I understand the reason Uncle Sam wants to sell. I understand why 800 mhz was desirable. I don't understand the rationale for selling other frequencies. I haven't seen any land office activities on 700 mhz to make me believe that the Government would receive 10 cents on the dollar auctioning other frequencies. What is happening on 700 mhz? Anyone making coin there?
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LET'S SUGGEST SOME FORMAT CHANGES FOR 2012!
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This is an astonishingly amusing thread. Even after I go to the next message, I start to laugh again at what I have already seen.
But the funniest of all these ideas (it is satire isn't it?)is that the sole proprietor owner of the weakest commercial signal around take over a 50-clear owned by one of the country's biggest groups to broadcast a Muzak-type format.
I mean what the heck, when WJIB (FM), WHUE-FM, WHIL-FM, WSSH, WPLM-FM, WBOS, WCOZ, WEZE and WCOP-FM all failed with beautiful music it's because the market had not yet caught up with their stunningly brilliant programming. Clearly this is a format deserving of the most powerful signal, rather than the weakest.
Talk about unfilled needs. 38 states are clamoring for Montavani with all that great mono AM fidelity. Let's give it to them.
But the funniest of all these ideas (it is satire isn't it?)is that the sole proprietor owner of the weakest commercial signal around take over a 50-clear owned by one of the country's biggest groups to broadcast a Muzak-type format.
I mean what the heck, when WJIB (FM), WHUE-FM, WHIL-FM, WSSH, WPLM-FM, WBOS, WCOZ, WEZE and WCOP-FM all failed with beautiful music it's because the market had not yet caught up with their stunningly brilliant programming. Clearly this is a format deserving of the most powerful signal, rather than the weakest.
Talk about unfilled needs. 38 states are clamoring for Montavani with all that great mono AM fidelity. Let's give it to them.
Beg to differ here! You are talking about a man who garners phenomenal ratings (and many P1 listeners) with a 250 watt daytimer in a major market! If this gentleman were in control of 1030, I would cheerfully bet the rent he could provide Boston with top notch, quality, popular programming!
1967 or so, they became WJIB. The AM 740 would go through calls like WCAS, WLVG, WWEA (1991)
and finally WJIB (1992) acc to bostonradio.org
http://bostonradio.org/stations/25050
>>In November 1966, WXHR AM-FM-TV were sold to Kaiser-Globe Broadcasting, a joint venture of Kaiser Broadcasting and the Boston Globe. In early 1967, the FM calls were changed to WJIB and the studios were relocated to 68 Commercial Wharf..The station's new format was beautiful music. The WJIB calls were chosen to convey a nautical theme, reinforced by hourly IDs that featured a ship's bells and seagulls, sounds that would become a trademark of “FM 97” in the decades that followed. WJIB was sold again in 1972, this time to General Electric Broadcasting.
Repro of sign on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umf186Eds6Y
and finally WJIB (1992) acc to bostonradio.org
http://bostonradio.org/stations/25050
>>In November 1966, WXHR AM-FM-TV were sold to Kaiser-Globe Broadcasting, a joint venture of Kaiser Broadcasting and the Boston Globe. In early 1967, the FM calls were changed to WJIB and the studios were relocated to 68 Commercial Wharf..The station's new format was beautiful music. The WJIB calls were chosen to convey a nautical theme, reinforced by hourly IDs that featured a ship's bells and seagulls, sounds that would become a trademark of “FM 97” in the decades that followed. WJIB was sold again in 1972, this time to General Electric Broadcasting.
Repro of sign on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umf186Eds6Y
Seeing that this is a just for fun joke post: here's some format changes.
WGBH 89.7 '60s & '70's Jazz
WBUR 90.9 same
WUMB 91.9 True Folk & Bluegrass
WXRV 92.5 same
WBOS 92.9 '80s-'90s Country
WEEI FM The Eagle '70s
WJMN 94.5 A true Black community station
WHRB 95.3 same
WSRS 96.1 Smooth Jazz/New Age/Soft R&B songs.
WTKK 96.9 The original WJIB
WKAF 97.7 R&B/ Hip Hop
WBZ-FM 98.5 '50s & '60s
WPLM 99.1 Jazz Big band
WCRB 99.5 same
WZLX 100.7 '60s & 70s Calssic rock deep cuts (maybe a little '80s)
WFNX 101.7 Classic alternative
WKLB 102.5 Same but with more vatiety
WODS 103.3 Soft Rock
WBMX 104.1 WBCN
WROR 105.7 WVBF The electric mama.
WMJX 106.7 A Real AC station like the Cove (WODS HD2)
WXKS 107.9 same
WGBH 89.7 '60s & '70's Jazz
WBUR 90.9 same
WUMB 91.9 True Folk & Bluegrass
WXRV 92.5 same
WBOS 92.9 '80s-'90s Country
WEEI FM The Eagle '70s
WJMN 94.5 A true Black community station
WHRB 95.3 same
WSRS 96.1 Smooth Jazz/New Age/Soft R&B songs.
WTKK 96.9 The original WJIB
WKAF 97.7 R&B/ Hip Hop
WBZ-FM 98.5 '50s & '60s
WPLM 99.1 Jazz Big band
WCRB 99.5 same
WZLX 100.7 '60s & 70s Calssic rock deep cuts (maybe a little '80s)
WFNX 101.7 Classic alternative
WKLB 102.5 Same but with more vatiety
WODS 103.3 Soft Rock
WBMX 104.1 WBCN
WROR 105.7 WVBF The electric mama.
WMJX 106.7 A Real AC station like the Cove (WODS HD2)
WXKS 107.9 same
That is for fun but it all seriousness "public" 89.7 and 90.9 would prefer news as it brings in the
bucks, er, "donations". Want jazz, go to XM... WUMB true folk? Ha! WBOS--well that would be
nice but there's always Willie's Roadhouse on XM.
WEEI-FM--sorry, but they need to make money
Maybe on the HD-2...?
WJMN--If it makes money, then they would. Or how about Talk 94.5? Katz, Beck, Rush,
Severin in stereo
WTKK--Ssh...Howie's coming
WKAF---Nope, not as long as Entercom wants to make money (i.e., stay same)
WBZ-FM-Not as long as the Pats and B's keep winning. Yeah We Rot Old Records used to be on 98.5
WPLM--now maybe if it was a swingin' lounge easy jazz station, maybe
WODS--Would prob stay the same; wonder if day will come when 60s disappear? I do like 60s but glad
they're expanding into other decades. The songs that were hits on top 40 radio when "Oldies" (no
longer use that term) first went on air, are now on 103.3, and we're walkin' on sunshine--and don't it feel good?
Noticed you didn't mention AM radio. Trying to tell us something?
bucks, er, "donations". Want jazz, go to XM... WUMB true folk? Ha! WBOS--well that would be
nice but there's always Willie's Roadhouse on XM.
WEEI-FM--sorry, but they need to make money
Maybe on the HD-2...?WJMN--If it makes money, then they would. Or how about Talk 94.5? Katz, Beck, Rush,
Severin in stereo
WTKK--Ssh...Howie's coming
WKAF---Nope, not as long as Entercom wants to make money (i.e., stay same)
WBZ-FM-Not as long as the Pats and B's keep winning. Yeah We Rot Old Records used to be on 98.5
WPLM--now maybe if it was a swingin' lounge easy jazz station, maybe
WODS--Would prob stay the same; wonder if day will come when 60s disappear? I do like 60s but glad
they're expanding into other decades. The songs that were hits on top 40 radio when "Oldies" (no
longer use that term) first went on air, are now on 103.3, and we're walkin' on sunshine--and don't it feel good?
Noticed you didn't mention AM radio. Trying to tell us something?
raccoonradio said:
'60s are on their way out at WDRC-FM Hartford. Check the playlists at yes.com and you'll see only two or three '60s titles an hour, and this is a station that plays 13 or 14 songs an hour outside of drivetimes. It now leans heavily '70s, but '80s are even with or ahead of the '60s in most hours.
The few pre-British Invasion songs that were still around last year are gone now, not even played on the Saturday request show. February 3 used to be a day when DRC would play a bunch of Buddy Holly songs and, or course, "Chantilly Lace" and "La Bamba." Not this year -- just a mention of the anniversary on the morning show followed by a spin of 1972's "American Pie." Yes, "La Bamba" is still on the playlist, but it's Los Lobos' remake.
Indeed...and last Sat night Doug Edwards did Mardi Gras style music on Uncle Henry's Basement on
WMWM. WATD also with its share of oldies.
Maybe 60s getting phased out on 'ODS, too. btw I remember when the Beatles got a hit single
when their album cut "Got To Get You Into My Life" was issued as part of the Rock N Roll Music
album...and the brassy sound, recorded in the mid 60s, actually sounded quite timely in the mid 70s
(with groups like Chicago having hits).
A sound ahead of their time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELd7rhc2Hg&feature=related
WMWM. WATD also with its share of oldies.
Maybe 60s getting phased out on 'ODS, too. btw I remember when the Beatles got a hit single
when their album cut "Got To Get You Into My Life" was issued as part of the Rock N Roll Music
album...and the brassy sound, recorded in the mid 60s, actually sounded quite timely in the mid 70s
(with groups like Chicago having hits).
A sound ahead of their time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELd7rhc2Hg&feature=related
CTListener said:
At least WDRC still has '50s/'60s oldies on their HD2. I was hoping a Boston station would do that with their HD2.
Maybe they have but would it be profitable? Enough radios would have to be made with LW to
enable people to hear it, and if you thought HD was a tough sell...
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave
>>In North America during the 1970s the frequencies 167, 179 and 191 kHz were assigned to the short-lived Public Emergency Radio of the United States. Nowadays the 160–190 kHz range is used in the United States for Part 15 LowFER amateur and experimental stations, and the 190–435 kHz band is used for navigational beacons.
As in, for aircraft or boats? Looks like it's being used already.
Remember a couple decades ago, though, when there was a sudden interest in _shortwave_ because
of the Gulf War and other world events? I was even into it for awhile. One show I liked--broadcast
Fri nights at 11:30 pm at the time--was BBC Worldwide's Vintage Chart Show (a countdown of
pop hits from a year long ago). These days with other options including the Net, interest in
_Shortwave_ may have gone down a bit.
There are still some fairly affordable receivers with shortwave
http://rsk.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pRS1-7953619w345.jpg
btw years ago my older brother had a huge radio, back from when he was in the merchant marine.
It had AM, FM, shortwave, longwave, etc. Maybe police band, weather etc
enable people to hear it, and if you thought HD was a tough sell...
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave
>>In North America during the 1970s the frequencies 167, 179 and 191 kHz were assigned to the short-lived Public Emergency Radio of the United States. Nowadays the 160–190 kHz range is used in the United States for Part 15 LowFER amateur and experimental stations, and the 190–435 kHz band is used for navigational beacons.
As in, for aircraft or boats? Looks like it's being used already.
Remember a couple decades ago, though, when there was a sudden interest in _shortwave_ because
of the Gulf War and other world events? I was even into it for awhile. One show I liked--broadcast
Fri nights at 11:30 pm at the time--was BBC Worldwide's Vintage Chart Show (a countdown of
pop hits from a year long ago). These days with other options including the Net, interest in
_Shortwave_ may have gone down a bit.
There are still some fairly affordable receivers with shortwave
http://rsk.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pRS1-7953619w345.jpg
btw years ago my older brother had a huge radio, back from when he was in the merchant marine.
It had AM, FM, shortwave, longwave, etc. Maybe police band, weather etc
iyiyi said:
Nobody suggests that he doesn't have a good following, serve the public interest, convenience and necessity or present a top-notch product. And it's great that he spends more on toner than on lunch. But the stick price for a 50-clear is not sustainable in that format. Even if it is Mancini and not Montavani.
What I'm really wondering is whether a reference to a grant to WATC on 740 kc in Cambridge in the Nov. 1, 1948 issue of Broadcasting was a typographical error or whether the indication i WATC (FM) was actually granted to Morristown NJ ion that month.
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