[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 11/9/00
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[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 11/9/00
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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - November 9 2000
Vol 6 No 31-32
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IRCA's web site... take a peek!!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, November 16 2000 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
I was in Fremont CA last week... this one is a biggie!! I gotta quit
taking those week's off!!!
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CPC and DX tests
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Both CPC Chairpersons are reporting that stations do not seem to be
interested in conducting tests (er, letting us know when they conduct
tests)... thus the lack of tests this season. It's a shame, this
section was quite busy at this time of the year in the past.... pb
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HOT ITEMS
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**John Tudenham - w0jrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The second midwest DX GTG will be held in Springfield MO November 17-
19 at the Executive Inn 2455 N Glenstone .This is city route 65 about 1
mile south of I-44 on the west side of the street.
This is an informal gathering just like our recent one in Oklahoma.
Randy Stewart promises us a tour of his station KSMU FM. Also a DX quiz
, logging contest and plenty of DX talk and good food.Located only 35
miles from Branson MO, some of you may wish to take in a few good shows.
A former Motel 6 , the Executive is a moderate priced nice motel in a
good location.
For more information contact John Tudenham at 417 624 8058 or E mail
w0jrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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IRCA Mexican Log, 6th Edition
The IRCA MEXICAN LOG lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency,
including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule
in UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. The call letter index gives
call, frequency, city and state. The city index (listed by state, then
city) includes frequency, call and day/night power. The log has been
completely updated from the 1998 edition and carefully cross-checked by
several IRCA members. This is an indispensable reference for anyone who
hears Mexican radio stations. Size is 8 1/2" x 11" and three hole
punched
for easy binding.Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $8.00 (US/Canada/Mexico/sea
mail), $9.00 (rest of the Americas airmail), $9.50 (Europe/Asia
airmail),
$10.00 (Australia/New Zealand airmail). Non-members: add $2.00 to the
above prices.
IRCA TIS List
Completely revised by IRCA's Bill Harms to 9/00, the IRCA "TIS/HAR
LIST" includes AM/FM and TV lists from the US and Canada. This 28 page
"DX Aid" can be yours for only $5.00. Non-IRCA/NRC members... add $1.00.
Overseas... add $0.50.
IRCA Bookstore - 9705 Mary Ave NW - Seattle WA 98117-2334 (please make
checks payable to Phil Bytheway)
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***Håkan Sundman - Helsinki - lhs@xxxxxxxxx
CBQD Ft. Resolution NWT was on 1150 kHz relaying CFYK-1340 but
supposedly they moved to FM. Maybe the change has not yet been made?
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Robert Wien - San Jose CA - robert.wien@xxxxxxxx
Been doing a little research on KMCA-1450 Burney, CA., I found an
article on a Redding nxpaper website that says they are now on 1460
khz.!!! Yet I have seen nothing about this anywhere... it supposedly
happened in September. Their old website though still shows KMCA on
1450 and station for sale in 1999, plus a coverage map! I E-mailed the
sports writer of the Redding paper asking if they are indeed on 1460. I
also asked him about KAZT-1670 (KNRO's sister station, both KNRO and
KMCA are sports and he covers both stations apparently) since they've
been testing lately...
Per call to KMCA Burney, CA., has indeed moved to 1460 khz. from 1450,
phone is 530-244-5082, moved in early October, power is 750 w.
nondirectional days, 250 w. directional nights (annr. did not know their
pattern). format is sports talk. Call made on 10/28/00.
KEZY-1190 Anaheim, CA. is now KXMX, and KLTH-1240 San Bernadino is now
KEZY
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****Bernd Trutenau - btr@xxxxxxxxxx
After a longer silence, the 150kW transmitter in Kyiv on 549 kHz is
back on the air since 4 October with the following schedule: 1700-2200
UR Radio Muz (incl. 1700-1800 R.Canada International, 2100-2200 VOA),
2300-0730 UR2 (Promin).
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*Albert Lehr - Livermore CA - ALehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1600 KADT Radio Disney heard on 1680 at 1823 EST 10/28. ID by man at
1900 as KADT, Fresno, CA.
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Radiostation.com shows the call as KAVT; of course D and V can sound
very much alike. All indications are that they will be diplexing off
their sister station KXEX-1550. I'll go check and see if I can hear
them.
*Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Radio Disney poking through local mixing product of XEXX-1420/XEBG-1550.
Fairly good signals. 73, Tim
*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Logged here very strong after 1900 hours. with Radio Disney ID at 2000
EDT with ID, Radio Disney for our valley 1680 KADT Fresno-10/28. When I
logged them it was still broad daylight outside. Thx for the tip! Must
have been on with 10 KW. (PM-OR)
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard on a GE Superadio III:
1680 KAVT CA, Fresno 10/28 2200 "Radio Disney for the entire Central
Valley KAVT Fresno". Signal fading up and down some, but always
intelligible. I listened very carefully, and I believe the man said KAVT
instead of KADT as being reported by others, and as it appears on the
online databases.
This is what radiostation.com has for 1680 in Fresno:
KAVT - 1680 : construction permit data for daytime operation
FRESNO , CA Coordinates: N364614 W1195520 View location.
Class: 0B Nominal power: 10.00 kw RMS: 0310.00 Antenna: ND1
Tower #1: Electrical height: 097.6 degrees
Tower is top loaded (0).
Tower #2: Electrical height: 000.0 degrees
Tower is top loaded (0).
Tower #3: Electrical height: 000.0 degrees
Tower is top loaded (0).
File # BP970616AV This station operates on an unlimited schedule.
EXPANDED BAND APPLICATION FOR KXEX
KAVT - 1680 : construction permit data for nighttime operation
FRESNO , CA Coordinates: N364614 W1195520 View location.
Class: 0B Nominal power: 01.00 kw RMS: 0310.00 Antenna: ND1
Tower #1: Electrical height: 097.6 degrees
Tower is top loaded (0).
Tower #2: Electrical height: 000.0 degrees
Tower is top loaded (0).
Tower #3: Electrical height: 000.0 degrees
Tower is top loaded (0).
File # BP970616AV This station operates on an unlimited schedule.
EXPANDED BAND APPLICATION FOR KXEX
*Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Blew in here pretty good 10/28 2100 EDT with Radio Disney programming.
Music faded down at 2100:05 for adult male-voiced ID so they don't have
the squeaky-voice ID integrated yet. Still there but very weak at 2313,
but it's not their doing: the whole X-band has virtually dropped out
with KXOL at half strength and no KSMH KDIA KPBC KDDZ or KQXX/KBGG.
I bet the folks at NorthStar aren't enjoying this - but of course,
they're in the mountains and KAVT could be skipping right over them...
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1680 KAVT CA, Fresno, this is indeed the correct call for the station,
not KADT as I first thought. Heard the ID , same slogan as before at
0600 EST 10/29. (PM-OR)
Larry B. Godwin - Missoula MT - lbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I heard a new X-bander, very strong, Sunday, October 29 at 0800 EST:
KAVT-1680-Fresno, CA. Programming was in Spanish, but there was a
complete legal ID in English at TOH. This may have been a test because
I didn't hear it the evening of October 30 or morning of October 31.
(LG-MT) = Larry Godwin, 2390 Clydes Dale Lane, Missoula, MT 59804, USA.
E-mail address: lbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Receiver: Hammarlund HQ-150.
Antennas: Sanserino air-core box loop + Kiwa loop.
*Pete Taylor - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I case you were wondering, KAVT Fresno has been off the air since
Sunday with transmitter problems. Conditions have been a little
strange, but with KSMH consistently ripping up KYIZ and with the 1680
NorthStar TIS regularly telling me that their tennis courts will be
available through October 31, I called to find out. They hope to get
back on by Monday 11/6. The receptionist didn't know the exact Radio
Disney vs. KXEX-relaying schedule so I left a message for the GM, which
so far is unanswered.
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****Bernd Trutenau - btr@xxxxxxxxxx
The 25kW transmitter in Szombathely which is relaying Radio Györ has
moved from 1188 to 1251 kHz in connection with the start of the RFE
relay in Marcali on 1188 kHz in September.
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***Terry Palmersheim - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx
KNRO, 1670 in Redding, CA on this afternoon with ESPN Radio programming
and the SF 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams football game. ID's as "ESPN Radio
six-hundred, KNRO, Redding". Very good signal.
*Pete Taylor - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1670: Appears to have been KAZT Redding here with ESPN, one local
(street names but no city) and two national ads and then more ESPN with
abrupt pre-ID carrier cut 11/6 1859. Meter-pegging level in Tacoma. The
X-band is rapidly becoming the ESPN graveyard...
1690: OC noted at good level 11/6 0117 from Port Ludlow, WA (N of
Bremerton, E of Port Angeles). Roseville? Burbank? Who knows...
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**Russ Edmunds - Blue Bell PA - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
From DCRTV:
WTRI, 1520 AM in Brunswick MD, has been off the air for the past few
days. The station had been airing vocal-less easy listening music for
the past few weeks in place of brokered quasi-religious Spanish language
programming. 1520 has been rumored to be going Korean along with AM 1480
WPWC (off the air for almost a year now) in Dumfries VA. ( Oh, great!
now I'll hear *2* Korean broadcasters on 1480 under WDAS at night! -RjE)
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**Patrick Griffith - Wesminster CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
On Monday KLVZ in Denver switched from a Christian format to a 60's
oldies format with the slogan "K-LOVE".
They also have legendary Denver DJ "the Boogieman" in the weekday
afternoon drive and David Hixson in the mornings. The Boogie has a voice
very similar to the late Wolfman Jack and for years has been known in
Denver as "the Dean of the college of rock 'n roll knowledge". A
newspaper article I have from the early 80s was already calling him a
cult legend.
KLVZ station owner Don Crawford acknowledged that he is after a share
of the 60's oldies format ratings of KXKL FM (KOOL 105). It will be
interesting to see how this 660 watt AM fairs against a well established
100,000 watt FM.
**Paul Smith, W4KNX - Bradenton FL - sunray2@xxxxxxx
On Monday KLVZ in Denver switched from a Christian format to a 60's
oldies format with the slogan "K-LOVE". interesting to see how this 660
watt AM fairs against a well established 100,000 watt FM.
An AM oldies station will do well if it stays away from the top 500
hits that all the oldies stations play, and plays older cuts and cuts
that were farther down the Billboard Hot 100. Country crossovers, and
older R&B really plays well on AM radio. Just hooking up the satellite
dish wont cut it. Remember, that the people who like that music, heard
it on AM to begin with. One of my biggest complaints with FM oldies
stations is their rather limited playlists. Hell, they have decades of
music to choose from.
The best oldies format I ever heard and it was syndicated to many
major AM stations in the 80's was done by KOOL-AM in Phoenix. It was
called KOOL Gold. I remember that amongst it's affiliates were such
powerhouses as KCBQ in San Diego, WQAM in Miami, WHBO in Tampa.
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*Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thought I'd let everyone know that the FM replacement for CJOC
Lethbridge is now testing. First noted it today on 106.7 MHz, with a
variety of music (classical, country, rock) and a periodic announcement
that this was a test. The AM on 1220 is still running the regular
country music programming, and hasn't mentioned the FM yet, at least
when I've been listening.
As of today, CJOC 1220 is now in parallel with the new FM on 106.7
MHz. They're playing all music, with no ads noted, and the only IDs I've
heard thus far are for "The New Rock 106". Yes, the country is gone.
Like Patrick, I'm eagerly awaiting their departure from the MW dial.
I suspect CJRB from MB will dominate, as it is quite common further
north in Alberta, but with no CJOC I should have a better shot at some
other stuff.
*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1220 CJOC CANADA, AB, Lethbridge, indeed is // to FM now with Rock
"FM-106" IDs, no mention on CJOC at 2000 EST 11/4.
****Nigel Pimblett - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CJOC, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (1220 khz), formerly with a country
music format, is now relaying their new FM outlet and IDing only as
"Rock 106". The CRTC approval for the new FM authorized them to run
parallel for 3 months, so probably by early February the 1220 khz
transmitter will be switched off.
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**kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
KSUN 1400 Phoenix, AZ now has two new slogans...
#1 KSUN Radio mas vuelta.
#2 KSUN Podera Rodeador.
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****Bernd Trutenau - btr@xxxxxxxxxx
Since 21 October, the MW transmitters of Radio Moldova (Chisinau 873,
Cahul & Edinet 1494) have the following new schedule: Mon-Fri 0400-0700
& 1700-2200; 0400-2200 during weekends & national holidays. Also during
maintenance of the FM network, the MW transmitters are left on the air.
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*Mike Stonebridge - Isadore AB - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CJXX-93.1-FM is now officially on the air. It went on last night with
much fanfare, so I'm told as I forgot to listen to it! 840-CJXX is now
parallel to the FM and all ID's are for the FM. These all revolve around
the words 'Big Country', for example 'Big Country 93.1 XX-FM' or 'Big
Country FM' or 'Big Country Sports' At the top of the our it gives out a
full ID, 'Big Country FM 93.1, CJXX Grande Prairie". I'll try and find
out how much longer the AM will be on the air.
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*Eric Bueneman - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx
WHK-1420 Cleveland, OH and sister station WAKS have traded spots on
the dial with WCLV-95.5 (also in Cleveland). WCLV flips to Christian
programming; WHK/WAKS switches to Classical music.
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
During a trip to northern Santa Barbara County today, I noticed that
KJDJ-1030 in San Luis Obispo was off all day. I don't know if they have
gone dark or are just having technical difficulties. If KJDJ is a pest
for you, this might be a good opportunity to check out 1030.
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**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
From the New Jersey Radio Guide online:
Atlantic City talker WFPG-AM/1450 has decided to take a comic approach
radiowise, literally. The new formerly internet-based Comedy World
format has been picked up by WFPG, with only morning-man Harry Hurley
staying in place. WFPG is only one of the first stations in the country
to pick up the new service, a station in Syracuse, NY also picked up the
service two weeks ago.
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****Bernd Trutenau - btr@xxxxxxxxxx
We have a report this week that the Merlin Communications HF
transmitter site at Woofferton in Shropshire is currently putting out
test transmissions on medium wave frequencies on 936 and 1143kHz using
between 1 and 2 kilowatts. They are carrying out field strength
measurements and technical evaluations of a new Crossed Field Antenna,
or CFA, and comparing it with a quarter-wave vertical. The programme
being carried is BBC World Service. The tests are likely to go on into
December. The only other UK station on 936kHz is the low-power Naish
Hill transmitter of Yorkshire Dales Radio at Hawes, whilst the strongest
North European transmitter using 1143kHz is the 150kW unit at Bolshakovo
in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. (via Wolfgang Büschel, Germany)
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*Richard Toebe - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
Driving home this evening between 8-9 PLT I had ESPN Radio blasting in
on 1620; o/KSMH at times even in Davis. At the hour there was dead air
where the station inserts their call ID. Given the sheer strength of
the signal, it must be KBLI.
I checked 1650; The Beat is well under KFOX, so Nebraska is unlikely.
1670 had weak country music (WRNC), 1700 had weak SS music (KQXX). No
sign of KKWY 1630 or Renton. Rapid beat on KDIA, prob. Oregon.
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1460 Yakima, WA is now KUTI, ex KMWX , with C&W format slogan "Country
Cutie", noted 11/4 at 0230 EDT. I haven't heard the legal ID on the hour
as yet, but slogan ID "From Ellensburg to Yakima with K-U-T-I, Country
Cutie". (PM-OR)
1460 KUTI WA, Yakima def has changed! They are trid. C&W, lots of 50s
and 60s stuff, ex OLD-KMWX, slogan "Country Cutie". Apparently has
changed the past couple of days, maybe the 1st of the month. KUTI is the
old call for 980, "From Ellensburg to Yakima, you are tuned to Country
Cutie." (PM-OR)
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**Kent Plourde - kplourde@xxxxxxxx
Here's something unique. WCCC-AM 1290 in West Hartford does not
simulcast their FM's album rock programming after The Howard Stern Show.
It is now relaying a classical music internet service called
beethoven.com which is owned by Merlin Broadcasting who also owns WCCC
AM&FM and WBOQ in Gloucester, MA.
I heard them last night at 2100 with a legal ID - "WCCC West
Hartford". In the past, WCCC-AM has shut down at local sunset. The NRC
AM log shows they have night power of 21 watts. I could not tell if
they were running their day power of 490 watts or 21 watts last night.
In conclusion, if you are hearing classical music on 1290, you might
be hearing WCCC. You can check beethoven.com for parallel programming.
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Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Since the first of the month KWOK-1490-Hoquiam WA has been off.
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*Pete Taylor - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
KHHO-850 Tacoma split with KJR and started carrying Fox Sports as of
5am PDT today.
My wife and I were in Port Ludlow, WA Sat. night and in the Kalaloch
area (west coast of WA, about 70 air miles south of Forks) Sunday night
and KHHO was observed running what I presume was the Fox Sports music
theme non-stop. I woke up at 4:45 this morning (not purposely) and
there seemed to be a couple of minutes of dead air before the
programming started at 5.
A newspaper article said KJR would be going to 50kw "in a couple of
weeks" and that KHHO's nighttime signal would be improved, too.
Wonderful...
KJR was 22nd 12+ in the most recent Arbitron. I'm sure the 50kw will
boost them up to 21st.
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*kevin redding - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
WSM is now testing in IBOC digital.
Tom Bryant
I can now confirm that WSM-AM discontinued the use of Motorola C-Quam
stereo as of Monday 11/6/2000.
The move came concurrently with the startup of a new transmitter (the
second in as many years...with the aging Continental which had served as
a backup unit...now being replaced with the two year old Harris).
C-Quam will not return.
I will briefly quote a WSM source as to the reason: "...it gets in the
way of our progress toward IBOC. Of course, once IBOC is in place,
stereo audio will be available to digital users."
My PERSONAL comment:
I'm not sure that the pending arrival of IBOC validates dumping C-
Quam; but if that's what the station chooses to use as a means of
justification, I guess we have to take them at their word. I have a
hunch they simply got tired of fooling with the somewhat cranky stereo
generator and associated audio processing gear; and between that and an
almost total lack of interest simply decided to pull the plug.
I really liked C-Quam when I had a car radio with a stereo chip. It
was far more solidly listenable than FM (because of multipath
sputtering). Considering the fact that automakers have all but
discontinued car radios with C-Quam chips, and the almost total lack of
availability of the receivers in general; the demise is no surprise.
I'll give WSM credit for sticking with it a helluva lot longer than
most. While I personally hate to see it go, I can find no valid reason
to raise my voice in protest.
**David Gleason - david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AM IBOC is highly compressed 15 k audio. Sounds a lot like processed
FM analog of today. The fact is that most of the population is getting
accustomed to digital audio and its certain artifacts. I have heard
stations in most of Latin America that use minidisk machines for audio
playback (compressed) then put the signal into a digital board (A to D
and then D to A conversion) and then into a digital Optimod (more
digital artifacts) and then use a digital exciter at the transmitter. On
the average receiver, I can not tell the difference, and, of course, if
you are sitting in Buenos Aires and everyone does this (except the ones
with digital audio systems a la Dalet/Audio Vault, etc), it sounds
perfectly fine.
The quality of IBOC AM is so vastly superior to analog AM, so much
freer of interference and capitalizes on the better raw signal
penetration of AMs in rough terrain markets that it will make AM
stations very valuable in a few years.
As to digital in US audio chains, I know of two LA stations that are
digital with Audio Vault as a source, digital boards, DigiCat link,
Digital Optimod limiter and Harris digital exciters. Both sound very
good, and they are #1 and #2 in the overall ratings in the market. The
station that is even more digital and compressed to a virtual square
wave is #3. Considering that about 80% of FM listening is not in Stereo
and the average receiver probably cost less than $30, it does not make
much difference.
The real problem with C-Quam is not skywave but local, ground wave
pattern distortion that causes platform motion around buildings,
over/underpasses, etc. To some listeners, it causes true dizzy
reactions, myself included.
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
KJDJ-1030 San Luis Obispo CA, which I reported late last week as being
off the air, has returned. They are still Spanish with Radio Unica. They
must have had transmitter problems.
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*Richard Toebe - Davis CA - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
I made a trip to the Bay Area yesterday; TIS stations noted: times ELT
Radio: Delco AM-FM Stereo/CD in '97 Pontiac Grand Prix
530 WNWN611 CA Martinez 10/25 1500 not heard while driving thru
Martinez on I-680; jumble of signals
790 WPEI436 CA Pittsburg 10/25 1452 heard while driving thru
Benicia on I-680, mixing with KOOR
1610 no calls CA Benicia 10/25 1454 "City of Benicia Traveller
Information and Emergency Broadcast Radio System" test loop
running, no calls given; heard well in Benicia and Contra Costa
area. New!
1670 WNEG268 CA Sacramento 10/25 1900 heard weakly but clearly
driving NB I-680 in Martinez with mentions of Watt Avenue
improvement project. Excellent for over 50 miles!
Anybody in the North Carolina area know if 1050 WLON is // 730 WOHS?
If you click on streaming audio for WLON, you get sent to WOHS. My
files showed that previously (1996), WOHS, WLON, 1450 WGNC and 1590 WCSL
were all //, "Piedmont Superstations".
Now, WGNC and WCSL are // to each other, IDing as "Super Oldies WCSL
and WGNC", per both stations streaming audio. WOHS is "Super Oldies
730", not // the others.
(Now the plug, hi) --If you haven't gotten a copy of the 2000 Slogans
List, what are you waiting for? I put in a lot of work to keep it
current, so it'll be useful, and the $$ helps the club. Order it from
Phil, it's updated to Summer '00 though he hasn't updated it in the ad
he runs in the bulletins.
Using: Grundig Concert Boy 1100; Grundig YB-300; both with internal
antennas
Great cx to the northwest and MT the evening of 10/27! I found a spot
in the house where my neighbor's QRM is kept to a minimum, I can DX
again! I'm not likely to hear TPs, though. I found I get better
results with an old analog receiver, less susceptible to noise. KAVT-
1680 heard with the YB-300; the Concert Boy only tunes to 1640.
700 KWLW UT N Salt Lake City 10/28 0857 "Classic Country 700
KWLW" in like a local. (RT-CA)
790 KGHL MT Billings 10/27 2324 dominating the frequency with
"Classic Country KGHL" ID, into song. First time heard from
Davis. (RT-CA)
900 CKMO BC Victoria 10/27 2337 logged for call change; hockey
game, completely dominating channel. Lately West Covina/Fresno
have been pretty strong against Victoria nights, though Mexico
City usually dominated. (RT-CA)
920 KXLY WA Spokane 10/28 0106 briefly on top with "it's 46
degrees at KXLY news", into GEICO ad. Has been trading off with
KSHO all evening. New for Davis log. (RT-CA)
920 KSHO OR Lebanon 10/28 0058 noted clearly on top with
"Unforgettable 920, KSHO" ID, soon faded to KXLY. Usually
Modesto is strong nights. (RT-CA)
970 KFTA ID Rupert 10/27 2356-0001 Swapping dominance with KBUL;
with "Fantastica 9-70" in SS at 56 minutes past, call ID at top
of hour. New! (RT-CA)
970 KBUL MT Billings 10/27 2356-0001 Caught ID "KBUL 970 and
KCTR-FM 103, The greatest country music on the planet, Cat
Country" solid signal at 59 minutes past, then faded to KFTA.
Nice double play for the two stations, both needed from Davis.
980 KUPI ID Ammon 10/28 0004 No sign of usual KFWB; Solid with
Les Schwab tire ad, "The music you love, the news you need, KUPI"
ID. Not needed from Davis, but signal was phenomenal. (RT-CA)
1180 unid 10/28 0009 Who is running "Radio Korea International"
here? Kevin Redding has noted Asian lang. here as well. KERI
selling time? (RT-CA)
1260 unid 10/28 0950 SS talk here, KWEI? Usually KOIT is on top,
and soon returned along with third signal which was an
infomercial. (RT-CA)
1270 KTFI ID Twin Falls 10/28 0924 Bombing in with ads mentioning
Twin Falls, into music, not needed here but super signal.
Usually KPLY dominant. (RT-CA)
1290 KUMA OR Pendleton 10/28 0949 "KUMA, More great memories",
blockbuster signal, unneeded from here. (RT-CA)
1310 KEIN MT Great Falls 10/28 0926 "1310 KEIN" heard before start
of country song, o/KZXR. New from Davis. (RT-CA)
1310 KZXR WA Prosser 10/28 0904 Completely on top of channel, no
KMKY; "The Source in the ----- Valley, KZXR". Didn't catch the
name of the valley. Talk pgm on cars. New! (RT-CA)
1330 unid 10/28 0947-1010 Checked this several times for ID, REL
program about people who lie-- was fading between being like a
local and down u/KWKW. No idea who this is. (RT-CA)
1360 unid 10/28 0943- "This is Real Country", completely dominant,
but never heard ID or local ads. Checked several times. Finally
faded, leaving KFIV on top. KOHU? (RT-CA)
1400 KART ID Jerome 10/28 0935 "Born Free" song, KART ID; dominant
o/jumble, no KVTO. Not needed here. (RT-CA)
1420 KUJ? WA Walla Walla 10/28 0045- Dr Joy Browne talk show,
solidly on top when she was on, but local ads were fuzzy. Signal
faded up and down and Murphy was visiting my radio. Every time I
had a chance to ID this, the signal faded down. Same problem
next morning, RV talk show from Business Talk Radio, but faded
down at top of hour. Aaargh. (RT-CA)
1420 KMOG? AZ Payson? 10/28 0014 "Live from Longhorn Stadium", FB
game; mentions of the Beeline highway, Show Low Cougars. Never
heard ID. On top of channel, later not heard. (RT-CA)
1480 KRXR ID Gooding 10/28 0930 On top with SS talk, ad for car
dealer in Twin Falls. Not needed here, but great signal. No
usual KYOS. (RT-CA)
1680 KAVT CA Fresno 10/29 0050-0105 Good signal, lots of Radio
Disney promos, but never heard a local call letter ID. Good bye,
WTIR! Thanks to the tip from Albert Lehr via email! (RT-CA)
This afternoon my wife and I went on a shopping trip about 2 pm ; on
my Delco radio, I had a weak signal on 1680, very hard to read and 1670
had something beating onto the TIS from Sacramento (Watt Ave.
improvement project), putting a rapid shippp shippp sound onto the
audio. After 4:45 pm PLT, it sounded like there were 2 actual audio
signals there, and one sounded like it was // 600 Redding. 1680 was
still very weak, but sounded // 1310 KMKY. I wonder if they're testing
at low power, or I'm just in the skip zone? Davis is just about halfway
between Redding and Fresno, and this was heard while driving through
electrically quiet areas. Pretty poor signals for 10kW.
Tried to hear KMCA-1460 last night and early this morning; had a
jumble, with 1-on-1 sports, a FB game, and SS music last night (FB game
IDed as KCKX). This morning, Sportsradio 1460 IDed as KENO at 6:24 PLT,
needed for Davis log. SS music and KYMS were in KENO's null. With
KENO and KTXX both sports, will be tougher to ID KMCA.
1620 still had the ESPN feed early this morning; KSMH actually went
silent for several minutes between 6:30 and 7am PLT but came on at full
strength thereafter (no exact times, didn't pay close attention)
Was listening to the BBC World Service's Newshour (6195/9740) this
morning between 5-6 am PLT, and right after they ran a report about the
Brain Drain from India, they ran a Newshour jingle, then the announcer
came on saying "We must stop this transmission. There is a security
alert. We are obliged to evacuate the building." Then, nothing! After
a few minutes, BBC ran interval signal, then classical music. After 6
am PLT, resumed normal programming. I have never heard anything like it
in all the years of DXing!
920 KVEL UT, Vernal 11/7 1952-1957 End of ABC election coverage
by Doug Limerick, then long ID: "The Basin's first choice, KVEL
in Vernal, News Talk Sports AM 9-20 KVEL, the greatest hits of
all time, KVEL, AM 9-20 KVEL" then political ad, new for me! The
ID is a DXer's dream, I should send them a note of appreciation,
hi! (RT-CA)
960 ??? 11/7 2006 strong o/KABL with SS talk, "Doble ??? La Furia"
then Nortena music. (RT-CA)
970 KBUL MT Billings 11/7 2009 Way o/KESP with Live Yellowjackets
sports show, ad for Avis at Billings-Logan International Airport
1010 KCHJ CA Delano 11/7 1940 2 SSers and one EE on channel; one
SS faded up with "El Gallito" slogan, ads, then music-new from
Davis (RT-CA)
1010 KNWZ CA 1000 Palms 11/7 1946 EE faded up with election
coverage; this is Marshall Gilbert on 10-10 K-News" (RT-CA)
1050 KMAP? CA Frazier Park 11/7 1643 presumed with Radio Disney;
strong until 1645; power cut? New (RT-CA)
1080 KRPX UT Price 11/7 1945 "KRPX Bulletin Board", ads; into
oldies rock, o/ KOTK, KSCO, XEDY. New from Davis (RT-CA)
1080 XEDY BCN Ciudad Morelos 11/7 2027 SS music, "Radio Gallo"; o/
others, new from Davis (RT-CA)
1170 KCBQ CA San Diego 11/7 2012 "Election 2000, a special
simulcast on KCBQ 1170 and KPRZ 1210", in KLOK null. (RT-CA)
1280 KDYL UT Salt Lake City 11/7 2304 Roger Fredinburg show,
"Talkradio 1280 KDYL" ID. Good in KUYL null (RT-CA)
1540 KASA AZ Phoenix 11/7 2000 TOH ID "Kah Ah Essay Ah", "Radio
Casa", monster signal (RT-CA)
1550 KMRI UT West Valley City 11/7 1915 finally IDed this one!!!
In tight KYCY null, call ID, local ads mentioning Salt Lake area
businesses... took almost a year to get this one!!! (RT-CA)
I tried again this afternoon to see if I could nail down KMAP; I was
successful. Heard a few other stations that were not heard in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
1050 KMAP CA Frazier Park 11/8 1940-45 Faded up o/KTCT with Radio
Disney; at 1945 a clear KMAP call ID was given by child, then
signal disappeared. Checked FCC website; says their sign-off in
November and December is 1645 PLT. Completely new logging for
me. (RT-CA)
1090 KNCR CA Fortuna 11/8 1947 noticed country music under XEPRS,
so sat tight: heard "KNCR" and "The Mighty 1090" at song close.
Unneeded, but nice to hear especially as their signal was so poor
when I was up there last July. (RT-CA)
1330 KKPZ OR Portland 11/8 2100 weather for Portland area, then
clear "1330 KKPZ Portland, next is Life in the Word with Joyce
Meyer"; nice clear signal, little slop form KCTC-1320. New from
Davis. (RT-CA)
1350 KRLC WA Clarkston 11/8 1954 Faded up o/KSRO with country
music, IDed as "Connecting you with your home town, AM 1350
KRLC", then faded down again, Murphy was on holiday, hi. New
from Davis. (RT-CA)
Grundig 1100 Concert Boy, barefoot
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***Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
531 JOQG JAPAN, Morioka, good w/JJ talk at 1407 10/25 (PM-OR)
549 ...... P.R. CHINA, CC talk here in splatter at 1015 10/25
558 JOCR JAPAN, Kobe, good with JJ talk o/u KK at 1409 10/25
567 JOIK JAPAN, Sapporo, good with JJ talk at 1359 10/25, ment of
"NHK" (PM-OR)
576 ....... RUSSIA, syncros man in RR at 1345 10/25 (PM-OR)
594 JOAK JAPAN, Tokyo, JJ talk NHK 1 //to 531 at 1408 10/25
612 JOLK JAPAN, Fukuoka JOLK // 594 at 1411 10/25 (PM-OR)
621 ...... P.R.CHINA, Heilongjiang, Harbin, very strong with CC talk
at 0955 UTC 10/25, ID on hour mention "renmin...
Heilongjiang...." Time pips to 1000, then what sounded like news.
639 ...... PR CHINA, CC talk weakly at 0930 10/25. (PM-OR)
657 ....... PR KOREA, very strong with man in loud KK at 1030 UTC
10/25 (PM-OR)
675 ....... PR CHINA, Hohhot? CC talk at 1016 10/25. Logged and QSL'd
this several years back. Lots on 680 splash. (PM-OR)
1062 PR CHINA, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, prob. the one with excited
discussions by several people in CC at 1020 10/25. (PM-OR)
1206 PR CHINA, Yambian, Yanji very good and strong at 1037 10/25, prog
in KK (PM-OR)
1215 PR CHINA, synchros prob CNR2, with beautiful CC music at 1050
10/25 (PM-OR)
1287 JOHR JAPAN, Sapporo, good with JJ talk at 1340 10/25 (PM-OR)
Drake R8, K9AY/EWE Antennas
710 KDIS CA, Los Angeles, very strong on top of KIRO at 2330 EST
10/29 with Disney. This is rare. Very good AU CX (PM-OR)
1010 KNWZ? CA, Thousand Palms, may have been the one with Coast to
Coast //KOMO-1000 (which was weak) at 2315 EST 10/29. Had faded
out by 0000. Drat! Never hrd here before. (PM-OR)
1010 KNWZ CA, Thousand Palms, good on top of KIQI with Coast to Coast
and local spots at 0359 EDT 11/2, also spot for joining the
Desert Radio Group advertising dept. Nice ID at 0359.59.50 "10-10
K-NEWS, KNWZ, Thousand Palms-Palm Springs. The desert election
station 2000". Into Net News. Was very surprised to log this, as
they run 400 watts at night with a null in this direction! New!
The Coachella Valley stations are very hard to hear in Oregon!
This is my third one, but the first one not running a DX test!.
The other two are 920 and 1140. (PM-OR)
1190 KXMX CA, Anaheim, with non-stop SS mx, no anmts, but ID in EE at
0500 EST 10/30 "KXMX Anaheim" Back into mx, XEWK QRM and another
SS KEX Off. (PM-OR)
1460.3 KMCA CA, Shasta, They did indeed move from 1450 to 1460, but
they are off channel. This has been causing a het on 1460 of the
EWE antenna the past few weeks, and I IDed it this morning,
running 1 on 1 Sports, at 0505 EST 11/2, local spot for a Funeral
Chapel in Redding and promo for KMCA Sports. New ex 1450-Burney.
This is not listed anywhere. Thx for Robert Wien for the tip.
They are U2 750 w day and 250 w nights. Don't know pattern.
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*Mark S. Erdman - markse@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a GE SuperRadio 3 in SW Kansas:
800 WDUX Waupaca WI 1759 CDT : Song "Sleepin' With The Radio On" into
legal ID:"Mid-Wisconsin's home for classic country, WDUX-AM,
Waupaca", into ABC News, followed by a political spot and a
female announcer with weather and outcue: "AM 800 WDUX."
Fighting it out with KDDD Dumas TX.
My first logging of a WI station outside the x-band since I've lived
here!
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Edward Kusalik - AB - ekusalik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1620 KBLI Blackfoot, ID 0420-0502 Oct.26 Discussion abt BYU vs
Wyoming State Football with Coach French of BYU. AD's for S&S
Marine in Nassau Bay, Scenic Falls Credit Union in Idaho Falls
and Denny's Appliances in Blackfoot. At 0449 switched back to
ESPN Radio coverage with Jay Reynolds show, No local ID on TOH
QRM from KSMH on south plane & KYIZ on west plane. Best heard on
the loop. (Kusalik-ALB)
1620 KAZP(P) Belleuve.NE 22:39-2302 Oct.26 Sports Talk on ESPN
Radio with the Dan Patrick Show. No ID on the hour, just a pause,
then back to more 'ESPN Radio' AD's for State Farm/ESPN Magazine.
Best on Loop with directional pattern for southeast.
1630 XEUT/Radio Universidad Mexico 0130-0137* Oct.18 Hrd with
latin ballads, brief anmmts with partial ID, into NA of Mexico to
s/off. Best hrd on loop. 0052-0137* Oct.19 Classical/MOR/Easy-
listening music, News on the hour in SS by male spkr. Several
clear ID's for 'Radio Universidad' Noted with s/off annmmts,
then NA of Mexico played. Heard on the 24th to 0144* with much
poor reception. Best hrd on loop with no QRM. (Kusalik-ALB)
1650 KFOX Torrance. CA 0140-0210 Oct.18 Hrd with Sports Talk, Drama
Pgm/newscast &Promotion's/AD's for 'For Best You' clothes/AOL
Internet/SEM Clock's etc.all in Korean. ID on the hour as '1650
AM KFOX Torrance..the Best quality stereo sound..for the Best
Korean Listeners' (in EE) Heard best on 36" Box Loop cut for
1600-1700 kHz (Kusalik-ALB)
1670 WTDY Madison WI 0410-0419 Oct.26 Hrd with call-in Sex line, after
ID for WTDY. QRM from WRNC -Georgia underneath with C&W tune by
Garth Brooks. Best heard on 160 ft trap-sloper antenna, pointed
due south. (Kusalik-ALB)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna: 36" Diamond pattern Box Loop, cut for 1600-1700 kHz & 160 foot
Trap-sloper (cut for 3/4 wavelength for 6955 kHz)
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - Lima OH - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
570 WKBN OH Youngstown 10/28/00 13:55 - talk show "The Weekend" w/
ads and ID
640 WHLO OH Akron 10/28/00 13:57 - CM: "Auto Mall", ID, and into
Malone<sp?> Sports Network.
660 WXIZ OH Waverly 10/28/00 13:58 - Wayne Tip (preacher) with his
"Grace Lite" giving area code 740, ID, and into ABC news.
1520 KRHW MO Sikeston 11/3/00 06:30 - Loud on channel at time with
Southern Gospel mx, ad for Christian book store, and ID
"Southeast Missouri Gospel 15-20"
1580 WPGC 1580 Morningside MD 11/01/00 07:00 - Surprise for me as this
station was booming in with a few deep fades. ID at TOH by male
voice "WPGC Morningside" and into some talk. Arrived at work so
had to shut it off. - F Vobbe, stock Buick radio in Lima OH
DXing from the dash of the Buick
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**Ginnie Lupi - Ithaca NY - v_lupi@xxxxxxxxxxxx
900 CHML ON Hamilton 10/23/00 6:43 pm EDT -- Thomas R. Burdy &
Sons ad; "Building financial futures on 900 CHML"; Hamilton
Farmers Market ad; "900 CHML invites you to Halloween..."
990 CKGM ON Montreal 10/23/00 6:52 pm EDT -- Stevie Wonder's "Very
Superstitious"; "...on Oldies 9-90"; song, male vocalist; singing
ID "Oldies 9-90"; song - "Great Jubilation"?; station ID "Oldies
9-90 CKGM Montreal"; Blues Brothers song.
1190 WOWO IN Fort Wayne 10/23/00 7:10 pm EDT -- world series talk;
football talk; "11 men in the box"; "best thing to happen to Jim
Miller"; "1st degree sprain"; "for Tennessee to get to the Super
Bowl they have to have a healthy Eddie George"; "6:15 pm... we'll
be back with more on WO-WO"; Adelphia Business Solutions ad.
WLIB (NY) faded in.
1250 WEAE PA Pittsburgh 10/23/00 7:20 pm EDT -- "ESPN Radio 12-50";
sports news "which you heard live on ESPN 12-50"; talk about the
Jaguars and Monday Night Football; weather forecast -- rain
toward morning, 40 degrees; "Pittsburgh's ESPN".
1380 unID 10/23/00 7:29 pm EDT -- choral song "Lord Have Mercy"; song
"Lord's Prayer"; "welcome to Catholic Jukebox".
1380 CKPC ON Brantford 10/26/00 6:57 pm EDT -- Station ID -
"classic hits 13-80 CKPC"; song "Downtown"; station ID - "from
Brantford you're listening to 13-80 CKPC".
1510 WLAC TN Nashville 10/26/00 7:06 pm EDT -- ID "on 15-10 WLAC";
world series talk; two pair of tickets to give away for the
Predators; Octoberfest ad; taking calls at what sounded like 800-
888-WLAC; football talk - Alabama, South Carolina.
1540 KXEL IA Waterloo 10/26/00 7:14 pm EDT -- sports talk - "win a
conference championship...lead his team into the national
playoffs; "Coach Dunbar Show" 235-1540, 1-800-584-7024; "you're
listening to the Mike Dunbar Show"; restaurant ad; station ID -
"15-40 AM KXEL"; "your station for UNI Panther Football, 15-40
KXEL". Surprisingly good reception!
1660 unID 10/26/00 7:25 pm EDT -- "One great song after another on
..."; song "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"; song - "That's the
Time - Feel Like Makin' Love to You". Faded into WWRU.
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a Chrysler Infinity RX-690S car radio out of an Imperial
connected to a 6' helical coil antenna:
920 KPSI CA, Palm Springs 11/02 2113 with a sports talk program and
ID. This is the first time I ever heard this one.
Need someone closer to KOMA to see if they are stereo. Paul may have
been right. I got KOMA with a pilot on for a few minutes last night.
They may actually be in stereo, but being 1300 miles SW I can't be sure.
If someone closer with an AM stereo with a pilot light can listen, I
would love to have the answer for sure.
Heard on a Chrysler 4469088 car radio and 6' helical coil antenna:
800 KSOS UT, Brigham City 10/30 0923 // to KXOL 1660 playing "I Got a
Woman" [ Roy Orbison ? ] and "I Want to Be Wanted".
1070 KNX CA, Los Angeles 10/30 0000 and Johnny Dollar. Broadcasting
in stereo on ads and liners. Johnny Dollar of course was long
before stereo.
1520 KOMA OK, Oklahoma City 10/30 0915 with ad for Birch, a local
phone company, Oklahoma Ford Dealers, then a traffic report and
playing "Rockin' Robin'. Coming in and out of stereo with pilot
on here in Arizona. Would like to have tried it before KFNN 1510
went to full power so I could be more sure about the stereo.
Heard on a Realistic DX-440 and RS 18-1533 loop:
600 KROD TX, El Paso 10/25 2049 with an ad for Casa Ford and the
Worlds Serious game between the Yankees and Mets. [rare]
670 KBOI ID, Boise 10/27 1908 ID and news. Its unusual to get them
while its still daytime. Heck its unusual to get them at night
with KLTT.
1420 KTAN AZ, Sierra Vista 1007 with call in talk at 458-2331 with
"Your Morning Harold," with Harold Van Gilder.
1530 KHPY CA, Moreno Valley 1000 with s/o and then ad for the
Pennysaver paper.
1600 KCKK CO, Lakewood 0835 with ID and Kenny Rogers singing "You
Decorated My Life." First time heard with these calls.
Heard on a Sony SRF-42 and RS 18-1533 loop:
1680 KAVT CA, Fresno 2215 10/28 Radio Disney playing "Who Let the Dogs
Out. " They are in craptacular mono, and I hope that as an x-
bander they broadcast in stereo. [new]
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****Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
Receivers: Panasonics RF-2200; RFB-45, Times: EDT (UTC-4)
790 WAYY Eau Claire, WI Oct. 24; 0730 surfaced over usual pest CIGM
w/promo for broadcast of NASCAR racing on "news-talk 790 WAYY".
QSLed as WEAQ on a CPC test in 1994. (MB-ON)
880 CKLQ Brandon, MB Oct. 19; 0659 well over nulled WCBS w/country
music, ID at top of hour "from Western Manitoba's information
station, CKLQ, the news at 6 o'clock". (MB-ON)
920 WOKY Milwaukee, WI Oct. 23; 1907 over semi-local pest CKNX w/ID
as "WOKY news time is 6:07, now traffic and weather together",
into (what else?) local traffic report. (MB-ON)
1360 WPTT McKeesport, PA Oct. 27; 0730 good w/sports, ID as
"Pittsburgh's new talk radio WPTT". Old pest with new calls;
QSLed as WIXZ in 1977. (MB-ON)
1390 WKDR Burlington, VT Oct. 25; 0751 all alone w/promo for Rush
Limbaugh on "the Champlain Valley's original news-talk station,
1390 WKDR", into local news. (MB-ON)
1390 WRIG Schofield, WI Oct. 24; 1903 "AM 1390 WRIG" ID into local
news, with several news items from Schofield and Wausau, then
faded back into mess. (MB-ON)
770 WLWL Rockingham, NC Nov. 2 1751 creaming nulled WABC w/ad for
Hometown Drug Store, station promo as "the 5000 watt deep music
powerhouse of the Carolinas", into "the music memories time
capsule" program, featuring songs from 1970. (MB-ON)
890 WKNV Fairlawn, VA Nov. 1 0717 easy picking in WLS null w/country
gospel songs, ID as "Southwest Virginia's southern gospel
connection, this is WKNV AM". (MB-ON)
920 WTCW Whitesburg, KY Oct. 30 1900 paid political announcement from
Republican National Committee of Kentucky, ID as "The news-talk
station, WTCW, Whitesburg, Kentucky", then disappeared into
CKNX-dominated mess. (MB-ON)
1290 WDZY Colonial Hts., VA Oct. 30 0800 noted over CJBK w/usual Radio
Disney kids' programs, top of hour ID "AM 1290 WDZY, Colonial
Heights-Richmond". (MB-ON)
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*Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
TRH-GA1 Tim Hall, DXing from Vinings, GA ICF-2010, KIWA pocket loop
TRH-GA2 DXing from Hartsfield Airport, Clayton County, GA (South of
Atlanta), same equipment
1200 WQLS AL Ozark 10/27 0654 Very good with ABC satellite NOS,
"Lock us in on your car radio. Unforgettable 12 hundred, WQLS."
Station has not moved to 1210 yet, as listed in last 2 NRC logs.
(TRH-GA1)
UNIDs:
1170 10/27 0741 Good signals, slogan sounded like "Nashville's
favorite hits are right here. Tell a friend about Unforgettable
11-70." WLBH-IL matches the format and slogan; WXRP-AL is a
close match for the city (Hanceville) but the format does not
match. (TRH-GA1)
1310 10/27 0607 Weather from Channel 3 weather center. (TRH-GA1)
1350 10/26 0601 Station poking through WSMB/WXRB with instrumental
SSB. Looped E-W. Soon overrun by the other stations. (TRH-GA1)
1450 10/26 0701 ID sounded like "WBBS, ___, North Carolina" into CBS
news. (TRH-GA1)
1450 10/27 0405 Ad for Hall(?) Motor Company, 321 Denver Dr. in
(Mathis? Athens?) 442-1555. Thought I had WLAR-TN, but it
doesn't quite match my phone number and address reference
sources; can't find any match in this part of the country.
(TRH-GA1)
1460 10/26 0630 Ad for Chapel-Haney (?) Mortuary in ____, North
Carolina. Male DJ reading listener anniversaries and playing
country Gospel songs. (TRH-GA1)
1490 10/26 2158 NOS "Twilight Time", ID sounded like "WAZS". Possibly
WAZZ-NC or WAZL-PA? (TRH-GA1)
1490 10/26 2200 Garbled ID "WZG, your inspiration station." Probably
WVGB-SC. (TRH-GA1)
TIS and OTHER:
830 WQO764 GA Hartsfield Int'l Airport 10/25 2103 Fair-good with
airport parking info and still using these temporary calls.
Mixing with UNID C&W station. Does not get out well. (TRH-GA2)
REGULAR LOGGINGS:
970 WINF VA Waynesville 10/26 0113 (Presumed) Noted both nights
trying to poke through local WNIV with AP satellite all-news
format "The news station." (TRH-GA1)
1220 WCPH TN Etowah 10/27 0549 Male host reading announcements,
dual ID "WCPH Etowah, WENR Englewood" so 1220 and 1090 are
apparently simulcasting now (I couldn't catch WENR though).
(TRH-GA1)
1240 WLAG GA La Grange 10/27 1806 Fair, relaying WELR-1360 Roanoke,
AL, with local ads and slogan "Serving Randolph County for 50
years", then into ESPN sports talk. (TRH-GA2)
1280 WGBF IN Evansville 10/26 2246 Faded up over WODT with ID "News
talk 12-80, WGBF". (TRH-GA1)
1290 WYEA AL Sylacauga 10/27 0739 Weather for Coosa Valley
sponsored by Coosa Valley Electrical Cooperative, and ID.
(TRH-GA1)
1300 WMTM GA Moultrie 10/27 0648 Mixing with WNQM-TN. Oldies, lots
of local ads for Moultrie and Adel businesses, simulcasting FM
93.9 "Power 94." (TRH-GA1)
1310 WTLC IN Indianapolis 10/27 0628 Fair-good with "Moore on Life"
REL program. Mixing with WPLV-GA. (TRH-GA1)
1350 WXRB GA Blackshear 10/26 0559 Fair, mixing with WSMB-LA and
one or two other stations. "Your home for Atlanta Braves
baseball, WXRB." into CBS news. Format is now news-talk
(confirmed format and network change; they are not listed on the
Braves 2000 network). (TRH-GA1)
1360 WMOB AL Mobile 10/26 0555 "In Jesus' name... Mobile's
Christian voice, WMOB." followed by promo for WMOB overnight
programming. (TRH-GA1)
1360 WKAT FL North Miami 10/26 0550 (Presumed) Fair in Spanish
with garbled ID, time check by man, gave station's phone number
as 954-945-(2229?). Unusual slogan "Radio 1-3-60". (TRH-GA1)
1410 WIQR AL Prattville 10/26 2254 End of high school football game
(Jeff Davis Volunteers vs. ____ Wolverines), several ads for
businesses in Wetumpka, into Alabama Radio Network programming.
(TRH-GA1)
1420 WVJS KY Owensboro 10/27 0540 Good, on top of channel both
nights with satellite NOS, "Music and memories on 14-20 WVJS."
(TRH-GA1)
1430 WMAK TN Madison 10/26 0623 Good with "News Channel 5"
(Nashville TV station) simulcast every time I tuned in. (TRH-GA1)
1440 WZYX TN Cowan 10/27 1724 Fair with long string of local ads,
mostly for businesses in nearby Winchester, including a few on
Dinah Shore Blvd. (TRH-GA2)
1450 WDNG AL Anniston 10/26 1829 ID, news headlines sponsored by
Minuteman Press in Anniston. Other local ads noted. (TRH-GA1)
1450 WSMQ AL Bessemer 10/27 0730 ID, promo for Alabama Radio
Network, Alabama Crimson Tide football. (TRH-GA1)
1450 WBHF GA Cartersville 10/26 1834 Faded up over WDNG for ID.
(TRH-GA1)
1450 WCIE? NC Spring Lake 10/27 0400 (Tentative) Faded up for quick
ID. Not 100% sure I heard it correctly though. (TRH-GA1)
1450 WNAT? MS Natchez 10/26 0455 (Tentative) Promo for what
sounded like the First Presbyterian Church of Natchez. There is
such a place, but there are a lot of First Presbyterian churches
out there... (TRH-GA1)
1450 WLMR TN Chattanooga 10/27 0505 Christian programming from
American Family Radio network. (TRH-GA1)
1470 WMBD IL Peoria 10/26 0358 Local ads including one for an event
at the historic Pere Marquette Hotel downtown (site of the 1987
IRCA convention!). (TRH-GA1)
1480 WABB AL Mobile 10/26 0500 Fair-good "News-talk radio for the
Gulf Coast, WABB-AM Mobile". (TRH-GA1)
1490 WYYZ GA Jasper 10/27 1721 Poor-fair with ad for Appalachian
Home Furnishings in Jasper. (TRH-GA2)
1490 WHOC MS Philadelphia 10/26 0701 Faded up nicely for ID "14-90
radio, WHOC Philadelphia." (TRH-GA1)
1580 WTKT KY Georgetown 10/27 1810 NOS format with unusual slogan
"Lexington's original hits, WSAI". Emulating WSAI-1530?(TRH-GA2)
1600 KLEB LA Golden Meadow 10/26 0440 Fair with Cajun-style country
music, ID by man. Noted several times both nights, not bad for
250 watts. (TRH-GA1)
1600 WGIV NC Charlotte 10/27 0335 (Presumed) Good with Gospel
music, slogan "America's favorite radio station, the light".
(TRH-GA1)
1630 KCJJ IA Iowa City 10/26 0130 Strong signals dominating the
channel all night both nights with AC format, local ads and IDs.
WRDW gets out very poorly! (TRH-GA1)
Noted on recent business trip to Atlanta:
680 WCNN GA North Atlanta ESPN/1-on-1 sports, "Sports radio 6-80,
the fan"
790 WQXI GA Atlanta "Sports talk 7-90, the zone"
940 WMAZ GA Macon "News talk 9-40, your talk and information
station"
1010 WGUN GA Atlanta ("Power 10-10" not noted, and seems unlikely
given that WTJH is now using "Power 12-60" in this market)
1090 WENR TN Englewood Now simulcasting WCPH-1220.
1100 WWWE GA Hapeville Spanish - "Radio Unica 11-0-0"
1160 WKGE GA East Point Classic country "Classic 11-60"
1190 WGKA GA Atlanta "Your [station/home] for solid Gospel music"
1200 WQLS AL Ozark "Unforgettable 12 hundred" (station has not moved
to 1210 yet!)
1210 WPHT PA Philadelphia "The big talker, talk radio 12-10"
1220 WCPH TN Etowah Now simulcasting WENR-1090
1240 WLAG GA La Grange ESPN sports talk //WELR-1360 Roanoke, AL
"Serving Randolph County for 50 years".
1250 WYTH GA Madison Adds CNN network
1260 WTJH GA East Point Gospel "Power 12-60"
WNDE IN Indianapolis "Sports radio 12-60"
1270 WNLS FL Tallahassee Sports (1-on-1, Fox), "Sports radio 12-70"
1280 WGBF IN Evansville "News talk 12-80"
WODT LA New Orleans "The home of the blues, the all-blues
station", adds ABC news
1300 WMTM GA Moultrie Oldies //FM 93.9 "Power 94"
1320 WJGR FL Jacksonville News-talk "News radio 13-20 AM", adds CNN.
WHIE GA Griffin Network is now CBS.
1350 WXRB GA Blackshear News-talk, CBS.
WSMB LA New Orleans ESPN sports, CBS news, "Sports radio 13-50
AM, the game"
WHIP NC Mooresville Oldies, USA news (per their web site as I
was chasing UNIDs: http://www.carolinascene.com/w/whip)
1360 WMOB AL Mobile "Mobile's Christian voice"
WKAT FL North Miami "Radio Uno-Tres-Sesenta"
1380 WAOK GA Atlanta "Atlanta's Gospel choice"
1400 WCOH GA Newnan Classic country "Country's greatest classics"
1410 WIQR AL Prattville Adds Alabama Radio Network
1430 WMAK TN Madison "News Channel 5" (//TV)
1450 WSMQ AL Bessemer Adds Alabama Radio Network
WKEU GA Griffin Adds Paul Harvey
1480 WABB AL Mobile "News-talk radio for the Gulf Coast"
1530 WSAI OH Cincinnati "Cincinnati's original hits"
1550 WAZX GA Smyrna "La Que Buena, la estacion mas deportiva de
Atlanta"
1560 WPAD KY Paducah "Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois' home
for great memories"
1570 WSSA GA Morrow "Atlanta's Gospel giant"
1580 WEAM GA Columbus "Your favorite Gospel radio station, the
light"
1690 WPTX MD Lexington Park ABC/WW1 NOS, "Legends of Southern
Maryland"
Note the following URLs with network listings:
American Family Radio: http://www.afr.net/html/station.shtml
Solid Gospel Network: http://www.solidgospel.com/
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**Bruce Conti - Nashua NH - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
Pan American DX
730 MEXICO XEX Mexico OCT 28 0800 - Good; "Los amos del camino"
variety of Mexican music including ranchera, romantic, and banda,
top of the hour ID "XEX 730 AM..." into ad string. [Conti-NH]
Transatlantic DX
945 FRANCE France Bleu, Toulouse OCT 28 2310 - Fair; Nina Simone "My
Baby Just Cares For Me" // 1206. [Conti-NH]
1089 ENGLAND Talk Sport synchros OCT 28 0640 - Good; "Good morning,
welcome to Talk Sport!" and conversation about money and
football, UTC+1 time check, // 1053. [Conti-NH]
1152 SPAIN RNE synchros OCT 28 2243 - Good; promo with Radio Nacional
de Espana mention, synchro echo. [Conti-NH]
1206 FRANCE France Bleu, Bordeaux OCT 28 0540 - Good; pop French vocal
// 1377. [Conti-NH]
1215 ENGLAND Virgin Radio synchros OCT 28 0555 - Fair; David Bowie
"Changes" and current rock music over Spain and SAH. OCT 28 2240
- Good; pop/rock music, Spain fading in. [Conti-NH]
1512 BELGIUM R.Netherlands, Wolvertem OCT 28 2200 - Excellent; end of
feature report from Amsterdam, "You are listening to Radio
Netherlands. The time now is 2200 UTC. From studios in
Hilversum, Holland, this is the Dutch international service,
Radio Netherlands. We're broadcasting to Europe on satellite and
mediumwave, and world-wide via the Internet," and news.[Conti-NH]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Duba OCT 28 2155 - Excellent; Middle Eastern
music, woman in Arabic with reverb effect. [Conti-NH]
1548 KUWAIT VOA Kuwait City OCT 28 2203 - Fair; VOA news with report
from VOA Moscow. [Conti-NH]
1548 ENGLAND BBC R.Bristol, Mangotsfield OCT 28 2205 - Tentative;
weather forecast with temperatures in Celcius, ID sounded like
"BBC local radio," under VOA Kuwait. [Conti-NH]
790 CFAN NB Newcastle - 10/28 0255 - Fair; "790 CFAN, music and more
for the Miramichi" and oldies over WSKO in CIGM null. (BC-NH)
1420 WHK OH Cleveland - 10/27 1900 - Fair; "The Word is WHK 1420 AM
Cleveland, 98.1 FM Canton, Akron, Youngstown" and Christian
programming. (BC-NH)
1420 WWSR VT St.Albans - 10/27 1850 - Fair; "AM 1420 WWSR" ID and
satellite NOS, then "Franklin County's sports leader, AM 1420
WWSR" and local sports coverage, over WCOJ. (BC-NH)
1460 WEMR PA Tunkhannock - 10/26 1930 - Fair; "One great song always
follows another. This is the Music of Your Life for northeastern
Pennsylvania, AM 1440, AM 1460, AM 1490" and NOS. (BC-NH)
1460 CJOY ON Guelph - 10/26 1925 - Fair; contest promo, Community
Calendar, and oldies music briefly over WEMR and WGNA. (BC-NH)
1570 WQTW PA Latrobe - 10/26 1905 - Fair; promo for the Big Band Show
at 8 o'clock on WQTW, briefly over WISP. (BC-NH)
Transatlantic DX
1089 ENGLAND Talk Sport synchros NOV 5 0103 - Fair; sports news and
scores, Talk Sport IDs into talk program. [Conti-NH]
1098 SPAIN RNE synchros NOV 5 0055 - Fair; telephone talk in Spanish
// 1107, synchro echo, over assumed Slovakia. [Conti-NH]
1107 SPAIN RNE synchros NOV 5 0050 - Telephone talk in Spanish, fadey
signal over an unID music station. [Conti-NH]
1206 FRANCE France Bleu, Bordeaux NOV 5 0030 - Excellent; English and
French adult contemporary and nostalgia. Since going 24 hours,
this has been a regular, and should be an easy target for inland
DXers especially during local sunset or transmitter site dawn.
1512 BELGIUM R.Netherlands, Wolvertem NOV 4 2310 - Fair; news in
English, heavy WNRB 1510 interference. [Conti-NH]
Pan American DX
830 CUBA R.Reloj, Holguin NOV 5 0245 - RR code IDs under unID
domestics in CFJR null. [Conti-NH]
870 CUBA R.Reloj, Sancti Spiritus NOV 5 0235 - RR code IDs and beat
of syncopated clock under WHCU. [Conti-NH]
880 CUBA R.Progreso, Pinar del Rio NOV 5 0230 - Fair; "Radio Progreso
de la Habana, la onda de la alegria" and salsa // 890, in WCBS
null. [Conti-NH]
930 CUBA R.Reloj NOV 5 0202 - RR code IDs under a mix of WBEN and
WPAT. [Conti-NH]
940 MEXICO XEQ Mexico NOV 5 0145 - Fair; "la cadena Q" ID, nostalgia
and romantic music, over R.Reloj-Cuba in CINW null. [Conti-NH]
950 CUBA R.Reloj, Habana NOV 5 0135 - RR code IDs under mix of WPEN
and WIBX. [Conti-NH]
960 CUBA R.Reloj, Guantanamo NOV 5 0130 - Fair but loud with news
items, syncopated clock, RR code IDs over domestics. [Conti-NH]
920 CJCJ NB Woodstock - 11/4 2115 - Good; "CJ radio, Woodstock" and
CHR music. (BC-NH)
940 CINW PQ Montreal - 11/4 2100 - Good; call letter ID, "The news
watch never stops on 940 News, CINW Montreal. Montreal's only
all news radio station, this is 940 News." (BC-NH)
1210 VOAR NF St. John's - 11/4 1925 - Fair; "This is 1210 AM, VOAR"
into contemporary Christian montage, in WPHT null. (BC-NH)
1270 CJCB NS Sydney - 11/4 1920 - Fair; local ads, C&W music,
over/under unID domestics and R.Reloj-Cuba. (BC-NH)
1350 CKAD NS Middleton - 11/4 1850 - Fair; Canadian Country
Countdown, AVR ID, over WNLK. (BC-NH)
1390 WKDR VT Burlington - 11/4 1835 - Good; Radio Vermont News and
ID, "This is News/Talk 1390 WKDR Burlington, keeping you
informed." (BC-NH)
1480 WTOY VA Salem - 11/1 1850 - Fair; local ads, PSA urging African
Americans to vote, call letter ID and urban contemporary music,
over WSAR. (BC-NH)
720 WGCR NC Pisgah Forest - 11/7 1730 - Good; local prayer requests,
then full data sign off with anthem, leaving Oriente-Venezuela in
clear. (BC-NH)
730 WSCM SC Charleston - 11/7 1830 - "Newsradio 730 WSC" three-
letter call IDs, many Charleston references, under WFMC. (BC-NH)
750 WAUG NC New Hope - 11/7 1710 - Fair; "You have the power, WAUG"
and UC music. (BC-NH)
720 COLOMBIA Emisoras Unidas, Barranquilla NOV 8 0005 - Fair;
"...Barranquilla, Emisoras Unidas, la favorita del publico" and
rustic music over unID Latin American stations. [Conti-NH]
720 VENEZUELA Oriente 720, Porlamar NOV 7 2240 - Good after WGCR sign
off; Porlamar, isla de Margarita mentions in ad string, "Oriente
720 AM, la buena radio" and romantic music. [Conti-NH]
730 COLOMBIA Cadena Melodia, Bogota NOV 7 2357 - Good; "Melodia
Bogota, otra estacion de la cadena Melodia, la radio lider de
Colombia" over WFMC. [Conti-NH]
760 COLOMBIA RCN Barranquilla NOV 7 2300 - Good; national anthem and
ID "HJAJ 760 kilohertz" over R.Reloj-Cuba and an unID Latin
American station. [Conti-NH]
R8B, MWDX-5, 30-m wire, 30-m east sloping wire.
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*Mike Stonebridge - Isidore AB - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard the following earlier this evening using my R-390A and 150' EWE
antenna.
1230 CHFC MB Churchill 20.20 10/29 Presumed here with "This is Rick --
-- on CBC radio". Parallel to 990-CBW with a several micro second
delay. New for me. Dominated the frequency for a while before
fading down in to the jumble. (MJS-AB)
1240 CJNS SK Meadow Lake 20.15 10/29 With a CJNB ID. Parallel to CJNB-
1050 (MJS-AB)
1460 CBKC AB Ft. Vermillion 20.05 10/29 Presumed here with programming
parallel to CBX-740 (MJS-AB)
1560 CKBD AB High Level 20.10 10/29 Presumed here with programming
parallel to CBX-740 (MJS-AB)
1620 WTAW TX College Station 22.00 10/29 Talk show followed by ad for
a travel agent and into full ID a top of the hour. "With Gordon -
---- on weekdays 9 - 11 on New Talk Radio, WTAW - 1620 College
Station/Bryan. Normally dominant KYIZ strangely absent. New for
me. (MJS-AB)
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Zacharias Liangas - zliangas@xxxxxxxxxxxx
MW LOGS FOR EARLY MORNING ON 27
Raadio R75 + 16 m antenna
SKP: FYROM S= Signal indicator
540 music , clock , refs 0658 S0 24342
565 SKP news MK 0700 7 33443
575 BUL Hris Botev political interviews BU 0700 1 24342
595 BUL HOriz news BU 0701 1 24343
640 semigreek song 0701 1 34433
729 GRC ERA1 Ath news in GR 0703 9 44444
747 BUL HOriz news in BU 0704 10 44444
765 GRC ERA - news /727 0705 2 34343
810 SKP Pr 1 song'upside down' R Martin 0707 7 44444
864 YUG discsns in serb 0709 4 33443
938 SKP songs 0714 9 44444
945 GRC ERA larisa - ads 0715 9 44444
963 BUL Horizon /747 political discns 0716 5 34343
981 GRC ERA1 Ath sports news 0717 5 34443
1044 GRC ERA THS - sports discsns 0718 50 55555 ( this is S9+50)
1179 GRC ERA THS2 news subjects 0719 40 55555
1242 SKP ? songs folk 0721 0 3443
1278 GR ERA Florina- reg news 0721 6 34343
1328 SKP MRT2 songs ads 0725 4 24343
1404 GRC Alexandroupolis -news interviews 0723 4 34343
1582 GRC Seres patriotixc songs 0724 4 34343
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**Hillman, Richard E. - HillmanR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard from Columbia, MO a TIS for 2 nights now which mentioned Rt.65,
Route V, and the College of the Ozarks. That would put it near Branson,
Mo.(probably Table Rock Lake) which is a long way from me -about 190
miles by road.
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Mark Connelly - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
"Newfie 2000": Another Excellent Adventure - Mark Connelly, WA1ION
From 26 to 29 October, 2000 I had the good fortune to attend the ninth
Newfoundland DXpedition. This is the fifth one of these East Coast
"DXtravaganzas" I've gone to; the previous ones were 1991, 1993, 1995,
and 1998. The trip up there was routine: this was a good thing when you
consider that on my last journey Air Canada had managed to lose
important luggage for a day. The weather was occasionally rainy when I
started my drive down Route 10 to Cappahayden around sundown. As things
turned out, this was about as good as the weather would be. Normal en-
route dial-scanning on the car radio revealed reasonably good conditions
to northern Europe with "in your face" signals from Sweden, Norway,
Russia-Kaliningrad, and others in the Baltic region. I was swapping
between Trans-Atlantic DXing, checking easily-heard WCBS-880 for stock
reports following the "Nortel plunge", and listening to the very
enjoyable "Newfoundland music" format on CJYQ-930.
When I arrived at the DX Inn in Cappahayden that Thursday evening, I
was greeted by local DXpedition host Jean Burnell and visiting US DXers
Neil Kazaross and Jim Renfrew (our esteemed NRC IDXD editor). It was
great to renew acquaintances with everyone and to be brought up to date
on what had been heard so far. They mentioned that Canadian DXer John
Fisher had been there earlier in the week. The "receiver shack" room
was all set up with two long tables that provided four operating
positions. It wasn't long before I set up my "junk" next to Jim
Renfrew's position and started sweeping the band. The two main
"workhorse" antennas, the 1 km Brazil-Bev and the 500 m Euro-Bev were
available, so I ran these to the inputs of my phasing unit. Sometimes I
used a third Beverage, one of approximately 500 m that ran at a bearing
10 or 20 degrees more easterly of the Brazil-getter: this antenna could
provide somewhat better African coverage than either of the other wires.
Jean also had a K9AY antenna which he often had hooked to his receiving
gear. Friday evening's DX (going into Saturday morning) included many
huge TA's including a drifty Syrian on 831.5 and the new "Mega" Germans
on 576 and 1575. Neil said "I'm going to get Turkmenistan on 279".
This distant longwaver had not been previously logged. Right on time,
Turkmenistan-279 showed up at sign-on, parallel to its 5015 kHz
shortwave outlet. We then requested Neil to declare that he was going
to hear several other signals of substantially greater difficulty
(Nepal, Saturn, etc.) in the "belief" that he had some magical powers
with the ionospheric gods.
On Friday morning, Neil and I went out to do a bit of repositioning of
the African antenna. The Lawlor's black Labrador retriever had great
fun playing fetch with us with some of the wooden stakes that we'd
brought out there for attaching strings to guy the Beverage support
poles. Jean and Jim joined us to take a ride down to Trepassey for
lunch. The fish plate I had was excellent, as always. The lunch also
provided for a lot of good conversation that covered many common
interests in and out of the radio hobby. As I attend more of these
DXpeditions, I find that the camaraderie is even more valuable than the
sounds that come through the headphones from faraway stations. The
whole Newfoundland DXpedition experience is much more fulfilling than
any of the many solitary DX sessions I do while sitting out in the car
at a beach or pier somewhere.
Radios were fired up Friday afternoon just before 1800 UTC. Back in
Massachusetts, the Trans-Atlantic channels seldom have more than two
stations competing for dominance. The openings there are usually
strongly dominated by signals from Spain, Portugal, France, Morocco,
Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, the Canaries, and the Azores. Sometimes a
good run towards the Middle East develops. British/Irish stations and
the other big northern Europeans (e.g. 1314, 1386, 1422) can be loud,
but they're not consistent on a nightly basis. Eastern Europeans are
usually poorly represented for the kind of power some of them are
running. Something with 500 kW from Russia is, at best, on par with
something with 5 kW from Spain on the same channel. Generally the more
northerly stuff doesn't compete with Iberia / North Africa until an hour
or more after sunset.
In Newfoundland, DX is a bit different. The first signals that come
in well before sunset are apt to be Norway-1314, Northern Ireland-1341,
and Kaliningrad-1386 rather than the typical Saudi Arabia-1521 "band
opener" noted pre-sunset at shore sites near home. At Cappahayden, once
the big guns have been "in" for a while, the other channels fill up with
stations. Rather than the typical one or two stations per channel noted
at home, each channel can become a maelstrom of wildly-varying dominant
stations. The pile-ups often consist of 5 or more stations and what's
on top one minute can be hopelessly buried by something else the next.
Central Europe and Russia can get "hot" and produce signals that blow
away usual boomers like UK-1089. Expected "pests" from Spain and
Morocco can often sound more like rare DX, deeply submerged below
"killer" Russian, Hungarian, Czech, and Romanian stations. The Middle
East can then come to life and drop Koranic chanting on top of the
Europeans that had been "ruling the roost" moments earlier. The ebb and
flow on the radio dial was much like the churning, crashing surf a short
distance behind the "DX Inn". All of this dynamic vitality and
unpredictability in reception conditions produces a level of excitement
not likely to be duplicated by DXing elsewhere.
A few of that evening's highlights for me included the Iran
clandestine on 1539.07, Botswana-909, and Angola-1484.55. These are all
stations that I think may be audible back in MA on the right night. One
that I doubt I'd ever hear is one we pulled up on 1233: a 200-watt
Belgian normally used as a traffic information outlet. When noted at
0120 UTC, it was running an unlisted broadcast parallel to 1125. As at
home, my main DX activity period was from two hours before sunset to two
hours after sunset. The Trans-Atlantics were my main focus. Even with
all the tea I drank, I still tended to want to go to sleep after 0430
UTC (2 a.m. local). Jim Renfrew turned out to be the "main man" for
wee-hours DXing after 0600 UTC. This is when many of the best deep
South American loggings were made: rare catches from Brazil, Argentina,
Uruguay, Paraguay, and elsewhere. Neil and Jean also got into serious
South American hunting at times. High-band Eastern Brazilians came in a
bit before sunset: the huge 1 km wire pointed right at them glided these
signals in by greatly reducing the European splash heard on the other
antennas. It was cool to hear Brazilians "doing a job on" some of the
Newfoundland stations when the Brazil-Bev was connected.
The rain and wind had got worse by Saturday morning. By midday, Neil
and I went north to a new seafood restaurant in Cape Broyle, near
Ferryland. I was served a platter with a large and delectable piece of
salmon. We joined Jim back at the Inn. Jean had to go up to St. John's
for a few hours. A possible strike was looming at Memorial University,
his place of employment. The ever-worsening weather made us cancel a
proposed set-up and test of a Pennant antenna. Neil is interested in
setting up an array of pennants or K9AY's at his home QTH in the suburbs
of Chicago. I took some pictures to put on the Web sometime.
Some DX signals were already rolling in at 1700 UTC. This was the
first time I'd listened to Greenland on 720 with a decent signal.
Hearing someone speaking Greenlandic was interesting, even though it
sounded like some kind of a dull local meeting with the acoustics of the
basement of a school or church. A heterodyne of a 1430 station against
the 1431 kHz UK and Italian stations was noted at a time (1830 UTC) too
early to be a domestic. In a few minutes it got loud and overwhelmed
1431. I had been looking on 1431 for Iran parallel to 15084 shortwave:
it turned out that the 1430 station was this Iranian, precisely 1 kHz
low of its nominal frequency - seemingly too accurate a separation to be
an accidental drift. I then found a reference to this 1430 Iranian in a
recent "Medium Wave News" that Jim had brought. A little later that
evening, back-home local WXKS-1430 faded up. It was a memorable and
"daft" sounding reception when Iran's Koran recitation and WXKS's "Music
of Your Life" Sinatra nostalgia and Boston mentions were blending evenly
in an incongruous mix on 1430. That evening we all enjoyed a good run
of Turks with parallel signals on 765, 891, 954, 1017, and 1062. The
new Libyan on 972 had a butt-kickin' signal that I'm sure would soon
make it to one of my DXpedition sites on Cape Cod with little
difficulty. Madeira-1125 came through well when I couldn't hear the
other ones on 531 and 603. For music and for general "local flavour",
it's hard to beat the lower-powered British locals. These came through
in great abundance and spiced up the general entertainment value of the
listening experience. At home these little stations are at a far
greater deficit to co-channel Spaniards of comparable power, so I don't
get to enjoy them the way I can in Newfoundland. With domestic DX, I
always have fun checking out how my home locals do at a long distance.
WEEI-850 and WNRB-1510, along with a couple of Maine stations, were
typically the earliest US stations to build up to a strong signal level
about 2000 UTC: better than an hour before sunset on their end. This is
comparable to the time that big-gun Trans-Atlantics would start to show
at coastal sites in eastern Massachusetts. Before signing off, WMEX-
1060 bombed in with a Boston-accented show that made me laugh when I
heard the expression "people's republic of Cambridge" often used by
conservative talkshow hosts and local politicians like Albert "Dapper"
O'Neil. As always, the biggest US signals were from the Boston and New
York City 50 kW blasters; that's also what I'd noted from Ireland back
in 1977. My Saturday night activity wound down by about midnight local.
I had to pack up my gear and get a few hours sleep so I could depart
Cappahayden at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning.
I knew it was going to be a rough ride back to the airport that Sunday
because heavy rain was moving horizontally on 110 km/h wind gusts. The
normal 1 hour 45 minute ride took 2 hours 30 minutes. Some excellent
Irish-Newfie tunes on CJYQ soothed me for what would have otherwise be a
harrowing journey in hurricane-like weather from darkness into dim dawn
light. Luckily I reached the airport gate in St. John's on time. I'd
read (from other's previous experiences) that pilots could negotiate
these conditions ably, though I had my doubts. I walked to the airport
door feeling like I was in a boxing match with the wind-driven rain and
ice pellets. The airport, under renovation, had some serious roof
leaks: large plastic trash bins were strategically placed to catch the
indoor cascades. Take-off at 8.40 a.m. local was remarkably smooth.
Less than two hours later I was in Halifax: it was raining there as
well. The second flight of that day got me back to Boston by noon. I
was surprised to be greeted there by even colder temperatures and snow
flurries. A few people figured I'd brought the "Great White North" back
home with me. One huge storm system in the sea south of Nova Scotia
covered the entire area from Newfoundland and Labrador to New England
and New York. Local broadcasters called it a cool weather version of
the tempest that was featured in the 1999 "Perfect Storm" film.
And so another enjoyable DXpedition goes into the history books. Jim
Renfrew mentioned having logged 120 countries himself during the
Dxpedition so it looks like Jean Burnell will have much material for the
Big Report he's going to assemble after participants prepare their
loggings and human-interest narratives.
A good time was had by all.
Photographs from the October, 2000 Newfoundland DXpedition and Mark
Connelly's commentary, with a few minor corrections to the originally-
released version, may be found on the Web at the following URL:
"http://members.nbci.com/markwa1ion/nf2000mc.htm";
DXpedition host Jean Burnell will be assembling the final report over
the next few weeks as all of the participants review their loggings and
tapes.
[Connelly*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing / beach, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.223 W / 41.682 N)
(mother's house)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: (S. Orleans) cardioid array with active whip, broadband
loop, and Superphaser-1 phasing unit (W. Yarmouth) Quantum Loop
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
567 IRELAND RTE, Tullamore, NOV 5 2227 - religious- sounding folk
vocal with harp accompaniment; to good peak over Spain.
[Connelly*O-MA]
576 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2226 - man and woman
in Spanish // 684; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]
612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 5 2226 - Arabic talk, music; poor to
fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2225 - woman in
Spanish; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, NOV 5 2223 - // 684 with Spanish telephone
interview; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, NOV 5 2223 - telephone interview // 639 &
others; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
693 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2223 - // 684 with Spanish talk; poor
with het from Azores-693.7. [Connelly*O-MA]
711.04 WESTERN SAHARA Laayoune, NOV 5 2209 - preaching or political
harangue by man in Arabic; loud, one of the best low-band TA's at
this time. [Connelly*O-MA]
729 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2211 - woman with Spanish news;
through CKAC splash. [Connelly*O-MA]
738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, NOV 5 2211 - // 729 with Spanish news;
good, over occasional CHCM slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
756 SPAIN R. Euskadi, Bilbao, NOV 5 2212 - woman in Spanish; poor to
fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2212 - Spanish news; over Arabic
station, choppy. [Connelly*O-MA]
783 MAURITANIA Nouakchott, NOV 5 2214 - // 4845 with serious male
Arabic talk; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
836 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barrosa, NOV 5 2218 - pop jazz female vocal;
to fair peak over Canaries-837 het. [Connelly*O-MA]
855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., NOV 5 2206 - Spanish news; fair, over
others. [Connelly*O-MA]
864 FRANCE France Bleu, Paris, NOV 5 2205 - // 945 with emotional
female French vocal; loud. [Connelly*O-MA]
873 SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 5 2218 - fast Spanish talk; poor to fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Moorside Edge et al., NOV 5 2202 - English
news; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
945 FRANCE France Bleu, Toulouse, NOV 5 2125 - piano and romantic
ballad // 1206; through WROL slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
972 LIBYA NOV 5 2137 - Arabic vocal; over Spain and others.
[Connelly*O-MA]
981 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, NOV 5 2140 - monster
carrier with muffled / weak Arabic audio. [Connelly*O-MA]
999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid, NOV 5 2143 - Spanish business-related talk by
man; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1008 unID NOV 5 2145 - classical piano; poor to fair - more likely
Netherlands than Canaries or Spain with this format.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1026 SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 5 2200 - bits of Spanish news; over unID
Mideast-sounding station (Iran ?). WBZ was well nulled; the
biggest problem was static from a storm somewhere.[Connelly*O-MA]
1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 5 2156 - male, then female, Arabic
vocal; good, over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 5 2157 - Spanish newstalk; under Morocco.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1053 MOROCCO Tanger, NOV 5 2158 - Arabic vocal and violin music; just
over SER-Spain and others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2246 - Spanish teletalk; barely over a
rough growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2155 - // 1152 with man in Spanish;
over others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, NOV 5 2230 - Spanish talk and teletalk;
fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1152 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2155 - // 1107 with Spanish talk;
through WAMG slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 5 2244 - Spanish talk;
in jumbly pile-up. [Connelly*O-MA]
1206 FRANCE France Bleu, Bordeaux, NOV 5 2034 - good with disco music
// 1377. [Connelly*O-MA]
1214.95 unID NOV 5 2232 - 50 Hz het on low side of Spain-1215: either
Albania or one of the Spain synchros a bit off channel I guess.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1215 SPAIN COPE synchros, NOV 5 2231 - woman in Spanish; over Virgin-
UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
1224 SPAIN COPE synchros, NOV 5 2151 - Spanish teletalk; poor.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1251 LIBYA Tripoli, NOV 5 2053 - man in Arabic; hollow "metallic"
audio. [Connelly*O-MA]
1305 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2150 - fast echoey Spanish talk; over
rumble. [Connelly*O-MA]
1314 NORWAY NRK, Kvitsoy, NOV 5 2233 - '60s-stylevlounge music (Jack
Jones or similar); slightly over Spain and a barrage of slop from
S9+50 CKEC-1320. [Connelly*O-MA]
1332 ITALY Rome et al., NOV 5 2052 - excited Italian talk by man; fair
to good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1377 FRANCE France Bleu, Lille, NOV 5 2034 - // 1206 with '70s-type
disco song; good, often stronger than adjacent St. Pierre-
1375.02. [Connelly*O-MA]
1395 ALBANIA Fllake, NOV 5 2048 - Slavic talk; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1404 FRANCE France Bleu synchros, NOV 5 2036 - // 1206 with disco
music with a woman giving instructions (like a dance or exercise-
workout lesson), then a romantic ballad followed. Mixed with
others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1422 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, NOV 5 2241 - classical
music and opera vocal; to good peak over apparent Arabic talker
(Algeria). [Connelly*O-MA]
1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, NOV 5 2008 - Arabic preaching by man; very
good. At 2015, the directional pattern must have changed because
the signal weakened. [Connelly*O-MA]
1485 SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 5 2018 - Spanish sporting event coverage;
very good, over an hour before sunset here. [Connelly*O-MA]
1494 FRANCE France Bleu synchros, NOV 5 2038 - // 1206 with
sentimental ballad; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1512 BELGIUM Wolvertem, NOV 5 2047 - woman in English with
newsmagazine type program; fair with some WNRB slop.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1512 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Jeddah, NOV 5 2002 - man reading news in
Arabic; slightly over Belgium. [Connelly*O-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, NOV 5 1855 - het fade- up at 1.55 p.m.
local, 2.5 hours pre-sunset. The earliest this has been heard in
this area was a few years ago around Christmas at 1800 UTC (1
p.m. EST) on a sloper at E. Harwich.
+ NOV 5 1925 - // 9555 & 9870 with woman in Arabic; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1530 VATICAN Vatican R., NOV 5 2019 - Italian religious talk and a
segment of classical music; fair with WVBF phased.[Connelly*O-MA]
1550 ALGERIA RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, NOV 5 2022 - shrill female
vocal, then man in Arabic; very good with WNTN/WDZK cardioid-
nulled. Slight VOA-1548 het and a weak jammer in the background.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 5 2000 - Spanish talk with synchro-echo;
over Ceuta-1583.65 het. [Connelly*O-MA]
1602 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, NOV 5 2023 - calm Spanish talk by man; loud,
way over SER's sports coverage. [Connelly*O-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, NOV 5 2229 - mellow soul vocal; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, NOV 5 2359 - Caribbean
accented woman mentioned local events in St. Kitts and Nevis.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
590 CUBA R. Musical Nacional, NOV 5 2352 - classical music;
excellent, over VOCM with WEZE nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, NOV 6 0030 - noted // 670
with Cuban jazz version of a medley of Souza marches including
(surprisingly!) a couple having US patriotic themes; good, over
other Latin Americans. [Connelly*Y-MA]
620 CUBA R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, NOV 6 0026 - // 670 with Spanish
political talk by man; over WZON. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 CUBA R. Progreso, NOV 6 0024 - // 640 with Doors "Roadhouse
Blues" ("I got up this morning and poured myself a beer."); over
WPRO/CFCY/WSKN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 PUERTO RICO WSKN, San Juan, NOV 5 2224 - Puerto Rico regional
news by woman in Spanish; good, dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]
640 CUBA R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, NOV 6 0023 - party time
here with "Roadhouse Blues" by the Doors // other Progresos on
630, 690, and 890. Signal was blasting in over CBN/WNNZ/YVQO.
+ NOV 6 0031 - another great Doors tune "L.A. Woman".
[Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, NOV 5 2355 - Spanish
announcer exhorted fans to get excited about their Colombian
team; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, NOV 6 0026 - talk // 620
about Cuba's political affairs; dominant over YVLL/CKXB/WSCR mix.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
690 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, NOV 5 2222 - discussion of
Bibles in US history, including one brought by the Pilgrims;
excellent / dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]
690 CUBA R. Progreso, Jovellanos, NOV 6 0025 - // 640 with Jim
Morrison & the Doors doing "Roadhouse Blues"; in mix with CINF &
Anguilla. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 VENEZUELA R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, NOV 5 2357 - "desde
Porlamar, Isla Margarita ... transmite Radio Oriente"; huge, over
CHTN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
820 unID NOV 6 0020 - grinding/buzzing signal hammering WNYC.
Direction fix with Quantum Loop shows a bearing consistent with
Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]
890 CUBA R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, NOV 6 0032 - Doors
tunes including "L.A. Woman" // 640. Slamming in; annihilating
WBPS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS VON, Bath Village, NOV 6 0000 - announcer "This
is VON Radio, 895 kilohertz, 10000 watts of power", into Afropop-
style female group gospel harmony. Talk by preacher in a room
with reverberation followed. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1060.3 COLOMBIA unID city, NOV 6 0003 - Colombian team sporting event;
briefly sliding by the 1060.0 stations. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 ANTIGUA R. ZDK, St. John's, NOV 6 0007 - Sunday night fire-and-
brimstone preacher; very good with WTAM nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1110 VENEZUELA R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, NOV 6 0008 - "... ocho
minutos, hora de Venezuela", into romantic vocal; atop WBT.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1139.53 unID NOV 6 0010 - bits of Spanish talk and a fat het against
WRVA/CBI/YV on 1140.0. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1160 BERMUDA VSB3, Hamilton, NOV 5 2120 - // 5975 with talk "You're
listening to BBC World Service: Julian Marshall with News Hour.";
strong, alone on channel. [Connelly*O-MA]
1180 CUBA R. Rebelde, NOV 6 0013 - // 670 with Spanish talk by a man
and a woman about the provinces of Cuba, then syrupy '40s movie
type violin music; loud, over WHAM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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***Jari Savolainen - savol-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Last week spent couple of days at my lakeside cottage and did some
listening too.
684 RUS St. Peterburg. To my surprise heard here YLE Finnish program
relay 29OCT2000 at 1445. Was in parallel with 963 but with long
satellite delay. At 1500 end of relay and RR announcement
mentioning "Radio sankt-Peterburga" and into Russian prgrm.
Haven't rechecked this, so don't know if it's on daily bases or
just Sundays.
1458 ISR Kol Israel 18OCT2000 at 1729 end of EE news and weather.
1503 G Radio Caroline, Harwich. 28OCT2000 at 0515 when BBC R Stoke had
deep fadeout. Have to go through the recording, but good address
for QSL appreciated.
1584 HOL The Bells/R Paradijs. 28OCT2000 at 0700 in the end of id to my
ears they say "..one and only, The Bells". But 30OCT2000 morning
R Paradijs was heard. Two names, two programs or did I just
imagine that "The Bells" id :-)?
1584 Unid 27OCT2000 at 2040 with hindi-music type programming.
Seemingly not from eastern direction. Is there any European
station with this kind of programming on this fq? Audible only
short periods during fade-ups. Was not Iran, neither Arabic.
1593 IRL Cross Rhythms came booming 27OCT2000 at 0750. Any address for
RR?
1602.8 Unid with EE pops 26OCT2000 at 2210, no announcements. Pirate?
And one more Q: CRI latest schedule lists EE to Europe 2300-2330 on
558AM. From where? Spectrum?
A big thank you to Bjorn, Håkan, Martin, Mike, Arild, Nick, Alex
and Mauno (I hope I mentioned all) for your info to my questions.
Wrapping it all up in short:
684 is a WRN programming from SP
1503 Caroline has many addresses receptionreport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mebo3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 148 Grange
Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9PR
1584 Hindi music might be BBC R Nottingham with Nawrang Fridays 1900-
2100
1593 Cross Rhythms not willing to QSL this fq.
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*Tim Noonan - Madison WI - DXing@xxxxxxxxx
1200 WCHB MI, Taylor. 10/29 fair-good. 0059 with urban gospel
programming and legal ID.
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**John Tudenham - Joplin MO - w0jrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 1530 Nov 3 2000 at 2103 cst I heard with fair signal KDSN Denison IA
with news and weather for Dennison. Heard on a Radio Shack DX400 with RS
loop, able to null WSAI. Listed in NRC log as only 12 watts but hard to
believe sounded more like day power of 500.
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HELP WITH...
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***Robert Wilkner - Pompano Beach FL - rlcw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
This morning heard on 590kHz "Radio Uno Bolivar..." ID by yl at 1045.
Ments de Venezuela, Presidente Chavez Any help on this appreciated.
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**Paul Swearingen - PlsBCBDXER@xxxxxxx
Hey, gang, I received the following request for help from Lew Chapman in
Australia. Perhaps one of you can steer him in the right direction? If
you reply to him privately, kindly cc me so I don't keep sending this
request out, okay? -Paul Swearingen
"Greetings from South Australia, I would like to know if you can give
me some assistance.
We have access to a new shack at the Coorong National Park DX site in
South Australia but the trade off is lack of space for the all important
Euro Bevvy. A few (5?) years ago there appeared in one of the commercial
radio magazines a Dxers two-wire/switchable direction antenna of
Beverage length.
On paper it appeared similar to the old fashioned two wire telephone
line with coils? at intervals, whether the coils were centre tapped to
earth I'm not sure of but the antenna was of use at MW frequencies and
in both directions, hence the Phantom label. Sadly I threw the article
away as at that time we used one Bevvy at 90 degrees and the other at
around 300 degrees. Maybe you can suggest a single wire back lobe type
antenna.
Lew Chapman (please answer to my home email of lirka@xxxxxxxxxxxx )>>
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Max van Arnhem - mvarnhem@xxxxxx
On the 28th of oct between 00.00 and 00.15 UTC I heard R Vibracion on
1470 khz. Sometimes also an American station was audible. First I
thought this would have been WZOU Lewiston, ME. After listening more
carefully to my taperecording I heard a programme "The American Health
Radio Show" with Brian..... While surfing the web I found that WWNN
Florida has a health/talk format, so I wonder if I did hear WWNN?
can anybody help?
Today I tuned in to 1475,77 khz just before 1700 UTC. I heard a station
with male talks, some music. Reception was spoilt by Radio 1476, Austria
with s/on at 1700. The UNID was still audible but too much QRM to Id.
AOR7030+ ALA1530
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**Kent Plourde - Bristol CT - kplourde@xxxxxxxx
Last Tuesday while driving home from work at 1825 I heard ESPN sports
report with Dan Davis on 820. Could it be WWLZ from Horseheads, NY
before they powered down. C&W probably from CHAM and WNYC was also on
the channel. Does anyone in upstate New York know if WWLZ carries ESPN
programming?
**Bill Hale - Fort Worth TX - phantom2@xxxxxxxx
The ESPN web site shows WWLZ as being an affiliate.
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Chris Martin - Brisbane AUSTRALIA - MartinCG@xxxxxxxxxxx
Per e-mail in AM-DX News Flash. from Dino Bloise, Glenn Hauser & Bill
Hale.
I regularly heard WRHC s/on at 0957z - 15/16/17 months AGO with EE ID
then into SS talk back on 1560kHz. The FCC list shows 4.4Kw nights. Not
heard this past winter season (sothern Hem). They did not verify my
report. So are they legal on 1560 Khz and/or no longer there?
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***Tarmo Kontro - Tarmo.Kontro@xxxxxxxx
UNID Thai with s/off (w call & Nat.Anthem) at 14.01 UTC on Oct. 27. R
Thailand 1 usually does not s/off that early, any ideas ? (Heard in
Northern Finland. AOR7030 + 460 m wire to Asia)
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**Willis - wb5khd@xxxxxxxx
I need some help with IDing a few stations.
01. On 2 November I had a black gospel station loud and clear on 1510kc.
Called itself "Heaven 1510" This was covering WLAC from Nashville. Time
of reception: 1720 to 1730 then faded. Ads for Washington, DC area
busness. Any ideas?
02. Also on 2 November. on 1580 a station calling itself WSAI. ID was
"Original hits for Lexington, WSAI 1580." Between 1730 and 1800 EST
this was repeated 5 times. I thought a station could only use the call
on one station at a time. The music and announcer was the same as on
WSAI-1530. Any ideas?
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***Mark Connelly - MA - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
On 27 OCT from 2000 to 2030 UTC (late afternoon / early evening), I
logged a few non-directional aerobeacons from a receiving position at
the Cappahayden, NF (Canada) DXpedition site.
Most of these I've identified from a Canadian NDB list I downloaded.
I'm left with three unID's for which I seek assistance:
1M on 229 kHz
QYT on 263 kHz
POL on 325 kHz
***Michael Oexner - michael.oexner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
below please find some info on your UNID LF beacons / NDBs:
- QYT 263 might be a mixture of the following candidates:
QY 263,0 Sydney NS CAN N46.1242 W59.5830
T 263,0 Timmins ON CAN N48.2948 W81.2455
T 263 Thunder Bay ON CAN N48.2400 W89.1300
Did you hear a "stable" (repetitive) callsign, or could it have been a
"mix" (superposition) of some kind?
- 1M 229,0 Hibernia Platform NF CAN N46.4550 W48.4535
- POL: nothing found on this one :-( What was its transmission format
(dash after ID or silence?) / repetition cycle / modulation frequency?
Most Canadian NDBs (well over 90% for sure) use 400 Hz modulation (USB
only); example: on 263 kHz you should find QY's carrier, and on 263.4
kHz the ID. To measure the offset you would need to set your RX to CW
mode and use a narrow CW filter (e. g. 250 Hz).
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**Tom Dimeo - Harrisburg PA
For the last several evenings from just before sunset till after sunset
I've been hearing an oldies station under WABC on 770. My diskette
version of the log does not have formats listed, so can someone let me
know which station this oldies station might be?
**Bill Hale - Fort Worth TX
Our 'local', KAAM Garland, TX plays what you might call 'oldies'. It's
a mix of NOS/oldies/big band. However, both their day and night patterns
head south and/or southwest. BUT . . . you never know.
They are the only station listed in the Log that I can see which fits
the description.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1380 KIFO HI, Honolulu, rec. QSL letter in 45 d, along with pgm sked.
No V/S. Address: 738 Kaheka Street, Honolulu HI 96814-3726.
1611 2RF AUSTRALIA, Griffith, NSW received FD QSL card in 17d from
John Wright. Address: 4/33 Kerrie Crescent, Peakhurst NSW 2210,
Australia-400 watts. Australian QSL #220. (PM-OR)
1670 KAZT CA, Redding rec. QSL letter in 9d for taped report.
Mentioned they are in the testing mode, and will //600 KNRO
running ESPN when they get on. V/S: Jim Bremer-CE. Address: 3360
Alta Mesa, Redding CA 96002 (PM-OR)
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Terry Palmersheim - Gold Bar WA - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx
560 KSFO San Francisco, CA f/d ppc in 1 month. Gregory Raab
580 KFXD Nampa, ID f/d ppc in 6 days. Lee Eudell, Eng.
610 KOJM Havre, MT f/d ppc in 13 days. John J. North
610 CHNL Kamloops, BC letter w/ stickers in 1 month. Dave Coulter, CE
700 KMJY Newport, WA f/d ppc in 9 days. Lyle E. Dodge.
760 CFLD Burns Lake, BC f/d ppc in 3 wks. T.A. Collision, GM
810 KTBI Ephrata, WA f/d ppc in 10 days after f/u. Thomas W. Read,
Founder
860 CFPR Prince Rupert, BC f/d ppc in 60 days after f/u. Laura
Chapin.
870 CFBV Smithers, BC f/d ppc in 3 wks. T.A. Collision, GM
880 KWIP Dallas, OR f/d ppc in 10 days. Diane Burns, GM
890 WLS Chicago, IL f/d ppc in 1 month. Warren Shultz, CE
900 KBIF Fresno, CA f/d ppc in 2 months after 3 f/u's. Tony Donato,
Traffic Dir.
900 CKMO Victoria, BC f/d ppc in 23 days. Clint Lalarx, St. Supr.
1150 KSEN Shelby, MT f/d ppc in 13 days. Duane Wiens, Ops. Dir.
1250 KCST Florence, OR f/d ppc in 7 days. Jon Thorpe, GM
1300 KAPL Phoenix, OR f/d ppc in 8 days. Web Stovata
1330 KKPZ Portland, OR f/d ppc in 66 days. Lance Metls, Op. Dir.
1380 KRKO Everett, WA f/d ppc in 2 wks. Tom Lafferty, Sports Dir.
1450 KONP Port Angeles, WA f/d ppc in 4 days. Jim Macdonald.
1460 KARR Kirkland, WA f/d ppc in 2 wks. Gwinda F. Horton, St. Sec.
1500 KSJX San Jose, CA f/d ppc in 15 days. Charles Mallone, St. Mgr.
1520 KKSN Oregon City, OR f/d ppc in 16 days after 2 f/u's. Illegible
v/s
1550 KCCF Ferndale, WA f/d ppc in 7 days after f/u. Andrew J.
Steiner, CO
1620 WTAW College Station, TX f/d 'Tower' card in 70 days. No v/s.
1640 WKSH Pewaukee, WI letter in 2 months. Tod Naragon, St. Mgr.
Also, I'm hearing the new x-bander in Fresno, KADT with Disney
programming on 1680 kHz.
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***Richard Jary - jary@xxxxxxxxx
QSL letter received from 4DB Dalby 1629 (Australia) in 5 days for
stamp veri signer was Geoff Roberts, Program Director.
Station contact details are:
Address: PO Box 630, Dalby QLD 4405, Phone: +61 7 4669 8555, Fax:
+61 7 4669 8399, Email: Enquiries@xxxxxxxxxxxx, Web: www.radio4db.com
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***Mickey Delmage - Sherwood Park AB - cidxqsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Received an e-mail QSL same day for KCJJ 1630, Iowa City, IA from v/s
Tom Suter, General Sales Manager <suterman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Check out
their wesite will photos of the v/s and staff at www.kcjj.com.
KEX 1190, Portland OR. Recieved a Date/Freq only verie letter and key
chains in 15 days from v/s Brooks Burford, Newscaster for US stamp
(returned). Two KEX Key chains and two for TALK 620.
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MISC ITEMS
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**Randy Stewart - jrs555t@xxxxxxxx
This originally appeared on the "Association of Music Personnel in
Public Radio" listserv to which I belong... I've edited it slightly to
take out the boring parts, hi. The upshot of this is that within a year,
WHK-1420 will become WCLV-AM with a classical format. Note the
optimistic predictions of Digital Audio Broadcasting becoming a reality
on the AM band in the next few years (cough cough)
ON A FUTURE NOTE: WCLV AND CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE RADIO ARE FOREVER
Cleveland, OH "There will be classical music on the radio in Cleveland
for as long as there are listeners who want to hear it. In a carefully
orchestrated move, the owners of WCLV 95/5 FM have established a unique
structure that puts the ownership of the station in the hands of a
foundation that will assure the preservation of classical music radio in
northeast Ohio far into the new century.
For more than two years, the three owner/operators of WCLV - Robert
Conrad (President), Richard Marschner (Executive Vice President) and
Dennis Miller, (Senior Vice President) -- have tried to secure a "safe
harbor" for WCLV so that Cleveland would not be deprived of this unique
classical format.
A number of major American cities, including Detroit and Philadelphia,
have lost their full-time commercial classical stations as a result of
ownership transfers in the past several years; the classical stations in
Denver, Kansas City and possibly Miami, are currently at risk.
"Although we've never gone out looking for a buyer, we have had some
aggressive offers over the years", indicates Conrad, co-founder of the
38-year old station. "But since no one would guarantee us that they'd
maintain our classical format, the answer has always been a quick, firm,
'No!'"
WCLV's owners have proposed the establishment of a newly formed non-
profit corporation, the WCLV Foundation, to be comprised of The
Cleveland Foundation, the new public service media organization created
by 90.3FM WCPN and WVIZ/PBS, and WCLV. The gift of WCLV-FM to the WCLV
Foundation is made possible through a complex and tiered transfer of
local frequencies involving three radio companies:
1. WCLV's frequency 95.5 (FM ) will be transferred to Salem
Communications, current owner of WHK (AM/FM).
2. Salem Communications will then transfer WHK (AM) (1420) to WCLV and
WHK-FM (98.1) to Clear Channel.
3. And, Clear Channel Communications will transfer its ownership of WAKS
(FM) (104.9) to WCLV.
After approval of these transfers by the FCC, and upon the completion
of an upgrade of the WAKS (FM) facilities that will double the station's
power, WCLV's traditional classical music and community service
programming will exist on two new frequencies: 104.9 FM and 1420 AM.
This entire process may take as long as twelve months. Until
announcement of the new frequencies, listeners will continue to tune in
to 95.5 FM.
When the stations begin broadcasting on both AM and FM, ownership of
WCLV-FM will then be transferred to the WCLV Foundation. The ownership
of WCLV (AM) will remain in the hands of the current stockholders, who
will operate WCLV-FM for the WCLV Foundation under a local marketing
agreement (LMA). The two stations will continue to operate from WCLV's
current studios in Warrensville Heights.
"We're very happy this has all worked out so well, adds Richard
Marschner, ExecutiveVice President and General Manager. "It simply
dawned on us that this moment in broadcast history offered us a chance
to 'have our cake and eat it, too'. With station values having increased
three to four times since 1990, we could afford to give a big chunk of
that increased value back to Cleveland. Even though the gift of the FM
station is estimated to be approximately $8 million, we still have what
we feel is a fair return to our shareholders".
Senior Vice President Dennis Miller noted that a parallel example of
protecting a classical radio format is that of KING (FM) in Seattle,
Washington. "This heritage classical station was gifted to a consortium
of Seattle arts organizations in 1994. The station is now owned by the
for-profit Classical Radio, Inc., which passes down after-tax cash to a
non-profit corporation comprised of the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle
Opera and the Corporate Council for the Arts. Like Seattle, " Miller
indicates, "Cleveland can continue to enjoy WCLV's classical music and
community service programming in our case, preserved on not one, but two
radio stations".
Within the next few years, Digital Audio Broadcasting will become a
reality, allowing WCLV's AM signal at 1420 to be broadcast in full
fidelity and stereo with audio quality comparable to current FM signals.
Additionally, it is anticipated that WCLV (AM), which will be licensed
at 5000 watts, day and night, will be upgraded to higher power. This
will provide a digital signal that will cover an area greater than the
current WCLV 95.5 signal. WCLV is presently installing state-of-the-art
digital audio equipment in its four control rooms which will guarantee
the highest degree of audio fidelity on both AM and FM. All of this
will evolve in a phased transaction that will appear transparent at the
start and ultimately deliver the best in digital audio advancements.
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***Pentti Lintujarvi - Helsinki FINLAND - pentti.lintujarvi@xxxxxxxx
These official databases/lists of broadcasters might be of use...
Guatemala - published by SIT -Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones -
lists of AM-Radio-, FM-Radio- and TV-stations are in pdf-format at:
http://espectro.sit.gtm.tripod.com/radiodifusion/radiodifusion.htm
The whole spectrum is here:
http://espectro.sit.gtm.tripod.com/inventario/inventario.html in ZIPped
pdf -file.
Honduras - published by CONATEL Honduras - the whole spectrum (even
Ham- and CB Operators!) in Access Database, with queries and report
ready-made at: http://www.conatel.hn/NoticiasAvisos.htm (select
'Inventario de Expedientes')
Nicaragua - published by Telcor - a list of AM- and FM -stations (no
frequencies!) at: http://www.telcor.gob.ni/Operadores.htm
Philippines - published by NTC - National Telecommunications
Commission - lists of AM- and FM -stations in pdf- and html -formats at:
http://www.ntc.gov.ph/consumer_info/consumer_info.html
..and one unofficial entry - but great piece of work anyhow - list of
Brazilian AM- and SW -stations (with addresses!) compiled by DX Clube do
Brasil at: http://www.dxcp.com.br/ ('Lista de emssoras do Brazil', in
pdf format)
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**Bill Hale - Fort Worth TX - phantom2@xxxxxxxx
There's a Sony Repair Center in North Dallas near Coit and Campbell.
I've taken my ICF-2010 there for a repair a couple of years ago. But .
. . they ain't cheap!!!!
Never thought about asking about refurbished gear.
However, the list of 12 "factory outlets' around the US is at:
http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/outlets/locations.html and appears
that these are located in outlet malls. I know the one in San Marcos,
TX is in one.
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Glenn Hauser - Enid OK - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE
effective October 29, 2000
NOTE: This takes into account one UT hour later non-DST time shifts on
WWCR and WBCQ; and new registered frequency schedule of RFPI not yet in
effect as of October 27. For RFPI airings, also check previous 15049,
and alternates 6970, 5920. In areas going off DST, WBCQ and WWCR airings
seem to stay at the same local clock time, and RFPI seems one hour
earlier. In areas making no time change, WBCQ and WWCR airings are one
hour later, and RFPI stays the same.
Thu 0030 WOR WBCQ1 7415
Thu 0130 COM RFPI 7480 15065 21815-USB
Thu 2130 WOR WWCR 15685 [from Dec: 9475]
Fri 1030 WOR WWCR 7435
Fri 1900 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Fri 1930 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Fri 2130 WOR WBCQ2 9335-CUSB [irregular]
Sat 0130 WOR WWCR 3215
Sat 0300 COM RFPI 7480
Sat 0330 WOR RFPI 7480
Sat 1230 WOR WWCR 15685
Sat 1730 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Sat 1800 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Sun 0130 COM RFPI 7480 15065 21815-USB
Sun 0200 WOR RFPI 7480
Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070
Sun 0728 WOR WWCR 5070
Sun 1930 WOR WWCR 15685
Sun 2300 WOR RFPI 15065 21815-USB
Mon 0100 WOR WWCR 3215
Mon 0601 WOR WWCR 3210
Mon 0700 WOR RFPI 7480
Mon 1500 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Mon 2200 COM RFPI 15065 21815-USB
Tue 0600 COM RFPI 7480
Tue 1200 WOR WWCR 15685
Tue 1400 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Tue 2000 COM RFPI 15065 21815-USB
Wed 0300 WOR RFPI 7480
Wed 0400 COM RFPI 7480
Wed 1200 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Wed 1730 COM RFPI 21815-USB
For latest revision of this version see
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormassw.html
For pending revision of Master Time Schedule including WRN satellite,
AM and FM, Spanish broadcasts see:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormast.html
WORLD OF RADIO homepage: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio
WOR on demand: http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/worldofradio
COM on demand: http://DXing.com/conmedia.htm
I hope this helps you keep listening without missing any WOR or COM
programs. Regards, Glenn Hauser
I have decided to experiment with making WORLD OF RADIO audio
available shortly after production, normally early UT Thursdays. This is
a 7 MB file playing at 32.1 kbps. WOR 1056 may now already be heard at
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/wor/wor1056.rm
Or linked at the top of our main and backup sites. Please let me have
your reaction.
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Here is the latest X Band list as of 10/29/2000.
1620 KHZ
AL ATMORE WPHG GOSPEL
CA AUBURN KSMH REL
ID BLACKFOOT KBLI SPT
IN SOUTH BEND WHLY NOS
NE BELLEVUE KAZP SPT
TX COLLEGE STATION WTAW TLK
WA RENTON KYIZ UC-AC
1630 KHZ
GA AUGUSTA WRDW SPT
IA IOWA CITY KCJJ AC
WY CHEYENNE KKWY CW
BCN TIJUANA XEUT JAZZ
1640 KHZ
CA VALLEJO KDIA REL
OR LAKE OSWEGO KPBC REL/GOS
WI SUSSEX WKSH REL
1650 KHZ
CA TORRANCE KFOX KOREAN
CO DENVER KBJD REL-AC
IA CEDAR FALLS KDNZ NX/TLK
VA PORTSMOUTH WHKT REL-TLK
1660 KHZ
FL MARCO ISLAND WMIB NOS
MI KALAMAZOO WQSN SPT
NJ JERSEY CITY WWRU SS-ETH
ND WEST FARGO KQWB NOS
TX WACO KRZX NX/TLK
UT BRIGHAM CITY KXOL OLD
1670 KHZ
CA REDDING KAZT SPT (TESTING)
GA WARNER ROBINS WRNC CW
WI MADISON WTDY TLK/SPT
1680 KHZ
CA FRESNO KAVT DISNEY
FL WINTER GARDEN WTIR TIS
MI ADA WJNZ UC/RAP
NJ PRINCETON WTTM SPT
1690 KHZ
CO ARVADA KDDZ DISNEY
MD LEXINGTON PK WPTX TLK/NOS
1700 KHZ
AL HUNTSVILLE WEUP UC-GOSPEL
FL MIAMI SPRINGS WAFN SPT
IA DES MOINES KBGG NX-CNN
TX BROWNSVILLE KQXX SS
TX SHERMAN KTBK SPT
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*Glenn Hauser - Enid OK - ghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
I have just completed a report on a monitoring expedition through No
Man`s Land, and parts of Kansas, Texas and New Mexico, covering FM,
stereo, RDS usage, some AM, TV and cultural observations:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Oklahoma5.html
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The newest issue (October 25) of Radio World has a very good article
on the AM expanded band. Unfortunately, it is not on their web site.
Maybe it will be in a few days; my copy just arrived today.
Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Yes a very good article. Except we have 35 or 36 X Banders going now
rather than the 25 or 26 they reported.
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**Patrick Griffith - Westminster CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
Someone on the list recently made mention of the pieces of the former
KDKA tower that were embedded in Lucite and sold to the public. These
appear to still be available from KDKA through their on-line store for
$9.99 each. A portion of the proceeds goes to support Children's
Hospital. The store has a lot of other nifty KDKA logo items for sale as
well. This web site also has lots of historical information and early
photos. It is at http://www.kdkaradio.com/
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***Mauno Ritola - ritola@xxxxxxxxxx
Received today from the station:
Arabic
0245-2130 675 50 kW 954 1500 kW 9570 250 kW 90,8 MHz 40 kW
0245-0705 7210 500 kW
0800-1305 11820 500 kW
1305-1705 9535 500 kW
1705-2130 11655 500 kW
English
0300-1000 1600-1900 1233 100 kW
0300-2130 97,5 MHz 10 kW 102,6 MHz 20 kW
French
1300-1600 1233 100 kW 100,8 MHz 20 kW
Music
1800-2100 100,8 MHz 20 kW
On 999 kHz 50 kW & 1602 kHz 10 kW:
Qur'an Programme 0245-0700 Folk Programme 1300-1600 Urdu 1600-1900
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****Bernd Trutenau - btr@xxxxxxxxxx
In connection with the exhibition "SR75" (75 years of radio broadcasting
in Sweden) in the city museum in Göteborg, there will be further special
anniversary broadcasts from a 150 Watts transmitter on 1584 kHz during
November:
Mon 13.11 12:00-14:00
Tue 14.11 18:00-20:00
Wed 15.11 12:00-14:00
Thu 16.11 18:00-20:00
Fri 17.11 12:00-14:00
Sat 18.11 18:00-20:00
Sun 19.11 14:00-18:00
Mon 20.11 12:00-14:00
Tue 21.11 18:00-20:00
Wed 22.11 12:00-14:00
Thu 23.11 18:00-20:00
Fri 24.11 12:00-14:00
Sat 25.11 18:00-20:00
Sun 26.11 14:00-18:00
Reception reports can be mailed to:
Radiomuséet
Anders Carlssons gata 2
SE-41755 Göteborg
SWEDEN
Email: <radiomuseet@xxxxxxxxxx>
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*Robert Foxworth - rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The St Pete Times on 2 November reported the 6/29 to 9/20 Arbitron
ratings. First three were WFLZ-93.3, WXTB 97.9 and WQYK 95.5 with
contemporary, rock and country. FM'ers were in the first ten. Two
morning drive gains were made by WTMP-1150 and WFLA-970.
This is interesting, now. "The surprise was the first appearance of
WWMI 1380 Radio Disney. Arbitron surveys listeners 12 and older, Radio
Disney targets listeners 8 to 12." The station shjowed up for the first
time in the ratings, at No. 22, tied with WRMD-680 in Spanish. This
means that "adults and teens are tuning in and being counted."
The piece was written by Pamela Davis of the Times.
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - Lima OH - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
KLIF-AM (570) will soon drop "Humble" Billy Hayes as its afternoon-
drive host, a station official confirmed Friday.
Mr. Hayes, whose show airs from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays, will be replaced
Nov.20 by Tom Kamb of KHOW-AM (630) in Denver, said Bruce Gilbert,
director of AM programming in Dallas for KLIF owner Susquehanna Radio
Corp. He said Susquehanna hopes to reassign Mr. Hayes to another station
within the company, preferably in Dallas.
"This certainly has nothing to do with anything Billy has done," Mr.
Gilbert said. "Billy has done everything we asked of him. We just feel
like we need to breathe some new life into the radio station."
Mr. Hayes will continue to work as the Dallas Mavericks announcer, Mr.
Gilbert said, and KLIF hopes to use him as a fill-in host from time to
time. "He's a class guy, and he's a real pro," he said.
KLIF officials are evaluating other slots as well, but no decisions
about any changes have been made yet, Mr. Gilbert said. KLIF is ranked
28th overall in the Dallas area.
via: Kevin Mccarthy, KLIF Radio & Al Brumley, Dallas Morning News
I received the following. Perhaps someone can email this fellow if
you know the answer. Please do not reply to the list. Send your reply
to Joseph.J.Mraz@xxxxxxxx
"Dear Mr. Vobbe,
I know this is a shot in the dark, but I will hazard to ask your
assistance none the less.
Several years ago I came across a piece of advertising memorabilia.
Have you ever heard about the organization listed in the 'Subject' ? I
have a glass clock face, approx. 18 - 20 inches in diameter, with those
words on it; but I can find no information whatsoever about the
'company'. I don't know when it was organized or when it met its
demise.
I would certainly appreciate any help you can offer. Possibly your
(older) membership may have some recollection of it. My desire is to
rebuild the clock face back to its original design, if possible, but I
need to see what it looked like in order to do so.
Thank you in advance for your thoughtful attempt at assisting me.
Joe Mraz, Proverbs 3:5,6"
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**Pete - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
10/31. Steve Allen, one of the early tv pioneers and radio host has
past away at age 80. He was also a noted author and musician/writer. A
true man of the arts. Details to follow.
Tuesday, October 31, 2000
TV Host, Comic Steve Allen Dies
By STEPHANIE SIMON, Times Staff Writer
Steve Allen, the zany comedian and witty social commentator whose
career zipped at warp speed from one occupation to the next--from
hosting the original Tonight Show to lecturing about morality to
composing thousands of songs--died Monday night at the home of his son,
Bill, in Encino. He was 78.
Allen had been playing with four of his 11 grandchildren when he lost
consciousness and later died of an apparent heart attack, said his
publicist, Warren Cowan Associates.
The son of vaudeville actors, Allen charmed radio and television
audiences for decades with his inspired schtick, most of it ad-libbed.
As host of the Tonight Show in the mid-1950s, Allen invented the genre
of late-night TV and redefined the art of comedy, serving up screwball
skits like the Question Man and the very emotional reading aloud of
letters to the editor.
"My comedy has always appealed to the hip and to the silly, whether
it's the nine-year-olds who dig the silliness, or the high-school and
college kids who dig the hipness," he once said.
But Allen was equally comfortable with more serious material. He
created Meeting of the Minds, an award-winning educational television
show, in 1977 to present imaginary debates between historical figures
such as Charles Darwin, Attila the Hun and Marie Antoinette. Allen also
made a determined effort to introduce his viewers to jazz greats,
showcasing soloists with the Tonight Show band and interviewing
legendary musicians for a television program called "Jazz Scene U.S.A."
Allen's versatility astounded his many admirers. He dove into nine
feet of Jell-O on the Tonight show, and also penned a weighty book on
religious cults. He composed the song "This Could Be the Start of
Something Big," and also published a murder mystery, a musical and three
books of poetry. He pioneered the concept of taking a hand-held
microphone into the audience, and also analyzed migrant farm workers in
the 1966 book "The Ground Is Our Table."
From religious communes to nuclear weapons, from Chinese culture to
body-toning gimmicks, Allen's interests spanned the globe. He took pride
in his expansive imagination: "I never repeat a routine," he told the
Chicago Sun-Times in 1995. "I'm the only comic in the business without
an act. I've been doing this for 50 years and never had one."
The man hailed as "Hey, ho, Steverino" was born the day after
Christmas in 1921 with a mouthful of a name: Stephen Valentine Patrick
William Allen. His father died when he was a toddler, and his mother
took to the road with a comedy routine, often leaving young Steve in the
care of her family, the Donohues. Allen has traced his comic gift to his
childhood with the Donohues, who bantered constantly-- sometimes
sarcastically, sometimes disparagingly, but always humorously. Growing
up amid laughter, Allen found comedy came to him as naturally as
coughing.
"The reason I don't have ego problems is that I'm clear about one
thing," Allen told the Boston Globe in 1989. "My gifts are in the same
category as the color of my eyes: genetic. It's just a roll of the
dice." Allen launched his career in 1942, when he dropped out of college
after desultory studies at Drake University in Iowa and the Arizona
State Teachers College. He picked up a job at radio station KOY in
Pheonix, producing his own show and launching his first comedy act.
Drafted during World War II, Allen was released from the Army after
just a few months due to disabling bouts with asthma. In his 1960
autobiography "Mark It and Strike It," Allen described himself as "a
pampered, sickly bean-pole, too weak for athletics and too asthmatic for
the Army." Instead, he found his niche performing. Allen moved west for
a job with Hollywood radio station KNX in 1948 and developed his now-
famous routine of dabbling with the piano keys, chatting with his
audience, commenting on his mail and improvising hijinks. After just two
years, Allen transferred his radio act to television with The Steve
Allen Show, which debuted on Christmas Day 1950.
But Allen's greatest biggest success came three years later, when he
signed up to host the Tonight show from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., live from
New York City.
With his madcap antics and free-swinging experimentation, Allen turned
the Tonight show into a riotous, and wholly unpredictable, program.
Comedian George Carlin described Allen's verbal fireworks as "crashing,
cascading brilliance [with] an instinct for the jugular." Allen
remembered the Tonight years more modestly: "It was tremendous fun."
With a giddiness that belied his scholarly-looking spectacles, Allen
plunged his six-foot, three-inch frame into a huge bowl of salad for an
Tonight show wrestling match. Another time, he donned a vendor's togs to
peddle hot dogs on the street. Occasionally, Allen abandoned the
entertainment format to tackle more substantive issues. He devoted one
entire show to a news program on organized crime. And to demonstrate the
perils of drinking and driving, he downed six double-vodkas on air, then
let his fumbling drunkenness speak for itself. Mainly, though, Allen
believed in laughter. And he kept his audience rolling throughout his
four-year tenure as the Tonight host.
In 1956, he launched a reprieve of The Steve Allen Show. Although his
program frequently lost its cutthroat ratings battle with The Ed
Sullivan Show, Allen attracted loyal viewers with his stable of improv
actors, including Don Knotts playing the frightfully nervous Mr.
Morrison and Bill Dana assuming the role of the shy, jumpy Jose Jiminez.
Allen frequently frustrated his writing team by abandoning the script
and hurtling headlong into whatever topic snagged his attention. He
could turn any issue, however morbid, into a snappy one-liner.
"Jokes are always about sexual frustrations, about being victimized,
about being too tall or too short, about being too fat or too skinny,"
Allen told The Boston Globe in 1989. "We laugh at our tragedies in order
to prevent our suffering . . . If we think about the tragedies on our
planet, we could spend all day in bed crying. So we laugh to survive, to
continue our lives."
Allen divided his own life into two parts-- with the happiest and most
productive segment coming after his marriage to actress Jayne Meadows in
1954. (Allen wed his first wife, Dorothy Goodman, during his stint in
Arizona, and divorced her after meeting Meadows. He had two sons with
Goodman and one with Meadows.)
Jayne Meadows lent her name to two of Allen's companies--Meadowlane
Music, which published thousands of his songs, and Meadowlane
Enterprises, which produced his television shows, nightclub acts and the
odd drama. Meadows inspired Allen throughout his career, helping him
achieve his ever-expanding goals and encouraging him to try new fields.
"I've always been a compulsive reader," he once said, "but after
marrying Jayne, I started reading different things." He also started
writing different things. First, a collection of satirical short stories
("The Girls on the Tenth Floor," 1958), then a pamphlet on international
politics ("Morality and Nuclear War," 1961). He wrote a rather rambling
novel ("Not All Your Laughter, Not All Your Tears," 1963), a report on
the nation's laspe into immorality ("Corruption in America," 1979) and a
documentary of his two visits to Asia ("Explaining China," 1980). An
irascible activist, Allen spoke out loudly against capital punishment
and nuclear proliferation. He bemoaned the lapse of what today would be
called "family values," but Allen was hardly a conservative. His concern
for society's underdogs led him to consder running for either the U.S.
Congress or the California legislature as a Democrat in the early 1960s.
Instead, he chose to zing the public consciousness in writing, churning
out "Dialogues in Americanism" and "Letter to a Conservative" in hopes
of stimulating political debate.
As he blew past age 65, Allen gave no thought to retiring. He had made
millions from histelevision shows, his commercials for Mocha Mix and
Restonic matresses, royalties on his songs, and his lectures across the
country. But still, he continued to write, speak, act, compose and
perform with several symphonies a year. He always walked around with at
least one tape recorder at his side, careful to capture his ideas before
they slipped away. And he generated--and read--huge stacks of paper. "I
think it would be appropriate after I die," he told the New York Times,
"if they just shovel 8,000 pounds of paper on top of me instead of
dirt."
In the 1990s, Allen turned his biting wit to a long-standing concern:
the dumbing-down of America. He coined a term, "Dumbth," to express his
view of most Americans asslow-witted, gullible and bumbling. "The
American people are dumber now than they have been in a long time," he
explained. Although he sprinkled his observations with humor, Allen was
dead serious about Dumbth, alarmed that Americans seemed oblivious about
world events, ignorant of history and clueless about geography.
Things were different when he was a boy growing up in the Midwest, he
said. "There was nobody in my group of 10 year-olds who didn't know
where Canada was." Television, too, incurred his wrath. As early as
1980, Allen told the Washington Post that TV comedies were "far too
dirty for my taste. A lot of the younger comics are deliberately going
for the ain't-we-naughty kind of stuff." Later, he mourned, "what we
used to consider shame [now] tends to make you a celebrity." Yet another
of Allen's preoccupations was religion. He wrote the book "Beloved Son:
A Story of the Jesus Cults" after his son Brian joined the Love Family
commune. And while he pilloried most religious beliefs as stupid, he
raised money for the Unitarian Church, the Salvation Army and other
religious groups. He saw no contradiction in helping churches even as he
belittled their ideology. "If someone were to invent a religion tomorrow
in which, if you want to contact God, all you have to do is buy a
pumpkin, everyone at first would scoff at the stupid person who believes
that somehow pumpkins are physically part of God," he told the Times in
1992. "But now, Chapter 2: These people open kitchens, buy clothing and
build shelters for the homeless. I think their views about pumpkins are
dumb, but they are helping starving, miserable people and I admire them,
and I will help them.
" In his later years, Allen tooled around Southern California in an
aquamarine Rolls Royce. He marked his favorite parking space with a
typically brash warning: "Don't even think about parking here." And he
filled his Van Nuys office and Encino home with stacks of black
notebooks containing newspaper stories and other tidbits of information
organized by topic, from AIDS to Congress, economics to politics,
religion to "funny men."
Allen continued to seek new venues for performing throughout his life.
He put out a compact disc, "Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight," in 1995.
During his publicity tour, he acknowledged that he had never learned to
read music. But he heard notes constantly, he told the Chicago Sun-
Times, describing the sensation as "this magic radio in my head."
In putting together a retrospective of Allen's broadcast career, David
Bushman, the curator of the Museum of Television and Radio, described
his subject as "a man with two sides: the serious man trapped in a
vaudevillian's body." Allen seemed to take delight in both of his
personalities--the acerbic social commentator and the loony, daring
comedian.
As for his frenetic pace, he laughingly called it a genetic secret. "I
never planned it," he said. "All I can say is what Popeye says: 'I am
what I am.' "
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**Russ Edmunds - Blue Bell PA
Thought that the following item posted to the WTFDA list was relevant
to both some recent discussions here.
"--- Jim Thomas <oldwestg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just a further note on the freeware digital recorder...in the
unregistered version, your recording time is limited to 44 seconds. If
you want to just use it to catch a momentary signal, that 'may' be
adequate...otherwise you can purchase fullblown unlimited time for
$11.95. The shareware is unlimited as far as expirations.
Want to connect your tuner to your computer and digitally record your
dx? Here is shareware software that has no expiration date or expiration
after certain number of uses. The author appreciates your registration
and if you want to donate a few bucks for using the software. It took
just under three minutes to download. Its called the Total Recorder
v2.1...when you go to the download website, you will have to scroll down
to the Total Recorder.
http://www.windows-shareware.com/shareware/sound_waveplayers.html";
And also, the subsequent follow-up, also from the WTFDA list.
"Michael Bugaj <mbugaj@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can also do it quickly and easily by downloading Realencoder or
RealProducer from the Realnetworks site (freebies) and turn them into RA
files. RealProducer, the free version, is 4 megs. You have a VU "meter"
on your screen to use to check the volume. And if you want to put them on
a CD or on a website, it's easy."
Here are two Freeware programs that work well also
http://www.freeweb.org/varie/ninopo/radio/VoxRecorder/index.htm
http://www.davee.com/scanrec/index.html
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