This was the "Carl McIntire" station if I remember correctly. Rev. Carl was an all-round thorn in the side of the FCC, battling them regarding the so-called Fairness Doctrine, starting a ship board pirate station, etc., etc.
I guess WINB was the last vestige of his once pervasive voice. And in the world of shortwave, I guess the song is "Another One Bites The Dust." For both private and governmental shortwave stations, the hits just keep on coming. Curt W4CP Curt Phillips, CEM CMVP W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA; OOTC Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group Scanner/SWL Net- Mondays, 9PM, 146.64 repeater Raleigh, NC USA www.w4cp.com w4cp<at>arrl.net -- “We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” —Winston Churchill --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Swlfest] Regional SW station owner signs off for good To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 10:13 AM >From Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch: "And we note the passing of a Keystone State broadcaster whose controversial actions provoked a lawsuit that will be studied by constitutional law scholars for many decades to come. The Rev. John Harden Norris owned a small empire of religious stations in Red Lion, near York - WGCB (1440), WGCB-FM (96.1), WGCB-TV (Channel 49) and shortwave station WINB. <edit> "Norris had founded WGCB(AM) with his father, the Rev. John M. Norris, in 1950, adding the FM signal in 1958, followed by WINB in 1962 and WGCB-TV in 1979. The radio stations were sold in the late nineties (they're now in secular hands under Cumulus, as WGLD and WSOX-FM), but Norris remained president of WINB and WGCB-TV until his death last Sunday (Sept. 28). Norris was 88." I have never WINB up in Allentown, but perhaps those further afield might want to keep an eye on its frequency(ies) (is it even still on now?) for changes. See http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA -- _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
_______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
