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1180 makes its debut

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Professor

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Professor has noted that 1180 is now on, broadcasting Blues and Thaddeus rantings.

Professor must say for the Record, he has never heard audio quite so bad in his 60-year life. Could it be, he wonders, that they are using a cellphone as an STL? Or, perhaps two soup cans and some string. Professor isn't sure.

Professor must also congratulate the programming crew. When Professor listened this morning, they almost made it two minutes before mentioning race. Perhaps that's a record in itself?

Enjoy.

-Prof.
 
I picked it up in Alamo today, but it was almost gone in Dyersburg. It reminded me of when I was trying to get WMSO 630, WGSF 1210, and KSUD 730 during their CCM days in the 80's and 90's. Not the format, but the sound quality.
 
Well,

If Dude can make his show #1 (whatever that means) in the Winter, when he'll be running just 26 Watts with Cuban co-channel pounding in after sundown, he *IS* the King!

DE
 
DeadElvis said:
Well,

If Dude can make his show #1 (whatever that means) in the Winter, when he'll be running just 26 Watts with Cuban co-channel pounding in after sundown, he *IS* the King!

DE
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Yeah, but with that high level processing I heard, he may actually make a PEP of, uh......28 or so.
 
It's Tuesday morning at 0848 and they have a "hot mike" and don't know it! They are screaming the mike is not open, want to bet? By the way, the transmitter had been cooking for quite some time. No ID, nothing.

This is beyond hilarious! Wonder how long til' the FCC pulls the plug?

Still open mike at 0854.....
 
Update at 0910, 1180 carrier still up. No background studio noise, however. Thad, looks like something else got "kicked" at 0900 this morning?

Question for the board, is WPLX still licensed as a non-commercial educational station? If so, how can they sell/air commercials and be hiring (off the air yesterday) a sales rep? Does the real owner know, or even care, that this is happening?
 
1170/1180 has always had a full commercial license. The fact they were owned by EMF is merely consequential.

I was listening to 1180 while I was running. As has been pointed out, it was just very, very light audio, an apparently open mic, and a 60 Hz hum. Something ain't grounded.

It's too bad. A competent engineer could knock this out in half a day.

DE
 
DeadElvis said:
1170/1180 has always had a full commercial license. The fact they were owned by EMF is merely consequential.

I was listening to 1180 while I was running. As has been pointed out, it was just very, very light audio, an apparently open mic, and a 60 Hz hum. Something ain't grounded.

It's too bad. A competent engineer could knock this out in half a day.

DE
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Was wondering about the license, the FCC has this on the database:

WPLX operates as a noncommercial educational station

from:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=52906

Never seen an entry like that on an AM station......

Thanks....
 
While passing through Memphis on my way back to the West Coast and just happened to be scanning around, I did hear 1180 and thought that there might be a thread about it on this board.

I was able to get some insight from the previous posts on the whole 1170/1180 deal. While I don't know those involved and frankly I don't want to know them (we have our fair share of ego-casters on the Left Coast), why would anyone debut a station using what sounds like a 1FB dial tone or a VG-36 as a program circuit? Hasn't anyone heard of using an RPU as an emergency program link? Come to think of it, if they've been forced to use a dial-up phone line to make a first impression, win friends and influence people, they probably don't even have an RPU much less an STL. Excuse me all to Hell for trying to be logical!

If what the other posts say is true, inferring that 1180AM Memphis doesn't even have so much as two nickels they can rub together for good technical help, it ought to be a race to the finish line to see who pulls the plug first. The FCC, or, the local power utility, yanking the cut-outs at the pole for non-payment.

Speaking as someone who experienced this (station?) yet but only for a few moments in time, treasuring its 3 Khz grade audio for about as long as it took me to clear West Memphis, Arkansas, I leave this little piece of advice. Dude, get a clue, get a computer, and stream your Blues-and-Rant cast on the net. At least there, it might be listenable.

I'm OUT!
 
Thaddeus Matthews' ego is only matched by his substantial waistline. He's not in it "for the money". Certainly by now he should know that. How many LMA's or bought-time programs have failed on him thus far in his "radio career"? He has no decernable talent whatsover. He has no education. He probably came in under the cap when "we all" had to have at least a 3rd class ticket w/phone to get us on air for any reason-what-so-ever. He can't think, he can't write, he can't spell, he can't talk, he has no reasonable comprehension of the English language and he won't be able to bill a nickel with this ridiculous double-roach-clip-cluster-f&#@.
He is simply on air at this time to talk shi+ about KWAM, Ben Ferguson, Bobby OOOOOOO'Jay and all who he feels has denied him substaintal employment in the once incredible industry we once called "live & local" radio. It's EGO driven only. When this mistaken experiment goes dark or he is booted for WHATEVER reason, you can certainly expect WHATEVER reason to be the fault of one person....and that person is once again, not Thaddeous but "whitey."
He can't seem to get over the fact that his self-implied "velvet-voice" is laced with nothing but street-talk vulgarities, discumbobulated ebonics from a first generation, self-taught MASTER-Kamunicator. "Show you right".
He simply wanted to be the 2nd coming of Clarence "Cookin" Jones in Memphis, TN but failed to understand that Clarence had something that he doesn't. Talent.
Discuss amoungst yourselves...and be civil ;)
 
PR680 said:
DeadElvis said:
1170/1180 has always had a full commercial license. The fact they were owned by EMF is merely consequential.
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Was wondering about the license, the FCC has this on the database:

WPLX operates as a noncommercial educational station

from:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=52906

Never seen an entry like that on an AM station......
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It's indeed rare but not unique: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=6139. If you go to http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html and check the "Show only AM stations operating as noncommercial educational (NCE) stations (if checked)" box & then click "Submit Data", you'll get a complete list. 215 records, which reflects 110 stations. (most stations have two records, one for daytime & the other for nighttime)

Since no AM frequencies are reserved for the exclusive use of non-commercial stations, AM stations can switch between commercial and non-commercial status pretty much for the asking. The advantage of non-commercial status: no fees. You usually can't do that on FM as most non-commercial FM stations operate on reserved frequencies. (frequencies that are ONLY available for non-commercial operation, in some cases even if that frequency is above 92MHz.)

It's very likely WPLX filed to switch back to commercial status at the same time the license was transferred.

By my count, of the 110 AM non-commercial stations, 64 are obviously religious in nature. (based on the name of the licensee - "Family Stations", "Calvary Chapel", etc.) 24 belong to public radio organizations or secular educational institutions. (like Nashville Public Radio or the University of Iowa) 22, I can't tell from the licensee. (though I suspect most if not all are religious)

I know of one AM NPR station (WOI in Iowa: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=29119) that does NOT have a non-commercial license.
 
There's a lot to be said for someone like Thaddeus who's been booted out of all of the worst stations in town. I just want to go on record that I may be an old washed up guy now and I've had lots of personal problems in my life and Thaddeus was one of them at one time but he has the right idea now. The one thing Thaddeus has learned is to repeat the same thing over and over expecting different results!

Good luck on your blues & talk on "Tinny" 1180 WPLX, you're gonna need it.
 
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