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.

Corbin Ray wrote:

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.

When I was a kid I sat in the studio with Bob Sievers when he did his show on
WOWO.

I think I was 13 or 14 at the time. My grandparents farm was just up the hill
from the transmitter site, and I used to go down there and hang out. My
grandfather used to mow the area around the transmitter/tower site.

One set of grandparents lived in the city, the others had the farm.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

N8KDV wrote:

Corbin Ray wrote:

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.

When I was a kid I sat in the studio with Bob Sievers when he did his show on
WOWO.

I think I was 13 or 14 at the time. My grandparents farm was just up the hill
from the transmitter site, and I used to go down there and hang out. My
grandfather used to mow the area around the transmitter/tower site.

One set of grandparents lived in the city, the others had the farm.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B


As a VERY begining DX'er in the early sixties, (Detroit), WOWO was
one of the very first stations I received clearly from another state
(read: "From a foreign country" in the mind of a 13-year-old boy). I,
too, liked their programming, and their reliability - as Corbin said,
they covered the whole midwest, and were always there, every night.
Change is the only constant, but it's really sad to see some things go.

Tony

N8KDV wrote:

Corbin Ray wrote:

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.

When I was a kid I sat in the studio with Bob Sievers when he did his show on
WOWO.

Bob Sievers was/is W9FJT.. W9 Fifty Jumping Tigers as I recall...

I think I was 13 or 14 at the time. My grandparents farm was just up the hill
from the transmitter site, and I used to go down there and hang out. My
grandfather used to mow the area around the transmitter/tower site.

One set of grandparents lived in the city, the others had the farm.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

- Sorry to hear that, Ray;

There are a few stations that have been treated the same way round here;
- Loop antenna help, or have they changed the format to something else?

Here in NYC, occasionally we can pick up WWVA, out of Wheeling, west Virginia;
- but only on certain nights..
& I DID like the Caribbean music WLIB used to play up here

Dan

In article , "Corbin Ray"
writes:

Subject: WLIB killed WOWO
From: "Corbin Ray"
Date: 13 Apr 2004 15:46:19 GMT

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.

Diverd4777 wrote:
Here in NYC, occasionally we can pick up WWVA, out of Wheeling, west Virginia;
- but only on certain nights..

You can't rely on WWVA when it rains. They automatically cut into anything with
weather bureau rain warnings and you miss the punch lines. Clear Channel at work.

I go to an alternate Rush on rainy days (WDAO Dayton, though they're maniacs for
traffic tieup breaking news. Nobody just plays the damn program anymore).

I'd listen to the Columbus local WTVN for Rush but they delay it an hour so the hell with
them; also they play Rush with an annoying echo special-effect that the program director
thinks is erotic. Maybe if they turned it off people could listen at lunch.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

I listen to WWVA for the 10:00 P.M. Coal Mine report;
- Which I find fascinating.
here in NYC, its all Stock Markets; Out in the Midwest it's all Feed grain
prices;
In L.A it's all Traffic & entertainment
& in Saudi Arabia, I suppose it's all Oil,
& what Schools are giving specials on Pilot Licences or something

Dan ( Listening to BBC on 12.095 & Randi Rhodes on 1.190 )



In article , Ron Hardin
writes:


Diverd4777 wrote:
Here in NYC, occasionally we can pick up WWVA, out of Wheeling, west
Virginia;
- but only on certain nights..

You can't rely on WWVA when it rains. They automatically cut into anything
with
weather bureau rain warnings and you miss the punch lines. Clear Channel at
work.

I go to an alternate Rush on rainy days (WDAO Dayton, though they're maniacs
for
traffic tieup breaking news. Nobody just plays the damn program anymore).

I'd listen to the Columbus local WTVN for Rush but they delay it an hour so
the hell with
them; also they play Rush with an annoying echo special-effect that the
program director
thinks is erotic. Maybe if they turned it off people could listen at lunch.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

In article ,
Ron Hardin wrote:

Diverd4777 wrote:
Here in NYC, occasionally we can pick up WWVA, out of Wheeling, west
Virginia;
- but only on certain nights..

You can't rely on WWVA when it rains. They automatically cut into anything
with
weather bureau rain warnings and you miss the punch lines. Clear Channel at
work.

I grew up in Wheeling in the 60s and 70s. In those days, you could
pretty much clip a pair of headphones to your bedsprings and listen to
WWVA! Kathryn Kuhlman on Sunday nights!

I could regularly get them in the 80s when I moved here (Florida), but I
haven't heard them here in years. Now I read that Clear Channel wants
to sell them off and/or lower the power.

Dan

Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440,
Grundig S650, S700, S800, YB400
Tecsun PL-230 (YB550PE), Kaito KA1102
Hallicraters S-120 (1962)
Zenith black dial 5 tube Tombstone (1937)
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1936)

"Dan" wrote in message
...

I grew up in Wheeling in the 60s and 70s. In those days, you could
pretty much clip a pair of headphones to your bedsprings and listen to
WWVA! Kathryn Kuhlman on Sunday nights!

I could regularly get them in the 80s when I moved here (Florida), but I
haven't heard them here in years. Now I read that Clear Channel wants
to sell them off and/or lower the power.

They want to move the station to a town SW of Cleveland. Application filed,
along with over 1200 others, in the January window.

Corbin Ray wrote:

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.

You mentioned WLS, which I'm listening to right now. Yesterday, April 12 was
their actual 80th anniversary according to them.

They have been making announcements all year that this is their 80th
anniversary.

I think I've been listening to them for perhaps 46 of those 80 years as I had an
early interest in radio from about 5 years of age onward.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B