guess the time, win $1,000 ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Elmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:35 pm Subject: [AMRadio] WWV (funny!) To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
> OK, this is funny: > > WWV Taken Over By Clear Channel > > Word on the street is that the National Institute of Standards and > Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear > Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency > stationWWV, Fort Collins, Colorado. > > Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the > sound of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard > frequency,and other information 24 hours per day, saying that the > old format is > "dull and predictable." > > Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the > steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the > voice announcements was deemed "not loud enough." The station will > reformulate itself as "The Tick." > > WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has > already added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can > be heard by clicking the clock in this link: > > http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
