Well that's too bad that he's leaving but for better pastures. Any way he can do a parting dx test? ;)
Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN 2010, PL 310 or Toyota radio Tom Dimeo <a...@pa321.net> wrote: >Last Friday Tom Ray put out a press release saying he >resigned from Clear Channel and WOR to start his own >consulting business. > >In todays Northeast Radio Watch Scott Fybush says: > >** Begin Quote ** > >NEW YORK >coverage begins in lower Manhattan, where one of the city's >longest-serving broadcast engineers has parted way with the >station he completely rebuilt last decade. Tom Ray's time at >WOR (710) lasted just over 15 years, and what a decade and a >half it was: he oversaw the station's move from its (very) >longtime 1440 Broadway address downtown to the financial >district, shepherded its New Jersey transmitter relocation >through a veritable swamp of political and physical >obstacles, and made himself a national lightning rod with his >vocal initial support for HD Radio on AM.(Tom literally wrote >the book on the topic, in fact.) > >Ray had been serving as national director of engineering when >Buckley Broadcasting sold WOR to Clear Channel last year, and >he gave up the remaining Buckley stations to stay with WOR. >Now he's stepping down from that post to launch his own >independent consultancy, Tom Ray Broadcast Consulting, with >another big announcement coming tomorrow. > >** End Quote ** > >** Your Message ** > >All Access reports that Tom Ray is leaving WOR, where he's > >been chief engineer for more than 15 years. > >He'll be running a consulting business. > >I suppose the writing was on the wall after Clear Channel > >purchased the station. > >He was certainly a staunch IBOC defender in its early days, > >although he's seemed less optimistic about its viability in > >recent years. >-- >Rick > >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original >contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its >editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
