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            Articles in this issue include:

Radio Watchers -- Kansas City                (Mark Roberts)
Re: BBC    on KALW    Overnight                (Donald    D Forsling)
La Voz Popular - Guatemala                (Bruce Girard)
Questions on ch.68 in Boston(was RADIO WATCHERS)    (Mark Shneyder 2-4219)
Re: China clamps down                    (David Josephson)
International Disc-Jockey Conference            (Ryan A    Burger)
FCC question pools on the net?                ([e-mail])
Re: Legal ID (was Re: Chicago AM 1000 now officially WM    (Barry Mishkind)
Re: Legal ID (was Re: Chicago AM 1000 now officially WM    (Barry Mishkind)
NPR in Europe, Interest?                (Alfredo E. Cotroneo)
Re: Critical talk radio                    (Jeff Billman)
Re: any    tounge-twister calls out there?            (Rob Shearman Jr.)
Re: any    tounge-twister calls out there?            (Mark Roberts)
Questions on WEEI's sale to WBZ                (Mark Shneyder 2-4219)
Re : Question on WJIB-AM740 in Boston            (Mark Shneyder 2-4219)

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Subject: Radio Watchers -- Kansas City
From: ucsd!tyrell.net![e-mail] (Mark Roberts)
Organization: Tyrell Corp.


    Great American Communications of Cincinatti has filed a
reorganization plan in federal Bankruptcy Court in Cincinatti.  The
chief financial officer of the radio and television broadcasting chain,
Greg Thomas, said creditors have agreed to most of the details of Great
America's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
    Great American owns WDAF(AM), KYYS(FM), and WDAF-TV in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Star quoted WDAF-TV general manager Ed Piette as
saying, "It will have no effect on WDAF."
    Great American operates television stations in Cincinatti; Phoenix;
Tampa; Birmingham, Alabama; and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  It owns
radio stations in 10 markets besides Kansas City.
    Thomas told the Star that all the company's stations are operating
profitably, even though the company as a whole expects to show a loss
for this year.  Annual revenus for 1993 are forecast to reach $200
million.
    The company has been crushed by heavy debt ever since its $1.5
billion purchase of Taft Broadcasting Company in 1987, led by financier
Carl H. Lindner, Jr.  Lindner owns 40 per cent of Great American and is
its biggest shareholder.
    Thomas said the bankruptcy court is expected to confirm the Chapter
11 reorganization plan on December 7.
     ---
    Data on facilities mentioned:
    WDAF(AM), 5 kw, 610 kHz, "61 Country", "The Flatlands Godzilla",
non-directional day AND night, country format, #1 or #2 in Arbitron
"vanity" numbers consistently.
    KYYS(FM), full class C FM, album rock format, at one time a market
leader but suffering from ratings declines in recent years.
    WDAF-TV, channel 4, NBC affiliate.
    WDAF(AM) and TV were sold by the Kansas City Star Company to Taft
in 1958 (I believe) after the Justice Department showed that the Star
was forcing newspaper advertisers to buy radio and TV time and
vice-versa.
   *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
    WHB(AM) owner Mike Carter has apparently decided to make a run for
a presence in Kansas City after all.
    The Kansas City star reports that Carter is opening an office in
the Livestock Exchange building and is hiring a Kansas City sales
staff.  The station's studios and offices have been in Carrollton,
Missouri since Carter bought the station from Shamrock Broadcasting on
September 26.
    Carter has hired sales manager Clark Hart from a station (not
identified by the Star) in Shenandoah, Iowa, and general manager
Marjorie Abrams from Washington, D.C.  Carter says, "That's the whole
Kansas City staff right now."
    WDAF (61 Country) program director Ted Cramer tells the Star, "We
just haven't felt them.  They're just another country signal, and we've
already got five of them."
    Carter has hired former WDAF DJ Dan Diamond for a WHB Saturday
morning country oldies show, competing head-on with WDAF's
long-standing show.
    Diamond said he plans to offer more variety on his show.  "For
instance, have you ever heard the song 'Blue Christmas' by Porky Pig?",
he asks.
    (WHB is at 710 kHz, 10 kW daytime, 5 kW nighttime, DA-2.)

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Subject: Re: BBC on KALW Overnight
From: [e-mail] (Donald D Forsling)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

In article <2bprce$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jerome Durlak) writes:
>In article <2b76rn$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:
>>
>>Just a note to say that KALW in San Francisco (91.7) is now running the
>>BBC live overnight from midnight to 6:00am.  This marks the first time
>>KALW has been on 24 hours a day since its start in 1940 as the first FM
>>in the West.  KALW Information Radio is a non-commercial affiliate of
>>NPR and APR, and also carries programming from Canada's CBC, and local
>>public affairs, arts, and music programming.
>>
>
>Which BBC service is broadcast during the wee hours - Radio 1,2,3,4?
>Is this a satellite feed?
>
>On a related note: is there a service whereby one can obtain specific
>BBC programs on tape? Through BBC Enterprises I believe one can
>purchase weekly compilations of the previous week's programming.

The BBC service which is available to public stations such as KALW is the
BBC World Service and is essentially a satellite feed of the BBC's worldwide
shortwave service in English.  American Public Radio (APR) is the
distributor of the BBC World Service to public stations in the U.S.


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Don Forsling
[e-mail]

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Subject: La Voz Popular - Guatemala
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Girard)
Organization: NONE

/* Written  5:20 pm  Nov 10, 1993 by resystom in web:amarc.radio */
/* ---------- "La Voz Popular - Guatemala" ---------- */

     News release        10 November, 1993

      Guatemalan Rebel Radio Producer to Speak
      ========================================

     Julia Batres Lemus is a producer with the
Guatemalan underground radio station La Voz Popular.
On November 18 at 7:30 pm she will be in Montreal to
speak about the station and about the severe
restrictions on the right to communicate in
Guatemala.

     Throughout the over thirty years of Guatemala's
civil war the media have been censored or threatened
in order to prevent news of the war and the
repression from reaching the public. In 1987 La Voz
Popular was set up as part of an effort to get around
the government and military-imposed censorship and to
give a voice to the URNG, Guatemala's revolutionary
army.

     Six years later La Voz Popular broadcasts
regularly to northwestern Guatemala from an outdoor
studio on the side of a volcano. Its programming is
in Spanish and Mam, one of the main indigenous
languages spoken in the region.

     Before joining La Voz Popular three years ago,
Julia Batres Lemus spent twelve years fighting in the
resistance army.

     She will speak at McGill University's Centre for
Developing Area Studies, 3715 Peel at the corner of
Pine Avenue. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm Thursday
November 18.

     This seminar is the second of an ongoing series
that will examine the role and practice of
alternative radio in Quebec and around the world. The
series is organized by the World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), the Association
des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires du Quebec (ARCQ),
and McGill University's Centre for Developing Area
Studies.

     For more information contact AMARC at (514) 982-
0351 or the McGill University Centre for Developing
Area Studies at [phone].


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Subject: Questions on ch.68 in Boston(was RADIO WATCHERS)
From: [e-mail] (Mark Shneyder 2-4219)
Organization: NONE

>From: [e-mail] (Richard A Chonak)

> Judging by the on-air IDs, WQTV 68 has become WABU already, but the
> only change in programming I've noticed is that they run a different
> cheesy home-shopping channel overnight.   ;-)

They officially became WABU-TV on Friday(11/5/93). The cheesy overnight
home-shopping network has been on-the-air since summer...Brand new
syndicated programming will start in January when rights to current
programming (Cannon,Streets of San Francisco,Hooker,Twilight Zone,etc)
expire...Speaking of Twilight Zone, starting January 1st it will
be exclusively shown only on USA Network's Sci-Fi channel...

> Back to VHF: now that WBZ's competitors have revamped their graphic
> look, leaving BZ's hokey sky-blue set in the dust ("The anchors look
> like they're reading the news to us from Heaven!"), will BZ be far
> behind in ordering a new Miami look?

Very possible. Myself, I kind of like Channel 7's new look. It looks
somewhat industrial yet very high-tech...I'm not sure whether it's a
'Miami-look' but CNN's Headline News has used this kind of set for
many years now(with brighter colors)...

-Mark

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Subject: Re: China clamps down
From: [e-mail] (David Josephson)
Organization: a2i network

In <2bprd7$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeff Herman) writes:

>Gang,
>   Just got this off the UPI newswire; I interpret it as meaning that up
>until now, there wasn't much coordination of radio frequencies within
>China, and that the government is reasserting its absolute control.

>Jeff.
>*****************************************************************************

>    BEIJING (UPI) -- China's highest leaders have issued new regulations
>restricting access to radio frequencies in the latest of a series of
>moves to assert control over media, a state-run newspaper reported
>Saturday.
>    The order, approved by President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng, was
>designed to end ``disorder in the management of radio communications,

[etc. deleted]

Your interpretation is correct. At least as recently as 1991, the
governing authority for radio licensing was the local Army unit. There
was no equivalent of the FCC, and frequency agile (amateur) 2m and 70cm
radios were for sale in the electrical supply stores. When I asked the
clerk what frequencies could be used, they just looked them up in the
manual for the radio. People I was working with over there wanted a
point-to-point vhf link and they just put it up, they said they went to
talk with the local Army folks and after several rounds of office shuffling,
they decided that so long as it wasn't in 30-88 MHz and didn't bother
the railroad radio, they could do what they liked. In 1983-4, it was
so primitive that they were still running 30 kHz deviation FM on vhf
high band for a weather network that basically consisted of people
yelling about which way the rain clouds were going.

Looking in the WRTH for years back shows the usual Radio Beijing and
provincial broadcasts plus dozens of PLA (People's Liberation Army)
stations. The Army has long been a main funding source for music and
drama productions, since they are almost fireproof politically.


>the use of frequencies and establishment of radio stations,'' the
>official China Daily said.
>    ``Those found operating radio stations and using radio frequencies
>without official approval will be subject to inspection and punishment,''
>Wu Jichuan, minister of posts and telecommunications, told the
>newspaper.
>    The regulations legalize the state's monopoly over radio
>communications, including mobile telephones, pagers, telecommunications,
>and radio and television stations.
>    The article did not specify when the regulations would become
>effective.
>    ``All radio stations, whether run by individuals or units, must
>obtain approval from radio management committees and observe the new 10-
>part regulations,'' the article said.
>    China's radio stations, including mobile communications, topped 2.5
>million by the end of last year, growing at an annual rate of about 20
>percent over the past decade, the article said.
>    Since mobile telephones were first permitted in 1986, the number of
>users has grown to 460,000, and China's 6 million users of radio paging
>networks put the country third in the world after the United States and
>Japan.
>    The regulations were the latest in a recent spate of edicts aimed at
>controlling both broadcast and print media.
>    On Oct. 8 the government banned unauthorized satellite dishes,
>estimated to number in the millions. If enforced, the ban would cut
>access of ordinary Chinese to television news and programming from Hong
>Kong and Western countries.

--
David Josephson <[e-mail]>

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Subject: International Disc-Jockey Conference
From: [e-mail] (Ryan A Burger)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA

After searching wide and far for a national/international disc jockey
organization....which I never found....I have decided to start one up
myself...and since the best way I know of to get in touch with other disc
jockeys around the world is through the internet, I have decided thats where
I'll start.
                International Disc-Jockey Conference

               A Sure Sign of Quality In Entertainment

Is being formed now....serving as a networking/communication point for disc
jockeys-national and international, new and old, mobile and club.  The idea of
this group is to allow disc-jockeys to communicate their ideas and get
feedback on them, and also to give disc-jockeys an affiliation with a national
organization that will serve to improve their image.

I am looking for other disc jockeys to help get this group rolling....and to
be members.  Membership criteria is in the process of being written, so if you
are interested please reply to [e-mail].

Please send a brief "dj history" of yourself and your company, details on
equipment (light and sound), music, professional practices and anything else
you can think of to [e-mail].
--
<-----------------------------------***-------------------------------------->
Ryan Burger aka [e-mail] ..,    Owner/Operator -> BC PRODUCTIONS
114C University Village             ...   The Professional Mobile DJ Service
Ames, IA 50010                      ...  Serving Central Iowa/ISU for 8 Years

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Subject: FCC question pools on the net?
From: "[e-mail]"@nic.CSU.net
Organization: NONE

Relay-Version: ANU News - V6.1 08/24/93 VAX/VMS; site nic.csu.net
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Subject: FCC question pools on the net?
From: [e-mail]
Date: 10 Nov 93 09:39:22 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University
Nntp-Posting-Host: vax.sonoma.edu

Are the question pools for FCC license exams available on the net?
If so, where?
Thanks for any help,
-Bob

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Subject: Re: Legal ID (was Re: Chicago AM 1000 now officially WMVP)
From: [e-mail] (Barry Mishkind)
Organization: Just Another Bbs. Tucson, AZ

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From: [e-mail] (Barry Mishkind)

Subject: Re: Legal ID (was Re: Chicago AM 1000 now officially WMVP)
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 12:17:24 MST
References: <2bprbu$[e-mail]>
Organization: Just Another Bbs. Tucson, AZ

[e-mail] (b.j. mora) writes:

> >I thought a US station is required by the FCC to broadcast a legal ID
> >(call letters and city of license) at +/- 10 minutes within
> >the top of the hour.
>
> i don't think the FCC specifies a particular time interval, only that the
> station's legal ID be at the top of the hour or as close to it at a natural
> break in the programming.  Routinely I've heard stations give legal ID's
> as far as ten minutes before the hour... in the middle of a stop set.


Yes, some PDs deem to think that "hiding" it in the middle of a newscast
a quarter hour from the top of the hour will make listeners think they
are somewhere else.

However, FCC personnel have stated in public that this is *not*
acceptable, and in an inspection, a NOV could be issued.

Desiring a segue of "ten in a row" does NOT eliminate the natural
breaks between cuts. The FCC expects the ID at the top of the hour.


=======================================================================
Barry Mishkind                            [e-mail]
                                          1:300/11.3 on FidoNet

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Subject: NPR in Europe, Interest?
From: [e-mail] (Alfredo E. Cotroneo)
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway

Hello There from Milano, Italy:

I just spotted a few messages on rec.radio.shortwave, expressing the
interest of hearing National Public Radio (NPR) in Europe. I would be
curious to know if there is **really** an interest in Europe to hear NPR.
Any feedback from Europeans on the net?

If we could establish that there would be an interest, and could reach the
right people at NPR, we might consider airing them on our shortwave station.
We have just extended our schedule during the afternoon, and there would be
plenty of room for NPR now (we are a sort of "public" / non profit radio).

P.S. I just heard that NPR is on the air for some hours a day/week on the
Astra satellite (European DBS), but could not check that yet.

Please send in your comments to us here in Milano, and if you have any
contact at NPR, just tell them that we could carry them ....

Alfredo


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Subject: Re: Critical talk radio
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Billman)
Organization: As if I'm organized...

In article <2bprei$[e-mail]>, Patrick Burkart
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> [stuff deleted] But as we can hear
> by listening, the talk radio we hear is far from revolutionary, but
> strongly reactionary and neo-conservative.

[more stuff deleted]

> Moreover, disagreement and dissent are programmed out of talk shows as
> much as possible, leaving gullible listeners with the impression that
> there is a preexisting consensus which is confirmed with every single call
> and whch they should align themselves along should they choose to call.
> This is also called "groupthink" by sociologists.  On popular talk radio,
> the "dittohead" phenomenon represents this problem very well.
>
> The dittohead phenomenon is a threat to any society, community, or group
> which values democratic procedure in public debate and policy making.
>
> I think that prank callers are the only hope for an entrenched,
> anti-democratic, technocratic talk radio elite which enjoy talk radio
> hegemony.  Prank callers should preserve the interactivity of talk radio.
> There is no other format where consumers of live radio influence the
> programming with their own speech.  Talk radio listeners consume their own
> speech, performing on live radio before an audience they believe is
> responsible for "public opinion."
>
> Before talk radio, it was impossible to say that the listeners could
> actually participate in radio, except in the most demeaning and indirect
> of ways, like following the instructions of an advertiser or requesting a
> song.  Listeners had no agency whatsoever in struggling to make radio over
> into their own product.  Now, at least, it is possible to get your own
> eighteen seconds, or if you're good eighteen minutes, of talk radio fame,
> and reclaim ground snatched up by little talk show dictators.

WOAH!!  Excuse me, but I believe that you are under the mistaken impression
that talk radio is controlled entirely by a certain talk show host with the
initials RL.  Don't be so naive.  Talk radio was around long before this
Missouri conservative, and I seem to remember much of it being
not-so-conservative in its political nature.  For every liberal cut off by
RL and the like, there is a conservative who was (and still is) cut off by
liberal-minded talk show hosts.  You do have a point in saying that _some_
shows & hosts are very narrow-minded (both conservative and liberal), but I
know a few that aren't.  Take WJR (Detroit) for example- the topics
generally discussed on their programs are less controversial than others,
and so they can present a more "democratic" slate of callers.  It all
depends on who the host is.  Please do not criticize all of talk radio when
your real target is (or at least should be) a select few.

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Subject: Re: any tounge-twister calls out there?
From: [e-mail] (Rob Shearman Jr.)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

     I don't know if WXZL in Annapolis (Graysonville, as it is oficially
     licensed) has been mentioned... not only do I think I'd have a hard
     time saying that, but most days I can't even remember it when talking
     about it.  (They refer to themselves as "Rock 103 XZL" a lot of times.)

     I always seem to want to throw a Q in there somewhere...

-Me

    Robert M. Shearman, Jr.  University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
        Music Director & On-Air, WMUC-AM650  "Maryland's Music Source!"
 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
            E-Mail: [e-mail]   "WILL WORK FOR CHOCOLATE"

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Subject: Re: any tounge-twister calls out there?
From: ucsd!tyrell.net![e-mail] (Mark Roberts)
Organization: Tyrell Corp.

John Seboldt ([e-mail]) wrote:

: [e-mail] writes:

: >>
: >>>Are there any hard to announce calls in use?  Something like KZJd, WFBL
: >>>(which is in Syracuse, or was), WTQJ, KQPL, etc.  (just making these up
: >>
: >> Waterloo, Iowa:  KLWW!  didn't listen to them much in the 70's, but boy, I
: >> thought I'd never wanna work there just for that reason.  They even called

<more stuff deleted>

In 1979, Doubleday put KWK(AM) St. Louis back on the air at 1380 kHz.  The
signal was not good.  They wanted an FM anyway.  So badly did they want an
FM that they referred to the AM as "AM 13.8" (13.8 WHAT?  hectoHertz?)

So they bought 106.5, WGNU-FM, Granite City.  But the other broadcasters
in St. Louis objected when Doubleday sought the KWK-FM calls for the station.

Reason for the objection, of course, is that Granite City is EAST of the
Mississippi River and hence was required to have a call starting with
the letter W.

Solution:  call letters WWWK.  The stations simulcasted and were referred
to as "Stereo WK."

I also recall a Detroit station from that same time with the calls of WWWW.

Also from the early 80's:  top-40 station KZZC in Leavenworth, KS (Kansas
City rimshot).  Slogan was "ZZ99."  This station is now KQRC(FM), 98.9 mHz.

A long-standing, somewhat tongue-twisting set of call-letters is KWIX(AM),
Moberly, MO (1230).  It _always_ refers to itself phonetically as "Kwix."

I gotta go untie my tongue now. ;-)
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Subject: Questions on WEEI's sale to WBZ
From: [e-mail] (Mark Shneyder 2-4219)
Organization: NONE

> Is it likely that WEEI's format will wander away from all-sports? Will
> WBZ's wander away from all-news+Patriots? Any thoughts?

When the news of the potential sale first broke, the rumors were that
Westinghouse would keep the mostly-all-sports on 'EEI but would also add
a heavy 'BZ presence to the news.

SideNote : On January 11th of this year 'EEI began to carry Metro
Traffic news reports hourly from 11am to 6pm. Metro Traffic is the
largets traffic-watch organization in the world. It operates in 48
US cities as well as in London and Toronto. Boston office has about 20
staffers who feed traffic reports to 30 or so radio and TV stations
in the area. MetroTraffic doesn't charge a cent 'EEI for this service;
instead, they sell their own ads during its customized news feeds...

Longtime 'EEI newsman Bob Ames remains the morning-drive anchor during
Imus' show(6-10am). At night, 'EEI uses hourly feeds from ABC News.

Expect this set-up to change when and if 'EEI is finally taken over by 'BZ.
With 'BZ being the biggest radio news operation in New England, 'EEI
will certainly be a beneficiary of all-news sister-station...

> Other related questions:
>
> Is there a chance that WBZ may get the Boston College football games back?
> Why did they leave?

Money. And, regarding the games being on 'BZ again : Not likely.
Kelly Communications which produces the games for BC had sold the rights
to WHDH-850AM this year. However, WEEI-590 claimed that it still had
the contract with Kelly and 'EEI took Kelly to court over the summer.
'EEI won a decision to carry the games this seasson at least...

> BTW: Why is Lutsk on WEEI? I presume it's because BC picks and contracts
> the game announcers, not the station, yes?

Dick Lutsk works for WRKO-WHDH. So, when Kelly tried to switch games to
'HDH from 'EEI they picked him as the announcer with BC's approval of course.
There was not much 'EEI could do since BC would never approve 'EEI's
Dale Arnold to do the games again(BC brass wasn't too high on him)...
As the result, 'HDH produces all BC games which could be heard on 'EEI.
Weird stuff...

>
> Would they likely move the Bruins and Celtics to the 50Kw signal?

Another rumor : the Bruins and the Celtics would stay on 'EEI but
if there is a same-night conflict, *the Celtics* would shift to 'BZ.

Currently, some 2 dozen Bruins games are shifted from 'EEI to Greater Media's
WMEX AM1150. The Bruins were going to bolt to WHDH in the off-season but
it would've cost them an arm&a leg to get out of 'EEI's contract
and produced a good amount of legal hassle so they decided to stick at
'EEI for this season...

> And what of the Red Sox? When is their contract with WRKO up for renewal?
Their contract with 'RKO ended with this season. The Sox were very happy
with the job 'RKO did in the last 4 years in terms of production/promotion.
The Sox are likely to be back on 'RKO for the next few years....

> Did WEEI's poor ratings start after the conversion to all-sports?

Most definetly. On Labor Day,1991, the all-news audience was gone in a minute.
Also, a weak signal and many bad programming decisions(the worst morning
trio in the history of radio - Andy Moes, Suzanne Lee and Ron Buttery)
contributed to the sinking 'EEI ratings...To give credit where credit is
due, Imus brought back some respectability to the station as far as ratings
go...

> Or were they poor while they were all-news?

They weren't poor. They just didn't grow like with any all-news station
around the country...You can only reach a certain audience level with an
all-news operation...


> [If that was the case, then why is WBZ such a leader? Does 50KW on a
> clear channel do so much for you that the
> programming is "easier" than if you've got a weaker carrier?]

Signal strength is important. Plus 'BZ is investing money into the
all-news operation and they're doing it right. Plus, they have a
big brother news-oriented local TV station which gives them alot of
cross-promotion...The same could never be said about 'EEI in their
all-news days when they were owned by CBS Inc and then for the most of
1980's by Helen Broadcasting(owners of Papa Ginos Pizza chain).The
Celtics who were only interested in the bottom line when they bought the weak
signal 5KW station in April of 1990 and killed an expensive all-news
format a year and a half later, didn't really do anything to make money
on their investement.  Instead, they hired alot of bad consultants and
lost a bundle with an all-sports programming(having Eddie Andelman do
the PM drive is insanity at its best...)

-Mark

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Subject: Re : Question on WJIB-AM740 in Boston
From: [e-mail] (Mark Shneyder 2-4219)
Organization: NONE

> From: [e-mail] (Bill Corea)
>
> Isn't that where WCAS (Wikus Island Broadcasting, also in Cambridge)
> used to be?

Yessss, you're correct, Sir...

2 years ago. In September, 1991 local guy Bob Bittner acquired 740AM
for about $225,000. He changed the calls from WLVG-AM(formerly WCAS)
to WWEA and called it 'earth radio'. He played folk,country and acoustic
music. Then in 1992, he grabbed WJIB calls and started playing the kind
of music that had been associated with WJIB-96.9FM(now WBCS) before it
dropped the format and became smooth jazz WCDJ-96.9(now WBCS) in 1989.

One of the reasons why Bittner doesn't sell ads, aside from  the fact
that station has no ratings,is because he views the station as a public
service and insists that beautiful music is a *public* service...Go
figure!

> Is this "WJIB" related to the WJIB-FM that became WCDJ and then
> W??? Country 97?

So yeh, 'JIB is somewaht related to the old 'JIB-FM as far as formats go...


> ------------------------------
>
> From: [e-mail] (William A. Goldsmith)


> 5 watts at night on 740????

Yes, 5 watts. WJIB-740AM received the small power authorization eventhough,
as you've mentioned, there's is a 50,000 watt Canadian signal on the
same frequency that was grandfathered....Bittner claims that low
nighttime signal has a reach of 15 to 20 sq. miles...

-Mark
"Before there was the Classic Rock....before there was the New Rock...
before there was the Soft Rock....there was the Rock...WBCN,Boston"


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