[HCDX]: Ice storm emergency Ottawa/Montreal radio extended schedules

[Werner Funkenhauser <funk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure what the policy on cross-posting is, but  this post from
William Demery on rec.radio.shortwave  is important.

Subject: MW DX Alert: CFRA 580, Ottawa
Date: 8 Jan 1998 17:59:10 GMT
From: ag997@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Demmery)
Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Station CFRA 580, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, will remain at full
broadcast power (50kW) on the night of January 8-9.  Look for
special programming related to a state of emergency due to a
severe ice storm in this region.  They just announced this;
I'm just passing it along.<snip>
 
WCD-                                              Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Running, astronomy, radio DX'ing:     http://www.entrenet.com/mizar/
<snip>

William has compiled a list of  area radio stations with power which
may be viewed on his Radio Page. Due to the region's emergency it is possible
that other stations may also extend their schedules.

A very timely post! Thank you William.
--

Regards,
Werner Funkenhauser
WHAMLOG Page:  http://home.inforamp.net/~funk