Two New Mysteries 1460 and 1470

[cyberdad]

Yesterday morning, 2/22 (at my current beach location) about an hour before sunrise, I heard a couple of stations that I couldn't ID, or match to any of my sources.

1460: Christian preacher on a weak signal, but basically alone although with some occasional fading.

1470: Strong Spanish signal with what sounded like religious talk and music. Following up on @Steve Green's comment in another thread, I did learn that the 1470 in Tarpon Springs, Florida (Egypt Lake) IS still operating, but my sources were of no further help. Paul had mentioned that this station is all digital and thus invisible without a digital radio. I suppose they might have been running analog during the pre-dawn hours. But I'm still stumped.

Any ideas?

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

@ Cyberdad :

A long shot on your religious 1460 station *might* be WHIC Rochester NY. During nights here and even past SRS, they are there with religion, usually dominant despite being directional with most of the signal away from me between dark and dawn.
Of course, they're an omni 5000-watt regional during their daytime, and I've been trying -- in the name of the Father -- to avoid them so I can get long-unheard WGMF 1460 from outside Scranton.
I hope this helps.
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Back in the early 90's, 1470 in Tarpon Springs had a Greek music format in the daytime. Linda and I would be shopping along the Sponge Dock souvenir strip of Tarpon Springs and heard them in several shops there.
('Hey.... who loves ya, baby?' )

 

[drt]

Yesterday morning, 2/22 (at my current beach location) about an hour before sunrise, I heard a couple of stations that I couldn't ID, or match to any of my sources.

1460: Christian preacher on a weak signal, but basically alone although with some occasional fading.

1470: Strong Spanish signal with what sounded like religious talk and music. Following up on @Steve Green's comment in another thread, I did learn that the 1470 in Tarpon Springs, Florida (Egypt Lake) IS still operating, but my sources were of no further help. Paul had mentioned that this station is all digital and thus invisible without a digital radio. I suppose they might have been running analog during the pre-dawn hours. But I'm still stumped.

Any ideas?

The 1470 was most likely the one from the Tampa Bay area is what I’m sure you were receiving ….. formally licensed to Dunedin; now licensed to Egypt Lake (a community within the Tampa city limits). They were strictly digital for a few months; but for at least the last 2 or 3 months; they have been analog, not sure what happened to the HD); at any rate programming was music, but now it appears to be more talk in Spanish than music and at times, it seems as though they may be operating on reduced power during the day. In other words, I have the feeling, financially they are circling the drain.

 

[cyberdad]

The 1470 was most likely the one from the Tampa Bay area is what I’m sure you were receiving ….. formally licensed to Dunedin; now licensed to Egypt Lake (a community within the Tampa city limits). They were strictly digital for a few months; but for at least the last 2 or 3 months; they have been analog, not sure what happened to the HD); at any rate programming was music, but now it appears to be more talk in Spanish than music and at times, it seems as though they may be operating on reduced power during the day. In other words, I have the feeling, financially they are circling the drain.

Thanks fpr the update, I was given information from a reliable source that the Egypt Lake 1470 was 100% digital, but if that's no longer the case. than what I was hearing turning out to have been makes perfect sense. In fact. it probably have been my first guess.

 

[drt]

Thanks fpr the update, I was given information from a reliable source that the Egypt Lake 1470 was 100% digital, but if that's no longer the case. than what I was hearing turning out to have been makes perfect sense. In fact. it probably have been my first guess.

That info that 1470 was strictly digital was correct last spring and over the summer of 2021(HD radios received them; traditional radios, it, there was nothing on 1470!) ; not sure when the digital only signal stopped, as I hardly ever listen to the AM band anymore, I do know sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I did check and I was getting them on a regular AM radio; then tuned in my Toyota’s HD radio and there was just the analogue signal. That station, regardless of owner or format, seems to be jinxed! As WCWR (oldies in late 1960’s up to around 1974); they were daytime only, with a presunrise authorization of 500 watts, that did not serve much of an area- due to interference ; at any rate, it was a good station, but then went bankrupt and dark; future formats and owners (including the current ones) all seemed doomed; regardless of tower location and format. I would not be at all surprised if they go dark again. (Just remembered, my parents listened to 1470 in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s when the call letters were WDCL (Dunedin-Clearwater-Largo) when they were an easy listening format.

When I was in Tampa and Saint Petersburg, this past Thursday and again on Saturday; they were strictly analogue and Saturday, if they had any music; I did not catch it.

drt