WAD - Port Washington, WI

This Ship-to-Shore station served the bulk-carriers and freighters (& Lake Michigan car ferries?) on the Great lakes from the west shore of Lake Michigan.  I know very little about it, but remember hearing it a few times though I could not remember its call letters until my mind was refreshed by looking at some old documentation. 

The June 30, 1939 FCC Annual Report indicates that WAD's initial license had been granted during the past 12 months.  Frequency allocations above 3 MHz were approved during the FCC fiscal year that ended June 30, 1941.

WAD was really located about 7 miles south of Port Washington, in Grafton, WI.

The WMI page provides more information about Lorain Electronics, the owner of this station.

Here's a link to an off-site story about WAD communicating with the sinking Carl D. Bradley in 1958.

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