Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 75th Anniversary

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congratulations Ben!!! 75 years is a long time to be at the dials. I have been at it for over 51 and I feel this is a long time. Have you heard a lot of great DX in those 75 years. 

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> From: ben-dangerfield@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: AM@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:53:15 -0400
> Subject: [NRC-AM] 75th Anniversary
> 
> I was at my Philco radio that night, living then in Pittsburgh.  WJAS 
> carried the Orson Wells broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System.  I 
> was probably listening to NBC Red over WCAE but may very well have been 
> DXing the band as I did most nights.  Anyway, I didn't notice anything 
> unusual on WJAS.  To this day I cannot believe so many people were so stupid 
> not to check other networks and other stations to see what was going on.
> 
> I recall that on Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day I was also at the same 
> Philco when the news broke and right away I was tuining up and down the band 
> for confirmation and further news reports..
> 
> Ben Dangerfield,  Wallingford, Pa. 
> 
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