WEMJ

[Groovy1490]

If anyone reading this worked at the Big J in the mid 60's I'd would love to know you're still around.
Thanks
Gary

 

[MickeyD]

If anyone reading this worked at the Big J in the mid 60's I'd would love to know you're still around.
Thanks
Gary

I worked there in the mid-70's when there was Peter St. James, George Wright, Dick Pennington, Rick Bean, and Brad Woodward did the news. I was the station's Chief Engineer before I left for TV. It was located in an industrial park at the time.

 

[Dusty Dale Brooks]

That was a good station in the 60s. Wasn't it owned by Tal Hood and the guys out of Keene?

 

[Oldbones]

That was a good station in the 60s. Wasn't it owned by Tal Hood and the guys out of Keene?

Dunno about Tal Hood, but Ralph Gottelieb (WKBR) owned it for a time in the 70s.

 

[Lester Young]

Tal Hood's bio suggests he was part-owner at WKBK, no mention of WEMJ...though clearly Ralph Gottlieb had his hand in both stations.

http://www.nhab.org/alumni/hood.html

 

[ebol]

Good Neighbor Stations.....

 

[MickeyD]

Good Neighbor Stations.....

Yes I forgot about that. A guy named Gary Hammond was GM back then. Hard to believe a 1KW AM could be so popular in a market. They had the worst signal back then. The antenna as too short and the ground radials were yanked out by ice from the lake they were next too.

I wanted to run a ground radial to a nearby railroad track but was told not too!

 

[splicer38]

I think you meant Gary Howard was the GM. He was there for 10-15 years I think. Gary Hammond I think was the Engineer at some point.

 

[Jimc]

Gary Hammond was on air as "Brook Foster",both EMJ and LNH, while he was a student at Emerson.

 

[splicer38]

Never knew that about Gary. Where is he now? Or where is Foster now!?

 

[NHRadio]

Gary and his wife own WEZS 1350 Laconia.

 

[MickeyD]

I think you meant Gary Howard was the GM. He was there for 10-15 years I think. Gary Hammond I think was the Engineer at some point.

Yes you are correct it was Gary Howard.

 

[Groovy1490]

I worked there in 1967 with the late Pete Morrision, The late Larry Kruger, John Bullock, Frank Haley,Frank McDonald and Dave Thompson.
Write if you like
Gary N

 

[MickeyD]

That was a good station in the 60s. Wasn't it owned by Tal Hood and the guys out of Keene?

Dunno about Tal Hood, but Ralph Gottelieb (WKBR) owned it for a time in the 70s.

Yes that is who owned it when I worked there.

 

[MickeyD]

Good Neighbor Stations.....

Yes

 

[samw54]

I've never had to do this before, but I posted a message on this topic thread back on Friday April 27th but for some reason, it never appeared so I am posting it again. Yes, WEMJ was certainly an exciting radio station to listen to, and for a small station, it had a very exciting sound. I was never in the area at night to see how poorly their 250 watt signal did in the area, but during the day, they did make it to Meredith and Center Harbor, though they were already pretty weak there. But I have just always loved their jingles and their sound.

I've often wondered if WEMJ's call letters had any significant meaning like so many of the granite state radio stations did, or whether they were just randomly assigned by the FCC. Does anyone know? Incidentally, these are the radio stations in New Hampshire whose call letters I do know the meaning of, and some of them are pretty obvious.

WSMN in Nashua, weather sports music and news.
WVNH in Salem stood for the voice of New Hampshire.
WKBR, the owners when the station signed on were Kilgore Barkley and Rust.
WMUR which were the original call letters of WGIR in Manchester stood for the station's original owner named Murphy who later went on to become Governor of New Hampshire. Though the radio station is now WGIR, channel 9 TV in Manchester still retains the original WMUR call letters.
WHEB in Portsmouth stood for the initials of the original owner which I couldn't seem to find. Perhaps one of you folks can help me here.
WTSN in Dover stands for twin state network.
WFTN stands for Franklin Tilton and Northfield.
WLNH, obvious, Laconia New Hampshire.
WPNH, another obvious one, Plymouth New Hampshire.
WNEC in Henniker, New England College which is where the station is located.
WUNH in Durham stands for University of New Hampshire.
WKBK, The same three fellows that owned WKBR in Manchester also owned WKBK in Keene. So WKBK stands for Kilgore and Barkley in Keene.
WKNE, Keene.
WKNH at Keene State College, Keene New Hampshire.
WCNL in Newport stood for we serve Claremont, Newport and Lake Sunapee. The current WNTK call stands for New Hampshire talk.
WTSV, twin states valley, the Connecticut river valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.
WTSL, twin states Lebanon, even though the station was actually licensed to Hanover.
WDCR, Dartmouth College radio. I've also heard Dartmouth campus radio, but when the Dartmouth station was a campus carrier current only station, they had different call letters.
WBNC in Conway, beautiful north country.
WMWV, Mount Washington valley.
WLTN, Littleton.
WMTW, Mount Washington.
Now, the station is WHOM, Home of Mount Washington. I wonder what it stood for when it was at 1480 in the big apple?
WBRL, When the original WBRL took to the air from Tilton back in 1927, it was owned by Howard Booth and the call letters stood for Booth radio laboratories. But the station was short lived, and was off the air by 1930. The WBRL call letters were resurrected again in the granite state in 1962, and this time they stood for the city of Berlin where the station was located. But by the early 90's, this incarnation of WBRL also went dark.
WMOU White Mountains.
WXLQ stood for excellent quality.

 

[Oldbones]

Incidentally, these are the radio stations in New Hampshire whose call letters I do know the meaning of, and some of them are pretty obvious.

also:

WDER city of license, DERry.
WLKZ lakes region
WERZ WE R Z107
WECM (former WTSV-FM, now WHDQ) EleCtroMagnetic Corp (owners at the time)

 

[Oldbones]

Incidentally, these are the radio stations in New Hampshire whose call letters I do know the meaning of, and some of them are pretty obvious.

also:

WDER city of license, DERry.
WLKZ lakes region
WERZ WE R Z107
WECM (former WTSV-FM, now WHDQ) EleCtroMagnetic Corp (owners at the time)
WMDK (92.1 in Peterborough) MonaDnocK region

 

[rjoc]

I've never had to do this before, but I posted a message on this topic thread back on Friday April 27th but for some reason, it never appeared so I am posting it again. Yes, WEMJ was certainly an exciting radio station to listen to, and for a small station, it had a very exciting sound. I was never in the area at night to see how poorly their 250 watt signal did in the area, but during the day, they did make it to Meredith and Center Harbor, though they were already pretty weak there. But I have just always loved their jingles and their sound.

I've often wondered if WEMJ's call letters had any significant meaning like so many of the granite state radio stations did, or whether they were just randomly assigned by the FCC. Does anyone know? Incidentally, these are the radio stations in New Hampshire whose call letters I do know the meaning of, and some of them are pretty obvious.

WSMN in Nashua, weather sports music and news.
WVNH in Salem stood for the voice of New Hampshire.
WKBR, the owners when the station signed on were Kilgore Barkley and Rust.
WMUR which were the original call letters of WGIR in Manchester stood for the station's original owner named Murphy who later went on to become Governor of New Hampshire. Though the radio station is now WGIR, channel 9 TV in Manchester still retains the original WMUR call letters.
WHEB in Portsmouth stood for the initials of the original owner which I couldn't seem to find. Perhaps one of you folks can help me here.
WTSN in Dover stands for twin state network.
WFTN stands for Franklin Tilton and Northfield.
WLNH, obvious, Laconia New Hampshire.
WPNH, another obvious one, Plymouth New Hampshire.
WNEC in Henniker, New England College which is where the station is located.
WUNH in Durham stands for University of New Hampshire.
WKBK, The same three fellows that owned WKBR in Manchester also owned WKBK in Keene. So WKBK stands for Kilgore and Barkley in Keene.
WKNE, Keene.
WKNH at Keene State College, Keene New Hampshire.
WCNL in Newport stood for we serve Claremont, Newport and Lake Sunapee. The current WNTK call stands for New Hampshire talk.
WTSV, twin states valley, the Connecticut river valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.
WTSL, twin states Lebanon, even though the station was actually licensed to Hanover.
WDCR, Dartmouth College radio. I've also heard Dartmouth campus radio, but when the Dartmouth station was a campus carrier current only station, they had different call letters.
WBNC in Conway, beautiful north country.
WMWV, Mount Washington valley.
WLTN, Littleton.
WMTW, Mount Washington.
Now, the station is WHOM, Home of Mount Washington. I wonder what it stood for when it was at 1480 in the big apple?
WBRL, When the original WBRL took to the air from Tilton back in 1927, it was owned by Howard Booth and the call letters stood for Booth radio laboratories. But the station was short lived, and was off the air by 1930. The WBRL call letters were resurrected again in the granite state in 1962, and this time they stood for the city of Berlin where the station was located. But by the early 90's, this incarnation of WBRL also went dark.
WMOU White Mountains.
WXLQ stood for excellent quality.

WHOM stood for "We're High On Mount washington" back in 70s and 80s, when they were the easy listening favorite aaround the area.

 

[MickeyD]

I've never had to do this before, but I posted a message on this topic thread back on Friday April 27th but for some reason, it never appeared so I am posting it again. Yes, WEMJ was certainly an exciting radio station to listen to, and for a small station, it had a very exciting sound. I was never in the area at night to see how poorly their 250 watt signal did in the area, but during the day, they did make it to Meredith and Center Harbor, though they were already pretty weak there. But I have just always loved their jingles and their sound.

I've often wondered if WEMJ's call letters had any significant meaning like so many of the granite state radio stations did, or whether they were just randomly assigned by the FCC. Does anyone know? Incidentally, these are the radio stations in New Hampshire whose call letters I do know the meaning of, and some of them are pretty obvious.

WSMN in Nashua, weather sports music and news.
WVNH in Salem stood for the voice of New Hampshire.
WKBR, the owners when the station signed on were Kilgore Barkley and Rust.
WMUR which were the original call letters of WGIR in Manchester stood for the station's original owner named Murphy who later went on to become Governor of New Hampshire. Though the radio station is now WGIR, channel 9 TV in Manchester still retains the original WMUR call letters.
WHEB in Portsmouth stood for the initials of the original owner which I couldn't seem to find. Perhaps one of you folks can help me here.
WTSN in Dover stands for twin state network.
WFTN stands for Franklin Tilton and Northfield.
WLNH, obvious, Laconia New Hampshire.
WPNH, another obvious one, Plymouth New Hampshire.
WNEC in Henniker, New England College which is where the station is located.
WUNH in Durham stands for University of New Hampshire.
WKBK, The same three fellows that owned WKBR in Manchester also owned WKBK in Keene. So WKBK stands for Kilgore and Barkley in Keene.
WKNE, Keene.
WKNH at Keene State College, Keene New Hampshire.
WCNL in Newport stood for we serve Claremont, Newport and Lake Sunapee. The current WNTK call stands for New Hampshire talk.
WTSV, twin states valley, the Connecticut river valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.
WTSL, twin states Lebanon, even though the station was actually licensed to Hanover.
WDCR, Dartmouth College radio. I've also heard Dartmouth campus radio, but when the Dartmouth station was a campus carrier current only station, they had different call letters.
WBNC in Conway, beautiful north country.
WMWV, Mount Washington valley.
WLTN, Littleton.
WMTW, Mount Washington.
Now, the station is WHOM, Home of Mount Washington. I wonder what it stood for when it was at 1480 in the big apple?
WBRL, When the original WBRL took to the air from Tilton back in 1927, it was owned by Howard Booth and the call letters stood for Booth radio laboratories. But the station was short lived, and was off the air by 1930. The WBRL call letters were resurrected again in the granite state in 1962, and this time they stood for the city of Berlin where the station was located. But by the early 90's, this incarnation of WBRL also went dark.
WMOU White Mountains.
WXLQ stood for excellent quality.

Yes WEMJ was named after the first owner's wife's initials. Sorry it wasn't more exciting but they weren't random.