Moose Radio not transmitting

[Richard Chonak]

When I drove into Pittsburg, NH from Quebec the other day, a sign on US 
3 urged drivers to tune to 1610 AM for information, so I turned on my 
car's medium-wave receiver to check it out. Instead of a transmission in 
English or French, though, I heard an unfamiliar language.

Based on the area-514 phone number announced in a commercial, I assume I 
was hearing the noon Hindi news on CHRN Montreal (1000 w), barely 
audible at 114 miles.  The signal became weaker over the next few 
minutes and was gone soon. It's one of several signals in a network 
transmitting programs in South Asian languages:   
http://www.radiohumsafar.com/schedule/

The non-transmitting Travelers Information Station from NH Fish & Game 
is billed in the FCC database as WQHY753, "Moose Radio Route 3", with a 
location slightly north of the 45th parallel.

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseLocSum.jsp?licKey=2966101

--RC