Imus On Philly Radio

[rtetro]

Communities like Upper Darby, Landsdowne, Collingdale, and Tinicum Township might be ideas for new CoL's for the Philly 740/860 facilities, if they wanted appreciable night power.

Hey Dave,
Didn't WVCH have a CP for 50KW several years ago, but had problems zoning a new TX site? That could have been a monster signal!

 

[DG02816]

Rene,
You're right on. The CP was the brainchild of the late Mike Venditti. 6 towers, 50 kW-D, 2.5 kW-N.

 

[Slant]

How about this.....Michael Smerconish moves back to afternoons and they move Imus back into mornings....tape delay Hannity to evenings..maybe drop O'Reilly.

 

[Bill_W]

Many large corporations, mine included, forbid listening to radio on-line. Only real life radios or cd's. So WABC on-line is "out of line" for me.

companies like that are run by fascists, IMO.

lots of people work better when they've got something to listen to with headphones.

It's not that companies are run by fascists, it's that they PAY for bandwith usage. When we use our computers at work, we are supposed to use them for business reasons at work. Companies pay for the bandwith so, they can decide what we get off the internet. My building has 6000 people in it. I wonder what would happen to the network if every person decided to go to WMMR.com and stream Preston & Steve right now.

 

[Julius Leonard Marx]

From what I read, Mr. Boyce is not very open to delaying Hannity. Then again, there is no place else in the market for him to put the show. They seem to have problem filling early evening. Of course, there is the problem of sports preemptions and Friday night brokered music programming which would likely be unacceptable to Boyce or any syndicator who is not desperate.

People here complain about the lack of local programming in the market and then turn about demand Imus. What gives?

PS: People listening online can really mess up corporate servers and a corporate network. Lots of people don't work better with headphones. Some may work better listening to music. Not talk. It is not fascistic to expect a day's work for a day's pay. If you don't like it, quit. Work from home. Sell Herbalife or Amway and listen all you want.

 

[carnyfeet]

PS: People listening online can really mess up corporate servers and a corporate network. Lots of people don't work better with headphones. Some may work better listening to music. Not talk. It is not fascistic to expect a day's work for a day's pay. If you don't like it, quit. Work from home. Sell Herbalife or Amway and listen all you want.

This is probably deserving of it's own thread, but I think the only way a little streaming is going to cripple the company network is if there hasn't been any upgrades since like 1997. Streaming audio is not very different from loading common websites, or other things that may be done as part of your workload.

Having said that, what I said about listening to internet radio went for music as well as talk. And if it doesn't cut into your productivity, then that eliminates the last good reason I can think of for a company to bar their employees from streaming Imus, WMMR, or whatever you care to listen to while they're filling out TPS Reports all day long. It's a tiny concession that I'm sure creates a ton of employee satisfaction, which in turn boosts morale and company productivity overall.

 

[Bill_W]

PS: People listening online can really mess up corporate servers and a corporate network. Lots of people don't work better with headphones. Some may work better listening to music. Not talk. It is not fascistic to expect a day's work for a day's pay. If you don't like it, quit. Work from home. Sell Herbalife or Amway and listen all you want.

This is probably deserving of it's own thread, but I think the only way a little streaming is going to cripple the company network is if there hasn't been any upgrades since like 1997. Streaming audio is not very different from loading common websites, or other things that may be done as part of your workload.

Having said that, what I said about listening to internet radio went for music as well as talk. And if it doesn't cut into your productivity, then that eliminates the last good reason I can think of for a company to bar their employees from streaming Imus, WMMR, or whatever you care to listen to while they're filling out TPS Reports all day long. It's a tiny concession that I'm sure creates a ton of employee satisfaction, which in turn boosts morale and company productivity overall.

Once again bandwith = $$$. Streaming audio or video does eat up bandwith. Talk to your IT or IS people.

 

[DanStrassberg]

Rene,
You're right on. The CP was the brainchild of the late Mike Venditti. 6 towers, 50 kW-D, 2.5 kW-N.

Was the CP REALLY for 2.5 kW-N? I think it would have worked quite nicely with the proposed six-tower setup, but it was always my impression that the CP was for 50 kW-D six towers with no change in the existing low-power night operation (except maybe the site--and I'm not even sure of that). How many years was the proposal tied up in wrangling and litigation over the proposed site? I think the better part of 10 years.

 

[DG02816]

Dan,

It WAS for 2.5 kW-N; confirmed this with former WVCH/WSJI engineer Bob Kees.He thought the 6 towers-2 rows of 3-would have been tricky to keep in tolerance.

 

[amfmsw]

Mike Venditti was genius. I miss him dearly. Please, wear rf protections and watch the time you expose yourself to High power RF.

 

[DToTheJ]

Mike Venditti was genius. I miss him dearly.

Wonder if he's streaming WNJC online in Heaven...