The reference to reverb is amusing -- in the early 1970s I recall
WCKY as an easy-listening station -- with reverb!

WJIB 740 AM Stereo in Cambridge/Boston, MA -- one of the few, if not
the last, Easy Listening/Beautiful Music stations on the AM band in
the USA -- uses stereo reverb. It's not too heavy, but you can notice
it.

That's only the *second* most inappropriate use of reverb I've ever
heard -- the most inappropriate was when KPRC in Houston
was a news/talk station in head-on competition with KTRH -- and
used reverb in 1985 and part of 1986!

FM talk station "New Jersey 101.5" (WKXW-FM Trenton, NJ) uses a
healthy dose of stereo reverb during their talk programming as well as
the Oldies music they play on weekends. It does get a bit annoying,
especially if you're listening with headphones.

On 26 Nov 2003 17:59:06 GMT, (WBRW) wrote:

The reference to reverb is amusing -- in the early 1970s I recall
WCKY as an easy-listening station -- with reverb!

WJIB 740 AM Stereo in Cambridge/Boston, MA -- one of the few, if not
the last, Easy Listening/Beautiful Music stations on the AM band in
the USA --

Definitely not the last.

KWXY AM 1340 in Cathedral City/Palm Springs is still doing Beautiful Music, simulcast with
KWXY FM 98.5 ... with live air personalities, no less.

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On 26 Nov 2003 17:59:06 GMT, (WBRW) wrote:

The reference to reverb is amusing -- in the early 1970s I recall
WCKY as an easy-listening station -- with reverb!

WJIB 740 AM Stereo in Cambridge/Boston, MA -- one of the few, if not
the last, Easy Listening/Beautiful Music stations on the AM band in
the USA --

Definitely not the last.

KWXY AM 1340 in Cathedral City/Palm Springs is still doing Beautiful
Music, simulcast with
KWXY FM 98.5 ... with live air personalities, no less.

Interestingly, this may be among the poorest AMs of its class in terms of
coverage. The day signal covers Cat City and most of Palm Springs. By the
time you get to Palm desert, it can be noisy. At night, it gets out maybe 8
or 9 miles. Which is what you get with a high-band signal broadcasting from
a desert.

There is no Coachella Valley station that covers the entire market, day or
night.