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From: guidotti@durable.ICD.Teradyne.COM (Mark Guidotti)
Subject: Re: "Howard Stern" fine - $600,000
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: Teradyne, Inc. San Jose CA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:07:54 GMT



In article <1992Dec28.140434.16325@gagme.chi.il.us> john@zygot.ati.com (John
Higdon) writes:
>
>rwed@gnu.ai.mit.edu (N7YVM) writes:
>
>> The companys name was "Infinity Broadcasting". they are expected
>> to appeal.
>
>You bet they will appeal. For that kind of money, I would want to see
>evidence of real harm (like someone's life ruined, at least),
>.... But if that
>is what this is all about, we have real problems with the intent
>and purpose of the FCC.

As for intent and purpose of the FCC, it was my understanding that their
original charter was spectrum management.  One look at the AM BCB and you
have an idea of their overall efficacy in that department since 1934.

Infinity President Mel Karmazin's argument that the Commission should 
enumerate the list of taboo words underscores the technical side of the
problem.  The FCC is unlikely to ever crisply define an enforceable code of 
obscenity.  Opinions notwithstanding, the real tragedy in the Stern affair 
is that his show would have self-regulated itself out of business, assisted
by an enraged public, if attempted 20 years ago.

mark
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From: Robert Carpenter <rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
Subject: Coverage at low frequencies on MW (AM)
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:47:34 GMT


In comment on my message(s) about WDMV, 540, moving to the Baltimore / DC
area, our good Moderator says:

> [Moderator's Note:  There is a 400 watt DA-2 station on 540khz in Jackson
> Wisconsin which is about 120 miles north of Chicago.  Although their DA does
> point more or less south, at Chicago, they put a class B++ to lass A signal
> into Chicago day and night.  WIND Chicago's 5kw 560khz station is easily
> heard 300 or more miles north during the day.  They (WIND) even have a sales
> office located in Milwaukee, 90 miles north of Chicago.  A few years ago, a
> 5000 watt station in Bismark N.D. (on 550) claimed to have the greatest
> daytime land coverage of *ANY* AM station in the country.  They emphasized
> that they meant "any and all, regardless of power". Never underestimate the
> ground conductivity at such low frequencies :-). Bill]

Bill,
The ground conductivity is GOOD in your area, but not-so-hot down this
way. Looking at the map in my old FCC rules shows conductivities of 8 and 12
up your way, but 2 and 4 down here. Thus, 0.5 mV coverage, even on a good
freq like 540, will go only about 1/3 to 1/2 as far in this neck of the
woods. I can't hear the present WDMV from the NW DC suburbs; I hear
Canonsburg, PA, (7.5 kW day) and others instead.

On my yearly Christmas drive to the Cleveland area I marvel at how much better
AM stations cover in that area (where the ground conductivity is 8). WKTX,
830 1kW, near the PA border, carries ads for businesses in western Cleveland.
WRMR (850 10kW), Cleveland, is OK even farther E on the Tpk.

Regards, Bob Carpenter

Newsgroups: rec.radio.broadcasting
From: Robert Carpenter <rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
Subject: DISTANT Station Move Approved
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:53:22 GMT



Today's issue of Broadcasting(R), in the FCC actions section, lists as
approved by the FCC, the following Facilities Change:

"Pocomoke City, MD  WDMV(AM) 540 kHz - Granted app. of Five Star Broadcasting,
Inc. for CP to change city of license to Brinklow, MD; increase power to
1 kW; make changes in antenna system and change transmitter location to
1.3 km NNW of intersection of state Hwy 97 and Jennings Chapel Road,
Roxbury Mills, MD; 39 15 42 N - 77 03 39 W. Action Nov. 25."

Why do I bother you with this item??? The new location is about 180 km or
120 MILES from the old location.  They are moving from a little town on
the lower Delmarva Peninsula to a location between Baltimore and Washington!

I'm surprised that the application (which I hadn't noticed) didn't get some
excited response from Baltimore-Washington stations.  This is a classic
"move-in", much like the FM move-in from Alabama to Atlanta which was rejected
recently.  Maybe no one cares about an AM daytimer any more.  More likely
no one knew where Brinklow and Roxbury Mills were!

Bob Carpenter

[Later the same day, Robert writes...]


Ok, Ok, WMDV is a FULL-TIME station, not daytimer. They now have 240 W
at night.

Moving WDMV from Pocomoke City to the Baltimore/Washington area is going to
create an interesting interference situation.  The State of Maryland has a
state-wide set of Motorists' Information stations. Almost all of them are
on 530 kHz, including a number in the Washington/Baltimore area. Only on the
lower Eastern Shore (near WDMV's present location) do they use 1610 kHz.
Either a number of these stations will have to move, or we're going to hear
a 10 kHz whistle on the moved WDMV.  But where can they move, now that the
AM band is expanded to 1700 kHz - but VERY FEW cars have radios that cover
the extended portion ??

[Moderator's Note:  There is a 400 watt DA-2 station on 540khz in Jackson
Wisconsin which is about 120 miles north of Chicago.  Although their DA does
point more or less south, at Chicago, they put a class B++ to lass A signal  
into Chicago day and night.  WIND Chicago's 5000 watt 560khz station is easily
heard 300 or more miles north during the day.  They (WIND) even have a sales
office located in Milwaukee, 90 miles north of Chicago.  A few years ago, a
5000 watt station in Bismark N.D. (on 550) claimed to have the greatest
daytime land coverage of *ANY* AM station in the country.  They emphasized
that they meant "any and all, regardless of power". Never underestimate the
ground conductivity at such low frequencies :-). Bill] 

Bob Carpenter

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From: falk@peregrine.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
Subject: Re: Tape Delays
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: Sun
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:07:37 GMT



In article <1992Dec18.085817.18730@gagme.chi.il.us> john@zygot.ati.com (John
Higdon) writes:
>I cannot believe I am reading all of this stuff about tape delays.
>Tying up TWO Ampexes? Futzing around with A/B 77s? Spotmaster crap?
>Jeez people; digital delays have come down in price that is within the
>reach of the most backwoods, barnyard station that can still claim to be
>serious about broadcasting. Not only do the digitals sound infinitely
>better, but require absolutely no tinkering or maintenance.
>
>Do you people have too little else to do?

Look at it this way:  You own a radio station and already have two
tape decks (most do, I expect.)  Do you

	(a) go to the considerable expense of adding a digital delay
	    unit plus train your engineers to use it, or

	(b) train your engineers to hook up the tape decks as a delay.

(Did I mention that most radio stations are impoverished?)

		-ed falk, sun microsystems
		 sun!falk, falk@sun.com
	"Towards the end, the smell of their air began to change"

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From: rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us (RRB MODERATOR)
Subject: Chicago rating.. Stern is 17th.
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: Internet Radio Journal
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:33:27 GMT

After nearly three months on Chicago's WLUP-AM, Howard Stern has shown up at
an abismal 17 th place in The Arbitrons.  Stern who has shown great success
in other markets where his syndicated morning show is broadcast, just has not
seemed to catch on here in the Windy City.  

Conversly, Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, long time Chicago radio favorites are
in fourth place behind urban contep. WGCI-FM, CBS newser WBBM-AM and full
service WGN, which holds the number one slot with a commanding 12.3 share,
almost double that of the #2 ranking WBBM-AM.

In the Chicago Sun-Times' Robert Feder column, thursday Jan. 7, Stern is
paraphrased to have said that he (Stern) plans to be Chicago's #1 rated
personality within a year, I guess he has a long way to go.

Here are the Chicago ratings as published in the Sun Times.

Note Format info supplied by me, not the Sun-Times.
Nostalgia = 40's thru 60's non-rock oldies.
Although WVVX-FM is listed as Brokered, it's showing in the ratings is
largely due to its heavy metal block of programming at night.

(d) = Datime only
(City Name) = City of license or transmitter site (in Illinois unless noted)

Station      |  Format      | Fall share | Summer share| City (if not Chicago)

1 WGN-AM	Full Service	8.5		6.8
2 WGCI-FM	Urban		7.6		7.2
3 WUSN-FM	Country		5.7		4.3
4 WBBM-FM	CHR		4.6		5.6
5 WBBM-AM	CBS News	3.9		4.0
6 WLIT-FM	Light AC	3.7		3.6
7 WNUA-FM       Smooth jazz	3.5		2.6
8 WWBZ-FM	Hard AOR	3.4		3.7
9 WJMK		Oldies		3.1		2.8
10[tie]
 WJJD-AM	Nostalgia	3.0		4.0
 WLUP-FM	AOR		3.0		3.2
 WLUP-AM	Comedy/F.Svc.	3.0		3.5
13 [tie]
 WKQX		New rock(?)	2.9		2.1
 WXRT		Adult rock	2.9		3.5
15 WVAZ-FM	Urban AC        2.8		4.2
16 WMAQ-AM	Grp W news	2.5		2.7
17 WLS-AM	Talk (simul)	2.3		2.3
18 WCKG-FM	Classic rock	2.2		2.3
19 WPNT-FM	AC		2.0		2.2
20 WOJO-FM	Spanish		1.7		1.9
21 WSCR-AM (d)  Sports		1.6		1.4
22 [tie]
 WFMT-FM	Classical	1.5		1.4
 WGCI-AM	Urban oldies    1.5		1.5
 WTMX-FM	Mix - AC 	1.5		2.1
25 WNIB-FM	Classical	1.3		1.3
27 WLS-FM	Talk (simul)    1.2		0.5
28 WIND-AM	Spanish		1.1		0.9
29 WYCA-FM	Christian       1.0		0.6  (Hammond Ind.)
30 WTAQ-AM	Spanish		0.9		0.5  (La Grange)
31 WVON-AM	Black talk	0.8		0.8
32 [tie]
 WJPC-AM     	Rap		0.7		0.3
 WYSY-FM	AC		0.7		0.7  (Bloomingdale )
34 WAIT-AM (d)  Beautfl music   0.6		0.7  (Crystal Lake )
35 WABT-FM 	AOR		0.5		0.3  (Dundee Class-A)
36 [tie]
 WIIL-FM	AOR		0.4		0.0  (Kenosha Wi.)
 WJPC-FM	Light Urban	0.4		0.5  (Lansing  Class-A)
38 [tie]
 WVVX-FM	Brokered	0.3		0.0  (Highland Pk Class-A)
 WBUS-FM	CHR		0.3		0.3  (Kankakee)
 WOPA-AM	Spanish		0.3		0.0

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

MORNING DRIVE TOP 10

WGN
WBBM-AM
WGCI-FM
WLUP-FM
WUSN-FM
WBBM-FM
WJJD-AM
WMAQ-AM
WLS AM/FM
WLIT-FM

AFTERNOON drive top 10

WGCI-FM
WGN-AM
WUSN-FM
WBBM-FM
WLUP-AM
WWBZ-FM
WNUA-FM
WLIT-FM
WKQX-FM
WJMK-FM
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From: Robert Smathers <roberts@triton.unm.edu>
Subject:  KGAY radio reviewed in my local paper -- summary follows.
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: _
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:43:00 GMT

 
 Rick Nathanson, the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Journal's media
 writer, wrote up a column about KGAY and I thought I would, in my
 own words, sum up what was in that column.
 
 It is from the Wednesday January 6, 1992 edition of the
 Albuquerque Journal and headlined "Colorado Site of First
 Gay-Lesbian Radio Station".
 
 From Denver, Colorado comes a 24 hour, satellite radio station
 that is owned and operated by gays, lesbians, and bisexuals
 called KGAY.
 
 It can be received with a C-band satellite system (and I'll post
 the locations at the end of this post).
 
 KGAY is available to nearly 4 million home dish owners in the
 Continental U.S., Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Canada and the
 Carribean.
 
 KGAY is trying to get their programming played on AM radio
 stations and on cable systems.
 
 According to Dan Radcliff, program director at KGAY, he said the
 response has been positive since the November 28 launch of the
 station.  They have gotten good press from the major press in the
 U.S. as well as from radio networks in Australia, Germany, and
 Japan.
 
 KGAY began broadcasting shortly after Colorado voters approved a
 state constitutional amendment that denied gays and lesbians
 civil rights protection.
 
 Clay Henderson, the President and General Manager of KGAY,
 dreamed up the idea for this station when he was house-sitting in
 a remote island in Washington State.  He was only able to get
 entertainment by a satellite dish.  He discovered satellite radio
 and decided to put together a network to be distributed by
 satellite radio.
 
 Henderson had previously been involved in profit and non-profit
 gay and lesbian radio broadcasting.
 
 Henderson moved to Colorado because he knew it was the business
 center of the international cable television industry and he knew
 that would allow KGAY to be closer to sites for signal
 distribution.
 
 (this following paragraph is taken word for word what Nathanson
 wrote):
 
 Of the 1,200 phone calls received at the station, a small
 percentage was negative, he acknowledged.  "It was pretty
 juvenile stuff, like people asking, `Hey! is this K-Fag?'  None
 of the calls was life-threatening, but some were meaner than
 others."
 
 (back to my own words summary)
 
 Radcliff says the network is two years ahead of schedule as far
 as signing up cable systems and AM radio stations.  The first AM
 radio station affiliate was KXRE-AM in Colorado Springs.

[end of summary]
 
 Locations for KGAY on Satellite Radio:
 
 KGAY can be heard on satellite radio in two places... Galaxy 5/6
 (scrambled CNN's location) on the audio subcarriers 6.30 and 6.48
 MHz and on Galaxy 6/17 on audio subcarrier 8.30.
 
Robert
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA  The Land of Enchantment
roberts@triton.unm.edu


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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: How to Prepare For the Startup of an AM Radio Tower Nearby
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:43:51 GMT


In article <1993Jan4.131657.3468@gagme.chi.il.us> Jerry Dallal
<JERRY@hnrc.tufts.edu> writes:
>
>Have there been any studies of the health risks of living right next to a 
>high power tower?  Certainly, there's been a lot of fuss (properly so) about
>high tension electrical cables (see December 14 New Yorker).

Yes, people near high tension lines seem to have a higher rate of cancer.
That's true.  Might this have something to do with the PCB-laden oil that
they poured on the power line right-of-ways to keep the dust down?  Or
of all the herbicides that they sprayed for years?  Nahh, must be the 
radiation.

I have seen a number of studies that show that folks living near power
lines have higher cancer rates, and then just assume that it must be caused
by the radiation.  Bad move.  There are so many other hazards that the
radiation is a fairly minimal one.

RF can be hazardous, true enough.  Just ask the engineer at KYOI who
had several amps worth of it flowing through his body when he was killed.
But because it falls off at the square of the distance, you would expect
significantly more damage to people very near the antenna than those a 
mile or so away.  

I've worked in an office where you could remove the fluorescent tubes and
they would continue to remain lit in your hand, and where you had to take
watches and jewelry off or it would tingle.  If RF was all that hazardous
I would be long dead.
--scott
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From: joec@fid.Morgan.COM (Joe Collins)
Subject: WNEW 1130 - now WBBR
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: _
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:09:59 GMT



The NY radio station WNEW AM 1130 was mentioned as changing over 
to call letters WBBR and has a new radio format.

WBBR is apparently owned by Michael Bloomberg. They mention
his name prominently on the station, i.e. 'This is Bloomberg
radio'.

Michael was a former Partner at Salomon Bros in the 1970s. I believe
he ran their Equity desk and then ran their Data Processing division.

He left Salomon Bros in the early 1980s and formed Bloomberg Associates.
This company was (I think) partially funded by Merrill Lynch. Bloomberg 
Associates built and rented out Bloomberg Terminals which were a view
of the dealer market in the Fixed Income area, i.e. it included prices and 
many analytics. It was rumored that these terminals rented out for 
$1000/month and Merrill Lynch had many hundreds. This product has since 
spread to other brokerage houses. It is supposed to be the best product 
in its class. To my knowledge, Bloomberg Associates is privately held.

I'll bet WBBR is his latest business venture and he is in competition
with WBBR against WINS (1010khz) and WCBS (880khz), both all-news radio 
stations in NYC. WBBR was rumored to focus more on business as his niche in 
the crowded NY radio market. It will be a tough sell - WCBS has NY mayor
Dinkins and NY Governor Cuomo on every month for listener call-in. WINS
I think is the top rated radio station in the NY area.

On a personal note, I met Michael in the mid 1980s and was impressed. 
I wish him well in his latest venture.

Joe
joec@morgan.com
usual disclaimers...


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From: "Chip (C.D.) Kelley" <chipk@bnr.ca>
Subject: Texas Changes (KTUX to rock 40, KRTK on, ...) 
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: GAGME - Public Access UNIX of Chicago, Illinois, USA, Earth
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:57:50 GMT


Lots of changes around Texas the last couple of weeks...

KTUX-98.9 Carthage (Shreveport LA & Longview TX) has moved from
CHR "Tux 99" to rock CHR "Tux 99 Rocks."  KTUX's approach seems
to more closely resemble the new KKYK-103.7 "Kick 103.7" Little
Rock AR rock 40 model than KEGL-97.1 "the Eagle 97.1, Today's
Rock & Roll" approach in that KTUX plays quite a bit of classic
rock material.

Nearby KIXS-107.3 Whitehouse (Tyler/Longview) has finished off their
transition from CHR "Kiss 107" to adult CHR "Mix 107.3."  KISX
is still fairly uptempo and not quite as dull as most adult top 40s
tend to be.

Those two changes leave both the radio markets Tyler/Longview and
Shreveport/Bossier City without a mainstream top 40.  Tyler listeners
are on the fringe of Dallas CHR KHKS-106.1 "106.1 Kiss FM."  Shreveport
listeners will have to chose between the new KTUX or urban KMJJ-100.1
"Mo' Jamz KMJJ" (yes, that's what they go by) or see if they can
pick up KQID-93.1 "93QID" Alexandria LA or KNOE-FM-101.9 "FM102" Monroe LA.

KRTK-97.1 Cleveland (Houston) has finally signed on simulcasting non-
co-owned classical KRTS-92.1 Seabrook (Houston); both become "K-Arts."
Even with KRTK's 100 kw signal and KRTS's 50 kw signal, there are still
areas of Houston where both signals are pretty awful.  I believe KRTS
is still trying to upgrade to 100 kw, assuming rock KTSR-92.1 College
Station ever relocates to another frequency.

Around Dallas, KJZY-99.1 Denton switches calls to KDZR, still SMN Z-Rock
"99-1 Z-Rock"; KSSA-1600 Cockrell Hill switches calls to KRVA, still
Spanish "Radio Variedades"; KSSA-FM-106.9 McKinney switches calls to
KRVA-FM, still Spanish "Latin 107."

Spanish KCOR-1350 San Antonio is buying AC KSRR-92.9 "Star 93" with
a likely format change to Spanish to come.  KSRR was co-owned with
longtime oldies KONO-860, which together lease KONO-FM-101.1 Fredericksburg
to simulcast KONO.  News-talk WOAI-1200/country KAJA-97.3 "KJ97"
recently bought crosstown AC KQXT-101.9 "KQ102."

Other changes ... KWIC-107.9 Beaumont-Houston is still silent (rumor is
KWIC would return after being LMAed); co-owned KKFH-1380 Beaumont is still
off ... KZZB-990 Beaumont returns to the air as black gospel "Gospel 990"
... AC KQXY-94.1 Beaumont "94Q" seems to be moving toward top 40, playing
Bon Jovi and Def Leppard now ... KJTX-104.5 Jefferson is now gospel ...
KRQX-1590/KYCX-FM-104.9 Mexia switch from local to satellite country ...
Southwest Texas Univ's KTSW-89.9 New Braunfels is on with college/alternative
rock (actually I think it's off now due to student break, but it was on) ...
classical KMFA-89.5 Austin has made its power upgrade to 65 kw.

Chip
chipk@bnr.ca

My opinion's, not BNR's

Newsgroups: rec.radio.broadcasting
From: "A.J. Janschewitz" <p00258@psilink.com> 
Subject: Questions
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: GAGME - Public Access UNIX of Chicago, Illinois, USA, Earth
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:14:29 GMT


First, a thanks to Bill for a well-run and interesting net group.

Now, a couple of questions:

1. I've read here about the expansion of the American AM band to 1700 
KHz. Is this correct? Is this in effect already? Does the FCC have plans 
to give them over to special services, or minority preferences? I 
haven't seen receivers yet that call AM 540-1700 ...

2. I've also read about a device called a "Ramsey FM-10." It even has 
its own news list. What is it? Is it an exciter? A low-power 
transmitter? A prefab pirate station?

Many thanks.

==a.j.==
Broad Brook, Connecticut, USA

[Moderator's Note:  A.J. as I said in e-mail, the group is only as good as
it's posters.  We are fortunate, indeed, to have so many great minds who care
enuff to keep the group interesting.  Keep up the great work yourselves!  As
for the Ramsey FM-10, it is a highly stable FM stereo transmitter kit which
has been the subject of much controversy due to the ease with which it can be
modified for illegal power output levels.  For more info, read and post to
alt.radio.pirate.  If you cannot get that group, write me and I'll send you
the address of a mailing list dedicated  to the FM-10 kit and it's many uses.
- Bill]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.broadcasting
From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: Tape Delays
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:52:40 GMT



In article <1993Jan4.130737.3067@gagme.chi.il.us> falk@peregrine.Sun.COM (Ed
Falk) writes:
>
>(Did I mention that most radio stations are impoverished?)

Impoverished?  Impoverished?  We have plenty of money... our equipment
and maintainance budget is almost $850 for this upcoming year.  That's
almost double what it was last year.  Say, does anyone have any spare 
Phasotron tubes out there?
--scott

Newsgroups: rec.radio.broadcasting
From: Jerry Dallal <JERRY@hnrc.tufts.edu>
Subject: Re: How to Prepare For the Startup of an AM Radio Tower Nearby
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:16:57 GMT


In article <1992Dec31.052501.25429@gagme.chi.il.us>, jrg@bertha.att.com (J.
Goldstein) writes:
> My parents and their neighbors were unable to block a radio station's
> request for zoning exception in Germantown, Maryland.  The result is
> four very high towers that will soon be broadcasting in the AM band (I
> don't know the broadcast power, though.)
> 

Have there been any studies of the health risks of living right next to a 
high power tower?  Certainly, there's been a lot of fuss (properly so) about
high tension electrical cables (see December 14 New Yorker).

Health risk + lawyer = no new tower

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