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WOWO in Orlando

I miss WOWO, particularly Komet Hockey games with Bob Chase.
Here in Western PA they hold a real signal wrestling match with
WLIB. In the old days they used to be strong-as local.
 
When I lived in Tampa, I was able to listen to WOWO on many nights ..... generally in the Winter.
They radiate nearly 50kw towards Florida. Not as much signal as before their nighttime power reduction but enough to hit Tampa with a signal.
 
When I used to visit the east coast in the 60s, WOWO had a gangbuster signal at night.
Now you can't even get it there because of WLIB.
 
radioman148 said:
When I used to visit the east coast in the 60s, WOWO had a gangbuster signal at night.
Now you can't even get it there because of WLIB.
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You can't hear them because they're protecting WLIB. It was a sad day in broadcasting when the FCC permitted the WLIB owners to purchase WOWO and make changes to their nighttime signal so as to give WLIB a better nighttime signal.
As I understand it, they then sold WOWO for much less than they paid for the station.
 
Since I'm home now, I just checked 1190 to see if I could hear WAMT from Tampa with my Sangean PR-D5 and my Terk loop antenna.

I think I can barely hear them underneath the spill over from WFLA down the dial. It's 1:52 pm.

I'll have to check and see what comes in at night.
 
The only time I can hear WOWO in Upstate NY is near dusk or in the morning when its still running 50kw and WLIB is still running 10kw. One WLIB goes to nightime power of 30kw and WOWO goes to 9.8kw the WLIB signal dominates.
 
WOWO was an east coast powerhouse before their nighttime power reduction.
"The fifty-thousand watt voice of the big business of farming ... WOWO, Fort Wayne ... Group "W" .... Westinghouse broadcasting.
Fond memories of WOWO.
 
WOWO was indeed a powerhouse in days gone by. It came in here both night and day. I remember it for the Komets hockey games with Bob Chase and rock & roll music at nights. There was an announcer there by the name of Don Chevrolet (pronounced Chev-ro-let not Chev-ro-lay). When Westinghouse owned them, they had a great yet simple pre-recorded I.D. "This is Westinghouse WOWO - Fort Wayne". This was followed by a quick music blip. Sounded very good and I can still hear it in my mind.
 
I used to have a button on WOWO in my car radio in the Chicago area. I could hear them better in the day because at night they'd go to that eastern pattern.
 
If you'll go the WOWO website, there is a link to some really good airchecks from their glory days.
They brought back some wonderful memories for me.
 
Back in those glory days I remember hearing WOWO often under KLIF 1190 when I was growing up in the Dallas area, most notably before KLIF went from 1,000 to 5,000 watts nighttime. That was especially true around sunrise here in Texas during that time.
 
I often heard WOWO in Riverside, California in the early 60's in the wee hours of the morning. There was an 1190 in Anaheim which was very weak in Riverside at the time and they used to sign off at midnight leaving 1190 wide open for WOWO to make it to the West Coast, even off the back of their night antenna pattern.
 
WOWO is a semi regular at night N of Tampa along I-75 at night in winter. Not that I spent any amt of time listening to it.
And I remember the good old days. Nice signal into New England.
 
When Westinghouse owned them, they had a great yet simple pre-recorded I.D. "This is Westinghouse WOWO - Fort Wayne". This was followed by a quick music blip. Sounded very good and I can still hear it in my mind.
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The Westinghouse News Boom...Most all the Westinghouse stations used it, except maybe WINS. There's an interview on Hisory Of WOWO.com (not the station's website) with the guy who created the sounder. It was a mashup of a Henry Mancini composition called "March Of The Cueballs" and some music from the old Otto Preminger thriller "Laura".
 
KR4BD said:
I often heard WOWO in Riverside, California in the early 60's in the wee hours of the morning. There was an 1190 in Anaheim which was very weak in Riverside at the time and they used to sign off at midnight leaving 1190 wide open for WOWO to make it to the West Coast, even off the back of their night antenna pattern.
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From Riverside you should have been receiving 1190 KEX.
 
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