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Regional SW station owner signs off for good
« on: October 07, 2008, 2013 UTC »
Swlfest Digest, Vol 47, Issue 1‏
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   1. Regional SW station owner signs off for good (Richard Cuff)
   2. Re: Regional SW station owner signs off for good
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:13:35 -0400
From: "Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@gmail.com>
Subject: [Swlfest] Regional SW station owner signs off for good
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>From Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch:
 
"And we note the passing of a Keystone State broadcaster whose
controversial actions provoked a lawsuit that will be studied by
constitutional law scholars for many decades to come. The Rev. John
Harden Norris owned a small empire of religious stations in Red Lion,
near York - WGCB (1440), WGCB-FM (96.1), WGCB-TV (Channel 49) and
shortwave station WINB.
 
<edit>
 
"Norris had founded WGCB(AM) with his father, the Rev. John M. Norris,
in 1950, adding the FM signal in 1958, followed by WINB in 1962 and
WGCB-TV in 1979. The radio stations were sold in the late nineties
(they're now in secular hands under Cumulus, as WGLD and WSOX-FM), but
Norris remained president of WINB and WGCB-TV until his death last
Sunday (Sept. 28). Norris was 88."
 
I have never WINB up in Allentown, but perhaps those further afield
might want to keep an eye on its frequency(ies)  (is it even still on
now?) for changes.
 
See http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html
 
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
 
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Curt Phillips W4CP <robocurt@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Regional SW station owner signs off for good
To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <swlfest@kotalampi.com>
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This was the "Carl McIntire" station if I remember correctly.
?
Rev. Carl was an all-round thorn in the side of the FCC, battling them regarding the so-called Fairness Doctrine, starting a ship board pirate station, etc., etc.
 
I guess WINB was the last vestige of his once pervasive voice.
?
And in the world of shortwave, I guess the song is "Another One Bites The Dust."? For both private and governmental shortwave stations, the hits just keep on coming.
?
Curt W4CP
?
Curt Phillips, CEM CMVP
W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI
ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA; OOTC
Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group
Scanner/SWL Net- Mondays, 9PM, 146.64 repeater
Raleigh, NC USA
www.w4cp.com
w4cp<at>arrl.net
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?We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.? ?Winston Churchill
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--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Richard Cuff <rdcuff@gmail.com> wrote:
 
From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@gmail.com>
Subject: [Swlfest] Regional SW station owner signs off for good
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@hard-core-dx.com>, "Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest" <swlfest@kotalampi.com>
Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 10:13 AM
 
>From Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch:
 
"And we note the passing of a Keystone State broadcaster whose
controversial actions provoked a lawsuit that will be studied by
constitutional law scholars for many decades to come. The Rev. John
Harden Norris owned a small empire of religious stations in Red Lion,
near York - WGCB (1440), WGCB-FM (96.1), WGCB-TV (Channel 49) and
shortwave station WINB.
 
<edit>
 
"Norris had founded WGCB(AM) with his father, the Rev. John M. Norris,
in 1950, adding the FM signal in 1958, followed by WINB in 1962 and
WGCB-TV in 1979. The radio stations were sold in the late nineties
(they're now in secular hands under Cumulus, as WGLD and WSOX-FM), but
Norris remained president of WINB and WGCB-TV until his death last
Sunday (Sept. 28). Norris was 88."
 
I have never WINB up in Allentown, but perhaps those further afield
might want to keep an eye on its frequency(ies)  (is it even still on
now?) for changes.
 
See http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html
 
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
 
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