Tuned in last night & heard music & male in no-accent English talk about this being a new (?) frequ. & time for xmiting, "W"
, but no India.
- - - - per DXLD yg:
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U S A. 5050, April 3 at 0126, WWRB has reactivated this frequency, very good,
found after checking 90m, 3185 with BS, 3195 not on. Presumably a summer-thing,
and registered available 22-13 UT, 100 kW at 45 degrees. (US SW stations are
supposed to pay a fee to FCC for hours reserved, whether used or not? But I hear
that a lot of them are in arrears, FCC not enforcing that like so many other rules.)
And it`s a hard rant from Dave F-RANTz! Oh boy, in fine form tonight: He`s full of
disgust, extreme mocking sarcasm, expletives against preachers! Summarizing:
He has 5 x 100 kW transmitters, mostly idle, as Christians are fighting over doctrine.
If he has one sect on, others object and won`t go on. ``All I`ve heard for 20 years,
Christians making excuses`` for not purchasing airtime.
Also complains of preachers requesting free private charter jet transport for ailing
parishioners to medical facilities. (His main business is air transport. This is safer
than mass transport subjecting victims to who-knows-what from other passengers).
He used to do this and covered the cost, but no more! Because all the preachers will
do in return ``when we need help`` is *pray*, nothing tangible, no reciprocity, just
lip-service. Lately he decided to pray real hard, raising his hands higher and higher,
asking God for his fuel tanks to be filled with 400 gallons of Jet-A, in order to comply
with the latest request, still willing to cover remaining expenses. ``Prayer doesn`t work!``
No increase in fuel levels per the dipstix. ``This is why Christianity is dying,`` he
asserts at 0148 and later.
``WWRB is no longer a religious radio station. It`s commercial, for profit``, no more
subsidizing by his aviation business. Now in negotiations with ``an Islamic group who
want six hours of airtime in English because they feel their religion is being maligned``,
and is seriously considering it.
If any of his remaining Christian clients heard this, they may not stay around much
longer --- but unlikely any of them axually listen to SW WWRB, especially on a
frequency which just came back. He`s still ranting past 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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