it is in fact the murfreesboro tennessee station that is on 810. They got a fined for running day power a year or two ago by the fcc.
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Strong spanish station on 810khz around 10:20PM EST 9/23
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They apparently either left the nighttime power on all night....or perhaps they powered up early. About an hour before sunrise here (Northern Illinois) Saturday morning, Spanish on 810 was blasting on in.
Sidebar story, if I may, pertaining to "Murfreesboro" & "McDonalds". One winter Sunday evening about ten years ago, I stopped for the night at the local Holiday Inn. Two inches of snow had fallen, which had pretty much shut down the town. One of the few restaurants open for dinner was a nearby Mickey-D's, so I went there. Slight problem, however. They had burgers, but no buns! The "bun guy" apparently was unable to get through the snow! (Fortunately, the Applebee's up the road was open, so I wound up there).
Sidebar story, if I may, pertaining to "Murfreesboro" & "McDonalds". One winter Sunday evening about ten years ago, I stopped for the night at the local Holiday Inn. Two inches of snow had fallen, which had pretty much shut down the town. One of the few restaurants open for dinner was a nearby Mickey-D's, so I went there. Slight problem, however. They had burgers, but no buns! The "bun guy" apparently was unable to get through the snow! (Fortunately, the Applebee's up the road was open, so I wound up there).
Alright, I may have heard WMGC, it's been booming in here in No. Illinois frequently.
Could never seem to get an ID out of La Sabrosita, and I thought 810 was Indy or Grand Rapids, though sometimes I have heard Tampico up here (even recently) Never occurred to me it might be Tennessee. Don't many stations have some kind of timer attached to their transmitter that automatically changes the power output at the proper times? It couldn't be hugely expensive. If it is expensive, the engineer could set up a reminder on his watch/cellphone/PDA to manually change the power in case 'someone else' forgot. Doesn't anyone at the station check with a radio to make sure the station is on night power? It would only take a few seconds. A few minutes past sunset with daytime power is a lot better than going for hours or all night on daytime power! With the economy the way it is, and station revenues lower, I'm sure stations aren't looking to get fined, these situations have got to be mostly mistakes, forgetfulness, etc. Except I don't suppose there's an FCC regulation that allows local sports to be broadcast at daytime power after sunset... (;
Could never seem to get an ID out of La Sabrosita, and I thought 810 was Indy or Grand Rapids, though sometimes I have heard Tampico up here (even recently) Never occurred to me it might be Tennessee. Don't many stations have some kind of timer attached to their transmitter that automatically changes the power output at the proper times? It couldn't be hugely expensive. If it is expensive, the engineer could set up a reminder on his watch/cellphone/PDA to manually change the power in case 'someone else' forgot. Doesn't anyone at the station check with a radio to make sure the station is on night power? It would only take a few seconds. A few minutes past sunset with daytime power is a lot better than going for hours or all night on daytime power! With the economy the way it is, and station revenues lower, I'm sure stations aren't looking to get fined, these situations have got to be mostly mistakes, forgetfulness, etc. Except I don't suppose there's an FCC regulation that allows local sports to be broadcast at daytime power after sunset... (;
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