From elipolo@earthlink.net Sat Jun 1 04:08:19 2013 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 04:08:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Aereo without Comcast? Message-ID: <6145650.1370074099436.JavaMail.root@wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net> With an indoor non-amplified HDTV antenna less than half-way up the southwest facing side of Spring Hill in Somerville, I get the following channels free over the air with fine reception: 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 38.1, 44.1, (44.2 is off the air), 44.3, 44.4, 48.1, 56.1, 56.2, 58.1, 58.2, 58.3, 58.4, 58.5, 58.6, 62.1, 62.2, 62.3, 66.1, 66.2, 68.1, 68.2, 68.3, 68.4 Though some of these are mostly infomercial drek, and some are ethnic programming in languages that I can't understand, it's still 40 channels over the air for free. I still encounter many people who think that, since the HDTV switch in 2009, that there's no more free over-the-air TV at all, and that they must subscribe to cable, satellite, or a paid service like Aereo to watch anything at all, even just the nearby local channels! If the masses who believe that knew better, the cable companies would take a hit (there are many people who subscribe just to watch local channels and don't subscribe to the premium channels), and Aereo would be a dead in the water venture. In most urban areas, Aereo doesn't provide anything that can't be received for free with an antenna, and it provides even less in some areas. EP From elipolo@earthlink.net Sat Jun 1 04:10:20 2013 From: elipolo@earthlink.net (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 04:10:20 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: Aereo without Comcast? Message-ID: <28203499.1370074220724.JavaMail.root@wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net> With an indoor non-amplified HDTV antenna less than half-way up the southwest facing side of Spring Hill in Somerville, I get the following channels free over the air with fine reception: 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 38.1, 44.1, (44.2 is off the air), 44.3, 44.4, 48.1, 56.1, 56.2, 58.1, 58.2, 58.3, 58.4, 58.5, 58.6, 62.1, 62.2, 62.3, 66.1, 66.2, 68.1, 68.2, 68.3, 68.4 Though some of these are mostly infomercial drek, and some are ethnic programming in languages that I can't understand, it's still 40 channels over the air for free. I still encounter many people who think that, since the HDTV switch in 2009, that there's no more free over-the-air TV at all, and that they must subscribe to cable, satellite, or a paid service like Aereo to watch anything at all, even just the nearby local channels! If the masses who believe that knew better, the cable companies would take a hit (there are many people who subscribe just to watch local channels and don't subscribe to the premium channels), and Aereo would be a dead in the water venture. In most urban areas, Aereo doesn't provide anything that can't be received for free with an antenna, and it provides even less in some areas. EP From kenwvt@gmail.com Sat Jun 1 07:38:24 2013 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken VanTassell) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 07:38:24 -0400 Subject: Aereo without Comcast? In-Reply-To: <6145650.1370074099436.JavaMail.root@wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <6145650.1370074099436.JavaMail.root@wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Aereo has a couple of advantages over using an antenna. The Aereo service for $8 per month includes 20 hours of DVR service. I have cable but yet I also have Aereo to record network shows, and it works great. Much cheaper than the cable dvr I used to have. Secondly, I can watch Aereo (including recorded shows) on my iphone, ipad, or computer anywhere in the Boston DMA. -Ken On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Eli Polonsky wrote: > With an indoor non-amplified HDTV antenna less > than half-way up the southwest facing side of > Spring Hill in Somerville, I get the following > channels free over the air with fine reception: > > 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 24.1, 24.2, > 24.3, 24.4, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, > 28.2, 38.1, 44.1, (44.2 is off the air), 44.3, > 44.4, 48.1, 56.1, 56.2, 58.1, 58.2, 58.3, 58.4, > 58.5, 58.6, 62.1, 62.2, 62.3, 66.1, 66.2, 68.1, > 68.2, 68.3, 68.4 > > Though some of these are mostly infomercial drek, > and some are ethnic programming in languages that > I can't understand, it's still 40 channels over > the air for free. I still encounter many people > who think that, since the HDTV switch in 2009, > that there's no more free over-the-air TV at all, > and that they must subscribe to cable, satellite, > or a paid service like Aereo to watch anything > at all, even just the nearby local channels! > > If the masses who believe that knew better, the > cable companies would take a hit (there are many > people who subscribe just to watch local channels > and don't subscribe to the premium channels), and > Aereo would be a dead in the water venture. In most > urban areas, Aereo doesn't provide anything that > can't be received for free with an antenna, and it > provides even less in some areas. > > EP > > > > From chris2526@comcast.net Sat Jun 1 21:44:27 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 21:44:27 -0400 Subject: A couple of things Message-ID: RIP Jean Stapleton who portrayed that dear soul Edith Bunker Tonight PBS ran a show on Burt Bacharach, (flipping back and forth between the Bruins game) I came to the realization that his era and the wonderful performers that sang his songs through the 80?s were pretty much the end of music with any romantic connotation Recent music talks about Ho?s b...ches and an alternative song of the recent past has lyrics I just want to rip your f.....g heart out, we?ve come a long way in such a short time. From linc45r-n@lincster.com Sun Jun 2 10:50:38 2013 From: linc45r-n@lincster.com (Linc Reed-Nickerson) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:50:38 -0700 Subject: A couple of things In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <51AB5BBE.6050807@lincster.com> .....performers that sang his songs through the 80?s were pretty much the end of music with any romantic connotation Recent music. Well country hasn't changed much, alcohol, infidelity and trucks with Jesus thrown in for good measure once in a while.... If it hadn't been for Little Big Town I would had had no clue about mountains that turn blue. The title that cracks me up most "Tequila Make Her Clothes Fall off." Song that brings a smile 'Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer," and what about " I think I partied A little too hard last night Let's see here now How do I put this right? I feel like pound-sign, question mark Star, exclamation point Don't give a blank And a whole lot of other Choice words I can't say I'll leave this question for Donna.... who was the only Jewish country singer to have a top 10 hit? From rbello@belloassoc.com Sun Jun 2 15:10:03 2013 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:10:03 -0400 Subject: A couple of things In-Reply-To: <51AB5BBE.6050807@lincster.com> References: <51AB5BBE.6050807@lincster.com> Message-ID: *Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman* On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Linc Reed-Nickerson wrote: > .....performers that sang his songs through the 80?s were pretty much the > end of music with any romantic connotation Recent music. > > Well country hasn't changed much, alcohol, infidelity and trucks with > Jesus thrown in for good measure once in a while.... If it hadn't been for > Little Big Town I would had had no clue about mountains that turn blue. > > The title that cracks me up most "Tequila Make Her Clothes Fall off." > Song that brings a smile 'Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer," and what about " > > I think I partied > A little too hard last night > Let's see here now > How do I put this right? > > I feel like pound-sign, question mark > Star, exclamation point > Don't give a blank > And a whole lot of other > Choice words I can't say > > I'll leave this question for Donna.... who was the only Jewish country > singer to have a top 10 hit? > From linc45r-n@lincster.com Sun Jun 2 15:33:52 2013 From: linc45r-n@lincster.com (Linc Reed-Nickerson) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:33:52 -0700 Subject: A couple of things - Jewish County Music "Star" In-Reply-To: References: <51AB5BBE.6050807@lincster.com> Message-ID: <51AB9E20.1070104@lincster.com> On 6/2/2013 12:10 PM, Ron Bello wrote: > *Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman* > No Ron, Kinky and Patsy Cline are who most people guess. Kinky never made the top 10, and Patsy wasn't Jewish. The first time I saw or heard "Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys" was at a concert at Temple Beth Israel in Poughkeepsie in 1974. The person I'm looking for is probably more well known to men, even if they never heard a country song. Key word here is men. I've asked this question on-the-air several times, usually have to give about 6 more clues before I have a winner.... The one time I had a winner the first time, it was the singer who called me! Linc From lglavin@mail.com Sun Jun 2 13:33:44 2013 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:33:44 -0400 Subject: A couple of things Message-ID: <20130602173344.66050@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Chris Hall >Sent: 06/01/13 09:44 PM >To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >Subject: A couple of things >RIP Jean Stapleton who portrayed that dear soul Edith Bunker >Tonight PBS ran a show on Burt Bacharach, (flipping back and forth between the Bruins game) I came to the realization that his era >and the wonderful performers that sang his songs through the 80?s were pretty much the end of music with any romantic connotation >Recent music talks about Ho?s b...ches and an alternative song of the recent past has lyrics I just want to rip your f.....g heart out, we?ve come a long way >in such a short time. I'm assuming that since you watched one post season spectator-sport playoff game, you're likely to watch another, viz, a National Basketball Association game coming up I believe Monday or Tuesday night. I'll be watching Chris Hayes (somebody has to) and Rachel Maddow. So i wonder if you would do me a favor and take notes to see if the officiating favors the team ABC and ESPN would prefer playing for the championship. From hmglaz@att.net Mon Jun 3 00:49:06 2013 From: hmglaz@att.net (Howard Glazer) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 21:49:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: A couple of things In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1370234946.7947.YahooMailClassic@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Linc Reed-Nicholson wrote:I'll leave this question for Donna.... who was the only Jewish country singer to have a top 10 hit? ==== I'm not Donna, but I know this one: George Burns, "I Wish I Was 18 Again." Howard From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Wed Jun 5 14:32:06 2013 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 14:32:06 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? Message-ID: The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" pirate radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or just plain ignorance? http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/04/for-charlotte-golar-richie-mayor-race-test-ability-jump-start-political-career/GvTz5eazvVOZaS5S4jTBUM/story.html Does anyone want to write to the Globe's "correction" page and see if they will issue a printed/published aknowledgement of the error? http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/corrections/ ;-) D From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Jun 5 17:21:14 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:21:14 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> On 6/5/2013 2:32 PM, Don wrote: > The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" > pirate radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or > just plain ignorance? A little of both-- the owner (Mr. Clemons) has been saying the station is legal for so long that people may have started to believe it. I both wrote to the Globe and left a message on Adrian Walker's voicemail, requesting a clarification and explaining why I questioned what Adrian had written. We'll see if anyone responds. From gary@garysicecream.com Wed Jun 5 18:25:11 2013 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:25:11 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <05ea01ce623b$8b2b3420$a1819c60$@garysicecream.com> I too sent him an e-mail suggesting he look them up on the FCC ULS database......Oh wait, he can't...they're not there because they're not licensed which makes them STILL illegal!! Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA www.garysicecream.com www.icecreamcollege.com -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Donna Halper Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:21 PM To: Don Cc: B-R-I Subject: Re: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? On 6/5/2013 2:32 PM, Don wrote: > The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" > pirate radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or > just plain ignorance? A little of both-- the owner (Mr. Clemons) has been saying the station is legal for so long that people may have started to believe it. I both wrote to the Globe and left a message on Adrian Walker's voicemail, requesting a clarification and explaining why I questioned what Adrian had written. We'll see if anyone responds. From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Wed Jun 5 18:04:50 2013 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:04:50 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20130605180159.03d4d070@plymouthcolony.net> At 02:32 PM 6/5/2013, Don_Astelle wrote: >The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" pirate radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or just plain ignorance? > >Does anyone want to write to the Globe's "correction" page and see if they will issue a printed/published aknowledgement of the error? I have sent in a correction, and I assumed ignorance. Had I assumed attempted legitimacy I would likely have attempted to rip the Globe a new one in my correction, and that probably would not have been well received. Dale H. Cook, Market Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html From scott@fybush.com Wed Jun 5 19:03:21 2013 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:03:21 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <05ea01ce623b$8b2b3420$a1819c60$@garysicecream.com> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <05ea01ce623b$8b2b3420$a1819c60$@garysicecream.com> Message-ID: <51AFC3B9.5050704@fybush.com> On 6/5/2013 6:25 PM, Gary's Ice Cream wrote: > I too sent him an e-mail suggesting he look them up on the FCC ULS > database......Oh wait, he can't...they're not there because they're not > licensed which makes them STILL illegal!! > Despite the "Universal" in its name, the ULS database isn't actually the one you'd want to suggest, because it doesn't include broadcast licenses. It's the CDBS database you're looking for...and, no, Touch isn't in there, either. s From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Jun 5 19:08:47 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 19:08:47 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> It is a political football - FCC claims no broadcaster has complained - no broadcaster wants the community backlash for turning them in. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 6/5/2013 2:32 PM, Don wrote: >> The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" pirate radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or just plain ignorance? > > A little of both-- the owner (Mr. Clemons) has been saying the station is legal for so long that people may have started to believe it. I both wrote to the Globe and left a message on Adrian Walker's voicemail, requesting a clarification and explaining why I questioned what Adrian had written. We'll see if anyone responds. From gary@garysicecream.com Wed Jun 5 20:17:39 2013 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 20:17:39 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <060201ce624b$413a1d80$c3ae5880$@garysicecream.com> So if someone robs a bank and no one complains does that mean we can get away with it? Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA www.garysicecream.com www.icecreamcollege.com -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Vahey Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:09 PM To: Donna Halper Cc: B-R-I Subject: Re: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? It is a political football - FCC claims no broadcaster has complained - no broadcaster wants the community backlash for turning them in. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 6/5/2013 2:32 PM, Don wrote: >> The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" pirate radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or just plain ignorance? > > A little of both-- the owner (Mr. Clemons) has been saying the station is legal for so long that people may have started to believe it. I both wrote to the Globe and left a message on Adrian Walker's voicemail, requesting a clarification and explaining why I questioned what Adrian had written. We'll see if anyone responds. From jjlehmann@comcast.net Wed Jun 5 21:01:14 2013 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 21:01:14 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <016801ce6251$584939b0$08dbad10$@net> > It is a political football - FCC claims no broadcaster has complained > - no broadcaster wants the community backlash for turning them in. I don't believe that is the case. The FCC is very much aware of this station. I don't know if it was Greater Media/WROR that turned them in or what, but on 1/27/07, they received a Notice of Unlicensed Operation: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-269895A1.html 1/29/08, they were fined $17,000 http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-280558A1.html I highly doubt that fine was ever paid. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA From jjlehmann@comcast.net Wed Jun 5 21:01:14 2013 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 21:01:14 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <016801ce6251$584939b0$08dbad10$@net> > It is a political football - FCC claims no broadcaster has complained > - no broadcaster wants the community backlash for turning them in. I don't believe that is the case. The FCC is very much aware of this station. I don't know if it was Greater Media/WROR that turned them in or what, but on 1/27/07, they received a Notice of Unlicensed Operation: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-269895A1.html 1/29/08, they were fined $17,000 http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-280558A1.html I highly doubt that fine was ever paid. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA From dave@skywaves.net Wed Jun 5 22:00:31 2013 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 22:00:31 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <016801ce6251$584939b0$08dbad10$@net> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> <016801ce6251$584939b0$08dbad10$@net> Message-ID: <003501ce6259$a0391530$e0ab3f90$@skywaves.net> The NOL is available in PDF form at: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-280558A1.pdf It identifies the complainant as "...the Southern New England Society of Broadcast Engineers." See paragraph 2. As for the fine, see http://www.prometheusradio.org/node/670 http://www.baystatebanner.com/Local13-2008-06-19#sthash.tcTBP1sm.dpbs 106.1 is not available anywhere near Boston for LPFM use. -d Dave Doherty Skywaves Consulting LLC -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lehmann Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:01 PM To: 'Kevin Vahey'; 'Donna Halper' Cc: 'B-R-I' Subject: RE: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? > It is a political football - FCC claims no broadcaster has complained > - no broadcaster wants the community backlash for turning them in. I don't believe that is the case. The FCC is very much aware of this station. I don't know if it was Greater Media/WROR that turned them in or what, but on 1/27/07, they received a Notice of Unlicensed Operation: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-269895A1.html 1/29/08, they were fined $17,000 http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-280558A1.html I highly doubt that fine was ever paid. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA From wilkinsmg@hotmail.com Thu Jun 6 08:54:20 2013 From: wilkinsmg@hotmail.com (Michael Wilkins) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:54:20 -0400 Subject: "New" FCC.gov? In-Reply-To: <003501ce6259$a0391530$e0ab3f90$@skywaves.net> References: , <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid>, <016801ce6251$584939b0$08dbad10$@net>, <003501ce6259$a0391530$e0ab3f90$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: While looking at the 2013 FCC Notice Of Violation (NOV) and Notice Of Unlicensed Operation (NOUO) activities, I couldn't help but notice the banner at the top of http://transition.fcc.org/eb/FieldNotices proclaiming "A New FCC.gov" I was wondering if anyone has noticed an improvement in how the site is run or information is disseminated? Mike > From: dave@skywaves.net > To: jjlehmann@comcast.net; kvahey@gmail.com; dlh@donnahalper.com > Subject: RE: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 22:00:31 -0400 > CC: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org > > The NOL is available in PDF form at: > > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-280558A1.pdf > > It identifies the complainant as "...the Southern New England Society of > Broadcast Engineers." See paragraph 2. > > As for the fine, see > http://www.prometheusradio.org/node/670 > http://www.baystatebanner.com/Local13-2008-06-19#sthash.tcTBP1sm.dpbs > > 106.1 is not available anywhere near Boston for LPFM use. > > -d > > Dave Doherty > Skywaves Consulting LLC > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of > Jeff Lehmann > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:01 PM > To: 'Kevin Vahey'; 'Donna Halper' > Cc: 'B-R-I' > Subject: RE: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? > > > > It is a political football - FCC claims no broadcaster has complained > > - no broadcaster wants the community backlash for turning them in. > > I don't believe that is the case. The FCC is very much aware of this > station. I don't know if it was Greater Media/WROR that turned them in or > what, but on 1/27/07, they received a Notice of Unlicensed Operation: > > http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-269895A1.html > > 1/29/08, they were fined $17,000 > > http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-280558A1.html > > I highly doubt that fine was ever paid. > > Jeff Lehmann > Hanson, MA > > > > From chris2526@comcast.net Thu Jun 6 15:29:18 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:29:18 -0400 Subject: Globe saysTouch 106 was a one time pirate radio station Message-ID: The Boston Globe the one time ?paper of record? From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Jun 6 12:30:46 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:30:46 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? In-Reply-To: <003501ce6259$a0391530$e0ab3f90$@skywaves.net> References: <51AFABCA.4020709@donnahalper.com> <454017585356679213@unknownmsgid> <016801ce6251$584939b0$08dbad10$@net> <003501ce6259$a0391530$e0ab3f90$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: Favorite pirate excuses: "We're an LPFM" (no you're not). I think the Touch site actually said they were "WTCH-LP" at one point. "Choice FM 102.9 is WCFM" (which will come as news to the legit Williams College radio station, WCFM) "Radio Free Vermont isn't breaking the law because our signal is not going outside state lines" (After Fybush pointed out RFV, there was a long reply on rec,radio.broadcasting from the head of RFV claiming that the FCC handles interstate commerce/broadcasting, and since RFV didn't cross state lines they were exempt): (RFV operator): "Title 47 USC Sec 151-153 state that the Federal Communications Commission was created to regulate interstate and foreign commerce by radio, and that nothing in 47USC should be construed to give the FCC jurisdiction over INTRASTATE broadcasts. Go to the FCC's homepage and see for yourself." http://lists.bostonradio.org/bri/v02/msg03704.html "The FCC doesn't license stations under 100 watts so we went on at 99 watts." From ssmyth@psualum.com Thu Jun 6 19:16:32 2013 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (ssmyth@psualum.com) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Globe saysTouch 106 was a one time pirate radio station In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1370560592.59445.YahooMailIosMobile@web142706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> The Herald would have made the same mistake. Calm down. Newspapers' copy and assignment desks have been whittled down severely. Folks who may have had knowledge of broadcasting and the industry are probably out of the newsroom.


Sent from my iPhone From lglavin@mail.com Wed Jun 5 16:04:34 2013 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:04:34 -0400 Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? Message-ID: <20130605200435.261230@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Don >Sent: 06/05/13 02:32 PM >To: B-R-I >Subject: Globe says Touch 106 FM is "a one time pirate station"?!?!? >The Globe's Adrian Walker referred to Touch 106 FM as a "onetime" pirate >radio station. Another person trying to give it legitimacy or just plain >ignorance? >http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/04/for-charlotte-golar-richie-mayor-race-test-ability-jump-start-political-career/GvTz5eazvVOZaS5S4jTBUM/story.html >D It's odd that I can't view the entire article at boston.com's website, but it's available through your link. Anyway, I tend to give "civilians" a little slack about the comparative fine points of the radio industry. It's true that "Touch 106.1" is STILL an unlicensed facility but a general reporter or columnist may not realize it and MAY even listen to the station oh his her her personal radios. My favorite goof by a media reporter who didn't know the workings of AM radio was former Globe writer Mark Jurkowitz who, when commenting about "Progressive Talk" when it was on AM 1430 in Medford/Everett (now WKOX-AM), called it a daytime-only station. Of course AM 1430 was, and is, full-time but with reduced power and a directional antenna at night on a crowded, noisy frequency. If he listened to it on a winter's day at about 4:30 pm, it just flat-out disappeared and he didn't know why. Also, some writers about radio at bothe Globe and the Herald in the past got REALLY confused about FM ERPs vis a vis antenna height. One day they'd refer to WXKS-FM 107.9 as a 21,000-watt station not knowing it transmits from atop The Pru, and the nominal power equivalent of 50K @492 feet. Then they turn around and GIVE the equivalent power but get it slightly wrong. WBUR-FM was once called a 40,000-watt station. At the time it was running 7,500 watts at 1000 feet, now 12,000...how they got 40,000 watts out of that I couldn't quite figure out. From lglavin@mail.com Thu Jun 6 17:15:50 2013 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:15:50 -0400 Subject: Is WILD-AM's Audio Problem At The Source? Message-ID: <20130606211550.261270@gmx.com> I was viewing a Dave's TV commentary at DCRTV via Fybush.com, and something he said startled me. He was scanning the AM dial in DC and its suburbs, and when he stopped at 1190, WCRW-AM 50K from Virginia but oriented toward the Washington area and appealing to the Asian population there, Dave remarked that the raw signal coming in was satisfactory, but he couldn't hear any audio. They follow the same format as WILD-AM 1090 in Boston, serving as a rebroadcaster of programming from China Radio International. If you've ever tried listening to China Radio on WILD-AM, most of the time you'll experience a seemingly dead carrier unless you pump it up. But if Dave is right, and the same problem afflicts WCRW in the DC area, could this problem be with the source and not at WILD? This format has been on WILD-AM for a long time, so it seems as though management of WILD would alert China Radio about the problem, but who knows? From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Jun 7 11:17:45 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 11:17:45 -0400 Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?=91Radio=92_and_=91Canada=92_are_out_as_French=2Dlangu?= =?windows-1252?Q?age_CBC_service_changes_name_to_=91ICI=92?= Message-ID: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/05/radio-and-canada-are-out-as-french-language-cbc-service-changes-name-to-ici/ It had to happen sooner or later as the silliness of Quebec politics now has engulfed SRC. UPDATE http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/06/radio-canadas-new-branding-isnt-so-popular-especially-among-its-own-employees/ From Jibguy@aol.com Fri Jun 7 11:30:18 2013 From: Jibguy@aol.com (Jibguy@aol.com) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 11:30:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:=20=E2=80=98Radio=E2=80=99=20and=20=E2=80=98Canada?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99=20are=20out=20as=20French-language=20CBC=20service=20cha?= =?UTF-8?Q?nges=20name=20...?= Message-ID: <100e3c.5cb24249.3ee3568a@aol.com> In a message dated 6/7/2013 11:23:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kvahey@gmail.com writes: It had to happen sooner or later as the silliness of Quebec politics now has engulfed SRC. ------------------ At least the Quebecois "allowed" the Canadian Gov't to keep the CBC logo, without fleur-de-lis'ing it! ----------jibguy From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Jun 7 10:33:09 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:33:09 -0400 Subject: Is WILD-AM's Audio Problem At The Source? In-Reply-To: <20130606211550.261270@gmx.com> References: <20130606211550.261270@gmx.com> Message-ID: I scanned the dial recently and 1090's audio wasn't too bad--still low but better than before. What got me was when they first started they would have a couple in-studio hosting and a reporter or something would be calling in. You'd hear the reporter half decently but the in-studio hosts were faint... On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Laurence Glavin wrote: > I was viewing a Dave's TV commentary at DCRTV via Fybush.com, and > something he said startled me. He was scanning the > AM dial in DC and its suburbs, and when he stopped at 1190, WCRW-AM 50K > from Virginia but oriented toward > the Washington area and appealing to the Asian population there, Dave > remarked that the raw signal coming in > was satisfactory, but he couldn't hear any audio. They follow the same > format as WILD-AM 1090 in > Boston, serving as a rebroadcaster of programming from China Radio > International. If you've ever tried listening to > China Radio on WILD-AM, most of the time you'll experience a seemingly > dead carrier unless you pump it up. > But if Dave is right, and the same problem afflicts WCRW in the DC area, > could this problem be with the source and > not at WILD? This format has been on WILD-AM for a long time, so it seems > as though management of > WILD would alert China Radio about the problem, but who knows? > From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Fri Jun 7 16:02:51 2013 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:02:51 -0400 Subject: Is WILD-AM's Audio Problem At The Source? References: <20130606211550.261270@gmx.com> Message-ID: <713BBECA8DB443418D6C31407D7C4E46@s20035> At the top of the hour at 3PM...I heard them doing "City News". And a couple of the stories were: "WCVB reports that....." Is there a local host reading stories? If so, where are they loctaed from? (Or is this someone in China pulling up stories from WCVB.com?) Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" To: "Laurence Glavin" Cc: "Boston Radio Group" Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Is WILD-AM's Audio Problem At The Source? >I scanned the dial recently and 1090's audio wasn't too bad--still low but > better than before. What got me was when they first started they would > have > a couple in-studio hosting and a reporter or something would be calling > in. > You'd hear the reporter half decently but the in-studio hosts were > faint... > > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Laurence Glavin wrote: > >> I was viewing a Dave's TV commentary at DCRTV via Fybush.com, and >> something he said startled me. He was scanning the >> AM dial in DC and its suburbs, and when he stopped at 1190, WCRW-AM 50K >> from Virginia but oriented toward >> the Washington area and appealing to the Asian population there, Dave >> remarked that the raw signal coming in >> was satisfactory, but he couldn't hear any audio. They follow the same >> format as WILD-AM 1090 in >> Boston, serving as a rebroadcaster of programming from China Radio >> International. If you've ever tried listening to >> China Radio on WILD-AM, most of the time you'll experience a seemingly >> dead carrier unless you pump it up. >> But if Dave is right, and the same problem afflicts WCRW in the DC area, >> could this problem be with the source and >> not at WILD? This format has been on WILD-AM for a long time, so it seems >> as though management of >> WILD would alert China Radio about the problem, but who knows? >> From member@linkedin.com Sat Jun 8 13:31:20 2013 From: member@linkedin.com (Bob Nelson via LinkedIn) Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 17:31:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: BostonRadio, please add me to your LinkedIn network Message-ID: <1925986045.12509857.1370712680998.JavaMail.app@ela4-bed80.prod> LinkedIn ------------ Bob Nelson requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: ------------------------------------------ BostonRadio, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Bob Accept invitation from Bob Nelson http://www.linkedin.com/e/8kjphc-hhp2xtl8-45/dQ8_UGo4AVU87JG_IbpNhgVf0ppFSFAcoLpDeNnf51mOUFwlxRUzT8i/blk/I127700447_245/e39SrCAJoS5vrCAJoyRJtCVFnSRJrScJr6RBfnhv9ClRsDgZp6lQs6lzoQ5AomZIpn8_djgOnPsQd30MdPsOckALikxJsRBVp5YLczgPcz8Oej0Md34LrCBxbOYWrSlI/eml-comm_invm-b-in_ac-inv28/?hs=false&tok=3-tda34VMrBRM1 View profile of Bob Nelson http://www.linkedin.com/e/8kjphc-hhp2xtl8-45/rso/24833043/_LIK/name/245564450_I127700447_245/?hs=false&tok=3x321ZpGUrBRM1 ------------------------------------------ You are receiving Invitation emails. This email was intended for BostonRadio BostonRadio. Learn why this is included: http://www.linkedin.com/e/8kjphc-hhp2xtl8-45/plh/http%3A%2F%2Fhelp%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Fapp%2Fanswers%2Fdetail%2Fa_id%2F4788/-GXI/?hs=false&tok=04x_8i9usrBRM1 (c) 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. From chris2526@comcast.net Sun Jun 9 00:38:58 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 00:38:58 -0400 Subject: Touch 106 Message-ID: <5F4AF6A826804734825C35C6A19C5205@chrisHP> Like Touch 106 I was reminded of the Joseph Goebbels quote ?If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth? (or perception). Tonight in a local pub I overheard patrons at the bar arguing that Tampa (the city) is not Tampa it is Tampa Bay (the region) because the sports teams are called the Tampa Bay Rays and Buccaneers and Lightning....most at the bar thought actual name of the city is Tampa Bay. I guess schools teaching geography are a distant memory, no idea that Tampa Bay is not only Tampa it is also Clearwater, Largo, St Petersburg and dozens of other cities and towns. From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Jun 11 13:30:21 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:30:21 -0400 Subject: 13 inductees to be honored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame Message-ID: Susan Wornick Ron Della Chiesa Loren Owens and Wally Brine Garry Armstrong Chet Curtis Ken (Carter) Carberry Walt Sanders Jim Britt Alan Dary Jack Campbell Claire Crawford Richard L. Kay David Mugar http://www.massbroadcastershof.org/news.htm I am dismayed that Mugar was selected. He should be in the Hall of Shame for the way he ran WNEV/WHDH into the ground and also paving the way for WHDH radio to vanish forever. From ssmyth@psualum.com Tue Jun 11 14:55:31 2013 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:55:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: 13 inductees to be honored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1370976931.17798.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Kevin Vahey wrote: "I am dismayed that Mugar was selected. He should be in the Hall of Shame for the way he ran WNEV/WHDH into the ground and also paving the way for WHDH radio to vanish forever."? I'm surprised by that one as well. Channel 7 was perennially No. 3 when he owned it. From dlh@donnahalper.com Tue Jun 11 17:10:25 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:10:25 -0400 Subject: 13 inductees to be honored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame In-Reply-To: <1370976931.17798.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1370976931.17798.YahooMailNeo@web142703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <51B79241.9040605@donnahalper.com> On 6/11/2013 2:55 PM, Sean Smyth wrote: > Kevin Vahey wrote: "I am dismayed that Mugar was selected. He should be in the Hall of > Shame for the way he ran WNEV/WHDH into the ground and also paving the > way for WHDH radio to vanish forever." > > I'm surprised by that one as well. Channel 7 was perennially No. 3 when he owned it. > > Perhaps it had to do with his philanthropic endeavors? (I didn't vote on that one, but there are a variety of criteria for induction. I can put you in touch with the president of the organization, if you want to question one of the choices.) From rac@gabrielmass.com Thu Jun 13 03:44:25 2013 From: rac@gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:44:25 -0400 Subject: Former owner of 740 AM is running for office in VA Message-ID: <51B97859.4080307@gabrielmass.com> Some time ago I wondered whatever became of the Rev. Earl Jackson, the lawyer and minister who, in the 1980s, owned Cambridge gospel station WLVG 740 AM, the station which is now Bob Bittner's WJIB 740. Well, he has moved to Virginia, has led a church in Chesapeake, and has entered politics: he ran for Senate in 2011 and is now running for Lieutenant Governor of the Dominion State. But when you've gone bankrupt running a radio station and have had a history of being sued for nonpayment of taxes and debts, those problems can put a candidate on the hot seat. 2013: Jackson admits past money problems, teenage drug use http://washingtonexaminer.com/virginia-candidate-e.w.-jackson-admits-past-money-problems-drug-use/article/2531792 2011 Senate race: http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/145952 --RC From lglavin@mail.com Tue Jun 11 15:02:18 2013 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:02:18 -0400 Subject: 13 inductees to be honored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame Message-ID: <20130611190218.31960@gmx.com> >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Vahey >Sent: 06/11/13 01:30 PM >To: Boston Radio Group >Subject: 13 inductees to be honored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame >Susan Wornick >Ron Della Chiesa >Loren Owens and Wally Brine >Garry Armstrong >Chet Curtis >Ken (Carter) Carberry >Walt Sanders >Jim Britt >Alan Dary >Jack Campbell >Claire Crawford >Richard L. Kay >David Mugar >http://www.massbroadcastershof.org/news.htm ...........Richard L. Kaye's name is misspelled. From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Sat Jun 15 12:42:26 2013 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:42:26 -0400 Subject: Digital TV in Boston... Message-ID: I have been experimenting with the new HD subchannels in the Boston area. I know some on the list have been following the status of the subchannels...and I have a couple of questions... -) Is there a 44-2 for WGBX-TV? -) How many subchannels does WBIN-TV have? I've located 50-2(LWN) and 50-3(Weather)...but the newspaper tells me there is a "Universal Sports" and a "Cool TV" subchannel. Is that right? -) How many feeds is WENH-TV offerring these days? Thanks! From m_carney@yahoo.com Sat Jun 15 17:32:09 2013 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:32:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Digital TV in Boston... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1371331929.89201.YahooMailNeo@web120504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> WBIN-TV has 2 two subchannels - 50.2 is LiveWell Network (it used to be Universal Sports until they were placed on cable only) and 50.3 is Weather Nation (replacing The CoolTV). From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Sat Jun 15 18:55:29 2013 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Anybody home at WTEN ?? Message-ID: <1371336929.73728.YahooMailNeo@web125206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I just saw something that absolutely blew my mind.? The entire 6:00 PM news on WTEN -TV Albany NY tonight was accompanied by a soundtrack of nothing but unintelligible distortion/white noise.? I figured that it would be caught and fixed by the first commercial break, but nope.? They just kept going on like nothing at all was wrong.? In this day and age of downsizing, is this what things have come to, where nobody in the building is even paying attention to their over the air signal anymore?? Now I understand that the Albany/Schenectady/Troy market is much smaller than New York City or Boston, but I can't help but think that something like this happening here without any attempt to address it would've been unthinkable in the very recent past. Matthew Osborne Rotterdam, NY From kc1ih@mac.com Sat Jun 15 20:30:28 2013 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:30:28 -0400 Subject: Anybody home at WTEN ?? In-Reply-To: <1371336929.73728.YahooMailNeo@web125206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1371336929.73728.YahooMailNeo@web125206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Did you check the audio setting on your TV and/or cable/satellite box? It sounds like you may have been set for the SAP audio rather than the main audio. Of course if you we're watching via cable or satellite the problem could have been on their end. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH Sent from my iPhone, so please excuse the brevity. On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:55 PM, Matthew Osborne wrote: > I just saw something that absolutely blew my mind. The entire 6:00 PM news on WTEN -TV Albany NY tonight was accompanied by a soundtrack of nothing but unintelligible distortion/white noise. I figured that it would be caught and fixed by the first commercial break, but nope. They just kept going on like nothing at all was wrong. In this day and age of downsizing, is this what things have come to, where nobody in the building is even paying attention to their over the air signal anymore? Now I understand that the Albany/Schenectady/Troy market is much smaller than New York City or Boston, but I can't help but think that something like this happening here without any attempt to address it would've been unthinkable in the very recent past. > > Matthew Osborne > Rotterdam, NY > From raccoonradio@mail.com Sun Jun 16 06:03:03 2013 From: raccoonradio@mail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:03:03 -0400 Subject: Anybody home at WTEN ?? Message-ID: <20130616100303.102910@gmx.com> Was anyone home at WEEI-FM last night? Just after 1 am I lay in bed and after having listened to Sports Hub for awhile, I tuned to 93.7 to find they were doing both a local talk show AND ESPN at the same time. Whomever was running the board apparently had both pots up and for about 5 minutes at least, maybe 10 (I gave up) it was two shows at once. I mentioned it on twitter and facebook. There have been times during J.T. the Brick where they run both an ad or promo from Fox Sports and their own spot at the same time and it lasts a minute or so but this ran for maybe 5-10...and I turned the radio off... Another time I was in the Hartford area and WPOP 1410 was supposed to have a Yankees game on but it was rained out. So WPOP promptly continunes to run a simulcast of WCBS 880 with news, etc. for several minutes till finally someone showed up (out for a sandwich?) and abruptly switched it to ESPN (this was before they launched the 97.9 in Windsor Locks...) From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Jun 16 07:59:39 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:59:39 -0400 Subject: Digital TV in Boston... In-Reply-To: <1371331929.89201.YahooMailNeo@web120504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1371331929.89201.YahooMailNeo@web120504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: http://www.wgbh.org/watch/tvchannels.cfm? WGBX does have subchannels, and those with cable (like me) will find them on our systems. According to this page, WGBH Create is on 44.3, GBH Kids on 44.4 (Boston only has "Boston Kids and Family". The main WGBH and WGBX channels also have HD broadcasts. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > WBIN-TV has 2 two subchannels - 50.2 is LiveWell Network (it used to be > Universal Sports until they were placed on cable only) and 50.3 is Weather > Nation (replacing The CoolTV). > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Jun 16 08:00:50 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:00:50 -0400 Subject: Digital TV in Boston... In-Reply-To: References: <1371331929.89201.YahooMailNeo@web120504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: ...and oh, WGBH World is also available...on Channel 2.2 (again, also on Comcast, FIOS, RCN etc,) On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > http://www.wgbh.org/watch/tvchannels.cfm? > > WGBX does have subchannels, and those with cable (like me) will find them > on our systems. According to this page, WGBH Create is on 44.3, GBH Kids on > 44.4 (Boston only has "Boston Kids and Family". The main WGBH and WGBX > channels also have HD broadcasts. > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > >> WBIN-TV has 2 two subchannels - 50.2 is LiveWell Network (it used to be >> Universal Sports until they were placed on cable only) and 50.3 is Weather >> Nation (replacing The CoolTV). >> > > From m_carney@yahoo.com Sun Jun 16 13:11:24 2013 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:11:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Digital TV in Boston... In-Reply-To: <573104A09829441DBB6F3DBE2633A45B@s20035> References: <1371331929.89201.YahooMailNeo@web120504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <573104A09829441DBB6F3DBE2633A45B@s20035> Message-ID: <1371402684.63969.YahooMailNeo@web120503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Correct. 44.2 was WGBH World. It was moved to 2.2 earlier this year but the channel #s were not realigned. From mattosborne1976@yahoo.com Sun Jun 16 13:40:23 2013 From: mattosborne1976@yahoo.com (Matthew Osborne) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Anybody home at WTEN ?? In-Reply-To: References: <1371336929.73728.YahooMailNeo@web125206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1371404423.27003.YahooMailNeo@web125204.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Its definitely not the TV audio settings - they are set to the main audio channel (not SAP).? I should also note that all of the commercials sounded perfectly fine; its just when they went to the 'studio-live' portion (for lack of a better term), including all of the new videos/intro/bumper music.? However, I suspect that the commercials during that newscast got almost zero viewers... Matthew Osborne Rotterdam, NY ________________________________ From: Larry Weil To: Matthew Osborne Cc: "boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org" Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 8:30 PM Subject: Re: Anybody home at WTEN ?? Did you check the audio setting on your TV and/or cable/satellite box?? It sounds like you may have been set for the SAP audio rather than the main audio.? Of course if you we're watching via cable or satellite the problem could have been on their end. Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH Sent from my iPhone, so please excuse the brevity. On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:55 PM, Matthew Osborne wrote: > I just saw something that absolutely blew my mind.? The entire 6:00 PM news on WTEN -TV Albany NY tonight was accompanied by a soundtrack of nothing but unintelligible distortion/white noise.? I figured that it would be caught and fixed by the first commercial break, but nope.? They just kept going on like nothing at all was wrong.? In this day and age of downsizing, is this what things have come to, where nobody in the building is even paying attention to their over the air signal anymore?? Now I understand that the Albany/Schenectady/Troy market is much smaller than New York City or Boston, but I can't help but think that something like this happening here without any attempt to address it would've been unthinkable in the very recent past. > > Matthew Osborne > Rotterdam, NY > From chris2526@comcast.net Mon Jun 17 03:14:22 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:14:22 -0400 Subject: Evolving METV-cables eventual downfall Message-ID: Anyone else notice METV is evolving into a very well done product, the production quality and on air promotion have taken on a very imaginative and polished look and feel with an excellent variety of shows. As a result both WMUR and WCVB are loaded with quality local and national spots almost no PI or low class advertisers. Most importantly they don?t cut program episodes to shreds. TV-Land should be renamed waste-land for running a full weekend of Friends, a show that if you watched the first season you saw everything next next 9 seasons had to offer. Same 80?s and 90?s shows recycled on every cable channel, they are just moved around and around or simulcast at staggered intervals like The Golden Girls on TV Land, Hallmark, LOGO sometimes an episode or two behind. If people really start cutting the cable in droves its not like they didn?t ask for it, too many needless channels at too high a price. To get Turner Classic movies I have to take a package of 20 sports channels I don?t watch or care about, how slimy can the cable companies be. Too much ($) for too little. From lglavin@mail.com Fri Jun 14 14:30:55 2013 From: lglavin@mail.com (Laurence Glavin) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:30:55 -0400 Subject: Comcast Says I Can Delete All The Sports Channels To Save $$$$$ Message-ID: <20130614183056.200940@gmx.com> I called Comcast about two years ago to add Current TV for the Keith Olbermann "Countdown" Show (now I watch Stephanie Miller and John Fugelsang's "Viewpoint" show, and over time I have been among the very few to watch some of their documentaries too) and at that time I got a preferential rate for changing my channel lineup. I understood that some of the fees would go up in ONE year, and they did so moderately in June of 2012. My latest bill arrived and the bottom line figure went up sharply, so I called Comcast for the reason. The very cheerful young woman who answered said there were OTHER price bombs at the TWO year mark. (BTW, she stayed pleasant and laughed out loud when I repeated a line from last weekend's "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" on NPR. They ran a segment on how Al Quaeda runs itself like a typical bureaucracy with expense accounts and performance reviews. Peter Sagal said : "it's just like Comcast, only less evil"). Anyway, in an attempt to revise my channel lineup to reduce expenses, I asked if certain groups of channels like the all-sports channels could be deleted, and she quoted the line from the Grey Poupon commercials, "why, of course". I'm not home and my cable box is turned off so I won't know until tonight if all the ESPNs and their siblings are gone. I thought the sports channels were sacrosanct but it seemed as though I could have done this years ago. Grrr. Yikes...this means I won't know the Broonz score until the eleven o'clock news if then. I'll survive. What I'm going to do next is go down the list of ALL the channels I receive that I never watch and call back early Monday morning after recharging my phone (the call may take a while) to see if I can delete some individual channels not just a tier. Apparently some channels that APPEAR rto be standalones may be in a sub-tier. From markwats@comcast.net Mon Jun 24 19:18:39 2013 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:18:39 -0400 Subject: Bruce Bradley Has Passed Message-ID: <56F07E5EF4474D749822034BAA42F1FA@MarkOTS3> KMOX reports former WBZ and KMOX personality Bruce Bradley has passed away at the age of 79. Bruce was a night music jock on 'BZ back in the mid 1960's and later returned to host afternoons. He worked at KMOX from 1985 to 1992. Link to story on the CBS St. Louis website: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/06/24/former-kmox-host-bruce-bradley-dies-at-79/ Mark Watson From dlh@donnahalper.com Mon Jun 24 19:59:56 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:59:56 -0400 Subject: Bruce Bradley Has Passed In-Reply-To: <56F07E5EF4474D749822034BAA42F1FA@MarkOTS3> References: <56F07E5EF4474D749822034BAA42F1FA@MarkOTS3> Message-ID: <51C8DD7C.4000605@donnahalper.com> On 6/24/2013 7:18 PM, Mark Watson wrote: > KMOX reports former WBZ and KMOX personality Bruce Bradley has passed away at the age of 79. Bruce was a night music jock on 'BZ back in the mid 1960's and later returned to host afternoons. He worked at KMOX from 1985 to 1992. > What a shame. He was such a talented jock (and one of my favorites at WBZ); but by many accounts, he became an angry and embittered person. May he find in death the peace he seems not to have had in life. From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Tue Jun 25 02:13:15 2013 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 02:13:15 -0400 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? Message-ID: There has been lots of emphasis on pirates on the FM band...but how about the AM band... Last night I heard something that sound French(Creole, Haitian?) on 720AM. I know 720 is typically WGN...I can't imagine there'd be too many Canadian french stations on 720. Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? From jjlehmann@comcast.net Tue Jun 25 07:25:13 2013 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:25:13 -0400 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> > Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? Yes, 720 is still around, as well as a bunch at the top end such as 1580, 1520, 1640, 1670, 1700. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA From jjlehmann@comcast.net Tue Jun 25 10:38:57 2013 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:38:57 -0400 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? In-Reply-To: References: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> Message-ID: Almost all of the AM pirate antennas I've seen have been the type used by most TIS stations. They have a dull yellow mast at the bottom, then a white section with a whip above that. And one of those I mentioned was a typo, it's 1620 not 1520. Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." wrote: > I've been in Boston several times and vividly recall the Pirates on the AM band. > > I would've thought they would all stick to the upper end of the band. > > Anyone know what kind of power, transmitter/antenna set up these pirates are using? I would imagine the pirates in the 15's and 16's are using a CB style whip and maybe a TIS/HAR type transmitter.. but something on 720? > > Paul > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Jeff Lehmann wrote: >> > Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? >> >> Yes, 720 is still around, as well as a bunch at the top end such as 1580, >> 1520, 1640, 1670, 1700. >> >> Jeff Lehmann >> Hanson, MA > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Jun 25 08:44:44 2013 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:44:44 -0500 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? In-Reply-To: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> References: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> Message-ID: I've been in Boston several times and vividly recall the Pirates on the AM band. I would've thought they would all stick to the upper end of the band. Anyone know what kind of power, transmitter/antenna set up these pirates are using? I would imagine the pirates in the 15's and 16's are using a CB style whip and maybe a TIS/HAR type transmitter.. but something on 720? Paul On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Jeff Lehmann wrote: > > Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? > > Yes, 720 is still around, as well as a bunch at the top end such as 1580, > 1520, 1640, 1670, 1700. > > Jeff Lehmann > Hanson, MA > > From dcassell@gmail.com Tue Jun 25 08:19:13 2013 From: dcassell@gmail.com (Damon Cassell) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:19:13 -0400 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? In-Reply-To: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> References: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> Message-ID: You can add 1690 KHz to that list, operating from Lynn. Damon On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Jeff Lehmann wrote: > > Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? > > Yes, 720 is still around, as well as a bunch at the top end such as 1580, > 1520, 1640, 1670, 1700. > > Jeff Lehmann > Hanson, MA > > From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Tue Jun 25 12:23:14 2013 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:23:14 -0400 Subject: Bruce Bradley Has Passed References: <56F07E5EF4474D749822034BAA42F1FA@MarkOTS3> <51C8DD7C.4000605@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <84CBD33E0EB54DB2B90AB5E72ACE6BA3@YOURbcbbe822ed> Sad to see him go. We got along very well and was one of the funniest guys on radio but he had his quirks. I found this old posting with details of his personality http://lists.bostonradio.org/bri/v02/msg05681.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Mark Watson" Cc: Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Bruce Bradley Has Passed > On 6/24/2013 7:18 PM, Mark Watson wrote: >> KMOX reports former WBZ and KMOX personality Bruce Bradley has passed >> away at the age of 79. Bruce was a night music jock on 'BZ back in the >> mid 1960's and later returned to host afternoons. He worked at KMOX from >> 1985 to 1992. >> > > What a shame. He was such a talented jock (and one of my favorites at > WBZ); but by many accounts, he became an angry and embittered person. May > he find in death the peace he seems not to have had in life. > > From kvahey@gmail.com Tue Jun 25 14:13:05 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:13:05 -0400 Subject: Bruce Bradley Has Passed In-Reply-To: <84CBD33E0EB54DB2B90AB5E72ACE6BA3@YOURbcbbe822ed> References: <56F07E5EF4474D749822034BAA42F1FA@MarkOTS3> <51C8DD7C.4000605@donnahalper.com> <84CBD33E0EB54DB2B90AB5E72ACE6BA3@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: Article about Bruce from 1966 http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/2/7/wbz-a-contemporary-music-station-pthe/ On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Ted Larsen wrote: > > Sad to see him go. We got along very well and was one of the funniest guys > on radio but he had his quirks. > > I found this old posting with details of his personality > http://lists.bostonradio.org/**bri/v02/msg05681.html > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" > To: "Mark Watson" > Cc: > > > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:59 PM > Subject: Re: Bruce Bradley Has Passed > > > > On 6/24/2013 7:18 PM, Mark Watson wrote: >> >>> KMOX reports former WBZ and KMOX personality Bruce Bradley has passed >>> away at the age of 79. Bruce was a night music jock on 'BZ back in the mid >>> 1960's and later returned to host afternoons. He worked at KMOX from 1985 >>> to 1992. >>> >>> >> What a shame. He was such a talented jock (and one of my favorites at >> WBZ); but by many accounts, he became an angry and embittered person. May >> he find in death the peace he seems not to have had in life. >> >> >> > > From chris2526@comcast.net Tue Jun 25 20:58:56 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:58:56 -0400 Subject: CBS Boston (TV) Message-ID: Something unusual going on tonight, I turned on WSBK to watch House and there is a simulcast of the CBS network programming (CSI) on both WBZ and WSBK, it first struck me as odd as I had never seen the CBS icon on the right bottom corner of any TV 38 programming. The simulcast is on both cable and OTA. From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Tue Jun 25 21:26:10 2013 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Bruce Bradley Has Passed Message-ID: <1372209970.32225.BPMail_low_noncarrier@web121406.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> He was one of the best -- great on-air humor. His jokes were simple on the surface for we who were teenagers, but often had another, more sophisticated level. He helped raise my humor IQ. I met him one muggy summer night around 1965 at the end of his show from the sundeck studio at Paragon. Park in Nantasket. Seeing that I was a hopeless radio wannabe, his comment was, in essence, Kid, it ain't all glamor and fame and wealth; ain't necessarily all it's cracked up to be. So, in his early 30's then, he also was a wise man. :)) Then he got into his not-necessarily-brand-new VW Beetle and headed home -- perhaps thinking about what he'd be doing on his ONE day off that week from laboring in the Group W vineyards. RIP. --Marty Waters, still hoping to firnd my Bruce Bradley Beach Boy Club membership card, No. 35 From ssmyth@psualum.com Tue Jun 25 21:35:38 2013 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: CBS Boston (TV) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1372210538.64063.YahooMailNeo@web142701.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> I assume it's for when WBZ breaks away for election coverage. ________________________________ From: Chris Hall To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 8:58 PM Subject: CBS Boston (TV) Something unusual going on tonight, I turned on WSBK to watch House and there is a simulcast of the CBS network programming (CSI) on both WBZ and? WSBK, it first struck me as odd as I had never seen the CBS icon on the right bottom corner of any TV 38 programming. The simulcast is on both cable and OTA. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Jun 25 12:33:48 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:33:48 -0400 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? In-Reply-To: References: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> Message-ID: 720 is in Dorchester and comes in here in Beverly on occasion. There are some around Lynn at 1690, etc. The following site lists some of the pirates including the 720 ("Dorchester - Haitian/Caribbean; religion.") Usually I can find this page by typing "Boston low power radio" into a search engine. http://www.bamlog.com/bostonlp.htm On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jeff Lehmann wrote: > Almost all of the AM pirate antennas I've seen have been the type used by > most TIS stations. They have a dull yellow mast at the bottom, then a white > section with a whip above that. > > And one of those I mentioned was a typo, it's 1620 not 1520. > > Jeff Lehmann > Hanson, MA > > On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've been in Boston several times and vividly recall the Pirates on the > AM band. > > > > I would've thought they would all stick to the upper end of the band. > > > > Anyone know what kind of power, transmitter/antenna set up these pirates > are using? I would imagine the pirates in the 15's and 16's are using a CB > style whip and maybe a TIS/HAR type transmitter.. but something on 720? > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Jeff Lehmann > wrote: > >> > Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? > >> > >> Yes, 720 is still around, as well as a bunch at the top end such as > 1580, > >> 1520, 1640, 1670, 1700. > >> > >> Jeff Lehmann > >> Hanson, MA > > > From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Jun 26 03:40:27 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:40:27 -0400 Subject: Pirates on AM in Boston? In-Reply-To: References: <021801ce7196$a906c7b0$fb145710$@net> Message-ID: 720 comes in loud and clear in Inman Sq Cambridge WGN historically never did well east of the Hudson - and if I recall there was a 720 allowed in PEI Canada in the mid 80's ( since moved to FM) On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > 720 is in Dorchester and comes in here in Beverly on occasion. There are > some around Lynn at 1690, etc. > The following site lists some of the pirates including the 720 ("Dorchester > - Haitian/Caribbean; religion.") Usually I can find this page by typing > "Boston low power radio" into a search engine. > > http://www.bamlog.com/bostonlp.htm > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jeff Lehmann >wrote: > > > Almost all of the AM pirate antennas I've seen have been the type used by > > most TIS stations. They have a dull yellow mast at the bottom, then a > white > > section with a whip above that. > > > > And one of those I mentioned was a typo, it's 1620 not 1520. > > > > Jeff Lehmann > > Hanson, MA > > > > On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < > > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've been in Boston several times and vividly recall the Pirates on the > > AM band. > > > > > > I would've thought they would all stick to the upper end of the band. > > > > > > Anyone know what kind of power, transmitter/antenna set up these > pirates > > are using? I would imagine the pirates in the 15's and 16's are using a > CB > > style whip and maybe a TIS/HAR type transmitter.. but something on 720? > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Jeff Lehmann > > wrote: > > >> > Anyone know if there are pirates on AM? > > >> > > >> Yes, 720 is still around, as well as a bunch at the top end such as > > 1580, > > >> 1520, 1640, 1670, 1700. > > >> > > >> Jeff Lehmann > > >> Hanson, MA > > > > > > From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Jun 26 07:43:07 2013 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:43:07 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) Message-ID: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> So she announced on last night's program (Wednesday AM 6/26). This raises the question of whether Morgan White Jr and Bradley Jay, each of whom had been doing one night a week for the last several months (while Brien did three nights per week and Jordan Rich did the other two nights), have any future as air talent on AM 1030. I guess Brien's right-wing credentials qualified her for the job; it's clear from last night's calls that, like the callers to AM-radio talk shows nationwide, the audience for WBZ's overnight program is overwelmingly older and very conservative. (That is, nearly all of the callers get their political views from the Tea Party crowd that controls the US House and most state governments--albeit not that of Massachusetts.) IMO, Brien should stick to her strong suit, which is light banter of no real consequence. She has demonstrated that she is not well informed about the deeper subjects and appears to have little interest in ensuring that the accusations she hurls at people whose opinions differ from her own are based on fact. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 From gary@garysicecream.com Wed Jun 26 09:25:32 2013 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:25:32 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> Why doesn't CBS just save money and shut the transmitter off from 12-5......I haven't heard anything worth listening to overnight at 1030 since Steve L left. -g -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Dan.Strassberg Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:43 AM To: Boston Radio Interest Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) So she announced on last night's program (Wednesday AM 6/26). This raises the question of whether Morgan White Jr and Bradley Jay, each of whom had been doing one night a week for the last several months (while Brien did three nights per week and Jordan Rich did the other two nights), have any future as air talent on AM 1030. I guess Brien's right-wing credentials qualified her for the job; it's clear from last night's calls that, like the callers to AM-radio talk shows nationwide, the audience for WBZ's overnight program is overwelmingly older and very conservative. (That is, nearly all of the callers get their political views from the Tea Party crowd that controls the US House and most state governments--albeit not that of Massachusetts.) IMO, Brien should stick to her strong suit, which is light banter of no real consequence. She has demonstrated that she is not well informed about the deeper subjects and appears to have little interest in ensuring that the accusations she hurls at people whose opinions differ from her own are based on fact. ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Jun 26 10:13:53 2013 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:13:53 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> Message-ID: <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary's Ice Cream" To: "Boston radio e-mail list" Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:25 AM Subject: RE: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) > Why doesn't CBS just save money and shut the transmitter off from > 12-5......I haven't heard anything worth listening to overnight at 1030 > since Steve L left. > > -g > > I suspect that the overnights are profitable for WBZ. Though some of the > spots they run are non-commercial (for example, the much-maligned > Karz4Kidz--or however they spell it), the majority seem to be commercial. > I think the total spot load is around 8 minutes per hour. Somebody who > listens more closely than I do and is willing to keep good records could > probably come up with the real numbers. But then, of course, there's the > issue of how much (if anything) WBZ is giving back from rate card. > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > From sids1045@aol.com Wed Jun 26 11:24:07 2013 From: sids1045@aol.com (Sid Schweiger) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:24:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <8D040985546DB6F-1758-30E49@Webmail-d111.sysops.aol.com> "Shehas demonstrated that she is not well informed about the deeper subjects andappears to have little interest in ensuring that the accusations she hurlsat people whose opinions differ from her own are based on fact." Talk radio, especially political talk radio, has treated facts as irrelevant ever since Rush Limbaugh first stepped out of his role as a disc-jockey (and probably even before that, although Rush is the most obvious case of "narrative comes first, facts a distant second"). From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Jun 26 10:07:05 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:07:05 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> Message-ID: What about Jordan Rich though? This weekend he had the bands Bird Mancini and Gracie Curran and the Highfalutin Band, and a great interview with the author of a book on Bob and Ray. Then there are his movie and TV nights. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Gary's Ice Cream wrote: > Why doesn't CBS just save money and shut the transmitter off from > 12-5......I haven't heard anything worth listening to overnight at 1030 > since Steve L left. > > -g > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of > Dan.Strassberg > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:43 AM > To: Boston Radio Interest > Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the > next year (at least) > > So she announced on last night's program (Wednesday AM 6/26). This raises > the question of whether Morgan White Jr and Bradley Jay, each of whom had > been doing one night a week for the last several months (while Brien did > three nights per week and Jordan Rich did the other two nights), have any > future as air talent on AM 1030. > > I guess Brien's right-wing credentials qualified her for the job; it's > clear > from last night's calls that, like the callers to AM-radio talk shows > nationwide, the audience for WBZ's overnight program is overwelmingly older > and very conservative. (That is, nearly all of the callers get their > political views from the Tea Party crowd that controls the US House and > most > state governments--albeit not that of Massachusetts.) IMO, Brien should > stick to her strong suit, which is light banter of no real consequence. She > has demonstrated that she is not well informed about the deeper subjects > and > appears to have little interest in ensuring that the accusations she hurls > at people whose opinions differ from her own are based on fact. > > ----- > Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) > eFax 1-707-215-6367 > > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Jun 26 12:30:05 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:30:05 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> Gary wrote-- > > >> Why doesn't CBS just save money and shut the transmitter off from >> 12-5......I haven't heard anything worth listening to overnight at 1030 >> since Steve L left. It is true that keeping overnights live and local is a very popular move for WBZ, and the public seems to expect it (remember all the furor that erupted when they briefly tried to offer syndicated programming and get rid of Steve a while back?). That said, as a friend of Dean Johnson for many years, I am sorry he did not get the gig, but as a second-wave feminist, I am happy to see a woman finally get a talk show on WBZ, which has never, to my knowledge, had a local female talk show host... local news anchors and reporters, yes, but local talk shows have been mainly hosted by men. From map@mapinternet.com Wed Jun 26 12:37:20 2013 From: map@mapinternet.com (M. Casey) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:37:20 -0400 Subject: WBZ early morning news In-Reply-To: <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <7122C539255B46B7867A51B6DF63DBD2@CASEYPC> One change that might be smart for WBZ would be to start the News at 4am instead of 5am. There's a sizable audience getting ready for the day or starting their travel to work in the 4 to 5am hour. A single anchor and some of the regular daily recorded features would work for that hour. After all, some of the TV's start at 4 or 4:30am, and it's hard to watch TV when you're in the shower--so why not radio. I listen to WBZ-AM often out here near Springfield, and I'm not sure what time WBZ-TV starts their news, but even a similcast of the TV audio on WBZ-AM from 4 to 5am would probably gain more listeners than the overnite program does. Mark Casey K1MAP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary's Ice Cream" > Why doesn't CBS just save money and shut the transmitter off from > 12-5......I haven't heard anything worth listening to overnight at 1030 > since Steve L left. > > -g > From aerie.ma@comcast.net Wed Jun 26 13:42:14 2013 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:42:14 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <002c01ce7294$82a39d10$87ead730$@ma@comcast.net> My memory may be faulty, but didn't Robin Young do talk on WBZ at some point? She was the overnight host on weekends during the time WBZ was still playing music, but I vaguely remember she did some talk later on in her career before moving to WBUR. I could well be wrong, though. It is true that keeping overnights live and local is a very popular move for WBZ, and the public seems to expect it (remember all the furor that erupted when they briefly tried to offer syndicated programming and get rid of Steve a while back?). That said, as a friend of Dean Johnson for many years, I am sorry he did not get the gig, but as a second-wave feminist, I am happy to see a woman finally get a talk show on WBZ, which has never, to my knowledge, had a local female talk show host... local news anchors and reporters, yes, but local talk shows have been mainly hosted by men. From Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com Wed Jun 26 15:36:07 2013 From: Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com (Don) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:36:07 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <8D040985546DB6F-1758-30E49@Webmail-d111.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8EB1B5909B834F1CB3B9531A1AB81BBB@s20035> >>"narrative comes first, facts a distant second". Rush also exposed liberal listeners who believe that their own opinions are facts and when someone has a diffring opinion, they are factually incorrect. From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Jun 26 17:32:03 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:32:03 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <8EB1B5909B834F1CB3B9531A1AB81BBB@s20035> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <8D040985546DB6F-1758-30E49@Webmail-d111.sysops.aol.com> <8EB1B5909B834F1CB3B9531A1AB81BBB@s20035> Message-ID: <51CB5DD3.6080900@donnahalper.com> On 6/26/2013 3:36 PM, Don wrote: > > Rush also exposed liberal listeners who believe that their own > opinions are facts and when someone has a diffring opinion, they are > factually incorrect. > Mr. Limbaugh didn't "expose" anything. Independent fact-checkers have shown he is frequently guilty of distortion. But that is how he makes his living-- he is a political talk show host, and a provocateur. He berates those who disagree with him, and he gets good ratings for doing so. The ability to berate others does not make you correct on the facts -- it just makes you exciting to your base of listeners. What I always liked about David Brudnoy, who was also a conservative, is he never berated anyone and he never distorted the facts in service of ratings-- he was fair to his guests and loved a good debate. Mr. Limbaugh does not want an exchange of ideas, nor is he being paid to provide one. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Jun 26 15:39:11 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:39:11 -0400 Subject: CBS Boston (TV) In-Reply-To: <1372210538.64063.YahooMailNeo@web142701.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1372210538.64063.YahooMailNeo@web142701.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: And indeed with the coverage of the arraignment of Aaron Hernandez on CBS4, a crawl message indicated that regular programming normally seen on 4 was being broadcast on 38 instead, their sister station. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Sean Smyth wrote: > I assume it's for when WBZ breaks away for election coverage. > > ________________________________ > From: Chris Hall > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 8:58 PM > Subject: CBS Boston (TV) > > > Something unusual going on tonight, I turned on WSBK to watch House and > there is a simulcast of the CBS network programming > (CSI) on both WBZ and WSBK, it first struck me as odd as I had never seen > the CBS icon on the right bottom corner of any TV 38 > programming. The simulcast is on both cable and OTA. > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Jun 26 22:15:13 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:15:13 -0400 Subject: Don LaTulippe RIP In-Reply-To: <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> Message-ID: <51CBA031.1060206@donnahalper.com> I was sorry to hear the news that Don LaTulippe has passed away. I was one of the folks who was a guest on his cable access program, and he was always kind to me. He had a long career in radio, and perhaps some of you worked with him. I don't have many more details on his passing, but he will be missed. From chris2526@comcast.net Wed Jun 26 23:30:19 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:30:19 -0400 Subject: RIP Don LaTullipe Message-ID: Somewhere I still have a 1/2 hour of a Don LaTullipe WEZE morning show from 1969, its on full track 1/4? reel to reel tape, I wish I had some way to transfer it to an audio file or CD. A consummate polished and professional old line show when stations like WEZE 1260, WHDH 850 and WEEI 590 made me realize just how major Boston really was at the time. While my Dad was a Jess Cain fan my Mom was Don LaTullipe all the way. When I moved south in 1970 after leaving the Washington DC signals I was horrified at just how bad radio was until you got to Miami. Miami at the time was a junior version of NYC, when I think back how great Miami and WIOD once were.... listening to Miami-Ft Lauderdale radio these days is enough to make you weep. From kvahey@gmail.com Thu Jun 27 01:56:36 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:56:36 -0400 Subject: Miami radio was: RIP Don LaTullipe Message-ID: I first heard Miami Top 40 in 1967 and WQAM and WFUN were solid. WIOD was an icon into the early 90's - Neil Rogers was as good as anybody I have ever heard. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Chris Hall wrote: > > Somewhere I still have a 1/2 hour of a Don LaTullipe WEZE morning show from 1969, its on full track 1/4? reel to reel tape, I wish I had > some way to transfer it to an audio file or CD. A consummate polished and professional old line show when stations like WEZE 1260, > WHDH 850 and WEEI 590 made me realize just how major Boston really was at the time. While my Dad was a Jess Cain fan my Mom was Don LaTullipe > all the way. When I moved south in 1970 after leaving the Washington DC signals I was horrified at just how bad radio was until you got to Miami. > Miami at the time was a junior version of NYC, when I think back how great Miami and WIOD once were.... listening to Miami-Ft Lauderdale radio > these days is enough to make you weep. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Jun 27 11:38:08 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:38:08 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <51CB5DD3.6080900@donnahalper.com> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <8D040985546DB6F-1758-30E49@Webmail-d111.sysops.aol.com> <8EB1B5909B834F1CB3B9531A1AB81BBB@s20035> <51CB5DD3.6080900@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Just to show how political opinions differ, some have called Brien right-wing, taking cues from the Tea Party, etc. But from a conservative messageboard: "Jen Brien is no conservative! She is a RINO (Republican in Name Only)..." As for Rush people don't have to listen to him but his continued presence on the air shows that quite a few people do...even if they don't agree. But I know what you mean re: Brudnoy (...and Gene...and Jerry...) On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 6/26/2013 3:36 PM, Don wrote: > >> >> Rush also exposed liberal listeners who believe that their own opinions >> are facts and when someone has a diffring opinion, they are factually >> incorrect. >> >> > Mr. Limbaugh didn't "expose" anything. Independent fact-checkers have > shown he is frequently guilty of distortion. But that is how he makes his > living-- he is a political talk show host, and a provocateur. He berates > those who disagree with him, and he gets good ratings for doing so. The > ability to berate others does not make you correct on the facts -- it just > makes you exciting to your base of listeners. What I always liked about > David Brudnoy, who was also a conservative, is he never berated anyone and > he never distorted the facts in service of ratings-- he was fair to his > guests and loved a good debate. Mr. Limbaugh does not want an exchange of > ideas, nor is he being paid to provide one. > From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Jun 27 16:12:34 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:12:34 -0400 Subject: Jim Britt In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <51CC9CB2.1070006@donnahalper.com> Do any of you have a suggestion about a friend or relative of the late Jim Britt? We want to posthumously honor him at the Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame luncheon, and cannot find a living relative or friend anywhere who could accept the award. Suggestions are very much appreciated. From dan.strassberg@att.net Wed Jun 26 12:42:35 2013 From: dan.strassberg@att.net (Dan.Strassberg) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:42:35 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Wasn't Louise Morgan on WBZ? Or was it the old WEEI 590? Or maybe WHDH or WNAC? ----- Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net) eFax 1-707-215-6367 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Dan.Strassberg" Cc: "Gary's Ice Cream" ; "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:30 PM Subject: Re: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) From dwcole@comcast.net Thu Jun 27 19:09:52 2013 From: dwcole@comcast.net (Dan C) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:09:52 -0400 Subject: Don LaTulippe RIP References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CBA031.1060206@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <6374762880734C47A86D976FD956C400@yourw92p4bhlzg> A very long time ago, when I was learning this business at school in Boston, Don was one of my teachers. He was a true professional, very sure of himself, and still willing to spend extra time to help a kid with a wicked Maine accent. May he rest in peace. Dan Cole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:15 PM Subject: Don LaTulippe RIP >I was sorry to hear the news that Don LaTulippe has passed away. I was one >of the folks who was a guest on his cable access program, and he was always >kind to me. He had a long career in radio, and perhaps some of you worked >with him. I don't have many more details on his passing, but he will be >missed. From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Jun 28 00:03:16 2013 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:03:16 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> On 6/26/2013 12:42 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > Wasn't Louise Morgan on WBZ? Or was it the old WEEI 590? Or maybe WHDH > or WNAC? I remember her on WNAC and Channel 7. -- 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 Jun 28 11:33:49 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:33:49 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight gig five nights a week for the next year (at least) In-Reply-To: <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Page 48 of Donna's book shows Louise Morgan next to a WNAC/Yankee Network microphone and adds she went on to do a TV show called Shopping Vues (sic) On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:03 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > On 6/26/2013 12:42 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote: > > Wasn't Louise Morgan on WBZ? Or was it the old WEEI 590? Or maybe WHDH or >> WNAC? >> > > I remember her on WNAC and Channel 7. > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D.| 92 State Street| Suite 700| Boston, MA 02109-2004 > 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856| http://www.attorneyross.com > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Jun 28 14:29:27 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:29:27 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight and Louise Morgan query In-Reply-To: References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <51CDD607.4070901@donnahalper.com> On 6/28/2013 11:33 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Page 48 of Donna's book shows Louise Morgan next to a WNAC/Yankee Network > microphone and adds she went on to do a TV show called Shopping Vues (sic) > That is how she spelled it. And since Dan does not seem to be receiving my messages, let me reiterate. Louise worked for WNAC Radio beginning in 1942. She picked up a TV show in 1949. She worked for WNAC Radio & TV (and yes, the cute spelling of Shopping Vues is accurate and not a misprint-- that is how she spelled it) till 1965, and then finished out her career at WBOS. She then retired. To my knowledge, she never worked for WBZ, although she certainly may have been a guest on somebody's show at some point. From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Jun 28 14:43:15 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:43:15 -0400 Subject: Jim Britt In-Reply-To: <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> References: <51CC9CB2.1070006@donnahalper.com> <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: <51CDD943.5010602@donnahalper.com> On 6/28/2013 2:18 PM, Ted Larsen wrote: > Sorry Donna I cant help, but I did find these. I have a feeling he > died alone. > > I don't have access to their paid archives. Perhaps some of our > readers do. I have access to the Boston Globe and NY Times paid archives, if anyone on the list ever needs me to look something up for them. I also pay for access to the Boston Herald archives. (They are incomplete, but they do exist up to a point...) From chris2526@comcast.net Fri Jun 28 14:47:36 2013 From: chris2526@comcast.net (Chris Hall) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:47:36 -0400 Subject: Louise Morgan Message-ID: My last recollections of Louise Morgan was a joint show with Gus Saunders on WNAC 680, they had some kind of promotional involvement with Stop&Shop as the windows at the new Vinnin Square store were plastered with their station pictures. Probably 1964-65 From newsltr@southstation.org Thu Jun 27 05:24:02 2013 From: newsltr@southstation.org (Larry Lovering - Newsletter) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:24:02 -0400 Subject: RIP Don LaTullipe In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004a01ce7318$10c8d690$325a83b0$@southstation.org> I can transfer that for you, Chris, either to CD or file. -Larry Lovering -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hall [mailto:chris2526@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:30 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: RIP Don LaTullipe Somewhere I still have a 1/2 hour of a Don LaTullipe WEZE morning show from 1969, its on full track 1/4? reel to reel tape, I wish I had some way to transfer it to an audio file or CD. A consummate polished and professional old line show when stations like WEZE 1260, WHDH 850 and WEEI 590 made me realize just how major Boston really was at the time. While my Dad was a Jess Cain fan my Mom was Don LaTullipe all the way. When I moved south in 1970 after leaving the Washington DC signals I was horrified at just how bad radio was until you got to Miami. Miami at the time was a junior version of NYC, when I think back how great Miami and WIOD once were.... listening to Miami-Ft Lauderdale radio these days is enough to make you weep. From stevesnow1@gmail.com Thu Jun 27 11:34:48 2013 From: stevesnow1@gmail.com (Steve Snow) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:34:48 -0400 Subject: RIP Don LaTullipe Message-ID: Thank you, Donna, for remembering one of the real stand-up guys in Boston radio. I, too, remember him from his time at WEZE doing his thing in that fishbowl that was their street-level studios in the Statler. Don came to WROR as Public Service Director when I was working overnights and we became fast friends. He could rely on the skeleton crew on weekend overnights to have his back for Public Service programming. He survived me there and kept the airwaves properly informed for years. Don lost his son in the Station Nightclub fire and for many years became the go-to contact when news crews wanted the family perspective. Don, I'll miss you and your quick wit and easy laugh echoing down the hallways. Thanks, old friend! Steve Snow On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:15 PM, *Donna Halper* wrote: > >I was sorry to hear the news that Don LaTulippe has passed away. I was >one of the folks who was a guest on his cable access program, and he was >always kind to me. He had a long career in radio, and perhaps some of >you worked with him. I don't have many more details on his passing, but >he will be missed. From tlmedia@triad.rr.com Fri Jun 28 14:18:27 2013 From: tlmedia@triad.rr.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:18:27 -0400 Subject: Jim Britt References: <51CC9CB2.1070006@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> Sorry Donna I cant help, but I did find these. I have a feeling he died alone. I don't have access to their paid archives. Perhaps some of our readers do. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/683964181.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+06%2C+1981&author=William+Buchanan+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=SPORTSCASTER+JIM+BRITT%2C+70%2C+FOUND+DEAD+IN+HIS+CALIF.+HOME&pqatl=google I can't vouch for the information on this site. It's long and detailed. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9e286f22 He's still remembered on the Narragansett site. http://www.narragansettbeer.com/2012/08/vintage-wnac-and-the-yankee-network-feat-jim-britt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" Cc: Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:12 PM Subject: Jim Britt > Do any of you have a suggestion about a friend or relative of the late Jim > Britt? We want to posthumously honor him at the Mass. Broadcasters Hall > of Fame luncheon, and cannot find a living relative or friend anywhere who > could accept the award. Suggestions are very much appreciated. > > From m_carney@yahoo.com Fri Jun 28 22:30:38 2013 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:30:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Jim Britt In-Reply-To: <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> References: <51CC9CB2.1070006@donnahalper.com> <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> Message-ID: <1372473038.62346.YahooMailNeo@web120501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I saw one article in the Globe archives, a commentary by Ray Fitzgerald, that mentioned a messy divorce. The complete obituary did not list any survivors. Maureen From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Jun 29 01:13:11 2013 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 01:13:11 -0400 Subject: Jim Britt In-Reply-To: <1372473038.62346.YahooMailNeo@web120501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <51CC9CB2.1070006@donnahalper.com> <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> <1372473038.62346.YahooMailNeo@web120501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <9217578811512541077@unknownmsgid> He was a broken man after WHDH-5 fired him from the bowling show. As far as anybody knows he just drifted for 20 years. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2013, at 11:30 PM, Maureen Carney wrote: > I saw one article in the Globe archives, a commentary by Ray Fitzgerald, that mentioned a messy divorce. The complete obituary did not list any survivors. > > Maureen From dlh@donnahalper.com Sat Jun 29 02:22:16 2013 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 02:22:16 -0400 Subject: Jim Britt In-Reply-To: <9217578811512541077@unknownmsgid> References: <51CC9CB2.1070006@donnahalper.com> <7A6DDA8599DD406DA399977DB25C6CFA@YOURbcbbe822ed> <1372473038.62346.YahooMailNeo@web120501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <9217578811512541077@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <51CE7D18.9040200@donnahalper.com> On 6/29/2013 1:13 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > He was a broken man after WHDH-5 fired him from the bowling show. As > far as anybody knows he just drifted for 20 years. > And without spreading rumors, it was reasonably well known that he had problems with alcohol. And yet, to this day, many people remember him fondly and recall his skill as a play-by-play announcer. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Jun 29 10:24:13 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:24:13 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight and Louise Morgan query In-Reply-To: <51CDD607.4070901@donnahalper.com> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> <51CDD607.4070901@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: >>That is how she spelled it Right and I think I remember the Sunday Boston Advertiser (Record-American/Herald Sun edition) had a TV section called TVue. Anyone remember those TV sections--maybe they're still in some Sunday papers but not in the Globe or Herald as far as I know. The Globe's, I recall, would have a page near the end with radio highlights and a list of stations (I'm sure Donna may have some of those!) Yes, the Globe also would have radio highlights and a chart of stations in the daily paper, but there was a whole page in the Sunday "TV-magazine". (Maybe it was the Globe which had the "TVue" name but I seem to think it was the Sunday Advertiser) On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 6/28/2013 11:33 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > >> Page 48 of Donna's book shows Louise Morgan next to a WNAC/Yankee Network >> microphone and adds she went on to do a TV show called Shopping Vues (sic) >> >> > That is how she spelled it. And since Dan does not seem to be receiving > my messages, let me reiterate. Louise worked for WNAC Radio beginning in > 1942. She picked up a TV show in 1949. She worked for WNAC Radio & TV > (and yes, the cute spelling of Shopping Vues is accurate and not a > misprint-- that is how she spelled it) till 1965, and then finished out her > career at WBOS. She then retired. To my knowledge, she never worked for > WBZ, although she certainly may have been a guest on somebody's show at > some point. > From marklaurence@mac.com Sat Jun 29 21:01:55 2013 From: marklaurence@mac.com (Mark Laurence) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 21:01:55 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight and Louise Morgan query In-Reply-To: References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> <51CDD607.4070901@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <3EF1FB9B-F287-43F2-BC7D-9EE34511D71D@mac.com> That's correct, the Sunday Advertiser had TVue magazine, with your lucky number on the cover every week. The Globe had TV Week, and the Herald Traveler had something but I don't remember the name. Now the Sunday Globe has a half page of that night's listings. They tried to get rid of that a few weeks ago, but I guess they got too many complaints. I found an old Herald from 2002 today...it's shocking how much less there is to it these days. Not just fewer ads now, but a lot less content. Far fewer stories, reporters, and columnists. Only the sports section is comparable today. On Jun 29, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >>> That is how she spelled it > > Right and I think I remember the Sunday Boston Advertiser > (Record-American/Herald Sun edition) had a TV section called TVue. Anyone > remember those TV sections--maybe they're still in some Sunday papers but > not in the Globe or Herald as far as I know. The Globe's, I recall, would > have a page near the end with radio highlights and a list of stations (I'm > sure Donna may have some of those!) Yes, the Globe also would have radio > highlights and a chart of stations in the daily paper, but there was a > whole page in the Sunday "TV-magazine". (Maybe it was the Globe which had > the "TVue" name but I seem to think it was the Sunday Advertiser) > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > >> On 6/28/2013 11:33 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >> >>> Page 48 of Donna's book shows Louise Morgan next to a WNAC/Yankee Network >>> microphone and adds she went on to do a TV show called Shopping Vues (sic) >>> >>> >> That is how she spelled it. And since Dan does not seem to be receiving >> my messages, let me reiterate. Louise worked for WNAC Radio beginning in >> 1942. She picked up a TV show in 1949. She worked for WNAC Radio & TV >> (and yes, the cute spelling of Shopping Vues is accurate and not a >> misprint-- that is how she spelled it) till 1965, and then finished out her >> career at WBOS. She then retired. To my knowledge, she never worked for >> WBZ, although she certainly may have been a guest on somebody's show at >> some point. >> From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Jun 30 05:51:29 2013 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 05:51:29 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight and Louise Morgan query In-Reply-To: <3EF1FB9B-F287-43F2-BC7D-9EE34511D71D@mac.com> References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> <51CDD607.4070901@donnahalper.com> <3EF1FB9B-F287-43F2-BC7D-9EE34511D71D@mac.com> Message-ID: Thanks, was pretty sure about the TVue. Somewhere online there was a picture of one cover, a cartoon that showed the different voices on Top Cat including Arnold Stang, Marvin Kaplan etc. and it said Boston Sunday Advertiser. The current Herald has the Herald, Traveler, Record, American, and the Sunday Advertiser in its ancestry. Recently I was listening to an audiobook of The Friends of Eddie Coyle and it said "a man selling records" (outside a coffee shop) "was annoying people", and I realized it probably meant "Records", as in the paper the Record, not vinyl! Agreed about the decline of papers. Of course things like Craigslist hurt the personals section, etc....and it was weird to be in Portland recently and pick up a newsprint (rather than glossy) "Portland Phoenix", knowing the Boston version of that paper is now defunct. I believe a WHOIS search of wfnx.com turns up an address in Portland ME as the current owner of the domain. (What's odd is the 99.9 in Athol currently has the WFNX calls, yet Mindich etc. continue to own wfnx.com even though that too is defunct. WFNX simulcasts WXRV and had been saying something like "We're 99.9 per cent WFNX" in liners. I have wondered if maybe they could flip flop the calls with 92.5 and go with the slogan "WFNX 92.5...the River..." So far, not yet. On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Mark Laurence wrote: > That's correct, the Sunday Advertiser had TVue magazine, with your lucky > number on the cover every week. The Globe had TV Week, and the Herald > Traveler had something but I don't remember the name. Now the Sunday Globe > has a half page of that night's listings. They tried to get rid of that a > few weeks ago, but I guess they got too many complaints. > > I found an old Herald from 2002 today...it's shocking how much less there > is to it these days. Not just fewer ads now, but a lot less content. Far > fewer stories, reporters, and columnists. Only the sports section is > comparable today. > > > On Jun 29, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > >>> That is how she spelled it > > > > Right and I think I remember the Sunday Boston Advertiser > > (Record-American/Herald Sun edition) had a TV section called TVue. Anyone > > remember those TV sections--maybe they're still in some Sunday papers but > > not in the Globe or Herald as far as I know. The Globe's, I recall, would > > have a page near the end with radio highlights and a list of stations > (I'm > > sure Donna may have some of those!) Yes, the Globe also would have radio > > highlights and a chart of stations in the daily paper, but there was a > > whole page in the Sunday "TV-magazine". (Maybe it was the Globe which had > > the "TVue" name but I seem to think it was the Sunday Advertiser) > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Donna Halper > wrote: > > > >> On 6/28/2013 11:33 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > >> > >>> Page 48 of Donna's book shows Louise Morgan next to a WNAC/Yankee > Network > >>> microphone and adds she went on to do a TV show called Shopping Vues > (sic) > >>> > >>> > >> That is how she spelled it. And since Dan does not seem to be receiving > >> my messages, let me reiterate. Louise worked for WNAC Radio beginning > in > >> 1942. She picked up a TV show in 1949. She worked for WNAC Radio & TV > >> (and yes, the cute spelling of Shopping Vues is accurate and not a > >> misprint-- that is how she spelled it) till 1965, and then finished out > her > >> career at WBOS. She then retired. To my knowledge, she never worked for > >> WBZ, although she certainly may have been a guest on somebody's show at > >> some point. > >> > > > From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Jun 30 22:38:42 2013 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:38:42 -0400 Subject: Jen Brien gets WBZ (AM)'s overnight and Louise Morgan query In-Reply-To: References: <2771D9BEAD11434BA075F41D1CC1617B@SatU205S5044> <07d601ce7270$a328b260$e97a1720$@garysicecream.com> <247103E058FA4AEFA6458FEF4A8ED24A@SatU205S5044> <51CB170D.6020203@donnahalper.com> <51CD0B04.5070103@attorneyross.com> <51CDD607.4070901@donnahalper.com> <3EF1FB9B-F287-43F2-BC7D-9EE34511D71D@mac.com> Message-ID: <51D0EBB2.3030604@attorneyross.com> On 6/30/2013 5:51 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > I have wondered if maybe they > could flip flop the calls with 92.5 and go with the slogan "WFNX 92.5...the > River..." So far, not yet. Why would they want to? -- 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 karenmctrotsky@gmail.com Sat Jun 29 14:43:59 2013 From: karenmctrotsky@gmail.com (Karen McTrotsky) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:43:59 -0400 Subject: Jim Britt Message-ID: Whatever you do, don't let someone from the Red Sox organization or the current rights holders accept it on his behalf, they are the antithesis of everything Jim Britt was. The SABR posting that Thor provided seems pretty accurate, all I would add is that Britt anchored the 6 O'Clock Report at WHDH ch. 5 and also hosted a public affairs program, Dateline: Boston four days a week (one day was devoted to Cap'n Bob teaching us how to draw.) and he hosted Candlepin Bowling The only surviving talent from WHDH I can think of who were at the station near the time of Britt's last job there are Jack Hynes and Frank Avruch although there may be a booth announcer or an executive around. Interesting that there are only three living former Red Sox radio play by play announcers, Jon Miller, Dave Martin and Jerry Trupiano; and one color man, Rico Petrocelli and no, I'm not counting the assortment of WEEI fill-ins or the crew that sat in when AFTRA struck 'HDH. Even Britt's sponsor, Ballentine Beer, is long gone, and not well remembered for its days as the owners of the Celtics. From pleonard660@gmail.com Sun Jun 30 21:11:18 2013 From: pleonard660@gmail.com (Paul Leonard) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:11:18 -0400 Subject: Don LaTullipe Message-ID: I don't often post here but when I saw Don Latullipe had died it brought back memories of Northeast Broadcasting School days. I concur with those who have posted stating the he was a gentleman. If you looked up the meaning "gentleman" in the dictionary you probably would see a picture of Don LaTullipe. If I'm not mistaken he also was the voice of the "Gene Wildes Cadillac/Oldsmobile in Plymouth many years ago. Rest In Peace Paul Leonard