This time around, I am writing about how I am disheartened over Automakers wanting to stall, and nix the United States Congress Bill intended to save and extricate AM/Mediumwave Radio from obsolescence and extinction.
I am happy to hear that Dawn Ichikawa, widow of the founder and leader of Tower Broadcasting, by the name of Gordon Ichikawa; is willing and able to continue her late husband’s legacy.
I just wish that Ken Squier’s daughters Ashley and, and his stepchildren from his marriage to his second and final wife; Elizabeth Squier (nee Bergen) would want to continue Ken’s legacy, retain ownership of Ken’s Radio Stations WDEV-AM-FM, WLVB-FM, WCVT-FM, and WEXP-FM; and Ken’s Radio Ownership Group company that Ken had founded after 1993 (when Ken had expanded his Radio ownership portfolio beyond WDEV-AM, the Radio Station that his father Lloyd had put on the air in 1931); the Radio Vermont Group.
Tom Kent, the Host of one of many Syndicated Radio Shows aimed towards an audience of Class 8 Tractor-Trailer Drivers that are able to receive the Skywave signals of certain AM/Mediumwave Stations during the nighttime hours; titled the “Truckin’ Tom Radio Show”.
I, the owner of this Blog; fondly remember the late night shift, and Radio Show of Bruce Dale Sommers; known on the Air as “The Truckin’ Bozo”, one of the many local and syndicated Radio Shows aimed towards an audience consisting of Class 8 Tractor-Trailer Drivers that were able to receive the Skywave signal of WLW-AM during the nighttime hours. Bruce Dale Sommers had played Country Music on his “The Truckin’ Bozo” Radio Show on WLW-AM.
In 2004, Bruce Dale Sommers had left WLW-AM; and had moved his Radio Show to Sirius XM Satellite Radio on their “Open Road” Channel until June, 2012; two months before his passing.
Bruce Dale Sommers had passed away in August, 2012.
I, the owner of this very Blog; am shock to hear that a longtime Producer of Rush Limbaugh’s Syndicated Radio Talk Show (an ally of The Evil Donald Trump, and a haven for Right-Wing Political Extremists), who is also an African-American; receiving his own Syndicated Radio Talk Show.
Especially considering the fact that Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Donald Trump, and other Right-Wing Political Extremists; are prejudicial towards each and every group of ethnic minorities residing within the United States, including African-Americans.
At one time, Rush Limbaugh was a Disc Jockey at ABC owned and operated KQV-AM in Pittsburgh; using his On-Air name Jeff Christie, at the time KQV-AM had it’s Top 40 format and before it had it’s All-News format, was fired by KQV-AM for expressing his personal Political opinions over the air; had later gone into the burgeoning field of Computer Programming for a while, then returned to the Broadcasting field as a Conservative Radio Talk Show host on KFBK-AM in Sacramento, California; was noticed by former ABC Radio employee Ed McLaughlin, was given by McLaughlin a syndicated Radio Talk Show that would originate from WABC-AM in New York by the time it had its Talk Radio format, Rush Limbaugh had relocated from San Francisco to New York City in the process, McLaughlin would also give Dr. Dean Edell a nationally syndicated Radio Show, and Rush Limbaugh would eventually move his syndicated Radio Talk Show to WJNO-AM in the Miami suburb of West Palm Beach, Florida; and even later to WOR-AM in New York City prior to Rush Limbaugh’s passing in February, 2021.
An article in National Communications Magazine about the banter that is all too common with communication between Ham Radio Operators.
I am not in any way surprised by the banter that is all too common with communication between Ham Radio Operators, because I know very well that it comes with the territory (as the saying goes) of being a Ham Radio Operator.
What I am surprised at, is how National Communications Magazine wrote this particular article in an effort to explain to people who either barely know what Amateur/Ham Radio is, or don’t know what Amateur/Ham Radio is at all; that the banter in communication between two or more Amateur/Ham Radio Operators, comes with the territory.
I know I am months late regarding writing a post regarding this news, but my friend Ken Squier’s family (including his daughter Ashley) had sold his Radio Stations WDEV-AM-FM, WCVT-FM, WLVB-FM, and a few Relay Transmitters with the call letters W243AT, W252CU, and W273AM; to a Real Estate Investment Group run by two one time Vermont State Republican candidates this past January.
I, personally; am not happy with the news, and I wish that Ken Squier’s daughters (including Ashley) would have retained ownership of the Radio Stations, and that Ashley would have the intent of handing down ownership of the Radio Stations to her children later on down the road.
Bill France Sr. had personally selected Ken Squier to found the Motor Racing Network (MRN), the Radio Network that was founded at the time when the Big Four Radio Networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, and Mutual); and the Big Three Television Networks (CBS, ABC, and NBC) did not want to air Radio or Television coverage of NASCAR Races.
At one time, WDEV-AM was the Anchor Station for the Motor Racing Network (MRN).
Below is the link to an Article by the Broadcasting Trade Publication ‘Inside Radio’ regarding Ken Squier’s family selling his Radio Stations, Bill France Sr. personally selecting Ken Squier to found the Motor Racing Network (MRN), and WDEV-AM; at one time, being the Anchor Station for the Motor Racing Network (MRN):
Stupid Television Commercial that the North American Cellular business arm of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile; with modernist, athletic Actors dressed to the nines, is running as of the time of this post.
These modernist, athletic Actors that the marketing firm hired by the North American Cellular business arm of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile; Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht, should not only be barred from dressing to the nines, but Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht both need to comprehend how much more important the Automotive world as a whole, the world of Amateur/Ham Radio, the world of Commercial Broadcast Radio and Television, and Electric Fans all are than Sports and Fitness.
Deutsche Telekom owning and operating several historically important AM/Mediumwave and Shortwave Radio Transmitter Sites, such as those in Nauen, Germany; and in Ismaning, Germany; is much more important than their North American Cellular business arm running stupid Television Commercials such as this one in question.
I am upset over AM/Mediumwave Radio potentially disappearing in Japan over the course of the next several months.
The history of the Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) (in the English language: Japan Broadcasting Corporation), and its historically important AM/Mediumwave Radio Stations; such as JOAK-AM and JOIB-AM, to name a couple, are very important to me emotionally.
In this Book that I wrote under my Pen Name “Wilbur Hay” that you may purchase a copy of from Barnes & Noble, titled “The Day-To-Day Lives Of A Well-Off Couple And Their Autistic Son”, besides the main characters in this narrative, the well-off couple and their Autistic son being passionate about Commercial Broadcast Radio and Television, and Amateur/Ham Radio; and them also being friends with a local firm that owns historically important AM/Mediumwave, FM, and Shortwave Radio Stations; and a historically important Television Station in their area, the couple and their Autistic son also own Vacation Homes in one of their ancestral lands, Great Britain; another one of their ancestral lands, Australia (specifically, Tasmania); and Japan (albeit Japan not being one of their ancestral lands), they are friends with the BBC, NHK, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, not to be confused with the American Broadcasting Company; also abbreviated as ABC); and several AM/Mediumwave and Shortwave Radio Stations in Great Britain, Australia, and in Japan are very important to them emotionally.
The link to this Book in question on Barnes & Noble’s website is below:
Shari Lewis’s daughter Mallory Tarcher-Lewis, Mallory’s ex-husband Brad Hood, an Off-Road Automobile Racer; both of whom are Skydivers; should take note of the fellow Skydivers who have illicitly utilized frequencies on the Radio Spectrum allocated for Amateur/Ham use for inter-communication while in the Air, and once they’ve landed on the ground.
Shari Lewis, and my paternal grandmother were both kindred spirits. Besides them both having high moral standards, they were both crafty people. They were both into Painting and Doll-making. However, their shared interest in Painting and Doll-making is where aforementioned similarities end. My paternal grandmother was also into Pottery and Ceramic-making, while Shari Lewis was into Sewing and Knitting.
Shari Lewis would be open to listening to an AM/FM/SW Radio Receiver, DXing Shortwave Radio Stations, and distant AM/Mediumwave Radio Stations from all corners of the world. My paternal grandmother was also into Shortwave listening, as she, at first had a Realistic AM/FM/SW Receiver; and then a Sony ICF-SW1000S. Information on the Sony ICF-SW1000S, and ICF-SW1000T AM/FM/LW/SW/Single Side Band Receivers can be found in the following link: https://www.dxing.com/rx/icfsw100.htm
I, myself am into the whole nine yards as far as my passion for Radio is concerned: Shortwave listening, AM/Mediumwave listening, Longwave listening, DXing, Broadcasting History; and the Broadcast Radio and Television Industry, including the the past, present, and future of the Broadcast Radio and Television Industry.
Shannon and Ray could have introduced us to Shari Lewis, her husband Jeremy Tarcher, and her sister and brother-in-law Judith and Steve Krantz. They knew Shari, Judith, and their family by the way of a Book Store on Bloor Street in the Toronto city proper in Ontario, Canada; and Judith and Steve owned a Book Store a couple doors down on Bloor Street from Shannon & Ray’s friends.
If Shannon, Ray, Shari Lewis, Judith Krantz, and their husbands had en masse come to visit us and my paternal grandmother at our house; Shari Lewis could have joined my paternal grandmother and I on listening to Shortwave Radio Stations at any time of day (even during the night), and DXing distant Longwave and AM/Mediumwave Radio Stations during the nighttime hours.
I’m sure Shari Lewis would enjoy listening to Shortwave Radio Stations based everywhere the entire world over, and DXing distant Longwavce and AM/Mediumwave Radio Stations as much as my paternal grandmother did; and I always have, and always will.
Transportation Department And School Bus Garage Of Mason City Schools, The Public School District Serving The Area In Ohio Where The WLW-AM Transmitter Site In Mason, Ohio; And The Crosley/Voice Of America Transmitter Site In Bethany, West Chester, Ohio Are Both Located.
As of 2022, Mason City Schools seems to have Blue Bird, Thomas, and Ward/AmTran/IC Conventional and Transit-style School Buses in their fleet.
The Transportation Department and School Bus Garage of Mason City Schools seems to be based in a building that was built in a more recent time (as of the time of writing this post), likely due to the population boom as a result of the Mason-West Chester area becoming urbanized after the ceasing of operations, and the decommission of the Crosley/Voice of America Shortwave Transmitter Site in West Chester in 1994; resulting in the local population, and the student body both increasing in size, and the need for Mason City Schools to increase the size of their Fleet of School Buses.
See this earlier post about how I, the owner of this very Blog; don’t like the Detroit suburb of Avon Township/Rochester Hills, Michigan becoming urbanized in the 1980’s and the early 1990’s; and the vicinity of Mason and Bethany/West Chester in Ohio becoming urbanized in the mid-late 1990’s, the entirety of the 2000’s, and during the early 2010’s; and how I wish that both areas in Michigan and in Ohio would forevermore remain bucolic: Urbanized Areas
Even though I am eight months late (as of the time of writing this post) regarding having recently found out about Don Daynard’s death, and writing this very post in response to Don Daynard’s death; I am very sad over the passing of Don Daynard.
Don Daynard had worked with Wally Crowder at CFRB-AM.
In the late 1960’s, Don Daynard had moved across the hall to CFRB’s FM stepchild that Standard Broadcasting had put on the air in 1938 as APEX Station VE9AK, CKFM-FM. That was, of course; before dissolute employees of Standard Radio Inc. had changed the format of CKFM-FM from its very pleasant mainstream Adult Contemporary format to the awful Hot Adult Contemporary format in September, 1991.
In 1987, Don Daynard had moved to the FM Radio Station in the Toronto market owned and operated by Rogers Broadcasting Ltd., CHFI-AM. CFTR-AM was actually the AM stepchild of CHFI-FM, as CHFI-AM (later CFTR-AM) was put on the air a few years after CHFI-AM; due to Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commissions (CRTC) rules at the time requiring that all owners of FM Radio Stations licensed throughout Canada to own and operate at least one AM/Mediumwave Station. A year later, in 1988; one time CKLW-AM Disc Jockey Erin Davis would be hired in as Don Daynard’s On-Air Partner during the morning shift on CHFI-AM.
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