[BC] WEAM?

[Steve Michaels]

I started just after Christmas in '72.  Had the 3rd w/Broadcast endorsement.  Worked the downstairs studio 'cause you could see the transmitter and monitors.  Harry would show up at all hours to see what was going on.  That was the beginning of the end for Thoms Broadcasting in the DC market.  There was a cute blond groupie who made things interesting for a young guy, tho...

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Tim Sawyer <tzsawyer at tzsawyer.com> wrote:
>wait wait wait - who was at WEAM in 72' ? I missed the comment.

>I spent a year there as chief in either 72-73 (I think I'm blocking it for
>mental self-protection) - I follow the famous Ed Buterbaugh of CKLW/WJR fame
>into that crazy hell hole, Ed interviewed me for the job, along with the GM,
>Harry Averill - I lasted a year - which was longer than most of the staff.
>Harry ask me to stay - I said thank you no.

>TZS

> From: jpotter at jpotter.com

>Steve:

>>...Not a big rig, but as a baby DJ doing all nights in 1973 at WEAM
>....Gates Solid Statesman limiter with a Pultech equalizer to flatten the TX
>response, with the asymmetric audio relay that would flip while talking....

>Shades of my misspent youth at WHAT 1340 Philadelphia in the early 1960s.
>We bought the new Gates Solid Statesman, cranked it up, and referred to it
>as the 'Distortion-max'.  After a week or so, we disabled that damned relay
>since it didn't seem to do anything audible.  Thanks for the memories, every
>30 minute readings and all!

>PS:  We caught the overnight guy pre-filling all the readings for his shift.
>Fired his butt immediately.

>Regards/Jim Potter