[IRCA] New on 960...soon.
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[IRCA] New on 960...soon.



On 2/14 and again today 2/17, both around 1045L, I heard a strong, S9+10 open carrier on 960.  Usually I can barely detect a carrier from presumed Cuban Radio Reloj, Guantanamo. 

From info found in the FCC DB and at Radio-Locator, it would appear WPBI in North Palm Beach, FL, is preparing to go on the air, reportedly with a nostalgia format.  Seems with those call letters they should be in West Palm Beach right next to the Palm Beach International (PBI) airport.

This is apparently a call sign change from 960 WGGT, but efforts to find more on this were met with FCC DB server errors and history records could not be accessed.

Specifics for the new WPBI 960 station from Radio-Locator are:

Status Currently Off the Air AM Station
Frequency
960 kHz
City
North Palm Beach, Florida
Hours of Operation
Unlimited
Antenna Mode
Directional - Daytime Only
Daytime Transmitter Power
1200 Watts
Nighttime Transmitter Power
250 Watts
Daytime Number of Towers
2
Nighttime Number of Towers
1
Daytime Transmitter Location
26° 49' 01" N,  80° 15' 07" W
Nighttime Transmitter Location
26° 47' 59" N,  80° 04' 33" W
Construction Permit Granted
August 03 2005
Construction Permit Expires
March 04 2006
Last FCC Update
October 28 2005

Looks like yet another local is going to blot out the sun.

Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) FL
[JRC NRD-535D; LFE H-800, M-601; Quantum Phaser]

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