Radio Speranza on SW/MW; WJDM QSL

[Fabrizio Magrone <fmagrone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This message is sent by Fabrizio Magrone <fmagrone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello!

According to a newsletter received from the station, the Italian catholic
station Radio Speranza ("speranza" means "hope") hopes to be on the air
again on short and medium waves at Easter. Announced frequencies are 6231
and 1497 kHz. No mention of power and equipment. Their current FM
frequencies are 89.7, 96.2, 105.5 and 105.9 MHz.
Address: Radio Speranza, largo San Giorgio 91, I-41100 Modena, Italy. Owner,
operator and v/s is: padre Luigi Cordioli.

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Received QSL letter from WJDM 1660, with info and coverage map, in 55 days,
for 2 US$. V/s is Don Neumuller, chief engineer.  He says now the station is
owned by Children's Broadcasting Corporation, with program format known as
"Radio Aahs" (pronounced "Oz").
I quote: "1660 kHz shares the same folded unipole antenna as our 1530 kHz
transmitter. The tower itself is only about 80 feet tall and was newly
skirted back in September when the new 1660 TX arrived. The tower and
transmitters are housed in an elevated shack in a watershed in Union, New
Jersey. The new TX is a Harris DX10 which is authorized to run at 10,000
watts non-directional between sunrise and sunset. Otherwise it runs at 1,000
watts non-directional. The 1530 TX is a Broadcast Electronics AM-1 and is
operated at 1,000 watts when 1660 is at 10,000. 1530 is a day-timer and
shuts down at sunset".
Address: WJDM, 9 Caldwell Place, Elizabeth, NJ 07201, USA.

73
Fabrizio Magrone, Forli, Italy

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