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LET'S SUGGEST SOME FORMAT CHANGES FOR 2012!

That's bull. Bad spelling isn't a disability, it's lazy...especially with spellcheck being near universal on computers.

whdh1920 said:
Real nice, a lot of people can't spell like you sorry.
 
JIBGUY said:
WJIB-740 stays as is (adult standards), and has only 1 half-hour church on Sunday mornings. No other brokered time above that half-hour, and there won't be any more.
Okay, we can do that. We can, however, get a second frequency around 1700 to do brokered time.
 
Thank you for your replies, everyone. And no, I'm not retarded or on drugs. I'm just suggesting some changes. If we can't get HD feeds for the stations I suggested, we can expand the FM band to 76 mHz. and the AM frequency to 2000 kHz. And we can put the stations in the expanded bands. Also, I'd like to bring back AM stereo and have FM stations try FMExtra.
 
And go to all the companies that make radios (or mp3 players with radios in them) and have them start to manufacture radios to have the FM dial go all the way back to 76 MHz.

Of course many older radios won't be able to receive it. "We've got a great new station at 81.1 FM...
IF your radio has FM that goes from 76.1 to 107.9"

btw some mp3 players with radios, and record capability, aren't bad. I have an RCA Opal (made by
audiovox I think) and recorded much of my show Sun on 91.7, listened back last night and it was
pretty good. Of course the radio was FM only...I could have recorded an AM station though, by
having one walkman tuned to the AM freq and putting a mini FM transmitter on that walkman...
set to a certain freq (like 88.5) and tuning the mp3 player/radio to that freq., and recording.
 
If I had my way,

Jerry Williams and Larry Glick would still be on WBZ and Jess Cain would wake me up in the mornings on WHDH.

WRKO would be top 40 with Charlie Van Dyke and WJIB would be "beautiful music on 96.9 FM from historic commercial wharf..ding ding".

WBCN would have Chaaarles on in the mornings, and Robert J would be spinnin' the wax at WGBH.
 
blackgold said:
If we can't get HD feeds for the stations I suggested, we can expand the FM band to 76 mHz. and the AM frequency to 2000 kHz. And we can put the stations in the expanded bands.

IOW, put stations where no one can hear them. Brilliant, just brilliant.

blackgold said:
no, I'm not retarded or on drugs.

Sure. To everyone who believes that: We're having a discount special, today only, on the Brooklyn Bridge.
 
dumber than a box of hair said:
blackgold said:
If we can't get HD feeds for the stations I suggested, we can expand the FM band to 76 mHz. and the AM frequency to 2000 kHz. And we can put the stations in the expanded bands.

IOW, put stations where no one can hear them. Brilliant, just brilliant.

blackgold said:
no, I'm not retarded or on drugs.

Sure. To everyone who believes that: We're having a discount special, today only, on the Brooklyn Bridge.
I'm neither retarded or on drugs! I know what I'm talking about!
 
If you actually think extending the AM band to 2000khz is a good idea, I want what you've been smoking.
Amateur radio uses 1800-2000khz.

blackgold said:
I'm neither retarded or on drugs! I know what I'm talking about!
 
dhoule said:
Okay, here's mine, without HD stations. I don't think these changes would be radical.

680 goes all business, no Howie
850 goes to ESPN radio
1030 eliminates informercials, adds more hours of news
1200 stays the same
1430 stays the same, emphasis on Talk Right
1510 stays the same, emphasis on Talk Left
92.9 stays the same
93.7 stays the same
94.5 stays the same
96.9 more political talk on weekends, no Howie
98.5 stays the same
100.7 stays the same
101.7 switches to Spanish CHR (long overdue in Boston!)
102.5 stays the same
103. 3 more emphasis on classic pop hits
104.1 stays the same
105.7 more emphasis on classic rock hits
106.7 stays the same
107.9 stays the same

This is doable good sir. More news on WBZ means more job openings for aspiring newscasters ;D

One modification though, WAAF (both 97.7 and 107.3) have been as good as dead for sometime. I would change the format from Active Rock to a format with an emphasis on all-guy talk. Man radio. Talk for men. Something stupid like 107.3 and 97.7 MAN FM "Leave the room ladies...the men are going to do some talking." Like Spike TV on the radio.

Other than that, I would boost 92.5 the River's signal so that it reaches more south of the Mass Pike.

Maybe I am now the one who is on drugs.
 
If HD FM were to make it then some of these formats could be viable.
Like to see it happen. AM IBOC stinks and should die. The idea of moving Class C and D AMs to an expaneded FM 76-88 is a good idea. There are very few full power digital TV stations on Ch. 5 or 6.in the US Also room for LPFM and more noncomms there too.
 
This is one of the most hilarious threads in the history of Radio-Info.
 
NHRadio said:
If you actually think extending the AM band to 2000khz is a good idea, I want what you've been smoking.
Amateur radio uses 1800-2000khz.

blackgold said:
I'm neither retarded or on drugs! I know what I'm talking about!

And no, I don't smoke or drink either!
 
Adam Rivers said:
This is one of the most hilarious threads in the history of Radio-Info.

Oh don't be shy, you know you truly believe the future of CHR is on the AM band! That's just common sense, really.

[/sarcasm]
 
If it were possible don't you think Steven Silberburg would have gone for any power increase or site move closer to Boston possible, there are such things as severe short spacing problems involving first adjacenbt WPRO-FM at 92.3, WWYZ-FM co-channel also at 92.5 and several class A's. Non technical readers of this board seem to think that just because they want something it can or should be done. Have they never heard of communications law or the law of physics.
American 2012 I want it and it should be done.
 
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