[IRCA] New on 960...soon.

["W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/14 and again today 2/17, both around 1045L, I heard a strong, S9+10
open carrier on 960.  Usually I can barely detect a carrier from
presumed Cuban Radio Reloj, Guantanamo.  

 From info found in the FCC DB and at Radio-Locator, it would appear WPBI
in North Palm Beach, FL, is preparing to go on the air, reportedly with a
nostalgia format.  Seems with those call letters they should be in
West Palm Beach right next to the Palm Beach International (PBI)
airport.

This is apparently a call sign change from 960 WGGT, but efforts to find
more on this were met with FCC DB server errors and history records could
not be accessed.

Specifics for the new WPBI 960 station from Radio-Locator are:

Status 
Currently Off
the Air AM Station
Frequency  960
kHz
City  North Palm
Beach, Florida
Hours of Operation 
Unlimited
Antenna Mode 
Directional - Daytime Only
Daytime Transmitter Power 
1200 Watts
Nighttime Transmitter Power 
250 Watts
Daytime Number of Towers 
2
Nighttime Number of Towers 
1
Daytime Transmitter Location 
26° 49' 01" N,  80°
15' 07" W
Nighttime Transmitter Location 
26° 47' 59" N,  80°
04' 33" W
Construction Permit Granted 
August 03 2005
Construction Permit Expires 
March 04 2006
Last FCC Update 
October 28 2005

Looks like yet another local is going to blot out the
sun.

Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) FL
[JRC NRD-535D; LFE H-800, M-601; Quantum Phaser]

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