FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning

[Rob Landry]

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.
>       >
>       >  
>       >
>       >
>       >
> 
> 
> 
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