From richard@chonak.com Sun Mar 1 14:41:38 2015 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2015 14:41:38 -0500 Subject: WBZ-TV goes multicast Message-ID: <54F36B72.7020101@chonak.com> From the Radio-With-Pictures department: For some time, I've been wondering about the status of WBZ-TV as a holdout offering only one digital TV channel in its stream, whereas the other Boston stations that I can receive here have secondary channels. Well, that status has ended. Channel 4.2 made its Boston soft launch on February 26, airing with a 13-week stunt of all-binge programming, scheduled to run until May 25 when the CBS "Decades" channel starts its regular programming. Variety has an article about the new channel at http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-to-launch-retro-digital-channel-focused-on-pop-culture-history-1201335405/ describing how CBS partnered with Weigel Broadcasting (developer of Me TV and This TV) to design the new platform. --RC From billohno@gmail.com Mon Mar 2 17:19:07 2015 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 17:19:07 -0500 Subject: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? Message-ID: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> Any word on if this rimshot signal will stop stunting Christmas music? Someone is paying the electric bill, but why? Bill O'Neill Sent from my mobile. Please pardon the brevity. From mamros@mit.edu Tue Mar 3 08:34:55 2015 From: mamros@mit.edu (Shawn Mamros) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 13:34:55 +0000 Subject: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? In-Reply-To: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> References: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3AA2995FD42B2E48A2B762E850E68AA65EE5061F@OC11EXPO33.exchange.mit.edu> And they're not the only ones. Believe it or not, WMJX-HD2 is still playing all-Christmas music. Their former "smooth jazz" format was my wife's favorite over-the-air station. No more. We actually switched from an HD radio (Sony XDR-S3HD) to an Internet radio (Grace Digital Mondo) in our bedroom as a result. Aside from a ten-year-old Tivoli Audio PAL (which only gets used during power-out emergencies) and the A/V receiver in our living room (which has an AM/FM tuner built in, but I've never used it; it doesn't even have an antenna attached to it), we no longer have a tuner capable of receiving broadcast radio in active use in our house. I would never have believed that possible ten or even five years ago. -Shawn ________________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest [boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] on behalf of billohno@gmail.com [billohno@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 5:19 PM To: bri@bostonradio.org Subject: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? Any word on if this rimshot signal will stop stunting Christmas music? Someone is paying the electric bill, but why? Bill O'Neill Sent from my mobile. Please pardon the brevity. From wollman@bimajority.org Wed Mar 4 11:44:43 2015 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:44:43 -0500 Subject: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? In-Reply-To: <3AA2995FD42B2E48A2B762E850E68AA65EE5061F@OC11EXPO33.exchange.mit.edu> References: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> <3AA2995FD42B2E48A2B762E850E68AA65EE5061F@OC11EXPO33.exchange.mit.edu> Message-ID: <21751.13947.162550.223196@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > we no longer have a tuner capable of receiving broadcast radio in > active use in our house. I would never have believed that possible > ten or even five years ago. Of course, the business side of radio has long considered broadcast to be an "out of home" medium. That's why you had all those radio companies snapping up billboard faces -- the thought was that these were reaching the same audience as radio advertising. As for me, I still have my HD tuner attached to the receiver downstairs -- used almost exclusively for Prairie Home Companion on Saturday evenings. I still travel with a bag full of audio equipment. But in my regular workaday life, I rarely ever end up turning terrestrial broadcast radio on: the few podcast subscriptions I have generate enough interesting content to soak up most of my regular commuting time, and the remaining time I either turn the audio off completely, or put on satellite. Terrestrial radio has this nasty habit of going into a stop set immediately after I turn it on. I do on occasion put on WBZ but I'm always disappointed as their traffic reports are never helpful. (And then there's that stupid CBS Evening News simulcast -- are they still doing that?) -GAWollman From gary@garysicecream.com Wed Mar 4 13:41:36 2015 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:41:36 -0500 Subject: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? In-Reply-To: <21751.13947.162550.223196@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> <3AA2995FD42B2E48A2B762E850E68AA65EE5061F@OC11EXPO33.exchange.mit.edu> <21751.13947.162550.223196@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <04f701d056aa$d8ba2010$8a2e6030$@garysicecream.com> The "simulcast" now runs an hour after live....just before Dan Rea Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA www.garysicecream.com www.icecreamcollege.com -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 11:45 AM To: Shawn Mamros Cc: bri@bostonradio.org Subject: RE: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? < said: > we no longer have a tuner capable of receiving broadcast radio in > active use in our house. I would never have believed that possible > ten or even five years ago. Of course, the business side of radio has long considered broadcast to be an "out of home" medium. That's why you had all those radio companies snapping up billboard faces -- the thought was that these were reaching the same audience as radio advertising. As for me, I still have my HD tuner attached to the receiver downstairs -- used almost exclusively for Prairie Home Companion on Saturday evenings. I still travel with a bag full of audio equipment. But in my regular workaday life, I rarely ever end up turning terrestrial broadcast radio on: the few podcast subscriptions I have generate enough interesting content to soak up most of my regular commuting time, and the remaining time I either turn the audio off completely, or put on satellite. Terrestrial radio has this nasty habit of going into a stop set immediately after I turn it on. I do on occasion put on WBZ but I'm always disappointed as their traffic reports are never helpful. (And then there's that stupid CBS Evening News simulcast -- are they still doing that?) -GAWollman From wollman@bimajority.org Wed Mar 4 14:32:30 2015 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 14:32:30 -0500 Subject: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? In-Reply-To: <04f701d056aa$d8ba2010$8a2e6030$@garysicecream.com> References: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> <3AA2995FD42B2E48A2B762E850E68AA65EE5061F@OC11EXPO33.exchange.mit.edu> <21751.13947.162550.223196@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <04f701d056aa$d8ba2010$8a2e6030$@garysicecream.com> Message-ID: <21751.24014.811571.621549@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: [Re: CBS Evening News on WBZ radio] > The "simulcast" now runs an hour after live....just before Dan Rea That actually makes some amount of sense. By 7:30 the newsroom is largely running on fumes anyway. (Consider that most of those people went on the air 2:00 and probably started work at noon or even earlier.) It was all repeats from earlier in the afternoon anyway. Back in the "good old days" that was the first hour of the Brudnoy show.... -GAWollman From Kaimbridge@Gmail.com Thu Mar 5 10:20:50 2015 From: Kaimbridge@Gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:20:50 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] Re: 104.3 Keesville still Christmas? Message-ID: <54F87452.7000402@Gmail.com> >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:41:36 -0500, "Gary's Ice Cream" >> said: >> >> [Re: CBS Evening News on WBZ radio] >> The "simulcast" now runs an hour after live....just before >> Dan Rea > > That actually makes some amount of sense. By 7:30 the > newsroom is largely running on fumes anyway. Just to clarify, it runs live at 6:30 and THEN AGAIN at 7:30! ~Kaimbridge~ -- -- -- Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge rosettacode.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From map@mapinternet.com Fri Mar 6 19:21:13 2015 From: map@mapinternet.com (M.Casey) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:21:13 -0500 Subject: WBZ running the CBS Evening News, etc. In-Reply-To: <21751.13947.162550.223196@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <7A6677DA-AFD9-4FAC-8A56-E315D3663FE8@gmail.com> <3AA2995FD42B2E48A2B762E850E68AA65EE5061F@OC11EXPO33.exchange.mit.edu> <21751.13947.162550.223196@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: For the times I'm unable to get home before 6:30, or out of town, but in the car and within skywave range, I really appreciate WBZ running the CBS Evening News at 6:30pm. And, It's a good break from the repetition of the regional and local news. .Wish that more stations would do the same, even on FM would be great. Even though I really think that AM HD, in general, is mostly a useless experiment, sometimes, interestingly, WBZ's AM HD comes in for an extended period on skywave when I'm 200-700 miles from the station. Daytime programming-OK, Traffic & Wx-OK, Dan Rhea-OK, has interesting guests sometimes, but he could be a lot better-- sometimes he's short, impatient or aloof with callers, Bradley J-Surprisingly Good--probably the best overnite host on WBZ for a long time. Bradley can talk inteligently about most anything, and he's not rude to callers and he's not too short ,or too long, but usually just right with callers. Many of you all may have heard him many times on WBCN, but here in Western Mass, we don't get WBCN, so I never heard Bradley J on the radio until he started on WBZ. The other overnite hosts are OK also. The early AM/overnite paid commercial vitamin show, etc, are a joke and should be taken off. They cause a tune-out for a BZ regular like me and sometimes it's quite a while before I tune back in. So, those commercial shows represent a net loss for WBZ. Very, Very few stations exist like WBZ anymore that do at least, some, real time news and service to the community for the majority of their air time. Most cities do not have any dependable local news radio station--AM or FM-- today. I Was listening to WSM, Nashville, last night and there's another rare radio stations with some quality programming. Someday all of those stations like WBZ and WSM, and WCBS, etc, may just dissapear. And, nothing against these new ways of communicating, but radio stations' service won't be replaced by any IPhone, or podcast, or internet feed. Then, (as has already happened a few times) when there's a storm, hurricane or blizzard, and cable & electricity is out, and the cell/Braodband site batteries have run out of juice or crashed, there won't be any local news or information stations to service the public. Mark Casey I do on occasion put on WBZ but I'm always disappointed as theirCBS traffic reports are never helpful. (And then there's that stupid CBS Evening News simulcast -- are they still doing that?) -GAWollman ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4800 / Virus Database: 4257/9240 - Release Date: 03/06/15 From markwats@comcast.net Mon Mar 9 17:49:13 2015 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 17:49:13 -0400 Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO Message-ID: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> Howie Carr announced on his show this afternoon that he will be returning to WRKO next Monday, taking back the 3:00-7:00 PM slot he held for many years until leaving a few months ago. Also confirmed via the Boston Herald. No word if his show will continue to air on WCAP, but I'm guessing his show will continue to air on the stations further away from Boston (WFEA, WCRN, WBSM, WTSN). Mark Watson From raccoonradio@gmail.com Mon Mar 9 20:19:43 2015 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 20:19:43 -0400 Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO In-Reply-To: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> References: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: He used to complain RKO signal faded west of Kenmore Sq. WCRN and WCAP can help; and for those with HD radio,WRKO is on WEEI-FM HD2. On Mar 9, 2015 6:30 PM, "Mark Watson" wrote: > Howie Carr announced on his show this afternoon that he will be returning > to > WRKO next Monday, taking back the 3:00-7:00 PM slot he held for many years > until leaving a few months ago. Also confirmed via the Boston Herald. No > word if his show will continue to air on WCAP, but I'm guessing his show > will continue to air on the stations further away from Boston (WFEA, WCRN, > WBSM, WTSN). > > > > Mark Watson > > From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Mar 9 20:14:40 2015 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 20:14:40 -0400 Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO In-Reply-To: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> References: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: WRKO is just going to air the syndicated version http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/139143/howie-carr-returning-to-wrko-lineup On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Mark Watson wrote: > Howie Carr announced on his show this afternoon that he will be returning > to > WRKO next Monday, taking back the 3:00-7:00 PM slot he held for many years > until leaving a few months ago. Also confirmed via the Boston Herald. No > word if his show will continue to air on WCAP, but I'm guessing his show > will continue to air on the stations further away from Boston (WFEA, WCRN, > WBSM, WTSN). > > > > Mark Watson > > From donald_astelle@yahoo.com Mon Mar 9 22:11:34 2015 From: donald_astelle@yahoo.com (D. A.) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:11:34 -0700 Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO In-Reply-To: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1425953494.75935.YahooMailBasic@web126205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> He actually said this on the air ...on 1510AM? -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 3/9/15, Mark Watson wrote: Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Date: Monday, March 9, 2015, 5:49 PM Howie Carr announced on his show this afternoon that he will be returning to WRKO next Monday, taking back the 3:00-7:00 PM slot he held for many years until leaving a few months ago. Also confirmed via the Boston Herald. No word if his show will continue to air on WCAP, but I'm guessing his show will continue to air on the stations further away from Boston (WFEA, WCRN, WBSM, WTSN). Mark Watson From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Mar 10 00:04:39 2015 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:04:39 -0400 Subject: In-Reply-To: References: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: >>He actually said this on the air ...on 1510AM? Yes; podcast available at http://howiecarrshow.com/category/podcasts/ Look for Hillary's Emails under today's date. He said all of his other affiliates will continue to air the show, with WMEX running it all of this week only. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:24 PM, D. A. via Boston-Radio-Interest < boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "D. A." > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org, Mark Watson < > markwats@comcast.net> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:11:34 -0700 > Subject: Re: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO > He actually said this on the air ...on 1510AM? > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 3/9/15, Mark Watson wrote: > > Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Date: Monday, March 9, 2015, 5:49 PM > > Howie Carr announced on his show this > afternoon that he will be returning to > WRKO next Monday, taking back the 3:00-7:00 PM slot he held > for many years > until leaving a few months ago. Also confirmed via the > Boston Herald. No > word if his show will continue to air on WCAP, but I'm > guessing his show > will continue to air on the stations further away from > Boston (WFEA, WCRN, > WBSM, WTSN). > > > > Mark Watson > > > > From kenwvt@gmail.com Tue Mar 10 11:37:17 2015 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken VanTassell) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:37:17 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Making our FM signal go farther In-Reply-To: <10FF2B88E5B24EBB848EEEA8411BB18C@mvyradio.com> References: <10FF2B88E5B24EBB848EEEA8411BB18C@mvyradio.com> Message-ID: Just got this from WMVY, looks like they have approval for a major signal boost ! -Ken *"It seems a shame to not be able to turn on my stereo and get your station because your signal does not reach this part of the island!!!" --Tom G. from Aquinnah* Since mvyradio returned to the airwaves at 88.7FM in May 2014, we?ve heard this message over and over from folks in places like Chilmark, Katama, Sandwich and Hyannis. We?re excited to announce that, *Yes, we are going to be able to expand our signal by quite a bit.* And we can do it before the Summer season, if we can raise the capital to complete the project. If we can raise $150,000 by early April, it will allow us to buy the equipment and book the contractors to install an upgraded transmitter and antenna. This fundraising effort is in addition and separate from our upcoming March Drive, during which we?ll be asking listeners to support our day-to-day programming. Our Friends of mvyradio have been very generous in the past, with many of you donating $100, $200, $500. *But to raise $150,000 in such a brief period, what we really need from our Friends is to help us with outreach.* *We?re looking for Major Donors, Foundations and Corporations who can donate $10,000 or more*, so that we can quickly amass the capital necessary to pay, upfront, the cost of upgrading our signal. These donors will receive Underwriting and Thank You messages on the air, web and elsewhere. And what an upgrade this will be! Our old signal at 92.7FM: 3000 watts Our current signal at 88.7FM 480 watts *With this upgrade to 88.7FM: 12,000 watts* That?s right. With the upgrade, mvyradio?s signal will be MUCH MORE POWERFUL than it has ever been in our 30+ year history. The FCC has approved this. The engineering studies have been completed. And if we can raise the money by the beginning of April, the work will be ready for Summer and more people will be able to listen which will in-turn, increase our donor and underwriting base. *Can you help us raise the needed funds? Can you reach out to the businesses and foundations and individuals-of-means who might be able to help, and encourage them to support this project?* We appreciate anything you can do to help us get this message to the right people. Sincerely, *Louisa Gould* Executive Development Friends of mvyradio Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy [image: thedatabank, inc.] From raccoonradio@gmail.com Mon Mar 9 15:52:56 2015 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (=?utf-8?B?Qm9iIE5lbHNvbg==?=) Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:52:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Howie Carr back on WRKO Mar 16 Message-ID: <000f4242.245cdb4355ccbd54@gmail.com> He needs them, they need him.He did say nothing will change on his affiliates so theymay still be aboard, including WCAP whichis in RKO territory.http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/139143/howie-carr-returning-to-wrko-lineup Sent from my Virgin Mobile phone. From donald_astelle@yahoo.com Tue Mar 10 21:03:10 2015 From: donald_astelle@yahoo.com (D. A.) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:03:10 -0700 Subject: In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1426035790.43923.YahooMailBasic@web126205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> On Tue, 3/10/15, Bob Nelson wrote: >>He actually said this on the air ...on 1510AM?? He said all of his other affiliates will continue toair the show, with WMEX running it all of this week only.<< Wow...wonder what the arrangement was with 1510AM? Cancellation with 7 days notice? 1510AM used the occasion of Howie's arrival to reclaim the WMEX calls, and put up a bunch of billboards. They were also running spots on the air soliciting advertising for The Howie Carr Show. I kinda feel like 1510AM got screwed. From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Mar 10 23:02:51 2015 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 23:02:51 -0400 Subject: In-Reply-To: References: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <54FFB05B.1080208@attorneyross.com> WMEX? Did 1510 actually get back those call letters? On 3/10/2015 12:04 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >>> He actually said this on the air ...on 1510AM? > Yes; podcast available at http://howiecarrshow.com/category/podcasts/ > Look for Hillary's Emails under today's date. He said all of his other > affiliates will continue to > air the show, with WMEX running it all of this week only. > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:24 PM, D. A. via Boston-Radio-Interest < > boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote: > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: "D. A." >> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org, Mark Watson < >> markwats@comcast.net> >> Cc: >> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:11:34 -0700 >> Subject: Re: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO >> He actually said this on the air ...on 1510AM? >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> On Mon, 3/9/15, Mark Watson wrote: >> >> Subject: Howie Carr Returning To WRKO >> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >> Date: Monday, March 9, 2015, 5:49 PM >> >> Howie Carr announced on his show this >> afternoon that he will be returning to >> WRKO next Monday, taking back the 3:00-7:00 PM slot he held >> for many years >> until leaving a few months ago. Also confirmed via the >> Boston Herald. No >> word if his show will continue to air on WCAP, but I'm >> guessing his show >> will continue to air on the stations further away from >> Boston (WFEA, WCRN, >> WBSM, WTSN). >> >> >> >> Mark Watson >> >> >> >> > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4299/9265 - Release Date: 03/09/15 > > -- 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 Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com Wed Mar 11 01:12:41 2015 From: Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com (Don) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 01:12:41 -0400 Subject: References: <005e01d05ab2$e22d1bf0$a68753d0$@comcast.net> <54FFB05B.1080208@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <0DD6BBEC1FF74229888741E0DEB50F41@ownerd8aa55a4d> From: "A Joseph Ross" > WMEX? Did 1510 actually get back those call letters? They did! http://1510wmex.com/howie-carr/ From elipolo881@gmail.com Wed Mar 11 14:21:11 2015 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:21:11 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Making our FM signal go farther (Ken VanTassell) Message-ID: > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:37:17 -0400 > From: Ken VanTassell > To: B-R-I > Subject: Fwd: Making our FM signal go farther > > > Just got this from WMVY, looks like they have approval for a major signal > boost ! > > It will be 12kW directional, looks like it will have some attenuation to the west, protecting co-channel WJMF Smithfield, RI, I guess. EP