** U S A. Glenn, You may recall that I am one of the "graduates" of Ivy League
college radio, having been chief engineer of WHRB back in the very late 1950's
and early 1960's.
As it happens, so is one of the other partners in Hatfield & Dawson, Tom
Eckels, who was chief engineer of WDCR AM & FM about 10 years later.
He has forwarded to me correspondence with other ex-'DCRers about an effort to
get the AM back on the air. Evidently the trustees asked for permission for the
AM to remain silent a year ago, and, under the FCC rules its license is
automatically forfeited if it's not back on in one calendar year. So a group of
them have or are about to put it back on for at least one day, using a
temporary STL because the phone line is not operational (or was discontinued)
and a genset because the underground utility feed is defective as well.
WDCR is actually licensed to Dartmouth College itself, in contrast to some of
the other Ivy League stations. (WHRB, WYBC, WPRB, WVBR, WBRU are licensed to
student organizations, but like WDCR, WKCR is licensed to Columbia U itself,
WXPN to U. of Penn.) (Ben Dawson, WA, circa 1900 UT August 20, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
WTFK? WDCR is on 1340, 1 kW non-direxional from Dartmouth College, Hanover New
Hampshire, which is near Lebanon and White River Junxion in the middle of the
western border with Vermont. It seems they hoped to be on the air today
Thursday August 20, from 9 am to 10 pm EDT [1300-0200 UT Friday], but not yet
confirmed. If not today, then has to be on Friday, or Saturday last ditch day
to meet the deadline. There are lots of other 1340s in New England and New
York, so DXing this extremely rare station will be a challenge, day or night
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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