Re: [IRCA] The expanded band turns 15

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

WVMI 570's license was turned in because of the fact is was a multi tower
array, expensive and hard to maintain and falling into disrepair as I
recall.

WRLL 160 Berwyn/Chicago, IL is the sister to WDDD-AM 810 Johnston
City/Marion, IL..opposite ends of the state. 1690 was originally permitted
down in Johnston City, but was never ever on the air down here.

Paul


On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Steve Francis <amdxmail@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The most recent US X-banders all seem to have taken to the air in 2003.
>
> KHPY-1670  Moreno Valley, CA  January
> KTFH-1680  Seattle, WA   testing beginning in March, regular sked in June
> WTNI-1640  Biloxi, MS  April
>
> Then *five* in the last four months of the year, as if some kind of
> final deadline is trying to be beaten:
>
> WSWK-1690  Adel, GA  September
> WRLL-1690  Berwyn, IL  October
> KMMZ-1640  Enid, OK   testing beginning in November, regular sked in
> December
> WBHE-1660  Charlotte, NC  December
> KBIV-1650  El Paso, TX  December
>
> Major city changes since '03 involving getting closer to Pensacola on 1620
> and Atlanta on 1690, but these are still the latest 100% new ones.
>
> Remember how the FCC said that the expanded band station would always carry
> the same city-of-license as the parent station?  Yet we have Gulf Breeze,
> West Sacramento, Fox Farm, Torrance, Jersey City, Canovanas, Dry Branch,
> Ada, Lindenwold, Avondale Estates, Berwyn and Richardson!
>
> This of course is nothing compared to the "requirement" that one license or
> the other would have to be surrendered after the X-bander had been
> broadcasting for five years.  Some did (WVMI-570 Biloxi turned in a
> groundwave goldmine), some didn't.  It beats me.
>
> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Martin <martin-doug@xxxxxxx>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <
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> Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 5:43 am
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] The expanded band turns 15
>
>     Here in my apartment with horrible electrical noise, dx has been almost
> nonexistent this season.  How I have several questions regarding the x-band
> stations.What are the most recent u.s. stations to come on the air?
> Whatever happened to the proposed stations in Farmington NM, and
> Harrisonburg Va?  Also, whatever happened to the Tijuana station on 1630?
> Thanks,
> Doug Martin <irca@>
>
>
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