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1190 KXKS NM ALBUQUERQUE: POWER TO 10000 W A T T S 1290 WPCF FL PANAMA CITY BEACH: R E D U C E POWER TO 270 W A T T S 1460 KBRZ TX FREEPORT: REDUCE D A Y POWER TO 265 W A T T S , A D D 250 W A T T S NIGHTS 1590 WJBQ ME GORHAM: TO 870 KHZ WITH 5000/500

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- ORANGE PARK: RELOCATE XR MIAMI : RELOCATE XR PHILADELPHIA: CHANGES IN ANTENNA S Y S T E M COQUILLE: RELOCATE XR BALTIMORE: R E D U C E POWER TO 710 W A T T S , CHANGES IN ANTENNA SYSTEM SOMERSET: REDUCE POWER TO 250 W A T T S , CHANGES IN ANTENNA SYSTEM BALL: POWER TO 10000 W A T T S ANTIGO: CHANGES IN ANTENNA SYSTEM BAKERSFIELD: NIGHT POWER TO 5000 W A T T S

E A Z E N O V I A : RELOCATE XR AN LUIS OBISPO: POWERS TO 2500/700, ANTENNA TO U4 SAN DIEGO: REDUCE POWER TO 4500 WATTS. RELOCATE XR (NEW, NOT O N ) RICE LAKE: CHANGES IN ANTENNA S Y S T E M HAZEL GREEN: REDUCE POWER TO 20000 W A T T S NORTH POLE: REDUCE NIGHT POWER TO 23000 W A T T S ROCKLIN: RELOCATE XR (NEW STATION NOT Y E T ON THE AIR) WILLOUGHBY: A D D 340 W A T T S NIGHT. ANTENNA TO U4 AB I LENE : RELOCATE XR

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OH W A V E R L Y : STATION IS HERE. EX-1380 KHZ W MD/VA: APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STAT IONS IN COLLEGE PARK AND W A L K E R S V I L L E . MD AND MCLEAN. VA A L L D E N I E D I N THE SAME A C T I O N GRANTING NEW STATION IN RESTON. VA

I E S T A KEY: APPLICATION TO R E I N S T A T E EXPIRED CP DISMISSED P P L I C A T I O N S FOR NEW S T A T I O N S I N BLYTHEWOOD 8 L E W I S DISMISSED

KY MIDWAY: APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF CP FOR NEW STAT ION DENIED GA WOODBINE: NEW STAT ION IS ON THE AIR MN MADISON LAKE: A P P L I C A T I O N FOR E X T E N S I O N O F CP DENIED OH MANSFIELD: NOTED S I L E N T W H I L E P A S S I N G THRU MANSFIELD ON RETURN

FROM LIMA CONVENTION NJ EWING: A P P L I C ~ T I O ~ " F O R POWER INCREASE DISMISSED CO W R A Y : STATION IS SILENT PENDING SALE

A FEW CLOSING NOTES: IT WAS GREAT AS USUAL TO GET TO RENEW O L D F R I E N D S H I P S AND MEET NEW FOLKS A T THE LIMA CONVENTION. THANKS FRED AND C R E W FOR THE EFFOR AND SPEAKING OF GIVING C R E D I T FOR A JOB WELL DONE. WE W A N T TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINE EFFORTS OF NRCER GAYLE YEAGER. ALTHOUGH M Y NAME AND QTH APPEARS ATOP THE ADDRESS CHANGES COLUMN. I T I S ACTUALLY GAYLE WHO HANDLES A L L THE ADDRESSES AND COMPUTERIZES AND P R I N T S THE COLUMN. WE D E C I D E D I T WOULD MAKE I T E A S I E R FOR THE MEMBERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO SEND AMS C O N T R I B U T I O N S AND QTH C H A N G E S IN THE SAME ENVELOPE SINCE GAYLE AND I LIVE ONLY A F E W BLOCKS APART. SORTING AND CROSS-REFERENCING A L L THE QTH CHANGES I S A T I M E CONSUMING JOB. THANKS. GAYLE. AND KEEP UP THE GOOD W O R K !

73 AND GOOD DX,

8-&+ JERRY STARR 8 BUFFALO K . FOONMAN Investo1'8 Daily * Thursday. Oclober 1, 1987

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Postal Service Posts $200 Mil Loss In '87, Stresses Need For Rate Hike

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thc U.S. Postal Servicc finished its fiscal year with a loss or more than $200 million, emphasizing Ihc need Tor the higher rates cxpccled to lake eflccl next spring, Postmaster General Prcston R. Tiseh said yesterday.

While the final accounting has not

Many largc mailers. such as companics sending out catalogs, advcrtising and mapdzincs, arc lcstirying berore the conimission concerning thcir rdtcs - which bear a large share orthc incrcasc.

Uy law. thc Poslal Scrvicc is rcquircd to brcak cvcn, something Tirch said "ob- viously" cannot happen cvcry ycar. Thus. * been completed, preliminary results he silid. the agency works on three-year ] mndicatc thal Ihc agency ended f i r d l cycle\. m;~kinga prom some ye*. rs, losing

'u 1987 between 1200 million and $225 In others, bul trying l o break cvcn million in llic red, T i r h told a National ovcrall. Press Club brcakrast. The Poslal Service So. Tlsch added, the comlng highcr ' complc~rd i tr fiscal ycar Sepl. 26. ralcs expected eventually will bc balanccd

And while ho sdid he 16 continuing to by rising costs, and a rurthcr rate h ~ k c press portal managers l o hold rpending wouldbelikely in 1990or 1991. down. Tlsch said Itc expects thc rcrvice Thc loss recorded for the just-com- l o race a loss o r ;ibout $400 m~l l ion In plclcd fiscal year rollows u profilablc year the currcnl fiscal ycar. Antlcipnllng in 1986, when Ihe Poslal Servicc linished lhosc results. Ihc Postal Scrvlce filed 1305 ln l l l~on in tlic bl;~ck. The year beforc c ~ ~ r l l r r l h ~ s year for highcr rates - I l~a l , howcvcr. II sullbrcd u loss or 1251 ratring the cosl or ;I lirsl-class stamp million. rrom 22 cents l o a quartcr - lo lilkc Dilniel Oliver, chairman or the Federal

B". 7W e r k t in 1988. Trddc Commission, has in recent months

"We bclievc Ihe rate request is a been camp;~igning to climinatc the Poslal modcrdtc one." Tirch wid. "The aver- Service's rnollopoly in delivcrlng Icltcrs. age hourchold cosl w ~ l l rise about $20." c o ~ ~ t c ~ ~ d i n g that c t~mpel i t io~~ would im-

While the new rates niusl be ap- proveserviccandluwcrcosts. proved by the independent Poslal Katc I n the pusl, postal ollicials h v c Comm~srion. Tlsch said hc is confident oppond this idca. contending thut i T that Incrc.ascs will be allowed and will private firms wcrc allowcd lo compete

- , , - ~;tkcclTccl in Apr~l. Ihcy would only rcrvc lucralivccity ;lrcar.

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Wtlliam R . H a l e 1025 R c y n o l d r Road, A p t . E-101, Johnson C t t y , NY 13790.

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OLD C A L L : 990 WWMA FL ORLANDO

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NEW CALL: WHO0 WBEA K l X Y WLSQ WWHN M K S WLUkl

APPl I C A T I O N S / GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS

NOW T H A T WE H A V E R E T U R N E D T O T H E W E E K L Y P U B L I C A T I O N S K E D .

AMS H A S S H R U N K CONS I D E R A B L Y . NOTE THE L A C K OF FCC A C T I O N S W H I C H I S T O B E E X P E C T E D WHEN

DX NEWS I S W E E K L Y . REMEMBER. I N F G R M U T I O N A 6 G U T NEW S T A T I O N S

O N T H E A I R AND S I L E N T S T A T I O N S

COMES FROM YOU. T H E M E M B E R S . SO

K E E P U S I N F O R M E D WHEN YOU H E A R NONE A N Y C H A N G E S I N YOUR A R E A . APPl ICATIONS / GRANTS FOR E X I S T I N G FACILITIES NONE

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1040 WYFX ! 100 WGGM 1140 WCLW 1350 WNlS

1440 KXAM 1460 WOIR

1480 WLEE

TOMBALL: NEW S T A T I O N I S O N T H E A I R W l T H OLDIES F O R M A T JACKSONVILLE: NEW S T A T I O N I S O N T H E A I R W I T H OLDIES FORMAT BOYNTON BEACH: S T A T I O N I S T E M P O R A R I L Y S I L E N T WOODBINE: NEW S T A T I O N I S O N T H E A I R W l T H REL F O R M A T MANSFIELD: STAT ION WENT SILENT 8-3-87 PERMANENTLY PORTSMOUTH: WILL B E SWAPPING FREQUENCIES WITH WRAP-850 P L A C I N G T H E WNlS C A L L S O N 850 A N D WRAP O N 1350 HELOTES: NEW S T A T I O N I S O N T H E A I R HOMESTEAD: SILENT A S WRBA, H A S B E E N TESTING AND W I L L R E T U R N TO THE AIR WITH A SPANISH FORMAT, M A Y B E B A C K ON B Y THE T I M E YOU R E A D T H I S

RICHMOND: PRESENTLY IS RUNNING 250 W A T T S N O N - D I R E C T I O N A L A T N I G H T

73 AND GOOD DX. S./.yc'B~l=

JERRY STARR 8 BUFFALO K. FOONMAN

KUDOS TO NRCERS JOHN MALICKY. TIM HENDEL. GARY ATKINS AND D A V E SCHMIDT FOR T H E I R OTHERNESS C O N T R I B U T I O N S T H I S ISSUE!

' I 1 - (NOTE N E B l A REFERENCE)

R A b l O C H L L - I N PROGRHNS HHUE BECONE PRETTY STHNDRRB FRRE. RUT THERE'S NOTHING STHNDHRD RBClUT THE PRDCiRRN THREE UPSTRTE NEW YORK R H B l O S T H T I D N S RRE SC~HEBULED TO R I R T H I S NORNlNG ( R T 10 E-!J-1). O F F l C l H L S SA' i 'UOWLDTALK' I S THE FIRST-EIJER R R I l l O C R L L - I N SHOW L I N K I N G U-S R E S l I l E N T S U l T H S O V I E T C I T I Z E N S I N THE U-S-S-R. INTERPRETERS M I L L B E DN HHNB I N BOTH CDUNTRIES.

THE STFITIONS HWE... Id-N-b-F H-M I N BINGHHMTON... W-Y-R-K F-t ! I H BUFFHLO... HNB U-C-N-C F-PI I N ROCHESTER.

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MOTES, MESSI~ES IMD r o T r o u R 1 FROM T ~ W CISTERN 6 CEMTRIL TIME ZOMES As the temperatures c m l d m , the DX heats up. Another great season is upon us. so when you

hear something you ordinarily don't, let the membership k n w via the DDXD Columns Desdlmes here are the %turdsy past. Let's here trom you!!

I'm not ~ d v a a t m g reportmg on the plrates, you understsnd, but it's kmd oi mteres tmg t o note h w t a r Rp& got o u t Last veek ve reported them reception in SC. Hocever, a s veek we are happy (?) t o report a n w "record". C d f ~ h Piul Colwart of Hsmmond. L9 heard C. veried pJ on 7/28. H e even sent me a copy o i the logging. a s vell ss the €6L from those scoundrels. who promised t o return t~ t .5~ cu swn Thanks f o r the r epor t L the BS, Piul. As of this second, you hold the record.

In the past 2 months. I have had the cccssion t o dr ive from San Antono t o Binghamton, NY. back t o S 4 then back t o Einghamton. Six thousand miles i n all. During the course of those m i l e s and nules, I hstened t o lots of AM radio s t a t i o n s I nov knov why An is taking it in the h c k e r s from FM. With feu exceptions. the band sounds awful. The l a d channels are mush. the regionals a r e f u i f you're m the l r pattern. and the c l ea r s aren ' t The programming is e i the r satelhte fed, talk shovs, preachers. o r otherwise dovnright awful. With no exception, the vors t I heard was driving through Eastern IN. Don't any of those people knov what a legal ID i s ? And the announcers sound ss ~f they *st graduated from the 4th g r s d e It's t o see why so many Aners a r e selling out, o r mrse yet, clcsing dovn U don't l lke the term going &k f o r radio. Thst's s 7V term). Yet more and more apphcshons are being f i led f o r new stations. Why don't the applicants t r y the i r hand a t the s ta t ions that a r e closing d m ? ? That vould give them a tsste of what they're getting into, eh? In s nutshell, I f ee l the FCC laid a big egg with deregulation and some of the i r o ther recent decisions So much f o r my editorial. Send yours t o Paul, hi

drtia of % Antonio sends i n s n a r t i c l e reportmg on the imminent sale of KRNN-930. Seems the current s t a f f is s p a r h e a d u g a l e t t e r writmg cmcaign t o the (proposed) n w owners t o retsln Nws,Talk ss t he i r format, dthough they only pulled a 1.1 sha re m the la tes t Arbitron. And finished =st i n the 28-stahon m a r k e t . Stsy tuned f o r more on t h ~ s development. Thanks, M i e .

In s l m s l development. sn End;iell, NY d e n h s t has confumed he is buymg WINR680. T h s announcement comes on the heels o i t he i r current ownerg plan t o purchase WENE-1432 6 WHRV-105.7, Endicott, PIY. ny l m a l rumor source se= WINR will become "denhst o f f i c e musi?'. a d WME will change from t h e v current nOk.'ULD iormat t o n0YL nore Ister.

Remember the iev gu~de l ines h'e have h e r e Keep it shor t (1 ed i t t o 3 l m e s m m o s t cases). keep i t tactual. and ex t ra credlt is swarded If the lcggings a r e m frequency o rde r and divided into the ca tegor i e s

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**SPEC IAL**

1030 K I O Q C A FOLSOM-SACRAMENTO - 9/22 22583 ending weird rock song, K I O Q l e g a l ID, "10-Q wi th t h e b e s t music i n AM s t e r e o . G r e a t music on 10-Q." Album rock. Ex-KHWY. (BH-WA)

1130 KHTH C O DILLON - 9/14 1737 pop music, no ads , j u s t ID'S on t h e h a l f hour a s "KHTH, Heart of t h e High Country Radio." Bel ieve t e s t i n g , n o t RS, a s n o t heard d a i l y . Signed o f f 1800 ELT (4pm l o c a l ) on 9/14. Also heard t o n e s on 1130 wh i l e i n west C O , p robably them. Address i s Box J, Di l lon . Good daytime s i g n a l i n t o Denver a r ea . ( & - c o ~ )

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930 KZTA WA YAKINA - 9/22 2326i EE ID, t hen r anche ra music. F a i r w i th KAGI & KSEI nu l l ed . Ex-KBNC. On PSSA o r f u l l t i m e . (BH-WA)

970 KJLT NE N . PLATTE - 9/14 2030 r e l i g . music t o 2057 s /of fannct . r owned & ope ra t ed by T r i - S t a t e Broadcas t ing , back a t 6128am.(&-CO)

980 KCLN C O CLENWOOD SPRINGS - 9/14 2016 contemp. Christian music, ID'S as "The Ce leb ra t ion S t a t i o n . " Ads, music p a s t 2045. Not heard t o o o f t e n here , due t o s l o p from l o c a l KRKS-990. (a-CO)

1130 KLKY AZ PRESCOTT VALLEY - ~ / 2 3 2121 ~ r e s c o t t / ~ r e s c o t t Val ley a d s , I D a s "K-Lucky Radio, t h e n EZL music. Good o/u QRM. ( 6 ~ - c 0 1 )

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REPORTERS BH-WA/Bill Hardy, Aberdeen, WA/FRG-7, Radio West l oop @ - c o / J o ~ ~ Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, CO/R-1000, 4 ' box loop ~ w - c o ~ / J o ~ ~ Wilkins, DXing from Kebler Pas s , 1 0 m i . west o f Cres t ed But te , C O

a t 10,007' above s e a level/^^ Superadio I1

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transmitter to be black-owned

Jefferson-Pilot Communicia- lions Co. said it intends to sell the license for its WQXI-790 AM radio station lo Vincent Henry, the 27- year-old w n of Ragan Henry, who used to own black-oriented WAOK- AM in Atlanta.

The $1.65 million purchase of the 5,000-watt AM license and transmitter would give Atlanta its third black-owned radio station.

U the license transfer is a p proved by the federal government. Charlotte. N.C.-based Jefferson-Pi- lot would move its AM operations to a more powerful station at 640 on the AM dial. It would continue lo use its WQXI call letters at the new. 50,000-walt station.

This past spring. Jefferson-Pi- lot agreed to buy the 640-AM li- cense from Michael Hollis of Atlanta.

Hollis, a 33-year-dd black en- trepreneur, had obta~ned a permit to build a radio station under a government program intended to encourage mlnorlty ownership of media. lfollls was the founder of

Changing tunes A new look lor me AlmY AM radro dlal. pending pmposed umsacuorr,

A M 1 i l k - 1 1 $ 1

790 spot would go to a

ent Henry. He is buying icense for the 5,000-wan

tion from Jefferson-Pilot

Air Atlanta, a now-defunct airline that is currently in bankruptcy.

Accord~ng to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, Hollis i s the sole owner of Phoenix City Broadcast- ing Limited of Atlanta. Since the spring. Phoenix has been building a three-tower. AM station on Simpson Road in norlhwest Atlan- ta, just southeast of Lincoln Cemetery.

As reported in early June. Jef- ferson-Pllot s~gned an agreement

DAVE WlNlVSLan with Hollis to buy that station for about $2 million. The deal would be completed as swn as the sta- tion was operating and fully li- censed by the FCC, probably by the end of thls year.

The original announcement that Jefferson-Pilot would buy Hollis' license drew criliciun from some black community leaders who were concerned about losing' the opportun~ty to be served by a m~nor~ty-owned company.

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John R. Malicky, 995 Shadycrest Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15216 ~HMMHMNM##H##H&-#M&-#NMHMHHHHHHHHNHNH-*~

Back t h i s i s s u e 'vith s cans from Greg Conigl io of ~illiamsville(Buffalo),NY on v a c a t i o n and "Oown Under" from Chr i s Hambly of V i c t o r i a , A u s t r a l i a , thank you gentlemen: G r e g ' s South Caro l ina s c a n i s a f u r t h e r uodate of a previous one done by J i m Pa ige . Greg mentions t h a t 960 and 1450 cbn ta ined a iumble of s t a - - - ~ - " - - - - - t i o n s & h e a l s o Included-a s h o r t one from Yest ~ i r g i n i a . ~ h r i s ' s i s a p a r t i a l one and I ' v e r eques t ed t h a t he send t h e r e s t . Here a r e h i s a b b r e v i a t i o n s f o r s e c t i o n s of A u s t r a l i a : NSiC-Nevi South ;$lales(mid s o u t h e a s t ) , QLD-Queensland(n0rth- e a s t ) ! SA-South A u s t r a l i a , TAS-Tasmania(island), vIC-Victoria(southeast), and WA-western A u s t r a l i a . P l ease remember t o l i s t f requency, s t a t i o n s , l o c a l s i n CAPS, d a t e o r month, equipment-antenna, and a l l t h a t o t h e r good s t u f f . . . . . . . .

FRSQ Greg Con ig l io -Sur f s ide ~ e a c h / ~ a r d e n C i t y , SC (1-10 s t r e n g t h r a t i n g ) (done a t an ocean f ron t condo:) A p r i l ( E a s t e r ) , 1987 ( l o c a l s w i t h i n 50 mi l e s & 2 n o t heard ;!JOT-1260 & 1280-WJAY i n SC) DAY

540 VYNN-Florence, SC 4 ItIZTC-Wendell, NC2 lO9O IVKSP-KINGSTRZE , SC 5 550 KAYR-Orange Park . F I 4 1110 WBT-Charlotte. NC 4 560 ',iVOC-Columbia, SC 3 1140 WQBA-Miami 1

VDBO-Orlando ~/YTsB- umber ton, NC 1 1150 WNDB-Daytona Beach, FL 4 CMCA-Cuba 1/ iYGTM-Xilson, NC 1 1160 :illRU-Red Spr ings , NC 2 :VOKV-Jacksonville, FL 7 1170 BAIA-St. Augustine Beach, FL4 :VIOD-Miami 4/ i~:iGS-Charlotte, NC 3 l l 9O ';;IXZ-Monroe, NC 1 WD:'IC-Durham, NC 1 1220 'iJENC-miteville, NC 8/ WMFD-T,Vilmington, NC 2/ i!JAX-Jacksonville, FL l(exWKTZ ',;rBMQ-Savannah, GA 2 1230 ';dSBB-New Smyrna Beach, FL 5 ':iFNC-Fayetteville, NC 8 1240 wJNC-Jacksonv i l l eNC3 /~ lL~~- '>ESC-Greenville, SC 1 1250 WTMA-Charleston,SC5 LORIS,SC3 XPTF-Raliegh, NC 3 1270 WYAIC-SURFSIDE BEACH,SC 10 ;JAPE-Jacksonville, FL 'g(ex W J A X ) 1300 !\rRKT-Cocoa Beach, FL 3 YAQI-Miami 1/ CliQ-Cuba 1 1310 WDKD-KINGSTREE, SC 5 '!/PAL-Charleston. SC 5 1330 WLAT-CONYAY, SC 10 YMBL-Morehead C i t y , NC 5 1340 WBMS-Wilmington. NC ~ / W R O D - :,TdL-Rockingham, NC 3 Daytona Beach5/~/0K3-~ha&estonl ;hiCKB-Dunn. NC 1 1350 TWDAR-Darlington, SC 1 ;&BE-Leesburg, FL 1(& o t h e r s ) 1360 YiCHL-Chapel H i l l , NC 3 WDSC-Dillon. SC 2 1370 VEAB-TABOR CITY, NC 8 YQIZ-St. G e o r g e , ~ ~ 3 / ~ ; C ~ C - ~ o c k y Mount, 1390 WCSC-Charleston, SC 6 XPGS-Mims, FL 4 NC 2 1400 VJGTN-GEORGZTOWN,SC 4/ WAT-iiest Palm Beach, FL 1 YBTB-Beaufort, NC 1 5:CKS-Cocoa, FL 5 1410 IrTYldB-Manning, SC 4 ':'RIii-Clinton, NC 1 1420 ;;AOC-St. Augustine Beach,FL 4 ;!GSN-NORTH MYRTLE BSACH, SC 4 1430 .iATP-MARION, SC 4 KLAS-Jaclcsonville , N C 4/ 1440 KPRD-Winter Park,FL 3(exWAJL) -iORD-Spartenburg, SC 2 1460 1:;E;;O-Laurinburg, NC 3 -:iMZL-hlelbourne, FL 3 1470 1NBX-GEORGETOWN, SC 10 'YRXJ-Jacksonville, FL 4 1490 WiIL-Wilmington, NC '!BJ7.;-Orlando 2 1520 WKLQ-LWRTLE BEACH, SC 10 .:JMX-Florence, SC 7 1540 ':lTXY-';:hiteville, NC 4 ':AAV-Lelanci, NC 7 1550 WBSC-Bennettsville. SC 5 I:!hlhlA-Orlando 4 1560 WTAI-Melbourne, FL 4 ":T:YB-HI?MING:iAY, SC 10 1570

C h r i s Hambly-Box H i l l , V i c t o r i a , A u s t r a l i a A p r i l 23 , 1997 NIGHT ( a n upda t e on a p r ev ious one s e n t v e a r s ago, a l s o n i g h t t i m e around 0800UT~ 3UL-';!arragul, VIC/ 711 7NT-Launceston, TAS 6DL-Dalwallinu, WA 720 3~4l'-Omeo, VIC 7SD-Scotsdale, TAS/ 729 5CL-Adelaide, SA 4QL-Longreach, QLD 738 2NR-Graf t o n , NS:i

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U n t i l n e x t t i n e . 73s t o a l l : +

MICHAEL HOLLIS: Had permit to build a radio station

under a government program.

Because Jefferson-Pilot was leaving its 790 AM spot, the com- pany had an opportunity to sell that frqucncy. Jerry Blum, presi- dent and general manager of WQXI, Thursday said hls company was "delighted to be able lo sell ib 790 licensc and transmitter to a black partnership headed by Vincent Henry, The ~ar lne rsh i~ is called Vinrah Radid L.P. and is based in Philadelphia. "I think everybody w i l l be

baoov about this." Blum said. ... Vincent ~ e n f ~ plans to use the

5,000-watt station to serve the needs of Atlanta's black communi- ty, according to his father. Ragan Henry.

"Minority ownership of radio stations is important because blacks listen more intensely to ra- dio." Ragan Henry said. "We don't depend as much on newspapers as we do on radio."

Ragan Henry said his family is happy to be able to buy the old WQXI station because "this way. you won't be losing an opporlunliy for minority owncrship."

In addition. Atlanta offcrs an excellent radio market, Henry said. "You just don't get too many chances to get into a market llke that." he said.

Henry, an attorney in Philadel- phia, bought WAOK in 1974. He sold i t about two years ago. Cur- rently, Henry owns WBUS-FM in Newnan, but has an agreemenl lo sell that station next month, he said.

WBUS was purchased in 1985 with the intention of reaching thc biack community on Atlanta's south side, about 35 miles north of Newnan.

"But we had some inlerfcrence nroblems we iusl colild not solve.

owned by Clark College; and WICO-AM, owned by Dorothy Brunson.

Dwight Ellis, vice president of the minority division of the Na- tional Assoelation of Broadcasters in Washington, said he was happy to see that WQXl was able to sell its old license to a black-owned company. Currently, only 2.1 per- cent of all the nation's 10.000 ra. dio stations are owned by minor- ities, he sald.

"The FCC set aslde l~renses for mlnorltics to help cnsure that the community in question would receive proper programming for their needs." he sad. "In addition. the industry needs m~norlty role models to help bulld up a plpellne of young people who know the broadcast buslness."

All of the l~cense transfers de- pend upon FCC approval.

WQXI-FM will not be affect- ed by- the changes at the AM station. I

WKGK RAQAN HENRY: Once Lo we decidri to scll it," llenry

said. P.O. BOX 910

owned WAOK here. His son is Atlanta's two other black- SALNILLE, VIRGINIA 24370 buying WQXl facility. owned stations are \\'CLK.FM.

AfR GRAPH Russ Edmunds, 753 Valley Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422

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A I t 4DICATOR T h i s g r a p h shows the d a i l y v a r i a t i o n s i n A fR , t h e F r e d e r i c k s b u r g (VA) index o f g e u n a g n e t i c a c t i v i t y i n t h e e a r t h ' s m a g n e t i c f i e l d . H i g h v a l u e s (above 20) i n d i c a t e t h a t medium wave s i g n a l s i n upper l a t i t u d e p a t h s w i l l l i k e l y be absorbed , t h u s r e s u l t i n g i n ' a u r o r a l c o n d i t i o n s ' , with s i g n a l s frun t h e Sou th and f r o m l o c a l s t a t i o n s p r e d m i n a t i n g due t o t h i s a b s o r p t i o n o f t h e more n o r t h e r n l y s i g n a l s . Low v a l u e s over a p e r i o d o f t i m e i n d i c a t e a l i k l i h o o d o f more r e c e p t i o n s o f t h e h i g h e r - l a t i t u d e p a t h s and more n o r t h e r n l y TA's and TP's. S e v e r a l days o f l ow v a l u e s f o l l o w i n g h i g h e r ones a r e needed f o r conditions t o r e t u r n t o ' no rma l ' , due t o r e s i d u a l a b s o r p t i o n . Long p e r ~ o d s o f e x t r e m e l y l o w v a l u e s ( 6 o r l e s s ) a r e necessary t o r a i s e t h e p o s s i b l i l i t y o f good h i g h - l a t i t u d e c o n d i t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e Mediumwave band, a l t h o u g h t h i s i s n o t the o n l y r e q u i r e m e n t . Fo r a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e use o f t h e AfR and r e l a t e d i n d i c i e s as a DX t o o l , c o n s u l t t h e NRC R e p r i n t s L i s t f o r r e l e v a n t a r t i c l e s . The R e p r i n t L i s t can be o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e N R C P u b l i c a t i o n c e n t e r , whose a d d r e s s i s l o c a t e d on t h e back c o v e r ) . ---RJE

Larry JOBo Robinson rekindles love of radio, plans WBBG changes By ANGELA 0. CHATMAN STAFF WRITER

Lany J.B. Robimn, the nostalgia man. rekindled IIK love affair with radlo rmently hy acqmnng WBBC- AM 1260, one of two stalloar he sold nearly (hree years ago. h station, "that makes you feel

like singing and dancing." i Cleve- land's No. 2 AM station according to Arbitron Ra l i i s Co. in New York. But Robimn, never content, is bury finetuning i t toperforp even betler.

He plans to increase the audienee and advert is ing revenues by demonstrably courting what he and others say is the m a t influential con- sumer group, peuple age 35 and older who have lo& of discretionary h m e . He hopes to accomplish this by expanding the station's Big Band for-

LARRY J.B. ROBINSON: From a "frog on the Falry Tale Thea- ter on WGAR-AM," t o a prlnce of Cleveland's almaves.

mat lo include show tunes and the music of George Gershwin, Cole Por- ter and others.

"WBBC's 35 and over audiace h so allluent (bpl 11 u the sbgle G p r influence on Cleveland's prosperlly. as advertisers are diroverlng," he said. The 35-plus group bas 80% of the kre l ionary income. R o b i n said. quotlng Amerlcan Demographlcr magazine.

Otben a m with hL approach Mmbm of the 35-plur group, ap-

cially thav between 35 and 49, are "trend settem, both socially and ecc nomically." said Harry D. Parks. media director lor Harlan Advetii- ing. To P A G r R

SPORTS NETWORKS Barry S. Finkel, 10314 S. Oakley Ave., Chicago, IL 60643

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950 WREZ-AL WSPA-SC

960 WRFC-GA 1180 WSAF-GA 1230 WXLI-GA 1240 WBHB-GA

WWNS-GA WlWA-GA

1250 WQDE-GA 1260 WBBK-GA

1300 WMTM-GA 1330 WPPI-GA 1340 WBBT-GA

WBAC-TN 1370 WLOV-GA

WDEF-TN 1390 WlSK-GA

wcsc-SC 1400 WFPA-AL

WJHO-AL

1410 WDAX-GA 1590 WTGA-GA 100.1 WLOV-(;A 1420 WRCG-GA 1 0 7 . 3 WK7R-CA

WPEH-GA - WSPA-5ca 1 0 5 . 5 WBlY-(;A 1430 WWGS-GA Wll0-LA 1450 WDLK-AL 9 2 . 1 WUFF-GA

WHVG-GA WPEH-GA WBPIU-LA" 1490 WMOG-GA 9 4 . 3 WPUB-SC W G K S - G A '

WRLD-GA 95 .3 WTGA-GA 1530 WTTI-GA 9 7 . 7 WKCX-GA 1540 WXZE-GA 98 .3 WWKT-SC

a ~ h e F a l c o n s ' l i s t has WSPA G r e e n v i l l e , SC w i t h o u t a f r e q u e n c y . The r e a l WSPA, 950 S p a r t a ~ ~ l x ~ r c ~ i s a l s o l i s t e d a s c a r r y i n g t h e F a l c o n s . I do n o t know which AH s t a t i o n in G r e e n v i l l e c a r r i t - > t h e F a l c o n s .

b ~ h e F a l c o n s ' l i s t has WBMQ-FM Savannah ,Georg ia . I d o n o t have t h e f r e q u e n c y . he F a l c o n s ' l i s t has WGKS-FH Swainsboro , G e o r g i a . I do n o t have t h e f r e q u e n c y .

FcOH &GI; I ( Moreover. Donna Lamb, media

director for Stem Advertising, said a market survey conducted in the spring by Arbitron showed that 63% of the residents in the Cleveland area, the 11th-largest U.S. market, were age 35 and older.

R o b i n plans 14 draw more con- sumers from the younger end of the 35-plua group. Lamb agreed WBBG can reach younger Listeners, who are not that familiar the Big Band sound, by brigbteDing ih format to include the sounds of Barbra Streisand. Frank Sioatra and similar recording atiists and musiciam. h building WBBG's base. Robimn

will draw on proven methods he used in building his other business and in managing the radio station before. Tbe underlying tenet in all of hi Ven- t- - hiis selling, IS teaching and his consulting - remains the same: Find out what people want and glve it . - to them.

"Tbe companies that do well are the

companies that answer that question," be said.

Robinson's love affair with radio dales back to his cbildbd.

"I've been a radio nut since my mother tmk me to a radio broadcast when I was 5 or 6 years old. Then I k a m e a frog on the Fairy Tale Thea ler on WGAR-!M 1220 when 1 was about 8 or 9 yearsold." be said.

In high xhml, he became the public addres announcer at fmtball games after being cut from lbe football team. While in colleee. be worked as a staff announcer at anumber of small radio stations.

men be took over his father's jew- elrv store in 1959. Robinson bmuebt rad~o with hun he store used rake advertls~ng and Rob~osoo later employed his o m resonant, broadm- ter's voice as the announcer on thcse commercials, dubbing himself the chain's "Diamond Man."

He later became president of Robinson Broadcasting, a partnership with former J.B. R o b i n Jewelers President Larry Pollock that owned

MUG 9 O u n c e M i l k W h i t e C l a s s C o f f e e Mug - w i t h NRC Emblem p r i n t e d i n B l a c k o n b o t h s i d e s . I t ' s O v e n - p r o o f . M a k e s a G r e a t G i f t f o r a f e l l o w DX'e r o r f o r y o u r s e l f ! ! $ 5 . 5 0 U.S. A d d r e s s e s ; $6.25 C a n a d i a n A d d r e s s e s ; O t h e r C o u n t r i e s p a l e a s e i n q u i r e f i r s t .

WBBG and WhUl-FM 105.7. Robin- m, Pollak and Thomas Embrex~a also owned two radio stattom in St. Louis.

Tbe Cleveland statiom were wrld in September 1984 to Jacor Communica. lions lnc. of Cincinnati for nearly $13.2 million. He sold the S t Louis statiom in November 1986 to Chase Broadcasting of Hartford, Corn., for $6.9 milhon.

Buying back WBBG. Robinson said. is "just something that I wanted to do, that I thought I'd enjoy and that makes g d economic sense. It really was an emotional decision and an ecc- nomicdecision."

Tbere may be other acquisitions. "It would make s e w 14 bave an FM sta- tion." he said. 8

AM Antenna Project by Alex Zavistovich

Washington DC . . . The anti-skywave and the groundwave: The NEC model AM antenna project sponsored by the also indicated that the antenna, with NAB is continuing, although one of the top-loaded 'A-wavelength ring radiators two antennas in the project will he around the monopole, was 'highly sen- modelled on a smaller scale, due in part sitive to the drive phase." to a recently published thesis which was The sensitivity, Hussain wrote, "sug- crhical of its design. gests a potential unstable performance

The antenna thesis, prepared in in the proposed design." He also added March, was directed at the beleaguered that "the 10 degree high fence at quar- single monopole AM antenna designed ter wave from the origin does not help

, hy hchard Biby, of Communications En- appreciably in attenuating the ring

) gineering Services, in Arlington. VA. ground wave without affecting the

Biby's des~gn involves a central mono- monopole ground wave:' pole of 90.1359 encircled by a ring of 10" The conclusions made in Hussa~n's antennas located 5" from the monopole. study caused some ripples when the ) To blnrk radiation and prevent lessening thesis reached NAB headquarters. Al- of the groundwave signal. Biby's design though the project is expected to con- also suggested a fence or screen % wave- tinue, the assaclation plans to build a length from the smaller antennas. smaller-scale model of the Biby design.

The second antenna in the project was According to NAB Director of Spec- designed by Ogden Prestholdt, formerly trum Eng~neer~ng Mike Rau, the Hus- of AD. Ring & Associates. Prestholdt's sain thesis raised enough questions antenna design is an array comprised of about the design, such as the effective- a vertical element intersected by a nessof the ring radiators, that "huilding horizontal element. a full-scale antenna might be a mistake."

~ l t h u u g h progress on the Prestholdt On theother hand, Rdu continued, ',it side of the NAB project has also been would not be an especially burdensome proceeding slowly, Biby'sconWibutlon to or expensive thing to bulld a model'' the study has been beset by various Rau said the model would operate at problems for almost a year. a higher frequency-in the range of 3 to

In November 1986, the NAB was re- 7 MHz, rather than the 1650 kHz origi- fused a waiver of zoning ordinances for nally proposed. The higher frequency the Btby antenna's test site in Loudoun would allow the model to be reduced County, a rural area 40 miles west of from 2M'to approximately 30; keeping Washington DC. The decision, made by Its operating characteristics proportion- the Loudoun County Planning Commis- ally simllar tu a full-scalc. version. sion, was subsequently overturned by The antenna's designer, Richard Biby, the county's Board of Supervisors. said that the 3 to 7 MHz frequency for

Earlier, in September 1986, at a sym- the model "seems plausible," but posium of the Institute of Electrical and stressed that no final frequency for the Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the effec- model had been.chosen. tiveness of the Biby monopole was ques- Biby noted that, before a frequency tioned by Professor Richard Adlrr, of the could be selected. the permissive height Naval Rlztgraduate School, in hlontere~, for structures in the area must be estab-

CA lished. Local ordinances usually include Adiei made a numerical electromag provisions for TV or ham radio an-

nptcc code (NEC) model of Biby's a n tennas. he explained. tenna, .,discrepdncies.. between The permissive height for such struc-

the NEC model's and Rihy's tures would '.set the frequency that own calculations. would be appropriate to be scaled under

I'resthuldt's antenna was also NEC those constraints: Biby said. modelled, by Jim Breakall of Lawrence expected the which L , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1,,hs. ~ ~ ~ ~ k ~ l r ~ smdy sh

A TARGET ACHIEVED - TWO T H O U W D M E D I W E VERlFlCPlTlONS

O r i g i n a l l y fran I n v e r c a r g i l l , New Zea land and now an A u s t r a l i a n , Ray C r a w f o r d (Known a s t h e Borne I s l a n d e r ) t e l l s o f h ~ s e x p e r i e n c e s i n r e a c h i n g a t o t a l of 2000 v e r i f i c a t i o n s on t h e b r o a d c a s t band ( M I . . . . I t was i n 1959 w h i l e s t i l l a t h i g h s c h o o l , t h a t I f i r s t became ~ n t e r e s t e d i n t h e DX hobby. A t t h a t t i m e b o t h b r o a d c a s t and shor twave bands were l i s t e n e d t o , b u t i t was t h e t h r i l l o f DX on mediumrave t h a t was g r e a t e r . Over t h e p a s t 27 y e a r s t h e l o s s o f many hundreds o f h o u r s o f s l e e p h a s n ' t dampened my e n t h u s l a m f o r l i f e a s a n i g h t o w l .

T h e r e have been changes t o t h e band o v e r t h e y e a r s , m a k i n g DX much more d i f f i c u l t t h a n i t was i n t h e e a r l y days . When t h e f i r s t 1000 v e r l e s was a t t a i n e d back i n 1975, 1 d i d n o t t h i n k i t p o s s i b l e t o g e t a n o t h e r . S t a t i o n f r e q u e n c y changes caused b y t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f 9 kHz s p a c l n g i n 1978 c e r t a ~ n l y h e l p e d a l o t . The i n t r o d u c t i o n o f TV b r o u g h t w i t h i t i n t e r f e r e n c e , unwanted b y t h e DX l i s t e n e r and an i n c r e a s i n g number o f s t a t ~ o n s i n A u s t r a l l a and New Zea land o v e r these y e a r s e f f e c t i v e l y b l o c k e d more c h a n n e l s , Many went t o 24 h o u r o p e r a t i o n and a g a i n t h i s r e d u c e d t h e number o f f r e q u e n c i e s a v a l l a b l e . Of c o u r s e d u r i n g t h i s t i m e a new g e n e r a t i o n of r e c e i v e r s were d e v e l o p e d and became r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e . I n New Zea land , a t l e a s t , t h e y were v e r r e x p e n s i v e due t o h i g h l e v e l s of d u t y imposed by government .

I began I l s t e n l n g u s l n g a 5 v a l v e m a n t e l r a d l o and an a e r ~ a l o f 100 f e e t I n l e n g t h f r a n my hane. I n those e a r l y t ~ m e s , t h e b l g g e s t t h r l l l was h e a r ~ n g manr European s t a t l o n s j u s t on daylight. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , v e r y few a r e h e a r d t h e s e days . A round t h ~ s p e r ~ o d t h e r e was a l o t o f I n t e r e s t I n o u t o f town l o c a t l o n s , t h e f o r e r u n n e r t o D X p e d ~ t l o n s of r e c e n t t l m e s . The l a t e Mervyn Branks became famous f o r h ~ s p a c k ~ n g case shack I n t h e s a n d h ~ l l s on t h e c o a s t a t R l v e r t o n Rocks, some 2 5 m l l e s wes t of I n v e r c a r g ~ l l . I t was t h e s ~ z e o f t h e p a c k l n g case, 6 f e e t b y 3 f e e t , t h a t g a l n e d ~ t fame. Many a n l g h t 4 o r 5 ~ n t r e p l d DX 'e rs w o u l d b r a v e t h e e l e m e n t s , s l t t l n g h u d d l e d t o g e t h e r I ~ s t e n l n g w l t h l n . V a l v e r a d l o s were used w l t h v l b r a t o r power s u p p l l e s and c a r batteries. P o r t a b l e tape r e c o r d e r s became a v a ~ l a b l e a few y e a r s l a t e r , so ~ t w o u l d be l m p o s s l b l e t o e s t l m a t e j u s t how many good l o g g l n g s were m lssed . E a r s h a d t o be t r a ~ n e d much more t h a n t o d a y a s an announcement can be p l a y e d o v e r and o v e r . There was n o second chance t o c a t c h a c a l l ~f ~ t was m ~ s s e d . The r a d l o was l e f t l o c k e d I n t h e 6 b y 3, b u t everything e l s e needed b y t h e I l s t e n e r had t o be c a r r l e d up t h e s a n d h l l l s . S e v e r a l a e r l a l s were e r e c t e d I n different l o c a t l o n s and s e l e c t e d b, a l a r g e r o t a r y w l t c h on t h e w a l l . T h l s was t h e same s o r t o f a r rangement t h a t o t h e r I l s t e n l n g p o s t s a d o p t e d I n l a t e r y e a r s , Monday n l g h t was one of t h e b e s t f o r Yank DX because many s t a t ~ o n s were o f f f o r maintenance and "DX Specials" were b r o a d c a s t . N o t s o many t e s t s .nd s p e c ~ a l s a r e h e a r d today .

On t h e e a s t e r n s l d e of the c ~ t y , K e l t h Rob lnson I ~ s t e n e d on h ~ s f a r m and, f o r a p e r ~ o d , had a ca ravan s e t up on t h e c o a s t . I can remember w e l l t h e excitement o f s p e n d i n g sane days h e r e d u r ~ n g the s c h o o l holidays, l o g g l n g 250 w a t t e r s . WI t h l n a year o r two, s e v e r a l of u s were o f f e r e d t h e use o f a shack I n bush on t h e r l v e r about 8 m l l e s f r a n town. We jumped a t t h e chance and s e t up a few a e r l a l s . Sane good DX was h e a r d f r a n h e r e over a p e r i o d . A l l o u r g e a r , c o m n u n ~ c a t ~ o n s r e c e l v e r , c a r b a t t e r y and o t h e r n e c e s s l t l e s had t o be c a r r l e d on t h e back o f o u r push b l u e s . T h l n g s became much e a s l e r l a t e r when m o t o r l s e d t r a n s p o r t was a v a l l a b l e . W h l l e t h l s l o c a t ~ o n was o r l g l n a l l y w e l l away f r o m anv power s o u r c e , houses on acreage. began t o enc roach and t h e I n t e r f e r e n c e l e v e l ~ n c r e a s e d . No good t o a DXer t o have I n t e r f e r e n c e , s o o f f t o a n o t h e r s l t e .

The n e x t s i t e was f o u n d on t h e s o u t h e r s s l d e of town a t Awarua, about h a l f way t o the p r e s e n t s i t e a t T l w a l . An o l d army h u t was s e t up I n a f a r m e r ' s paddock and s e r i a l s s t r u n g up . The l o c a t l o n p r o v e d t o be q u l t e good b u t was e v e n t u a l l y g l v e n away as sane 220 KV power I l n e s were e r e c t e d r l g h t ove rhead t o s u p p l y the a lumlnum s m e l t e r soon t o be b u l l t .

I was employed I n t h e power i n d u s t r y and had a few moves between 1966 and 1971. W h l l e a t Roxburgh and Monawal power s t a t l o n s , I was a b l e t o r e g u l a r l y v l s l t t h e previously m e n t i o n e d DX l o c a t l o n s . I n 1967 1 was m a r r l e d and moved t o t h e c e n t r a l N o r t h I s l a n d f o r 2 1 /2 y e a r s . W h l l e t h e r e , DX was sanewhat I l m i t e d due t o t h e e x t r e m e l y heavy ~ n t e r f e r e n c e . Whenever ~ t r a l n e d o r was foggy , t h e l o c a l s t a t ~ o n ( o n l y a few m ~ l e s away) c o u l d n ' t be h e a r d a t a l l . Even w i t h t h l s handicap, many good s t a t l o n s were h u n t e d o u t and c o n f t r m e d .

A f u r t h e r p r a n o t ~ o n found me back I n t h e s o u t h I s l a n d a t Lake C o l e r l d g e , some m i l e s wes t of C h r l s t c h u r c h . A l t h o u g h t h e l o c a t ~ o n was i n l a n d , ~ t p r o v e d t o be good and i t a l s o gave me t h e opportunity t o c a t c h up w ~ t h sane o l d f r i e n d s I n C a n t e r b u r y . Don Reed I n C h r l s t c h u r c h had a c o t t a g e a t L e i t h f ~ e l d Beach and t h l s was u s e d q u l t e o f t e n . V l s i t s were made t o t h e hane of John K n i g h t , who was t h e

l e a d l n g L a t i n DXer of t h e day. As we1 I , a few t r l p s were made back hane t o l n v e r c a r g i ll . The alumlnum m e l t e r was built by C W L C O a t T l w a l P o l n t and I n 1971 I r e t u r n e d t o l n v e r c a r g l l l t o j o l n the company, w o r k l n g I n t h e power s u p p l y a rea . They had a l a r g e a r e a of l a n d under l e a s e s u r r o u n d ~ n g t h e s ~ t e , and sane 5 m ~ l e s away was a 3 bedroaned house. T h l s was used by a fa rmer u n t ~ l the p l a n t was b u ~ l t . An approach was made t o t h e canpany by members of t h e NZRDXL S o u t h l a n d Branch ( 3 o r 4 worked a t t h e Cana lco p l a n t ) , f o r t h e use o f this house f o r a DX I l s t e n l n g p o s t . I t was ag reed t h a t t h e League c o u l d t a k e over and s o T ~ w a l 1s now w o r l d famous among DXers. I t 1s a g r e a t l o c a t ~ o n and n o l s e f r e e . DX lng h e r e 1 5 a lmos t perfection a s many v l s l t o r s and r e g u l a r s will a t t e s t . There were s e v e r a l l o n g w l r e s e r e c t e d and over t h e l a s t 12 w s r C o r s o many many improvements have been made.

E a r l y I n 1981 1 was t r a n s f e r r e d t o Borne I s l a n d , Queensland t o h e l p s e t up and c m l s s l o n t h e new C W L C D aluminium s m e l t e r t h e r e . DX h e r e h a s p r o v e d t o be v e r r good and I 'm a b l e t o have t h r e e l o n g w l r e s r u n n i n g i n t o t h e bush a t t h e back o f t h e house. I b e l l e v e t h l s g l u e s me one of t h e b e s t home l o c a t l o n s I n t h e c o u n t r y .

Over the y e a r s I have used manr r e c e i v e r s , 5 v a l v e m a n t e l r a d ~ o s , an AR88 o f W o r l d War I 1 v i n t a g e , a Murphy 040 t h a t was o r i g ~ n a l l y made f o r t h e navy i n t h e e a r l y 1950'5, a B a r l o w Wadley w h i c h worked e x t r e m e l y w e l l w i t h t h e l o n g w i r e s a t T ~ w a i (much t o t h e c h a g r i n of o t h e r BW owners ) . Now I am u s l n g a Drake SPR4 w h i c h i s p r o b a b l y t h e b e s t g e n e r a l pu rpose r e c e l v e r a round t h e s e - d a y s .

I n 1977 1 was a b l e t o t r a v e l t o Cape J e r v l s , Sou th Austra l1.a and spend a few d a ) s c h a s l n g Africans. I n 1978 Coolum Beach, Queens land was v ~ s l t e d f o r t h r e e weeks and a heap of Yanks were h e a r d . B o t h these t r l p s were with C h r ~ s M a r t l n who was q u l t e a r e g u l a r v l s l t o r t o New Zea land . Over t h e y e a r s manr v l s l t o r s made ~ t t o New Zea land t o sample t h e DX p o s s ~ b ~ l l t ~ e s and DX conventions h e l d a t v a r l o u s l o c a t l o n s a round t h e c o u n t r y . The o p p o r t u n ~ t y o f b e l n g a b l e t o I l s t e n w l t h and t a l k ove r a s p e c t s of t h e hobby s h o u l d n o t be m lssed . I t 1s a w o n d e r f u l chance f o r newer I l s t e n e r s t o be a b l e t o f l n d o u t j u s t what 1s needed t o s e a r c h o u t t h a t e l u s l v e c a t c h .

' - a 1 f l g u r e o f 2000 v e r l f ~ c a t l o n s h a s o n l ) been a c h l e v e d b y f l u e o t h e r s I n New Zea land . A p a r t f r a n Ken Mackey who was f r o m Dunedln, the o t h e r 4 a r e a l l f r a n t h e l n v e r c a r g ~ l l a r e a . They a r e A r t h u r Cushen, K e l t h Rob lnson , L a u r ~ e B o r e r (who s t a r t e d I n Duned ln ) , and t h e l a t e Mervyn Branks . I don ' t know what ~ t 1s about t h e S o u t h l a n d e r s , b u t f o r sane r e a s o n t h e y seem t o a c h l e v e g r e a t success I n t h e hobby. The l o c a t l o n must have sane b e a r l n g , b u t I n manr ways the ) a r e a t a d l s a d v a n t a g e . Yanks were b e t t e r h e a r d I n t h e n o r t h I s l a n d , a l t h o u g h I know sane n o r t h e r n e r s who w o u l d d l s p u t e t h l s . One o n l y h a s t o go back t h r o u g h t h e magazines o v e r t h e ) e a r s t o see t h e q u a l l t y o f t h e DX t h a t was r e p o r t e d f rom t h e n o r t h . Dne t h l n g abou t S c o t l a n d though , ~ t was and s t 1 1 1 I S a g r e a t t r a l n l n g g r o u n d and who b e t t e r t o l e a r n f r a n than A r t h u r Cushen h l m s e l f .

Sane of t h e b e t t e r v e r l e s f rm reception a t h m e came f r o m R. Veronica, a s h ~ p b o a r d s t a t l o n on 1562 kHz; Rhodes, Greece 1493 kHz u s i n g 5 kW; F rench S m a l l l a n d 1538 kHz w i t h 4 kW and WLW 1550 KHz a t 1 kW. From K e l t h R o b ~ n s o n ' s were 250 w a t t e r s KATI and KBZZ on 1400; KPIG, KBW and WHSC a l l on 1450. The 6 b y 3 ( R i v e r t o n Rocks) p roduced many, b u t one f r a n KDCIB on 1550, h e a r d t e s t i n g p r l o r t o g o l n g on t h e a l r as a new s t a t i o n , was a good one. The O t a t a r a 1 ~ j t e n i n g p o s t p roduced Sweden-900, ECSl l S p a i n 1385, M e r l c a n F o r c e s Korea Ne twork Osan 1060, 1 kW, Far Eas t Ne twork l w o J ima 1500, 100 w a t t s , ZBnl Bermuda 1235 kHz 250 w a t t s and WKFE P u e r t o R i c o 1550 kHz 250 w a t t s . The W a r u a shack gave M K I 1230 and WlBR 1240 b o t h 250 w a t t e r s f r a n Tennessee h e a r d t e s t i n g one n i g h t ; and R a d ~ o C a r o l i n e , t h e UK p i r a t e on 1520, 10 kW. The PICK of them f r a n L e i t h f l e l d Beach w o u l d be H I M D m i n l c a n R e p u b l i c on 1590 w l t h 1 KW. F r a n John K n i g h t ' s p r o p e r t y , TGQ Guatemala on 1240.

The T l w a l l i s t e n i n g p o s t p roduced sane v e r r good L a t l n s l n c l u d ~ n g R. C r i s t a l i n Panama on 1320, E l Sa lvador 1155, S t . P l e r r e e t M i q u e l o n 1375 4 kW, B o l l v l a 580, R. Record, B r a z i l 1000 kHz, p l u s s e v e r a l Uruguayans and A r g e n t l n l a n s . O t h e r s came f r a n R a d i o R a j a w a l i , Surabaya 1165 500 w a t t s , Ras-al -Khalma UAE 1175, 10 KW and R a d i o Cordoba, Spa ln 1475 u s l n g 2 KW. Here on Boyne I s l a n d t h e PICK w o u l d be f r a n WXRF P u e r t o R l c o 1590 XEHC 1590 500 w a t t s KSDP A l a s k a 840 kHz 250 w a t t s , RAAF B u t t e r w o r t h Air 0a;e 1445 u s t n g I kW pl;s s e v e r a l T h a l s l n c l u d l n g 1503 and 1557 and Laos 640.

A breakdown o f v e r l f i c a t l o n s b y continent (SPARC countries I l s t ) shows A u s t r a l i a / N Z 686, P a c i f l c 121, S. Fvner lca 77, C e n t r a l M e r l c a 72, N o r t h M e r l c a 358, Europe 124, A f r ~ c a 43, A51a 516. C o u n t r ~ e s t o t a l 1 3 182. ) C, U,,,QEJ

/ GRAVEYARD DX ACHIEVEMENTS @ @ For Nome, Radio Is Strictly Voluntary BY DAVID LAMB. Times Staff Writer

NOME. Alaska-Father J im Poole was in Fat Freddie's cafe, pokrng a t hrs salad wlthout enthu- slasm. He'd have much rather ordered his favorite lunch-a bur- ger and fries-but a d ~ c t i s a dlet. he sad , and he learned long ago that dsc~pl ine is an Important element of survival and contentment in Nome.

The conversation turned from focd to the award-wlnning non- profit radio station Poole operates wlth a dozen young volunteers from t h e "Lower 48." The 10.000-

better business than its I3 church- es.

The last supply shlp from Seattle arrives in October, and by January the B e r ~ n g Sea is frozen five feet thick. No wonder Wyatt Earp, fresh from Dodge City and Tomb- stone, had a tough time with the winters when he moved up here in 1898 for the gold rush. He stayed far three years, running the Dexter Saloon outside of town and, except for getting arrested for drunken- ness one night, generally stayed out of trouble.

more closelv resembles that of a commercial~station (wlthout ad- vertisements) than that of a reh- gious station. It eovers loeal news aggressively, h a s o n - t h e - h o u r newscasts f rom t h e Associated Press wire and plays the Top 40 hits, compiled by music dueetor Marty Willard, who recently was graduated from John Carroll Uni- versity in Cleveland with a psy- chology degree.

The station's audience is pre- dominantly Eskimos and Athabas- can Indlans. most of whom live in

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watt AM statlon, KNOM, is a pnme source of news and entertainment for the 30.033 people lsoiated in northwest Aiaska, an area the slzc of California.

"People fly into Nome the first time, take a look around and say: 'Oh my God?" Poole. 64. a Jesuit priest, sald. "But, you know. the small-town environment grows on them. We've got 20 ex-volunteers who have stayed in Nome. Some wentoutslde [of Alaska] when they finished their assignments a t the station, and they just decided that wasn't for them."

True enough, Nome Isn't much to look at, with ]ust one paved street and 3,700 hardy souls buddied on the treeless tundra along the Be- ring Sea, 165 mlles from Siberia. Three roads lead out of town, and all end withln 90 mlles. The town's

Bishop Owns Statipn

"When I first flew In, I couldn't believe I could make it here for a year," said KNOM newsman Mike Jackoboice. 28, a Marquette Uni- versity journalism graduate who gets a monthly $60 stipend from the station. "But the place is ad- dict~ng. Drive five miles and you're in the domain of grizzlies and some of the best sports fishing in the world. To me. that's ideal-you've got the opportunity for stimulating work m an unl~kely environment. What can I say, except that I've been here three years now."

KNOM, owned by the Catholic blshop of Northern Alaska, began 11s broadcasts under Pmle's direc- tion in 1971, an event that brought congratulatory messages from President Rlchard M. Nixon. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Although there are numerous insp~ra t~onal spots, 11s daily 18-hour format9

isolated villages that first got tele- vision eight years ago. For them, the folksy public service messages on KNOM provide a critical link to the outside world: The station announces the departure of every "bush" flight in Nome, lnforms fishermen a t sea when their wives give birth or there is a death in the family, gives loeal weather reports that are a matter of Me and death in this part of t h e world and relays messages that, for example, eay a package has been mailed to a particular family, thus dictating a 50-mile trip t o the nearest post office.

"We strive for the same exeel- lence and professionalism t h a t you'd expect anywhere," said gen- eral manager TomBusch, who won the Alaska Broadcasters Assn.'s

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Carl Dabelstein Alan Im reecia Carl ~ a g e l e t e i n Ron Musco Russ Edmunds John Wilkins Gene Allen Les Carpenter Jim Hilliker

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1% award as "Alaska Broadcaster of the Year" KNOM also won the pop~rlat~on has as 31'; turnover

every three years. .,nd .t s cald that Nome's etght bars do conclderablyy

assoclatlon's highest honor last year, the "Goldle" for "Best S e r - 2

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Rick Carr Jerry S tarr Carl Dabelstein Rodney Va ldron Steve Whitt Rodney Valdron Rodney Valdron Jerry Starr George Wa 1 ton Rich Eddie Car 1 Dabelstein Ron Uusco Rues Edmunds Ron Uusco John Wilkins Gary Atkins Morris Sorensen Morrie Soreneen Andy Ru g Carl ~a%elstein B i 11 Lackey Jerry Starr Carl Dabelstein Jerry Robertson Carl Dabeletein Pau 1 Mount Tom Sundstrom Rick Carr Carl Gene Dabelstein A 1 len

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Midnight o n Front S t r e e t In N o m e . Alaska , in mid-summer-with t h e s e t t i n g s u n still shining.

vlce to the Communlty." Busch. a Boston College graduate who worked for a radio station In Atlan- t ~ c Cltv. has been wlth KNOM slnce

eventually go on to careers outs~de the church Almost all are drawn here by the adventure of Alaska and the appeal of volunteer work Father Pooie, who has made KNOM h ~ s second greatest love. has been In Nome 21 years and rather dreads the day when ~t w ~ l i be tlme to leave

"1 knew I could be rulnlng my career by dolng th~s-that I could be m a k l n ~ the worst decls~on of my I~fe." s a ~ d reporter Clare Richard-

28 who q u ~ t her lob a t J' %nJ-$v, a cns nfftl~atc In noa-

noke. Va.. to ~ o l n KNOM as a volunteer But i looked around me there and I caw a lot of burned-out journal~sts, and I sald to myself 'Ic Bozeman

Great Fa1 1s Misaoula Red Lodge Wolf Point Bee trice

11s inceptLon and is the only salaned member of the staff.

The rest of the staff 1s recru~ted throuRh the J e s u ~ t Volunteer Corps

that what I want to happen?' "I was also scared that KNOM

would reflect a Calhollc bias, but we've got freedom to pursue ev- eryth~ng-politics, suicides, soc~ai problems. People here deserve ~ r o f e s s ~ o n a l news oualilv iust as

In portland. Ore. The statron's operating budg-

et-about $300,000 a year-comes almost entlrely from prlvate con- tribut~ons The volunteers nRree to stay fur one ycar, llvlng In a dorm~turv envtronmcnt, and most

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bc a changed pcrson." 8 KOBE Las- Cruces

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Illinois' first female radio % 3 KWCDA%&AM-FM W O P T H l N G T station owner-omrator dies ~-3 t ,e,e7 HARVARD. Ill. $N) - Mery

Esther Elizabeth lodgett, the first Illinois woman to own and operate a commercial radio sta- tion. died Monday. She was 85.

Blod ett w h o ran station W M C ~ . A ~ ~ here from 1955 lo her retirement in 1979, died at a nursing home in nearby Wood- stock, said station owner Mianne Mitchell Nolson.

"In all those years, she missed only one day on the air, and that was the day they buried her fa- ther." Nehon raid. "She was cer- tainly the G n t woman owner-op- erator in Illinois, and we believe she ma have been the first in the nation!

Blodgett, born in Lake Geneva.

-'+

"After a few years. she decided she wanted a radio station of her CT own, so she applied lo the Feder- al Communicalinns Commission

Blodgett was granted a W,

30, 1955.

MUSINGS Paul Swearinaen

3132 S.E . lrvingham S t . , Toprkm, US 66605.

The opinions expressed in this column are those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editors. Publishers, or the National Radio Club, Inc., or its subsidiaries. T~mes are local per Muse.

~ B ~ ~ ~ N M P M H ~ N H N ~ H ~ ~ ~ w H ~ # H H M # L ~ B H # H ~ P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ A ~ A A nice turnout this week for the t h e of occupations of ~ ~ ~ ' e r s . The theme deadline

f o r #5 of Saturday, October 17, wi l l be for those who l i v e north of Topeka, and tbe f o l l m i n g Saturday, Octcber 24, for those south of Topeka. And now ... on w i t h it! S m W e s - 1229 S. F i r s t , #3 - Louisville, KY 40203-2805

1t has been a very long tirre s ince I ( o r rather my words) appeared in Musings. I thought 1'd take advantage of a good t h e (occupations) (Thanks t o Je r ry S t a r r -pls) t o re - in t rduce myself t o the club. working i n a new c i t y , I am rapidly approaching 23 years of age, a recent graduate of Susquehanna university i n Selirsgrove, PA. Here i n Louisvie, I work for Actors Theatre of Louisville, one of the f i n e s t regional theatres i n the country. I'm a scenic carpenter, which rreans I a s s i s t with building a l l the scenery and properties used in the shms. I find working in thea t re very invigorating and stirrmating, each s h m very d i f fe ren t fron the las t . The work a t times can be hectic , seven- or eight-day weks ; fourteen-hour days a r e not unccmron. I spent the s m in Western North Carolina working i n Theatrethere. Asheville is a c i t y d d n a t e d by one s ta t ion (an EM, "99.9 Kiss FM", despite the muntains) . Louisville, too, is daninated by one s ta t ion , a t l e a s t i n AM drive. That of course is WHAS-840, with the Wayne Perky Morning Shm. A recent a r t i c l e i n the Louisville paper sa id t h a t WHAS gets 25 t o 35% of the mrning audiene . Very inpressive n k r s for an AM stat ion. I have s ta r ted t o scan the d i a l s , here, a f t e r a long p e r i d of inac t iv i ty (due t o college l i f e , m s t l y ) . 1 ' m l is tening t o one s ta t ion per day when I ge t the ths, in order t o learn the market. me note of in te res t so f a r ; WUCY-790 is sounding fu l ly automated now, with stat-ts l ike "The New Wacky Country, AM-790". It sounds l ike a t rans i t ion fonmt , with s m t h i n g "different" o r "new" t o f o l l m . I'll keep everyone p s t e d . Oh, yes, one thing tha t ' s nice about working in theatre: Mondays a r e usually days of f , so I h o p to get back i n t o Monday m m i n g ~ ~ ' i n g . F i r s t on my list is the KWSL-1470 t e s t 9-28. 73's.

Dougas E. Orf - 141 Steele Ave., #112 - Painesville, OH 44077 H i , gang. I t has been a year o r so ago since I l a s t Mused. The big events

s ince then have bssm the 920 Kingston, NY t e s t and the -1560 iberty, KY t e s t . In both cases, very nice l e t t e r s w r e received. One of the big observations in the past year is watching 1200 turn £ran a nice c lear channel t o what ap-s t o be a "graveyard" a t night. It used t o be t h a t WJAI was the only one there, but nm, on a typical night, I f ind WKOX, DW, and W weaving in and out of each other.

About three mnths ago I purchased second-hand £ran a fr iend a McI(ay-Qmzk AN-5 tuner. I t r i e d it out an my Dyrcek antenna and it worked nicely. N m I have t o put a hole i n tbe wall (with the landlord's permission, of course) so I can run two things £ran one ant-.

Are there any "old timers" £ran the Cleveland area t h a t might r&r WJAY £ran tbe 1920's and '30's? They apparently carr ied such programs a s "Pie Plant Pete" and the Vaughn DeLeath Shm. m e of my supervisors who is approaching 70 years old has asked rre i f I have any knmledge of this stat ion. I told him I would ask for help i n the NRC. So much for a l l this.

Now we w i l l m v e t o the theme. I work i n our m i c i p a l E lec t r ic P- plant here i n Painesville. In 1988 w w i l l celebrate our 100th birthday and a s f a r a s w can determine w are the oldest continuously operating steamdriven municipal power plant i n the united States. My job r i g h t n m even a s I wr i te t h i s is t o sit i n t h i s cubical for n* f i v e boiler 'and try t o keep it operating r igh t . For anyone familiar with boilers , w carry on peak load about 165,000 p u n d s per hour a t 1240 PSI and 900 degrees F. t v r a t u r e on t+us boiler.

Steam £ran t h i s boiler goes through a pressure-reducing valve and is reduced down t o 850 PSI t o run tddxr Five turbine, a 16,500 kW unit . Other older e q u i p n t consists of two older stoker boilers and tw mller turbines. We aso have a 25,000 kW turbine, but it is t o be replaced w i t h a mller, mre e f f i c i e n t un i t .

In closing, there is one ccmron problem for both my work and my hobby; t h a t is thunders tom. We a l l knm what they do t o AM radio reception. I can reca l l a 3-11 s h i f t l a s t s m r during which a b o l t h i t somwhere near t h e plant. ~t stopped several of the large notors including both pulverizers and the forced d r a f t fan. W i t h t h a t the boiler shut d m . 73's and best of DX t o everyone f o r t h i s new season.

Jobn 'Rdenham, W B W - 2824 Missouri Ave. - ~ o p l i n , m) 64804 My f i r s t job was as an electronic par t s sale- i n St . Louis where I

grew up. I joined the Air Force during the Korean War and m g e d t o study and obtain my PCC 1st c lass radic-telephone l icense before my discharge i n W i l l o , TX in 1955. While oomrercial radio was my f i r s t love, I mund up being a p s t a l clerk with the U. S. Postal Service for 30 years. I have never been sorry a s I had good job securi ty and pay and was ab le t o r e t i r e a t t h e age of 55. I did work par t - t i re as a transmitter engineer, and l a t e r a s a DJ a t two W i l l o , TX radio s ta t ions KIXZ and KPUR. Iater w e d t o Tulsa with the p s t a l s e r v i e and a l s o worked for a brief time for KELI AM 1430 there. Since my r e t i r m n t

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