"It's the programming, stupid!"

[Dan.Strassberg]

WESX and WJDA had full-service formats and, despite being a daytimer
(on 1190) back then, so did WKOX. IIRC, WKOX moved to 1200 and went
full-time (10 kW-D/1 kW-N DA-N) in August or September 1981. Shortly
thereafter, a hurricane took down one of WKOX's brand new 440'
guy-wire top-loaded towers, forcing the station to drastically reduce
its night power until the tower could be replaced.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hall" <aerie.ma@comcast.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@tsornin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 8:24 AM
Subject: RE: "It's the programming, stupid!"


> It was still WHIL-FM at the time, with the FM antenna still in
> Medford, so
> it didn't get out as far as WXKS-FM does now from the Pru.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On
> Behalf Of
> Bob DeMattia
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:53 AM
> To: boston-radio-interest@tsornin.bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: "It's the programming, stupid!"
>
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>> * 107.9 still country*
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> I recall 107.9 was WWEL trying to complete against WJIB with
> beautiful
> music. I don't ever remember it being country.
>
>
> To make the picture more complete, you could also add the dozens of
> local
> /1kw stations like WJDA and WESX  that are now satellite fed and/or
> brokered.  These stations may never have been tops in the ratings
> but in
> local communities, their ratings were pretty good.
>
>
> -Bob
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