Re: [IRCA] WWL/URBONO on 5835+

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

WWL on 5835 has nothing whatsoever to do with Dr Gene Scott. This has already
been reported in detail in DX Listening Digest. Here is part of it:

** U S A. WWL is on 5835, 250 kW from South Carolina. Heard with good sig here
in Gilbert, AZ (Kevin Redding, 0306 UT Sep 5, WTFDA via DXLD)
 
That would be WHRI; checked at 0335 and it is not // 870, but I think it was
running about a minute behind, as I heard a URBONO ID go by. 5835 is scheduled
0300-0500, then switching to 7315. [Later:] 5835 still going at 0545, contrary
to the posted WHRI schedule, so what else is new? Timed the delay behind 870
and it is about 70 seconds. Internet feed? 73, (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

WWL website http://www.wwl.com/Article.asp?id=114239
gives this schedule (local times) [CDT = UT -5]:

Monday
10PM-Midnight on 5.835 MHz   0300-0500  5835

Tuesday-Friday 
Midnight-6AM on 5.835 MHz    0500-1100  5835
7AM-9AM on 11.785 MHz        1200-1400 11785
9AM-3PM on 15.285 MHz        1400-2000 15285  
5PM-7PM on 9.840 MHz         2200-2400  9840

Saturday
Midnight-7AM on 5.835 MHz    0500-1200  5835
9AM-Noon on 15.285 MHz       1400-1700 15285 
6PM-7PM on 9.840 MHz         2300-2400  9840   
7PM-9PM on 5.835 MHz         0000-0200  5835 
10PM-7A on 5.835 MHz         0300-1200  5835

Sunday

Midnight-7AM on 5.835 MHz    0500-1200  5835
9AM-Noon on 15.285 MHz       1400-1700 15285  
1PM-5PM on 15.285 MHz        1800-2200 15285 
(via Andy Sennitt, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) gh added UT, kHz

I just heard URBONO switching from 11785 to 15285 at 1400 (without any
announcement so listeners would know!). This is Monday, not Tuesday. 
On weekdays 15285 is normally in use instead of 11785, a weekend-only frequency
at 1200-1400. Fortunately today, the usual Chicom jamming on 15285 is not a
factor.

For the first time in its history, LeSea is performing a public service. The
fact that they are able to blow away most or all of their usual programming for
this on at least one transmitter speaks volumes for the value of their usual
programming.

BTW, URBONO are running what are called ``commercials`` now, but they all seem
to be related to the emergency situation, such as insurance companies, etc.

This also puts CBS Radio news on the hour on SW, and WHR must have been pulling
their hair out when their reviled Pres. Clinton was on for a few minutes around
1415.

But who knows about it in the general public? I have heard NO mentions of the
SW relay on the URBONO feed.

WHRI IDs are stuck in abruptly every half hour, interrupting programming.
Fortunately, they have saved us from having to listen to the entire Onward
Christian Soldiers each time, but they are still longer than necessary. 

This transmitter is now developing a squeal, but it is slight so far.

[Later:] 15285 just went off at 1500 UT after being on only one hour, contrary
to its all-day schedule on the WWL site! Then I checked the WHR site which of
course has not been updated to include this new service, but it does show this
for Angel 1 at 1500 UT weekdays:

1500 Mo-Fr 1100 AM 0200 PM Monday - Friday Off the air until 1800 UTC today - -
15.285 Mhz 

So they are following their usual 3-hour break anyway! It looks like most of
the programming replaced is LeSea music and preaching, so that can be done at
no financial loss. Presumably the gaps in the posted URBONO relay schedule are
times when they do have paid programming to keep running.

Now I wonder if this is being done as a sheer public service, or is URBONO
buying the time, even if their anchor doesn`t know about it?

At 1456 a caller from Houston asked if he could hear WWL on SW, but the host
did not know the answer, referred him to online streaming! (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

Well, they do say it's "tentative", so it looks as if they're making it up as
they go along. Maybe WHRI hasn't told its technical staff the details yet (Andy
Sennitt, 09.05.05 - 5:53 pm, Media Network blog via DXLD)

Back on 15285 at 1800. Signal dropped down at 2000, perhaps antenna change or
just propagation as 15285 stayed on with LeSEA programming, and more LeSEA
music after 2100. Per sked above URBONO resumes at 2200 on 9840 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Regular WHRI programming on 5835 kHz ended just before 0500 UT Tuesday, with an
announcement telling listeners to switch to a 7 MHz frequency for more
religious pap. Transmitter then went off for about 30 seconds. Open carrier
followed for about 10 seconds before the shortwave station ID was played again.
It immediately cut to WWL programming mid-sentence. CBS News on the hour came
two minutes later. There was no prior announcement regarding the contents of
the special relay. WWL 870 is currently inaudible at my location, but the WHRI
relay is doing well at 0517 UT, SINPO 45454. (I'm listening in my apartment
using a Sony 7600GR and a Vectronics AT-100 active antenna with 25-inch whip
plugged into the antenna input. Signal is slightly noisier when using the
radio's whip with random wire.) Regarding commercials, I noticed that a
"normal" commercial for an auto insurance company was played right after the
news. The storm-related spots are continuing (Ricky Leong, Calgary, Alta., Sept
6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

Just been listening to a relay of WWL (studio now in Bâton Rouge) relaying via
WHRI on 5835 kHz. Lots of people phoning in who are heading back to New Orleans
to check their homes and also trying to find relatives. Interesting listening -
although some of the accents are pretty broad. On until 1100 on this frequency
- will be back on at 1200 on 11785 kHz (Wayne Bastow, Australia, 1033 UT Sept
6, ARDXC via DXLD)

Unlike UT Monday, on UT Tuesday, WHRI did not carry URBONO from 0300 on 5835,
but instead regular programming, some syndicated talkshow. It did pick up
URBONO after 0500, however, and presumably all night. Again on 11785 before
1400 and then 15285 but for only one hour again, cutting off the governor (or
was it the senator) in an apparently live speech. Presumably to resume at 18-20
on 15285, 22-24 on 9840. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Sept 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)


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