Re: [IRCA] 1190 KQZZ? SE Missouri

[Todd <todftscytj7707@xxxxxxx>]

Oh yes! I remember those days. Each season gives way to new challenges of mystery and excitement that will never die. 

I also keep thinking if and when AM goes away for good in the future, dxing will get exciting during those times at least.
FTS 

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Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Todd wrote:
>> Hi Paul, My life is over because of 1190 being blocked, lol! In all
>> seriousness, I totally get the broadcasters right and in no way did I
>> mean any disrespect. As a hardcore dx'er that will make 1190 a
>> difficult freq to dx. 
>
>Remember when WOAI was the only thing at night on 1200, and what a mess 
>the channel became when it was broken down in the east by lesser-powered 
>1200 signals in Chicago and Boston and central PA and Virginia and so on?
>
>1190 was doomed to that fate way back in 1995 or thereabouts, when WLIB 
>bought (and then sold) WOWO in order to remove WOWO's class A protection 
>and break down the channel.
>
>We've had a 16-year reprieve thanks to a series of lawsuits among the 
>various midwest and southern 1190s fighting over whose application for 
>night service would be approved...I think Atlanta was in the mix at one 
>time but then decided not to move forward, and I have a vague 
>recollection that Dallas tried to expand its night signal as well. But 
>as soon as WOWO's class A status went away, it was pretty much 
>guaranteed that the channel would become a noisy nighttime mess 
>eventually for anyone outside the protected signals of the other 
>old-timers on the channel in Portland and Dallas and Guadalajara.
>
>And of course one DXer's "mess" on 1190 is another DXer's chance to hear 
>something new. St. Louis on 1190 would certainly be a new catch in my 
>log, which is pretty empty on that frequency.
>
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