Re: [IRCA] 1550

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks - Sounds as if "Whiter Shade of Pale" wouldn't have been them. Joni Mitchell maybe. Some said the latter was CBE. The two SS stations and CT were all stronger than the rest, so I don't expect to get much aside from matching up music.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Sat, 10/1/11, DXERak@xxxxxxx <DXERak@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: DXERak@xxxxxxx <DXERak@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1550
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 9:20 AM
> When you review your tapes, Russ, I
> would suggest you concentrate  on WZRK.
>  
> I have seen a handful of DXers on this and the NRC list
> suggest that they  
> might have heard WHIT 1550 last night. This station is a
> daytimer with an 
> oldies  format, licensed to Madison WI. As one who
> lives in Madison and spent 
> much  of the night parked on 1550, I can state with
> 100% certainty that they 
> were  not on the air last night.
>  
> WZRK Lake Geneva WI has a night authorization of one watt.
> I know for  a 
> fact that previous owners signed off at sunset because they
> deemed the tiny  
> power too little to bother with. The present ownership not
> only stays on all  
> night, but apparently does so at the full daytime power of
> 1000 watts (or 
> at  least a good fraction thereof). As a result, they
> are frequently  
> reported over a wide area.
>  
> BTW, WZRK's format is not oldies. The station describes the
> format thusly:  
>  
> “Radio station Avenue 1550 (WZRK) serves Lake Geneva with
> Timeless Cool  
> Music. It’s easy to listen to, but not easy listening.
> With music from Ray  
> Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Steely Dan, Billie Holiday and
> Van Morrison, it's 
> the  mix you have been looking for on your radio."
> 73     Bill  Dvorak 
>    Madison WI
> 
>  
>  
> In a message dated 10/1/2011 7:13:59 A.M. Central Daylight
> Time,  
> wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> writes:
> 
> I ran  recordings last night aimed more or less
> southwest. I had 2 SS 
> stations, but  well after others reported KXEL going
> to Brother Stair. One was 
> WDLR as I did  hear the regional Mexican and "Que
> Buena".
> 
> One of the SS stations had a  choral anthem f some
> sort @ 0000. Later one 
> had repeated whistles sounding  like the call to the
> hounds in fox hunting. 
> This used to be typical to some  sort of LA station
> years back.
> 
> I also had a fairly strong WSDK-CT with  religion and
> SRN news.
> 
> Only bits and pieces of CBE heard based on the 
> reports of others. I had 
> both the Joni Mitchell song and the "Whiter Shade of 
> Pale" but couldn't tell 
> who that was, and reading the posts suggests there
> was  confusion from 
> others bewteen CBE and someone else.
> 
> Both WZRK and WHIT  are needed here, so I'll go back
> and try to match up my 
> recordings with what's  been reported to see if I can
> pull anything out.
> 
> Any help on the SS  mentioned above would be
> appreciated, and I can supply 
> a recording of the  anthem and the whistles if needed.
> 
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of  Philadelphia  
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> FM: Yamaha  T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15';
> Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony  ICF 2010's  barefoot
> 
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