It's been a couple years now, but I used to hear a pirate on 1590 while I was in Okolona (I-265/Outer loop area of Louisville). It wasn't very strong there. Sometimes a dead carrier. Sometimes uncensored rap. I'm not sure it's still there or not, but wonder if anyone else heard it?
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1590 Pirate?
- Thread starter BobOnTheJob
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There is a techno station at 99.3 that i have heard for almost consistently 2 years. Energy dance radio they say once an hour.
You were probably hearing WLCV-AM 1590, University of Louisville's student-run station. The signal is barely perceptible in the Okolona area and fades north near the Muhammad Ali Blvd. exit on I-65.BobOnTheJob said:
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kyscott
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RadioLover said:
I have never heard of WLCV and the call letters are not registered in the FCC database. The only radio station that has any connection with the University of Louisville is WUOL
Could U of L have a carrier current station on 1590 that radiates beyond what the FCC specifies? I recall it being off frequency to the point that there was a 100hz or so hetrodyne...that could be consistent with either a pirate or a carrier current operation.kyscott said:
In the early 90s i worked at wlcv at u of l and some dude named eric worked at wlcv and use to produce joe elliots show at night in the early 90s on whas and rebecca lake i know got her start at wlcv and later on went to work for mix 102 right after it flippd from rock 102 and until recently was on louie fm but as far as i know the only place you can get wlcv is on campus at the dorms very strange.
But check out the techno station at 99.3.You can only get it int he highlands and downtown st matthews
But check out the techno station at 99.3.You can only get it int he highlands and downtown st matthews
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gr8oldies said:
The Louisville campus to Okolona is more than just a few blocks. A Part 15 operation would not be heard as far away as Cardinal Stadium. Neither would a carrier current station. If this IS a carrier current or Part 15 station and it is being heard as far away as Okolona, then I'm sure the folks at 1600 AM in Eminence would be interested in hearing about this.
It's been a year or so since I've frequented that area...can anyone verify that it's still on the air?
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andyonwlcvradio
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Yep, as a WLCV DJ I can say we are still on the air, but via an online stream only. We hope to start back up full swing some time in early September. Heres the link to the station, http://campuslife.louisville.edu/wlcv, when nobody is in the station we just let the computer play random music. All the DJ's are given two hours a week to say and play whatever. I am the "oldies guy" (by choice) at the station I play anything and everything from the 60's and 70's. I hope this helps.
WLCV's original carrier-current system was on 570 KHz from 1962 (signing on as WXKE) through about 2001. The only way you could tune the station in was to be in or near a CC transmitter-equipped building on Belknap Campus. The studio was in the old Student Center (now Miller Technology Center.) Over the years, the maintenance of the program phone lines to the tube-type (later solid-state) LPB carrier-current transmitters was a constant hassle. The studio moved to the new Swain Student Activities Center in 1995.
I worked for U Of L from 1986-1995 and took the station under my wing as an unpaid advisor, battling the technical issues, indifference from the administration, and even hostility from certain WUOL personnel (all now long-gone) toward the little student station. We even talked of raising money and organizing a consortium of students on other area campuses to eventually get a license to operate at 91.1 MHz with 1 KW (it was open then), with satellite studios at the other schools. That, however, was seen as competing with other fundraising by bigger fish, and never got past the discussion stage.
Around 2001, someone thought to increase coverage by using a "leaky cable" propagation system. But, instead of staying on 570 KHz and replacing the carrier-current service on that frequency, an ill-advised decision was made to move the more critical, free-space radiating leaky cable system to 1590 khz, too close to operating, licensed AMs. Last time I checked, the carrier is clearly detectible to Old Cardinal Stadium on I-65 to the south, and to about the St. Catherine St. exit northbound.
I worked for U Of L from 1986-1995 and took the station under my wing as an unpaid advisor, battling the technical issues, indifference from the administration, and even hostility from certain WUOL personnel (all now long-gone) toward the little student station. We even talked of raising money and organizing a consortium of students on other area campuses to eventually get a license to operate at 91.1 MHz with 1 KW (it was open then), with satellite studios at the other schools. That, however, was seen as competing with other fundraising by bigger fish, and never got past the discussion stage.
Around 2001, someone thought to increase coverage by using a "leaky cable" propagation system. But, instead of staying on 570 KHz and replacing the carrier-current service on that frequency, an ill-advised decision was made to move the more critical, free-space radiating leaky cable system to 1590 khz, too close to operating, licensed AMs. Last time I checked, the carrier is clearly detectible to Old Cardinal Stadium on I-65 to the south, and to about the St. Catherine St. exit northbound.
The King Bee said:
I was hearing that station during the early part of 1999. That station was making
it all the way to the 4,700 block of W Market back then. That is about 2,500 feet
from the Indiana state line. I lived in that area and at first thought it was a pirate radio station. Through the the noise and poor reception, to my surprise, I found it to be a student operated station from the University of Louisville.
I still thought it was some sort of pirate radio station because they were covering
way to much of the city. They sounded like they were using about ten watts of
power, a far cry from the 1.0 watts they are legally allowed to use as a part 15
station. I had to make a visit to the station so I could believe they were broadcasting from campus.
Did they ever get a visit from the FCC?
I was listening to them on 1590 AM using a G.E. Super Radio. They were not
on 570 AM during that time(1999).
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Mid West Clubber
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Im not sure about this am station, but the old 99.3 that was playing Dance Music,,, I think it was ran by a student from the University because that is where the signal was the strongest... The signal disappeared this past winter.. The signal was noisy in some areas, but they had good processing and modulation, and they didnt cause interference to DJX or Kiss, so it was a pretty well ran pirate station from the engineering side,, you could pick it up all the way from the 265 North Belt in Indiana, all the way to the Waterson 265 South Belt, im guessing they were running around 250 watts, but my brother said they could be as low as 5 watts if they were up high and had a good pro TX.........
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Mid West Clubber said:
250 watts would have gotten coverage to about 20 miles or so. I doubt they are using that much power unless they are loading it into a wet noodle hanging over the railing. 1 watt is probably more like it. Picked up a transmitter from ebay and they took off from there.
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radiohawkins
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Mid West Clubber said:
99.3 is now a country station out of Etown.
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Mid West Clubber
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Yeah, I realize that now... Apparently the pirate knew about the CP and decided it was time to pull the plug, since the Louisville Dial is all pretty well crowded now to try and do it without getting unwanted attention.
I worked at WLCV back around 85/86. It was at 1570 then. I think the LCV stood for Louisville's Campus Voice. I don't know when Rebecca Lake would have worked there. She was on QMF in the early 80's as Becky in the sky, doing traffic for Ron and Terry. That board they had at LCV back then was one of the old ones with the rotary potts and the a/b switch over the top of them. We had turntables and a cart tri-deck cart machine, if I remember correctly. I found an aircheck tape of myself from back then, recently. I listened to it and then burned it, lol. It was awful.
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andyonwlcvradio
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Currently when I do my show I hook up my laptop to the board and play my music directly from my laptop. I was told sombody took the turn table out of the studio to do some reparing but never brought it back. Today the station studio is located on the first floor of the SAC in a showcase so people who are eating Subway can stare at you like your mad.. lol. Michael Marvin who does nights at WAKY also was a DJ on WLCV from 73-74.
Rebecca lake worked at qmf in the late 80s like 88 89 not early 80s doing traffic for ron and tro. This is the story she had a shift at wlcv someone heard here from qmf they happened to be there that day and not sure if it was ron or troy or someone else and asked her to do a aircheck and drop it off to qmf and so she did and was hired to do traffic in the late eighties to around 90 and then eventually became the pillow talk girl on mix 102.3. She told me once she was doing a live remote some where that she was doing overnights on qmf and fell asleep and dead air hit the airwaves do not remember how long it was well she was not fired.
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