From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sun Jan 1 18:01:41 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:01:41 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? Message-ID: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> I was listening to the Steve Leveille / Scott Fybush interview on the occaision of WBZ's 90th anniversary. One of the questions was.....who (what personality/program) brought you to WBZ? Myself, as a kid discovering some stations on FM...I found "Rockin' Stereo 106.7 WBZ-FM". Lots of great songs for a teenager with no commericals! They used to join the AM station for the top of the hour news, (a tune-out for a teenager!), yet there were times when I would be cleaning my room or something an left it on through the newscast. Quite often, WBZ-FM would fail to split off from the AM simulcast for the news...and would continue to air the programming from AM. It wasn't long before my curiosity got me tuning into WBZ AM....and hearing Dave Maynard doing middays, Test the Teams, Don Batting, Maurice Lewis doing news, etc. (Was never a fan of Carl....) When I got my drivers licence, most cars only ahd an AM radio.....and when WRKO was into news or spots, and WLLH was doing soemthing I didn't care for...I would scan the dial...and found Bruce Bradley and his wit. Thius guy was a riot without even trying! (I cracked up when he referred to "Honey Lips Bob Raleigh" or Bruce Schweogler as "Schweggy-poo"!) Later in my teenage years, I started discovering "The World of Guy Manilla" and on Sunday Nights Lovelle Dyett. Both interesting individuals....who gave me some interest in talkradio. I will say that when I had other friends my age in my car, they hated my selections.... ;-) Who brought you to WBZ? From m_carney@yahoo.com Sun Jan 1 19:14:05 2012 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:14:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> Message-ID: <1325463245.20159.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> I would have to say it was Bob Lobel and Upton Bell doing "Calling All Sports" in the mid to late 70s (before Bob went to the TV side). Up until that time we mainly listened to WHDH because John "Pudge" Flynn, who was Jess Cain's producer, was a neighbor of ours. I did listen somewhat to BZ before, especially to the Top 30 countdown on the weekends and to Bruins, Celtics and Patriots games. I do remember getting Lobel's autograph at a softball game they played in Dedham once, circa 1978. I kept it at least through college. Maureen From kvahey@gmail.com Sun Jan 1 20:31:01 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 20:31:01 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <1325463245.20159.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <1325463245.20159.YahooMailNeo@web161303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dick Summer and Bruce Bradley at first. http://boston.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2011/09/14/wbz-radio-90th-anniversary-gallery/#photo-188459 Then?Guy Mainella and Eddie Andleman. On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > > I would have to say it was Bob Lobel and Upton Bell doing "Calling All Sports" in the mid to late 70s (before Bob went to the TV side). Up until that time we mainly listened to WHDH because John "Pudge" Flynn, who was Jess Cain's producer, was a neighbor of ours. I did listen somewhat to BZ before, especially to the Top 30 countdown on the weekends and to Bruins, Celtics and Patriots games. > > > I do remember getting Lobel's autograph at a softball game they played in Dedham once, circa 1978. I kept it at least through college. > > > Maureen From hmglaz@att.net Mon Jan 2 15:16:13 2012 From: hmglaz@att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:16:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1325535373.49710.YahooMailClassic@web180306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Ron Landry and Bruce Bradley in the mid-'60s, Bob Wilson's Bruins play-by-play in the late '60s, Guy Mainella in the early '70s, Robin Young's eclectic late-night show in the mid-'70s. ? Now? Pretty much just traffic reports on the AM and Patriots/Bruins on the FM when I'm in the area. ? Howard, in Connecticut ? From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Mon Jan 2 14:50:29 2012 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:50:29 -0500 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 References: Message-ID: <198598C5BB3945F1B98D559570A29BF5@YOURbcbbe822ed> I was hooked on "BZ since I was a kid because my parents were loyal listeners. Then they gave me a job, so I was actually "brought" to WBZ. Life can be ironic. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:00 PM Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 > Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to > boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Who brought you to WBZ? (Don) > 2. Re: Who brought you to WBZ? (Maureen Carney) > 3. Re: Who brought you to WBZ? (Kevin Vahey) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > From mward@iname.com Mon Jan 2 17:27:08 2012 From: mward@iname.com (Mike Ward) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:27:08 -0500 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: <198598C5BB3945F1B98D559570A29BF5@YOURbcbbe822ed> References: <198598C5BB3945F1B98D559570A29BF5@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Ted Larsen wrote: > I was hooked on "BZ since I was a kid because my parents were loyal > listeners. Then they gave me a job, so I was actually "brought" to WBZ. > Life can be ironic. > > It was Larry Glick and Bob Raleigh for me, coming in via the skywave to Northeast Ohio every night...right next to Roy Fox and Perry Marshall on KDKA! And I was "brought" to WBZ in person thanks to Scott Fybush bringing me along for a visit...though I did work for a one-time Group W Westinghouse sister station, KFBK in Sacramento. I just missed the Westinghouse era at KFBK, by a few months, but we still had the automatic news feed recorder in the newsroom there for about a year, and many reporters kept feeding "KFBK NewsRadio 1530" lockouts... From bill.smith@comcast.net Tue Jan 3 06:52:42 2012 From: bill.smith@comcast.net (Bill Smith) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 06:52:42 -0500 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lawrence K. Justice. On 2 January 2012 12:00, < boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.bostonradio.org> wrote: > Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to > boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Who brought you to WBZ? (Don) > 2. Re: Who brought you to WBZ? (Maureen Carney) > 3. Re: Who brought you to WBZ? (Kevin Vahey) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Don" > To: "B-R-I" > Cc: > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:01:41 -0500 > Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? > I was listening to the Steve Leveille / Scott Fybush interview on the > occaision of WBZ's 90th anniversary. One of the questions was.....who > (what personality/program) brought you to WBZ? > > Myself, as a kid discovering some stations on FM...I found "Rockin' Stereo > 106.7 WBZ-FM". Lots of great songs for a teenager with no commericals! > > They used to join the AM station for the top of the hour news, (a tune-out > for a teenager!), yet there were times when I would be cleaning my room or > something an left it on through the newscast. Quite often, WBZ-FM would > fail to split off from the AM simulcast for the news...and would continue > to air the programming from AM. > > It wasn't long before my curiosity got me tuning into WBZ AM....and > hearing Dave Maynard doing middays, Test the Teams, Don Batting, Maurice > Lewis doing news, etc. (Was never a fan of Carl....) > > When I got my drivers licence, most cars only ahd an AM radio.....and when > WRKO was into news or spots, and WLLH was doing soemthing I didn't care > for...I would scan the dial...and found Bruce Bradley and his wit. Thius > guy was a riot without even trying! (I cracked up when he referred to > "Honey Lips Bob Raleigh" or Bruce Schweogler as "Schweggy-poo"!) > > Later in my teenage years, I started discovering "The World of Guy > Manilla" and on Sunday Nights Lovelle Dyett. Both interesting > individuals....who gave me some interest in talkradio. > > I will say that when I had other friends my age in my car, they hated my > selections.... ;-) > > Who brought you to WBZ? > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Maureen Carney > To: Don , B-R-I < > boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org> > Cc: > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:14:05 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? > I would have to say it was Bob Lobel and Upton Bell doing "Calling All > Sports" in the mid to late 70s (before Bob went to the TV side). Up until > that time we mainly listened to WHDH because John "Pudge" Flynn, who was > Jess Cain's producer, was a neighbor of ours. I did listen somewhat to BZ > before, especially to the Top 30 countdown on the weekends and to Bruins, > Celtics and Patriots games. > > > I do remember getting Lobel's autograph at a softball game they played in > Dedham once, circa 1978. I kept it at least through college. > > > Maureen > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kevin Vahey > To: Maureen Carney > Cc: B-R-I > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 20:31:01 -0500 > Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? > Dick Summer and Bruce Bradley at first. > > > http://boston.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2011/09/14/wbz-radio-90th-anniversary-gallery/#photo-188459 > > > Then Guy Mainella and Eddie Andleman. > > > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > > > > I would have to say it was Bob Lobel and Upton Bell doing "Calling All > Sports" in the mid to late 70s (before Bob went to the TV side). Up until > that time we mainly listened to WHDH because John "Pudge" Flynn, who was > Jess Cain's producer, was a neighbor of ours. I did listen somewhat to BZ > before, especially to the Top 30 countdown on the weekends and to Bruins, > Celtics and Patriots games. > > > > > > I do remember getting Lobel's autograph at a softball game they played > in Dedham once, circa 1978. I kept it at least through college. > > > > > > Maureen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > > -- . From bill.smith@comcast.net Tue Jan 3 06:52:42 2012 From: bill.smith@comcast.net (Bill Smith) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 06:52:42 -0500 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lawrence K. Justice. On 2 January 2012 12:00, < boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.bostonradio.org> wrote: > Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to > boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Who brought you to WBZ? (Don) > 2. Re: Who brought you to WBZ? (Maureen Carney) > 3. Re: Who brought you to WBZ? (Kevin Vahey) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Don" > To: "B-R-I" > Cc: > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:01:41 -0500 > Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? > I was listening to the Steve Leveille / Scott Fybush interview on the > occaision of WBZ's 90th anniversary. One of the questions was.....who > (what personality/program) brought you to WBZ? > > Myself, as a kid discovering some stations on FM...I found "Rockin' Stereo > 106.7 WBZ-FM". Lots of great songs for a teenager with no commericals! > > They used to join the AM station for the top of the hour news, (a tune-out > for a teenager!), yet there were times when I would be cleaning my room or > something an left it on through the newscast. Quite often, WBZ-FM would > fail to split off from the AM simulcast for the news...and would continue > to air the programming from AM. > > It wasn't long before my curiosity got me tuning into WBZ AM....and > hearing Dave Maynard doing middays, Test the Teams, Don Batting, Maurice > Lewis doing news, etc. (Was never a fan of Carl....) > > When I got my drivers licence, most cars only ahd an AM radio.....and when > WRKO was into news or spots, and WLLH was doing soemthing I didn't care > for...I would scan the dial...and found Bruce Bradley and his wit. Thius > guy was a riot without even trying! (I cracked up when he referred to > "Honey Lips Bob Raleigh" or Bruce Schweogler as "Schweggy-poo"!) > > Later in my teenage years, I started discovering "The World of Guy > Manilla" and on Sunday Nights Lovelle Dyett. Both interesting > individuals....who gave me some interest in talkradio. > > I will say that when I had other friends my age in my car, they hated my > selections.... ;-) > > Who brought you to WBZ? > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Maureen Carney > To: Don , B-R-I < > boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org> > Cc: > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:14:05 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? > I would have to say it was Bob Lobel and Upton Bell doing "Calling All > Sports" in the mid to late 70s (before Bob went to the TV side). Up until > that time we mainly listened to WHDH because John "Pudge" Flynn, who was > Jess Cain's producer, was a neighbor of ours. I did listen somewhat to BZ > before, especially to the Top 30 countdown on the weekends and to Bruins, > Celtics and Patriots games. > > > I do remember getting Lobel's autograph at a softball game they played in > Dedham once, circa 1978. I kept it at least through college. > > > Maureen > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kevin Vahey > To: Maureen Carney > Cc: B-R-I > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 20:31:01 -0500 > Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? > Dick Summer and Bruce Bradley at first. > > > http://boston.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2011/09/14/wbz-radio-90th-anniversary-gallery/#photo-188459 > > > Then Guy Mainella and Eddie Andleman. > > > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > > > > I would have to say it was Bob Lobel and Upton Bell doing "Calling All > Sports" in the mid to late 70s (before Bob went to the TV side). Up until > that time we mainly listened to WHDH because John "Pudge" Flynn, who was > Jess Cain's producer, was a neighbor of ours. I did listen somewhat to BZ > before, especially to the Top 30 countdown on the weekends and to Bruins, > Celtics and Patriots games. > > > > > > I do remember getting Lobel's autograph at a softball game they played > in Dedham once, circa 1978. I kept it at least through college. > > > > > > Maureen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > http://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > > -- . From billohno@gmail.com Tue Jan 3 08:22:46 2012 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:22:46 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app Message-ID: Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a couple of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this technology in the long run? Bill O'Neill -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From kenwvt@gmail.com Tue Jan 3 09:02:57 2012 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken VanTassell) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:02:57 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their stations. I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing app, I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then listen to a police scanner all within the app. -Ken On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via > cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a couple > of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this technology > in the long run? > > Bill O'Neill > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Jan 3 09:09:28 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:09:28 -0600 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The station I work for, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own app:) Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works with every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon Paul On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" wrote: > It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In > Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their stations. > I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing app, > I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then listen > to a police scanner all within the app. > > -Ken > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > > > Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via > > cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a > couple > > of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this > technology > > in the long run? > > > > Bill O'Neill > > -- > > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Tue Jan 3 09:21:56 2012 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:21:56 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I thought "I Heart Radio" was Clear Channel. All the Clear Channel stations promote it. -Bob On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Ken VanTassell wrote: > It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In > Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their stations. > I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing app, > I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then listen > to a police scanner all within the app. > > -Ken > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > > > Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via > > cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a > couple > > of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this > technology > > in the long run? > > > > Bill O'Neill > > -- > > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Jan 3 09:35:05 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:35:05 -0600 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We never pushed use of Tunein. I only told a listener about it once when they were having trouble listening on their smartphone. We're driving listeners to our own app now. Paul WDDH On Jan 3, 2012 9:30 AM, "Jeff Lehmann" wrote: > Yes, but unlike CBS and Clear Channel, WDDH is still also available on the > TuneIn app, which allows you to pause, record, etc. > > Iheartradio is CC, Radio.com is CBS. > > Jeff Lehmann > > > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The station I work for, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own > app:) > > > > Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works with > > every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon > > > > Paul > > On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" wrote: > > > >> It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In > >> Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their > stations. > >> I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing > app, > >> I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then > listen > >> to a police scanner all within the app. > >> > >> -Ken > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill > wrote: > >> > >>> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via > >>> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a > >> couple > >>> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this > >> technology > >>> in the long run? > >>> > >>> Bill O'Neill > >>> -- > >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >>> > >> > From jjlehmann@comcast.net Tue Jan 3 09:30:15 2012 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:30:15 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes, but unlike CBS and Clear Channel, WDDH is still also available on the TuneIn app, which allows you to pause, record, etc. Iheartradio is CC, Radio.com is CBS. Jeff Lehmann On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." wrote: > The station I work for, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own app:) > > Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works with > every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon > > Paul > On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" wrote: > >> It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In >> Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their stations. >> I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing app, >> I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then listen >> to a police scanner all within the app. >> >> -Ken >> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill wrote: >> >>> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via >>> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a >> couple >>> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this >> technology >>> in the long run? >>> >>> Bill O'Neill >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >> From mariogonz@aol.com Tue Jan 3 10:52:42 2012 From: mariogonz@aol.com (Mario Gonzalez Jr.) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:52:42 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <933A329A-D78C-44BD-BC04-F15E22A66B4F@aol.com> There is an app on the iPhone called ootunes that has access to all stations, even CBS and Clear Channel stations. As a user only I would prefer to use an app that gets all stations rather than use an individual station's app. Maybe it's because I switch back and forth between stations. I also haven't seen many station apps that have unique features that would make me use the app. Maybe the exceptions would be the ESPN app and the WEEI app. I have also read that there are stations that would rather have people use their apps vs Tunein. Mario Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Ken VanTassell wrote: > It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In > Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their stations. > I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing app, > I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then listen > to a police scanner all within the app. > > -Ken > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > >> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on via >> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a couple >> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this technology >> in the long run? >> >> Bill O'Neill >> -- >> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> From mward@iname.com Tue Jan 3 10:56:54 2012 From: mward@iname.com (Mike Ward) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:56:54 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I love Tunein. Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for free as an Amazon Free App. I miss the CBS stations. Radio.com is flaky on Android, IMHO...the local CBS sports talker sounds much better on its own app (CBS Cleveland). All of our stations are on TuneIn, including WAKR, WONE, WQMX and our 24/7 news stream at AkronNewsNow.com. We now have iOS and Android apps for all the stations - actually just a front end into the "Social Suite" mobile page. Until those apps came to Android, at least one of the stations was pushing Android users to TuneIn to hear the station. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > We never pushed use of Tunein. I only told a listener about it once when > they were having trouble listening on their smartphone. > > We're driving listeners to our own app now. > > Paul > WDDH > On Jan 3, 2012 9:30 AM, "Jeff Lehmann" wrote: > > > Yes, but unlike CBS and Clear Channel, WDDH is still also available on > the > > TuneIn app, which allows you to pause, record, etc. > > > > Iheartradio is CC, Radio.com is CBS. > > > > Jeff Lehmann > > > > > > > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < > > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The station I work for, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own > > app:) > > > > > > Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works with > > > every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon > > > > > > Paul > > > On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" wrote: > > > > > >> It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In > > >> Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their > > stations. > > >> I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing > > app, > > >> I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then > > listen > > >> to a police scanner all within the app. > > >> > > >> -Ken > > >> > > >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on > via > > >>> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a > > >> couple > > >>> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this > > >> technology > > >>> in the long run? > > >>> > > >>> Bill O'Neill > > >>> -- > > >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >>> > > >> > > > From gallen2@nescaum.org Tue Jan 3 10:30:14 2012 From: gallen2@nescaum.org (George Allen) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:30:14 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? Message-ID: Well, back in the '60s I had a germanium crystal radio [no electronics - just the xtal]. In Wellesley, the only 2 stations that were actually listenable were WHDH [of course, being almost next door] and WBZ with their powerful lobe in my direction. WBZ's format back then was much more attractive to a teenager. And... eventually I too worked there as a tech for a few summers in the '70s, including the "Grease Weekend" - a wonderful experience! A less wonderful but interesting experience was getting a mini electro-shock treatment from my metal frame glasses standing next to the tuning coils at the base of the Hull towers... George From: Howard Glazer To: "boston-radio-interest@tsornin.bostonradio.org" Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 15:16:13 -0500 Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? Ron Landry and Bruce Bradley in the mid-'60s, Bob Wilson's Bruins play-by-play in the late '60s, Guy Mainella in the early '70s, Robin Young's eclectic late-night show in the mid-'70s. Now? Pretty much just traffic reports on the AM and Patriots/Bruins on the FM when I'm in the area. Howard, in Connecticut From map@mapinternet.com Tue Jan 3 10:18:07 2012 From: map@mapinternet.com (Mark Casey) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:18:07 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <1325535373.49710.YahooMailClassic@web180306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1325535373.49710.YahooMailClassic@web180306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2C7C08BE49F742D5A630AE4C0F5805A4@CASEYPC> WBZA Rock N Roll in 1961. In later years and now, being able to get a decent newscast that covers just about everything important that is going on in New England, almost anywhere I was in New England or at night, in the Eastern USA. Mark Casey K1MAP Hampden, Mass (near Springfield) From francini@mac.com Tue Jan 3 11:24:34 2012 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:24:34 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Very interesting -- I have a standalone internet radio in my kitchen, and it can get any of the CBS stations' streams no problem -- I regularly listen to WBZ-FM there, and put on WODS on Christmas Day. Is it that CBS allows Reciva through, or something else? Of course the fact that WBZ-FM on Internet won't carry Patriots games due to the NFL's tight control is a different story... j On 3 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Mike Ward wrote: > I love Tunein. Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for free > as an Amazon Free App. > > I miss the CBS stations. Radio.com is flaky on Android, IMHO...the local > CBS sports talker sounds much better on its own app (CBS Cleveland). > > All of our stations are on TuneIn, including WAKR, WONE, WQMX and our 24/7 > news stream at AkronNewsNow.com. > > We now have iOS and Android apps for all the stations - actually just a > front end into the "Social Suite" mobile page. Until those apps came to > Android, at least one of the stations was pushing Android users to TuneIn > to hear the station. > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We never pushed use of Tunein. I only told a listener about it once when >> they were having trouble listening on their smartphone. >> >> We're driving listeners to our own app now. >> >> Paul >> WDDH >> On Jan 3, 2012 9:30 AM, "Jeff Lehmann" wrote: >> >>> Yes, but unlike CBS and Clear Channel, WDDH is still also available on >> the >>> TuneIn app, which allows you to pause, record, etc. >>> >>> Iheartradio is CC, Radio.com is CBS. >>> >>> Jeff Lehmann >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < >>> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The station I work for, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own >>> app:) >>>> >>>> Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works with >>>> every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In >>>>> Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their >>> stations. >>>>> I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing >>> app, >>>>> I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then >>> listen >>>>> to a police scanner all within the app. >>>>> >>>>> -Ken >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on >> via >>>>>> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a >>>>> couple >>>>>> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this >>>>> technology >>>>>> in the long run? >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill O'Neill >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >> From lspin@comcast.net Tue Jan 3 11:38:59 2012 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:38:59 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000301ccca36$321f5260$965df720$@net> Very early on (60s), It was between WBZ and WMEX that I'd scan back and forth looking for 'the good songs.' When WRKO came into the picture, WBZ was still a good halfway stop during the search. I was also the proud owner of a crystal radio... Living in Boston, WBZ was just about all I could get - right across most of the dial. But they did have a great air staff with Jay Dunn, Bruce Bradley, Dave Maynard, Dick Summer and Larry Justice. Later on, they picked up Larry Glick! As I listened less to their music, I stayed for Glick. Robin Young's mid-70s late night Saturday Night show was legendary! Their connection to Channel 4 always gave them lots of credibility during snow storms or other news-worthy events. As I moved on to FM, their connection to "Rock-in-Stereo" WBZ-FM didn't hurt. As others have indicated, 'BZ-FM ran the hourly news from the AM station and would sometimes forget to switch back. And I'd still be listening. -Lou From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Jan 3 11:38:12 2012 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:38:12 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7F5A560D-F32B-4C99-87A1-3B3A284CC050@mac.com> On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > I thought "I Heart Radio" was Clear Channel. All > the Clear Channel stations promote it. > I believe you are correct, there is also a CBS Radio app that is probably what was meant here. But why is is ?I Heart Radio?? The original campaign with the heart was ?I Love New York?, with the heart pronounced as ?love?. People pronouncing this and other campaigns in this way as ?heart? just sound odd to me. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From mward@iname.com Tue Jan 3 14:06:04 2012 From: mward@iname.com (Mike Ward) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:06:04 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There are CBS MP3 streams still out there, and that's primarily because of the standalone Internet radios. If you know the MP3 URL, you can also plug it into programs that handle those URLs. But TuneIn does not, and CBS asked TuneIn to block its streams...which they did. Same deal with Clear Channel and iHeartRadio, though I think CC is trying to get IHR on standalone Internet radios as an app. There's a Chumby app, for an example. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:24 AM, John Francini wrote: > Very interesting -- I have a standalone internet radio in my kitchen, and > it can get any of the CBS stations' streams no problem -- I regularly > listen to WBZ-FM there, and put on WODS on Christmas Day. Is it that CBS > allows Reciva through, or something else? > > Of course the fact that WBZ-FM on Internet won't carry Patriots games due > to the NFL's tight control is a different story... > > j > > On 3 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Mike Ward wrote: > > > I love Tunein. Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for free > > as an Amazon Free App. > > > > I miss the CBS stations. Radio.com is flaky on Android, IMHO...the local > > CBS sports talker sounds much better on its own app (CBS Cleveland). > > > > All of our stations are on TuneIn, including WAKR, WONE, WQMX and our > 24/7 > > news stream at AkronNewsNow.com. > > > > We now have iOS and Android apps for all the stations - actually just a > > front end into the "Social Suite" mobile page. Until those apps came to > > Android, at least one of the stations was pushing Android users to TuneIn > > to hear the station. > > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> We never pushed use of Tunein. I only told a listener about it once when > >> they were having trouble listening on their smartphone. > >> > >> We're driving listeners to our own app now. > >> > >> Paul > >> WDDH > >> On Jan 3, 2012 9:30 AM, "Jeff Lehmann" wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, but unlike CBS and Clear Channel, WDDH is still also available on > >> the > >>> TuneIn app, which allows you to pause, record, etc. > >>> > >>> Iheartradio is CC, Radio.com is CBS. > >>> > >>> Jeff Lehmann > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < > >>> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> The station I work for, 97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own > >>> app:) > >>>> > >>>> Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works > with > >>>> every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon > >>>> > >>>> Paul > >>>> On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune > In > >>>>> Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their > >>> stations. > >>>>> I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an > amazing > >>> app, > >>>>> I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then > >>> listen > >>>>> to a police scanner all within the app. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Ken > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on > >> via > >>>>>> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a > >>>>> couple > >>>>>> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this > >>>>> technology > >>>>>> in the long run? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Bill O'Neill > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> > > From hykker@wildblue.net Tue Jan 3 15:01:30 2012 From: hykker@wildblue.net (SteveOrdinetz) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:01:30 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <2C7C08BE49F742D5A630AE4C0F5805A4@CASEYPC> References: <1325535373.49710.YahooMailClassic@web180306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <2C7C08BE49F742D5A630AE4C0F5805A4@CASEYPC> Message-ID: Growing up in small-town northern New England in the 60s, WBZ was pretty much the only station that played rock & roll that you could hear during the day, so it was quite popular as you might expect. I think my first awareness of it was the summer I was 11 (1962)...I used to mow my great-aunt's lawn, and the teenaged girl next door had it blasting. I remember Loco-motion by Little Eva being a big hit that summer. From lspin@comcast.net Tue Jan 3 16:09:35 2012 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:09:35 -0500 Subject: What's Up at 1090? References: Message-ID: <000301ccca5b$ff256fe0$fd704fa0$@net> I don't do this very often anymore, but I was scanning the AM band in my car and found something unexpected playing at 1090 AM... It was a mix of Country, Blues and Rock. I heard a Gospel-ly song by Elvis and then something by Kings of Leon. That was followed by Grateful Dead's, "Friend of The Devil." They identified themselves as "Shuffle Radio." The host was a soft-spoken woman who was offering chit-chat and opinions about the music. There was news at the top of the hour. Everything sounded syndicated. The station still identified itself as WILD. Then she came back and said that the next hour would be R&B. I found it to be -- Listenable! Does anyone have any info on what this is about? -Lou From irw@well.com Tue Jan 3 20:21:34 2012 From: irw@well.com (Blaine Thompson) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:21:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: Catie Wilber exits WXRV Message-ID: <339205524.4066.1325640094937.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> AllAccess reports that budget cuts claim WXRV PD/MD Catie Wilbur. - Blaine From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Jan 3 22:09:34 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:09:34 -0500 Subject: Kim Carrigan out at FOX25 Message-ID: Kim Carrigan was informed after the telecast on January 3rd that her services were no longer required. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/morning-anchor-kim-carrigan-out-at-bostons-wfxt_b34649 From Cdsull502@aol.com Tue Jan 3 23:56:56 2012 From: Cdsull502@aol.com (Cdsull502@aol.com) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:56:56 -0500 (EST) Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? Message-ID: <153da.3cd79051.3c353618@aol.com> It was Guy Paris with his incisive farm reports on RFD WBZ that did it for me! Seriously, it was the talents of Bruce Bradley, Jeff Kaye, and Dick Summer that caused me along with thousands (probably) of other kids to hide transistor radios under the pillow. They were cool and we wanted to be cool along with them. Was there ever a station that had a stronger overall lineup? Chris Sullivan CdSull502@aol.com From chris2526@comcast.net Wed Jan 4 01:18:42 2012 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 01:18:42 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? Message-ID: With the mention of the farm market report with Guy Paris I clearly remember listening to my little GE transistor radio on my pillow, with the daily price for parsnips in the film bag. Remember the long detailed WBZ ski reports on every major area in the Northeast, reminds me of the very detailed sectionalized weather reports on CBA Sackville (before they changed the COL to Moncton). They would give a forecast for each region of their coverage area which was huge from Newfoundland and Labrador, Grand Banks to what I think is now Nunavut (Not sure this is correct spelling) through western Ontario. It seemed to go on forever which made it even more fascinating. From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Jan 4 01:23:09 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:23:09 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <000301ccca36$321f5260$965df720$@net> References: <000301ccca36$321f5260$965df720$@net> Message-ID: <4F03F04D.80709@attorneyross.com> A long story. I think I once told the story on this list of my dad taking me to a live radio show at WBZ in 1953. It was called the 'BZ Open House, hosted by Dick Tucker. Fast forward to 1957, after we had lived in Albany, NY for a few years, we moved back to the Boston area in Bedford, and I was already into radio, checking out every station on the dial. And WBZ was one of those stations to have a hit parade survey that was available free in the stores. I listened mostly to WCOP for that kind of stuff, but I also listened to WBZ a lot. And when I got an FM radio and started to be interested in classical music, I listened to WBZ-FM, 106.7, which in those days signed on at 5:00 PM and did classical music until midnight. At one time I called the station with the suggestion that they simulcast the AM programs during the daytime, and a couple of weeks later, I discovered that they were doing so. I was a 15-year-old radio consultant. Eventually I started listening to "Program PM," first hosted by Bob Nelson, and then by "The Other Bob Kennedy." Especially when Isaac Asimov was the guest. I actually called in once when he was on. In 1963, just after I started college, Program PM was moved earlier and re-named "Contact." At UMass in Amherst, I often listened to WBZ. I think that's where I first heard the Beatles. -- 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 kvahey@gmail.com Wed Jan 4 04:04:30 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:04:30 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <4F03F04D.80709@attorneyross.com> References: <000301ccca36$321f5260$965df720$@net> <4F03F04D.80709@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: As I think back.......... My parents were devoted to WHDH radio when I was growing up and when channel 5 went online that also became the station for news. But as a kid - Channel 4 hooked me with Big Brother ( who I was on ) and later Boomtown ( also on ) 1963 or so WHDH vs WBZ became a generational battle. WHDH was MOR during the day and at night was the home of the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics. What WHDH did on non game nights I have no recollection - as I would as a kid listen to Bradley or Ginsburg. I do remember Norm Nathan with Sound In The Night on HDH however. I was oblivious to Jess Cain until the mid 70's when Blair took over and made 850 into a soft Top 40. HDH cica 74-5 was as solid as BZ had been a decade before. I think in the end - as I lived outside of New England for a few years, WBZ was my one link to home. The station bombed into Chicago at night like a local and Glick was like an old friend. I still consider it tragic how Steve Dodge and ARS killed off WHDH in the 590/680/850 wars of the 90's. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Jan 4 12:43:15 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:43:15 -0500 Subject: What's Up at 1090? In-Reply-To: <000301ccca5b$ff256fe0$fd704fa0$@net> References: <000301ccca5b$ff256fe0$fd704fa0$@net> Message-ID: WILD has leased time to China Radio International and has aired shows with titles like "Music Safari" which sounds like what you said (or at least it was an eclectic music mix). The changeover was on June 1. >>?Everything sounded syndicated. ?The > station still identified itself as WILD. ?Then she came back and said that > the next hour would be R&B. > I found it to be -- Listenable! > > Does anyone have any info on what this is about? > > -Lou > From m_carney@yahoo.com Wed Jan 4 12:33:08 2012 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:33:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: Kim Carrigan out at FOX25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1325698388.2334.YahooMailNeo@web161301.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> And BTVN.net reports that meterologist A.J. Burnett has also left the station. From: Kevin Vahey To: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 10:09 PM Subject: Kim Carrigan out at FOX25 Kim Carrigan was informed after the telecast on January 3rd that her services were no longer required. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/morning-anchor-kim-carrigan-out-at-bostons-wfxt_b34649 From lsochrin@rcn.com Wed Jan 4 12:54:37 2012 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:54:37 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2EEE4553-4EA0-4385-A5BC-30E185DAEE81@rcn.com> I also love Tunein, so I looked for the Plus (paid) version that Mike Ward mentioned here. Can someone point me in the right direction? (Re Amazon Free App, I would use it from a Mac, not a smartphone.) Thx. >> On 3 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Mike Ward wrote: >> >>> I love Tunein. Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for free >>> as an Amazon Free App. From mward@iname.com Wed Jan 4 14:27:41 2012 From: mward@iname.com (Mike Ward) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:27:41 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: <2EEE4553-4EA0-4385-A5BC-30E185DAEE81@rcn.com> References: <2EEE4553-4EA0-4385-A5BC-30E185DAEE81@rcn.com> Message-ID: TuneIn doesn't have a PC or Mac program. On a PC or Mac, you can visit their website and even store your account/preferences: http://www.tunein.com On 1/4/12, Larry Sochrin wrote: > I also love Tunein, so I looked for the Plus (paid) version that Mike Ward > mentioned here. Can someone point me in the right direction? (Re Amazon > Free App, I would use it from a Mac, not a smartphone.) Thx. > > >>> On 3 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Mike Ward wrote: >>> >>>> I love Tunein. Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for >>>> free >>>> as an Amazon Free App. > > From lsochrin@rcn.com Wed Jan 4 15:53:22 2012 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:53:22 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: <2EEE4553-4EA0-4385-A5BC-30E185DAEE81@rcn.com> Message-ID: I have done that, and have a bookmark item that takes me to my preferences. On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Mike Ward wrote: > TuneIn doesn't have a PC or Mac program. > > On a PC or Mac, you can visit their website and even store your > account/preferences: > > http://www.tunein.com > > > On 1/4/12, Larry Sochrin wrote: >> I also love Tunein, so I looked for the Plus (paid) version that Mike Ward >> mentioned here. Can someone point me in the right direction? (Re Amazon >> Free App, I would use it from a Mac, not a smartphone.) Thx. >> >> >>>> On 3 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Mike Ward wrote: >>>> >>>>> I love Tunein. Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for >>>>> free >>>>> as an Amazon Free App. >> >> From rac@server4.gabrielmass.com Tue Jan 3 17:07:36 2012 From: rac@server4.gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:07:36 -0500 Subject: What's Up at 1090? In-Reply-To: <000301ccca5b$ff256fe0$fd704fa0$@net> References: <000301ccca5b$ff256fe0$fd704fa0$@net> Message-ID: <4F037C28.5070007@server4.gabrielmass.com> I just tuned in and heard some music, ending at 5 o'clock with an announcement that the program was provided by "G&E Studio" (the agency for China Radio International); then the signal dropped with no sign-off announcement or station ID, and WBAL 1090 became audible on the channel. CRI has a show called "The Shuffle", so perhaps that is what you heard. http://english.cri.cn/cribb/programs/pk.htm --RC On 01/03/2012 04:09 PM, Lou wrote: > I don't do this very often anymore, but I was scanning the AM band in my car > and found something unexpected playing at 1090 AM... It was a mix of > Country, Blues and Rock. I heard a Gospel-ly song by Elvis and then > something by Kings of Leon. That was followed by Grateful Dead's, "Friend > of The Devil." They identified themselves as "Shuffle Radio." The host was > a soft-spoken woman who was offering chit-chat and opinions about the music. > There was news at the top of the hour. Everything sounded syndicated. The > station still identified itself as WILD. Then she came back and said that > the next hour would be R&B. > I found it to be -- Listenable! > > Does anyone have any info on what this is about? > > -Lou > From jscavo@maine.rr.com Tue Jan 3 16:55:10 2012 From: jscavo@maine.rr.com (John) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:55:10 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <12F02A438AF24981AD2AE283036339E4@vpr1> I agree! It is an awesome software tool. ...and it picks up our Community Station, WSCA! -----Original Message----- From: Ken VanTassell [mailto:kenwvt@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:03 AM To: Bill O'Neill Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Re: Tune-in Radio app It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune In Radio, you need the CBS specific " I heart Radio" app for their stations. I hope more fragmentation does not occur. Tune-In radio is an amazing app, I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then listen to a police scanner all within the app. -Ken On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on > via cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than > a couple of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of > this technology in the long run? > > Bill O'Neill > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > From wollman@bimajority.org Thu Jan 5 00:10:31 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:10:31 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: <7F5A560D-F32B-4C99-87A1-3B3A284CC050@mac.com> References: <7F5A560D-F32B-4C99-87A1-3B3A284CC050@mac.com> Message-ID: <20229.12487.667538.22926@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > But why is is \223I Heart Radio\224? The original campaign with the > heart was \223I Love New York\224, with the heart pronounced as > \223love\224. People pronouncing this and other campaigns in this > way as \223heart\224 just sound odd to me. Linguists have studied this phenomenon. I feel certain that Language Log has talked about it, but my google-fu is apparently not up to the task at the moment. In any event, it has happened with other rebuses. -GAWollman From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Jan 5 01:58:29 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:58:29 -0500 Subject: Tune-in Radio app In-Reply-To: <7F5A560D-F32B-4C99-87A1-3B3A284CC050@mac.com> References: <7F5A560D-F32B-4C99-87A1-3B3A284CC050@mac.com> Message-ID: <4F054A15.8040009@attorneyross.com> On 1/3/2012 11:38 AM, Larry Weil wrote: > But why is is ?I Heart Radio?? The original campaign with the heart > was ?I Love New York?, with the heart pronounced as ?love?. People > pronouncing this and other campaigns in this way as ?heart? just sound > odd to me. It's because the sticker doesn't say "I Love New York," it says "I New York." People who want to read it accurately, and refer accurately to THAT sticker, and not some other "I Love New York" sticker have no other way to read it. -- 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 wilkinsmg@hotmail.com Fri Jan 6 16:56:54 2012 From: wilkinsmg@hotmail.com (Michael Wilkins) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:56:54 -0500 Subject: I Love (heart) Radio In-Reply-To: References: , <2EEE4553-4EA0-4385-A5BC-30E185DAEE81@rcn.com>, Message-ID: can't really remember when I got this sticker, but it sure was waaay before there was the app... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgwilkins/6649242059 From pbencurrier@hotmail.com Fri Jan 6 18:26:27 2012 From: pbencurrier@hotmail.com (Paul Currier) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:26:27 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> Message-ID: Bill Marlowe. On 1/1/2012 6:01 PM, Don wrote: > I was listening to the Steve Leveille / Scott Fybush interview on the > occaision of WBZ's 90th anniversary. One of the questions was.....who > (what personality/program) brought you to WBZ? > > Myself, as a kid discovering some stations on FM...I found "Rockin' > Stereo 106.7 WBZ-FM". Lots of great songs for a teenager with no > commericals! > > They used to join the AM station for the top of the hour news, (a > tune-out for a teenager!), yet there were times when I would be > cleaning my room or something an left it on through the newscast. > Quite often, WBZ-FM would fail to split off from the AM simulcast for > the news...and would continue to air the programming from AM. > > It wasn't long before my curiosity got me tuning into WBZ AM....and > hearing Dave Maynard doing middays, Test the Teams, Don Batting, > Maurice Lewis doing news, etc. (Was never a fan of Carl....) > > When I got my drivers licence, most cars only ahd an AM radio.....and > when WRKO was into news or spots, and WLLH was doing soemthing I > didn't care for...I would scan the dial...and found Bruce Bradley and > his wit. Thius guy was a riot without even trying! (I cracked up > when he referred to "Honey Lips Bob Raleigh" or Bruce Schweogler as > "Schweggy-poo"!) > > Later in my teenage years, I started discovering "The World of Guy > Manilla" and on Sunday Nights Lovelle Dyett. Both interesting > individuals....who gave me some interest in talkradio. > > I will say that when I had other friends my age in my car, they hated > my selections.... ;-) > > Who brought you to WBZ? > > > > > > From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Jan 6 19:29:35 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:29:35 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) Message-ID: At 6 PM on January 6th, 1982 - WMJX first signed on. Greater Media did not run any commercials for 2 months to give the station traction and they haven't looked back. Thanks for a good 30 years. From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Sat Jan 7 12:34:05 2012 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 12:34:05 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> Message-ID: <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> When I was there Westinghouse didn't care much about the FM-side and ran it by primitive and quirky automation. I honestly think they felt FM was a fad that would pass.Now-consultant and station owner Clark Smidt did the great programming. Greater Media saw an opportunity, paid around three million for it and turned it into WMJX. Some fad Group W!...but I do miss you. I hear from my buddies it's not a fun place to work anymore. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Currier" To: Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? > Bill Marlowe. > > On 1/1/2012 6:01 PM, Don wrote: >> I was listening to the Steve Leveille / Scott Fybush interview on the >> occaision of WBZ's 90th anniversary. One of the questions was.....who >> (what personality/program) brought you to WBZ? >> >> Myself, as a kid discovering some stations on FM...I found "Rockin' >> Stereo 106.7 WBZ-FM". Lots of great songs for a teenager with no >> commericals! >> >> They used to join the AM station for the top of the hour news, (a >> tune-out for a teenager!), yet there were times when I would be cleaning >> my room or something an left it on through the newscast. Quite often, >> WBZ-FM would fail to split off from the AM simulcast for the news...and >> would continue to air the programming from AM. >> >> It wasn't long before my curiosity got me tuning into WBZ AM....and >> hearing Dave Maynard doing middays, Test the Teams, Don Batting, Maurice >> Lewis doing news, etc. (Was never a fan of Carl....) >> >> When I got my drivers licence, most cars only ahd an AM radio.....and >> when WRKO was into news or spots, and WLLH was doing soemthing I didn't >> care for...I would scan the dial...and found Bruce Bradley and his wit. >> Thius guy was a riot without even trying! (I cracked up when he referred >> to "Honey Lips Bob Raleigh" or Bruce Schweogler as "Schweggy-poo"!) >> >> Later in my teenage years, I started discovering "The World of Guy >> Manilla" and on Sunday Nights Lovelle Dyett. Both interesting >> individuals....who gave me some interest in talkradio. >> >> I will say that when I had other friends my age in my car, they hated my >> selections.... ;-) >> >> Who brought you to WBZ? >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Sat Jan 7 22:16:31 2012 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:16:31 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: I wonder if ANY station is a fun place to work anymore. Maybe some non-comms? Although I imagine that the office politics is much worse at the typical non-comm than at the typical commercial station--if there are such things as typical non-comms and typical commercial stations. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Larsen" To: "Paul Currier" ; Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 12:34 PM Subject: Re: Who brought you to WBZ? > Greater Media saw an opportunity, paid around three million for it > and turned it into WMJX. Some fad Group W!...but I do miss you. I > hear from my buddies it's not a fun place to work anymore. > From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Jan 7 23:15:12 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:15:12 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: <4F091850.9010802@attorneyross.com> On 1/7/2012 10:16 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > I wonder if ANY station is a fun place to work anymore. Maybe some > non-comms? Although I imagine that the office politics is much worse > at the typical non-comm than at the typical commercial station--if > there are such things as typical non-comms and typical commercial > stations. I suppose it might still be fun to work at some of the few stations not owned by large corporations -- such as WATD or WJIB/WJTO. Of course, Bob is the only person working at WJIB and WJTO, but I presume he's still having fun. -- 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 kvahey@gmail.com Sat Jan 7 23:20:13 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 23:20:13 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: The days when going to work was fun is long gone. In the 70's and 80's there may have been no better place to work than WSBK but it was destroyed by a series of bad owners. WCVB really took care of their employees and when BBI cashed out to Metromedia they took care of the loyal staff with huge thank you checks. I think WMJX may be the exception as they have had little turnover in 30 years. From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Sat Jan 7 23:33:39 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:33:39 -0600 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: I beg to differ. Yeah, radio is a job and you need to make money.. but I look forward to going to work and have fun everyday. I'd happen to think my listeners agree with me, in fact... they do.. they''ve told me several times they like listening to me because i seem to be having fun. The sales and programming departments here work pretty well together & we get along. We have our ups and downs like any station does, but the owner knows how to treat people and he takes good care of us. 50KW ERP from a tower basically right in/near the Allegheny National Forest near Kane, PA that puts a 52dbu into Olean, NY is nice. But, we focus on our immediately local area first.. and do well. We have fun giving stuff away..... cash, trips to Nashville, a trip to the Superbowl. Alot of things go into making a station a good place to work, a fun place to be...... and we try and make our station a good place to be on and off the air.. for staff, advertisers and listeners alike. Paul On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > The days when going to work was fun is long gone. > > In the 70's and 80's there may have been no better place to work than WSBK > but it was destroyed by a series of bad owners. > > WCVB really took care of their employees and when BBI cashed out to > Metromedia they took care of the loyal staff with huge thank you checks. > > I think WMJX may be the exception as they have had little turnover in 30 > years. > From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Jan 7 23:53:47 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 23:53:47 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: Paul I am happy for your situation. In Boston now there is no local ownership with TV ( WGBH is exempt from this discussion ) Radio you can make a case that Greater Media is locally owned and the people I know who work for them are happy. CBS and Entercom are simply clusters that out of town owners look at. It is brutal out there. On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > I beg to differ. > > Yeah, radio is a job and you need to make money.. but I look forward to > going to work and have fun everyday. I'd happen to think my listeners agree > with me, in fact... they do.. they''ve told me several times they like > listening to me because i seem to be having fun. > > The sales and programming departments here work pretty well together & we > get along. > > We have our ups and downs like any station does, but the owner knows how > to treat people and he takes good care of us. 50KW ERP from a tower > basically right in/near the Allegheny National Forest near Kane, PA that > puts a 52dbu into Olean, NY is nice. But, we focus on our immediately local > area first.. and do well. > > We have fun giving stuff away..... cash, trips to Nashville, a trip to the > Superbowl. > > Alot of things go into making a station a good place to work, a fun place > to be...... and we try and make our station a good place to be on and off > the air.. for staff, advertisers and listeners alike. > > Paul > > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > >> The days when going to work was fun is long gone. >> >> In the 70's and 80's there may have been no better place to work than WSBK >> but it was destroyed by a series of bad owners. >> >> WCVB really took care of their employees and when BBI cashed out to >> Metromedia they took care of the loyal staff with huge thank you checks. >> >> I think WMJX may be the exception as they have had little turnover in 30 >> years. >> > > From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Jan 7 23:51:11 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:51:11 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: <4F0920BF.70909@attorneyross.com> On 1/7/2012 11:33 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > I beg to differ. > > Yeah, radio is a job and you need to make money.. but I look forward to > going to work and have fun everyday. I'd happen to think my listeners agree > with me, in fact... they do.. they''ve told me several times they like > listening to me because i seem to be having fun. > > The sales and programming departments here work pretty well together& we > get along. > > We have our ups and downs like any station does, but the owner knows how to > treat people and he takes good care of us. 50KW ERP from a tower basically > right in/near the Allegheny National Forest near Kane, PA that puts a 52dbu > into Olean, NY is nice. But, we focus on our immediately local area first.. > and do well. It all depends on the leadership you get from the top. This sounds like another individually-owned station, right? -- 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 Sun Jan 8 00:56:53 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 23:56:53 -0600 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: <4F0920BF.70909@attorneyross.com> References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> <4F0920BF.70909@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Yup, we're a standalone 50KW FM in a town of 4000 people and the only station our owner has. On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > On 1/7/2012 11:33 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > I beg to differ. >> >> Yeah, radio is a job and you need to make money.. but I look forward to >> going to work and have fun everyday. I'd happen to think my listeners >> agree >> with me, in fact... they do.. they''ve told me several times they like >> listening to me because i seem to be having fun. >> >> The sales and programming departments here work pretty well together& we >> >> get along. >> >> We have our ups and downs like any station does, but the owner knows how >> to >> treat people and he takes good care of us. 50KW ERP from a tower basically >> right in/near the Allegheny National Forest near Kane, PA that puts a >> 52dbu >> into Olean, NY is nice. But, we focus on our immediately local area >> first.. >> and do well. >> > > It all depends on the leadership you get from the top. This sounds like > another individually-owned station, right? > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 > 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax: 617.507.7856 > Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Jan 8 02:57:27 2012 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:57:27 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? In-Reply-To: References: <84FFCB4221634CD1ACC0B464BF407E80@s20035> <75B903512ECE4DF3ACD63F26E614FF08@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: <4F094C67.1050206@donnahalper.com> On 1/7/2012 10:16 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > I wonder if ANY station is a fun place to work anymore. While many of us like to wax nostalgic about the "good old days," the truth is some stations back then were miserable places to work. To cite several examples: during my radio career, I worked at one major market station where the owner insisted we hire his son, a known drug dealer. I worked at another station where the owner was raking in millions yet refused to give any of us a raise for two years, saying he couldn't afford it. (He could afford two new cars for himself and his wife, however.) And even in my days at WMMS-FM in Cleveland, while it was amazing to meet so many famous rock stars and introduce the fans to a wonderful Canadian rock group (Rush) with whom I am still friends to this day, I was paid much less than the men at the station; and although I was the music director for both the AM and the FM, the General Manager also expected me to type the logs and answer his mail, something none of my male predecessors were ever asked to do. But that said, I loved radio then and I miss it terribly now, despite what has happened to it. And even when the owners were crazy or the pay was low, I always enjoyed being able to entertain the audience. Oh and as for who brought me to WBZ-- Jefferson Kaye and the Hootenanny Show. From cohasset@frontiernet.net Sun Jan 8 08:48:07 2012 From: cohasset@frontiernet.net (Cohasset / Hippisley) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 08:48:07 -0500 Subject: Who brought you to WBZ? Message-ID: When I first started listening to the radio regularly as a teenager in the mid-50s, in Auburn in central NY, my favorite announcer was someone named Roger who did the morning show on Canandaigua's lone AM station. He played a nice mix of pop music, and combined it with just enough patter and an "adult" delivery that teens and parents alike could enjoy his show. Not long after, I thought the "Big 6" that came together at WFBL 1390 in Syracuse were outstanding. Their format was tight and their speaking voices superb. All could have been network-quality newscasters. Some of them, especially Ron Curtis, went on to far greater fame in Syracuse television, and it was my privilege (and pleasure!) to be his record-spinner one summer shortly after he moved over to MOR WHEN 620 to do the 3-6 p.m. drivetime show. In Auburn it was virtually impossible to get the Syracuse stations after sunset. It was then that the top end of the AM band came alive, with WMEX on 1510, WKBW on 1520, I forget what was on 1530 (Cincinnati?), and WPTR 1540 ? all bringing Top 40, Rock & Roll, and Country Rock to my little RCA clock radio. How many times did I wait anxiously for The Hound's signature intro on "KB", hoping to hear the latest release by Elvis? The magic of George Lorenz's unique style, his "disrespect" for the usual rules of PD play lists (who else dared play a new release two or three times in an hour?), and the distinctive modulation added by ionospheric selective fade made those nights magical. Somewhere in the late 50s and early 60s there was a Syracuse DJ by the name of Russ Syracuse; I first heard him on 1260 WNDR, and I thought he was one of the best. Unfortunately, he had some very publicized personal problems and the last I knew he had moved on to Buffalo. Of course, I occasionally listened to Dick Biondi and Tom Shannon and Joey Reynolds (sometimes following one or the other to WLS or other stations), but I thought Russ Syracuse was better than any of them ? perhaps because he wasn't so "off the wall". At college I often listened to Lenny Silver ? not because I cared for his music, but for his between-platters subject matter and his delivery. There was someone on WBOS, I believe, who similarly kept me spellbound one night a week, but I don't remember his name. Of course, for Top Pop and Rock it was mostly WCOP but -- when the wind was blowing from the right direction ? WMEX and Arnie might grace my trusty old clock radio in my East Campus dorm room. When WBZ went Top 40 in the 60s I was delighted ? I could actually receive them reliably ? not only throughout the greater Boston suburbs where I lived and worked, but even on the car radio back in Syracuse when my family and I went "home" for the holidays. In the 80s, when I lived outside Buffalo for a few years, my favorite radio program was an oldies show originating on a Rochester FM station; it was called "The Glory that was Grease", and I believe it ran on Sunday evenings. Later, in the Utica-Rome area in the 90s, I always made a special effort to catch a Friday night oldies request show by Jim Leno on whatever local FM station he happened to be tight with. And one of the best announcing voices I've ever had the pleasure of listening to (every Sunday for years) belonged to Bob Kingsley. To my mind, no one ever did a better job of integrating his/her skills as a DJ with the music as he did, especially in the early years of "American Country Countdown". But of all the DJs I've ever listened to, in my opinion the absolute best was Jefferson Kaye. I loved the timber of his voice, his diction and his delivery, and he had (for me, at least) the unique ability to make me feel like I was an "insider" and part of his family. Along with WBZ AM's commanding signal, Jeff was a major part of what "brought me to WBZ". While I would have preferred working on the radio side of the house, I was happy to be part of the TV side (engineering), just to be part of the "brand". Unfortunately, I never met Jeff in person; he was leaving just as I was arriving. But for me he was the epitome of all that was good about popular music ? not just at WBZ but for the industry as a whole in that era. Bud Hippisley From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jan 8 13:02:22 2012 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:02:22 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) References: Message-ID: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> Kevin Vahey wrote: >At 6 PM on January 6th, 1982 - WMJX first signed on. Worthy of note is that two members of the WMJX airstaff who were there on January 6th 1982 are still there today: Nancy Quill (middays) and David Allan Boucher (nights). Overnighter Michael Burns has been there close to 23 years and Mark Laurence I believe has been there 20-plus years. Candy O'Terry has been there for many years, not sure how many. Other than mornings and afternoons and some weekend staffers, there hasn't been a lot of airstaff turnover, which speaks volumes given the current climate in the broadcasting business these days. Mark Watson From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Jan 8 13:52:43 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:52:43 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) In-Reply-To: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> Message-ID: <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Other than mornings and afternoons and some weekend staffers, there > hasn't been a lot of airstaff turnover, which speaks volumes given > the current climate in the broadcasting business these days. What it says to me is that they have a hugely-successful moneymaker with no debt service, and management are comfortable not messing with a winner. How does that compare to their more-recently acquired stations? 102.5 might be a good comparison, since they've been in the format since the early '90s but had four different facilities (96.9, 105.7, 99.5, and now 102.5), each of which cost much more than 106.7 did back in the early 1980s. -GAWollman From bob.bosra@demattia.net Sun Jan 8 14:25:58 2012 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:25:58 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) In-Reply-To: <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: > > How does that compare to their more-recently acquired stations? 102.5 > might be a good comparison, since they've been in the format since the > early '90s but had four different facilities (96.9, 105.7, 99.5, and > now 102.5), each of which cost much more than 106.7 did back in the > early 1980s. > Depends on how you want to attribute cost: 96.9 subsequently became WTKK 105.7 subsequently became WROR, So would you consider the cost of these facilities to be zero for there current formats? The cost of 102.5 would be the cash outlay + the value of 99.5. It should also be noted that many of the GM personalities on their other properties seems to stay around longer. Loren and Wally were inherited from WVBF and are still there. I think the JW on 102.5 has been around a long time as well. Maybe not so much with WTKK. -Bob > -GAWollman > From ssmyth@psualum.com Sun Jan 8 15:00:52 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 12:00:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) In-Reply-To: <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <1326052852.40803.YahooMailNeo@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> From: Garrett Wollman >How does that compare to their more-recently acquired stations?? 102.5 >might be a good comparison, since they've been in the format since the >early '90s but had four different facilities (96.9, 105.7, 99.5, and >now 102.5), each of which cost much more than 106.7 did back in the >early 1980s. In fairness, Fairbanks launched country on 105.7. Greater picked up? country when they swapped stations with one of Clear Channel's? predecessors (Chancellor? Evergreen? forget which), and then? moved it to 96.9. From paul@derrynh.net Sun Jan 8 16:15:53 2012 From: paul@derrynh.net (Paul Hopfgarten) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:15:53 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) In-Reply-To: <1326052852.40803.YahooMailNeo@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3><20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <1326052852.40803.YahooMailNeo@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0F918199B0354431BD6A1D5E297E8A34@PaulPC> Remember: 96.9 (as WBCS) was country CONCURRENTLY with Evergreen's WKLB (orginially signed on as WCLB in Feb 1994 IIRC) on 105.7. 96.9 was WCDJ (the first of 2 separate non-consecutive stints as Smooth Jazz) and flipped to country WBCS about May 1994?. Boston actually had 2 major signal Country stations with separate owners and programming for (I believe) over 1 year. (I say Major signals because I believe WCAV 97.7 Brockton was still Country at this time as well, but the signal paled in comparison with todays WKAF (//WAAF) that I can pick up at times in the Salem/Derry NH area). Then in the summer of (I want to say) 1996, the 2 stations simulcast as WBCS/WKLB, slowly training the great unwashed radio listener that WKLB was to be on 96.9 96.9 and 99.5 swapped formats later on with WOAZ/Smooth Jazz 99.5 becoming WSJZ/Smooth Jazz 96.9 and 99.5 taking the Country and WKLB calls.. -Paul Hopfgarten Epping NH -----Original Message----- From: Sean Smyth In fairness, Fairbanks launched country on 105.7. Greater picked up country when they swapped stations with one of Clear Channel's predecessors (Chancellor? Evergreen? forget which), and then moved it to 96.9. From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Jan 8 17:16:50 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:16:50 -0500 Subject: UNS: Re: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) In-Reply-To: <0F918199B0354431BD6A1D5E297E8A34@PaulPC> References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <1326052852.40803.YahooMailNeo@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <0F918199B0354431BD6A1D5E297E8A34@PaulPC> Message-ID: <20234.5586.250138.598460@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > 96.9 (as WBCS) was country CONCURRENTLY with Evergreen's WKLB (orginially > signed on as WCLB in Feb 1994 IIRC) on 105.7. When I moved here in 1994, the commercial FM dial looked like this: 92.5 WLYT Haverhill (now WXRV Andover), AC 92.9 WBOS Brookline, AAA 93.7 WCGY Lawrence (now WEEI-FM), which I think was doing classic rock then? 94.5 WJMN Boston (had just started the urban CHR format, IIRC) 95.3 WHRB Cambridge (no change) 96.9 WBCS Boston (now WTKK), country 97.7 WCAV Brockton (now WKAF), country 98.5 WBMX Boston (now WBZ-FM), hot AC (one of the inventors of the format) 99.1 WPLM-FM Plymouth (no change) 99.5 WSSH-FM Lowell (now WCRB), soft AC 100.7 WZLX Boston, classic rock 101.7 WFNX Lynn, "alternative" rock 102.5 WCRB Waltham (now WKLB-FM), classical 103.3 WODS Boston, oldies 104.1 WBCN Boston (now WBMX), rock 105.7 WCLB Framingham (now WROR-FM), country 106.7 WMJX Boston (no change) 107.3 WAAF Worcester (now Westborough), hard rock 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford (no change) So that's four facilities with no significant change in programming over 18 years. Meanwhile, all except 92.5, 95.3, 99.1, and 106.7 have changed ownership at least once. (99.5 I think has the most, Granum to Infinity to Greater to Nassau to WGBH.) -GAWollman From dan.strassberg@att.net Sun Jan 8 17:50:00 2012 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:50:00 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3><20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu><1326052852.40803.YahooMailNeo@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com><0F918199B0354431BD6A1D5E297E8A34@PaulPC> <20234.5586.250138.598460@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <9B5273585BDA483384D527F367A9343F@SatU205S5044> What does UNS mean? (It's at the beginning of the subject field, below.) I looked up the abbreviation/initialism/acronym at acronymfinder.com and the only match to the letters UNS that sounded promising was the word "unsigned." But unsigned does not appear to apply either to Garrett's response or to Paul H's message, to which Garrett was responding. Both of those messages were signed. From the Moderator, of all people, we have a right to expect better than message titles that contain undefined strings of letters. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Wollman" To: "Paul Hopfgarten" Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 5:16 PM Subject: UNS: Re: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) > < said: > >> 96.9 (as WBCS) was country CONCURRENTLY with Evergreen's WKLB >> (orginially >> signed on as WCLB in Feb 1994 IIRC) on 105.7. > > When I moved here in 1994, the commercial FM dial looked like this: > > So that's four facilities with no significant change in programming > over 18 years. Meanwhile, all except 92.5, 95.3, 99.1, and 106.7 > have > changed ownership at least once. (99.5 I think has the most, Granum > to Infinity to Greater to Nassau to WGBH.) > > -GAWollman From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Jan 8 18:13:42 2012 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:13:42 -0500 Subject: UNS: Re: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) In-Reply-To: <20234.5586.250138.598460@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <91CBBEC1684D4CF9AEFF36E84CCFA907@MarkOTS3> <20233.58875.426626.496766@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <1326052852.40803.YahooMailNeo@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <0F918199B0354431BD6A1D5E297E8A34@PaulPC> <20234.5586.250138.598460@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4F0A2326.7040709@donnahalper.com> On 1/8/2012 5:16 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < said: > > >> 96.9 (as WBCS) was country CONCURRENTLY with Evergreen's WKLB (orginially >> signed on as WCLB in Feb 1994 IIRC) on 105.7. >> Yes, Paul recalls the month correctly, but the year was 1993: I am reasonably sure, because I was there. I worked for WCLB when it was still owned by Fairbanks-- I was their consultant and programmed their music for the first year that they were on the air. And later, yes they did change calls to WKLB, sometime in June 1995-- to avoid confusion with WCRB in the Arbitron ratings. Evergreen bought it in mid-October 1995, if my memory serves me! From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Jan 9 02:33:18 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 02:33:18 -0500 Subject: Any ETA when CKGM moves to 690? Message-ID: It has been a couple of months since CKGM was awarded the clear channel 690 in Montreal after convincing the CRTC is was the only way the station could survive. Any ETA when the switch might happen? From scott@fybush.com Mon Jan 9 10:57:01 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:57:01 -0500 Subject: Any ETA when CKGM moves to 690? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F0B0E4D.4060204@fybush.com> On 1/9/2012 2:33 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > It has been a couple of months since CKGM was awarded the clear channel 690 > in Montreal after convincing the CRTC is was the only way the station could > survive. > > Any ETA when the switch might happen? The move will require some pretty extensive construction. Cogeco won't make the former CINF 690 site (the old CFCF/CIQC 600 site at Kahnawahke, south of Montreal) available to anyone else, and the old CBF 690 site at Brossard, east of Montreal, has been dismantled. IIRC, Bell's plan was to put CKGM 690 at the existing CKGM 990 site south of Montreal, but that will require a new phasor at the very least, and probably more than that, because part of the Bell application was a promise to continue to make the existing 990 facilities available to a new licensee, which will be Evanov's "Radio Fierte." That means diplexers and new transmission lines and so on, and that requires some time - you don't buy that stuff off the shelf. I would guess that CKGM on 690 is likely to show up around the time the next Habs season starts in the fall. I'd be surprised to see it happen much sooner. s From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Jan 9 12:31:45 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:31:45 -0500 Subject: Any ETA when CKGM moves to 690? In-Reply-To: <4F0B0E4D.4060204@fybush.com> References: <4F0B0E4D.4060204@fybush.com> Message-ID: I was mildly shocked that the CRTC didn't keep 690 French and 940 English. In any event I think Bell has been running daytime power during Habs games at night as I have heard them several times this season. A friend who lives in Pointe Claire says he can hear the games fine but as soon as the post-game ends the signal drops. From dan.strassberg@att.net Mon Jan 9 12:21:01 2012 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:21:01 -0500 Subject: Any ETA when CKGM moves to 690? References: <4F0B0E4D.4060204@fybush.com> Message-ID: <1101C85656D94455B4326D2CD0A8965A@SatU205S5044> Have you seen the 690 app? Are you sure 690 will be directional? The 990 site has plenty of towers (six), but I'd scarcely call them well suited (either in height, location, or extent of the ground system) for a 690 station. I believe that CINF was directional to the north, though not very. If 690 is going to use the 990 site, it might be best off running ND, which would probably be permitted; IIRC, CBF was ND. However, it would take a designer who is good at, umm, let's call it out-of-the-box approaches and a healthy dose of positive thinking to be able to claim Class A minimum antenna efficiency from 63-degree towers using a sub-standard ground system. I think that the best approach would be a waiver on efficiency, which should be nothing new in Canada. The good news is that, only isolation networks might be required--no new phasor. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fybush" To: Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Any ETA when CKGM moves to 690? > On 1/9/2012 2:33 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: >> It has been a couple of months since CKGM was awarded the clear >> channel 690 >> in Montreal after convincing the CRTC is was the only way the >> station could >> survive. >> >> Any ETA when the switch might happen? > > The move will require some pretty extensive construction. Cogeco > won't make the former CINF 690 site (the old CFCF/CIQC 600 site at > Kahnawahke, south of Montreal) available to anyone else, and the old > CBF 690 site at Brossard, east of Montreal, has been dismantled. > > IIRC, Bell's plan was to put CKGM 690 at the existing CKGM 990 site > south of Montreal, but that will require a new phasor at the very > least, and probably more than that, because part of the Bell > application was a promise to continue to make the existing 990 > facilities available to a new licensee, which will be Evanov's > "Radio Fierte." That means diplexers and new transmission lines and > so on, and that requires some time - you don't buy that stuff off > the shelf. > > I would guess that CKGM on 690 is likely to show up around the time > the next Habs season starts in the fall. I'd be surprised to see it > happen much sooner. > > s From scott@fybush.com Mon Jan 9 12:28:32 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:28:32 -0500 Subject: Any ETA when CKGM moves to 690? In-Reply-To: <1101C85656D94455B4326D2CD0A8965A@SatU205S5044> References: <4F0B0E4D.4060204@fybush.com> <1101C85656D94455B4326D2CD0A8965A@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <4F0B23C0.6050606@fybush.com> On 1/9/2012 12:21 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > Have you seen the 690 app? Are you sure 690 will be directional? Yes and yes. Bell's goal is twofold: put a lot of signal into the West Island area where Montreal's remaining anglos live, and do it cheaply. All of the 690 proposals called for two-tower directionals. The Tietolman-Tetrault-Pancholy app for talk would have used two new towers at the CJMS 1040 site (which is the old CKGM 980 site); Cogeco would have used the CINF site. s From jimduffy75@gmail.com Mon Jan 9 19:30:23 2012 From: jimduffy75@gmail.com (James Duffy) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:30:23 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono Message-ID: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> Hi. To borrow and modify the oldest talk radio Clich?; ?first time emailer, long time reader?. Has any one noticed that WEEI-FM has not been transmitting in stereo for well over a week? Is this temporary in order to rectify technical issues or is Entercom purposely doing this to either improve reception, cut cost or some combination of both? If this is permanent, its very unfortunate because I honestly believe a great part of 98.5 the Sports Hub?s success is derived from producing Patriots and Bruins games in stereo, combined with there use of music to create what I believe is a superior production value. I?m not in the industry at all, but I still follow it passionately, despite how its being slowly brought to the ground each day and I still believe Boston is more fortunate than a lot of cities in both the choice and quality of our radio stations. If WEEI wants to remain competitive and perhaps dominate again, they can learn a lot from the Sports Hub when it comes to both talent and the subtleties of production. Thank you. Jim From francini@mac.com Tue Jan 10 13:17:00 2012 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:17:00 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> Message-ID: Is there really any point to a talk station -- which by definition is a monophonic activity -- broadcasting a stereo pilot? They'll be listenable a lot further out in the fringe areas without it. Maybe they could turn it on for Celtics games and back off again... By the way: what's the real benefit of having game audio in stereo? Unless you're going to mix the sounds from the field/rink/court/diamond so that they're spatially correct (so that, say, if the Bruins are in the right-hand end of the rink all the skating/crashing/player noises come from the right speaker), why bother? "Surround" crowd noise? j On 9 Jan 2012, at 19:30, James Duffy wrote: > Hi. To borrow and modify the oldest talk radio Clich?; ?first time emailer, > long time reader?. > > Has any one noticed that WEEI-FM has not been transmitting in stereo for > well over a week? Is this temporary in order to rectify technical issues or > is Entercom purposely doing this to either improve reception, cut cost or > some combination of both? If this is permanent, its very unfortunate > because I honestly believe a great part of 98.5 the Sports Hub?s success is > derived from producing Patriots and Bruins games in stereo, combined with > there use of music to create what I believe is a superior production value. > > I?m not in the industry at all, but I still follow it passionately, despite > how its being slowly brought to the ground each day and I still believe > Boston is more fortunate than a lot of cities in both the choice and quality > of our radio stations. If WEEI wants to remain competitive and perhaps > dominate again, they can learn a lot from the Sports Hub when it comes to > both talent and the subtleties of production. > > Thank you. > > Jim > From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Jan 10 14:38:04 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:38:04 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> Message-ID: They are still transmitting in HD ( just checked ) On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:30 PM, James Duffy wrote: > Hi. To borrow and modify the oldest talk radio Clich?; ?first time > emailer, > long time reader?. > > Has any one noticed that WEEI-FM has not been transmitting in stereo for > well over a week? Is this temporary in order to rectify technical issues > or > is Entercom purposely doing this to either improve reception, cut cost or > some combination of both? If this is permanent, its very unfortunate > because I honestly believe a great part of 98.5 the Sports Hub?s success is > derived from producing Patriots and Bruins games in stereo, combined with > there use of music to create what I believe is a superior production value. > > I?m not in the industry at all, but I still follow it passionately, despite > how its being slowly brought to the ground each day and I still believe > Boston is more fortunate than a lot of cities in both the choice and > quality > of our radio stations. If WEEI wants to remain competitive and perhaps > dominate again, they can learn a lot from the Sports Hub when it comes to > both talent and the subtleties of production. > > Thank you. > > Jim > > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Jan 10 14:45:23 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:45:23 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> Message-ID: Speaking of HD, I was scanning the dial and noticed I was getting WCCM 1110 Salem NH here in Beverly--and when they did an ID they said they were also on "FM-HD 102.9". Costa Eagle has 102.9 carrying their WNNW 800, and so now they've put their talk from 1110 on 102.9's HD2. (And speaking of Costa Eagle, their 1570 here in Beverly, WNSH, is apparently now "Viva 1570" and that station's website has a pic of the Boston skyline. But the 1570 signal by day does do pretty well along the coast, incl. Boston I would think, if some pirate isn't blocking them!) From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Jan 10 16:00:19 2012 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:00:19 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> Message-ID: <8BDE1B3A-5107-43A0-B79B-3556940C1183@mac.com> On Jan 10, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Speaking of HD, I was scanning the dial and noticed I was getting WCCM > 1110 Salem NH here in > Beverly--and when they did an ID they said they were also on "FM-HD > 102.9". Costa Eagle has 102.9 > carrying their WNNW 800, and so now they've put their talk from 1110 > on 102.9's HD2. HD is coming in here in North Salem, NH, I did have to tweak the rotator to get it in HD. I wonder if I?m the only person listening to the HD-2 at this time. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From sid@wrko.com Tue Jan 10 13:15:19 2012 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:15:19 +0000 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> Message-ID: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> "...I honestly believe a great part of 98.5 the Sports Hub's success is derived from producing Patriots and Bruins games in stereo, combined with there use of music to create what I believe is a superior production value." There is not one single shred of evidence that stereo makes any difference at all to the ratings in primarily spoken-word formats. OTOH, stereo somewhat reduces fringe-area coverage and increases multipath distortion, so for a format where music is not the prime ingredient mono makes much more sense. NOTE: This is my opinion and not that of my employer. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Jan 10 17:33:39 2012 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:33:39 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> The opposing argument is that people tuning past a large number of stations (in the days of analog tuning, anyhow) were conditioned to stop only at stations that lit the stereo indicator, so being in mono reduced a station's number of casual tune-ins. That argument may have been outdated by newer technology, but it would be interesting to know how many ad agencies (never bastions of deep thought) have gotten the word. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Schweiger" To: "boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org" Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:15 PM Subject: RE: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono > "...I honestly believe a great part of 98.5 the Sports Hub's success > is derived from producing Patriots and Bruins games in stereo, > combined with there use of music to create what I believe is a > superior production value." > > There is not one single shred of evidence that stereo makes any > difference at all to the ratings in primarily spoken-word formats. > OTOH, stereo somewhat reduces fringe-area coverage and increases > multipath distortion, so for a format where music is not the prime > ingredient mono makes much more sense. > > NOTE: This is my opinion and not that of my employer. > > Sid Schweiger > IT Manager, Entercom New England > 20 Guest St / 3d Floor > Brighton MA 02135-2040 > From kc1ih@mac.com Tue Jan 10 17:52:45 2012 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:52:45 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: On Jan 10, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > The opposing argument is that people tuning past a large number of > stations (in the days of analog tuning, anyhow) were conditioned to > stop only at stations that lit the stereo indicator, so being in mono > reduced a station's number of casual tune-ins. Some radios that get stereo don?t even have stereo indicators. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Jan 10 19:33:10 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:33:10 -0500 Subject: People in Buffalo rediscovering radio for hockey fix Message-ID: Time-Warner and MSG-Cablevision are at war again and it is really being felt in Buffalo where the hockey team is very popular. MSG vanished from Time-Warner on January 1st So many fans are tuning to radio if not going to a bar that has DirecTV http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/gusto/television/article703465.ece From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jan 10 19:03:22 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:03:22 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <4F0CD1CA.4080802@attorneyross.com> On 1/10/2012 5:52 PM, Larry Weil wrote: > On Jan 10, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > >> The opposing argument is that people tuning past a large number of >> stations (in the days of analog tuning, anyhow) were conditioned to >> stop only at stations that lit the stereo indicator, so being in mono >> reduced a station's number of casual tune-ins. > Some radios that get stereo don?t even have stereo indicators. And people looking for the Patriots game will stop when the hear the game they're looking for, not on every station which lights the stereo indicator. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. 617.367.0468 92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax: 617.507.7856 Boston, MA 02109-2004 http://www.attorneyross.com From billohno@gmail.com Tue Jan 10 20:39:09 2012 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:39:09 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <31d1d754-c829-4dbf-976e-989921983688@email.android.com> WDEV (96.1 Warren) has been in mono, even after its increase a few years ago. I always suspected that was an intentional effort to maximize coverage and given its predominantly news, talk, sports product. They have some great jazz in evenings that would do well in stereo but otherwise it makes sense. Bill O'Neill Larry writes: Some radios that get stereo don?t even have stereo indicators. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From sid@wrko.com Tue Jan 10 21:11:32 2012 From: sid@wrko.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:11:32 +0000 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <4F0CD1CA.4080802@attorneyross.com> References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> <4F0CD1CA.4080802@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C809375@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> "The opposing argument is that people tuning past a large number of stations (in the days of analog tuning, anyhow) were conditioned to stop only at stations that lit the stereo indicator, so being in mono reduced a station's number of casual tune-ins." Maybe when stereo was a novelty, but it hasn't been a novelty for decades now. I'm sure you remember the stereo receivers which could be set to unmute only on stereo stations. Those too are long gone. Again, I can't speak for the company, but I would bet that wasn't even a consideration. Sid Schweiger IT Manager, Entercom New England 20 Guest St / 3d Floor Brighton MA 02135-2040 From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Jan 11 01:19:52 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:19:52 -0500 Subject: People in Buffalo rediscovering radio for hockey fix In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F0D2A08.1010602@attorneyross.com> On 1/10/2012 7:33 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Time-Warner and MSG-Cablevision are at war again and it is really being > felt in Buffalo where the hockey team is very popular. MSG vanished from > Time-Warner on January 1st > > So many fans are tuning to radio if not going to a bar that has DirecTV > > http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/gusto/television/article703465.ece When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. -- 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 Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Wed Jan 11 02:01:12 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:01:12 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <2887A0D435D74F5696BEE5A0E5188257@s20035> > "...I honestly believe a great part of 98.5 the Sports Hub's success is > derived from producing Patriots and Bruins games in stereo, combined with > there use of music to create what I believe is a superior production > value." > > There is not one single shred of evidence that stereo makes any difference > at all to the ratings in primarily spoken-word formats. OTOH, stereo > somewhat > reduces fringe-area coverage and increases multipath distortion, so for a > format where music is not the prime ingredient mono makes much more sense. There is not a shred of evidence for a lot of programming decisions. However, it doesn't stop programmers from deciding if something "helps" or "hinders" attracting audience... Keep in mind that up to 20% of every hour is not the content you would think of when listening to a spoken word station......it's jingles, beds, spots, etc. So making that 20% of the programming sound better is probably more important than worrying about fringe-area coverage. I would vote that having the stereo ligh illuminate is on the plus side of the ledger. Also keep in mind that most fringe area listening does nothing for ratings. >> Maybe when stereo was a novelty, but it hasn't been a novelty for decades >> now. No, it's no longer a novelty...it an expected standard. From mamros@mit.edu Wed Jan 11 08:07:00 2012 From: mamros@mit.edu (Shawn Mamros) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:07:00 -0500 Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C809375@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> References: <000301cccf2f$0b527e70$21f77b50$@com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C808A32@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> <4EAE3214AEC84DA5B941F2E3B81E7E18@SatU205S5044> <4F0CD1CA.4080802@attorneyross.com> <6D618EE163582E43B00A6455F34B29EA0C809375@ENTCOREXMB04.etmcorad.com> Message-ID: <201201111307.q0BD70VZ000972@outgoing.mit.edu> Just curious - does anyone know, for the game broadcasts, do they make at least some effort to have the game audio not be strictly mono? Even if it's just a matter of using two mics instead of one for crowd noise, at least it's something. I know the TV networks seem to put some effort into sending a 5.1 audio mix for the football games, or at least it sounds that way. -Shawn From marklaurence@mac.com Wed Jan 11 11:34:20 2012 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:34:20 +0000 (GMT) Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono In-Reply-To: <201201111307.q0BD70VZ000972@outgoing.mit.edu> Message-ID: <0bb5626c-56be-e370-e906-a7b90d1e8309@me.com> On Jan 11, 2012, at 08:07 AM, Shawn Mamros wrote: I know the TV networks seem to put some effort into sending a 5.1 audio mix for the football games, or at least it sounds that way. ? I think surround-sound stereo crowds make a huge difference in sports broadcasts ?If you're listening on a home theater system as so many people are now, it puts you in the middle of the crowd and amps up the excitement. ?Radio should absolutely use that capability for play by play whenever possible as cars put people in a similar listening? environment. From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Fri Jan 13 00:46:07 2012 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:46:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: WEEI-FM transmitting in Mono Message-ID: <34b.27c72408.3c411f1e@aol.com> Do you want to be in the middle of a crowd while driving? Depending upon the content, that could be worse than texting while driving. Mike In a message dated 1/12/2012 12:01:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: >>I think surround-sound stereo crowds make a huge difference in sports broadcasts ?If you're listening on a home theater system as so many people are now, it puts you in the middle of the crowd and amps up the excitement. ?Radio should absolutely use that capability for play by play whenever possible as cars put people in a similar listening? environment.<< From kvahey@gmail.com Sun Jan 15 21:28:14 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:28:14 -0500 Subject: Sunbeam playing hardball with DirecTV Message-ID: Channel 7 has vanished from DirecTV as Sunbeam wants a 300% increase. Ansin is playing with a straight flush as since NBC has the Super Bowl which could very well have the Patriots in it he just may get what he wants because bar owners will be in a panic. WSVN in Miami is doing the same. http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/tv/2012/01/wsvn-dispute-blacks-out-giants-packers-too.html From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Jan 16 10:28:11 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:28:11 -0500 Subject: Sunbeam playing hardball with DirecTV In-Reply-To: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: DirecTV has a larger percentage of customers in South Florida and Ansin turned down a request to allow the FOX football games to be shown this weekend in Miami. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/idUS345186334520120116 My own feeling is that Ansin will wait a week to see if indeed the Patriots make the Super Bowl. Sports Bars are really caught in the middle here as they all have DirecTV because of the NFL Sunday Ticket monopoly. From m_carney@yahoo.com Mon Jan 16 09:53:40 2012 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:53:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sunbeam playing hardball with DirecTV In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Is it possible that DirecTV can provide an out-of-market or national feed until this is resolved? The article mentions retransmission negotiations with Comcast this summer. I don't know about Fox and the Miami market, but NBC now has options in Boston that weren't available before (during the Leno showdown) should this get ugly. They own WWDP and WNEU along with NECN and CSN so flipping a station and setting up a news department is much easier. WNEU now has a HD channel on Comcast as well. I'm sure the legal department is working on this - it may be time just to pay Ansin off and be done with it. (My usual disclaimer - I work for CSN New England but know no more about this than the general public. All views are my own.) Maureen From wollman@bimajority.org Mon Jan 16 13:11:55 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:11:55 -0500 Subject: Sunbeam playing hardball with DirecTV In-Reply-To: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20244.26731.673465.410428@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > The article mentions retransmission negotiations with Comcast this > summer. I don't know about Fox and the Miami market, but NBC now has > options in Boston that weren't available before (during the Leno > showdown) should this get ugly. Speaking of things that NBC owns, how is it that the local Comcast systems stopped carrying Universal Sports after it was pulled from broadcast at the end of the year? That would seem to be a no-brainer, and presumably a direct feed wouldn't suck nearly as much as WBIN-TV's. Surely it's in Comcast's interest to carry a service that they own 19.6% of. -GAWollman From m_carney@yahoo.com Mon Jan 16 14:09:23 2012 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:09:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sunbeam playing hardball with DirecTV In-Reply-To: <20244.26731.673465.410428@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20244.26731.673465.410428@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <1326740963.24517.YahooMailNeo@web161312.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> To be honest I don't know, but there is a channel listed as "To Be Announced" on 985. Perhaps they're gearing up for HD and putting them there before the Olympics. From dbroda@nycap.rr.com Mon Jan 16 11:05:13 2012 From: dbroda@nycap.rr.com (Douglas Broda) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:05:13 -0500 Subject: Sunbeam playing hardball with DirecTV In-Reply-To: References: <1326725620.55104.YahooMailNeo@web161317.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4F144AB9.8060000@nycap.rr.com> We may get to see how quickly Comcast, Cox and others can install cable in bars. On 1/16/2012 10:28 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > DirecTV has a larger percentage of customers in South Florida and Ansin > turned down a request to allow the FOX football games to be shown this > weekend in Miami. > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/idUS345186334520120116 > > My own feeling is that Ansin will wait a week to see if indeed the Patriots > make the Super Bowl. Sports Bars are really caught in the middle here as > they all have DirecTV because of the NFL Sunday Ticket monopoly. > > -- Douglas J. Broda Attorney at Law Post Office Box 239 Troy, New York 12182 (518) 272-0580 Fax (518) 237-0949 NOTE: I do not regularly read emails from this account, other than those sent to mailing lists to which I subscribe, in order to minimize spam. If you need to reach me other than via a mailing list, please feel free to call me or use my regular business email address, which is the first letter of my first name plus my middle initial plus my last name at nycap.rr.com (which is stated that way to avoid spambots). From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jan 22 08:40:49 2012 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:40:49 -0500 Subject: Longtime "Mediterranean Melodies" Host Bill Themelis Has Passed Message-ID: <72DEBABC3F6A48F5BBA71C2CE9D0C45D@MarkOTS3> Bill Themelis, host of the long running Merrimack Valley radio show "Mediterranean Melodies" passed away on Friday according to the Lowell Sun. Themelis started the show on WLLH in June 1966 and when the show's run ended there in 1999 when the station was sold to Mega, Themelis took the show over to U Mass Lowell's WUML, where despite his health issues, the program continued with the help of his daughter and a friend. Link to the Lowell Sun obituary: http://www.lowellsun.com/obituaries Mark Watson From wilkinsmg@hotmail.com Sun Jan 22 10:13:29 2012 From: wilkinsmg@hotmail.com (Michael Wilkins) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:13:29 -0500 Subject: Longtime "Mediterranean Melodies" Host Bill Themelis Has Passed In-Reply-To: <72DEBABC3F6A48F5BBA71C2CE9D0C45D@MarkOTS3> References: <72DEBABC3F6A48F5BBA71C2CE9D0C45D@MarkOTS3> Message-ID: > From: markwats@comcast.net > > Bill Themelis, host of the long running Merrimack Valley radio show "Mediterranean Melodies" passed away on Friday according to the Lowell Sun. Sad to hear... I used to run his tapes during my stint at WLLH in the late 80's... as I recall, he produced the show in his basement on that super-thin Realistic 1/4" tape. Met him several times, as he dropped off the reels. Several years later, I unexpectedly ran into his daughter at Mr. Music (Allston) while purchasing tickets to an event. She gave me her card, I noticed her name, and a wonderful conversation began! Always glad he found a home at WJUL/WUML after the WLLH sale. "Who me? I'm Bill Themelis!" Mike From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Jan 22 13:43:57 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:43:57 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes Message-ID: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> I've noted some changes on the air at WBZ that seem to have escaped note here.... 1) It looks like Rod Fritz and Laurie Kirby are now the permanent anchors of the mid-day shift. I think this is the first time they've actually had a sufficiently consistent anchor team on middays to make promos for that shift since Jay McQuaide left some years ago. 2) They are no longer using the Gary LaPierre-voiced legal ID, although the new ID (about half a second shorter) is still being buried between two spots about a minute before the top. 3) They are running the "CBS Evening News" audio from 6:30 to 7:00 -- a move so idiotic it must have come from CBS corporate. Not only is the TV nightly news not written or produced for radio, 6:30 is still well within the bounds of PM drive-time for many of us. If I'm lucky enough to get out of work early, I want to hear traffic, weather, and news, in that order, not some four-minute thumbsucker piece on the economy that I can't even properly understand because of the missing pictures. 4) In general, I feel like I'm hearing a lot less of Mike Coleman's voice and production style. Thoughts, anyone? -GAWollman From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Jan 22 13:57:57 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:57:57 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes In-Reply-To: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: I was pretty sure WBZ radio had simulcast the CBS Evening News for some time (and I agree with you). I did a web search and find it went back to July of 2006: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/business/media/17cbs.html In that article it was said that at least the first segment of the newscast would be available, to some owned stations such as WBZ 1030 and also other affiliates, and it quotes a CBS exec as saying: "?Our goal on Sept. 5 is that whether you?re in your car, on your computer, commuting, listening on your cell phone, or, God forbid, at home watching television, that the CBS news will be available to you.? This goes back to the debut of Katie Couric I believe. From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jan 22 15:12:32 2012 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:12:32 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes References: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <752B136C72F0427B98AA1C3FBAD20E4D@MarkOTS3> Garrett Wollman wrote: > I've noted some changes on the air at WBZ that seem to have escaped note > here.... I've noticed that past couple of Saturday afternoons the anchors have been Art Cohen & Mike Macklin, and they have no weekend PM sports reporter, the news anchor also handles the :15 & :45 sports updates. I believe there hasn't been a weekend PM sports person for some time now, and IIRC the weekend anchor slots weren't consistent either. In addition to less Mike Coleman, it seems J.J. Wright's recorded liners have vanished from WBZ. I also heard last Sunday morning in the 11:00 hour a financial talk show, likely brokered time, an 1-800 call in number. They did a 5 minute newscast at 11:30 then rejoined the talk show. I did not know they were now carrying the full 30 minutes of the "CBS Evening News". They had been carrying the first segment of the news. I believe WCBS radio also carries the first segment of the "Evening News" I agree that TV audio of a newscast is not always easy to be properly appreciated without the pictures, yet it didn't stop WCAP from recently adding a simulcast of WCVB's weekday Noon news to it's schedule. Mark Watson From irw@well.com Sun Jan 22 15:11:56 2012 From: irw@well.com (Blaine Thompson) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:11:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: WBZ changes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1601965405.1839.1327263116099.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: bri@bostonradio.org Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:57:57 PM Subject: Re: WBZ changes > This goes back to the debut of Katie Couric I believe. Yes, Ms. Couric debuted on air: 5 September 2006. From scott@fybush.com Sun Jan 22 15:22:01 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:22:01 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes In-Reply-To: References: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4F1C6FE9.4050603@fybush.com> On 1/22/2012 1:57 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > I was pretty sure WBZ radio had simulcast the CBS Evening News for > some time (and I agree with you). The simulcast of the first segment of the newscast dates back to 2006, yes; the simulcast of the entire half-hour is much more recent. s From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sun Jan 22 17:43:38 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:43:38 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes References: <1601965405.1839.1327263116099.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> Message-ID: >> This goes back to the debut of Katie Couric I believe. > > Yes, Ms. Couric debuted on air: 5 September 2006. But they never ran the whole show until 7....just the top story(s)...8-10 minutes or so. Are they running the whole half hour program now? > From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sun Jan 22 17:43:38 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:43:38 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes References: <1601965405.1839.1327263116099.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> Message-ID: >> This goes back to the debut of Katie Couric I believe. > > Yes, Ms. Couric debuted on air: 5 September 2006. But they never ran the whole show until 7....just the top story(s)...8-10 minutes or so. Are they running the whole half hour program now? > From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Jan 22 21:32:47 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:32:47 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes In-Reply-To: <4F1C6FE9.4050603@fybush.com> References: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4F1C6FE9.4050603@fybush.com> Message-ID: <20252.50895.421902.383706@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > The simulcast of the first segment of the newscast dates back to 2006, > yes; the simulcast of the entire half-hour is much more recent. It started the first or second week of this month, I think. I remember hearing a promo for it a couple of weeks ago, and thinking I was going to post about it that evening, but forgot. -GAWollman From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Jan 22 23:44:16 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:44:16 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes In-Reply-To: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <20252.22765.283371.634000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <4F1CE5A0.70802@attorneyross.com> On 1/22/2012 1:43 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote: > 3) They are running the "CBS Evening News" audio from 6:30 to 7:00 -- > a move so idiotic it must have come from CBS corporate. Not only is > the TV nightly news not written or produced for radio, 6:30 is still > well within the bounds of PM drive-time for many of us. If I'm lucky > enough to get out of work early, I want to hear traffic, weather, and > news, in that order, not some four-minute thumbsucker piece on the > economy that I can't even properly understand because of the missing > pictures. I've noticed this when, occasionally, I've been in my car and tuned to WBZ at that hour. I was surprised because it reminded me of the old CBS sound of 50 years ago on WEEI. It seemed to make sufficient sense to me, and I never realized it was the TV evening news. I note that they've been simulcasting "60 minutes" on radio for years. -- 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 Jan 26 14:45:28 2012 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:45:28 -0500 Subject: Music of your Life on 1360, 1470 overnights? Message-ID: <20120126194529.223690@gmx.com> An article on radio-info.com says a deal has been made to place the standards music format known as "Music Of Your Life" on Multicultural Broadcasting stations in several markets including Boston. It would run overnight; "(T)his appears to be a brokered situation between Music of Your Life and Arthur Liu" http://www.radio-info.com/news/music-of-your-life-to-appear-on-top-20-market-stations-of-multicultural-gro Multicultural owns WAZN 1470 Watertown and WLYN 1360 Lynn. Music of Your Life used to run on WXKS 1430... bumper stickers would say "Music Of Your Life" with a "heart" around the "your". "Where the stars play the stars." From TwoDals@aol.com Fri Jan 13 21:10:22 2012 From: TwoDals@aol.com (TwoDals@aol.com) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:10:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: Recording radio shows Message-ID: <7491f.4b1396d1.3c423e0e@aol.com> I was interested to read the responses to the Tune-In Radio app thread. I got the app last summer and was able to record my favorite overnight radio show, The Steve Leveille Broadcast. That lasted for about two weeks, then CBS pulled the plug on the app. My question is this: How can I record Steve's show on either my iphone or ipad? I've checked out a couple of the apps mentioned. Will ootunes record it? I really can't stay up all night to listen and I really enjoy his show. Darn sleep! Thanks in advance! From eunicet@comcast.net Sat Jan 14 16:03:52 2012 From: eunicet@comcast.net (Eunice) Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:03:52 -0500 Subject: Symphony Sid Message-ID: <38CEB8B52C4F46A08FAA696B2F98D1B2@EuniceHP> I Am Looking For Boston Radio Broadcasts From The Early 1950?s With Symphony Sid...R&B,Jazz And Gospel...I Was A Daily Listener. eunicet@comcast.net From karenmctrotsky@gmail.com Mon Jan 16 00:15:57 2012 From: karenmctrotsky@gmail.com (Karen McTrotsky) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:15:57 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) Message-ID: Would WMJX have survived 30 years had CBS not blown up WEEI-FM? I think not. In the beginning, WMJX was more vocals-based BM than the soft AC you hear today, closer to the younger end of the WSSH-WHUE-WJIB demo. EEI-FM was cooler then than WMJX is today and took some chances with the playlist and even had one of the great jingle packages of modern times. There's a special ring of Hades for CBS programmers who do things like dump the successful products on the company's Boston and New York O & Os. WMRQ indeed. From shelcom@yahoo.com Mon Jan 16 14:50:17 2012 From: shelcom@yahoo.com (Eric Scott) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:50:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: DirecTV/NBC Message-ID: <1326743417.99454.YahooMailClassic@web111302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> DirecTV is providing NBC service from WNBC New York during the WHDH dispute on channel 392. There goes Sunbeam's Super Bowl ace in the hole From lglavin@mail.com Sun Jan 22 15:02:55 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:02:55 -0500 Subject: WBZ changes Message-ID: <20120122200255.12130@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Garrett Wollman >Sent: 01/22/12 01:43 PM >To: bri@bostonradio.org >Subject: WBZ changes >I've noted some changes on the air at WBZ that seem to have escaped >note here.... >1) It looks like Rod Fritz and Laurie Kirby are now the permanent >anchors of the mid-day shift. I think this is the first time they've >actually had a sufficiently consistent anchor team on middays to make >promos for that shift since Jay McQuaide left some years ago. >2) They are no longer using the Gary LaPierre-voiced legal ID, >although the new ID (about half a second shorter) is still being >buried between two spots about a minute before the top. >3) They are running the "CBS Evening News" audio from 6:30 to 7:00 -- >a move so idiotic it must have come from CBS corporate. Not only is >the TV nightly news not written or produced for radio, 6:30 is still >well within the bounds of PM drive-time for many of us. If I'm lucky >enough to get out of work early, I want to hear traffic, weather, and >news, in that order, not some four-minute thumbsucker piece on the >economy that I can't even ! properly understand because of the missing >pictures. >4) In general, I feel like I'm hearing a lot less of Mike Coleman's >voice and production style. >Thoughts, anyone? >-GAWollman A few tiumes this past week, Mary Blake did the midday news and stated that she was sitting in for Laurie Kirby. (If a person stands while he or she delivers the news, is that person still "sitting in"?; well you said you wanted "thoughts. You didn't say they had to be cogent). On a station with a primarily "news reader" format, who cares who the "reader" is? A couple of months ago, I mentioned that the great Dave Faneuf is now doing weekday mornings at WBUR most of the time. But on days when somebody else is doing the news inserts and other work during that shift, people don't ordinarily say they're sitting in for Dave. Another development\non-developmeent at WBZ-AM: first they went non-IBOC, and then a few days later, they're at it again. Some have reported that the station sounded better dur! ing the period when it was off. Maybe marginally on my BEST AM radio, the GE portable that doesn't seem to be a Superradio, but behaves like one; it's the receiver I used to pick up LTAR on WJIB eons ago (sigh). From rbello@belloassoc.com Thu Jan 26 23:52:26 2012 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:52:26 -0500 Subject: DirecTV/NBC In-Reply-To: <1326743417.99454.YahooMailClassic@web111302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1326743417.99454.YahooMailClassic@web111302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The AP reported this evening that Sunbeam and DirecTV have resolved their "dispute over fees" On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Eric Scott wrote: > DirecTV is providing NBC service from WNBC New York during the WHDH > dispute on channel 392. There goes Sunbeam's Super Bowl ace in the hole > From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Jan 27 00:11:38 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:11:38 -0500 Subject: DirecTV/NBC In-Reply-To: References: <1326743417.99454.YahooMailClassic@web111302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: http://www.boston.com/Boston/businessupdates/2012/01/directv-sunbeam-agreement-reached/GvaKrDm12nhITdCYz3wdDM/index.html On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Ron Bello wrote: > The AP reported this evening that Sunbeam and DirecTV have resolved their > "dispute over fees" > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Eric Scott wrote: > > > DirecTV is providing NBC service from WNBC New York during the WHDH > > dispute on channel 392. There goes Sunbeam's Super Bowl ace in the hole > > > From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Fri Jan 27 01:52:39 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:52:39 -0500 Subject: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) References: Message-ID: <503F02788D7748DFBDFC25D2371222EF@s20035> > Would WMJX have survived 30 years had > CBS not blown up WEEI-FM? I think > not. WEEI-FM was a station a lot of people felt passionately about. Talented staff (who left to go onto other things), great imagery, cool, creative and hip...and while they may have had a couple of "pretty good books"....they were never taking the market by storm. They probably made money for CBS...as they ran it on the cheap. However, the format was dumped because WMJX came on and took all their ratings away. WEEI was focused on a niche audience and played a lot of unknown titles....while WMJX did a lot of research, and focused on playing people's favorite soft rock songs. More of a mass-appeal soft-rock station. WEEI-FM while enjoyed by many....could not survive as a soft-rock station against a station that research and marketed itself as well as WMJX did. I think WSSH was more of a "vocal based AC"...Magic was never a Beautiful Music station. --- On Mon, 1/16/12, Karen McTrotsky wrote: > From: Karen McTrotsky > Subject: Re: Happy 30th Birthday WMJX (Magic 106.7) > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Date: Monday, January 16, 2012, 12:15 AM > Would WMJX have survived 30 years had > CBS not blown up WEEI-FM? I think > not. > > In the beginning, WMJX was more vocals-based BM than the > soft AC you hear > today, closer to the younger end of the WSSH-WHUE-WJIB demo. > EEI-FM was > cooler then than WMJX is today and took some chances with > the playlist and > even had one of the great jingle packages of modern times. > > There's a special ring of Hades for CBS programmers who do > things like dump > the successful products on the company's Boston and New York > O & Os. > > WMRQ indeed. > From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Jan 27 11:28:33 2012 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:28:33 -0500 Subject: Another sports talk simulcast: ESPN 1410 on 97.9 Windsor Locks Message-ID: <20120127162833.223710@gmx.com> This morning Clear Channel began to simulcast WPOP 1410 (ESPN) Hartford on WPKX 97.9, now licensed to Windsor Locks. (They may be testing at half power). The station had run country, which moved last month to WRNX 100.9 Amherst. The move comes just a week before a N.Y. Giants/N.E. Patriots Super Bowl, with other events like the NHL All Star Game also on deck. I presume that the 97.9 will carry Yankees games, etc. as WPOP does. WPOP had been a pop music station years ago, and one DJ, known as Dale Denver, is heard these days under what I believe is his real name: WEEI's Mike Adams. WPKX had been licensed to Enfield but now the COL is Windsor Locks (where much if not all of Bradley Field is located). For a time, ESPN had an "experimental" station, WX4ESPN, at 98.1 on their Bristol CT "campus". That apparently has been shut down, I hear, as the 98.1 is definitely in the "new" contour of the 97.9 signal. http://www.979espn.com/main.html No word if 1410 will remain the same or change to a different format (talk? Premiere hosts?) From chris2526@comcast.net Sat Jan 28 00:51:43 2012 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:51:43 -0500 Subject: MOYL Message-ID: <9E640B31DE874056A7655613C46F4A12@chrisHP> According to Taylor on Radio it is no a brokered deal, it is a joint venture between MOYL and Arthur Liu From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Sat Jan 28 07:01:29 2012 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:01:29 -0500 Subject: Fw: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 Message-ID: THIS DAY IN HISTORY DAILY EMAILThis was the worst day in my life as a radio news anchor. I went on the air at 11:30 and did the usual blah, blah, fill until the launch.There was monitor in the news booth so we could see what our TV station was airing. I could also hear the TV audio in my headphones. When it blasted off I noticed all of the ice falling off the booster rockets and saying "something doesn't look right." Then the explosion came and I knew this was a tragedy. The news director said she wanted me to stay with the story all afternoon. I repeatedly had to watch the whole launch/explosion sequence over and over and say ,"If you are just joining us...". By 6pm I was exhausted and an emotional wreck. To this day I can't watch the explosion on anniversary days such as this. I'm curious to know were you were and what you were doing at the time? January 28: 1986: Challenger explodes At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space... . . From irw@well.com Sun Jan 29 15:47:06 2012 From: irw@well.com (Blaine Thompson) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:47:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> That day, I was home and ill with pneumonia (I was in elementary school). I watched the launch in the "family room" from the edge of my parents hide-a-bed (sofa) That was the first day I heard my mother "swear." (My father was away at work) - Blaine From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Jan 29 17:59:12 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:12 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> References: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> Message-ID: I was scheduled for an interview with the MBTA in downtown Boston. This was a couple years after graduating from college. After the interview, I had a quick sub over at Captain Nemo's in Kenmore Sq. and they had the shuttle explosion coverage (CNN) on the TV. Overheard on subway back to Wonderland: "Well, they're not going to have that lesson in space after all." It was sunny but very cold, bitter chill...as it was in Florida. The science/space museum in Concord, NH is named after Christa McAuliffe and also Alan Shepherd. McAuliffe's saying was: "I touch the future. I teach!" At the museum, on the walls there are cartoons of McAuliffe and Shepherd talking to each other while wearing space suits on the moon. Reportedly there were many schools that had kids watching the launch live as part of learning; after the explosion ("obviously a major malfunction") teachers, etc. had to deal with a traumatic experience for their students. From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Sun Jan 29 22:05:54 2012 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:05:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I was in fourth grade, and we were actually not watching the shuttle launch in our class.? It was just a normal day at school, but then the receptionist from the school office came over the PA system and announced that there was an accident with the space shuttle, but little more (at least that's all I remember).? I didn't find out until I got home from school that evening exactly what happened, and the magnitude of it.? A day or so later, they announced a moment of silence over the PA system at school for the space shuttle disaster... ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Matt Osborne ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Rotterdam, NY ________________________________ From: Ted Larsen To: Ted Larsen Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 7:01 AM Subject: Fw: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 THIS DAY IN HISTORY DAILY EMAILThis was the worst day in my life as a radio news anchor. I went on the air at 11:30 and did the usual blah, blah, fill until the launch.There was monitor in the news booth so we could see what our TV station was airing. I could also hear the TV audio in my headphones. When it blasted off I noticed all of the ice falling off the booster rockets and saying "something doesn't look right." Then the explosion came and I knew this was a tragedy. The news director said she wanted me to stay with the story all afternoon. I repeatedly had to watch the whole launch/explosion sequence over and over and say ,"If you are just joining us...". By 6pm I was exhausted and an emotional wreck. To this day I can't watch the explosion on anniversary days such as this. I'm curious to know were you were and what you were doing at the time?? ? ? ? January 28: 1986: Challenger explodes ? ? ? At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space...? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Jan 29 23:12:13 2012 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:12:13 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> On 1/29/2012 10:05 PM, Matthew Osborne wrote: > I was in fourth grade, and we were actually not watching the shuttle launch in our class. > I remember exactly where I was-- in Providence RI, consulting WLKW, which was then beautiful music. There were TV monitors in the newsroom and somebody came running out to tell us (we were in a meeting-- the GM, the airstaff, etc.) Needless to say, the meeting didn't matter that much after we heard the terrible news. From dave@skywaves.net Sun Jan 29 23:56:31 2012 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:56:31 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: References: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> Message-ID: <001c01ccdf0b$88dd4aa0$9a97dfe0$@skywaves.net> Hard to believe it's been 26 years. I was in my office outside Chicago. Somebody heard that there was a problem with the launch, so we found a TV to turn on. This was probably a half hour afterwards. The first shot we saw was a close-up shortly after the launch. I saw that blowtorch of gas escaping from the SRB and figured out right away that it was probably not the "Go for Throttle-Up" command that doomed the mission and the people aboard. Then we saw a replay of the panoramic view of the explosion with the SRBs heading off on their own, and I thought "Oh my God, this is the 'Teacher In Space' launch. There are children watching this." I developed an instant appreciation for the situation the teachers were in. This was a moment for a President to bring the nation together, and Reagan did it well. That night was to be a triumphant State of the Union address, but he postponed that, and simply spoke from the Oval Office in words crafted beautifully by Peggy Noonan, concluding with the obvious words from John Gillespie, Jr.'s "High Flight." But in the end, it turned out to be all about hubris. Godspeed, Sharon Christa McAuliffe. -d From scott@fybush.com Sun Jan 29 23:58:20 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:58:20 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> References: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <4F26236C.9020700@fybush.com> On 1/29/2012 11:12 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 1/29/2012 10:05 PM, Matthew Osborne wrote: >> I was in fourth grade, and we were actually not watching the shuttle >> launch in our class. > > I remember exactly where I was-- in Providence RI, consulting WLKW, > which was then beautiful music. There were TV monitors in the newsroom > and somebody came running out to tell us (we were in a meeting-- the GM, > the airstaff, etc.) Needless to say, the meeting didn't matter that much > after we heard the terrible news. That's my cue to tell my beautiful music story...I was ordering lunch at the fast-food place around the corner from my high school, and they normally had WEZO (101.3, now WRMM) on the PA system. But that day, there was news, instead, and it took me a few minutes to figure out it was WEZO doing news and reporting the shuttle tragedy. I booked it back to school and spent the rest of the day watching the TV in the back hallway of the library. Much later, I ended up working with (actually, replacing!) the guy who was doing the news on WEZO that day...but that's another story. s From wilkinsmg@hotmail.com Mon Jan 30 00:20:25 2012 From: wilkinsmg@hotmail.com (Michael Wilkins) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:20:25 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> References: , <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Right now looking at a 1/4" reel that I started rolling at the WJUL studios on that day. I know it's an AP feed, but cannot remember if it is radio or television audio. For the record, I started it some length of time after the actual disaster, but not exactly sure when. I'll put it up for download - there's about an hours worth - if there's a wish to have it for archive purposes. Just let me know. Mike From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Jan 29 23:57:46 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:57:46 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> References: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <4F26234A.7020107@attorneyross.com> On 1/29/2012 11:12 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > I remember exactly where I was-- in Providence RI, consulting WLKW, > which was then beautiful music. There were TV monitors in the > newsroom and somebody came running out to tell us (we were in a > meeting-- the GM, the airstaff, etc.) Needless to say, the meeting > didn't matter that much after we heard the terrible news. I was in my office, with WCRB on the radio as usual. When I heard about the Challenger explosion, I turned on the ond black and white television that I had in my office at the time. I think I watched the TV until it was time to go home. -- 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 kvahey@gmail.com Mon Jan 30 00:10:14 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:10:14 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> References: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: I was in Chicago and how the local stations reacted was horrific. On that freezing cold Tuesday in Chicago ( it was below zero ) the Chicago Bears were having their parade after winning the Super Bowl. NONE of the local stations mentioned the Challenger until the parade was over as WBBM, WMAQ, WLS and WGN were all covering the parade. I had no clue what had happened until a Cambridge friend called me. Gary Deeb went ballistic in the paper and it came out that the stations did not want to lose the ad revenue from the parade since they had already sent the crews out. Chicago was only then getting wired for cable and for most CNN was not an option. Management at its worse. From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Jan 30 01:13:18 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:13:18 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <001c01ccdf0b$88dd4aa0$9a97dfe0$@skywaves.net> References: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> <001c01ccdf0b$88dd4aa0$9a97dfe0$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: <4F2634FE.3090001@attorneyross.com> On 1/29/2012 11:56 PM, Dave Doherty wrote: > This was a moment for a President to bring the nation together, and Reagan > did it well. That night was to be a triumphant State of the Union address, > but he postponed that, and simply spoke from the Oval Office in words > crafted beautifully by Peggy Noonan, concluding with the obvious words from > John Gillespie, Jr.'s "High Flight." It was, and President Reagan hit one out of the park. But if not for the imperative to launch in time for that triumphant State of the Union address, they would never have launched in such cold weather, with the known danger of the O-rings not holding. > But in the end, it turned out to be all about hubris. > Godspeed, Sharon Christa McAuliffe. And Gregory Bruce Jarvis, Ronald Ervin McNair, Ellison Shoji Onizuka, Judith Arlene Reznik, Michael John Smith, and Francis Richard Scobee. -- 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 kvahey@gmail.com Mon Jan 30 02:45:06 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:45:06 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <4F2634FE.3090001@attorneyross.com> References: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> <001c01ccdf0b$88dd4aa0$9a97dfe0$@skywaves.net> <4F2634FE.3090001@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I have never blamed the President for that but that disaster happened because of all the layers of government. What is really sad is that Columbia in 2003 was doomed with the same bureaucratic layers. The techs knew but no manager along the chain of command could stop the doomed re-entry. We complain about the FCC but they are efficient compared to NASA. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:13 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > On 1/29/2012 11:56 PM, Dave Doherty wrote: > > This was a moment for a President to bring the nation together, and Reagan >> did it well. That night was to be a triumphant State of the Union address, >> but he postponed that, and simply spoke from the Oval Office in words >> crafted beautifully by Peggy Noonan, concluding with the obvious words >> from >> John Gillespie, Jr.'s "High Flight." >> > > It was, and President Reagan hit one out of the park. But if not for the > imperative to launch in time for that triumphant State of the Union > address, they would never have launched in such cold weather, with the > known danger of the O-rings not holding. > > > But in the end, it turned out to be all about hubris. >> > > > Godspeed, Sharon Christa McAuliffe. >> > > And Gregory Bruce Jarvis, Ronald Ervin McNair, Ellison Shoji Onizuka, > Judith Arlene Reznik, Michael John Smith, and Francis Richard Scobee. > > > -- > 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 atolz@comcast.net Mon Jan 30 09:12:46 2012 From: atolz@comcast.net (Alan Tolz) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:12:46 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 References: <1327892754.20051.YahooMailNeo@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4F26189D.3030803@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <82135F5BC0304BA4A0D3B8CABE8580B7@mediacenter> I was at WRKO, then at 3 Fenway Plaza, in what was the Harvard Community Health Plan building, doing some research for on the Jerry Williams show guests for that day at 2 PM...I heard John Masters with a news bulletin on the in-house monitor. We cancelled the guest appearance, and that afternoon Jerry took calls for four hours about the Challenger tragedy, interspersed with experts we could find in real time. Back in that day, there was no e-mail, so we called around to find MIT professors, NASA folks on Houston, and anyone else who was expert in space technology. We didn't know what "O-Rings" were at that time, but we would soon learn about them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Matthew Osborne" Cc: "Ted Larsen" ; Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 > On 1/29/2012 10:05 PM, Matthew Osborne wrote: >> I was in fourth grade, and we were actually not watching the shuttle >> launch in our class. >> > > I remember exactly where I was-- in Providence RI, consulting WLKW, which > was then beautiful music. There were TV monitors in the newsroom and > somebody came running out to tell us (we were in a meeting-- the GM, the > airstaff, etc.) Needless to say, the meeting didn't matter that much > after we heard the terrible news. > From Kaimbridge@gmail.com Mon Jan 30 11:12:34 2012 From: Kaimbridge@gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:12:34 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] Re: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 Message-ID: <4F26C172.4010509@Gmail.com> It was my first day interning at WMJX/WMEX (then at 330 Stuart St), in the production department under Peter Fenstermacher (IIRC, Peter Smyth was still just head of the sales dept.), and I was inquiring about ?where was the newsroom, again?? (it was literally a closet! P=). Lana Jones and Rod Fritz (I *think* he was already there by then) were in the news dept. (I don't remember if it was Rod or someone else anchoring that morning), when someone came rushing through, "Everyone out of the newsroom area, the Challenger just exploded!". I remember all of the station secretaries were standing around, glued to the TV monitor (I think CBS was on with live coverage). One of the things that stand out in memory of that day was heading home that afternoon at South Station (taking the train back to Dean Jr. College in Franklin) around 5pm and seeing a special edition of the Globe scattered all over the (old) South Station train lobby (back when The Big Dig was just starting to make a mess over there!). ~Kaimbridge~ ----- Wikipedia?Contributor Home Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From mamros@mit.edu Mon Jan 30 12:49:10 2012 From: mamros@mit.edu (Shawn Mamros) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:49:10 -0500 Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 In-Reply-To: <4F2634FE.3090001@attorneyross.com> References: <1446003903.1069.1327870026900.JavaMail.root@zimbra.well.com> <001c01ccdf0b$88dd4aa0$9a97dfe0$@skywaves.net> <4F2634FE.3090001@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <201201301749.q0UHnATb004595@outgoing.mit.edu> I was hanging out at WMBR in between classes (I was a sophomore then) when one of the DJs told me he had heard from a caller that Challenger had exploded. I remember he had tears in his eyes when he said it. My own reaction was one of stunned semi-disbelief. I ran to find the closest news source I could find - a boombox in the office, which I tuned to (pretty sure it was) WBZ. (We used to have an AP wire - in fact, we probably had one of the last of the JFK-era(*) Teletype machines in operation as late as 1985 or so - but had just recently discontinued the service as it was eating up almost half of our operating budget at that point.) We relayed some information from there as best we could. Ron McNair did his Ph.D. work at MIT, and I know of at least one WMBR/WTBS alum who knew him while he was there. Appropriately, one of the buildings housing the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics was renamed in his honor. (*) I call it that because I've seen our old AP machine's twin at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, in a display that also showed some of the actual wire copy from "that day". -Shawn From ewerme@comcast.net Mon Jan 30 20:31:34 2012 From: ewerme@comcast.net (Ric Werme) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:31:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 Message-ID: <20120131013134.75EFC6CF93@c-24-91-225-190.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> [Non-radio guy still mostly lurking] I grew up with the manned space program - I stayed in from grade school recess to listen to the radio-over-PA-system of Alan Shepard's suborbital flight. The evening after the announcement of Christa McAuliffe's choice as teacher-in-space, she flew back to Manchester, so I joined the motley crew of well-wishers who showed up to great her. (Our crowd included two people from the Highlander Inn who brought bagpipes.) The morning of the launch I was home watching on WMUR. After liftoff, I relaxed - no more risk of "holds" - as all the previous launches had gone well. My first thought at the moment of the explosion was that it was a rather messy SRB separation, then I realized it wasn't time for that event, and around the mention of "major malfunction" I had realized what had happened. I called into work to tell them I wasn't going in and watched the coverage for a while, fully expecting that on one of the replays I'd see the Challenger emerge from the cloud, but it never did. -Ric Werme From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Tue Jan 31 06:44:38 2012 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:44:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: [B-R-I] Re: Challenger explodes-January 28, 1986 Message-ID: <448a.f7194dc.3c592e26@aol.com> I recall that day very well and can still see it exploding over and over again. I was at NBC in their satellite area and it was just a routine launch. When it exploded everyone knew what was to follow. They immediately cut to the ground and the families staring up into space smiling. They stayed with them until it was announced that it had in fact exploded. TV stations back then did not have spare anything especially tape machines so none of them recorded it. So we had on transponder dedicated to the explosion video over and over again for over three hours until everyone had it. I went home with the thought of "explode, rewind, explode, rewind, explode......". Mike In a message dated 1/30/2012 12:01:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: >>>Everyone out of the newsroom area, the Challenger just exploded!".<<< From laurincj@yahoo.com Mon Jan 30 18:19:37 2012 From: laurincj@yahoo.com (Conrad Laurin) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:19:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: Ned French and Ken Spaulding Message-ID: <1327965577.18886.YahooMailClassic@web161402.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Does anyone have any new updates or info about Ned French or Ken Spaulding. I worked with both of these fine gentlemen in New Hampshire in the mid 80s. The both of them became good friends. I was working at WKBR when Ken passed away. I closed my show that night with Buddy Rich's recording of Big Swing Face which had become Ken's theme song for his Big Bands & Jazz program.