The callsign WOWO reminds me of when I was maybe around eight 
years old.  I had an older cousin that worked at KWOW a weak 
station in Pamona CA.  He must have been around 18 years old.  We 
were visiting them and he took me to the station when he was on 
the air and even interviewed me.  Man was I impressed.  Then when 
I got back to the relatives house my parents told me they had 
heard the show.  KWOW was one of those one horse stations where 
the on duty person was the only one there and did everything.  
Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: doug and sheilla emerson <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 06:55:02 -0800
Subject: Re: OT But Still Radio

The bad thing is, after they altered WOWO's power and pattern, 
they turned
around and sold it! People in northeastern Indiana and northwest 
Ohio really
depended on WOWO as many of the small towns in those areas didn't 
have a
radio station of their own.  Not that WOWO offers anything of 
interest or
value today.  But it still shouldn't have been allowed to happen.  
What a
wonderful fcc we have.  Don't we! 73.  Doug, N6NFF

-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey Heagy
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 12:43 AM
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Subject: Re: OT But Still Radio

WOWO was powered down and its direction pattern changed when 
Urban
Broadcasting purchased it for the express purpose of giving its 
New York
station on the same frequency full time status.  Many local 
people protested
this, but to no avail.  Talk about the FCC allowing a blatant 
conflict of
interest.
Harvey

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators 
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On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 7:10 PM
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Subject: FW: OT But Still Radio

Very interesting, Dave.

I guess I just wasn't A M d x ing at the right time to have that 
experience!
(smile)

I, too, also still enjoy A M d x ing, but with so many 
lower-power A M
stations now broadcasting at night on what used to be clear 
channels, it
just isn't like it used to be.

One thing that really brought this home to me was when I was out 
in Colorado
from 2009 to 2010.

There were A M stations in the Denver area on 670 and 760 A M 
that would
broadcast at low output power at night, and they would overtake 
WSCR from
Chicago, and WJR from Detroit.  The frustrating thing was that 
you could
hear the power-house stations in there, but not well enough for 
comfortable
listening.  I also have noticed this now on the East coast.
One particularly good example is WoWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 
1190 A.m.
When I was a kid, that station was a 50 thousand watt monster 
that ruled
that frequency at night.  Now, I have trouble even picking them 
up when
visiting relatives, due to a number of stations heterodyning on 
the
frequency at the same time.  I think one is in New York City, and 
the other
in Anapolis, Maryland.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ