[CW] Clear Channel Communications to Purchase Radio Station WWV

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW]

http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html

Word on the street is that the National Institue of Standards and
Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear
Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency station
WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the sound
of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency, and other
information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is "dull and
predictable."

Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the
steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice
announcements was deemed "not loud enough." The station will reformulate
itself as "The Tick."

WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has already
added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be heard by
clicking the clock on the web page.

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