The first station that I know of was WLW 700. I believe that KSL also ran 100kw, but both were only short lived. They had reduced power before 1941.
Hard to remember that far back. Willis ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] A little bit of AM trivia > How about the first (and I think only) U.S. AM station to ever run 100 > KW - or was it 500 KW? I think this is a pretty well known factoid > from the WW II era. > > Jim Pogue > Memphis, TN > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Art Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:35 pm > Subject: Re: [IRCA] A little bit of AM trivia > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <[email protected]> > > > WOWO-1190, Fort Wayne, IN > > > > Art... > > Folsom, CA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stewart, Joseph R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:15 AM > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] A little bit of AM trivia > > > > > > > TRIVIA QUESTION..... > > > > > > What radio station was the first to run 50,000 watts as granted > > by the > > > FCC, > > > from the stations original license??? > > > > > > WEAF New York sticks out in my mind for some reason... > > > > > > Randy Stewart > > > Springfield MO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > IRCA mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of > > the > > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion > > of the > > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of > > the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the > > opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
