From astelle.donald@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 01:21:40 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 01:21:40 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> <2945AFB6-A262-4BF7-BB4D-03FFD5D63417@LostCluster.me> Message-ID: >> BTW, I have noticed that said AM680 is suddenly a lot stronger after dark than it's ever been. Maybe for a few weeks now, it's actually listenable indoors instead of static and skip after dark. << Where is your listening post? ;-) What town are you getting a better WRKO signal? D From jjlehmann@comcast.net Sat Dec 1 09:17:58 2018 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 09:17:58 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format In-Reply-To: References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> <2945AFB6-A262-4BF7-BB4D-03FFD5D63417@LostCluster.me> Message-ID: <2B6095F5-454B-4254-A34B-E06FFD274307@comcast.net> WRKO is on 100.7 WZLX HD2. Jeff Lehmann > On Nov 29, 2018, at 10:30 PM, Tim Gordon wrote: > > It was carrying AM680 WRKO last I knew. But you're right about 94.5-HD2 > being queasy listening now. > BTW, I have noticed that said AM680 is suddenly a lot stronger after dark > than it's ever been. Maybe for a few weeks now, it's actually listenable > indoors instead of static and skip after dark. What happened, no more > sundown power cut? And if so how'd they finally manage that after all these > years? > --Tim > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:36 AM Ben Levy > wrote: > >> Talk 1200 seems to have been removed from Jam?n-HD2 and replaced with >> ?Boston?s Breeze? easy listening format. >> >> Ben >> >> >> From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 06:27:25 2018 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 06:27:25 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format In-Reply-To: References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> <2945AFB6-A262-4BF7-BB4D-03FFD5D63417@LostCluster.me> Message-ID: WJMN 94.5 HD2 had Bloomberg then ran WXKS 1200 conservative talk, and now the Breeze. WRKO 680 had been on WEEI-FM 93.7 HD2 then after the iHeart takeover, moved to WZLX 100.7 HD2. The talk 1200 signal is at the moment not on an HD2. iHeart may not be doing any HD3s right now. On Thursday, November 29, 2018, Tim Gordon wrote: > It was carrying AM680 WRKO last I knew. But you're right about 94.5-HD2 > being queasy listening now. > BTW, I have noticed that said AM680 is suddenly a lot stronger after dark > than it's ever been. Maybe for a few weeks now, it's actually listenable > indoors instead of static and skip after dark. What happened, no more > sundown power cut? And if so how'd they finally manage that after all these > years? > --Tim > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:36 AM Ben Levy > wrote: > > > Talk 1200 seems to have been removed from Jam?n-HD2 and replaced with > > ?Boston?s Breeze? easy listening format. > > > > Ben > > > > > > > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 12:28:40 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 12:28:40 -0500 Subject: Our Lady of the Snows.... Message-ID: Someone on FB posted a note that Shelby Scott had passed away. I didn't think so, but didn't want to correct them without the facts. Can anyone confirm is Shelby is still with us? Thanks! D From elipolo881@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 18:55:23 2018 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 18:55:23 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > > > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:30:33 -0500 > From: Tim Gordon > To: Boston Radio Group > Subject: Re: WJMN-HD2 changes format > > It was carrying AM680 WRKO last I knew. But you're right about 94.5-HD2 > being queasy listening now. > I don't recall 94.5 HD2 ever running WRKO. The stations were not co-owned until the big swap last year when iHeart (Clear Channel), 94.5's longtime owner, acquired WRKO from Entercom, but at that time iHeart put WRKO on the HD2 of the also newly co-owned WZLX 100.7, where it is now. 94.5 HD2 was originally "Old School Hip-Hop", classic Hip-Hop and Rap tracks from the late '70s and '80s. As I recall, a few years ago it went directly from that to simulcasting iHeart's co-owned 1200 AM when it was still a Bloomberg affiliate, and stayed with it as "Talk 1200" until just last week when it flipped to soft AC/easy listening "The Breeze". I recall WRKO appearing on HD subchannels of formerly co-owned Entercom stations WEEI-FM, WKAF, and WAAF at times, but not on a WJMN 94.5 subchannel. EP From tgordo49@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 14:06:25 2018 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 14:06:25 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format In-Reply-To: References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> <2945AFB6-A262-4BF7-BB4D-03FFD5D63417@LostCluster.me> Message-ID: Metro NW: Bedford, Carlisle, Westford, Billerica, Acton, and even driving up into Hollis/Brookline after dark it's worlds better than a month or so ago (or ever before.) On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:22 AM Don wrote: > >> > BTW, I have noticed that said AM680 is suddenly a lot stronger after dark > than it's ever been. Maybe for a few weeks now, it's actually listenable > indoors instead of static and skip after dark. > << > > Where is your listening post? ;-) > > What town are you getting a better WRKO signal? > > D > From tgordo49@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 22:36:18 2018 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 22:36:18 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format In-Reply-To: References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> <2945AFB6-A262-4BF7-BB4D-03FFD5D63417@LostCluster.me> Message-ID: Interesting! Thanks for the updates. I mostly try to listen to Bloomberg during the week, and hope they stay on 92.9HD2 forever. I don't like chasing shows around the dial, and their primary FM and AM options are not even close to listenable in my metro NW living and driving area. On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 6:27 AM Bob Nelson wrote: > WJMN 94.5 HD2 had Bloomberg then ran WXKS 1200 conservative talk, and now > the Breeze. > WRKO 680 had been on WEEI-FM 93.7 HD2 then after the iHeart takeover, > moved to WZLX 100.7 HD2. The talk 1200 signal is at the moment not on an > HD2. > > iHeart may not be doing any HD3s right now. > > On Thursday, November 29, 2018, Tim Gordon wrote: > >> It was carrying AM680 WRKO last I knew. But you're right about 94.5-HD2 >> being queasy listening now. >> BTW, I have noticed that said AM680 is suddenly a lot stronger after dark >> than it's ever been. Maybe for a few weeks now, it's actually listenable >> indoors instead of static and skip after dark. What happened, no more >> sundown power cut? And if so how'd they finally manage that after all >> these >> years? >> --Tim >> >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:36 AM Ben Levy >> wrote: >> >> > Talk 1200 seems to have been removed from Jam?n-HD2 and replaced with >> > ?Boston?s Breeze? easy listening format. >> > >> > Ben >> > >> > >> > >> > From tgordo49@gmail.com Sat Dec 1 22:38:31 2018 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 22:38:31 -0500 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think I switched my WRKO and Talk 1200 preset buttons and forgot about it, so you're right I'm sure. Mainly Bloomberg Boston I tune to in the car now. On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 8:46 PM Eli Polonsky wrote: > > > > > > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:30:33 -0500 > > From: Tim Gordon > > To: Boston Radio Group > > Subject: Re: WJMN-HD2 changes format > > > > It was carrying AM680 WRKO last I knew. But you're right about 94.5-HD2 > > being queasy listening now. > > > > I don't recall 94.5 HD2 ever running WRKO. The stations were not co-owned > until the big swap last year when iHeart (Clear Channel), 94.5's longtime > owner, acquired WRKO from Entercom, but at that time iHeart put WRKO on the > HD2 of the also newly co-owned WZLX 100.7, where it is now. > > 94.5 HD2 was originally "Old School Hip-Hop", classic Hip-Hop and Rap > tracks from the late '70s and '80s. As I recall, a few years ago it went > directly from that to simulcasting iHeart's co-owned 1200 AM when it was > still a Bloomberg affiliate, and stayed with it as "Talk 1200" until just > last week when it flipped to soft AC/easy listening "The Breeze". > > I recall WRKO appearing on HD subchannels of formerly co-owned Entercom > stations WEEI-FM, WKAF, and WAAF at times, but not on a WJMN 94.5 > subchannel. > > EP > From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Dec 2 12:55:18 2018 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 12:55:18 -0500 Subject: Our Lady of the Snows.... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 12/1/2018 12:28 PM, Don wrote: > Someone on FB posted a note that Shelby Scott had passed away. I didn't think so, but didn't want to correct them without the facts. I have not heard that,? nor am I seeing any evidence of it. I'm reaching out to a couple of family members and will let you know what I find out. From killerclark@hotmail.com Mon Dec 3 20:05:59 2018 From: killerclark@hotmail.com (John Clark) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 01:05:59 +0000 Subject: WJMN-HD2 changes format Message-ID: They should be calling it "Cozy"... now.... On Dec 1, 2018 10:42 PM, Tim Gordon wrote: I think I switched my WRKO and Talk 1200 preset buttons and forgot about it, so you're right I'm sure. Mainly Bloomberg Boston I tune to in the car now. On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 8:46 PM Eli Polonsky wrote: > > > > > > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:30:33 -0500 > > From: Tim Gordon > > To: Boston Radio Group > > Subject: Re: WJMN-HD2 changes format > > > > It was carrying AM680 WRKO last I knew. But you're right about 94.5-HD2 > > being queasy listening now. > > > > I don't recall 94.5 HD2 ever running WRKO. The stations were not co-owned > until the big swap last year when iHeart (Clear Channel), 94.5's longtime > owner, acquired WRKO from Entercom, but at that time iHeart put WRKO on the > HD2 of the also newly co-owned WZLX 100.7, where it is now. > > 94.5 HD2 was originally "Old School Hip-Hop", classic Hip-Hop and Rap > tracks from the late '70s and '80s. As I recall, a few years ago it went > directly from that to simulcasting iHeart's co-owned 1200 AM when it was > still a Bloomberg affiliate, and stayed with it as "Talk 1200" until just > last week when it flipped to soft AC/easy listening "The Breeze". > > I recall WRKO appearing on HD subchannels of formerly co-owned Entercom > stations WEEI-FM, WKAF, and WAAF at times, but not on a WJMN 94.5 > subchannel. > > EP > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Mon Dec 10 00:15:08 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:15:08 -0500 Subject: Sonos Radios? Message-ID: <06BE9F8DF45643E59F9AA43C23AABBD0@ownerd8aa55a4d> I've heard people mention their "Sonos radio" a few times. Anyone on the list have one....and can tell us about their likes/dislikes with it? Positives/Negatives? Thanks! D From kenwvt@gmail.com Mon Dec 10 12:25:26 2018 From: kenwvt@gmail.com (Ken VanTassell) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:25:26 -0500 Subject: Sonos Radios? In-Reply-To: <06BE9F8DF45643E59F9AA43C23AABBD0@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <06BE9F8DF45643E59F9AA43C23AABBD0@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: Sonos are powered internet speakers, they are not radios. So yes you can stream internet stations through them, but they don't have a tuner. You can have multiple sonos speakers for synched up multi room audio. You can do the same thing with Bose products and even chromecast audio devices which I use. -Ken On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 12:02 PM Don wrote: > I've heard people mention their "Sonos radio" a few times. > > Anyone on the list have one....and can tell us about their likes/dislikes > with it? > > Positives/Negatives? > > Thanks! > > D > > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Fri Dec 14 01:46:13 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:46:13 -0500 Subject: Matty's start date....? Message-ID: <9916A763332344AF98855A8B6934E3B9@ownerd8aa55a4d> In the department of "nerdy minutia that doesn't matter to anyone"..... Does anyone know the actual date (month/year) that Matty came over from 'BCN and started at Kiss 108? I've been asking people who have given me a lot of "approximate" answers ("around such and such..."). I'm think the people on this list might actually have a more definite/factual answer. ;-) Thanks! From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Dec 14 12:26:15 2018 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:26:15 -0500 Subject: Matty's start date....? In-Reply-To: <9916A763332344AF98855A8B6934E3B9@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <9916A763332344AF98855A8B6934E3B9@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: <04e51666-7f7a-e453-28d4-29019e99a63a@donnahalper.com> On 12/14/2018 1:46 AM, Don wrote: > In the department of "nerdy minutia that doesn't matter to anyone"..... > > Does anyone know the actual date (month/year) that Matty came over > from 'BCN and started at Kiss 108? Clea Simon of the Boston Globe said in an article about the show's anniversary that Matty came to Kiss 108 in mid-January 1981. This matches up with the press release issued by Kiss 108 in early January of 1981, announcing that his first show would be on the 15th of January. However, it wasn't quite Matty in the Morning yet-- he began doing just one hour, before gradually expanding to the full 6-10 AM shift by April. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From bill.smith@comcast.net Sat Dec 15 12:46:06 2018 From: bill.smith@comcast.net (Bill Smith) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 12:46:06 -0500 Subject: Matty's start date.... Message-ID: He left WCVB some time between thanksgiving & Christmas 1980 to go to the Heftel proprerty where George Fennell , another refugee from Ch. 5's early attempts at all night programming, held the morning show From supersport@maine.rr.com Sat Dec 15 13:15:41 2018 From: supersport@maine.rr.com (Supersport - Scratchy 45s & Beyond) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:15:41 -0500 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 125 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <167b314c0c8.27cb.54ab37cb0377a2135b14c271ee66f0d0@maine.rr.com> I have Matty's first show on Kiss, somewhere. I remember he and Sonny did a bit about Matty arriving late. John On December 15, 2018 12:00:00 PM boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: > Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to > boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." > > > > ---------- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Matty's start date....? (Donna Halper) > > > > ---------- > Re: Matty's start date....? > From: Donna Halper dlh@donnahalper.com > Date: Dec 14, 12:26 PM > To: Don astelle.donald@gmail.com, boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > On 12/14/2018 1:46 AM, Don wrote: >> In the department of "nerdy minutia that doesn't matter to anyone"..... >> >> Does anyone know the actual date (month/year) that Matty came over >> from 'BCN and started at Kiss 108? > > Clea Simon of the Boston Globe said in an article about the show's > anniversary that Matty came to Kiss 108 in mid-January 1981. This > matches up with the press release issued by Kiss 108 in early January of > 1981, announcing that his first show would be on the 15th of January. > However, it wasn't quite Matty in the Morning yet-- he began doing just > one hour, before gradually expanding to the full 6-10 AM shift by April. > > -- > Donna L. Halper, PhD > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > > > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest From astelle.donald@gmail.com Sat Dec 15 01:37:02 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 01:37:02 -0500 Subject: Matty's start date....? References: <9916A763332344AF98855A8B6934E3B9@ownerd8aa55a4d> <04e51666-7f7a-e453-28d4-29019e99a63a@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Thanks Donna! You're the best! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" To: "Don" ; Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 12:26 PM Subject: Re: Matty's start date....? > On 12/14/2018 1:46 AM, Don wrote: >> In the department of "nerdy minutia that doesn't matter to anyone"..... >> >> Does anyone know the actual date (month/year) that Matty came over from >> 'BCN and started at Kiss 108? > > Clea Simon of the Boston Globe said in an article about the show's > anniversary that Matty came to Kiss 108 in mid-January 1981. This matches > up with the press release issued by Kiss 108 in early January of 1981, > announcing that his first show would be on the 15th of January. However, > it wasn't quite Matty in the Morning yet-- he began doing just one hour, > before gradually expanding to the full 6-10 AM shift by April. > > -- > Donna L. Halper, PhD > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > From mark.springer@gmail.com Tue Dec 18 22:35:51 2018 From: mark.springer@gmail.com (Mark Springer) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:35:51 -0900 Subject: WPLM Christmas Message-ID: High stop Marconi Hill WPLM always had a beautiful Christmas display for Route 3 drivers to enjoy. Might still, it's been a few years. One of Jack's businesses was the Campbell Music Service, pushing SCA to clients from the Cape to Boston, including the Boston Edison Nuclear Group (IIRC in the Pru). One special CMS client was Edaville, and as a young lad with a small association with the station (the Plymouth-Carver High School Radio Club had a half hour on Sundays) I got to run the "Edaville Tape" in the evening, which meant stopping the deck (a big Maggie, probably) and spinning a vinyl cut of Christmas songs, and then starting the deck again. Now as many know, Jack was close to the Kennedy family and many other Bay State power brokers. So, that winter the second story of the station was completed and Jack and Jane were hosting the Christmas Party. ORlor games were the order of the evening. "My" studio was opposite the main studio with the standard glass window, as well as a window into the transmitter room. Not quite being dissolute, (it was 1972 or 73,) but still open to anything I gladly accepted the invitation of the Engineer (the guy who was playing Stairway to Heaven one morning during off air maintenance except the station signed on with Zepplin) to step outside for a holiday "libation." I'd inhaled before, but as some may know there comes that magic moment when one finally feels the "full effect" of combusted Green... So, we go back in. I'm in the CMS studio, and he and a friend are in the main studio. Suddenly I'm feeling AWFULLY dry, kinda gumming... I look up and the two of them are looking at me and laughing and I have no idea why, till he comes back into the studio. "What's so funny," I ask. He starts laughing again and tells me "You've got cotton mouth!" Merry Christmas! Mark Springer Bethel, Alaska (oh yeah, I'm Chairman of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board.) From w1tag@charter.net Wed Dec 19 10:41:48 2018 From: w1tag@charter.net (John Andrews) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:41:48 -0500 Subject: WVEI Audio Message-ID: Not sure if anyone from Entercom engineering watches this list, but WVEI's (1440, Worcester) audio has been pretty bad lately. Since the studio move, there just isn't much headroom, and the distortion can be nasty, particularly if the board op isn't paying attention to levels. The FM always sounds clean, but in the hills and valleys of central MA, it would be nice to have a listenable AM signal back. John Andrews From billohno@gmail.com Fri Dec 21 08:32:58 2018 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:32:58 -0500 Subject: Charlie and Ernie sign off after 20 years on WVMT Message-ID: <2969C027-0ADD-49AB-8D25-9932357872F9@gmail.com> Charlie Papillo and Hall of Famer Ernie Farrar sign off WVMT (620 Burlington) in a half hour. Ernie started at the station over 50 years ago. (I look forward to a cup of coffee with Ernie sometime soon to talk about his amazing career in radio.) This last show is a studio packed full of people from long time listeners to the governor wishing ?the boys? well in their next season. ?Pete and Sarah? take the news/talk helm on Monday, moving over from across town at ?95 Triple X?. Bill O?Neill From wollman@bimajority.org Fri Dec 21 23:51:20 2018 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:51:20 -0500 Subject: Charlie and Ernie sign off after 20 years on WVMT In-Reply-To: <2969C027-0ADD-49AB-8D25-9932357872F9@gmail.com> References: <2969C027-0ADD-49AB-8D25-9932357872F9@gmail.com> Message-ID: <23581.49864.787980.963484@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Charlie Papillo and Hall of Famer Ernie Farrar sign off WVMT (620 > Burlington) in a half hour. Ernie started at the station over 50 > years ago. (I look forward to a cup of coffee with Ernie sometime > soon to talk about his amazing career in radio.) I remember when I was a wee'un my father would drive me to school with WVMT on the (AM-only) car radio, and we would listen to "Ernie in the Morning" back when WVMT was still an AC station. (Fairly heavy on the 70s gold, as I recall -- I especially associate the station with Anne Murray's cover of "Daydream Believer" but I also remember hearing Men At Work's "Down Under" so they weren't completely gold-focused.) It was quite a long drive since we lived 20 miles out of town and I went to parochial school.[0] > ?Pete and Sarah? take the news/talk helm on Monday, moving over from > across town at ?95 Triple X?. I think you mean "across the hall". WXXX and WVMT have been co-owned and in the same Malletts Bay studios for a couple of decades now, next to the AM transmitter. (The site is pretty close to the Broad Acres roller rink, destination of many a school trip in the early '80s.) I remember when WXXX started (it was on 95.3 then) as a standalone FM, with studios in its community of license, South Burlington. It didn't take long for Q-99 (WQCR) to succumb to the competition, despite having the high-personality "Manno in the Morning" in AM drive and, of course, the huge class-C signal. By the time my parents got a car with FM, those morning school runs were pretty much exclusively Triple X with the "Walt and Dena" morning show (Walt Speck and Dena Yasner -- Speck left radio when he inherited his father's business, and Yasner moved to Phoenix and is still doing voice work there).[1] Both stations will be moving in with WEZF in Colchester shortly. -GAWollman [0] You would think, after nearly 40 years, I could forget this stuff. NOPE. [1] Having a look at my 1989 M Street Directory, WXXX was already in Colchester by then (when I was still in high school), and got a 19.8 Arbitron 12+ rating. The station went on the air in 1984, was sold in '86 and again in '89 -- that last time to Atlantic Ventures, the company that would later become American Radio Systems, which put it under common ownership with WDOT 1390. WVMT was a stand-alone, owned since forever by James Broadcasting, and was still getting a 7.3 rating. Hall's WQCR was still hanging on, with a 9.6 rating in a format that /M Street/ coded as "CH-AR", which I'd dispute, especially for 1989. To round-out the picture, Plattsburgh's WGFB (99.9C) is shown as unrated, and had already switched from automated CHR to satellite-delivered AC. From paulranderson@charter.net Sat Dec 22 09:23:33 2018 From: paulranderson@charter.net (Paul Anderson) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 09:23:33 -0500 Subject: WVEI Audio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> I have given up on the WVEI signal. Farther north, I listen to WPKZ?s 105.3 translator from Fitchburg; otherwise, it?s WEEI-FM even though their signal breaks up a little in Worcester county. WVEI sounds like it has crickets in the background and just doesn?t offer a decent signal much outside of the immediate Worcester area. Paul From w1tag@charter.net Sat Dec 22 10:08:42 2018 From: w1tag@charter.net (John Andrews) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 10:08:42 -0500 Subject: WVEI Audio In-Reply-To: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> References: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> Message-ID: <62b1f596-9cfe-7a3d-4458-7e5f76a78412@charter.net> Paul, Yes, 1440 from Worcester is pretty local these days. By the way, their audio magically cleared up on Thursday, and everything sounds normal now. I'll keep the translator in mind for trips to the north though. Thanks. John On 12/22/2018 9:23 AM, Paul Anderson wrote: > I have given up on the WVEI signal. Farther north, I listen to WPKZ?s 105.3 translator from Fitchburg; otherwise, it?s WEEI-FM even though their signal breaks up a little in Worcester county. WVEI sounds like it has crickets in the background and just doesn?t offer a decent signal much outside of the immediate Worcester area. > > Paul > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Sat Dec 22 13:40:55 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:40:55 -0500 Subject: Worcester's 1440AM References: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> Message-ID: <437D67CDF4AD436F9FF010E78C639ACC@ownerd8aa55a4d> Did 1440AM ever have a real reliable signal in Fitchburg? From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Sat Dec 22 18:04:49 2018 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 18:04:49 -0500 Subject: Worcester's 1440AM In-Reply-To: <437D67CDF4AD436F9FF010E78C639ACC@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> <437D67CDF4AD436F9FF010E78C639ACC@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: <586D65E8-66AE-471A-AF9C-5EAC27804C6D@lostcluster.me> Nope, but 93.7 is strong enough Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Don wrote: > > Did 1440AM ever have a real reliable signal in Fitchburg? From ashboy1951@gmail.com Sat Dec 22 19:23:00 2018 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 19:23:00 -0500 Subject: Worcester's 1440AM In-Reply-To: <586D65E8-66AE-471A-AF9C-5EAC27804C6D@lostcluster.me> References: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> <437D67CDF4AD436F9FF010E78C639ACC@ownerd8aa55a4d> <586D65E8-66AE-471A-AF9C-5EAC27804C6D@lostcluster.me> Message-ID: For what it's worth, when I was a kid growing up in Ashburnham, 1440 (then WAAB) came in reasonably well during the day, but nowhere near as well as WTAG, which sounded like it was next door. On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 6:51 PM Ben Levy wrote: > Nope, but 93.7 is strong enough > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 22, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Don wrote: > > > > Did 1440AM ever have a real reliable signal in Fitchburg? > From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Sat Dec 22 19:05:02 2018 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:05:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Worcester's 1440AM In-Reply-To: <437D67CDF4AD436F9FF010E78C639ACC@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> <437D67CDF4AD436F9FF010E78C639ACC@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: <1977728598.9211396.1545523502306@mail.yahoo.com> ? ? As a long, long time ago alumnus of WAAB/WVEI, I was curious enough to look it up on radiolocator.com (although its coverage maps have limitations). I'm wondering whether the bad signal you're talking about is day or night, or both? ? ? The day signal, non-directional, is shown as producing a 2.0 mV contour that falls a few miles south of Leominster's southern city line. The 0.5 contour goes through downtown Fitchburg, which is 20 or 21 miles from the transmitter; the 0.15 mV contour goes through downtown Nashua and falls a few miles south of Milford, N.H.? ? ? At night, with two towers and a sharp null to the west, WVEI sends a somewhat stronger signal north through Fitchburg. The 2.0 mV contour goes just south of Leominster's southern city line; the 0.5 mV contour is at Fitchburg's northern city line. Radiolocator doesn't bother to show nighttime 0.15 contours. ? ? With the FCC having trashed the AM band with ridiculous numbers of interfering nighttime skywave signals, most class B stations don't have an interference-free 0.5 nighttime contour -- even very senior stations such as WAAB (first on air in Boston in 1927; moved to Worcester in 1942). On Saturday, December 22, 2018, 5:37:35 PM EST, Don wrote: Did 1440AM ever have a real reliable signal in Fitchburg? From killerclark@hotmail.com Sat Dec 22 22:25:51 2018 From: killerclark@hotmail.com (John Clark) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:25:51 +0000 Subject: Worcester's 1440AM Message-ID: 1440-WAAB had an adequate day and night signal in Leominster. 1310-WORC was stronger by day but nonexistent at night as was the case with WRKO. I mostly listened to local 1280-WEIM anyway but definitely channel surfed to those other stations as well. On Dec 22, 2018 8:20 PM, Doug Drown wrote: For what it's worth, when I was a kid growing up in Ashburnham, 1440 (then WAAB) came in reasonably well during the day, but nowhere near as well as WTAG, which sounded like it was next door. On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 6:51 PM Ben Levy wrote: > Nope, but 93.7 is strong enough > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 22, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Don wrote: > > > > Did 1440AM ever have a real reliable signal in Fitchburg? > From elipolo881@gmail.com Tue Dec 25 01:09:22 2018 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 01:09:22 -0500 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=8BRe=3A_Worcester=27s_1440AM?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I remember when both 1310 and 1440 were in C-Quam AM Stereo! I don't think 580 ever was. 1440 actually left the AM Stereo carrier on for several years after switching to WVEI and all mono sports programming. It's been off for at least a few years now, though. EP From w1tag@charter.net Tue Dec 25 08:47:34 2018 From: w1tag@charter.net (John Andrews) Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 08:47:34 -0500 Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IOKAi1JlOiBXb3JjZXN0ZXIncyAxNDQwQU0=?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2e8c345d-5d3a-9f75-4b4a-78f1936cffeb@charter.net> Eli, Hoping that memory serves me correctly... 1440 (WFTQ) went with the Kahn AM Stereo system, and I don't recall that they ever switched over to C-Quam. They were early and enthusiastic Kahn promoters -- Dom Bordonaro was their Chief, and he later worked for Kahn for a while. 1310 (WORC) did go with C-Quam. I'm thinking that Ron Frizzell from Maine was one of the owners at the time, and he was a big C-Quam proponent. 580 (WTAG) definitely did go C-Quam. Quite a project. I'm not sure of the year -- it may have been 1983. We were still owned by the T&G, with studios in Worcester. The audio on day pattern was very clean, and a pleasure to listen to on the pre-NRSC radios at the time. The night pattern stereo was more trouble than it was really worth, but we got by. We stuck with the C-Quam through the studio move to Paxton, and finally killed it around 1994 when the station was mostly talk. Regarding the earlier posts about AM coverage, 0.5 mv/m just ain't what it used to be in houses or near power lines, due to increased noise levels. It's funny, but some of the best AM radio listening around here is in downtown Worcester, where there are no overhead wires. John Andrews On 12/25/2018 1:09 AM, Eli Polonsky wrote: > I remember when both 1310 and 1440 were in C-Quam AM Stereo! I don't think > 580 ever was. > > 1440 actually left the AM Stereo carrier on for several years after > switching to WVEI and all mono sports programming. It's been off for at > least a few years now, though. > > EP > From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Tue Dec 25 13:24:57 2018 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:24:57 -0500 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=E2=80=8BRe:_Worcester's_1440AM?= In-Reply-To: <2e8c345d-5d3a-9f75-4b4a-78f1936cffeb@charter.net> References: <2e8c345d-5d3a-9f75-4b4a-78f1936cffeb@charter.net> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20181225131923.06d6c590@plymouthcolony.net> At 08:47 AM 12/25/2018, John Andrews wrote: >We stuck with the C-Quam through the studio move to Paxton, and finally killed it around 1994 when the station was mostly talk. The only vehicle I ever had with a C-Quam radio was my first Explorer, so it would have been the mid or late 90s when I first drove it from Virginia to Boston. I was in the metro and had just switched over to 'BZ, and almost wrecked the Explorer when the first top set came on and it was in stereo! The last C-Quam station in western VA was similar - a talker that played the stop sets in stereo. Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html From 011010001@interpring.com Wed Dec 26 09:31:19 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 09:31:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=8BRe=3A_Worcester's_1440AM?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 Dec 2018, Eli Polonsky wrote: > I remember when both 1310 and 1440 were in C-Quam AM Stereo! I don't think > 580 ever was. I think WBLQ 1230 in Westerly, RI still is. I may add C-QUAM to WCVR in Randolph, VT some day when I have nothing better to do. Many IBOC radios will receive C-QUAM, albeit with the channels reversed. Rob From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Wed Dec 26 10:42:47 2018 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:42:47 -0500 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=E2=80=8BRe:_Worcester's_1440AM?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20181226104025.070f30d8@plymouthcolony.net> At 09:31 AM 12/26/2018, Rob Landry wrote: >Many IBOC radios will receive C-QUAM, albeit with the channels reversed. From what I have seen of IBOC AM it seems as if the developers did not know their left from their right. Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Wed Dec 26 10:30:16 2018 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 08:30:16 -0700 Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IOKAi1JlOiBXb3JjZXN0ZXIncyAxNDQwQU0=?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: WBLQ 1230 Westerly RI is in fact still stereo. Morning host and owner Chris DiPaola frequently refers to the station on the air as ?Stereo 1230? Paul On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 8:28 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2018, Eli Polonsky wrote: > > > I remember when both 1310 and 1440 were in C-Quam AM Stereo! I don't > think > > 580 ever was. > > I think WBLQ 1230 in Westerly, RI still is. > > I may add C-QUAM to WCVR in Randolph, VT some day when I have nothing > better to do. Many IBOC radios will receive C-QUAM, albeit with the > channels reversed. > > > Rob > From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Dec 27 08:20:57 2018 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 08:20:57 -0500 Subject: WVEI Audio In-Reply-To: <62b1f596-9cfe-7a3d-4458-7e5f76a78412@charter.net> References: <5CA89849-CF7E-4AF0-870F-D5B86F6CEFDD@charter.net> <62b1f596-9cfe-7a3d-4458-7e5f76a78412@charter.net> Message-ID: Speaking of the WEEI network, Red Sox, etc. I am hearing (K Vahey on Facebook) that WVMT 620 Burlington VT may change to running WEEI sports radio network though maybe it's only adding the Red Sox. Currently WVMT which also has an FM translator at 96.3 to serve the immediate Burlington area has local and regional talk shows (Howie Carr) and the Yankees. They have been bought by Voxx which has an LMA starting Jan 1. Voxx also owns WCPV 101.3 The Game, who runs the Red Sox in the Champlain Valley. Kevin had said they want the Red Sox (and maybe WEEI programming?) to reach up to Montreal as the station's signal does reach there and they could court English speaking listeners. Would think if the Sox go to 620/96.3, WCPV 101.3 would take the Yankees. Supposedly WVMT does want a local morning show, though. For listeners in the Champlain Valley they used to be able to hear the Sox on 1420 St Albans, 1230 WJOY Burlington, and 1490 WFAD in Middlebury. Then 101.3 came along to cover all these areas. Would hope 620 can cover a pretty good share of the area and maybe other affiliates like WDEV 550 could fill in gaps. On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 1:17 PM John Andrews wrote: > Paul, > > Yes, 1440 from Worcester is pretty local these days. By the way, their > audio magically cleared up on Thursday, and everything sounds normal > now. I'll keep the translator in mind for trips to the north though. > Thanks. > > John > > On 12/22/2018 9:23 AM, Paul Anderson wrote: > > I have given up on the WVEI signal. Farther north, I listen to WPKZ?s > 105.3 translator from Fitchburg; otherwise, it?s WEEI-FM even though their > signal breaks up a little in Worcester county. WVEI sounds like it has > crickets in the background and just doesn?t offer a decent signal much > outside of the immediate Worcester area. > > > > Paul > > > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Mon Dec 31 13:38:24 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 13:38:24 -0500 Subject: Clock radio search results! Message-ID: Some may recall I was looking for a decent clock radio suggestions. I finally bought one. Being the radio nerd, I was a little more picky about what would sit next to my bed for a few years. I ended up with the Sangean RCR-10. *Great rich sound! Although I don't usually stay in my bedroom listening for any real period of time. This has to be the biggest pro of this radio. full-rich sound....almost as good as the Bose radio! *I like the Sangean brand. *It pick up RDS so I can see what song is playing (when I don't know, or need a hint). *Clock is lept accurate by RDS signal (or is it WWV?) *It has a blutooth connection, so I can play Pandora, Iheart, or web stuff thru my phone. *It has an ipod/iphone connection (not a dock), so I can charge it on my nightstand...and play anything on my iphone. *It has dual alarms! (Yay! I can keep it set to my "weekend wake-up" time) *A couple of AA baterries are there for back-up, so you don't loose all the presets/programming if you have a power outage, or need to pull the plug for vacuming. ;-) *Big display! *Brightness adjustment. *10 presets. Drawbacks: *Not happy with the AM reception. I like to wake up to WBZ....and it could be my location. I had a lot of trouble on my last radio getting WBZ....it's tolerable with this new one...but nothing to rave about. However, it might not be the radios fault. ;-) I think I paid about $70 for it. https://www.amazon.com/Sangean-RCR-20-Bluetooth-Charging-Digital/dp/B01N0P5F3C This is a video of the RCR-10...which is similar, except the iPhone connection here is a dock on top. The RCR-20 has a connection for a wire in the rear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdAwDAC8NKY If you need a clock radio and can part with about $70....then you might like it. D From markwats@comcast.net Mon Dec 31 19:57:33 2018 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:57:33 -0500 Subject: The New Sound Of WLNG Message-ID: <009301d4a16c$fbbec370$f33c4a50$@comcast.net> Back in the Fall, WLNG (92.1) Sag Harbor NY, a station known for it's deep playlist (frequently mentioned coming out of a song: one of one of 10,000 golden oldies and a million memories), huge library of vintage jingles, along with hyper-local news (with police logs reports and obituaries included), lost pet reports and frequent remote broadcasts from businesses, carnivals, parades, Christmas Tree lightings and blood drives and beloved by radio geeks and local residents alike was sold by the estate of longtime owner Robert King to Bark Out Loud Dogs Media, husband and wife Bill Evans (WABC-TV Meteorologist) and Sandra Foschi, who runs a physical therapy business. They paid $3.9 million for the station, of which only $700,000 was for the actual license, transmitter site and equipment. The rest was for the waterfront property the studios occupy. At the time of the sale, Ms. Foschi said that there wouldn't be any major changes made. The sale was approved and completed just before Christmas, and the day after Christmas, changes started to take place. The majority of the jingles are gone, the twice an hour sports updates gone as is the vintage news sounder, replaced by the announcer starting the news cold out of a spot or song. They dumped NBC News Radio for ABC, and news airs at :50 past the hour. Obituaries and police log also gone from the now 2 to 3 minute drive time news briefs. Lost pet announcements appear to have vanished too, along with the word oldies, as they now have a positioner "Ninety Two-One LNG, the East End's Best Music". Also some dead segues between songs now common, and a few album cuts (I heard Doors and Bob Seger album cuts) and album/long versions of top 40 hits making their way onto the playlist, which seems to be leaning more towards the 70's and 80's, but still a fair amount of 60's and an occasional 50's hit being heard. The reverb still there as of now. It also sounds like the evening jock's show is now voice tracked, no references to time checks or weather. For as dated sounding and as some outside the world of radio geeks would think, hokey sounding, it's had plenty of advertisers for years and a devoted following in their listening area and in recent years beyond Sag Harbor, thanks to streaming. It was a fun station to listen to prior to the changes being made. It appears the new owners are taking WLNG out of the 20th century. Will that scare away the advertisers and loyal audience? Time will tell. Mark Watson From tgordo49@gmail.com Mon Dec 31 23:13:19 2018 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 23:13:19 -0500 Subject: 2 pleasant surprises this week Message-ID: First, I stumbled across AM 680 WRKO now also on WZLX FM 100.7-HD2. Second, and better, I've found that from sunset to sunrise I have a great way to listen to Bloomberg radio, if I don't mind the Manhattan traffic reports: Their AM 1130 station in NYC comes in better than any of the so-called "Boston" stations. In fact, I can even hear it loud & clear on my WorkTunes headset while working in my basement shop!