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,
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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).
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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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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.

Good job! ;)

Mike

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Mike,
I didn't use Wikipedia in my last post, I scrolled up through the thread and used the number You thought WHAS had been using long ago.

Back in 2017 I saved a Wikipedia page - WHAS (AM) on my desktop pc.
350 kHz is the frequency originally assigned
is what the pdf I saved says

I looked at that page today but was looking for Barney Arnold to see if his name was added to the "Notable former on-air personalties" section of that Wiki page but his name wasn't in there.

Years ago my clockradio was tuned to WHAS and we listened to Barney in the morning.
That was in the late 1960's - early 1970's (I think his Farm program was on as late as that) I will have to look at the WHAS Radio webpage to see when his show ended being broadcasted.

One thing he said that I still remember him saying was:

After shoveling snow off of your walkways don't put Salt on the path, salt will kill the grass.
He suggested spreading fertilizer instead of salt.

I tried doing that but didn't like walking on the sidewalk and getting fertilizer on my shoes so I went back using salt in the Wintertime.

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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.

I didn't use Wikipedia in my last post, I scrolled up through the thread and used the number You thought WHAS had been using long ago.

Wikipedia was where I got my info about where it hat been.

Back in 2017 I saved a Wikipedia page - WHAS (AM) on my desktop pc.
350 kHz is the frequency originally assigned
is what the pdf I saved says

OK, 350! I thought there was a "3-something" frequency that I had heard about.

I tried doing that but didn't like walking on the sidewalk and getting fertilizer on my shoes so I went back using salt in the Wintertime.

At a place I used to work, they used fertilizer (a crystalized kind) on the sidewalks and in the parking lot. It seemd to work.


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