• TV Woes

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ED VANCE on Fri Oct 10 10:19:18 2025
    Never heard of WHAS - AM having any other frequency than 840 Kc/s .

    I don't remember exactly what the frequency was... it was probably before
    both our times... but I read about it once. IIRC, they were on longwave
    (the part that is no longer used for AM radio) and had to move "up" the
    dial once that part of the band was designated for other uses. I *think*
    they may have been at 340.

    I remember before WAKY-AM came on the air the Callsign was WGRC.
    Still remember hearing their on the hour infomercial "The clock on the wall goes tock tick tock and now the time is ___ O'Clock , __ O'Clock, __ O'Clock".
    And during the repitition of __ O'Clock , the sound of a Coo-coo Bird chirping
    Coo-coo, Coo-coo, Coo-coo.
    The __ part was the hour number spoken as the Coo-coo chirped .

    As a kid, I am sure I would have enjoyed that. Don't think I ever heard
    it, though. ;)

    Mike

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Mike Powell on Fri Oct 10 11:46:50 2025
    I don't remember exactly what the frequency was... it was probably before both our times... but I read about it once. IIRC, they were on longwave
    (the part that is no longer used for AM radio) and had to move "up" the
    dial once that part of the band was designated for other uses. I *think* they may have been at 340.

    As a kid, I am sure I would have enjoyed that. Don't think I ever heard
    it, though. ;)

    Mike

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    Mike,
    The two numbers in my email address are the year I was born.
    Ed
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