From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Fri Nov 2 12:52:19 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:52:19 -0400 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ Message-ID: Something to pick your brains... What word (or words) would you use to describe a good discjockey. No long explanations...but is there a single word (or more) you would use to describe what makes a good DJ? i.e...something like 'real' Thoughts? From lspin@comcast.net Fri Nov 2 14:26:45 2012 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:26:45 -0400 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001201cdb927$9d4880d0$d7d98270$@net> A good DJ makes you feel as though he/she is talking to you. -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:52 PM To: B-R-I Subject: Criteria for a good DJ Something to pick your brains... What word (or words) would you use to describe a good discjockey. No long explanations...but is there a single word (or more) you would use to describe what makes a good DJ? i.e...something like 'real' Thoughts? From aerie.ma@comcast.net Fri Nov 2 15:06:21 2012 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:06:21 -0400 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <73DAB83BEE6045F69922B51EDF52280F@AX229443> Intelligence, Warmth, Sense of Humor, Personality. Although he might have resented being called a disc jockey, Jess Cain is the best example of all of these. -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:52 PM To: B-R-I Subject: Criteria for a good DJ Something to pick your brains... What word (or words) would you use to describe a good discjockey. No long explanations...but is there a single word (or more) you would use to describe what makes a good DJ? i.e...something like 'real' Thoughts? From billohno@gmail.com Fri Nov 2 15:40:50 2012 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:40:50 -0400 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <509421C2.2020104@gmail.com> Engaged. Bill O'Neill On 11/02/2012 12:52 PM, Don wrote: > Something to pick your brains... > > What word (or words) would you use to describe a good discjockey. > > No long explanations...but is there a single word (or more) you would > use to describe what makes a good DJ? > > i.e...something like 'real' > > Thoughts? > > > > > From rac@gabrielmass.com Fri Nov 2 18:30:54 2012 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:30:54 -0400 Subject: Has CBC gone pirate? Message-ID: <5094499E.2010203@gabrielmass.com> The CBC has been shutting down its transmitter site at Sackville, NB, over the past few weeks since it ended the shortwave broadcasts of Radio Canada International, and its one remaining broadcast from the site may possibly be operating without a licence. CBC took a 10% budget cut for 2012 but got even with the government by making an 80% budget cut in the international service RCI. As a result, it cut RCI's operations down to one weekly web radio show in five languages and dropping two languages altogether (Russian and Portuguese). After RCI shortwave ended in June, Sackville transmitters stayed active to fulfill contracts with other international broadcasters whose programs were relayed via CBC antennas. Now that those broadcasts have ended, technicians have started dismantling equipment, leaving just two transmitters and two antennas for the CBC Nord Quebec service on 9625 kHz. That service may actually be an illegal pirate operation at the moment: the CRTC revoked CBC's shortwave licence effective November 1, since CBC plans to replace the Nord Quebec shortwave service with a collection of 50-watt FM transmitters in northern villages. CRTC granted that application for a license and revoked the Sackville shortwave license, effective November 1. http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-602.htm However, as of yesterday, the 9625 kHz channel was still active, since the new FMs aren't operational yet, and may not be installed and tested for several weeks. More info at: http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=13869 Sadly, the tear-down may not have been necessary: upstart broadcaster PCJ Media, based in Taipei and run by a Canadian expat, expressed interest in leasing the facility as a relay service for hire, and figured it could turn a profit within a couple of years. --RC From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sat Nov 3 02:38:34 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 02:38:34 -0400 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ References: Message-ID: I'll add one: Authentic From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Nov 4 01:12:05 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 01:12:05 -0400 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20629.63781.21002.710966@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Something to pick your brains... > What word (or words) would you use to describe a good discjockey. > No long explanations...but is there a single word (or more) you would use to > describe what makes a good DJ? > i.e...something like 'real' > Thoughts? Not speaking for myself, but most of the people I see regularly would say "silent", or at least "unobtrusive". Sad, I know, but the younger generation does not want to "connect" with the people on the "other side of the radio", they want to be passively entertained, and look for their social connections elsewhere. -GAWollman From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Sun Nov 4 16:34:51 2012 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 16:34:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: Criteria for a good DJ Message-ID: <9de5.4a182396.3dc8397a@aol.com> The younger generation cannot communicate with each other one-on-one. They speak in "text". Mike In a message dated 11/4/2012 12:01:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: >>"Sad, I know, but the younger generation does not want to "connect" with the people on the "other side of the radio", they want to be passively entertained, and look for their social connections elsewhere."<<< From gspatola@q.com Sun Nov 4 19:08:05 2012 From: gspatola@q.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 16:08:05 -0800 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unique. Articulate (regarding topics besides just music and pop culture). Glenn Spatola From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Nov 4 20:28:58 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 20:28:58 -0500 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: <9de5.4a182396.3dc8397a@aol.com> References: <9de5.4a182396.3dc8397a@aol.com> Message-ID: <20631.5722.565110.541369@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < The younger generation cannot communicate with each other one-on-one. They > speak in "text". I hear your prejudices speaking. Do you actually know any of "the younger generation" aside from your own relatives? -GAWollman From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Nov 5 00:11:00 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:11:00 -0500 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: <20631.5722.565110.541369@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <9de5.4a182396.3dc8397a@aol.com> <20631.5722.565110.541369@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <50974A64.7020105@attorneyross.com> On 11/4/2012 8:28 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < >> The younger generation cannot communicate with each other one-on-one. They >> speak in "text". > > I hear your prejudices speaking. Do you actually know any of "the > younger generation" aside from your own relatives? I have known a number of them as clients, as relatives and friends of relatives, as well as the law students that I meet when I judge moot court at my law school. They certainly speak to me in articulate and fluent English, though I'm not sure how they communicate with one another. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D.|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856|http://www.attorneyross.com From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Nov 5 03:28:11 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 03:28:11 -0500 Subject: Criteria for a good DJ In-Reply-To: <20631.5722.565110.541369@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <9de5.4a182396.3dc8397a@aol.com> <20631.5722.565110.541369@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: My son turns 21 in January and we text daily - I have not talked to him on the phone in over 2 years. I pay his cellphone bill and he has over 5,000 rollover minutes. I live in Inman Sq - I see people texting all the time but seldom talking on phone, On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < > > The younger generation cannot communicate with each other one-on-one. > They > > speak in "text". > > I hear your prejudices speaking. Do you actually know any of "the > younger generation" aside from your own relatives? > > -GAWollman > From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Mon Nov 5 16:47:35 2012 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:47:35 -0500 (EST) Subject: Criteria for a good DJ Message-ID: <18ae1.317e1186.3dc98df6@aol.com> Yes I do. I teach TV at my local community college. Mike In a message dated 11/5/2012 12:01:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes: >>>I hear your prejudices speaking. Do you actually know any of "the younger generation" aside from your own relatives?<<< From TVNETDUDE@aol.com Mon Nov 5 16:48:56 2012 From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:48:56 -0500 (EST) Subject: Criteria for a good DJ Message-ID: <18b98.3a5563b8.3dc98e47@aol.com> Kevin, I hear your prejudices speaking. Mike In a message dated 11/5/2012 3:28:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kvahey@gmail.com writes: My son turns 21 in January and we text daily - I have not talked to him on the phone in over 2 years. I pay his cellphone bill and he has over 5,000 rollover minutes. I live in Inman Sq - I see people texting all the time but seldom talking on phone, On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Garrett Wollman <_wollman@bimajority.org_ (mailto:wollman@bimajority.org) > wrote: < The younger generation cannot communicate with each other one-on-one. They > speak in "text". I hear your prejudices speaking. Do you actually know any of "the younger generation" aside from your own relatives? -GAWollman From lglavin@mail.com Mon Nov 5 15:08:31 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:08:31 -0500 Subject: Bob Bittner To Enter World Of FM Radio Message-ID: <20121105200831.163980@gmx.com> According to Allaccess.com. Bob Bittner's Blue Jey ("Jey"?; that's how THEY spell it) ) Broadcasting is buying FM translator W252BT in Freeport, ME to rebroadcast his WJTO-AM in Bath, ME. So now Bob is entering the world of FM radio broadcasting. What's next? He gets a color TV? From lglavin@mail.com Mon Nov 5 14:36:55 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:36:55 -0500 Subject: WBZ-TV/My TV Promo on WBUR Radio Message-ID: <20121105193655.163990@gmx.com> This strikes me as a little bit odd: twice this morning (Monday, Election Day Eve, if you don't include early voting states, which leads to the question: will any networks report from Dixville Notch, NH, which used to host the EARLIEST voting in the US) there were two underwriting acknowledgements on WBUR Radio promoting the voting results first at WBZ-TV then during Prime Time on MyTV 38 until 10:00 or 11:00 pm. When not running these messages, WBUR was also promoting ITS coverage of the voting results. WBUR doesn't say it explicitly, but I guess they mean: if you're getting your voting results from RADIO, listen to us; if you're getting them from TV, then go to channels "4" and "38". From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Nov 13 16:20:04 2012 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:20:04 -0500 Subject: Any hints on how to log into what used to be radio-info.com? Message-ID: I know that the boards at radio-info.com have been changed to radiodiscussions.com. However, boards.radio-info.com continued to work until today. I've tried many variations on radiodiscussions.com, for example: http://boards.radiodiscussions.com and http://www.boards.radiodiscussions.com, but nothing seems to work any longer. Anybody know how to log in? Thanks. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 From sids1045@aol.com Tue Nov 13 17:37:45 2012 From: sids1045@aol.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:37:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: Any hints on how to log into what used to be radio-info.com? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CF9006A298146C-15AC-4A97A@webmail-m126.sysops.aol.com> http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php -----Original Message----- From: Dan.Strassberg To: Boston Radio Interest Sent: Tue, Nov 13, 2012 5:36 pm Subject: Any hints on how to log into what used to be radio-info.com? I know that the boards at radio-info.com have been changed to radiodiscussions.com. However, boards.radio-info.com continued to work until today. I've tried many variations on radiodiscussions.com, for example: http://boards.radiodiscussions.com and http://www.boards.radiodiscussions.com, but nothing seems to work any longer. Anybody know how to log in? Thanks. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Nov 13 17:38:42 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:38:42 -0500 Subject: Any hints on how to log into what used to be radio-info.com? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A simple http://radiodiscussions.com/ works for me and always has since the change. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > I know that the boards at radio-info.com have been changed to > radiodiscussions.com. However, boards.radio-info.com continued to work > until > today. I've tried many variations on radiodiscussions.com, for example: > http://boards.**radiodiscussions.com and > http://www.boards.**radiodiscussions.com, > but nothing seems to work any > longer. Anybody know how to log in? Thanks. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Nov 13 18:15:44 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:15:44 -0500 Subject: Any hints on how to log into what used to be radio-info.com? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The board seems to be broken - no new messages in 3 hours. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > A simple http://radiodiscussions.com/ works for me and always has since > the > change. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Dan.Strassberg >wrote: > > > I know that the boards at radio-info.com have been changed to > > radiodiscussions.com. However, boards.radio-info.com continued to work > > until > > today. I've tried many variations on radiodiscussions.com, for example: > > http://boards.**radiodiscussions.com >and > > http://www.boards.**radiodiscussions.com< > http://www.boards.radiodiscussions.com>, > > but nothing seems to work any > > longer. Anybody know how to log in? Thanks. > > > > ----- > > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > > > > From chris2526@comcast.net Thu Nov 15 17:22:29 2012 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:22:29 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction Message-ID: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than their I phone anymore. From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Nov 15 23:29:32 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:29:32 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction In-Reply-To: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> Message-ID: <50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> On 11/15/2012 5:22 PM, Chris Hall wrote: > Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being > blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials > for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than > their I phone anymore. Assuming they knew what was going on, what could they do about it? Tampering with paid commercials is a serious no-no in commercial broadcasting. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D.|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856|http://www.attorneyross.com From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Fri Nov 16 00:32:55 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:32:55 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction In-Reply-To: <50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> <50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: And it's likely 5 Hour Energy was a sponsor of Judge Judy that Judge Judy show was broadcasting ,since they sold the sponsorship... likely, there was nothing WBZ could do as they had no control of an ad that wasn't theirs. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > On 11/15/2012 5:22 PM, Chris Hall wrote: > > Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news >> that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being >> blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally >> programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials >> for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths >> WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than >> their I phone anymore. >> > > Assuming they knew what was going on, what could they do about it? > Tampering with paid commercials is a serious no-no in commercial > broadcasting. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D.|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004 > 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856|http://www.attorneyross.**com > > From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Nov 16 02:21:18 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:21:18 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction In-Reply-To: References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> <50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Station traffic departments are pretty clueless in 2012 compared to 30-50 years ago. There was a time when stations had to log every commercial ( network/local) by hand in real time but that hasn't been the case for 30 years. Boston is lucky ( for now ) as the major TV stations still have a local master control. WFXT will soon ( if not already ) switch to the FOX hub in Nevada and CBS has been rumored to move O&O masters to Pittsburgh. A couple of months ago WPRI - Providence needed to go live on a major story but the override from Springfield failed. Bottom line in radio-TV is Mr. Computer can always find wok. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > And it's likely 5 Hour Energy was a sponsor of Judge Judy that Judge Judy > show was broadcasting ,since they sold the sponsorship... likely, there was > nothing WBZ could do as they had no control of an ad that wasn't theirs. > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM, A Joseph Ross >wrote: > > > On 11/15/2012 5:22 PM, Chris Hall wrote: > > > > Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news > >> that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being > >> blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally > >> programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials > >> for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths > >> WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than > >> their I phone anymore. > >> > > > > Assuming they knew what was going on, what could they do about it? > > Tampering with paid commercials is a serious no-no in commercial > > broadcasting. > > > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D.|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004 > > 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856|http://www.attorneyross.**com< > http://www.attorneyross.com> > > > > > From chris2526@comcast.net Fri Nov 16 03:19:00 2012 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:19:00 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction In-Reply-To: References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP><50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <391AA63D6F934393B0CFC9EB71BA19A9@chrisHP> Giving the subject further thought these were only scheduled avails and most likely not paid in advance spots, what if the station went off the air they would only be required to do make goods. These days agencies seldom pay for 60-90 days. In reality WBZ-TV would have been saving 5 Hour Energy major humiliation not running a spot adjacent to a news story saying their product kills its users. From: Kevin Vahey Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 2:21 AM To: Paul B. Walker, Jr. Cc: A Joseph Ross ; Boston Radio ; Chris Hall Subject: Re: Stranger than fiction Station traffic departments are pretty clueless in 2012 compared to 30-50 years ago. There was a time when stations had to log every commercial ( network/local) by hand in real time but that hasn't been the case for 30 years. Boston is lucky ( for now ) as the major TV stations still have a local master control. WFXT will soon ( if not already ) switch to the FOX hub in Nevada and CBS has been rumored to move O&O masters to Pittsburgh. A couple of months ago WPRI - Providence needed to go live on a major story but the override from Springfield failed. Bottom line in radio-TV is Mr. Computer can always find wok. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: And it's likely 5 Hour Energy was a sponsor of Judge Judy that Judge Judy show was broadcasting ,since they sold the sponsorship... likely, there was nothing WBZ could do as they had no control of an ad that wasn't theirs. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > On 11/15/2012 5:22 PM, Chris Hall wrote: > > Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news >> that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being >> blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally >> programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials >> for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths >> WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than >> their I phone anymore. >> > > Assuming they knew what was going on, what could they do about it? > Tampering with paid commercials is a serious no-no in commercial > broadcasting. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D.|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004 > 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856|http://www.attorneyross.**com > > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Nov 16 11:51:15 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:51:15 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 Message-ID: Current evening host for the Sports Hub, Damon Amendolara, will do overnights on the new CBS Sports Radio network to premiere in January. WBZ-FM will be among the affiliates. http://www.cbsradio.com/single-press/1876 Other affiliates are in places like Dallas, Houston, Phil.,D.C., Baltimore, Charlotte, and Cleveland. There are rumors prog talker KFNQ (formerly KPTK) Seattle, owned by CBS, will be part of this network. Also I note it says "WFNZ Charlotte". This may be the station with the famed calls WBCN (1660); not sure. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Nov 16 12:21:50 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:21:50 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 In-Reply-To: <1353085800.54162.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1353085800.54162.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Who knows; I posed the idea to Mark of Boston Radio Watch who replied in a tweet,."93.7 would be a good place for him. Not sure if marketing agreement ESPN on 850 prevents them from airing competitor(Fox) on FM" Picture WEEI picking up JT--maybe put it on FM while the AM runs ESPN. Does 98.5 have room for both CBS Sports and Fox? JT's show starts at 1 am; you could think WBZ-FM might carry 1-2 am only. But CBS Sports probably has content for mid-2 am slot they can run. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Sean Smyth wrote: > Bob Nelson wrote: >>Current evening host for the Sports Hub, Damon Amendolara, will do >>overnights on the new CBS Sports Radio network to >>premiere in January. WBZ-FM will be among the affiliates. >> >>http://www.cbsradio.com/single-press/1876 > > > I guess this means that J.T. the Brick is going over to WEEI overnights. From ssmyth@psualum.com Fri Nov 16 12:10:00 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:10:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1353085800.54162.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Bob Nelson wrote:? >Current evening host for the Sports Hub, Damon Amendolara, will do >overnights on the new CBS Sports Radio network to >premiere in January. WBZ-FM will be among the affiliates. > >http://www.cbsradio.com/single-press/1876 I guess this means that J.T. the Brick is going over to WEEI overnights.? From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Nov 16 12:32:47 2012 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:32:47 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction In-Reply-To: References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> <50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: On Nov 16, 2012, at 2:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > WFXT will soon ( if not already ) switch to the FOX hub in Nevada This happened about two years ago. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From francini@mac.com Fri Nov 16 13:19:42 2012 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:19:42 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From the press release: ?D.A. is an all-star in Boston, and his energy and understanding of the sports world will no doubt translate to a national platform,? If he's such an all-star, why is he getting relegated to the overnight dungeon? I for one will really miss him from 6-11/7-midnight. It doesn't say if he'll keep the Mothership gig he's got now; I'm betting he won't. Boston's loss. Damn. On 16 Nov 2012, at 11:51, Bob Nelson wrote: > Current evening host for the Sports Hub, Damon Amendolara, will do > overnights on the new CBS Sports Radio network to > premiere in January. WBZ-FM will be among the affiliates. > > http://www.cbsradio.com/single-press/1876 > > Other affiliates are in places like Dallas, Houston, Phil.,D.C., > Baltimore, Charlotte, and Cleveland. There are rumors > prog talker KFNQ (formerly KPTK) Seattle, owned by CBS, will be part > of this network. Also I note it says "WFNZ > Charlotte". This may be the station with the famed calls WBCN (1660); not sure. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Nov 16 15:12:09 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:12:09 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Going national, even for the graveyard shift. There may be fewer listeners in that slot but he will have a nationwide forum. And yes he will not do the evening shift on 98.5 but another host will claim it and who knows... From francini@mac.com Fri Nov 16 15:23:41 2012 From: francini@mac.com (John Francini) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:23:41 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <03B14A93-23FE-45AD-949F-D92F7475C4E1@mac.com> yeah, I suppose. National exposure is national exposure. So who might it be in his slot? The return of Ted Nation? :-) j On 16 Nov 2012, at 15:12, Bob Nelson wrote: > Going national, even for the graveyard shift. There may be fewer > listeners in that slot but he will have a nationwide forum. > And yes he will not do the evening shift on 98.5 but another host will > claim it and who knows... From scott@fybush.com Fri Nov 16 16:13:32 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:13:32 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50A6AC7C.8060208@fybush.com> On 11/16/2012 11:51 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Also I note it says "WFNZ > Charlotte". This may be the station with the famed calls WBCN (1660); not sure. > Nope..."WBCN" is on 1660 doing talk. WFNZ is the sports station on 610, which was Big WAYS back in the day. For a while, 1660 was WFNA, doing sports in parallel with 610 (some simulcasting, some breakaways with separate programming.) s From Cdsull502@aol.com Fri Nov 16 16:22:45 2012 From: Cdsull502@aol.com (Cdsull502@aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:22:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye Message-ID: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> _Click here: Former WBZ DJ Jeff ?Jefferson? Kaye Has Passed Away ? CBS Boston_ (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/16/former-wbz-dj-jeff-jefferson-kaye-has-passed-away/) >From the WBZ website---a great talent Chris Sullivan CdSull502@aol.com From markwa1ion@aol.com Fri Nov 16 17:26:04 2012 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (Mark Connelly) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:26:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye Message-ID: <8CF9260802BD62B-9D0-1E90A@webmail-d009.sysops.aol.com> Jeffy Kaye's Sunday evening "Hootenanny" show on WBZ (roughly 1963-1966) was an essential part of the soundtrack of my Arlington High School life, as well as of those of several classmates / friends. The show was one of the first places that featured the likes of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Jim Kweskin's Jug Band, Tom Rush, Mimi & Richard Farina, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Dave Van Ronk, Chris Smithers, Mark Spoelstra, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Odetta, and so many more. Besides the great (and thoroughly knowledgeable) coverage of the best US and Canadian folk, blues, and bluegrass talent, there was some decent Celtic representation as well - outstanding acts including Paddie Bell / Corrie Folk Trio, the Chieftains, and Clancy & Makem. Along with Bruce Bradley, Dick Summer, Dave Maynard, and Carl DeSuze, Kaye was a vitally important personage on the WBZ '60s "dream team": the gold standard of all time in Boston broadcasting. Mark Connelly South Yarmouth, MA << Former WBZ DJ Jefferson Kaye Has Passed Away CBS Boston_ (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/16/former-wbz-dj-jeff-jefferson-kaye- has-passed-away/) >From the WBZ website---a great talent Chris Sullivan CdSull502@aol.com >> From markwats@comcast.net Fri Nov 16 17:10:44 2012 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:10:44 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP><50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <5BE2B06766644062A1290B12F4C11184@MarkOTS3> Kevin Vahey wrote: >Station traffic departments are pretty clueless in 2012 >compared to 30-50 >years ago. Occasionally you will hear WBZ Radio's "Subaru Dealers of New England Traffic On The 3's" sponsored by Toyota. I've heard it a couple of times in recent months. Also seen every now and then on TV: back to back ads for competing car manufacturers, dealers and furniture stores. Back in the day it was a no-no for radio or TV stations to do such. Mark Watson From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Nov 16 17:06:12 2012 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:06:12 -0500 Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye In-Reply-To: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> References: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> Message-ID: <50A6B8D4.9060900@donnahalper.com> On 11/16/2012 4:22 PM, Cdsull502@aol.com wrote: > _Click here: Former WBZ DJ Jeff ?Jefferson? Kaye Has Passed Away > What a shame. I knew he had been ill, but it's always sad to learn that another hero of my childhood is no longer with us. I used to love listening to his "Hootenanny" show. He introduced me (and other listeners) to a lot of really great local folksingers. From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Fri Nov 16 17:52:03 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:52:03 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction In-Reply-To: <5BE2B06766644062A1290B12F4C11184@MarkOTS3> References: <911C482705B9426383FF0960F4BF8DBC@chrisHP> <50A5C12C.80306@attorneyross.com> <5BE2B06766644062A1290B12F4C11184@MarkOTS3> Message-ID: Where I work, back to back ads for the same type of business are a no no and almost never ever ever happen.. we are very vigilant of that. Paul On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Mark Watson wrote: > Kevin Vahey wrote: > > > Station traffic departments are pretty clueless in 2012 >compared to >> 30-50 years ago. >> > > Occasionally you will hear WBZ Radio's "Subaru Dealers of New England > Traffic On The 3's" sponsored by Toyota. I've heard it a couple of times in > recent months. > > Also seen every now and then on TV: back to back ads for competing car > manufacturers, dealers and furniture stores. Back in the day it was a no-no > for radio or TV stations to do such. > > Mark Watson > > > > From markwats@comcast.net Fri Nov 16 17:26:40 2012 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:26:40 -0500 Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye References: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> Message-ID: <74311593BCCD49C7A39BC5A9605756CC@MarkOTS3> Chris Sullivan wrote: >Former WBZ DJ Jeff ?Jefferson? Kaye Has Passed Away After WBZ, Jeff went on to WKBW Buffalo where he was part of their 1968 "War Of The Worlds" broadcast. Later he went on to be the voice of NFL Films and for years he did the intros to WPVI Philadelphia's "Action News". Another great WBZ Radio talent gone, RIP Jefferson Kaye. Mark Watson From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Nov 16 17:38:09 2012 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:38:09 -0500 Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye In-Reply-To: <8CF9260802BD62B-9D0-1E90A@webmail-d009.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CF9260802BD62B-9D0-1E90A@webmail-d009.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <50A6C051.6000506@donnahalper.com> On 11/16/2012 5:26 PM, Mark Connelly wrote: > Jeffy Kaye's Sunday evening "Hootenanny" show on WBZ (roughly > 1963-1966) was an essential part of the soundtrack of my Arlington > High School life, as well as of those of several classmates / friends. > The show was one of the first places that featured the likes of Bob > Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Jim Kweskin's Jug Band, Tom Rush, Mimi > & Richard Farina, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Dave Van Ronk, > Chris Smithers, Mark Spoelstra, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Buffy > Sainte-Marie, Odetta, and so many more. He also played some great Ian and Sylvia songs (back when they were still together); and then there was a non-folk song that sounded as if it should have been-- by a group called Pearls Before Swine, "Another Time"-- Jefferson played it and it became a local hit. The leader of the group, Tom Rapp, was shocked at how popular the song was thanks to WBZ's airplay. Jefferson was first to play an acoustic version of what became a big favorite for Tom Rush, "Urge for Going," and Tom did a special version of the song that Jefferson used as his outro, "On the Road Again." From raccoonradio@mail.com Fri Nov 16 16:52:48 2012 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:52:48 -0500 Subject: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 Message-ID: <20121116215248.82190@gmx.com> OK, thanks; I did see a press release back when Ferrall was hired (dated October) and I think it said that show would air on both "WFNZ" and "WBCN" and I thought it meant WBCN was changing its calls but I didn't know if that was another station (610 as you say). So it is. --Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Fybush Sent: 11/16/12 04:13 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: Amendolara to do overnights on CBS Sports Radio including 98.5 On 11/16/2012 11:51 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Also I note it says "WFNZ > Charlotte". This may be the station with the famed calls WBCN (1660); not sure. > Nope..."WBCN" is on 1660 doing talk. WFNZ is the sports station on 610, which was Big WAYS back in the day. For a while, 1660 was WFNA, doing sports in parallel with 610 (some simulcasting, some breakaways with separate programming.) s From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Nov 17 03:19:57 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:19:57 -0500 Subject: Any hints on how to log into what used to be radio-info.com? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: They had technical snafus including messages appearing and disappearing (see the Ask Radio Discussions board) and briefly went off so they could fix them (complete with the "test pattern") From gspatola@q.com Sat Nov 17 02:46:41 2012 From: gspatola@q.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:46:41 -0800 Subject: RIP Jefferson Kaye In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <773B7D1F04B146439CCB799FDCB1F663@HomePC> Here's a more complete obit from Buffalo. http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121117/CITYANDREGION01/121119266/1116 Jeff used the name "JK the DJ" on his earliest shows at WBZ. He was one of my favorites both at BZ and at WKBW in Buffalo. I'm sure many of you remember the now classic aircheck of his first show on KB where he gave the WBZ call letters a couple of times. He was one of the most creative minds in radio, both as an on-air talent and program director, and it was sad to hear of his passing. Glenn > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:22:45 -0500 (EST) > From: Cdsull502@aol.com > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye > Message-ID: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > _Click here: Former WBZ DJ Jeff ?Jefferson? Kaye Has Passed Away ? CBS > Boston_ > (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/16/former-wbz-dj-jeff-jefferson-kaye-has-passed-away/) > >>From the WBZ website---a great talent > > Chris Sullivan > CdSull502@aol.com > Time"-- Jefferson played it and it became a local hit. The leader of > the group, Tom Rapp, was shocked at how popular the song was thanks to > WBZ's airplay. Jefferson was first to play an acoustic version of what > became a big favorite for Tom Rush, "Urge for Going," and Tom did a > special version of the song that Jefferson used as his outro, "On the > Road Again." > From lglavin@mail.com Fri Nov 9 14:30:42 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:30:42 -0500 Subject: Will Eagle Broadcasting Leave Radio? Message-ID: <20121109193042.103090@gmx.com> The Lawrence, Mass Eagle-Tribune newspaper is in the process of a major layoff (21 people from a not very large staff). The paper is also part-owner of Costa-Eagle broadcasting, owner of WCCM-AM 1110 in Salem, NH; WCEC-AM 1490 in Haverhill, MA; WNNW-AM 800 in Lawrence, MA (plus a translator at 102.9 FM); and WNSH-AM 1570 in Beverly, MA. Radio is not a core business for a newspaper publisher. Prices for mostly-AM properties will never be higher. Would the Eagle half of the enterprise wish to divest itself of these properties to raise cash? WNSH-AM has an application to boost WNSH-AM to 50K. Would that go by the wayside because of a cash crunch? Are there desirable facilities here for someone? (WCAP-AM 980 Lowell to buy the 102.9 translator and move it to Lowell). National syndicate Salem Communications has announced it's in the market for new radio-station purchases. Is it full-up in Eastern Massachusetts. My question-mark key has stopped working. From lglavin@mail.com Thu Nov 15 18:33:06 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:33:06 -0500 Subject: Stranger than fiction Message-ID: <20121115233306.103080@gmx.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Hall Sent: 11/15/12 05:22 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Stranger than fiction Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than their I phone anymore. On Current TV, there are numerous commercials for candy bars (perhaps by the same manufacturer). But there are also numerous spots for a blood-suger-level reader for diabetics, or perhaps for people who just want to KNOW their blood sugar level. I think on one occasion, I spotted adjacent commercials for a candy product, then the blood-sugar-reader. From linc45r-n@lincster.com Sat Nov 17 13:42:32 2012 From: linc45r-n@lincster.com (Linc Reed-Nickerson) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:42:32 -0800 Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye In-Reply-To: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> References: <408b.4e30f072.3dd808a5@aol.com> Message-ID: <50A7DA98.20602@lincster.com> By the time I got to WBZ, August of 1967 on my return from Vietnam, Jeff had already moved on.... but I have one memory in particular... Spring of 1963, I worked after school in a TV service shop in South Acton, some radio in the shop was always tuned to WBZ. Jeff played the song "Sally Go 'Round the Roses," then said, "Sounds like a girl with kidney troubles." For that time that seemed a pretty risque comment. I've thought about Jeff many times, but had completely lost track of him. When I was working for Tektronix in the Philadelphia area 1990-1995 NFL films was one of my clients... wish I had know he worked there. Who's left (still living?) from that era... Dick Summers and Gary LaPierre? I worked with Gary at WKBR before he moved to WBZ, I was a fill in at the studio and transmitter back then.... Gosh it's a long way from Boston to here in Burns, Oregon! Linc From Jibguy@aol.com Sun Nov 18 22:10:19 2012 From: Jibguy@aol.com (Jibguy@aol.com) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:10:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: Stranger than fiction Message-ID: <1375.437098e3.3ddafd1b@aol.com> Money talks, and it's been known to happen. - It's the same thing as a large industrial country manufacturing firearms, sitting back smiling as they sell them to two different bordering countries at war with each other, or to two opposing sides in one country's civil war. ----BB In a message dated 11/18/2012 9:50:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lglavin@mail.com writes: Throughout the 4 o?clock hour WBZ-TV teased the upcoming 5:00 PM news that included the top story: 13 deaths are now being blamed on the use of 5 Hour Energy drink.....The 4 o?clock locally programmed hour of syndicated Judge Judy had no less than 4 commercials for guess what..... 5 Hour Energy two of which followed the 13 deaths WBZ-TV news tease. Does no one pay attention to anything other than their I phone anymore. On Current TV, there are numerous commercials for candy bars (perhaps by the same manufacturer). But there are also numerous spots for a blood-suger-level reader for diabetics, or perhaps for people who just want to KNOW their blood sugar level. I think on one occasion, I spotted adjacent commercials for a candy product, then the blood-sugar-reader From wvnh@wvnh.net Mon Nov 19 12:54:06 2012 From: wvnh@wvnh.net (JackM) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:54:06 -0500 Subject: RIP Jeff Kaye In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50AA723E.6030200@wvnh.net> On 11/19/2012 12:00 PM, boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org wrote: Subject: Re: RIP Jeff Kaye From: Linc Reed-Nickerson Date: 11/17/2012 1:42 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Who's left (still living?) from that era... Dick Summers and Gary LaPierre? I worked with Gary at WKBR before he moved to WBZ, I was a fill in at the studio and transmitter back then.... Dick Summer (no "s"), Bruce Bradley and Gary LaPierre are all still around. From chris2526@comcast.net Mon Nov 19 16:34:38 2012 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:34:38 -0500 Subject: Westinghouse Message-ID: This Christmas season I have been surprised and very happy to see national advertising for various Westinghouse products. I realize this has nothing to do with the original Westinghouse Electric Company but just the same It sure is nice to see that whoever has rights to the brand is doing good things with it. I see the Westinghouse name on TV?s, electronics and lighting and other products in all the Big Box stores, I am very sentimental and abhor the loss of iconic American brands such as Hostess. From mike_ed@msn.com Wed Nov 21 16:33:17 2012 From: mike_ed@msn.com (Mike G) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:33:17 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor Message-ID: Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about unprofessional. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2012/11/21/maine-news-anchors-quit-air/YqTUapdOzCp3Q73NYeubeM/story.html From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Nov 21 17:12:48 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:12:48 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The job posting is up :) http://www.wvii.com/jobs.html On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Mike G wrote: > > > > > > > > Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about unprofessional. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2012/11/21/maine-news-anchors-quit-air/YqTUapdOzCp3Q73NYeubeM/story.html > From marklaurence@mac.com Wed Nov 21 17:24:07 2012 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:24:07 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Nov 21, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Mike G wrote: > Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about unprofessional. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2012/11/21/maine-news-anchors-quit-air/YqTUapdOzCp3Q73NYeubeM/story.html The Bangor Daily News story is a lot more thorough: http://bit.ly/QX7JgN You call it "unprofessional" which wasn't what came to my mind. But I don't know if you were saying the news anchors or station management were acting unprofessionally. The Bangor Daily News story (http://bit.ly/QX7JgN) is a lot more thorough, and it says the anchors claimed to be "'expected to do somewhat unbalanced news, politically, in general.' Neither Michaels nor Consiglio would say what specific political leaning they were expected to adopt." If true, it sounds like grounds for a very public resignation to me. Mark From rac@gabrielmass.com Wed Nov 21 18:20:58 2012 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:20:58 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50AD61DA.7040507@gabrielmass.com> Here's another story with more comment from the two anchors and the station: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tv-news-anchors-resign-live-air-video-182617584.html --RC From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Nov 21 18:45:42 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:45:42 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The GM is a known loose cannon. Just look at this story from 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/business/media/30warming.html On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Mark Laurence wrote: > On Nov 21, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Mike G wrote: > > > Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about > unprofessional. > http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2012/11/21/maine-news-anchors-quit-air/YqTUapdOzCp3Q73NYeubeM/story.html > > The Bangor Daily News story is a lot more thorough: http://bit.ly/QX7JgN > > You call it "unprofessional" which wasn't what came to my mind. But I > don't know if you were saying the news anchors or station management were > acting unprofessionally. The Bangor Daily News story ( > http://bit.ly/QX7JgN) is a lot more thorough, and it says the anchors > claimed to be "'expected to do somewhat unbalanced news, politically, in > general.' Neither Michaels nor Consiglio would say what specific political > leaning they were expected to adopt." > > If true, it sounds like grounds for a very public resignation to me. > > Mark > From rac@gabrielmass.com Wed Nov 21 21:50:15 2012 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:50:15 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50AD92E7.7080507@gabrielmass.com> Well, he was ahead of the curve on recognizing the climate-science controversy, wasn't he? I have to give him credit for that. I think local news ought to be circumspect about promoting movies. Unless there's an appearance by the movie's star or producer (etc.), there's no real local *event* to cover. Maybe this amounts to a conflict between the GM and the news director about news judgments or even about political bias. --RC On 11/21/2012 06:45 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > The GM is a known loose cannon. > > Just look at this story from 2006 > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/business/media/30warming.html > > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Mark Laurence wrote: > >> On Nov 21, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Mike G wrote: >> >>> Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about >> unprofessional. >> http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2012/11/21/maine-news-anchors-quit-air/YqTUapdOzCp3Q73NYeubeM/story.html >> >> The Bangor Daily News story is a lot more thorough: http://bit.ly/QX7JgN >> >> You call it "unprofessional" which wasn't what came to my mind. But I >> don't know if you were saying the news anchors or station management were >> acting unprofessionally. The Bangor Daily News story ( >> http://bit.ly/QX7JgN) is a lot more thorough, and it says the anchors >> claimed to be "'expected to do somewhat unbalanced news, politically, in >> general.' Neither Michaels nor Consiglio would say what specific political >> leaning they were expected to adopt." >> >> If true, it sounds like grounds for a very public resignation to me. >> >> Mark >> From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Thu Nov 22 02:02:02 2012 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:02:02 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor References: Message-ID: <20C4DBB341EF43A8AD15E8A0EBE61F23@s20035> >> Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about > unprofessional. I thought they said goodbye in a non-gratuitous classy manor. They said their piece, were gracious and said goodbye to their audience. From kvahey@gmail.com Thu Nov 22 02:43:43 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:43:43 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor In-Reply-To: <20C4DBB341EF43A8AD15E8A0EBE61F23@s20035> References: <20C4DBB341EF43A8AD15E8A0EBE61F23@s20035> Message-ID: WVII has been the little station that never was for over 40 years. WABI owns the market as WLBZ became nothing more than a WCSH-Portland simulcast. Even WAGM produces more revenue than WVII. What kills WVII is they have zero Canadian revenue as while many New Brunswick cable outlets pick up WABI or WLBZ for ABC they elect a bird feed from either WXYZ Detroit or WCVB Boston. The Southern New England equivalent is WLNE/WTEV New Bedford/Providence as being an ABC affiliate never helped them. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Don wrote: >>> >>> Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about >> >> unprofessional. > > > I thought they said goodbye in a non-gratuitous classy manor. > > They said their piece, were gracious and said goodbye to their audience. > > From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Thu Nov 22 12:23:40 2012 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:23:40 -0500 Subject: Interesting TV up in Bangor References: Message-ID: Unprofessional yes, but funny at the same time. It appears the GM was a bit "strange." Mr. Palmer said he wanted no more stories broadcast on global warming because: "a) we do local news, b) the issue evolved from hard science into hard politics and c) despite what you may have heard from the mainstream media, this science is far from conclusive." Mr. Palmer said in his e-mail message to his operations manager and two women who served as a news anchor and a reporter that he placed "global warming stories in the same category as 'the killer African bee scare' from the 1970s or, more recently, the Y2K scare when everyone's computer was going to self-destruct." http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/and-finally-tonight-bangor-anchors-quit-on-air_b70551 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Vahey" To: "Mike G" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Interesting TV up in Bangor > The job posting is up :) > > > http://www.wvii.com/jobs.html > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Mike G wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Don't know if this has ever happened before, but talk about > unprofessional. > http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2012/11/21/maine-news-anchors-quit-air/YqTUapdOzCp3Q73NYeubeM/story.html >> > > From ssmyth@psualum.com Thu Nov 22 21:36:38 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:36:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio Message-ID: <1353638198.37566.YahooMailNeo@web142706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> And now for the annual let's-see-who-was-broadcasting-Thanksgiving-Day-games thread... I heard these stations airing games this morning while driving around. 900: One of the Nashua schools. 980: Lowell-Haverhill. 1310: I think I heard a game here, but I couldn't make out who was playing under the noise. One of the Worcester schools? 1480: I think Durfee-New Bedford. 95.9: I think Marshfield-Duxbury. I think. I'm sure I omitted some signals further out who did air games (WMWM?). Feel free to chime in. And yes, the list is much smaller than in past seasons. When did WNTN stop broadcasting Newton North-Brookline? From brian_vita@cssinc.com Fri Nov 23 09:58:38 2012 From: brian_vita@cssinc.com (Brian T. Vita) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:58:38 -0500 Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio In-Reply-To: <1353638198.37566.YahooMailNeo@web142706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1353638198.37566.YahooMailNeo@web142706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <081a01cdc98b$09573640$1c05a2c0$@cssinc.com> WMWM carried the Beverly Salem game again Pro Cinema - Pro Audio - Pro & Consumer AV Equipment & Supplies Brian Vita President Cinema Service & Supply, Inc. 77 Walnut St - Ste 4 Peabody, MA 01960-5691 brian_vita@cssinc.com Direct: (978)548-4112 tel: fax: (800)231-8849 X200 978-538-7550 Want to always have my latest info? Want a signature like this? ? -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Sean Smyth Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:37 PM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio And now for the annual let's-see-who-was-broadcasting-Thanksgiving-Day-games thread... I heard these stations airing games this morning while driving around. 900: One of the Nashua schools. 980: Lowell-Haverhill. 1310: I think I heard a game here, but I couldn't make out who was playing under the noise. One of the Worcester schools? 1480: I think Durfee-New Bedford. 95.9: I think Marshfield-Duxbury. I think. I'm sure I omitted some signals further out who did air games (WMWM?). Feel free to chime in. And yes, the list is much smaller than in past seasons. When did WNTN stop broadcasting Newton North-Brookline? From hishaun@hotmail.com Fri Nov 23 16:04:41 2012 From: hishaun@hotmail.com (Shaun Hayes) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:04:41 -0500 Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: While Thanksgiving football is disappearing from broadcast radio Beverly-Salem bucked the trend and was heard on both wmwm and wboq. From markwats@comcast.net Fri Nov 23 16:40:46 2012 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:40:46 -0500 Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio References: <1353638198.37566.YahooMailNeo@web142706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Sean Smyth wrote: > I heard these stations airing games this morning while driving around. > 900: One of the Nashua schools. > 980: Lowell-Haverhill. > 1310: I think I heard a game here, but I couldn't make out who was playing > under the noise. One of the Worcester schools? > 1480: I think Durfee-New Bedford. > 95.9: I think Marshfield-Duxbury. I think. 900 (WGHM?) in Nashua was airing Nashua North vs. Nashua South, this game also simulcast on sister station WSMN (1590). 1250 in Manchester which normally simulcasts 900 split off to broadcast Manchester Central vs. Trinity. I didn't check 1310,WORC but if they were doing a Worcester area game, someone must have bought the time as WORC's regular format is Spanish music. A couple of others to add to the list: WPKZ (1280/105.3) had Fitchburg vs. Leominster WNBP (1450) had Newburyport vs. Amesbury >And yes, the list is much smaller than in past seasons. When > did WNTN stop broadcasting Newton North-Brookline? I haven't heard Turkey Day football on WNTN in a few years. Also, I didn't think to check WBOQ (104.9), did they have any football yesterday? Mark Watson From hmglaz@att.net Sat Nov 24 00:02:40 2012 From: hmglaz@att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:02:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1353733360.58363.YahooMailClassic@web185006.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> WBOQ 104.9 had Salem-Beverly. ? I remember when WESX used to do a live game followed by a couple of games on tape delay every Thanksgiving -- Swampscott (my alma mater)-Marblehead was usually one of the taped games. ? Howard ? From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Nov 24 01:02:51 2012 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:02:51 -0500 Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50B0630B.3000709@attorneyross.com> On 11/23/2012 4:04 PM, Shaun Hayes wrote: > While Thanksgiving football is disappearing from broadcast radio Beverly-Salem bucked the trend and was heard on both wmwm and wboq. WATD covers various high school football games. I didn't specifically listen on Thanksgiving, but I'd be surprised if they didn't broadcast a game or two. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D.|92 State Street|Suite 700|Boston, MA 02109-2004 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856|http://www.attorneyross.com From ssmyth@psualum.com Sat Nov 24 08:18:28 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:18:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanksgiving Day football on the radio In-Reply-To: <50B0630B.3000709@attorneyross.com> References: <50B0630B.3000709@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <1353763108.22368.YahooMailNeo@web142704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Mr. Ross wrote: > WATD covers various high school football games.? I didn't specifically > listen on Thanksgiving, but I'd be surprised if they didn't broadcast a > game or two. WATD had Marshfield-Duxbury, I think. I forgot this one earlier: 1530 in Middleborough (still WVBF?) had Middleborough-Taunton. Go back about 10 years, you had a number of other stations selling time for games. 1510 was airing Everett-Cambridge, 1200 or 1120 was airing Framingham-Natick, 1470 may have still been doing Marlborough-Hudson. Also: 1300 had Quincy-North Quincy and the aforementioned WESX broadcasts.? From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Nov 24 17:12:32 2012 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:12:32 -0500 Subject: Christmas looms at 105.7 Message-ID: Someone on radiodiscussions said they were told by someone at Greater Media that the station goes to Christmas format on Monday. Sure enough a quick glance at http://www.wror.com shows red background (etc) and Christmas tree lights around the logo. It says Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff" currently playing though. My guess is Monday morning, as before. And for the record, many in Boston area should be able to pick up WSRS Worc. just fine as it is (all Yule). From lspin@comcast.net Sat Nov 24 17:26:38 2012 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:26:38 -0500 Subject: Christmas looms at 105.7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000601cdca92$c5a5dd30$50f19790$@net> Hadn't they started their Christmas music much earlier in the pre-season at 105.7 when they were in competition with WODS to get the holiday audience first? I'm not complaining, though! -----Original Message----- From: Bob Nelson Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 5:13 PM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: Christmas looms at 105.7 Someone on radiodiscussions said they were told by someone at Greater Media that the station goes to Christmas format on Monday. Sure enough a quick glance at http://www.wror.com shows red background (etc) and Christmas tree lights around the logo. It says Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff" currently playing though. My guess is Monday morning, as before. And for the record, many in Boston area should be able to pick up WSRS Worc. just fine as it is (all Yule). From rbello@belloassoc.com Sat Nov 24 18:01:00 2012 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:00 -0500 Subject: Christmas looms at 105.7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Better than flipping the beginning of November as last year. Some Christmas music is being mixed in with the "classic hits" on 'ROR. Liners mention Christmas tunes. On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Someone on radiodiscussions said they were told by someone at Greater > Media that the station goes to Christmas format on > Monday. Sure enough a quick glance at http://www.wror.com shows red > background (etc) and Christmas tree lights around > the logo. It says Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff" currently playing > though. > > My guess is Monday morning, as before. And for the record, many in > Boston area should be able to pick up WSRS Worc. > just fine as it is (all Yule). > From ssmyth@psualum.com Mon Nov 26 16:40:28 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:40:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: 1510 Message-ID: <1353966028.66961.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Flipped on 1510 a couple times this morning and heard dead air. Anyone know what's going on? From lglavin@mail.com Mon Nov 19 15:34:28 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:34:28 -0500 Subject: Has WDIS DISappeared? Message-ID: <20121119203428.291990@gmx.com> There are reports that WDIS-AM 1170 in Norfolk, MA is no longer on-the-air. The usually reliable radio-locator.com, which seems to display the fact that any given station is off-the-air as rapidly as the FCC itself lists it , and fcc.gov lists it as an active station as well. There's at least one media entity that might LIKE to acquire the WDIS call letters if it goes away. From lglavin@mail.com Mon Nov 19 17:52:14 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:52:14 -0500 Subject: Westinghouse Message-ID: <20121119225214.143330@gmx.com> In the good old days of Lechmere Sales, I remember they carried products with the "Admiral" label. Probably had nothing to do with the original manufacturer. They could never put another, um, SHEEN on it while they carried the line. S I D E B A R: I just bought some bargain detergent powder with the Oxydol brand...could Dreft be far behind? ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Hall Sent: 11/19/12 04:34 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Westinghouse This Christmas season I have been surprised and very happy to see national advertising for various Westinghouse products. I realize this has nothing to do with the original Westinghouse Electric Company but just the same It sure is nice to see that whoever has rights to the brand is doing good things with it. I see the Westinghouse name on TV?s, electronics and lighting and other products in all the Big Box stores, I am very sentimental and abhor the loss of iconic American brands such as Hostess. From lglavin@mail.com Sun Nov 25 14:16:59 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:16:59 -0500 Subject: Christmas looms at 105.7 Message-ID: <20121125191659.196630@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bob Nelson >Sent: 11/24/12 05:12 PM >To: Boston Radio Group >Subject: Christmas looms at 105.7 >Someone on radiodiscussions said they were told by someone at Greater >Media that the station goes to Christmas format on >Monday. Sure enough a quick glance at http://www.wror.com shows red >background (etc) and Christmas tree lights around >the logo. It says Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff" currently playing though. "Christmas looms"? Isn't that where they make the fabric for Christmas sweaters? From jjlehmann@comcast.net Tue Nov 27 07:45:20 2012 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:45:20 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY Message-ID: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> WBUR is buying AAA station 92.7 WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. What a shame, another small independent station gone. http://www.wbur.org/2012/11/27/wbur-wmvy-purchase Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA From ssmyth@psualum.com Tue Nov 27 09:08:24 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:08:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> References: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> Message-ID: <1354025304.9568.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Jeff Lehmann wrote: >WBUR is buying AAA station 92.7 WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. What a shame, >another small independent station gone. > >http://www.wbur.org/2012/11/27/wbur-wmvy-purchase The release said about a non-profit concern continuing mvyradio's web stream. Can they afford that? Aren't rights fees for streams still pretty hefty? From dan.strassberg@att.net Tue Nov 27 09:36:10 2012 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:36:10 -0500 Subject: Has WDIS DISappeared? References: <20121119203428.291990@gmx.com> Message-ID: <4893CD0050684A0C9C64CACC43A03713@SatU205S5044> I have no information on whether WDIS is or is not still on the air, but I have it from a reliable source that, a month or so ago, the owner, Al Grady, tried to get UMass, which owns and operates WFPB, the co-channel daytimer on Cape Cod (Falmouth, isn't it?), to buy WDIS. Apparently, the WDIS tyransmitter site has been sold and the new owner plans to drop the two towers. UMAss apparently had no interest in buying WDIS--and even if it were interested, finding a new site that meets all of the technical and zoning requirements would take forever and would cost a fortune with zero likelihood of a return. Since WDIS never made money (all the money that came in in the last decade or more came from leasing space on the towers for communications antennas), never had a raison d'etre (except maybe to keep the WDIS calls out of Disney's hands), and never should have been built, it appears that the station will soon be treated to the legendary "two in the hat" (one for each tower;>). ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Glavin" To: Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:34 PM Subject: Has WDIS DISappeared? > There are reports that WDIS-AM 1170 in Norfolk, MA is no longer > on-the-air. The usually reliable > radio-locator.com, which seems to display the fact that any given station > is off-the-air as rapidly > as the FCC itself lists it , and fcc.gov lists it as an active station as > well. There's at least one media > entity that might LIKE to acquire the WDIS call letters if it goes away. From wollman@bimajority.org Tue Nov 27 12:11:44 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:11:44 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> References: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> Message-ID: <20660.62544.768113.626680@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > WBUR is buying AAA station 92.7 WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. What a shame, > another small independent station gone. Damn, that is a shame! -GAWollman From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Nov 27 11:32:27 2012 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:32:27 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <1354025304.9568.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> <1354025304.9568.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: What will become of WBUR-AM in West Yarmouth? On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Sean Smyth wrote: > Jeff Lehmann wrote: > >WBUR is buying AAA station 92.7 WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. What a shame, > >another small independent station gone. > > > >http://www.wbur.org/2012/11/27/wbur-wmvy-purchase > > > The release said about a non-profit concern continuing mvyradio's web > stream. Can they afford that? Aren't rights fees for streams still pretty > hefty? > From jjlehmann@comcast.net Tue Nov 27 14:25:02 2012 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <20121127185727.36350@gmx.com> References: <20121127185727.36350@gmx.com> Message-ID: <5A10ACC6-FB0E-4149-92BC-C0E8CF3972CE@comcast.net> WMVY has not been on those translators for over 5 years, and they were only heard on there less than a year. They are owned by Jeff Shapiro (Nantucket Public Radio 89.5 WNCK), also the owner of 97.7 WAZK, and Great Eastern Radio in northern New England. 93.9 translates 90.1 WRYP, which is also on many other translators, most of which actually pick up 93.9. 100.7 translates 101.9 WCIB. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA On Nov 27, 2012, at 1:57 PM, "Laurence Glavin" wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Garrett Wollman >> >Sent: 11/27/12 12:11 PM >> >To: Jeff Lehmann >> >Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY >> >> >> < said: >> >> > WBUR is buying AAA station 92.7 WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. What a shame, >> > another small independent station gone. >> >> Damn, that is a shame! >> >> -GAWollman > > > > > The various local media reports indicate that WMVY was decidedly UN profitable. I'm assuming WBUR also picks up the > two translators (93.9 and 100.7). The translator at 100.7 has a CP for a power increase and it's in Harwich. Since WBUR > has a repeater in Harwich, if they keep 100.7, could they move it to Chatham or such as? From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Tue Nov 27 12:17:34 2012 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:17:34 -0500 Subject: Westinghouse References: <20121119225214.143330@gmx.com> Message-ID: <588444EE02D94CB48AB9E321FA5581EB@YOURbcbbe822ed> According to this, Westinghouse has licensed its brands to many different companies through a division of CBS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Licensing_Corporation Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Glavin" To: "Chris Hall" ; Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Westinghouse > In the good old days of Lechmere Sales, I remember they carried products > with the "Admiral" label. Probably had nothing > to do with the original manufacturer. They could never put another, um, > SHEEN on it while they carried the line. > S > I > D > E > B > A > R: I just bought some bargain detergent powder with the Oxydol > brand...could Dreft be far behind? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Hall > Sent: 11/19/12 04:34 PM > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Westinghouse > > This Christmas season I have been surprised and very happy to see national > advertising for various Westinghouse products. I realize this has nothing > to do with the original Westinghouse Electric Company but just the same It > sure is nice to see that whoever has rights to the brand is doing good > things with it. I see the Westinghouse name on TV?s, electronics and > lighting and other products in all the Big Box stores, I am very > sentimental and abhor the loss of iconic American brands such as Hostess. > > From lglavin@mail.com Tue Nov 27 13:57:27 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:57:27 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY Message-ID: <20121127185727.36350@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Garrett Wollman >Sent: 11/27/12 12:11 PM >To: Jeff Lehmann >Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY < said: > WBUR is buying AAA station 92.7 WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. What a shame, > another small independent station gone. Damn, that is a shame! -GAWollman The various local media reports indicate that WMVY was decidedly UN profitable. I'm assuming WBUR also picks up the two translators (93.9 and 100.7). The translator at 100.7 has a CP for a power increase and it's in Harwich. Since WBUR has a repeater in Harwich, if they keep 100.7, could they move it to Chatham or such as? From lglavin@mail.com Tue Nov 27 16:44:59 2012 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:44:59 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY Message-ID: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jeff Lehmann >Sent: 11/27/12 02:25 PM >To: Laurence Glavin >Subject: Re: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY >WMVY has not been on those translators for over 5 years, and they were only heard on there less than a year. They are owned by Jeff Shapiro (Nantucket Public Radio 89.5 WNCK), also the owner of 97.7 WAZK, >and Great Eastern Radio in northern New England. >93.9 translates 90.1 WRYP, which is also on many other translators, most of which actually pick up 93.9. >100.7 translates 101.9 WCIB. >Jeff Lehmann >Hanson, MA If you go to radio-locator.com and enter WMVY, it lists 93.9 and 100.7 as still being used as translators for WMVY. Radio-locator is usually johnny-on-the-spot with stations that are no longer on-the-air, then they blow the list of translators for WMVY. From scott@fybush.com Tue Nov 27 17:06:53 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (scott@fybush.com) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:06:53 -0600 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> References: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> Message-ID: <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> > If you go to radio-locator.com and enter WMVY, it lists 93.9 and 100.7 as > still being used as translators for > WMVY. Radio-locator is usually johnny-on-the-spot with stations that are > no longer on-the-air, then they > blow the list of translators for WMVY. > Radio-Locator, like many free sources of information, is worth about what you pay for it. A big chunk of what they do is automated. If something changes in the FCC database - callsign, technical parameters - it gets reflected right away in Radio-Locator. The data they use to construct coverage maps comes right out of CDBS, and is as good (or as bad) as what the FCC has at any given moment. (This also explains why their Canadian listings are so atrociously bad; they're using the data reported to the FCC for international coordination purposes, which isn't expected to be a precise reporting of what's really on the air in Canada.) Some of what they do is not automated. Formats have been an issue there for years, because something in their database links format to callsign and keeps that link there even when the callsign changes. Look up "WNOW-FM" in Radio-Locator and it will give you the correct technical and ownership information for 92.3 in New York City, but the format information, slogan and website will be those for 105.3 in Gaffney, South Carolina, where the WNOW-FM calls were in use until just a few weeks ago. And yes, the New Hampshire noncomm CP that just grabbed the WXRK calls is listed in Radio-Locator as top-40 "Now FM," complete with streaming links to New York's 92.3. Radio-Locator knows this is an issue, and either doesn't know how to fix it or doesn't really want to be bothered. I had thought R-L was using FCC data to list translator stations' parents, but that appears not to be the case. CDBS correctly shows the 100.7 translator with WCIB as its parent, but it shows the 93.9 as being fed by WNCK Nantucket. R-L obviously doesn't have it that way, which tells me that they're doing translator parents manually, and are behind the curve on those. I *think* R-L's designation of silent stations comes mostly from CDBS, but some of it may be manual as well. They're not always as quick to show new stations as being on the air as they should be if they were automatically looking for a license to cover to be granted. From wollman@bimajority.org Tue Nov 27 17:52:08 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:52:08 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> References: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> Message-ID: <20661.17432.135398.102250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < I had thought R-L was using FCC data to list translator stations' parents, > but that appears not to be the case. CDBS correctly shows the 100.7 > translator with WCIB as its parent, but it shows the 93.9 as being fed by > WNCK Nantucket. R-L obviously doesn't have it that way, which tells me > that they're doing translator parents manually, and are behind the curve > on those. Stations are not required to report translator inputs in a standardized way except when filing certain other kinds of applications (CPs, AL/TC, and I think renewals), so the FCC doesn't actually track these changes in a formal way. I think translator licensees are still required to report when they change their input signal, but only informally (as a letter), and these informal reports do not result in database updates. (You may be able to see them as "imported letters", but my experience on that front has been rather hit-or-miss.) I doubt that the Audio Division staff actually checks reported input stations for compliance with the rules. -GAWollman From ssmyth@psualum.com Tue Nov 27 16:58:16 2012 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:58:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: References: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> <1354025304.9568.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1354053496.57419.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Kevin writes: >What will become of WBUR-AM in West Yarmouth? I'm guessing the demand for a 1,000-watt in an over-radioed region -- where supposedly WMVY couldn't make a go of it -- will be minimal. It looks like 92.7 covers a lot of the turf that 1240 does.? On purely financial grounds, you'd think BU would be foolish to do anything other than turn in the license. From wollman@bimajority.org Tue Nov 27 17:56:26 2012 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:56:26 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> References: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> Message-ID: <20661.17690.77139.972524@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < Some of what they do is not automated. Formats have been an issue there > for years, because something in their database links format to callsign > and keeps that link there even when the callsign changes. Look up > "WNOW-FM" in Radio-Locator and it will give you the correct technical and > ownership information for 92.3 in New York City, but the format > information, slogan and website will be those for 105.3 in Gaffney, South > Carolina, where the WNOW-FM calls were in use until just a few weeks ago. And this, by the way, is why in the Archives we identify stations by their Facility ID Number rather than callsign. (Check out the URL for one of our station profile pages -- the number at the end is always the same as the station's FIN. The audio collection is indexed the same way, although it doesn't make it into URLs, and I'd like to have the same precision for the photos as well, which would allow me to automatically link station profiles to the relevant phots and photo galleries.) -GAWollman From scott@fybush.com Tue Nov 27 18:01:45 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (scott@fybush.com) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:01:45 -0600 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <1354053496.57419.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <01a801cdcc9d$0f957fc0$2ec07f40$@net> <1354025304.9568.YahooMailNeo@web142702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1354053496.57419.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6d9b1ce60c8352616d72cc96c0bf0718.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> > Kevin writes: >>What will become of WBUR-AM in West Yarmouth? > > > I'm guessing the demand for a 1,000-watt in an over-radioed region -- > where supposedly WMVY couldn't make a go of it -- will be minimal. It > looks like 92.7 covers a lot of the turf that 1240 does.? > > On purely financial grounds, you'd think BU would be foolish to do > anything other than turn in the license. > > Assuming for the sake of argument that it doesn't cost very much at all to keep 1240 running, I suspect WBUR will probably just keep 1240 running. As Sean correctly notes, it's worth less to just about anyone else than it is to WBUR, and it does do a little better in some parts of the mid-Cape than 92.7, especially on the bay side. I can't even see much value to 1240 as a translator input for anyone else. From scott@fybush.com Tue Nov 27 17:56:42 2012 From: scott@fybush.com (scott@fybush.com) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:56:42 -0600 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <20661.17432.135398.102250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> <20661.17432.135398.102250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <0bc5d74509117dda7f9e7cd9ee8b949f.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> > Stations are not required to report translator inputs in a > standardized way except when filing certain other kinds of > applications (CPs, AL/TC, and I think renewals), so the FCC doesn't > actually track these changes in a formal way. True. I'm going into CDBS via FCCInfo.com, which is apparently keeping some sort of track of what primary was last reported when a station filed one of those apps. Since we're in the midst of a renewal cycle now, anyone keeping track that way should be relatively up to date, especially in the states that have just completed the renewal cycle. Massachusetts has not, which may explain why FCCInfo still thinks 93.9 has WNCK as its input, based on its 2005 license app. s From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Nov 27 18:14:06 2012 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:14:06 -0500 Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY In-Reply-To: <20661.17432.135398.102250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <20121127214459.36340@gmx.com> <3d2913252dee61c37ae9387becf081b7.squirrel@webmail.fybush.com> <20661.17432.135398.102250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: I know of one station in Colorado who is rebroadcast on a translator outside their 60DBU.. but the translator and full power stations, as best I can tell.. are owned by exactly the same licensee/company. Or how about a translator in Central Alabama whos application specifies the off air pick up of a small Class A somewhere in middle Tennessee? No, the FCC does not seem to check some of this stuff related to translators. I do think when a translator changes primary stations they have to file something with the FCC. I can't swear to it, but I've seen a minor change application for translators where the primary change. .but at the same time, I am not sure if the primary was the only change on the application.. I wasn't technical enough to understand all that. Paul On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < > > I had thought R-L was using FCC data to list translator stations' > parents, > > but that appears not to be the case. CDBS correctly shows the 100.7 > > translator with WCIB as its parent, but it shows the 93.9 as being fed by > > WNCK Nantucket. R-L obviously doesn't have it that way, which tells me > > that they're doing translator parents manually, and are behind the curve > > on those. > > Stations are not required to report translator inputs in a > standardized way except when filing certain other kinds of > applications (CPs, AL/TC, and I think renewals), so the FCC doesn't > actually track these changes in a formal way. I think translator > licensees are still required to report when they change their input > signal, but only informally (as a letter), and these informal reports > do not result in database updates. (You may be able to see them as > "imported letters", but my experience on that front has been rather > hit-or-miss.) I doubt that the Audio Division staff actually checks > reported input stations for compliance with the rules. > > -GAWollman > > From elipolo@earthlink.net Tue Nov 27 21:13:35 2012 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:13:35 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY Message-ID: <31606953.1354068815555.JavaMail.root@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:08:24 -0800 (PST) >From: Sean Smyth >To: Jeff Lehmann , > >Subject: Re: WBUR Buys 92.7 WMVY > >The release said about a non-profit concern >continuing mvyradio's web stream. Can they >afford that? Aren't rights fees for streams >still pretty hefty? The release made it sound as if the stream would be new, as a replacement for the air broadcast, when they have actually had a separate stream, with similar but more eclectic programming and different specialty shows, as a non-commercial non-profit stream running for a number of years at mvyradio.com. They would just continue it. EP