Subj : TV Woes
To   : ED VANCE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Oct 10 2025 10:19:18

> Never heard of WHAS - AM having any other frequency than 840 Kc/s .

I don't remember exactly what the frequency was... it was probably before
both our times... but I read about it once.  IIRC, they were on longwave
(the part that is no longer used for AM radio) and had to move "up" the
dial once that part of the band was designated for other uses.  I *think*
they may have been at 340.

> I remember before WAKY-AM came on the air the Callsign was WGRC.
> Still remember hearing their on the hour infomercial "The clock on the wall
> goes tock tick tock and now the time is ___ O'Clock , __ O'Clock, __ O'Clock".
> And during the repitition of __ O'Clock , the sound of a Coo-coo Bird chirping
> Coo-coo, Coo-coo, Coo-coo.
> The __ part was the hour number spoken as the Coo-coo chirped .

As a kid, I am sure I would have enjoyed that.  Don't think I ever heard
it, though.  ;)

Mike

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