Beep at top of the hour on WBZ disappeared

[A Joseph Ross]

It goes back earlier than the 1970s.  I remember it in the late 1950s or 
early 1960s, when I was in high school.  I had an electric alarm clock 
which I would set to the exact top of the hour -- minute and second hand 
on the 12 -- and hold the plug in my hand near the outlet while 
listening to the leadup to the WBZ news on the hour. As soon as I heard 
the tone, I'd quickly plug in the clock.


On 9/26/2018 12:19 AM, Ron Bello wrote:
> Beep at top of the hour was a creation of Norm Graham, 1970s CE at BZ 
> radio
> Was probably left behind at 1170 SFR
>
> There might also be an issue with timing between regular analog signal 
> and HD
> Which tone is correctly timed ?
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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:11 AM A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com 
> <mailto:joe@attorneyross.com>> wrote:
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>     I think this may have been the last station to have that beep on the
>     hour.  I think BBC World Service still has it, but that can be a
>     second
>     or two delayed.  I guess I'll have to start setting my watch by
>     either
>     my cellphone or the Windows clock.  The beep on the hour has gone the
>     way of Jordan Marsh, WHDH radio, and the Red Sox talent for snatching
>     defeat from the jaws of victory.
>
>     On 9/25/2018 7:06 PM, Mario Gonzalez via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote:
>
>     I commute to work and we listen to WBZ on a car radio in the mornings
>     and afternoons.  We used to hear the beep at the top of the hour
>     but it
>     seems to have disappeared.  Even when we last heard it, it seemed
>     to be
>     late, maybe 30 seconds after our cell phones changed their time to
>     the
>     top of the hour.  I don't know which device was correct though.
>
>     I'm not sure if WINS in New York still does the beep at the top of
>     the
>     hour, but if they do, I only hear them online or on my Alexa devices.
>
>     I think it used to be traffic and weather on the 3's and I think it's
>     just traffic on the 3's and weather afterwards?
>
>     Mario
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