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WCLV IS NOW HEARD
ON 90.3WCPN HD2.
GREAT FOR THOSE
WITH RECEPTION
PROBLEMS FROM 104.9
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CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON DEMAND PRESENTED
BY THE HERITAGE SOCIETY
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WCLV'S ARTS NEWS now features the lead
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THE RADIO LADY TELLS ALL
 Every once in awhile, the Radio Lady visits WCLV's "First Program" to answer listeners' questions about the mysterious worlds of radio, classical music and the other arts. Here is a sampling of questions and answers
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14 May 2008
Carol from Highland Heights asks:
Dear Radio Lady:
Lately I’ve had terrible problems trying to listen to WCLV on my radio at home. I have fadeout and static. Can you help me?
Dear Carol:
We talked on the phone recently and I was able to suggest a solution to your problem. You revealed that two items were plugged into your outlet: your radio and an automatic lighting timer. I suggested that you unplug
the timer. You reported back that doing so immediately improved your radio reception.
The electrical environment in your home or even in specific rooms can affect how you receive WCLV. Don’t be afraid to experiment. Move the
radio around or up and down, into other rooms or near a window. Try
plugging the radio into a different outlet. You can find more reception tips on this website.
One WCLV listener in Cleveland Heights reports that her reception gets worse when her neighbor walks out onto his front porch. She’s still summoning the nerve to tell him politely to stay inside.
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5 May 2008
Mr. V. Winkle writes:
Dear Radio Lady:
WCLV has been my constant companion through the important events of my life. My parents are now deceased, but they were in the prime of their lives when I heard a catchy melody on your station about 20 years ago. It was a flute piece with orchestra. Can you tell me what it is? I just sent the last of the kids off to college, and my oldest child just got married, so I now have enough extra time to get in touch, hoping you can solve the mystery.
Dear V. W:
The fact that I am answering this letter instead of cutting a paper snowflake out of it indicates the high level of listener service offered by the staff at WCLV. You’re asking about music aired in 1988. If you haven’t found time since the sunset of the Reagan administration to check this out, it can’t be that important. After two decades, we can’t guarantee the freshness of our memory. But keep listening. We might play it again.
Hint: If you want to know the name of something that you heard on WCLV, you will get better results if you call within 20 years or check our online program guide at wclv.com.
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10 April 2008
Tosca Schwartz writes:
Dear Radio Lady:
I’ve lived in Cleveland for over 50 years. I heard you recently mention
people who don’t use turn signals. I don’t use my turn signals, and here’s why. On Cleveland freeways, if you use your turn signal, the person in the lane next to you will speed up and prevent you from getting into that lane and you’ll miss your exit. I don’t use my turn signals if there is a good reason not to.
Dear Tosca:
That’s pretty fancy. The Radio Lady could hire four score and seven screenwriters, give them free beer and pizza for six weeks, and they’d never come up with that scenario.
The Radio Lady doesn’t presume to speak for all WCLV listeners, but some of them are now wondering whether you could have tried signaling and changing lanes a little sooner.
Changing lanes requires focus and timing, plus the cooperation of alert drivers who will adjust their speed and spacing to let you in. Let’s hope that anyone reading this who has attempted to prevent people from merging will repent and be more helpful in the future.
Whether it is worse to cause accidents at freeway speeds by not signaling, or to forget to turn the signals off at any speed may be a draw.
Either way, listening to relaxing music on WCLV 104/9 FM can make difficult driving a little less stressful for you and for anyone who encounters you.
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21 January 2008
Cassa Novah of Brunswick asks:
Dear Radio Lady:
You and your traffic reporter, Terry Groden, seem to like each other. Why
don’t you flirt more with him?
Dear Cass:
Oscar Wilde said, “A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on,” or in this case, listening in. I engage in the art of flirting as often as possible, and I regret that the men I meet at Severance Hall and our theaters are not more accomplished at this tantalizing form of communication.
That said, Terry and I work long hours very early in the morning. We’re too tired to flirt.
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