Reminder - CHWO QSL
 

This from DX LISTENING DIGEST 7-134, November 6, 2007 as a reminder about the
Jan. 8th date for those who caught the station on Nov. 17th:

** CANADA. An extra special CHWO - AM 740 QSL card

Hello all. CHWO-AM 740 Toronto, which has been family run since 1956,
has been sold (pending CRTC approval) and no doubt some changes will
be coming. We have heard that the general format will not change for
now but that's about it.

The new owner may not want to continue having someone issuing QSL
cards on their behalf. I will certainly do my best to convince them in
hopes this will continue.

Last year they celebrated their 50th birthday since the station first
started up on November 17th, 1956 on 1250 kHz and the 6th anniversary
since moving onto 740 kHz back on January 8th, 2001. It has been in
the same family all this time and NEVER changed format.

So --- I think it`s time to celebrate both achievements with a special
QSL card AND certificate that is open to everyone. This card and
certificate will capture both the old and new of CHWO in pictures and
information. But there is a catch. You have to send in two reports.

Here is the criteria:

1/ You must send in two separate, correct reports: November 17th, 2007
and January 8th, 2008

2/ You must hear the station between 0000 & 2359 (EST) on those dates.
(+5 Hours UTC) [EST is MINUS 5 hours from UT – gh]

3/ The usual information will be required for the report:

(a) Program material (at least 10 minutes of specific program material
heard: e.g., name of announcer, commercials heard, news items, song
title and artist, etc. You can also make a short recording of the
station and send it as an MP3 provided it contains some of the
specific program material noted earlier);

(b) Signal/sound report (a general overview of how well you heard the
signal at your location and the sound quality of the program.);

(c) Mention of the type of equipment and antenna you were using to
hear the signal is helpful information as well.

4/ You can send the reports in after each date or together after
January 8, but I must have both for the special QSL.

5/ If you plan to go after the special QSL, mark your reports as
'Special QSL.' A report for November 17th but not followed up by one
on January 8th will receive a regular QSL only (unless you already have
received one in the past.) I will post repeat announcements prior to
each date.

Thank you all for your support in this endeavour and the future of QSL
from CHWO, AM 740, Toronto. Feel free to pass this notice along and
good luck to all (Brian Smith, Nov 5 - am740 @ rogers.com AM 740 -
http://www.am740.ca
Reception Reports - http://www.odxa.on.ca/chwo.html
Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AM740/ ODXA yg via DXLD)
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Michigan
USA