As of this morning (Saturday), 88.7 WJMF is on the air rebroadcasting WCRB.
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Not quite true. As they will be BANISHED to HD2, (another !@#$%^& noisebox in Providence? COME ON!), the HD2 signal is at a lesser power than the main analog. WJMF will have 1.2kW analog F.M. but its HD will most likely be 1 or 10% of that, resulting in either 120 watts (a little more than half of their previous 225) @ 10% or an anemic 12 watts @ 1%.Jimmy128 said:
On a sidenote & soapbox, I do not like that Boston keeps infiltrating R.I. stations. WEEI-FM, WRNI was a repeater of WBUR-FM, WGBH has its mitts in WJMF now, Matty was on Coast, Jeff Santos is on 1320, FNX was on 103.7. On the other hand, the Boston board has a good comment about how their talk stations can learn a thing or 2 from WPRO!
N1WVQ said:
The examples you cite of Boston-market Colonization is not the problem in itself......It's the SYMPTOM of a bigger problem......that problem being the failure of programmers and ownerships in this market to provide enough unique, compelling LOCALY-ORIGINATED programming that would appeal to local audiences.
Having failed miserably at that, It's no wonder the Boston market considers us its "Colony".
N1WVQ said:
Interesting point here... a lot of your examples are prefaced with the word "WAS." Notice how a lot of those projects never worked out?
WRNI WAS a repeater of WBUR-FM. It's now its own entity, RI Public Radio.
WFNX WAS on 103.7. That didn't work out either. WBRU stays the local alt rock king.
Matty WAS on Coast... That didn't work out either, and it's not the first time Matty hasn't been welcome in RI.
1320's never going to go local for Providence again... I'd be pretty happy that it's at least local to New England... better than a godcaster.
So far, the only example you have that holds up is WEEI-FM on 103.7. Which by the way, carries PC Friars games for the Providence market on a killer FM signal. I'd say WEEI-FM, as a regional signal, does a great job providing New England sports to the spread-out fan base.
...& now 88.7 with WCRB. By the way, I put it on driving in on 146. Their programming was a pledge drive. Now we have more of THOSE to listen to!
I thought of another one: 550/WPNW relaying WBNW. I'm GLAD the Boston simulcasts have more or less failed, BUT it keeps getting tried again & again.
1320 shouldn't try to be a Providence local. It's an Attleboro/Eastern Mass. signal. Just like 1450 shouldn't try to be a Providence station either.
To get back to the original point of Boston stations on in Providence, I look forward to the day New York City stations are on in Boston (though watch it be WFME)!
I thought of another one: 550/WPNW relaying WBNW. I'm GLAD the Boston simulcasts have more or less failed, BUT it keeps getting tried again & again.
1320 shouldn't try to be a Providence local. It's an Attleboro/Eastern Mass. signal. Just like 1450 shouldn't try to be a Providence station either.
To get back to the original point of Boston stations on in Providence, I look forward to the day New York City stations are on in Boston (though watch it be WFME)!
I'm just sad that WJMF has gone in this direction. I worked alongside some damn fine jocks there (what seems to be a lifetime ago) including Vic Michaels, Mark Ambrose, Dino Riccitelli, T.J. Walker (*laff*) and others. Makes me want to celebrate 10:47 in honor of the ascerbic Joe Hartley.
I think a larger point isn't being discussed here: What's the demand and interest level among students today to operate a student radio station? In my experience with the radio stations at UConn and ECSU in Connecticut, the interest is waning, and it's becoming more and more difficult to fill all of the necessary roles and air shifts with students. Is it possible, however unfortunate, that during these times the money is better spent in a way that serves more students?
This is certainly true about waning interest from what I've seen but then again, since the '90s, college radio isn't the place to find new music or discover new musicians. I think that the stations themselves having a lack of structure is to blame. Plus, with radio reducing its ranks, what incentive is there for the student? There has to be that WOW factor. At my college stations, we did remotes & some of us wanted to be professional broadcasters so some of the other student D.J.s started sounding more professional on the air too. This was around 1997-2002.reelyreal said:
LA_Guy said:
My favorite wacky engineer?
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