[IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

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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 - 
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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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Re: [IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

[Les Rayburn]

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, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member 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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Re: [IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

[Todd S]

The owner is retiring. Thats the main reason.

Todd Skaine

On Mar 23, 2017 10:15 PM, "Dennis Gibson"  wrote:

The reason is usually given in the application to the FCC to cease
operation, which isn't filed until after it's off the air. The 50 kW day
power is expensive. It has four towers so if it doesn't own the site rent
can be expensive. My guess is it's financial. The inability to get parts
rarely results in going dark.

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> On Mar 23, 2017, at 5:59 PM, David Faulkner 
wrote:
>
> Hi All:
> I first heardWFLI in the late '60s running a full-power test on a Monday
morning when my local (in Port Huron) CHOK was off. Anybody know the reason
for this? High operating and maintenance costs, a la CKSL, or can't get
parts, a la WDOD? A look at Radio Locator shows a lot of stations in the
immediate area and, though they use three towers in the daytime and 4 at
night, the strong S.E. lobes of both suggest some of those towers may be
common. Given the number of strong signals in that comparatively small
market, I wonder how anyone makes money in radio there anyway.
> 73David
>
>
>   On Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:52 PM, Dennis Gibson 
wrote:
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>
> https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117086/wfli-chattanooga-go-dark/
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Re: [IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

[Dennis Gibson]

The reason is usually given in the application to the FCC to cease operation, 
which isn't filed until after it's off the air. The 50 kW day power is 
expensive. It has four towers so if it doesn't own the site rent can be 
expensive. My guess is it's financial. The inability to get parts rarely 
results in going dark.  

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> On Mar 23, 2017, at 5:59 PM, David Faulkner  wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> I first heardWFLI in the late '60s running a full-power test on a Monday 
> morning when my local (in Port Huron) CHOK was off. Anybody know the reason 
> for this? High operating and maintenance costs, a la CKSL, or can't get 
> parts, a la WDOD? A look at Radio Locator shows a lot of stations in the 
> immediate area and, though they use three towers in the daytime and 4 at 
> night, the strong S.E. lobes of both suggest some of those towers may be 
> common. Given the number of strong signals in that comparatively small 
> market, I wonder how anyone makes money in radio there anyway.
> 73David
> 
> 
>   On Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:52 PM, Dennis Gibson  wrote:
> 
> 
> https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117086/wfli-chattanooga-go-dark/
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Re: [IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

[David Faulkner via IRCA]

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Hi All:
I first heardWFLI in the late '60s running a full-power test on a Monday 
morning when my local (in Port Huron) CHOK was off. Anybody know the reason for 
this? High operating and maintenance costs, a la CKSL, or can't get parts, a la 
WDOD? A look at Radio Locator shows a lot of stations in the immediate area 
and, though they use three towers in the daytime and 4 at night, the strong 
S.E. lobes of both suggest some of those towers may be common. Given the number 
of strong signals in that comparatively small market, I wonder how anyone makes 
money in radio there anyway.
73David
 

On Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:52 PM, Dennis Gibson  wrote:
 

 https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117086/wfli-chattanooga-go-dark/

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[IRCA] WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

[Dennis Gibson]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117086/wfli-chattanooga-go-dark/

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