[IRCA] Nite and Day at KGOW 1560 TX

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** U S A. 1560 kHz with booming dominant loud & clear signal in sports talk, discussing merits of Monday night football hosts, Feb 7 at 0649 UT, phone 1-800-878-PLAY. Missed hourtop ID if any but at 0706, got program name ``Sports Overnight America``, and mentioned several affiliates, including KTRB-860, but not 1560. 

Would normally tune out this nonsense, but something is amiss. Strongly suspect KGOW Bellaire/Houston TX, which has a 50 kW rig for daytime only, but which got out very well a few months ago during a hurricane on emergency usage. Searching on S.O.A., one gets to this which does show KGOW as an affiliate: http://www.sportsbyline.com/affil.htm

And KGOW`s own program schedule, ``lineup`` calls it ``Midnight Sports Byline`` starting at 9 pm most nights with no details of exactly what`s on until 7 am local CT:
http://www.1560thegame.com/media/?page_id=150

This signal was huge, and by comparison, XERF-1570 was buried in QRM. So was KGOW running day power and tower? Inspecting FCC info at http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&hpat=2&facid=17389 ---

Licensed nite power is 100 watts, but this was no 100 watts; no point in even looking at the direxional pattern for that. But also has a CP for 15 kW at night, with peak at 145 degrees, nulls at 45, 100, 295 and 345 degrees --- we are about 345 degrees from Houston.

The 50 kW day pattern, however, has a broad peak from 340 to 50 degrees, centered on 15 degrees, so it sure looks like this was in use --- and no hurricanes anywhere near.

If I were one of the four other Texans on 1560, or KOCY Oklahoma City, not a trace of which was audible here, I`d be blowing the whistle on KGOW (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


      
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