Beep at top of the hour on WBZ disappeared

[A Joseph Ross]

And earlier, WNAC had one, which had a rather distinctive sound that 
matched the tone on WNAC-TV.

On 9/26/2018 3:43 AM, Kevin Vahey 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 
> <mailto: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 ?
>     >
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>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:11 AM A Joseph Ross
>     <joe@attorneyross.com <mailto:joe@attorneyross.com>
>     > <mailto: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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