Pattern Change songs

[Joseph Pappalardo]

> On 10 Jul 2004 at 21:37, Scott Fybush wrote:
>
> > Not "pattern change" so much as "frequency change" - but do any of you
> > remember the late, much lamented KUSW Worldwide? It was a valiant,
doomed
> > attempt at a commercial shortwave rock'n'roll station from Salt Lake
City
> > back in the late 80s

"From the West to the World!  K-U-S-W!"

And lets not forget WRNO Worldwide...from New Orleans.  Another expensive
attempt to do commercial rock and roll shortwave!

> - and when it came time for them to do the
> > several-times-daily frequency shift, they'd start playing the long
> > instrumental break from Dire Straits' "Telegraph Road." A minute or so
in,
> > it would disappear, and you'd tune up or down, as the case may be, until
> > they popped up again a few seconds later on the next frequency with Dire
> > Straits already in progress. The break ended, the programming continued,
> > life went on for a little while...

From: "A. Joseph Ross"

> With no announcements as to the new frequencies?  The BBC World Service
always used to
> do that.

I remember them making frequency announcements.

However, unlike a switch to a different antenna system which is basically
instantaneous.

I think the process is much more complex with changing
frequencies...especially when you only have one transmitter.  Unlike the
BBC, etc...which has multitudes of transitters and multiple antenna
sights...and just flips between the systems.

It could be that the jock on the air actually had to leave to studio and go
through the process of powering down changing frequencies...doing whatever
adjustments/tuning might quickly be needed and then firing it up
again...hoping it 'kicks in'.

JP