From obrienron2@gmail.com Fri May 15 00:22:05 2020 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 00:22:05 -0400 Subject: Corona + Radio changes.... Message-ID: <006401d62a70$642d1c30$2c875490$@gmail.com> Seems like Boston radio and elsewhere are going through some major changes dealing with the virus, social distancing, working from home, and the collapse of advertising. The little bit of ratings I saw published freely, shows that listening is all over the place. Makes me wonder what the radio industry and the radio dial will look like in the ?new normal?. Are more changes on the way? Anyone care to speculate? ? r From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri May 15 11:09:35 2020 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 11:09:35 -0400 Subject: Corona + Radio changes.... In-Reply-To: <006401d62a70$642d1c30$2c875490$@gmail.com> References: <006401d62a70$642d1c30$2c875490$@gmail.com> Message-ID: On 5/15/2020 12:22 AM, Ron wrote: > Seems like Boston radio and elsewhere are going through some major changes dealing with the virus, social distancing, working from home, and the collapse of advertising. The little bit of ratings I saw published freely, shows that listening is all over the place. And companies like iHeart that were in debt before, are now using the pandemic as a good excuse to cut back on staff. I've seen various reports of announcers laid off at iHeart stations across the US; and even here in Boston, popular WBZ late-night host Morgan White was put on "hiatus" and not told when, or if, he'd be back on the air. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From elipolo881@gmail.com Fri May 15 14:12:50 2020 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 14:12:50 -0400 Subject: Corona + Radio changes.... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > > Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 00:22:05 -0400 > From: "Ron" > To: > Subject: Corona + Radio changes.... > > "...The little bit of ratings I saw published freely, shows that > listening is all over the place". > I'd think that listening being "all over the place" would be better than listening being in only a few places, or no place! EP From richard@chonak.com Sat May 16 00:10:30 2020 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 00:10:30 -0400 Subject: WLEK-LD 22 Concord NH comes to Peabody In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <512f5c36-9754-4a68-ce47-7cac9c968f37@chonak.com> It has taken a while, but WLEK-LD 22 (with its antenna located in the Peabody, MA neighborhood of Concord, NH)? has finally found something to put on 22-5 in place of the color bars.? As of tonight, they are running episodes of "The Lucy Show" back to back. --RC From geo.allen@comcast.net Thu May 28 17:16:04 2020 From: geo.allen@comcast.net (George Allen) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 17:16:04 -0400 Subject: WGBH/WGBX/ RF ch 5 is much better Message-ID: <202005282205.04SM5Qwm097129@isfahel.bostonradio.org> Below from WGBH via email today. This is actually good news for me, since altho it seemed to get somewhat better last Feb. as noted below, there's more to come. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:25 AM, George Allen wrote: About a week ago I noticed that WGBH's RF5 HD signal was much improved. Last we heard, they had delayed the power increase to mid-March [their outreach email], but maybe things went much fast than expected. The signal here in Swampscott [line of site to the towers] is not great -- "33%" signal strength on my TV, whatever that means; most Boston [Needham/Newton farm] UHF stations come in at around 80% here. The RF-5 picture is watchable, even without extending the indoor Terk rabbit ears [all the way]. That's a huge difference from a month or 2 ago where maybe I could kinda sorta maybe get a picture with the rabbit ears fully extended, positioned just right, etc etc. Anyone have info if they have indeed made the change to 34kW? On 4/28 I wrote: Re: Channels 2-1 and 44-1 gone again in my part of Brooklne RF-5 is watchable in Swampscott. 65% strength with indoor rabbit ears fully extended. It's been this way for a month or 2, compared to early this year when it was just barely there and not really watchable. I can see the towers from here tho. George _____________________________________________________________ From: "info@wgbh.org" To: "geo.allen@comcast.net" Subject: WGBH's Transmitter Power Increase Update Dear Viewer, I'm reaching out again with an update about WGBH's broadcasting frequency boost project. The previously scheduled FCC-authorized power upgrade is temporarily on hold, pending the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, all parts and materials needed for the upgrade have arrived. We are now waiting for an installation date, when our team can safely perform the work at our Needham TV transmission tower to upgrade our "over-the-air" signal from 6.9kW to 34.5kW. The boost is a significant one and we expect it to make a considerable difference in our communities throughout New England. Please know that we are eagerly awaiting the completion of the project - improving your reception of our high definition broadcasts of WGBH 2 and WGBX 44. Much has changed during the past few months with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, and WGBH has been impacted as have so many of us have, but we do look forward to bringing you quality programming in the highest standard of transmission available as soon as we can realistically do it. As you can imagine, it takes a number of technicians working high up on a tower in close proximity to make these installations. There is no room for social distancing up there! I appreciate your efforts to help make this power upgrade possible by contributing to our successful FCC petition for a stronger signal. Thank you for your unwavering support of WGBH programs and services. Truly, we will always need your help to carry out our long-standing mission of education and public service stretching back to our very first transmitter, in 1951, on Milton's "Great Blue Hill," - which, if you didn't know, is why we are WGBH! Thank you again for your patience. I promise to alert you when the work is complete. In the meantime, please feel free to touch base with the Audience & Member Services team at info@wgbh.org or 617-300-5400 (M-F; 9-5) with any questions you may have. Best Regards, Zack Finn Associate Director of Development - Audience and Member Services From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Thu May 28 20:31:12 2020 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 20:31:12 -0400 Subject: AMP 103.3 flips to Big 103 Message-ID: Seems like Amp 103.3 didn?t work out. I was kinda enjoying Amp. Seems like the DJs over there were better than what Kiss 108 has. Hope Corrine and VHale find better jobs. Right now 103.3 seems to be a no-DJ ?we play anything? format called Big 103, with a callsign change to WBGB in the works. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From raccoonradio@gmail.com Thu May 28 10:51:15 2020 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 10:51:15 -0400 Subject: WODS now variety hits Big 103 Message-ID: Amp 103 WODS Boston now variety hits.Flipped at 10 am "Big 103" Whatever they want.Just played Eminem and now Def Leppard. From lsochrin@rcn.com Sun May 31 22:36:06 2020 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 22:36:06 -0400 Subject: Fwd: WGBH's Transmitter Power Increase Update References: Message-ID: <322F3303-485E-4FA6-BEE5-C76A034FCD51@rcn.com> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "info@wgbh.org" > Subject: WGBH's Transmitter Power Increase Update > Date: May 28, 2020 at 3:37:29 PM EDT > To: "lsochrin@rcn.com" > > > Dear Viewer, > > I'm reaching out again with an update about WGBH's broadcasting frequency boost project. The previously scheduled FCC-authorized power upgrade is temporarily on hold, pending the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, all parts and materials needed for the upgrade have arrived. We are now waiting for an installation date, when our team can safely perform the work at our Needham TV transmission tower to upgrade our "over-the-air" signal from 6.9kW to 34.5kW. The boost is a significant one and we expect it to make a considerable difference in our communities throughout New England. > > Please know that we are eagerly awaiting the completion of the project - improving your reception of our high definition broadcasts of WGBH 2 and WGBX 44. Much has changed during the past few months with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, and WGBH has been impacted as have so many of us have, but we do look forward to bringing you quality programming in the highest standard of transmission available as soon as we can realistically do it. As you can imagine, it takes a number of technicians working high up on a tower in close proximity to make these installations. There is no room for social distancing up there! > > I appreciate your efforts to help make this power upgrade possible by contributing to our successful FCC petition for a stronger signal. Thank you for your unwavering support of WGBH programs and services. Truly, we will always need your help to carry out our long-standing mission of education and public service stretching back to our very first transmitter, in 1951, on Milton's "Great Blue Hill," - which, if you didn't know, is why we are WGBH! > > Thank you again for your patience. I promise to alert you when the work is complete. > > In the meantime, please feel free to touch base with the Audience & Member Services team at info@wgbh.org or 617-300-5400 (M-F; 9-5) with any questions you may have. > > Best Regards, > Zack Finn > Associate Director of Development - Audience and Member Services >