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NERW on WMEX's return date and programming
- Thread starter raccoonradio
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Interesting. It did very well in Boston and pretty well in New York, but didn't make much of an impact outside the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. I know SXM is headquartered in NYC and shows a certain Big Apple bias in its programming -- such as assuming that the entire nation remembers and loves Cousin Brucie from its collective youth when he was actually on just one station in one market -- but playing regional hits is something I've never noticed it doing. Why not put Soupy Sales' "The Mouse" in rotation, too?
WMEX's internet presence is nearly nonexistent, which, I suppose, shouldn't be a surprise for a station with an 80-year-old owner calling the shots, but someone really should have found a separate URL for it and set up its own website -- even just a bare-bones DJ profiles/photos of the studios/link to stream site -- in the long months of preparation for the station's frequently delayed launch. I was just checking out Larry Nelson's Facebook page and he's already having to explain to some that, no, WMEX isn't Renegade Radio, which means the website maintained by people associated with WMEX's previous ownership group (the one that ran the station into the ground) is sidetracking fans of the current incarnation. Although getting the 1510wmex URL back would be perfect, but probably not doable as long as the Renegade crew continues to squat on it, surely there must be some other URL containing the call sign available.
And speaking of Facebook, while there are several pages devoted to WMEX, Nelson's seems to be the only public one. I assume that none of the others is "official," but an owner who would bury the only link to the WMEX stream on his other station's website could very well be capable of creating a Facebook page for WMEX's audience that's viewable only by registered members!
And speaking of Facebook, while there are several pages devoted to WMEX, Nelson's seems to be the only public one. I assume that none of the others is "official," but an owner who would bury the only link to the WMEX stream on his other station's website could very well be capable of creating a Facebook page for WMEX's audience that's viewable only by registered members!
There is now a WMEX page within the WATD website, but yes, a separate URL on it's own would be nice.
https://959watd.com/1510-wmex-the-greatest-hits-of-all-time/
https://959watd.com/1510-wmex-the-greatest-hits-of-all-time/
Can' t Find the Time To Tell You was big in New England but maybe about #86 nationally. A version by Rose Colored Glass did a bit better nationwide.The song was covered by Hootie and the Blowfish and that one appeared in the film Me Myself and Irene from the Farrelly brothers...filmed in various New England spots.
Another regional hit featured in a film was Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah, in Guardians of the Galaxy. Big in Chicago; the not so subtle line about "cruising on down on
L.S.D." may have shied stations away from it.
A dedicated URL for WMEX could be set up in
minutes and cost maybe $15 a year.Even if
1510wmex or wmex1510 aren't available they could do some variation like 1510wmexgreatesthits or whatever. Their streaming does work well and images of album covers etc pop up along with it. TuneIn or
OnlineRadioBox don't have WMEX's stream;
TuneIn had "WMEX 1510/Morning Meeting"
listed (that was a show WMEX ran in the
Daly XL days..via Boston Herald Radio) but the audio was the Renegade Radio guys with a current
discussion of the virus etc
>>80 year old owner
I don't know exactly how old Larry Justice is but I read he started at WPGC in Feb of 1962--the same month and year I was born.And I'm 58.So if Larry was maybe 22 then he'd be about 80 now himself...yet he sounds a lot younger! I saw something online about how he owned about 5 stations.Think WCIB on the Cape was one.
Barefoot Larry Justice had a "lock myself in the studio" stunt back then.Mike Adams did the same thing at WEEI later.
Another regional hit featured in a film was Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah, in Guardians of the Galaxy. Big in Chicago; the not so subtle line about "cruising on down on
L.S.D." may have shied stations away from it.
A dedicated URL for WMEX could be set up in
minutes and cost maybe $15 a year.Even if
1510wmex or wmex1510 aren't available they could do some variation like 1510wmexgreatesthits or whatever. Their streaming does work well and images of album covers etc pop up along with it. TuneIn or
OnlineRadioBox don't have WMEX's stream;
TuneIn had "WMEX 1510/Morning Meeting"
listed (that was a show WMEX ran in the
Daly XL days..via Boston Herald Radio) but the audio was the Renegade Radio guys with a current
discussion of the virus etc
>>80 year old owner
I don't know exactly how old Larry Justice is but I read he started at WPGC in Feb of 1962--the same month and year I was born.And I'm 58.So if Larry was maybe 22 then he'd be about 80 now himself...yet he sounds a lot younger! I saw something online about how he owned about 5 stations.Think WCIB on the Cape was one.
Barefoot Larry Justice had a "lock myself in the studio" stunt back then.Mike Adams did the same thing at WEEI later.
Some voices are like that. Robin Young turns 70 this year and doesn't sound a whole lot different now from her "Evening" days, or even her weekend late nights on WBZ radio.
Larry is 80. That would have made him 27 when I listened to him when I was 10 in 1967.
I Can't Find The Time-Orpheus
The song actually charted twice. In 1968 it reached #111 on Billboard. In 1969 it re-entered the charts and reached #80. Some things I've read indicated that the record company chose not to aggressively promote it nationally. Consider that similar sounding hit songs around that time like "Cherish," (actually several Association songs) "Turn Around Look At Me," and "I Will Always Think About You," all sold much better and might not have been as good. It's had quite the legacy as an oldies favorite though. I remember WODS playing it fairly frequently.
The song actually charted twice. In 1968 it reached #111 on Billboard. In 1969 it re-entered the charts and reached #80. Some things I've read indicated that the record company chose not to aggressively promote it nationally. Consider that similar sounding hit songs around that time like "Cherish," (actually several Association songs) "Turn Around Look At Me," and "I Will Always Think About You," all sold much better and might not have been as good. It's had quite the legacy as an oldies favorite though. I remember WODS playing it fairly frequently.
The station is getting more attention on this message board and in facebook groups from radio geeks than i think actually regular listeners who arent radio people.
But i cant say more than that.. last time i criticized WMEX on facebook, I had one of the WMEX DJ's call up my full time job and SCREAM for mintues on end, demanding to speak to my boss despite what I said being done on my own time and me having the right to my opinion on programming, just as the DJ's do
But i cant say more than that.. last time i criticized WMEX on facebook, I had one of the WMEX DJ's call up my full time job and SCREAM for mintues on end, demanding to speak to my boss despite what I said being done on my own time and me having the right to my opinion on programming, just as the DJ's do
JFC!!!!
Ed Perry is free to spend his money as he sees fit, if he wants to buy stations and play the sounds of whales humping that is his business.
In this world of big corporations swallowing up radio stations, or buying them to take them dark or downgrade the signal so they can modify licenses in other markets, why sh*t on Ed Perry?
I know a fair amount of people that work or worked on Enterprise Drive, and there isn't one of them that does not sing high praises of Ed Perry.
I scratch my head at some of the things he has done. like buying a station that serves Brockton, but it is his vision, his risk, and his capital.
Everyone else on the planet wrote off 1510 in this market, it couldn't be done, too many obstacles, music on AM is dead, tower issues, you name it... not only did he get 1510 back on, but there is a translator approved for it and that will be Ed's next project if I had to take a guess.
would you rather have dolla a holla foreign language programming or oldies?
Yes we know. No one is questioning that. However, nothing you say addresses or changes what the poster wrote. This thread has gone 15 pages, there have been multiple daily updates, and it's as though it's the second coming. It's nice to be enthusiastic, but this is a bit more than that.
WMEX
Having an FM translator with a decent signal in and around Boston plus the WMEX designation online on tune-in for more effective streaming (rather than the talk format that is there now) would be nice. There were some head scratching choices like playing the Peppermint Rainbow version of Green Tambourine rather then the Lemon Pipers and playing some other non-hit alternate versions of hits. The freedom they have allows for that kind of variety such as Chuck Berry segueing into Peter Frampton but it is a wide playlist reminiscent of the old WCGY when they played oldies.
I think Mr. Perry should be complimented for doing something for qualitative reasons since he apparently can afford it. There is sadly a lack of variety, innovation, and risk taking obviously because of financial realities these days. What he is doing is refreshing and worthy of the attention it's getting.
Having an FM translator with a decent signal in and around Boston plus the WMEX designation online on tune-in for more effective streaming (rather than the talk format that is there now) would be nice. There were some head scratching choices like playing the Peppermint Rainbow version of Green Tambourine rather then the Lemon Pipers and playing some other non-hit alternate versions of hits. The freedom they have allows for that kind of variety such as Chuck Berry segueing into Peter Frampton but it is a wide playlist reminiscent of the old WCGY when they played oldies.
I think Mr. Perry should be complimented for doing something for qualitative reasons since he apparently can afford it. There is sadly a lack of variety, innovation, and risk taking obviously because of financial realities these days. What he is doing is refreshing and worthy of the attention it's getting.
Would TuneIn be willing to carry two feeds labeled with the same call letters, even though one of them is just some guys pretending that they're still on WMEX? Come to think of it, is there anything illegal about Renegade Radio clinging to the call sign even though it has no connection to it anymore?
The "qualitative" thing is arguable. What some call variety others might see as a trainwreck. He believes there are enough people who share his taste to make it worthwhile.
I've said this about other formats such as active rock or alternative. I'm sure there are enough people in Boston that if they pooled their money they could buy a radio station. The catch would be actually running it. (and not causing a divorce).
I don't know if Renegade Radio is abandoning the "WMEX" imaging (totally) but on their facebook they're promoting a new app and website. Something about "TheRenegadeRadio". The website has an old picture of them (2017 or before) at a remote
with a "WMEX 1510 The Conversation Starts Here" banner. The Facebook and Twitter app names don't include WMEX in the address.
A WHOIS search shows that the 1510wmex dot com name expires in Oct of this year and the Registrant listed is based in Delaware.
Currently 1510wmex dot com redirects to their old website (copyright 2017). Whether Perry can get that domain or set up another, who knows.
GoDaddy is the domain name provider.
with a "WMEX 1510 The Conversation Starts Here" banner. The Facebook and Twitter app names don't include WMEX in the address.
A WHOIS search shows that the 1510wmex dot com name expires in Oct of this year and the Registrant listed is based in Delaware.
Currently 1510wmex dot com redirects to their old website (copyright 2017). Whether Perry can get that domain or set up another, who knows.
GoDaddy is the domain name provider.
I've tried doing that (GoDaddy has a service where they'll make the ask) and usually it involves extra money.
Then again there are several stations with virtually duplicate formats that are competing for listeners in "desirable" demos that have been or are train wrecks. I don't know what Mr. Perry's expectations are. Of course I'm sure he knows that he isn't going to bill like those stations. The current WMEX concept isn't duplicating anything else available in the market and has some very experienced Boston legacy DJ's who sound pretty good. I call that qualitative. It's nice that he is trying. I hope it succeeds. It's worth the space on this board because it is interesting and unusual. How many radio stations these days can you say that about?
In Boston there actually are quite a few. WMUB is pretty unique at what it does and how they do it. I happen to be a fan of WHRB, and I salute the alumni for what they do. There are a lot of very dedicated radio people in Boston. One of my favorite markets.
You are correct. I should have qualified what I said to exclude those and other college stations along with brokered ethnic stations which do have unique and interesting programs for niche listeners.
I wouldn't call WUMB (must have been meant by the typo WMUB) a college station, even though it's at a college. It's a fully paid professionally staffed public radio station, there are no U.Mass. Boston students on it, though the GM and the Sunday afternoon World Music show host are UMB alumni.
It's an NPR affiliate that airs some NPR distributed music shows late nights and at times on weekends. Its format falls under "Triple-A", though leaning toward a more Americana/Roots/Folk music version of the format than most commercial adult album rock based "Triple-A" stations. It also has some weekend speciality shows that specialize more deeply in related genres and influences.
Though its dedicated format is unique in Boston (with only limited musical crossover with more adult rock oriented commercial "Triple-A" WXRV), there are some other similarly formatted and programmed college-based professionally staffed NPR affiliated "Triple-A" public radio music stations elsewhere such as NYC's WFUV at Fordham U.
I enjoy the station (and worked there about 15 years ago, there were and continue to be great people on the air), but I wouldn't call it a college station in the sense of student programmed or hosted.
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