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Old January 4th 09, 06:43 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
David Eduardo[_4_] David Eduardo[_4_] is offline
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Default WBZ Boston has shut off their HD tonight!


"Bob Dobbs" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

After TV "arrived," meaning the two to three years after the freeze was
lifted, radio at night was barely listened to. So skywave reception (or
DXX
reception) became of little use as there were few listeners and fewer
advertisers.


That blatant lie
just goes to illustrate what an uninformed jerk you are


Evening listening, by the end of the 1955, was down to about 1/4 of the
daytime radio listening levels. While there are no national figures, looking
at a variety of local market reports supports this conclusion.

Add in the explosion of new stations in the decade after W.W. II, there was
less reason to listen to non-local stations at any time, and little reason
to listen to them at night.