Re: [IRCA] Gabriel Annunciating on NPR

[David Faulkner <drdsfaulkner@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rick:

I'm not saddened so much by the demise of university AMs as I am by the switch in the formats of so many university FMs.  When I moved to this area, as pastor of Alexander Presbyterian Church in rural Athens, our church clerk, an Ohio U. professor, had build herself a very nice house not far from the church.  Above the stairs leading up to her bedroom/office she had a full-sized TV antenna hanging and oriented just right so as to pick up WOSU-FM, whose classical format she loved.  She also had a pair of Boxe 901 loudspeakers hanging from the cathedral ceiling in her living room.  The sound was magnificent and the signal, even at over 70 miles, magnificent.  While her death came much too soon for those of us who called her our friend, she would probably have ripped down her antenna when WOSU-FM stopped playing classical music.  The demise of university AMs seems to me to suggest that even more of their FMs will carry NPR talk all day.

I suppose there are those who view this as a public service, or more of a public service than playing classical music.  I would disagree.  What it actually does is prevent the creation of a profitable and successful liberal talk commercial media which might be comparablee to what the conservatives already have, while at the same time giiving the conservatives a convvenient target in their campaign against the obvious liberal biases of the government and university establishments.  These elites would be better off if they stopped using public funds to defend themselves and let a viable liberal voice, independent of government, make their case for them.  Their FMs could then go back to playing good music, or follow the path being blazed by such multiple-outlet stations as WNKY, and become shameless promoters of their universities.

73
David

--- On Fri, 12/23/11, Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Gabriel Annunciating on NPR
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, December 23, 2011, 2:19 AM

With the EWTN programming moving down to 820, that should make ID'ing WHLY in South Bend a little easier, as I believe they are now the only station on 1580 running EWTN.  I still need both WHLY and WVKO (which were easy back in Iowa City!) here. 
 
On the downside, however, I'm saddened to see WOSU shut down operations on 820.  University-owned/run stations are getting fewer and fewer on AM, and we've just lost another one (I don't count KUOM-770 or KVCU-1190, which are run by the students and not by the university itself). 
 
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska



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From: David Faulkner <drdsfaulkner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 3:40 PM
Subject: [IRCA] Gabriel Annunciating on NPR

Hi All:

Thought that subject line would get your attention.

WOSU AM 820, Columbus,  is gone, apparently permanently.  I noted WVKO 1580 running a continuous loop inviting its listeners to tune to the "New permanent home of St. Gabriel Radio, AM 820."  The new call on 820, as I heard it, is WVSG and the regular WVKO programming is all there, including the usual EWTN shows and Vatican World News is on 820.  There is no indication of what the new programming on 1580 will be, though having recently invested in a power increase w/new transmitter & towers, I think it will stay on as something.  There do not appear to have been any other changes in Columbus radio, though the 920 is almost never heard here.

In other news, after being off all day, WLGN, 1510, Logan, popped on just after 1600 w/its usual oldies format.  I have still not heard them carry a local spot since they switched to oldies, though I did hear them running a car spot for a dealer in Middleport, just two and a halr counties and about 55 miles of twisting, hilly roads away, so perhaps WMPO is offering joint buys for both stations.

73
David
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