Re: [IRCA] RIP WAGL

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

WAGL was a daytimer and the FCC will not license anything under 250 watts
again.. i doubt anyone will apply for 1560 there, as getting the minimum
250 watts would probably take several towers, if you could do it at all.

Paul

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That is sad. I have a nice QSL from them from Oregon. Yes, they were even
> heard when Bakersfield was on during DX Tests. I wonder if someone else
> will apply for 1560?
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
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> Daytimer WAGL-1560 Lancaster, South Carolina, once a continent-spanning
> best bet for the Palmetto State, is no more.  Longtime owner B. Len
> Phillips Jr. died in September at 77, and the license has recently been
> turned in and the station deleted.
>
> DX test and sunrise receptions on the West Coast were commonplace at one
> time, with KPMC Bakersfield off nightly.  WAGL operated with 10 and later
> 50 kilowatts.
>
> A DX test on October 18, 1993 brought in a report from Paul Ormandy in
> Oamaru, New Zealand.  Len was quite pleased and included a copy of Paul's
> report as part of the verie package.
>
> There's a YouTube posting of a 1980 recording of Len doing the sign-off;
> toward the end you can hear traces of the sign-off of long-gone WTRQ in
> Warsaw, North Carolina.
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> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
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