Re: [IRCA] WANB Waynesburg, PA moves from 1580 to 1210

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

>From pbrtv.com:

http://www.pbrtv.com/blog/entry_1213.php

Broadcast Communications began broadcasting WANB-AM (Waynesburg) on 1210
today, after nearly 50 years on 1580 AM. The move was made to have a better
coverage area which is easier to achieve the lower you go on the AM dial.
For now, WANB is still heard on 103.1 FM, now known as WKVE and will
continue to be heard on a translater FM station at 105.1 FM.

BCI will very soon be ready to operate WKVE (103.1) with its new Mt.
Pleasant city of license.


Sincerely,
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
www.onairdj.com

www.facebook.com/onairdj

walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Fred Schroyer <freditor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> WANB in Waynesburg, PA, my hometown station, is now on air with a 5 kw
> signal on 1210 daytime (710w critical hours). The old 1580 (which signed on
> in 1958 as I recall, 51 yrs ago, when I was 14) is gone. Not sure when they
> made the freq switch, but must have been this week, as I heard them on 1580
> a few days ago (being clobbered by the 1580 in Morningside, MD, only a few
> miles from the XR). The new 1210 XR site is actually in Uniontown, PA, 25
> miles east of Waynesburg, but the 5 kw puts a powerhouse signal into our
> town -- and Pittsburgh's south side. I grew up with "Wan-bee," as we called
> the station. I worked there briefly as a tech the summer after high school.
> In those days, it was a 250w daytimer, with the most distant dx report from
> British Columbia. My daughter was on-air talent there from her junior year
> in high school thru college, Sunday mornings (I often listened to her 6
> a.m.
> sign-on). Format is "Cool Country."
>
> Fred Schroyer
> Freelance Science Writer / Editorial Consultant
> Waynesburg, PA 15370
> (40 air miles S of Pittsburgh, 20 N of Morgantown, WV)
> freditor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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