[IRCA] WREF 850 off air
WREF 850 Ridgefield, CT was open carrier from at least 8:30 am Eastern to about 10:50 am Eastern and has now dropped carrier. So much for AM drive time! I remember, growing up in radio, when being on during AM drive was sacred.Radio has now moved to casual engineering as seen during disasters and everyday life.The attitude now is 'Oh, we're off the air? When I go across town this afternoon or maybe tomorrow, I'll take a look at it.'No one is home. No one cares. Let's see how long it will be before the station returns.I am very impressed, though. It only took them 2 or 3 hours to find a way to turn off the transmitter. Karl Zuk N2KZ ___ 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] WREF 850 off air
One of the major radio companies has not hired a chief engineer to replace the one who left and went to a competitor several months ago. I believe they have a contract engineer who has to drive approximately 100 miles to get to the station if they go off the air. This is unbelievable. You're right. At least WREF didn't take as long as most places these days would after realyzing they were operating with no audio. WREF was one of many stations who did away with locally originated programming. The same thing happened over a year ago in Southwestern Connecticut but that's a different topic. Larry - Original Message - From: Karl Zuk karl...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@today.info Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:10 AM Subject: [IRCA] WREF 850 off air WREF 850 Ridgefield, CT was open carrier from at least 8:30 am Eastern to about 10:50 am Eastern and has now dropped carrier. So much for AM drive time! I remember, growing up in radio, when being on during AM drive was sacred.Radio has now moved to casual engineering as seen during disasters and everyday life.The attitude now is 'Oh, we're off the air? When I go across town this afternoon or maybe tomorrow, I'll take a look at it.'No one is home. No one cares. Let's see how long it will be before the station returns.I am very impressed, though. It only took them 2 or 3 hours to find a way to turn off the transmitter. Karl Zuk N2KZ ___ 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] WREF 850 off air
Karl, Pretty much the standard, or lack thereof, across the country. It took 10 days for the folks in charge of the old1600, WLNG to be notified that they were off. The FCC doesn't care either: WMOB 1360 runs day power, every night. My local Spanish outfit on 810 signs on like it is June (!) with no DST (!). They come on at 5:15 AM and sign off after 7 PM. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:10:49 -0500 From: Karl Zuk karl...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@wtfda.info Subject: [IRCA] WREF 850 off air Message-ID: snt115-w334267d2c170a346ec9a6fbf...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 WREF 850 Ridgefield, CT was open carrier from at least 8:30 am Eastern to about 10:50 am Eastern and has now dropped carrier. So much for AM drive time! I remember, growing up in radio, when being on during AM drive was sacred.Radio has now moved to casual engineering as seen during disasters and everyday life.The attitude now is 'Oh, we're off the air? When I go across town this afternoon or maybe tomorrow, I'll take a look at it.'No one is home. No one cares. Let's see how long it will be before the station returns.I am very impressed, though. It only took them 2 or 3 hours to find a way to turn off the transmitter. Karl Zuk N2KZ ___ 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] WREF 850 off air
WMOB got fined for it. And he stood there and told the FCC he was still going to do it.. (!!) Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net --- On Thu, 1/10/13, Dave Hascall dhinfome...@gmail.com wrote: Pretty much the standard, or lack thereof, across the country. It took 10 days for the folks in charge of the old1600, WLNG to be notified that they were off. The FCC doesn't care either: WMOB 1360 runs day power, every night. ___ 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] WREF 850 off air
The CRTC actually yanked licenses of a handful of habitual offenders (and some that didn't quite deserve it IMO). I wonder if I've logged WMOB - think so... Saul Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:44:39 -0800 From: w4...@yahoo.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WREF 850 off air WMOB got fined for it. And he stood there and told the FCC he was still going to do it.. (!!) Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net --- On Thu, 1/10/13, Dave Hascall dhinfome...@gmail.com wrote: Pretty much the standard, or lack thereof, across the country. It took 10 days for the folks in charge of the old1600, WLNG to be notified that they were off. The FCC doesn't care either: WMOB 1360 runs day power, every night. ___ 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] WREF 850 off air
Then what needs to happen is for the FCC to take that station off once and for all, and revoke his license. Thumbing your nose at authority will always come around to bite you in the backside, and he needs to be taught a lesson. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska From: Powell E. Way III w4...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] WREF 850 off air WMOB got fined for it. And he stood there and told the FCC he was still going to do it.. (!!) Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net --- On Thu, 1/10/13, Dave Hascall dhinfome...@gmail.com wrote: Pretty much the standard, or lack thereof, across the country. It took 10 days for the folks in charge of the old1600, WLNG to be notified that they were off. The FCC doesn't care either: WMOB 1360 runs day power, every night. ___ 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
