Re: [IRCA] Trying to solve unIDs on 540 from January 1993

[Steve Francis <amdxmail@xxxxxxx>]

WWCS was the first thing I thought of, too.  But the October 30, 1991 Pittsburgh Press, in a story headed "WWCS Owners Lament End of Classical Format", says they dumped classical for paid religion in September of that year, fifteen months before Rick's unIDs during the KNAK DX test period.

Were insatiable local hucksters to blame for the format change?

Jeffrey Warshaw, a VP of owner Universal Broadcasting, said, "It's a black eye on the city of Pittsburgh.  For four years we were rejected by the advertising and business community of Pittsburgh.  Although listeners were very loyal, there weren't enough to satisfy the ad agencies in town."

Station is a pest here under any calls or format, unlike the Maryland and Long Island stations, neither of which has ever made an appearance.

Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee




-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; am <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; abdx <abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Jul 14, 2012 4:53 pm
Subject: [NRC-AM] Trying to solve unIDs on 540 from January 1993



Looking for anyone living in Central or Eastern Time Zones who might've had a tape recorder rolling during the DX test of KNAK-540 in Utah in January 1993 (sorry, can't remember the exact date).  I never got the test from KNAK, but I heard two unIDs on 540 that morning that have bedeviled me for years.  One was playing classical music (Note: AFTER CBK's s/off!) and the other had a rock (or oldies) format with "Brother Louie" by the Stories, "Whipping Post" by The Allman Brothers, and "Wild Thing" by the Troggs.  I stuck this is DX News back then to see who could figure it out, but never got a reply.  Why am I so occupied with unIDs from nearly 20 years ago?  'Cause I wanna get 'em solved!  Respond here or write me off-list if ya want. 
 
73,
Rick Dau  
South Omaha, Nebraska   

 
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