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It's now DWCNW

I remember there signal in Dayton in the late 1960s being pretty good, I guess they were 5 kw then. Daytime only of course.
 
As for the AM signal? Of course there were far fewer sources for interference in those days. But it was a great signal for its place on the dial. Unlike many of the smaller Cinti AM signals (1050, 1230, 1480) I could hear 1560 at my location east of Indianapolis and well over 80 miles.

Not WLLV but WLVV. Strange effort to confuse it with a far better known Cincinnati AM station.
 
Ma Gee said:
As for the AM signal? Of course there were far fewer sources for interference in those days. But it was a great signal for its place on the dial. Unlike many of the smaller Cinti AM signals (1050, 1230, 1480) I could hear 1560 at my location east of Indianapolis and well over 80 miles.

Not WLLV but WLVV. Strange effort to confuse it with a far better known Cincinnati AM station.
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I can see where WLVV and WLW could be hard to tell apart when handwritten in diaries. I wonder if Arbitron gave the larger station the benefit of the doubt when the diary entry was unclear and wound up crediting a certain amount of WLVV listening to WLW.
 
Lest we forget...

After WLVV and before WLLT, 94.9 was WYYS Yes 95. Yes debuted in 1980 with a $500,000 to one listener contest in the fall book. Q102 and WKRC responded with a one million dollar prize combined between the two stations that negated the Yes debut book promotion.
 
I grew up about 8 and a half miles east of the WCNW towers but the daytime signal was strong enough I could often hear it underneath 1530.

Does anyone have a recording of one of their signoffs? I used to listen to them and then wait for 1560 New York to pop up and it would be cool to hear their goodnight message again.
 
Ma Gee said:
Lest we forget...

After WLVV and before WLLT, 94.9 was WYYS Yes 95. Yes debuted in 1980 with a $500,000 to one listener contest in the fall book. Q102 and WKRC responded with a one million dollar prize combined between the two stations that negated the Yes debut book promotion.
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Oh yeah. I forgot about that one. One of those signals that just can't keep a format. Even as MIX 94.9 it seems like it's just kind of there.
 
Directional Ray said:
Oh yeah. I forgot about that one. One of those signals that just can't keep a format. Even as MIX 94.9 it seems like it's just kind of there.
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There was a poster on these boards years ago who used to refer to 94.9 and similar frequencies on which stations consistently struggle in a certain market as "cursed frequencies." 92.9 in Boston is one I remember.
 
I had a way to save WCNW, using an existing tower. Nobody there was interested... and before anyone decides to pile on, with a lecture regarding the precarious condition of AM radio, save it. I almost have it memorized. I've owned AM stations.
 
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