Apparently WOBC/Oberlin College has been off the air allowing me to listen to WKHR out in Lorain and even into Vermilion with a decent signal. What do others here think of WKHR? I appreciate hearing big band and swing music on the radio (as I play in a band that performs that genre of music)
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WOBC 91.5 and WKHR 91.5
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WKHR is a gem.
All volunteer station staffed by people who really love the music that they play.
I wish WOBC would find another frequency. OBC is your typical college station playing material that I can hear on WCSB and WRUW, whereas WKHR's traditional pop standards/big band format is absolutely unique.
All volunteer station staffed by people who really love the music that they play.
I wish WOBC would find another frequency. OBC is your typical college station playing material that I can hear on WCSB and WRUW, whereas WKHR's traditional pop standards/big band format is absolutely unique.
In the late 1980s, WOBC had a chance to change frequencies and in doing so, set themselves up for a potential power increase to possibly 6,000 watts. Am I right in assuming that they are off the air for the summer?... the last, at least in our area, of the old-time college radio thought pattern of being on the air primarily for the campus when it is in regular session.
According to WOBC's webpage, they are off the air for renovations but yes they do go dark between semesters. They are streaming online however.
http://www.wobc.org/
http://www.wobc.org/
If salaries are falling in local radio and TV...and the trend towards much smaller on-air staffs & automation is growing rapidly...and college students in 2013 who've gotten most of their music from web sources....it just make sense there might be declining interest by colleges to keep running their terrestrial radio stations.
Why train for an industry that has a lot, lot, lot fewer on-air gigs...and many of the few that do exist don't pay a living wage. I personally know a number of fulltime, on-air people in medium, even secondary-major markets who are earning in 2013 what I earned in the same sized markets 30 years ago...some even less....and these on radio stations that have very, very well-known call letters.
Very sad to see the industry the way it is today.
Why train for an industry that has a lot, lot, lot fewer on-air gigs...and many of the few that do exist don't pay a living wage. I personally know a number of fulltime, on-air people in medium, even secondary-major markets who are earning in 2013 what I earned in the same sized markets 30 years ago...some even less....and these on radio stations that have very, very well-known call letters.
Very sad to see the industry the way it is today.
CleveFan said:
I agree. Any chance they could get a signal on 100.3 or 93.5 out someplace like Avon?
Skip from Canada was a constant problem for John Carroll University's 88.7 signal. I was a "community staff member" in the mid 80's during the time it had the calls WUJC (it's WJCU today). I was the fist person to sign on the transmitter at 6 AM. I would tune my radio to 88.7 on my way in and monitor the frequency. If I could hear CJOM from Windsor I knew not too many listeners would hear our little 750 W signal. CJOM was/is 100,000 W on a 1,000' tower. I called them "The Power Pig". One DECEMBER I was able to listen to them on I-71 from just outside Cuyahoga County all the way to the outskirts of Columbus! That's right December when the skip was not up at all!
I occasionally listen to WKHR even though I'm not really a huge fan of big band or swing. Some of the volunteer announcers seem to play a better mix of music than others. I rarely listen during the automated hours (after 9 or 10 pm) as the playlist seems to be loaded with selections that are obscure and quite bland IMO. I would probably tune in more frequently if they mixed in a bit of easy listening stuff from the 60s and beyond, similar to what WRMR 850 was playing before their untimely demise.
By the way, I live off State Road in Parma. WKHR comes in loud and clear on my big receiver at home and also on my car radio.
By the way, I live off State Road in Parma. WKHR comes in loud and clear on my big receiver at home and also on my car radio.
skiwest said:
I will add the automated hours afterhours are very relaxing and help me sleep better. Maybe they should reprogram the late evening through early morning hours for those who want relaxing music for bedtime as an alternative to the Classical programming on WKSU and WCLV and to the "smooth" tunes on WNWV.
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