[IRCA] United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans QSL cards

United Radio Broadcasters of

New Orleans/WWL hurricane

QSL cards now available

The International Radio Club of America (IRCA) has been granted permission to act as the QSL Bureau for stations that participated in United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans (URBONO) effort headed by WWL Radio following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Listeners from around the world are invited to submit their reception reports to receive the special QSL card that has been printed to commemorate this unique response by broadcasters to the disaster.

Stations that participated in URBONO network were:

WWL-AM, New Orleans, LA, 870 kHz

WSMB-AM, New Orleans, LA, 1350 kHz

WLMG-FM, New Orleans, LA, 101.9 mHz

WNOE-FM, New Orleans, LA, 101.1 mHz

WTKL-FM, New Orleans, LA, 105.3 mHz

WODT-AM, New Orleans, LA, 1280 kHz

WRNO-FM, New Orleans, LA, 99.5 mHz

WYLD-AM, New Orleans, LA, 940 kHz

WYLD-FM, New Orleans, LA, 98.5 mHz

WQUE-FM, New Orleans, LA, 93.3 mHz

KHEV-FM, New Orleans, LA, 104.1 mHz

WYNK-AM, Baton Rouge, LA, 1380 kHz

WJBO-AM, Baton Rouge, LA, 1150 kHz

WFMF-FM, Baton Rouge, LA, 102.5 mHz

KRVE-FM, Baton Rouge, LA, 96.1 mHz

WSKR-AM, Baton Rouge, LA, 1210 kHz

KLCL-AM, Lake Charles, LA, 1470 kHz

KJEF-AM, Jennings, LA, 1290 kHz

WHRI-SW, Cypress Creek, SC

Listeners who wish to receive a QSL card should send a standard reception report including the station they heard, date, time, frequency and as much program detail as possible up to 15 minutes. An individual QSL card will be issued for each station heard and verified.

Be sure to include return postage in the form of mint U.S. stamps for either domestic or international rates (remember, postage rates go up after the first of the year), U.S. currency (US$1 should be sufficient for most international replies) or International Reply Coupon(s). Please adjust the amount of funds or postage sent if reports for several stations are included.

Listeners should include one unit of return postage FOR EACH STATION REPORTED, as follows:

U.S. Listeners: One first-class stamp

Listeners Outside the U.S.: One international airmail stamp, one IRC or one U.S. dollar

So, if you are reporting and requesting QSLs for two URBONO stations, then include two units of postage, three units for three stations, etc."

Please mail reports to:

URBONO QSL

P.O. Box 3777

Memphis, TN

38173-0777 USA

You can click on this link for a look at the cards: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/

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