WABC re-creates the past next Monday
 

New York's WABC-AM (770 kHz) will sound different next Monday, Memorial Day,
between 6am and 6pm local time (1000-2200 UTC). The station will present its
annual "Rewound" special, 12 complete hours of original programming from the
60's and 70's when WABC was America's, and the world's, number one Top 40
station. Everything will be played back just as it was, including the news
and commercials.

Special guest for the day is Dan Ingram, one of the DJ's who helped create
the special sound of "77". Between 6 and 8pm local time (2200-2400 UTC) he
will join current WABC program director Phil Boyce to talk about the
station's heritage and take phone calls.

The special programming has been put together by WABC personality Johnny
Donovan, who stayed with the station after it switched to a talk format in
1982. The good news is that Donovan says he has enough material to present
these specials for the next ten years, thanks to the help of aircheck
collectors.

The first hour (1000-1100 UTC) will be a real treat for those who remember
WNYW, Radio New York Worldwide. It's a show by Les Marshak from 1970.
Marshak was the presenter of WNYW's Worldwide Hit Parade.

The WABC tribute site http://musicradio.computer.net/

(media network)

"Mike Terry" wrote in message ...
New York's WABC-AM (770 kHz) will sound different next Monday, Memorial Day,
between 6am and 6pm local time (1000-2200 UTC). The station will present its
annual "Rewound" special, 12 complete hours of original programming from the
60's and 70's
.....
Special guest for the day is Dan Ingram, one of the DJ's who helped create
the special sound of "77". Between 6 and 8pm local time (2200-2400 UTC) he
will join current WABC program director Phil Boyce to talk about the
station's heritage and take phone calls.

The WABC tribute site http://musicradio.computer.net/

(media network)

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I don't suppose this means you can get this show over the web...I'm
going to have trouble pulling this in from 120 miles away, as I'll be
away....

but I'm happy for Dan Ingram, I would love to hear him again on a
regular basis

Rosemary

(Rose___) wrote in :

I don't suppose this means you can get this show over the web...I'm
going to have trouble pulling this in from 120 miles away, as I'll be
away....

http://www.wabcradio.com/listenlive.asp

Rose___ wrote:

I don't suppose this means you can get this show over the web...I'm
going to have trouble pulling this in from 120 miles away, as I'll be
away....

Why? WABC is clear channel. Comes in very well here in Virginia, also
comes in well up in Boston. Occasionally subject to interference from
one of the Cuban stations but generally an easy catch on your car radio
on most of the east coast at night.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Occasionally subject to interference from one of the Cuban stations but
generally an easy catch on your car radio on most of the east coast at night.

That would be nice for a nighttime program, but Rewound is running 6 AM to 8
PM...mostly under daytime conditions in the eastern US.

Scott Dorsey wrote:
Rose___ wrote:

I don't suppose this means you can get this show over the web...I'm
going to have trouble pulling this in from 120 miles away, as I'll be
away....


Why? WABC is clear channel. Comes in very well here in Virginia, also
comes in well up in Boston. Occasionally subject to interference from
one of the Cuban stations but generally an easy catch on your car radio
on most of the east coast at night.
--scott


WABC comes in clear as a bell in the Montreal area. I used to listen to
it often back in the Seventies when music still ruled AM. Today it's
just another news/talk station littering the band.

Clear channel is great, though. Living in the Vancouver area back in the
mid to late Sixties I used to pick up several eastern and east coast
stations at night. Doesn't seem to work in reverse though :-(, I can't
get anything past Minneapolis, Texas and Winnipeg. The good old days!

-Taliesyn

On 27 May 2004 15:07:53 GMT, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Why? WABC is clear channel. Comes in very well here in Virginia, also
comes in well up in Boston. Occasionally subject to interference from
one of the Cuban stations but generally an easy catch on your car radio
on most of the east coast at night.

There's no such thing as a clear channel, anymore. In fact, WABC
fought KOB (now KKOB), Albuquerque, for years to get it off 770 so
they could be a clear.

Rich

I don't suppose this means you can get this show over the web...I'm
going to have trouble pulling this in from 120 miles away, as I'll be
away....

The entire Rewound will be streamed live on the WABC site..It will have hiccups
due to the glitchy software they use to remove copyrighted material and AFTRA
voiced spots. Maybe they've improved it...haven't listened to the regular
programming lately because of the wacko wingnut talkers.

"More Music!! On 77...W..A...B...Ceeeeeee"

Taliesyn wrote in message news
WABC comes in clear as a bell in the Montreal area. I used to listen to
it often back in the Seventies when music still ruled AM. Today it's
just another news/talk station littering the band.

Clear channel is great, though. Living in the Vancouver area back in the
mid to late Sixties I used to pick up several eastern and east coast
stations at night. Doesn't seem to work in reverse though :-(, I can't
get anything past Minneapolis, Texas and Winnipeg. The good old days!


My guess is that you wouldn't have much luck picking up east coast
stations in Vancouver today with the increased electrical noise and
just general band clutter.

Another reason it's tough to hear west coast radio on in the east is
that there aren't many powerful signals out that way, and even fewer
that aren't directional.

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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generally an easy catch on your car radio
on most of the east coast at night.

Unfortunately, this programming will only be on the station during
"daylight" hours....I can get WABC in the daytime up here in New Hampshire,
but usually only in the cold weather months.


Craig