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

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

I should note, by today, they imply "december 31, 2009" which is when that
was posted

Paul


On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>


-- 
Sincerely,
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
www.onairdj.com
walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx
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