Re: [IRCA] WTIX-980 Winston Salem NC?

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

Lee,

It might be a little harsh to say not to believe "anything" from the FCC 
DB.  Admittedly it has its problems, but, for example, WPBI 960 N.Palm 
Beach, FL, just became WSVU, and as soon as anyone noticed the change, it 
was found already reflected in the FCC DB.  Other resources are yet to 
catch up.

For those of us who aren't subscribed to other services, it does provide a 
reasonable place to start.

Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida


At 05:16 PM 10/12/2006, you wrote:
>My AMLOGBOOK.COM shows them on BUT Scott's 100,000 watts shows silent
>
>
>     WTIX
>   980 kHZ        Format: Silent
>   Licensed: Winston-Salem, NC
>   Owner: GHB Broadcasting Co.
>   Co-owned: WBLO, WIST-FM
>   Began Operation: 1950
>   Facilities:  1000w/69w ND D
>
>     Transmitter: 36° 9' 15" N 80° 16' 34" W
>   History:
>
>
>Owner Change
>
>GHB Broadcasting Co. from Media Broadcasting Corp. on 3/29/2006
>Format Change
>
>Silent from Classic Cntry. on 2/1/2006
>Classic Cntry. from Adult Stand. on 10/16/2005
>Adult Stand. from Black Gospel on 4/1/2005
>Black Gospel from Silent on 3/23/2005
>Silent from Black Gospel on 2/14/2005
>Black Gospel from Silent on 6/30/2003
>Silent from Black Gospel on 6/16/2003
>Black Gospel from Silent on 7/5/2002
>
>   It looks liek they have a long history of on/off operation
>
>   Dont believe anything from the FCC  . they still show WCFI 1290 as  on. 
> Those towers and building have been torn down for 2 years
>
>   Lee
>   Ocala FL
>
>   Russ Johnson <k3pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Interesting.
>
>Maybe they are having technical difficulties or perhaps the FCC database 
>is not current.
>
>They weren't on today - for sure.
>
>When  it was WAAA, they always had a horribly modulated signal at times 
>and  seemed somewhat intermittent in its operation. I had the feeling 
>that  it wasn't a well run station.
>
>Russ Johnson
>20 miles from Winston-Salem (and actually there today)
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "W. Curt Deegan"
>Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>Date:  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:52:31 -0400
>
> >The FCC DB lists WTIX as Winston-Salem, NC, and would indicate it is active:
> >http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&call=wtix
> >as does Radio-Locator, showing format as Talk:
> >http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C&call=WTIX
> >
> >Curt
> >-------
> >W. Curt Deegan
> >Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida
> >



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