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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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.

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

Mike

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Mike,
The two numbers in my email address are the year I was born.
Ed
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The two numbers in my email address are the year I was born.

LOL, now I have to look it up. ;)

WHAS radio came on the air in 1922. Apparently, they moved around more
than I realized.

They were initially on 360 meters.

If I am understanding the article correctly, in May of 1923, they moved to
750 kHz. In November, 1928, they were classed in the new "Clear Channel"
class and assigned to 820 kHz.

In 1941, the Clear Channel frequency was moved to 840 kHz, which is where they've remained since.

Mike

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Mike, Well Sir, after reading your reply I got my Howard W. Sams book titled: HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONIC TABLES & FORMULAS

and using a calculator I learned:

360 Meters = 833.333Kc/s
750 Kc/s = 400 Meters
820 Kc/s = 365.85 Meters
840 Kc/s = 357 Meters

The formula I used is
300,000
Divided by either the Frequency in Kilocycles, or by the Wavelength in Meters. to find the Wavelength or the Frequency

Ed's Head (C) TM still works (sometimes).
Ed
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Mike, Well Sir, after reading your reply I got my Howard W. Sams book titled: HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONIC TABLES & FORMULAS

and using a calculator I learned:

360 Meters = 833.333Kc/s
750 Kc/s = 400 Meters
820 Kc/s = 365.85 Meters
840 Kc/s = 357 Meters

Interesting. So, the info on wikipedia suggests they were at 833 before
750. I am pretty sure at some point I heard they used to be at 340, when
they were on "longwave," but the article doesn't mention that.

The formula I used is
300,000
Divided by either the Frequency in Kilocycles, or by the Wavelength in Meters.
to find the Wavelength or the Frequency

Ed's Head (C) TM still works (sometimes).

Good job! ;)

Mike

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