[BC] WJIB

[Dana Puopolo]

Yes, the station (both studios and transmitter) is still located there. I was
there last week finishing the install of a Sine remote control. Bob Bittner
still owns it. Bob is a great guy who I have known for many years. He also
owns WJTO in Bath, Maine on 730.  The building is now a self storage
facility.

-D


------ Original Message ------
Received: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:18:01 PM EDT
From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>

------ At 05:09 PM 7/6/2006, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: -------

 >That 740, WJIB in Cambridge sounds great btw. I wish they had a site
 >and streamed, but that's not on Bob's priority list right now Im sure

That's a monster 250 watt signal. When the WJIB calls were on the FM
its calls were WCAS (Watertown, Cambridge, Arlington, Somerville).
Before Kaiser/Globe bought it the combination was WXHR (FM) and WTAO
(AM) at Fresh Pond, Cambridge. I seem to remember it being inside or
near the Cambridge Crystals monitoring company.

Long ago and far away I heard it on my car radio in Westfield, MA
(100 miles) when WACE, 730, Chicopee, MA, went off the air. I worked
for WACE. The ITA transmitter wasn't terribly reliable.

Rich