Re: Grahm Jr. College

[Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

At 09:27 PM 3/22/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-03-20 15:55:45 EST, steveord@xtdl.com writes:
>
><< Is there some reason all or most carrier current stations are on 640? Every
> one I've ever know of was.
>  >>
>That (640) and 1240 were the old "Conelrad" (now EAS) frequencies, and
>therefore, alomst no real stations were on the 640 frequency.  Hence, an
>opportunity for unlicensed college carrier-current stations to nestle-in
>there, no matter where they were (except for Akron ohio where there was a 640
>way back when.)
>---jibguy
>
Umm, don't forget the entire west coast and southwest :-) The old
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System recommended that its member carrier
current stations in the east use 640, except in areas where there was an
adjacent-channel problem with 640. Aside from Akron, Ames Iowa, and Norman
OK, the only station on 640 in the US in those days was KFI. KFI was a IA,
but its signal did not really reach east of the Mississippi. except as a DX
catch. The low dial position was good for the unlicensed carrier-current
stations because the distance they could legally radiate was a direct
function of the wavelength, and the lower the frequency, the longer the
wavelength. 540 might actually have been better than 640, but it wasn't
until later that US stations began operating on 540. Also, since 540 was not
a US clear channel, there was greater likelihood of interfering with a US
station than there was on 640. When WHRB had a carrier-current AM. didn't it
operate on 540?

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