WCCM-AM 1110 Signbon On @ About 6:00 AM

[Laurence Glavin]

I happened to be up and near a radio at 6:00 o'clock this morning (Monday, 11/14) so I thought I'd check to see if WCCM-AM 110 COL Salem, NH was on-the-air with full power rather than the ten watts allowed by its pre-sunrise authority. At precisely six am, WBT-AM in Charlottel was still coming in...then 6:01 passed...then at 6:03, there it was...the Talk Radio Network top-of-the-hour newscast in progress, and yes, as I could tell from my radio that displays relative signal strength, the output of WCCM's antenna system was the same as it would be all day. It's also supposed to power down to ten watts at 4:30 pm in November, but earlier observations indicate it persists at full power until five pm. I wonder if WCCM will appear at about 6:00 am next month and in January, as it has done in the past. BTW, good news for WCCM-AM! I'm in the process of reading a book called "The Sun's Heartbeat" by Bob Berman.... http://athomewithbooks.net/2011/07/the-suns-heartbeat-by-bob-berman-review/ and he indicates that in 100,000 years, the Sun's declination will disappear and the Earth will rotate on its axis straight up (then turn the other way so winter in northern latitudes will happen when the Earth is at its greatest distance away from the Sun). During this interregnum when the Earth is straight up on its axis, sunrises in winter should be earlier, thus WCCM will be AUTHORIZED to power up at six o'clock in the morning.

 

[raccoonradio]

I was in Portland ME Fri and Sat. and as I walked around the Old Port area, listening on a Walkman, I could hear a brief
switch off, switch back on of WGAN 560 (running Howie Carr). 4:15...

On Sat. I was heading from Rockland to Portland on US1 (right thru Bath) and about 4:12
on WJTO 730 I heard Bob say he accepts record donations (esp. 40s/50s vocalists). That's most of
what he plays! He said "in a few minutes we will be lowering our power. Stay tuned; and if
by chance you're too far to pick up our night power, please join us tomorrow". No webstream
for Bob! 'Tis OK. After dark of course the 730 in Montreal would be coming in (was in Portland by then)

 

[NHRadio]

I was on 93 today in Salem about 445pm and tuned to 1110 to see if they were on. They weren't.
When did they get a 10 watt PSRA and PSSA? DA or omni?

It's also supposed to power down to ten watts at 4:30 pm in November, but earlier observations indicate it persists at full power until five pm.

 

[DG02816]

Just checked he FCC database. NO PSRA/PSSA listed.

 

[JIBGUY]

Just checked he FCC database. NO PSRA/PSSA listed.

On the FCC site, I've never seen PSRA/PSSA listings for any station. (except for those such assignments from 2 or 3 years ago that were later withdrawn; which are STILL found in the correspondence section for many stations.)

 

[Laurence Glavin]

Just checked he FCC database. NO PSRA/PSSA listed.

On the FCC site, I've never seen PSRA/PSSA listings for any station. (except for those such assignments from 2 or 3 years ago that were later withdrawn; which are STILL found in the correspondence section for many stations.)

It was in the correspondence section that I saw the ten-watt authorizations. I monitored the 5:00 pm signoffs over the weekend when WCCM-AM is airing Spanish-language programming. They just played one recording after another post-4:30 and went off-the-air at about 5:00 pm in mid-cut.

 

[JIBGUY]

and went off-the-air at about 5:00 pm in mid-cut.

Classy!