"Corbin Ray" wrote in message ...
I don't care who owns WLIB. But I will never forgive them for killing one of
the best radio stations in middle America. Remember what happened to WOWO,
50,000-watt blowtorch from Fort Wayne that covered 38 states and half of
Canada? The owner of WLIB bought them a few years ago, decreased their power
and changed their directional pattern just so that WLIB could increase its
own power to cover NYC. Then the owners dumped their damaged goods and sold
WOWO to someone else.

That was one of the saddest days in broadcast history for me. WOWO used to
have an incredible signal here in Kentucky. Back in the 70s, my radio
buttons were set on WLS, WCFL, WOWO, and 15 WLAC. And even though they
weren't still playing music, I was listening to them steadily every night,
right up to the sad night when their strong signal became a noisy whisper.

So as far as I'm concerned, WLIB can take a flying leap into the Hudson
River and let us have WOWO back.

That "noisy whisper"- Glad to see that the station and Mr. Limbaugh
have become a noisy whisper. We need as much fresh and QUIET air as we
can get!

That was one of the saddest days in broadcast
history for me. WOWO used to have an incredible
signal here in Kentucky.


But, WCKY had a stronger signal, and it was actually a former Kentucky station,
too. Originally licensed to Covington.


Back in the 70s, my radio buttons were set on WLS,
WCFL, WOWO, and 15 WLAC.


WLAC is on 1510.

"Peter H." wrote in message
...


That was one of the saddest days in broadcast
history for me. WOWO used to have an incredible
signal here in Kentucky.


But, WCKY had a stronger signal, and it was actually a former Kentucky
station,
too. Originally licensed to Covington.


Back in the 70s, my radio buttons were set on WLS,
WCFL, WOWO, and 15 WLAC.


WLAC is on 1510.

True enough, but for years they went by the moniker "15 - WLAC"

"Bill Doerner" wrote in message ...
"Peter H." wrote in message
...


That was one of the saddest days in broadcast
history for me. WOWO used to have an incredible
signal here in Kentucky.


But, WCKY had a stronger signal, and it was actually a former Kentucky
station,
too. Originally licensed to Covington.


Back in the 70s, my radio buttons were set on WLS,
WCFL, WOWO, and 15 WLAC.


WLAC is on 1510.

True enough, but for years they went by the moniker "15 - WLAC"

Back in the, um, good old days of analog tuners, many stations
'rounded' their frequencies. On an analog tuner you could hardly tell
the difference between 1500 and 1510. An FM station where I live went
by the phrase 'Great 98', although the frequency was 97.9.

When digital tuners showed up all the stations changed their strategy
and started referring to the precise frequency where they were
located.

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
"Bill Doerner" wrote in message
...

Back in the, um, good old days of analog tuners, many stations
'rounded' their frequencies. On an analog tuner you could hardly tell
the difference between 1500 and 1510. An FM station where I live went
by the phrase 'Great 98', although the frequency was 97.9.

When digital tuners showed up all the stations changed their strategy
and started referring to the precise frequency where they were
located.

Actually, the reason stations changed to precise dial position imaging is
because, as digital dials increased in availability, stations saw that
precise postions were what was being written down by Arbitron diarykeepers.
In addtion, exact postion is a 100% foolproof credit; a rounded postion can
throw diary entries into ascription. Thus, exact frequency on-air mentions.

David Eduardo wrote:

In addtion, exact postion is a 100% foolproof credit; a rounded postion can
throw diary entries into ascription. Thus, exact frequency on-air mentions.

There is the occasional exception to the rule too. I know of one station
that was IDed at 101.9, then became K102, then went back to 101.9 (same
basic format with a re-tweaking each time.) There were also 102.3 and 102.7
stations in the same market. Go figure.

So get rid of the smelly air from Frankenstein
"misterfact" wrote in message
...
"Corbin Ray" wrote in message
...
I don't care who owns WLIB. But I will never forgive them for killing
one of
the best radio stations in middle America. Remember what happened to
WOWO,
50,000-watt blowtorch from Fort Wayne that covered 38 states and half of
Canada? The owner of WLIB bought them a few years ago, decreased their
power
and changed their directional pattern just so that WLIB could increase
its
own power to cover NYC. Then the owners dumped their damaged goods and
sold
WOWO to someone else.

That was one of the saddest days in broadcast history for me. WOWO used
to
have an incredible signal here in Kentucky. Back in the 70s, my radio
buttons were set on WLS, WCFL, WOWO, and 15 WLAC. And even though they
weren't still playing music, I was listening to them steadily every
night,
right up to the sad night when their strong signal became a noisy
whisper.

So as far as I'm concerned, WLIB can take a flying leap into the Hudson
River and let us have WOWO back.

That "noisy whisper"- Glad to see that the station and Mr. Limbaugh
have become a noisy whisper. We need as much fresh and QUIET air as we
can get!