Re: [IRCA] Old timers question abour 1180

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks all.

If got 'hold of George Jacobs yesterday.  He was involved in both the  
original 1180 selection for VOA Marathon and the 'Marti-izing' of the  
site in '85.

He relayed that work began on VOA Marathon in 1962, after the 'Cuban  
missle crisis.'  So that it was on-air in '64 is about right.

I recall visiting the site in '84 or so and it looked like something  
'temporary' that was made permanent later on.  We have other relay  
stations like that in VOA's network.

Does anybody recall the legal/FCC battles that surrounded VOA's  
selection of 1180kHz?  Much like the 530kHz Marti stuff, I'm sure FCC  
finds itself in a tough position since IBB [ne USIA] is a separate  
member of IRAC.

bw

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On Oct 18, 2006, at 7:11 AM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

>
>
> --- Jim Pogue <jpogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Nothing in the 1962 or 1963 issues.
>>
>> 1966 issue lists Marathon, Florida (50 kW - 1180 kc) and Sugarloaf,
>> Florida
>> (50 kW - 1040 kc).
>>
>> Sorry I don't have the '64 and '65 issues to confirm when these
>> stations
>> first showed up in print. Hope this helps.
>>
>
>
> Since I know I heard both in 1964 or early 1965, this suggests an
> original air date in late 1963 or 1964... I'd forgotten about the
> debate back then as to where 1040 was, and can't recall if it was said
> at the time that it actually moved from one to the other or if it was
> originally mis-identified.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
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