[Lowfer] AM740 Zoomer Radio

[Eric Smith]

Sounds like a good station.  Can't listen to them here due to 50 kW
KRMG on 740 in Tulsa 100 miles east of me.  Then when I travel south
there is another station on 740 out of Houston.

Eric KD5UWL


On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Ron Barlow <rmb1991 at live.com> wrote:

>
> Several years ago, I heard the announcer at AM 740 mention that they were operating at reduced power, because they had some maintenance personnel, up on the tower! I believe that they were replacing failed lighting equipment, but memory failure prevents me from being certain of that.
> They still had a good signal, despite the reduced power output, and they were playing great "sounds" (Friday night)
> In addition, I have often heard "zoomer radio", during winter afternoons, well before sunset, here in central North Carolina. I have also listened to them, via ground wave, in central Pa., year round.
>                                 73 de Ron n4gjv
>
>
>> From: wa3usg at verizon.net
>> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:03:31 -0500
>> Subject: [Lowfer] AM740 Zoomer Radio
>>
>> This is a bit Off Topic but do any of you listen to AM 740 (740 KHz)? It's
>> a great oldies station out of Totonto, Canada. Plays a lot of contemporary
>> music from the 30's through the 60's. It comes in quite well on the E-Field
>> probe. There's just something about listening to a slightly noisy A.M. radio
>> station late at night playing that kind of music ...
>> 73
>> Dick, WA3USG
>>
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