No, a station does NOT have to use the night power or stay on all night. If they choose not to use night power, they must sign off at sunset.. or they can stay on past sunset at night pwoer and sign off whenever they wish.
When I ran WABV, we signed off at sunset everyday, we were not capable of using our 27W.. it would've been utterly useless anyways Paul On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS < [email protected]> wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong but just because a station is authorized night > power, does that mean that they have to use it? WGNR 1470 Anderson, IN > is authorized 35 watts at night but I have heard them sign off before > LSS. I guess having that flexibility might be good. > > In JD's defense, Lee's logbook has them as a daytimer: > > 1440 WGMI BREMAN GA 2500 ----- NDA > S. GSPL > > 73, > Dave in Indy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:22:20 -0600 > From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Daytimer WGMI-1440 on Late > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Maybe they were on high power? I see where they have 62W At night > > paul; > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Dennis Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Listed where as a daytimer? The FCC web site shows they are authorized > to > > run 62 watts at night: > > > > http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=57385 > > > > > > ---- "J.D. Stephens" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At 9 PM Central (0300 UTC), I am hearing WGMI-1440 Bremen, GA w/ > Gospel > > and Christmas music. Frequent IDs and program promos. > > > > > > Listed as a daytimer. Has been in all evening. > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > J.D. Stephens > > > Hampton Cove, AL > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > > -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.onairdj.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
