WANB in Waynesburg, PA, my hometown station, is now on air with a 5 kw signal on 1210 daytime (710w critical hours). The old 1580 (which signed on in 1958 as I recall, 51 yrs ago, when I was 14) is gone. Not sure when they made the freq switch, but must have been this week, as I heard them on 1580 a few days ago (being clobbered by the 1580 in Morningside, MD, only a few miles from the XR). The new 1210 XR site is actually in Uniontown, PA, 25 miles east of Waynesburg, but the 5 kw puts a powerhouse signal into our town -- and Pittsburgh's south side. I grew up with "Wan-bee," as we called the station. I worked there briefly as a tech the summer after high school. In those days, it was a 250w daytimer, with the most distant dx report from British Columbia. My daughter was on-air talent there from her junior year in high school thru college, Sunday mornings (I often listened to her 6 a.m. sign-on). Format is "Cool Country."
Fred Schroyer Freelance Science Writer / Editorial Consultant Waynesburg, PA 15370 (40 air miles S of Pittsburgh, 20 N of Morgantown, WV) [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]
