Re: WMEX

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

The M-Street Yearbook includes PSRA and PSSA powers, but 
not facilities. You might want to call Tom Taylor at M 
Street Publications in Nashville and ask where they get 
the info. They don't publish it in the M-Street Journal 
and it sure doesn't seem to be in the FCC's public AM 
database or in the daily summaries of FCC actions. 
Presenting the info so that it's complete could take a 
lot of space. With stations running different powers at 
different times during the PSSA period, a clear 
presentation in limited space could be quite a challenge.

BTW, on my ride into work between 7:30 and 8:00 this AM, 
WMEX did not seem to be running as much CH power as it 
had run Saturday through Tuesday. Sounded more like the 
power that the station has been running between 4:45 and 
5:00 PM. Could have been someone asleep at the switch 
(literally), or a technical glitch, or an FCC mandate to 
cut back the CH power. The ignition noise in my 1985 
Lynx turns the AM into a very poorly calibrated signal-
strength meter, for signals of moderate strength and 
less.

This may be quite far-fetched, but if Williams was 
missing today (as someone reported), it could mean that 
his contract specifies that he need not appear if the 
station isn't running full power. That, in turn, would 
mean that the low power was intentional, though it says 
nothing about the reason.

>         What the world needs is an on-line database that includes all the
> PSRA and PSSA data for U.S. stations. As far as I know, there is no such
> thing. Does anyone know if it's available to the public in any form? The
> NRC "AM Radio Log" has some of this data, but it definitely seems
> incomplete.