[IRCA] KDKA, WBZ's IBOC, and farkleberry tarts

["Fred Schroyer" <freditor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to WBZ's IBOC, I can no longer listen to KDKA in the evenings as I
drive home from Morgantown, WV to my little town of Waynesbug, PA
(respectively, they are 64 miles and 47 miles south of KDKA's transmitter
site in Allison Park, PA). So I emailed KDKA about the problem, and received
a friendly response from Marshall Adams, KDKA's PD. His note says, "Thanks
for your reception report. Waynesburg and Greene County are very important
to us and clearly we want to ensure that KDKA is heard there. Our
engineering staff is looking into this matter now."  (I hope KDKA is hearing
from many others like me!)
 
Mr. Adams also sent some nice KDKA bling--travel mug, pens, etc. But the
real prize he enclosed is a ceramic Farkleberry Christmas ornament
(numbered! #361...like a limited-edition art print!), commemorating the
famous "farkleberry tart" gimmick created by former KDKA morning host Jack
Bogut in 1971, part of the station's annual Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh on-air fund drive. I'm sure some of you old-timers remember
hearing this, from back in the day when Bogut was THE morning guy in
Pittsburgh radio, and KDKA had the channel all to itself (except for those 2
little daytimers in Illinois and KPOP). Memories...
 
For more on the farkelberry tart:
http://pittsburgh.about.com/b/2006/11/23/whatever-happened-to-the-farkleberr
y-cookie.htm. (Note -- their story contains an error -- contrary to common
belief, there really IS such a thing as the farkleberry plant, which has
edible berries -- look it up!)

Fred Schroyer 
Freelance Science Writer / Editorial Consultant 
Waynesburg, PA 15370 
freditor@xxxxxxxxxx 



 
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