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Re: [IRCA] RIP WAGL

Sad indeed.  Back in the day, I heard their âequipment testâ in 1975 in Lansing, MI:

http://realmonitor.com/sounds_converted/WAGL_Lancaster%2C%20SC_1975-11-10.mp3

I remember during that test the station taking calls and acknowledging DXers and, I assume, Mr. Phillips, going on and on about his Bauer transmitter of which he was quite proud.

It was wonderful!

May Mr. Phillips and the station rest in peace.

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> On May 11, 2015, at 10:51 PM, Steve Francis via IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 
> From: Steve Francis <amdxmail@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: RIP WAGL
> Date: May 11, 2015 at 10:51:32 PM EDT
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mwdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Daytimer WAGL-1560 Lancaster, South Carolina, once a continent-spanning best bet for the Palmetto State, is no more.  Longtime owner B. Len Phillips Jr. died in September at 77, and the license has recently been turned in and the station deleted.  
> 
> DX test and sunrise receptions on the West Coast were commonplace at one time, with KPMC Bakersfield off nightly.  WAGL operated with 10 and later 50 kilowatts.  
> 
> A DX test on October 18, 1993 brought in a report from Paul Ormandy in Oamaru, New Zealand.  Len was quite pleased and included a copy of Paul's report as part of the verie package.  
> 
> There's a YouTube posting of a 1980 recording of Len doing the sign-off; toward the end you can hear traces of the sign-off of long-gone WTRQ in Warsaw, North Carolina.
> 
> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
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