According to this morning's WEOL, AM930 / 100.3 FM Local Newscasts, Newsman Craig Adams reported that James Taylor has passed away. He owned and operated WJTB, AM1040 for more than 30 years.
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It was further reported that Mr. Taylor was 81 years old.
There is an obituary with a color picture of him. It says the motto of WJTB was: "It's the Spirit that Makes the Difference".
The obit reads, in part: "James Edward Taylor, 81, transitioned into the arms of the Lord on Saturday July 8th, 2023 at the Anchor Lodge Nursing Facility following a lengthy illness".
The obit reads, in part: "James Edward Taylor, 81, transitioned into the arms of the Lord on Saturday July 8th, 2023 at the Anchor Lodge Nursing Facility following a lengthy illness".
Many of us who read these forums aren't familiar with the person or the station, much less where it's located. Even though radio-locator is available, it would help us readers to identify the COL of WEOL and where the late Mr. Taylor lived (or some other geographic info). (For all I knew stumbling across your post, this could have been the folk singer James Taylor. Not trying to dump on you, but it is a necessary-but-missing bit of identifying info.)
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Are you from the Cleveland area? If not, it's not hard to find the relevant information easily:
James Edward Taylor Obituary
I'm not, but that's not the point. @johnbasalla should have mentioned it in his original post, since this is the In Memorium board, not the Cleveland one, and lots of readers aren't from Cleveland. It's not reasonable to expect every reader to do a search.
I did some engineering work for him years ago. I believe it was licensed to North Ridgeville Ohio. The station was a daytimer 1,000 watts nondirectional on 1040 am IIRC . The station used a Gates tube transmitter operated from a trailer at the tower site. The studio was elseware. I believe the station operated on an STA for the last few years and had major problems with modulation, power etc. I haven't been in that area for over 22 years so I'm not up to date.
VintageMac
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VintageMac
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You have a point but it takes under twenty seconds to search by the man's name and the station's call letters so it's not a big deal in any event.
Thanks for the thought. I had originally posted this on the CLEVELAND forum where most people who frequent that would know. However, it got moved here, which is appropriate although I didn't move it.
WEOL is in Elyria, Ohio, west of Cleveland in Lorain County which is next to Cuyahoga County that includes the City of Cleveland.
James Taylor owned WJTB which was in the same geographic area. There are many "wild" tales about WJTB, including its many technical difficulties that weren't repaired and that lead to its demise. I don't want to go into them right now out of respect for Mr. Taylor.
Thank you, John. I wasn't trying to derail Mr. Taylor's obituary, just to make the point that anyone posting a death of someone who's more of a local or regional personality should include that person's location, for the benefit of readers not from that area. Perhaps the moderator relocating such a tribute should note where it had originally been posted for that same reason.
Closing this thread.
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