AM major change requested

Northbrook, Illinois: 1550KHz:
WZRK requests move from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
1,300 watts daytime-only, 42-10-17N/87-48-59W.
Station is currently silent.

New AM station on the air

Agana, Guam
New station KVOGon the air.

250 watts fulltime, non-directional.
13-27-24N/144-40-20E.

AM call changes

The following stations have changed calls recently:

Cortaro, Arizona        1030    KVOI from KCEE
Tucson, Arizona         690     KCEE from KVOI
Garden City, Kansas     1340    KGGS for new station
Florence, Kentucky      1160    WQRT from WDJO
Silver Spring, Maryland 1050    WZQQ from WTOP
Florence, Oregon        1250    KCFM from KCST
Charleston, S. Carolina 1390    WSPO from WXTC
Gaffney, S. Carolina    1500    WZZQ from WEAC
Quanah, Texas           1150    KOLJ from KREL

Yukon AM station maybe *not* dead?

A few weeks ago, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced the CBC's CFWH-570 Whitehorse had applied to move to FM. The Yukon government did not plan to renew the CBC's lease on the land housing the CFWH transmitter.

The CBC said moving the AM transmitter to a new site would cost $700,000 -- it would be far less expensive to put a new FM transmitter at the existing site on Grey Mountain. (a FM transmitter for CBC Radio Two already exists at this site, as do English- and French-language CBC TV transmitters)

However, listeners in outlying areas objected, fearing loss of CBC Radio service due to the potential reduced coverage of the FM transmitter.

Now, in a last-minute deal, the Yukon government has agreed to extend the CBC's lease for three years. MLA Brad Cathers told Whitehorse Mayor Bev Buckway the transmitter would not interfere with planned development in the area.

All that said, the CBC isn't so sure they want to take the government up on their offer. Regional Director John Agnew wants to know what happens in three years -- will they have to go through the whole procedure again? There is still a fair chance the CBC will go ahead with the FM move here.

Two articles on the on-again, (maybe) off-again move of CFWH-570 to FM.

New AM station

Agana, Guam: 1350KHz:
Permit granted for new station.
250 watts fulltime, non-directional.
13-27-24N/144-40-20E.