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lsmyer wrote:
Back in the 70s, my dxing hobby included the component of logging stations
by frequency. All I had back then was analog tuning and nothing to check the
accuracy against other than waiting for a known station to identify itself,
and then try to estimate the frequency of the new station. That was even
tougher back then because you had stations like WLAC calling themselves "15
WLAC" even though they were actually on 1510. Now digital displays are so
common that stations say their real frequency, even on FM. I think it also
helps their arbitron ratings to mention their exact frequency.

I think the FCC cracked down on announcments. I used to listen to
a local alternative music station, KJET, who announced themselves as
"sixteen hundred". Then one day, late 1980s, they had a "mark down
sale" and started announcing as KJET 1590.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident