Re: [IRCA] CKLW

[Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ward,

Congratulations on the catch. For those, like me still trying to put 
this one in the log, here's the low down from Wikipedia.

*CKLW* is a 50,000 watt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt> AM 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_broadcasting> radio 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio> station broadcasting on 800 kHz and 
located in Windsor, Ontario 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario>, Canada 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada>, and serving Windsor and Detroit 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit>. Additionally, its signal can be 
heard as far west as Grand Rapids, Michigan 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan>; as far east as 
Batavia, New York <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia,_New_York> (and, 
at night, Hartford, Connecticut 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut>); as far south as 
Edgewood, Kentucky <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewood,_Kentucky>; 
and as far north as Posen, Michigan 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posen,_Michigan>.^[/citation needed 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>/] CKLW uses a 
five-tower directional antenna with differing patterns daytime & nighttime.

In its current incarnation, CKLW is a news 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-news_radio>/talk 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio> radio station primarily 
serving listeners in Windsor and Essex County 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County,_Ontario> in Ontario 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario>, Canada 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada>, with a mix of local and 
syndicated programs, including some programs from the United States 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>.

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL

On 1/13/2014 5:16 PM, Ward Elliott wrote:
> CKLW id's 5:00a w/ news and weather. Happily going into my mp3 collection.
>
> PR-D5, Terk
> Richardson, TX

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