The Bone is broken in half

[jlehmann]

During a visit with friends and family back in New England this past October I was traveling north on the Maine Turnpike past the Falmouth/Portland North exit (formally Exit 10) with the WPXT-TV beacons flashing clear in the distance around 11:00PM.  Meanwhile, I was picking up Carrie Underwood from WMJX dog-fighting with a Motley Crue song on The Bone.  Was *this* the same flea-powered rock station that nearly swipped the pants off WBLM in the ratings a few years ago?  Amazing how things keep changing in this biz. 

Well it's never just been on 106.7. First it was a 106.7/104.7 simulcast, until a couple years ago, when W Bach and The Bone swapped signals, putting The Bone on 106.3/106.7.

[Gregg]

Let's remember that WBLM got hit from two sides at the same time.  One one side was The Bone, doing harder-edged Classic Rock on 106.7 and 104.7, with Howard Stern as the morning show.  On the other side, Frank signed on with a pop-leaning Classic Rock/Classic Hits format. 

Till WBLM got the two competitors, it was usually #1 or #2 with WPOR. 

Gregg
nh153@mail.com

[Channel Surf]

Actually, I always wondered how 106.7 was allowed to sign on in the Portland market in the first place, considering WMJX Boston runs full power on 106.7.  Where I am in New Hampshire, I used to get a decent signal from WMJX most nights till the North Windham ME station signed on.
Gregg
nh153@mail.com

I used to live in Casco, Me...about 10 miles NORTH of North Windham, in the early 1980s, and with my yagii style rooftop FM antenna, which I actually installed so that I could listen to WBCN, I never had any difficulty receiving WMJX/WBZ-FM 106.7. In fact, I frequently could pull in what was WBZ-FM 106.7 on my car radio when driving in North Windham...and I understand that was before the signal was some what upgraded!!!!