WNSH back to conservatalk?

[raccoonradio]

Scanning dial today and heard Jerry Doyle's talk show just before 5 pm (Phil Valentine filling in)
on WNSH. Back to conservatalk for them? They used to run Mike Gallagher, etc.

Unless it's WPEP...Well, it's top of hour; no ID, but into "USA Radio News".
It's possible I'm picking up WPEP (1570 in Taunton) here in Beverly (which would
mean WNSH is off air for some reason) but it seems pretty strong.

I did hear something about WNSH moving to the owner's house (Keating Willcox)
in Hamilton, from Endicott College. Will keep listening on my way into work
(for as long as signal holds out)

 

[raccoonradio]

Now it's about 3 am and they're running "BattleLines" from the <a href="http://www.radioamerica.org/schedule.htm"> Radio
America network </a> ** (not Air America...but quite the opposite point
of view--though the hosts on air were disagreeing with part of
the State of the Union address, so not necessarily the rubber-stamp-
for-conservatives one might expect. Libertarian maybe? "We want the
Republicans out of our bedrooms and Democrats out of our wallets."
Hmm!

Top of hour news...totally syndie content (no local ads, at least not yet)

According to the WNSH site: "We are in the middle of a power upgrade to 50 KW. Our daytime signal will reach Boston, Lowell, Gloucester, and Portsmouth."

(well, we know about the "unique" pattern...)
No sign of all-talk format (yet) on the site. Was coming in OK at night
in Peabody, Salem, and downtown Beverly _though_ a distant station in
background with oldies or something

**--allegedly Todd Feinburg does a show for them?

Below: local band the Zone once did a song about this guy: "If I had to,
I could eat a rat..."

 

[raccoonradio]

Keating Willcox (WNSH owner) posted to boston-radio-interest and said that he
decided to go back to talk; he says the talk hosts will range from moderate-liberal to conservative.
(Seems like they're mostly from Radio America, though Jerry Doyle is from
Talk America. Talk America also has Michael Savage, whom WRKO has, and
Laura Ingraham, whom WTKK has but I don't think they'd be available...

TRN also has Tammy Bruce, who has
filled in for Laura, and is kinda all over the place rather than strictly left
or right; "Tammy Bruce is an openly gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, voted-for-President Bush progressive feminist" (from her site).
Enjoyed hearing her fill in for Laura; don't know if that show will be part of
the mix but again I think most of WNSH's shows may come from Radio America,
not Talk America.

He said the main studio is now at his house but the automation and transmitter
(and antenna(e)) are still at Endicott. Weekend shows may be off for a week
or two (locally based). Signal should get better soon.