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94.9 history question

I did some research on the Mack Rd FM tower. It appears that the first tower and transmitter building were built there in 1963. It also appears that the tower was replaced with a new (taller) tower in 1979 (for WYYS)

I'm guessing that the original WFOL was indeed located on Mack Road.
 
You forgot the short bit that Wolf Country was moved from 97.3 to 94.9 and then back. One of the DJ's was Dawg Bizkit.
Seems putting country at 94.9 still was not enough to overcome B-105's dominance.
 
stereolane said:
I did some research on the Mack Rd FM tower. It appears that the first tower and transmitter building were built there in 1963. It also appears that the tower was replaced with a new (taller) tower in 1979 (for WYYS)

I'm guessing that the original WFOL was indeed located on Mack Road.
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The 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook indicates WFOL signed on Sept 20, 1962 (a little over a year before the AM came on) with 29KW at 350'. That antenna height pretty well rules out any chance they were on one of the AM towers (as I had long assumed). But it also suggests that they did not sign on at Mack Road if indeed the first tower and transmitter building were fired up in 1963. WFOL was one of the first FM stations I heard on an ancient tube type FM radio...it would be interesting to pin down where the signal was coming from initially.Worth noting that Yearbook shows it at 50KW, 490' in 1978...1 year before the WYYS tower was built in 1979.
 
Had a moment to check some more issues of Broadcasting Magazine....1975 shows 94.9 at the long held 29KW/350' level while 1976 shows 50KW/490' operation. Unfortunately, the transmitter locations are not listed.
 
When WFOL - 94.9-FM - signed on in 1962, the station was the first full-time FM stereo outlet in the Cincinnati area. WPFB-FM - 105.9-FM - in Middletown had featured stereo prior to that, but the stereo was only broadcasted during certain hours.
 
radiotrumpet78 said:
While we're on the topic of Cincinnati radio history.... I found my copy of WKRC's Cincinnati People jingle package circa 1977-78.

I cut it up into three parts for easier listening.
WKRC3 has the WKRP show intro tagged onto the end which WKRC edited with their call letters...enjoy.


http://www.4shared.com/audio/dZbNHwkG/WKRC1.html
http://www.4shared.com/audio/x16eSWXc/WKRC2.html
http://www.4shared.com/audio/Gs4E_tO3/WKRC3.html
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Is there another site? MY Avast (anti virus) wild when I clicked that site.
 
Cincinnati Kid said:
When WFOL - 94.9-FM - signed on in 1962, the station was the first full-time FM stereo outlet in the Cincinnati area. WPFB-FM - 105.9-FM - in Middletown had featured stereo prior to that, but the stereo was only broadcasted during certain hours.
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Back then, WPFB-FM ran their own version of Muzak on subcarriers that occupied the stereo spectrum. That was where they made their money back in those days. Some of the stores that they served were not open at night, which allowed them to shut down the music services at night & operate in stereo. The guy who owned the station in those days (Paul F Braden I believe) was a sharp businessman.
 
WPFB-FM used to promote their stereo sound even during newscasts in the early 1960's. When the music stopped and before giving the news, the announcer would advise listeners, "This is...(his name)...and I should be coming to you from your right stereo speaker".
 
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