From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Aug 1 00:10:56 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:10:56 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450, 106.1 to Bloomberg Message-ID: Don't know if Beasley bought em or what but after Pete Falconi bid farewell to WNBP, the Newburyport station and its translator flipped to Bloomberg business radio. Caught the end of the ID that mentioned "WJMN-HD2" etc From raccoonradio@gmail.com Tue Aug 1 07:51:36 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 07:51:36 -0400 Subject: Bloomberg and WNBP Message-ID: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/119080/bloomberg-acquires-wnbp-newburyport-ma/amp/ Apparently Bloomberg is the one obtaining WNBP with a LMA, $1 million From 011010001@interpring.com Tue Aug 1 12:45:57 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 12:45:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WNBP changeover coming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 31 Jul 2017, Bob Nelson wrote: > "Another WNBP employee confirmed that as of midnight Tuesday, the station?s > new ownership would take over and that all current employees would be > terminated." Unless I am wrong, they have to retain someone to act as general manager for the current owner until the FCC grants permission to transfer the license, which will take 90 days or so. Rob From 011010001@interpring.com Tue Aug 1 12:43:35 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 12:43:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WNBP 1450, 106.1 to Bloomberg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: According to the application posted on the FCC Web site, he's selling WNBP to Bloomberg. The application was filed this morning, and Bloomberg must be running the station under an LMA. I'm frankly surprised a company of Bloomberg's size would want an AM station in Newburyport, but there you go. The obvious question is: will Beasely sell WRCA to Bloomberg? Rob On Tue, 1 Aug 2017, Bob Nelson wrote: > Don't know if Beasley bought em or what but after Pete Falconi bid farewell > to WNBP, the Newburyport station and its translator flipped to Bloomberg > business radio. Caught the end of the ID that mentioned "WJMN-HD2" etc > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Aug 1 13:22:58 2017 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 13:22:58 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450, 106.1 to Bloomberg In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A quote i read somewhere (radioinsight?) was about reaching people who commute from the north south to boston for work... and think "hear it on 106.1 along the north shore and in boston" On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > According to the application posted on the FCC Web site, he's selling WNBP > to Bloomberg. The application was filed this morning, and Bloomberg must be > running the station under an LMA. > > I'm frankly surprised a company of Bloomberg's size would want an AM > station in Newburyport, but there you go. > > The obvious question is: will Beasely sell WRCA to Bloomberg? > > > Rob > > > On Tue, 1 Aug 2017, Bob Nelson wrote: > > Don't know if Beasley bought em or what but after Pete Falconi bid farewell >> to WNBP, the Newburyport station and its translator flipped to Bloomberg >> business radio. Caught the end of the ID that mentioned "WJMN-HD2" etc >> >> From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Tue Aug 1 14:19:18 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:19:18 +0000 Subject: Bloomberg and WNBP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I assume Bloomberg is targeting the wealthier reaches of WNBP's coverage area. I'll assume WNBP's translator gets coverage into Hamilton, Essex, etc. And I assume most of the high rollers living in said areas also have a plethora of devices they can use to stream Bloomberg content. I can see having a Boston station. Plenty of movers and shakers. Having a presence in the city, all that stuff. I don't see how having an exurban station benefits Bloomberg. I'd love to know. Radio Insight does speculate: "With an LMA starting at 12am this morning, the move is all about the translators as 106.1 W291CZ Boston currently has a null to the northeast to protect the pre-existing W291CC Newburyport with its 90w vertical/98m facilities." On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:51 AM Bob Nelson wrote: > > https://radioinsight.com/headlines/119080/bloomberg-acquires-wnbp-newburyport-ma/amp/ > Apparently Bloomberg is the one obtaining WNBP with a LMA, $1 million > -- Sent from my iPhone From lsochrin@rcn.com Wed Aug 2 13:39:53 2017 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:39:53 -0400 Subject: Friend who is TV weatherman/chief meteorologist seeking to move back to Northeast Message-ID: <989B70E2-8136-41B6-8318-51B72DBF6AEE@rcn.com> Hi. A friend asked me if I knew anyone who might help him to get his application considered at WTEN in Albany. I told him that I?d ask up here, just in case. He?s currently working as a weatherman/chief meteorologist at a TV station in Kansas, but his wife of 6 months or less is a Northeast person, so he?s looking to get closer for her. He told me that there are openings he?s applying to at WTEN in Albany snd also at WRNN (FIOS) in Rye Brook, NY. Long shot, but I thought I?d ask, just in case. Thanks! From ashboy1951@gmail.com Wed Aug 2 14:53:35 2017 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 14:53:35 -0400 Subject: Friend who is TV weatherman/chief meteorologist seeking to move back to Northeast In-Reply-To: <989B70E2-8136-41B6-8318-51B72DBF6AEE@rcn.com> References: <989B70E2-8136-41B6-8318-51B72DBF6AEE@rcn.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Larry Sochrin wrote: > Hi. A friend asked me if I knew anyone who might help him to get his > application considered at WTEN in Albany. I told him that I?d ask up here, > just in case. He?s currently working as a weatherman/chief meteorologist > at a TV station in Kansas, but his wife of 6 months or less is a Northeast > person, so he?s looking to get closer for her. He told me that there are > openings he?s applying to at WTEN in Albany snd also at WRNN (FIOS) in Rye > Brook, NY. > > Long shot, but I thought I?d ask, just in case. Thanks! > From markwa1ion@aol.com Fri Aug 4 16:39:57 2017 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (Mark Connelly) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:39:57 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 (+ WXEX 1540) Message-ID: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> As noted on a couple of email lists, WNBP Newburyport, MA has dropped its oldies format and now has Bloomberg business talk (... yawn). Unfortunately this means that I have one music station fewer for my AM car pushbutton choices. The button that once was WNBP has now been reassigned to WXEX from NH on 1540. That's more a classic rocker than pre-1980 oldies or nostalgia. Still not a bad station though. Signal strength of WXEX is a bit less than that of WNBP but it is still usable away from overhead power lines. Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ interferes with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX on 1540. Still, in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are "playable." That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit this area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other than, perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. WJTO 730 and WCME 900 from Maine are other car radio pushbuttons. Neither of those is a city grade signal here either. Just shows how slim the options are. In the late '60s, we had rock from WRKO and WBZ Boston, WPRO Providence, WHEB Portsmouth, and WABC NYC all providing good signals here. Probably a couple out of ME too. WXEX mentions 92.1 and 97.1 FM with no mention of the 1540 AM. Well, just for giggles, I checked those channels. 92.1 is WOMR out of Provincetown (some of you will remember as being of Ernie Cooper fame) and 97.1 had "97.1 the Wave" which, per web search, turns out to be WAVD Milford, DE (!), obviously via tropo and likely not a regular. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA From gary@garysicecream.com Fri Aug 4 18:06:03 2017 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 18:06:03 -0400 Subject: Dick Albert RIP Message-ID: <024c01d30d6d$de13eb00$9a3bc100$@garysicecream.com> Lead story on WCVB-TV NewsCenter 5 at 6: Dick Albert has died. First they ran a package on Dick's career. Now interviewing Harvey Leonard by phone. Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA www.garysicecream.com www.icecreamcollege.com From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Aug 4 23:18:30 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 23:18:30 -0400 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <10b9e373-8452-32ef-b7fd-74c870b5d806@attorneyross.com> I'm surprised you don't get interference from 1540 in Albany. Is that still WDCD or is it WPTR again? On 8/4/2017 4:39 PM, Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote: > Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ interferes with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX on 1540. Still, in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are "playable." > > That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit this area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other than, perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Fri Aug 4 23:53:10 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 03:53:10 +0000 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 Message-ID: I saw elsewhere that Bob was testing the translator earlier this week. Tonight I tuned over while I was in Somerville, around 9:15 or so, and heard WJIB on 101.3. I kept the signal until right after I got into the O'Neill Tunnel. When I came out of the tunnel, the pirate wiped out the translator. -- Sent from my iPhone From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Aug 4 21:07:04 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 21:07:04 -0400 Subject: WJIB debuts on FM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In honor of his 25th anniversary with WJIB 740 today, owner Bob Bittner debuted his FM translator on 101.3 today. Reception on Haverhill St Reading then 128 from Reading to Beverly--so so with cut ins from no doubt pirate Big City though possibly a 101.3 from Maine? Display read WJIB Boston's memories station.At times surprisingly strong but even without the pirate, this is a fringe area. From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Sat Aug 5 04:51:03 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 08:51:03 +0000 Subject: Dick Albert RIP In-Reply-To: <024c01d30d6d$de13eb00$9a3bc100$@garysicecream.com> References: <024c01d30d6d$de13eb00$9a3bc100$@garysicecream.com> Message-ID: I didn't realize Dick was from Newton. And I'd always presumed that was an on-air name, not his real one. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/04/dick-albert-former-channel-weatherman-dies/0xnHrvczoHKMpncFyB3uKN/story.html On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 7:28 PM Gary's Ice Cream wrote: > Lead story on WCVB-TV NewsCenter 5 at 6: Dick Albert has died. First > they ran a package on Dick's career. Now interviewing Harvey Leonard by > phone. > > > > Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA > > www.garysicecream.com > www.icecreamcollege.com > > > > > > > > > > -- Sent from my iPhone From markwa1ion@aol.com Sat Aug 5 16:10:05 2017 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (Mark Connelly) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 16:10:05 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 (+ WXEX 1540) Message-ID: <15db404e328-c07-1602@webjas-vae075.srv.aolmail.net> No signal from Albany here in the daytime on 1540, just WXEX and WADK. Useful groundwave from them barely makes it east to the Route 2 / I-495 junction. Night, of course, is a different story. Bahamas, Toronto, and Waterloo (IA) are in the stew with Albany as well. Pretty much an unlistenable mess then. Mark Connelly South Yarmouth, MA << I'm surprised you don't get interference from 1540 in Albany. Is that still WDCD or is it WPTR again? On 8/4/2017 4:39 PM, Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote: > Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ interferes with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX on 1540. Still, in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are "playable." > > That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit this area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other than, perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com >> From map@mapinternet.com Sat Aug 5 17:28:16 2017 From: map@mapinternet.com (M.Casey) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 17:28:16 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios In-Reply-To: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> References: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> Message-ID: <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> Mark, Thank you for the interesting Cape Cod AM DX report & the details. Even without much music, I still find daytime (and nite) AM DX'ing on the car radio fun. Shoreline locations make it even more fun. WMID in Atlantic City is the station whose coverage amazes me--graveyard freq at 1340, not much power, but can be received, days, from the CT shore (maybe the southside of the Cape or is New Bedford 1340 still on?) all the way down almost to Cape Hatteras, NC! and, still playin' the old tunes last time I checked. WACM 1270, Springfield, is still on the air playing Mr. Fuller's Kool Oldies but most of us are listening to their FM on 100.1. The format sounds great. With the poor soil conductivity and the high dial position the Albany 1540 doesn't stand a chance in Eastern Mass. Yesterday I tried listening to 1540 when I was near North Adams, Mass., and Stamford, VT. There was a signal, but not much of one, which I did not take the time to ID. Us DX diehards get tired of static and fading at times. Like WMEX on 1510, even with 50k, those high dial stations have a tough time getting out during the day, although at nite, they generally work better they generally work a little better than the low dial position stations. But, now, only a few of us ever listen to AM radio at night, nevermind listening to DX stations at night on AM. Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. I'm looking to replace my 2006 Toyota Tundra radio with an aftermarket unit that has decent AM & FM reception, HD & Bluetooth. Looking for recommendations on a decent unit. Thank-You Mark Casey K1MAP Hampden, Mass. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Connelly Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 4:39 PM To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org ; irca@hard-core-dx.com ; am@nrcdxas.org ; badx@yahoogroups.com ; CapeDX@yahoogroups.com Subject: WNBP 1450 (+ WXEX 1540) As noted on a couple of email lists, WNBP Newburyport, MA has dropped its oldies format and now has Bloomberg business talk (... yawn). Unfortunately this means that I have one music station fewer for my AM car pushbutton choices. The button that once was WNBP has now been reassigned to WXEX from NH on 1540. That's more a classic rocker than pre-1980 oldies or nostalgia. Still not a bad station though. Signal strength of WXEX is a bit less than that of WNBP but it is still usable away from overhead power lines. Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ interferes with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX on 1540. Still, in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are "playable." That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit this area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other than, perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. WJTO 730 and WCME 900 from Maine are other car radio pushbuttons. Neither of those is a city grade signal here either. Just shows how slim the options are. In the late '60s, we had rock from WRKO and WBZ Boston, WPRO Providence, WHEB Portsmouth, and WABC NYC all providing good signals here. Probably a couple out of ME too. WXEX mentions 92.1 and 97.1 FM with no mention of the 1540 AM. Well, just for giggles, I checked those channels. 92.1 is WOMR out of Provincetown (some of you will remember as being of Ernie Cooper fame) and 97.1 had "97.1 the Wave" which, per web search, turns out to be WAVD Milford, DE (!), obviously via tropo and likely not a regular. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Aug 5 18:57:41 2017 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 18:57:41 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios In-Reply-To: <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> References: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> Message-ID: Most likely WRNJ from Hackettstown, NJ - I have been getting them in Cambridge since 1510 went silent and they play music from the 70's and 80's On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: > > > > > > Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Sat Aug 5 19:32:03 2017 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 19:32:03 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios In-Reply-To: References: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> Message-ID: Ive been told they are operating with proper night patter and power, which i wouldn't have believed unless Scott Fybush said he heard it right form the horses mouth On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Most likely WRNJ from Hackettstown, NJ - I have been getting them in > Cambridge since 1510 went silent and they play music from the 70's and > 80's > > > On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in > English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. > It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling > in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. > > > > From markwa1ion@aol.com Sat Aug 5 21:22:13 2017 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (Mark Connelly) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:22:13 -0400 Subject: 1510 (was Re: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <15db522a8e2-bff-191f@webjas-vad052.srv.aolmail.net> Recent recording of WRNJ 1510 here on Cape Cod. https://app.box.com/s/08x0kw5qk41xdixdt6fstf5ea5w2lpuj Dominates the channel pretty much every night. WLAC Nashville occasionally behind. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA -----Original Message----- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. To: Kevin Vahey Cc: M.Casey ; Mark Connelly ; (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Sent: Sat, Aug 5, 2017 7:32 pm Subject: Re: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios Ive been told they are operating with proper night patter and power, which i wouldn't have believed unless Scott Fybush said he heard it right form the horses mouth On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: Most likely WRNJ from Hackettstown, NJ - I have been getting them in Cambridge since 1510 went silent and they play music from the 70's and 80's On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: > > > > > > Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. > From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Aug 5 23:04:38 2017 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 23:04:38 -0400 Subject: 1510 (was Re: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios) In-Reply-To: <15db522a8e2-bff-191f@webjas-vad052.srv.aolmail.net> References: <15db522a8e2-bff-191f@webjas-vad052.srv.aolmail.net> Message-ID: WRNJ is only doing 230 watts at night but with Boston silent and Sherbrook gone for over 20 years there really isn't anything else outside of Nashville. On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Mark Connelly wrote: > Recent recording of WRNJ 1510 here on Cape Cod. > > https://app.box.com/s/08x0kw5qk41xdixdt6fstf5ea5w2lpuj > > Dominates the channel pretty much every night. WLAC Nashville occasionally > behind. > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION > South Yarmouth, MA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. > To: Kevin Vahey > Cc: M.Casey ; Mark Connelly ; > (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest > Sent: Sat, Aug 5, 2017 7:32 pm > Subject: Re: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios > > Ive been told they are operating with proper night patter and power, which i > wouldn't have believed unless Scott Fybush said he heard it right form the > horses mouth > > > > On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > > Most likely WRNJ from Hackettstown, NJ - I have been getting them in > Cambridge since 1510 went silent and they play music from the 70's and > 80's > > > On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in >> English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. >> It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling >> in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. >> > > From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Aug 6 00:21:33 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 00:21:33 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios In-Reply-To: <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> References: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> Message-ID: <16acb93d-b104-c9b2-de60-b359ae8a591a@attorneyross.com> I haven't checked for a long time, and I just got hash when I tried just now, but I always used to be able to get Albany 1540 with no trouble here in Brookline. I wonder what's happened since then, or is it just because sunspots are down? On 8/5/2017 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: > Mark, Thank you for the interesting Cape Cod AM DX report & the details. > > Even without much music, I still find daytime (and nite) AM DX'ing on > the car radio fun. Shoreline locations make it even more fun. WMID in > Atlantic City is the station whose coverage amazes me--graveyard freq > at 1340, not much power, but can be received, days, from the CT shore > (maybe the southside of the Cape or is New Bedford 1340 still on?) all > the way down almost to Cape Hatteras, NC! and, still playin' the old > tunes last time I checked. > > WACM 1270, Springfield, is still on the air playing Mr. Fuller's Kool > Oldies but most of us are listening to their FM on 100.1. The format > sounds great. > > With the poor soil conductivity and the high dial position the Albany > 1540 doesn't stand a chance in Eastern Mass. Yesterday I tried > listening to 1540 when I was near North Adams, Mass., and Stamford, > VT. There was a signal, but not much of one, which I did not take the > time to ID. Us DX diehards get tired of static and fading at times. > Like WMEX on 1510, even with 50k, those high dial stations have a > tough time getting out during the day, although at nite, they > generally work better they generally work a little better than the low > dial position stations. But, now, only a few of us ever listen to AM > radio at night, nevermind listening to DX stations at night on AM. > > Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in > English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned > show. It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm > while traveling in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. > > I'm looking to replace my 2006 Toyota Tundra radio with an aftermarket > unit that has decent AM & FM reception, HD & Bluetooth. Looking for > recommendations on a decent unit. > > Thank-You > Mark Casey > K1MAP > Hampden, Mass. > > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Connelly > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 4:39 PM > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org ; irca@hard-core-dx.com ; > am@nrcdxas.org ; badx@yahoogroups.com ; CapeDX@yahoogroups.com > Subject: WNBP 1450 (+ WXEX 1540) > > As noted on a couple of email lists, WNBP Newburyport, MA has dropped > its oldies format and now has Bloomberg business talk (... yawn). > > Unfortunately this means that I have one music station fewer for my AM > car pushbutton choices. > > The button that once was WNBP has now been reassigned to WXEX from NH > on 1540. That's more a classic rocker than pre-1980 oldies or > nostalgia. Still not a bad station though. > > Signal strength of WXEX is a bit less than that of WNBP but it is > still usable away from overhead power lines. > > Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the > Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ > interferes with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX > on 1540. Still, in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are > "playable." > > That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit > this area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other > than, perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. > > WJTO 730 and WCME 900 from Maine are other car radio pushbuttons. > Neither of those is a city grade signal here either. Just shows how > slim the options are. In the late '60s, we had rock from WRKO and WBZ > Boston, WPRO Providence, WHEB Portsmouth, and WABC NYC all providing > good signals here. Probably a couple out of ME too. > > WXEX mentions 92.1 and 97.1 FM with no mention of the 1540 AM. > > Well, just for giggles, I checked those channels. 92.1 is WOMR out of > Provincetown (some of you will remember as being of Ernie Cooper fame) > and 97.1 had "97.1 the Wave" which, per web search, turns out to be > WAVD Milford, DE (!), obviously via tropo and likely not a regular. > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION > South Yarmouth, MA > > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From kvahey@gmail.com Sun Aug 6 03:46:39 2017 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 03:46:39 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios In-Reply-To: <16acb93d-b104-c9b2-de60-b359ae8a591a@attorneyross.com> References: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> <16acb93d-b104-c9b2-de60-b359ae8a591a@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Joe I doubt there has been any major maintenance to the 1540 transmitter location in Colonie, NY in decades. In 1966 WPTR was one of 3 stations that promoted the Beatles at Suffolk Downs along with WBZ and WMEX and that was mainly because of the popularity of Roger Scott. Scott was hired by CFOX Montreal because WPTR had become the station of choice for Montreal teens at night. Scott was a talent and he died way too young Scott WPTR https://audioboom.com/posts/2606565-roger-scott-last-show-wptr-albany-1966 Scott CFOX https://audioboom.com/posts/2606569-roger-scott-cfox-montreal-1969?playlist_direction=forward&t=0 On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:21 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I haven't checked for a long time, and I just got hash when I tried just > now, but I always used to be able to get Albany 1540 with no trouble here in > Brookline. I wonder what's happened since then, or is it just because > sunspots are down? > > > > On 8/5/2017 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: >> >> Mark, Thank you for the interesting Cape Cod AM DX report & the details. >> >> Even without much music, I still find daytime (and nite) AM DX'ing on the >> car radio fun. Shoreline locations make it even more fun. WMID in Atlantic >> City is the station whose coverage amazes me--graveyard freq at 1340, not >> much power, but can be received, days, from the CT shore (maybe the >> southside of the Cape or is New Bedford 1340 still on?) all the way down >> almost to Cape Hatteras, NC! and, still playin' the old tunes last time I >> checked. >> >> WACM 1270, Springfield, is still on the air playing Mr. Fuller's Kool >> Oldies but most of us are listening to their FM on 100.1. The format sounds >> great. >> >> With the poor soil conductivity and the high dial position the Albany 1540 >> doesn't stand a chance in Eastern Mass. Yesterday I tried listening to 1540 >> when I was near North Adams, Mass., and Stamford, VT. There was a signal, >> but not much of one, which I did not take the time to ID. Us DX diehards get >> tired of static and fading at times. Like WMEX on 1510, even with 50k, those >> high dial stations have a tough time getting out during the day, although at >> nite, they generally work better they generally work a little better than >> the low dial position stations. But, now, only a few of us ever listen to AM >> radio at night, nevermind listening to DX stations at night on AM. >> >> Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in >> English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. >> It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling >> in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. >> >> I'm looking to replace my 2006 Toyota Tundra radio with an aftermarket >> unit that has decent AM & FM reception, HD & Bluetooth. Looking for >> recommendations on a decent unit. >> >> Thank-You >> Mark Casey >> K1MAP >> Hampden, Mass. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Connelly >> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 4:39 PM >> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org ; irca@hard-core-dx.com ; >> am@nrcdxas.org ; badx@yahoogroups.com ; CapeDX@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: WNBP 1450 (+ WXEX 1540) >> >> As noted on a couple of email lists, WNBP Newburyport, MA has dropped its >> oldies format and now has Bloomberg business talk (... yawn). >> >> Unfortunately this means that I have one music station fewer for my AM car >> pushbutton choices. >> >> The button that once was WNBP has now been reassigned to WXEX from NH on >> 1540. That's more a classic rocker than pre-1980 oldies or nostalgia. Still >> not a bad station though. >> >> Signal strength of WXEX is a bit less than that of WNBP but it is still >> usable away from overhead power lines. >> >> Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the >> Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ interferes >> with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX on 1540. Still, >> in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are "playable." >> >> That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit this >> area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other than, >> perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. >> >> WJTO 730 and WCME 900 from Maine are other car radio pushbuttons. Neither >> of those is a city grade signal here either. Just shows how slim the >> options are. In the late '60s, we had rock from WRKO and WBZ Boston, WPRO >> Providence, WHEB Portsmouth, and WABC NYC all providing good signals here. >> Probably a couple out of ME too. >> >> WXEX mentions 92.1 and 97.1 FM with no mention of the 1540 AM. >> >> Well, just for giggles, I checked those channels. 92.1 is WOMR out of >> Provincetown (some of you will remember as being of Ernie Cooper fame) and >> 97.1 had "97.1 the Wave" which, per web search, turns out to be WAVD >> Milford, DE (!), obviously via tropo and likely not a regular. >> >> Mark Connelly, WA1ION >> South Yarmouth, MA >> >> > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From markwats@comcast.net Sun Aug 6 19:03:11 2017 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 19:03:11 -0400 Subject: 1510 (was Re: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios) In-Reply-To: References: <15db522a8e2-bff-191f@webjas-vad052.srv.aolmail.net> Message-ID: <003001d30f08$2e8353f0$8b89fbd0$@comcast.net> Kevin Vahey wrote: >WRNJ is only doing 230 watts at night but with Boston silent and Sherbrook gone for over 20 years there really isn't anything > >else outside of Nashville. Plus WNLC in New London CT has been gone for close to if not 20 years. Also didn't the station on 1510 in Putnam County NY (calls escape me) also go dark? Mark Watson From astelle.donald@gmail.com Sun Aug 6 01:04:05 2017 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 01:04:05 -0400 Subject: Harbor tower.... Message-ID: <33978822CC034F18819066B1D9667EB0@ownerd8aa55a4d> Out in Boston Harbor on Saturday, and a few friends asked what this thing was on the horizon that loops like a lollipop antenna of some kind. I took this with a zoom lens because it was kinda far...I wish I had better resolution. While you might not be able to figure it out from this specific pic, I wondered if anyone here has seen this before....in the harbor out towards Logan Airport. Thoughts? Thanks! D From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Aug 6 23:51:14 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 23:51:14 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <03c4387f-8573-196d-cf1c-3ec5a6c39ffa@attorneyross.com> I've been listening in my car since I saw the emails here about it. In and around Brookline, I've found the AM daytime signal better than the FM because of the pirate, or whatever it is, interfering. In a moving car, the other signal keeps cutting in and interfering. But I was in Waltham today and couldn't hear WJIB on FM at all. What is the range of the translator? I don't know if the FCC will do anything about the pirate if Bob complains. But I seem to be getting used to the dysfunctionality of the Federal government and can only hope so. On 8/4/2017 11:53 PM, Sean Smyth wrote: > I saw elsewhere that Bob was testing the translator earlier this week. > Tonight I tuned over while I was in Somerville, around 9:15 or so, and > heard WJIB on 101.3. I kept the signal until right after I got into the > O'Neill Tunnel. When I came out of the tunnel, the pirate wiped out the > translator. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Sun Aug 6 23:44:16 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 23:44:16 -0400 Subject: WNBP 1450 etc., replacement car radios In-Reply-To: References: <15daef9ddd8-c05-92c@webjas-vaa147.srv.aolmail.net> <3E3C1012274B4491B9017B1572D33367@laptop> <16acb93d-b104-c9b2-de60-b359ae8a591a@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <82767c09-8f39-e1ea-6f1d-91aef927853a@attorneyross.com> Yes, and I remember in the late 1950s, I used to pick it up in Bedford, even sometimes in daytime. This was just after we had moved to Bedford from Albany, and I listened often. But I was surprised to learn, from a reference to WPTR in the school newspaper, that many others at Bedford High were also listening. On 8/6/2017 3:46 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Joe > > I doubt there has been any major maintenance to the 1540 transmitter > location in Colonie, NY in decades. > > In 1966 WPTR was one of 3 stations that promoted the Beatles at > Suffolk Downs along with WBZ and WMEX and that was mainly because of > the popularity of Roger Scott. Scott was hired by CFOX Montreal > because WPTR had become the station of choice for Montreal teens at > night. > > Scott was a talent and he died way too young > > Scott WPTR > > https://audioboom.com/posts/2606565-roger-scott-last-show-wptr-albany-1966 > > Scott CFOX > > https://audioboom.com/posts/2606569-roger-scott-cfox-montreal-1969?playlist_direction=forward&t=0 > > > On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:21 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: >> I haven't checked for a long time, and I just got hash when I tried just >> now, but I always used to be able to get Albany 1540 with no trouble here in >> Brookline. I wonder what's happened since then, or is it just because >> sunspots are down? >> >> >> >> On 8/5/2017 5:28 PM, M.Casey wrote: >>> Mark, Thank you for the interesting Cape Cod AM DX report & the details. >>> >>> Even without much music, I still find daytime (and nite) AM DX'ing on the >>> car radio fun. Shoreline locations make it even more fun. WMID in Atlantic >>> City is the station whose coverage amazes me--graveyard freq at 1340, not >>> much power, but can be received, days, from the CT shore (maybe the >>> southside of the Cape or is New Bedford 1340 still on?) all the way down >>> almost to Cape Hatteras, NC! and, still playin' the old tunes last time I >>> checked. >>> >>> WACM 1270, Springfield, is still on the air playing Mr. Fuller's Kool >>> Oldies but most of us are listening to their FM on 100.1. The format sounds >>> great. >>> >>> With the poor soil conductivity and the high dial position the Albany 1540 >>> doesn't stand a chance in Eastern Mass. Yesterday I tried listening to 1540 >>> when I was near North Adams, Mass., and Stamford, VT. There was a signal, >>> but not much of one, which I did not take the time to ID. Us DX diehards get >>> tired of static and fading at times. Like WMEX on 1510, even with 50k, those >>> high dial stations have a tough time getting out during the day, although at >>> nite, they generally work better they generally work a little better than >>> the low dial position stations. But, now, only a few of us ever listen to AM >>> radio at night, nevermind listening to DX stations at night on AM. >>> >>> Anyone have an idea what station on 1510, around 10pm last night, in >>> English, playing 70's, 80's popular music which sounds like a canned show. >>> It had a fair to good signal for 1/2 hour or so around 10pm while traveling >>> in Southern Vermont. Again, failed to ID. >>> >>> I'm looking to replace my 2006 Toyota Tundra radio with an aftermarket >>> unit that has decent AM & FM reception, HD & Bluetooth. Looking for >>> recommendations on a decent unit. >>> >>> Thank-You >>> Mark Casey >>> K1MAP >>> Hampden, Mass. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Connelly >>> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 4:39 PM >>> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org ; irca@hard-core-dx.com ; >>> am@nrcdxas.org ; badx@yahoogroups.com ; CapeDX@yahoogroups.com >>> Subject: WNBP 1450 (+ WXEX 1540) >>> >>> As noted on a couple of email lists, WNBP Newburyport, MA has dropped its >>> oldies format and now has Bloomberg business talk (... yawn). >>> >>> Unfortunately this means that I have one music station fewer for my AM car >>> pushbutton choices. >>> >>> The button that once was WNBP has now been reassigned to WXEX from NH on >>> 1540. That's more a classic rocker than pre-1980 oldies or nostalgia. Still >>> not a bad station though. >>> >>> Signal strength of WXEX is a bit less than that of WNBP but it is still >>> usable away from overhead power lines. >>> >>> Both 1450 and 1540 have signal "issues" if I'm within 2 miles of the >>> Cape's south side facing Nantucket Sound. WPGG Atlantic City, NJ interferes >>> with WNBP on 1450 and WADK Newport, RI interferes with WXEX on 1540. Still, >>> in many areas north of Route 28, WNBP and WXEX are "playable." >>> >>> That I have to use either of these stations, neither intended to hit this >>> area, just shows how scarce the choices are for music on AM other than, >>> perhaps, that of an ethnic or religious nature. >>> >>> WJTO 730 and WCME 900 from Maine are other car radio pushbuttons. Neither >>> of those is a city grade signal here either. Just shows how slim the >>> options are. In the late '60s, we had rock from WRKO and WBZ Boston, WPRO >>> Providence, WHEB Portsmouth, and WABC NYC all providing good signals here. >>> Probably a couple out of ME too. >>> >>> WXEX mentions 92.1 and 97.1 FM with no mention of the 1540 AM. >>> >>> Well, just for giggles, I checked those channels. 92.1 is WOMR out of >>> Provincetown (some of you will remember as being of Ernie Cooper fame) and >>> 97.1 had "97.1 the Wave" which, per web search, turns out to be WAVD >>> Milford, DE (!), obviously via tropo and likely not a regular. >>> >>> Mark Connelly, WA1ION >>> South Yarmouth, MA >>> >>> >> -- >> A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 >> 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From dcassell@gmail.com Mon Aug 7 12:25:33 2017 From: dcassell@gmail.com (Damon Cassell) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 12:25:33 -0400 Subject: Harbor tower.... In-Reply-To: <26C525D873684030BCD9766D826FE9E2@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <33978822CC034F18819066B1D9667EB0@ownerd8aa55a4d> <26C525D873684030BCD9766D826FE9E2@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: Defunct ducted turbine at the MWRA plant on Deer Island. Actually kind of an interesting story behind it. https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2017/05/05/deer-islands-odd-looking-turbine-is-a-testament-to-failure/ http://www.oginenergy.com/our-technology Damon On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Don wrote: > I attached it to this email...any idea? > > D > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon Cassell" > To: "Don" > Cc: > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2017 9:34 AM > Subject: Re: Harbor tower.... > > > Picture didn't come through? Is it on a tower? You may be able to get some >> clues in the FCC tower registration database. Find the location of the >> tower on Google Maps. "Pin" it with your mouse, and a small box will pop >> up >> giving you the lat/long. You could then search the database for towers >> within a radius of this location. That would give you the owner/manager of >> the tower, which could go a long way in identifying what it is used for. >> >> http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp >> >> Damon >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 1:04 AM, Don wrote: >> >> Out in Boston Harbor on Saturday, and a few friends asked what this thing >>> was on the horizon that loops like a lollipop antenna of some kind. >>> >>> I took this with a zoom lens because it was kinda far...I wish I had >>> better resolution. >>> >>> While you might not be able to figure it out from this specific pic, I >>> wondered if anyone here has seen this before....in the harbor out towards >>> Logan Airport. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> D >>> >> >> From dcassell@gmail.com Mon Aug 7 09:34:39 2017 From: dcassell@gmail.com (Damon Cassell) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 09:34:39 -0400 Subject: Harbor tower.... In-Reply-To: <33978822CC034F18819066B1D9667EB0@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <33978822CC034F18819066B1D9667EB0@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: Picture didn't come through? Is it on a tower? You may be able to get some clues in the FCC tower registration database. Find the location of the tower on Google Maps. "Pin" it with your mouse, and a small box will pop up giving you the lat/long. You could then search the database for towers within a radius of this location. That would give you the owner/manager of the tower, which could go a long way in identifying what it is used for. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp Damon On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 1:04 AM, Don wrote: > Out in Boston Harbor on Saturday, and a few friends asked what this thing > was on the horizon that loops like a lollipop antenna of some kind. > > I took this with a zoom lens because it was kinda far...I wish I had > better resolution. > > While you might not be able to figure it out from this specific pic, I > wondered if anyone here has seen this before....in the harbor out towards > Logan Airport. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks! > > D From denapoli137@msn.com Mon Aug 7 13:35:46 2017 From: denapoli137@msn.com (DENNIS Denapoli) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 17:35:46 +0000 Subject: =?utf-8?B?SSB3YXMgaW4gV2VzdCBSb3hidXJ5IHRvZGF5IGNvdWxkbid0IHJlY2VpdmUg?= =?utf-8?B?V0pJQiBhdCBhbGwgb25seSB0aGUgcGlyYXRlIGZyb20gTWF0dGFwYW4g?= =?utf-8?B?8J+YoQ==?= Message-ID: Sent from my iPad From elipolo881@gmail.com Tue Aug 8 10:26:36 2017 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:26:36 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 Message-ID: > > Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 23:51:14 -0400 > From: A Joseph Ross > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 > > I've been listening in my car since I saw the emails here about it. In > and around Brookline, I've found the AM daytime signal better than the > FM because of the pirate, or whatever it is, interfering. In a moving > car, the other signal keeps cutting in and interfering. But I was in > Waltham today and couldn't hear WJIB on FM at all. What is the range of > the translator? > ?I've heard the WJIB translator in Waltham, but it is weak there and subject to interference, not so much from the Boston pirate, but from the WMRC, Milford translator also on 101.3? which I could also hear interfering a bit in Waltham. The WJIB translator directional signal is reduced a bit in that direction to protect that Milford translator. Also, because the WJIB translator signal is sharply reduced to the northwest to protect an adjacent station in NH, its reception in the north side of Waltham may be worse than in the south side of Waltham. The theoretical coverage map from Radio-Locator (disregarding interference from pirates or other stations) is here, Waltham is mostly in the "distant" category: https://radio-locator.com/pats/W252BT_FX_CU.gif From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Aug 8 23:42:49 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 23:42:49 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. On 8/8/2017 10:26 AM, Eli Polonsky wrote: >> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 23:51:14 -0400 >> From: A Joseph Ross >> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >> Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 >> >> I've been listening in my car since I saw the emails here about it. In >> and around Brookline, I've found the AM daytime signal better than the >> FM because of the pirate, or whatever it is, interfering. In a moving >> car, the other signal keeps cutting in and interfering. But I was in >> Waltham today and couldn't hear WJIB on FM at all. What is the range of >> the translator? >> > ?I've heard the WJIB translator in Waltham, but it is weak there and > subject to interference, not so much from the Boston pirate, but from the > WMRC, Milford translator also on 101.3? which I could also hear interfering > a bit in Waltham. The WJIB translator directional signal is reduced a bit > in that direction to protect that Milford translator. > > Also, because the WJIB translator signal is sharply reduced to the > northwest to protect an adjacent station in NH, its reception in the north > side of Waltham may be worse than in the south side of Waltham. The > theoretical coverage map from Radio-Locator (disregarding interference from > pirates or other stations) is here, Waltham is mostly in the "distant" > category: https://radio-locator.com/pats/W252BT_FX_CU.gif > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From 011010001@interpring.com Wed Aug 9 06:50:43 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 06:50:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. > Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from > there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard > to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod alley", the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver overloading from the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more distant signals. I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal on my car radio due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not ye had the time to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. Rob From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 9 07:36:37 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 07:36:37 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Speaking of translators, Bittner has applied for a 105.3 in Bath ME to replace the one he had that got moved to Cambridge. WESX Nahant seeks 92.1. WNBP Newburyport has a 106.1 but wants a 92.1 there. On Aug 9, 2017 7:28 AM, "Rob Landry" <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > > Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. >> > > Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. >> > > Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod alley", > the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver overloading from > the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more distant signals. > I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal on my car radio > due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not ye had the time > to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver > overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. > > > Rob > From dlh@donnahalper.com Sat Aug 12 20:02:52 2017 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 20:02:52 -0400 Subject: Neil Chayet Message-ID: <0df3ab09-1a5c-5dac-15d7-c54063b638b5@donnahalper.com> We've certainly lost our share of long-time radio personalities this year: just heard that Neil Chayet ("Looking at the Law" on WBZ radio) has lost his battle with cancer. He was 78. From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Aug 16 00:36:20 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:36:20 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday and today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington Square, Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. After Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton Centre and turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of my building on Centre Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some other station. From the sound of it, I suspected that the station interfering in Newton was not the same one that was interfering in Brookline. Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the extent that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the air. In Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, it cut in with just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. By the time I got into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal to think it was not a pirate but a professional station. I even heard part of an ad for a business in Milford. When I parked the car, the other station was coming in loud and clear, so I stayed and listened for a little bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator that they just put on the air last December. They're calling the station "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to have a lot of local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a pirate, and they must have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton Centre. Before WJIB's translator came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least on a car radio. I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a different station. Stay tuned. On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > >> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. > >> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. > > Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod > alley", the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver > overloading from the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of > more distant signals. I've noticed an increase in interference to > WHRB's signal on my car radio due to something new going on the air in > the area; I've not ye had the time to figure out what it may be. But > it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver overloading is an issue with > receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. > > > Rob > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From 011010001@interpring.com Wed Aug 16 06:30:03 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:30:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Remember, it's tropospheric ducting season. Yesterday morning something was interfering with WBUR on my way up I-95 towards New Hampshire, in places where I've never heard inerference before. This morning I'll bet there's a lot of tropo. The air was thick with smog and humidity; just the kind of conditions that seem to come with tropo. Low-powered signals such as translators will be the first to notice it. Last summer WTSN in Dover, NH added its translator on 98.1. The first time I heard it, it suffered from WCTK interferenmce all the way up I-95 well into Maine; but the next day it was clean as the proverbial whistle from the Hamtopn tolls all the way to Wells. Rob On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday and > today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of > interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington Square, > Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. After > Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal > was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton Centre and > turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of my building on Centre > Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some other station. From the > sound of it, I suspected that the station interfering in Newton was not the > same one that was interfering in Brookline. > > Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the extent > that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the air. In > Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, it cut in with > just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. By the time I got > into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal to think it > was not a pirate but a professional station. I even heard part of an ad for > a business in Milford. When I parked the car, the other station was coming > in loud and clear, so I stayed and listened for a little bit, and they IDed > as WMRC, Milford. > > A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator that > they just put on the air last December. They're calling the station "MyFM > 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to have a lot of > local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a pirate, and they must > have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton Centre. Before WJIB's > translator came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least > on a car radio. > > I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a different > station. Stay tuned. > > > > On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >> >>> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. >> >>> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >>> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >>> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. >> >> Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod alley", >> the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver overloading from >> the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more distant signals. >> I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal on my car radio >> due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not ye had the time >> to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver >> overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. >> >> >> Rob >> > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > From 011010001@interpring.com Wed Aug 16 06:32:41 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:32:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Ajit Pai has warned that the FCC will go after pirates' landlords and advertisers for "aiding and abetting". We'll see if he can follw through; I've a hunch he can no more do so than the Romans could clear the Goths out of Gaul. Rob On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, Bob Nelson wrote: > Here on the North Shore lately I don't really hear the pirate cutting in but > I have picked up occasionally talk station WVQM Augusta ME or the WMRC > translator. Friday, I was at the Fresh Pond rotary and went Rt 2 to 128 > north and the WJIB translator didn't take long to disappear in favor of the > WMRC one especially on 128. Yes there were ads for places like a sports bar > in the area; the "my 101.3" nickname etc. > The W267CE (//WJIB) has a signal pattern that doesn't go as far to the north > or west as one would suspect to protect stations on or near 101.3. Last > night on 114 in Peabody, 128 in Danvers and 62 in Beverly it was the WJIB > translator just about all the time but not perfect due to my being on the > fringe of the signal.I don't know if the pirate shut down or turned down > power.? > > Maybe the pirate is still around and affecting the WJIB // to the > south.While the pirate affects WJIB's translator, the same happens to those > trying to get Big City...overpowering it or interfering. Some of the > pirate's listeners are wondering on Twitter or Facebook why some oldies > station as they put it is cutting in or why they can't get Big City at all > now. > > Think I read WJIB's translator pushes both horizontal and vertical while the > pirate only does one way? If Big City tries a different frequency (not that > it would be any more legal than what they're doing now) they may find there > are pretty much no open frequencies available. And if they cause trouble to > a huge company like Beasley, Entercom, CBS, etc they may find themselves > silenced extremely quickly (like a 93.5 in Mattapan). FCC issued a letter of > warning recently (one of many over the years I'd think); so far no fines or > seizures unless the feds moved in just now or the pirate shut off the > signal.I have no way of knowing. > > On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office > yesterday and today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in.? > Monday, I had a lot of interference with a competing signal > around my home in Washington Square, Brookline and going up > Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle.? After Cleveland > Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal > was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton > Centre and turned onto Centre Street.? In the parking lot of my > building on Centre Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from > some other station.? From the sound of it, I suspected that the > station interfering in Newton was not the same one that was > interfering in Brookline. > > Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to > the extent that I think whatever station was competing with it > was off the air.? In Newton Centre, I began to hear another > station.? At one point, it cut in with just an announcer saying > "101.3" before WJIB came back.? By the time I got into the > parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal to think > it was not a pirate but a professional station.? I even heard > part of an ad for a business in Milford.? When I parked the car, > the other station was coming in loud and clear, so I stayed and > listened for a little bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. > > A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a > translator that they just put on the air last December.? They're > calling the station "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary > music.? They seem to have a lot of local commercials from in and > around Milford.? Not a pirate, and they must have quite a signal > to be able to reach Newton Centre.? Before WJIB's translator > came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least > on a car radio. > > I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was > a different station.? Stay tuned. > > > > On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > > Looks like even Newton is on the > boundary between local and distant. > > > Now that my office is in Newton Centre, > I'll have to try and listen from > there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems > to make the FM translator hard > to listen to in most of the translator's > local coverage area. > > > Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to > call "intermod alley", the area around the towers > near Route 128 where receiver overloading from the > nearby transmitters interferes with reception of > more distant signals. I've noticed an increase in > interference to WHRB's signal on my car radio due to > something new going on the air in the area; I've not > ye had the time to figure out what it may be. But it > wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver overloading > is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in > Newton Centre. > > > Rob > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, > MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 08:13:34 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:13:34 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from. So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > Remember, it's tropospheric ducting season. Yesterday morning something > was interfering with WBUR on my way up I-95 towards New Hampshire, in > places where I've never heard inerference before. > > This morning I'll bet there's a lot of tropo. The air was thick with smog > and humidity; just the kind of conditions that seem to come with tropo. > Low-powered signals such as translators will be the first to notice it. > > Last summer WTSN in Dover, NH added its translator on 98.1. The first time > I heard it, it suffered from WCTK interferenmce all the way up I-95 well > into Maine; but the next day it was clean as the proverbial whistle from > the Hamtopn tolls all the way to Wells. > > > Rob > > > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > > I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday and >> today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of >> interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington Square, >> Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. After >> Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal >> was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton Centre and >> turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of my building on Centre >> Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some other station. From the >> sound of it, I suspected that the station interfering in Newton was not the >> same one that was interfering in Brookline. >> >> Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the >> extent that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the >> air. In Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, it >> cut in with just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. By the >> time I got into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal >> to think it was not a pirate but a professional station. I even heard part >> of an ad for a business in Milford. When I parked the car, the other >> station was coming in loud and clear, so I stayed and listened for a little >> bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. >> >> A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator >> that they just put on the air last December. They're calling the station >> "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to have a lot >> of local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a pirate, and they >> must have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton Centre. Before WJIB's >> translator came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least >> on a car radio. >> >> I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a >> different station. Stay tuned. >> >> >> >> On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >>> >>> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. >>>> >>> >>> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >>>> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >>>> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. >>>> >>> >>> Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod alley", >>> the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver overloading from >>> the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more distant signals. >>> I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal on my car radio >>> due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not ye had the time >>> to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver >>> overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >> -- >> A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 >> 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com >> >> From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 06:08:03 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:08:03 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Here on the North Shore lately I don't really hear the pirate cutting in but I have picked up occasionally talk station WVQM Augusta ME or the WMRC translator. Friday, I was at the Fresh Pond rotary and went Rt 2 to 128 north and the WJIB translator didn't take long to disappear in favor of the WMRC one especially on 128. Yes there were ads for places like a sports bar in the area; the "my 101.3" nickname etc. The W267CE (//WJIB) has a signal pattern that doesn't go as far to the north or west as one would suspect to protect stations on or near 101.3. Last night on 114 in Peabody, 128 in Danvers and 62 in Beverly it was the WJIB translator just about all the time but not perfect due to my being on the fringe of the signal.I don't know if the pirate shut down or turned down power. Maybe the pirate is still around and affecting the WJIB // to the south.While the pirate affects WJIB's translator, the same happens to those trying to get Big City...overpowering it or interfering. Some of the pirate's listeners are wondering on Twitter or Facebook why some oldies station as they put it is cutting in or why they can't get Big City at all now. Think I read WJIB's translator pushes both horizontal and vertical while the pirate only does one way? If Big City tries a different frequency (not that it would be any more legal than what they're doing now) they may find there are pretty much no open frequencies available. And if they cause trouble to a huge company like Beasley, Entercom, CBS, etc they may find themselves silenced extremely quickly (like a 93.5 in Mattapan). FCC issued a letter of warning recently (one of many over the years I'd think); so far no fines or seizures unless the feds moved in just now or the pirate shut off the signal.I have no way of knowing. On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday and > today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of > interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington Square, > Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. After > Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal > was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton Centre and > turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of my building on Centre > Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some other station. From the > sound of it, I suspected that the station interfering in Newton was not the > same one that was interfering in Brookline. > > Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the > extent that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the > air. In Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, it > cut in with just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. By the > time I got into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal > to think it was not a pirate but a professional station. I even heard part > of an ad for a business in Milford. When I parked the car, the other > station was coming in loud and clear, so I stayed and listened for a little > bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. > > A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator > that they just put on the air last December. They're calling the station > "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to have a lot > of local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a pirate, and they > must have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton Centre. Before WJIB's > translator came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least > on a car radio. > > I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a > different station. Stay tuned. > > > > On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >> >> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. >>> >> >> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >>> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >>> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. >>> >> >> Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod alley", >> the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver overloading from >> the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more distant signals. >> I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal on my car radio >> due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not ye had the time >> to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver >> overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. >> >> >> Rob >> >> > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 08:59:36 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:59:36 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Have heard from two people that Big City or some kind of pirate is now on 100.5 which of course is right next to a powerful station owned by CBS, 100.7 WZLX. Also supposedly there are pirates on either side of WEEI-FM (93.5; 93.9; one on the former freq had popped up some time ago) On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the North Shore > or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. Indeed I am on the > fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am hearing from some listeners of > WJIB on a Facebook group; people in Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale > are getting W267CE now with no interference and one person said they could > barely pick up the pirate right around where it was supposed to be > broadcasting from. > So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some other > station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. > > > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > wrote: > >> >> Remember, it's tropospheric ducting season. Yesterday morning something >> was interfering with WBUR on my way up I-95 towards New Hampshire, in >> places where I've never heard inerference before. >> >> This morning I'll bet there's a lot of tropo. The air was thick with smog >> and humidity; just the kind of conditions that seem to come with tropo. >> Low-powered signals such as translators will be the first to notice it. >> >> Last summer WTSN in Dover, NH added its translator on 98.1. The first >> time I heard it, it suffered from WCTK interferenmce all the way up I-95 >> well into Maine; but the next day it was clean as the proverbial whistle >> from the Hamtopn tolls all the way to Wells. >> >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >> >> I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday >>> and today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of >>> interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington Square, >>> Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. After >>> Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal >>> was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton Centre and >>> turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of my building on Centre >>> Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some other station. From the >>> sound of it, I suspected that the station interfering in Newton was not the >>> same one that was interfering in Brookline. >>> >>> Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the >>> extent that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the >>> air. In Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, it >>> cut in with just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. By the >>> time I got into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal >>> to think it was not a pirate but a professional station. I even heard part >>> of an ad for a business in Milford. When I parked the car, the other >>> station was coming in loud and clear, so I stayed and listened for a little >>> bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. >>> >>> A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator >>> that they just put on the air last December. They're calling the station >>> "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to have a lot >>> of local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a pirate, and they >>> must have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton Centre. Before WJIB's >>> translator came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least >>> on a car radio. >>> >>> I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a >>> different station. Stay tuned. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >>>> >>>> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >>>>> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >>>>> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod >>>> alley", the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver >>>> overloading from the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more >>>> distant signals. I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal >>>> on my car radio due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not >>>> ye had the time to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at >>>> all if receiver overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in >>>> Newton Centre. >>>> >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 >>> 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com >>> >>> > From billohno@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 13:54:19 2017 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:54:19 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I'm wondering if there is ANY enforcement going on by the FCC? Bill O'Neill > On Aug 16, 2017, at 8:59 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > Have heard from two people that Big City or some kind of pirate is now on > 100.5 which of course is right next to a powerful station owned by CBS, > 100.7 WZLX. Also supposedly there are pirates on either side of WEEI-FM > (93.5; 93.9; one on the former freq had popped up some time ago) > >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: >> >> As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the North Shore >> or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. Indeed I am on the >> fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am hearing from some listeners of >> WJIB on a Facebook group; people in Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale >> are getting W267CE now with no interference and one person said they could >> barely pick up the pirate right around where it was supposed to be >> broadcasting from. >> So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some other >> station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Remember, it's tropospheric ducting season. Yesterday morning something >>> was interfering with WBUR on my way up I-95 towards New Hampshire, in >>> places where I've never heard inerference before. >>> >>> This morning I'll bet there's a lot of tropo. The air was thick with smog >>> and humidity; just the kind of conditions that seem to come with tropo. >>> Low-powered signals such as translators will be the first to notice it. >>> >>> Last summer WTSN in Dover, NH added its translator on 98.1. The first >>> time I heard it, it suffered from WCTK interferenmce all the way up I-95 >>> well into Maine; but the next day it was clean as the proverbial whistle >>> from the Hamtopn tolls all the way to Wells. >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >>> >>> I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday >>>> and today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of >>>> interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington Square, >>>> Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. After >>>> Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the translator signal >>>> was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got to Newton Centre and >>>> turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of my building on Centre >>>> Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some other station. From the >>>> sound of it, I suspected that the station interfering in Newton was not the >>>> same one that was interfering in Brookline. >>>> >>>> Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the >>>> extent that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the >>>> air. In Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, it >>>> cut in with just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. By the >>>> time I got into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the competing signal >>>> to think it was not a pirate but a professional station. I even heard part >>>> of an ad for a business in Milford. When I parked the car, the other >>>> station was coming in loud and clear, so I stayed and listened for a little >>>> bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. >>>> >>>> A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator >>>> that they just put on the air last December. They're calling the station >>>> "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to have a lot >>>> of local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a pirate, and they >>>> must have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton Centre. Before WJIB's >>>> translator came on, they must have been easy to pick up in Newton, at least >>>> on a car radio. >>>> >>>> I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a >>>> different station. Stay tuned. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from >>>>>> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard >>>>>> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod >>>>> alley", the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver >>>>> overloading from the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of more >>>>> distant signals. I've noticed an increase in interference to WHRB's signal >>>>> on my car radio due to something new going on the air in the area; I've not >>>>> ye had the time to figure out what it may be. But it wouldn't suprise me at >>>>> all if receiver overloading is an issue with receiving WJIB's translator in >>>>> Newton Centre. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Rob >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 >>>> 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com >>>> >>>> >> From Kaimbridge@Gmail.com Wed Aug 16 14:53:46 2017 From: Kaimbridge@Gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:53:46 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] Re: WJIB at 101.3 Message-ID: Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, > As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the > North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. > Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am > hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in > Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with > no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the > pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from. > So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some > other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s W267CE (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of the other radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due to the Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe, very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change silence! What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5 a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at South Station! (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) ~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 raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 17:17:21 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:17:21 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried 100.5, and now 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local pirates in Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right next to big legit stations like this. On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote: > Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, > > > As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the > > North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. > > Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am > > hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in > > Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with > > no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the > > pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from. > > So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some > > other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. > > Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where > to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later > confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s W267CE > (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! > Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with > good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity > and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of the other > radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due to the > Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever > (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe, > very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really > being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) > ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well > as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) > the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by > the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe > I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change > silence! > What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and > SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo > from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5 > a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even > Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at > South Station! > > (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear > anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) > > ~Kaimbridge~ > > -- -- -- > Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: > > l:Contributions/Kaimbridge > > math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php > > From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Aug 16 20:06:53 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:06:53 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Well, I'm glad the pirate moved, since it made the WJIB translator useless in my area. Without the pirate interfering, the FM signal is superior to the AM signal, especially at night. I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger days, when stations that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked about the AM frequency and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. That was fine back when most of the audience was on AM, but I assume Bob put up the translator, as well as his other stations in Maine so that people will listen to them, and they won't unless they know about them. I suppose the WJIB translator is still in the test stage, but Bob doesn't mention the other Maine stations either, unless he uses announcements that are only heard in Maine. On 8/16/2017 5:17 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried 100.5, and now > 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local pirates in > Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right next to big > legit stations like this. > > On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild > wrote: > >> Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, >> >>> As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the >>> North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. >>> Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am >>> hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in >>> Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with >>> no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the >>> pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from. >>> So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some >>> other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. >> Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where >> to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later >> confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s W267CE >> (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! >> Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with >> good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity >> and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of the other >> radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due to the >> Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever >> (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe, >> very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really >> being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) >> ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well >> as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) >> the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by >> the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe >> I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change >> silence! >> What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and >> SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo >> from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5 >> a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even >> Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at >> South Station! >> >> (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear >> anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) >> >> ~Kaimbridge~ >> >> -- -- -- >> Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: >> >> l:Contributions/Kaimbridge >> >> math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge >> wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php >> >> -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From sids1045@aol.com Wed Aug 16 21:03:16 2017 From: sids1045@aol.com (Sidney Schweiger) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:03:16 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: "I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just refers to 730 and 740." You may just have missed it. Legal ID's for FM translators need be done only three times a day by voice (once between 7:00AM and 9:00AM, once between 12:55PM and 1:05PM and once between 4:00PM and 6:00PM) or once an hour by Morse code. If the station has transmitter power greater than one watt it must have an automatic device to transmit the ID in Morse code every hour unless the translator's primary station guarantees a voice ID on the above schedule. Sent from my iPad From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 16 21:49:10 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:49:10 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: The pirate has an Instagram message saying they have heard the rumors and only can say they are trying to restore programming..but people can get it on an app. As for FM translators I too note what Bob is doing. But: WSNO Barre VT got an FM translator and changed the AM from talk radio to CHR.. because it must be a simulcast.1450 and 105.7 now known as "105.7 The Beat". WMVX Salem NH is on 1110 and also 98.9 as a translator. Known as Valley 98.9 WRCA Watertown and WNBP Newburyport each have translators at 106.1 and are known as Bloomberg 106.1 Get the picture? On Aug 16, 2017 8:41 PM, "A Joseph Ross" wrote: > Well, I'm glad the pirate moved, since it made the WJIB translator useless > in my area. Without the pirate interfering, the FM signal is superior to > the AM signal, especially at night. > > I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just > refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger days, when stations > that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked about the AM frequency > and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. That was fine back when most > of the audience was on AM, but I assume Bob put up the translator, as well > as his other stations in Maine so that people will listen to them, and they > won't unless they know about them. > > I suppose the WJIB translator is still in the test stage, but Bob doesn't > mention the other Maine stations either, unless he uses announcements that > are only heard in Maine. > > > On 8/16/2017 5:17 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > >> Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried 100.5, and now >> 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local pirates in >> Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right next to big >> legit stations like this. >> >> On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild < >> Kaimbridge@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, >>> >>> As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the >>>> North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. >>>> Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am >>>> hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in >>>> Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with >>>> no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the >>>> pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from. >>>> So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some >>>> other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. >>>> >>> Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where >>> to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later >>> confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s W267CE >>> (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! >>> Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with >>> good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity >>> and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of the other >>> radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due to the >>> Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever >>> (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe, >>> very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really >>> being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) >>> ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well >>> as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) >>> the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by >>> the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe >>> I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change >>> silence! >>> What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and >>> SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo >>> from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5 >>> a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even >>> Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at >>> South Station! >>> >>> (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear >>> anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) >>> >>> ~Kaimbridge~ >>> >>> -- -- -- >>> Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: >>> >>> l:Contributions/Kaimbridge >>> >>> math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge >>> wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php >>> >>> >>> > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Wed Aug 16 20:18:38 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:18:38 +0000 Subject: Fwd: Re: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <41d1af54-e128-5e9b-dd25-b29416515f0f@attorneyross.com> <1bf02840-b169-d048-62de-ef7d5a022416@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: WMRC's translator has a good reach. I caught it in Stoughton back in the spring. I'm in Quincy. Last I checked, I heard Big City on 101.3. I'll check again. A couple other translator/pirate observations: -- 106.1 has been kind of unlistenable here. I'm always getting hash from WCOD. -- I heard something weird on 87.7 a few days back. They were running an ad for Auto Zone -- yes, I've heard national spots on there, and I am guessing there's no way corporate is advertising on a pirate. Anyway, this spot ended by referencing however many Auto Zones there are ... in metro Detroit. So many questions to ask. On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:39 AM A Joseph Ross wrote: > I listened to the WJIB translator while driving to my office yesterday > and today (Tuesday) to see how it would come in. Monday, I had a lot of > interference with a competing signal around my home in Washington > Square, Brookline and going up Beacon Street to about Cleveland Circle. > After Cleveland Circle, going out Beacon Street to Newton, the > translator signal was pretty clean, with only a few cut-outs until I got > to Newton Centre and turned onto Centre Street. In the parking lot of > my building on Centre Street, WJIB had a lot of competition from some > other station. From the sound of it, I suspected that the station > interfering in Newton was not the same one that was interfering in > Brookline. > > Tuesday, the translator signal was mostly clean in Brookline, to the > extent that I think whatever station was competing with it was off the > air. In Newton Centre, I began to hear another station. At one point, > it cut in with just an announcer saying "101.3" before WJIB came back. > By the time I got into the parking lot, I had heard enough of the > competing signal to think it was not a pirate but a professional > station. I even heard part of an ad for a business in Milford. When I > parked the car, the other station was coming in loud and clear, so I > stayed and listened for a little bit, and they IDed as WMRC, Milford. > > A quick look at Wikipedia shows that WMRC is at 1490, with a translator > that they just put on the air last December. They're calling the > station "MyFM 101.3" and playing adult contemporary music. They seem to > have a lot of local commercials from in and around Milford. Not a > pirate, and they must have quite a signal to be able to reach Newton > Centre. Before WJIB's translator came on, they must have been easy to > pick up in Newton, at least on a car radio. > > I still think that whatever I heard interfering in Brookline was a > different station. Stay tuned. > > > > On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > > > >> Looks like even Newton is on the boundary between local and distant. > > > >> Now that my office is in Newton Centre, I'll have to try and listen from > >> there. Unfortunately, the pirate seems to make the FM translator hard > >> to listen to in most of the translator's local coverage area. > > > > Newton Centre is on the border of what we used to call "intermod > > alley", the area around the towers near Route 128 where receiver > > overloading from the nearby transmitters interferes with reception of > > more distant signals. I've noticed an increase in interference to > > WHRB's signal on my car radio due to something new going on the air in > > the area; I've not ye had the time to figure out what it may be. But > > it wouldn't suprise me at all if receiver overloading is an issue with > > receiving WJIB's translator in Newton Centre. > > > > > > Rob > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > -- Sent from my iPhone From Jibguy@aol.com Wed Aug 16 21:57:23 2017 From: Jibguy@aol.com (Jibguy@aol.com) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:57:23 -0400 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <43628b.5421ff4.46c65202@aol.com> WJIB's FM transmitter does just that.... the Morse Code thing every hour. Voice ID's also happen at the times Sidney mentions + a couple more at night. During-the-hour liners will soon have "101.3" in them. --------BB In a message dated 8/16/2017 9:43:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org writes: -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 From: Sidney Schweiger Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:03:16 -0400 Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org To: A Joseph Ross "I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just refers to 730 and 740." You may just have missed it. Legal ID's for FM translators need be done only three times a day by voice (once between 7:00AM and 9:00AM, once between 12:55PM and 1:05PM and once between 4:00PM and 6:00PM) or once an hour by Morse code. If the station has transmitter power greater than one watt it must have an automatic device to transmit the ID in Morse code every hour unless the translator's primary station guarantees a voice ID on the above schedule. Sent from my iPad From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Wed Aug 16 22:47:52 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 02:47:52 +0000 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I listened to WJTO and the WJTO translator last year while I was heading up north. You know that FM has a clearer sound, but in flipping between the translator and 730 it was striking. On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 9:49 PM Bob Nelson wrote: > The pirate has an Instagram message saying they have heard the rumors and > only can say they are trying to restore programming..but people can get it > on an app. > > As for FM translators I too note what Bob is doing. But: > WSNO Barre VT got an FM translator and changed the AM from talk radio to > CHR.. because it must be a simulcast.1450 and 105.7 now known as "105.7 The > Beat". > > WMVX Salem NH is on 1110 and also 98.9 as a translator. Known as Valley > 98.9 > > WRCA Watertown and WNBP Newburyport each have translators at 106.1 and are > known as Bloomberg 106.1 > > Get the picture? > > > On Aug 16, 2017 8:41 PM, "A Joseph Ross" wrote: > > > Well, I'm glad the pirate moved, since it made the WJIB translator > useless > > in my area. Without the pirate interfering, the FM signal is superior to > > the AM signal, especially at night. > > > > I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just > > refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger days, when > stations > > that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked about the AM > frequency > > and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. That was fine back when most > > of the audience was on AM, but I assume Bob put up the translator, as > well > > as his other stations in Maine so that people will listen to them, and > they > > won't unless they know about them. > > > > I suppose the WJIB translator is still in the test stage, but Bob doesn't > > mention the other Maine stations either, unless he uses announcements > that > > are only heard in Maine. > > > > > > On 8/16/2017 5:17 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > > >> Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried 100.5, and > now > >> 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local pirates in > >> Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right next to big > >> legit stations like this. > >> > >> On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild < > >> Kaimbridge@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, > >>> > >>> As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the > >>>> North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be interfering. > >>>> Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am > >>>> hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; people in > >>>> Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with > >>>> no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the > >>>> pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting from. > >>>> So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was some > >>>> other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big City. > >>>> > >>> Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where > >>> to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later > >>> confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s W267CE > >>> (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! > >>> Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with > >>> good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity > >>> and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of the other > >>> radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due to the > >>> Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever > >>> (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe, > >>> very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really > >>> being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) > >>> ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well > >>> as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) > >>> the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by > >>> the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe > >>> I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change > >>> silence! > >>> What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and > >>> SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo > >>> from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5 > >>> a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even > >>> Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at > >>> South Station! > >>> > >>> (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear > >>> anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) > >>> > >>> ~Kaimbridge~ > >>> > >>> -- -- -- > >>> Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: > >>> > >>> l:Contributions/Kaimbridge > >>> > >>> math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > >>> wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php > >>> > >>> > >>> > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > > > -- Sent from my iPhone From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Aug 16 22:42:37 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:42:37 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <7426f19a-9f86-ccd6-6c96-4fceabc2a902@attorneyross.com> I get the picture. FM is where the audience is now, and I assume that's why Bob put up the translator. The first translator I heard, a few years ago, was WHMP's translator in Northampton. While I was listening to them on AM, they mentioned "WHMP-FM" and gave the frequency, and I tuned to it. It had a much better signal than the AM, and I set a button for it on my car radio. But there was no competing station, legal or otherwise, interfering, at least within the area that I was driving. So if, as I assume, Bob put the translator on the air in order to get the FM audience, and I believe he has some FM stations, translators or otherwise, in Maine, I would think he'd be talking about their frequencies from time to time. On 8/16/2017 9:49 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > The pirate has an Instagram message saying they have heard the rumors > and only can say they are trying to restore programming..but people > can get it on an app. > > As for FM translators I too note what Bob is doing. But: > WSNO Barre VT got an FM translator and changed the AM from talk radio > to CHR.. because it must be a simulcast.1450 and 105.7 now known as > "105.7 The Beat". > > WMVX Salem NH is on 1110 and also 98.9 as a translator. Known as > Valley 98.9 > > WRCA Watertown and WNBP Newburyport each have translators at 106.1 and > are known as Bloomberg 106.1 > > Get the picture? > > > On Aug 16, 2017 8:41 PM, "A Joseph Ross" > wrote: > > Well, I'm glad the pirate moved, since it made the WJIB translator > useless in my area. Without the pirate interfering, the FM signal > is superior to the AM signal, especially at night. > > I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, > he just refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger > days, when stations that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) > talked about the AM frequency and almost never mentioned the FM > frequency. That was fine back when most of the audience was on AM, > but I assume Bob put up the translator, as well as his other > stations in Maine so that people will listen to them, and they > won't unless they know about them. > > I suppose the WJIB translator is still in the test stage, but Bob > doesn't mention the other Maine stations either, unless he uses > announcements that are only heard in Maine. > > > On 8/16/2017 5:17 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried > 100.5, and now > 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local > pirates in > Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right > next to big > legit stations like this. > > On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild > > > wrote: > > Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, > > As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better > here on the > North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be > interfering. > Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, > anyway. I am > hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook > group; people in > Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting > W267CE now with > no interference and one person said they could barely > pick up the > pirate right around where it was supposed to be > broadcasting from. > So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe > that was some > other station coming in--but he did seem to think it > was Big City. > > Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where > to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later > confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s > W267CE > (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! > Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket > Radio, with > good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) > selectivity > and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of > the other > radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due > to the > Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging > whatsoever > (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, > maybe, > very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really > being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) > ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), > as well > as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) > the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by > the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest > gripe > I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency > change > silence! > What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and > SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo > from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and > LI-97.5 > a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even > Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at > South Station! > > (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear > anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) > > ~Kaimbridge~ > > -- -- -- > Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: > > l:Contributions/Kaimbridge > > > math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > > wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php > > > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA > 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 > | http://www.attorneyross.com > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Aug 16 22:44:58 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:44:58 -0400 Subject: (no subject) In-Reply-To: <43628b.5421ff4.46c65202@aol.com> References: <43628b.5421ff4.46c65202@aol.com> Message-ID: <02a4e4ec-a251-e6d5-56d6-73d120877e5c@attorneyross.com> What about the other Maine stations? Or do they have liners only in Maine? On 8/16/2017 9:57 PM, Jibguy@aol.com wrote: > */WJIB's FM transmitter does just that.... the Morse Code thing every > hour. Voice ID's also happen at the times Sidney mentions + a couple > more at night. During-the-hour liners will soon have "101.3" in them./* > */--------BB/* > In a message dated 8/16/2017 9:43:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org writes: > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 > From: Sidney Schweiger > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:03:16 -0400 > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > To: A Joseph Ross > > > "I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, > he just refers to 730 and 740." > > You may just have missed it. Legal ID's for FM translators need > be done only three times a day by voice (once between 7:00AM and > 9:00AM, once between 12:55PM and 1:05PM and once between 4:00PM > and 6:00PM) or once an hour by Morse code. If the station has > transmitter power greater than one watt it must have an automatic > device to transmit the ID in Morse code every hour unless the > translator's primary station guarantees a voice ID on the above > schedule. > > > Sent from my iPad > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From Jibguy@aol.com Wed Aug 16 23:06:28 2017 From: Jibguy@aol.com (Jibguy@aol.com) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:06:28 -0400 Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <43710f.457f64d0.46c66233@aol.com> The other Maine stations, 870, 1280, 1470 are independent of 730. Liners reflect only the station being listened-to, excepting joint liners for 870 and 1470 as those two simulcast in different markets (Portland and Lewiston). However there is cross-promotion of all the Maine stations, plus "When you're in Boston, tune in to 740...." ------BB In a message dated 8/16/2017 10:45:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, joe@attorneyross.com writes: What about the other Maine stations? Or do they have liners only in Maine? On 8/16/2017 9:57 PM, Jibguy@aol.com wrote: WJIB's FM transmitter does just that.... the Morse Code thing every hour. Voice ID's also happen at the times Sidney mentions + a couple more at night. During-the-hour liners will soon have "101.3" in them. --------BB In a message dated 8/16/2017 9:43:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org writes: -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 From: Sidney Schweiger Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:03:16 -0400 Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org To: A Joseph Ross "I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he just refers to 730 and 740." You may just have missed it. Legal ID's for FM translators need be done only three times a day by voice (once between 7:00AM and 9:00AM, once between 12:55PM and 1:05PM and once between 4:00PM and 6:00PM) or once an hour by Morse code. If the station has transmitter power greater than one watt it must have an automatic device to transmit the ID in Morse code every hour unless the translator's primary station guarantees a voice ID on the above schedule. Sent from my iPad -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | _http://www.attorneyross.com_ (http://www.attorneyross.com/) From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Aug 17 00:56:13 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:56:13 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <5496675c-21fd-5fba-5a74-e74a9eee1b71@attorneyross.com> Exactly what I've been experiencing, when the translator's signal was clean. On 8/16/2017 10:47 PM, Sean Smyth wrote: > I listened to WJTO and the WJTO translator last year while I was > heading up north. You know that FM has a clearer sound, but in > flipping between the translator and 730 it was striking. > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 9:49 PM Bob Nelson > wrote: > > The pirate has an Instagram message saying they have heard the > rumors and > only can say they are trying to restore programming..but people > can get it > on an app. > > As for FM translators I too note what Bob is doing. But: > WSNO Barre VT got an FM translator and changed the AM from talk > radio to > CHR.. because it must be a simulcast.1450 and 105.7 now known as > "105.7 The > Beat". > > WMVX Salem NH is on 1110 and also 98.9 as a translator. Known as > Valley 98.9 > > WRCA Watertown and WNBP Newburyport each have translators at 106.1 > and are > known as Bloomberg 106.1 > > Get the picture? > > > On Aug 16, 2017 8:41 PM, "A Joseph Ross" > wrote: > > > Well, I'm glad the pirate moved, since it made the WJIB > translator useless > > in my area. Without the pirate interfering, the FM signal is > superior to > > the AM signal, especially at night. > > > > I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air > yet, he just > > refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger days, > when stations > > that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked about the > AM frequency > > and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. That was fine back > when most > > of the audience was on AM, but I assume Bob put up the > translator, as well > > as his other stations in Maine so that people will listen to > them, and they > > won't unless they know about them. > > > > I suppose the WJIB translator is still in the test stage, but > Bob doesn't > > mention the other Maine stations either, unless he uses > announcements that > > are only heard in Maine. > > > > > > On 8/16/2017 5:17 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > > >> Hearing from 2 different people that the pirate first tried > 100.5, and now > >> 100.9...both right next to WZLX.There's a huge list of local > pirates in > >> Boston, Brockton and elsewhere...including some others right > next to big > >> legit stations like this. > >> > >> On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild < > >> Kaimbridge@gmail.com > > >> wrote: > >> > >> Bob ?RaccoonRadio? Nelson wrote, > >>> > >>> As I'd mentioned WJIB's translator is doing better here on the > >>>> North Shore or at least the pirate doesn't seem to be > interfering. > >>>> Indeed I am on the fringe area of their signal, anyway. I am > >>>> hearing from some listeners of WJIB on a Facebook group; > people in > >>>> Dorchester, Copley Sq. and Roslindale are getting W267CE now with > >>>> no interference and one person said they could barely pick up the > >>>> pirate right around where it was supposed to be broadcasting > from. > >>>> So they may have turned the power way down, or maybe that was > some > >>>> other station coming in--but he did seem to think it was Big > City. > >>>> > >>> Yup, by 2:25am Monday morning, ?Big City 101.3? was no where > >>> to be heard at the South Station postal facility (or?later > >>> confirmed?anywheres up on the North Shore)...just Bob B.?s W267CE > >>> (w/Milford?s W267CD mixing in, up on the North Shore)! > >>> Back in March, I got the Sangean DT-160 AM/FM Pocket Radio, with > >>> good sensitivity, excellent (even adjacent channel) selectivity > >>> and SUPERB(!!!) image overload rejection: While all of the other > >>> radios at South Station were ?image wastelands? on FM due to the > >>> Pru?s FM stick, the DT-160 had absolutely NO imaging whatsoever > >>> (even in the all-window cafeteria facing the Pru) except, maybe, > >>> very, very, VERY slight (and I mean to the point of not really > >>> being able to distinguish from the background noise floor!) > >>> ?image hash? at the very bottom of the dial (87-89 MHz), as well > >>> as maybe an extremely weak image at .2 MHz above (and below?) > >>> the Pru signals (e.g., 100.7?100.9)?though easily overtaken by > >>> the slightest bona fide on channel signal!....The biggest gripe > >>> I have with the DT-160 is its about .6-.9 sec. frequency change > >>> silence! > >>> What this means is?besides getting the Cape, RI, Worcester and > >>> SE?rn NH to varying strength as regulars (as well as any tropo > >>> from ME to CT to LI/NYC {have already logged CT-95.7 and LI-97.5 > >>> a couple of times} and probably even further)?all of the (even > >>> Pru adjacent channel) Boston area pirates are receivable at > >>> South Station! > >>> > >>> (I was off last night, and the night before I didn?t hear > >>> anything on 100.5, but I will most certainly check tonight) > >>> > >>> ~Kaimbridge~ > >>> > >>> -- -- -- > >>> Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: > >>> > >>> l:Contributions/Kaimbridge > >>> > >>> math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > > >>> wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php > >>> > > >>> > >>> > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, > MA 02459 > > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com > > > > -- > Sent from my iPhone -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Aug 17 00:58:09 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:58:09 -0400 Subject: (no subject) In-Reply-To: <02a4e4ec-a251-e6d5-56d6-73d120877e5c@attorneyross.com> References: <43628b.5421ff4.46c65202@aol.com> <02a4e4ec-a251-e6d5-56d6-73d120877e5c@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <9eae210c-b670-af63-ba40-20b19371b2db@attorneyross.com> But Sean Smith just mentioned listening to a WJTO translator. So why wouldn't you have a liner for its FM frequency? On 8/16/2017 10:44 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > What about the other Maine stations? Or do they have liners only in > Maine? > > On 8/16/2017 9:57 PM, Jibguy@aol.com wrote: >> */WJIB's FM transmitter does just that.... the Morse Code thing every >> hour. Voice ID's also happen at the times Sidney mentions + a couple >> more at night. During-the-hour liners will soon have "101.3" in them./* >> */--------BB/* >> In a message dated 8/16/2017 9:43:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org writes: >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 >> From: Sidney Schweiger >> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:03:16 -0400 >> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >> To: A Joseph Ross >> >> >> "I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, >> he just refers to 730 and 740." >> >> You may just have missed it. Legal ID's for FM translators need >> be done only three times a day by voice (once between 7:00AM and >> 9:00AM, once between 12:55PM and 1:05PM and once between 4:00PM >> and 6:00PM) or once an hour by Morse code. If the station has >> transmitter power greater than one watt it must have an automatic >> device to transmit the ID in Morse code every hour unless the >> translator's primary station guarantees a voice ID on the above >> schedule. >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Thu Aug 17 02:09:54 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 02:09:54 -0400 Subject: (no subject) In-Reply-To: <9eae210c-b670-af63-ba40-20b19371b2db@attorneyross.com> References: <43628b.5421ff4.46c65202@aol.com> <02a4e4ec-a251-e6d5-56d6-73d120877e5c@attorneyross.com> <9eae210c-b670-af63-ba40-20b19371b2db@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Bob did. On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:58 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > But Sean Smith just mentioned listening to a WJTO translator. So why > wouldn't you have a liner for its FM frequency? > > On 8/16/2017 10:44 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: >> >> What about the other Maine stations? Or do they have liners only in >> Maine? >> >> On 8/16/2017 9:57 PM, Jibguy@aol.com wrote: >>> >>> */WJIB's FM transmitter does just that.... the Morse Code thing every >>> hour. Voice ID's also happen at the times Sidney mentions + a couple more >>> at night. During-the-hour liners will soon have "101.3" in them./* >>> */--------BB/* >>> In a message dated 8/16/2017 9:43:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org writes: >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> Subject: Re: WJIB at 101.3 >>> From: Sidney Schweiger >>> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:03:16 -0400 >>> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >>> To: A Joseph Ross >>> >>> >>> "I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, >>> he just refers to 730 and 740." >>> >>> You may just have missed it. Legal ID's for FM translators need >>> be done only three times a day by voice (once between 7:00AM and >>> 9:00AM, once between 12:55PM and 1:05PM and once between 4:00PM >>> and 6:00PM) or once an hour by Morse code. If the station has >>> transmitter power greater than one watt it must have an automatic >>> device to transmit the ID in Morse code every hour unless the >>> translator's primary station guarantees a voice ID on the above >>> schedule. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >> > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From kvahey@gmail.com Thu Aug 17 04:31:35 2017 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 04:31:35 -0400 Subject: FM translator ID's Message-ID: Bob Bittner will do everything by the book. The average listener in either Boston or Maine really does not need to be subjected to hearing the calls of every transmitter tied in. I am assuming that today WJTO is the 'master control' of the Bob Bittner network and very little if any programming originates in Cambridge like it did years ago with the VHS tapes. By comparison look at 'NBC Boston' on TV. Viewers at home never see any legal ID if watching on cable as Comcast sends the master control input from Denver by fiber to the cable company's head end before it is sent to the transmitter. If you watch OTA around Boston you do see a legal ID for WBTS and WMFP and viewers in NH see WNEU. I can report that Bob's 103,1 is now coming in clear around Fenway Park. Big City's owners are savvy enough to know that once Bob went on the air it was a fight they could not win. They will keep looking for a landing spot but their options are limited. Big City was popular with many cab drivers in Cambridge/Somerville and a couple of them became angry when I said the station was illegal. I think most of us will agree that commercial radio has ignored vast portions of Boston for decades. WILD-AM 1090 for years did a yeoman's job in trying but as a daytime only station it was limited. The station could have gotten very low power authorization to transmit 24 hours but the signal would never make it to their core listening area. They did wind up buying a Brockton FM station and moved the transmitter to Milton but that in turn made the station more valuable to the suburban market and Entercom bought 97,7 and it became a simulcast of WAAF. I envy at times how Canada's CRTC has a major say in what a station can program but I also know that would never be workable in the US. I think the FCC dropped the ball decades ago with FM rimshotters that would then lay claim to the larger adjacent market. The FCC could have allowed low power stations in Boston on signals such as 93.7, 99.5, 105.7 and 107.3 but didn't. The one exception was 104,9 where WRBB was created to destroy a major payday to Simon Geller who owned WVCA in Gloucester.. There is no easy answer to this. On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:58 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > But Sean Smith just mentioned listening to a WJTO translator. So why > wouldn't you have a liner for its FM frequency? > > > From 011010001@interpring.com Thu Aug 17 11:04:59 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:04:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he > just refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger days, when > stations that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked about the > AM frequency and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. That was fine > back when most of the audience was on AM, but I assume Bob put up the > translator, as well as his other stations in Maine so that people will > listen to them, and they won't unless they know about them. A couple of Binnie's New Hampshire stations only mention their FM translator frequencies on the air. What used to be "WTSN AM 1270" is now "WTSN 98-1". Rob From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Aug 17 15:39:51 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A. Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:39:51 -0400 Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Makes sense to me. I assume that's why Bob went for the translator. If the signal is clean for most of its coverage area, it may give Bob a lot more listeners. And the sound really is a lot better than the AM signal, even where the AM signal is strong, as it generally is in Brookline. Comparing the two, as I have done in my car, it's easy to see why music programming has largely left the AM band. Today driving from Brookline into Newton Centre, the WJIB translator signal was clean, loud, and clear until past Cleveland Circle. Right about the lights at Boston College, I started to hear some noises, and shortly after began to hear WMRC's translator cutting in and out, mostly very briefly, until I got to my office parking lot. There, WMRC came in stronger and overwhelmed WJIB a few times. Many FM stations use compression, which seems to boost the base beat and gives an artificial sound to the music. I notice that Bob isn't using compression, or if he is, it's at fairly low-level. That makes the music sound even better. On 8/17/2017 11:04 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote: > >> I notice that Bob hasn't mentioned the translator on the air yet, he >> just refers to 730 and 740. That harkens back to my younger days, >> when stations that did AM-FM simulcasting (except for WCRB) talked >> about the AM frequency and almost never mentioned the FM frequency. >> That was fine back when most of the audience was on AM, but I assume >> Bob put up the translator, as well as his other stations in Maine so >> that people will listen to them, and they won't unless they know >> about them. > > A couple of Binnie's New Hampshire stations only mention their FM > translator frequencies on the air. What used to be "WTSN AM 1270" is > now "WTSN 98-1". > > > Rob > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 |Newton, MA 02459-2004 617.367.0468| Fx: 617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Thu Aug 17 14:56:33 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:56:33 -0400 Subject: FM translator ID's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'd like to think WILD would still be a thriving station under local ownership if it could've landed an FM translator 20 years ago. Perhaps I'm naive. On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:31 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Bob Bittner will do everything by the book. > > The average listener in either Boston or Maine really does not need to be > subjected to hearing the calls of every transmitter tied in. > > I am assuming that today WJTO is the 'master control' of the Bob Bittner > network and very little if any programming originates in Cambridge like it > did years ago with the VHS tapes. > > By comparison look at 'NBC Boston' on TV. Viewers at home never see any > legal ID if watching on cable as Comcast sends the master control input > from Denver by fiber to the cable company's head end before it is sent to > the transmitter. If you watch OTA around Boston you do see a legal ID for > WBTS and WMFP and viewers in NH see WNEU. > > I can report that Bob's 103,1 is now coming in clear around Fenway Park. > Big City's owners are savvy enough to know that once Bob went on the air it > was a fight they could not win. They will keep looking for a landing spot > but their options are limited. Big City was popular with many cab drivers > in Cambridge/Somerville and a couple of them became angry when I said the > station was illegal. > > I think most of us will agree that commercial radio has ignored vast > portions of Boston for decades. WILD-AM 1090 for years did a yeoman's job > in trying but as a daytime only station it was limited. The station could > have gotten very low power authorization to transmit 24 hours but the > signal would never make it to their core listening area. They did wind up > buying a Brockton FM station and moved the transmitter to Milton but that > in turn made the station more valuable to the suburban market and Entercom > bought 97,7 and it became a simulcast of WAAF. > > I envy at times how Canada's CRTC has a major say in what a station can > program but I also know that would never be workable in the US. > > I think the FCC dropped the ball decades ago with FM rimshotters that would > then lay claim to the larger adjacent market. The FCC could have allowed > low power stations in Boston on signals such as 93.7, 99.5, 105.7 and 107.3 > but didn't. The one exception was 104,9 where WRBB was created to destroy a > major payday to Simon Geller who owned WVCA in Gloucester.. > > There is no easy answer to this. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:58 AM, A Joseph Ross > wrote: > >> But Sean Smith just mentioned listening to a WJTO translator. So why >> wouldn't you have a liner for its FM frequency? >> >> >> From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Aug 18 01:14:41 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 01:14:41 -0400 Subject: Neil Chayet Message-ID: <8c5f36b3-05c1-39ee-5bfb-46d436b3f40f@attorneyross.com> Neil Chayet, of "Looking at the Law" on CBS radio and WBZ, has passed away. http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Neil-Chayet&lc=4961&pid=186370022&mid=7520135 -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From 011010001@interpring.com Fri Aug 18 09:38:32 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:38:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WJIB at 101.3 In-Reply-To: References: <5127af9a-a86c-252e-0996-4cddac4276d4@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 17 Aug 2017, A. Joseph Ross wrote: > Many FM stations use compression, which seems to boost the base beat and > gives an artificial sound to the music. All of them do. The dynamic range of FM is greater than the dynamic range of most listening environments, and a certain amount of compression is necessary to maintain presence on the dial. > I notice that Bob isn't using compression, or if he is, it's at fairly > low-level. That makes the music sound even better. Unfortunalely, I can't hear Bob's translator where I am. Rob From richard@chonak.com Sat Aug 19 23:54:01 2017 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:54:01 -0400 Subject: Moose Radio not transmitting Message-ID: <45ff84de-c6a7-571e-a0c0-328936eb87b7@chonak.com> When I drove into Pittsburg, NH from Quebec the other day, a sign on US 3 urged drivers to tune to 1610 AM for information, so I turned on my car's medium-wave receiver to check it out. Instead of a transmission in English or French, though, I heard an unfamiliar language. Based on the area-514 phone number announced in a commercial, I assume I was hearing the noon Hindi news on CHRN Montreal (1000 w), barely audible at 114 miles.? The signal became weaker over the next few minutes and was gone soon. It's one of several signals in a network transmitting programs in South Asian languages: ? http://www.radiohumsafar.com/schedule/ The non-transmitting Travelers Information Station from NH Fish & Game is billed in the FCC database as WQHY753, "Moose Radio Route 3", with a location slightly north of the 45th parallel. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseLocSum.jsp?licKey=2966101 --RC From attychase@comcast.net Sun Aug 20 13:53:25 2017 From: attychase@comcast.net (Attorney Chase) Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:53:25 -0400 Subject: Moose Radio Not Transmitting References: Message-ID: <02546A6276584EDDB192D81AFC2C5E0F@HOMEOFFICE> Ah the vagaries of the rating systems. Summer is the time the moose are out growing their antlers and showing off for the tourists. Since they aren't listening to the radio what's the point of broadcasting stuff to them? Wait until fall when the rut reports become available and the bulls and the cows start using it again to find each other to make calves. Then hopefully Fish and Game will have it return as a public service to the moose to encourage the proliferation of the herds. * RSC * Written in the style of Emily Litella played by the late, great, Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live. > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:54:01 -0400 > From: Richard Chonak > To: Boston Radio Interest Board > > Subject: Moose Radio not transmitting > Message-ID: <45ff84de-c6a7-571e-a0c0-328936eb87b7@chonak.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > When I drove into Pittsburg, NH from Quebec the other day, a sign on US > 3 urged drivers to tune to 1610 AM for information, so I turned on my > car's medium-wave receiver to check it out. Instead of a transmission in > English or French, though, I heard an unfamiliar language. > > Based on the area-514 phone number announced in a commercial, I assume I > was hearing the noon Hindi news on CHRN Montreal (1000 w), barely > audible at 114 miles.? The signal became weaker over the next few > minutes and was gone soon. It's one of several signals in a network > transmitting programs in South Asian languages: ? > http://www.radiohumsafar.com/schedule/ > > The non-transmitting Travelers Information Station from NH Fish & Game > is billed in the FCC database as WQHY753, "Moose Radio Route 3", with a > location slightly north of the 45th parallel. > > http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseLocSum.jsp?licKey=2966101 > > --RC From 011010001@interpring.com Wed Aug 23 06:42:11 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 06:42:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Moose Radio Not Transmitting In-Reply-To: <02546A6276584EDDB192D81AFC2C5E0F@HOMEOFFICE> References: <02546A6276584EDDB192D81AFC2C5E0F@HOMEOFFICE> Message-ID: On Sun, 20 Aug 2017, Attorney Chase wrote: > Ah the vagaries of the rating systems. Summer is the time the moose are out > growing their antlers and showing off for the tourists. Since they aren't > listening to the radio what's the point of broadcasting stuff to them? Wait > until fall when the rut reports become available and the bulls and the cows > start using it again to find each other to make calves. Then hopefully Fish > and Game will have it return as a public service to the moose to encourage > the proliferation of the herds. * Moose and squirrel must die. That's what the short fellow with the mustache told me the other day when he shut off the transmitter. Rob From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Wed Aug 23 08:59:43 2017 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:59:43 -0400 Subject: Moose Radio Not Transmitting In-Reply-To: References: <02546A6276584EDDB192D81AFC2C5E0F@HOMEOFFICE> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20170823085804.05f922e0@plymouthcolony.net> At 06:42 AM 8/23/2017, Rob Landry wrote: >Moose and squirrel must die. That's what the short fellow with the mustache told me the other day when he shut off the transmitter. Was he accompanied by a tall, dark haired woman who, despite her accent, sounded suspiciously like the recently deceased June Foray? Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Aug 27 15:27:50 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:27:50 -0400 Subject: Pirate Big City moves, but... Message-ID: Pirate station Big City 101.3 got displaced when the FM translator for WJIB hit the air.Have heard that the station has "moved" to 100.3 (amazing how fast things can take place when you're violating the law).That's next to WBRS 100.1 and I believe WROL has been assigned a translator on 100.3. From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Tue Aug 29 22:16:51 2017 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 02:16:51 +0000 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) Message-ID: Musta missed something, didn't know she was going to be on.. just happened across it tonight scanning the dial in NW PA. Paul From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Aug 30 02:46:22 2017 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 02:46:22 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> On 8/29/2017 10:16 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > Musta missed something, didn't know she was going to be on.. I let folks know on Facebook & Twitter.? I was on with Dan Rea for two hours, along with Paul Yovino (Jerry Williams' former producer).? I hope I sounded okay! From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Wed Aug 30 06:35:39 2017 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 06:35:39 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: You sounded great.... i was sitting outside scanning SW and went over to AM before heading in for the night... tuned past WBZ, immediately recognized that voice and parked it there for over an hour paul On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 8/29/2017 10:16 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > >> Musta missed something, didn't know she was going to be on.. >> > > I let folks know on Facebook & Twitter. I was on with Dan Rea for two > hours, along with Paul Yovino (Jerry Williams' former producer). I hope I > sounded okay! > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Wed Aug 30 09:09:38 2017 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:09:38 +0000 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: I had to tune up to about 1032.5 and set my audio filter on wife to get away from the horrible splatter from KDKA 1020 On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 9:06 AM Bob Nelson wrote: > for those who missed it or want to hear it again > > http://raccoonradio.freehostia.com/Air/ReaHalperYovinoWBZ.mp3 Donna > Halper with Paul Yovino on Dan Rea show last night > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You sounded great.... i was sitting outside scanning SW and went over to >> AM >> before heading in for the night... tuned past WBZ, immediately recognized >> that voice and parked it there for over an hour >> >> paul >> >> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Donna Halper >> wrote: >> >> > On 8/29/2017 10:16 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: >> > >> >> Musta missed something, didn't know she was going to be on.. >> >> >> > >> > I let folks know on Facebook & Twitter. I was on with Dan Rea for two >> > hours, along with Paul Yovino (Jerry Williams' former producer). I >> hope I >> > sounded okay! >> > >> > > From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Wed Aug 30 08:45:03 2017 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:45:03 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: I missed it. Does Donna from Quincy still make appearances on WEEI? On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 8/29/2017 10:16 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: >> >> Musta missed something, didn't know she was going to be on.. > > > I let folks know on Facebook & Twitter. I was on with Dan Rea for two > hours, along with Paul Yovino (Jerry Williams' former producer). I hope I > sounded okay! From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Aug 30 11:22:52 2017 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:22:52 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <5b742f6f-cb0e-ef4f-d53b-ec517be0a1e5@donnahalper.com> On 8/30/2017 9:06 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > for those who missed it or want to hear it again > > http://raccoonradio.freehostia.com/Air/ReaHalperYovinoWBZ.mp3 Donna > Halper with Paul Yovino on Dan Rea show last night And this is why? we pay Bob the big bucks!!!? Thank you sir.? If you still have your own show, I'm always happy to be a guest on it. From 011010001@interpring.com Wed Aug 30 11:20:31 2017 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:20:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > I had to tune up to about 1032.5 and set my audio filter on wife to get > away from the horrible splatter from KDKA 1020 You need a receiver with synchronous detection. That feature allows you to select just one sideband (in your case, the upper), eliminating the interference. The SDRplay series of software defined radios have this feature. Rob From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Aug 30 11:22:04 2017 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:22:04 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: On 8/30/2017 8:45 AM, Sean Smyth wrote: > I missed it. Does Donna from Quincy still make appearances on WEEI? WEEI hasn't taken my calls or asked me to do anything in a very very long time... :-( From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 30 09:06:50 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:06:50 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: for those who missed it or want to hear it again http://raccoonradio.freehostia.com/Air/ReaHalperYovinoWBZ.mp3 Donna Halper with Paul Yovino on Dan Rea show last night On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote: > You sounded great.... i was sitting outside scanning SW and went over to AM > before heading in for the night... tuned past WBZ, immediately recognized > that voice and parked it there for over an hour > > paul > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Donna Halper wrote: > > > On 8/29/2017 10:16 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > > >> Musta missed something, didn't know she was going to be on.. > >> > > > > I let folks know on Facebook & Twitter. I was on with Dan Rea for two > > hours, along with Paul Yovino (Jerry Williams' former producer). I hope > I > > sounded okay! > > > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Aug 30 13:43:30 2017 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:43:30 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Donna--you're welcome; my co host Aaron and I do Saturday afternoons on WMWM and he's expressed interest in having you down..I also do Sunday mornings first Sunday of the month at WMWM On Aug 30, 2017 12:05 PM, "Donna Halper" wrote: > On 8/30/2017 8:45 AM, Sean Smyth wrote: > >> I missed it. Does Donna from Quincy still make appearances on WEEI? >> > > WEEI hasn't taken my calls or asked me to do anything in a very very long > time... :-( > From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Aug 30 16:32:58 2017 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:32:58 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <2e1a1a64-515a-29c0-5deb-b17cfddf5118@attorneyross.com> The old Sony ICF 2010 has that feature, too.? I still have mine, though with so many of my favorites gone from short wave, I don't use it very often any more. On 8/30/2017 11:20 AM, Rob Landry wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > >> I had to tune up to about 1032.5 and set my audio filter on wife to get >> away from the horrible splatter from KDKA 1020 > > You need a receiver with synchronous detection. That feature allows > you to select just one sideband (in your case, the upper), eliminating > the interference. > > The SDRplay series of software defined radios have this feature. > > > Rob > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. | 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 | Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 | Fx:617.507.7856 | http://www.attorneyross.com From wollman@bimajority.org Wed Aug 30 21:34:37 2017 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:34:37 -0400 Subject: Listening to Donna Halper on WBZ!;) In-Reply-To: <2e1a1a64-515a-29c0-5deb-b17cfddf5118@attorneyross.com> References: <7e1ffb87-a3a1-bbdb-5eae-c56369efa934@donnahalper.com> <2e1a1a64-515a-29c0-5deb-b17cfddf5118@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <22951.26541.443135.942697@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > The old Sony ICF 2010 has that feature, too.? I still have mine, though > with so many of my favorites gone from short wave, I don't use it very > often any more. Yup, used to listen to WBZ with it back in the days of Steve Leveille -- until they turned IBOC on at night. The HD sidebands cancel out with a standard DSB AM detector but not with a synchronous detector passing only one sideband (like on the 2010). -GAWollman