When you were in the area did you check out 103.7 WEEO? Their website ( and from what i read on other sites ) said the station has switched to a talk format...
I tuned passed 103.7 and it was doing the talk thing. There was an article I posted way back on the format change in the Record Herald, the station carries...
Doesn't Hagerstown's WHAG-AM 1410 sport a news/talk format now? I checked out their wikipedia page ( WHAG radio doesnt have their own site ) and that says that...
1410 WHAG last check (maybe a month ago) was still the "Music of Your Life" feed. Even if they wanted to go back to news/talk the talk pickings are slim...
At least you still have a station with that format. The only thing close here in Philly commercially is Martini Lounge Radio at 1340AM. Has a somewhat strong ...
Ed Perkins
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Feb 3, 2009 7:59 pm
1924
with all the talk from so many that rdio today is boring, bad, sucks,...you get the idea, whenever I heard comments like that makes me remember the stations of...
In other words, zeroing out the state's contributions to public TV. http://www.budget.state.pa.us/imageserver/Budget2009/2009_10_Budget_In_Brief.pdf See page...
... What will the politicians do? They won't have anywhere to get their face time... (Can't open a PDF here... how much does the state contribute? I thought...
PCN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network, *is* funded by the cable operators themselves. We're talking about public TV here -- WHYY, WQED, WITF and the rest of the...
 That's fast Eddie for you.                                                              ED P. ...
Ed Perkins
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Feb 4, 2009 6:19 pm
1929
... Public television gets state funding? Really? Is this unique to Pennsylvania? (I grew up in Massachusetts... this didn't happen.)...
It does vary state to state. I don't have any info in front of me, but I'm pretty sure there are more states supporting TV than supporting radio. You'd also...
... That's a fair point, Damon. Wasn't trying to sound incredulous or anything... just surprised, given recent budget issues, that this wasn't cut long ago....
Of course WPSX-TV in State College is owned by PSU. Derek Shaw From: sprtv@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sprtv@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of damonbeau@... ...
About Pittsbugh's WQED, don't they own all the rights to the old Mister Rogers show? ... operators ... and the ... territory of ... record, ... *radio* ... ...
I agree with Kim Komando; some people will NEVER be ready for this transition, no matter when it comes. You watch: as June approaches, there'll be another...
I wouldn't be surprised if that happens as well. Anohter thing about this makes me wonder...how many people will simply give up TV viewing all together as a...
I don't think the DTV transition will push people away, TV content is doing a good enough job! Joking asside if anyone stops watching TV after June it will be...
I am curious to know what will happen in Cumberland, Maryland after the switch The Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburgh stations are just too far to pick up...
 Now what about stations that already turned off their analog signal or were planning to turn them off come 2/17 that are also planning to upgrade their...
Ed Perkins
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Feb 5, 2009 2:24 pm
1941
From http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html#pa /Over in Lebanon, Calvary Chapel of Lebanon is buying WOMA-LP (93.1) from the Latino America Media Organization for...
Further reading on the DCRTV mailbag says "Washington Business Radio" has jumped the WDMV ship to WWRC-1260 now dubbed "Money 1260" (formerly "Obama 1260" and...
 Just curious. In SPRTV land and surrounding areas, are there AM stations that sell airtime for odd ball programs that commercial radio has drifted away...
Ed Perkins
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Feb 10, 2009 6:13 pm
1945
Brokered is basically what WDMV AM-700 has become, previously it was conservative talk WGOP and Arabic-language WWTL. It was running Washington Business Radio...
... And IIRC, the programming on 1580 Columbia PA was/is brokered. 1600 Elizabethtown was brokered time in its Spanish days. I'd reckon that 720 Shiremanstown...
 The King Of Prussia one I never listened to. It was just a new station someone I work with at RDV-FM who always reminded me of any radio changes here in the...
Ed Perkins
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Feb 10, 2009 8:40 pm
1948
Hundreds of TV stations to end analog on Feb. 17 What's this?NEW YORK (AP) — More than a quarter of major U.S. TV stations intend to shut down their analog...