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1570 WLDM FORMAT HISTORY 1978-1987

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thebeach33445

Hey Guys:

Does anybody remember the format of WLDM 1570 from 1978 to 1987? I see that is was called WLDM News radio 1570 around 1983. True?

Thanks for the help
Tommy C.
 
I've been down this road before, but, new year, I'm going to put this out here again:

I'm really, really happy to help with radio history questions, especially in the New England markets that are in my wheelhouse. But after 30+ years of doing radio history, I'm increasingly concerned about how easily so much of it disappears, and I'm not inclined to put much effort into research that doesn't come with a plan to remain readily available to others who might be interested.

Threads on a discussion board site like this aren't easily searchable and there's no guarantee whatsoever that they'll continue to be available; as soon as the owner of the site decides to shut it down, it's gone for good.

You've been asking questions on this site and its predecessor for a long time, and collecting lots of information. I'd really like to see you work with someone like David Gleason (who, convieniently, is now one of the co-moderators here) to find a way to make all the information you've collected available in some sort of central location where it can be readily used by other historians.

What say you?
 
fybush said:
I've been down this road before, but, new year, I'm going to put this out here again:

I'm really, really happy to help with radio history questions, especially in the New England markets that are in my wheelhouse. But after 30+ years of doing radio history, I'm increasingly concerned about how easily so much of it disappears, and I'm not inclined to put much effort into research that doesn't come with a plan to remain readily available to others who might be interested.

Threads on a discussion board site like this aren't easily searchable and there's no guarantee whatsoever that they'll continue to be available; as soon as the owner of the site decides to shut it down, it's gone for good.

You've been asking questions on this site and its predecessor for a long time, and collecting lots of information. I'd really like to see you work with someone like David Gleason (who, convieniently, is now one of the co-moderators here) to find a way to make all the information you've collected available in some sort of central location where it can be readily used by other historians.

What say you?
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I am quite open to adding "city pages" to the www.worldradiohistory.com site if I have contributions in "page ready" form that I can pour into my format. Whether it's a top 10 market like Boston or Missoula, MT or Traverse City, MI or Jerome, AZ, I am open to documented city / market pages.

There is way too much misinformation on the web, with Wikipedia station histories sometimes being nearly 100% wrong in particular. I even see stations I managed or programmed or consulted being just pure fiction and obviously written by someone whose knowledge is limited to the last few years only.

Any such site should have an "approval committee" that double checks each submission for errors and omissions as I am more a librarian than a historian and need verification on original content.
 
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