WYHM impact on WRAW

[Rockin Rob]

Both are CC stations. So, I would assume that the days of 1340 WRAW as an oldies outlet are numbered as well?

 

[jayedwards]

Yes---- maybe queer channel/cheap channel will flip WRAW and WLAN-1390. they also own WKBO--Harrisburg--christian--- known as The Fortress! (Harrisburg has another christian station ---am720--WWII--daytimer--- The Rock!) remember the late great Rev. Carl McIntire? he used to own AM690 and FM100.3-- Philly. I think the FCC took them from him. he then broadcast from a ship off the jersey shore till the FCC stopped him. I miss his ranting about godless,atheist communists! He was the king of ranting radio preachers!)

 

[ixnay]

Yes---- maybe queer channel/cheap channel will flip WRAW and WLAN-1390. they also own WKBO--Harrisburg--christian--- known as The Fortress! (Harrisburg has another christian station ---am720--WWII--daytimer--- The Rock!) remember the late great Rev. Carl McIntire? he used to own AM690 and FM100.3-- Philly. I think the FCC took them from him. he then broadcast from a ship off the jersey shore till the FCC stopped him. I miss his ranting about godless,atheist communists! He was the king of ranting radio preachers!)

McIntire was also heard until he died 3-4 years ago on 750 WBMD Baltimore, also a daytimer and now owned by or at least carrying Family Radio. WBMD carried him from 1 to 1:30 pm every weekday. IIRC he lived well into his 90s. You are with the angels, Mr. McIntire.

McIntire was a Presbyterian pastor, as was John Dekker, whose own show also aired on WBMD before the Family Radio takeover. Dekker was a local Baltimore (actually Carney, which is NW of Baltimore) pastor, whereas McIntire was based in South Jersey. His rhetoric was much the same as McIntire. Dekker's show also aired for a while on WWII.

ixnay

 

[chuckydoll]

Allentown isn't Reading

I would assume that the days of 1340 WRAW as an oldies outlet are numbered as well?

WRAW-1340 doesn't reach Lehigh County -- there's the 1320 signal in Allentown to deal with. AM 1470 barely reaches Berks County and doesn't get into Reading.

 

[ixnay]

Dekker was a local Baltimore (actually Carney, which is NW of Baltimore) pastor

I meant to say northEAST of Baltimore.
:-[

ixnay

 

[Rockin Rob]

Re: Allentown isn't Reading

I would assume that the days of 1340 WRAW as an oldies outlet are numbered as well?

WRAW-1340 doesn't reach Lehigh County -- there's the 1320 signal in Allentown to deal with. AM 1470 barely reaches Berks County and doesn't get into Reading.

Chuck, actually what I meant was that CC will probably kill off WRAW before too long, as they did with 1470.

 

[amfmsw]

Rev. McIntire's group the Christian Admiral in cape May and WXUR 100.3, licensed to Media, PA. To my knowledge, he never had anything to do with AM690, which I believe went on the air some years after his WXUR licence was not renewed because of "equal time" violations.

 

[PhilGalasso]

Rev. McIntire's group the Christian Admiral in cape May and WXUR 100.3, licensed to Media, PA. To my knowledge, he never had anything to do with AM690, which I believe went on the air some years after his WXUR licence was not renewed because of "equal time" violations.

The Christian Admiral was a hotel owned by the late Rev. McIntire. It was torn down a couple of years ago to make way for a housing development after being sold by McIntire's son. McIntire did air a program called "The Christian Admiral Hour" on WXUR and other stations. McIntire also operated Shelton College, a non-accredited religious school in Cape May, NJ. In addition to his activities at the Shore, McIntire was the pastor of Bible Presbyterian Church in Collingswood, NJ, just five miles from center city Philadelphia. He broke away from the mainstream Presbyterians in 1936 over theological issues, particularly regarding the Westminster Confession. The church is still active and it is a landmark in downtown Collingswood.

McIntire actually did not own WXUR. Both 690 AM (WXUR) and 100.3 FM (WXUR-FM) were owned by Faith Theological Seminary, a fundamentalist Protestant institution in the Philly suburb of Elkins Park, PA. The actual licensee was Brandywine-Main Line Radio, Inc. and 100% of the stock in that company was purchased by the seminary in 1965. The AM station operated daytime only, running 500 watts from a directional array. The FM station used to simulcast some of the AM programming, while airing a lush "beautiful music" format at other times. Many of the religious and opinion programs were repeated on WXUR-FM at night.

The Fairness Doctrine reason for the nonrenewal of the WXUR and WXUR-FM licenses is a common misconception. The reason actually given by the FCC for ordering the stations off the air in 1973 (after a string of provisional, short-term renewals and repeated FCC hearings) was misrepresentation. McIntire and the seminary misrepresented to the FCC what they planned to do with the station when they filed the application to transfer control of the AM and FM licenses. Had the Fairness Doctrine been the sole issue, those stations would have been fined, but the licenses probably would have been renewed. Misrepresentation and making false statements on FCC forms is reason for the FCC to cancel or fail to renew a license and those making false statements on such forms could also be prosecuted under Title 18 of the United States Code.

A very rare booklet, "Historic Decision WXUR", gives details of hearings held in 1969. The booklet was published by the station and hailed a decision by the FCC to let WXUR continue broadcasting. That decision was overturned in 1973.

McIntire did try his hand at offshore pirate broadcasting in 1973, shortly after WXUR fell silent. He obtained a World War II minesweeper, rechristened it the Columbus, and anchored it 12 miles off Cape May. The ship was equipped with a 10 kW AM transmitter, which was tuned to 1160 kHz. The station, "Radio Free America", was on the air for less than two days before the Coast Guard boarded the ship and served McIntire with a "cease and desist" order. Even though the Columbus was anchored outside U.S. territorial waters, federal law prohibits unlicensed transmissions from U.S.-registered vessels anywhere in the world. Radio Free America's potent signal also caused strong adjacent channel interference to WHLW, a daytimer on 1170 kHz in Lakewood, NJ. Seymour Abramson, owner of WHLW, threatened to sue McIntire and that maritime adventure quickly ended.

 

[amfmsw]

k2pg...you nailed it! Thanks for the clear history lesson. You're on top of it. Thanks.