Re: [IRCA] WCTN-950 DX test

[John Cereghin <jcereghin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Barry,

You probably had them as I also heard Motown-type (Aretha Franklin?  I'm
just guessing) at about 0010-0015 and a weak ID.  Not really a good signal
overall- they must not put too much signal to the east.

John Cereghin
Smyrna DE

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Friday 10 April 2009 00:58, Mike Brooker wrote:
> > WCTN-950 getting hammered by WWJ, noted at 0013 with "AM 950 WCTN"
> > jingle into "Midnight train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the
> > Pips.
>
> I heard some motown-type music starting around 0010, a possible WCTN
> ID, then more music of the same ilk.  All very marginal and
> tentative.  Some code and sweeps would've cut through the crud like a
> knife!
>
> Dominant was WIBX (with Bohannon), a huge pest here with their big
> northern nighttime lobe.  I had them nulled, but that probably
> knocked back WCTN too, as they're roughly in the same direction.
> Also heard was WROC with ESPN, and WWJ.  Also, some oddities.  At
> around 0025, a "WRUF, Gainesville, Florida" ID popped up - of course,
> they're on 850.  It was probably an item on the JimBo program.  And,
> between 0022 and 0030, I had classical music - sounded like a piano
> concerto.  CFAM, maybe?
>
> Thanks for running the test - hope to see another one sometime!
>
> Barry
>
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> Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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