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Re: [IRCA] Chicago Stations Off Air
Rick,
The Chief Engineer at WGN is James Carollo and the test is for SATURDAY
MARCH 10th 2am to 5am
Please share this on ABDX as I am not a member there.
Paul
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ah, OK. Mr. Beck's source may be slightly off....the word on the NRC and
> IRCA lists is that WGN's chief engineer (not sure if that's still James
> Carollo, or not) is saying that they're planning on going off in the
> early morning hours of Saturday the 10th.
>
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska
>
> *From:* Blaine Thompson <irw@xxxxxxxx>
> *To:* ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:32 PM
> *Subject:* [ABDX] Re: Chicago Stations Off Air
>
>
> Here's the original post.
>
> There's no dates here, so I presumed THIS Friday morning.
>
> I don't know Mr. Beck; John or Glenn <g>
>
> - Blaine
>
> ----- Forwarded message from John Beck -----
>
> Hi Wayne.
>
> I have appreciated the work of the NRC through the years - especially the
> help given to me when I was a producer at HCJB in Quito. In an effort to
> perhaps pay back some of that help I wanted to pass along the following.
>
> It is my understanding that WGN, WFCR and WBBM in Chicago will be off air
> from 2 AM to 5 AM Friday morning. It isn't often that these power houses
> are all off at the same time. It might give some of us the chance to catch
> some stations that are normally covered by these signals. This scheduled
> outage may be cancelled due to weather or other conflicts.
>
> I will send more information as I hear it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> John E. Beck
> WB0RX
>
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