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           WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH   -  May 27 1999
                                Vol 5  No 8
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The IRCA Board of Directors has approved of the following dues change.
This means that folks can join IRCA and receive either the hard or soft
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send
them to the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxx

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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)

IRCA '99/DecalcoMania '99:  The 1999 IRCA/DecalcoMania Convention will
be held at the Holiday Inn-Boardwalk Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June
25-27  1999.  Reservations 1-800-635-4581 (mention code I-R-C).
Convention registration - $35.  SW Airlines is offering a 10% discount
1-800-433-5368 (mention code  LO199).  Host is Mike Sanburn, PO Box
1256, Bellflower CA 90707-1256, 310-614-1444.

WTFDA '99: The 1999 WTFDA convention will be hosted in NW Jersey, July
16-18, 1999.  Rick Shaftan will welcome you to his well equipped DX
outpost located less than an hour from the Newark airport.  For
accommodations Rick recommends the Days Inn/Ledgewood, 1691 Route 46
West, Ledgewood, NJ 07852.  Rates start at $69.  There is no special
club discount.  Make reservations by calling the hotel at 973-347-5100
or by credit card via their secure web site. Convention registration,
which includes food and beverages, will be $25. For more information
e-mail Rick Shaftan at <shaftan@xxxxxxx>.

NRC '99:  The 1999 NRC convention will be held at the Holiday Inn,
Bridgeport WV on Sept 3-6, 1999.  Reservations 1-304-842-5411, $70.95
for two double bed  room, no limit on how many in a room.  Convention
Registratio - $35.  Host is William Swiger, One Casey Ln, Bridgeport WV
26330, 304-842-4635.

RADIO FEST 1999 - Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Fun

   The Ontario DX Association invites radio enthusiasts of all interests
and all levels to join us for Radio Fest 99. Following on the success of
our first Radio Fest event in 1998, this will be one of the major radio
listeners event of the year. Radio Fest 99 will also celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the Ontario DX Association, Canada's largest radio
listeners' club.
   Dates: Friday, September 24 to Sunday, September 26
   Location: Ramada Inn & Convention Centre, Oakville, Ontario (located
at Queen Elizabeth Way and Trafalgar Road)
   Theme: "Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Fun"
   Topics : Radio Fest 99 will look at "Where we have come from in
radio's past", "Where we are today", and "Where are we going in the
future".
   Special Guests : There will be many and we'll introduce them to you
in future releases.
   Exhibits: Equipment suppliers; clubs; technology from yesterday,
today and tomorrow; plus tables of used equipment for sale.

Friday
Wine & Cheese Reception at 7:00 pm. Join us for this opportunity to meet
other attendees in a very relaxed atmosphere.
Saturday
Registration will begin at 8:00 am and the program will begin at 8:45 am
concluding at approximately 4:00 pm. Besides the usual seminars and
special speakers we will have the always fun Game Show and raffle draws.
Everything will wrap up will a wonderful banquet on Saturday evening.
Sunday
Before saying goodbye, join your fellow conventioneers for breakfast
(your choice and you pay) in the hotel restaurant. We expect to offer a
tour of a nearby radio site. More details later.

   Accomodations : You may contact the Ramada Inn by telephone
(905)849-5950, toll free 1-800-357-0880, Web www.ramada-oakville.com. A
special rate of Cdn$82 per night for Radio Fest 99 is available.

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 CPC DX tests

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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Right now Lynn is looking for target station lists and stamps or money
to help get the lists worked on.  Thank you Lynn... pb

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 HOT STUFF

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**ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx

KGME 1360 is now KFDJ 1360, the FCC has approved the KGME calls moving
  to 550.

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Lee J Freshwater  414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX  352-732-7223  E-mail Lfreshwate@xxxxxxx

The F.C.C. has started putting CALL LETTER changes in their computer
data base...We will include them here as time and space permits.

PREPARED ON   5/22/99

Call Signs reserved for Pending Sales Applicants **

NEW       CITY AND STATE           FREQUENCY      FORMER
CALL                                               CALL

WPHX     SANDFORD, ME               1220           WSME

**  Commission grant and consummation does not automatically grant call
sign application. The new licensee must provide written notice to the
call sign desk upon consummation of the transaction and await authority
from the Commission to use the new call sign.

               CALL SIGN  CHANGES

NEW       CITY AND STATE           FREQUENCY      FORMER
CALL                                   *          CALL

KGME     PHOENIX, AZ                  550         KOY
WGSE     CHARLESTON, SC               730         WBUB
WBUB     BARNWELL, SC                 740         WMXG
WLCC     BRANDON, FL                  760         WBDN
WTWN     WELLS RIVER, VT             1100         WYKR
KOY      PHOENIX, AZ                 1230         KOY
WJOI     NORFOLK, VA                 1230         WNOR
KTJK     DEL RIO, TX                 1230         KDLK
WGAY     WASHINGTON, DC              1260         WWDC
KFDJ     GLENDALE, AZ                1360         KGME
KFNI     PLESANTON, TX               1380         KBOP
WKJN     CARBONDALE, PA              1440         WCDL
WYFY     ROME, NY                    1450         WODZ
KWAB     BOULDER, CO                 1490         KBVI
KSYU     ALBUQUERQUE, NM             1520         KQKL
WNST     TOWSON, MD                  1570         WKDB
WISP     DOYLESTOWN, PA              1570         WBUX
WPNT     EAST LONGMEADOW, MA         1600         WAQY

*  The F.C.C. does NOT list the frequency in their database. I have
tried to suppliment this with information from my own database,, so look
it over "carefully" before you change anything in yours.

We have put this information in order of frequency rather than location.
Send any suggestions, changes AND corrections to the above E-Mail
address.

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**Craig Rathbone- DXer@xxxxxxx

   There has been another change on 1280 in Denver. What was KXKL (COOL
105) Oldies is now KEXX classical/opera.
   On Friday, KVOD which has been a classical station on FM here since
1957 become "Jammin Oldies"  whatever that means. The paper said
something about a mix between Motown, rap and rock. I have not heard it
yet. And on 1280 they started playing the classical. I dont believe
there is a classical station on the FM band now.
   Chancellor has sure made some people angry here in Denver recently.
This change is going to anger many.
   I just heard the ID at the top of the hour as 1280 KEXX Denver and
into some local ads.

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 THE "X" BAND

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 INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS

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**ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx

Heard on a Realistic DX440 barefoot:

 610  WDAF  Kansas City, KS "61 Country" 0707 with ID and into "Oh,
       Maria" and other country music.
 690  KBYT  AZ, Tucson 5/23 2159 with religious programming and news of
       annual fair in Tucson. Ad for Tucson revival May 29th. This was
       KVOA just the other day. Seems they may have changed calls.
 590t KUBC  CO, Montrose 5/24 0055 gave ID sounding like "Unforgettable
       music, KUBC AM 580" playing standards and adult music.
 590t KCSJ  CO, Pueblo Art Bell 5/24 0109-0154 not a single ID but loop
       direction leads to believe that this might be the guy. Art Bell
       stations are the absolute worst IDers.
 650  WSM   TN, Nashville 5/24 0200 playing "Tonight the heartache's on
       me". Then ID "The home of the worlds greatest country music, WSM
       and into ABC News.
 780  WBBM  IL, Chicago 5/24 0213 Story about Joey Bonanno and crime
       family, timecheck, ads and weather at 0214.
 930  KAFF  AZ, Flagstaff 5/24 0738 ID "You're listening to KAFF
       country".
1050  KTBA  AZ, Tuba City 5/24 0809 -0930 Focus on the Family and SRN
       News at 0830. No ID until 0900. 0855 SRN news again.
1550  UNID  with loop pointing 90/270 from Phoenix carrying CNN news.
       Does KWRN in Apple Valley, CA carry CNN News?

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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx

1610  TIS   CA, ORICK, apparently moved transmitter from town of Orick
       to Humboldt Park 3 miles South, as station was on this time while
       passing through 5/24 at 0050 EST running messages on the park
       with camping available in Orick, Klamath, and Crescent City.
       Signal could still be heard on car radio (Dodge) at least 5-7
       miles from transmitter, so DX on this might be possible. Presume
       10w (PM-CA)

DXing  w/89 Dodge Van radio near Orick, CA.

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SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
30 BECONTREE BAY   WINNIPEG MB   R2N 2X9   CANADA
E-MAIL:  saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT  UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE

SPECIAL

 860  KBEE  UT Salt Lake City ? 05/22 0602 ? Poor signals with radio
       Disney. Assume it is them only Disney station on freq I know of.
       NEW!! (SA-MB)

UNID'S AND UNID HELP

1700  UNID  -05/22  2105 ? Good signal with solid test tone. (SA-MB)

Conditions are poor here lots of rain T-storms and static that can be S6
at times.

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Charles C Boehnke - Keaau, Hawaii - kale@xxxxxxxx

Heard with a Drake R8B and a "Kahuna" 200 foot dipole with the ANC-4
noise canceller on.

 531  New Zealand, Radio Pacific Islands, Auckland w / Maori type mx and
       female announcer. Fair signal with het, 0930  5/23/99.  (CB-HI)
 738  Tahiti, RFO Tahiti, excellent with man talking in FR, 1457
       5/19/99.  (CB-HI)
 800  N.W.I. Bonaire, Man w / rlgs px in SP, well over Mexico at 0900
       5/24/99.  (CB-HI)
 819  New Zealand, 1YZ Rotorua, (Presumed) Good w / Classical mx at 1450
       5/19/99.  (CB-HI)
 945  // 1035  Solomon Islands, faint signals with Island mx and also //
       to SW outlet on 5020 which was good as I switched between VFOs at
       0945 5/24/99.  (CB-HI)
1305  Philippines, DYFX Cebu City, good w / US oldies and mulitilanguage
       announcements by cheerful announcer.  1408  5/19/99.  (CB-HI)
1320  Mexico, XEJP  R. Varidades Mexico City, very good over domestic
       QRM with full ID and "Radio Varidades Presenta"!   1000  5/23/99
       (CB-HI)
1350  UNIDENTIFIED,  woman talking in even tones in a slightly Oriental
       LL, soon buried under KSRO. Logged at 1429  5/19/99.  (CB-HI) Any
       ideas?
1548  Australia, 4QD Emerald w / ABC nx by woman, excellent. 1400
       5/19/99 (CB-HI)
1575  Thailand, VOA px in LL by several people, strong at 1430 5/19/99
       (CB-HI)

SPECIAL:

1512  UNIDENTIFIED with Indian or Mid-East type mx, fairly strong for a
       while at 1408 on 5/19/99 then faded under Philippines.  I'd like
       to think it was Pakistan.  (CB-HI)

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**Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat, ALberta - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Caught usual super pest KGA Spokane off the air on Saturday morning, so
was able to hear something else for a change:

1510  WLAC  TN, Nashville, 5/22  0558  Ad, PSA, ID as "Newstalk 1510 AM
       WLAC". New one for me.
1510  KMSD  SD,Milbank, 5/22  0605  Local ID after ABC news, "AM 1510,
       the best of the 70's, 80's, and 90's, KMSD"
1510  KDKO  CO, Littleton, 5/22  0700  ID as "Colorado's R&B legend,
       KDKO, Littleton-Denver, Power 1510", then into music.

KGA returned at 0710, wiping out anything else, All times are EDT.

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Zacharias Liangas - zliangas@xxxxxxxxxxxx

greek Pirate :
1730  Ikaros clg V53  closed 1935
1610  Megawatt  with ID  and dedications of songs

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 HELP WITH

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 QSLs

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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx

 930  KIXT  WA, BELLINGHAM, rec. verie letter in 12d from Debbie
       Schuitema-PD. New Address:  2219 Yew Street Road - Bellingham WA
       98226. (PM-OR)
1620  WHLY  IN, SOUTH BEND, rec. verie form in 20d from: Rebecca
       Dolshaw. I now have both WJVA & WHLY QSL'd. Address: 2010 South
       Michigan Street - South Bend  IN  46613. (PM-OR)
1650  WHKT  VA, PORTSMOUTH, rec. verie letter in 45d. Verie signer:
       Susan Ervin-Assistant Manager. Address: 2202 Jolliff Rd.
       Chesapeake  VA  23321. (PM-OR)
1700 WPMD956 NORWALK, CA  rec. verie letter in 9d from taped report.
       Address: Cerritos Community College - 11110 Alondra Blvd -
       Norwalk  CA 90650-6298. Verie signer: Craig Breit-GM (PM-OR)

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 MISC ITEMS

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Tom Bryan - tjbdx@xxxxxxxx

I'm sending this to all the folks on my list who share broadcasting
interests...hope you enjoy it.  In a way it's *almost* close enough to
the way deals are cut these days that you might think (at least for a
moment) that it's true.  --  Tom

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  Jacor Pays Record $150 Million For Phoenix Station
  By Michael Hagerty
  Phoenix Chief Correspondent

   Mere weeks after rocking the Valley of the Sun with its $142 million
purchase of AC KESZ (99.9 FM) and Country KNIX (102.5 FM), Jacor has
continued its acquisitive ways by paying a record-shattering $150
million for 1610 AM.
   Not known by any call letters or for any promotional or positioning
statement, the station programs a format called "Airport Information"
and Jacor intends to stay with it.
   "Everybody goes to the airport," said a Jacor spokesman, "especially
25-54 year olds. They go places, and the first step is finding out where
to park and what terminal their airline is in."
   Jacor plans a $5 million promotional blitz, marketing the station as
"Mix 1610 - the best mix of Terminal 3, Terminal 4 and Terminal 2."
   The station's current anonymous male voice is out of work. "We're
hiring that AOL 'You've Got Mail' guy," said a Jacor executive on
condition of anonymity. "Eighteen-to-34-year-old females love him."
   Jacor is reportedly eyeing other airport-information stations around
the country. "It's a natural for the Prophet system," said the Jacor
spokesman, "especially if we can convince them to put the same airlines
in the same number terminals, just like Phoenix."
   Jacor's buying spree may continue. Well-placed sources indicate the
company is just days away from announcing a $200 million purchase of
NOAA Weather Radio.
   Those sources tell us the current synthesized voice delivering the
forecasts (the one that sounds like a drunken German) will be replaced
by the AT&T long-distance lady. "Weather freaks tend to be men,"
explained the source. "They think she's hot."

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**TJBdx@xxxxxxxx

Has the KOY call officially been assigned to 1230 or are the Chancellor
Broadcasting birdbrains going to allow a 3-letter classic to disappear?

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**David Gleason - david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Three letter calls can not be reassigned except to the original facility
and only if it has not changed ownership.

The only people who remember KOY as meaning anything are DXers (g) and
people over 50 who lived in the Valley before 1970 when the station
actually meant something. Otherwise, it is a non-issue. New call letters
are far more useful for the new format, and carry no negative baggage.

***

**ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx

KOY is still KOY on 1230. It was only allowed because it was the same
owner moving to a different frequency.

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Dale Park - DXFool@xxxxxxx

   Hello from Hawai'i!  And yes, this is the correct spelling; it is
related to other Polynesian place names such as Savai'i island in Samoa,
'Avaiki in the Cook Islands, and Havaiki in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Here's some of the latest mediumwave radio news from Hawai'i, of
interest primarily to other Pacific Rim DXers.
   It's been four weeks since KQMQ-690 Honolulu went off the air.  The
station reception said that the station was temporarily shut off while
its owners, New Wave Broadcasting, moved it and its FOUR sister FM
stations (KQMQ-FM 93.1, KPOI-FM 97.5, KORL-FM 99.5 and KKHN-FM 102.7)
into new quarters in Waikiki.  This is the second time KQMQ-AM/FM has
moved its offices in the past fifteen years, and kind of curious since
Waikiki has some of the highest rents in the state, meaning stations
usually move OUT of Waikiki.  Ironically, the new digs are about a block
from the longtime site of KPOI-1380's building and tower on The Ala Wai.
New station address is 1833 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu 96815.
   Incidentally, New Wave recently purchased KORL-FM (not to be confused
with the old KORL-650, now KHNR) and dumped its tourist-oriented format
of tourist info and a curious mix of CHR, R&B hits, contemporary
Hawaiian music and Japanese hits.  Until a permanent format is
installed, KORL-FM has been airing AC, Beatles-only, and now reggae and
Rap (as in the late comedian Rap Reiplinger).  And for history buffs,
KQMQ-AM used to be Top 40 mainstay KKUA-AM; it purchased KQMQ-FM from
the former owners of KGMB-AM/TV in the 1980s and later switched the
callsign.
   And it's been over a week since KUAU-1570 Ha'iku, Maui returned to
the air.  Yes, RETURNED.  The station went totally silent last August,
plagued by an irregular schedule and a lack of advertising.  Hey, 500
watts doesn't exactly pull in sponsors!  I spent a day on Maui in Feb.
1998 and KUAU was on for only half the day.  Although it's back on, it's
still in a testing mode; sometimes it's on at night (as monitored at
1330 UTC May 10 and 1130 May 11).  This is probably to justify retaining
the FCC licence.  Don't try calling the station; an answering machine is
connected 24/7 and is usually taking calls for owner Richard Miller's
timeshare business.  And the e-mail address was discontinued earlier
this year.  Best bet is regular mail to 490 'Ulu Malu Road, Ha'iku, Maui
96708.
   According to Melvin Ah-Ching's Hawaii Radio and TV Guide, KNUI-900
Kahului, Maui switched from a combo format of AC and oldies music to
just Hawaiian music, "the home of Aloha Classics."  KNUI used to be the
Hawaii outlet for Dick Bartley's weekend programs.  KNUI-AM and sister
stations KNUI-FM, KNUQ-FM (licensed to one island but broadcasting from
another, just like KONI-FM!), and KMVI-AM/FM were purchased by Lahaina
Broadcasting, owners of KPOA-FM and KLHI-FM.   That would leave Lahaina
and Visionary Related Entertainment (KAOI-AM/FM, KDLX-FM) the only
multi-station owners in Maui County.
   Finally, more fallout from the shutdown of the Mutual and NBC news
services--KIPA-620 Hilo has switched from NBC to ABC-Direction.  This
follows the station dropping Westwood One's Bruce Williams.
   That's all for now.  Special thanks to Patrick Martin for providing
part of the mailing list.
   And oh yeah, Na Leo Pilimehana's on the AC charts!

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**ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx

Does anyone on the list have an address, e-mail address, or phone number
for GE Repair parts over at Thomson Consumer Electronics?

I need to help a blind friend fix his Superadio.

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    phil bytheway - Seattle WA - philip_bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly

    Geomagnetic Summary May 20 1999 through May 26 1999

  5/20   143    10    3    low         quiet-unsettled     -
    21   140     7    2    low         quiet-unsettled     -
    22   140     4    4    low         quiet-active        -
    23   141    12    3    low         quiet-active        -
    24   137    14    5    low         quiet-mis           -
    25   143    16    3    low         quiet-active        -
  5/26   153     7    3    moderate    quiet-unsettled     -

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END of 5/27/99 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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