Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
Hi Don - I suspect that you're correct on the city of license and call change, as with yours, my loggings were several years apart. I didn't realize that you were in Omaha for a while; we missed each other there by about two weeks, we moved from Des Moines about the third week in January, 1954! - John On May 27, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Donald K. Kaskey wrote: John: I heard WAVA on 11/23/51 on sunset dx at 1631 CST. I can't believe that two separate stations existed at the same time within 20 miles of each otherWAVA WDQN so either WAVA went out of business and WDQN came on the air or they moved their CoL to Du Quoin and changed calls somewhere in that 2-3 year period. All this fuss is because I found Little Egypt in Southern Illinois quite fascinating (and still do). Gee, too bad we missed each other back then. I dxed from Galva IA 1949-51 occasional weekends thru 1953. Had an active period in Omaha in 1952. Joined the USAF on Jan 4, 1954 so I got out of town just before you arrived. ___ 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] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
To the best of my knowledge, WQDN-AM has been on for 40 or more years, it had an FM counterpart that they sold off. Ava is home to 6KW WXAN 103.9 and somewhat nearby Anna has WIBH 1440 Paul On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Donald K. Kaskey kaskeyfam...@yahoo.comwrote: I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
Thanks Paul for the info. Ava seemed pretty small for a radio station (even in 1951), guess they didn't last too much longer. I'll have to sic my super sleuth friend Mike Hawkins onto this, I guess. Mike knows whats happened with every AM station since the year 1 (and probably earlier)By the way the history of Little Egypt or actually just plain Egypt (which you're in the heart of-in Marion) is fascinating. At least as told my Wickipedia. Don K. S.F. CA Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: To the best of my knowledge, WQDN-AM has been on for 40 or more years, it had an FM counterpart that they sold off. Ava is home to 6KW WXAN 103.9 and somewhat nearby Anna has WIBH 1440 Paul On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Donald K. Kaskey kaskeyfam...@yahoo.comwrote: I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
Hi Don - I heard both WAVA and WDQN from Des Moines. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of dates or do much verifying back then but, by extrapolation I heard WDQN just before we moved to Omaha, which would be in January, 1954. When did you hear WAVA? - John On May 26, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Donald K. Kaskey wrote: I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
Checking 1580 kHz in the White's Radio Log editions at David Gleason's awesome website, Spring 1953 shows WAVA in Ava, Fall 1953 shows WAVA in Du Quoin, and Winter 1954 shows WDQN in Du Quoin. So maybe just a city of license change, soon followed by a call change? Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: Donald K. Kaskey kaskeyfam...@yahoo.com To: IRCA E-Mail List irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 6:52 pm Subject: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
URL please? This station was one of my black holes. I could assume that one became the other, but had too much of a time gap to feel comfortable with an assumption. Mike On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:45 PM, amdxm...@aol.com wrote: Checking 1580 kHz in the White's Radio Log editions at David Gleason's awesome website, Spring 1953 shows WAVA in Ava, Fall 1953 shows WAVA in Du Quoin, and Winter 1954 shows WDQN in Du Quoin. So maybe just a city of license change, soon followed by a call change? Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: Donald K. Kaskey kaskeyfam...@yahoo.com To: IRCA E-Mail List irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 6:52 pm Subject: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
http://www.davidgleason.com/Radio_Archives.htm -Original Message- From: Mike Hawkins michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 10:30 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread URL please? This station was one of my black holes. I could assume that one became the ther, but had too much of a time gap to feel comfortable with an ssumption. Mike n Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:45 PM, amdxm...@aol.com wrote: Checking 1580 kHz in the White's Radio Log editions at David Gleason's awesome website, Spring 1953 shows WAVA in Ava, Fall 1953 shows WAVA in Du Quoin, and Winter 1954 shows WDQN in Du Quoin. So maybe just a city of license change, soon followed by a call change? Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: Donald K. Kaskey kaskeyfam...@yahoo.com To: IRCA E-Mail List irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 6:52 pm Subject: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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 __ RCA mailing list r...@hard-core-dx.com ttp://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original ontributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its ditors, 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
John: I heard WAVA on 11/23/51 on sunset dx at 1631 CST. I can't believe that two separate stations existed at the same time within 20 miles of each otherWAVA WDQN so either WAVA went out of business and WDQN came on the air or they moved their CoL to Du Quoin and changed calls somewhere in that 2-3 year period. All this fuss is because I found Little Egypt in Southern Illinois quite fascinating (and still do). Gee, too bad we missed each other back then. I dxed from Galva IA 1949-51 occasional weekends thru 1953. Had an active period in Omaha in 1952. Joined the USAF on Jan 4, 1954 so I got out of town just before you arrived. John Sampson wrote: Hi Don - I heard both WAVA and WDQN from Des Moines. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of dates or do much verifying back then but, by extrapolation I heard WDQN just before we moved to Omaha, which would be in January, 1954. When did you hear WAVA? - John On May 26, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Donald K. Kaskey wrote: I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread
Steve, Many thanks for checking and confirming my suspicions inre WAVA. Wish my memory was as good for events in the 21st century as it is for my dx activities in the 50s. Don K. S.F. CA amdxm...@aol.com wrote: Checking 1580 kHz in the White's Radio Log editions at David Gleason's awesome website, Spring 1953 shows WAVA in Ava, Fall 1953 shows WAVA in Du Quoin, and Winter 1954 shows WDQN in Du Quoin. So maybe just a city of license change, soon followed by a call change? Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: Donald K. Kaskey kaskeyfam...@yahoo.com To: IRCA E-Mail List irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 6:52 pm Subject: [IRCA] Offshoot of the WVMC Mt. Carmel IL thread I took out my Rand McNally to find Mt. Carmel's location. Extreme southern Illinois always was a exciting catch for me from my Iowa days. Most notably a station in a little town about 20 miles NW of Carbondale. The town was Ava Illinois and the calls were WAVA. Their letter of verification had 'The Voice of Little Egypt and a mid-eastern dancing girl covering the top portion. Followed by a quick explanation of why that immediate area was called Little Egypt. I see by Radio Locator that station no longer exists. They were on 1580 kHz. However there is a station in Du Quoin, less than 20 miles away. How long has WAVA been off the air and did Du Quoin inherit the frequency? Just roiling my nostalgia, besides being just plain curious. Don Kaskey S.F. CA ___ 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 ___ 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
