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death of a Hazlehurst radio personality

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danfling

Eddie Dear, who was a radio announcer in the late 1970s on the radio station in Hazlehurst, was killed in a motorcycle accident last week.

I used to hear him reading the news on a lengthy newscast. The name he used at that time was Scooter. I don't know if this is the only name he used.

A wife, son, daughter, and brother survive.
 
I was sad to hear of the loss of Eddie Dear . He was an announcer for WMDC 101 FM - Hazlehurst in the late 70's while in high school and college . Eddie was a friend of mine . I did radio with him at WWCL -FM 91 on the campus of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College in Wesson from 1978-1980 . Eddie was a great friend during those times and also one hell of a trumpet player . A little known side note here : He once got to play on stage with Earth , Wind and Fire ... this was at a concert at Mississippi Coliseum -Jackson in 1980 . He will be greatly missed by his family and friends ....God Bless You All !
 
Speaking of WMDC and anyone tell me why the WOEG 1220 (ex WMDC) has dropped its power down to 164 watts? 1220 used to be a flame throwing 250 watt blowtorch. If I've got a low power station I'd want to squeeze everything I could out of it. Its also on the air less time. They will go off the air sometimes before dark. I'm sure they don't make a whole lot of money off of it, but the light bill can't be very high for a 164 watt station. They had a CP for 164 watts on radio-locator.com
 
Looks like they may have moved to a tall(er) tower, requiring them to reduce transmitter power to maintain the original "250 watt" signal. Long story short: AM towers can be more or less efficient depending on their height.

And that's enough engineering talk for one night. :)
 
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