Bring back Hit parade and the Drake-Chenault announcer, Billy Moore!! :'(
http://www.mediafire.com/file/iomzfjdemwz/WRAL.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/file/iomzfjdemwz/WRAL.mp3
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101.5 - Does anyone else remember this?
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Hey, something's missing on that aircheck. Where's the three-note sounder and a muffled voice saying, ". . . this is the T-N Radio News Network, I'm Dave Collins reporting . . ."?
Then again, that's probably an old D-C demo, and those folks were never big fans of back-timing. Listening "down the line" one could hear all the professional segues into news.
Later . . . .
Then again, that's probably an old D-C demo, and those folks were never big fans of back-timing. Listening "down the line" one could hear all the professional segues into news.
Later . . . .
MaxGM said:
I'm not a big fan of voice tracking so why do I like this? The music on Hitparade was great. In South Florida it was on WAXY-FM 106. WAXY carried it from 1970 thru 1971. I wonder what automation WRAL was using? This aircheck sounds really smooth. The time announce is better than the generic time announce carts that most stations used. Man we are getting into ancient history here!
WHIP in Mooresville got their pickup from WPEG in Concord, which got their pickup from WCSE. Supposedly, CBC outfitted WPEG and WCSE with a timing device which would kill the station's audio for 2 seconds, then place the audio from the proper feeder station on the air. After the news was over, it was supposed to return to silence for two seconds then allow local programming again.
Problem is, no one thought to synchronize the equipment with WWV, the Naval Observatory or any other time standard. Therefore, either TN's bumper would get chopped, WHIP would hit the network to the sound of a tacky Country instrumental from either WPEG or WCSE, or (worst case) one of the classic instrumentals WRAL used getting played all the way from Raleigh via Asheboro and Concord to Mooresville, abruptly giving way for the bing-bong-bing of the TN bumper.
Also, those 60-ish FM receivers were very susceptible to temperature inversions, especially on the Asheboro to Concord hop over Badin Lake and Lake Tillery. On more than one occasion, static was heard in place of the news, or Bob Debartalaben's voice saying, "attention stations . . . due to circumstances beyond our control, TN News will not be heard this hour. Thanks for your indulgence. . .".
Ahhh, what memories what memories!
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Best I remember Mike..Schaffer Automation..Didn't WSOC have Scvhaffer that kicked in after Bill Dollar? You're right, man this is as ancient as Rick Shaw at WQAM!!!
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Yes, by the time I got to WSOC-AM we had the Schaffer automation and used it as "live assist" for the first few years I was there. WSOC-FM was live in all dayparts by then and had a simple sequencer. I forget when they got off the tape reels and went all cart.
WSOC-AM used TM's TMOR which was "All Over The Road". It was really poor very unfocused in the music selection. We went to a better format while I was there Toby Arnold's "Unforgetable" format. Much better but we never could get much traction in the ratings. I think the numbers we got back then would look good today.
One of the guys figured out how to automate The Larry King Show that ran overnight. So there was just the FM jock from midnight till 6.
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WRAL Hit Parade automation probably Shafer 800. http://schaferinternational.com/radioworld/radioworld.htm
Is this by chance the music with the following commercial, with a woman singing?Mike Sheridan said:
Streisand, Sinatra, Neil Diamond, and ABBA,
Olivia Newton-John, the music you remember goes on and on!
Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, Peggy Lee, Glenn Miller,
The music that never goes out of style,
AM-93 WSOC!
I toured the place back in 1973 - it was a Schaeffer (had the thumbwheel switches for programming the tape sequence).
Also toured the transmitter site - a pair of RCA BTF-20E's needed to get that 250 kW ERP. They were mono with two background music subcarriers if I recall correctly.
For an interesting read regarding Drake-Chenault see:
http://www.drakechenault.org/
Billy Moore passed away a few years ago.
On the 11th floor of Sullivan dorm, I could get these D-C stations also - WSLQ, Roanoke (Solid Gold); WJLC, South Boston (All Oldies Radio) - all Billy Moore voiced.
Also toured the transmitter site - a pair of RCA BTF-20E's needed to get that 250 kW ERP. They were mono with two background music subcarriers if I recall correctly.
For an interesting read regarding Drake-Chenault see:
http://www.drakechenault.org/
Billy Moore passed away a few years ago.
On the 11th floor of Sullivan dorm, I could get these D-C stations also - WSLQ, Roanoke (Solid Gold); WJLC, South Boston (All Oldies Radio) - all Billy Moore voiced.
vchimpanzee said:
You have either a very good memory or a tape! Wow I haven't thought of that in years!
WBT has the great campaign "Charlotte Someplace Special", we had the somewhat forgettable "Charlotte is Great!"
Where was WRAL-FM's 250,000-watt transmitter located? Was it at Auburn as the station currently is or was it in another location? When did they drop to 100,000 watts? I know they do 95,000 or 96,000 watts now since signing on from the 1991 WRAL/WRDC tower, but I think they did 100,000 watts from the tower that fell in the Dec. '89 ice storm.
I toured the place back in 1973 - it was a Schaeffer (had the thumbwheel switches for programming the tape sequence).
Also toured the transmitter site - a pair of RCA BTF-20E's needed to get that 250 kW ERP. They were mono with two background music subcarriers if I recall correctly.
I toured the place back in 1973 - it was a Schaeffer (had the thumbwheel switches for programming the tape sequence).
Also toured the transmitter site - a pair of RCA BTF-20E's needed to get that 250 kW ERP. They were mono with two background music subcarriers if I recall correctly.
The transmitter was in Auburn when I was there (along with the TV). I don't know when the power drop occurred, but any change to the antenna system would have triggered the 100kW/600 meter HAAT limit. It may have been the move to the new tower that did it.
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