Thread: WWV will be OFF the AIR .
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Old February 22nd 17, 03:25 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default WWV will be OFF the AIR .
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On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 12:54:27 PM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

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Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.

from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael

Pretty much what happened ... actually since 1966 there were 3 (three!)different male voice announcers at WWV: Don Elliot Heald , John Doyle and Lee Rodgers.

WWV could have doubled their ratings if they had used Orson Welles,
William Conrad and the great JACK WEBB.

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