Rooftop Tower

[Cosmopolite]

I'm told that 1230 had a rooftopper on the Baldwin Piano Building. Checking the net, current 1230 stick appears to be a in park. Does anyone know when the downtown Cinccinatti tower was dismantled?

 

[Ken Tucky]

It was on what was then called the Daylight Building - I think it (the tower) came down in 2000... As you can imagine, just a TERRIFIC ground system!!!

 

[Time Traveler]

And WCPO took on WSAI with that??? How did they last as long as they did???

 

[Ken Tucky]

When they switched to 123/WB in January of 1966, it was one HELL of a radio station! To answer your question as to how they competed against WSAI, it was PROGRAMMING! (remember that?) Then they had somebody named Bill Drake that came along in 1967... Stop me - I'm feeling my age! (Those were the days...)

 

[TANKSBACK]

Anybody remember when 1230 was your hootenanny station? OMG, Jack Linkletter LIVES!

 

[Time Traveler]

When they switched to 123/WB in January of 1966, it was one HELL of a radio station! To answer your question as to how they competed against WSAI, it was PROGRAMMING! (remember that?) Then they had somebody named Bill Drake that came along in 1967... Stop me - I'm feeling my age! (Those were the days...)

A question for you other old timers....Which in your opinion was better....WCPO or 123-W-B? I left town just weeks before the WCPO/WUBE transition. I remember WCPO quite well, but I only heard 123-W-B a few times.
Also...when was 1230 the "hootenany station"???

 

[BobOnTheJob]

When they switched to 123/WB in January of 1966, it was one HELL of a radio station! To answer your question as to how they competed against WSAI, it was PROGRAMMING! (remember that?) Then they had somebody named Bill Drake that came along in 1967... Stop me - I'm feeling my age! (Those were the days...)

A question for you other old timers....Which in your opinion was better....WCPO or 123-W-B? I left town just weeks before the WCPO/WUBE transition. I remember WCPO quite well, but I only heard 123-W-B a few times.
Also...when was 1230 the "hootenany station"???

123-WB in the Boss Radio / Bill Drake days...some of the finest top 40 radio to ever come out of the Queen City. They competed with WSAI until the Spring of 1969. And the "Little Tower That Could" was fed with only 250 watts at night...the night signal made it to the city limits, but not really well. Through the generous lending of many tapes by R-I member FRR, I have copied hours & hours of Boss Radio WUBE and my winter project will be to scope it down & make it available for free download--Big Al Law rides again...stay tuned for that coming attraction.

 

[Jeff_Davis]

I think that tower came down off of the Daylight Building sometime in 1990. I was at WDJO in '87-'88 when they were planning the move to Eden Park. They didn't get the thing moved until 1990, and by then WDJO had a limited life left on 1230 AM. I remember exiting NB 471 to 6th Street and in that curve, the tower was almost right next to you. Right at that spot the audio would get really loud and distorted, then go back to normal.

The Daylight Building is now the Hixson Building on I-71 at the foot of Mt. Adams. The new tower is the short one with the fast blinking beacon that you can see from NB I-471. It's across the street from Krohn Conservatory on the hill.

 

[Ken Tucky]

When they switched to 123/WB in January of 1966, it was one HELL of a radio station! To answer your question as to how they competed against WSAI, it was PROGRAMMING! (remember that?) Then they had somebody named Bill Drake that came along in 1967... Stop me - I'm feeling my age! (Those were the days...)

A question for you other old timers....Which in your opinion was better....WCPO or 123-W-B? I left town just weeks before the WCPO/WUBE transition. I remember WCPO quite well, but I only heard 123-W-B a few times.
Also...when was 1230 the "hootenany station"???

Without question 123/WB! And I think Jeff Davis is right - The Rooftop Vegematic came down around 1990, not 2000 ... For a flea-powered little dump, WUBE has a fascinating history!

 

[jcr]

When they switched to 123/WB in January of 1966, it was one HELL of a radio station! To answer your question as to how they competed against WSAI, it was PROGRAMMING! (remember that?) Then they had somebody named Bill Drake that came along in 1967... Stop me - I'm feeling my age! (Those were the days...)

A question for you other old timers....Which in your opinion was better....WCPO or 123-W-B? I left town just weeks before the WCPO/WUBE transition. I remember WCPO quite well, but I only heard 123-W-B a few times.
Also...when was 1230 the "hootenany station"???

123-WB in the Boss Radio / Bill Drake days...some of the finest top 40 radio to ever come out of the Queen City. They competed with WSAI until the Spring of 1969. And the "Little Tower That Could" was fed with only 250 watts at night...the night signal made it to the city limits, but not really well. Through the generous lending of many tapes by R-I member FRR, I have copied hours & hours of Boss Radio WUBE and my winter project will be to scope it down & make it available for free download--Big Al Law rides again...stay tuned for that coming attraction.

I hope you can get it done. I thought WUBE was sounding really good right before the switch was made to country.

 

[jcr]

When they switched to 123/WB in January of 1966, it was one HELL of a radio station! To answer your question as to how they competed against WSAI, it was PROGRAMMING! (remember that?) Then they had somebody named Bill Drake that came along in 1967... Stop me - I'm feeling my age! (Those were the days...)

A question for you other old timers....Which in your opinion was better....WCPO or 123-W-B? I left town just weeks before the WCPO/WUBE transition. I remember WCPO quite well, but I only heard 123-W-B a few times.
Also...when was 1230 the "hootenany station"???

Apparently, WCPO became the "hootenanny station" in August of 1963, playing folk music, according to a Google search which brought up a Google book results from the August 3, 1963 issue of Billboard magazine. Apparently, it did not last very long, maybe only for the summer, since the article mentions "summer hootenanny"