should 1210 try what wabc is doing

[RyanHoward]

Would running oldies overnight make any sense, maybe 560 or 990 could pick up CTCAM. I remember many years ago when 1210 flipped to oldies 24/7, the clear channel night signal was pulling big numbers. Pantano who was the night jock claiming he had requests from thousands of listeners in over 30 states. I don't know their local market numbers, they were competing with sister 98 but they had more of a 50's early 60's classic oldies (doo wop) format. But please, if considered, no boss with the cold sauce as a jock.

What is CTCAM?

 

[CTListener]

What is CTCAM?

Coast to Coast AM, the supernatural hokum talk show.

 

[jlehmann]

WMEX is a low power suburban "neighborhood" station, not a "Boston" market station. It has 100 watts at night. It's basically a south shore, Quincy area station trying to sell ads to local merchants.

The WMEX day signal is just as good as any of the other small “Boston” AM signals. It transmits from the same site as 1260, which is licensed to Boston, and has never in its history been considered a suburban station. Sure, the night signal is horrible, but it’s just as good/bad just over the line in parts of Boston as it is in parts of Quincy.

 

[CTListener]

The WMEX day signal is just as good as any of the other small “Boston” AM signals. It transmits from the same site as 1260, which is licensed to Boston, and has never in its history been considered a suburban station. Sure, the night signal is horrible, but it’s just as good/bad just over the line in parts of Boston as it is in parts of Quincy.

And, like 1260, it will blast into Revere, Lynn, Chelsea, Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem, all the way up to Gloucester thanks to salt-water conductivity. Why would its nighttime limitations affect its advertising revenue, especially since, as David himself has said repeatedly, there is very little nighttime listening going on? The pipsqueak translator's coverage is the bigger concern. Are there enough potential fans of a moldy oldies format still listening to AM and willing to forgive its sound quality limitations? If the audience for '60s and '70s songs isn't listening to AM anymore, that little translator will leave much of Boston and all of the North Shore in the dark.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

There are few fans of the music to make it sellable in a small area. It’s a niche and can live on on platforms with wider availability and different business models.

This “music on AM,” even with middling translators, is a ludicrous suggestion at this point.