Wow, Lou!
One thing that always amazed me about WKBW is how directional they were.
They literally pounded in up and down the east coast at nights when I was a
kid, but I found when I moved out here to Michigan that you couldn't even
get them at all after dark.
It's sure a shame that a great broadcast signal like that has to be wasted
on some sort of liberal talk radio format!
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
> Hi.
>
> Yes, I actually set memories in several radios around the house for WKBW
> and quickly ditched them when they tossed the oldies format. Here in
> Rochester, on the Kenwood HF transceiver with the G5RV, they still are
> about 20 dB over S9.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 05:59 PM 7/21/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>WHLD, as in "I am the morning Dee Jay on"....
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:56 PM
>>Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>>
>>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>As a Buffalo, NY resident, I too used to like WKBW radio whenit tried the
>>Oldies (1960's personality radio) format from March 2004 through February
>>2006. They changed to a liberal talk format because a small group of
>>people
>>tried a 24 hour liberal talk format on 1270 WHLD. Entercomm
>>Communications
>>owns most radio stations in The Western New York area, and it was felt by
>>the corporate leaders that any threat--no matter how small--was
>>intolerable.
>>This change of WKBW to the liberal talk format took valuable revenue from
>>WHLD and caused them to fold a year or so ago. One wonders whether WKBW
>>will continue their liberal talk format--since in a corporate dominated
>>environment, all such stations have difficulty raising advertising
>>revenue.
>>(big companies don't like supporting programs that claim they have too
>>much
>>power.) So I wonder if WKBW may revert to another format soon.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:59 AM
>>Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>>
>>
>>Tom,
>>
>>In WKBW's case, the station tried that format for about a year and a half.
>>I don't know what the "ratings" were, but we enjoyed listening to it.
>>Unfortunately, I suspect that it appealed more to aging baby boomers than
>>it
>>did to the sponsors, which is why it abruptly changed formats. My advice
>>is
>>to listen and enjoy it while it lasts.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 22:13
>>Subject: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>>
>>
>> > Hi, all.
>> >
>> > As many of you may know, one of my interests over the years has been
>> > monitoring patterns in formats for both AM and FM broadcast stations.
>> >
>> > Today, I was casually cruising through the AM broadcast band from here
>> > in
>> > Central Lower Michigan, and I came across W O K Y, 920 AM, out of
>> > Milwaukee,
>> > WI.
>> >
>> > What really struck me is that here was a station with an oldies format
>> > that
>> > clearly was trying to re-create the sound and aura of those 1960's top
>> > 40
>> > AM
>> > stations that many of us grew up with.
>> >
>> > During the short time I listened, I actually was rather impressed with
>> > what
>> > they were doing.
>> >
>> > I remember that WKBW in Buffalo, NY was doing this several years ago
>> > when
>> > I
>> > came across them while visiting relatives on the east coast, but they
>> > since
>> > have gone to some kind of awful talk format which I couldn't stand
>> > listening
>> > to for more than 5 minutes.
>> >
>> > In researching W O K Y further via the radio-locator web site, I notice
>> > that
>> > they are a Clear Channel station.
>> >
>> > I wonder if this is something that more clear channel stations are
>> > going
>> > to
>> > try, or whether W O K Y is just an isolated experiment by Clear
>> > Channel.
>> >
>> > I also wonder how W O K Y is doing with regard to ratings in the
>> > Milwaukee
>> > area. I think that Howard (WA9TOP) from the list is from the Milwaukee
>> > area, so perhaps he can give us some insights from a local perspective
>> > if
>> > he
>> > is interested.
>> >
>> > I hope you all don't mind this post. I just found the situation with W
>> > O K
>> > Y
>> > A M to be quite interesting.
>> >
>> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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