Re: RIP WFCC?

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Keith Barry wrote:

> Update: there was a click, some dead air, and then WFCC. Must have been some
> strange tropo opening while WFCC was having technical difficulties. BTW -
> WFCC was clearer than ever. Thank goodness! Could've been a pirate, though.
> The DJ sounded horrible! She was talking about this microscopic guitar that
> scientists made to test if an ant the size of the World Trade center could
> hear it. Only explanation could be WTHT Lewiston, Maine. Most probably it.
> But when WFCC is still on? I couldn't hear any other stations from "up nahth". 

A click, dead air, and then WFCC doesn't sound like tropo.  That wouldn't
end with a click, dead air, then the regular station.  My first guess is
that something went wrong at WFCC which somehow caused it to air the wrong
programming.  My second guess might be a =nearby= pirate.  That wouldn't
explain the mentions of Auburn unless you are somewhere towards Worcester
County, close enough for a pirate to be operating over in that direction.

I just checked the Archives, and WQVR Southbridge on 100.1 has a country
format.  Exactly what would make it turn up down the dial, I don't know.
Could a translator for WQVR at 107.something have been conducting tests?
That's my third guess.

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