John:

No, it was the talk radio coming out of WKBW in Buffalo I couldn't listen to 
for even five minutes.

The oldies coming from W O K Y were much more tolerable, and brought back 
all kinds of neat memories.  The format was really kind of neat too.

(grin)

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some


> It must be pretty good if you can listen for 5 minutes, I don't know of 
> any
> talk radio I can stand for more than about 1 second.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:13 PM
> 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
>