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

[Mike Keval Brooker <keval.mike@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a QSL from WAGL for sunset skip reception in 1978. I am 99% sure the
v/s was the late B. Len Phillips. They also sent a coverage map with the
counties in different colors so they would look like states. If I can find
the verie in one of my albums, I will scan it and upload it on my Facebook
page.

73

Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Jerry Kiefer via IRCA <
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> Subject: R.I.P. WAGL-1560
> WAGL was a regular visitor every afternoon into central Fla giving the 5kw
> daytimers in Melbourne and Inverness fits during critical hours.  They ran
> a four tower array giving them about 270 kw to the south
> Several times over the past 20 years I picked them up in Grand Turk  and on
> the north coast of the Dominican Republic.  they squirted out  about 20 kw
> to the NNE toward Charlotte.
> It was a sad road to the end.  The station tried country, classic  country
> and Music of your life in the final years supplemented by religious
> programs in the morning, but nothing really worked.  They were into a web
> presence
> early on selling a business directory to local businesses.  I  would guess
> the electric bill was close to 3 grand a month.  Len's  demise and that of
> the station were on a parallel path.  Sad there was no  one to carry on but
> Lancaster has almost become part of the metro of Charlotte  and the metro
> FM's have killed local radio in the area.
> As DXers we have lost a great target and it will be missed.
>
>
> In a message dated 5/12/2015 9:16:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> bobgale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> They also ran a DX Test in, I believe, 1976, likely during a WQXR  silent
> period. Easily heard, nice QSL.
>
> Bob Galerstein  WB2VGD
> Monroe, NY
>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:12 AM, Rick Dau 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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