Re: [IRCA] 1550

[DXERak@xxxxxxx]

Russ, my experience is that they do frequent "Avenue 1550" and/or "Timeless 
 Cool" ID's, plus frequent PSA's for Lake Geneva organizations. They  don't 
do well here at night, even at the short distance of  59 miles, because of 
their directional pattern (probably developed at least in  part to protect 
the older WHIT). Their pattern is directed  northeast/southwest, probably 
accounting for how well Rick Dau hears them in  South Omaha. It may handicap 
your ability to hear them in Philadelphia.
 
1550 is a real jungle here at night, and I don't think that is going to  
change with the demise of CBE-- maybe it will even intensify.
73     Bill Dvorak     Madison  WI  
 
 
In a message dated 10/1/2011 8:43:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx writes:

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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