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Sorry to see them go. WFLI-1070 was one of the first stations I heard testing
during the wee hours. With CBA-1070 in their nightly silent period, WFLI was
loud and clear and alone on the channel. They were also one of the first
stations I heard with an announcer who had a serious Southern accent. I was 16
at the time (1966) and really got a kick out of that Southern drawl. He IDed
as "WFLI, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee" and he stretched that out to about 10
seconds!
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
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From: Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com>
To: David Faulkner <drdsfaulk...@yahoo.com>; IRCA Radio List -
irca@hard-core-dx_com <irca@hard-core-dx.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 24, 2017 10:26 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark
WFLI “Jet Fly” was the dominant Top 40 stations in our market when I was
growing up in Eastern Tennessee. Spent many a great summer day and night
listening to jocks like Tommy Jett. Later as a young man just out of the Navy,
I had a chance to work for Mr. Benz as an engineer helping to build WFLI-TV53.
I remember getting the chance to spend a few days helping to verify the AM
station’s complicated antenna pattern with Mr. Benz—we took FS measurements and
did a lot of calculations. Even using my TI calculator, I couldn’t keep up with
Mr. Benz, who did the calculations in his head! It was a real education. WFLI
was widely heard, especially during infrequent DX tests. They’ve been a
low-rent religious outlet for years, but it will be sad for them to be gone
from the dial. On the downbeat, beat, beat…..Farewell, old friend. 73,Les
Rayburn, N1LF121 Mayfair ParkMaylene, AL EM63nfMember WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former
CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, Quantum Phaser,
Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
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