[IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing

[Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>]

April 13, 1981.  4:30 a.m. 
 
In my 2nd-story bedroom in my parents' farmhouse in the middle of Pottawattamie 
County, Iowa, I'm already up, as usual, listening to the conclusion of WOW-590's 
nightly broadcast of the Larry King Show.  And, as usual, WOW heads right into 
its mix of Top 40 and AdCon music immediately afterwards.  The first song is one 
that I don't particularly care for, so I tune up the dial until I find a station 
that is playing a song that I really like at the time, Roseanne Cash's "Seven 
Year Ache".  At the end of the song, the DJ (whom, I would find out years later, 
was the legendary Bill Mack) comes on and mentions during his chatter that I'm 
listening to WBAP.  I give no second thought to this, although I'm curious as to 
where this station is, since I've never heard it before and it sounds like it's 
coming from Omaha.  Then I hear an advertisement that mentions...FORT WORTH.  
I'm floored by this, as I had no idea my GE clock radio could pick up anything 
that distant.  Over the course of the next few mornings, I hear places like Los 
Angeles, Nashville, New York City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Toronto, Detroit, 
Louisville, Denver, New Orleans, Winnipeg, Dallas, Little Rock, Richmond, San 
Antonio, and others.  And at the age of 16, I'm hooked. 

 
And THAT is how it all began.  :)  And "Seven Year Ache" still has a special 
place in my heart.   

  

73,
Rick Dau
Suth Omaha, Nebraska
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