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Best true oldies/classic hits station?
- Thread starter ssetta
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The only 2 that pretty much reach most of Greater Boston, I will put my vote in for WMEX.
I haven't listened to WMEX much since its first month or so. Are they still only part-time oldies, simulcasting WATD otherwise, and do they still have that long local news/talk block during their oldies hours that interrupts the flow?
Honestly, I have not not tunes into the AM at all lately, very rarelyt he FM band either.
I based my opinion on hearing how the labor of love WMEX would be true to form instead! The only other station in the Boston with so-called full range is WJIB, in which I had heard a little bit of fairly recently. They are not really Oldies as they what Bob Bitner called, or least used to call "Beatiful Music." Kind of Apples and Oranges, KWIM?
I based my opinion on hearing how the labor of love WMEX would be true to form instead! The only other station in the Boston with so-called full range is WJIB, in which I had heard a little bit of fairly recently. They are not really Oldies as they what Bob Bitner called, or least used to call "Beatiful Music." Kind of Apples and Oranges, KWIM?
WMEX is now almost full-time oldies. The only WATD simulcasting currently on WMEX is their weekday South Shore Morning News program from 5:00 to 9:15 am (when Larry Justice comes on live with oldies) and then their weekday 12 noon news break that may run anywhere from around 15 minutes to a half-hour. WMEX no longer runs news at 6 pm.
There is no longer simulcasting of any other WATD shows on WMEX. After the weekday live oldies DJ’s end at 6 pm through the overnights until 5 am, and on weekends besides Jimmy Jay’s oldies shows 9am-2pm and Gary Leavitt and Bob Katzen’s Sunday morning and evening pop nostalgia based talk shows, WMEX now runs oldies programming from the MeTV Music Network at all other non-live times.
MeTV Music plays ‘50s through ‘80s oldies/classic pop hits, heaviest on the ‘60s and ‘70s, and many selections tend to be a bit “softer” classic pop hits than during WMEX’s live daytime programming, which can be appropriate for nighttime.
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Sounds like I'll be giving WMEX another try via streaming soon. I don't get back to Boston at all now, no family back there anymore. I do make a couple of trips up 91 to the Upper Valley of TV/NH every month, during which I often listen to WFYX Walpole NH (96.3) from just north of Brattleboro to around Windsor, then to the WHDQ-HD2 translator at 106.7 in Hanover the rest of the way. It has a deeper than usual playlist of '60s and '70s oldies -- heavy on pop, soul and disco -- with live shows in morning and afternoon drive. The 4-6 p.m. show is the Vinyl Vault, with "oh wow" oldies scattered throughout.
How strong is Matt's signal? Is it strong strong enough to reach Downtown Boston? Also, what are the alternatives for tuning into them as well?
I don't know who Matt is, but if you mean WMEX, transmitting from Quincy, their 10,000 watt mid-day signal is strong all over downtown and greater Boston, the North and South Shores, most of eastern MA from Route 495 toward Boston, and up the New England coastline to coastal NH and ME, though it may fade a little among the large stone/metal downtown Boston buildings as all AM signals do, even the 50kW powerhouses.
Two hours before sunset, and for two hours after sunrise, WMEX must lower to 2,000 watts, which still covers downtown, the Shores, and metro-Boston out to Route 128/95 and the NH/ME NE coast over the water.
After sunset and before sunrise WMEX must lower power to only 100 watts for the night. That can be heard but spotty in downtown Boston, the coastal North and South shores over the water, but not more than a few miles inland to the west. It's still strong at night in the Boston urban neighborhoods south of downtown, and on the upper South Shore.
WMEX also streams from their site WMEX 1510 AM | Quincy Radio and on TuneIn (WMEX AM), Alexa, Smart Speakers (play WMEX), and other apps.
My bad, the dumb auto-correct has a mind of its own. Half the time it corrects words that do not need correcting, yet on the one's that you do need help, it does not bother to do anything, but anyway...
Mati was supposed to be Me-TV instead. (OK, that passed the spell-chcker this time, go figure!
Best as in successful? If that's what the parameters are, then Ocean 104.7 and Easy 99.1.....If the parameters are applauding the resurrection of an old am signal to keep the dream alive, then WMEX.
I just read in Fybush today that WMEX was sold to Larry Justice. I was hoping they’d lean a little more into the local news/sports arena when they signed back on, but Ed Perry is a helluva lot smarter than I am and I’m sure there are reasons why they didn’t.
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