[IRCA] TP 22 Mar Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Liveliness was not the watchword this morning.   There was a bit of a 
sunrise lift, which was just as well, as there was very little before 
then.  Amazingly poor performance, given the apparently benign 
geomagnetic conditions.



pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, 
at least briefly):


1566 HLAZ choral music, 1332UT;  previous occasional fade ups to 
Japanese speech didn't quite make it to this level.	





Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it 
understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):


594 JOAK man in Japanese 1208UT, another man agreeing


not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be understood by a native speaker:


792 4RN 1400UT ABC news fanfare and "ABC news" by woman crept through



Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be 
guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in 
talk or music)


576 2RN man talking 1349UT, pretty poor.  Music at 1357UT seemed 
//792 which was ID'd as 4RN.
612  4QR?  man talking, seemed to have DU English inflection 1354UT; 
nothing on hour
747 JOIB 1403UT woman talking //828, sounded like English 
lessons?  but schedule says Korean?

828  JOUB 1403UT as above //747
1053 Korean jammer 1345UT
1242 woman talking 1401UT



Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or 
ravaged by splatter)


 1107



best wishes,

Nick

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on March 22

[Bruce Portzer]

Today's conditions weren't worth the cost of electricity to run the 
computer and radio, I'm sorry to say.   A brief enhancement of sorts 
took place at about 1335, but it merely raised TP reception from 
non-existent to horrible.



GOOD
Not today


FAIR
1566HLAZ choral music 1335


POOR
693JOAB, man  & woman talking 1334
774JOUB, weak talk 1327
1053jammer 1333
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Les Rayburn]

Tom,

George Noory is one of the regulars on a show called “Ancient Aliens” that has 
been on for several seasons now. He also is a frequent interview subject for 
various documentaries that focus on things like bigfoot, UFO’s, etc. 

I think anyone is free to parlay their talents and abilities into financial 
success, but it should not come at the expense of old, sick people looking for 
hope for a miracle cure. How does he manage to sleep at night, er…during the 
day? He should have respect for his listeners. After all, it is only because of 
him that he has the job, and the success. 




73,

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> On Mar 22, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Tom Dimeo  wrote:
> 
> What does George Noory do on television? No TV here, not
> against it, just don't see anything on it and never got into
> listening to TV programs.
> 
> Tom
> 
> ** Your Message **
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> paid speaker at conferences, and even a stake in an on-line
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Mar 23 0010 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 March follow.
Solar flux 87 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 23 March was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

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Date 21   21   21   21   21   22   22   22   22   22   22   22   22   23
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 88   88   88   88   89   89   89   89   89   89   89   89   87   87
A-in 10   10   10   10   8888888878
K-in 22221332232012
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Eric Floden]

wow, I did not know this segment of radio history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley

thanks

ef

On 22 March 2016 at 15:33, Theo  wrote:

> Cue the tale of 'Doctor' John Brinkley...
>
> TD
>
> On 3/22/2016 12:50 PM, Rick Dau wrote:
>
>> To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new.  Back when Art Bell hosted
>> the program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super
>> Prostate Formula.  I would listen to one of these and think that it all
>> sounded like a lot of hooey.
>>
>> Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until
>> 1981), but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the
>> border blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly
>> less shady than snake oil salesmen.  Supposedly they would hawk things like
>> goat gland operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some
>> such.   Makes me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much
>> through the years, after all.
>>
>> 73,
>> Rick Dau
>> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Chris Black]

Darn, now what do I do with the five goats I bought!


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

 Original message 
From: Theo  
Date: 3/22/2016  3:33 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory,
  and Criticalhealthnews.com 

Cue the tale of 'Doctor' John Brinkley...

TD

On 3/22/2016 12:50 PM, Rick Dau wrote:
> To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new.  Back when Art Bell hosted the 
> program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super 
> Prostate Formula.  I would listen to one of these and think that it all 
> sounded like a lot of hooey.
>
> Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until 
> 1981), but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the 
> border blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly 
> less shady than snake oil salesmen.  Supposedly they would hawk things like 
> goat gland operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some 
> such.   Makes me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much through 
> the years, after all.
>
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Theo]

Cue the tale of 'Doctor' John Brinkley...

TD

On 3/22/2016 12:50 PM, Rick Dau wrote:

To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new.  Back when Art Bell hosted the 
program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super Prostate 
Formula.  I would listen to one of these and think that it all sounded like a 
lot of hooey.

Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until 1981), 
but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the border 
blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly less shady 
than snake oil salesmen.  Supposedly they would hawk things like goat gland 
operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some such.   Makes 
me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much through the years, 
after all.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Eric Floden]

no -- but I do recall Zeidler & Zeidler dog food advertised by the Wolf on
XERB

ef

PS: I used to think CCrane sold reliable products andwas disappointed that
3 CCRadios, 3 Witnesses and 2 CCWiFi Radios over the years have left me
with only one properly functioning unit (a WiFi).

On 22 March 2016 at 14:32, John Sampson  wrote:

> Anyone remember Hadacol?
>
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

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Anyone remember Hadacol?



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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[n2su]

-Original Message-
>From: Rick Lewis 
>Sent: Mar 22, 2016 4:39 PM
>To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' 
>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory,   and 
>Criticalhealthnews.com
 
>As a side thought, it bothers me that competing ads are placed in the same 
>set, as well as repeated ads for the same product.
>That wouldn't have deliberately happened at the stations I worked for in the 
>70s and most of the 80s.
>In my view, this reflects laziness and lack of integrity, and it rips off 
>advertisers.>>

You ought to see our local cable TV news channel (News 12 NJ). You'll see three 
and sometimes four different ads for car dealerships in the same cluster.

And some clusters start and finish with the same commercial. But those sponsors 
pay for that specific placement.

Just the evolution of the media...


Bob Antoniuk
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Re: [IRCA] Coast to Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Steve]

George Noory must think that if he can ...


with due respect ... I doubt George has enough intelligence to realize the 
harm he is causing. I'm surprised he can even put on his own pants and find 
his way to the station each night.





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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Rick Lewis]

Hi Les,
We all make our own decisions, but I do wonder if it's a bit extreme to 
penalize a radio company because it buys advertising on the same program as a 
product that you consider questionable.
Would you stop drinking coffee or wearing Levi's if they sponsored the same 
show? (Fill in one of your favorite things if these don't apply.)
Essentially, though, I agree with you. It's a shame that radio obtains revenue 
from such products.
I'd also count the nonpeak-hours paid programming on radio and TV, touting 
questionable cures and investment strategies.
True, border blasters hyped everything from goat gland remedies to pieces of 
prayer cloth purportedly worn by Jesus, but in my admittedly much younger days 
in radio, most U.S. stations took responsibility for what they aired.
Granted, they couldn't guarantee that their listeners would like drinking root 
beer, but they wouldn't run root beer ads if the manufacturers said it would 
cure cancer.
I'm not saying that no garbage was advertised in the past; that would be 
nonsense.
But I do think the standards were generally much higher.
As a side thought, it bothers me that competing ads are placed in the same set, 
as well as repeated ads for the same product.
That wouldn't have deliberately happened at the stations I worked for in the 
70s and most of the 80s.
In my view, this reflects laziness and lack of integrity, and it rips off 
advertisers.
On the other hand, radio isn't the go-to place for entertainment that it once 
was, and maybe the conditions that existed in the past wouldn't work in today's 
marketplace.
--
Rick

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From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Les Rayburn
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:56 PM
To: IRCA Radio List - irca@hard-core-dx_com 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

Rick,

You’re quite right. I am old enough to remember the border blasters, and the 
miracle cures they hocked. 

What I do think is different is that even people like Wolfman Jack had trouble 
making a living back in those days as on on-air personality. But George Noory 
has a lucrative career on television, as a paid speaker at conferences, and 
even a stake in an on-line dating service. It’s hard to imagine that he’s 
having trouble paying the bills. 

Given that it was all built not on his own talents, but rather that of Art 
Bell, I don’t find him a sympathetic figure. He’s preying on the weakness of an 
older audience, who trust him. He should be deeply ashamed of his actions. 

I won’t be listening to the show, or buying products from it’s sponsors in the 
future. Sadly, this includes CC Crane Company, who I’ve bought a number of 
products from over the years. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

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> On Mar 22, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Rick Dau  wrote:
> 
> To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new.  Back when Art Bell hosted the 
> program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super 
> Prostate Formula.  I would listen to one of these and think that it all 
> sounded like a lot of hooey.
> 
> Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until 
> 1981), but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the 
> border blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly 
> less shady than snake oil salesmen.  Supposedly they would hawk things like 
> goat gland operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some 
> such.   Makes me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much through 
> the years, after all.
> 
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

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:Issued: 2016 Mar 22 1805 UTC
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 March follow.
Solar flux 89 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 22 March was 0.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Tom Dimeo]

What does George Noory do on television? No TV here, not
against it, just don't see anything on it and never got into
listening to TV programs.

Tom

** Your Message **
But George Noory has a lucrative career on television, as a
paid speaker at conferences, and even a stake in an on-line
dating service.

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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Les Rayburn]

Rick,

You’re quite right. I am old enough to remember the border blasters, and the 
miracle cures they hocked. 

What I do think is different is that even people like Wolfman Jack had trouble 
making a living back in those days as on on-air personality. But George Noory 
has a lucrative career on television, as a paid speaker at conferences, and 
even a stake in an on-line dating service. It’s hard to imagine that he’s 
having trouble paying the bills. 

Given that it was all built not on his own talents, but rather that of Art 
Bell, I don’t find him a sympathetic figure. He’s preying on the weakness of an 
older audience, who trust him. He should be deeply ashamed of his actions. 

I won’t be listening to the show, or buying products from it’s sponsors in the 
future. Sadly, this includes CC Crane Company, who I’ve bought a number of 
products from over the years. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Mar 22, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Rick Dau  wrote:
> 
> To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new.  Back when Art Bell hosted the 
> program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super 
> Prostate Formula.  I would listen to one of these and think that it all 
> sounded like a lot of hooey.
> 
> Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until 
> 1981), but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the 
> border blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly 
> less shady than snake oil salesmen.  Supposedly they would hawk things like 
> goat gland operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some 
> such.   Makes me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much through 
> the years, after all.
> 
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Rick Dau]

To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new.  Back when Art Bell hosted the 
program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super Prostate 
Formula.  I would listen to one of these and think that it all sounded like a 
lot of hooey.

Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until 1981), 
but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the border 
blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly less shady 
than snake oil salesmen.  Supposedly they would hawk things like goat gland 
operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some such.   Makes 
me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much through the years, 
after all.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] Coast to Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Russ Edmunds]

It should be noted that in the US, nearly all dietary supplements are
unregulated. Thus the FDA cannot take any action on its own, as Les pointed
out.

Russ Edmunds
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> Walt,
>
> We are contractors for federal law enforcement agencies, and do a lot of
> fraud prevention work. We’ve personally interviewed hundreds of victims of
> scams like this, and it’s heartbreaking to see the impacts.
>
> This morning, I reached out to a friend who is an agent with the FDA’s
> Office of Criminal Investigations. While he too was horrified at the
> blatant nature of this company, he said there was little FDA could do. They
> basically wait for the U.S. Attorney’s office to flag companies like this
> for investigation. There are so many of them that it’s impossible to
> investigate them all—the resources simply are not there.
>
> It mirrors the FCC in many aspects. When I was a young ham, and later
> broadcaster, we lived in fear (or at least a healthy respect for) the
> agency. Enforcement was swift, and compliance was seen as a solemn duty to
> the license holder. Nowadays, the FCC has become a paper tiger, and the
> bands reflect this. You can hear conversations on 75 Meter phone every
> night of the week that would not have been tolerated on Citizens Band in
> the 1970’s.
>
> I just don’t know how people live with themselves. I just George Noory
> must think that if he can talk for hours about ghosts, bigfoots, and UFO’s,
> then why not miracle cures. Some people just think that if people are
> determined to be cullible, then why not take advantage of them? Art Bell
> was a kook, but at least he treated his audience with respect.
>
> Maybe I’m just getting old. At 54, I thought I had a few more years before
> I’d find myself shouting at the neighbor kids to stay off my lawn..but
> maybe my time has come early.
>
> Hang in there Walt. Good DX.
>
> Les Rayburn, director
> High Noon Media Services
> 130 1st Avenue West
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> > On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
> >
> > Les, as a physician, I wholeheartedly agree with you.  We see the same in
> > Canada.  Anyone can claim anything, and people are eager to lap it up and
> > pay the big bucks for essentially useless, and sometimes dangerous
> > supplements.  But that's another, non-radio related topic!   73,...Walt
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Les Rayburn 
> wrote:
> >
> >> I’m not a lawyer, nor an expert in what constitutes fraud. But after
> >> listening to the all-too frequent informercials currently airing on
> Coast
> >> to Coast for Critical Heath News.com, I can’t help but wonder why the
> FDA
> >> hasn’t already brought charges against not on the sponsor, but also
> >> IHeartRadio, and the show’s producers.
> >>
> >> For over two hours, Dr. Joel Wallach dispensed medical advice, and
> >> prescribed a variety of his supplements to treat, prevent, or cure the
> >> various aliments.
> >>
> >> Talk about a lack of government oversight and regulation!
> >>
> >> George Noory needs to be ashamed of himself for going along with this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >> 121 Mayfair Park
> >> Maylene, AL
> >> EM63nf
> >>
> >> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
> >>
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> >> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
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Re: [IRCA] Coast to Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Les Rayburn]

Walt,

We are contractors for federal law enforcement agencies, and do a lot of fraud 
prevention work. We’ve personally interviewed hundreds of victims of scams like 
this, and it’s heartbreaking to see the impacts. 

This morning, I reached out to a friend who is an agent with the FDA’s Office 
of Criminal Investigations. While he too was horrified at the blatant nature of 
this company, he said there was little FDA could do. They basically wait for 
the U.S. Attorney’s office to flag companies like this for investigation. There 
are so many of them that it’s impossible to investigate them all—the resources 
simply are not there. 

It mirrors the FCC in many aspects. When I was a young ham, and later 
broadcaster, we lived in fear (or at least a healthy respect for) the agency. 
Enforcement was swift, and compliance was seen as a solemn duty to the license 
holder. Nowadays, the FCC has become a paper tiger, and the bands reflect this. 
You can hear conversations on 75 Meter phone every night of the week that would 
not have been tolerated on Citizens Band in the 1970’s. 

I just don’t know how people live with themselves. I just George Noory must 
think that if he can talk for hours about ghosts, bigfoots, and UFO’s, then why 
not miracle cures. Some people just think that if people are determined to be 
cullible, then why not take advantage of them? Art Bell was a kook, but at 
least he treated his audience with respect. 

Maybe I’m just getting old. At 54, I thought I had a few more years before I’d 
find myself shouting at the neighbor kids to stay off my lawn..but maybe my 
time has come early. 

Hang in there Walt. Good DX. 

Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Media Services
130 1st Avenue West
Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
205-621-7500
205-621-7505 FAX
205-253-4867 CELL
highnoonfilm.com

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> On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
> 
> Les, as a physician, I wholeheartedly agree with you.  We see the same in
> Canada.  Anyone can claim anything, and people are eager to lap it up and
> pay the big bucks for essentially useless, and sometimes dangerous
> supplements.  But that's another, non-radio related topic!   73,...Walt
> 
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:
> 
>> I’m not a lawyer, nor an expert in what constitutes fraud. But after
>> listening to the all-too frequent informercials currently airing on Coast
>> to Coast for Critical Heath News.com, I can’t help but wonder why the FDA
>> hasn’t already brought charges against not on the sponsor, but also
>> IHeartRadio, and the show’s producers.
>> 
>> For over two hours, Dr. Joel Wallach dispensed medical advice, and
>> prescribed a variety of his supplements to treat, prevent, or cure the
>> various aliments.
>> 
>> Talk about a lack of government oversight and regulation!
>> 
>> George Noory needs to be ashamed of himself for going along with this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> 
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>> 
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
>> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] Coast to Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[R. Colin Newell]

CFAX 1070 runs this network rubbish as well and it astounds me that someone
can come on, call themselves
a doctor and tout a single cure for all cancers with all kinds of wildly
bogus claims about "factual human physiology"
that is generally patently false, filled with references to snake oils.

Hard to believe we are in the 21st Century sometimes.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

> Les, as a physician, I wholeheartedly agree with you.  We see the same in
> Canada.  Anyone can claim anything, and people are eager to lap it up and
> pay the big bucks for essentially useless, and sometimes dangerous
> supplements.  But that's another, non-radio related topic!   73,...Walt
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Coast to Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Walter Salmaniw]

Les, as a physician, I wholeheartedly agree with you.  We see the same in
Canada.  Anyone can claim anything, and people are eager to lap it up and
pay the big bucks for essentially useless, and sometimes dangerous
supplements.  But that's another, non-radio related topic!   73,...Walt

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> I’m not a lawyer, nor an expert in what constitutes fraud. But after
> listening to the all-too frequent informercials currently airing on Coast
> to Coast for Critical Heath News.com, I can’t help but wonder why the FDA
> hasn’t already brought charges against not on the sponsor, but also
> IHeartRadio, and the show’s producers.
>
> For over two hours, Dr. Joel Wallach dispensed medical advice, and
> prescribed a variety of his supplements to treat, prevent, or cure the
> various aliments.
>
> Talk about a lack of government oversight and regulation!
>
> George Noory needs to be ashamed of himself for going along with this.
>
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
>
> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>
> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Noise Is the Big Problem for AM, SBE Argues

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
I suppose that with spectrum storing SDR receivers one can go to a beach, 
mountain, desert, farm, etc. site a few times a year and come back home with 
enough DX to work on for several months.


Newfoundland DXers have been known to keep finding new ones in their gigabytes 
of files over two years after a DXpedition.


A different way to do things for sure.  Since tips about stuff heard more than 
a month or two ago start heading into the "historical" rather than "currently 
relevant" category, you need to stick a few from-the-car-somewhere-quiet 
sessions in between the really serious trips just to keep things fresh.  
For many, the idea of DXing at one's own home is over.  I can't really get 
anything serious indoors on portables or indoor loops but fortunately the 
SuperLoops a hundred or so feet out back are still somewhat productive.  The 
noise floor is about 20 dB above "pristine" but fortunately, at a site only 2-3 
miles inland heading south, interfering broadcast signals and static are still 
the limiting factor most nights.  That's a lot better than inside the house 
where even some semi-locals are under various squeaks, squawks, warbles, and 
birdies from all the surrounding gadgetry.


For the average poor slob, AM is dead at home and not even all that great in a 
mobile environment.  Noise is a major part of the problem and 
less-than-engaging program material factors in too.  Our local station (WBAS) 
on 1240, one of the few strong enough to beat down all the digi-hash in houses 
and on the road, runs Portuguese, a language spoken by - at best - 10% of the 
people in town.  Meanwhile we have a predominately Irish / British / Italian 
descent over-50 population that would love something like what Bob Bittner runs 
on WJIB and WJTO, stations whose signals can be scratchy by day and 
non-existent at night.  WKFY "Koffee" (98.7 / 100.5) throws us some crumbs once 
in a while but I'm sure 1240 could be much more useful running the likes of 
Sinatra / Bennett / "rat pack" and a splash of big-band and post-war small 
combo jazz (Monk, Mingus, Miles, Brubeck, etc.) with involved / sophisticated / 
knowledgeable personalities a la old WNEW NY or Boston's late superstar DJ Bill 
Marlowe.  But the experts figure that an older population doesn't matter even 
if it's over half the town.  Even if those are the only people with a nodding 
familiarity with AM.  So, with that kind of logic, even when all the noise is 
removed (in itself a pipe-dream concept), where is the audience going to be?  


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA 
 

-Original Message-
From: Mark Durenberger 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
; DX @NRC 
Sent: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 8:05 am
Subject: [NRC-AM] Noise Is the Big Problem for AM, SBE Argues

Regulatory relief to knock down noise?  NOT gunna happen, dear friends!  The 
noise is even starting to show up in cheaper FM radios.

Get your DX-ing in while you still can...or better yet, join us in the 
desert :-))


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger, CPBE


-Original Message- 
From: Dennis Gibson

http://www.radioworld.com/article/noise-is-the-big-problem-for-am-sbe-argues/278409
 

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[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 3/22/16

[Bill Block]

Listened from 1310-1335 UT carriers on: 594, 693, 747, 774, 1566 and 1575 and 
one with audio. 
  
1566  HLAZ hrd at 1321 UT with talk. 
  
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[IRCA] Noise Is the Big Problem for AM, SBE Argues

[Mark Durenberger]

Regulatory relief to knock down noise?  NOT gunna happen, dear friends!  The 
noise is even starting to show up in cheaper FM radios.


Get your DX-ing in while you still can...or better yet, join us in the 
desert :-))



Cheers!

Mark Durenberger, CPBE


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[IRCA] Coast to Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

[Les Rayburn]

I’m not a lawyer, nor an expert in what constitutes fraud. But after listening 
to the all-too frequent informercials currently airing on Coast to Coast for 
Critical Heath News.com, I can’t help but wonder why the FDA hasn’t already 
brought charges against not on the sponsor, but also IHeartRadio, and the 
show’s producers. 

For over two hours, Dr. Joel Wallach dispensed medical advice, and prescribed a 
variety of his supplements to treat, prevent, or cure the various aliments. 

Talk about a lack of government oversight and regulation!

George Noory needs to be ashamed of himself for going along with this. 




73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


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