Fairbanks WKLB/WCLB & WCRB

[Rob Landry]

Neither of the WCRB's I worked for had any significant audience in 
Mattapan or Dorchester, judging by listener mail, email, and phone calls. 
Back Bay and the South End were another story, and 99.5 had some serious 
handicaps there, as well as in parts of Cambridge.

The ring of hills that allowed General Washington to contain and 
ultimately drive out the British in 1776 are not friendly to FM stations 
transmitting from north of the city.


Rob


On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Bob Nelson wrote:

> At one point being on 99.5 hurt WCRB (some listeners of whom already had signal issues) because in the Mattapan-Dorchester area, a pirate called
> Datz Hitz was running on 99.7. Listeners complained to the station, according to a Globe article, and the station got the FCC to take action. The
> pirate was also interfering with Logan aircraft radio.
> 
> On Jan 17, 2017 2:21 AM, "A Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:
>       My recollection was that WCRB got a lot of complaints, and even admitted on the air that the practice of playing single movements was
>       unpopular among listeners, and they discontinued it.
> 
>
>       On 1/15/2017 2:42 AM, Don Astelle wrote:
>
>             >>I already heard it back then, and I didn't like it.<<
>
>             You and the late Laurence Glavin both!
> 
> 
>
>             _____________________________
>             From: A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com <mailto:joe@attorneyross.com>>
>             Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 11:53 PM
>             Subject: Re: Fairbanks WKLB/WCLB & WCRB
>             To: Don <astelle.donald@gmail.com <mailto:astelle.donald@gmail.com>>, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com
>             <mailto:011010001@interpring.com>>
>             Cc: Ron Bello <rbello@belloassoc.com <mailto:rbello@belloassoc.com>>, <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
>             <mailto:boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>>
> 
>
>             I already heard it back then, and I didn't like it.
> 
>
>             On 1/14/2017 4:26 PM, Rob Landry wrote:
>             >
>             >
>             >
>             > On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Don wrote:
>             >
>             >> Actually, during this incarnation of Country on 105.7, Classical
>             >> WCRB started doing VERY well in the ratings. This is when Matio was
>             >> running CRB and they were playing "movements" in a somewhat Top 40
>             >> style rotation.
>             >
>             > They were playing the same format as WFCC and WCRI do today. See
>             > http://classical959.com <http://classical959.com> to hear it.
>             >
>             >
>             > Rob
>             >
>
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