STATIC FROM HQ This last issue in Volume 47 has a great variety of subjects condensed into just 24 pages. The last installments of Dave Arbogast's pro-foot­ball network listing and also Bill Hale's Graveyard Distance Calculations is included. Also an update from John Oldfield on the Canadian LPRT and Network Status is inside. This just about exhausts articles on hand for publication- we need articles as well as clips for the new season,

We can't guarantee to use all clips submitted, especially if they're duplicates, but the more the better to make a selection from when it comes to need filler or printing something newsworthy. Now that the season is upon us, contribute to the regular columns, even if it is only one per issue. The membership would truly like to hear from YOU- the vast silent majority.

CPC TESTS CTI MES ARE E.L.TJ Another TEST via IRCA/Rob Harrington/Neil Zank. If every member just sent three CPC letters, think of the potential TESTS for this season. Now is the perfect time to begin sending those CPC letters- co-ordinate your efforts through CPC Chairman Neil Zank to eliminate duplicate efforts. Write Neil Zank, P.O. Box 5563, Lincoln, NE 68505---TODAYI!

10/27 KPTL-1300 Carson City, NV 0400-0500 ELT. Station will be running Mon, music program using AM & FM ID's (KKBC-97). Reports should be sent to1 KPTL Chief Engineer, Mr. James W, McEachern, Frontier Plaza, Suite 227, Carson City, NV 89701. NOT to the P,O,Box!I Will accept prepaid calls only to1 702 882 1319.

THEY JOINED Welcome to the following new members. Please Muse soon and introduce yourself,

Milford P. Webster, 804 Waverly Dr., Salisbury, MD 21801 Pat Wood, 127 Hutchinson Ave., Syracuse, NY 13207 John Turgeon, Box 10A, RD 7, Kingston, NY 12401 David L. Quinlan, 18 Godfrey Ave., Roseland, NJ 07068

Recent renewals include the following members:

Raymond Nemec, Lynn Gillis, Al Merriman, Richard Mozlack, Tom Walsh, John Buehler, John Sampson, Robert Karchevski, Richard Allen, Roger Giannini, Glenn Cooper, Hank Schwartz, Glenn Thompson, Ed Rebennack, C.L. Barfield, Russ Edmunds, John Parillo, Ron Musco, G. Paul Crowder, Debra Hidden, Frank Aden Jr., G, Hoare, Neil Kazaross, Konstantine Rychalsky, Dave Lewis, Kjell Norman, Ken Lyon.

LOOK INSIDE Domestic DX Digest ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 International DX Digest ••••••••••••••• ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5 Pro-Football Networks Part 2 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 Verification Game •.•• ,,,,,,,.•••.,,.,,,, .•••.••• ,, ... ,, •• ••••• .B 1981 NRC Convention Inro.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, •••••• ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10 Graveyard Distance Determination Part 3•·•••••••••••••••••••••11 Canadian Family Life Update ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 Afr Graph •••••••••• •••••• ••• •••••••••.•••••• • •. • • • • •••••••••• • 17 Musings .••••••.••••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 Clipping Corner ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • ••••••••••••••• 23 This issue put together by Gary Atkins and Dick Truax all by their lonesomes, Lots of cutting & pasting folks- bear with us, • 1;, ••• ,,1 ;1e •U•J e ., :fl';'''., If;, ;s'i ?Fl iii'! 10• 5'., t•1i §·.zs'J 1•>.-13•1, :t

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DAVE SCHMID'r 42 CHELWYNNE .ROAD CASTLE HILLS NEW CASTLE, DB 19720

Hope. that you've got the dust and cobwebs cleaned out of the aet· .. things areatarting to pick up on. the radio dial once again, we 1Te . go.t ..a .fair aised column tbia tiae. When Hilding your items in., PLJA,SI neatly write or type thea, one aide of the paper, ILT, etc. It al~ tielpa ·ae if you do~ble apace between. it8ll8 a.a that gives me aoae ~-· wllen cutting. Thie aaall bit of help oa your part will make it nOla aoi:e easier for me. Thanks for 70ur help. And, here goes:

l'IBQUDCY CHICKS:

-~ 1at Mon •••• WBLI-960 w/TT, ID. (GW-PA) 1at Wed ..... IJXID-1060, aomebod7 here 0100-0105, ID 0103 but W&J u/IYW,

· · aw ax. (DS-DJC) 3rd Mon ••• •Alm= WUSS-1490 w/TT 0000-0005 (for 1 ainute in thia tiu

period). (DS-DI) DILITI: Wl!JIL-910. (lfo longer done by Hutton). (DS•DJC)

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920 WHJJ RI PROVIDUCJ: - b•WJAR, noted on new calla 0224. Alf-6, ott MM. (IRC-MA) .

1240 WOCB MA WIST YAIUl)UTH - Labor Day aarlted the end of aeaaon for thia year, will resume next ap;

1:510 WSSJ IJ OAKDll - u-WOAll, noted on new calla 9/9•' ... but off Mii 0000-0600. •south ~erae~•·~: (

1:5:50 WDLW MA WALTHAii - lfow Alf-7, ISP, w/OW ax. to WITS-1510. (IRC-MA)

1500 wczy MI DETROIT - low running Al M111 a w/goapel ax~ 1510 WRUI PA lll>lfBOBVILLB - ez-WPSL, noted 8/:51 1000 'If{:

up til now ao maybe off air for a bit? ( 1520 WPOB MA GRBUFIILD - •till not on the air aa of

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690 WYIS PA PHOUIIVILLB - 9/1 1915 noted w/a/off. ( ,760 WOPS lfC TARBORO - 8/27 2000 noted w/a/off, fair to

o/Gtqana. (KAZ-RI) 780 WABS VA ARLIIIGTOI - 8/27 1945 liltely w/UL o/ZBV1. 890 WBBO · IC HllDIRSOI - 8/28 1954 fair to good w/ID, TC. 900 DAS GA SAVADAH - 8/28 2007 UL and ID thru nulled ___ 940 DIC lfC PAYBTTIVILLB - 8/28 1958 noted w/n o/WID. (~ 960 IJXID 8/21 2015 a/off noted w/alow Dine, WAAX or U

Pair signal.. (WPT-DO) 970 W7U1' OH ASHTABULA - 8/21 1956 good w/local bank ad. (W

lote correct call Bill. 5DS) 980 WILK PA WILDS-BARD - 8/'5 20:52 w nx o/u WTRY. (DY-CT) -· r 1000 WllB SO lllllIRGWAY - . 8/28 2000 fair to good at a/off. (Uz-it • 1060 CJRP PQ QtJBBJC - 8/22 2024 !op 40 ax, PP talk by aale1 Zlllt

o/fiW. · (WPT-DO) Otten doea it here, alao. (DS) · ·: 1080 WZTQ WV HURRICill - 8/1:5 20:50 a/off w/aoq1 •aount~ __., .•

Heard for two auoceaaive nights. SicDal, tOo• '6 '41P81'-doodle at ID. (WP!•DC) Yeah; rigtat. · (~) .·

1:550 VIVA VA IORTOI - 8/15 2005 Wice ID u/JZll. ( -1:560 WEOP It BIIIGIWITOI - 8/29 2000 uted w/ID ~, . ' . ~ :lSenball,

u/peat WDRO, still on dq power. '-·-· ·~.' · · · · · 1:580 WAYZ PA WAYllSBORO - 8/1:5 2009 ad tor lo

cw ax. fair to fgod. (WPT•DO) 1420 wnt Ti AllHIBST - 8/1:5 015 a/ott by

· -tt power, fair. (WPT•DO) 1440 WBBR OH WARRU - 8/28 203' noted ;j

Talley,• and mention ot.V, ill 1450 HAL It ROllB - 8/21 20:50 loud 'ti/._ 15:50 WTHll III LAPIER - 8/28 20:50 w/Waci.

a/ott. (ltAZ-RI) . . . 1550 WORI Tl Oil RIDGI - 8/28 20:50

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in WQXR pause. (Q.1 1590 WOOi VA RICJOl>ID - 8/27 1'4J

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BECKLEY - 8/17 0306 network nx by female then CW mx following SID. Good. (WPT-KY) ASHEVILLE - 8/17 0246 CW mx then ID by male, good signal. (WPT-KY) KANSAS CITY - 8/17 0323 w/wz reports, CW mx, "61 Country" ID, xlnt. (WPT-KY) They're in well here when WIP is off. (DS) (WPT-KY) LEXINGTON - 8/17 0313 talk show w/male, fair u/Cuban./ 630

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MT. AIRY - 8/29 0205 noted w/enormous signal during ET w/ID then s/off. (KAZ-RI) TULSA - 8/27 0615 loud o/CBL w/ads and wx. (RM-PA) NORFOLK - 8/21 0407 loud w/SID. (DY-CT) QUEBEC - 8/21 0408 unn., fair o/u CKLW. (DY-CT) CARAQUET - 8/21 0352 tentative, is this the FFC u/WGY on early or now AN? (DY-CT). Noted AN 0143 (date?-DS~, maybe AN now? (ERC-MA) RALIEGH - 9/1 0324 second time heard, briefly w/wx and ID. ( GW-PA) 8/29 0230 ET w/CW mx, off w/no ID, strong on beverage antenna. Help? (KAZ-RI) 8/18 0130 clear ID noted as WHJJ, not in log's, help? WTTM off. (RM-PA) See 'special' item on this 'un, you caught WTTM off? A real pest here anymore. (DS) CHARLOTTE - 8/29 0305 w/WBEN and WPAT w/ID then into Larry King. (KAZ-RI) UTICA - 8/25 0121 noted w/"Mohawk Valley Jazz Show," sked. change on this one? (ERC-MA)

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PLATTSBURGH - 9/2 0101 at end of Montreal BB game at San Diego, ID then a/off w/no mx. (ERC-MA) ROCHESTER - 8/25 0434 fair o/u WNOX w/PSA, wx, pop/cw mx. (KDF-IL) LYNCHBURG - 8/28 0559! fair briefly w/e/on, no SSB noted. (KDF-IL) KITCHNER - 8/21 0349 u/WBAL w/CW mx. (DY-CT) UTICA - 8/21 0412 u/CKOC w/ID then time check, since when is he AN'ing? (DY-CT) WILMINGTON - 9/9 0045 noted off again this AM, work on antenna system is continuing. (DS-DE) CHARLOTTETOWN - 9/1 0127 first catch from PEI, lots of WHAM slop, WOWO not showing it's face tonite. (GW-PA) LAS VAGES - 8/17 0400 ID then top 40 mx. (PZ-llY) LEWISTON - 8/22 0202 noted w/ruc about high gas SSS. (KAZ) MONTPELIER - 8/25 0449 noted w/what sounded to be a e/on, mentioning days of b'caeting, no SSB, possible log change. WOCB then took over, (RM-CT) 8/17 0415 somebody here w/SS mx and tal k, US or Mexican station? (PZ-NV) CHARLESTON - 8/18 0130-0145 u/UNID w/Top 40 mx, "Charles­tons TMA" ID'e, WTAE off. (RM-PA) 9/4 0117 FFC here w/s/off w/vocal Oh Canada, probably after Expo's BB game from San Diego. (ERC-MA) WASHINGTON - 8/20 0010 noted off this AM. (WPT-DC) CHARLOTTESVILLE - 8/20 0041 MoR mx, ID by male, fair w/heavy WTAE splash during WWDC SP. (WPT-DC)

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BABYLON - 7/27 0100 a/off noted w/no SSB. (ERC-MA) NEWPORT NEWS - 8/18 0115 noted weak w/ID, WCAM off, (RM-PA) MARTINSBURG - 9/9 0104-0115 noted ending ruc/wx then CW gospel stuff, topping freq, at times, Sked change on this one? (DS-DE)

1350 WHWH NJ PRINCETON - 9/1 noted AN this AM w/fund raiser, normally off MM' s, (ERC-MA)

1360 KKBJ MN BEMIDJI - 8/25 0205 o/WSAI w/ET, OC and ID, "North Country" jx. (KDF-IL)

1400 WLLH MA LG.WELI;;LAW·REK¢E - 9/1 0303 in very clear with rue of

1410 UNID Lawrence Transport. System. (GW-PA) . 7/28 0156-0205 TT w/no ID's noted. Again noted 8/12 0128-0204 and on, no ID'e noted. (ERC-MA) .

© . OTTAWA - 8/21 0342 o/WFTQ/WNAB slop w/ID, spots. (DY-CT) 1440 CFGO ON 1460 UNID 7/30 what sounded to be an f/c-TT ending 0214:30 w/ID,

way u/WOKO/WCMB/CKRB's oc, this might be WCIS. Any help? (ERC-MA)

1470 WLAM ME LEWISTON - 8/15 0310 promo/ID, no sign of pests WSAN/ CKO, new. (DY-CT) WSAN now off MM's, CKO still a/off 3 am. (DS)

1490 WEMJ Nll LACONIA -8/22 0121 in mess w/ID. (KAZ-RI) WWDE VA HAMPTON - 8/21 0400 w/ID then ABC nx. (DY-CT) WPOR ME PORTLAND - 9/1 0331 noted w/tide report, time and wx,

getting to be a regular visitor. (GW-PA) Used to be in every MM here last season but not heard lately. (DS)

1500 KROK CA BURBANK - 8/14 0427 w/SS Radio America ID, (PZ-NV) 1530 WMBT. PA SHENANDOAH - 8/25 0151 w/ID concluding ET or f/c w/rock

mx and oc. (KDF-IL) WVFC PA McCONNELLSBURG - 8/25 0241 noted r/c TT ending, in clear

except for WPTR splash. (ERC-MA) 1550 KRGO UT GRANGER - 8/28 0309-0312 shocker w/3 ID'e and CW mx,

wx, last heard in '78 about same time! (KAZ-RI) WKBA VA VINTON - 8/16 0230-0300 noted on ET w/rock mx, long LP

WFSP cuts, ID by 'rumpy annc'r who gave address. (RM-PA)

1560 WV KINGWOOD - 8 24 0600 a/on weak w/WPAD/WAGL, WQXR off, "Thie is West Virginia." (RM-PA)

WAGL SC LANCASTER - 8/24 0600 s/on weak w/WPAD, et al. (RM-PA) 1570 WQTW PA LATROBE - 9/9 0020 noted on ET o/u CFOR/CKLM/UNID TT,

good copy on voice ID, mx weak. (DS-DE) 1580 WPGC MD MORNINGSIDE - 8/25 0301 ET w/FM audio, rr w/ID. (ERC-MA )

KLOU LA LAKE CHARLES - 8/21 0402 w/religion w/CKLM slo)• (DY-CT) KRZI TX WACO - 8/28 0404 noted weak w/2 ID's. (KAZ-RI KNIX AZ TEMPE - 8/28 0420 another surprise of the morning, fair

signal on peak w/MST time check. (KAZ-RI) 1590 WPLW PA CARNEGIE - 8/22 0429 noted w/ET, TT, OC, and mx. Again

on 8/25 0415 w/ID. · (RM-CT) WDCI ME GORHAM - 8/25 0515 noted w/religious )rogram w/Billy

Sol Hargus, WDCF ID at 0530 (their FM then Mutual nx, alone on channel and better at pattern change. (RM-CT)

WQQW CT WATERBURY - 8/25 0535 noted w/s/on at this time contary to what lo' sez. (RM-CT)

1600 WNST WV MILTON - 8 23 0055 ET w/TT o/WWRL. (RM-PA) 1630 WBLO PIRATE - 7/26 0110 noted w/disgusting commentary, this

one must be located in a sewer someplace. (ERC-MA)

RAN-DUMBS:

BILL TOWNSHEND reports hearing WCHL ID's on 1530 on 8/28 2030, full a/off mentioning WCHM-FM on 103.1, is this a switch for WRBX?

Locally, WQIQ-1590 continues their silence, various newspaper reports mention they'll be off "for a while,•

THIS WEEK' S SPO NSERS :

JWB-PA KDF-IL GV-PA RM-PA RM-CT DY-CT PZ-NV ERC-MA WPT-DC WPT-KY KAZ-RI

Joe Brauner, Punxsutawney, PA Karl Forth, Chicago, IL George Walton, Easton, PA Rem Murphy, Roslyn, PA Ron Musco, Windsors, CT Dave Yocis, Fairfield, CT Paul Zehr, Ely, NV Ernest R. Cooper, Provincetown, MA William P. Townshend, Washington, DC William P. Townshend, Louisville, KY Neil Kazaross, Narragansett, RI

A2515, Loop HQ160, 3x3 spiral loop· RF2200, Sanserino Loop DX160, longwire various HQs, LW TRF DX160, LW' loop HQ180,R390A,TRF, loop TRF TRF (IRCA confab) R390, modif, TRF, Bev•s.

And that's everything up to 9/9, including the few items I dug up this morning to see if I still had the knack-hi! That's it for 2 weeks.

73's & Good DX!

~ WGB~,,t:1 1 ~ ~~~afa/u.,

CD INTf;RNA TIONAL DX DIGf;ST

CHUCK HUTTON P . O. BOX 2087 DECATUR, GA JOOJO (404) 6JJ -1198 BEFORE 2JOO ELT

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Mark Connelly-W. Yarmouth, Mass. Erni e Cooper-Provincetown, Mass. Ray Crawford-Invercergill, New Zeal. Mort Meehan-29 Palma, Ca.

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Mike Worst-Beaumont, Texas Dave Yocia-Fairfield, Ct. From Ernie Cooper ••••••

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UNID Netherlands Antilles I believe. Nojed in Papiamento on 8/27 frOiii 0620-0700 a/off wimentions of Aruba and Seba in news at 0634. Many USA ~op tunes heerd. S/off is promptly at 0700 w/a SID "Ocha cincuenta (850) although they are smack on 860. Also noted on MM 9/1 and 9/2 again, always a/off at 0700 with only the SID. They have a good signal so I doubt it's PJC-2 listed on 850 with 1 kw. Anybody get an ID on him yet? (Cooper) I haven't even heard it much less ID'ea it-CH

CUBA new Reloj noted MM 9/8, even with the rest of the channel. tlb'O"is suddenly missing so maybe a frequency switch. (Hutton) COLOMBIA apparently R. Nacional de Colombia at 0455 a/off with a missed ID and the CGlombian NA. (Ruttan)

PRO FOOTBALL 0

NETWORKS NEW ENGLAND PATRI OTS Announcers - John Carlson , Jon Morris NEW FLAG - WEEI-590 Bos ton, and the net ye t i ncomple t e .

Continued from # 30

By Dave Arbogast NEW ORLEANS ~ Due t o he~vy rains that flo oded my bedroom, the ne twork listing for the Saints got all wet and, as a result, became unreadable . Anybody down south he lp out?

NEW YORK ~ Announcers-Jim Gordon , Dick Lynch 1110 WNEW -NY only. NO NET .

NEW YORK JETS Announcers-Spencer Ros .c , Sam DeLuca , Ed Ingles 880 -wcBS::NY"°only . NC NET,

OAKLAND RAIDERS Announcers -Bill King , Monty Stickles 810 KGO -CA ( only? ) No net enclosed .

PHILADELPHIA~ Announcers -Merri l l Reese , Jim Barniak 610 WIP- PA Didn't enclose network .

PITTSBURGH STE~LERS Announcers - Jack Flemi n& , M~ron Cope IJ.117777777m7711111111111111111111111111111111111111/1111111111111111

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT THIS ~---I t will carry the feed fo r the Houston I ~ilers on September 7 and again on December 4 . On the same order , /

ouston ' s net will car ry the Steelers net feed on those same~· / /Are theY, playing each other that da~y/l///l///llmT17m/l!!ll!lll I'~{/ I ~j~6~~{11 ll (£(.{/Mill~{! 11 { ~§{! ~ACB-PA 1470 WRML- PA

880 WOAY-WV* WSEW-PA 1400 ltKWK VIV 1480 VISHP- PA* 920 WMMN - WV WBAX -PA WAMQ -PA 1490 WOH I-OH 940 WYLY-PA 1250 WTAE - PA 1430 WVAM-PA 1540 WBTC - OH*

. WESA-PA 1270 WCBC-MD i/EIR -WV 1580 WANB -PA* 990 WVSC-PA 1280 WKST-PA 1440 WAJR - WV 1600 'llJSA-PA1 1050 WPUT-PA WPXN- NY WHHH - OH WEYZ-PA 1220 WJUN -PA* 1340 WCVI-PA 1450 WFRA-PA ( Plus 6 FM's) 1230 WBVP-PA WOYL- PA WDAD - PA

WPAR - WV

SAINT LOUIS CARDI NALS No reply so far , likely on KMOX-1120 again.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Announcers -Tom Ke l l y, John DeMott bZO ~-AZ 1110 KSDO-CA 1300 KROP-CA 1400 KVOY -AZ 790 KCEE-AZ 1250 KTMS - CA 1320 KUDE - CA 1450 KOWN -CA

(no PM 's) . KPSI-CA

SAN FRANCISCO Sbo KSFO - CA 580 KMJ - CA 620 KWSD- CA

~Lon Simmons , Wayne Walker -----030 KCH-NV 990 KHVH -HI

970 KIAK-AK 1230 KDAC-CA 980 KI NS - CA 1350 KFBK-CA

(and 1 FM)

1400 1490

K(lMS-CA KBLF- CA KSYC -CA

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Announcers - Pete Gros s , Don Heinrich , Wayne Cody (The y sent the 1979 net, so watch for changes . ) 560 KPQ -WA 850 KICY-AK 1300 KRVB-OR* 1450 KONP -WA

KVOK -AK 920 KXLY - WA 1320 KXRO-WA 1470 KSEW!- 'llA 590 J, JGN _OR 930 KTKN -AK 1340 KLOO - OR 1490 KNC\'i - WA 610 KONA - WA 11 30 CKWX-BC YJ<IN-ID KLc-G -WA 630 KJNO-AK 1170 KPUG-WA 1370 KAS T-OR KVAC -WA. 650 KYAK - AK 1230 KTDO - OR 1380 KBCH-OR* KTEL-WA 660 KFAR - AK KIFW- AK 1430 KIHR - OR 1520 KYXI - OR 680 KOM'l/ -WA KOZI - WA KBRC -~IA 210 KIRO-WA 1280 KIT-WA 1450 KLAM- AK (no FM's)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Announcers-Mark Champion , NcJTE:ALLSTATICNS IN FL

Dave Kocourek , Dick Crippen

580 WDBO 1090 WMFL* 790 WNWS 1240 WLCO 850 VIRUF 1250 WDAE

WEAT 1380 WDAT 900 920 930 960

WSWN* 1400 WPAS WTRS * 1410 WZST* WJAX 1420 WAOC* 'llGRO* WDBF VIJCM* 1430 WWWQ

1440 1450

1530 1560

WAYK WWJB WSPB WSTU WTAL WENG* WTAI* wowwt WAJX2

WPCV3 WQLM4 WLLV5 WQHI6 WJA07

(and 3 FM's) (notes on next page )

Continued Bottom Page 8

\'

© · The Verification

Game • • • •

"ct tor: Wayne Heinen 427 R. Garamillo St • Colorado Springs, CO 8"1907 (303) 632-3332

Welcome to the ~ick off of the 1980-1981 DI season with a veri timely ·column. Some of the best news to foriegn DX'ers in years is the recent rash of verifications from CollllllWlist Cuba. Verifying Ace Rick Carr of Texas sends along the follow~ng signers and addresses for those who want to add Cuba to their veri folders:

For:Radio Rebelde, Calle 0 No. 216 (Apto. 3540) Habana v/s is Jorge Luis Mis Zabala, Dpto. Divulgacion

Stations that have verified for Rick are CMAN-550, CMHI-570,CMW-590,CMKV-600 all with !CRT QSL Card. With a prepared card and letter veries were received from CMKF-580,ClllN-720, and CMJN-780.

iadio Liberacion, Calle 23 No.258 entre Ly M, Habana (apto. 6277, Habana 6) v/s Ricardo Parets, J 1de Divulgacion

Stations that have verified for this network are CMHQ-630,CMJL-740,CMJV-900 with R. Liberacion QSL and letter. CMQ-640 with !CRT QSL and letter.

Rick's other Cuban veries include ; R. Cadena liabana-1160 v/pp, R. Reloj National on 1180,1210,and 1560 all v/pp and R. 26 CMGA with a personal letter v/ s Ezequiel Rivero Poado. Rick comments; "All cards and letters with the exception of radio 26 were officially stamped with the ICRT/R. Rebelde, !CRT/ Radio Liberacio, etc. seal. Ten or eleven were veried since the first of the year. I don't believe any of the veries took less than ninety days and a few took 160 days to get here. some calls and frequencies may have changed since I first heard them.• Thanks to Rick Carr for passing on this info.

Looking to a few problems ; our musings editor could use any verification info on WIBG-1520. Dave Schimdt could use signers on CJNR-730, WLBE-790, WITH-1230,WASR-1420, and WPCE-1400. Remember to check the v/s colW!lll closely as the signers to a few of these and more will be found in this issue.

Now a little advise on geoting verifications from the CE at WCHE-1520.• I have seen enough reports, after 1 years in radio and the last ~ years as a CE, some that are good and some that sort of make y~u sick. Proaably the biggest and most important item for one to remember when sending out a reception report is to be neat. Keep your letter in a business-like form, don't be sloppy. I'm a believer that the neater the letter, the better the chance to get a reply. Stay al1F7 from using Ham lingo, very few people that may anwser reception reports are in ham radio. Stay away from SINPO codes, Try to get as much detail as possible, list itmes heard by time, If there was interference state that in the report also. Don)t make the report long winded, keep it to the point but don't make the letter look like something a machine ground out. Even though I used them for years, stay away from using report forms, it may take a little longer to type out a personal letter but it is worth the effort. Always send return postage with your reports. Every report I've sent since I started in the NRC has had return postage, even all my follow-ups, Out of over 1000 veries I've got, onl¥ a dozen are ppc•s•.

My thanks to Dave Schmidt our DXDD editor for his veri good advice. On with v/s Our contributors for this issue are

Continued from page 7 PRO FOOTBALL NETWORKS

Continued on Page 9

1-a real mess. WOWW is listed on 1380, but in Bridgeport, CT. WDAE' s listing says its in Pensacola, FL, but does not list the frequency, Help, anyone?

2, 3, 4, 6, and 7-not lis ted in Log 5-WTAI's FM, but ~ ouldn't find dial position,

WASHINGTON REDSKINS Announcers-Frank Herzog, Sam Huff 630 WMAL i s flag, net incomplete.

Well, that's the listibg , if you have any correc t i ons, add i tions , deletions, etc ., send th R~ t o me a t 3851 Port0r Road , Root stown , Ohi o , 442 72.

~

JlS Jlave Schlllidt ERC- ERC

RA- Ray Aruda SM- Stan Morss WH- Wayne Heinen CC- Car of Many JT- Juergen Trochimczyk

RL- R, Leown GW- George Walton EL- Eric I.oy MS-Mike Stonebridge HH- Hank Holbrook

540 WGTOq Dr, Frank L, Berry CE GW WLIIl John Bennett CE GW

550 WGGAlu David Puckett OpM JT 560 WHBQqu Christopher W, Karb JT 570 WKBNq u/u RL

WWNCpu u/u VP & GM RC 580 CKAPml Kurt Arseneault RL

WLESur E.N,Doyle Jr. M JT 590~illl Clemens OpM JT 600 OGullli Fred P. Westenburg P JT

Wail.is Lennox CE RL WIRBpu Tom Kingsley CE KJ

610 KILTur Betsy Dean Prg,Cood. JT WTVN 1 JJohn Owen RL

1 Miles Ptacek CE ERC 620 KTARpu Steve Gruel GM RC

WLBZc Howie Soule DoE GW 630 XEFBnl Jose Luis Alcantara G RC 640 FR) q u/u Director RC 690 WTllpu Charles D. Veres CE KJ

lumb J,John Tranchina CE JT 700 JBC ulb Uriel W, Aldridge PM RC 710 WROM f John Steadham CE GW 720 WGNq u/u DY 730 WABBpu Rick Webb M/CE RC 760 WJRq u/u EL 770 WCAL 1 Tim P. Valley CE ERC 780 WBBMqu··u/u DY

NM- Norm Maguire SP- Steve Paradies CD- Skip Dablestien c- Csorbay

RC- Rick Carr DY- Dave Yocis KJ- Karl Jeter

Colors

1000 WSUM 1 David S, Johnson TD RA 1 Thom Dombroski E HH

WITNpu Fanny Cothran 1010 KKIKml Roger A, Tighe CE NM 1050 KSDHul Larry James CE JT

WSCV 1 u/ u RA KI!Zpu Troy Deneke PD RC

1060 KHIM 1 Al Tarasiuk PD WH/RA WCIR 1 Jay Quee1111berry KJ

1070 CHOK 1 W, Wayne Steale VP&GM SP pu Robert Cooke CE RC

WINA 1 Charles E Neer ChOp HH 1080 WJOEul J.J. Barnhill CE JT lllO KlillRul Richard Blanlcenship MxD JT

WJML 1 u/ u RL WBCAul Walter Mitchell PD JT

ll)O KWKHu Tom E, Williams PD JT WPUBpu Cecil A. Bowers GM KJ

1140 WRVA f G.R, Vogler CE EL 1150 KNEDul Lee Anderson ChOp JT

WTMPul Jim Rhinehart ll60 WJJD q u/u RL

HIBGuln Americo Rodriguez Arlequin Dir, of Adm RC

ll70 4VRS 1 Rev.Raymond Conrad ExDir RC WKZE 1 Gordon D, Benoit SM/ERC

1210 WADE r B. Roy M CD 1220 WFAX 1 Henry I, Stewart CE HH

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KCRL 1 Lin Key Bus.M MS 790 WAKY f Bob Newberry CE KJ/l!H

1230 WITH 1 S. Edward Hawkins JR, VPoE SP WNVYul Bill Black PD JT

WLBE ul Eugene F, Smith GM JT 800 WSHOpu u/u CE KJ

WSVS 1 Mary Ann Silverman OpD HH 840 WM)Bul Steve McGill PD JT 850 XETQpu u/u RC

KOAq u/u DY WJAC 1 E. Art Vrooman CE HH

860 WKKOblm Tom Collins OpM JT WEVAulbm Willis L. Stone GM JT WYJZ 1 Chris Hudak (?) CE HH

885 ZJB ul u/u Ill RC 900 WLMDp Michael T. Dryburg ( 1) KJ

WGOK 1 Steve Riggs CE RC WKIA 1 Priscilla Seimer ERC WEAS Donald Eversoll CE KJ

910 WSUI 1 George S, Klinger DoBC 930 WKXYul Tony W. Fernandez CE JT

KWOCplum Darrell Antone AstoM RC WSOCq William R Huffstetler CE KJ

940 WGFP 1 Isaac A Richardson GM RA 950 KLIKpu C.L. Cooper CE RC

WDSXpu Calvin Babcock DoE RC 960 CKWSq u/u RL

WFIR 1 R,L.Richardson acting CE RL CHNS f u/u GW XEKpu Eduardo Villarreal RC WFGL 1 David D. Coder CE ERC WJAZbl Sam Dudas CE RC WBEU Mark Robertson

970 WWSW 1 Phil Asheu CE WDAYpu u/ u OpM

980 WDVHul WRyne Payne M CHEXq Judy Carswell

985 4VCPS pun u/u/ 990 WNllRul Kenneth Devine CE

WZZD 1 Stephen Hnat CE WNIRm1 Michael T- CE WVSC 1 Harold P, Shovllian

GW

JT RA RC JT RL

DS/ERC KJ

WAIMulbs Gary Robinson CE JT KGRO r Darrell Schour ( ?) NM

1240 KTAMulbs Mo Moser CE JT WGCMul Howard Yund CE JT WSNJ q Edward L Bold Ex VP ERC

1240 WEBQ 1 Wyatt Drake Spts D KOKL 1 K,Humphries GM CD

1250 WKBL 1 Robert C. Whiteley CE KJ WQDEpu John J, Green CE KJ

1260 WGWR 1 Ed Swicegood GM KJ 1280 WYNDpu Hans Conrad RC

kdkdpu u/ u RC WPX!lml James Franklin CE ERC WTTX 1 Terry Shinn E OS

1290 WGL! 1 Walter A, Watmuff CE RA CJBK q Jeff Guy VPcE SP WNILpu Tom Jegier KWLS q J, Tibbets . CE CD WFBG q u/u CE HH

1300 WSOLul Mark S, Lee CE JT WM)Dul u/u JT

1310 WAUCul Hershel Stone Jr. WDX!pumb Kim McCollom Secy

1320 WAMRuc Florence Rhodes JT WKTQ q Jeff Gulick CE J! KRLWpu u/u ovner RC WMSRpu u/u VP & GM RC WEET 1 E,E, Burkhardt CE HH WGET 1 Richard E, Selby SM HH

1330 WTREpu µ/u GM RC WJFRpub James P Karr Jr, RC

1340 WFS!lur Jerry Maguire CE JT 1350 WFLS 1 Gary Harrison CE HH

WWBR 1 Bill Boyer E HH 1)60 WllBG q H,E,Richardaon CE GW

DTApu u/ u RC

® 1370 KAWWpu Charles E. Howell M RC

WKMCml Louis J. Maierhofer GM ERG 1380 WGIVpu C.S. Heartsill Jr. GM RC 1390 KAH'.lulm Harvey Graves RC 1400 WGBGul Ralph M Lambeth P JT

KTRCml Duane A. McNeely OpM RC WU>Bpu Mrs.Bobbi Rucker M KJ WHAL l Wayne Ricnks GH KJ

1410 WVNiuc Alan R. Bishop GM JT 1420 WBRDul Bob Barnes PD JT

KPOCpu John J Shields P RC KPEPpu Hank Sherman RC KXOWpu u/u RC KESY l G.Clouse GM CD WASIUh Dale Sanborn C

1430 CKFH 1 G.A.Wilson VP Eng H!l 1.440 DILB 1 Richard Garrett CE KJ

WRn l James B. Thompson P HH illBUY f Allan C. Godwin CE HH

1450 KllLpu R. LYaon M RC WQQT John All CE KJ WLARpl Larry G. Ledford CE KJ WMVA 1 Herbert A. Boaz Jr CE KJ WEYZ 1 J .J. Sanford PD C

1460 WPRW f u/u CE KJ lil?O KTWN 1 Scott Blixt DJ ERG

KLCL p A.R. Montgomery NM KGHM 1 J. Mross CE CD

lilBO WMAXpu James J. Barker GM RC WABB l Jerry Bowers CE KJ CKAN 1 John Evans DoE C

1490 KTOPpu Barry Sheme E RC WPOR l Patricia A. Lit tlefield ERG WFKY l Phillip J. Fraley KJ WABJul Tom Taggart CE KJ

1500 WKIZbl Paul L. Powell Jr. JT 1510 WBLBurb N. Cline Felty GM JT

KAGYul Dennis Carlton JT WHBCpu Walter Nyren CE KJ

1520 WREA 1 J. Barry Wilde GM KJ 15 30 WJDM c u/u SP

KMAMulm B.D. Thornton GM RC 15ilO WARDl John c. Watkins c/ SP

KZLApu P.C.Nevell GM RC XENCnl Ing. Jesus San Martin RC WSWGhl Keith Worrell Jr. CE

1550 WTBP 1 Ralph Glenny ERG IOOOml Wilbur H. Goforth GM llM KEDDml Nelson D. McCarty CE NM WCTW 1 Lee J. Freshwater DoE GW KGl-Kl 1 Mike Bishop CE EL

1560 WTAiuq u/u JT WBOLpu Bill Morrow CE KJ

1570 WGHCpu Grace Lee RC KSRB l Rheanell Evans Tfc D KJ KNDY p Herb Hoeflicker 0 KJ

1580 WCCFuc Mittee Butler OpM JT WESY Percy c. Kuhn CE DY WTTNmf James Hermanson AE C WYFA f Gene Healy CE HH

1590 WCCLpu u/ u RC KGASpu u/u RC WDNH r u/u P H!l WGGOmf John R. Newman P & CE HH

1600 WARUpu James L. Swearingen RC WOKBmulb Brett Lewis WNST 1 Naseeb s. Tweel EL WSTL r Nick Janky CE C

PLAN 1981 NRC

NOW!! CONVENTION

ATTENTI ON NRG ' ers ONE AND ALL!

I t ' s now of f icial, and llorth J er sey has won t he bid t o host t he 1981 NRC convent ion . Thi s is the f irst time s ince 1970 we have had a convention in t he New York Metr opolitan Area, and the f i rst time s i nce 1975 when we have had a convention in the Northeast . I n 1970 , we had 72 members r egi stered , whi ch set a record. We hope t o break that number in 1981, and we will , wi t h your hel p. Make your pl ans early to at t end. The actual site will be announced as s oon as f i rm arrangements are made , but we expect to have a s ite in Western Morr is County , near Routes 80 and 46 , which is located about 4o mil es west of New York City. Reception condit ions are excel lent , and there should be little QRM . There are several el ect r oni cs suppl i er s nearby , and several r estaurant s . For t he amateurs in the r anks , we wil l have 2 -met er communications on site , courtesy of a local r epe at er , as well as simplex.

More details will be announced as soon as we have thi ngs firmed up , but don' t let that hold up your pl ans !

Thanks & 73' s :

Russ Edmunds (WB2BJH) and Rob Stonier (KA2IlLT) Committee Chair per s ons

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.15116 9885 .3

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.9 .4679 .8838 .I 8 5707 8211 2 28.0 0.4695 0.8829 62 .0 g 5721 8202 1

.1 .4710 .8821 .9 35 .0 0.5736 0.8192 55 .0 .2 .4726 .8813 .8 .l ·.5750 .8181 .9 .3 .4741 .8805 .7 .2 .5764 .8171 .8 .4 .4756 .8796 .6 .3 .5779 .8161 .7 .5 .4772 .8788 .5 .4 .5793 .8151 .& .b .4787 .8780 .4 .s .5807 .1141 • . 5 7 .4802 .8771 .J .& .5821 .1131 .4 .8 .4818 .8763 .2 I .7 .5835 .1121 .3 .9 .4833 .8755 1 .8 .5850 .Slll .2 29 .0 0.4848 0.8746 61.0 .9 .5864 .8100 .1

.1 .4863 .8738 .9 36 .0 0.5878 0.8090 540

.2 .4879 .8729 .8 .I .5892 .Miro .9

.3 .4894 .8721 . 7 .2 .5906 .8070 .8

.4 .490'.l .8712 .6 .3 .5920 .8059 .7

.5 .4924 .8704 .5 .4 .5934 .8049 .6 4 . • 1656 .9641 .6 .5 .3827 .9239 5 5 .1672 .9636 . 5 6 .3114l .9232 .4

.6 .4939 .8695 .4 .5 .5948 .~ .5

. 7 .4955 .8686 .3 .6 .5962 .8028 .4 6 .1689 ,9631 .4 7 .3859 .9215 3 .8 .4910 .8678 .2 .7 .5976 .8018 .3 7 .2706 ,9617 .3 8 .3875 .92 19 .1 8 .1713 ,9621 .1 .9 .3891 .9212 I 9 .1740 .9617 .I l3 0 0 3907 0 9105 61 0

16 0 0.1756 0.9613 74 0 I .:rm .9198 9 .I .1773 .9608 .9 .1 .3939 .9191 .8 1 .1790 .9603 .8 3 .3955 9184 7 .3 .2807 .9598 .7 4 3971 9178 6 4 .1813 .9593 .6 5 .3987 9171 .5 5 .2040 .9588 .5 6 4003 .9164 4

.6 .2857 .9583 4 1 4019 .9157 .3 1 .1874 ,9578 .3 8 .4035 9150 .2 8 .2890 .9573 .2 .9 .4051 .9143 .I I

9 .2907 ,9568 .I 24 0 0 406/ 0 9135 66 0 17 0 0. 2924 0.9563 730 I .4083 9118 9

I .1940 .9558 .9 1 4099 .9111 .8 2 .2957 .9553 .8 3 .4115 911 4 .1 3 .2974 . . 9548 .7 4 .41 31 9107 .6

.4 .1990 .95'11 .6 5 4147 .9100 5

.5 .3007 .9537 .5 6 .4163 9091 .4

.6 .3014 .9532 .4 7 .4179 9085 3 7 .3040 .9527 .3 8 4195 .9078 .2 8 .3057 . 9511 .2 9 .4210 .9070 .I 9 .3074 .9516 I 25 0 0 4226 0 9063 65 0

18 0 0.3090 0.9511 11 .0

I I .4242 .9056 .9

I .3107 .9505 .9 2 4258 9048 8

1 .3113 .9500 -8 3 4274 9041 .7

3 .3140 .7 .9494 4 4289 .9033 .6 4 .3156 .9489 ,6·

5 .4305 .9016 5 5 .3173 .9483 .5 6 .3190 .9478 4 6 4321 9018 .4

7 4337 9011 .3 I .3106 ,9472 . .3

8 4351 9003 2

I OEGL

.JW .9466 .1 9 4368 8996 I

-3139 .9461 . I

COSINE SI NE DEGREE OEGRH COS INE SINE DEGREE

.9 .4985 .8669 . l .8 .5990 .8007 .2 30 .0 0. 5000 0.8660 60.0 .9 .6004 .7'¥31 .1

.5015 .8652 .9 37 .0 0 6018 0. 7986 53 .0 1 I .6032 .7976 .9 .2 .5030 .8643 .8 2 .6046 .7965 .5045 .8634 .7 .8 .3

.3 .6060 .5060 .8625 :6 .7955 .7 .4

.4 .6074 .7944 .5075 .8616 .5 .6 .5

.5 .6088 .7934 .5 .6 .S..."'l:

I .8607 .4

.6 .6101 7 .5105 .8599 3 .7923 .4 .5110 .8590 2 .1 .6115 .7912 .3 .8

.8 .6129 .9 .5135 .8581 .1 .7902 .2 31 0 0.51 50 0 t 572 59 .0 .9 .6143 .7891 .I

38 .0 D.'6157 0.7880 52 .0 .1 .5165 .8563 .9 .1 .6170 .7869 .9 I .2 .5180 .8554 .8 .2 .6184 .7859 .8 3 .5195 .8545 .7 .il .6198 . 7848 .7 .4 .5210 .8536 .6 .4 .6211 .7837 .6 .5 .5225 .8526 .5 .5 .6225 .7826 .5 .6 mo .8517 .4 .6 .6239 .7815 4 7 .5255 .8508 .3 .1 .6Z5Z .1804

I .3 8 .5270 .8499 .2 .8 .6266 .7793 .2 9 5284 .8490 .I .9 .6280 . 7782 .I

39 .0 0.6293 0.7771 51.0 32 0 0 5299 0 848) 58 .0 .1 .6307 .7760 .9

.1 .5314 8471 .9 .2 .6320 .7749 .8

.2 .5329 .8462 .8 .3 .6334 7738 .7

.3 .5344 .8453 .7 .4 .6347 .7727 .6

.4 .5358 .8443 6 .5 .6361 .7716 .5 5 .5313 .8434 .5 .6 .6374 .7705 .4 6 .5388 .8425 .4 .7 .6388 .7694 .3 7 .5402 8415 .3 .8 .6401 .7683 .2 8 .5417 .8406 .2 .9 .6414 . 7672 .l 9 .5432 .8396 .I

OE GREE COSI NE SINE DEGREE DEGREE COSINE SINE DEGREE

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DEGREE SINE COSINE DEGREE

\ 43 .0 0.6820 I 0. 7314 47.0 .I .6833 ' 7302 .9

40 .0 0 6428 0.7660 50 .0 .2 .&845 .7290 .8

l .6441 .7649 .9 .3 .6858 .7278 .7

.2 .6455 ' 7638 .8 .4 .6871 .7266 .6

.3 .6468 7627 .7 .5 .6884 ' 7254 .5

.4 6481 .7615 .6 .6 .6896 '7242 .4

.5 6494 7604 .5 .7 .6909 7230 .3

.6 6508 ' 7593 .4 .8 .6921 .7218 .2

.7 .6521 ' 7581 .3 .9 .6934 ' 7206 .I

.8 .6534 .7570 .2

.9 6547 '7559 .1 « 0 0.6947 0. 7193 46 .0 . l .6959 .7l81 .9

4l.O 0.6561 0. 7547 49 0 .2 .6972 .7169 .8

. l .6574 ' 7536 .9 .3 .6984 .7157 .7

.2 6587 7514 .8 4 .6997 7145 6

.3 6600 ' 7513 .7 .5 7009 7133 . 5

.4 .6613 ' 7501 .6 .6 ' 7022 7120 .4

.5 6626 7490 5 ' 7 ' 7034 ' 7108 .l

.6 6639 ' 7478 4 .8 ' 7046 ' 7096 1

.7 .6652 7466 3 .9 ' 7059 ' 7083 l

.8 .6665 7455 . 2

9 .6678 .7443 .1 45 0 0. 7071 0. 7071 45 0

42 0 0 6691 0. 7431 48 0

.1 .6704 7420 .9 Not e: Now everyone can comput e

2 .6717 7408 .8 all Graveyard distances with

3 6730 7396 .7 complet e a c curacy with the same

4 6143 7385 .6 standa rds for Bill Bergadano' s

5 6756 ' 7373 5 Gr aveyard DX Ac hi evement s column .

.6 . 6769 7361 .4 Ed.

7 6781 7349 .3

.8 6194 7337 .2

9 6807 1m l

GET TOGETHER

university of manitobo dx-swl club

roo m 517 box 131 universi ty cent re winnipeg canada R3T 2N2

The University of Manitoba DX- Sho rtwa ve Listene r s Club ( UMDX) wil l b e hold i ng a Li steners Get-Together , THURSDAY OCTOBER 9th , 1980 at 7:00pm , i n the Univers i ty Centre Building , Un ivers i ty of Manitoba , l o cated i n South Wi nn i pe g .

All ~en!toba reg i on listeners &r€ 1nv1ted to be e x per i e n ced DXers o r a newcomer to the hobby . t he SWL hobby in Manitob a and about one of North clubs ••• UMDX,

attend , whether they Fin d out more about

Arrer i ca ' s un i que r ad i o

In t e re s ting d is plays as wel l as r efres hment s are planned for the Ge t - Toge t her, For more i nformat i on , wr i te U~DX at the addr ess above or in Man itoba cal l 474-8233 (No collect call s please ). We hope to s e e you there ,

Manitoba region's infamous MW DXers are asked to a ppear toolll

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CANADIAN

June 20 , 1 980

FAMILY LIFE John Oldfiel d 7135 129A S treet Surre y , EC Canada V3'.".' 6T4

UPDATE

U:;_Jdater : l '.RC DX :' ews Volume 46 :•u::iber 5 :?ai:;es 13-15 Canadian Family Life-- It ' s ~·.ans! * ;:iother (s) stuC.io

A.3 : Albert.a

*CEEC-1090 & C!:TA-1 570~s~ *CJOC-1220 & CJrR-1490 s *CJDV- 910 & C;J3R-1340 s

Lethbricge/Taber "Check RaC. io" lethbridce / Bl :::ir:1or e uc- jock"/11''!.:'czs Ji:.C:. io 11

8:. CEOA-1400(s) "3ic Cou::itr3' ::Cz.C:.io " Drumheller/BrookS}Stettler

*CJYR- 970 & c ::::.T-1450 & c;~-1-1230 & CFYR- 1400 & CIYR-1 230 Edson/Jasper/Grande Cache /.lh itec ourt/Einton "Y- R Radio " "Yellor;head P.adio " Hot e that the ln.st 3 are umns.nned 50 watt l prts . Two are on 1 230 •

*CIQI;:-1310 & CIOE-1-1 340 St, ?aul/Grand Centre ::ate that CJOr:/CFOK/CIOK/CIOK- l (same oriners ) again ind icated t hey ;nay apply to tr: in c:ll on t he Arr show .

CJDV owners boui:;ht CiGTI-1330 & may apply for AJ; tr1inn ing . CFCH-1060 Calgary has a SWL relay (CFVP 6030 I\hZ . ) . Call let-::ers not used •

SK: Saskatchewan

*CJ!:B-1050 & CJl:S-1240~s~ J:orth Ec:t:Ieford/,!eadow Lake " Plus Two Radio" *CFSL- 1190 & CJSL-1 280 s '.'ieyburn/:Sstevan 11S oo Line " 11S - L "'c:ciio" ''CIC3\7- 570 & CJS::-1490 ,s Swift Cur rent/Shaunavon 11S\'l-SJI 11 11S outhv;es t Sas k, R."

:'B: ::anitoba

*CFAR- 590 & CJAR- 1240(s) Flin Flan/The Pas "Arctic RaG. io" ... own CE':I'!'.- ClO • *CFA!,!- 950 & CITSli.- 1250 ( s ) & CJRB-1220 (c) 11 P.c.C:.io S out:c:ern · :c:.::: i t o·.:c. 11

Ll tona /Etei:::oach/3oissevain •• , some s e parate acis . *CH'.iIT:- FI<i Vlinni peg 97 . 5 feeds its Ali show t o 9 s tc.tions i n '.7:.• Ontario .

BC : British Co;Ltl!!lbi..§:

*CJDC- 1 350 & C -1450(s ) *CJSL- 940 & C -1600(s) *C?CP- 1440 & C?'.'IB-1 490(s)

Da·;:c on Creek/Chetr:"-nci Richmond/Delta,,,Delta on by 1981- 3 2 & CF1H-1 240(s) "Coas t 1c.C:.io 11 .. . a1 s o own CEQB-1 280 , Courtenay/Ca;n:pbell River/Port Hard;T

*CRW!\:-1270 & CFVR- 850(s ) & C:\G0-1 240(sJ & Fl! l ) rt . "Frase r Valley .:SG.io" Chilli.-:ack/;.bbotsfordl:coµe / 3oston 3ar(F'.!)

l:ot~: CPVR twins the AN show . Al l use pre- tiriecl se:;;ar::.te TIJ$ ;;ilt\S ·"P'!R". *C iG'.:- 570 & CFE:;:-124o (s~ Cra:-,brook/?e:?:·ni e 11 :::1: 11 or 11E8.St ::ooten<:.~' R<:.C. i o " *CIGC~l 3 90 & CFI:C- 1340(s i:e1so:1/ Creston " I;:C " or ::o te=:' Coc:;.:tr:' J:J.C. i o" *C::::cR- 580 & c ;:c:rt-1340(s & CrnR-1400 "R Cow:try" 11:-:r.- CR-GR" "First Voice ilest of the Rockies" Salmon Ar1!1/:':eve1stoke/Golden

*C::oE- 000 & c::s P- 1450 (s) & c::oo-1 240 (s) &: c::oc- 1- i<csc c, c ::G?-1 ;:;.;o (:c:) Penticton/ Su.:i.Je:::-la 11d/Oso:roos /Oliver/Gr::..::1cl :?or~ 11 0:: 11 or noa..naga..t1-BoW1dar~·l 2 . 11

C i~GF has ,1e1·1 or;ners & may no lon;:;er twin. P~-"1l.,,$1!1.Mml: lbsAREALSl> uni. -*CHU:S-1570 8:. c::PQ-l;i7 0(SJ '.:a:::iai:Jo/Parc::SVille- Qua.licrt!!l Ecacb. ·'.;c~::T- .. lC [:; c_-:T- 1230(s ) &: CI::L-1400(s ) &: c::: ::L- 1 - 1!:-0C· 11;;r, Radio "

:;:amJ.oo ps /;.:erri tt/?r inceton/Clea.r:1ater . liote : 2 on 1400 . *Ci;:CQ- 920 lo c::::1- 570(S ) & C:·:0.'.- 1240(s ) 11Cariboo " adio"

Qnesnel/'.' ill i a ::is :'.ca.~e/lC ., ·:i::.e :-:,,t:::;e ::ote : Car i boo bou._;llt o:: CFB'l /CJC I & =:-' <:.;pl:' to 'c·;, in all on A:: show . *C::?G- 550 &: C :~:::-12~-C (s) I':·i~lce C'-eo~·ce/ :;:.c:.:0 :._ie ·::·ci::m:.- 560 & CF::L- 590(s) Ft. St . Joi;n/?t . :·e1 s on w.:L- Al@ka::i_:.hr:c.y ?,a6. i o " "CFT::- 590 t. c:21'::-123o (s) '.::ec'. ::tce/-:iti=t "'.::·: : ~ato *CJCI- 620 & cr.-.r:-13~0(s ) & Cr::'J-1460 & CI?L-14.50 . Las t 2 are 50 v1att lnrts

Prince Georc;e/Va.".lde rhoof/Ft. St . Ja:;iesjFraser Lake • • *CI'B'/-1230 & cr:LD- 1400(s ) & CE31.'- 1450 & c ::::r:-l~-90 [; c;J:.TJ-lt;.00 . L~t 3 5Cr: . Sinithers/3urns La.ke/Hour> ton/Razel ton/Gr:::..:.;.icle . ~l-~ .. ~ev \r:::.11 e~r i:ot e : CJCI & CFBV j oin :1etnor:.m :fo'-' '; ~1e ,,:: t;:: o·, : (10 : 30- 6am LT ): • CI : Cent ral ( or !ir= ) Inte:'ior ·:0t·.-:o::-k . ::ote 2 l 0rts on 1430

J:ot e: C:'.:U- c_,90 & CK.'/1-1130 ( both Vanc ouver) !lave Sr!L rela .. ers • c:::::U- Cl GO kHz . & C!Y.4- GOSO k:::;:; . Call e ::ot l!Sed, "

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*CHlm-F1l \7inn1peg feeds its A?T show to 9 stations in ll\i' Ontario. They are: CJRL-1220 Kenora, CEDR-900 Dryden & lprts, & CFOB-800 Ft. Frances &: lprt. CKDR twins carry oeparate local ads & some separate IDS.

*Cia>R-900 &: CKIG-.1340 &: C -1490 & C -1450 & C -1400, & Fl! Red Lake. Dryden/Ignace/Ear Falls/lluG.son/Sioux Lookout/F!I at J ed Lake . · All tTiins 50w.

*CFOB-800 &: CFAK-1240 Fort Frances/Atl:kokan ••• 50 watt twin-l prt . *CFIX-1170 &: CHBR-1060 Cornwall/llawkesbury ••• French. :-ot e : CFIX has a night

CP f or ???? kHz. When CF.BR finds a freq. they Will also e;o !lights, "CFCS -, 5 60 & CFB3-1 490(sl Or:en Soc1ci/? ort :8le;in *CJKL-560 & CJ'l'T-1230 s Iarkland Lake/1;ew Liskearci *Cr::BB- 950 & c::C!l-1400 s 3ar rie/Coll i uc .-: ooci *CPB::- 630 & CFBQ-1340 s Euntsville/Parry Sound *CJBQ- 800 & CJ::R-1 24J s & CJT l:-1270(s) Belleville/Bancro1't/Trenton,

CJ'l' !T at times twins C:~:G-P: I (CJBQ-P'l). . *CFC1- 620 & CFLH-1340(6) & CFL::-123o(s) Ti:!llllinS/Re:::.rst/;:a:puSkE.Sin;;. F?.El:CH. *CJ!:R- 730 & c;;::-P.-134C(s) & C:r.3- 930(s) 3linG. ::'liver/~lliott La:..;ef"z;x:r.ol< ••

C:G:S carries rauch local pf;!!!S, }lost nights CFJTR bec omes the "mother'!. *CFY:!-1050 & CJWA-1240(s) Sault Ste, !.'.arie/,-;awa . :.lay no longer twin.

CFRB-1010 Toronto has a SVIL relay-er, CF!'lX 6070 ld:,;. Calls not used,

PQ: Quebec All are French, except CFC?( CFCX).

*CFLI'-1000 & CFVJ.:-122o~s~ Riznouski/Amqui. Tl°liuS 50% of the ti:oe . *Cl:RB-1 450 & CI?.B-1240 c St .-Geor es-de-BeaucefLac-~tche:nin *CJBR- 900 « 0,T:'J::-14.50 ,c ::fimouck iJCauc:::.:.:iccai. now CBC(SRC) owned,

Was said to want· to change calls to CESL &: c:s:; 1.; & to rela~' C:BGA-1250 . *CK'r.l- 710 & CI:v'.I'-l340 (s ~ Ville-: :r-_:-ie/'.:'e :2isca3in.:,"1le *CHHC- 610 & C -1150(s & C -1 450 ilew Carisle/Ga.:: pe /'!nruoc:iville *CJFP-1400 & CJAF-1240 (c & CE~-1~50(s)

Ri v iere-d u-Loop/.huY=..,Jrtl-Xef :til:bl:..-ill!!'.(;lltt/Ca ba.no /PohlnCt;8..1ook(C: t. - :":l ethere) *CHG3-l310 & CHAL-1350(s) & CPVD-1370(s) La-Poce.yiere/St.-?il.:!l;.:>hille/Ville­

•c r~c ; :- 5 uO & c IPC- 710 ~s ~ Sept-nes / Port-Cartier . *CHVD-1230 e, CJ::2J-1 24C s & C?LD-l34C (c) Dolbeau/Chibour;a.mau/Chapais •c;~_::-1400 & c:cr.s -1 240 s & CEAD-1340(s ) e: c ::vn-_ 900(s) .

Rou::n/La.-S arre/A:nos/Val-d 1-0r ,

De1;elic

*CI:'..!L- 610 & CJ:J;G-1340(s ) & CI:SJ-1400 (s) & C: :LR-1490(s) 11 R€sec.u ci.es Laurentides 11

~:Janiv1aki/St. -Jo-vi~e/L ' Amwcic..t i on ,!_ont-I ,c..urier

*CITLC- 580 & CF22- 620(s) E:auterive/Forrestv~lle *C;CLD-1330 & C:?DA-1380 ( s ) & Ci\TL-1420( s) & CJA:T-1340(s ) & CJLP-1230 (s) &

& C2J"L-1400 (c). '!'hetfcrd : : ir.:esf1! ictoriavi1le/~/''leSsiSville/ .\.S bc r..tos /::Jiti~c.eli/I.2 .. c~1.~cz..:ltic/ 11 R~E: ec..u L.e L:_:.;:.l ::..cLecn . *CFC:'!'-600 :'.o,1t 'real (Bnglish ) h as a SllL r clayer, CFCX, 6005 kHz. Call not useci..

:::B: Eew Brunswick ~ --*CE! '!- 570 & Ci;I!V-1490 (s) Eci;nundston/Grand Falls ... FREHCH/Bilingual-::0:'1GLJSE:

CJVA- 81 0 Caraquet may later t n in with C.D1 : /c;~.:V & the new C, •• -1380 r:oncton *V KCW-1 220 & CJC'.'.' - 590(s) J.'oncton/Susse::... CJCVi studio time: : -: 0500-1200 . *CJCJ""' 920 & C -1240 or 730 Yl oodstock/Grand Falls ••• a pplica tion only

:"S : :;ova Scotia

*C;~D-1350 t : CKDY-1 420 & c :::;:;J ;-1 490 & CL•_:J-1450 •.• all h ave (s) !!idc:l eton/Dic; -::-/I:entville /\'! inC.s or •c ;:BW-1000 ? ridgewater applied for 2 twins at Liverpool/Shelburne

-:.ut cicy use FL'. vs A:: *CHliS - 960 Ealif= has c S<'IL rela0-er, CE;:X-6130 :ills , *CJCE-1270 S ~-dney has a S','!L reln;,-er, CJCX- GOl O k:::: .

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*CJYQ- S3o e: '.::?YQ-1350(:·) 6: ::: n 'Q- J.SO(c) & ·:::::".':;- 7/0 (s) & c - 970(s) St, J oCTi •s/Ganc1.er/Grand F2..i1s/a:-z_nci. B.c_nk/ :us.:;r2_vetm·:n/Earbour G=ce"~ Sys tem:'!' *VOC:'.- 5SO & CI~GA- -730( :; ) l:. c:::c::- 560(s) & c . :c::- ;20(c) & c ::ro-710(c ) ::,

CKii.!-1240( ) & C - 850( ). Colonial 3roadcasti:::.,;. St, John 1 s/Gander/:.'.arysto11n/Gr...nd l'alls/Clarenville/~iEo 1;'e~·te/S pa:_:iart'. •s

Bav---Earbour Gr:::.ce "'CI'CD- 570 f : c::-r-::-12;;c(c) (; C?I~:.- - 7 '.'0 ( c ) plus 4 F~J twins Corner 3rook/:Point aux Bas'Jues/?oint au;;: Choi:-::. [umber Brc .

"CFL\','-1230 (:>) & CJ"L::-1340 (::;) \-,- a-~uch/E:::.:pµ~- 1!~.J.: c :---r· 0 )s e ::'::_:-I:t:::·r·c:t /r~ ••• ~otl! 'J~i_.L1::!.-:c :::jot: .. ~ 50~ ):'.:° -:: .. :.· proc;ramm~

*CBJ'.- C40 St, ,Tohn's hc.s /-_ SV.'L rel2_y , c 1::::;::, ClGO kl: :c .

CFS X-910 Stephenville may also be attwin of C?CB •••

Thanl~ to il€nis Bce.u1·eca:-d for help l'iitb Que\.iec & ::ariti1Jes . 8~ : :--~ ! r i: · / - .l .r · ~· ~} \'.' ; :.-c ' .. c }.c ;- ;t:t' ..

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ERNEST R. COOPER 5 ANTHONY STREET PROVINCETOWN, MASS . 02657

The opinions expressed in this column are those of the individual members, and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors , publ i shers or NRC.

UNC01'VENTION11 L COllVENTION! GREG llOliTI - 1110 Fidler ~e f~Silver Spring , Maryland - 20910

I t wasn't long after I•d recovered from T1Ilf WC vacation when it was time to de­part for Loui sville Ky. & the IHCA convention. TED F!Jo:ISCHAKER, naturally, was 1le convention host. He picked out a real f anc;• downtown hotel to impress us and showed us all the good places. to eat. The IRCA. hospitality suite was always a beehive of activity, with many DX/ programming bull ses s ions going on at once. I got to meet DXers frOlll all over, whether in IRCA or not, such as STEVE SCHAEFER, JI.II I.A.LUCE, ERNIE COOPER, RICH SEGAIAS, and a whole bunch of people from Ohio who made strange noises a lot. I also ran into people I'd met be-fore, like PAUL kOUNT and the wall-travelled GEvRGE GREENE. I also bot to meet BC•s Eld.\~"D CARLSON, who . 'll'lls in the middle of a cross-sect ional vacation, stopping at DX conventions and DXers • h0111es on the way. Good to have you in V:ashington for the few hours you 119re here, Erlandl I also had a discuss ion of the Fii table of al locations with ... ichiian• s PHIL !iOERlMA. Convention highli ghts included the WHAS/wAMZ tour, & the visit to Shelbyville, K',y. where we toured WCND-940. ate at the Colonel's Lady, and stopped by the Wl!AS-840 XR site. Much of the rest of the time was spent sittil!g in the Jacuzzi half the night, finding a nonexistant Frenchman at the Greyhound depot, having a fire drill in the hotel at 4145 on Sunday moniing and tuning all the receivers in stereo stores to 90.5 mHz. Ted ran a fine conva:ition. Now, he's deciding which one will be ill Louisville in 1982. It•s an every-other-year tradition, I understand. This convention was r eall;• just a Louisville conventior1, not strictly the IRCA convention. We had attendees from many clubs and regions, llhich i s a s it should be. The Fall season is on it s way, so 73'• and good DX to all.

JOE• 5 HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL - WITH MEMORIES

J w BRAl!NER _ R D. l _ Eox 15; - Punxsutawney, Pennsyvvania - 8/31/80 • • · J;JiCl-Summer greetings. Hot WX, a three-week stay in the hospital canbined to

make limited DX lately. July added only WXJCIY-126o on R3@ 3am, 7 / 20. Au gustI almost drew a blank. On 8/30 \'•GGO was hog ging 1'90 c; 8pm so wa stayed for the 8: 15 s/ off and sure enough much-wanted v:JET made it weakly briefly throu<;h l'IAKR. Then Sunday 8/31 'iii lOam the new Mon-roeville, Pa. call, WliUE, IDed on 151C. I had been checking this spot and getting WART at midday so possibly the station had been off the air. DX NE'I~ ~"29 was (to me at least) one of the most interesting in years, thanks to all who mo.de it so. BRIAN VERNOK and his Cana-dians. Those •phantom• calls were in a class by themselves. CKTB was a semi-local to me for years but like ERC I don't recall that beer logo. But I do remember CKG\'i's "Canadians Know Good Whiskey." Nestle's CKOW, "Canada's KOW" and all those Clffi calls fran liloncton to Vancouver, CPR calls and CKSll used only durine; services at St. k'ichaels. Ernie's imposing list of Brooklyn calls bring to mind i'1'F'i<V-14oO, logged as of ll/1/33 "'6pm. A report brought

a personal v/ l on WVFW lett erhead. A f /up explafring what was desired got another FVLwhich stated that the call heard was -,~\'IV and an explanation that ·;,F'/lV was used very briefly whilo the VFW untangled red tape to obtain WVFW (log,;ed on ll/15/33 _,, 7pm). The VN block had been reserved for government use. The VFW made the first breakthrough. I wonder how many DXers have l'/FV,V verified? Memories, memories! 73. (Not me, & I lived in Brooklyrl -EF-C )

ID!.VING A HH•H TIME TkYIN G FOh WLSDl

ROSS J.!URPHY - 1358 Lindbergh Avenue - Roslyn, Pennsylvenia - 19001 I see the big thing iri the se 1;use sessions is exposing the "coded messaa.i;e" be-

hind a station•s call. Speaking of call lett ers , one station with a very suspicious call has eluded me for the last ni~.e years - namely WLSD-1220, Big Stone ~, Va. ¥1hy e.r1y sta­tion would want to be identified with a potent hallucinogen is beyond me, although I •ve no­ticed stranger--er, queerer call cases-- namely ·:/FAG and liIPS, both 1250 (the message is stay awa~ fr0111 12501) Now I unfortunately have a wild enough imagination to guess what reception f rom a YILSD would be lilre. I pi cture tuning into 1220 at sundown one evenir:g and hearing old Jefferson Airplane albums inter spresed with giggling and announcements which run like this 1 "Hey man, look at the colors." I am not wild enough to imagine what, a verie from Yil.>D would be like or let alone solve the riddle behind Big Stone Gap, the alleged town where V\LSD •s vibes orl.ginate (although I•m sure it has a lot of "meanircg"). Miyway my big disap­pointment in life is t hat there• s no Vi or KPOT . DXine; in August was a boon, August beirJg generally less stormy than July. f even had a good .a.:i.; on 8/18, logging 'liT.liA-l2 50 w/Vrr.IE off I llGH-1310 w/ViCAM off. I believe l log0 ed my fir st Vlisconsin station around l0 150pm on 8/30 catchin& an ID which was 65f. WEllP 6c 357& v;DAE-- that was on 1250 behir.d the Cowboy-Steeler game on Y1T,U:. ~IEMP (?) played what seenied like nan-stop c/rr mx &: the a.rwouncer wa• ft>-.ale. I have not ruled out the possibility of YiDVA, a c/ w station which came barrelir:g in after midnight. Did I log l.isconsin, t hat big:;est tease ir: all the 50 states? Did I log Tampa? lielp me out. So long & 73s. (WI.SD had those calls long before the "invention" of LlD, Ross. VIF'AG's calls had to do with cigarettes (fags) in tobacco country; they•ve changed calls recently though -Ere)

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KARL FORTH - ?714 North LeClaire - Chicai:o. Illinois - 60639 9/1/80 WJPC-950 is now 24 hours I The change occurred o.t 7145pm CDT an Augu st 9, 1980

when, instead of the usual s / off, an announcement was made that WJPC would be going 24 hours (ouch)I This was the "secret" t hat various personall ties (Gladys !'.ni ght, Chak:a Khan, etc.) had been pranotir:g since the Spring, "Sure a s April showers bring li!ay flowers, WJPC•s soon gonna be •••• " The night XR is located in South suburban Burnham, and is easily nulled here, leaving Wl\J & KllaN. The BCB season has begun here after a Summer of inactivity. The first new station was WllBT-1530 concluding ET or f / c of rock mx w/S ID @ 1 :5lam on. 8 125. KKBJ-136o was hearc at 2: 05am, also on 8 ' 25, w'ET, OC, ID, & "North Country" jingles. WNYR-990 heard at 4:34 o 1u WJ:OX w1>SA, WX, & pop / country mx to round out the mornin,. On 8 '28 ~'BRG-1050 was heard w s/on @ 5:5~, no SSB heard. This Summer's f jUp s produced t he fol-lowing veries: v/ q- Vll!l\'B-1000, \'IIBA-1310. v/ 1- CKBI-900. v/ f- WSLM-1220 CK GB-680. v/PP 'c­KOZY-1320 flPPA-1~60 WG?.'Y-1220 WEI11-1330 ~XYQ-1010 WJPJ-1530 KSRB-1570 WRLV-114o WNIL-1290 CFCH-Coo WESY-1580 WCSW-940 CKXL-1140 & W\'IIT-970. MARK cir.?.ICKERT, welcome back to Chicago.

WCF L-1000 WILL CHANGE FORllAT KEN ONYSCHUK - 239 Fir - Park Forest, Illinois 8/30/80

A lot of newa to report. Aug. 8, WJPC Chicago went 24 hours. I didn't know about it for four days, when I tuned in 950 about 6155am & heard soul mx, then TClll Jety-ner cCllles in w/"Welcane to the new 24-hour WJPC." Oh brother! The night towers are at

142nd St. West of Burnham Avenue and the change in power & pattern at 9pm is noticable here. I •m about 18 miles SW of Burnham . Also WCFL will be dropping its disastrous t.'X/'l'LK fomat s oon for a change to music, probably popular. They're losing millions & a change was badly needed for tloe lowest rated 50,000w All station in broadcasting history - less than i of 1% of the Chicago audience . Also the Century Broadcasting Stations WAIT-WI.()() is doing very well. WLOO (Fll-100) is #1 Fii in Chicago w/ its BFL mx, which I happen to like during T1Ilf wail<e-up morning hour s . WAIT has played more MoR than EZL to show that t hey don•t want dup­lication. By the way, WCFL popular SX host Chuck Swir sky has signed up with Fii rocker WLUP and will take his SX show to Sunday nif;ht, probably in mid-September. Personal DX s tuff, 5/25- WDOV-1410 Del. in w/YIX @ l0145pm, then full ID l!!I 11 for a new state by surprise. No WING at time - very nice. Next night I hear KQV @ 121 08am w/ all-NX. 7/19, anot her f / c to put up wi t h. I decided to put up with it, ID or no ID . Lo & behold, on 690, WZAP Va. in beautiful @ 2am. Occasionally I•ll try to ID but the no-shows are enough to make a guy won-der why I wated my time, many feel the same. 8/3, I tri ed to get Texas WX ~ SRS on KRLD thi s AM, about 6:45, o ut instead, a new !t!.ich. came in, WOAP. That gives me about 54 to date. They're no big deal t o me . But I•ll log it anyway. SRS WX reports of interest to all ; WOA I @ 6:30 & WHO ~ 6:45 - very thorough reports. Several Chicago stations at Chicago-Fest at Navy Pier thi s year, with souvenirs & celebrities : WOJO-l7CLR-WGN-'ll'BllX-WRCK-WFllT-WLUP-lo'KQX­'llLS & the WCFL Lost & Found Dep•t. WFJ.!T gave out some very attractive dial scans, I•ll send one to ERC. (Thank you I -ERC) I'm spending a lot of time at the P .F. Library lately . They've got 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook (all $55 of it - wow) & Standard Rate & Data book, July •89, both terrific references. Hey, I•m running out of space. I•ve got to go. Kore next time. Have a great Convention, LOS ANGELES .

TELLS OF HIS EARLIER DXING DAYS J.E. IEWI ~ - 1934 East 51 Street - fl6 - Tulsa, Oklahan& - 74105

It•s fun, at age 34, to look back on the nearly geCl!letrical growth in the state-of-the-art in both All & Fii radios. 1ly first experience with any ~nd of radio DXing -s with a small five-tube green set - name not remembered but it ma;· have been a Sylvania -at Highland Park, Ill., about 23 crow milo s North of Chicago. In the early to mid 50• s it was exciting for a pre-adolescent to hear Denver (KOA) or New York (WABC, or other biggies) but thst particular set didn•t have the sensitivity or selectivity to do too much better ev-en with atmospherics. A couple years later I graduated to another set with much greater potential and with Short Wave. It was, I believe, an R.C.A. lifted out of an old console with record player. It worked better on SW, frankly, but I started pullini; 5 & 1 kilowat-ters and even some bug-powered like the then WCR\'f Chicago with 100 whole wat ts! About that time I went off to DMllllllond, Wi s •• for several weeks. Although I had no radi,,bp there one of my friends did, and I managed, if my memory fun ctions, the Ashland station on 1400 kl!z at night wilth very little interference. They ware running the J.!ilwaukee Braves games that Summer. Back home a year or two later I bought my first Zen i th Royal 500 ei ght-transistor and things reall y improved. I could pull just about any station which put a .Ol llV 'M sig­nal in to Highland Park or anywhere ir1 the 25 or s o states I travelled to in the -next ten years. I became a seeker of lOOw stations, often driving or tra i ning hundreds of miles to visit one. lolapping expected signals i n travel was another thrill, especially when DA•s d i dn't foul up my projections. Although failing in iOath at school I figured out the in-verse square law and started going by square roots f or e stimation. (By the way, does any-one know a fairly accurate formula for estimating AM signal distance based on wavelength & power?) By the 6o•s I had another Zenith and was off to college in Tampa, Fla. where Guba mes sed up everything and lOkw stations about 1000 kHz had tr~ble getting 40 miles in the daytime. Probably '111/1 best catch by 1960 was getting WQA.11, lliami, 560 kHz at lkw at about 3 or 4am CST one cold Viinter' s night after WIND Chicago was iind enough to cut their car­rier. I•ve been an NRC member now for several months and have grown to respect those who have ~used. I•ll be contributing more regularly now and plan to help with the new log pronto and even have a few signal maps. Next month, a daytime bandscan and s0111e nighttime goodies from this central location. Thanks to the Midwest members with whom I spoke via landline last month. 73. JroSHGS AREN'T TOO PlENTIFUL FOR THIS IS~UE - Y.11.AT SAY ABOUT SOllE HElP FROll Y-0-U-1

~ CE~TRAL FLORIDA DX-PEDI TION - PART 2 JIFF wcn.ooD - 3131 1.:1 Prado Boulevard - Tampa, Florid& - 33609

A lot has happened since the laat Muse, so time for an update. I now work for Badger America Inc. •• a process engineer where r•ve been for three months. Newly ac­

quired is a Panasonic RF-2600, a Radio West s hotgun loop and a TRS-80 computer. I have a program for plotting All directional patterns on the TRS-80•s screen based on the towers• placement and phasing if anyone is interested. !!ow for the re st of our DY. trip. We lo­cated XR sites for all Orlando fulltimers except WDBO. For the record, WIDF has five tow­ers in a stro.i ,;ht line, WKI S has thee in a line (E- Yi }. and 'l'/HOO has five in a nonsymmetirio .. al arrangement. A vi sit waa made to ~~LN-1520, a r e ligious st at i on in Apopka which simul­ca•ts 'on Fl.: (as does our local on 1520, WGllB/llKES- FM, also a r eligious f ormat). The an­nouncer on duty was curious about >IGNB whi ch apparently is directional to the East (as is ~~JJ;I). A bandscan just out side of Mt. Dora (a:J miles NW of Orlando) revealed that ~KBX..630 was quite listenable at 250 miles for one of my longest daytime DX rece ptions over land. The weakest Tampa stations the re were Wl!B0-1050 {250w) and @AE-1250. For a station wi th flagship rights to Bue games as well as a dive rs ified market for music and f ive-night-a..week talk ' programa, WDAE 1 s signal coverage i s di sappointingly limited_ primari ly due to its DA and poor XR site. WQPD-l.430 also suffers f rom a poor XR location - just to the ·;;est of the agine 70-foot tower is a hill wcich wreaks havoc with their coverage of Tampa-~t. Pete mediocre in t he daytime and nonexistant at night. Granted, lkw isn't supposed to cover a whole lot, but WQPD gets obliterated by Cuba just ten miles out of Lakeland. \\"DAE gets some skywan QRJ1 in l.3.keland at night - l\1lBO is much strollier there for Buos games. Other stations located were ViLBE-790 and WOKB-loOO. WGT0-540 has been told 1 f they want the 10 kw at night that they requested they will need TEN towers - meaning thly still wouldn't cov­er all of their own county at night while giving Orlando primary coverage! As ED KITRUS mentioned, the adjustable RF attenuator works wonders when locating a station' s XR. All you han to do is turn down t he gain until the signal strength needle is at mi d-scale; as i t rises just tu rn down t he ga i n fur t her until the needle pins even with total attenuation, by which time the towers s hou ld be within view. All told, it was a very worthwhile expedi t ion. I may be in Massachusetts overThanksgi ving; i f any GT~ •s ar e planned, please let me know. 73, ( en t he Sunday after T-Giving, Jeff , Noon-to-6or 7pm, at t he home of RAY & ARLENE ARRUDA!ERC

S ID!;"EY' S GETT ING SOllE SUl!lo!ER DX SID"'1:Y E • .llARSBALL - 72'24 Pam Drive - ilillington , Tennessee - 38053 9 / 1/ 80

How time flies I Here it is another month gone, the end of the year not far off, and a new DX season right upon us l I 'm wri ting t his on Labor Day wi shing I was with the tired, but happy, bunch windi ng up t he NRC Convention i n LOS ANGELES. Maybe before too many more milestones pass I ' ll get the chance to make a Convention. In spite of borderline ex r•ve been able to log four new ones, s i nce mailing my last J4use, as follows: WZBR-1520 , Mi s s .-• in on 8/ 17 "' 8 :43pm with mx & f ull s/ off heard . On 8/ 19 f!I 8 :57 to 9 pm KJPW-1390, ~o. was in, with exce l lent signal, with hardware-paint store spot, mx, & s/ oft. Then on 8/21 EOliE-980, Ohio, was in 8 8136pm, for seve r al minut .. , vr/ c/w & "98-Country-WONE• heard . Also on 8/21 "" 101 l4pm KLID-1340 , Mo. boomed in with female announcer giving ID, then into mx before dropping out. Thi s i s GYer 4163. With t hese newies my station total is at 790. I •ve just finished reading "Broadcast and Be Damned", which is a very interest­i?li study of the Australian Broadcasting Corp.•s first two decades. Bye for now, good DX.

THE FIRST OF OUR COMVENTION GOERS REPORTS IN MORTON D. IJIEE!!lN - 7682 North star Avenue ·:-funtyilineP.:imS,-ca11fOrnia - 92277

"Top 40 Radio" in Los An~eles is going to lose KHJ-930 afte r ten years. In vctober KHJ will switch to Country 1'.\lsic with a more contemporary sound than KI.IC, the city' s other r.; ;4:: st:~:..i.,i u1 t . NRC Convention lit e r a ture Ghows 1330 s . Vennont Ave. Los Angele s as a studio addres• ror XEPRS- 690, XEGll-950 and KROQ-1500 and all ~re Spani s h language sta­t ions . XEGK is shown with 50kw and on 24 hour s , KGUY-1270 Palm De se r t , Cal, l s now owned by Mary Neiswender and managed by Mary Ellen Hill. It cont inues a s an a l l -news station and has increased its sta f f to f our fulltlme r epor ters o.nd many parttime. !CTBA, Tuba Gity , Artz, 1050 kH! ended a tone test .iJ2 :23= ELT on Sept. 5th, They were very strong here at the time over-riding other stations on 1050. I att ended the NRC Convention and was pleased to meet people like WALT BREVI LLE and ZRNIF: WESOLOWSKI whose n8Jlles r•ve seen f or a dozen ye"r• . I was disappoi nted at the l"ck of Californio. NRCers t ;iat s;,owed, Most the NRCers in attendance were also !RCA membe rs I Thi 3 W&s the fir >t NR C Convent ion I attended i n 41 years. The previous one was i n 1939 at Erie , li/1• Attending Conventions toda y is expen­sive 11nd s omewhat out of reach . of us 3enior Citi~~m s retired on small pens ions. t:ay I sug- · gest thought be given to finding ways to reduce Convention costs. To start the ball roll­i ng may I suggest funds ra i sed at Convent ion auct ions be us ed to pay Convention expenses, .· t hus reducing or eliminating registration and banquet fees. Also combining NRC, !RCA, a~d &ny other BCB Clubs in t o one lar&e convent ion ·would give us more clout. Thia year's Conven­tion covered five day• and that meant f ive days • eT.pense of renting a hot el hall for a meet-ing place. Perhaps a free meeting place could be located, In 1939 we met in someone' s home and at a park on Lake Erie.

HE BAS A NEW ADDRESS IN EL PASO R~CHARD CLARK - 10272 Cren shaw otreet - El- Paso, Texas - 79924

- Hi everyone. Well. we have a new addre s~ in El Paso a s of 9/1. However we still have a home i n Puerto Plata as our second o lace. I a r.i. now using the Radio \\e st fer ­rite Loop antenna in which I must say is quite g~od. My wife likes it, because it takes up very little roan in the bedroom. Novr for some DX. WHTT-1260 R. Hit", Mi8llli, Fla, is the newest SS station, ex-c/w. ~Y-1320 e x-WADY fonnat is still MoR, no new info in El Paso or 3anto Domingo area but a whole lot on Fil. So this will be a short one for now. 73•·

® THO.llAS S!!ARPEN::i UP HIS RADIO GEAR <'t'B2GHA

THOl!AS (SKIP) AREY - Box 13 - Noble Street - llaurioetown, New Jersey - 08329 6<>9-785-1538 Greetillis I As I mentioned in my llls t 1.luse, I have been spending most

of fD¥ Summe r hobby hours modifying my equipment for the coming season, I want to publi.cly t hank GRANT MA'NN ING of Radio •·lest and NICK HALL-PATCH from the !RCA for providing me wi'h all the infonnation needed to improve my DX-160. This radio now has improved f iltering, more accurate S-meter, diiital dial {via frequency counter), tape monitor, and Q-J!ultlplier, I have also "filterized and digitited" my t,..o trustly Tf.F's and have set them up for diversity reception, For those of you who shy away from the soldering iron let me tell you that re­pairing and modi f ying my radios is almost (but not qui~e) as much fun as pulling in the DX . Last month I had a GTG with WALT Si'.ARP & I have been talking with my not-too-distant DX nei~­bor STEVE PARADIES. Look for a beverage party out of this trio real soon. l<"EIL ZANK has me busily contacting all of the 3outh Carolina daytimers about CPC TE3Ts. I have recently had very close contact with Vt'l.IVB & WS NJ as they are running spots for my church. I hope to discuss the possibility of testing with them directly. 3tsrt catching up on your sleep novr folks, there are a lot of long nights ahead,

REMEMBER THE MAINE {BANDSCANI) llARK COl1!\1:LLY - 30 William Road - Billerica, 11Assaohu•etb1 - 01821 9/3/80

DX from Bar Harbor, 11.aine. From Aug, 13-15, we were in Bar Harbor, Ile, to relax and enjoy the scenery around Acadia National Park. And, of course, I managed to sneak in a little DXing from the motel room with the Realistic TRF. Fir•t, a daytime scan made around 9am EDT on 8/151 Strengths listed, as usual, are on the usual (1) "in the noise" to (10) "potent local" rating syatem. CFNB-550 (2) ofWGNG WGAN-560 (7) CHLC-580 (3) WEE! -590 (4) l•FST-600 (2) WLBZ-620 {8) QPR0..6}) (3) in 7iLBZ slop WNBC..660 (1) '/IR.tro..680 (5) CBF-690 (2) YIJT0-730 (3) o/ cnc ll'l!EB-750 (4) VIEAN-790 ( 3) ojWRUl( CHRC/ NCCll-800 (3) ~'HDH-850 (6) CBH- 860 (3) VICBS-880 (1) WKXA-900 {2) WABI-910 (7) WJAR/CJCH-920 (3 ) CFB C-930 (6 ) CBll-940 (1) l'iROL..950 (5) CHNS-960 (3) WCSH-970 (6) CBV-980 (3) o/3AH CBAA-990 (1) CKBYl-1000 (3) VIBZ-1030 (7) CBA-1070 (2) l'iILD-1090 {2) o/ CHRS CBD-1110 (2) CHSJ/.VQMR-1150 (4 ) YiKZE-1170 (1) CKCW!\'l:;llE-1220 (1) WBME-1230 (5) o/wE::>X 3AH WOCB-1240 (1) WGUY-1250 (7) WEZE-126o (6) WABK-1280 (4) o/ CKCV WJDA-1300 (5) WLOB-1310 (3) ll'Dl'.Yl-1330 (3 ) CJLS-1340 (5) o.hiDllE WLYN-136o (4) in lYDEA slop l'l1lEA-

1370 (9 ) WPUl-1390 (1) ll'llCS-1400 (6) WXKS-1430 (1) WJJ>Q-l4J+O (1) WRKD- J450 (7) 'RBET A' KRB-1460 (1) WIAK 'NNBP-l.470 (1) WSAR-1480 (1) WPO!i.-l.490 (1) o /poss ible ll'TVL WITS-1510 (6 ) f.'RXV-1530 (1 ) WKXR-15/+0 {l) o h"'-DK WUNR-1600 (1). Next iiuse : The ni ght-time 1Aaine bandscan, 73.

WHAT ·1n LL HAPP EN TO llY VERIES? ERNEST Ii. . CO OPER - 5 Anthony Street - Provincetown, Massachusetts - 02657 /617~87-9337

I was sorry to hear the LOS ANGELES Convention / 5-9pm or l-3am wasn•·t too well attended, It points out the fact that the hosts must get publicity before the members early and often, and aiso he/ they should be prQllinent iii"'Lbisings o~ at least in s QDe part of DX NEWS, to thus be known to the members to be actiTe in the hobby. I don•t favor a once-a-year all-BCB club combined convention, but it would seem that in NRC•s case, that the oite be in the Eastern or Central Time tone, for we do not have very many active members further West. .iembers yes, but .not active ones, at lllast as far ae DX NEWS is con­cerned. Oh yes, t here are SOllE - but not Tery many. Ask JIM CRITCHE'l'T, who keeps beggina; other Western members to Muse. Here•s a subject I•d like to see kicked around in future is­sues. Vlhat is to happen to the verie collections of NRCers - and IRCAers - who pass away? For ex8lllple, does anyone know where the veries of the late NORllAN llAGUIRE are right now? To think of them being thrown away is ve ry disturbing to me. I would hate to die feeling that my verie collection was going to the Town Dumpl JERRY STARR has an idea about this, and I hope he will Muse about it soon, but I'd like to see what others might think. Should these veries be preserved, and if so, where? And by whom? Or should they be handed over to the traahman? Locally, l'l'POE-1520, Greenfield, Mass. is on RS, first noticed by me on 8/30; the promise of veries by them is still just that - a promise. Provincetown will soon have ito own non-commercial Fil station on 91,9, l,OOOw, and the call letters are lik<.ly to be WOllR, "()\lter-Most Radio." I t wi ll be handled by volunteers , of whi ch I hope to be one. And, on 9'2.7, VTneyard Eaven, on i.;artha•s Vineyard, Mass. will soon be on the air with 3,000w. About three years ago, there was a station i n Tisbury, on the Vineyard, which ""nt out of business. They also used 92 .7 and 3kw, so this will probably be that transmitter, Also, WHJJ has re­placed ;·;JAR-920, whi ch in turn has replaced WRLM-93 ·3· WHJJ is AN..6, off l!Ma. I enjoyed a recent visit from NRCer PETE SKINNER, an engineer for 'llUNR-1.600, and a phone call frQD Roger llelson, formerly of WLIX-540, now of ViXKS-1430 . lie says - get this - the reason WCRB-102.5 runs AN-7 is because it is CHEAPER to hire a DJ than it is to employ a security guard! That should tell you some thing about wages at a radio sta t ionl He says their XR is out in the sticks and the y feel it would be too dallierous just to a/ off and go hanet Ah yes, • t is a great world in which we live. Thanks to PAUL MOU NT & ROLIAND LINDBIADE for their recent phone calls. Well, no new catches, and no new veriea, a perfect batting average _ O for O.

NEXT MUSI NGS DEADLINES are kondays, September 22, October 6, and beginning Konday 'October 20, weekly through llonday, December 8. There are no Monday holid~ys along the way to interfere

wit h our s chedule. As you can see. we are in desperate need of more Musings. Hardly anyone i n cluded hi s DX catches in his ~using this week. Let's not lose sight of the fact that the Musings section is for that purpose as well as DX-related talk. It is enjoyable to sit and read what "DXer A"heard last week, or the new catches "DXer B" managed recently. Practically all of us have special friends in the ranks, and to find out how that person made out is of special interest. So, include your loggings day by day, calls-frequency-location in~~·

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CHAPTER CllVIT - STATION PROFilE-- - W BA P - - - - - - - - - - - -by PETE KEMP In 1921 Harold Hough -• working for the Ft. V.'orth Star-Telegram, but his

mind -• exploring a new medium, radio. He visited William Branch, who had a home-made five-""tt ri' working on his kitchen table. After many discussions and e ndless expe riments the two men decided to give it a go, J'!lcking up and moving into an empty room a t the S tar-Telegram building. Along the ""Y they mana~ed to secure a 500 watt We s tern Electri c transmi tter, the first of its ·kind in the South, the s ixteenth one manufactured. On ~~y 2, 1922, with a $200 rig and an antenna strung acros s to an adjoining building 'i,'BA.P took to the air with a mi ghty power of ten watts on a frequency of 360 meters. During the 1920•s WBAP changed its fre­quency and power four times , goi ng from 10 to 10,000 ""tts via 36o meters , 400 meters, 630 kc 1s., with a brief stint on 600 kc's., finally winding up on 800 kc Is . Vlhile NBC was fomous for many years with their ID chimes, Yo'BAP was r ecoe;nized with an ID cowbell. In 1927 W!A P and l'1FAA bega n the practice of y ielding air time whenever one station had a special program. Also in that year they became an NBC aff i liate. In 1928 they moved thei r facilitie s to Shady Oak Farm near Lake 'llorth, and were gr anted 50,000 watt status on 800 kc.1s. with shared time with KTHS in Hot "pri ngs, Ark. This arrangement dj d not work out too well, s o ~EAP received pennission to share time with \'IFAA (who was at that t i me sharing with KRLD, isn •t that confus-ing?) In 192) the Lake 11 orth facilities were sold to a !.iexican station and WBAP moved in with \'1FAA in Grapevine, Texas, wi th studio facilities at the Bl11 ckstone Hotel in Fort Worth. Just to mix things up a bit the Star-Tele gram then purchased K~KO, incre~Sad its power to 5,000 watts and affiliated with the NBC Blue Network. Now the fun starts. With all these stat i on~ operating on shared or di fferent frequencies. and at various times coupled with new broadcast in' laws a nd interference problems, a new arrangement was needed. The result was. WBAP & ll'FAA moved from 800 to 8;t) kHz. The call letters of KGKO were dropped but now, dle to time sharing, t h e frequency was retai ned and four stations were created. How about that bureaucratic decision? V•EAP-570, WBAP-820, WFAA-570 and -:.rAA-820. At 12 10lam Friday, May l 1970, VIBAP tel'!llinated its relat i on ship with «F AA and became the sole oc cupier of 820 with WFAA taking over the 570 slot, thus ending a long era of history and confusion.

AS 'NE r,c TO PRESS -A phone call from BI LL COLEMAN, of Rocky Mount, Ji . C~ ·i nf orms us t hat there is a new weekly DX discussion programevery-2 unday ni ght from 9 108 to 9 : 30 p.m • . , E.L.T ., on 50,000 watt i'IPTF..680, Rale i gh, K. C., feat u ring SW, Fii, and BCE DX news, in part delivered a..'ld written by NRCer GLENN HA.US ER. We hope all thos e who can hea r \'1PT F' in the evening will tune in and s end in a letter thanking V.PTF for this great ge s ture of friendship to DXersl In fact, a t hanln-you note wou ld be i n order even if you cannot catch \~PTF at that time - what say?

NRC LOGS $4.00

When, since a nationwide fast food chain reinstituted the 25¢ hamburger, have you seen prices come DOWN in the last 10 years? Never you say? Read on. Now, for a limited time only ( as long as the supply lasts) you have the opportunity to purchase something for almost HALF PRICElll! You say that your NRC Domest ic Log is all dog-earred, with missing pages? Or worse still you DON'T even have a copy of the best DXing aid in print for the upcoming DX season? NOW you can have a complete copy of the current NRC Domestic Log for ONLY $4.oo:::: Yes any order received at the Publications Center after September 15 will be honored at the above price as long as current supplies last. No limit on quantities, open to members and non-members alike.

Yes a NEW NRC Log is in the works, you could wait for the new edition. But that revised NEW edition will NOT be completed and at the printer for at least another 4 to 5 months, and by then the season will be at least half over and you will be without a good source of accurate info as far as station data, addresses for verifications, etc.

No we have not taken leave of our senses. We currently have an over­stock situation of the NRC Domestic Log. We need to reduce this inventory and convert it to $$$ for the upcoming NEW edition of the NRC Night Pattern Book as well as the new edition of the NRC Domestic Log sometime ~fter the first of the year. Printing is becoming a very expensive part of the club's operation- and you can bet that the NEW editions of both the Night Pattern Book and the NRC Domestic Log will be priced higher than the current editions.

Soooo ••••• now is the time to come to the aid of your Club and at the same time buy something invaluable to a DXer at a below-cost price. Send those orders NOW to the Publications Center, Frank Dailey is anxiously awaiting those orders!!!!!!

Groups oppose fCC plan to deregulate radio ByJOANHANAUER community service UPI Television Writ« programing. NEW YORK IUPll - Proponents ol deregula-

The FCC proposes to lion agree regulation was deregulate commercial necessary in the early days radio and an imposing of radio when frequencies group or organizations - were scan:e. They araue Including a number or these rules no longer are religious groups - strongly needed because pressures opposesanysuch action. or the diverse radio

According to the Rev. marketplace plus posslllle Everett C_ Parker, head ol cilallenges to license t h e 0 I I I c e o I renewals will keep staUons Communication or the alert to public Interest. . United Church of Christ With the mood of the and -a leader In the llgllt country lavoring deregul• against deregulation. the tlon in general. why are FCC bas received more groups within the Catholic than 40.000 comments on Cbun:h. the ·saptists. the the subject. the majority American Lutheran from public groups oppo&- . Cbun:h. the Heart Fund ing deregulation as outlln· and the National Health ed by the FCC. Assn .. among many others.

or the comments sostlrredupabputtbepro­reaching the FCC. by the , · pooal to deregulate radio? Man:h 31 deadline for Cllm· one reason. Parker said ment. lbe industry's Broad- c1ur1ag an Interview, Is casting masaz l ne because they fear that estimates about 11.000 could deregulatlOn will mark the be considered lonnal m- end or the public service ings. These Includes lllings announcitment. ·or PSA. on on both sides of the issue, which non-prom groups from broadcast groups, rely. · government agencieS as Parker has a laundry list well 'as consumer groups ol reasons lor opposing ·and just plain listeners. deregulation and he says.

The FCC is scheduled to< ~·~nl~ ;~nrr:sst ~a=

programed by large out· side producers. They could insert news and weather tapes II Ibey wanted to -and Ibey probably would because they can sell news.

"'But the rest would come from bougllt tapes and a lot of places would have hard­ly any live people In the station."

Parker warns this could Impair one of lbe ·most Important areas of public service - radio's abUlty to give quick warning ·or Im· pending disasters such as tornadoes.

' 'Then, we would l8le PSAs." be said.

Parker believes that pressure of the marketplace mlgllt lorce broadcasters to stick to the current guidelines that limit them to 18 minutes of commercials per hour.

"' II they . do," he said, " the only way they can ex· pand prolits Is to get rid of public se r vice an­nouncements and substitute paying commer­cials Instead.

grams of a local nature, he said_

He added there would be lew fairness complaints because there would be lit· Ue controversial material

onL~~ renewal would beco ftt~ automatic . because stations would not be required to keep a record of perlonnance on wblcb to base a challenge.

Parker's position bas a positive side- He favors simplUicatlon of ascertain· ment. In which stations would serve community need& but not be required to sllow Ibey bad done so unless complaints were filed.

" Ascertainment Is necessary." he said. "'but on stations' own terms. If they don't perlonn well. It's up to the community to step in."

Logs, Parker says, are kepi by stations for their own sales and marketing departments, regardless of

' FCC regulations-

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reply to the comments on Communications Jaw." He June 25. accuses FCC cbalrme

Whatthe FCC propdses is Charles Ferris ol over-thlS: . _ reaching his authority by

"'We WOllld lose public af­fairs programing - the FCC admits there Is no commen:lal market for tlleftl, so there would be no corresponding pressure or the marketplace."

- ~rom ERNIE COOPER - Eliminate ascertain· trying to do within the

ment, the annual Commission what pro, community-broadcaster ponents of deregulatton' exchange by which the laDed to pt past the na· • broadcaster Is supposed to lion's lawmakers. ascertam the needs of his Parker bas a .i-ry

. The same wouJd be true for llUltalning cultural pro-

community_ pred i ction of wllat _ -Eliminate requiring derecuJatlonwouldbrlng. each station to keep detail· . "The 111'11 tiling . lbat ed logs olits programing. WOllld bappal · - •ad the

- Eliminate limits on most depNUlag.U far u I amounts of commercial am c-.raed - · 1' !bat lime. dere&UIMlanwouJd ~

-Eliminate requiring the totU ~ 4lf radio stations to carry non- rad5o. . .. _· entertainment programa - "'EllllN· ~·-,. news and public alfairs qu1..- to <illrry. •llY .Jive programs, public service programhli;Slallolla-ld announcements and other be eompllt". :.lllll<lmaied.

Chicago Tribune via Ken Onyschuk

By Ron Alridge lV-Radio critic

A LONG-AWAITED sb .... d Chicago radio staUon wen. .... gan Monda)' when Orrin :M:cDaniels was replaced u

al manager by John Bibbs, loriDer .ales manager at WMAQ Radio. . B:r the end of the week, Bibbs II

C"i: =::"'11 ~11:-i.. ~ . format. Also, a new program dlredat will be brought aboard wbDe Ille incunlbeat Ralph Howard, Is redesignated as - dl­netor.

McDanlels, woo came lo wen. a :rell' ago from all·news WTOP In WasbinflloD, :D.C., ll not being fired. Jmkad, be Is ·re-

=:s of~-==-= caft')'lnjJ Ille "company's netnrlt p ·11"81111111Dg.

?t>iek \"erblt.kr, a ienlar \'Ice Yl'Ja J.futoal, praised JlcDaDlelia a

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1lllt noted that. because be WCFL II low ratlap. I>elple a ._, lo WCFI. because of llil 111A» IO,-alt afanaL tlla llallia llu a 111Ja11

.... radio, a _changle or ... audlnce, a..r tlli apeashw ...,. for· was appropnate. mat llan't lmpNved lllllllln.

iAI !BE closest the New Yorll-hAI ... ~_!~la gmenl .... or eacative came to admllllnll tlllt ••ft' Y- eaanlr7 llatkll Mi· tllere hU II goJnc to cllange lo a muilcal fwo llOD CGlllldenble ~ WCFL

• 1'blc:b lllll1W'OUS ....... Insist It wlll ~ adopt • ~wlB...,. .-'!'Ile _.. • ,_ ~ ~!lllrtbat Bibbs . 'Jlhen that change Is made, many atallaa 11 moving cmr from ~ also a C1M1ntry

·~ cau1d be put out of work, alnce 11atio11. . • • .... . all are news specialists. As • lllllllo 1nllders, ~-- aeountry format . ..._.!. WCFLwon't .-cl as large•- faaJonc.lbol;tlll&WIJNlll-ubl:r llllff. une 11NrCe predicts 15 lo 20 - 1'111111 to a Tap 411 f1Drmt, perhaps with a )Ille wm 111 ellmhiated. t1np or .., lnm 111e 1- and 1970s 1n

"We an llDin8 to retain evel'YbodY lbat la .....i; 119 ~can." Verbltslcy sUL - W11aie- kind fll ma1ic Ille alatlan . One ....,..,. baa a1reaQ' "8Dll'l4 .... It wD1 .. _.., inst tbe bot-- Qiact Swlrlll1. bolt of • &parts tilt . .. tnnd la radlo-tlle ..:: that Is taldnl .....,, II awlldllng to WLlJP la_lllpleblr. _,_ ...._ ·- ~~- W.....,-He'U lie llPOlla dinctor .... wlll dilUftr - ....................... IUcb .. • w ... lo fwr reporll dlllJ He'll also llOlt '• wmlT FJ( atatm, wlllcll llave.clearer 111gnals. aporll tilt lhow, ~on SaqdaJ&. =.=,:= l:w,.~~

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