Subj : Re: Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Apr 22 2020 17:14:10 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Apr-2020 09:14 <=- NB>>> Richard has problems with Google trying to think for him... it often NB>>> guesses wrong.... ;0 BM>> All depends (as usual!). Most people probably want/mean a site local BM>> to them. I've also entered partially technical terms which Google BM>> sometimes tries to dumb-down. It also seems the "+" and "-" options BM>> don't work, or work a lot less definitive than they used to. Thinking BM>> of "Vienna +1040" should have given me addresses in the 4th District BM>> (postal code 1040) but combined with other search terms came through BM>> rather a mish-mash. NB>> Well, actually, I don't generally do any Google searches, so I've not NB>> learned any of the tricks that are supposed to work... the options, NB>> the Boolean searches, etc.... I've heard tell of them, and watched NB>> other people use them... but don't do them myself.... ;) BM> Those mysterious magic spells! Exactly. :) BM>>> I'm roughly in the center, on the bottom of the 'elbow' where Iowa BM>>> juts into Illinois. Frequently the browsers will think I'm in BM>>> Burlington all the way to the south, Dubuque all the way to the north, BM>>> Clinton - the next county and city north. Usually Davenport, the next BM>>> city over and has a major Internet connection (whatever it's called). NB>>> At least Davenport makes a lot better sense than the other options... ;) BM>> True. OTOH maybe like with telephone lines it connects me into the BM>> Internet where less busy: then Clinton would make sense as the next BM>> one; Dubuque and Burlington are more 'extremes' as far as distance is BM>> concerned. As long as it works! NB>> It's all Wizard to me... BM> I partially learned from troubleshooting over the decades: BM> is the problem something here or elsewhere? The elsewhere sort of ties BM> in with remembering where it thinks I am. And possibly also "why am I BM> getting the wrong site?" ==> Lowe's Burlington instead of Lowe's BM> Davenport. And some of the problem I bring on to myself by using BM> private browsing: I just want to look around, don't bother me sending BM> me a ton of e-mails! Avoiding a worse problem by incurring a minor bother... ;) BM>>>> the state). Finally find WOC-AM and WLLR-FM are the designated local BM>>>> primary stations -- they monitor WHO-AM in Des Moines which is up one BM>>>> level. Whew! NB>>>> So now you know for the next emergency (weather or otherwise).... BM>>> And the 'good news' is the transmitter is at the antenna farm only a BM>>> few miles from here so should be able to receive the signal without too BM>>> much problem. NB>>> Very good.... :) BM>> Make sure have working batteries..... NB>> You've already been working on that... :) BM> Now if the Sun would shine.... Overcast today with a 50-50 chance of BM> rain, maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow is Easter Sunday and 80% chance of BM> rain. Monday might snow but probably not acumulate..... We've had similar weather off and on... this morning there was snow on the ground, and it's still quite chilly (high to be around 40)... but at least the sun is shining brightly in through my window at the moment... :) BM>>> And of course a bunch scattered throughout the country. ...Who'da BM>>> thought the need for more than WAA through WZZ! NB>>> Surprise, surprise.... ;) Once there were any stations, every NB>>> locality would want their own.... and then there would be more than NB>>> one, competing with different formats.... BM>> Yup, or even same/similar formats: "I can do it better!". NB>> Probably a slight variation on the original formats, though... NB>> One is Top 40, another is Top 40 plus the 10 below them.... BM> "All Brahms, all the time! This is WZZZ!" That's not quite fair...! Most of Brahms's music is lively... :) Take for instance his Hungarian Rhapsodies... or the Academic Overture, or, for that matter, the fast movements of his symphonies... :) And so forth... ;) ttyl neb .... Panic now - avoid the rush! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .