[BC] 890 KIRB in California? Travis Airforce Base?

[PeterH]

On Sep 28, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Scott Fybush wrote:

> Then it gets weird again, as some of those share-time messes were  
> cleaned up.
>
> 1160 had been shared by WWVA Wheeling, which went to 1170 as a  [ I- 
> B ... II-A would not be assigned until 1965 ] alongside KVOO and  
> WAPI, and WOWO Fort Wayne, which went to 1190 as a  [ I-B ... II-A  
> would not be assigned until 1965 ] .

WOWO and WWVA had been sharing. WOWO to 1190 and WWVA to 1170 solved  
that problem, and resulted in two good Class I-B clears.

WTIC and WBAL had been sharing. WTIC to 1080 and WBAL to 1090 solved  
that problem, too, and also resulted in two good Class I-B clears.



>
> 1170 was WCAU Philadelphia, which went to 1210 as a I-A.
>
> 1180 had been shared by WINS New York, which went to 1010 as a II- 
> A, KEX Portland, which went to 1190 as a II-A (it was co-owned with  
> WOWO at the time), WDGY Minneapolis (to 1130 as a II-A), WMAZ Macon  
> GA (to 940) and KOB, which deserves a chapter of its own in any  
> history of the clears.
>
> 1190 was WOAI, which went to 1200 as a I-A, as well as two smaller  
> stations that became III-A regionals, WSAZ Huntington WV (to 930)  
> and WATR Waterbury CT (to 1320).

1170 --> 1210, on account of WOAI's new first-adjacent "problem" and  
its own first adjacent "problem".

1190 --> 1200, to place WOAI -20 Hz, not -10 kHz from the new Mexican  
I-A, which was known to be seeking 150 kW. It is believed to be  
operating with 100 kW, although its sibling on 800, also created anew  
by NARBA, and at the same time, no longer has 150 kW capability, but  
is believed to be operating 10 kW days and 50 kW nights.

("Rio" allowed all non-U.S., non-Canadian Class As to operate 100 kW  
days and up to the greater of 50 kW and whatever it was operating at  
before "Rio" nights. Hence, why we have formerly grandfathered at 10  
kW Mexicans operating at 100 kW days and 10 kW nights, except for  
1000 which is 100 kW days and 20 kW nights).

So, WCAU and WOAI exchanged frequencies, each thereby having a second- 
adjacent Class I (WOWO/1190 to WCAU/1210 and WOAI/1200 to XEB/1220,  
respectively), and thereby avoiding a first-adjacent Class I (WOWO/ 
1190 to WCAU/1200 and WOAI/1210 to XEB/1220, respectively).


II-As didn't exist, except on paper, until KSWS went on-air in 1965.

The less than Class I full-time stations on clear channels before  
that time were designated II-B. Daytimers were, of course, II-D. The  
really weird designation, I-D, was not used in the U.S. or Canada.

II-As were added, and were intended to be "stations of the Class A  
type", but these were not actually designated as Class Is/Class As.

As a consequence of "Rio", the heretofore unique (to the U.S.) Class  
I-Ns were redesignated Class As, and the heretofore unique (to the  
U.S.) Class II-As were redesignated Class Bs.

For many years thereafter, DOC documents still asserted that Class II- 
A stations were "stations of the Class A type".

(Obviously in deference to KOB/KKOB, which had to be resolved by the  
SCOTUS, by giving New Mexico another Clear, except this one being a  
II-A on 770, and not the I-B on 770, or, better yet, the I-A on 770  
which Hubbard was seeking).