Re: [IRCA] Announcement for WJR off for maint LAST NIGHT

[Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I second Glennâs comments. Thank you for taking the trouble to pass along the notice to other DXâers. Anyone who makes that effort deserves our gratitude and nothing else. 

73,

Les N1LF


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> On Jan 15, 2016, at 12:03 AM, Glenn Hauser via IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Announcement for WJR off for maint LAST NIGHT
> Date: January 15, 2016 at 12:03:01 AM CST
> To: "amdxer@xxxxxxxx" <amdxer@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Tom,
> 
> There`s no heat! Your notice was appreciated and tnx for the trouble. All one can do is report what one hears, and then the stations will do what they will do (or not). It would be nice if they would be more explicit in the first place.
> 
> 73, Glenn
> 
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> On Fri, 1/15/16, amdxer@xxxxxxxx <amdxer@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Subject: RE: Announcement for WJR off for maint LAST NIGHT
> To: wghauser@xxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, January 15, 2016, 4:37 AM
> 
> I heard that brief announcement for
> maint shutdown a
> minute or two before midnight EST during the TOH break for
> John Batchelor show. The announcement did not mention when
> or how long this off period would be.  It took me
> a  few
> minutes to fire up the computer and log into e-mail
> account.  During that few minutes I was in another
> room
> out of earshot of the radio.
> 
> So - by the time I returned that "brief" off period may
> have already passed.  I listened to WJR for two more
> hours
> and there was no off period or any further mention of it!
> 
> You never know if it will be productive.  However,
> about
> ten years ago I heard a similar announcement while
> listening to KMOX.  I sent out the word as soon as I
> could
> and that time KMOX did indeed go off for several hours!
> 
> If WJR had gone off the air for a long SP and I was up and
> listening and heard something good and said nothing about
> it I still would have taken the heat!
> 
> Tom Jasinski
> 
> 
> 
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