QuickCheck: Bill Miller on Mix 95 WQMX Akron | August 20, 1988

Nov 13, 2004 4 Comments

Here’s a short aircheck of Bill Miller on Mix 95 in Akron, Ohio. I know virtually nothing about the Akron market, so I’ll leave it up to you to comment with a little background on this one.

WQMX Mix 95

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Bill Miller, Canton/Akron OH

4 Responses to “QuickCheck: Bill Miller on Mix 95 WQMX Akron | August 20, 1988”

  1. Rick Schaffer Reply Aug 30, 2005 at 6:30 pm

    WQMX is actually licensed to Medina, Ohio, about 20 miles west of Akron. At the time of this air check, the station had just changed from WBDN/Easy Listening. The new format lasted a few years before converting to country with the same calls, which it remains today.

  2. Chris Reply Mar 07, 2007 at 4:29 pm

    You mean WDBN. As Beautiful Music “The Quiet Island,” it boasted a huge 116,000-watt signal, and was reportedly so powerful that they gave co-channel WVIC-FM in East Lansing, MI – hundreds of miles away – a hard time as close to Lansing as Flint. Now they only broadcast with 16,000 watts.

  3. Al Hruska Reply Jan 23, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    I became chief engineer for WDBN in 1977. It’s now 2008 and I still watch over 94.9mhz. in this region. I can honestly say that I have never heard of the interference w/WVIC story…Sounds a little like ‘a fish’ tale if you ask me!By the way when we moved the xmtr site to ‘Copley mountain”, we gave up our grandfather rights and went to 16kw at nearly 900′haat.Shaved 3 to 4 thousand dollars(PERMONTH) off of the electric bill and had the best flame throwing signal ever!! BAR NUN……………………….a.

  4. dave Reply Jul 02, 2010 at 12:24 am

    Al,

    I just sent a note to Sue at WQMX, but you are the one I really need to talk to. I see there is still a tower with FM bays at the old WDBN site on Tower Rd., but it looks smaller (WDBN was 430 ft. I think). Is this tower a replacement tower and was/is the FM bays used? Did WQMX ever broadcast from Tower Rd? Shouldn’t the FCC records be updated for Copley Mtn? Do you recall what the WDBN TPO was? I recall seeing those two very large transmitters, that I think were made by a Texas co (1970). The building was very small and looked a lot older than 10 yrs (1970). The control room was very noisy with those huge tape machines.

    Some more questions — why was WDBN located in Medina in the first place and what was the building used for originally? Aside from bragging rights, what was the point of 118 KW ERP on a 400 ft tower (28 miles to horizon)? I recall living near Seville and WDBN would peg the signal strength meter on my receiver and bleed into both adjacent channels.

    Thanks for your time!
    Dave