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

[Bob Bittner]

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 <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu>
Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org <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.
>      >
>      >  
>      >
>      >
>      >
> 
> 
> 
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