[IRCA] CHWO off air

["Joe Miller, AB8YP" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Brian Smith <am740@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> CHWO - AM 740 will be off the air from midnight
> until 4:00 AM EDT.  Wednesday, June 27, 2007.

I managed to stay awake for this planned shutdown this
morning. At 2 or 3 minutes before midnight, CHWO
announced the outage scheduled between 12:00 and 4:00
am. Yet the music continued along with station ID's
until 12:30 when the signal abruptly ended.

Although three or perhaps four stations could be
heard, at best I could only get snippets of each.

To the south was a talker that sounded like Savage
Nation discussing immigration reform. 

To the southeast was Spanish speaking station and in
the jumble, all that I could make out was "este
es...".

To the west was a station playing music. Many of the
songs could not be identified, they did play Billy
Joel's "Piano Man" at 01:15 EDT.

The possibly fourth station in the mix was what
sounded like country music.

Even though I did not have luck identifying these new
stations, I would like to thank Brian Smith for giving
us the opportunity. 

About 6 or 7 years ago when CBL shut down and before
CHWO started broadcasting, I did manage to hear the
station in Humboldt Tennessee (WIRJ???), but I see
they are now listed 16 nighttime watts.

73 de Joe Miller, AB8YP, Troy, Michigan


      ___________________________________________________________________________________
You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck
in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx