[CW] Clear Channel Communications to Purchase Radio Station WWV

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On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 8:07 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW
<cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> 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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