"Michael Lawson" wrote:


WAIF is small enough; it's hard to be heard beyond
the I-275 loop (about a 15 mile radius or so). WOBO
way out on the east side of the loop is hard to hear
on the western edge of the loop without an outside
antenna. The same thing goes with some of the other
stations I mentioned. The big one range-wise of the
stations is WGUC (no longer affiliated with UC, btw),
which can reach about 50-60 mile radius. I don't know
the wattage off the top of my head, but I could
hear it in Dayton and I could hear it in Carrolton, KY.

Fair enough -- call it "small" in terms of market and ownership.


Then again, the agressive nature of Clear Channel
is kind of inherited from Jacor, who as memory
serves, back in the mid-80's bought the competing
album oriented rock station, and then was forced
by the FCC to sell it. Of course, they sold it after
they converted the format to country, so they
wouldn't have any competition. And they took
the best DJs, too.

That's not the only instance in which that behavior was used to crush
a competing station. I still resent how WWWM, Cleveland was taken off
the air -- it was the #2 station in its format, and was known for
their careful attention to a clean signal. It was also the favorite
among my circles of friends -- WMMS was simply hot air and distortion.



--Mike L.


--
Eric F. Richards

"Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product."
-Ferenc Mantfeld

"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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That's not the only instance in which that behavior was used to crush
a competing station. I still resent how WWWM, Cleveland was taken off
the air -- it was the #2 station in its format, and was known for
their careful attention to a clean signal. It was also the favorite
among my circles of friends -- WMMS was simply hot air and distortion.

What was WWWM?

"David Eduardo" wrote:


"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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That's not the only instance in which that behavior was used to crush
a competing station. I still resent how WWWM, Cleveland was taken off
the air -- it was the #2 station in its format, and was known for
their careful attention to a clean signal. It was also the favorite
among my circles of friends -- WMMS was simply hot air and distortion.

What was WWWM?



Your reference books don't tell you? Or can't you see past your
calculator?

WWWM, a.k.a. M-105, 105.7. AOR. Broadcast in Dolby-FM. Turned into
WMJI, oatmeal pop.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"It's the Din of iBiquity." -- Frank Dresser

"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote:


"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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That's not the only instance in which that behavior was used to crush
a competing station. I still resent how WWWM, Cleveland was taken off
the air -- it was the #2 station in its format, and was known for
their careful attention to a clean signal. It was also the favorite
among my circles of friends -- WMMS was simply hot air and distortion.

What was WWWM?



Your reference books don't tell you? Or can't you see past your
calculator?

I don't have time to look it up, since my radio hisotry colleciton is in LA
and I am in Puerto Rico.

WWWM, a.k.a. M-105, 105.7. AOR. Broadcast in Dolby-FM. Turned into
WMJI, oatmeal pop.

Oh, that failure of a station. replaced with what may be among the very,
absolutely best oldies stations in the US... originally designed by Kevin
Gorman of WMS fame (about the most legendary AOR station in US history,
too). M 105 was truly a dismal episode in Cleveland radio.

"David Eduardo" wrote:

Oh, that failure of a station. replaced with what may be among the very,
absolutely best oldies stations in the US... originally designed by Kevin
Gorman of WMS fame (about the most legendary AOR station in US history,
too). M 105 was truly a dismal episode in Cleveland radio.


Another statement showing how full of **** you are. You can sell that
to people who don't know the station, but I was *there*.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"It's the Din of iBiquity." -- Frank Dresser

"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote:

Oh, that failure of a station. replaced with what may be among the very,
absolutely best oldies stations in the US... originally designed by Kevin
Gorman of WMS fame (about the most legendary AOR station in US history,
too). M 105 was truly a dismal episode in Cleveland radio.


Another statement showing how full of **** you are. You can sell that
to people who don't know the station, but I was *there*.

I found the station so lacking in memorability I could not "click" on the
call letters alone. When you posted the on air name, I did remember it as
being atrocious and well worth changing to WMJI, which has a multi decade
history of being a fine, personality, fun radio station.

I know Cleveland... from Bill Randall on WERE and Mad Daddy and Alan Freed
on WJW to Color Radio 14 to Big Wilson on WJW and NormBob's creation of WIXY
on to the artful WMMS, General Cinema's and Nationwide's efforts at FM CHR
in the 70's, etc., etc. Part of my family has been in local media for a
number of generations. And I know that what apparently is your favorite
station was low in the rating, a sales failure, and soon forgotten.