Beep at top of the hour on WBZ disappeared

[Doug Drown]

I remember hearing the OTH CBS "chirp" a few times on WEEI-FM during the
"Hot Hits" days of the '70s.  I don't recall ever hearing the "bong",
however.

-Doug

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 3:43 AM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:

> My recollection is WBZ, WHDH and WEEI all had tones in the 70's
>
> WEEI was tied into the CBS Net Alert system and was the most distinctive
> but the tones originated in New York City.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbLu2nZL35s
>
> I can remember seeing the Net Alert boxes when WEEI was still in the old
> Boston Edison Building on Tremont St.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 1:03 AM A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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 ?
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:11 AM A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com
> > > <mailto:joe@attorneyross.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     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
> > >     f
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