When you review your tapes, Russ, I would suggest you concentrate on WZRK. I have seen a handful of DXers on this and the NRC list suggest that they might have heard WHIT 1550 last night. This station is a daytimer with an oldies format, licensed to Madison WI. As one who lives in Madison and spent much of the night parked on 1550, I can state with 100% certainty that they were not on the air last night. WZRK Lake Geneva WI has a night authorization of one watt. I know for a fact that previous owners signed off at sunset because they deemed the tiny power too little to bother with. The present ownership not only stays on all night, but apparently does so at the full daytime power of 1000 watts (or at least a good fraction thereof). As a result, they are frequently reported over a wide area. BTW, WZRK's format is not oldies. The station describes the format thusly: “Radio station Avenue 1550 (WZRK) serves Lake Geneva with Timeless Cool Music. It’s easy to listen to, but not easy listening. With music from Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Steely Dan, Billie Holiday and Van Morrison, it's the mix you have been looking for on your radio." 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI
In a message dated 10/1/2011 7:13:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, wb2...@yahoo.com writes: I ran recordings last night aimed more or less southwest. I had 2 SS stations, but well after others reported KXEL going to Brother Stair. One was WDLR as I did hear the regional Mexican and "Que Buena". One of the SS stations had a choral anthem f some sort @ 0000. Later one had repeated whistles sounding like the call to the hounds in fox hunting. This used to be typical to some sort of LA station years back. I also had a fairly strong WSDK-CT with religion and SRN news. Only bits and pieces of CBE heard based on the reports of others. I had both the Joni Mitchell song and the "Whiter Shade of Pale" but couldn't tell who that was, and reading the posts suggests there was confusion from others bewteen CBE and someone else. Both WZRK and WHIT are needed here, so I'll go back and try to match up my recordings with what's been reported to see if I can pull anything out. Any help on the SS mentioned above would be appreciated, and I can supply a recording of the anthem and the whistles if needed. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id <wb2...@yahoo.com> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
