Re: [IRCA] Someone TESTING on 940 Khz Correction............

[Larry Stoler <lstoler99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott, you're right.  I saw that happen on a number of occasions when I 
worked in radio.

I can also remember times when the automation would misfire one or more 
events and the station would deny that there was a problem.  The next day, 
the problem mysteriously disappeared.  I wonder how that happened? I have my 
theories but they don't matter today.

Unfortunately most stations are not monitored or checked out today 
especially after 7:00 weeknights and most of the time on weekends with the 
exception of remotes which usually take place during a midday daypart on the 
weekend.  Otherwise, forget it and this is not about to change in my 
opinion.
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Someone TESTING on 940 Khz Correction............


> Robert S.Ross VA3SW wrote:
>
> > >     Heard a Station Testing on 940 Khz early this morning..No idea who 
> > > it was??? Did anyone else hear this Test??? Or have any idea if a 
> > > Station had a Test planned early this morning???
>
> This sounds very much like the "CBS Radio Network, channel 43" tones that 
> were/are frequently heard. When that happens, it's not a station testing - 
> it's just automation gone wrong. What's usually going on is that a station 
> is taking a network feed of a football game, and after the game the 
> automation fails to switch the station back to its usual program source, 
> so whatever's on the satellite channel where the game was just keeps 
> playing, sometimes all night until someone comes in the next morning.
>
> Unless you can find someone local to the station that's running the wild 
> satellite feed, the odds are pretty low that you'll ever figure out who it 
> was - though at least you've narrowed down who it wasn't. Keep in mind 
> that even the station itself may not know that they were broadcasting this 
> loop overnight!
>
> s
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