Rush and talk to WKOX 1430?

[Kevin Vahey]

I was first made aware of WHIL in the late 50's into the 60's as they used
to broadcast daily from Suffolk and Rockingham Park. My uncle would listen
everyday up in Hampton Beach.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Paul Hopfgarten <hopfgarten@mail.com>
wrote:

> Back in the WHIL days? (were they Country or Muzac at that time?) I was
> NOT a listener of 1430 in my youth, and in fact the first time I tuned to
> 107.9 FM was as WWEL for night time Sox games in 1978.
>
> I was a WRKO/WKOX-FM later WVBF listener as the 60s became the 70s
>
> Paul Hopfgarten
>
>
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 10:27 PM
> *From:* "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
> *To:* "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
> *Cc:* "Boston Radio Group" <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Rush and talk to WKOX 1430?
> Concerning WKOX 1430
>
> When they first were given nightime authority were they always at 1KW? I
> seem to recall in the MOYL days it was far less.
>
> Daytime 1430 is fine for Rush as it will cover most of the area inside 495.
> Back in the 60's their signal was so well maintained that it caused the old
> WAAB Worcester problems less than 10 miles east of Worcester.
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Scott 680, 1510 and 1260 is 3 - who I missing as I don't count 590?
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 6/14/2015 9:09 PM, Bob Nelson wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/93331/iheart-forced-to-blow-up-boston-am-for-limbaugh/
> >>>
> >>> iHeart may be blowing up Spanish language WKOX
> >>> 1430 to provide a Boston home for Rush Limbaugh
> >>> and their other conservative talkers.
> >>>
> >>> If Salem takes 1260 to conservative talk there
> >>> would then be three such stations in town.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> WMEX: So irrelevant that even Bob Nelson doesn't count it when he's
> >> listing talk stations? ;)
> >>
> >
> >
>