Re: [IRCA] R.I.P. WAGL-1560

[Rob Keeney <rkeeneybbq@xxxxxxxxx>]

I first heard WAGL on their 1975 test from Lawrence KS and they bombed in.
I think I still have some IDs on a cassette somewhere.  I also heard at
least one of their later tests from KC.  When I moved to Charleston a few
years ago, WAGL was one of the first stations in my SSS log.  There are
more than a few stations I wish would leave the air, but WAGL wasn't one of
them.  RIP

Rob Keeney
Summerville SC

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Rick Dau <drummer1965us@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Their DX test on Jan. 28, 1990 got out exceptionally well.  I had a
> cassette recording of that test that was at nearly armchair level.  They
> played "Dixie" as part of that broadcast, and WAGL's 50,000 watts were
> enough to cause splatter on 1550 and 1570 at my QTH in southwest Iowa.
> With WBSC-1550 having been gone for a while now, there's two legendary
> top-of-the-dial voices in the Palmetto State that are now just memories.
>
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21AF
> Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html
>
> > Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 05:31:22 -0700
> > From: dx-tips@xxxxxxx
> > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] WAGL-1560
> >
> > I remember the DX Tests I arranged from them back in the 90's.  Boy,
> were they well-heard!  I think at least one other test was arranged by
> others, with similar reults.
> >
> > Mr. Phillips was a pleasure to work with in arranging these tests, and
> extremely accommodating to DXers.
> >
> > 73 - JD Stephens
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> >  Message: 7
> >  Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 22:51:32 -0400
> >  From: Steve Francis <amdxmail@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >  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.
> >
> >  Steve Francis
> >  Alcoa, Tennessee
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