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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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FCC Whacks an Obscure New Jersey AM Radio Station. But Once Upon a Time, Kids...
« on: June 23, 2017, 1902 UTC »
To the Federal Communications Commission, I’m pretty sure that formally shutting down a tiny AM radio station in New Jersey last week – for apparently falling a couple of years behind on its fees – was a small bureaucratic formality.

But here was a time when WKMB, 1070 AM in Passaic Township, New Jersey, was one of the coolest radio stations I ever heard or saw.

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fcc-whacks-an-obscure-new-jersey-am-radio-station-but_us_594b19bfe4b092ed90588b9d
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Re: FCC Whacks an Obscure New Jersey AM Radio Station. But Once Upon a Time, Kids...
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2017, 1753 UTC »
According to the Wikipedia article for WKMB 1070 kHz AM, they returned to the air on July 1, 2017.

A 250 watt Class D AM station out of New Jersey, do you hear it on a regular basis in Maryland, Chris?
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Re: FCC Whacks an Obscure New Jersey AM Radio Station. But Once Upon a Time, Kids...
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2017, 1900 UTC »
Quote from: R4002 on July 10, 2017, 1753 UTC
According to the Wikipedia article for WKMB 1070 kHz AM, they returned to the air on July 1, 2017.

A 250 watt Class D AM station out of New Jersey, do you hear it on a regular basis in Maryland, Chris?

Nope, 10 kW WKOK in Sunbury, PA dominates.  I just tried phasing, and I can mostly get rid of WKOK, and hear bring some other stuff out of the muck, but nothing that stands out as being WKMB, assuming they still have a gospel format?
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Re: FCC Whacks an Obscure New Jersey AM Radio Station. But Once Upon a Time, Kids...
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2017, 2333 UTC »
According to their Facebook page, they're still gospel. With the latest post from about an hour ago.
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