think the prospects look good. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Sep 9 20:45:31 2011 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:45:31 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <899F1680-EB4A-4E14-A6B9-73D67D4B9778@mac.com> References: <899F1680-EB4A-4E14-A6B9-73D67D4B9778@mac.com> Message-ID: <1C8DA2B8-4304-4E2C-8210-43D86B284ED9@mac.com> There are still a gazillion people who do not shop on the internet, my parents among them. Next time you are in Best Buy, take a look at the car radios, I believe they still have some that do HD. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH Sent from my iPhone Big freekin deal! On Sep 9, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Mark Laurence wrote: > How many people buy "radios" of any kind at Best Buy? If you were going to buy an HD radio, wouldn't the first place you'd look be Amazon? They seem to have a bazillion of them. > > > On Sep 10, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > >> Radio Shack no longer carries HD radios and Best Buy wants you to order on >> line to pick up at the store. >> >> Does this format have any chance to survive? > From sid@wrko.com Fri Sep 9 22:02:37 2011 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:02:37 +0000 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: References: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37B2E9@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, Message-ID: "Is there any PPM data to indicate if anybody is listening?" Nothing so far in the Boston or Providence markets. The WBZ-FM stream does show up, however. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA. 02135-2040 From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Sep 9 21:52:48 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 21:52:48 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37B2E9@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> References: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37B2E9@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: Is there any PPM data to indicate if anybody is listening? This is getting like UHF in the 50's. On Sep 9, 2011 9:43 PM, "Sid Schweiger" wrote: > "Does this format have any chance to survive?" > > There really does appear to be very little consumer interest, and radio industry figures show that new HD station conversions have slowed to a trickle. Last figures I saw for US stations showed approximately 17% of FMs and 3% of AMs are running HD at all, not to mention those AMs running it daytime-only. Considering that it has been a viable transmission mode for almost a decade, I don't think the prospects look good. > > Sid Schweiger > IT Manager, Entercom New England > 20 Guest St / 3d Floor > Brighton MA 02135-2040 > From jjlehmann@comcast.net Fri Sep 9 22:11:10 2011 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:11:10 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: References: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37B2E9@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <2ACF4EBF-D0BE-4F05-BFE2-93CA447B6447@comcast.net> You'll see HD2 stations show up in the ratings in some markets like Baltimore and Atlanta...BUT... This is only because they're being simulcast on very powerful translators with close to if not equal coverage to a class A station (250 watts at around 1000'). I don't think any HD2 has shown up on it's own. Jeff Lehmann On Sep 9, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > "Is there any PPM data to indicate if anybody is listening?" > > Nothing so far in the Boston or Providence markets. The WBZ-FM stream does show up, however. > > Sid Schweiger > IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC > 20 Guest St / 3d Floor > Brighton MA. 02135-2040 From donald_astelle@yahoo.com Fri Sep 9 22:08:12 2011 From: donald_astelle@yahoo.com (D. A.) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 19:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <960ee.61bae82e.3b9bea12@aol.com> Message-ID: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > kvahey@gmail.com > writes: > > Does this format have any chance to? survive? > > ---------------------------------- > Nope!? It's dead & buried.???:-) > > ---BB Just like the AM band? With one of the big formats leaving the band next week....Is there ANY reason to turn on AM besides WBZ? From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Sep 10 00:51:11 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:51:11 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4E6AECBF.3050806@attorneyross.com> On 9/9/2011 10:08 PM, D. A. wrote: >> ---------------------------------- >> Nope! It's dead& buried. :-) >> >> ---BB > > Just like the AM band? > > With one of the big formats leaving the band next week....Is there ANY reason to turn on AM besides WBZ? Well, first of all, I haven't heard that WEEI was leaving the band, just expanding to FM. I'd guess there must be some places where the AM signal is the better signal. As for reasons to tune AM, my car radio has six AM buttons. Only two are set for local stations: WJIB and WBZ. Three are set for Western Massachusetts stations: WNNZ, WPNI, and WHMP. The sixth is set for 1600, which is both WUNR and one WHNP, of WHMP's satellites. WNNZ is public radio talk (WFCR tends to play classical music, though not full time), WPNI relays WUMB folk, and WHMP carries progressive talk. -- 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 paul@derrynh.net Sat Sep 10 01:09:11 2011 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:09:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> Message-ID: <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> BTW: How long before 850 AM becomes a 24/7 ESPN relay? I say 6 months to 'train' the listener to go to 93.7, then 93.7 goes from WEEI-FM to WEEI (FM) and 850 is some amalgamation of WESP or WSPN or some such.... ? -Paul Hopfgarten Epping NH On September 9, 2011 at 4:41 PM Bob Nelson wrote: > By the way, the Sox could have been on a Boston-area FM in '05 or > '06 (and note I say Boston, so I'm not talking about WBOQ or > anything) > >? 2005: WODS _almost_ went to a Jack-like format. "Mike 93.7" beat them to it. >Had WODS gone to Jack, Entercom may have just said, "well, maybe we can >simulcast WEEI on 93.7..." > >? April 2006: Papers like the Globe reported a "done deal" in which Greater >Media would have sold much of WBOS 92.9 >? to the Red Sox. The flagship would have been 92.9...imagine, WBOS would have >been your home for the 2007 >? World Champions. In May of '06, GM must have thrown in the towel, walked >away. Entercom signed a 10 year deal (has since been extended?) with WRKO >carrying most games, WEEI a few. Of course when Sports Hub debuted in August of >2009, Entercom quickly switched just about all Sox games to 850 only to shore >them up as a sports station. >? (WRKO had occasional situations like Celts/Sox conflicts, from then) From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 02:02:31 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:02:31 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio References: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6AECBF.3050806@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <65925BA7593143729882AA2A69BD6558@s20035> >>> ---------------------------------- >>> Nope! It's dead& buried. :-) >>> >>> ---BB >> >> Just like the AM band? >> >> With one of the big formats leaving the band next week....Is there ANY >> reason to turn on AM besides WBZ? > > Well, first of all, I haven't heard that WEEI was leaving the band, just > expanding to FM. If it's available on FM....why would anyone listen to it on AM? With this switch.....there's one less reason for people to go to the AM band. > I'd guess there must be some places where the AM signal is the better > signal. I can't imagine where! From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 02:35:56 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:35:56 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> Message-ID: <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> >> BTW: How long before 850 AM becomes a 24/7 ESPN relay? Why would WEEI(FM) want to give people a reason to listen to ANOTHER sports signal? Wouldn't they rather those people listen to WEEI-FM? From bob.bosra@demattia.net Sat Sep 10 09:18:03 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:18:03 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> Message-ID: Why would WEEI(FM) want to give people a reason to listen to ANOTHER sports signal? That's a reason for Entercom to NOT sell AM 850. With no sports talk on AM, someone might get that idea. From xradioguy@yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 09:38:04 2011 From: xradioguy@yahoo.com (Ari Alpert) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:38:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <65925BA7593143729882AA2A69BD6558@s20035> References: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6AECBF.3050806@attorneyross.com> <65925BA7593143729882AA2A69BD6558@s20035> Message-ID: <1315661884.84046.YahooMailNeo@web122505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > If it's available on FM....why would anyone listen to it on AM? > With this switch.....there's one less reason for people to go to the AM band. Can't imagine that AM losing more listeners doesn't hurt WBZ-AM. When does WBZ-AM make the switch to FM assuming this is no longer an if but a when? How does NewsRadio 103.3 sound in 2012 or is there another property CBS might flip or move? -Ari (owner of 3 HD radio tuners + 1 internet "radio" receiver) From map@mapinternet.com Sat Sep 10 09:00:10 2011 From: map@mapinternet.com (Mark Casey) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:00:10 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <897837A1-2D6C-4185-9CA9-B035A7B4A3B6@gmail.com> References: <897837A1-2D6C-4185-9CA9-B035A7B4A3B6@gmail.com> Message-ID: Pretty doubtful that HD would be required by law. But if the Auto (& Truck) manufacturers would include HD as standard, the format would have a chance. And, much to my chagrin as a radio DX'er and this form affecting adjacent channel reception, the power needs to be increased. If, at least,the auto standard doesn't happen, it's doomed to it's current status or failure. I've got to think that many folks still want to see a demo model when buying an item like a new fancier radio, so, Radio Shack's & Best Buy's dropping of stocking HD radios is a serious hit. Mark Casey Hd radio will only survive if they start including it in all radios manufactured. I bet more people stream on their smartphones than listen to HD radio. Ken Sent from my iPad On Sep 9, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Radio Shack no longer carries HD radios and Best Buy wants you to order on > line to pick up at the store. > > Does this format have any chance to survive? From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Sep 10 11:17:48 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:17:48 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <1315661884.84046.YahooMailNeo@web122505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6AECBF.3050806@attorneyross.com> <65925BA7593143729882AA2A69BD6558@s20035> <1315661884.84046.YahooMailNeo@web122505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: WBUR does very well with news because it is on FM.... the mighty 1030's audience has been eroding the past few years. When did the FCC start allowing full simulcasting pf AM and FM in a market? Back in the 60's they required at least 12 hours of separate programming to spur interest in the band but that was rescinded at some point but I can not recall when. On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Ari Alpert wrote: > > > If it's available on FM....why would anyone listen to it on AM? > > > With this switch.....there's one less reason for people to go to the AM > band. > > Can't imagine that AM losing more listeners doesn't hurt WBZ-AM. When does > WBZ-AM make the switch to FM assuming this is no longer an if but a when? > How does NewsRadio 103.3 sound in 2012 or is there another property CBS > might flip or move? > > -Ari (owner of 3 HD radio tuners + 1 internet "radio" receiver) > > > > From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Sep 10 14:42:54 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:42:54 -0400 Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?The_David_Brudnoy_Show_From_September_11th=2C_2001_=AB_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?CBS_Boston?= Message-ID: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/09/09/the-david-brudnoy-show-from-september-11th-2001/ May well have been his finest show From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 17:15:45 2011 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:15:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio Message-ID: <1315689345.31688.YahooMailClassic@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> >A. Joseph Ross wrote: > I'd guess there must be some places where the AM signal is the better signal. >--- And . . . On Sat, 9/10/11, Don wrote: >I can't imagine where!???? How about anywhere east of the FM antennas' horizon -- great for the fishing fleet :))???? But . . . serioiusly . . . what about parts of N.H.? No? From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 17:44:07 2011 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:44:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <4E6AECBF.3050806@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <1315691047.50056.YahooMailClassic@web112104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> >--- On Sat, 9/10/11, A Joseph Ross wrote: >As for reasons to tune AM, my car radio has six AM buttons.? Only two are set for local >stations:? WJIB and WBZ . . .????? This reminds me of the differences between the #10 market and the #1 market. Living on the outer edge of the extreme Greater New York City area, 76 crow-flying miles from Central Park, the 12 AM presets on my car radio (isn't Sony optimistic ?) are set to:??? ?WICC, Bridgeport; WOR; WNYC; WCBS; WELI, New Haven; WINS, WBZ,?WTIC, WBBR, WQUN-Hamden, Conn.; WMMW-Meriden, Conn.?(rebroadcasts Conn.'s oldest AM station, WDRC, Hartford). And one for whatever catches my fancy at the moment -- often used for WWKB or the former WTOP or 740 from Toronto or the Canadian on 900 that runs old radio dramas at night.?????? ??? From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Sep 10 18:23:45 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:23:45 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <1315689345.31688.YahooMailClassic@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1315689345.31688.YahooMailClassic@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: 93.7 blankets Southern NH and York County in Maine. AM will be better on the south shore but there 103.7 kicks in. On Sep 10, 2011 6:11 PM, "Martin Waters" wrote: >>A. Joseph Ross wrote: >> I'd guess there must be some places where the AM signal is the better signal. >>--- And . . . On Sat, 9/10/11, Don wrote: >>I can't imagine > where! How about anywhere east of the FM antennas' horizon -- great for the fishing fleet :)) But . . . serioiusly . . . what about parts of N.H.? No? From rac@gabrielmass.com Sat Sep 10 22:04:23 2011 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:04:23 -0400 Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_The_David_Brudnoy_Show_From_Sep?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?tember_11th=2C_2001_=AB_CBS_Boston?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E6C1727.2060807@server4.gabrielmass.com> Thanks for posting this; I wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Y'know, it would be great if WBZ would produce a podcast from the Brudnoy audio archives: there are so many fine interviews and monologues, and even some listener calls that would be good to hear again. --RC On 09/10/2011 02:42 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/09/09/the-david-brudnoy-show-from-september-11th-2001/ > > May well have been his finest show > From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Sep 10 23:28:35 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:28:35 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> Message-ID: <4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> On 9/10/2011 9:18 AM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > Why would WEEI(FM) want to give people a reason to listen to ANOTHER sports > signal? > > That's a reason for Entercom to NOT sell AM 850. > With no sports talk on AM, someone might get that idea. Well, instead of selling 850 or running ESPN there, what might they do? Some other format? Such as? -- 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 Sat Sep 10 23:31:41 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:31:41 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: <1315661884.84046.YahooMailNeo@web122505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1315620492.45207.YahooMailClassic@web110515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6AECBF.3050806@attorneyross.com> <65925BA7593143729882AA2A69BD6558@s20035> <1315661884.84046.YahooMailNeo@web122505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4E6C2B9D.4090901@attorneyross.com> On 9/10/2011 9:38 AM, Ari Alpert wrote: > > > If it's available on FM....why would anyone listen to it on AM? > > > With this switch.....there's one less reason for people to go to the > AM band. > > Can't imagine that AM losing more listeners doesn't hurt WBZ-AM. When > does WBZ-AM make the switch to FM assuming this is no longer an if but > a when? How does NewsRadio 103.3 sound in 2012 or is there another > property CBS might flip or move? Yet another WBZ-FM? What new call letters will they put on Boston's Sports Hub? Come to think of it, is there anything to prevent having a WBZ (FM) and a WBZ-FM at the same time? -- 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 Sun Sep 11 08:51:42 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:51:42 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> <4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: > Well, instead of selling 850 or running ESPN there, what might they do? Some other format? Such as? Keep doing what they are doing, unless an offer they can't refuse comes along. I'm sure there are some areas where the AM signal is still useful; though I imagine much of that area is outside their market area. How much is a 50kW signal lower-frequency major market AM station worth? -Bob From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Sep 11 10:33:30 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:33:30 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com><730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de><8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035><4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: The way you've posed the question, an honest answer is impossible. Even in the same market, it's impossible. For example, do you honestlty believe that anyone could assign a single value to, say, sports-talk WFAN and Radio Disney WQEW? Both are 50 kW-U Class A AMs in the New York market. (Both even have transmitter sites east of Manhattan--an uncommon location in that market.) I suspect that WFAN, at 660, would fetch at least five times what WQEW, 900 kHz up the dial, would fetch. In this market, do you honestly believe that anyone could legitimately assign a single value to WEEI and WWZN? Both are 50 kW-U DA-2 Class B AMs. I think a 5:1 ratio for WEEI vs WWZN could easily apply. OK, you qualified your question with "lower frequency," which WQEW and WWZN obviously are not. You might be able to assign one value to WFAN and WOR or to WEEI and WRKO. And almost certainly, the ratios would be less than 5:1, but I wouldn't bet on 1:1; the ratios could still be close to 2:1. Note that both WOR and WWZN are substantially (or entirely) brokered time. BTW, WOR's long-standing (many decades) reliance on brokered time points the way toward what Entercom could run on WRKO and WEEI. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob DeMattia" To: "boston Radio Interest" Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:51 AM Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > > How much is a 50kW signal lower-frequency major market AM station > worth? > > -Bob From billohno@gmail.com Sun Sep 11 18:45:30 2011 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:45:30 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> <4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <95c0f75d-cccf-4f2a-b946-7f60e97b46fc@email.android.com> A good example of where AM is useful is in Vermont where WDEV (550 Waterbury) is simulcast on WDEV-FM (96.1 Warren). While the FM (and its translators) footprints are superior particularly by night, there remain locations (fixed and travel) where the AM penetrates the Green Mountain topographical challenges with ease. This is also an option since the AM could not stand alone fiscally, no doubt. Bill O'Neill -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _____________________________________________ From: Bob DeMattia Sent: Sun Sep 11 08:51:42 EDT 2011 To: boston Radio Interest Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > Well, instead of selling 850 or running ESPN there, what might they do? Some other format? Such as? Keep doing what they are doing, unless an offer they can't refuse comes along. I'm sure there are some areas where the AM signal is still useful; though I imagine much of that area is outside their market area. How much is a 50kW signal lower-frequency major market AM station worth? -Bob From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Sep 11 22:20:04 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:20:04 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <95c0f75d-cccf-4f2a-b946-7f60e97b46fc@email.android.com> References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com> <730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de> <8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035> <4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> <95c0f75d-cccf-4f2a-b946-7f60e97b46fc@email.android.com> Message-ID: <4E6D6C54.6010802@attorneyross.com> On 9/11/2011 6:45 PM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > A good example of where AM is useful is in Vermont where WDEV (550 Waterbury) is simulcast on WDEV-FM (96.1 Warren). While the FM (and its translators) footprints are superior particularly by night, there remain locations (fixed and travel) where the AM penetrates the Green Mountain topographical challenges with ease. This is also an option since the AM could not stand alone fiscally, no doubt. I've heard that this sort of thing also applies in the San Francisco area. I've heard it said that only an AM signal can cover the entire metropolitan area. -- 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 raccoonradio@mail.com Sun Sep 11 23:37:04 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:37:04 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110912033704.210580@gmx.com> http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html In the latest North East Radio Watch Scott Fybush wonders if perhaps Ent. could shift RKO to 850... a slight improvement in signal possibly (but would it be worth the trouble?) Also, Scott says he'll be part of a forthcoming Steve Leveille broadcast on WBZ celebrating the 90th birthday of WBZ radio (Sun into Monday 9/18-19) (My two pennies on the former: it may be a slight improvement but would it be worth it in long run? Changing minds to accept the new frequency, printing new stationery and so on... I suppose if they did it maybe we would see "WEEI AM 680" with local hosts and some ESPN...) >>Could WEEI's FM move provide an opening to relocate WRKO from 680 to the 850 signal? Both are 50,000-watters, but 850's Needham transmitter site (where a brand-new Harris Destiny 3DX50 transmitter is being installed this month) gives that signal the reach into MetroWest that 680 is notoriously lacking after dark. From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Mon Sep 12 01:57:28 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:57:28 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110909204135.210540@gmx.com><730441029.114168.1315631352058.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw06.schlund.de><8359981CFD6E44C1861991F56465828A@s20035><4E6C2AE3.7070906@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <4CD08326C91144B1A4131250619C5D6D@s20035> > In this market, do you honestly believe that anyone could legitimately > assign a single value to WEEI and WWZN? Both are 50 kW-U DA-2 Class B > AMs. I think a 5:1 ratio for WEEI vs WWZN could easily apply. However, in some cases you are simply buying the "facility"...and not the business. From raccoonradio@mail.com Mon Sep 12 07:30:33 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:30:33 -0400 Subject: Format change audio, WMKK into WEEI-FM (WMKK) Message-ID: <20110912113034.210570@gmx.com> The call letters are still apparently WMKK for now as evidenced by the ID http://raccoonradio.freehostia.com/Air/WEEIfmFormat.mp3 From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Sep 12 08:20:49 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:20:49 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912033704.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: <8D2D52715CE54BD9A05A3167E6021883@SatU205S5044> WRKO has a better signal than WEEI almost everywhere and is local in areas like southern NH and nearly all of Cape Cod that WEEI can only wish to cover. The only exception is in MetroWest at night, where the advantage goes to WEEI, but by less than a huge amount. The reason is that WRKO is on a better frequency, has, by far, the better transmitter location, and consequently, can have much better directional patterns. Instead of wasting signal over Mass Bay and the rest of the north Atlantic (a necessity for WEEI to deliver a competitive signal to downtown Boston from its Needham location), WRKO can send most of its signal to the north and southeast. The northern lobe covers the Merrimack Valley and southern NH; the southeastern lobe, which covers Boston, emerges from the City only modestly attenuated and continues over the salt water to Cape Cod where it becomes the Cape's best AM signal (well, OK, maybe second best, now that WNSH is sending 30 kW in all directions from a point right at the water's edge on the North Shore). Given that WEEI, whether it remains a simulcast of 93.7 or switches to full-time ESPN, will probably continue to make more money than WRKO does, it might make sense for Entercom to switch WEEI to the better 680 signal. However, a big disadvantage of such a move is the potential loss of some part of the audience that is used to tuning to 850 for sports. Lose them, and you probably lose any advantage you might have gotten from having the bigger moneymaker on the better signal. Entercom needs to bring on board somebody with a long history at Buckley, and specifically, at WOR. Presumably, such an individual would know how to tap the brokered-time market. I see brokered time as a BIG part of WRKO's future and perhaps a not-insignificant part of WEEI's future. WOR has been running brokered-time programs for well over half a century; I remember Carleton Fredericks on WOR back in the '40s. That was almost 70 years ago! WOR proves that brokered-time radio need not be inextricably linked to colon-cleanse info-mercials. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "A Joseph Ross" ; Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 11:37 PM Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html > > In the latest North East Radio Watch Scott Fybush wonders if perhaps > Ent. could shift RKO to 850... > a slight improvement in signal possibly (but would it be worth the > trouble?) > Also, Scott says he'll be part of a forthcoming Steve Leveille > broadcast on WBZ celebrating the > 90th birthday of WBZ radio (Sun into Monday 9/18-19) (My two pennies > on the former: it may be a slight improvement but would it be worth > it in long run? Changing minds to accept the new frequency, printing > new stationery and so on... I suppose if they did it maybe we would > see "WEEI AM 680" with local hosts and some ESPN...) > > >>Could WEEI's FM move provide an opening to relocate WRKO from 680 > >>to the 850 signal? Both are 50,000-watters, but 850's Needham > >>transmitter site (where a brand-new Harris Destiny 3DX50 > >>transmitter is being installed this month) gives that signal the > >>reach into MetroWest that 680 is notoriously lacking after dark. From raccoonradio@mail.com Mon Sep 12 08:47:56 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:47:56 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Agreed about the WRKO and WEEI signals, and that the only advantage WEEI (AM) has is the slightly-better-to Metro-West coverage (at night). Even then there could still be mixing with other 850s. I will say that yesterday when I was on Cape Cod (W. Yarmouth/Hyannis area) WRKO had a little power line interference at times but was fairly solid. (Also by the way, as I drove to Cape Cod on Sat. I kept checking 93.7. It came in fairly well down Rt 3, though a bit of drift around Plymouth, and could reach Cape Cod slightly but of course WEEI's sister stations at 96.3 for Cape/Islands and 103.7 in R.I. can help on the Cape.) By the way speaking of WNSH, that 30,000 watt day signal could actually come in (slightly) way up around Lake Sunapee NH (with good car stereo); the 85w night signal, meanwhile, has a tough time covering the COL of Beverly! Interesting about brokered time on WRKO. If Howie Carr flees in a year or so, will WRKO continue talk or eventually give it up? WEEI is definitely the money-maker for Entercom and even though WMKK also brought in some bucks, they had to pull the plug to shore up WEEI--competition from Sports Hub, the demand for a static-free FM signal, younger people preferring FM, and so on. If Entercom had a fourth FM property in town you could have seen Mike go there. The 97.7 is helpful for their WAAF signal to reach a bit further. Otherwise that could have been the new home for Mike. By the way WEEI covers much of New England with their "network". WBZ-FM has a very good signal at 98.5 but you wonder if they may consider doing the same thing. As far as play by play goes, there are networks for the Bruins and Patriots but you wonder if maybe CBS had other properties in New England (Hartford?) where they could expand the coverage of their talk shows. A Connecticut Yankee fan (not in King Arthur's Court...) says he has static trouble with WPOP in Hartford and was hoping that the 97.9 licensed to Enfield CT might start carrying Yankees games, as a rumor goes. That station is now WPKX doing country. From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Sep 12 09:20:53 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:20:53 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: <5254C5A24B6B486EAABE478AB1A66738@SatU205S5044> >From a technical standpoint, what Entercom did with 107.3 is an out-and-out tragedy. I had a dental appointment Friday. The dental office is in a large office building at 405 Cochituate Rd near Speen St on the Framingham-Natick line. If you are familar with the area, it's the Fidelity building. The mutual fund outfit has a large office on the ground floor and its name is plastered all over the front of the building, which faces Cochituate Rd. AFAIK. the 107.3 stick is on the Channel 27 tower on Stiles Hill (which I believe is in Hudson, but I could be wrong). I arrived early and spent some time in the parking lot in front of the building tuning in FM signals. WAAF was total crap--all multipath. The station is licensed to Southborough, has its transmitter in MetroWest, and it was unlistenable at a point right at the very heart of MetroWest. Also, I'm pretty sure that my QTH was east of the WAAF Tx, IOW, in the same direction as Boston, which is the city that WAAF is now supposedly designed to reach. Meanwhile, the stations at WAAF's old site on Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton (90.5 and 96.1--there may be others, but I don't know the frequencies) were booming in. 90.5 (WICN) does not have much power, but it came in clearly on my car radio all the way to 128, where first-adjacent WZBC began to give it some trouble. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > Agreed about the WRKO and WEEI signals, and that the only advantage > WEEI (AM) has is the slightly-better-to > Metro-West coverage (at night). Even then there could still be > mixing with other 850s. I will say that yesterday when I was on Cape > Cod (W. Yarmouth/Hyannis area) > WRKO had a little power line interference at times but was fairly > solid. (Also by the way, as I drove to Cape > Cod on Sat. I kept checking 93.7. It came in fairly well down Rt 3, > though a bit of drift around Plymouth, and > could reach Cape Cod slightly but of course WEEI's sister stations > at 96.3 for Cape/Islands and 103.7 > in R.I. can help on the Cape.) From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Sep 12 09:56:43 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:56:43 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: Here is another intriguing idea. Well, it's intriguing to me. Alex Langer still owns WSRO 650, which makes good money for him carrying brokered-time programming that is mostly, if not entirely, in Portuguese to serve Framingham's large Brazilian community. Ashland- licensed WSRO is a Class D AM running 250W-D 9W-N from one of the old WKOX sticks at 100 Mt Wayte Ave almost right in the middle of Framingham. When WKOX decamped from its old site to move to Newton (and increase to 50 kW-U) and WQOM moved out to consolidate its day and night facilities at the five-tower site it shares with WAMG on Sewell St in Ashland, it became economically feasible for WSRO to go directional using both of WKOX's old towers and increase its day and night power. Langer filed for 1.5 kW-D and 60W-N, IIRC, using a fairly loose pattern that sends the maximum signal to the east-northeast. Because the pattern is not overly agressive, it should work even though the towers are less than 45 degrees apart at 650. It appears that that app has been languishing at the FCC and it's possible that, despite the data in the WSRO app that shows no prohibited overlap of 25 mV/m contours with WRKO during the daytime (nighttime is clearly no problem; WSRO reduces its power and WRKO's signal in the direction of Framingham drops WAY down at sunset), the FCC wants more proof that there will be no interference. My question is, what if Entercom were to acquire WSRO and run it as a simulcast of WRKO at least at night? The 60W directional nighttime signal on 650 ought to cover both Framingham and Natick adequately. Indeed, given WSRO's current post-sunset authority, WSRO ought to be able to run much more than 60W-DA during the first hour after sunset in most months and somewhat more than 60W-DA during the second hour after sunset. The brokered Portuguese programming could continue during daylight hours when WRKO doesn't need any help in MetroWest. The 650 night signal would more than equal the 850 nighttime signal in a significant part of MetroWest. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 From scott@fybush.com Mon Sep 12 10:28:34 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:28:34 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: <4E6E1712.7040507@fybush.com> On 9/12/2011 9:56 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > The brokered Portuguese programming could continue during daylight > hours when WRKO doesn't need any help in MetroWest. The 650 night > signal would more than equal the 850 nighttime signal in a significant > part of MetroWest. I don't think "THE Talk Station, AM 680...except at night in Framingham and parts of Natick, where you might be able to hear us on 650 if the Opry music out of Nashville's not too loud" accomplishes much of anything toward retaining the image of WRKO as a major full-market player. (And can you imagine Howie making fun of it on the air?) I stand by my assessment of the competitive virtues of 850 vs. 680 for full-market coverage. I don't disagree with Dan and Bob that 680 is stronger than 850 to the north and south - but that's a difference of degree; both 850 and 680 are at least usable to the edges of the Boston Arbitron market in those directions. But to the west, it's not just a difference of degree, it's a question of whether the signal exists at all. There's a LOT of MetroWest out there, and right now it disappears completely from WRKO's potential audience at 4:30 or so in the afternoon come December. A 60-watt 650 night signal, if one were to be built, might fill a small piece of that hole in Framingham or Natick, but wouldn't do enough to be useful anywhere else in MetroWest, even if you could overcome the logistical issues of getting listeners to set buttons for both 650 and 680 and to know to switch them at the right time (but no earlier, lest they be blasted with Portuguese-language religion!) s From raccoonradio@gmail.com Mon Sep 12 10:28:43 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:28:43 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: Certainly WRKO gets to reach some of metro west with Howie being carried on WCRN, Currently WRKO follows Howie with syndicated Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle, and Red Eye Radio overnight. Perhaps they figure they do fine by day with the morning drive and midday shows; Howie's output suffers with earlier sunsets but WCRN is there, and maybe they figure when it comes to post 7 pm until morning drive, why bother. Morning and PM drive matters. Of course this could be one reason why the ratings are lackluster as they are no doubt averages of all time slots. But the 650 idea could work. When WCRN picked up Howie's show, the thought was to a) help out in Metro West, and b) when the Red Sox aired primarily on WRKO, 680 was obligated to carry the pregame show (often 6:30- 7 pm and now it's actually more like 6-7 pm). WCRN didn't do the pregame show. Howie told his listeners to tune to WCRN to catch the rest of his show, and to this day he still will wind up telling his listeners to tune to WCRN once the sun goes down. > My question > is, what if Entercom were to acquire WSRO and run it as a simulcast of > WRKO at least at night? From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 10:35:27 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:35:27 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <5254C5A24B6B486EAABE478AB1A66738@SatU205S5044> References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <5254C5A24B6B486EAABE478AB1A66738@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: > > AFAIK. the 107.3 stick is on > the Channel 27 tower on Stiles Hill (which I believe is in Hudson, but > I could be wrong). The ch 27 (RF 29) tower is the big one just north of I-290 in Boylston. WAAF is licensed to Westborough, but that still won't make their signal any better in Natick. I think what they were really trying to do was improve their signal in the more densely populated areas instead of wasting RF power in the western part of the state. They would like to move WSRS too, except that would create problems with adjacent channel WATD. -Bob From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 10:39:24 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:39:24 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <5254C5A24B6B486EAABE478AB1A66738@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: Clarification (obvious but unstated) WSRS is Clear Channel, WAAF is Entercom. Poor use of pronoun "they". -Bob On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > AFAIK. the 107.3 stick is on >> the Channel 27 tower on Stiles Hill (which I believe is in Hudson, but >> I could be wrong). > > > > The ch 27 (RF 29) tower is the big one just north of I-290 in Boylston. > WAAF is licensed to Westborough, but that still won't make their > signal any better in Natick. I think what they were really trying to do > was improve their signal in the more densely populated areas instead > of wasting RF power in the western part of the state. They would > like to move WSRS too, except that would create problems with > adjacent channel WATD. > > > -Bob > > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 10:37:16 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:37:16 -0400 Subject: No HD signal on 107.9 this morning Message-ID: It seems WXKS's HD transmitter is down. -Bob From scott@fybush.com Mon Sep 12 11:49:12 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:49:12 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <4E6E1712.7040507@fybush.com> Message-ID: <4E6E29F8.9010308@fybush.com> On 9/12/2011 11:35 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > Scott, you seem to be forgetting that, at night, Framingham and Natick > are smack in the middle of WEEI's null. I don't know the NIF values for > either WEEI of WRKO, but I suspect that WEEI's is higher than WRKO's. I > would be surprised if any of Natick were inside of WEEI's NIF contour. > WEEI suffers from bad phasing along that path as well, making listening > unpleasant. Also, WEEI has never been aggressive about getting WYLF to > operate according to the terms of its license. I'm assuming that WYLF > continues to operate illegally, despite at least one warning (and maybe > a fine) from the FCC. If WYLF running at its full daytime power is > factored in, I'm just about positive that WEEI's real NIF is higher than > WRKO's. WYLF is one of my nearly-locals. They've been behaving themselves of late. Yes, Framingham and Natick are in a WEEI null - but it's a fairly mild null. Using Framingham's 01702 zip, V-Soft.com reports that WEEI puts 4.07 mV/m there at night. That's a far cry from WEEI's daytime 20 mv/m there, of course, but it's much, much better than WRKO's 1.99 mV/m, especially now that CKVL is gone from 850, while WRKO must continue to fight WPTF and CFTR and everything else making noise on 680. I suspect also that the ground conductivity between Needham and Framingham is somewhat higher than the FCC's maps suggest; in real-world listening at night at our Moderator's abode near the Framingham/Natick line in the years since CKVL went away, I've found WEEI to be solidly listenable while WRKO is at best unpleasant and at worst nonexistent. > BTW, although neither WEEI nor WRKO puts an interference-free nighttime > signal into Marlborough, FWIW, WRKO delivers the stronger nighttime > signal there. That is because WRKO directs a slightly stronger > inverse-distance field toward Marlborough than WEEI does and the > attenuation vs distance is less at 680 than it is at 850. Between > Needham and the east side of Marlborough, however, WEEI's nighttime > signal is indeed stronger than WRKO's. By the time you get out to Marlborough, neither WEEI nor WRKO is anything close to useful at night. V-soft reports 1.01 mV/m for 680 at night in zip 01752, against 0.78 mV/m for 850. I'd hazard a pretty good guess that other real-world factors render that difference indistinguishable...and make neither signal especially usable. Entercom's best AM at night in Marlborough is WVEI, but at 1.23 mV/m, it's probably not especially listenable, either. s From billohno@gmail.com Mon Sep 12 11:51:40 2011 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com)) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:51:40 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: <4E6E2A8C.8020302@gmail.com> On 9/12/2011 8:47 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > By the way WEEI covers much of New England with their "network". WBZ-FM has a very good signal at 98.5 > but you wonder if they may consider doing the same thing. Not to nitpick on that but WEEI has no Vermont coverage. (Not sure how they cover NH or Upper Valley). I'm not sure why since there is _still_ a solid Sox base here (despite the pesky Yankee fans across the lake working their way here into the Champlain Valley ;-O For the most part, Vermont is a solid base for Boston sports. But, the entire state (less tourists and illegal, er, I mean, undocumented workers) is only about 600k pop. Bill O'Neill From scott@fybush.com Mon Sep 12 12:04:14 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:04:14 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6E2A8C.8020302@gmail.com> References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <4E6E2A8C.8020302@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4E6E2D7E.7080103@fybush.com> On 9/12/2011 11:51 AM, Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com) wrote: > Not to nitpick on that but WEEI has no Vermont coverage. (Not sure how > they cover NH or Upper Valley). I'm not sure why since there is _still_ > a solid Sox base here (despite the pesky Yankee fans across the lake > working their way here into the Champlain Valley ;-O For the most part, > Vermont is a solid base for Boston sports. But, the entire state (less > tourists and illegal, er, I mean, undocumented workers) is only about > 600k pop. It's not for lack of trying. I know Entercom has made approaches to just about every potential affiliate in Vermont, but word is that the cost of affiliation is pretty high. There's one WEEI signal that serves a corner of VT: WEEY 93.5 Keene can be heard in and around Brattleboro. Doesn't do much up there in the Champlain Valley, alas... s From billohno@gmail.com Mon Sep 12 12:07:26 2011 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com)) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:07:26 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6E2D7E.7080103@fybush.com> References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <4E6E2A8C.8020302@gmail.com> <4E6E2D7E.7080103@fybush.com> Message-ID: <4E6E2E3E.6090503@gmail.com> On 9/12/2011 12:04 PM, Scott Fybush wrote: > It's not for lack of trying. I know Entercom has made approaches to > just about every potential affiliate in Vermont, but word is that the > cost of affiliation is pretty high. > Would it be more cost-effective for Entercom to acquire a Vermont signal outright? I can't imagine the dollars being anything remotely what they are used to tossing about in other markets (even in austere times). Bill O. From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Sep 12 11:35:17 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:35:17 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <4E6E1712.7040507@fybush.com> Message-ID: Scott, you seem to be forgetting that, at night, Framingham and Natick are smack in the middle of WEEI's null. I don't know the NIF values for either WEEI of WRKO, but I suspect that WEEI's is higher than WRKO's. I would be surprised if any of Natick were inside of WEEI's NIF contour. WEEI suffers from bad phasing along that path as well, making listening unpleasant. Also, WEEI has never been aggressive about getting WYLF to operate according to the terms of its license. I'm assuming that WYLF continues to operate illegally, despite at least one warning (and maybe a fine) from the FCC. If WYLF running at its full daytime power is factored in, I'm just about positive that WEEI's real NIF is higher than WRKO's. BTW, although neither WEEI nor WRKO puts an interference-free nighttime signal into Marlborough, FWIW, WRKO delivers the stronger nighttime signal there. That is because WRKO directs a slightly stronger inverse-distance field toward Marlborough than WEEI does and the attenuation vs distance is less at 680 than it is at 850. Between Needham and the east side of Marlborough, however, WEEI's nighttime signal is indeed stronger than WRKO's. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush" To: Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:28 AM Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > On 9/12/2011 9:56 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > >> The brokered Portuguese programming could continue during daylight >> hours when WRKO doesn't need any help in MetroWest. The 650 night >> signal would more than equal the 850 nighttime signal in a >> significant >> part of MetroWest. > > I don't think "THE Talk Station, AM 680...except at night in > Framingham and parts of Natick, where you might be able to hear us > on 650 if the Opry music out of Nashville's not too loud" > accomplishes much of anything toward retaining the image of WRKO as > a major full-market player. (And can you imagine Howie making fun of > it on the air?) > > I stand by my assessment of the competitive virtues of 850 vs. 680 > for full-market coverage. I don't disagree with Dan and Bob that 680 > is stronger than 850 to the north and south - but that's a > difference of degree; both 850 and 680 are at least usable to the > edges of the Boston Arbitron market in those directions. But to the > west, it's not just a difference of degree, it's a question of > whether the signal exists at all. > > There's a LOT of MetroWest out there, and right now it disappears > completely from WRKO's potential audience at 4:30 or so in the > afternoon come December. A 60-watt 650 night signal, if one were to > be built, might fill a small piece of that hole in Framingham or > Natick, but wouldn't do enough to be useful anywhere else in > MetroWest, even if you could overcome the logistical issues of > getting listeners to set buttons for both 650 and 680 and to know to > switch them at the right time (but no earlier, lest they be blasted > with Portuguese-language religion!) > > s From scott@fybush.com Mon Sep 12 12:19:49 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:19:49 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6E2E3E.6090503@gmail.com> References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <4E6E2A8C.8020302@gmail.com> <4E6E2D7E.7080103@fybush.com> <4E6E2E3E.6090503@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4E6E3125.4000809@fybush.com> On 9/12/2011 12:07 PM, Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com) wrote: > On 9/12/2011 12:04 PM, Scott Fybush wrote: >> It's not for lack of trying. I know Entercom has made approaches to >> just about every potential affiliate in Vermont, but word is that the >> cost of affiliation is pretty high. >> > Would it be more cost-effective for Entercom to acquire a Vermont signal > outright? I can't imagine the dollars being anything remotely what they > are used to tossing about in other markets (even in austere times). The dollars are small, but so is the return on investment, especially for the sort of small standalone AM most likely to end up in the WEEI fold. Entercom has become a much larger market player; hard to imagine the corporate office wanting to bother with the low six figures in revenue they MIGHT be able to pull out of an AM in Montpelier or Bennington or White River Junction, especially when they're already getting most of that revenue just by offering up the Sox network affiliation at night. s From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 12:37:56 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:37:56 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6E3125.4000809@fybush.com> References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> <4E6E2A8C.8020302@gmail.com> <4E6E2D7E.7080103@fybush.com> <4E6E2E3E.6090503@gmail.com> <4E6E3125.4000809@fybush.com> Message-ID: WEEI is still broadcasting on WAAF/WKAF HD2, though on the noon hour, the legal ID only covered WEEI and WMKK. -Bob On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Scott Fybush wrote: > On 9/12/2011 12:07 PM, Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com) wrote: > >> On 9/12/2011 12:04 PM, Scott Fybush wrote: >> >>> It's not for lack of trying. I know Entercom has made approaches to >>> just about every potential affiliate in Vermont, but word is that the >>> cost of affiliation is pretty high. >>> >>> Would it be more cost-effective for Entercom to acquire a Vermont signal >> outright? I can't imagine the dollars being anything remotely what they >> are used to tossing about in other markets (even in austere times). >> > > The dollars are small, but so is the return on investment, especially for > the sort of small standalone AM most likely to end up in the WEEI fold. > > Entercom has become a much larger market player; hard to imagine the > corporate office wanting to bother with the low six figures in revenue they > MIGHT be able to pull out of an AM in Montpelier or Bennington or White > River Junction, especially when they're already getting most of that revenue > just by offering up the Sox network affiliation at night. > > s > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 12:40:06 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:40:06 -0400 Subject: No HD signal on 107.9 this morning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The HD signal came back around noon, though WXKS-FM HD2 is carrying Glenn Beck, rather than being a simulcast of WXKS 1200. This being the case, the AM signal is still announcing that WXKS-FM HD2 is the FM home of talk 1200. -Bob On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > It seems WXKS's HD transmitter is down. > > -Bob > > From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Mon Sep 12 11:03:07 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:03:07 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: > Certainly WRKO gets to reach some of metro west with Howie being > carried on WCRN. Outside of outright buying it, WRKO Should purchase/lease time on WCRN from 3PM onward until the next morning. Daytime the signal is fine...it's after sunset the signal suffers...and WCRN fills in that gap nicely. With Howie and the evening hours simulcast, there is complete coverage. At least that's the way I see it. Problem solved. I'm not sure WCRN makes any money after Howie Carr's show anyway.... From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 12:52:17 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:52:17 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: > Outside of outright buying it, WRKO Should purchase/lease time on WCRN from 3PM onward until the next morning. I would assume WCRN is paying WRKO for Howie Carr. Why would WRKO want it the other way around? If they wanted to cover Metrowest better, wouldn't they have just bought 1060 when it was available? -Bob From raccoonradio@gmail.com Mon Sep 12 13:20:24 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:20:24 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110912033704.210580@gmx.com> References: <20110912033704.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: By the way when I was quoting Mark S/Bos Radio Watch talking about WEEI getting interference, he meant from the 860 in Toronto, splashover, not from the now defunct 850 in Montreal. Apologies on my misconstruing what he said (he said a French lang station, that's it) From bob.bosra@demattia.net Mon Sep 12 13:44:53 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:44:53 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: > WRKO could keep all spot revenue, combine the ratings, seel ALL the spots...and control the station without worrying about the Carter gang. Entercom would (should) only do this if: (Spot Revenue) - (lease time for WCRN) > (current WCRN payment) Carter would only do this if: (lease for WCRN) > (Spot Revenue) - (current WCRN payment) The lease may have some sort of performance based aspect, or it may not, but I would guess that the lease income is smaller but more predictable than the spot revenue. It's also a lot easier for Entercom to cut off WCRN if they aren't paying their bill than chasing after several advertisers that haven't been paying. The major wrench in the machine is Howie Carr, who is likely going to leave as soon as he can. Given the uncertainty of this, if I were Entercom, and I was happy with the existing set up, I'd leave well enough alone. -Bob > From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Mon Sep 12 13:26:24 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:26:24 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: >> Outside of outright buying it, WRKO Should purchase/lease time on WCRN > from 3PM onward until the next morning. > > I would assume WCRN is paying WRKO for Howie Carr. Why > would WRKO want it the other way around? Depends who's keeping the dollars from spot revenue. WRKO could keep all spot revenue, combine the ratings, seel ALL the spots...and control the station without worrying about the Carter gang. From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Mon Sep 12 14:00:03 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:00:03 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: <0C3C15552EE848579381F4190588B6D9@s20035> > Carter would only do this if: > > (lease for WCRN) > (Spot Revenue) - (current WCRN payment) Or if Carter is tired of crapily running their crapipy litle station and want to recoup the money spent on their upgrade, before the bottom falls out of the market for AM stations. And so the carters can spend more time in Boca. From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Mon Sep 12 14:13:53 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:13:53 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110912124757.210560@gmx.com> Message-ID: > Carter would only do this if: Also, Carter is an operator that made his fortune selling blocks of time, informercials and PI programming. From raccoonradio@mail.com Mon Sep 12 15:34:44 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:34:44 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110912193444.210580@gmx.com> Supposedly All Access said that in the most recent ratings, Mike 93.7 had its best book ever...it showed up at #7 (from #11) in P 18-34, tying it with WAAF...good ratings and billing but they needed a spot for WEEI and this tended to cover a good amount of the area, with the sister stations doing well out west and south. Some Mike 93.7 fans are complaining about the switch (on facebook) and saying they'll miss the station that played "everything". Well, there are a lot of types of music out there, not just rock/rap/pop; they may have blended some genres but I notice the music mix was tending to stick to tried and true rock/rap favorites, many of the same artists who show up on other stations. (Yes, you had all of these on ONE station though). No longer did I hear unexpected tracks by artists like Dean Martin, Garth Brooks, etc. We play...everything? Maybe I wasn't tuned in when they were playing "Got My Mojo Workin'" by Muddy Waters, "Well Did You Evah" by Frank and Bing, "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck, "Clarinet Solo In A Major" written by Mozart, or "Lily the Pink" by the Irish Rovers. But...I thought they played everything? From marklaurence@mac.com Mon Sep 12 16:27:34 2011 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:27:34 +0000 (GMT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110912193444.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: <052d8a16-1e89-ec34-9fd3-807e267fc20d@me.com> On Sep 12, 2011, at 03:34 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Supposedly All Access said that in the most recent ratings, Mike 93.7 had its best book ever They did have a nice spike in August, but Mike was doing much better in both 25-54 and 6+ during most of 2009. In fact, every single week from February through August 2009 was higher in average quarter hour audience than the 4 most recent weeks. As for 18-34 persons, Mike's peak numbers were in mid-2010. In fact, during 2009 and 2010, 16 out of 24 months were equal or better than their August 2011 AQH number. Mark? From marklaurence@mac.com Mon Sep 12 16:27:40 2011 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:27:40 +0000 (GMT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110912193444.210580@gmx.com> Message-ID: On Sep 12, 2011, at 03:34 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Supposedly All Access said that in the most recent ratings, Mike 93.7 had its best book ever They did have a nice spike in August, but Mike was doing much better in both 25-54 and 6+ during most of 2009. In fact, every single week from February through August 2009 was higher in average quarter hour audience than the 4 most recent weeks. As for 18-34 persons, Mike's peak numbers were in mid-2010. In fact, during 2009 and 2010, 16 out of 24 months were equal or better than their August 2011 AQH number. Mark? From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Tue Sep 13 00:35:56 2011 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:35:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> >Dan Strassberg wrote:>WRKO has a better signal than WEEI almost everywhere and is local in >areas like southern NH and nearly all of Cape Cod that WEEI can only >wish to cover. The only exception is in MetroWest at night, where the >advantage goes to WEEI, but by less than a huge amount.???? Absolutely. I was surprised to see Scott's original comment. WRKO?has the best Boston AM signal over much of the Cape, day and night. But, then again, I was never all that impressed with the?signal improvement over most of the Arbitron region when they moved sports from 590 to 850 -- especially with?Montreal on 850?back then. The main difference?is that 590 is a total loss in Metro?West day and night. From decades of driving back and forth on the Mass Pike, IMO, neither WRKO nor WEEI has a usable signal by?a couple hours after sunset much west of the eastbund rest area in Natick.???? Debating which station?has a better signal in Metro West at night is sort of like asking someone to choose that bucket over there containing one quart of warm spit or that other bucket containing one-quarter of a gallon of warm spit. Or . . . try the third bucket, containing 32 ounces of warm spit --?and it's available 24/7. :))????? Meanwhile, this history major wonders how the heck?WEZE / 590 and WTAG,?both on-air around the mid-20's, ended up on first-adjacent channels, anyhow. That's always seemed ridiculous to me. Back when frequency assignments were getting sorted out, IIRC, there were no nearby stations on 550, 560 (Philadelphia was closest) or 620, and 600 was in Bridgeport.? From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Sep 13 06:30:03 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:30:03 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The WEZE/WTAG situation is not all that uncommon. Look at WMCA and WFIL. Granted, the distance between them is more like 90 miles than 30 something but the soil conductivity in central New Jersey is way better than that in the area we have now come to know and love as MetroWest. Another similar situation (no longer exists) is 1150 in Milwaukee (moved to 1130 maybe 50 years ago) and 1160 in Chicago. They were first-adjacent for decades in an area of excellent soil conductivity and the then-WJJD was 50 kW-D for much of that time. I have not mentioned KYW/WEPN because I don't know whether that pair being first adjaceent predates NARBA as do WTAG/WEZE and WMCA/WFIL. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Waters" To: "Dan.Strassberg" ; "Scott Fybush" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:35 AM Subject: RE: WEEI-FM 93.7 >Dan Strassberg wrote:>WRKO has a better signal than WEEI almost >everywhere and is local in >areas like southern NH and nearly all of Cape Cod that WEEI can only >wish to cover. The only exception is in MetroWest at night, where the >advantage goes to WEEI, but by less than a huge amount. Absolutely. I >was surprised to see Scott's original comment. WRKO has the best Boston AM signal over much of the Cape, day and night. But, then again, I was never all that impressed with the signal improvement over most of the Arbitron region when they moved sports from 590 to 850 -- especially with Montreal on 850 back then. The main difference is that 590 is a total loss in Metro West day and night. From decades of driving back and forth on the Mass Pike, IMO, neither WRKO nor WEEI has a usable signal by a couple hours after sunset much west of the eastbund rest area in Natick. Debating which station has a better signal in Metro West at night is sort of like asking someone to choose that bucket over there containing one quart of warm spit or that other bucket containing one-quarter of a gallon of warm spit. Or . . . try the third bucket, containing 32 ounces of warm spit -- and it's available 24/7. :)) Meanwhile, this history major wonders how the heck WEZE / 590 and WTAG, both on-air around the mid-20's, ended up on first-adjacent channels, anyhow. That's always seemed ridiculous to me. Back when frequency assignments were getting sorted out, IIRC, there were no nearby stations on 550, 560 (Philadelphia was closest) or 620, and 600 was in Bridgeport. From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Sep 13 10:35:45 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:35:45 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Tonight will mark the return of Red Sox games to 93.7 after over 40 years. The Sox put games there to help Curt Gowdy promote his new FM station. From vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net Tue Sep 13 09:32:11 2011 From: vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:32:11 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110913093211.88i8r299ckcc4c8c@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Personally, I'm not sure WRKO will survive once Howie leaves (and it's a pretty sure bet that he will). ?Also, WCRN, despite its "Worcester-Boston" ID, is pretty Worcester-oriented, giving WTAG (which, IMHO, is a shell of its once-proud self) a run for its money. ?I doubt that Carter would want to walk away from that. ?-Doug On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:26:24 -0400, Don wrote: > > >> Outside of outright buying it, WRKO Should purchase/lease time on WCRN > > from 3PM onward until the next morning. > > > > I would assume WCRN is paying WRKO for Howie Carr. Why > > would WRKO want it the other way around? > > Depends who's keeping the dollars from spot revenue. > > WRKO could keep all spot revenue, combine the ratings, seel ALL the > spots...and control the station without worrying about the Carter > gang. > > > From raccoonradio@mail.com Tue Sep 13 10:57:03 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:57:03 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com> Interesting--never knew they had been on 93.7. What I remember is the days of The Rock Garden followed by Blue Suede Radio (they used to air it over the loudspeakers of the now defunct Bldg 19 in Lynn where I worked in the early 80s). That was interesting that the Sox helped Curt in that way. I wonder if WBOQ will be forced to drop Sox games next year what with the 93.7 carrying games? Or will Entercom keep them on, pocketing affiliation fee. I'd think all of the North Shore can get 93.7 just fine. (And by the way when Ent. mentioned the various areas that can pick up 93.7, they said things like "Merrimack Valley" but not North Shore--as in, from Winthrop to Ipswich, Nahant to Danvers, Beverly to Gloucester, and slightly inland areas like Reading, Wakefield, etc. Definitely include "North Shore"...) Jim Cutler's promos on 93.7 say "93.7 WEEI on FM." I don't know when the WEEI-FM calls take effect but no doubt he says it this way because saying WEEI-FM would constitute a legal ID. I did hear a bit of Jason Smith, ESPN all night...uptempo delivery, humor, sports highlights etc. Some are saying not everyone would be into ESPN talk shows, but certainly if Entercom doesn't want local talk past midnight, ESPN is not bad to run. Many people who were Mike FM fans are on facebook complaining about the change; "we don't need another sports station". Actually it's a simulcast of one that already exists. I suppose they could hope Entercom might put Mike on 97.7 but I doubt that'll happen despite Mike making money for them. (But as Dennis Miller would say, "That's just my opinion--hey, I could be wrong"). They need 97.7 to relay WAAF, which makes them money. If Ent. doesn't put Mike there you wonder if another company might consider a Mike-like format, but whom? (Prob. not Clear Channel who do fine with Kiss and Jam'n) --Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Vahey Sent: 09/13/11 10:35 AM To: Dan.Strassberg Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 Tonight will mark the return of Red Sox games to 93.7 after over 40 years. The Sox put games there to help Curt Gowdy promote his new FM station. From vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net Tue Sep 13 11:24:55 2011 From: vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:24:55 -0400 Subject: Life's Little Ironies (was: WEEI-FM 93.7) Message-ID: <20110913112455.cz129g1uj8oocwck@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Entercom's WEEI-FM, 93.5 . . . Of course, that's not the ORIGINAL WEEI-FM, which is now WODS-FM, which is owned by CBS, which owns WBZ-FM 98.5, which was originally WRKO-FM, owned by RKO General along with WRKO, which is owned by Entercom. ?WBZ-FM is, of course, not to be confused with the ORIGINAL WBZ-FM 106.7, now WMJX, owned by Greater Media, which also owns WROR, whose call letters were assigned to 98.5 when it was RKO General decided to change them from WRKO-FM. Everyone clear on that? ?;-) ? ? ? -Doug On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:57:03 -0400, Bob Nelson wrote: Interesting--never knew they had been on 93.7. What I remember is the days of The Rock Garden followed by Blue Suede Radio (they used to air it over the loudspeakers of the now defunct Bldg 19 in Lynn where I worked in the > early 80s). That was interesting that the Sox helped Curt in that way. > > I wonder if WBOQ will be forced to drop Sox games next year what > with the 93.7 carrying games? Or will Entercom > keep them on, pocketing affiliation fee. I'd think all of the North > Shore can get 93.7 just fine. (And by the way when Ent. mentioned the > various areas that can pick up 93.7, they said things like "Merrimack > Valley" but not North > Shore--as in, from Winthrop to Ipswich, Nahant to Danvers, Beverly > to Gloucester, and slightly inland areas > like Reading, Wakefield, etc. Definitely include "North Shore"...) > > Jim Cutler's promos on 93.7 say "93.7 WEEI on FM." I don't know when > the WEEI-FM calls take effect but no > doubt he says it this way because saying WEEI-FM would constitute a > legal ID. > > I did hear a bit of Jason Smith, ESPN all night...uptempo delivery, > humor, sports highlights etc. Some are saying not everyone would be > into ESPN talk shows, but certainly if Entercom doesn't want local > talk past midnight, ESPN > is not bad to run. > > Many people who were Mike FM fans are on facebook complaining about > the change; "we don't need another > sports station". Actually it's a simulcast of one that already > exists. I suppose they could hope Entercom might > put Mike on 97.7 but I doubt that'll happen despite Mike making > money for them. (But as Dennis Miller would say, "That's just my > opinion--hey, I could be wrong"). They need 97.7 to relay WAAF, which > makes them money. If > Ent. doesn't put Mike there you wonder if another company might > consider a Mike-like format, but whom? > (Prob. not Clear Channel who do fine with Kiss and Jam'n) > > --Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Vahey > Sent: 09/13/11 10:35 AM > To: Dan.Strassberg > Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > > Tonight will mark the return of Red Sox games to 93.7 after over 40 > years. The Sox put games there to help Curt Gowdy promote his new FM > station. > > From ssmyth@psualum.com Tue Sep 13 11:36:26 2011 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com> References: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com> Message-ID: <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Bob Nelson writes:? > I did hear a bit of Jason Smith, ESPN all night...uptempo delivery, humor, sports highlights etc.? > Some are saying not everyone would be into ESPN talk shows, but certainly if Entercom doesn't? > want local talk past midnight, ESPN?is not bad to run. The problem with WEEI dropping Fox was that J.T. The Brick's show was about as local as you can? get for "syndicated." Probably half the callers were from WEEI. > Ent. doesn't put Mike there you wonder if another company might consider a Mike-like format,? > but whom??(Prob. not Clear Channel who do fine with Kiss and Jam'n) Seems like the obvious answer would be WBOS. They've been relatively stable for a couple years now, but in the past 92.9 reinvented itself every 16 months or so, it seems. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Sep 13 12:40:37 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:40:37 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com> <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Agreed on both...I'm not sure but there are "Frank" stations on the Cape and in Nashua NH...I don't know if they're more classic hits than variety hits and they may well have DJs, but some may find them of interest. Scanning dial while on Cape and the Frank stations were playing C.W. McCall's Convoy, one of those "you never know what you'll hear next" type of songs. > The problem with WEEI dropping Fox was that J.T. The Brick's show was about as local as you can > get for "syndicated." Probably half the callers were from WEEI. Seems like the obvious answer would be WBOS. They've been relatively stable for a couple years > now, but in the past 92.9 reinvented itself every 16 months or so, it seems. > > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Sep 13 12:43:49 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:43:49 -0400 Subject: Life's Little Ironies (was: WEEI-FM 93.7) In-Reply-To: <20110913112455.cz129g1uj8oocwck@webmail.myfairpoint.net> References: <20110913112455.cz129g1uj8oocwck@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Message-ID: Confused yet? You won't be after this next episode of "Soap". Yes good point about GM owning 106.7 the former WBZ-FM; CBS owning 98.5 the former WRKO-FM...and GM with WROR, etc Suppose Entercom had owned a fourth FM station in town...suppose they owned something like WBOS 92.9. If they did perhaps they could have put "Mike" there, but imagine--again, IF they had owned 92.9--them putting a simulcast of (or move of) WRKO there. WRKO-FM, everybody! :) On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Doug Drown wrote: > Entercom's WEEI-FM, 93.5 . . . Of course, that's not the ORIGINAL WEEI-FM, > which is now WODS-FM, which is owned by CBS, which owns WBZ-FM 98.5, which > was originally WRKO-FM, owned by RKO General along with WRKO, which is owned > by Entercom. ?WBZ-FM is, of course, not to be confused with the ORIGINAL > WBZ-FM 106.7, now WMJX, owned by Greater Media, which also owns WROR, whose > call letters were assigned to 98.5 when it was RKO General decided to change > them from WRKO-FM. > Everyone clear on that? ?;-) ? ? ? -Doug From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Sep 13 12:46:59 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:46:59 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <9B7C5EA7-0231-4CE1-A647-1688C0B598E8@comcast.net> References: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com> <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <9B7C5EA7-0231-4CE1-A647-1688C0B598E8@comcast.net> Message-ID: Thanks for that info...radio-locator.com (not nec. accurate) was listing the 106.3 from Nashua as classic hits, I know that, and from their webpage it looked like they did indeed have jocks.... On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Jeff Lehmann wrote: > The Frank stations up north, including 106.3 are classic hits, with DJs. Frank on the cape is variety hits, like Mike was, with no DJs. From jjlehmann@comcast.net Tue Sep 13 12:45:25 2011 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:45:25 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com> <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <9B7C5EA7-0231-4CE1-A647-1688C0B598E8@comcast.net> The Frank stations up north, including 106.3 are classic hits, with DJs. Frank on the cape is variety hits, like Mike was, with no DJs. Jeff Lehmann On Sep 13, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Agreed on both...I'm not sure but there are "Frank" stations on the > Cape and in Nashua NH...I don't know if they're more classic hits than > variety hits and they may well have DJs, but some may find them of > interest. > Scanning dial while on Cape and the Frank stations were playing C.W. > McCall's Convoy, one of those > "you never know what you'll hear next" type of songs. > >> The problem with WEEI dropping Fox was that J.T. The Brick's show was about as local as you can >> get for "syndicated." Probably half the callers were from WEEI. > > Seems like the obvious answer would be WBOS. They've been relatively > stable for a couple years >> now, but in the past 92.9 reinvented itself every 16 months or so, it seems. >> >> From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Sep 13 15:41:21 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:41:21 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> On 9/13/2011 10:35 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Tonight will mark the return of Red Sox games to 93.7 after over 40 years. > The Sox put games there to help Curt Gowdy promote his new FM station. As of last night, 93.7 was still WMKK. Do we know whether or when the call letters will change? -- 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 Tue Sep 13 16:57:43 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:57:43 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> On 9/13/2011 4:49 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > "As of last night, 93.7 was still WMKK. Do we know whether or when the call letters will change?" > > I'm told it will be the middle of next week. Is there another WEEI-FM somewhere that has to change? If so, what is it changing to? -- 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 Sep 13 18:01:09 2011 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:01:09 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: 103.7 Westerly, RI is WEEI-FM and will be changing. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:57 PM, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > On 9/13/2011 4:49 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > >> "As of last night, 93.7 was still WMKK. Do we know whether or when the >> call letters will change?" >> >> I'm told it will be the middle of next week. >> > > Is there another WEEI-FM somewhere that has to change? If so, what is it > changing to? > > -- > 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 sid@wrko.com Tue Sep 13 18:30:08 2011 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:30:08 +0000 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> It goes like this: WVEI-FM becomes WWEI. WEEI-FM becomes WVEI-FM. WMKK becomes WEEI-FM. ________________________________________ From: A. Joseph Ross [joe@attorneyross.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:57 PM To: Sid Schweiger Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 On 9/13/2011 4:49 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > "As of last night, 93.7 was still WMKK. Do we know whether or when the call letters will change?" > > I'm told it will be the middle of next week. Is there another WEEI-FM somewhere that has to change? If so, what is it changing to? -- 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 Tue Sep 13 18:05:25 2011 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:05:25 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com><4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com><6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <70BA63FCBF044767B6EB881D09745DF3@dave3> WEEI-FM is an Entercom station licensed to Westerly, RI. Its transmitter is about halfway between Westerly and Providence, and it pretty much serves the whole state of RI. > Is there another WEEI-FM somewhere that has to change? If so, what is it > changing to? From m_carney@yahoo.com Tue Sep 13 19:06:47 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:06:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Caught the Sox pregame show in the car tonight. John Rish was encouraging anyone listening on 850 to switch to 93.7. They also had Larry Lucchino on to congratulate them and he called it Mike FM! From billohno@gmail.com Tue Sep 13 20:06:23 2011 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com)) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:06:23 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <4E6FEFFF.8080705@gmail.com> On 9/13/2011 6:30 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > It goes like this: > > WVEI-FM becomes WWEI. > WEEI-FM becomes WVEI-FM. > WMKK becomes WEEI-FM. > And it all goes back to Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Company at that 5kW at 590 kHz down at the left end of the dial.... Bill O'Neill From billohno@gmail.com Tue Sep 13 20:11:47 2011 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com)) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:11:47 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4E6FF143.2020907@gmail.com> On 9/13/2011 7:06 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > Caught the Sox pregame show in the car tonight. John Rish was encouraging anyone listening on 850 to switch to 93.7. They also had Larry Lucchino on to congratulate them and he called it Mike FM! It makes you wonder if one can underestimate the impact of the flip to 93.7 and what has really just happened to the station at 850? Oddly, it brings back some of those memories of the day that WHDH Radio died. Bill O'Neill From sid@wrko.com Tue Sep 13 16:49:43 2011 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:49:43 +0000 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> "As of last night, 93.7 was still WMKK. Do we know whether or when the call letters will change?" I'm told it will be the middle of next week. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From scott@fybush.com Tue Sep 13 21:33:33 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:33:33 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <4E70046D.5000103@fybush.com> On 9/13/2011 4:49 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > "As of last night, 93.7 was still WMKK. Do we know whether or when the call letters will change?" > > I'm told it will be the middle of next week. I will be in town the 18th-21st...hope I get to hear the new IDs before I leave! s From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Sep 13 23:48:12 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:48:12 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> On 9/13/2011 7:06 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > Caught the Sox pregame show in the car tonight. John Rish was encouraging anyone listening on 850 to switch to 93.7. They also had Larry Lucchino on to congratulate them and he called it Mike FM! If they're going to change the call letters, why keep calling it Mike FM? -- 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 rbello@belloassoc.com Tue Sep 13 23:24:48 2011 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:24:48 -0400 Subject: Almost impossible for the average person to buy a HD Radio In-Reply-To: References: <1315689345.31688.YahooMailClassic@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Drove from Cape Cod to Fenway late this afternoon. 93.7 came in stereo clearly from exit 2 on route 3 on the southern end of Plymouth all the way to Fenway Park including through the concrete valley of the medical area. For those of us who live and work in MetroWest, it is a game changer. For example, if I try to listen to a Celtics game on the way home from work (Speen St @ route 30) in Framingham the start is painful but grows unbearable as one travels south on route 27 in Natick. By the time I arrive home (just off route 16) in Natick fugetaboutit. My location is only 4-5 miles west of the WEEI transmitter location. On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > 93.7 blankets Southern NH and York County in Maine. AM will be better on > the > south shore but there 103.7 kicks in. > On Sep 10, 2011 6:11 PM, "Martin Waters" wrote: > >>A. Joseph Ross wrote: > >> I'd guess there must be some places where the AM signal is the better > signal. > >>--- And . . . On Sat, 9/10/11, Don wrote: > >>I can't imagine > > where! How about anywhere east of the FM antennas' horizon -- great > for the fishing fleet :)) But . . . serioiusly . . . what about parts > of > N.H.? No? > From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Sep 13 23:47:31 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:47:31 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <4E7023D3.8040602@attorneyross.com> On 9/13/2011 6:30 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > It goes like this: > > WVEI-FM becomes WWEI. > WEEI-FM becomes WVEI-FM. > WMKK becomes WEEI-FM. Why not have a WEEY? -- 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 Wed Sep 14 00:50:27 2011 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:50:27 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E7023D3.8040602@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <4E7023D3.8040602@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: There already is a WEEY, serving Brattleboro and Keene. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:47 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > On 9/13/2011 6:30 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > > It goes like this: >> >> WVEI-FM becomes WWEI. >> WEEI-FM becomes WVEI-FM. >> WMKK becomes WEEI-FM. >> > > Why not have a WEEY? > > > -- > 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 paul@derrynh.net Wed Sep 14 00:12:00 2011 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:12:00 -0400 Subject: Frank FM In-Reply-To: <9B7C5EA7-0231-4CE1-A647-1688C0B598E8@comcast.net> References: <20110913145703.210570@gmx.com><1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <9B7C5EA7-0231-4CE1-A647-1688C0B598E8@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4EA8EAF2C66C4D689CC32A0B71EA3ED1@PaulPC> 106.3 Nashua NH and 107.5 Lewiston/Portland ME are both Nassau Franks and they have the SAME rotation of songs, but not a SIMULCAST, though I think they have some DJs that do both stations and straddle the live sections between songs I can pick up both fairly well here in Epping (Nassau's 106.3 Scarborough does not interfere here).....I always wondered why Nassau doesn't simply flip 107.5 and 106.3 so BOTH Franks (Nashua and the Portland market) could be 106.3 Frank FM... Both are Classic Hits (as were 99.1 Henniker/104.9 Wolfeboro back when they were branded Frank). -Paul Hopfgarten -Epping NH (an area where EEI on 93.7 is like having a NEW sports station, 850 kind of rough around here, and JUST out of reach of 95.9 Saco) -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Lehmann Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:45 PM To: Bob Nelson Cc: Boston Radio Interest Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 The Frank stations up north, including 106.3 are classic hits, with DJs. Frank on the cape is variety hits, like Mike was, with no DJs. Jeff Lehmann On Sep 13, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Agreed on both...I'm not sure but there are "Frank" stations on the > Cape and in Nashua NH...I don't know if they're more classic hits than > variety hits and they may well have DJs, but some may find them of > interest. > Scanning dial while on Cape and the Frank stations were playing C.W. > McCall's Convoy, one of those > "you never know what you'll hear next" type of songs. > >> The problem with WEEI dropping Fox was that J.T. The Brick's show was >> about as local as you can >> get for "syndicated." Probably half the callers were from WEEI. > > Seems like the obvious answer would be WBOS. They've been relatively > stable for a couple years >> now, but in the past 92.9 reinvented itself every 16 months or so, it >> seems. >> >> From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Sep 13 23:53:57 2011 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:53:57 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:48 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > > If they're going to change the call letters, why keep calling it Mike FM? Inertia? Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Sep 14 01:01:21 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:01:21 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> Message-ID: Now will they start mixing the games in stereo? From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Sep 14 10:33:44 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:33:44 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> Message-ID: WEEI logo with both 93.7 and 850 on monster last night...first time EEI had ad there..that tells me Red Sox are thrilled with move. From mariogonz@aol.com Wed Sep 14 10:38:41 2011 From: mariogonz@aol.com (Mario Gonzalez) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:38:41 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> Message-ID: <4E70BC71.3090000@aol.com> I was listening to part of the Red Sox game last night (over the internet). Joe and Dave were very happy to be on FM. They were playing classical music at the beginnings of the innings and talking about "Classic Hits" -- the hits that the Red Sox were making in the game last night. They also asked listeners to text them about how they felt about the new FM signal. Many were texting from central NH. Someone even suggested that they sing a song every night with one being on the left channel and the other being on the right channel. Mario On 9/14/2011 10:33 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > WEEI logo with both 93.7 and 850 on monster last night...first time EEI had > ad there..that tells me Red Sox are thrilled with move. From mamros@mit.edu Wed Sep 14 10:31:50 2011 From: mamros@mit.edu (Shawn Mamros) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:31:50 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com>, <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <201109141431.p8EEVo0R011981@outgoing.mit.edu> >> Caught the Sox pregame show in the car tonight. John Rish was encouraging >> anyone listening on 850 to switch to 93.7. They also had Larry Lucchino on >> to congratulate them and he called it Mike FM! > >If they're going to change the call letters, why keep calling it Mike FM? Probably just a slip of the tongue on Larry's part. Wouldn't it be ironic if Larry had been a Mike FM listener? (Of course, even if he were, I'm sure he'd still be glad to give it up in order for the Sox to be on FM...) -Shawn From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Sep 14 11:57:35 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:57:35 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <201109141431.p8EEVo0R011981@outgoing.mit.edu> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <201109141431.p8EEVo0R011981@outgoing.mit.edu> Message-ID: I did hear the mention of the logo on the Green Monster and the Red Sox are def. thrilled with the move. Suppose it's 2016; Entercom's contract is to expire, and Red Sox flagship is 850. No local FM presence. Red Sox are presented with offers by Entercom and CBS, similar money, maybe even slightly more offered by CBS. CBS has a power FM sports talker as a flagship. Do the Sox choose CBS or go with the guys who have a lousy AM signal for a flagship? Yeah, we'll keep Entercom, with a signal that misses many people. Don't you love the whistle and the whine in the background..the static during thunderstorms..the directional signal... (I'm sure at that point Entercom would have told the Sox, we can put you on an FM in Boston, to help them with their decision...) Many people from NH said they could pick up 93.7 just fine which I don't doubt. One text message I did kinda doubt was from E. Longmeadow..."FM sounds great". Well, maybe they were listening to them on 105.5 but could someone there pick up 93.7 from the Peabody stick? Wouldn't they get WZMX Hartford on 93.7 instead? The question was "how do the Sox sound on FM", maybe not necessarily "how do they sound on 93.7". What was interesting was they made it sound like Sox were on FM for the first time, anywhere. In metro Boston, with 93.7, yes, but just about all of the WEEI network stations have been running Sox on FM for some time now. (I don't know if those were in mono and 93.7 now has stereo or not...) I had suggested awhile back that maybe they could keep the Mike format and simply run Sox games. They may have figured it would be kind of schizophrenic; that Mike listeners would be upset at having these 4 hour interruptions of the music. WEEI should have done this back in 05 or 06, easily (came in great at my workplace last night). Or how about this: what was the date of Sports Hub debut, Aug. 13 of 2009 I think? The news was out several weeks before the switch. Entercom could have scooped them. "WEEI on FM, 93.7...starts August 8!" --Bob On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Shawn Mamros wrote: >>> Caught the Sox pregame show in the car tonight. John Rish was encouraging >>> anyone listening on 850 to switch to 93.7. They also had Larry Lucchino on >>> to congratulate them and he called it Mike FM! >> >>If they're going to change the call letters, why keep calling it Mike FM? > > Probably just a slip of the tongue on Larry's part. ?Wouldn't it be > ironic if Larry had been a Mike FM listener? ?(Of course, even if > he were, I'm sure he'd still be glad to give it up in order for the Sox > to be on FM...) > > -Shawn > From ssmyth@psualum.com Wed Sep 14 11:12:32 2011 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:12:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E70BC71.3090000@aol.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> <4E70BC71.3090000@aol.com> Message-ID: <1316013152.10227.YahooMailNeo@web110509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Mario Gonzalez wrote: > They also asked listeners to text them about how they felt about the? > new FM signal.? Many were texting from central NH. ? Funny, cause the Sox were (don't know if they still are) on 107.7 in Concord. Baseball on FM isn't exactly a new thing up there. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Sep 14 12:12:17 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:12:17 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1316013152.10227.YahooMailNeo@web110509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> <4E70BC71.3090000@aol.com> <1316013152.10227.YahooMailNeo@web110509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Yes...and someone said 93.7 came in fine up in Concord. Red Sox have also been on FM in or nr Boston area before: WWEL 107.9 Medford WPLM 99.1 Plymouth On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Sean Smyth wrote: > Mario Gonzalez wrote: >> They also asked listeners to text them about how they felt about the >> new FM signal.? Many were texting from central NH. > > > Funny, cause the Sox were (don't know if they still are) on 107.7 in Concord. > Baseball on FM isn't exactly a new thing up there. > > From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Sep 14 12:28:05 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:28:05 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1316013152.10227.YahooMailNeo@web110509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> <4E70BC71.3090000@aol.com> <1316013152.10227.YahooMailNeo@web110509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4E70D615.40106@attorneyross.com> On 9/14/2011 11:12 AM, Sean Smyth wrote: > Funny, cause the Sox were (don't know if they still are) on 107.7 in > Concord. Baseball on FM isn't exactly a new thing up there. It isn't all that new in Boston either. In the 1950s and into the 1960s, the games were on WHDH and WHDH-FM. -- 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 Wed Sep 14 12:54:32 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:54:32 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110914123724.2ygm1jnj8k084woc@webmail.myfairpoint.net> References: <20110914123724.2ygm1jnj8k084woc@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Message-ID: <4E70DC48.1080909@attorneyross.com> On 9/14/2011 12:37 PM, Doug Drown wrote: > For what it's worth (and admittedly it ain't worth much), let me > insert this curmudgeonly comment: I hate this "EEI" call letters > nonsense. Maine's oldest radio station, WABI in Bangor, had its call > letters changed by Blueberry Broadcasting a few years ago when > Blueberry abruptly dropped the station's music format (and its 60-year > morning man George Hale in the process, for whom the station's studio > was named[!]) and effected an affiliation with the WEEI Sports > Network. The calls were changed to WAEI. Within a year, the WEEI > connection was severed because of contractual problems. The new call > letters have remained. It irritated me then, and it still irritates me > today. I don't like the idea of tinkering with history, especially > when it comes to old, historic stations. Look at what happened to > WCOP, WMEX and WAAB. At least Entercom, to its credit, has retained > WAAF (modified > many years ago from WAAB-FM). -Doug I agree with you. But there's nothing historic about the WMKK call letters. If you want historic call letters, 93.7 should go back to being WGHJ. -- 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 aerie.ma@comcast.net Wed Sep 14 14:21:52 2011 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:21:52 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E70DC48.1080909@attorneyross.com> References: <20110914123724.2ygm1jnj8k084woc@webmail.myfairpoint.net> <4E70DC48.1080909@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I think 93.7 in its very first incarnation was WLAW-FM. I know that the middle tower of WRKO's array is shorter than the other two towers because the WLAW-FM antenna was there. But I wonder if WLAW-FM was on the air prior to the move from Andover to Burlington? -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of A. Joseph Ross Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:55 PM To: Doug Drown Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 On 9/14/2011 12:37 PM, Doug Drown wrote: > For what it's worth (and admittedly it ain't worth much), let me > insert this curmudgeonly comment: I hate this "EEI" call letters > nonsense. Maine's oldest radio station, WABI in Bangor, had its call > letters changed by Blueberry Broadcasting a few years ago when > Blueberry abruptly dropped the station's music format (and its 60-year > morning man George Hale in the process, for whom the station's studio > was named[!]) and effected an affiliation with the WEEI Sports > Network. The calls were changed to WAEI. Within a year, the WEEI > connection was severed because of contractual problems. The new call > letters have remained. It irritated me then, and it still irritates me > today. I don't like the idea of tinkering with history, especially > when it comes to old, historic stations. Look at what happened to > WCOP, WMEX and WAAB. At least Entercom, to its credit, has retained > WAAF (modified > many years ago from WAAB-FM). -Doug I agree with you. But there's nothing historic about the WMKK call letters. If you want historic call letters, 93.7 should go back to being WGHJ. -- 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 Wed Sep 14 15:01:18 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:01:18 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: References: <20110914123724.2ygm1jnj8k084woc@webmail.myfairpoint.net> <4E70DC48.1080909@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <4E70F9FE.9070508@attorneyross.com> On 9/14/2011 2:21 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > I think 93.7 in its very first incarnation was WLAW-FM. I know that the > middle tower of WRKO's array is shorter than the other two towers because > the WLAW-FM antenna was there. But I wonder if WLAW-FM was on the air prior > to the move from Andover to Burlington? Yes, 93.7 was WLAW-FM, but that station was closed, and the license relinquished when WNAC bought out WLAW. The present station started as WGHJ and is not a continuation of the earlier station on that frequency. -- 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 vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net Wed Sep 14 12:37:24 2011 From: vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net (=?utf-8?b?RG91ZyBEcm93bg==?=) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:37:24 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110914123724.2ygm1jnj8k084woc@webmail.myfairpoint.net> For what it's worth (and admittedly it ain't worth much), let me insert this curmudgeonly comment: I hate this "EEI" call letters nonsense. ?Maine's oldest radio station, WABI in Bangor, had its call letters changed by Blueberry Broadcasting a few years ago when Blueberry abruptly dropped the station's music format (and its 60-year morning man George Hale in the process, for whom the station's studio was named[!]) and effected an affiliation with the WEEI Sports Network. The calls were changed to WAEI. ?Within a year, the WEEI connection was severed because of contractual problems. ?The new call letters have remained. It irritated me then, and it still irritates me today. ?I don't like the idea of tinkering with history, especially when it comes to old, historic stations. ?Look at what happened to WCOP, WMEX and WAAB. ?At least Entercom, to its credit, has retained WAAF (modified many years ago from WAAB-FM). ?-Doug On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:50:27 -0500, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." wrote: There already is a WEEY, serving Brattleboro and Keene. > > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:47 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > > > On 9/13/2011 6:30 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote: > > > > It goes like this: > >> > >> WVEI-FM becomes WWEI. > >> WEEI-FM becomes WVEI-FM. > >> WMKK becomes WEEI-FM. > >> > > > > Why not have a WEEY? > > > > > > -- > > 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 Wed Sep 14 16:21:20 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:21:20 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 References: <20110914123724.2ygm1jnj8k084woc@webmail.myfairpoint.net><4E70DC48.1080909@attorneyross.com> <4E70F9FE.9070508@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Well, WLAW moved from Andover to Burlington in 1947 and General Tire bought WLAW and moved the WNAC calls to it in 1953 or 1954. Before that, WNAC was on 1260. Did WNAC-FM (which, I presume was on 98.5) date back to when WNAC (AM) was on 1260? Now, there was a historic FM on Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton with the calls WGTR (no connection with AM 1060). I can only guess at the dates for that WGTR. Did the GTR in those FM calls stand for General Tire and Rubber? It seems to me that General Tire was not yet in the radio business during the era when WGTR (FM) operated from Paxton. I assume that to have been in the 1930s and early 1940s. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Joseph Ross" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:01 PM Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > On 9/14/2011 2:21 PM, Jim Hall wrote: >> I think 93.7 in its very first incarnation was WLAW-FM. I know that >> the >> middle tower of WRKO's array is shorter than the other two towers >> because >> the WLAW-FM antenna was there. But I wonder if WLAW-FM was on the >> air prior >> to the move from Andover to Burlington? > > Yes, 93.7 was WLAW-FM, but that station was closed, and the license > relinquished when WNAC bought out WLAW. The present station started > as WGHJ and is not a continuation of the earlier station on that > frequency. > > -- > 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 raccoonradio@mail.com Thu Sep 15 15:45:45 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:45:45 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 Message-ID: <20110915194545.93400@gmx.com> btw I believe Edward Dinis, who died recently, had a CP for a station to be at 1270 in Fall River which I don't think was built and WLAW were the proposed call letters. It showed up in, among other places/ "Around the Dial/Around the Channels", a radio & TV listing book put out by Broadcasting magazine years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: A. Joseph Ross Sent: 09/14/11 03:01 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 On 9/14/2011 2:21 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > I think 93.7 in its very first incarnation was WLAW-FM. I know that the > middle tower of WRKO's array is shorter than the other two towers because > the WLAW-FM antenna was there. But I wonder if WLAW-FM was on the air prior > to the move from Andover to Burlington? Yes, 93.7 was WLAW-FM, but that station was closed, and the license relinquished when WNAC bought out WLAW. The present station started as WGHJ and is not a continuation of the earlier station on that frequency. -- 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 Thu Sep 15 17:05:04 2011 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:05:04 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110915194545.93400@gmx.com> References: <20110915194545.93400@gmx.com> Message-ID: Bob, you would be correct on call letters and frequency.. i remember seeing reports of this CP when I was in high school or so. Paul On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > btw I believe Edward Dinis, who died recently, had a CP for a station to be > at 1270 in Fall River which I don't > think was built and WLAW were the proposed call letters. It showed up in, > among other places/ "Around the > Dial/Around the Channels", a radio & TV listing book put out by > Broadcasting magazine years ago. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: A. Joseph Ross > Sent: 09/14/11 03:01 PM > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 > > On 9/14/2011 2:21 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > I think 93.7 in its very first > incarnation was WLAW-FM. I know that the > middle tower of WRKO's array is > shorter than the other two towers because > the WLAW-FM antenna was there. > But I wonder if WLAW-FM was on the air prior > to the move from Andover to > Burlington? Yes, 93.7 was WLAW-FM, but that station was closed, and the > license relinquished when WNAC bought out WLAW. The present station started > as WGHJ and is not a continuation of the earlier station on that frequency. > -- 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 Thu Sep 15 21:46:35 2011 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:46:35 -0400 Subject: Donna at the Milton Public Library In-Reply-To: <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> References: <1315888556.55257.YahooMailClassic@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E6FB1E1.50305@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA37EE50@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4E6FC3C7.9030109@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA383FB4@ENTCOREXMB03.etmcorad.com> <1315955207.28540.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4E7023FC.3050803@attorneyross.com> <7E165C73-2D97-40C4-9335-3D047067062D@mac.com> Message-ID: <4E72AA7B.7020604@donnahalper.com> For those who are in the area, I'll be speaking this Saturday at the Milton Public Library, bringing some new memorabilia from my collection and chatting about Boston radio (of course) as well as about some of the Milton and Quincy folks who were a part of radio history. 2pm. Be there. Aloha. From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Sep 15 23:30:11 2011 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:30:11 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <20110915194545.93400@gmx.com> References: <20110915194545.93400@gmx.com> Message-ID: <4E72C2C3.1060901@attorneyross.com> On 9/15/2011 3:45 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > btw I believe Edward Dinis, who died recently, had a CP for a station > to be at 1270 in Fall River which I don't > think was built and WLAW were the proposed call letters. It showed up > in, among other places/ "Around the > Dial/Around the Channels", a radio & TV listing book put out by > Broadcasting magazine years ago. Was that Edmund Dinis. the District Attorney of Ted Kennedy's car accident on Martha's Vinyard? -- 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 s.bingham@comfortzonescomm.com Tue Sep 6 09:44:17 2011 From: s.bingham@comfortzonescomm.com (ComfortZones Comm) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:44:17 -0400 Subject: Question RE: Rules Regarding Directional AM Tower Site Maintenance Message-ID: I want to first thank you all for all of the discussions going and keeping semi-retired radio folk like me in the loop. I usually just read and enjoy, but recently I drove by a directional AM tower site. It was formerly in a field. The station is active, however, management has apparently stopped haying the fields and let trees and saplings grow up around the tower array and transmitter shack. We're talking 6-10'. This has got to raise havoc with the radials at some point. How would one handle the situation as good citizen? Does the FCC in its current state of overload even care about these things anymore? It's been gnawing at me, and if nothing else, would love some feedback and answers. Thanks! Bing From ljs0610@comcast.net Wed Sep 14 09:45:38 2011 From: ljs0610@comcast.net (ljs0610@comcast.net) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:45:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1260108930.637709.1316007938925.JavaMail.root@sz0146a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> 'EEI dropped Fox and J.T. the Brick quite some time ago...at least a year. SportsHub picked up the show; same local callers....which really amounts to additional defection from WEEI. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Smyth To: Bob Nelson Cc: Boston Radio Interest Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:36:26 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: WEEI-FM 93.7 Bob Nelson writes: > I did hear a bit of Jason Smith, ESPN all night...uptempo delivery, humor, sports highlights etc. > Some are saying not everyone would be into ESPN talk shows, but certainly if Entercom doesn't > want local talk past midnight, ESPN is not bad to run. The problem with WEEI dropping Fox was that J.T. The Brick's show was about as local as you can get for "syndicated." Probably half the callers were from WEEI. > Ent. doesn't put Mike there you wonder if another company might consider a Mike-like format, > but whom? (Prob. not Clear Channel who do fine with Kiss and Jam'n) Seems like the obvious answer would be WBOS. They've been relatively stable for a couple years now, but in the past 92.9 reinvented itself every 16 months or so, it seems. From ncn86@hotmail.com Thu Sep 15 23:02:22 2011 From: ncn86@hotmail.com (Nickolas Noseworthy) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:02:22 -0400 Subject: WMLL Message-ID: Found WMLL 96.5 Manchester broadcasting in HD today. Does anyone know when they officially started in HD as I usually dont listen to The Mill. They are also branding as Classic Hits now, instead of Classic Rock. Not another Frank FM... From kvahey@gmail.com Thu Sep 15 23:38:34 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:38:34 -0400 Subject: WBZ-FM wins Marconi Award Message-ID: Congrats to WBZ-FM for winning the sports station of the year award for 2011. Channel 4 just announced it on the 11 PM news. From paul@derrynh.net Fri Sep 16 00:51:11 2011 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:51:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WXEX - FM In-Reply-To: <20110815175224.76990@gmx.com> References: <20110815175224.76990@gmx.com> Message-ID: <1675413624.179679.1316148671213.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw11.schlund.de> WXEX Exeter WXEX-FM Sanford Portsmouth Dover Rochester ? I am in the 1540 and 92.1 area... ? Paul Hopfgarten -Epping NH On August 15, 2011 at 1:52 PM Laurence Glavin wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: The Seacoast > >Sent: 08/14/11 03:25 PM > >To: Boston-Radio-Interest@Bostonradio. Org > >Subject: WXEX - FM > >? >First time hearing 1540 WXEX on the 92.1 FM side today in Wells, so I assume >>the WFNX sale of the station has been finalized. > I think the 9 AM id went >something like "WXEX - Exeter/WXEX-FM Sanford, >Portsmouth" or something like >that. > >? If it hasn't done so already, WXEX-AM (like the 1540 operations before >it) can expect more interference from WDCD-AM in Albany, NY >? around sunrise and before sunset in days to come. This purchase of 92.1 was >probably a goog idea, but when WNSH-AM 1570 was put on the market, >? it might have made sense for WXEX to buy that facility, move the transmitter >to Exeter (maybe with a daytime power downgrade a little >? because the tower is smack dab (what's a dab; I know a little one will >do ya) in a residential neighborhood, and 30K might be too much. >? They might also have gotten 85 watts or so pre-sunrise post-sunset authority. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Sep 16 03:27:48 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:27:48 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <1260108930.637709.1316007938925.JavaMail.root@sz0146a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> References: <1315928186.24103.YahooMailNeo@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <1260108930.637709.1316007938925.JavaMail.root@sz0146a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: It actually happened around Oct. of 09, just a couple months after Sports Hub debuted. WBZ-FM had Sporting News Radio overnight originally. WEEI picked up ESPN affiliation in time to baseball playoffs, and Sports Hub got Fox Sports. On the very first night that Fox Sports aired on WBZ-FM, a Sunday-night-into- Monday, it was also airing for the last time on WEEI (mixup? J.T. the Brick and Tom Looney were welcoming their new Boston affiliate--and WEEI was carrying it, too..) http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/07/weei-espn-radio-announce-affiliation-agreement/ From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Sep 16 03:29:33 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:29:33 -0400 Subject: WEEI-FM 93.7 In-Reply-To: <4E72C2C3.1060901@attorneyross.com> References: <20110915194545.93400@gmx.com> <4E72C2C3.1060901@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Yes it was, and as I typed the post I thought, is it Edward or Edmund or something similar? Went with Edward but you are correct--it's the same man, as it had said in his obituary. > Was that Edmund Dinis. the District Attorney of Ted Kennedy's car accident > on Martha's Vinyard? > > -- > 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 Sep 16 06:20:36 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:20:36 -0400 Subject: Question RE: Rules Regarding Directional AM Tower Site Maintenance References: Message-ID: <26BD3EBF3B784EF086E5616C933F57D3@SatU205S5044> As far as I can tell, these days, AM ground system maintenance is something the FCC cares about only at a theoretical level. On the Engineering board at Radio-Info dot com, there's guy who posts about the subject from time to time. He goes absolutely nuts about the effect on directional patterns of trees growing in the ground plane. If the station doesn't want to cut down the foliage and confirm that the pattern remains in adjustment, management can surely find a consulting engineer who is willing to certify that everything is still OK and that, therefore, no work is necessary. The "right" engineer probably won't even need to make any measurements, which should help to keep the project costs under control;>( ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "ComfortZones Comm" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 9:44 AM Subject: Question RE: Rules Regarding Directional AM Tower Site Maintenance I want to first thank you all for all of the discussions going and keeping semi-retired radio folk like me in the loop. I usually just read and enjoy, but recently I drove by a directional AM tower site. It was formerly in a field. The station is active, however, management has apparently stopped haying the fields and let trees and saplings grow up around the tower array and transmitter shack. We're talking 6-10'. This has got to raise havoc with the radials at some point. How would one handle the situation as good citizen? Does the FCC in its current state of overload even care about these things anymore? It's been gnawing at me, and if nothing else, would love some feedback and answers. Thanks! Bing From m_carney@yahoo.com Fri Sep 16 08:52:25 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: NHPTV talking about "collaboration" Message-ID: <1316177545.99474.YahooMailNeo@web161308.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> http://currentpublicmedia.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-hampshire-public-television.html ? NHPTV lost a lot of funding in the last year and is exploring their options, including merging operations with WGBH. I don't watch a lot of public TV but I do support the idea of independent stations supported by the community in each market. While economically it makes sense it seems like it defeats some of the purpose of educational, non-commercial?television. From bob.bosra@demattia.net Fri Sep 16 10:09:57 2011 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:09:57 -0400 Subject: NHPTV talking about "collaboration" In-Reply-To: <1316177545.99474.YahooMailNeo@web161308.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1316177545.99474.YahooMailNeo@web161308.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: If they do this, how long before WENH et. al become WGBH translators? On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Maureen Carney wrote: > > http://currentpublicmedia.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-hampshire-public-television.html > > NHPTV lost a lot of funding in the last year and is exploring their > options, including merging operations with WGBH. I don't watch a lot of > public TV but I do support the idea of independent stations supported by the > community in each market. While economically it makes sense it seems like it > defeats some of the purpose of educational, non-commercial television. > From lglavin@mail.com Sat Sep 17 13:00:01 2011 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:00:01 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" Message-ID: <20110917170001.61850@gmx.com> Just as WGBH-TV's "Beat the Press" on Friday night ended, Emily Rooney mentioned that the program in that time slot other days of the week called "Greater Boston" would devote much, if not all, of its time to observe the 90th anniversary of WBZ-AM radio. It will be broadcast initially at 7:00 pm on Monday on WGBH-TV channel 19, virtual channel 2, and wherever channel 2 is on your local cable or satellite setup. From m_carney@yahoo.com Sat Sep 17 21:00:09 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WBIN news Message-ID: <1316307609.61901.YahooMailNeo@web161305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In response to something I posted on the New England TV board of Radio-Info.com someone said that WBIN is starting news on Monday. Can anyone confirm or deny this, and are any anchors named? The website says absolutely nothing about it, and the Wiki page just has "plans to start a newscast in September 2011". From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Sep 17 22:53:23 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:53:23 -0400 Subject: WBIN news In-Reply-To: <1316307609.61901.YahooMailNeo@web161305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1316307609.61901.YahooMailNeo@web161305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Just checked my Comcast program grid and no news listed for 50. On Sep 17, 2011 9:55 PM, "Maureen Carney" wrote: > In response to something I posted on the New England TV board of Radio-Info.com someone said that WBIN is starting news on Monday. Can anyone confirm or deny this, and are any anchors named? The website says absolutely nothing about it, and the Wiki page just has "plans to start a newscast in September 2011". From raccoonradio@mail.com Sun Sep 18 00:04:19 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:04:19 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" Message-ID: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> In addition Scott Fybush is scheduled to be on WBZ Sunday night the 18th into Monday the 19th, starting at midnight, with Steve Leveille. Talking about BZ and radio ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurence Glavin Sent: 09/17/11 01:00 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" Just as WGBH-TV's "Beat the Press" on Friday night ended, Emily Rooney mentioned that the program in that time slot other days of the week called "Greater Boston" would devote much, if not all, of its time to observe the 90th anniversary of WBZ-AM radio. It will be broadcast initially at 7:00 pm on Monday on WGBH-TV channel 19, virtual channel 2, and wherever channel 2 is on your local cable or satellite setup. From scott@fybush.com Sun Sep 18 00:09:49 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:09:49 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" In-Reply-To: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> References: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> Message-ID: <4E756F0D.8030705@fybush.com> On 9/18/2011 12:04 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > In addition Scott Fybush is scheduled to be on WBZ Sunday night the > 18th into Monday the 19th, starting at midnight, with Steve Leveille. > Talking about BZ and radio Followed Monday night/Tuesday morning on Steve's show by Dr. Donna herself! s From markwats@comcast.net Sun Sep 18 06:05:18 2011 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:05:18 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" References: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> <4E756F0D.8030705@fybush.com> Message-ID: > On 9/18/2011 12:04 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >> In addition Scott Fybush is scheduled to be on WBZ Sunday night the >> 18th into Monday the 19th, starting at midnight, with Steve Leveille >> Talking about BZ and radio Scott Fybush wrote: > Followed Monday night/Tuesday morning on Steve's show by Dr. Donna > herself! Will there be any other names from WBZ's past that are still with us that will appear as part of the 90th anniversary celebration? (Gary LaPierre, Dave Maynard, etc.) Mark Watson From scott@fybush.com Sun Sep 18 09:35:05 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:35:05 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" In-Reply-To: References: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> <4E756F0D.8030705@fybush.com> Message-ID: <4E75F389.8060707@fybush.com> On 9/18/2011 6:05 AM, Mark Watson wrote: > > > > >> On 9/18/2011 12:04 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >>> In addition Scott Fybush is scheduled to be on WBZ Sunday night the >>> 18th into Monday the 19th, starting at midnight, with Steve Leveille >>> Talking about BZ and radio > > Scott Fybush wrote: >> Followed Monday night/Tuesday morning on Steve's show by Dr. Donna >> herself! > > Will there be any other names from WBZ's past that are still with us > that will appear as part of the 90th anniversary celebration? (Gary > LaPierre, Dave Maynard, etc.) > > Mark Watson > I believe Gary will be part of a special one-hour segment on Dan Rea's show Monday night at 8. And *someone* from BZ'z history will be honored Monday afternoon with induction into the WBZ Hall of Fame, but it's a secret. (I don't even know!) s From scott@fybush.com Sun Sep 18 10:21:17 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:21:17 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" In-Reply-To: <111B229317C545ABAB72396C27C23959@SatU205S5044> References: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> <4E756F0D.8030705@fybush.com> <4E75F389.8060707@fybush.com> <111B229317C545ABAB72396C27C23959@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <4E75FE5D.9090303@fybush.com> On 9/18/2011 10:07 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > If they haven't told you, doesn't that mean that the honoree IS you? I > mean, if it were anyone else, they could trust you not to reveal the > person's identity. So by not telling you haven't they made it totally > clear that you will be the honoree? As flattering as that would be, I'm quite certain it's not me. There are probably hundreds of BZ employees over the years who made a much bigger impact on the place than me...I was only there for five years, after all, and mostly in a very behind-the-scenes capacity as a writer. If I were a betting man, my money would be on Dave Maynard. (Unless they break the trend of only honoring living inductees, in which case I'd think Carl deSuze would be the obvious next choice, followed very closely by Larry Glick and then maybe Brudnoy or Norm Nathan.) s From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Sep 18 10:07:25 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:07:25 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" References: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> <4E756F0D.8030705@fybush.com> <4E75F389.8060707@fybush.com> Message-ID: <111B229317C545ABAB72396C27C23959@SatU205S5044> If they haven't told you, doesn't that mean that the honoree IS you? I mean, if it were anyone else, they could trust you not to reveal the person's identity. So by not telling you haven't they made it totally clear that you will be the honoree? ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush" To: "Mark Watson" Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:35 AM Subject: Re: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" > On 9/18/2011 6:05 AM, Mark Watson wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> On 9/18/2011 12:04 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >>>> In addition Scott Fybush is scheduled to be on WBZ Sunday night >>>> the >>>> 18th into Monday the 19th, starting at midnight, with Steve >>>> Leveille >>>> Talking about BZ and radio >> >> Scott Fybush wrote: >>> Followed Monday night/Tuesday morning on Steve's show by Dr. Donna >>> herself! >> >> Will there be any other names from WBZ's past that are still with >> us >> that will appear as part of the 90th anniversary celebration? (Gary >> LaPierre, Dave Maynard, etc.) >> >> Mark Watson >> > > I believe Gary will be part of a special one-hour segment on Dan > Rea's show Monday night at 8. > > And *someone* from BZ'z history will be honored Monday afternoon > with induction into the WBZ Hall of Fame, but it's a secret. (I > don't even know!) > > s From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Sep 18 11:39:03 2011 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:39:03 -0400 Subject: WBZ 90th Anniversary Show On WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston" In-Reply-To: <4E75FE5D.9090303@fybush.com> References: <20110918040420.93420@gmx.com> <4E756F0D.8030705@fybush.com> <4E75F389.8060707@fybush.com> <111B229317C545ABAB72396C27C23959@SatU205S5044> <4E75FE5D.9090303@fybush.com> Message-ID: <4E761097.7000805@donnahalper.com> On 9/18/2011 10:21 AM, Scott Fybush wrote: > > If I were a betting man, my money would be on Dave Maynard. (Unless > they break the trend of only honoring living inductees, in which case > I'd think Carl deSuze would be the obvious next choice, followed very > closely by Larry Glick and then maybe Brudnoy or Norm Nathan.) > I wasn't asked to write the script for it, so I am not conveniently pleading ignorance (I was asked to write other scripts about WBZ history, and I did that). But I agree with Scott-- I think Maynard is the guy. From Cdsull502@aol.com Sun Sep 18 12:21:15 2011 From: Cdsull502@aol.com (Cdsull502@aol.com) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:21:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WBZ Hall of Fame Message-ID: <1613.4666956.3ba7747a@aol.com> I believe Dave Maynard was inducted into the WBZ Hall of Fame in 2009--You would have to think that they would break precedent and honor Carl deSuze. Chris Sullivan CdSull502@aol.com From scott@fybush.com Sun Sep 18 12:28:49 2011 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:28:49 -0400 Subject: WBZ Hall of Fame In-Reply-To: <1613.4666956.3ba7747a@aol.com> References: <1613.4666956.3ba7747a@aol.com> Message-ID: <4E761C41.3010006@fybush.com> On 9/18/2011 12:21 PM, Cdsull502@aol.com wrote: > I believe Dave Maynard was inducted into the WBZ Hall of Fame in 2009--You > would have to think that they would break precedent and honor Carl deSuze. > > Chris Sullivan > CdSull502@aol.com D'oh! Indeed he was...and a well-deserved induction. So: deSuze? Brudnoy? Glick? Or...what about Wilmer C. Swartley, who built the Soldiers Field Road building as the founding GM of WBZ-TV in the late forties, and who's still alive and spry at the age of 102? s From rac@gabrielmass.com Sun Sep 18 17:11:37 2011 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:11:37 -0400 Subject: NPR talks about WILD's China programming Message-ID: <4E765E89.7040908@server4.gabrielmass.com> National Public Radio presented a short feature about the China Radio experiment on WILD recently. I heard it yesterday as part of the Canadian-produced weekly show "Media Network Plus", heard on World Radio Network and on the internet. audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/kperron@gmail.com/3101-1-MNP_PRG035_091711_(30min_edition)_copy.mp3 web site: http://www.pcjmedia.com/medianetworkplus The same half-hour show has a longer feature about propaganda broadcasting via shortwave during World War II. --RC From rac@gabrielmass.com Sun Sep 18 20:43:02 2011 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:43:02 -0400 Subject: NPR talks about WILD's China programming In-Reply-To: <4E765E89.7040908@server4.gabrielmass.com> References: <4E765E89.7040908@server4.gabrielmass.com> Message-ID: <4E769016.2000001@server4.gabrielmass.com> A correction: "Media Network Plus" misattributed the Anne Donohue story about CRI and WILD. It came from PRI's "The World" rather than NPR. http://www.theworld.org/2011/09/bostons-wild-am-now-broadcasting-china-radio-international/ --RC On 09/18/2011 05:11 PM, Richard Chonak wrote: > National Public Radio presented a short feature about the China Radio > experiment on WILD recently. I heard it yesterday as part of the > Canadian-produced weekly show "Media Network Plus", heard on World > Radio Network and on the internet. > > audio: > http://www.radio4all.net/files/kperron@gmail.com/3101-1-MNP_PRG035_091711_(30min_edition)_copy.mp3 > > > web site: > http://www.pcjmedia.com/medianetworkplus > > The same half-hour show has a longer feature about propaganda > broadcasting via shortwave during World War II. > > --RC > > From rac@gabrielmass.com Mon Sep 19 08:11:21 2011 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:11:21 -0400 Subject: Is WILD on the air? In-Reply-To: <4E765E89.7040908@server4.gabrielmass.com> References: <4E765E89.7040908@server4.gabrielmass.com> Message-ID: <4E773169.3030108@server4.gabrielmass.com> Is WILD operating? at 8:10 a.m., I can't hear them at all in Stoneham, and the station's phone number in Quincy seems to be disconnected. --RC From rac@gabrielmass.com Mon Sep 19 09:56:59 2011 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:56:59 -0400 Subject: Is WILD on the air? In-Reply-To: <4E773169.3030108@server4.gabrielmass.com> References: <4E765E89.7040908@server4.gabrielmass.com> <4E773169.3030108@server4.gabrielmass.com> Message-ID: <4E774A2B.1060501@server4.gabrielmass.com> On 09/19/2011 08:11 AM, Richard Chonak wrote: > Is WILD operating? at 8:10 a.m., I can't hear them at all in > Stoneham, and the station's phone number in Quincy seems to be > disconnected. To answer my own question: they came on at 9 AM. --RC From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Sep 18 16:33:45 2011 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:33:45 -0400 Subject: Len Zola RIP In-Reply-To: <4E761C41.3010006@fybush.com> References: <1613.4666956.3ba7747a@aol.com> <4E761C41.3010006@fybush.com> Message-ID: What a shame that Len Zola suddenly passed away. He did some wonderful work with the Media Gang. Sent from my Motorola ATRIX? 4G on AT&T -----Original message----- From: Scott Fybush To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Sent: Sun, Sep 18, 2011 16:28:49 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: WBZ Hall of Fame On 9/18/2011 12:21 PM, Cdsull502@aol.com wrote: > I believe Dave Maynard was inducted into the WBZ Hall of Fame in 2009--You > would have to think that they would break precedent and honor Carl deSuze. > > Chris Sullivan > CdSull502@aol.com D'oh! Indeed he was...and a well-deserved induction. So: deSuze? Brudnoy? Glick? Or...what about Wilmer C. Swartley, who built the Soldiers Field Road building as the founding GM of WBZ-TV in the late forties, and who's still alive and spry at the age of 102? s From m_carney@yahoo.com Tue Sep 20 09:55:17 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:55:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Len Zola RIP In-Reply-To: References: <1613.4666956.3ba7747a@aol.com> <4E761C41.3010006@fybush.com> Message-ID: <1316526917.46518.YahooMailNeo@web161312.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> I saw that in the Metro West Daily News yesterday. He was one of my instructors at Conneticut School of Broadcasting. A really good guy. From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Tue Sep 20 12:13:57 2011 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:13:57 -0400 Subject: A Little Off Track, But Have A Smile Message-ID: <92D6B02434524482AA6B924EE47CA8DA@YOURbcbbe822ed> With so much glooy news about the business and the economy in general I thought the gang might enjoy this. This is a real sign in the North Carolina town where I live. Ah, my twenty seconds of fame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsujDwjuFbo Ted Larsen From n1qgs@yahoo.com Tue Sep 20 12:42:37 2011 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: You can now scan WMUR DT-2 Message-ID: <1316536957.86853.YahooMailNeo@web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> As of about midnight Saturday Night / Sunday Morning you can scan WMUR-DT Manchester NH new sub channel 9-2.? It will become Me TV around October the 3rd. ? John B From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Tue Sep 20 12:13:57 2011 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:13:57 -0400 Subject: A Little Off Track, But Have A Smile Message-ID: <92D6B02434524482AA6B924EE47CA8DA@YOURbcbbe822ed> With so much glooy news about the business and the economy in general I thought the gang might enjoy this. This is a real sign in the North Carolina town where I live. Ah, my twenty seconds of fame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsujDwjuFbo Ted Larsen From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Tue Sep 20 15:14:04 2011 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:14:04 -0400 Subject: A Little Off Track, But Have A Smile References: <92D6B02434524482AA6B924EE47CA8DA@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: What are you doing in North Carolina? I thought you were a Massachusetts boy thru and thru! ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Larsen" This is a real sign in the North Carolina town where I live. Ted Larsen From rickkelly@gmail.com Tue Sep 20 20:13:18 2011 From: rickkelly@gmail.com (Rick Kelly) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:13:18 -0400 Subject: Len Zola RIP In-Reply-To: <1316526917.46518.YahooMailNeo@web161312.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1613.4666956.3ba7747a@aol.com> <4E761C41.3010006@fybush.com> <1316526917.46518.YahooMailNeo@web161312.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Len was the best! He was a HUGE fan of Bob & Ray and even got to see them in the studio at WHDH is the late 1940's as a high school student. RIP, Len... -Rick Kelly northeastairchecks.com On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Maureen Carney wrote: > I saw that in the Metro West Daily News yesterday. He was one of my instructors at Conneticut School of Broadcasting. A really good guy. > From hykker@wildblue.net Wed Sep 21 08:05:47 2011 From: hykker@wildblue.net (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:05:47 -0400 Subject: You can now scan WMUR DT-2 In-Reply-To: <1316536957.86853.YahooMailNeo@web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1316536957.86853.YahooMailNeo@web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Speaking of WMUR, does their repeater in Littleton N.H. still exist? Last time I tried to receive it there was nothing. Or have they gone digital with it? On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:42 PM, John Bolduc wrote: > As of about midnight Saturday Night / Sunday Morning you can scan WMUR-DT > Manchester NH new sub channel 9-2. It will become Me TV around October the > 3rd. From James_Hall@uml.edu Wed Sep 21 11:20:02 2011 From: James_Hall@uml.edu (Jim Hall) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:20:02 -0400 Subject: WBIN news Message-ID: <005401cc7871$f25c6200$d7152600$@edu> Someone asked the other day about WBIN having a 10 PM newscast. I noticed last night that the programming guide on Comcast does list such a newscast, but "Cash Cab" was actually being carried at the time. From m_carney@yahoo.com Thu Sep 22 15:14:57 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:14:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Felger & Mazz simulcast Message-ID: <1316718897.30956.YahooMailNeo@web161320.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> It's now official - Felger & Mazz will be simulcast on CSN New England starting in November (exact date to be announced soon). This has been in legal limbo for over 18 months - it's what happens when CBS has to negotiate with a part of NBC! I'm going to guess that Big O won't be happy as he's long wanted his show simulcasted. NESN probably would pass on his show because of early Sox pregames on Monday and Friday, and some other programming committments they have in the afternoons. Here's the press release: ? 98.5 THE SPORTS HUB?S NO. 1- RATED FELGER & MASSAROTTI SHOW TO BE SIMULCAST ON COMCAST SPORTSNET BEGINNING THIS FALL ? Live Broadcast Strengthens Comcast SportsNet?s Position and Broadens the Show?sReach into Four Million New England Households ? Burlington & Brighton, MA - September 22, 2011- ?Comcast SportsNet and 98.5 The Sports Hub today announced an agreement to air a live simulcast of Boston?s leading all-sports radio station?s popular Felger & Massarotti Show on Comcast SportsNet beginning this fall.? Felger & Massarotti currently can be heard ?weekdays from 2:00-6:00PM on-air, online at www.cbsboston.com, and via the Radio.com app for a variety of mobile devices.? To coincide with the show?s television debut, Felger & Massarotti will broadcast from a newly renovated set at 98.5 The Sports Hub?s Brighton studios. ? Hosted by Comcast SportsNet personality Michael Felger and veteran Boston baseball writer and columnist Tony Massarotti, 98.5 The Sports Hub?s Felger & Massarotti Show is the No. 1-rated afternoon drive program in Boston with Men 25-54 and Men 18-49. ? ?Felger, Mazz, and the Sports Hub have taken over Boston radio with a rocket launch to the top of the ratings. ?Adding Felger's acerbic nature for four more hours to our line-up and Mazz's credentials are huge pluses for Comcast SportsNet as we continue to build out our programming which features local, entertaining sports programming from 6 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.,? said Bill Bridgen, Comcast SportsNet Executive Vice President and General Manager. ??The Sports Hub?s growth mirrors our own dramatic evolution which began with the launch of Chevrolet SportsNet Central and has continued with the addition of a host of new programming including Quick Slants, The Baseball Show and more.? ? ?98.5 The Sports Hub has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the Boston sports landscape, and the Felger & Massarotti Show has been an integral part of that success,? said Mark Hannon, Senior Vice President/Market Manager, CBS RADIO Boston. ?Partnering with Comcast SportsNet on this simulcast allows us to extend our brand further, while also making the Felger & Massarotti show available on CSN to over four million households in New England.? ? ? Felger also hosts Sports Sunday and co-hosts Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight on Comcast SportsNet. ?The Boston University grad is the hottest personality in Boston sports and his willingness to take on owners, coaches, players, and fans with his unique brand of biting commentary has set him apart in the Boston sports media market. ? Massarotti, a Waltham native and Tufts University graduate, is the author of four books and a long-time baseball writer and columnist for a range of Boston news outlets, including the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, and Boston.com.? Massarotti adds balance to the program with a perspective that only a pragmatic, life-long Bostonian can have. ? ?Tony and I are thrilled to broadcast our show on Comcast Sports Net, expanding our audience even further,? said Felger.? ?CSN understands the need for personality and strong opinions,?which is right up our alley.? ? Added Massarotti, ?Simulcasting the show adds an entirely new dimension to the experience we provide our fans.? And for many of Comcast SportsNet?s viewers we will be a welcome addition to their afternoon entertainment.? ? Comcast SportsNet?s simulcast of the Felger & Mazz show will be presented by Nissan. ? 98.5 The Sports Hub, the 2011 NAB Marconi Radio Award ?Sports Station of the Year,? is owned and operated by CBS RADIO, one of the largest major-market radio operators in the United States. ?A division of CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO operates 130 radio stations, the majority of which are in the nation?s top 50 markets. CBS RADIO also owns and operates WZLX-FM, WODS-FM, WBMX-FM, and WBZ-AM in Boston. ? Comcast SportsNet reaches more than 4 million households in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Comcast SportsNet?s programming includes the Boston Celtics, SportsNet Central, New England Revolution, Connecticut Sun, Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight, Celtics Now, Sports Sunday, Quick Slants, The Baseball Show and New England Tailgate. Comcast SportsNet?s partnership with the 17-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics is the longest team-regional sports network relationship in New England and the fourth longest in professional sports. Comcast SportsNet New England is owned and managed by Comcast Sports Group. Visit www.csnne.comfor more information. From wollman@bimajority.org Thu Sep 22 16:15:42 2011 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:15:42 -0400 Subject: Felger & Mazz simulcast In-Reply-To: <1316718897.30956.YahooMailNeo@web161320.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1316718897.30956.YahooMailNeo@web161320.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20091.38766.911188.225133@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > in the afternoons. Here's the press release: ?? 98.5 THE SPORTS Please don't send press releases to this mailing list. I'm sure a pointer to PRNewswire (or the CSN Web site) would have done just fine. -GAWollman From m_carney@yahoo.com Thu Sep 22 18:47:30 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Felger & Mazz simulcast In-Reply-To: <1316724499.6983.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1316718897.30956.YahooMailNeo@web161320.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1316724499.6983.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1316731650.25492.YahooMailNeo@web161311.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> I apologize for putting the press release in the message - just a major brain fart on my part. Most of the time I'll just paste the URL in there. Multitasking is a bad idea when it goes wrong! ? Maureen From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Sep 23 09:48:25 2011 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:48:25 -0400 Subject: WEEI slashes Ordway's salary in half Message-ID: http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2011/09/23/ordways_salary_dips_with_ratings/?p1=Upbox_links# I notice that Jeff Brown seems to have become the Entercom point person in Boston instead of Julie Kahn as he was also the person quoted when EEI made the move to FM. I wonder what the big hangup is on changing the call letters? A good friend of mine who works at ESPN tells me that a deal has been struck between Entercom and Disney to make 850 ESPN-Boston full time and it will happen in the next month. This would partly explain why ESPN Magazine just hit the stands with an all Boston edition. These are not good times at the New Balance Building. Entercom was counting on a long Red Sox playoff run and that suddenly is in doubt and the Celtics season may well be cancelled because of a work stoppage. A personal observation. I was surprised at how strong 93.7 was south of Boston in places like Bridgewater. How will PPM report WEEI-FM? I notice that in Detroit WXYT-FM and AM are listed separately in the book even though CBS does a full simulcast. From jjlehmann@comcast.net Fri Sep 23 11:18:19 2011 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:18:19 -0400 Subject: WEEI slashes Ordway's salary in half In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001cc7a04$071498f0$153dcad0$@net> > I wonder what the big hangup is on changing the call letters? The call letters have officially been changed, happened a couple days ago, and they're now IDing as WEEI-FM. > How will PPM report WEEI-FM? I notice that in Detroit WXYT-FM and AM > are > listed separately in the book even though CBS does a full simulcast. CBS recently split AM 1270 WXYT off of the simulcast to its own talk format. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA From dan.strassberg@att.net Fri Sep 23 12:34:55 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:34:55 -0400 Subject: WEEI slashes Ordway's salary in half References: Message-ID: IMO, if Entercom does not continue to simulcast all of the local PBP that was on 850, they will be making a mistake. Ideally, they would be able to find different sponsors for the PBP on 850 and 93.7 or at least place the ads on the two stations at different times, but there ought to be enough business in the PBP to justify a sumulcast. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Vahey" To: "bri" Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 9:48 AM Subject: WEEI slashes Ordway's salary in half > A good friend of mine who works at ESPN tells me that a deal has > been struck > between Entercom and Disney to make 850 ESPN-Boston full > time and it will happen in the next month. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Sep 23 13:31:50 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:31:50 -0400 Subject: WEEI slashes Ordway's salary in half In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If the info is indeed correct, first of all would it be ESPN in Eng or ESPN Deportes? Probably the former but who knows. As for PBP I would think they may continue to run it on the 850 even if they did go to ESPN. The AM will be able to help them with conflicts, such as Celtics and Sox games at same time (NBA season now in jeopardy though; one wk of pre-season has already been cancelled). They could run, perhaps, some MLB playoffs on one freq and do talk on the other, or perhaps the game on both. As it is WRKO still has had to be used for Monday Night Football the past 2 weeks. Understandable the first week of course--the debut on FM, and the need to talk Pats since they were on MNF that night...of course Entercom was prevented from carrying Pats game that night but RKO did do the second game. On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > IMO, if Entercom does not continue to simulcast all of the local PBP > that was on 850, they will be making a mistake. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Sep 23 12:01:33 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:01:33 -0400 Subject: WEEI slashes Ordway's salary in half In-Reply-To: <000001cc7a04$071498f0$153dcad0$@net> References: <000001cc7a04$071498f0$153dcad0$@net> Message-ID: Kevin: interesting news about 850 if it indeed will come to pass. I wonder if they would change the AM's call letters to avoid confusion? The hangup was waiting for FCC approval and it happened a few days ago. The IDs now say WEEI-FM (it was WMKK and WMKK-HD 1 Lawrence Boston) and no longer does Cutler's liner during Sox games say "WEEI on FM" it's now "WEEI-FM" From n1qgs@yahoo.com Mon Sep 26 07:30:16 2011 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:30:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: 1250 AM WGAM Manchester NH - Bernard at Large Morning Drive Time Message-ID: <1317036616.56351.YahooMailNeo@web30701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> WGAM 1250AM Manchester NH is no longer simulcasting ESPN WGHM 900AM Nashua NH. On the drive-in this morning was the inaugural (local) show of Bernard at Large. They will still do Red Sox broadcast for what little is left to this season...? They still call themselves The Game. From n1qgs@yahoo.com Mon Sep 26 07:55:11 2011 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Bernard at Large WGAM 1250 AM Manchester NH Message-ID: <1317038111.83425.YahooMailNeo@web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> WGAM 1250AM Manchester NH is no longer simulcasting ESPN WGHM 900AM Nashua NH during morning drive time. On the drive-in this morning was the inaugural (local) show of Bernard at Large. They will still do Red Sox broadcast for what little is left to this season. Simulcast still occurs for the rest of the day. ? John From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Sep 26 09:20:34 2011 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:20:34 -0400 Subject: 1250 AM WGAM Manchester NH - Bernard at Large Morning Drive Time References: <1317036616.56351.YahooMailNeo@web30701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <50B0031364E140C4AA41BA8EA1C7418C@SatU205S5044> But AFAIK, WGAM has always been considered to be the originating station on the network/simulcast. If WGAM and WGHM continue to be co-owned, I would think that WGHM would pick up any local content that WGAM was originating. That would make sense because WGAM's daytime directional pattern is nulled to the south, which should make WGHM's coverage of Nashua important to WGAM. Maybe the guy who is running the local show is buying the time and he couldn't afford to buy both stations. Jeff Santos LMAs co-owned WSMN for his AM-drive show, which originates at WWZN and is also heard on WARL, WLVP, and WLAM. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bolduc" To: "bri" Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 7:30 AM Subject: 1250 AM WGAM Manchester NH - Bernard at Large Morning Drive Time WGAM 1250AM Manchester NH is no longer simulcasting ESPN WGHM 900AM Nashua NH. On the drive-in this morning was the inaugural (local) show of Bernard at Large. They will still do Red Sox broadcast for what little is left to this season... They still call themselves The Game. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Mon Sep 26 12:07:36 2011 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:07:36 -0400 Subject: 1250 AM WGAM Manchester NH - Bernard at Large Morning Drive Time In-Reply-To: <50B0031364E140C4AA41BA8EA1C7418C@SatU205S5044> References: <1317036616.56351.YahooMailNeo@web30701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <50B0031364E140C4AA41BA8EA1C7418C@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: With regards to ESPN programming, the new FM home of WEEI at 93.7 penetrates well into southern NH. For now both WEEIs have ESPN overnights and some weekend slots. Major League Baseball playoffs are on ESPN; whether or not Sox get in (Red Sox network would be run if applicable); some ESPN playoff games may show up on 850 and/or 93.7. Some may get bumped to 680 or even 1510 as in previous years. Local talk and of course any Sox games get priority. (That is, The Big Show might only get pre-empted if the 4 pm game involves the Sox. Unless they decide to run the non-Sox game on the AM side?) Traditionally the Yankees being in the biggest market get prime time games, at least at first, so I would expect Friday's ALDS Game 1 would have the Yankees at 8 pm (vs. another division winner; they can't play a team like Sox or Rays who are in same division in first round) which means IF the Sox get in I would expect a 4 pm game (or TB playing then). The division winners are Yankees, Tigers, Rangers, Phillies, Brewers, and Diamondbacks. Depending on what happens in the next few days the AL wildcard could be Red Sox, Rays, or even (far fetched) Angels, and the Braves and Cardinals are possibles in the NL. ESPN radio has coverage and a few team flagships might come in for you at night--namely Yankees on 880 and Phillies on 1210. On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > But AFAIK, WGAM has always been considered to be the originating > station on the network/simulcast. If WGAM and WGHM continue to be > co-owned, I would think that WGHM would pick up any local content that > WGAM was originating. That would make sense because WGAM's daytime > directional pattern is nulled to the south, which should make WGHM's > coverage of Nashua important to WGAM. Maybe the guy who is running the > local show is buying the time and he couldn't afford to buy both > stations. > > Jeff Santos LMAs co-owned WSMN for his AM-drive show, which originates > at WWZN and is also heard on WARL, WLVP, and WLAM. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bolduc" > To: "bri" > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 7:30 AM > Subject: 1250 AM WGAM Manchester NH - Bernard at Large Morning Drive > Time > > > WGAM 1250AM Manchester NH is no longer simulcasting ESPN WGHM 900AM > Nashua NH. > On the drive-in this morning was the inaugural (local) show of Bernard > at Large. > They will still do Red Sox broadcast for what little is left to this > season... They still call themselves The Game. > > From n1qgs@yahoo.com Wed Sep 28 23:17:52 2011 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WBIN 50-3 new COOL TV Message-ID: <1317266272.84556.YahooMailNeo@web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I di da DTV scan today an found WBIN 50-3 as a new find. It comes back as COOL TV. This will be the thrid iteration of COOL TV I get, the others beng 12-2 Providence and 13.2 Portland. The program so far is not COOL TV, but the same as 50-1. ? John From n1qgs@yahoo.com Thu Sep 29 07:08:47 2011 From: n1qgs@yahoo.com (John Bolduc) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WMUR 9-2 showing Me TV programming now Message-ID: <1317294527.83623.YahooMailNeo@web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Beverly Hillbillies showing now on 9-2 Manchester NH ? John B From aerie.ma@comcast.net Thu Sep 29 08:17:39 2011 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:17:39 -0400 Subject: WBIN 50-3 new COOL TV In-Reply-To: <1317266272.84556.YahooMailNeo@web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1317266272.84556.YahooMailNeo@web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <020501cc7ea1$cbe70090$63b501b0$@ma@comcast.net> I wish I could figure out how my Sony TV works. I also saw 50-3 last night, and I did *not* rescan. Yet, WHDH-TV still shows up as 42-3 and 42-4 no matter how many times I rescan :) -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of John Bolduc Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:18 PM To: bri Subject: WBIN 50-3 new COOL TV I di da DTV scan today an found WBIN 50-3 as a new find. It comes back as COOL TV. This will be the thrid iteration of COOL TV I get, the others beng 12-2 Providence and 13.2 Portland. The program so far is not COOL TV, but the same as 50-1. ? John From m_carney@yahoo.com Fri Sep 30 13:40:23 2011 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: WBIN News aired last night Message-ID: <1317404423.53619.YahooMailNeo@web161307.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Finally! Caught it on my DVR at work. The set looks like something from the 80s, or not HD ready at any rate. One anchor - Amanda Decker, with Kyle Dennis on weather. Martin Morenz (formerly of WFXT) is a reporter. News ticker is headlines provided by the Boston Globe (and Bob Ryan made an appearance to discus the Sox). No suprise - no dedicated sports anchor. That seems to be the way of the world at this time. ? First impressions - set looks old. They're going to have to make a better attempt to catch viewers against the Boston stations at that hour. There's nothing there that would make me watch them over TV38, Fox 25 or CW56. A cast of almost all unknowns isn't a help in this case. Part of the reason to watch was to see if Al Kaprlien made a return, and he didn't. Putting it on the schedule and not running the?news for almost 2 weeks?wasn't a good sign either. In any case it's a work in progress but I don't see it doing well against the Boston 10p newscasts. If they just focus on New Hampshire they may be OK over time. Anyone else have any thoughts? ? Maureen From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Sep 30 14:59:23 2011 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:59:23 -0400 Subject: WUMB adds blues (etc.) show with Brendan Hogan Message-ID: <20110930185923.259750@gmx.com> He had inherited the blues show on WGBH (was Blues After Hours, re-named Blues on WGBH) from the late Mai Cramer but got the heave-ho in the big shakeup a couple years back. Now Brendan Hogan will host a weekly Sat night (8pm-mid) show on WUMB 91.9 with blues, roots, songwriters, and so on "New Saturday night show - Dark Was the Night with Brendan Hogan" http://www.wumb.org The show will be pre-recorded so that Hogan, also a musician, can play gigs, tour etc It starts this week. From mrschuyler@aol.com Tue Sep 27 07:49:10 2011 From: mrschuyler@aol.com (J.E.Schuyler) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:49:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: 1250 AM WGAM Manchester NH - Bernard at Large Morning Drive Message-ID: <8CE4B229AC70E71-2440-F1FC2@webmail-m103.sysops.aol.com> Nashua was, and perhaps still is, the originating station for Manchester's programing for the simple reason that it was acquired and flipped first. In the fall of 2004, Absolute Broadcasting and Vodka (j/k) bought then-WSNH (aka WMVU, nee WOTW, unofficially "WMEX" for its last four months) and installed the WGAM calls there. Later on, they bought WKBR in the Queen City, eventually putting those calls there and changing Nashua to 'GHM.