First can someone tell me something about AM 1550 WOCC in Corydon? Is this station voice-tracked, or using a satellite service? Next, I live about 10 miles West of Greencastle and use to be able to pick up the old WTHI AM 1480 during the day easily in the 80's. They were and still are 5kw daytime and 1kw night both directional. But now I can't even pick it up just West of Brazil about 15 miles away from Terre Haute. Can anyone explaine what's going on
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I'm pretty sure the new owners of WTHI (1480) don't have the cash to maintain the array, so they just aren't doing it. Could be at low power, could be mis-tuned. Hard telling without actually seeing the site.
About a year ago, I was driving West on I-64 through Corydon. At the time, AM 1550 was Live during morning drive. The announcer was a ham radio operator and was talking about getting into ham radio on the air. Did not catch his name. By the way, their signal is very enemic and does not get out very well. It is barely audible in Louisville just 20 miles to the East.
WOCC is just a hometown radio station with 250 watts, on a short transmitter south of downtown. A live dj does morning drive and records that day's obituaries, and records the local news--most of which comes from the local newspaper or the Indiana section of the Courier-Journal. Mostly a one-man operation, I believe the morning man sells advertising in the afternoon. At one time the music came from reel-to-reel tapes, but I haven't been in the station in years. If you have a press release you want read, and if no one is in, just slip it under the door. The studio is located in a second floor room just across from the First State Capital.
Here is a picture of their board: http://www.woccam1550.com/html/about.htm
After the oldies format left WRKA 103.1, the Courier Journal media critic Tom Dorsey mentioned WOCC as a good replacement to his readers.
My kindergarten class visited the station in 1973, and for better or worse, things haven't changed much since. I remember getting a free 45 RPM copy of the Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"--which I'm guessing must be some kind of sundae.
It has been an oldies format for the last dozen years.
In 1996, the former owners tried to market an FM signal called Indiana 96.5, focusing on the Harrison, Floyd, and Clark county areas but that lasted about a year. The frequency became "Bee 96.5" WGZB targeting Louisville.
Here is a picture of their board: http://www.woccam1550.com/html/about.htm
After the oldies format left WRKA 103.1, the Courier Journal media critic Tom Dorsey mentioned WOCC as a good replacement to his readers.
My kindergarten class visited the station in 1973, and for better or worse, things haven't changed much since. I remember getting a free 45 RPM copy of the Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"--which I'm guessing must be some kind of sundae.
It has been an oldies format for the last dozen years. In 1996, the former owners tried to market an FM signal called Indiana 96.5, focusing on the Harrison, Floyd, and Clark county areas but that lasted about a year. The frequency became "Bee 96.5" WGZB targeting Louisville.
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when i was attending Indiana State in the 70's the call letters WPFR was known as "Poor-F-ing(Radio).. and was operating from the living room of one, Paul Ford. ;D
Those old Gates cart machines!!! What a throwback.
I worked with a couple of them in the past and when you hit the play button, it would hesitate for about a second and then fire with a very audible clunk. Sometimes it clunked when the cart re-cued and came to a stop, depending on it's mood.
I worked with a couple of them in the past and when you hit the play button, it would hesitate for about a second and then fire with a very audible clunk. Sometimes it clunked when the cart re-cued and came to a stop, depending on it's mood.
cspotrun said:
actually it was on his back porch.... today it's in his kitchen in Dennison
I was told today by a friend of mine that WPFR AM-1480 has several serious issues at its tower site. 6 towers fact. He said that it would take a big investment to restore 1480 to it's full potential which I can now understand why I can't hear them outside of Terre Haute during the day, and can also see why Mr. Ford hasn't invested the money to do so. Too bad though, that would produce a decent signal. He also said that at one time Ronn Mott tried to purchase the whole group of stations that Mr. Ford ownes shortly after Crossroads let him go.
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