I never understood the Lake Success thing. It was originally WGLI AM and FM Babylon. Appliance store Friendly Frost bought the FM, changed the call letters to WTFM, and moved the studios and transmitter to Fresh Meadows, Queens just off the LI Expressway.
I might be getting WGLI mixed up with WBAB (maybe)That's right, I'm mistaken, it is in Nassau Co. did you know that although Belmont race track in in Nassau, that the far turn is actually in Queens? Let's see how I'm doing and I did not Google this, WGLI was 1290 and the FM was 102.3? strictly from the useless memory of JoeLouis
WGLI was only 1290 after 1961. WBAB was 1440 and 102.3 where it is today playing classic rock.
You as well. I wonder if the New Year's predictions thread is open on here yet?
Hi, Thank you for this fun music. Is this song known as "aguinaldo", meaning like a Christmas carol, or a traditional holiday song? To me, it seems to translate something like, "We're bringing these sounds so that you will get up", and then they count 1-2-3, so the host will open the door. The tradition is for a group of singers to arrive at a house late a night, then the hosts wake up/ get up to let the singers in the house to start the party. -- Is that correct?
There is no reason today to do the ID at exactly the same place. Besides that, there is only a legal reason to give the ID at all, and that is a total anachronism today.
That's likely because they have actual scheduled block programs that have specific run times and schedules.
And Bobby Bones is a network / syndicated show, so it tends to be a bit more conscious of the hour's "structure", while pure local music stations have no need to be precise, particularly on a program element that is non-productive and extraneous.
SALUDOS, SALUDOS
Thanks, David. I thought that stations were required to do the I.D. every 30 minutes, on the hour and half-hour. Now that I understand that's not required, I won't talk about I.D. times any more. - D.
Audacy still doesn't realize that the people who listen to 1010 WINS New York online are unable to listen to that station's legal ID at :59 because it is too close to the ad break.
In the words of Starship:
No, they have changed the name once. Back in the 80's when they asked me to manage KBRG in San Francisco, they were Entercom. And that was what they were called until the adopted the new name recently.
And who cares when they give the ID? Were it allowed, we would not do the "legal ID" ever.
From Wikipedia, I learned that Entercom acquired CBS radio, including radio.com , in 2017. Perhaps that is why, to listeners, it may seem like multiple name changes. JMO.
My point wasn't when, it was whether it was heard at all online.
