In another thread, he's quoted as promising the kind of fun radio WMEX listeners grew up with, or words to that effect. Soooo ... another hobbyist-type AM, a la WJIB, but with '50s/'60s oldies instead of beautiful music and soft AC?
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WMEX Auction....TODAY!
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In another thread, he's quoted as promising the kind of fun radio WMEX listeners grew up with, or words to that effect. Soooo ... another hobbyist-type AM, a la WJIB, but with '50s/'60s oldies instead of beautiful music and soft AC?
In addition to WAZN, 1460 also has first adjacent company in the Providence market from Hall's WPVD-1450. It looks like 1460 is somewhat hemmed-in.
https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=wpvd&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN
I hope you're right, because it's going to take every bit of knowledge and resourcefulness on both the business and engineering end on the part of Ed Perry to pull off this modern day miracle.
Good Luck to Ed Perry and the Boston Red Sox.....though I suspect the Red Sox will need the luck much more
I think the combination of Engineering and business knowledge will help him to solve the transmitter/tower issue.
And, one thing Ed Perry knows how to do is run a station on very little money. ;-)
Does he have a translator for 14-60 tucked up his sleave somewhere, that he my try to transfer to 15-10?
Does he have a translator for 14-60 tucked up his sleave somewhere, that he my try to transfer to 15-10?
Yes, W247CB, Brockton, 101.FM, 220 watts. It was a translator that he got transferred from 97.3 FM in Pittsfield, MA. It has been scheduled to be a translator for 1460 AM in Brockton, but I don't know whether it has been on the air yet.
Not sure if it would be programmed like WJIB, because as far as I know, Ed has never done automated programming before (as WJIB is most of the time). WATD has almost always been live with a live host(s) on the mic, the few exceptions being a few pre-recorded specialty shows and national TOH headline newscasts. But, I don't know that he could afford to start out with a paid airstaff, and don't think it's legal per labor laws to have DJ's volunteering on a station that's not legally a non-profit (unless they're buying airtime).
However, a good source for recorded/automated WMEX oldies programming, at least until Ed can (afford to) get live hosts on 1510, could be former WMEX, Boston program director (from its mid-'80s oldies 1150 AM incarnation) Gary James' WMEX-LPFM Rochester, NH. It's got the WMEX jingles (some genuine originals, some recreated), the occasional "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg drop-ins, and a wide selection of oldies from the mid-'50s, heavy on the '60s, and into the mid-'70s. If not a direct simulcast of WMEX-LPFM, which may not work well with its Rochester, NH area references, I'm sure Gary and Ed could cook up a good sounding WMEX oldies automation for Boston. Gary is also currently programming automated oldies (without the WMEX references) on AM's 1250 and 900 in southern NH.
Typo I noticed too late for editing, that should be 101.1 FM.
I know Gary is a great guy with a great reputation and has a real love of radio...but I have a problem with his version of the oldies format. He plays WAY too many unknown oldies.
Seems like his format has way too many b-sides of records, etc. If I am listening (a radio nerd), and can't figure out what song he is playing, then the average Jane/Joe has no idea. (And that to me is against the very essence of what an Oldies format should be.)
I would be a vote against trying to import anything from the NH version of mex. If it sounds anything like those weekend brokered music hours that MEX was running...it will be a turn off.
I would think Ed Perry would want more of a clean start....and rid himself of some of the retreads. I don't think MEX in NH is quite 'ready for prime time'.
Just my humble (and respectful) opinion.
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You are correct, unless the person is a bona fide intern, they need to be compensated at a commercial station, and even then CBS was sued by interns for not being compensated, but that little bit of wage and hour was ignored for many years on the overnight shifts at WATD, and I know this as FACT. I don't know if it is still going on, and I am not going to make the phone call to find out, but I assure you it has happened in the past, with the excuse that 1) there was no money in the budget and 2) it will eventually lead to paid work.
https://www.californialaborlawattorney.com/why-is-an-intern-suing-cbs
Then again, they probably won't get AFTRA minimum either.
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