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Cape Cod's new Top 40 station is...
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Upper cape, definitely, mid cape, can't, lower cape, yes. Which is good since I am in the upper cape and can hear my boy Blue again!
Fun 107 had a problem with a small station on its frequency in Harwich. That station moved itself to 106.5 allowing a clear signal for the most part of 107.1 to Dennis sometimes Harwich and Brewster. Fun 107 is even has clients on Cape.. I believe Fun has a better position than XKS or PRO
ssetta said:This may be slightly off-topic, but is Plymouth considered part of Cape Cod? I know a lot of people think it is, especially Manomet/White Horse Beach. I know that's where WPLM broadcasts from, and it's considered a Boston area radio station, and NOT a Cape Cod station, IIRC.
The "Real Cape Cod" starts at the Canal. Politically, Cape Cod is all of Barnstable County. Or at least, it always has been, coming from one who grew up there in 60s and 70s.
Others may disagree...
ssetta said:This may be slightly off-topic, but is Plymouth considered part of Cape Cod? I know a lot of people think it is, especially Manomet/White Horse Beach. I know that's where WPLM broadcasts from, and it's considered a Boston area radio station, and NOT a Cape Cod station, IIRC.
99.1 actually used to run it's legal ID as "WPLM Plymouth-Boston-Providence." While the station does seem to run a number of ads for Cape Cod businesses, I would consider the station a Boston rimshot much more than a Cape Cod station, even despite the location. Knowing its signal on the Cape, the station could probably sell itself as part of the market, but obviously there's going to be more money in the Boston market, and there's already a WPLM equivalent on the Cape - 104.7 WOCN.
WPLM comes in quite well in the upper Cape (i.e. Falmouth, Sandwich, etc.) with a local-grade signal. Therefore, it has a lot of listeners in that area - and it has for decades. I remember spending summers in Falmouth in the 80s and the clear choice of the old-timers was WPLM and it's BM format.
WPLM could easily sell itself as local for that part of the Cape; however, the signal does fade as you head farther east beyond Hyannis. So, it's not really a Cape Cod station like the FMs licensed to places like Hyannis or Orleans. However, those never did as well in the upper Cape either. Because of it's size, shape and topography, few stations cover the entire Cape well. I know it's one market for sales purposes; however, your FM dial is quite a bit different in Falmouth and Bourne than it is in Truro, Chatham and P-town.
Yes, "Cape Cod" consists of Barnstable County. Before there was a CC Canal, the line was drawn at the boundary between Bourne and Wareham. Now, most people would consider the "Cape" to start when you cross the canal. And, there isn't much of Bourne that's west of the canal either. However, that little slice along old scenic route 6 (west bank of the canal) should be considered Cape Cod too.
As for Plymouth and Wareham: sorry, close but no cigar.
WPLM could easily sell itself as local for that part of the Cape; however, the signal does fade as you head farther east beyond Hyannis. So, it's not really a Cape Cod station like the FMs licensed to places like Hyannis or Orleans. However, those never did as well in the upper Cape either. Because of it's size, shape and topography, few stations cover the entire Cape well. I know it's one market for sales purposes; however, your FM dial is quite a bit different in Falmouth and Bourne than it is in Truro, Chatham and P-town.
Yes, "Cape Cod" consists of Barnstable County. Before there was a CC Canal, the line was drawn at the boundary between Bourne and Wareham. Now, most people would consider the "Cape" to start when you cross the canal. And, there isn't much of Bourne that's west of the canal either. However, that little slice along old scenic route 6 (west bank of the canal) should be considered Cape Cod too.
As for Plymouth and Wareham: sorry, close but no cigar.
And yet, isn't it interesting... No dedicated TV market for either Cape Cod or Worcester?
Oh please, don't tell me that Rhode Island services the Cape. We had a family home in Dennis, and you know the only stations we could get with a rabbit ears were WNEV 7 and WLNE 6 (which were both CBS, so a lot of help that was). In fact, programming wise, there were times when you would have sworn they were comming off the same switchboard!
Hmmmm....
Oh please, don't tell me that Rhode Island services the Cape. We had a family home in Dennis, and you know the only stations we could get with a rabbit ears were WNEV 7 and WLNE 6 (which were both CBS, so a lot of help that was). In fact, programming wise, there were times when you would have sworn they were comming off the same switchboard!
Hmmmm....
BRNout said:WPLM comes in quite well in the upper Cape (i.e. Falmouth, Sandwich, etc.) with a local-grade signal. Therefore, it has a lot of listeners in that area - and it has for decades. I remember spending summers in Falmouth in the 80s and the clear choice of the old-timers was WPLM and it's BM format.
WPLM could easily sell itself as local for that part of the Cape; however, the signal does fade as you head farther east beyond Hyannis. So, it's not really a Cape Cod station like the FMs licensed to places like Hyannis or Orleans. However, those never did as well in the upper Cape either. Because of it's size, shape and topography, few stations cover the entire Cape well. I know it's one market for sales purposes; however, your FM dial is quite a bit different in Falmouth and Bourne than it is in Truro, Chatham and P-town.
Yes, "Cape Cod" consists of Barnstable County. Before there was a CC Canal, the line was drawn at the boundary between Bourne and Wareham. Now, most people would consider the "Cape" to start when you cross the canal. And, there isn't much of Bourne that's west of the canal either. However, that little slice along old scenic route 6 (west bank of the canal) should be considered Cape Cod too.
As for Plymouth and Wareham: sorry, close but no cigar.
But are considered parts of The South Shore, served by WPLM and of course WATD.
RobertAnthony said:But are considered parts of The South Shore, served by WPLM and of course WATD.
Plymouth, absolutely! Not sure about whether you'd consider Wareham as south shore or as an extension of the Fall River/New Bedford area. It's sort of in-between, I guess.
Interesting that you brought up WATD because, coming from New Hampshire, I'd try to listen to it a bit when I was on the Cape (Falmouth) and it's a great little station! Came in ok down in Falmouth Center and Teaticket too. Actually, that's a great area for FM dxing - you could get a lot of stations, unless they're too close to 101.9 (WCIB) which is a powerhouse - and has been for decades.
I was able to get some of the Cape stations here in Natick last night and the night before, and I've noticed that 101.9 and 106.1 seem to be the ones that come in the best. But another question you need to ask: How good is the reception of Boston stations in the Plymouth/Wareham area? That should give some proof. Also, I think at one time, there were some cable systems in the Cape that had FM radio service on cable.
Garrett said:And yet, isn't it interesting... No dedicated TV market for either Cape Cod or Worcester?
Oh please, don't tell me that Rhode Island services the Cape. We had a family home in Dennis, and you know the only stations we could get with a rabbit ears were WNEV 7 and WLNE 6 (which were both CBS, so a lot of help that was). In fact, programming wise, there were times when you would have sworn they were comming off the same switchboard!
Hmmmm....
Speaking of the lack of a dedicated Worcester TV market, I recall reading once that the owners of the Worcester Telegram and the Evening Gazette owned the license for Channel 5 back in the early days before it went on the air. They also owned the license allocation for what would eventually become WSRS-FM in addition to WTAG-AM 580 which they owned back before the same company could not own both properties in the same market.
After much thought by the powers that be at the T&G, they decided that the future was in FM broadcasting and gave up the license allocation for channel 5 in Worcester.
Speaking of WPLM didn't they have studios back in the 70's in hyannis, across from the mall? If I remember FM studios?
DavidZ said:After much thought by the powers that be at the T&G, they decided that the future was in FM broadcasting and gave up the license allocation for channel 5 in Worcester.
Having been employed by WSRS back when Norman Knight owned it, I can fill in, in the words of the late Paul Harvey, "the REST of the story..."
The T&G many have owned the two broadcast properties which they later sold, but they were utterly clueless as to what to do with them. They did not "decide that the future was in FM broadcasting," because they sold WTAG-FM to Norman Knight (in 1961, IIRC) for so little money it was laughable. Part of this story is, of course, timing, but WTAG-FM did nothing in the ratings (as, I believe, a simulcast of WTAG) until Knight bought it and turned it into one of the two formats that, at the time, would show off FM radio to its fullest extent in the era of hi-fi: beautiful music (the other was classical). Knight was also one of the earliest adopters of FM stereo (WSRS stands for Worcester's Stereo Radio Station). By the time FM started to really take off in the 1970's, WSRS was already at the top of the ratings in the Worcester market. In the 1980s Dick Wright, the general manager of WTAG(AM), was quoted as saying that "FM radio is not a factor in this market," at the same time that WSRS was cleaning their clock in the ratings.
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