Searching for "Westwood One AMC8 Transponder 23" on the internet brought up an e-mail on another reflector with the following from September 15, 2013:
"1540 AM Albany - Down AM 1540 Albany (I can't keep track of their call letters any more) is currently running my favorite "This is Westwood One Radio Networks AMC 8 Transponder 23. To authorize your receiver call Westwood One Denver Operations at 720-xxx-xxxx from 8AM-10PM Eastern Time." *BEEP* Westwood One AMC 8 seems to be a satellite that feeds a number of commercial radio networks. So looks like this station was -- either accidentally or maybe on purpose to tune up -- rebroadcasting the marker signal of its feed satellite. Regards, Art Delibert N. Bethesda, MD > Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:11:46 -0500 > From: dxbo...@gmail.com > To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [HCDX] HELP: "AMC-8" 1540 heard in CT > > Hi folks, After a lengthy hiatus, I'm back with a head scratcher: > > For the first time, on Nov 22 (& 23) heard on 1540 kHz at 0754-UTC on an > analog clock-radio a loop consisting of a tone/message: "This is Westwood > One Radio Network's A-M-C-8 Transponder 23; To authorize your receiver > contact...." &c. I may have heard it also on the 24th, but not sure. > Didn't hear it afterwards or since then. The recording on the 22nd (of 45 > minutes) had two good strong peaks, and the final fade was pretty much the > depth plunge, under KXEL & WABE mix. > > Help!!! Who, what, where and why? Any links would surely help and greatly > appreciated. > Konnie Rychalsky, SW CT > _ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html