Re: [IRCA] ULTRALIGHT DX....UNID 1460 Khz...More Info on this From Doug Smith in Nashville!!

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

I've emailed WEEN on your behalf to ask them what the situation was and will
let you know what I hear from them!

Paul Walker
www.onairdj.com

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Robert S.Ross VA3SW <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Guys:
>
>  I have had some Communication with DOUG SMITH in Nashville on my
> SOLID GOSPEL 105 Unid from this morning...those communications are shown
> below......
>
> 73...ROB.
>
> DOUG SMITH WROTE........
>
> ***************************************************************
> (According to the station website http://www.wlct.com/ , WEEN-1460
> *does* carry the Solid Gospel satellite network.
>
> I'm not sure why the "105" part though.
>
> Two guesses:
>
> - Their satellite dish is out of order & they're temporarily picking up
> the network off-air from WBOZ-FM.
>
> - The Solid Gospel network is cheaper than I think and is simply
> uplinking WBOZ's signal.  (WBOZ is the HQ station for the network)  And
> WEEN's automation is broken & isn't covering the WBOZ slogans.
> *****************************************************************
>
> ROBERT ROSS REPLIED to DOUG.........
>
> *****************************************************************
> Hi Doug:
>
>  Thanks for the Info and Possibilities on this UNID. I didn't know that
> WBOZ 104.9 was the HEADQUARTERS STATION for the SOLID GOSPEL
> Network........but now that you point that out....that would make sense.
> If they are the main cog in the network....perhaps the network is just
> feeding off them at present...and using the Solid Gospel 105 Slogan they
> are picking up from them?? If you get a chance to listen to 1460
> WEEN....can you please let me know if they are IDing as "SOLID GOSPEL
> 105??"
>
> Thanks for the work you have done on this so far. Hopefully I will be
> able to confirm this is them!!
>
> Regards...ROB.
>
> Robert S. Ross VA3SW
> London, Ontario CANADA
> ******************************************************************
>
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