Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] WTWK 1070 Plattsburgh, NY

[Bruce Collier <wkbo1230@xxxxxxxxx>]

I still don't think that would allow them to be on before 6am at this time of year.  PSRA starts at 6am to fill the gap between 6am and "power-up" or sign-on in the darker months.  As someone pointed out, they may have been testing, but the engineer seemed unaware of it.  I think they boo-booed.  

73, BC

Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
--- Bruce Collier  wrote:

> And according to Radio Locator, they are daytime-only, no night power
> or anything else that I can see that would allow them to be on before
> 6am at this time of year.  Methinks CBA going off has exposed some
> pre-sunrise shenanigans in Plattsburgh....
> 
> "Karl J. Zuk"  wrote: 
> This morning, from 520 to 600 am, I heard WTWK "Eve 1070" talk from
> Plattsburgh, NY blending in with country CHOK from Sarnia, ON.
>  
> I don't see a PSA for WTWK on the FCC's AM Query. How much power do
> they run before sunrise?
>  
> They had a pretty good signal down here mentioning Plattsburgh and
> St. Albans, VT.
> 


A PSA ( or PSSA ) is independent of a station being daytime-only. A PSA
(or PSSA) will also not necessarily be shown in the FCC records. Many
were never converted over when the current database was created. many
others were lost. At one time, these were entirely handled via fax, and
the records are skimpy.

IIRC, since when I lived in NJ and this station came on the air
initially while I lived there ( granted this is 35+ years ago, so my
recollection may not be completely accurate ) they did at that time
have a PSA - at which time there weren't PSSA's yet.

Bottom line, we don't really know for certain that they don't have one,
and there's no easy way to find out.

 

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
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FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


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