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What Are Your Presets?

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dhoule

Curious about your presets. I'll share mine.

AM Band: (1) 680 WRKO (2) 740 WJIB (3) 850 WEEI (4) 1030 WBZ (5) 1200 WXKS (6) 1510 WUFC
FM Band 1 (news/talk/public) (1) 88.9 WERS (2) 89.7 WGBH (3) 90.9 WBUR (4) 93.7 WEEI-FM (5) 98.5 WBZ-FM (6) 99.5 WCRB
FM Band 2 (commerical music) (1) 96.9 WBQT (2) 100.7 WZLX (3) 103.3 WODS (4) 104.1 WBMX (5) 105.7 WROR (6) 106.7 WMJX
 
Car radio (won't do Walkman etc)
AM
680 WRKO talk, 740 WJIB easy, 850 ESPN on WEEI, 970 WZAN Portland (Ingraham, Dennis Miller), 1030 WBZ, 1510 WUFC
FM1
88.3 For rebroadcast of XM radio, 91.7 WMWM, 93.7 WEEI-FM, 98.5 WBZ-FM, 102.5 WKLB country, 104.9 WBOQ

FM 2
91.9 WUMB, 92.5 WXRV, 97.5 WOKQ country, 100.7 WZLX, 105.7 WROR, 106.7 WMJX
 
dhoule said:
Curious about your presets.
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AM:
1-WGIR-610 (for Hannity in So. NH)
2-WRKO-680 (for Howie only)
3-WCAP-980 (local programming and talk during the day...good station to stop on while scanning)
4-WBZ-1030 (one of only a couple of places left for local news.)
5-WQOM-1060 (OK...let's say I am curious about "Catholic radio"..and what it's all about. Daytime only)
5- WCCM-1110 (Michael Graham show in So. NH. Daytime only)

FM 1:
1-WBUR-90.9 (The only other choice for news. conversational talk-radio, no yelling.)
2-WBMX-104.1 - AC
3-WBOQ-104.9 (one of the only places to get "oldies"..or whatever they are called now)
4-WROR (I hear an interesting blast form the past on occasion)
5-WMJX-106.7 - AC
6-WXKS-107.9 (I swing by this station to see if any new songs interest me...)


FM 2: (no favorites, just stations to have and occasionally scan)
1-WGBH-89.7 (checking out the new "news format" here...and I'm often disappointed. Jim and Marjorie, while engaging and lively, often disappoint me for their lack of depth.)
2-WCRB -99.5 Classical...for UN-stressing
3-WBZ-FM - Sports (I won't listen to the dopes/idiots on EEI)
4-WKLB-102.5 -Country
5-WODS-103.3 - New stuff, rhythm
6-WZLX-100.7 - Classics..but usually the rock is too hard
 
FM 2 (for visits to family in Boston area, other presets are Connecticut):

1. WUMB 91.9 Americana/AAA
2. WERS 88.9 AAA
3. 88.3 for old-fashioned, super-high-power, now-illegal, can-hear-it-across-the-parking-lot XM modulator
4. WBZ-FM 98.5 Sports
5. WBOQ 104.9 Classic hits (may change this to WZLX 100.7 on my next visit since playlist has changed to standard-issue, burnt-to-a-crisp hits)
6. WCRB 99.5 Classical
 
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AM band: WBZ only (the remaining 9 buttons are unassigned)
FM band: WGBH, WBUR, and 96.9 is still probably set but I haven't listened to the dreck they now play
Sirius XM: Boston traffic/weather, 70s on 7, 80s on 8, MSNBC, CNN, FAUXnews, Radio Classics, Watercolors (Jazz), Sirius Progress, Sirius Patriot
 
I listen to WEDX a majority of the time. But I also have WBQT,WJMN,WEEI fm and WBZ fm programmed in. I really don't listen to AM band anymore I'm sad to say.
 
AM: 1 – 680 WRKO
2 – 850 WEEI
3 – 1030 WBZ
4 - 1200 WXKS
5 - 1550 WNTN
6 - 1510 WUFC

FM1: 1 – 92.9 WBOS
2 - 94.5 WJMN
3 - 96.9 WBQT
4 – 97.7 WKAF
5 – 98.1 WCTK
6 – 99.5 WCRB

FM2 is mostly my girlfriend’s band. She’s a lot younger than I am.
FM2: 1 – 100.7 WZLX
2 – 101.7 WEDX
3 - 103.3 WODS
4 - 104.1 WBMX
5 - 107.9 WXKS
6 - 89.7 WGBH
 
FM 1:
1. WZID 95.7
2. WSRS 96.1
3. WPLM 99.1
4. WWBB 101.5
5. WWLI 105.1
6. WMJX 106.7

FM 2:
WPRO 92.3
WSNE 93.3
WODS 103.3
WBMX 104.1
WXLO 104.5
WXKS 107.9

AM:
1. WJIB 740
2. WEEI 850
3. WBZ 1030
4. WQOM 1060
5. WMKI 1260 (Radio Disney)
6. WMRC 1490
 
Five out of nine have WUFC in their presets. Any further proof needed that this forum's posters are not representative of the Boston radio audience as a whole?
 
CTListener said:
Five out of nine have WUFC in their presets. Any further proof needed that this forum's posters are not representative of the Boston radio audience as a whole?
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I listen to WUFC thinking that maybe someday I'll hear Bud Ballou again. My girlfriend has never heard of Bud Ballou.
 
AM
740 WJIB Cambridge
880 WCBS New York
1010 WINS New York
1030 WBZ Boston
1460 WXBR Brockton
1520 WWKB Buffalo

FM
88.3 WRPS Rockland
91.3 WSHL-FM Easton
91.5 WBIM-FM Bridgewater
95.1 WXRB Dudley, MA
96.3 -Sirius/XM-
97.5 WNRC-LP Dudley
99.1 WPLM-FM Plymouth
100.7 WZLX Boston
101.5 WWBB Providence
101.9 WCIB Famouth
102.1 WAQY Springfield
105.7 WROR Framingham

Admittedly, the pickin's are getting smaller....... (sigh)
 
MW
1. 1590 WARV
2. 1030 WBZ
3. unassigned
4. unassigned
5. unassigned
6. 1320 WARL

FM 1
1. 95.5 WBRU
2. 95.5 WBRU
3. 95.5 WBRU
4. 95.5 WBRU
5. 95.5 WBRU
6. 95.5 WBRU

FM 2
1 through 6 are unassigned.

FM 3
1 through 6 are unassigned.

Although not assigned a preset, 94.1 WHJY HD2 gets played frequently on Sundays.

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AM:
1030 WBZ
1200 WXKS - Bloomberg (Hold over from when it was that comedy channel, I never actually listen to it)
850 WEEI (For Red Sox and occasionally late night, during the day I only listen to WBZ-FM)
1600 WUNR
1010 WINS New York (Rarely do I get it very well around Boston)
880 WCBS New York (I can get it fairly well in the Boston area)

FM 1
102.5 WKLB
89.7 WGBH
99.1 WPLM
105.7 WROR
106.7 WMJX
97.7 WAAF

FM 2
98.5 WBZ-FM/the Sports Hub
88.1 WMBR
96.9 WBQT
99.5 WCRB
92.5 WXRV "The River"
90.9 WBUR

By far my most listened to stations are the two WBZs, generally when I want to listen to music I use my iPod.
 
I really listen to just a subset of these:

AM:
680 WRKO
740 WJIB
980 WCAP
1030 WBZ
1470 WAZN
1510 WUFC (held over from "progressive talk" format)

FM1:
88.1 WMBR
88.9 WERS
90.3 WZBC
90.9 WBUR
91.5 WMFO
91.9 WUMB
(Note: 91.7 WMWM one click of the dial either way of 91.5/91.7)

FM2:
92.5 WXRV
92.9 WBOS
93.7 WEEI-FM
95.9 WATD
97.7 WKAF
100.1 WBRS (cut out by pirates east of Newton)

FM3:
100.7 WZLX
103.3 WODS (still held over from classic hits format)
104.1 WBMX
104.9 WBOQ
105.7 WROR
106.7 WMJX

HD:
98.5 HD2 "WBCN The Rock of Boston"
100.7 HD2 "Radio Mojo"
100.7 HD3 "WBCN Free Form Rock"
103.3 HD2 WODS classic hits
104.1 HD2 "The '80s channel"
105.7 HD2 "Nothing but the '70s"
 
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AM:
530: (to listen for Algerian het)
740: AM 740 Montreal
1030: WBZ (for local news once in a blue moon)
1250: WARE Real Oldies, great local oldies show with huge playlist.
1510: Waiting for Revolution radio to return :confused:
1520 empty since the 3,000,000th sports station has come on the air on the east coast.

AM 740 gets most of my AM time in the car

FM:
89.7 WGBH
90.5 WICN
90.9 WBUR
91.3 WCUW
91.9 WUMB
100.1 WWFX
100.7 WZLX
105.7 WROR

WGBH gets most of my listening time in the car in my non-satellite car

The majority of my time listening in my newer car is to XM radio though I must add.
 
hi, you prob mean 740 out of Toronto (Zoomer Radio), not Montreal, which was coming in quite well tonight along I-89 in NH.
Mont has a 730 but no 740.
 
680, 1030, 1200, 89.7, 90.9, 93.7, 98.5, 100.7, but I mostly don't use any but 680, 1030, 93.7 and 98.5.

A year or two back my car's battery was disconnected for a few days and the presets were lost, so I used the auto-find feature for presets and took a few trips up & down both dials. Boy, radio sure is lousy compared to what it used to be. I ended up deleting all but the above.
 
I actually preset the AM only, the FM presets are spaced in spots so I can twiddle up and down. The Am includes nobody local, but things like WINS, KYW, WHAM, WGY and WTIC for quick reference when traveling
 
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