WVLG radio
 

I always enjoy hearing WVLG when in TV. When not there, it would be nice if WVLG was streamed on the internet so those of us that are not there full time could still listen in, not only for entertainment, but also to keep up with the goings on. The web site is good, but the radio would be more current. Anyone ever inquired about the possibility of WVLG streaming their programming? I'm sure it would require an investment in equipment, as well as an internet connection. Anyone have any idea if the cost would be prohibitive for a station as small as WVLG?

I don't know about the technical aspects or costs but I DID put the same suggestion on my 'resident survey'.
I also think it would be a good idea and aid in MARKETING.

Wvlg
 

Along those lines, how about for those of us up after 11PM, some talk radio. Couldn't hurt!

Your right about some talk radio at night. I can't get any other station, but 640 and night programing is not good. I ended up getting XM Radio. That solves the problem, but of course have to pay for it. When we moved here I was stunned at the lack of radio stations. Can get them on my car during the day, but that's it.

It is my opinion that you will never hear "talk" radio on WVLG. It goes against their business model.

Hi Avista,

After only spending 2 weeks in our new place in TV, I knew I'd have to do something about the lack of radio station choices. Need my sports talk to fall asleep.

Back here in the other world I also bought XM portable radio in preparation of our return in Nov. I have the house kit but since our bedroom window is opposite the bed, I need to figure out a way to ge the signal over to headphone at the bed. Wireless speaker with a jack? Have you faced the same problem and if so, how do you work it?

Thanks

My antenna works if I keep it with the radio, but just aimed in the right direction. I have a portable radio that I connect it to and put the radio on AUX. When I say talk radio, I don't mean Rush Limbough and his ilk, but there are quite a few great stations.

I agree with you. Potential discussion topics might not be in the builder/developers best interests.

Does your XM receiver have a built-in FM modulator (aka FM transmitter)? Many models have this.

This is what I do. I set my XM receiver to transmit on 88.3FM. I tune in that frequency on a pocket-size FM radio with headphones and I'm good to go anywhere in (and near) my house.

Hey Champion...

That's the solution!!!! Thanks, you just saved me $100 I might have spent on a wireless headphone setup.

I'm not sure if my XM radio has a built-in FM modulator but I have one I use in the car to play the XM on my FM car radio.

It's battery operated so I should be able to use it in the house, right?

Thanks for the idea.

Len

Now I'm confused. Don't know what an FM modulator is. I just have a portable radio that I can put on AUX, a pocket sized XM tuner and an antenna. Guess I shouldn't worry as it works just fine.

Wvlg
 

I'm involved with WVLG and you have to remember that they are trying to please an adult audience. People in their 50's do not necessarily like the music of those in their 70s+. The music starts off in the early AM as soft and relaxing and then increases in tempo through the day.
On streaming, it's very expensive, and there are copyrights involved.
WVLG is a station much like they had back in the 60s with real DJs, real weather people and local news and events. Most stations today are run from a small cubicle in a large building containing a lot of other stations. Content is network supplied and a call to that station will yield a admin person answering the phone.

Wvlg
 

I'm really sorry to say that WX has it exactly right. There is very little "real" radio left. Lets enjoy WVLG while we can cause just like us, it's a dyeing breed. :cus:

I Like It
 

Although we have XM radio I still enjoy listening to WVLG. It reminds me of WING in Dayton OH back in the day when Gene "By Golly" Barry and Steve Kirk were spinning 45's alongwith Dusty Roads in Cincinnati. A touch of yesteryear is pleasing to ones ears.

I really like the station.
Does anyone remember hearing Wolf man Jack back in the 60's...........
I was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California before going overseas and remember listening to him at night. He was a blast!
ARE YOUR PEACHES SWEET?

I wonder if that is the same Dusty Roads that is the DJ on XM46? She broadcasts from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and has some great stories of some of the older groups.

I have to agree with F16, I have Sirius radio, while in TV I am always tuned to WVLG. My MG TD has never had a different station tuned in. I remember listening to it while sitting at Starbucks in LSL, the better half and I were discussing whether or not to buy our house and retire in TV.

One of my first impressions of the town squares was the music. Brought to mind Cousin Brucie, The WMCA good guys, Murray the K and of course Alan Freed. I guess it's the sounds of my youth and my future.

Keep the Music Alive.

:agree:

F16:

"What's a '45,' Daddy?" :a20:

SWR
:beer3:

45???
 

Smaller than a '78', son!

MelZ: Cousin Brucie can be heard on Sirius/XM. On XM receivers he's on "The Sixties" channel - channel 6.

WABC Radio - New York - 60's
 

I grew up in northwest NJ and was in high school in the 60's. Anyone out there who ever listened to WABC radio in NY - here's a great Web site and lots of sound bites from that wonderful age of rock 'n roll! Remember Cousin Brucie, Dan Ingram, Scott Muni, Herb Oscar Anderson, Harry Harrison?? Check it out!

http://www.musicradio77.com/

Thanks for the link Sunflower!!! I opened it up but closed it fast cause it's bedtime and if I let myself start listening to it tonight , I'd never be able to get up for work.

This kid from central Connecticut let the radio steal sleep back then spending many hours, late into the night, listening to WABC and WKBW out of Buffalo (Joey Reynolds and Sandy Beach).

Rolls back the years.

tpop, by work i assume you mean golf....GN

Nope
 

No ,the other 4-letter word was correct.

I've been reading the blog about radio stations. My question is: If I purchased a new HD radio, would I hear digital stations inside my stucco home? Does anyone have an HD radio they can recommend?

Anyone looking for loads of good music on the net might try www.tropicalglen.com/

You just pick your year and let it run. Lots of good songs.

Talking about radio 'back in the day' did anybody else listen to Jean Shepherd?

Walt.

Judy:

I bought an HD radio (an iLuv) with great reluctance. I'm 99.9% a classical music person and my best source for that in TV is UFla's FM operation (NPR). They recently split all their classical music (and then some) onto their HD channel. So, with a great deal of searching I bought an HD.

But, the HD broadcast doesn't get to me, despite an FM antenna in the roof, and one as a part of the radio. They nice folks in Gainesville, apologized, but said their signal is still not adequate for TV.

So, for me, a bad purchase. Since I almost never listen to AM, I can't comment on the viability of an HD there.

Eventually, maybe.

SWR
:beer3:

SWR,

We listen to NPR in the car - but also don't et it really well in the house. Although for Car Talk we will suffer a little static. :coolsmiley:

We sometimes listen to classical via DirectTV

I grew up in Sussex County NJ...way up north. Listened to WABC all the time. Hear Brucie on XM Radio now.

Hi Hawkwind,

The Dusty Rhodes that F16 is talking about was a Cincinnati DJ in the 60's and is now the auditor for Hamilton County where Cincinnati is located. When I was a kid, I used to hide my transistor radio under my pillow so I could listen to WSAI when I was supposed to be asleep. The transistor radio was kind of big though.

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When we were in TV two years ago, I really liked WVLG. When we get back there, I know I will still like it. I love the music of the 50's and 60's, and even the 40's. The lyrics are wonderful. (And I think I know most of them. The radio in my house was on all the time during my years in the playpen and the highchair. I guess some of those lyrics got stuck in my baby boomer head.)

I can find the other stuff on my iPod. But the stuff TVLG plays I don't have as much of.

But whatever would I do without an NPR station? (Sigh) I can only stand so much static. Sit in my car I guess. I can see that happening. Those NPR Driveway Moments will turn into Radio Free Boomer.

And thank you to those of you who put the links here to that old music.

And about radio stations.....remember "WKRP in Cincinnati"? I wish I could find some reruns.

Boomer

SWRINFLA,

Try WCPE which streams on line: http://theclassicalstation.org/today.shtml

Best classical radio station I have found.

Can you listen to wvlg on the internet?

???
 

I have looked for it up here in the north, but no luck...don't think they stream their audio?

Anybody find it?

No. WVLG is not streamed over the internet. I was able to find a few links via Google that had that option but none of them worked.

Talk Radio
 

I just wanted to make an addendum to my earlier comment about talk radio and TV. I did not mean a LOCAL talk show, I doubt that anyone currently working for WVLG could handle such an assignment. I meant why not offer a talk show at night that comes out of Atlanta, or somewhere else, where local issues are NOT discussed, and at the same time could add some national political flavor to our menus here in TV.

It ain't gonna happen.....
 

WVLG will never broadcast talk radio politics.

WVLG is part of TV's marketing concept. The music contributes to the marketing of the image of a place to relax and have fun and not worry and feel young again. And that's OK.

The station playing those wonderful oldies all the time is a part of the ambiance. The biggest controversy WVLG might create is some may think it's too much Sinatra and not enough Stones. (Not me. I like it like it is. But I don't own there yet. But as a potential buyer, I gotta tellya, I like that station. And besides, I got the Stones right here on my own iPod. But I don't have enough oldies.)

And I mean this in the kindest way possible......

And I am not trying to go political......

And I am just talking about marketing and how marketing works and not about the opinions of any individuals. They have a right to those, of course.

But talk radio just ain't gonna happen on that station.

Why?

Because only a marketing idiot politicizes a business if the business is not the business of politics. And TV's marketing department is not staffed with idiots.

Boomer

Well said. As mentioned before, this type of format would not be in the builder/developer's best interests.

typo alert
 

Whoops!

I just looked back at my post from this morning and saw that I called the station TVLG not WVLG.

And I just sneaked in there and fixed it.

Was that typo just a duh for me? Or was it a Freudian slip? I just now caught it. (And some things I will just never know.)

Well, whatever it was, TV has a nice radio station going. TV controls it for marketing purposes. And that's OK.

But, you know, among all those TV residents, there is enough radio knowledge for some to start their own station.......could be fun.......but that sure would have to be one heckuva stealth antenna.......but just think.......your very own station.....any of you radio guys want to run that one up the flagpole?

Boomer

Interesting you should say this. The FCC in the past ten years has opened up a ton of licenses for what are called "class A" radio stations. They are FM stations with enough power to cover about a 30 or 40 mile area. They cannot be commerical, but can serve a community. Perhaps some residents would like to put one on the air.

"These stations are authorized for noncommercial educational broadcasting only (no commercial operation) and operate with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 watts (0.1 kilowatts) or less, with maximum facilities of 100 watts ERP at 30 meters (100 feet) antenna height above average terrain (HAAT)."

I have a hard time believing that the majority of TV residents are just older versions of horny teenagers looking constantly for a thrill and not caring about what happens outside of TV. To those who cannot see beyond the "thrill of the dance" shame on you for your myopic and sad views. As Jerry Williams, a fairly famous talk show host from Florida years ago during the Nixon debaucle said, "Wake Up America."