From 011010001@interpring.com Mon Oct 1 10:58:20 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 10:58:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Beep at top of the hour on WBZ disappeared In-Reply-To: <26ca3cca-90df-1025-aab7-8072d1e89bb0@attorneyross.com> References: <4f3a9e07-2741-361a-4b85-9a219a7e11bc@attorneyross.com> <0584cef2-9fce-3eb5-f985-5601e2f0238d@christianphansen.com> <26ca3cca-90df-1025-aab7-8072d1e89bb0@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I didn't know what "Oranges and Lemons" is, and I wondered what sound the > fruits might make, but I looked it up on Wikipedia and heard a recording.? > Now that I know what it is, I do remember when the BBC began using that tune > as an interval signal.? Later, they went back to the chorus of bells that > they had been using before.? The BBC had at least three different interval signals, one of them the musical notes "B", "B", "C" repeated over and over. The European non-English servicee were still using Morse "V" (for victory, presumably) in the seventies. Rob From dave@skywaves.net Mon Oct 1 13:56:18 2018 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:56:18 -0400 Subject: Beep at top of the hour on WBZ disappeared In-Reply-To: References: <4f3a9e07-2741-361a-4b85-9a219a7e11bc@attorneyross.com> <0584cef2-9fce-3eb5-f985-5601e2f0238d@christianphansen.com> <26ca3cca-90df-1025-aab7-8072d1e89bb0@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <007601d459b0$0e5a92c0$2b0fb840$@skywaves.net> And the old NBC chimes were G-E-C (GE Company)... -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Rob Landry Sent: Monday, October 01, 2018 10:58 AM To: A Joseph Ross Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: Beep at top of the hour on WBZ disappeared On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I didn't know what "Oranges and Lemons" is, and I wondered what sound > the fruits might make, but I looked it up on Wikipedia and heard a recording. > Now that I know what it is, I do remember when the BBC began using > that tune as an interval signal. Later, they went back to the chorus > of bells that they had been using before. The BBC had at least three different interval signals, one of them the musical notes "B", "B", "C" repeated over and over. The European non-English servicee were still using Morse "V" (for victory, presumably) in the seventies. Rob From dave@skywaves.net Wed Oct 3 13:45:15 2018 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 13:45:15 -0400 Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone Message-ID: <00f201d45b40$d787e8f0$8697bad0$@skywaves.net> Albany's 1540 hasn't been WPTR since 2004, but the current owner turned in the license last week. I grew up around Albany, before FM was a thing. WTRY and WPTR were "the" stations for Top 40. I mention this because WPTR had a blowtorch signal with a DA pointed mostly in the direction of New England back in the day, and some member of theis list might remember... -d From aerie.ma@comcast.net Wed Oct 3 14:25:48 2018 From: aerie.ma@comcast.net (Jim Hall) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 14:25:48 -0400 Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone In-Reply-To: <00f201d45b40$d787e8f0$8697bad0$@skywaves.net> References: <00f201d45b40$d787e8f0$8697bad0$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: <051101d45b46$82aa3c60$87feb520$@comcast.net> I remember flipping between WPTR and WKBW at our summer place in New Hampshire (before WRKO went top 40 and with WMEX's poor signal). We also got CHUM or WHN, depending on which way you turned the radio. -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 1:45 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone Albany's 1540 hasn't been WPTR since 2004, but the current owner turned in the license last week. I grew up around Albany, before FM was a thing. WTRY and WPTR were "the" stations for Top 40. I mention this because WPTR had a blowtorch signal with a DA pointed mostly in the direction of New England back in the day, and some member of theis list might remember... -d From kvahey@gmail.com Wed Oct 3 15:52:20 2018 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 15:52:20 -0400 Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone In-Reply-To: <051101d45b46$82aa3c60$87feb520$@comcast.net> References: <00f201d45b40$d787e8f0$8697bad0$@skywaves.net> <051101d45b46$82aa3c60$87feb520$@comcast.net> Message-ID: WPTR was so popular in 1966 that one of their DJ's was chosen to introduce the Beatles at Suffolk Downs along with Arnie Ginsberg and Bruce Bradley. https://www.mixcloud.com/jamiescott24/roger-scott-a-clip-from-his-final-show-on-wptr-november-1966/ On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:59 PM Jim Hall wrote: > I remember flipping between WPTR and WKBW at our summer place in New > Hampshire (before WRKO went top 40 and with WMEX's poor signal). We also > got CHUM or WHN, depending on which way you turned the radio. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boston-Radio-Interest < > boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of Dave > Doherty > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 1:45 PM > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone > > Albany's 1540 hasn't been WPTR since 2004, but the current owner turned in > the license last week. > > I grew up around Albany, before FM was a thing. WTRY and WPTR were "the" > stations for Top 40. > > I mention this because WPTR had a blowtorch signal with a DA pointed > mostly in the direction of New England back in the day, and some member of > theis list might remember... > > -d > > > > > > > > From ashboy1951@gmail.com Wed Oct 3 16:50:13 2018 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:50:13 -0400 Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone In-Reply-To: References: <00f201d45b40$d787e8f0$8697bad0$@skywaves.net> <051101d45b46$82aa3c60$87feb520$@comcast.net> Message-ID: I grew up in Ashburnham, where I listened to WPTR on-and-off just about every day from the time I was eleven until I headed off to college. A lot of my school friends were fans, too. I visited the newly built Albany Street studio in Colonie once when I was about 16, and had a chance to meet Joe Motto ("Boom Boom Brannigan") --- one of the great moments of my adolescence. -Doig On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM Kevin Vahey wrote: > WPTR was so popular in 1966 that one of their DJ's was chosen to introduce > the Beatles at Suffolk Downs along with Arnie Ginsberg and Bruce Bradley. > > > https://www.mixcloud.com/jamiescott24/roger-scott-a-clip-from-his-final-show-on-wptr-november-1966/ > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:59 PM Jim Hall wrote: > > > I remember flipping between WPTR and WKBW at our summer place in New > > Hampshire (before WRKO went top 40 and with WMEX's poor signal). We also > > got CHUM or WHN, depending on which way you turned the radio. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Boston-Radio-Interest < > > boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of Dave > > Doherty > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 1:45 PM > > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone > > > > Albany's 1540 hasn't been WPTR since 2004, but the current owner turned > in > > the license last week. > > > > I grew up around Albany, before FM was a thing. WTRY and WPTR were "the" > > stations for Top 40. > > > > I mention this because WPTR had a blowtorch signal with a DA pointed > > mostly in the direction of New England back in the day, and some member > of > > theis list might remember... > > > > -d > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From dave@skywaves.net Wed Oct 3 21:03:14 2018 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:03:14 -0400 Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone In-Reply-To: References: <00f201d45b40$d787e8f0$8697bad0$@skywaves.net> <051101d45b46$82aa3c60$87feb520$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <006601d45b7e$07ac0d30$17042790$@skywaves.net> Boom-Boom was kind enough to cut a couple of promos for me for my college radio show. Good guy. -d -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Doug Drown Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:50 PM To: Kevin Vahey Cc: Boston Radio Group Subject: Re: 1540 WPTR is gone I grew up in Ashburnham, where I listened to WPTR on-and-off just about every day from the time I was eleven until I headed off to college. A lot of my school friends were fans, too. I visited the newly built Albany Street studio in Colonie once when I was about 16, and had a chance to meet Joe Motto ("Boom Boom Brannigan") --- one of the great moments of my adolescence. -Doig On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM Kevin Vahey wrote: > WPTR was so popular in 1966 that one of their DJ's was chosen to > introduce the Beatles at Suffolk Downs along with Arnie Ginsberg and Bruce Bradley. > > > https://www.mixcloud.com/jamiescott24/roger-scott-a-clip-from-his-fina > l-show-on-wptr-november-1966/ > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:59 PM Jim Hall wrote: > > > I remember flipping between WPTR and WKBW at our summer place in New > > Hampshire (before WRKO went top 40 and with WMEX's poor signal). We > > also got CHUM or WHN, depending on which way you turned the radio. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Boston-Radio-Interest < > > boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of > > Dave Doherty > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 1:45 PM > > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone > > > > Albany's 1540 hasn't been WPTR since 2004, but the current owner > > turned > in > > the license last week. > > > > I grew up around Albany, before FM was a thing. WTRY and WPTR were "the" > > stations for Top 40. > > > > I mention this because WPTR had a blowtorch signal with a DA pointed > > mostly in the direction of New England back in the day, and some > > member > of > > theis list might remember... > > > > -d > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From astelle.donald@gmail.com Wed Oct 17 15:32:25 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:25 -0400 Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. Message-ID: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group called Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. Does anyone know who was behind Grandbank? Someone saw Gellers license as ripe for the pickin', and wondering if we ever knew who was behind his original license challenge? Thanks! From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Oct 17 20:58:43 2018 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:58:43 -0400 Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. In-Reply-To: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> On 10/17/2018 3:32 PM, Don wrote: > Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. > > I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group called > Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. Grand Bank was owned in part by a wealthy New Hampshire businessman named Josiah Spaulding, who ran for senate at one point in the early 70s.? The other owner was a guy named Edward Mattar 3rd, president of Worcester's Central New England College, but a former broadcast exec at WHIL. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Oct 17 22:48:19 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:48:19 -0400 Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. In-Reply-To: <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <5d17ca9a-1852-4406-b8c9-8428eff4c1bc@attorneyross.com> I remember Josiah Spaulding.? He was the Republican candidate for US Senate against Ted Kennedy in 1970, then he ran for Attorney General in 1974 against Frank Bellotti and lost narrowly.? In the late 1960s, he was chair of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee.? He was also the founder of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, which was named after him after he died. On 10/17/2018 8:58 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 10/17/2018 3:32 PM, Don wrote: >> Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. >> >> I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group called >> Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. > > Grand Bank was owned in part by a wealthy New Hampshire businessman > named Josiah Spaulding, who ran for senate at one point in the early > 70s.? The other owner was a guy named Edward Mattar 3rd, president of > Worcester's Central New England College, but a former broadcast exec > at WHIL. > -- 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 Oct 18 01:07:35 2018 From: astelle.donald@gmail.com (Don) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:07:35 -0400 Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> > On 10/17/2018 3:32 PM, Don wrote: >> Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. >> >> I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group called >> Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. > > Grand Bank was owned in part by a wealthy New Hampshire businessman > named Josiah Spaulding, who ran for senate at one point in the early > 70s. Didn't Josiah Spaulding run the Wang Center? From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Oct 18 01:31:24 2018 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:31:24 -0400 Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. In-Reply-To: <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: I think that's his son. On 10/18/2018 1:07 AM, Don wrote: > >> On 10/17/2018 3:32 PM, Don wrote: > >>> Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. >>> >>> I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group >>> called Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. >> >> Grand Bank was owned in part by a wealthy New Hampshire businessman >> named Josiah Spaulding, who ran for senate at one point in the early >> 70s. > > > Didn't Josiah Spaulding run the Wang Center? > > > -- 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 rbello@belloassoc.com Thu Oct 18 01:54:00 2018 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:54:00 -0400 Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. In-Reply-To: <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> <74d8c7e1-11e4-ae70-0c1e-4af33181c7fb@donnahalper.com> <34D0F11D5E364CBDBBC789F8BD2A388A@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: He does His son --------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 1:19 AM Don wrote: > > > On 10/17/2018 3:32 PM, Don wrote: > > >> Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. > >> > >> I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group called > >> Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. > > > > Grand Bank was owned in part by a wealthy New Hampshire businessman > > named Josiah Spaulding, who ran for senate at one point in the early > > 70s. > > > Didn't Josiah Spaulding run the Wang Center? > > > From 011010001@interpring.com Thu Oct 18 11:30:43 2018 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:30:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: WVCA-Geller...and Grandbank. In-Reply-To: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> References: <04F20034B5DF4DEABAAF6F89EDCE5B0B@ownerd8aa55a4d> Message-ID: Did you know that Geller is back on the air, after a fashion? Someone found a bunch of his old tapes, and is streaming them at wvca.org. Rob On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, Don wrote: > Clicking around today, I got to reading(again) about Simon Geller. > > I was wondering about his first license challenge from a group called > Grandbank, Inc. in the 70's. > > Does anyone know who was behind Grandbank? Someone saw Gellers license as > ripe for the pickin', and wondering if we ever knew who was behind his > original license challenge? > > Thanks! > >