by > remember back in the '60s and early '70s, some AM stations would broadcast
> a short BEEP indicating the top of the hour. Sounded like a 1kHz tone,
..
> I remember WKBW Buffalo, NY used to do this BEEP back around 1970.
> Think some of the NYC news stations had it too.
years. They also used to use a double beep at the half hour. WKBW took the beep idea
long after WBEN ran it, and frequently KB's time tone was inaccurate. I used to think
they kept it on a cart, and that it wasn't automatically generated! :-)
(PS Hi Bob!)
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Mark Wozniak
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