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Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
Hello Rick
A fabulous reminder of what your AM radio used to sound like. I QSLed 8-20 WBAP when they were a country station. They sent a QSL CARD and "WANTED" poster showing all the guys at the station. Alas the poster has gone but I still have the QSL Card. I live in the UK and have been hooked for over 40 yeas!
Best wishes
Barry :-)
--- On Wed, 13/4/11, Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, am@xxxxxxxxxxx, abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, 13 April, 2011, 13:24
April 13, 1981. 4:30 a.m.
In my 2nd-story bedroom in my parents' farmhouse in the middle of Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, I'm already up, as usual, listening to the conclusion of WOW-590's
nightly broadcast of the Larry King Show. And, as usual, WOW heads right into
its mix of Top 40 and AdCon music immediately afterwards. The first song is one
that I don't particularly care for, so I tune up the dial until I find a station
that is playing a song that I really like at the time, Roseanne Cash's "Seven
Year Ache". At the end of the song, the DJ (whom, I would find out years later,
was the legendary Bill Mack) comes on and mentions during his chatter that I'm
listening to WBAP. I give no second thought to this, although I'm curious as to
where this station is, since I've never heard it before and it sounds like it's
coming from Omaha. Then I hear an advertisement that mentions...FORT WORTH.
I'm floored by this, as I had no idea my GE clock radio could pick up anything
that distant. Over the course of the next few mornings, I hear places like Los
Angeles, Nashville, New York City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Toronto, Detroit,
Louisville, Denver, New Orleans, Winnipeg, Dallas, Little Rock, Richmond, San
Antonio, and others. And at the age of 16, I'm hooked.
And THAT is how it all began. :) And "Seven Year Ache" still has a special
place in my heart.
73,
Rick Dau
Suth Omaha, Nebraska
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