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Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630
I wonder why, an AM would sell their FM? That must have been a long time ago.
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
> From: wb6tnb@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:28:13 -0800
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630
>
> KIDD was simulcast on 97.9 until Saul Levine bought the FM and changed the format to country.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 26, 2014, at 11:47 PM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I was just Googling KIDD and didn't spot any info regarding an FM. So many defunct stations have reappeared these days as Internet stations (KYA. WREN.....) but for we fans of over the air broadcasting somehow it just isn't the same. I saw a brief aircheck of KIDD on YouTube circa 2011. They were still Magic 63 and were saluting Doris Day on her birthday. I believe the Magic slogan went there after KFRC had their stint as Magic 61. We could use a bit of "magic" to keep these stations on the air. Ms
> >
> > Sent from my iPod
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> >> On Dec 26, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Martin,
> >>
> >> It is interesting you mention that, when I was going through the CA QSL's tonight, they start with the 530 TIS and go through TIS at 1700. The states I have so many from, I keep in frequency order in file folders (Several for CA), I came across KSXO 600 Redding CA tonight. That was before they had the X Bander they are now on (1670). There are so many stations that no longer exist I have QSL's from. A lot of history there in nearly 50 years, coming up in Feb.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
> >> Patrick Martin
> >> Seaside OR
> >> KGED QSL Manager
> >>
> >>> From: martinfoltz@xxxxxxx
> >>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:58:22 -0800
> >>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630
> >>>
> >>> It's too bad when a station ignores their listeners. This one might go away
> >>> and their legacy for DXers will not be good. There will be little paperwork
> >>> (veries) for people to remember them by.
> >>>
> >>> As long as KFI is running IBOC it will be impossible for me to hear anything
> >>> on 630.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe I'll receive a response to my email. I'm working on 150 California
> >>> station veries and I need every one I can get.
> >>>
> >>> Martin
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:20:11 -0800
> >>>> From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> To: IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630
> >>>> Message-ID: <BLU177-W3058F05766F5970145B13C8530@xxxxxxx>
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> >>>>
> >>>> KIDD 630 has been a very rare visitor through the years with so much
> >>>> activity on 630 kHz. I first heard and QSL'd them back in Seward AK in
> >>>> 1966, Dave Allen PD signed the verie letter. The letterhead has a kid
> >>>> dressed as Captain Kidd. Then in 1982, I finally heard them from the
> >>>> Oregon Coast during a very heavy AU conditions knocking everything else
> >>>> on 630 early in the evening. Later on ZK1KC Cook Islands took over 630
> >>>> kHz. But for a time, KIDD was alone on the frequency with Adult
> >>>> Standard, if I remember correctly. I mentioned to a DXer that I was
> >>>> going to send a report and his reply was "Good Luck", as they had a
> >>>> track record of rarely answering QSL requests through the years. But I
> >>>> got a reply on the first try. Not a verie letter, but Ray Kilman in the
> >>>> News Dept typed a reply on the back of the Astoria Bridge post card I
> >>>> included. He knew what a QSL was I guess, as he stated "This is to
> >>>> verify reception of KIDD Monterrey California on December 3, 1982. We
> >>>> appreciate your
> >>>> report." He signed and typed his name. I am sorry to see them leave
> >>>> the air, being such an old station and they had those call letters for
> >>>> decades, from at least when I first heard them in the mid 60s. By the
> >>>> way in 1966 their phone number was "FRontier 2-8154, to give you an
> >>>> idea how long ago that was.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73,
> >>>>
> >>>> Patrick
> >>>>
> >>>> Patrick Martin
> >>>> Seaside OR
> >>>> KGED QSL Manager
> >>>
> >>>
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