I agree that WWCS would be most likely, as they were Classical within that timeframe. AFAIK, Long Island ( through numerous calls ) was never Classical.
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 --- On Sun, 7/15/12, Scott Fybush <sc...@fybush.com> wrote: > From: Scott Fybush <sc...@fybush.com> > Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [ABDX] Re: Trying to solve unIDs on 540 from January > 1993 > To: a...@yahoogroups.com > Cc: a...@nrcdxas.org, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of > America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Date: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 8:44 AM > On 7/14/2012 6:07 PM, sc...@fybush.com > wrote: > >> Looking for anyone living in Central or Eastern > Time Zones who might've > >> had a tape recorder rolling during the DX test of > KNAK-540 in Utah in > >> January 1993 (sorry, can't remember the exact > date). I never got the test > >> from KNAK, but I heard two unIDs on 540 that > morning that have bedeviled > >> me for years. One was playing classical music > (Note: AFTER CBK's s/off!) > >> and the other had a rock (or oldies) format with > "Brother Louie" by the > >> Stories, "Whipping Post" by The Allman Brothers, > and "Wild Thing" by the > >> Troggs. > > > > The 540 was almost certainly one of Saul Levine's > southern > > California/Tijuana pair. It appears the Tijuana 540 > didn't become > > classical XEBACH until 1998 or thereabouts, so we can > probably narrow this > > down to the now-defunct KKGO 540 Costa Mesa (which > wasn't really in Costa > > Mesa, but 90 miles away in Hesperia.) > > I've had the chance to do some more digging, and I now agree > with Rick > that the 540 with classical wasn't California or Tijuana. In > 1993, the M > Street directory lists 540 as KOJY, doing standards // KJQI > 1260. That > makes WWCS-PA the far more likely option. > > s > _______________________________________________ > The NRC AM mailing list > Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org > FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! > USA $15 / Canada $18.50 Order Yours Now! > http://www.nrcdxas.org > _______________________________________________ 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
