From aerie.ma@comcast.net Thu Feb 1 20:28:38 2018 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 20:28:38 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw Message-ID: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> My new car has HD radio, and I was checking the radio's performance while driving around the Lowell/Andover region today. WBZ comes in with a stable HD signal (probably 25 miles direct line from Hull), but I was surprised to find that WNNW (800) no longer broadcasts in HD. I wasn't sure it was the station or the new radio, so I actually drove up to the transmitter site to make sure. No HD. I switched over to their translator, and that was in HD. The HD1 was perfectly fine, but the volume on the HD2 channel was nearly non-existent (reminded me of how WILD was for a while). I also checked out WCCM (1570). Thinking I would be blasted out of my car parked 100 feet from the 50,000 watt signal, I turned down the volume before switching. But actually the signal was listenable, but not as strong as I was expecting, and I was wondering if maybe they are transmitting from somewhere else? From jjlehmann@comcast.net Thu Feb 1 21:46:52 2018 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 21:46:52 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <2AFA300A-4E07-47DD-9F74-9CEAD47104D5@comcast.net> 800 WNNW has not broadcast in HD for quite some time, maybe 5 years if I had to guess? I think it went away when they fired up the FM translator. I?m quite sure 1570 is there on the 800 tower. Maybe their modulation was just low? For some reason 1570 (and their 105.3 translator in Medford/Malden) have been Broadcasting the same programming as 800/102.9 for the last few weeks. Maybe the lease deal with ?Galaxia Radio? fell apart? Jeff Lehmann > On Feb 1, 2018, at 8:28 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > My new car has HD radio, and I was checking the radio's performance while > driving around the Lowell/Andover region today. WBZ comes in with a stable > HD signal (probably 25 miles direct line from Hull), but I was surprised to > find that WNNW (800) no longer broadcasts in HD. I wasn't sure it was the > station or the new radio, so I actually drove up to the transmitter site to > make sure. No HD. I switched over to their translator, and that was in HD. > The HD1 was perfectly fine, but the volume on the HD2 channel was nearly > non-existent (reminded me of how WILD was for a while). I also checked out > WCCM (1570). Thinking I would be blasted out of my car parked 100 feet from > the 50,000 watt signal, I turned down the volume before switching. But > actually the signal was listenable, but not as strong as I was expecting, > and I was wondering if maybe they are transmitting from somewhere else? > From aerie.ma@comcast.net Thu Feb 1 22:24:04 2018 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 22:24:04 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> 800 did sound pretty good in HD when I last heard them some years ago on a Sony tabletop, but I guess with the FM translator, no one is listening to the AM anyway. The HD-2 on 102.9 was an English language program, but the audio level was very low. I turned the radio up full volume before I heard the sound. I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. From: Don [mailto:astelle.donald@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 9:44 PM To: Jim Hall Cc: Boston Radio Mailing List Subject: Re: wccm wnnw WNNW 800 AM shut off the HD......because they said they were "having trouble keeping the transmitter "stable"". (Considering that the trasmitter is somewhat new, I am surprised.) In other words they couldn't figure out how to make it work right. Given that they play lots of music on that station, I am surprised. They seem to have so many signals that no one is actually monitoring them. They once had a corrupted file running as a repeating loop on one of their HD signals....and it ran like that for weeks. This whole operation WNNW, WCCM, WCED, 98.9FM, WMXV, 102.9-HD-1 & HD-2......could use a few professionals in the building. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Jim Hall > wrote: My new car has HD radio, and I was checking the radio's performance while driving around the Lowell/Andover region today. WBZ comes in with a stable HD signal (probably 25 miles direct line from Hull), but I was surprised to find that WNNW (800) no longer broadcasts in HD. I wasn't sure it was the station or the new radio, so I actually drove up to the transmitter site to make sure. No HD. I switched over to their translator, and that was in HD. The HD1 was perfectly fine, but the volume on the HD2 channel was nearly non-existent (reminded me of how WILD was for a while). I also checked out WCCM (1570). Thinking I would be blasted out of my car parked 100 feet from the 50,000 watt signal, I turned down the volume before switching. But actually the signal was listenable, but not as strong as I was expecting, and I was wondering if maybe they are transmitting from somewhere else? From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Feb 1 22:43:53 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 22:43:53 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <3a15dece-3443-9c14-7a8f-9a254be08548@attorneyross.com> Aren't there any listeners out beyond the range of the translator who might be able to get the AM signal?? Are there areas where the translator competes with another signal?? Kinda like WJIB's translator competes with the Millis translator in Newton?? I know there are times when I switch my car radio to WJIB on AM, when the translator signal gets unlistenable. On 2/1/2018 10:24 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > 800 did sound pretty good in HD when I last heard them some years ago on a Sony tabletop, but I guess with the FM translator, no one is listening to the AM anyway. The HD-2 on 102.9 was an English language program, but the audio level was very low. I turned the radio up full volume before I heard the sound. I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. > > > > From: Don [mailto:astelle.donald@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 9:44 PM > To: Jim Hall > Cc: Boston Radio Mailing List > Subject: Re: wccm wnnw > > > > WNNW 800 AM shut off the HD......because they said they were "having trouble keeping the transmitter "stable"". > > (Considering that the trasmitter is somewhat new, I am surprised.) > > In other words they couldn't figure out how to make it work right. > > Given that they play lots of music on that station, I am surprised. > > They seem to have so many signals that no one is actually monitoring them. > > They once had a corrupted file running as a repeating loop on one of their HD signals....and it ran like that for weeks. > > This whole operation WNNW, WCCM, WCED, 98.9FM, WMXV, 102.9-HD-1 & HD-2......could use a few professionals in the building. > > > > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Jim Hall > wrote: > > My new car has HD radio, and I was checking the radio's performance while > driving around the Lowell/Andover region today. WBZ comes in with a stable > HD signal (probably 25 miles direct line from Hull), but I was surprised to > find that WNNW (800) no longer broadcasts in HD. I wasn't sure it was the > station or the new radio, so I actually drove up to the transmitter site to > make sure. No HD. I switched over to their translator, and that was in HD. > The HD1 was perfectly fine, but the volume on the HD2 channel was nearly > non-existent (reminded me of how WILD was for a while). I also checked out > WCCM (1570). Thinking I would be blasted out of my car parked 100 feet from > the 50,000 watt signal, I turned down the volume before switching. But > actually the signal was listenable, but not as strong as I was expecting, > and I was wondering if maybe they are transmitting from somewhere else? > > > > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From astelle.donald@gmail.com Thu Feb 1 21:43:54 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 21:43:54 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> Message-ID: WNNW 800 AM shut off the HD......because they said they were "having trouble keeping the transmitter "stable"". (Considering that the trasmitter is somewhat new, I am surprised.) In other words they couldn't figure out how to make it work right. Given that they play lots of music on that station, I am surprised. They seem to have so many signals that no one is actually monitoring them. They once had a corrupted file running as a repeating loop on one of their HD signals....and it ran like that for weeks. This whole operation WNNW, WCCM, WCED, 98.9FM, WMXV, 102.9-HD-1 & HD-2......could use a few professionals in the building. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > My new car has HD radio, and I was checking the radio's performance while > driving around the Lowell/Andover region today. WBZ comes in with a stable > HD signal (probably 25 miles direct line from Hull), but I was surprised to > find that WNNW (800) no longer broadcasts in HD. I wasn't sure it was the > station or the new radio, so I actually drove up to the transmitter site to > make sure. No HD. I switched over to their translator, and that was in HD. > The HD1 was perfectly fine, but the volume on the HD2 channel was nearly > non-existent (reminded me of how WILD was for a while). I also checked out > WCCM (1570). Thinking I would be blasted out of my car parked 100 feet from > the 50,000 watt signal, I turned down the volume before switching. But > actually the signal was listenable, but not as strong as I was expecting, > and I was wondering if maybe they are transmitting from somewhere else? > > From 011010001@interpring.com Fri Feb 2 17:13:13 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 17:13:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: <2AFA300A-4E07-47DD-9F74-9CEAD47104D5@comcast.net> References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <2AFA300A-4E07-47DD-9F74-9CEAD47104D5@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jeff Lehmann wrote: > For some reason 1570 (and their 105.3 translator in Medford/Malden) have > been Broadcasting the same programming as 800/102.9 for the last few > weeks. Maybe the lease deal with ?Galaxia Radio? fell apart? Their former Brazilian client ("Nossa radio") has moved to 1260. Rob From 011010001@interpring.com Fri Feb 2 17:17:04 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 17:17:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off the AM and > just keep the translator going. All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's nighttime coverage. Rob From jjlehmann@comcast.net Fri Feb 2 18:56:39 2018 From: jjlehmann@comcast.net (Jeff Lehmann) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 18:56:39 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <2AFA300A-4E07-47DD-9F74-9CEAD47104D5@comcast.net> Message-ID: <2738728B-22BE-44FB-BD9A-A9D992C7D5C4@comcast.net> Galaxia was the client that came on after Nossa, so they didn?t last on there very long. Jeff Lehmann > On Feb 2, 2018, at 5:13 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jeff Lehmann wrote: >> >> For some reason 1570 (and their 105.3 translator in Medford/Malden) have been Broadcasting the same programming as 800/102.9 for the last few weeks. Maybe the lease deal with ?Galaxia Radio? fell apart? > > Their former Brazilian client ("Nossa radio") has moved to 1260. > > > Rob From astelle.donald@gmail.com Fri Feb 2 21:01:47 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 21:01:47 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off the AM and > just keep the translator going. Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with the AM. WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you would never know they are listenable on AM. http://valley989.com/ WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3 http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/ Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when they were just AM stations. I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind..... On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > > I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off the AM and >> just keep the translator going. >> > > All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their > translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was listening > to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator is 40 watts, and > covers just Framingham and the immedtarely surrounding towns. Alex has a CP > to move it to Waltham and give it a modest power increase, but it will > never match even WSRO's nighttime coverage. > > > Rob > From 011010001@interpring.com Fri Feb 2 22:25:57 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 22:25:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Well, WTSN in Dover, NH now identifies itself solely as "Newstalk 981 WTSN", making no mention of AM 1270; but the AM is most definitiely still on the air, and the AM and FM are 100% simulcast, as per the rules. I believe Binnie's AM in Laconia, WEMJ, is similarly calling itself "WEMJ 107.3" even though it's simulcasting AM 1490. Rob On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Don wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > > I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off > the AM and just keep the translator going. > > ? > > Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with the AM. > > WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you would > never know they are listenable on AM.? > > http://valley989.com/? > > WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3 > > http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/ > > Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when they > were just AM stations. > > I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind..... > > > > On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > > I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations > turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. > > > All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their > translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was > listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator > is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely > surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give > it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's > nighttime coverage. > > > Rob > > > > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Sat Feb 3 06:50:50 2018 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 01:50:50 +1400 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Do any of these station do any off-air advertising? People who are listening to the station already know how to find it. There might be a small advantage to letting them know about the AM, but off-air and where you are trying to get non-listeners to find your signal. On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > Well, WTSN in Dover, NH now identifies itself solely as "Newstalk 981 > WTSN", making no mention of AM 1270; but the AM is most definitiely still > on the air, and the AM and FM are 100% simulcast, as per the rules. > > I believe Binnie's AM in Laconia, WEMJ, is similarly calling itself "WEMJ > 107.3" even though it's simulcasting AM 1490. > > > Rob > > > On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Don wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: >> >> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off >> the AM and just keep the translator going. >> >> >> >> Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with the >> AM. >> >> WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you >> would >> never know they are listenable on AM. >> >> http://valley989.com/ >> >> WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3 >> >> http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/ >> >> Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when >> they >> were just AM stations. >> >> I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind..... >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: >> >> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations >> turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. >> >> >> All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their >> translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was >> listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator >> is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely >> surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give >> it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's >> nighttime coverage. >> >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> >> From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Feb 3 11:39:21 2018 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:39:21 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Stephen King's WZON 620 Bangor ME just dropped progressive talk for oldies (but one afternoon talk show) and they advertise as also being on an HD subchannel; maybe they too will get an FM translator and accent that? In Barre VT WSNO 1450 abruptly dropped conservative talk awhile back when they got an FM translator...they brand as 105.7 The Beat (CHR).How many teens tune in to the AM? On Feb 3, 2018 9:20 AM, "Bob DeMattia" wrote: > Do any of these station do any off-air advertising? People who are > listening to the station already know how to find it. > There might be a small advantage to letting them know about the AM, but > off-air and where you are trying to get non-listeners > to find your signal. > > > > On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > wrote: > > > > > Well, WTSN in Dover, NH now identifies itself solely as "Newstalk 981 > > WTSN", making no mention of AM 1270; but the AM is most definitiely still > > on the air, and the AM and FM are 100% simulcast, as per the rules. > > > > I believe Binnie's AM in Laconia, WEMJ, is similarly calling itself "WEMJ > > 107.3" even though it's simulcasting AM 1490. > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Don wrote: > > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > >> > >> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off > >> the AM and just keep the translator going. > >> > >> > >> > >> Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with the > >> AM. > >> > >> WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you > >> would > >> never know they are listenable on AM. > >> > >> http://valley989.com/ > >> > >> WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3 > >> > >> http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/ > >> > >> Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when > >> they > >> were just AM stations. > >> > >> I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind..... > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > >> > >> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations > >> turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. > >> > >> > >> All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their > >> translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was > >> listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator > >> is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely > >> surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give > >> it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's > >> nighttime coverage. > >> > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From billohno@gmail.com Sat Feb 3 14:32:06 2018 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:32:06 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: WSNO (1450) likely has nil for listeners now. They used to clear Rush and other bird talk in latter years. No longer. 105.7 doesn?t cover nearly the same footprint. Sent from my mobile. > On Feb 3, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > Stephen King's WZON 620 Bangor ME just dropped progressive talk for oldies > (but one afternoon talk show) and they advertise as also being on an HD > subchannel; maybe they too will get an FM translator and accent that? > > In Barre VT WSNO 1450 abruptly dropped conservative talk awhile back when > they got an FM translator...they brand as 105.7 The Beat (CHR).How many > teens tune in to the AM? > > >> On Feb 3, 2018 9:20 AM, "Bob DeMattia" wrote: >> >> Do any of these station do any off-air advertising? People who are >> listening to the station already know how to find it. >> There might be a small advantage to letting them know about the AM, but >> off-air and where you are trying to get non-listeners >> to find your signal. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Well, WTSN in Dover, NH now identifies itself solely as "Newstalk 981 >>> WTSN", making no mention of AM 1270; but the AM is most definitiely still >>> on the air, and the AM and FM are 100% simulcast, as per the rules. >>> >>> I believe Binnie's AM in Laconia, WEMJ, is similarly calling itself "WEMJ >>> 107.3" even though it's simulcasting AM 1490. >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Don wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: >>>> >>>> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off >>>> the AM and just keep the translator going. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with the >>>> AM. >>>> >>>> WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you >>>> would >>>> never know they are listenable on AM. >>>> >>>> http://valley989.com/ >>>> >>>> WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3 >>>> >>>> http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/ >>>> >>>> Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when >>>> they >>>> were just AM stations. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind..... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: >>>> >>>> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations >>>> turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. >>>> >>>> >>>> All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their >>>> translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was >>>> listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator >>>> is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely >>>> surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give >>>> it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's >>>> nighttime coverage. >>>> >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Feb 4 02:12:54 2018 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 02:12:54 -0500 Subject: wccm wnnw In-Reply-To: References: <004701d39bc5$278ed110$76ac7330$@comcast.net> <006101d39bd5$48446ea0$d8cd4be0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Thus (for Barre VT's WSNO) it's an excuse to get a low powered FM translator on the air. "AM Revitalization"... Meanwhile in the Boston area, Bob Bittner's WJIB 740 has W267CE on at 101.3 covering quite a few listeners with some music not necessarily found elsewhere. He prefers to do listener support rather than advertising. The 740 signal does quite well by day but the FM repeater helps especially at night.Not far away is another 101.3 FM repeater, W267CD for WMRC 1490 Milford.One can go west from Fresh Pond on Rt 2 and find the WMRC repeater soon cutting in and taking over. Is it a case of exposing AM signals to those who primarily go to FM..and helping the AMs hurt by low night signals and interference? Another translator goes on soon, for WROL 950 at 100.3, with an antenna in Kendall Sq Cambridge.Pirate Big City 101.3 was forced to find a new spot when WJIB's new signal went on...they found 100.3 and will soon exit there, overwhelmed by a licensed station. On Feb 3, 2018 2:32 PM, "billohno@gmail.com" wrote: > WSNO (1450) likely has nil for listeners now. They used to clear Rush and > other bird talk in latter years. No longer. 105.7 doesn?t cover nearly the > same footprint. > > Sent from my mobile. > > > On Feb 3, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > > > Stephen King's WZON 620 Bangor ME just dropped progressive talk for > oldies > > (but one afternoon talk show) and they advertise as also being on an HD > > subchannel; maybe they too will get an FM translator and accent that? > > > > In Barre VT WSNO 1450 abruptly dropped conservative talk awhile back when > > they got an FM translator...they brand as 105.7 The Beat (CHR).How many > > teens tune in to the AM? > > > > > >> On Feb 3, 2018 9:20 AM, "Bob DeMattia" wrote: > >> > >> Do any of these station do any off-air advertising? People who are > >> listening to the station already know how to find it. > >> There might be a small advantage to letting them know about the AM, but > >> off-air and where you are trying to get non-listeners > >> to find your signal. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Well, WTSN in Dover, NH now identifies itself solely as "Newstalk 981 > >>> WTSN", making no mention of AM 1270; but the AM is most definitiely > still > >>> on the air, and the AM and FM are 100% simulcast, as per the rules. > >>> > >>> I believe Binnie's AM in Laconia, WEMJ, is similarly calling itself > "WEMJ > >>> 107.3" even though it's simulcasting AM 1490. > >>> > >>> > >>> Rob > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Don wrote: > >>> > >>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations turn off > >>>> the AM and just keep the translator going. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Two stations that I know of, have abandoned any identification with > the > >>>> AM. > >>>> > >>>> WCCM, 1110AM in Salem, NH is now "Valley 98.9" and if you listen, you > >>>> would > >>>> never know they are listenable on AM. > >>>> > >>>> http://valley989.com/ > >>>> > >>>> WMRC in Milford in now simply identified as MY 101.3 > >>>> > >>>> http://www.wmrcdailynews.com/www.myfm1013.com/ > >>>> > >>>> Both stations have dropped any local service that they were doing when > >>>> they > >>>> were just AM stations. > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure this is what the FCC had in mind..... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Jim Hall wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I wonder if at some point, the FCC will let stations > >>>> turn off the AM and just keep the translator going. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> All of the AM's I work with have much greater ranges than their > >>>> translators. Take, for example, Alex Langer's WSRO 650 AM. I was > >>>> listening to it in Lebanon, NH this morning. The FM translator > >>>> is 40 watts, and covers just Framingham and the immedtarely > >>>> surrounding towns. Alex has a CP to move it to Waltham and give > >>>> it a modest power increase, but it will never match even WSRO's > >>>> nighttime coverage. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Rob > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Feb 5 00:39:11 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:39:11 -0500 Subject: Fwd: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There are also a number of other Ginsberg-related things on this page, including the full WBOS version of the Night Train theme. https://youtu.be/jfaOB7pI_QE -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From gallen2@nescaum.org Mon Feb 5 13:09:28 2018 From: gallen2@nescaum.org (George Allen) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:09:28 -0500 Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An aircheck of Arnie from WBOS in 1958 is here: http://northeastairchecks.com/checks/agwbos58.wax which starts with that theme. At 12:00 PM 2/5/2018, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: From: A Joseph Ross Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:39:11 -0500 Subject: Fwd: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's There are also a number of other Ginsberg-related things on this page, including the full WBOS version of the Night Train theme. https://youtu.be/jfaOB7pI_QE From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu Feb 8 19:33:26 2018 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 19:33:26 -0500 Subject: Janet Jeghelian passes away Message-ID: Was co-host of WRKO morning show http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=janet-jeghelian-tevekelian&pid=188083968&referrer=0&preview=True From billohno@gmail.com Fri Feb 9 07:14:22 2018 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:14:22 -0500 Subject: Janet Jeghelian passes away In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49A0E714-D77F-46C0-A29C-D671FEB46F2E@gmail.com> My condolences to Janet?s family. Janet was an excellent morning co-host with Ted O?Brien on WRKO (680 Boston) for a long stretch. Her tenure there was amidst what could be argued was WRKO?s heyday, with Gene Burns and Jerry Williams. Bill O?Neill > On Feb 8, 2018, at 7:33 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > Was co-host of WRKO morning show > > http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=janet-jeghelian-tevekelian&pid=188083968&referrer=0&preview=True From gary@garysicecream.com Fri Feb 9 09:54:49 2018 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 09:54:49 -0500 Subject: Janet Jeghelian passes away In-Reply-To: <49A0E714-D77F-46C0-A29C-D671FEB46F2E@gmail.com> References: <49A0E714-D77F-46C0-A29C-D671FEB46F2E@gmail.com> Message-ID: <04fe01d3a1b5$efba68c0$cf2f3a40$@garysicecream.com> Janet was an intelligent and classy lady. Chelmsford Creamery Inc. - Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of billohno@gmail.com Sent: Friday, February 09, 2018 7:14 AM To: Bob Nelson Cc: Boston Radio Group Subject: Re: Janet Jeghelian passes away My condolences to Janet?s family. Janet was an excellent morning co-host with Ted O?Brien on WRKO (680 Boston) for a long stretch. Her tenure there was amidst what could be argued was WRKO?s heyday, with Gene Burns and Jerry Williams. Bill O?Neill > On Feb 8, 2018, at 7:33 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > > Was co-host of WRKO morning show > > http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=janet-jeghelian-tevekelian&pid=188083968&referrer=0&preview=True From lspin@comcast.net Thu Feb 15 15:26:30 2018 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:26:30 -0500 Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <025e01d3a69b$4431ea60$cc95bf20$@comcast.net> I just got a chance to hear this. It's wonderful!! I can't say that I heard Arnie say the WBOS call letters, or any call letters. But he did announce "The Night Train Show, Music on Record." A few times. Was he syndicated? Thanks so much for posting this gem! -Lou -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of George Allen Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 1:09 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's An aircheck of Arnie from WBOS in 1958 is here: http://northeastairchecks.com/checks/agwbos58.wax which starts with that theme. At 12:00 PM 2/5/2018, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: From: A Joseph Ross Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:39:11 -0500 Subject: Fwd: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's There are also a number of other Ginsberg-related things on this page, including the full WBOS version of the Night Train theme. https://youtu.be/jfaOB7pI_QE From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu Feb 15 16:52:35 2018 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:52:35 -0500 Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: <025e01d3a69b$4431ea60$cc95bf20$@comcast.net> References: <025e01d3a69b$4431ea60$cc95bf20$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <5d60d5c9-0fa1-8b49-c6f5-2ae6d16b4181@donnahalper.com> On 2/15/2018 3:26 PM, Lou wrote: > I just got a chance to hear this. It's wonderful!! > I can't say that I heard Arnie say the WBOS call letters, or any call > letters. But he did announce "The Night Train Show, Music on Record." A few > times. Was he syndicated? I don't think so.? But he was recorded and transcribed at least once a week.? Back then, jocks were expected to cover their shift by taping a show that would be played on their one day off. That way, there would be continuity-- same jocks every day, giving the perception the audience's favorites were always working... -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From gallen2@nescaum.org Thu Feb 15 16:20:52 2018 From: gallen2@nescaum.org (George Allen) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:20:52 -0500 Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: <025e01d3a69b$4431ea60$cc95bf20$@comcast.net> References: <025e01d3a69b$4431ea60$cc95bf20$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Lou - glad you enjoyed it. The opening theme says "at 1600 on your radio". That was WBOS-AM. The back-story for this piece is that I was working at WBOS in the late 60's, and someone there had/found this tape. Arnie wasn't syndicated -- but it seems he pre-recorded his show, at least on weekend nights ("The Weekend Special" night train). That's what this is. George At 03:26 PM 2/15/2018, Lou wrote: I just got a chance to hear this. It's wonderful!! I can't say that I heard Arnie say the WBOS call letters, or any call letters. But he did announce "The Night Train Show, Music on Record." A few times. Was he syndicated? Thanks so much for posting this gem! -Lou -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of George Allen Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 1:09 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's An aircheck of Arnie from WBOS in 1958 is here: http://northeastairchecks.com/checks/agwbos58.wax which starts with that theme. At 12:00 PM 2/5/2018, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: From: A Joseph Ross Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:39:11 -0500 Subject: Fwd: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's There are also a number of other Ginsberg-related things on this page, including the full WBOS version of the Night Train theme. https://youtu.be/jfaOB7pI_QE From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Feb 16 03:51:10 2018 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:51:10 -0500 Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: References: <025e01d3a69b$4431ea60$cc95bf20$@comcast.net> Message-ID: George - Did any Kenny Mayer tapes survive? Kenny Mayer had a phenomenal audience on 1600 and later with the simulcast on 92,9 on early Monday mornings as it was him and Norm Nathan at WHDH - everybody else was off the air. The simple fact that all one has to say is WO9-8989 and 50 years later people remember.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQjea_teX0 I also want to say that Norm Ruby was a person that helped steer me into the broadcast life as a career. Norm was blessed with good pipes but he was very helpful to young people interested in the business. In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer to buy WBOS was off the table. On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 4:20 PM, George Allen wrote: > Lou - glad you enjoyed it. The opening theme says "at 1600 on your > radio". That was WBOS-AM. The back-story for this piece is that I was > working at WBOS in the late 60's, and someone there had/found this tape. > Arnie wasn't syndicated -- but it seems he pre-recorded his show, at least > on weekend nights ("The Weekend Special" night train). That's what this is. > George > > > > At 03:26 PM 2/15/2018, Lou wrote: > I just got a chance to hear this. It's wonderful!! > I can't say that I heard Arnie say the WBOS call letters, or any call > letters. But he did announce "The Night Train Show, Music on Record." A > few > times. > Was he syndicated? > > Thanks so much for posting this gem! > > -Lou > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boston-Radio-Interest > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of > George Allen > Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 1:09 PM > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's > > An aircheck of Arnie from WBOS in 1958 is here: > http://northeastairchecks.com/checks/agwbos58.wax > which starts with that theme. > > > At 12:00 PM 2/5/2018, > boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: > From: A Joseph Ross > Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:39:11 -0500 > Subject: Fwd: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's > > There are also a number of other Ginsberg-related things on this page, > including the full WBOS version of the Night Train theme. > > https://youtu.be/jfaOB7pI_QE > > From gallen2@nescaum.org Sat Feb 17 07:54:21 2018 From: gallen2@nescaum.org (George Allen) Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's Message-ID: Hi Kevin - I don't have any, but there are some at: https://swling.com/blog/2014/01/can-you-help-bill-find-a-kenny-meyer-aircheck/ And yes, Norm R. had a set of pipes! George At 03:51 AM 2/16/2018, Kevin Vahey wrote: George - Did any Kenny Mayer tapes survive? Kenny Mayer had a phenomenal audience on 1600 and later with the simulcast on 92,9 on early Monday mornings as it was him and Norm Nathan at WHDH - everybody else was off the air. The simple fact that all one has to say is WO9-8989 and 50 years later people remember.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQjea_teX0 I also want to say that Norm Ruby was a person that helped steer me into the broadcast life as a career. Norm was blessed with good pipes but he was very helpful to young people interested in the business. In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer to buy WBOS was off the table. From 011010001@interpring.com Sun Feb 18 19:21:03 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 19:21:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, George Allen wrote: > Hi Kevin - I don't have any, but there are some at: > https://swling.com/blog/2014/01/can-you-help-bill-find-a-kenny-meyer-aircheck/ Kenny's last show was recorded a couple days before his death, and never aired. It was in a drawer in my desk when I left WUNR/WBOS in 1983; when I came back three years later to do some contract work, I looked for it but it was gone. It was on a couple of 10-inch reels. > And yes, Norm R. had a set of pipes! Norm was a joy to work with. He used to go into one of the studios to record Demos Kakridas, an octogenarian program host for one of the Greek shows, and Zemo or I would pick up a plastic pitchform that lived int he control room and stab upwards with it, pretending ot ward off an attack by some giant winged monster. Norm would respond by flipping his headphones sideways, so they oneverd his nose and the back of his head, and rise up from his chair moving his arms as if swimming underwater. Demos, who never took his eyes off his copy, would carry on with his show oblivious to all of this. Rob From gspatola@gmail.com Sun Feb 18 19:02:57 2018 From: gspatola@gmail.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:02:57 -0800 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond Message-ID: Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station when I was stationed in MD in the very early 70s. > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 > From: George Allen > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's > > ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with > Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not > buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. > > Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped > that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer > to buy WBOS was off the table. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 > ***************************************************** > From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 00:21:55 2018 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:21:55 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS was no longer for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR ) and WKOX-FM which would become WVBF. What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer AM-FM tuners and the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Glenn Spatola wrote: > Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, > (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station when I was > stationed in MD in the very early 70s. > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 > > From: George Allen > > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > > Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's > > > > > > > ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with > > Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not > > buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. > > > > Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped > > that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer > > to buy WBOS was off the table. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 > > ***************************************************** > > > From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Feb 19 02:31:12 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 02:31:12 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars.? Some people told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I couldn't see why not.? Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it worked fine. On 2/19/2018 12:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS was no longer > for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR ) and WKOX-FM > which would become WVBF. > > What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer AM-FM tuners and > the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. > > > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Glenn Spatola wrote: > >> Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, >> (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station when I was >> stationed in MD in the very early 70s. >> >> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 >>> From: George Allen >>> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org >>> Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's >>> >> >> >>> ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with >>> Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not >>> buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. >>> >>> Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped >>> that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer >>> to buy WBOS was off the table. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list >>> Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >>> https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 >>> ***************************************************** >>> -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 04:00:01 2018 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:00:01 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Joe The automakers resisted but the intense lobby came from the NAB as they didn't want Congress to mandate a rule similar to the mandatory VHF/UHF of a decade earlier. Radio executives in the big markets were for the most part clueless about FM and when the FCC mandated stations in the top markets could no longer simulcast AM and FM more than 12 hours a day we saw automation creep in. RKO General hit paydairt with WRKO-FM and then rolled the dice by blowing up WNAC for WRKO. In Boston the first hint that things were changing was when WJIB launched in 1967 and destroyed WEZE in a matter of weeks. The Herald-Traveler was clueless about WHDH-FM as was Plough with WCOP-FM. CBS rolled out "The Young Sound' on all their FM's and at least tried. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXm2UcOBKWQ Westinghouse was clueless and wound up selling WBZ-FM to Greater Media in the early 80's for petty cash. On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:31 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. Some people > told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I couldn't see why > not. Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it worked fine. > > > > On 2/19/2018 12:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > >> Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS was no longer >> for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR ) and >> WKOX-FM >> which would become WVBF. >> >> What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer AM-FM tuners and >> the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Glenn Spatola >> wrote: >> >> Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, >>> (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station when I was >>> stationed in MD in the very early 70s. >>> >>> >>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 >>>> From: George Allen >>>> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org >>>> Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with >>>> Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not >>>> buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. >>>> >>>> Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped >>>> that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer >>>> to buy WBOS was off the table. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Subject: Digest Footer >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list >>>> Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >>>> https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 >>>> ***************************************************** >>>> >>>> > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > From aerie.ma@comcast.net Mon Feb 19 08:57:34 2018 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:57:34 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <013701d3a989$98f086b0$cad19410$@comcast.net> Did FM stations originally broadcast only in the horizontal plane, and then added the vertical plane for cars and their whip antennas? When WGBH-FM used to sign off at midnight, they would include "WGBH broadcasts at 89.7 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts in the horizontal plane, and 96,000 watts in the vertical". "I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. Some people told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I couldn't see why not. Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it worked fine." From ashboy1951@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 09:33:57 2018 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 09:33:57 -0500 Subject: AM Radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond Message-ID: When I was in my mid-teens, around 1967, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, seeing no future in FM, sold WTAG-FM to Norman Knight (the Knight Quality Group). He changed the call letters to WSRS ("Worcester's Stereo Radio Station"), dropped the station's format of (mostly) classical music and switched it to light pop --- "elevator music," as it was then called. (Indeed, I recall that the station had some sort of connection with Muzak, about which I have no details). It became an instant hit, shot to the top of the ratings heap in central Massachusetts, and remained there for years. Then around 1986, when the T&G was sold, Knight acquired WTAG. The tail wound up wagging the dog. From raccoonradio@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 09:01:06 2018 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 09:01:06 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I remember my older brother had an AM radio in his truck and bought an FM converter that also had a cassette deck.It was made by Craig. Example of an FM converter for cars, by Lafayette.Sticker says you must tune to 1400 for it to work (but what if you're near an existing station on that frequency?) https://youtu.be/P14oRjhxnJ0 On Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 8:48 AM Kevin Vahey wrote: > Joe > > The automakers resisted but the intense lobby came from the NAB as they > didn't want Congress to mandate a rule similar to the mandatory VHF/UHF of > a decade earlier. Radio executives in the big markets were for the most > part clueless about FM and when the FCC mandated stations in the top > markets could no longer simulcast AM and FM more than 12 hours a day we saw > automation creep in. RKO General hit paydairt with WRKO-FM and then rolled > the dice by blowing up WNAC for WRKO. > > In Boston the first hint that things were changing was when WJIB launched > in 1967 and destroyed WEZE in a matter of weeks. The Herald-Traveler was > clueless about WHDH-FM as was Plough with WCOP-FM. > > CBS rolled out "The Young Sound' on all their FM's and at least tried. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXm2UcOBKWQ > > Westinghouse was clueless and wound up selling WBZ-FM to Greater Media in > the early 80's for petty cash. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:31 AM, A Joseph Ross > wrote: > > > I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. Some people > > told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I couldn't see why > > not. Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it worked fine. > > > > > > > > On 2/19/2018 12:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > > > >> Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS was no > longer > >> for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR ) and > >> WKOX-FM > >> which would become WVBF. > >> > >> What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer AM-FM tuners > and > >> the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Glenn Spatola > >> wrote: > >> > >> Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, > >>> (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station when I was > >>> stationed in MD in the very early 70s. > >>> > >>> > >>> Message: 1 > >>>> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 > >>>> From: George Allen > >>>> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > >>>> Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of the 60's > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having lunch with > >>>> Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge mistake not > >>>> buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. > >>>> > >>>> Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but he grasped > >>>> that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the offer > >>>> to buy WBOS was off the table. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> Subject: Digest Footer > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > >>>> Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > >>>> https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 > >>>> ***************************************************** > >>>> > >>>> > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > > 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > > > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 11:57:12 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:57:12 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <59BB8E3443784D17B1E61641A4583326@ownerd8aa55a4d> >I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. Remember....FM was an extra option...and cost more.....just like electric windows. Cost conscious buyers and dealers would do without! (I have a colleague that told me his father would never buy a car with any radio...becuase it was "an extra".) It was a little while before they became a stock/standard item. I remember some older aunts and uncles who got FM's as a stock radio included. Most of them never listened to the FM option....because car AM radio was for "car listening"...and the FM formats were for "home listening". From ehennessy@verizon.net Mon Feb 19 16:50:51 2018 From: ehennessy@verizon.net (Ed Hennessy) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:50:51 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161b00c4580-c90-55bc9@webjas-vaa081.srv.aolmail.net> I had a converter running in a '67 Dodge in the mid-'80s. There was a screw hole in the back panel that accessed a pot for the RF output. I don't remember what the range was, but you could probably move it about 50 kHz to get it away from a local frequency. It came out of the box at 1400 (more or less, given the analog tuner in the converter and the AM radio it was attached to). Mine had a front end as wide as a barn door. I used it in Providence, and in downtown, it would overload pretty easily, even though Johnston/Neutaconcanut (sp) Hill) wasn't all that close. Ed Hennessy -----Original Message----- From: Bob Nelson I remember my older brother had an AM radio in his truck and bought an FM converter that also had a cassette deck.It was made by Craig. Example of an FM converter for cars, by Lafayette.Sticker says you must tune to 1400 for it to work (but what if you're near an existing station on that frequency?) https://youtu.be/P14oRjhxnJ0 From kvahey@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 17:52:55 2018 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:52:55 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: <59BB8E3443784D17B1E61641A4583326@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> <59BB8E3443784D17B1E61641A4583326@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: Keep in mind that 2 of the biggest radio manufacturers in the US in the late 60's/70's were owned by car companies - Philco (Ford) and Delco (GM) On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Don wrote: > > > I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. >> > > Remember....FM was an extra option...and cost more.....just like electric > windows. Cost conscious buyers and dealers would do without! (I have a > colleague that told me his father would never buy a car with any > radio...becuase it was "an extra".) > > It was a little while before they became a stock/standard item. > > I remember some older aunts and uncles who got FM's as a stock radio > included. > > Most of them never listened to the FM option....because car AM radio was > for "car listening"...and the FM formats were for "home listening". > From gspatola@gmail.com Mon Feb 19 19:47:42 2018 From: gspatola@gmail.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:47:42 -0800 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: WBBM in 1968 sounded quite a bit like WHMP in Northampton, MA at that time, especially the 7pm to midnight show that they called "Cavalcade, the evening sound of music." https://soundcloud.com/ glenn222/whmp-aircheck-march-1968 IMHO, neither was anything close to a young sound! Glenn > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:00:01 -0500 > From: Kevin Vahey > To: A Joseph Ross > Cc: Boston Radio Group > Subject: Re: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond > Message-ID: > ail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Joe > > The automakers resisted but the intense lobby came from the NAB as they > didn't want Congress to mandate a rule similar to the mandatory VHF/UHF of > a decade earlier. Radio executives in the big markets were for the most > part clueless about FM and when the FCC mandated stations in the top > markets could no longer simulcast AM and FM more than 12 hours a day we saw > automation creep in. RKO General hit paydairt with WRKO-FM and then rolled > the dice by blowing up WNAC for WRKO. > > In Boston the first hint that things were changing was when WJIB launched > in 1967 and destroyed WEZE in a matter of weeks. The Herald-Traveler was > clueless about WHDH-FM as was Plough with WCOP-FM. > > CBS rolled out "The Young Sound' on all their FM's and at least tried. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXm2UcOBKWQ > > Westinghouse was clueless and wound up selling WBZ-FM to Greater Media in > the early 80's for petty cash. > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:31 AM, A Joseph Ross > wrote: > > > I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. Some people > > told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I couldn't see why > > not. Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it worked fine. > > > > > > > > On 2/19/2018 12:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > > > >> Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS was no > longer > >> for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR ) and > >> WKOX-FM > >> which would become WVBF. > >> > >> What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer AM-FM tuners > and > >> the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. > From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Feb 20 00:13:42 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:13:42 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <2f0fbb7a-5fe4-b53b-ebf6-f2c2bfe8062c@attorneyross.com> Seems to me WBCN had to be involved there, too.? I think it was in 1968 that they changed their format away from classical music and eventually went to progressive rock.? I think that many college students had FM radios, if for no other reason than to listen to the student-operated stations around.? I know at UMass (Amherst), just about everybody had Fm in order to listen to WMUA. On 2/19/2018 4:00 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Joe > > The automakers resisted but the intense lobby came from the NAB as > they didn't want Congress to mandate a rule similar to the mandatory > VHF/UHF of a decade earlier. Radio executives in the big markets were > for the most part clueless about FM and when the FCC mandated stations > in the top markets could no longer simulcast?AM and FM more than 12 > hours a day we saw automation creep in. RKO General hit paydairt with > WRKO-FM and then rolled the dice by blowing up WNAC for WRKO. > > In Bostonthe first hint that things were changing was when WJIB > launched in?1967 and destroyed WEZE in a matter of weeks. The > Herald-Traveler was clueless about WHDH-FM as was Plough with WCOP-FM. > > CBS rolled out "The Young Sound' on all their FM's and at least tried. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXm2UcOBKWQ > > Westinghouse was clueless and wound up selling WBZ-FM to Greater Media > in the early 80's for petty cash. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:31 AM, A Joseph Ross > wrote: > > I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars.? Some > people told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I > couldn't see why not.? Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it > worked fine. > > > > On 2/19/2018 12:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > > Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS > was no longer > for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR > ) and WKOX-FM > which would become WVBF. > > What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer > AM-FM tuners and > the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. > > > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Glenn Spatola > > wrote: > > Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, > (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station > when I was > stationed in MD in the very early 70s. > > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 > From: George Allen > > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > > Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The > Sounds of the 60's > > > > ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up > having lunch with > Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a > huge mistake not > buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap > money.. > > Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but? > he grasped > that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston > but the offer > to buy WBOS was off the table. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 > ***************************************************** > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA > 02459 > 617.367.0468 ?? Fax:617.507.7856 > ? http://www.attorneyross.com > > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Feb 20 00:21:12 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:21:12 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <04d109df-54ff-42bd-6607-7a2f018ca9f4@attorneyross.com> I had a converter like that in the late 1970s into the '80s, that I got at Radio Shack.? I wanted it because WCRB had turned their AM signal into WHET, without classical music most of the time.? It, too, required tuning the car radio to 1400, but it had a screw adjustment to move the signal to one side or the other of 1400.? I set a button on the radio for 1400, for ease of using it.? I found that whenever I went out to Amherst, the FM converter at 1400 had a strong enough signal to come in over WHMP 1400 in Northampton.? And the converter had an off button for listening to AM, so that I could listen to WHMP when I wanted to. I remember that when I installed it in my car, I had to park my car in front of my apartment building and run a long extension cord out the window down to the car, so that I could solder the connection to the car's power supply. On 2/19/2018 9:01 AM, Bob Nelson wrote: > I remember my older brother had an AM radio in his truck and bought an > FM converter that also had a cassette deck.It was made by Craig. > > Example of an FM converter for cars, by Lafayette.Sticker says you > must tune to 1400 for it to work (but what if you're near an existing > station on that frequency?) > > https://youtu.be/P14oRjhxnJ0 > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 8:48 AM Kevin Vahey > wrote: > > Joe > > The automakers resisted but the intense lobby came from the NAB as > they > didn't want Congress to mandate a rule similar to the mandatory > VHF/UHF of > a decade earlier. Radio executives in the big markets were for the > most > part clueless about FM and when the FCC mandated stations in the top > markets could no longer simulcast AM and FM more than 12 hours a > day we saw > automation creep in. RKO General hit paydairt with WRKO-FM and > then rolled > the dice by blowing up WNAC for WRKO. > > In Boston the first hint that things were changing was when WJIB > launched > in 1967 and destroyed WEZE in a matter of weeks. The > Herald-Traveler was > clueless about WHDH-FM as was Plough with WCOP-FM. > > CBS rolled out "The Young Sound' on all their FM's and at least tried. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXm2UcOBKWQ > > > Westinghouse was clueless and wound up selling WBZ-FM to Greater > Media in > the early 80's for petty cash. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:31 AM, A Joseph Ross > > wrote: > > > I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars.? Some > people > > told me that FM reception wouldn't work in cars, but I couldn't > see why > > not.? Obviously, once we got FM in cars, it worked fine. > > > > > > > > On 2/19/2018 12:21 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote: > > > >> Mac Richmond by 1970 saw that FM was not going away but WBOS > was no longer > >> for sale. I remember that Mac was concerned by WRKO-FM ( WROR ) and > >> WKOX-FM > >> which would become WVBF. > >> > >> What delayed FM was US automakers were reluctant to offer AM-FM > tuners and > >> the NAB lobbied hard to keep the status quo. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Glenn Spatola > > > >> wrote: > >> > >> Richmond owned WPGC AM and FM in Morningside, MD, > >>> (a suburb of Washington, DC). It was my favorite station when > I was > >>> stationed in MD in the very early 70s. > >>> > >>> > >>> Message: 1 > >>>> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:54:21 -0500 > >>>> From: George Allen > > >>>> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > > >>>> Subject: Re: Arnie "WooWoo" Ginsberg interview: The Sounds of > the 60's > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> ...In 1971 roughly 2 months before he died I wound up having > lunch with > >>>> Mac Richmond who owned WMEX and he told me he made a huge > mistake not > >>>> buying 92.9 when Champion offered it to him for cheap money.. > >>>> > >>>> Mac had problems with a FM he owned in Washington but? he grasped > >>>> that college students were buying FM tuners in Boston but the > offer > >>>> to buy WBOS was off the table. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> Subject: Digest Footer > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > >>>> Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > >>>> > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> End of Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 19 > >>>> ***************************************************** > >>>> > >>>> > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, > MA 02459 > > 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > > > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Feb 20 00:29:38 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:29:38 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: <59BB8E3443784D17B1E61641A4583326@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <9ba9bec6-5166-b97f-b10c-3afb0a3c7036@attorneyross.com> <59BB8E3443784D17B1E61641A4583326@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: <6494cb90-629f-c7ba-4e21-414423f3bb09@attorneyross.com> My father once told me of having one of the first car radios.? It clamped on to the steering column, and when he got a new car, he removed it from the old car and installed it in the new one. In 1965, when my parents decided it was time for us to be a two-car family (with me driving and my sister about to get her learner's permit), my father bought a Plymouth Valiant with no extras at all. Standard 3-speed manual transmission.? He later had a radio (AM only) and a windshield-washer installed. On 2/19/2018 11:57 AM, Don wrote: > > >> I always wondered why it took so long to get FM into cars. > > Remember....FM was an extra option...and cost more.....just like > electric windows.? Cost conscious buyers and dealers would do > without!? (I have a colleague that told me his father would never buy > a car with any radio...becuase it was "an extra".) > > It was a little while before they became a stock/standard item. > > I remember some older aunts and uncles who got FM's as a stock radio > included. > > Most of them never listened to the FM option....because car AM radio > was for "car listening"...and the FM formats were for "home listening". > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? Fax:617.507.7856 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net Tue Feb 20 10:16:44 2018 From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:16:44 -0500 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 22, Issue 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20180220095722.071484b8@plymouthcolony.net> At 07:47 PM 2/19/2018, Glenn Spatola wrote: >WBBM in 1968 sounded quite a bit like WHMP in Northampton, MA at that time ... IMHO, neither was anything close to a young sound! I was a freshman at UMass in the fall of 1969, and met WMUA alumni who were working in commercial radio in the Pioneer Valley, including at least one working at WHMP. Most were somewhat disappointed that they couldn't do the kind of show they had dome at WMUA, but at least glad that they were earning a living in radio. I felt somewhat the same way when I got my first job in radio in 1973. A number of WMUA alumni, including myself, continued to do some work at that station after leaving college, as it was educational for the students to get to know and learn from alumni who were working in commercial radio. I am now mostly retired from a career largely in radio and TV engineering, and have come full circle. I am about to debut a three hour weekly free-form music program on a local LPFM for whom I have been doing volunteer engineering. It is essentially the same thing that I was doing at WMUA nearly fifty years ago but benefits from the experience of my career, and the broadcast hardware and software that I have amassed during that career. I am producing it on my home workstation, and since it is pre-recorded I can do nice tight segues without slip-cueing. I have to supply my own music, but have amassed a suitable home music library over the years. Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html From richard@chonak.com Wed Feb 28 00:27:02 2018 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:27:02 -0500 Subject: channel clash Message-ID: <02f07a94-8853-dc4e-262b-d82e94ff9447@chonak.com> A few weeks ago, this topic came up on another forum: apparently WDPX is now channel-sharing with WBPX (RF 32, PSIP 68), and some channels have been renumbered. IONLife, formerly 68.3, is now appearing as 58.1. Shop, formerly 68.4, is now appearing as 68.3. This renumbering creates a conflict with low-power WCEA-LD (RF 58) in Boston.? Depending on how your tuner's scan works, you may get one or the other stations as 58.? Some program data services haven't caught up with this, so DVRs may not have correct listings. --RC From paulranderson@mac.com Mon Feb 19 20:35:58 2018 From: paulranderson@mac.com (Paul Anderson) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:35:58 -0500 Subject: AM radio and Max (Mac?) Richmond In-Reply-To: <161b00c4580-c90-55bc9@webjas-vaa081.srv.aolmail.net> References: <161b00c4580-c90-55bc9@webjas-vaa081.srv.aolmail.net> Message-ID: <4138789F-B04F-44EB-878A-58A178B7A711@mac.com> I don?t remember being able to change the AM frequency or what it was, but there was no problem with my FM converter even living near WPOP at 1410. What a thrill it was to listen to FM in the car in those days! Paul > On Feb 19, 2018, at 4:50 PM, Ed Hennessy wrote: > > I had a converter running in a '67 Dodge in the mid-'80s. There was a screw hole in the back panel that accessed a pot for the RF output. I don't remember what the range was, but you could probably move it about 50 kHz to get it away from a local frequency. It came out of the box at 1400 (more or less, given the analog tuner in the converter and the AM radio it was attached to). > > Mine had a front end as wide as a barn door. I used it in Providence, and in downtown, it would overload pretty easily, even though Johnston/Neutaconcanut (sp) Hill) wasn't all that close. > > Ed Hennessy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Nelson > > I remember my older brother had an AM radio in his truck and bought an FM > converter that also had a cassette deck.It was made by Craig. > > Example of an FM converter for cars, by Lafayette.Sticker says you must > tune to 1400 for it to work (but what if you're near an existing station on > that frequency?) > > https://youtu.be/P14oRjhxnJ0