"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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"Gary Schnabl" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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*In anticipation of a format switch under owner Newsweb Corp., WAIT-AM
(850)
changes call letters today to WCPT (for "Chicago's Progressive Talk").
Picking up WAIT's call letters is Newsweb's WSCN-AM (820).
As tipped here in February, expect an announcement any day that the
suburban
daytime station will become a showcase for the liberal voices of Air
America
Radio's Al Franken, Jerry Springer and Randi Rhodes along with Jones
Radio
Networks' Ed Schultz. "

I used to pick up WAIT in the early 1970s when I lived in Reeseville WI
near
Waterloo. Weren't they originally the station on 820? They had a fairly
decent signal back then.

820 is 820. 850 is 850. Just the call letters have moved around. 850 is a
horrible signal.

I just checked out the changes on 820 while surfing and searching. I don't
remember 850 whem I was AM DXing many, many eons ago.

Sad to hear about WCKY. That was another of my old favorites from the late
1950s. I was using a (military B-17) Belmont BC-348R receiver back then
when I did a lot of 160 and 80 meter DXing as a ham, and I would tune in the
Rainey Family on CKY for a change of pace. One of their most frequent
recordings was "We need a whole lot more of Jesus, and a whole lot less of
rock and roll."