Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] WTWK 1070 Plattsburgh, NY
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Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] WTWK 1070 Plattsburgh, NY



I think you mean PSRA, Pre Sunrise Authority, not PSA.

Right?

Paul Walker
www.realradiousa.com

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> --- Bruce Collier <wkbo1230@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And according to Radio Locator, they are daytime-only, no night power
> > or anything else that I can see that would allow them to be on before
> > 6am at this time of year.  Methinks CBA going off has exposed some
> > pre-sunrise shenanigans in Plattsburgh....
> >
> > "Karl J. Zuk" <karlzuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This morning, from 520 to 600 am, I heard WTWK "Eve 1070" talk from
> > Plattsburgh, NY blending in with country CHOK from Sarnia, ON.
> >
> > I don't see a PSA for WTWK on the FCC's AM Query. How much power do
> > they run before sunrise?
> >
> > They had a pretty good signal down here mentioning Plattsburgh and
> > St. Albans, VT.
> >
>
>
> A PSA ( or PSSA ) is independent of a station being daytime-only. A PSA
> (or PSSA) will also not necessarily be shown in the FCC records. Many
> were never converted over when the current database was created. many
> others were lost. At one time, these were entirely handled via fax, and
> the records are skimpy.
>
> IIRC, since when I lived in NJ and this station came on the air
> initially while I lived there ( granted this is 35+ years ago, so my
> recollection may not be completely accurate ) they did at that time
> have a PSA - at which time there weren't PSSA's yet.
>
> Bottom line, we don't really know for certain that they don't have one,
> and there's no easy way to find out.
>
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
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