Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread

["Donald K. Kaskey" <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Paul for the info.  Ava seemed pretty small for a radio station 
(even in 1951), guess they didn't last too much longer.  I'll have to 
sic my super sleuth friend Mike Hawkins onto this, I guess.  Mike knows 
whats happened with every AM station since the year 1 (and probably 
earlier)....By the way the history of Little Egypt or actually just 
plain Egypt (which you're in the heart of-in Marion) is fascinating.  At 
least as told my Wickipedia.

Don K.
S.F. CA


Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge, WQDN-AM has been on for 40 or more years, it
> had an FM counterpart that they sold off.
>
> Ava is home to 6KW WXAN 103.9 and somewhat nearby Anna has WIBH 1440
>
> Paul
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Donald K. Kaskey <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>   
> > I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location.  Extreme southern
> > Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days.  Most notably
> > a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale.  The town was
> > Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA.  Their letter of verification had 'The
> > Voice of Little Egypt" and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top
> > portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was
> > called Little Egypt.  I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists.
> > They were on 1580 kHz.  However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20
> > miles away.  How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the
> > frequency?
> >
> > Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious.
> >
> > Don Kaskey
> > S.F. CA
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