[BC] AM Daytimers Leaving The Carrier On

[Glen Kippel]

ISTM that leaving an unmodulated carrier on all night would not be such a
big deal if the station is licensed for 24-hour operation, aside from the
hourly ID requirement.  And the increased power bill.  For a daytimer to do
that, is a horse of another color, as the old saying goes.

On 12/4/06, Bailey, Scott <sbailey at nespower.com> wrote:
>
> Gee, it just one switch. In the old days, it was "Plate Off"! If those
> people can run a console, they should be able to shut off the carrier on
> the transmitter. Sounds like to me some folks that just don't care.
> Also, if this is still going on, they just don't care, or just plan lazy
> to go turn it off before they leave.
>
> Sounds like some teenager or young person, more worried about going and
> picking up their Friday Night date than making sure everything is shut
> off that needs to be off before leaving, especially the carrier!
>
> Back in my teen years of radio at the AM daytimer, we just shut the
> plate off and left the filaments on all night. Easy enough.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Tom Dimeo
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:20 PM
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> Subject: [BC] AM Daytimers Leaving The Carrier On
>
> I talked to the owner of WWII 720 AM a couple of times before
> he died about the personnel not turning off the transmitter
> when the station signed off. He knew it was happening and he
> also knew it is illegal. He talked to the person about how to
> turn the transmitter off but the person apparently didn't get
> it. Maybe it is a different person now but whoever it is they
> don't get it either.
>
> Dave makes a good point too that the station would have to
> identify once an hour. However, if the station has the
> carrier on illegally guess it doesn't matter if they identify
> or not.
>
> I wonder why WWII 720 is allowed to come on at 6:00 A.M. all
> year but WIEZ 670 and WIOO 1000 can't come on till sunrise?
> All three stations are on the same frequency as Chicago
> stations.
>
> Tom
>
> ** Message Separator **
> >I thought that it was illegal for a station to do that.
> >There was a daytimer in the 90's around here that was fined
> >for leaving on their 5 KW carrier on all night.
>
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