As a kid DXer in the early 1960s, I heard both WPEO and WCIL faintly but clearly ID under our powerhouse local (50 miles away) KDKA early one wintry morning. Quite a thrill, catching their calls during brief pauses in KDKA's audio, and catching both the same morning! At the time, there were only 4 USA stations on 1020-KDKA, WCIL, WPEO, and (as I recall) KPOP in LA. I wondered at the time, and I still wonder: why on earth would the FCC allocate 2 stations on 1020 so close together in one state (bizarre), and on a channel that otherwise was clear for east coast and west coast? Does anyone know the history of this strange allocation?
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