Re: [IRCA] Micronesian Heatwave 1557?

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was pretty certain i saw that this station was off the air, so
thanks to everyone for providing the information in this thread!

Do any airchecks or promotional items exsist out there from 1557?

Paul Walker


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Mauno Ritola
<Mauno.Ritola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Arden Sorimle, Station Manager should know more. Unfortunately there doesn't
> seem to be any online phonebook for Marshall Islands.
>
> 73, Mauno
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Portzer" <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"
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> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Micronesian Heatwave 1557?
>
>
>> According to the book, "Radio Happy Isles: Media and Politics at Play in
>> the Pacific" by Robert Seward, Micronesia Heatwave went off the air in the
>> late 90's.  That's the only reference I've seen confirming that the station
>> is silent.  I never saw its demise mentioned in DX publications. A Google
>> search produces all sorts of stale listings that make it sound like the
>> station is still active, even though it's been dark for a decade or more.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> Patrick Martin wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe 1557 Heatwave is gone. I tried to contact them a couple years
>>> ago and no listing for them. Someone told me they were silent. I had
>>> sent a couple snail mail reports to him, but never got a reply.   I used
>>> to catch them on occasion after 0800 or 0900 UTC. They played non stop
>>> pops, but the night I caught them well, they were taking dedications to
>>> listeners.
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>> Patrick Martin
>>> KGED QSL Manager
>>>
>>>
>>>
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