[IRCA] CBA-1070 sign off

[midcapemarc@xxxxxxxxxxx (Marc DeLorenzo)]

Thanks for the update, Karl.

Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, MA


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Karl J. Zuk" <karlzuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I heard the actual sign off. It came at about 1137 UTC.
> One of their old announcers was at the transmitter site with a current lady 
> announcer.
> They spoke about two engineers who were on site that were also involved in 
> installing the current Nautel solid state transmitter.
> Of course, they talked about how wonderful FM was.
> Earlier in the morning, they played Steely Dan's movie theme "FM" during a 
> teaser. 
> They played a brief clip of a balladeer singing about going off the air. 
> They took a long pause and went to a show out of Toronto. 
> I presume this was when the medium wave transmitter went off.
> There was a mention that the Nautel was going to be disassembled.
> I guess this means that there will not be a commericial broadcaster on 1070 at 
> least in the near future from New Brunswick.
> Has anyone heard anything about that possibility?

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