Subj : Re: Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Apr 10 2020 22:56:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 02-Apr-2020 12:17 <=- NB>>> But, in thinking for you, it figured you wanted the headquarters for NB>>> your area.... BM>> Right, though I've seen it think I'm in various parts of eastern Iowa. NB>> Richard has problems with Google trying to think for him... it often NB>> guesses wrong.... ;0 BM> All depends (as usual!). Most people probably want/mean a site local BM> to them. I've also entered partially technical terms which Google BM> sometimes tries to dumb-down. It also seems the "+" and "-" options BM> don't work, or work a lot less definitive than they used to. Thinking BM> of "Vienna +1040" should have given me addresses in the 4th District BM> (postal code 1040) but combined with other search terms came through BM> rather a mish-mash. Well, actually, I don't generally do any Google searches, so I've not learned any of the tricks that are supposed to work... the options, the Boolean searches, etc.... I've heard tell of them, and watched other people use them... but don't do them myself.... ;) BM>> I'm roughly in the center, on the bottom of the 'elbow' where Iowa BM>> juts into Illinois. Frequently the browsers will think I'm in BM>> Burlington all the way to the south, Dubuque all the way to the north, BM>> Clinton - the next county and city north. Usually Davenport, the next BM>> city over and has a major Internet connection (whatever it's called). NB>> At least Davenport makes a lot better sense than the other options... ;) BM> True. OTOH maybe like with telephone lines it connects me into the BM> Internet where less busy: then Clinton would make sense as the next BM> one; Dubuque and Burlington are more 'extremes' as far as distance is BM> concerned. As long as it works! It's all Wizard to me... BM>>> Did finally get somewhere with "Primary Emergency Alert System BM>>> Broadcast Stations Iowa": got me to an FCC page BM>>> (https:/www.fcc.gov/files/ia-eas-plan.pdf so I suppose just substitute BM>>> the state). Finally find WOC-AM and WLLR-FM are the designated local BM>>> primary stations -- they monitor WHO-AM in Des Moines which is up one BM>>> level. Whew! NB>>> So now you know for the next emergency (weather or otherwise).... BM>> And the 'good news' is the transmitter is at the antenna farm only a BM>> few miles from here so should be able to receive the signal without too BM>> much problem. NB>> Very good.... :) BM> Make sure have working batteries..... You've already been working on that... :) NB>>> True, the west of the Mississippi stations should be starting with K... NB>>> My guess would be that since WOC and WHO were able to keep their W, NB>>> being ancient stations (and interesting that they didn't just add a K NB>>> to those callsigns, since they are also odd being only 3 letters), NB>>> WLLR, being a part of WOC actually, was allowed to use the W as well... BM>> Something like that. And the call signs were originally three BM>> letters: WBZ in Boston comes to mind, seems like there's one in NYC. BM>> And of course a bunch scattered throughout the country. ...Who'da BM>> thought the need for more than WAA through WZZ! NB>> Surprise, surprise.... ;) Once there were any stations, every NB>> locality would want their own.... and then there would be more than NB>> one, competing with different formats.... BM> Yup, or even same/similar formats: "I can do it better!". Probably a slight variation on the original formats, though... One is Top 40, another is Top 40 plus the 10 below them.... ttyl neb .... It's only possible to live-happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .