Al, VE7AGW wrote:
"I thought Charlie Pride sang that one."

I wouldn`t be surprised. Charlie is a great country singer. When I hear
his name, "Kiss a Devil Good Morning" pops into mind. Ray Price mostly
owns "For the Good Times." Ray still lives in Texas, rides motorcycles,
and has taken up comedy, I suppose, to enlarge his act.

Since Clear Channel Communications, Infinity Broadcasting, etc. bought
most of the non-network-owned broadcast outlets, music stations have
disappeared. Clear Channel changed the music programming of the last
sizeable AM music outlet in Houston to sports programming last year.
That was when I found the 680 KHz signal from San Antonio was usually
good here 24-hours. I think they run 50-KW nondirectional day time and
10-KW nighttime, pointed away from KNBC in San Francisco at nignt. KNBC
is 50-KW, 680 KHz, non-directional day and night.

At night on 680 KHz in Houston, there is somtimes interference from
Cuba. The map shows 4 Cuban stations sharing 680 KHz, so there are tales
about "El Commandante Fidel" breaking into my night music from San
Antonio at times. There are several Mexican stations too, but they seem
to try not to interfere. WAPA in San Juan, Puerto Rico is shown as 10 KW
non-directional night and day on the map, but I have not noticed
interference from them, so I wonder if they are really still there.

For country music in most of North America, a good bet might be "The
Grand Ole Opry Station", WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. It is 650 KHz,
50-KW, non-directional, night and day. When I was a kid, this station
adveritised itself as "The National Life and Accidennt Station" but
already carried "The Opry" The insurance business has shifted about like
the broadcasting business. Both are regulated. Insurance by the state
and broadcasting by the feds.

My Broadcast Allocation Map Book doesn`t indicate programming. It was
only in the earliest days that the Commerce Department ruled that all
stations on a certain frequency must only broadcast music. Sometimes the
first idea is the best.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI