WQNO 690 is going non directional... dropping 3 out of their 4 towers. I think their array was damaged by Katrina back when they were a talk station.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> wrote: > icurapossumhunter2 in SC, a.k.a. KJ4HYD, just posted this to the ABDX yg: > > Traveler`s Guide to American Catholic Radio, 15 August 2013, from Catholic > Radio Update, a 2-page pdf. It *does* list one 690 EWTN (default network > u.o.s.), and there it is: > > New Orleans WQNO 690 & 104.9 > > So EWTN website`s own info is out of date showing two other AM stations > there, and confirming my suspicion based on direxion and propagation that > it was the 690 in New Orleans, which had been WIST, with Yahoo Sports > Radio, as in last year`s NRC AM Log as of August. > > Then checking FCC AM Query, 690 in NO is indeed now WQNO, owned by > Catholic Community Radio, and calls changed from WIST on 12/19/2012. It`s > now 10/5 kW with different direxionality day and night, but they have a CP > for 9.1/0.016 kW, which hardly seems an improvement; also a slight change > of coordinates along exactly the same longitude but 9 seconds further south > in latitude, essentially on the same property (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX > LISTENING DIGEST) > > >=========================== > > > > >UNIDENTIFIED. 690, August 27 at 0555 UT, on the SRF-59, I am rotating to > see what`s there along with the KGGF KS all-night open carrier. Normally > it`s KTSM El Paso and XEN México DF, but looping roughly NW/SE is a promo > in English for `Mother Angelica Live` on EWTN Radio! I`ll look it up in the > morning; oh, oh, not a single 690 station at: > >http://www.ewtn.com/radio/amfm.asp > >I not only search the number, but visually inspect the entire affiliate > list in case the frequency on one of them is in a non-searchable such as > jpg format. Nope. Sure hope I was on the right frequency, as on the SRF-59 > you tune by feel/sound and ignore the off-dial. Don`t doubt it, as was > along with KGGF OC, and IBOC noise on the lo side from WLW. Besides, EWTN > has no stations on 680 either (nor of course 700), so it must be something > new. No EWTNs on 690 either in last year`s NRC AM Log; maybe the new one > will reveal. Two suspects: > > > >WIST New Orleans LA, which was sports, YSR, 5 kW nite direxional with CP > for 108 watts non-direxional, bearing fits > >KSTL St Louis, was gospel anyway, 18 watts at nite, wrong direxion. > > > >EWTN affiliate list has WCKW 1010 as their NOLA station; KHOJ 1460, and > WRYT 1080 as their STL-area stations. Don`t find a website for WIST, but > its Facebook as sports talk ominously stopped July 20, 2012. However, it > was still ``Sports Hangover`` when Terry Krueger logged WIST November 19, > 2012. > > > >KSTL website http://www.shine690.com/ does not provide a program > schedule, but lots of promotion, nothing looking Catholic, but rather > Black-orientated, altho they do have some other ``Rev. Mother``. > > > >BTW, I thought M. Angelica had a stroke years ago, so her broadcasts are > not likely to be ``live`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) > > _______________________________________________ > This is Amdx - The WTFDA AM DX List. > Amdx mailing list > > To unsubscribe, take yourself off list temporarily, change password, view > archives and more, go to http://www.wtfda.org/amdx.html > _______________________________________________ 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
