Excerpt of a memo from a few years ago, during the great recession: (Redacted) has implemented a consumables reduction program. All consumables; copy paper, toner, note pads, pens, pencils, paper towels, garbage bags, paper plates, plastic flatware, toilet paper, and so forth must be reduced by 25%. (Redacted) is spending far to much on such … Continue reading Cost saving measures
Hurricane season is here. This time of year makes me fondly remember hurricanes of the past and the things we had to do to get stations back on the air; walking a mile down a sandy spit of land, wading through swamp water to get to the transmitter shack, being threatened with arrest by the … Continue reading The Emergency FM Replacement Antenna
We have been poking away at this one for the last year or so. It seems that the previous owners of Berkshire Broadcasting had filed for a translator to rebroadcast WNMB, (100.1 WUPE-FM) North Adams in downtown Pittsfield, during the great translator rush of 2003. When the CP showed up in the mail last March, … Continue reading Pittsfield Massachusetts’ newest “Metro-Station” 103.3, W277CJ
I found these old drawings in the filing cabinet and thought they were kind of cool. They look like they were drawn sometime in the 50s for the WPTR studio at 1860 Central Avenue in the Town of Colonie. It looks like there was a lot of Neon, including a speller, which I take to … Continue reading The old school marketing campaign
