In between snow shoveling sessions here in Elkridge, Maryland ("unofficially" we got 38.3 inches from this storm), I managed to find time to upload some files for Toppy. (The snowfall total for Elkridge was the most reported anywhere from this last storm.) This week features Buffalo, New York. These are some clips that I recorded while visiting several Buffalo stations with Scott as my tour guide.

I always thought that Buffalo received a lot of snow. However, maybe for this winter, Elkridge, Maryland can be called the "Snow Capital of the USA." This last storm was the second 20-inch plus storm to hit this area this season, an historical first.

Do you guys want to volunteer to help dig us out? <GRIN>

From Elkridge, the self-declared and unofficial Snow Capital of the USA for the Winter of '09 and '10.

Have Fun

Less than 200 miles to the south, the Mid Atlantic region is dealing with quite a snowstorm, with up to 30" of snow! Here in New England, we completely missed this one, with only enough to bring the salt/sand trucks out this morning. How does this relate to tonight's update? Not at all really, I just didn't have much else to say about the new IDs from Springfield, MA.

Remember that animated TV failure almost two decades ago? Neil Patrick Harris really wishes you didn't.

Here's what those cartoon mice might be listening to if their show had survived another sixteen years: a second heaping load of Washington, DC IDs circa July-August 2008.

Check out the accompanying pictures over at Site of the Week, too!

And this being the 51st anniversary of the Day the Music Died, here's a reminder that we have a whole bunch of Mason City, Iowa IDs. Maybe Buddy and Ritchie and the Bopper were listening to KRIB on the way to the airport that fateful night...

What better time than the very day of the State of the Union address to add a whole slew of IDs to Toppy's Washington DC page?

These IDs come from our July-August 2008 trip to DC, and they're accompanied by some fun tower and studio pictures over at fybush.com!

(Of particular note here is what sounds like a pattern change on WWWT 1500 during the ID, which is odd, since sunrise in Washington in August comes far earlier than 8 AM...)

This finishes up the all of the Rochester, NY clips I have in the cue. With this week's additions, Rochester and Spokane are tied with the same number of TOPPY clips at 135 each.

For next week, I am thinking of uploading clips from other Western New York markets. Stay tuned.

Enjoy!

Bill

Right now in Central New Hampshire, there are 3 stations that are pretty much just on the air wasting electricity. It appears that the sale of 99.1 WNNH, 101.5 WWHQ, and 102.3 WWHK is for some reason being held up, and therefore are stuck in between their previous owner and whoever the new owner is. 2 out of 3 of these stations have been running a loop continuously for over 2 months now. WNNH is directing listeners to all of the other Nassau stations in the area, while WWHQ's loop is directing people to The Hawk's new home of 104.9. WWHK has been on and off the air for about a year and a half now. When on, they're running what sounds like classic rock songs on shuffle in winamp.

Enjoy the new IDs this week from these and other stations in the Concord-Lakes Region area of NH. I certainly wish these stations lots of luck once they do resume normal operations, and will be listening when in the area this summer!

Ravens? Out of playoff contention.

Orioles? On track for last place in the AL East again.

Tower pictures? Check.

More Baltimore IDs? You bet, hon.

This is my second installment of stations from Rochester, NY. This finishes the AM stations that I have in the cue and starts on the FM stations in Scott's home base.

There will be more Rochester stations later as well as some stuff from neighboring markets.

Remember the people in Haiti.

Bill

Well here we are in the middle of winter, and there certainly isn't much E Skip or Tropo FM DX around. I figured this would be a good time to post these IDs that were received here at my location in Massachusetts during the 2009 DX season. I found it to be a very good year for both tropo and E Skip, when I probably easily added over 100 stations to my log. Enjoy the E Skip IDs from Fort Pierce, FL, Jackson, Jacksonville, and Troy, AL, plus tropo from Atlantic City, Middletown, New York, and Scranton-Wilkes Barre.

Also, since I missed posting last week, here's a couple bonus IDs from Phoenix, thanks to Tom Norwood.

This week's update comes lightly coated in Old Bay seasoning, as we head to Baltimore, Maryland for the first of two installments of IDs from our July 2008 visit to Crabcake City (with Bill Harms at the wheel and the citizens of Chesaco Park in hot pursuit!) Don't forget to join us for the visual accompaniment over at Tower Site of the Week, where part 2 drops on Friday...