Perdido Key, Florida Daytime Bandscan Highlighte February 2022 - Part 2

[cyberdad]

Picking up where I left off yesterday....

820: WWBA Largo, FL (Tampa) Weak with unidentifiable signal underneath
830: KGLA, Norco, LA (New Orleans) 5kw Fair
840: WBHY Mobile, AL 10kw Fair (52 miles...partial saltwater path)
870: WWL New Orleans 50kw Good
900 WGOK Mobile 1kw Fair- Weak 1kw 41 miles
940: WYLD New Orleans - 10kw Fair
950: R. Reloj Cuba Weak
960: WLPR Prichard. AL 6kw Fair 46 miles
970: WFLA Tampa 25kw Very weak
980: WRNE Pensacola 4kw with favoravle pattern fair
990: WGSO New Orleans 660 watts weak (Tower on top of downtown building. Ex-WYAT, which was 1kw and had better signal)
1000: WJNZ Robertsdale, AL 1kw Weak 20 miles (known for numerous format and call letter changes....and going silent)
1040: WHBO Tampa 3.6kw Weak-fair
1060: WLNO New Orleans 50kw? I can't hear it. Supposedly still active, so I'm not sure what's going on. Ex-WNOE with good signal
1070 WNVY Pensacola 15kw with favorable pattern. Good 20 miles (call letters formerly on 1230 and 1090 in that order)

More to come

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Fine scan again, CyberDad, and good memories.
Lots of position-jockeying on the AM dial since those early 70's days.

WWBA's calls used to be on 680 -- a Beautiful Music daytimer, // with an FM. 'The Bay'.
'820' didn't exist then. There was a WSST on 800. It was a 250-watt directional daytimer.
WFLA 970 was an easy-A/C - full service Chicken Rock station.
I don't remember a WHBO (or anything) on 1040 at the time.
Lol -- I have a WNVY 1230 jingle, from Pepper-Tanner's ;Sound of Feeling Good' package.

(How does one post an mP3 sound clip to this site? I have a few from that era which might be interesting, or at least evoke a memory or so.)

 

[radioman148]

Fine scan again, CyberDad, and good memories.
Lots of position-jockeying on the AM dial since those early 70's days.

WWBA's calls used to be on 680 -- a Beautiful Music daytimer, // with an FM. 'The Bay'.
'820' didn't exist then. There was a WSST on 800. It was a 250-watt directional daytimer.
WFLA 970 was an easy-A/C - full service Chicken Rock station.
I don't remember a WHBO (or anything) on 1040 at the time.
Lol -- I have a WNVY 1230 jingle, from Pepper-Tanner's ;Sound of Feeling Good' package.

(How does one post an mP3 sound clip to this site? I have a few from that era which might be interesting, or at least evoke a memory or so.)

After WWBA moved to 820 they could be heard right before sunrise in the Chicago area before the local 820 went 24 hours. Obviously on their 50KW pattern.

 

[cyberdad]

Fine scan again, CyberDad, and good memories.
Lots of position-jockeying on the AM dial since those early 70's days.

WWBA's calls used to be on 680 -- a Beautiful Music daytimer, // with an FM. 'The Bay'.
'820' didn't exist then. There was a WSST on 800. It was a 250-watt directional daytimer.
WFLA 970 was an easy-A/C - full service Chicken Rock station.
I don't remember a WHBO (or anything) on 1040 at the time.
Lol -- I have a WNVY 1230 jingle, from Pepper-Tanner's ;Sound of Feeling Good' package.

(How does one post an mP3 sound clip to this site? I have a few from that era which might be interesting, or at least evoke a memory or so.)

I think WWBA and WHBO might be diplexed, but I'm not sure. I know they both "peel paint" north of Clearwater. I do remember WWBA being on 680, but I didn't recall the format. If memory serves WHBO was a daytimer on 1050. 1kw IIRC. By the late 1980s they were on 1040, and running 5kw. I don't recall if they were fulltime at that time, but i do remember the format as oldies.

WNVY on 1230? I mostly remember them as country. Pepper Tanner jingles? I worked at a place that had their stuff, Mostly for production. I was a fan. I wrote quite a bit of business using their material for demo spots.

 

[schmave]

Really enjoying these reports!
Might have said this way back when, but Panama City Beach was where I first experienced what salt water can do for AM signals. That was on Spring Break of 2000 and our place was right on the beach. I remember being flabbergasted at how strong WWL came in on my Walkman, knowing we were well over 200 miles east of New Orleans. Only several years later when I joined this board did I learn about the conductivity of salt water.

 

[MarioMania]

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