Ward,
Congratulations on the catch. For those, like me still trying to put this one in the log, here's the low down from Wikipedia.
*CKLW* is a 50,000 watt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt> AM <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_broadcasting> radio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio> station broadcasting on 800 kHz and located in Windsor, Ontario <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario>, Canada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada>, and serving Windsor and Detroit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit>. Additionally, its signal can be heard as far west as Grand Rapids, Michigan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan>; as far east as Batavia, New York <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia,_New_York> (and, at night, Hartford, Connecticut <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut>); as far south as Edgewood, Kentucky <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewood,_Kentucky>; and as far north as Posen, Michigan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posen,_Michigan>.^[/citation needed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>/] CKLW uses a five-tower directional antenna with differing patterns daytime & nighttime.
In its current incarnation, CKLW is a news <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-news_radio>/talk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio> radio station primarily serving listeners in Windsor and Essex County <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County,_Ontario> in Ontario <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario>, Canada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada>, with a mix of local and syndicated programs, including some programs from the United States <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>.
73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL On 1/13/2014 5:16 PM, Ward Elliott wrote:
CKLW id's 5:00a w/ news and weather. Happily going into my mp3 collection. PR-D5, Terk Richardson, TX
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