Re: [IRCA] OT Grammer and DX'ing.

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

David - I also find myself struggling with grammar.  "It's" and "its"
give me fits all of the time and I LOVE to use the parenthesis (as I did
here, to make a point).  I may have to check out Alexander's rules.  I
have many books on writing and style but I think that they are gathering
dust on my bookshelf (along with my diet and exercise books (those pesky
parenthesis again)).

73,
Dave in Indy

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:13:20 -0400
From: "David Faulkner" <dfdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WXXY-1600 Dover DE, format tweak
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John and Group:

	I hate to be nit-picky, but it seems to be a hazard encountered
by
those who have graded college papers, if only for three years.  What is
wrong with this sentence fragment: "WXXY and it is other incarnations on
1600...?"  The apostrophe gets altogether too much use these days.  I
used
to write on the blackboard, "Due to the fact that = because," and "In
spite
of the fact that = although."  That was about as far as I went with the
students.  The renowned baseball historian, Dr. Charles Alexander, used
to
give us all copies of "Alexander's 27 rules for better writing" every
time
an opportunity presented itself.

73's
David

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Subject: [IRCA] WXXY-1600 Dover DE, format tweak

WXXY-AM-1600 in Dover, Delaware (one of my locals) seems to have changed
their format from urban gospel to contemporary Christian music.  WXXY
and
it's other incarnations on 1600 have been basically urban gospel for
about
the last 10 years but they seem to have shifted to a CCM format.  A
quick
listen today showed more local Dover announcements, as they may not be
just
relaying programming from the 88.7 Mhz main station in Port Republic NJ
(WXXY-FM).  Since I don't listen to WXXY all that much, I'm not sure
when
the change took place but my log from late last year of WXXY-FM had them
as
an urban gospel station, which WXXY-AM was simulcasting, so this shift
in
programming is rather recent, I think.

John Cereghin WDX3IAO
Smyrna DE


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