From obrienron2@gmail.com Mon May 2 22:34:09 2022 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 22:34:09 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning Message-ID: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2022/05/02/matty-in-the-morning -kiss-108-matt-siegel-announcement/ Kiss 108 host Matt Siegel, who has been absent without explanation from the radio station's long-running "Matty in the Morning" show since mid-April, is set to make an announcement on the show Tuesday morning. Both Siegel and co-host Lisa Donovan have been AWOL from the popular morning program in recent days. The pair's last appearance was April 19. From joe@attorneyross.com Wed May 4 00:25:35 2022 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 00:25:35 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> Message-ID: So what was the announcement? On 5/2/2022 10:34 PM, Ron wrote: > https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2022/05/02/matty-in-the-morning > -kiss-108-matt-siegel-announcement/ > > Kiss 108 host Matt Siegel, who has been absent without explanation from the > radio station's long-running "Matty in the Morning" show since mid-April, is > set to make an announcement on the show Tuesday morning. > > Both Siegel and co-host Lisa Donovan have been AWOL from the popular morning > program in recent days. The pair's last appearance was April 19. > > > > > > > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed May 4 01:08:03 2022 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 01:08:03 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> On 5/4/2022 12:25 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > So what was the announcement? Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately.? He joined Kiss 108 in 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive career. Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat that-- he lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From tgordo49@gmail.com Wed May 4 01:48:42 2022 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 01:48:42 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> Message-ID: He retired, effective immediately, to become a terrible golfer. On Wed, May 4, 2022, 12:58 AM A Joseph Ross wrote: > So what was the announcement? > > On 5/2/2022 10:34 PM, Ron wrote: > > > https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2022/05/02/matty-in-the-morning > > -kiss-108-matt-siegel-announcement/ > > > > Kiss 108 host Matt Siegel, who has been absent without explanation from > the > > radio station's long-running "Matty in the Morning" show since > mid-April, is > > set to make an announcement on the show Tuesday morning. > > > > Both Siegel and co-host Lisa Donovan have been AWOL from the popular > morning > > program in recent days. The pair's last appearance was April 19. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > From billohno@gmail.com Wed May 4 06:44:46 2022 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 06:44:46 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> References: <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <3339C091-E257-405F-B829-228127C2361A@gmail.com> Reminds me of Jess Cain?s retirement from WHDH in 1991 after 33 years. A comment made was, ?That was a lot of years getting dressed in the dark.? Bill O?Neill > On May 4, 2022, at 1:48 AM, Donna Halper wrote: > > ?On 5/4/2022 12:25 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: >> So what was the announcement? > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately. He joined Kiss 108 in 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive career. Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat that-- he lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. > > > -- > Donna L. Halper, PhD > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > From tgordo49@gmail.com Wed May 4 12:03:21 2022 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 12:03:21 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: <3339C091-E257-405F-B829-228127C2361A@gmail.com> References: <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> <3339C091-E257-405F-B829-228127C2361A@gmail.com> Message-ID: Full transcript: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224731/matty-siegel-lisa-donovan-go-mia-from-matty-in-the-morning/ On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 10:29 AM billohno@gmail.com wrote: > Reminds me of Jess Cain?s retirement from WHDH in 1991 after 33 years. A > comment made was, ?That was a lot of years getting dressed in the dark.? > > Bill O?Neill > > > On May 4, 2022, at 1:48 AM, Donna Halper wrote: > > > > ?On 5/4/2022 12:25 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > >> So what was the announcement? > > > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately. He joined Kiss > 108 in 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An > impressive career. Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. > Matty beat that-- he lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. > > > > > > -- > > Donna L. Halper, PhD > > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > > > > From 011010001@interpring.com Wed May 4 11:55:10 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 11:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately.? He joined Kiss 108 in > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive career. > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat that-- he > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat that. Dave Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 and retired in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 when WCRB was sold to WGBH. The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston airwaves, David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will interrupt its spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 PM. David started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a fixture at WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed turned out to be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David passed away in December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until now. Rob "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting Company, Incorporated. From rbello@belloassoc.com Wed May 4 00:58:34 2022 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 00:58:34 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> Message-ID: He is retired Working on his golf game On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 12:57 AM A Joseph Ross wrote: > So what was the announcement? > > On 5/2/2022 10:34 PM, Ron wrote: > > > https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2022/05/02/matty-in-the-morning > > -kiss-108-matt-siegel-announcement/ > > > > Kiss 108 host Matt Siegel, who has been absent without explanation from > the > > radio station's long-running "Matty in the Morning" show since > mid-April, is > > set to make an announcement on the show Tuesday morning. > > > > Both Siegel and co-host Lisa Donovan have been AWOL from the popular > morning > > program in recent days. The pair's last appearance was April 19. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > From 011010001@interpring.com Thu May 5 10:10:05 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 10:10:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but the FM range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns). WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots for different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy period ends with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this year: on Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go back to its usual schedule. Rob On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote: > > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday mornings when I > had occasion to leave the cape and head north.?? Today classical music was > on.??? Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a major > disappointment to have it gone.? Why can?t we keep jazz on the radio?? > > ?Paul? > > Sandwich > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > ? > > From: Rob Landry > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM > To: Donna Halper > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement > Tuesday morning > > ? > > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: > > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately.? He joined Kiss 108 > in > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive > career. > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat that-- he > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. > > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat that. Dave > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 and retired > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 when WCRB was > sold to WGBH. > > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston airwaves, > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will interrupt its > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 PM. David > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a fixture at > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed turned out to > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David passed away in > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until now. > > > Rob > > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting > Company, Incorporated. > > ? > > > From ashboy1951@gmail.com Thu May 5 10:26:58 2022 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 10:26:58 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Now that Matty is retiring, I wonder who can now lay claim to having the greatest longevity at one station in Boston (and, for that matter, New England) broadcasting? Bangor's George Hale has been at WABI/WVOM (to which WABI's personalities and all-talk format were transferred when it went all-sports) for 69 years. He's now 90, and still does the live weekday morning shift with Ric Tyler from 5 to 9. He still does weekday sports commentary on the TV station as well, and has been there just as long. Doug On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:11 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but the FM > range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns). > > WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots for > different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy period ends > with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this year: on > Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go back to its > usual schedule. > > > Rob > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote: > > > > > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday mornings when I > > had occasion to leave the cape and head north. Today classical music > was > > on. Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a major > > disappointment to have it gone. Why can?t we keep jazz on the radio? > > > > Paul > > > > Sandwich > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > > > > > > > From: Rob Landry > > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM > > To: Donna Halper > > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement > > Tuesday morning > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: > > > > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately. He joined Kiss > 108 > > in > > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive > > career. > > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat > that-- he > > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. > > > > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat that. Dave > > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 and retired > > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 when WCRB was > > sold to WGBH. > > > > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston airwaves, > > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will interrupt its > > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 PM. David > > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a fixture at > > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed turned out to > > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David passed away in > > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until now. > > > > > > Rob > > > > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting > > Company, Incorporated. > > > > > > > > > > > From 011010001@interpring.com Fri May 6 15:38:51 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 15:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: The Medford translator was obtained by Alex Langer's consulting engineer, whose name I've momentarily forgotten. 1410 is audible in Medford, and the translator's pretty restricted in its range; already on I-93 in Stoneham I start getting some Spanish co-channel station. It's basically Radio Free Medford. 1410 drops to 25 watts at sunset, becoming Radio Free Dedham. In the daytime the range is pretty impressive for a Valcom whip with a short ground system. Rob On Fri, 6 May 2022, Sean Smyth wrote: > I didn't realize Orgy(TM) periods lasted that long. I thought it was just > during finals week(s). > How did 1410 get a translator in Medford? I thought it had to be within a > certain?mV/m contour? I'm surprised 1410's extends that far north. > > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:10 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but > the FM > range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns). > > WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots > for > different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy > period ends > with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this > year: on > Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go > back to its > usual schedule. > > > Rob > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote: > > > > > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday > mornings when I > > had occasion to leave the cape and head north.?? Today > classical music was > > on.??? Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a > major > > disappointment to have it gone.? Why can?t we keep jazz on the > radio?? > > > > ?Paul? > > > > Sandwich > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > > > ? > > > > From: Rob Landry > > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM > > To: Donna Halper > > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' > announcement > > Tuesday morning > > > > ? > > > > > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: > > > > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately.? He > joined Kiss 108 > > in > > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An > impressive > > career. > > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty > beat that-- he > > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. > > > > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat > that. Dave > > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 > and retired > > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 > when WCRB was > > sold to WGBH. > > > > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston > airwaves, > > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will > interrupt its > > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 > PM. David > > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a > fixture at > > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed > turned out to > > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David > passed away in > > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until > now. > > > > > > Rob > > > > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio > Broadcasting > > Company, Incorporated. > > > > ? > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sean Smyth > Editor. Writer. Communicator. > 617-448-3117 > Twitter: @smythsays > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansmyth/ > > From Supersport@maine.rr.com Fri May 6 15:16:09 2022 From: Supersport@maine.rr.com (Supersport 106.1) Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 15:16:09 -0400 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 26, Issue 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1809acd04a8.27f4.7596a117606220354373f2ed060e1662@maine.rr.com> I would think Gregg "Hillman". John On May 6, 2022 12:01:24 PM boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: > Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to > boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." > > > > ---------- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' > announcement Tuesday morning (Doug Drown) > > > > ---------- > Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning > From: Doug Drown ashboy1951@gmail.com > Date: May 5, 10:26 AM > To: Rob Landry 011010001@interpring.com > CC: Paul Currier pbencurrier@hotmail.com, > boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > > Now that Matty is retiring, I wonder who can now lay claim to having the > greatest longevity at one station in Boston (and, for that matter, New > England) broadcasting? > > Bangor's George Hale has been at WABI/WVOM (to which WABI's personalities > and all-talk format were transferred when it went all-sports) for 69 > years. He's now 90, and still does the live weekday morning shift with Ric > Tyler from 5 to 9. He still does weekday sports commentary on the TV > station as well, and has been there just as long. > > Doug > > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:11 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > >> >> Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but the FM >> range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns). >> >> WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots for >> different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy period ends >> with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this year: on >> Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go back to its >> usual schedule. >> >> >> Rob >> >> On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote: >> >> > >> > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday mornings when I >> > had occasion to leave the cape and head north. Today classical music >> was >> > on. Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a major >> > disappointment to have it gone. Why can?t we keep jazz on the radio? >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > Sandwich >> > >> > Sent from Mail for Windows >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Rob Landry >> > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM >> > To: Donna Halper >> > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >> > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement >> > Tuesday morning >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: >> > >> > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately. He joined Kiss >> 108 >> > in >> > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive >> > career. >> > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat >> that-- he >> > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. >> > >> > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat that. Dave >> > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 and retired >> > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 when WCRB was >> > sold to WGBH. >> > >> > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston airwaves, >> > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will interrupt its >> > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 PM. David >> > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a fixture at >> > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed turned out to >> > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David passed away in >> > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until now. >> > >> > >> > Rob >> > >> > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting >> > Company, Incorporated. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list > Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest From jibguy@aol.com Fri May 6 15:52:52 2022 From: jibguy@aol.com (Bob Bittner) Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 19:52:52 +0000 (UTC) Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <2128271360.394213.1651866772579@mail.yahoo.com> The rules say the translator's major signal must be all within the AM station's 2 mv/m signal -OR- within 25 miles of the AM tower, whichever is GREATER.? It used to be whichever is smaller.? Since the Meford tx site is within 25 miles of 1410 tower, it's legit; even though the two stations cover different areas.---Bob Bittner -----Original Message----- From: Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> To: Sean Smyth Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Sent: Fri, May 6, 2022 3:38 pm Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning The Medford translator was obtained by Alex Langer's consulting engineer, whose name I've momentarily forgotten. 1410 is audible in Medford, and the translator's pretty restricted in its range; already on I-93 in Stoneham I start getting some Spanish co-channel station. It's basically Radio Free Medford. 1410 drops to 25 watts at sunset, becoming Radio Free Dedham. In the daytime the range is pretty impressive for a Valcom whip with a short ground system. Rob On Fri, 6 May 2022, Sean Smyth wrote: > I didn't realize Orgy(TM) periods lasted that long. I thought it was just > during finals week(s). > How did 1410 get a translator in Medford? I thought it had to be within a > certain?mV/m contour? I'm surprised 1410's extends that far north. > > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:10 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > >? ? ? Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but >? ? ? the FM >? ? ? range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns). > >? ? ? WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots >? ? ? for >? ? ? different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy >? ? ? period ends >? ? ? with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this >? ? ? year: on >? ? ? Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go >? ? ? back to its >? ? ? usual schedule. > > >? ? ? Rob > >? ? ? On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote: > >? ? ? > >? ? ? > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday >? ? ? mornings when I >? ? ? > had occasion to leave the cape and head north.?? Today >? ? ? classical music was >? ? ? > on.??? Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a >? ? ? major >? ? ? > disappointment to have it gone.? Why can?t we keep jazz on the >? ? ? radio?? >? ? ? > >? ? ? > ?Paul? >? ? ? > >? ? ? > Sandwich >? ? ? > >? ? ? > Sent from Mail for Windows >? ? ? > >? ? ? > ? >? ? ? > >? ? ? > From: Rob Landry >? ? ? > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM >? ? ? > To: Donna Halper >? ? ? > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org >? ? ? > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' >? ? ? announcement >? ? ? > Tuesday morning >? ? ? > >? ? ? > ? >? ? ? > >? ? ? > >? ? ? > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: >? ? ? > >? ? ? > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately.? He >? ? ? joined Kiss 108 >? ? ? > in >? ? ? > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An >? ? ? impressive >? ? ? > career. >? ? ? > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty >? ? ? beat that-- he >? ? ? > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. >? ? ? > >? ? ? > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat >? ? ? that. Dave >? ? ? > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 >? ? ? and retired >? ? ? > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 >? ? ? when WCRB was >? ? ? > sold to WGBH. >? ? ? > >? ? ? > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston >? ? ? airwaves, >? ? ? > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will >? ? ? interrupt its >? ? ? > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 >? ? ? PM. David >? ? ? > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a >? ? ? fixture at >? ? ? > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed >? ? ? turned out to >? ? ? > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David >? ? ? passed away in >? ? ? > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until >? ? ? now. >? ? ? > >? ? ? > >? ? ? > Rob >? ? ? > >? ? ? > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio >? ? ? Broadcasting >? ? ? > Company, Incorporated. >? ? ? > >? ? ? > ? >? ? ? > >? ? ? > >? ? ? > > > > > -- > Sean Smyth > Editor. Writer. Communicator. > 617-448-3117 > Twitter: @smythsays > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansmyth/ > > From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Fri May 6 12:50:35 2022 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 12:50:35 -0400 Subject: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning In-Reply-To: References: <000801d85e96$44b7c830$ce275890$@gmail.com> <081bf0ae-34f5-69cb-228c-00677c7c549c@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: I didn't realize Orgy(TM) periods lasted that long. I thought it was just during finals week(s). How did 1410 get a translator in Medford? I thought it had to be within a certain mV/m contour? I'm surprised 1410's extends that far north. On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:10 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but the FM > range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns). > > WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots for > different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy period ends > with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this year: on > Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go back to its > usual schedule. > > > Rob > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote: > > > > > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday mornings when I > > had occasion to leave the cape and head north. Today classical music > was > > on. Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a major > > disappointment to have it gone. Why can?t we keep jazz on the radio? > > > > Paul > > > > Sandwich > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > > > > > > > From: Rob Landry > > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM > > To: Donna Halper > > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement > > Tuesday morning > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote: > > > > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately. He joined Kiss > 108 > > in > > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive > > career. > > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat > that-- he > > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108. > > > > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat that. Dave > > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 and retired > > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 when WCRB was > > sold to WGBH. > > > > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston airwaves, > > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will interrupt its > > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 PM. David > > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a fixture at > > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed turned out to > > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David passed away in > > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until now. > > > > > > Rob > > > > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting > > Company, Incorporated. > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sean Smyth Editor. Writer. Communicator. 617-448-3117 Twitter: @smythsays LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansmyth/ From obrienron2@gmail.com Fri May 6 23:16:36 2022 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 23:16:36 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! Message-ID: <004701d861c0$dc899990$959cccb0$@gmail.com> Since this list seems to be active again...I wanted to say I am STILL amazed at the audio quality that WSRO has shown to be possible on their All-Digital 650AM. Would love to see some other stations do digital tests....and maybe the return of a few hybrid signals! From 011010001@interpring.com Sat May 7 09:36:04 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 09:36:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: <004701d861c0$dc899990$959cccb0$@gmail.com> References: <004701d861c0$dc899990$959cccb0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hybrid mode spews garbage over 30 KHz of the dial. It's also harder to pull off, requiring a lot more bandpass flattening than all-digital. And it doesn't sound as good; the stations I've heard running hybrid have all sounded "watery", like a 24 kbps MP3 stream. A few years ago, my car was in the shop and they offered me a rental for the day. I punched up WBZ for "traffic on the 3s" and immediately realized the car had HD Radio from the "watery" audio I heard. Now, on WSRO everything is linear up to the importer/exporter; there's no STL, as the studio and transmitter are co-located, and the only network content is from WCN, which I set up, so there's no additional lossy compression being introduced. That helps. Rob On Fri, 6 May 2022, Ron wrote: > Since this list seems to be active again...I wanted to say I am STILL amazed at the audio quality that WSRO has shown to be possible on their All-Digital 650AM. > > Would love to see some other stations do digital tests....and maybe the return of a few hybrid signals! > > From 011010001@interpring.com Sat May 7 15:07:59 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 15:07:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: According to the 2022 World Radio TV Handbook, digital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ system. Sydney has two multiplexes: 202.928 MHz and 204.64 MHz. Both are 50 KW and carry simulcasts of all local commercial stations, including 2GB, which still broadcasts in AM on 873 KHz with 6 kW. There's a third DAB+ multiplex in Sydney on 206.352 MHz, also 50 kW, that carries ABC and SPS stations. I don't see anything in the WRTH about Australia using any digital system on the medium wave band; everything I see there is listed as AM. Rob On Sat, 7 May 2022, billohno@gmail.com wrote: > I have wondered about this for awhile but never got around to asking > here? I have visited my sister in Sydney, NSW many times and have > noticed that it?s pretty much all digital there now. > > Is that the same system as WSRO? And is it mandatory Down Under now? > Also, I listen online to 2GB (873 kHz Sydney), radio flagship of the > 9News Network. Does the 9 kHz spacing impact on the digital system > versus 10 here in the states? > > Bill O?Neill > >> On May 7, 2022, at 9:37 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: >> >> ? >> Hybrid mode spews garbage over 30 KHz of the dial. It's also harder to pull off, requiring a lot more bandpass flattening than all-digital. And it doesn't sound as good; the stations I've heard running hybrid have all sounded "watery", like a 24 kbps MP3 stream. >> >> A few years ago, my car was in the shop and they offered me a rental for the day. I punched up WBZ for "traffic on the 3s" and immediately realized the car had HD Radio from the "watery" audio I heard. >> >> Now, on WSRO everything is linear up to the importer/exporter; there's no STL, as the studio and transmitter are co-located, and the only network content is from WCN, which I set up, so there's no additional lossy compression being introduced. That helps. >> >> >> Rob >> >> >>> On Fri, 6 May 2022, Ron wrote: >>> >>> Since this list seems to be active again...I wanted to say I am STILL amazed at the audio quality that WSRO has shown to be possible on their All-Digital 650AM. >>> >>> Would love to see some other stations do digital tests....and maybe the return of a few hybrid signals! >>> >>> > From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Sat May 7 09:31:32 2022 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 09:31:32 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: <004701d861c0$dc899990$959cccb0$@gmail.com> References: <004701d861c0$dc899990$959cccb0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: How many digital-only AMs are out there now besides these? ? 820 Frederick MD ? 650 On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 8:25 AM Ron wrote: > Since this list seems to be active again...I wanted to say I am STILL > amazed at the audio quality that WSRO has shown to be possible on their > All-Digital 650AM. > > Would love to see some other stations do digital tests....and maybe the > return of a few hybrid signals! > > > -- Sent from my iPhone From 011010001@interpring.com Sat May 7 17:08:35 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 17:08:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: References: <004701d861c0$dc899990$959cccb0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: According to Wikipedia, there are four: WWFD, WMGG, WFAS, and WSRO. Rob On Sat, 7 May 2022, Sean Smyth wrote: > How many digital-only AMs are out there now besides these? > ? 820 Frederick MD > ? 650 > > On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 8:25 AM Ron wrote: > >> Since this list seems to be active again...I wanted to say I am STILL >> amazed at the audio quality that WSRO has shown to be possible on their >> All-Digital 650AM. >> >> Would love to see some other stations do digital tests....and maybe the >> return of a few hybrid signals! >> >> >> -- > Sent from my iPhone > From billohno@gmail.com Sat May 7 12:27:13 2022 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 12:27:13 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have wondered about this for awhile but never got around to asking here? I have visited my sister in Sydney, NSW many times and have noticed that it?s pretty much all digital there now. Is that the same system as WSRO? And is it mandatory Down Under now? Also, I listen online to 2GB (873 kHz Sydney), radio flagship of the 9News Network. Does the 9 kHz spacing impact on the digital system versus 10 here in the states? Bill O?Neill > On May 7, 2022, at 9:37 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > ? > Hybrid mode spews garbage over 30 KHz of the dial. It's also harder to pull off, requiring a lot more bandpass flattening than all-digital. And it doesn't sound as good; the stations I've heard running hybrid have all sounded "watery", like a 24 kbps MP3 stream. > > A few years ago, my car was in the shop and they offered me a rental for the day. I punched up WBZ for "traffic on the 3s" and immediately realized the car had HD Radio from the "watery" audio I heard. > > Now, on WSRO everything is linear up to the importer/exporter; there's no STL, as the studio and transmitter are co-located, and the only network content is from WCN, which I set up, so there's no additional lossy compression being introduced. That helps. > > > Rob > > >> On Fri, 6 May 2022, Ron wrote: >> >> Since this list seems to be active again...I wanted to say I am STILL amazed at the audio quality that WSRO has shown to be possible on their All-Digital 650AM. >> >> Would love to see some other stations do digital tests....and maybe the return of a few hybrid signals! >> >> From wollman@bimajority.org Sat May 7 18:30:29 2022 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 18:30:29 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <25206.62213.394009.89672@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > According to the 2022 World Radio TV Handbook, digital radio in Australia > uses the DAB+ system. Sydney has two multiplexes: 202.928 MHz and 204.64 > MHz. Both are 50 KW and carry simulcasts of all local commercial stations, > including 2GB, which still broadcasts in AM on 873 KHz with 6 kW. > There's a third DAB+ multiplex in Sydney on 206.352 MHz, also 50 kW, that > carries ABC and SPS stations. > I don't see anything in the WRTH about Australia using any digital system > on the medium wave band; everything I see there is listed as AM. Of course, US broadcasters would have been strongly opposed to the adoption of any digital system that did not preserve the inequality of signals and service areas, so the FCC never pursued such a thing, even when there would have been plenty of VHF spectrum available to make it practical. Canada used the Eureka 147 DAB system for a while, in a less suitable frequency band, and had very limited uptake on the part of both consumers and broadcasters. Meanwhile, a number of European countries have entirely shut down mediumwave broadcasting and have or are in the process of doing likewise for analog VHF FM. -GAWollman From obrienron2@gmail.com Sat May 7 19:14:39 2022 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 19:14:39 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001a01d86268$3a962970$afc27c50$@gmail.com> > Hybrid mode spews garbage over 30 KHz of the dial. It's also harder to pull off, requiring a lot more bandpass flattening than all-digital. And it doesn't sound as good; the stations I've heard running hybrid have all sounded "watery", like a 24 kbps MP3 stream. The only people I have heard complain about the "spewing" are radio aficionados and DX-ers. > A few years ago, my car was in the shop and they offered me a rental for the day. I punched up WBZ for "traffic on the 3s" and immediately realized the car had HD Radio from the "watery" audio I heard. It couldn't have sounded as bad as WBZ does now in analogue on todays (awful) car radios. ? AM radio is virtually unlistenable on my 2018 Honda. From tgordo49@gmail.com Sun May 8 17:35:03 2022 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 17:35:03 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: <001a01d86268$3a962970$afc27c50$@gmail.com> References: <001a01d86268$3a962970$afc27c50$@gmail.com> Message-ID: A major reason we stick with buying Toyotas is that they still have amazing AM reception. On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 7:24 AM Ron wrote: > > Hybrid mode spews garbage over 30 KHz of the dial. It's also harder to > pull off, requiring a lot more bandpass flattening than all-digital. And it > doesn't sound as good; the stations I've heard running hybrid have all > sounded "watery", like a 24 kbps MP3 stream. > > The only people I have heard complain about the "spewing" are radio > aficionados and DX-ers. > > > A few years ago, my car was in the shop and they offered me a rental for > the day. I punched up WBZ for "traffic on the 3s" and immediately realized > the car had HD Radio from the "watery" audio I heard. > > It couldn't have sounded as bad as WBZ does now in analogue on todays > (awful) car radios. ? AM radio is virtually unlistenable on my 2018 > Honda. > > > > > From 011010001@interpring.com Mon May 9 10:22:22 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 10:22:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: <25206.62213.394009.89672@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <25206.62213.394009.89672@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: Canada used L-band, unless I misremember. The VHF band used in Australia has propagation characteristics more like the FM band, and should work better for DAB+ than L-band. Only two European countries have shut down FM (Finland and Norway, unless I misremember; my WRTH isn't handy at the moment); many other countries use FM exclusively. There are only about a dozen stations left on longwave (150 - 400 KHz). I used to be able to hear Algeria on 251 KHz in the winter, but haven't heard it this year. WRTH says it's still on the air. AM ("medium wave") still has some life in it, and some countries, e.g. India, are experimenting with digital radio in that band. However, they are using DRM ("Digital Radio Mondiale"), not HD Radio, which has been something of a flop inthe rest of the world. It'll be interesting to see what happens when the HD Radio patents run out; that ought to open the floodgates for a lot of new devices. It boggles the mind that the Xperi (formerly Ibiquity) people didn't get HD Radio into cell phones. Rob On Sat, 7 May 2022, Garrett Wollman wrote: > Of course, US broadcasters would have been strongly opposed to the > adoption of any digital system that did not preserve the inequality of > signals and service areas, so the FCC never pursued such a thing, even > when there would have been plenty of VHF spectrum available to make it > practical. Canada used the Eureka 147 DAB system for a while, in a > less suitable frequency band, and had very limited uptake on the part > of both consumers and broadcasters. Meanwhile, a number of European > countries have entirely shut down mediumwave broadcasting and have or > are in the process of doing likewise for analog VHF FM. > > -GAWollman > From 011010001@interpring.com Mon May 9 10:26:09 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 10:26:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: <001a01d86268$3a962970$afc27c50$@gmail.com> References: <001a01d86268$3a962970$afc27c50$@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Sat, 7 May 2022, Ron wrote: > The only people I have heard complain about the "spewing" are radio > aficionados and DX-ers. Alex Langer's WZBR 1410 used to be unlistenable in Medford or Malden due to severe interference from 1430, which was running hybrid mode while Eyeheart owned it. WTSN in Dover, NH, was largely unlistenable in Seabrook and Hampton due to interference from 1260 in Boston before Salem bought that station and shut down the HD. So, it's not just a problem for DXers. > It couldn't have sounded as bad as WBZ does now in analogue on todays > (awful) car radios. ? AM radio is virtually unlistenable on my 2018 > Honda. I haven't been in a modern car recently. I'm still driving a 2006 Honda Civic with 330,000 miles on it. Rob From dave@skywaves.net Mon May 9 22:05:06 2022 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 22:05:06 -0400 Subject: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! In-Reply-To: <25206.62213.394009.89672@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <25206.62213.394009.89672@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <001001d86412$5efd30f0$1cf792d0$@skywaves.net> Although I am not conversant in Italian, I am subscribed to the Italian Broadcast Engineering group on FB. They seem to be shutting down analog FM in favor of DAB, and the engineers have posted dozens of photos of analog FM sites that are now defunct. -d -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2022 6:30 PM To: Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Re: Still amazed at WSRO's Digital quality! < said: > According to the 2022 World Radio TV Handbook, digital radio in > Australia uses the DAB+ system. Sydney has two multiplexes: 202.928 > MHz and 204.64 MHz. Both are 50 KW and carry simulcasts of all local > commercial stations, including 2GB, which still broadcasts in AM on 873 KHz with 6 kW. > There's a third DAB+ multiplex in Sydney on 206.352 MHz, also 50 kW, > that carries ABC and SPS stations. > I don't see anything in the WRTH about Australia using any digital > system on the medium wave band; everything I see there is listed as AM. Of course, US broadcasters would have been strongly opposed to the adoption of any digital system that did not preserve the inequality of signals and service areas, so the FCC never pursued such a thing, even when there would have been plenty of VHF spectrum available to make it practical. Canada used the Eureka 147 DAB system for a while, in a less suitable frequency band, and had very limited uptake on the part of both consumers and broadcasters. Meanwhile, a number of European countries have entirely shut down mediumwave broadcasting and have or are in the process of doing likewise for analog VHF FM. -GAWollman From ecps92@earthlink.net Wed May 11 16:25:00 2022 From: ecps92@earthlink.net (~Bill) Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 16:25:00 -0400 Subject: Harvey Leonard, longtime WCVB chief meteorologist, announces retirement Message-ID: <079c01d86575$316792c0$9436b840$@net> NEEDHAM, Mass. - StormTeam 5 chief meteorologist Harvey Leonard, a New England icon widely regarded as one of the country's top meteorologists, announced his retirement Wednesday. Leonard will retire from his weeknight appearances on NewsCenter 5 on May 25, but transition from his daily role to the position of chief meteorologist emeritus this fall, contributing to severe weather and climate coverage important to our community. https://www.wcvb.com/article/harvey-leonard-wcvb-channel-5-chief-meteorologi st-retirement/39970174# Bill - N1KUG Boston, Mass Cruise Ship Frequencies http://scanmaritime.com/ From obrienron2@gmail.com Thu May 12 10:39:09 2022 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 10:39:09 -0400 Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?FYI:_Boston_classical_station_CRB_aims_for_'a_sense_of_disco?= =?us-ascii?Q?very'_-_and_it's_attracting_new_ears_-_The_Boston_Globe?= Message-ID: <000b01d8660e$0b4ef990$21ececb0$@gmail.com> WCRB often overlooked, gets some ink. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/11/arts/boston-classical-station-crb-aim s-sense-discovery-its-attracting-new-ears/ "To get a sense of how much the environment of radio broadcasting has changed in the past half century, one only need ask CRB station manager Anthony Rudel, who has been in the industry for most of that time. When Rudel took his first radio job at age 19 at New York classical station WQXR, he said, the on-air announcers were all men who had mostly made their radio debuts in the late 1930s and early '40s, each boasting the mellifluous baritone voices that modern listeners associate with vintage broadcasts. CRB's recent listener data suggests that a growing share of younger listeners are responding to that sense of discovery. In February 2014, when Rudel took over the station, the median age of CRB listeners was 74; as of this past February, it was 54, with 24 percent of listeners under age 35." From 011010001@interpring.com Fri May 13 08:48:52 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 08:48:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: FYI: Boston classical station CRB aims for 'a sense of discovery' - and it's attracting new ears - The Boston Globe In-Reply-To: <000b01d8660e$0b4ef990$21ececb0$@gmail.com> References: <000b01d8660e$0b4ef990$21ececb0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 12 May 2022, Ron wrote: > WCRB often overlooked, gets some ink. > https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/11/arts/boston-classical-station-crb-aim > s-sense-discovery-its-attracting-new-ears/ Laura Carlo appears to be the last veteran of the original WCRB still on the air at the current one. > CRB's recent listener data suggests that a growing share of younger > listeners are responding to that sense of discovery. In February 2014, when > Rudel took over the station, the median age of CRB listeners was 74; as of > this past February, it was 54, with 24 percent of listeners under age 35." The station's ratings have fallen considerably, though; these numbers may reflect more the deaths of older listeners than the acquisition of new ones. Rob