The weatherrrr,,, the weatherrrr, whats it going to beeeee,,,,,, here is
Reddy Kilowatt to show you on tee veeeee, is it going to rain or shine,
or is it going to snowww,,, here is Reddy Kilowatt to put you in the
knowww,,,,

Alon Bee used to do the tv weather news back in the 1950s on one of the
Jackson tv stations.
cuhulin

"dave" wrote in message
...
amdx wrote:


Does anyone remember this jingle from WLS?

"What's the weather for the weekend gonna be, will it be
hot...cold...rain....snow."

From the middle 60s. I would hear it while visiting my cousins in
Dowagiac
Mi.
WLS was my cousins favorite station.
Mike


I used to listen to them every night. Deregulation added a new 50,000 Watt
station in friggin' St George, Utah on 890 on destroyed WLS in the
Southwest.



St. George??? 50K to entertain the cacti and sagebrush!!

On Feb 14, 2:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

In fairness it must be stated that Michael Bryant was a valuable
contributor to this group and an effective advocate for the hobby of
shortwave. His comprehensive logs were very useful and his knowledge
of shortwave cannot be denied. I wish he would return, rrs could
certainly use the renewed sense of energy he would certainly bring.

On Feb 14, 3:55*pm, Priest wrote:
On Feb 14, 2:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
*A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
*mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

In fairness it must be stated that Michael Bryant was a valuable
contributor to this group and an effective advocate for the hobby of
shortwave. His comprehensive logs were very useful and his knowledge
of shortwave cannot be denied. *I wish he would return, rrs could
certainly use the renewed sense of energy he would certainly bring.

Tsk tsk - by now it should be obvious that it isn't how much you know
or contribute that ultimately counts...

;-)

On Feb 14, 6:55*pm, Priest wrote:
On Feb 14, 2:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
*A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
*mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

In fairness it must be stated that Michael Bryant was a valuable
contributor to this group and an effective advocate for the hobby of
shortwave. His comprehensive logs were very useful and his knowledge
of shortwave cannot be denied. *I wish he would return, rrs could
certainly use the renewed sense of energy he would certainly bring.

**Cough - Cough** It's pretty nice in here without the same old act
IMO.

Priest wrote:
It has not escaped notice that you have become one of the more
responsible contributors to the shortwave newsgroup. I've been
following rrs for nearly 15 years and have never seen it so near death
for such an extended period of time as it currently is.

As you know, the destruction was done by a relatively few number of
individuals (the group has never recovered from RHF's i.e. Roy Fisk,
relentless campaign of changing the subject heading of every shortwave
related post to sabotage the thread. Consequently rrs was rendered
nearly useless as an archived resource for shortwave information.

Frankly, I don't see it ever recovering to the former days of
excellence but hope springs eternal. So thank you for at least keeping
rec.radio.shortwave on life support while serious shortwavers hope
for its resurrection. Your efforts are very commendable.

This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.


I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.


I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

On Feb 14, 9:11*am, dave wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. *Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

* Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. *I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. *Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

Ute monitoring - You think shortwave programs are becoming less
popular? Just spring the idea of an automated beacon as riveting
radio on the GP and see what happens!

Requires knowledge and equipment, usually, that goes beyond what
typical radio listeners have. I knew code once, but let it slide; and
I don't have any RTTY equipment. On top of that, it does not have the
same *romance* or humanity as hearing a scratchy broadcast signal from
10,000 km away. Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the fact that a Ute
can be just as DX-worthy and interesting in many respects, and have
thought many times about getting some nifty add-ons to make a go of it
- but it does not grab most people as will a live voice and well-
devised program across the miles.

Bruce Jensen

bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 14, 9:11 am, wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

Ute monitoring - You think shortwave programs are becoming less
popular? Just spring the idea of an automated beacon as riveting
radio on the GP and see what happens!

Requires knowledge and equipment, usually, that goes beyond what
typical radio listeners have. I knew code once, but let it slide; and
I don't have any RTTY equipment. On top of that, it does not have the
same *romance* or humanity as hearing a scratchy broadcast signal from
10,000 km away. Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the fact that a Ute
can be just as DX-worthy and interesting in many respects, and have
thought many times about getting some nifty add-ons to make a go of it
- but it does not grab most people as will a live voice and well-
devised program across the miles.

Bruce Jensen

Those miles have vanished. All radio is local today.

You don't need RTTY equipment. You need a free program called Fldigi
which turns your sound card into a teletype. You don't need a computer
controlled receiver; it just needs to be stable and capable of tuning SSB.

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