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            Articles in this issue include:

Re: St.    Louis station/ Dx                ([e-mail])
Class D    Fm's                        (WEOS-FM )
Re: St.    Louis station/ Dx (was:    Re: KSHE/St. Louis hear    (Alan L. Cassel)
Suburban New York City Radio News            (slutsky)
Re: Station Positioners                    (Scott D Fybush)
Re: Minneapolis/St. Paul Ratings, etc.            (William A. Goldsmith)
NY RATINGS                        (Bernie    Wu)
Rush Limbaugh's    e-mail                    (San Francisco Fractal)
WMBR Simulcast on Internet                ([e-mail])
Teaching Radio UNETHICAL?                (BCOLLINS')
Wntd: Other College station new-member training...    (Steve Valdez)

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Subject: Re: St. Louis station/ Dx
From: [e-mail]
Organization: The Catholic University of America

    We've had times this year where our cable station has been heard over
a half mile away (but not in the buildings it's supposed to be.)

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Subject: Class D Fm's
From: WEOS-FM <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:[e-mail]>
Organization: NONE


I beleive that is was in the early 80's that Class D fm's were given a choice:
Upgrade to Class A, minimum of 100 watts, or move to an unoccupied commercial
frequency on a secondary, non-interfering basis. With the 80-90 docket, this
has forced these grandfathered stations to move. For example, WIRQ in
Irondeqoit, NY (now no more) was at 90.9, than 93.3 and 94.3, and now dark,
as stations went on the air forcing it to move. In some areas, this may not be
a problem, or in congested areas, like NYC, I believe there are some Class D
stations on their origonal assignment (WSIA rings a bell). This station was
a 10 watt station when it started, and upgraded to its current 1.5KW in the
mid 70's. My High school station, WBKT, Brockport, where I caught the radio
bug, is now off the air, as well. I beleive they served their purpose well, at
the time, and could today. I almost would rather see a small class D station
serving the local community, then all these drop ins in saturated markets,
that are broadcasting SMN or are LMA'd and rebroadcasting other stations.

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Subject: Re: St. Louis station/ Dx (was: Re: KSHE/St. Louis heard in...Indiana)
From: [e-mail] (Alan L. Cassel)
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access    [phone]  [login: guest]


b.j. mora ([e-mail]) wrote:
: reminds me of my favorite dx story... i was living in Albany, NY, scanning
: the FM airwaves, and happened upon a rock station at 93.7.  Thing was, there was no Capital District station at 93.7.  I listened for a while, then heard the
: calls 'KSD'.  I checked my FM Altas, and sure enough, it was listed!
: i called the jock on-air, and she couldn't believe where i was.

: btw, it was midday, about 1pm, on a partly cloudy day.  Go figure.

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About two years ago, when we lived in New Providence, NJ (about 25 miles
from Manhattan), we did not subscribe to cable.  There were *many* times
during that summer when WCBS-TV ch. 2 (NYC) was rendered unwatchable by
interference from KTVI-TV ch. 2 (St. Louis, MO), and it was possible, on
an almost regular basis, to tilt the rabbit ears to and fro until you
could actually *see and hear* the St. Louis station come in rather
clearly.

But this was in an area where WCBS-TV did not come in too clearly, and my
amateur radio experience has taught me to expect things like that to
happen occasionally.

A more interesting occurrence happened back in the early '60's or
thereabouts, when I lived in St. Louis, MO, well within the main coverage
area of KMOX-TV ch. 4.  The TV sound was interrupted by interference - on
*one* of two television sets.  It got progressively worse, until some
French broadcast completely captured the audio.  (The video was not
affected, and only *one* of the two television sets was affected!  Both
had only rabbit ears.) It was apparently a Canadian station, because it
sounded like they were giving a Canadian news report.  What was genuinely
surprising was that it was capturing a *very* strong signal from the local
station, but *only* the audio, and only on *one* of two television sets,
both using nothing but rabbit ears, in different rooms of the house.

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Subject: Suburban New York City Radio News
From: [e-mail]
Organization: NONE

Some Suburban New York City Radio News:

1.  WEHM 96.7 FM for East Hampton which is partially owned by Billy
Joel and Christie Brinkley has changed its format from AC to Adult
Album Alternative also known as AAA.  They are now aiming for a
25 to 44 audience.

2.  There will be a new station in Westhampton, WMRW (98.5 FM) which
plans to simulcast the alternative rock of Nassau County based WDRE.
This was not even in the 1994 M Street Directory.

3.  Moving up to Westchester County, WXPS (107.1 FM) changed its
programming from progressive rock and folk to a "Today's Rock"
format.  The transformation reflects the owner's hiring of
Oddysey Broadcasting headed by Mike Kakoyiannis to run the station.
Former WYNY music director Steve Blatter is the new program director.

Bruce Slutsky
[e-mail]

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Subject: Re: Station Positioners
From: [e-mail] (Scott D Fybush)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

One of my favorites comes to me from the fair town of Schenectady NY:

"Serving the Capital District and the Great Northeast...this is WGY,
Schenectady."

Then there's Cincy:

"The Big One...700 WLW."

Buffalo NY:

"Serving 31 counties in two nations...with a hundred and ten thousand
watts of power...Majic-102." (WMJQ-FM)

Rochester...with much less power but a bigger ego:

"The only station that matters, WBER" (90.5 FM, 2500 watts).

Also Rochester, going back some 15 years:

"Clear Channel 680 - WNYR"  (someone else's clear channel, that is: they
                             were a 250 watt daytimer :-)

>From the top of Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine:

"The Mountain of Rock...105 WTOS"

...to the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire...

"Peak 103.7" (WZPK-FM Berlin NH, from Mt. Washington)

...and then down a few thousand feet...

"The Valley's AM...WNHV White River Junction - WTSV Claremont" (VT-NH)

...and then a few thousand miles west...

"The Greatest Country in the World...KIBS-FM Bishop California"

...and then back east...

"You're listening to the greatest oldies of all time...on Oldies
103, WODS Boston"

...and then back in time...

"There's Only One...W-N-E-W...Eleven-Three-Oh in New York".

Those are just a few that stick in the mind...

73,

-=Scott Fybush - [e-mail]=-

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Subject: Re: Minneapolis/St. Paul Ratings, etc.
From: [e-mail] (William A. Goldsmith)
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

In this post, the author published the 18-34 & 25-54 ratings for this market.
It is my understanding that Arbitron allows the publication, in print and elec-
tronically, of 12+ ratings, but considers the more detailed demographic data to
be proprietary information and does not allow its publication.

Can anyone clarify their exact position on this subject?

Thanks
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William Goldsmith                [e-mail]
KPIG [phone]  Fax [phone]  V-mail [phone]
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Subject: NY RATINGS
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Wu)
Organization: Computers & Dreams BBS  [phone] HST

does anyone have the ratings for the New York City market? And can
someone give me recommendation on picking up AM stations from far
away.thanks

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Subject: Rush Limbaugh's e-mail
From: [e-mail] (San Francisco Fractal Factory)
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

[e-mail]

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Subject: WMBR Simulcast on Internet
From: [e-mail]
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology


WMBR, 88.1 FM in Cambridge, MA will be broadcasting the MIT Homecoming
Football Game live from the MIT athletic field.  This is the first
sporting event broadcast live on WMBR in many, many years (unless, of
course, you count the "Breakfast of Champions" vs. "The Late Risers'
Club" kickball game a few years ago, but that's another story...).

The event will be simulcast on the Internet via the IP Multicast
Backbone (or "Mbone" for short).  Computer users all over the world will
be able to listen in to the program.  This event is the first of several
planned projects at WMBR combining the technologies of radio broadcasting
with computer networking.

The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 23, 1993 from
1:00 to 4:00 pm (EDT).  It will be broadcast in stereo (you'll be able
to hear both people in the bleachers clapping).

To be able to listen to the Internet broadcast, you will need a workstation
with Mbone access and the proper audio hardware and software.  To be able
to listen to the radio broadcast, you'll need an FM radio within 40 miles
of Boston.

More information about Mbone can be obtained via anonymous ftp to
"venera.isi.edu" in the directory "mbone".  Specifically, the file
"mbone.faq" is quite informative.  More information about WMBR can be
obtained by telnetting to "techinfo.mit.edu", and looking in the
"Activities and Clubs" directory.  Comments about this program and the
station in general may be sent by email to "[e-mail]".

-Ted Young
Chief Technician, WMBR, 88.1-FM, Cambridge, MA.
Paving the way toward the future of radio.


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Subject: Teaching Radio UNETHICAL?
From: [e-mail]
Organization: NONE

>
>Andy's comment leads me to this question:  Is it unethical for colleges
>and high schools to teach radio broadcasting, considering that by the end
>of the decade there will be 25% fewer jobs in the industry?


>How long before we realize that radio broadcasting is in the same situation?

Here's what I tell people who ask these questions. The radio industry is in
tough shape...a lot of people try to define it by those (pointing to a
digital setup) or those (another nice piece of equipment). but the
future of radio won't be dictated by those  or even this (pointing to
the mouth), but THIS (pointing to the brain).

There will always be room in ANY business for those people who have a
passion for the business, who understand its ups and downs and look for the
opportunities that an evolving industry presents. It has a need for SMART
and CREATIVE people . Those looking to be involved in the radio of TOMORROW
, and understand the value of the HISTORY of radio without wasting their
time lamenting the situation of TODAY are the ONLY people this industry
really needs.

If the 25% of the jobs that are lost in the industry are kids who read
liner cards..what's the big deal? The industry's moving too fast for those
folks anyway. If the people in radio would
spend as much creative energy on developing new formats, new technologies,
new marketing arrangments etc...as they do on endless whining about how
bad things are...we'd be much better off
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Subject: Wntd: Other College station new-member training...
From: sdepl![e-mail] (Steve Valdez)
Organization: UCSD Neurosciences

   I'm looking to get the policies implemented by other
   college radio stations in regards to how and what they
   train new people on (FCC regulations, etc.)

   [e-mail]


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