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WARM Press Release

N

Nordberg

PRESS RELEASE

SCRANTON, PA – October 27, 2005. In an engineering coup, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (NYSE: CDL), announced today that it has solved the high cost of STL (studio to transmitter link) audio transmission. Most radio stations in the United States use either microwave transmitters and receivers, telephone company broadcast loops or ISDN lines. Citidel has implemented the new technology at it’s Scranton, PA property, WARM-AM. It is called “two coffee cans and a string”.

Although the fidelity of the audio is degraded substantially, the savings will be noticed immediately. According to company officials, “the two remaining listeners will hardly notice a difference”. Some technical barriers remain, there is a distinct impedence mis-match between the studio end “Folgers” can and the transmitter “Maxwell House” can, but the string has withstood the recent rains fairly well, with a short amount of downtime due to birds and squirrels.

For more information about licensing this new technology, contact:
Citadel Communications Corporation
600 Baltimore Drive
Second Floor
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
 
Hahah! Too funny. They are still working on the kitchen microwave for transmission patent for the way they send out their signal. The coat hanger connected to it isn't quite cutting it.



> PRESS RELEASE
>
> SCRANTON, PA – October 27, 2005. In an engineering coup,
> Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (NYSE: CDL), announced
> today that it has solved the high cost of STL (studio to
> transmitter link) audio transmission. Most radio stations in
> the United States use either microwave transmitters and
> receivers, telephone company broadcast loops or ISDN lines.
> Citidel has implemented the new technology at it’s Scranton,
> PA property, WARM-AM. It is called “two coffee cans and a
> string”.
>
> Although the fidelity of the audio is degraded
> substantially, the savings will be noticed immediately.
> According to company officials, “the two remaining listeners
> will hardly notice a difference”. Some technical barriers
> remain, there is a distinct impedence mis-match between the
> studio end “Folgers” can and the transmitter “Maxwell House”
> can, but the string has withstood the recent rains fairly
> well, with a short amount of downtime due to birds and
> squirrels.
>
> For more information about licensing this new technology,
> contact:
> Citadel Communications Corporation
> 600 Baltimore Drive
> Second Floor
> Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
>
 
I thought word from the inside was that WARM was making a comeback........


http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board.php?Post=304925&Board=northeastpa<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by JudeMorgan on 10/28/05 01:08 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Very funny! I think that you should know that there is a warped end to this. I hit WARM on scan Saturday Afternoon. The Sam Liguori Polka Weekend was running on the STL and the audio was not bad (other than it was polka) and once it was over they switched regular programming back to the aforementioned Folgers to Maxwell house link. I think the Maxwell house Link is at the tower site since they have been running it for years "good to the last drop"
 
> Hahah! Too funny. They are still working on the kitchen
> microwave for transmission patent for the way they send out
> their signal. The coat hanger connected to it isn't quite
> cutting it.
>
>
>
> > PRESS RELEASE
> >
> > SCRANTON, PA – October 27, 2005. In an engineering coup,
> > Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (NYSE: CDL), announced
> > today that it has solved the high cost of STL (studio to
> > transmitter link) audio transmission. Most radio stations
> in
> > the United States use either microwave transmitters and
> > receivers, telephone company broadcast loops or ISDN
> lines.
> > Citidel has implemented the new technology at it’s
> Scranton,
> > PA property, WARM-AM. It is called “two coffee cans and a
> > string”.
> >
> > Although the fidelity of the audio is degraded
> > substantially, the savings will be noticed immediately.
> > According to company officials, “the two remaining
> listeners
> > will hardly notice a difference”. Some technical barriers
> > remain, there is a distinct impedence mis-match between
> the
> > studio end “Folgers” can and the transmitter “Maxwell
> House”
> > can, but the string has withstood the recent rains fairly
> > well, with a short amount of downtime due to birds and
> > squirrels.
> >
> > For more information about licensing this new technology,
> > contact:
> > Citadel Communications Corporation
> > 600 Baltimore Drive
> > Second Floor
> > Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
> >
>

Funny and true; too bad the once "Mighty 590" has gotten to this and is the butt of all the NEPA radio jokes....I remember the good old days like they were yesterday.....


oldies4ever
 
Plus, if this were Frank Cali, aka Chris Starr, aka Chris O'Brien he would have been blogging about not being able to come in to work because "his platelets were clumping" or being unable to get out of the car for the station remote because "the sun would cause my skin to melt". Ahhh. The memories.


******Hey NEPA_radioguy:

Did you work with him someplace (maybe WARM?) or do you just have it in from this guy? or maybe a bit jealous, as he was one of the very, very few who actually was lucky enough to get out of Scranton, PA and work in major markets including Baltimore, Washington, DC (Voice of America) and Hartford.
 
> Plus, if this were Frank Cali, aka Chris Starr, aka Chris
> O'Brien he would have been blogging about not being able to
> come in to work because "his platelets were clumping" or
> being unable to get out of the car for the station remote
> because "the sun would cause my skin to melt". Ahhh. The
> memories.
>
>
> ******Hey NEPA_radioguy:
>
> Did you work with him someplace (maybe WARM?) or do you just
> have it in from this guy? or maybe a bit jealous, as he was
> one of the very, very few who actually was lucky enough to
> get out of Scranton, PA and work in major markets including
> Baltimore, Washington, DC (Voice of America) and Hartford.
>
I worked with him in the mid 70s at the old WBAX AM when it
was top 40. David Kush and Maddy Fitzgerald were in news, other
jocks were Rick Walker (now a policeman), Jack Tripper, Bob
Marinni and an overnight guy by the name of Vince. Is that where
he ended up? I was friends with one of his wives and visited his
home a few times. Always found him engaging and fun. Glad he did
well.
Yonkstur
 
> > Plus, if this were Frank Cali, aka Chris Starr, aka Chris
> > O'Brien he would have been blogging about not being able
> to
> > come in to work because "his platelets were clumping" or
> > being unable to get out of the car for the station remote
> > because "the sun would cause my skin to melt". Ahhh. The
> > memories.
> >
> >
> > ******Hey NEPA_radioguy:
> >
> > Did you work with him someplace (maybe WARM?) or do you
> just
> > have it in from this guy? or maybe a bit jealous, as he
> was
> > one of the very, very few who actually was lucky enough to
>
> > get out of Scranton, PA and work in major markets
> including
> > Baltimore, Washington, DC (Voice of America) and Hartford.
>
> >
> I worked with him in the mid 70s at the old WBAX AM when it
> was top 40. David Kush and Maddy Fitzgerald were in news,
> other
> jocks were Rick Walker (now a policeman), Jack Tripper, Bob
>
> Marinni and an overnight guy by the name of Vince. Is that
> where
> he ended up? I was friends with one of his wives and visited
> his
> home a few times. Always found him engaging and fun. Glad he
> did
> well.
> Yonkstur
>

From what I remember. He was the first PD at 13Q (WSCR), worked at WARM in the mid 80s, left the area and worked morning drive at WFBR Baltimore, WDRC in Hartford, came back to the area briefly in the early 90s and worked at WSGD doing mornings, then The Voice of America in Washington, DC. After that WQSR in Baltimore. He also was Editor-in-Chief for the W. C. Fields Magazine and wrote for Filmfax Magazine, which is also a national publication.

I remember Rick Walker who also worked at WARM after WBAX and a stint as manager of a local McDonalds. Walker also Bobby Bell and Rick Belza or Belzer was the organ player in the local group The Wazoos if I remember right? Where is here a policeman?
Stach
 
Re:Chris Star

> From what I remember. He was the first PD at 13Q (WSCR),
> worked at WARM in the mid 80s, left the area and worked
> morning drive at WFBR Baltimore, WDRC in Hartford, came back
> to the area briefly in the early 90s and worked at WSGD
> doing mornings, then The Voice of America in Washington, DC.
> After that WQSR in Baltimore. He also was Editor-in-Chief
> for the W. C. Fields Magazine and wrote for Filmfax
> Magazine, which is also a national publication.
>



I Worked With Chris At WEJL In Around 1977.

He Also Did Mornings On Bob Cordero's "Z-95" For A Little While In

The Early 90's. It Is True Though ... He Always Claimed To Have

Some Sort Of Terminal Illness. So Where Is He Now?
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MCNDRWS on 10/29/05 11:11 PM.</FONT></P>
 
Who the hell said I had it in for the guy? It's just a radio story I remembered about the guy. EVERYBODY'S got 'em. Yonkster wrote a whole book about 'em. (now available wherever books are sold) Just a memory of the past. It's not like I accused him of having drooping man breasts in a TV commercial that RuthIris particularly enjoys. I actually think the guy has/had talent and it's great that he is doing/did so well. Laugh a little.


"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Voltaire
 
Re:Chris Star

> > From what I remember. He was the first PD at 13Q (WSCR),
> > worked at WARM in the mid 80s, left the area and worked
> > morning drive at WFBR Baltimore, WDRC in Hartford, came
> back
> > to the area briefly in the early 90s and worked at WSGD
> > doing mornings, then The Voice of America in Washington,
> DC.
> > After that WQSR in Baltimore. He also was Editor-in-Chief
> > for the W. C. Fields Magazine and wrote for Filmfax
> > Magazine, which is also a national publication.
> >
>
>
>
> I Worked With Chris At WEJL In Around 1977.
>
> He Also Did Mornings On Bob Cordero's "Z-95" For A Little
> While In
>
> The Early 90's. It Is True Though ... He Always Claimed
> To Have
>
> Some Sort Of Terminal Illness. So Where Is He Now?
>

Last I heard he had a triple heat by-pass a few years ago and is now running his own company out west someplace. No longer is broadcasting. The "Terminal Illness" was a misdiagnosis from some "quack" doctors in PA.
 
Re:Chris Star

> > > From what I remember. He was the first PD at 13Q (WSCR),
>
> > > worked at WARM in the mid 80s, left the area and worked
> > > morning drive at WFBR Baltimore, WDRC in Hartford, came
> > back
> > > to the area briefly in the early 90s and worked at WSGD
> > > doing mornings, then The Voice of America in Washington,
>
> > DC.
> > > After that WQSR in Baltimore. He also was
> Editor-in-Chief
> > > for the W. C. Fields Magazine and wrote for Filmfax
> > > Magazine, which is also a national publication.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > I Worked With Chris At WEJL In Around 1977.
> >
> > He Also Did Mornings On Bob Cordero's "Z-95" For A
> Little
> > While In
> >
> > The Early 90's. It Is True Though ... He Always
> Claimed
> > To Have
> >
> > Some Sort Of Terminal Illness. So Where Is He Now?
> >
>
> Last I heard he had a triple heat by-pass a few years ago
> and is now running his own company out west someplace. No
> longer is broadcasting. The "Terminal Illness" was a
> misdiagnosis from some "quack" doctors in PA.

Is there anyone who didn't work with Chris? The guy got around, but I always remember him as a good egg and a huge 3 Stooges fan. I can tell a thousand Chris stories, but I loved how he carried a very business looking brief case. Two things inside-- a sandwich and a pair of headphones.
>
 
> > > Where is
> here a policeman?
> Stach
>
Last I heard it was in Exeter.
yonkstur
 
Re:Chris Star

> >>
> Is there anyone who didn't work with Chris? The guy got
> around, but I always remember him as a good egg and a huge 3
> Stooges fan. I can tell a thousand Chris stories, but I
> loved how he carried a very business looking brief case.
> Two things inside-- a sandwich and a pair of headphones.
> >
>
Don't forget the meds. He always had aspirin, tums, alka
seltzer, vicks, whatever you needed.
yonkstur
 
Re:Chris Star

I can tell a thousand Chris stories, but I
loved how he carried a very business looking brief case.
Two things inside-- a sandwich and a pair of headphones.

I once saw a Tastycake pie too. What else would you possibly need?
 
Re:Chris Star

> > From what I remember. He was the first PD at 13Q (WSCR),> > worked at WARM in the mid 80s, left the area and worked> > morning drive at WFBR Baltimore, WDRC in Hartford, came> back> > to the area briefly in the early 90s and worked at WSGD> > doing mornings, then The Voice of America in Washington,> DC.> > After that WQSR in Baltimore. He also was Editor-in-Chief> > for the W. C. Fields Magazine and wrote for Filmfax> > Magazine, which is also a national publication.> > > > > > I Worked With Chris At WEJL In Around 1977.> > He Also Did Mornings On Bob Cordero's "Z-95" For A Little> While In> > The Early 90's. It Is True Though ... He Always Claimed> To Have> > Some Sort Of Terminal Illness. So Where Is He Now?> Chris also worked for WDNH-FM in Honesdale before going to WSGD. He did morning shift. Late 80's???...anyway I remember it because WDNH had a jacket they were selling, my wife bought it for me, and we picked it up and this had to be 7 or more years before I worked at DNH........when I began working at DNH, I wore the jacket and they were amazed over it....I still have it!!Carl<P ID="signature">______________
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