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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - May 10 2001
Vol 7 No 6
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, May 17 2001 @ 1400 UTC
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2001 M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY (10th Edition)
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**Chris Rigas - crigas@xxxxxxxxxx
I noted WAUR AM 930 - Sandwich, Illinois back on the air on Wednesday
May 2nd. The station went off the air on April 26, 2001. The programming
consisted of religious talk.
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**Sheldon Harvey - ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx
OK, now I have more information on this CHUM sports radio network
called The Team.
Here are the stations I know for sure which are going to become part
of The Team network on Monday, May 7th.
CHUM 1050 Toronto ON
CKLC 1380 Kingston ON
CFGO 1200 Ottawa ON
CKPT 1420 Peterborough ON
CKKW 1090 Kitchener ON
CJCH 920 Halifax NS
CKGM 990 Montreal QC
There are supposedly two other stations, one in Winnipeg, MB and one
in Vancouver, BC, which are also part of the network, but I am not sure
at this point which ones they are. They may actually be FM stations
from what I have been reading.
**Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
5/3. CKST-1040-Vancouver BC will be going Sports on Monday according
to their promos on the air. They will be "The Team".
**Deane D McIntyre - dmcintyr@xxxxxxxxxxx
Add CFAC-960 Calgary AB to this list. CHUM, which does not own a
station in the Calgary market, struck a deal with Rogers, owners of
CFFR-660 and CFAC-960, for CFAC to be a affliate of the Team Network.
The NHL Calgary Flames and the WHL Calgary Hitmen broadcasts move from
CFFR to CFAC next season as well. CFAC is also doing to pick up the
Toronto Blue Jays broadcasts. A couple of weeks ago, I drove by the CFAC
xmitter site; in front of the building was a old toilet:). This is where
the CFAC ratings have been for years, with the current C&W format:).
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
This is part of the new national sports talk network in Canada being
launched by CHUM. I believe it's Canada's first sports talk radio
network. Although sports talk ratings are relatively low in any given
market, advertisers are attracted to the loyal listenership. Sports
talk listeners aren't as likely to go station hopping during
commercials, and they will listen to sports talk longer than the average
7 minutes that most people will listen to a station before changing to
another. In addition, talk radio listeners tend to be more attentive
than music radio listeners who don't pay attention to commercials (if
they don't tune to another station first). This is according to a
number of market research reports I've read over the years.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1040 Vancouver is indeed "The Team" now. Changed at 1500 EDT 5/7.
Many promos, mentioned first day on the air. Promos for "Jim Rome" show
and also "The Sporting News Network" (! on 1 Sports), so apparently they
are running US programming along with Canadian material. No legal ID at
1600 EDT, just "1040 Vancouver, the Team". (PM-OR)
**Deane D McIntyre - dmcintyr@xxxxxxxxxxx
CFAC-960 Calgary is also "The Team" now, also changing at 1500 EDT
5/7. No Legal ID heard yet.
**Sheldon Harvey - ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx
CKGM Oldies 990 Montreal unceremoniously switched over to The Team 990
at 3 PM Eastern time today. No legal IDs here either, just The Team
990.
There are local station breaks, for local sports updates every twenty
minutes 20 and 40 minutes past each hour and on the hour. There are
also some local traffic reports inserted on these breaks.
Programming on the network will include some U.S. programming,
including the Jim Rome Show, but the majority will be network
programming from The Team headquarters in Toronto. Most stations will
have their own local morning shows.
I doubt seriously that any of the network stations will be giving out
legal IDs.
*Nigel Pimblett - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's the same story for 960 CFAC in Calgary. I haven't caught the top
of the hour yet, but thus far the only IDs noted have been "Sports Radio
960 The Team".
****Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
5/7. At 1500 EDT/2000 UTC today, CHUM became Team-1050 along with Team
990 (Montreal), Team 1200 (Ottawa) and the other Team stations across
Canada. Their last hours as CHUM, before the switchover, consisted of
former jocks Bob Laine and Duff Roman sharing memories, interviewing
former CHUM personalities, and playing oldies. Also played carts of
many old jingles and promos. There was actually more talk than mx. The
last song to air on CHUM, a few minutes before 1500 EDT, was the song
that was #1 on the CHUM chart when they went Top-40 in 1957: Elvis
Presley's "All Shook Up".
Call letters, and legal IDs? To quote Toronto Raptors play-by-play
man Chuck Swirsky, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME????"
This has been quite an eventful year in the Toronto market thus far.
Three new stations have hit the air: Prime Time-740 (MoYL/nostalgia) ,
Joy-1250 (REL) , and Flow-93.5 (urban/R&B); and there have been two
major format changes: Team-1050 and testosterone-laden MOJO-640.
**Scott D Fybush - fybush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
My turn at the shameless self-promotion thing: I had the great good
fortune to spend CHUM's last day inside the hallways of CHUM itself, and
you can see what I saw by visiting the latest issue of NorthEast Radio
Watch at http://www.fybush.com
Thanks to Saul Chernos for the sofa (not that I slept much!) -- and,
Fred, I'm already bracing myself for the inevitable request for a DXAS
version :-)
Morris Sorensen - SMosor@xxxxxxx
1290 CFST MB Winnipeg 5-7 1640-1700 CDT noted with expected format
change to CHUM Sports (ex-nostalgia). Sports talk show called "Full
Contact Radio" with many mentions of "The Team" and references to
various cities on network. Broke away for local sports update called
"The Zone" at 1640 with non ID as The Team-AM 1290"Also broke for local
news weather and traffic report at 1658 CDT. Assume that call letters
are unchanged but did not hear them used. (MS-MB)
Note , Also received a nice QSL letter from KRLD-1080 for thank you
note for co-operation with WTIC on silent period.Signer was Erik Disen,
Director of Engineering.
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Bob Wien - robert.wien@xxxxxxxx
Tip for you: KIEZ-540 Carmel Valley now KSRK "The Shark" (K-ShaRK),
changed over on Monday 4/30, was still KIEZ on Saturday, been monitoring
it of late, talk format, no longer //KNRY-1240 Monterey but does carry
CBS nx on hour.
Kansas City Star, The (MO) Signal change could improve classical radio
sound Tests under way at 1660-AM, April 8, 2001
The Kansas City Star
Radio lovers may have noticed a "new" classical station way up at the
high end of the AM dial. It's not exactly a station, at least not yet.
It's KXTR-AM (1250)'s possible future location at 1660-AM, a more
powerful alternative. The new frequency is now being tested, sans
advertising, for a few hours each day. The new position might mean
clearer sound. "It is our intention to put KXTR on 1660," said Bob
Zuroweste of Entercom, the broadcast giant that bought KXTR-FM (96.5)
last year and moved the powerful classical station to AM. "Our goal is
June 1. As a matter of fact, it could be earlier." Entercom must wait
for the FCC to license the new station after field tests have indicated
its full range and cleared it of potential interferences with other
stations. Those in Johnson County are already reporting a better
reception than 1250 provides. For now, 1660 is sending the same feed
from Boston that fills KXTR's broadcast hours when 1250 is not occupied
with local programming. Though some music lovers might not find it
within themselves to say "thanks" to Entercom, which in September killed
one of the nation's most powerful FM classical stations, it's at least a
step in the right direction. Patrick Neas, whose drive-time Morning Show
has calmed many a case of caffeine-induced morning jitters, remains one
of the nicest things about Kansas City's musical life. For Neas, the new
frequency is a sign that things are not as gloomy as we all assumed last
fall. "It shows that Entercom is committed to the format and that moving
us to AM wasn't just the first step to killing us altogether," he said.
The new nondirectional broadcast means you don't have to be directly in
the path of the "wave" to get a good signal. "This station will radiate
in all directions," Neas said. "With this move, a bigger swath of the
city will be covered." Because 1660 lies in a little-occupied part of
the AM band, the station can get better coverage with about the same
amount of power. There's a financial end to it all, too, Neas said. "It
means also it'll be more attractive to advertisers." Zuroweste
emphasized that the move was to provide "enhanced coverage and enhanced
quality" for classical listeners - and particularly for those in Johnson
County, where the 1250 signal has proved especially weak. "This is a
commitment to serve the community," he said, adding that the switch will
cost Entercom at least $200,000 and probably much more.
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***Guido Schotmans - gs@xxxxxx
On May 26 and 27 the Antwerp DX Club DXA is organizing its 19th Open
Day at Hoboken, Antwerp, with co-operation from RVi, Radio Vlaanderen
Internationaal. On Saturday the 26th, the doors of "De Schorren" in the
Graspolderlaan 32 will be open from 10-20 local time and the next day,
Sunday, from 10-17 h.
There will be almost 20 active stands demonstrating the use of world
band receivers, maritime and air traffic communication, facsimile radio
reception of weather maps, FM- and TV DXing, and computer applications
for radio communication. We hope that we can count on your support.
For listeners who would like to attend this exceptional event (we
think of those living not too far away from Antwerp : in the
Netherlands, the western part of Germany, and in Belgium of course), for
all of you who would like to have more detailed information the DXA
telephone number is +32 3 288 08 03. E-mail can be sent to info@xxxxxx
and the DXA WebPages can be found at http://www.dxa.be
Are you coming by car ? Take exit 5a of the Antwerp Ring. Follow the
signposts towards Hoboken and DX-Antwerp.
Tram stops of lines 2 and 4 are about 500 m. away.
You are very welcome at the DXA open door !
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**Bob Galerstein - bgwb2vgd@xxxxxxx
5/6. While driving in Newburgh, NY, Friday during the day, there was
no sign of WGNY-1220. So, SILENT, for now.
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***bjorn fransson - bjornfransson@xxxxxxxxxxx
I have got this information from Grimeton Radio/SAQ and I want to
share it with you others!
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
There will be a transmission from GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ on frequency 17,2
kHz CW with the Alexanderson alternator even this year, on Sunday July
1st at 08:30 and 08:45 and another transmission at 12:30 and 12:45 UTC.
QSL-reports are kindly received via Amateur Radio on the following
frequencies with the call "SA6Q":
CW on LF 136 kHz and HF 7015, 14035, 18075, 21030 kHz.
SSB on HF 3740, 7050, 14215, 18145 kHz.
Two stations will be used.
Please note that we are also using LF 136 kHz this time.
QSL-reports also
via e-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or via fax: +46-340-674195
or via my home call SM6NM via bureau or direct via callbook address.
Information will later also be available on website www.alexander.n.se
A FINAL INFORMATION will be sent out via e-mail a day or so before the
transmission.
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Patrick Griffith - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
Denver 560/1220 frequency swap
I talked to Cris from Crawford Broadcasting engineering today. He
reports that the 560/1220 frequency swap on May 21st is planned to occur
at 0500 MST.
After the swap 1220 with the Legends format will also be simulcast on
KCMN/1530 in Colorado Springs during mid-day and afternoon drive. They
are also seeking a power increase for 1220.
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Mark Connelly - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
A new Web page has been inaugurated for the purpose of providing
bandscan report information for a variety of locations. The URL for
this is "http://members.aol.com/RockportMWDX/index.html";
As the page states "A bandscan is a thorough analysis of all
receivable signals in a given frequency range, including everything from
easily-heard locals to weak distant stations."
On the present version of the page, the reports are grouped as
follows: Medium Wave: Day, Medium Wave: Day + Night, Medium Wave: Night,
Longwave, and FM.
Reports are by several contributors and cover time periods from the
1960's to the present.
DXers are welcomed to send me their contributions for inclusion, or to
start their own pages to which I can link.
**Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
My India DX page contains daytime bandscans from Bombay and Varanasi,
using a Panasonic RFB-45 in December 1995.
http://webhome.idirect.com/~aum108/dx_india.html
You can add a link to this page. I can also send some of the other
bandscans I have done over the years. I even have a Dealey Plaza/Grassy
Knowl daytime bandscan, monitored during a visit to Dallas, TX.
Conditions would have been a lot better in 1963, but Zapruder wasn't a
DXer.
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****Martin Elbe - elbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Bad news for german MW-DXers: Bloody Mega Radio fired up another
transmitter. It's located near Braunschweig, at the same site as DLF 756
kHz and operating on 630 kHz. Currently just an open carrier switched on
and off every five minutes. Must be a test for them. Power is 100 kW,
I'm living just 10 km away from the site. I'm afraid for my S-meter...
We are not amused... :-(
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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**Paul V McDonough - Medford MA - pmcdonou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I live about 10 miles north of Boston, MA, and can hear two x-band
"pirate" stations during the day. On 1640 kHz is Radio Nouveaute from
Mattapan (part of Boston) which broadcasts in Haitian-Creole. I just
found out today that it has a website. Check out www.radionouveaute.com
if you're interested. You can click and hear live programming.
The other is a station I can't ID. It's on 1670 kHz (actually 1669.86
according to my R8). It constantly plays Carribean-type music. Simple
acoustic guitar, simple drum, single singer with children in the
background singing along. It's not French or Spanish or German. I don't
think it's Haitian-Creole because I'd catch some French like I do from
Radio Nouveaute. Can anyone else in the Boston area hear this and help
me ID this station?
I also noticed today that the Logan Airport TIS on 1650 kHz is no
longer audible at my QTH. It used to come in S9+. So it's either off-
the-air or drastically cut its power.
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
Heard on a Kenwood R-1000 with a Signal Magnet 2 antenna in the Tonto
Forest just east of Mesa. AZ. CCRadio barefoot.
550 XEPL MEXICO, Ciudad Cuautemoc, Chih. 4/5 0310 With a 2 hour
program of religious music and talks in German.
660 KGDP CA, Orcutt 5/8 0500-0540 under KTNN in a tight null with
preaching program "Through the Bible" with J. Vernon McGee and
then a program by Chuck Swindall.
670 KIRN CA, Los Angeles 5/1 0822 with Arabic / Iranian music. Very
rare to be heard in AZ.
1050 XED MEXICO, Mexicali, BCN 4/5 0330 using the slogan "La Grande
'D'" and "Super Banda."
1350 KABQ NM, Albuquerque 4/4 2300 in SS with ToH ID in EE and the
slogan "La Nueva Mariachi"
1480 KYOS CA, Merced 5/3 0525 Ag program from California Agri-Network.
Was in a very tight null of KPHX fighting it out with an XE.
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**ng1u@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard 1320-WARL (not WARA) today. Seemed to be just playing random
songs, and not a real program. Mention of a "talk network" heard.
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Chris G Knight - Ft Lupton CO - swrad@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a GE Superadio III in Fort Lupton, Colorado:
540 XETX MEXICO, CHIH, Nuevas Casas Grandes, May 4, 2000 - 0523 UTC,
Spanish, good with sports, gave slogan as "Deportes Paquime" and
phone number. There was an announcement of a town meeting in
Nuevas Casas Grandes followed by a call letter ID and "La
Ranchera de Paquime" slogan. (ex-1010kHz unless still
broadcasting there as well). (CK-CO)
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**Ron Gitchier - Mayport FL - RGITSCHIER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
570 KLIF TX, Dallas, 08May2001, 6:26AM EASTERN... "on News-Talk Five-
Seventy, K-L-I-F!" Signal was strong and very readable. No QRM!
Dropped right in my lap. At my local sunrise.
1470 WWNN Pompano Beach, FL blasted in with Health Talk with Mr. Steve
Kane....but I didn't bother listenening to much of it based on my
earlier experiences... the Jerry Springer atmosphere just wasn't
there to keep me riveted to the radio ( rrrright....)
1550 WBSC SC, Bennettsville, May-07-2001 6:37AM Eastern. In my car
killing time before I began my day of indentured servitude aboard
the USS Doyle in Mayport, FL (south side of the mouth of the St.
Johns River) on an Infinity AM stereo FM stereo cass reciever
(from a 1989 Chrysler Imperial) Annr on 1550 said before/going
into "down in the boondocks" hurricane season will soon be upon
us and even out in the boondocks of Bennettsville, we'll need to
track the storms crossing the tropical Atlantic... .... on WBSC.
"Time for S.C. Network News on WBSC, Bennettsville" into SCC Net
nx.SIgnal fair and very readable. About a 90 seconds into the
news, Tampa FL's WAMA1550 blasted in, covering WBSC with SS chit-
chat, obviously throwing the 10kw switch on.
The AM st FM st cass auto reciever Chrysler Infinity 1989 Infinity radio
is clicked off to RUN to work. Liberty expried early this morning...
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***Jari Perkiömäki - Vaasa FINLAND - jpe@xxxxxxxx
970 WFLA (FL) was clearly received, peaking at S7, on 5 May on 25870
kHz NFM during our local Dxpedition near the city of Vaasa, the
West Coast of Finland. Also 26470 kHz NFM audible with religious
broadcasts, tentatively from Florida too (need to check the
tapes).
Extremely good high band condx on 4th and 5th.
RX: AOR AR7030Plus with a 500-m longwire, directed at USA
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**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
Logging Canada is the theme of this batch. Also spent a lot of time on
640 after hearing snippets from WOI-IA (calls only, not enough to log)
and WFNC-NC (heard while flipping the tape). A good frequency with
potential for more.
640 WGOC TN Blountville - 4/26 0400 - Good at ToH w/spot for
alcoholism help line & "640 WGOC, Blountville" ID by man. Never
heard this before, and it was competing with dominant WWJZ-NJ all
night. Day pattern?
960 CFFX ON Kingston - 5/6 0200 - Winning out briefly over WELI-CT
with "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song" then recorded ID: "In
Kingston, CFFX is Good Time Oldies", then into "If You Know What
I Mean".
960 UnID - 5/6 - Someone IDs here as "The Team 9-60. The Poconos
sports radio" and carries ESPN. Mixing with WELI-CT, WFIR-VA and
the Canadians.
990 CKGM QU Montreal - 5/5 0600 - Three straight nights of just
"Oldies 9-90" IDs finally paid off with a clear song ID "Oldies
9-90, CKGM" at 6am, then into "Iko Iko" then a quick mention of
Montreal by man. WLGZ-NY, WALE-RI and WZZD-PA usually dominant.
1040 CJMS QU Saint-Constant - 4/30 2330 - WEVD-1050 off made 1040 more
quiet. Heard FF talk show in WHO null. Male host taking
callers, mentions of Quebec, then into country-sounding music in
French after midnight.
1050 CHUM ON Toronto - 4/30 2315 - On email tip from Dave Marthouse
(Thanks!), found WEVD-NYC off and CHUM dominant. Usual oldies
with many testimonials from former radio personalities about
CHUM's history. They are doing several days of retrospective
before going to sports on 5/7. It was fortuitous that WEVD went
off during this programming. There was a station underneath
playing nostalgia music at midnight, but nothing else heard.
1200 CFGO ON Ottawa - 5/5 1100 - Heard weak "The Team" IDs at 4am and
6am under dominant WTLA-NY and WKOX-MA. Weak but in clear after
sunrise with local Ottawa news by woman, then "Team Weather".
1330 WSPQ NY Springville - 4/27 2200 - Heard Cleveland Indians
baseball mixing with WWRV-NY for a couple of nights in a row.
Finally IDed at ToH break with "You're listening to your major
league radio in the Tri-Counties for Cleveland Indians' baseball,
all season long on 1330 WSPQ-Springville..." Two other towns were
listed after Springville in the ID, but I didn't catch them.
1420 CKPT ON Peterborough - 5/4 0500 - Heard AdCon music in background
all night behind the talkies on this frequency. Finally a solid
"14-20 CKPT, Peterborough" ID at ToH. WHK-OH and WCOJ-PA the
other dominants.
1530 WRTP NC Durham - 5/3 0100 - On web tip from Dave Braun (Thanks!),
found WRTP on overnight coming in and out of WSAI null. Caught
fairly clear, recorded FM, AM and 2 other stn ID at ToH then into
canned REL program.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
920 KSRM AK, Soldotna, briefly with a promo and call letter ID at
0457 EDT 5/9. First time hrd in a couple of years. Soon lost to
CKCQ. (PM-OR)
930 KTKN AK, Ketchikan, good with Oldies pop tunes and "KTKN" ID at
0509 5/9. (PM-OR)
1600 KATZ MO, St. Louis, good with Black gospel pgm at 0545 EDT 5/8,
with "KATZ" ID at 0557. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, Kenwood R-1000, 400' NNW mini Beverage, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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HELP WITH...
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**John Callarman - Krum TX - JohnCallarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I just checked KTNO-1440 (at 2145 CDT), found pop gospel song in
Spanish, then male announcer identifies program as "El Ministero del
Radio Familiar" and then talks to caller (or callee) on telephone.
**Neil Kazaross - neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thx alot !! I'll try to listen further because what I heard sounded
like R.Familia or Familiar wihich fits that program. I'll see if this
station can be heard this weekend when I'll have more time to listen.
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*kevin redding - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
I went with a friend to do some remote DXing in the Tonto Forest.
What we heard was bizarre to say the least. In a VERY tight null of
KFYI 550 we heard a Mexican station with German religious programming. I
have NO idea who it was because we listened for two solid hours and got
NO ID.
Any idea of who is on 550 from Mexico with German religious
programming?
I can understand why there would be this programming with all the
Germans that settled in northern Mexico and thats where banda music came
from, I just have never heard anything like it before. Any ideas would
be very helpful.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Yes, you heard XEPL, Cd. Cuauhtemos, Chih. I heard them more than once
in Rancho Mirage at night. Apparently there is a large population of
Germans living in the area I am told. They are listed at 150 watts at
night, but I think they are running full 5KW.
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***Lee Silvi - Mentor OH - Lighthouse9564@xxxxxxx
1600 WHJD heard at grayline on four dates with mostly NOS type music
such as Louis Armstrong, Don Amichi, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin,
etc. IDs such as "Americas Favorite Music is featured here on AM
1600 WHJD" As of a couple days ago WHJD was not in the FCC
database - Anyone have an idea where this is from?
1600 (Unknown ID) NOS format and usually // 1620 WHLY // and 1650 WHKT
Does not seem to be the same one that IDs as WHJD but I can't
totally rule out that possibility. Heard mentions of what
sounded like ".... Harrisburg and Freemont You're Music ...."
1600 "Joy Radio" and many mentions of Huntington Mall and Hunington
KMart. No call letters heard but I presume this is one of the
two stations listed in West Virginia.
***Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1600 Your WHJD is really WHJB-Bedford PA. They are GOS and NOS. This
could also be the mention of Harrisburg.
1600 your Joy Radio could be WZZW-Melton WV, located in Huntington
area. They are Rel/AC.
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*barry.davies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Does any one that side of "The Pond" know if and when 1640 KMKZ Enid OK
and WLHJ Mount Airy NC are due on. Is there any format info?
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
657 SOUTHERN STAR NEW ZEALAND, Auckland-rec. QSL card in 23d, No V/S.
Address: Private Bag 92-636, Auckland New Zealand. New Zealand
QSL #107, Total MW Qsls: 2747.
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Terry Palmersheim - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
660 KEYZ Williston, ND f/d ppc in 8 days. v/s: Earl Gross, CE
730 KURL Billings, MT f/d ppc in 6 days. v/s: Herman J. Elenboas,
Owner
870 KLSQ Laughlin, NV f/d ppc in 15 days. v/s: Jose Valle, GM
930 KSEI Pocatello, ID f/d ppc in 8 days. v/s: Don Craig, PD
970 KNUU Paradise, NV f/d ppc in 20 days. v/s: A. Diel, PD
970 KTRW Spokane, WA f/d ppc in 3 months. v/s: Thomas W. Thead, Mgr.
1260 KPOW Powell, WY f/d ppc in 12 days. v/s: G. Cuba, GM
1290 KGVO Missoula, MT f/d ppc in 6 days. v/s: Ron Huckleberg, CE
1330 KOVE Lander, WY f/d ppc in 8 days. v/s: Joe Kennery, Owner
1360 KPXQ Glendale, AZ f/d ppc in 2 weeks. Is now 50kw days. v/s:
Jill Sullivan, Adm. Asst.
1380 KTKZ Sacramento, CA f/d folder card in 17 days. v/s: Dave
Fortenberry, CE
1440 KVON Napa, CA nice f/d logo card in 9 days. Sticker & bus. card
received. v/s: Micheal Martindale, CE
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*Pete Taylor - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
An article in Sunday's Post-Intelligencer noted that KKMO-1360 will be
carrying Spanish language programming from 3-6PM PLT as of this past
Monday 4/30 on an "experimental basis." Otherwise, the station remains
totally a relay for KGNW-820 and KLFE-1590. It has carried some local
high school sports in the past but has cancelled that.
Hispanic programming has bounced around in this area. As KZTS, the
calls between the two KKMO assignments, the station tried full time
Spanish programming for less than a year a couple of years back. Some
Spanish programming has been heard on KZIZ-1560 from 3PM PLT to local
sunset when DST is in effect. It also seems to pop up on KNTB-
1480/KBRO-1490 from time to time.
KXPA-1540 still has some non-conforming brokered programming on Sunday
(and maybe at other times, who knows) but other than these, is fulltime
Spanish. It no longer relays KSUH-1450's Korean programming 10PM-6AM
PLT. The owner of KSUH, Jean Suh, moved the studios from an office
space into a private residence and the city of Federal Way, where the
station is actually located (not Puyallup), was not pleased. There was
talk of forcing the station off the air, but the city relented and gave
them until August to get new studios. It is a well run tight operation
and tries to do a good job covering the Korean population (mostly
Federal Way and Lakewood). I believe the money crunch made it
impossible for them to continue buying the KXPA air time. KSUH does get
into English language pops occasionally, but more often than not, you'll
hear coverups in Korean. Jean Suh used to be on the air on KBS.
How do they come in here?
KKMO 1360: the boss of my dial. One mile away. Did get KSRO-1350
through them one night when many Californians were formidable, but so
far nothing on 1370 has forced its way through
KXPA-1540: KXEL and KMPC have been heard through it, but not easily or
regularly
KSUH-1450: when I null it, the loop favors KKMO, which bleeds through.
Klamath Falls and Colfax have made it through but that's about it
*Bruce Portzer - bportzer@xxxxxxxx
KWYZ-1230 relays KSUH 100%, apparently there's enough of a Korean
population in Seattle's northern suburbs to justify it.
KXPA-1540 has or had non-Spanish programming on weekdays. I believe
they were or still are carrying a couple hours of Russian during morning
drive time but I haven't checked lately to see if that's still the case.
I've also noted Vietnamese and other Asian languages when tuning past at
odd times.
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**Mark Connelly - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
New Antenna Article on Web
I have done some tests comparing a Pennant antenna and a "Kaz"
antenna. An article on this latest round of research has been posted at
the following URL:
"http://members.aol.com/DXerCapeCod/pennant_v_kaz.htm"; .
This article is a good companion to John Bryant's recent piece and to
my Pennant article published almost a year ago. These earlier articles
are readily available via hyperlinks. The new article provides
observations in an form easily understood by non-technical DXers.
Sketches of the two antenna systems are provided for the "backyard
experimenter". Data tables show the gain and directivity measurements
that were taken. The article also provides references / links for
further reading, especially for the more technically-inclined person.
An appendix to this article is a short write-up done by Canadian DXer
Ken Alexander on his recent tests with a Pennant antenna.
Feedback on this and previous articles is always welcomed here at
"MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx" .
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Glenn Hauser - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA and MUNDO RADIAL SHORTWAVE-ONLY
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MAY 4, 2001
It always pays to check all RFPI frequencies beyond their scheduled
hours. For latest updates see our Anomaly alert page:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Anomaly.html
Days and times here are strictly UT
Wed 2330 WOR WBCQ1 7415
Thu 2030 WOR WWCR 15685
Fri 0930 WOR WWCR 7435
Fri 1900 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049
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Fri 2115 MR WWCR 15685
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Sat 1130 WOR WWCR 15685
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Sun 0000 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sun 0206 WOR WBCQ2 9335-CUSB [time varies]
Sun 0230 WOR WWCR 5070
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Sun 0628 WOR WWCR 3210
Sun 1130 COM RFPI [suspended]
Sun 1200 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Sun 1900 WOR WWCR 12160 [deleted after May 12]
Mon 0000 WOR WWCR 3215 [9475 from June]
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Tue 1100 WOR WWCR 15685
Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049
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Wed 0700 WOR RFPI 7445
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Wed 1400 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049
For the latest update of this schedule version see:
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****Konstantin Gusev - gusev@xxxxxxx
The summer 2001 edition of "Broadcasts in Russian" is now available
for free download. This Russian-language 80-pages book lists frequency
schedules and programme guides for international and local broadcasts in
Russian on shortwave and mediumwave for the Summer 2001 (A-01) period.
Printed version is also available for 5 IRCs (postage included) from
Tomsk DX Club: Alexei Yakimenko, P.O.Box 330, Tomsk, 634041 RUSSIA.
URL is: http://www.radio.hobby.ru/download.html
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**Ronald Gitschier - wgsr1570@xxxxxxxxxx
I have two photos I just dug out of my radio file cabinet.
One is of WCAP 980's 4 twr site (before vegatation attack) and another
a scene showing the WLLH 1400 Lowell rooftop tower as it once was (and
never again will be).
(Lowell, MA is my hometown. I once worked at WLLH 1400 when I was a
student in 1978.)
These two jpgs are my own work and I'm glad to share them with
whomever emails me privately at: wgsr1570@xxxxxxxxxx
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**Frederick R Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Talk radio: Voice of the combative man Entertaining or inflammatory,
what really counts are ratings By John Kiesewetter (The Cincinnati
Enquirer)
All eight phone lines are flashing with callers as Bill Cunningham
opens his popular afternoon radio talk show on WLW-AM.
He's about to make the most important decision of his day: which
caller to put on the air first. Today's topic, a proposed law to let
Ohio residents carry concealed weapons, is likely to generate some heat.
Seated at the Mount Adams studio console, Mr. Cunningham studies a
computer screen. That's where Tricia Mays, the producer who screens
incoming calls, lists each waiting caller by name, city and a brief
description of the comment. Mr. Cunningham, often accused of being
inflammatory, chooses the most outrageous one, Katrina from Dearborn
County, who has a permit to carry a .38-caliber pistol she calls "Mabel"
in her purse.
"What I try to get at the beginning of a show," he explains, "is one
good caller, and that sets up the whole show."
The whole show, as far as talk radio is concerned, is to entertain
listeners through the best mix of sharp points of view. But year after
year, talk radio has been accused of fomenting divisiveness, promoting
stereotypes and being a destructive voice in the community. In response,
talk radio says it's just a business that gives the audience what it
wants.
"(Talk radio) can also inform, but my No. 1 job every day is to make
the show entertaining," says Mike McConnell, WLW's morning talk host.
The managers of WLW, and the nation's other 1,133 talk stations, might
say the No. 1 job of every talk host is to light up the phone lines and
keep listeners tuned in, which translate into ratings and advertising
revenues.
In the past two decades, talk radio has shifted from subdued
discussion of public affairs to a raucous exchange of opinions and
feelings. Critics would say far worse, that talk radio has become an
irresponsible barrage of exaggeration, veiled threats and half-truths
shrewdly manipulated by hosts.
After angry protesters clashed with Cincinnati police in downtown and
Over-the-Rhine last month, Mayor Charlie Luken criticized the city's
talk hosts, telling WLW's Jim Scott: "Some of the people on your
station, and other stations, engage in rhetoric that incites people."
People in the business, and those who are regular listeners and
callers, say the medium liberals love to hate is just another form of
amusement competing for an audience with video games, music-intensive
radio stations, TV shows or scary movies.
Lighten up, talk radio fans say. It's just entertainment.
Talk radio as entertainment comes in various forms - from Mr.
McConnell's good-natured banter with callers, to Mr. Cunningham's World
Wrestling Federation-style verbal theatrics, to J.R. Gach calling
Japanese "yellow monkeys" (which cost him his WLW job in February).
Talk radio's critics, however, worry about its corrosive effect. They
say talk radio's extreme emotions and cavalier attitude toward facts can
present a distorted view of public opinion and promote divisiveness.
The National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the
National Conference of Christians and Jews) became so concerned about
the impact of Cincinnati talk radio that it funded two research studies
and monitored local shows the past four years.
Excusing talk radio as "just entertainment" is "a disingenuous and
dishonest rationalization," says Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the
Cincinnati-based U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Jones is a
National Conference board member and an outspoken critic of talk radio.
Mr. Jones, 73, is a former NAACP lawyer who says his many years of
civil rights struggles makes him particularly sensitive to the
misinformation and slurs he says are the fabric of many talk radio
shows. "There are people who believe what they hear," he says, "and they
form judgments and make decisions based upon what they hear."
Three months ago, at a Greater Cincinnati YWCA breakfast, Mr. Jones
called Mr. Cunningham's show "trash and filth and profanity." Mr.
Cunningham responds by noting that most elected city, county and state
officials have appeared on his show.
"If the judge's charges were accurate, none of these officeholders
would come on with me," he says. "But they come on because it's fun
radio."
Mobile male audience
Like any radio format, Cincinnati talk radio is targeted to a specific
demographic audience.
What is heard here on talk radio is a reflection of that audience - a
very racially segregated audience. Only 6% of WLW-AM's (700) audience is
African-American, while the WDBZ-AM (1230) audience is 11 percent white,
according to the rating service Arbitron.
WLW listeners are mostly male, between the ages of 25 and 54, who like
to be in the know, often while on the go. But it wasn't always that way.
When Mr. McConnell started his WLW Midday show in 1985, the audience
was primarily housewives who wanted to talk about health, medical and
lifestyle issues.
Soon things changed:
The Federal Communications Commission repealed the "fairness doctrine"
in 1987, no longer demanding that stations give "equal time" to both
sides of an issue. Removing this restriction gave rise to opinionated
political shows hosted by Rush Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy and other
conservatives.
Satellite distribution made nationally syndicated talk shows - like
Mr. Limbaugh's - very affordable. As stations added more syndicated
shows, they also added local talk programs.
Cellular phones allowed a mobile work force to participate. More men
tuned in and phoned in, often while driving. "And the topics switched
from being a companion at home to current events," says Mr. McConnell,
45, the 9 a.m.-noon weekday host.
As more men tuned in, women tuned out because they don't enjoy
conflict as much, says Lincoln Ware, 51, talk host and program director
at WDBZ, one of the nation's few African-American talk stations.
By national standards, industry experts say, Cincinnati's talk radio
market is not as coarse or combative as other markets.
"There are talk show hosts all over the country who are the equal, or
worse, than Willie (Mr. Cunningham)," says Stephen Bennett, 59, a
retired University of Cincinnati political science professor who is
writing a book, The American Ignoramus, about the impact of political
talk radio. Talk hosts in other cities "are much more shrill ... and far
more rude to callers than Cunningham," he says.
When you compare different segments of the radio dial - such as hard
rock, soft rock, oldies or country music - talk radio captures the
biggest percentage of radio listeners here and nationally. The combined
15.8 percent audience share for talk here (including sports talk shows)
is slightly less than Arbitron's 16.9 percent national average. The
biggest is WLW, Cincinnati's top-rated station, with an 8.7 percent
share of the audience.
While leading in audience share, talk radio likes to point out to its
critics that such a percentage is by no means a majority of the
community.
"We like to be braggadocios and say "WLW is The Big One, We're No. 1.'
But about 90 percent of the people don't listen to us," says Darryl
Parks, Clear Channel's director of AM operations here.
But the nature of the audience makes talk radio more influential than
a 15 percent slice of the listening pie.
Talk radio listeners are very active "socially, politically and
economically. These are the movers and shakers in terms of public
opinion," says Michael Harrison, editor and founder of Talkers Magazine,
a monthly magazine that covers talk radio.
"The folks who tend to participate in talk radio are ... "opinion
leaders,' people who are always blasting their view, talking and
listening about (issues)," says Jon Krosnick, an Ohio State University
professor of psychology and political science who studies the news
media's impact on people's political judgments.
Cincinnati City Council staffers and other politicians monitor weekday
talk shows "to hear what people are saying," says Jene Galvin, an aide
for Cincinnati city council member Alicia Reece.
"Talk radio has a direct impact on people who shape the policy, or
control the shaping of policy," says Jennifer O'Donnell, 40, a
Cincinnati clinical psychologist who researched talk radio for the
National Conference.
Cincinnati Bengals President Mike Brown, whose stadium deal and losing
football team have made the Bengals a constant radio topic for years,
says people should "not underestimate the impact of talk radio."
"I know people that I think are otherwise intelligent people who
listen," he says with a laugh.
"They get people that range from judges to top business people. They
literally have access to the most influential people in the city. ... I
do not underestimate their ability to reach out and grab listeners. They
obviously must be entertaining people by what they do."
Voice of the people
Don Lewis keeps a small portable radio tuned to talk next to his easy
chair in his Bond Hill home. He also has a radio in the bathroom,
kitchen and every other room in his house.
"I love listening to the conversations," says Mr. Lewis, 56, a Queen
City Metro bus driver and habitual talk show caller. He was dubbed
"Sensible Don" by a WLW-AM producer because of his politically
conservative views. He also isn't afraid to criticize fellow African-
Americans.
"It's fun to hear what other people are thinking," says Mr. Lewis, a
regular caller to Mr. McConnell and periodic studio guest on Gary Jeff
Walker's Saturday morning WLW talk show. "If you have an opinion, just
throw it out. But you have to take it (talk radio) with a grain of
salt."
For Mr. Lewis, and thousands of others, talk radio provides
entertaining companionship in an increasingly alienated society. It has
become "the new backyard fence" for people, says Mr. Harrison, Talkers
Magazine editor.
Talk radio also offers a chance to be heard beyond one's back yard.
"It's the one opportunity ordinary people have to express their voices
to (many people) in a very simple way - by making one phone call," says
Mr. Krosnick, the OSU researcher.
Some listeners of WDBZ-AM, the African-American station, use call-in
shows as a forum for political and social change, says Jonathan "Jay"
Love, 30, assistant program director and afternoon talk host. But
entertainment is still a priority, he says.
Listeners also tune in for their favorite host. The most important
ingredient for a successful talk show, says WLW's Mr. Parks, is a
compelling, entertaining host.
In February, Mr. Cunningham was named one of the 100 "most important"
U.S. talk show hosts by Talkers magazine. Also on the list: WDBZ's Mr.
Ware and Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Don Imus, Jim Rome and
Howard Stern.
Mr. Cunningham says successful hosts must be entertaining. "People get
information from so many other sources - the newspaper, and magazines
and the Internet. The hardest thing in radio is to do something in a way
so people just enjoy it."
Although talk radio has been around since the 1930s, academic
researchers didn't take an interest in it until the past decade, when
nationally syndicated shows began to influence policy debates and
presidential campaigns.
Ms. O'Donnell's 1998 study for the National Conference, entitled "Do
Talk Radio Listeners Believe What They Hear?," concluded that "more
often than not, listeners believe the information they receive from
their favorite talk show host, and typically find the information
useful, educational and fact-filled."
Her 1999 follow-up study, called "The Values of Talk Radio Listeners,"
found that "the power of persuasion resides in the listener believing
the talk show host is a credible source because the (host) supports
values similar to those of the listener."
Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Ware, as well as many other talk show hosts,
admit they use verbal theatrics, hyperbole and blunt talk to provoke
callers. Mr. Cunningham, a talk host since 1983, says he has been forced
to ratchet up the rhetoric since Democrat Bill Clinton left office.
"We live in boring times," Mr. Cunningham said in an interview before
the April street violence. "Taft is governor; Luken is mayor; and Bush
is president. These are all boring people ... So we've got to make
things up."
When riots broke out April 10, Mr. Parks told Mr. Cunningham and
fellow WLW talk hosts to tone down the rhetoric. But that did not stop
Mr. Cunningham from criticizing African-American leaders, particularly
Cincinnati council members Minette Cooper and Ms. Reece, during the
first night of violence.
"Where is the black leadership when there is racial violence against
white America?" he said on an April 10 broadcast punctuated with
callers' reports of Over-the-Rhine violence. At another point he said:
"If there was a white mob beating up on black people because of the
color of their skin, I'd be just as tough on them."
All Tristate radio personalities interviewed for this story
acknowledge that some listeners don't realize talk hosts say outrageous
or untrue things to incite the audience.
"Some people don't get it. They believe all this stuff, and that's
really scary," says Pat Barry, 3-6 p.m. weekday host on WKRC-AM (550).
"The vast majority of people who don't call in know it's entertainment."
Talk radio critic Mr. Bennett says radio hosts should realize that "a
sizeable portion of the American public can't think its way out of a
paper bag" when it comes to government issues. Talk hosts "can say
they're entertainers, but that's not how their audiences see them."
Listeners must be skeptical of any talk host, says Ms. O'Donnell, the
National Conference researcher. "We don't know what their motives are.
Is it for ratings and income? Or is it their political beliefs?"
Interest sets topics
Talk radio hosts can manipulate many elements of their shows, except
one - the topic. The audience is the most powerful force in setting talk
radio's agenda.
"We don't lead. We follow," says WLW-AM's Mr. McConnell. "I can lay
out a topic, something that I feel is a problem with this city or
region, and if the phone doesn't ring, the topic will be dead in five
minutes.
"The audience dictates what's going to be on radio. If they don't care
to get involved, it simply means it's not important. It's a great
barometer."
For the past two weeks, WLW-AM personalities have attempted steering
conversations away from the riots. "It's been hard, because that's what
people want to talk about," Mr. Cunningham says.
Talk hosts who try to change people's minds always fail, Mr. Parks
says, because "people don't like to be preached to."
Once hosts know which topics push people's buttons, they exploit them,
says the Bengals' Mike Brown, who has been slammed up and down the dial.
Such recurring themes "aren't necessarily accurate or true, and they
beat on them. That's how we became "cheap,'" Mr. Brown says.
"A lot of the things said about the Riverfront development are off
target," he says. "But they have found an acceptance in the public mind,
and much of that was generated by talk radio."
Talk hosts say most of their daily discussions are drawn from the
headlines, usually this newspaper.
"You put (the Enquirer) on the doorsteps of 300,000 people every
morning," Mr. Cunningham says, "and that's the basis of TV news and talk
radio, because that's the message everyone gets. And then we talk about
it."
But who gets to talk is constantly manipulated by hosts, who
prioritize calls every commercial break.
Mr. Cunningham, who calls himself "the uncommon voice of the common
man," has kept white male callers on hold for more than 90 minutes and
quickly put on women or African-Americans, because relatively few call
his show. WKRC-AM has screened out callers over 55 to make the station
sound young, Mr. Barry says.
Mr. Parks, also a Saturday morning talk host, says he tries to present
a balance of callers on his shows by race, gender, geography and
opinions. But that's not always possible.
Talk radio often doesn't provide a true sampling of public opinion,
because a majority of people don't listen to the format. Arbitron says
only 333,600 people - about 21 percent of the 1.6 million residents in
the 13-county Cincinnati radio market - listened to WLW in the winter
quarter for a least five minutes in a week. Those five minutes could be
during any part of WLW's programming, including news, traffic, weather
or sports.
So talk radio reflects the views of those who call, not necessarily
the community at large. And polarizing, hostile or aggressive callers
are more likely to get on the air than more reasonable voices.
Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz, in his 1996 book, Hot Talk:
All Talk All The Time, says talk radio has no interest in reason or
moderation. "Outlandish opinion-mongers on the left and right tend to
drown out everyone else. Extremism in the pursuit of ratings is no
vice."
As Mr. Barry puts it: "If someone is just nuts, I put them on right
away. A crazy caller is very entertaining."
Talk radio presents "a distorted picture of public opinion - people
who have strong views who state them strongly," says OSU's Mr. Krosnick.
"It provides divisiveness, not patient cooperation."
Ms. O'Donnell, the National Conference researcher, points out that
talk radio is imprecise communication because many listeners only hear
small snatches of a three-hour talk show while in and out of their cars,
or doing other tasks. The audience may not always be listening intently,
or might not understand information. And sometimes the callers - or
hosts - are inaccurate.
For example:
After Judge Jones criticized Mr. Cunningham, Andy Furman told WLW
listeners on Feb. 15 that the judge is "an elected official" who "is
representing the city." (He's an appointed federal appeals court judge
serving four states.)
Mr. Ware told listeners on Feb. 21 that Ms. Cooper wanted to probe the
Citizens Committee on Youth phone records. (Within minutes, her city
hall staff called to say that was not true.)
Nate Livingston said on WDBZ on Feb. 27 that Roger Owensby was "was
shot" to death by Cincinnati police. (Mr. Owensby was asphyxiated in
Cincinnati police custody on Nov. 7.)
The spontaneity of live radio also makes it difficult for talk show
subjects to respond during shows, says Mr. Brown, who has had a rocky
relationship with WLW.
Talk radio "sets itself up as a court of public opinion. But it has
its own rules, and sometimes you don't even get notified that there's a
hearing, so it's impossible to defend yourself," Mr. Brown says.
Arguably, says Mr. Brown, "somebody who has a sounding board - a
disproportionate public voice - ought to have the responsibility to be
fair-minded, even-handed and accurate. But that really isn't talk radio,
is it?"
Mr. Parks says WLW is a responsible broadcaster serving the Tristate
in many ways.
"700 WLW is outrageous at times. At times we touch people's emotions.
At times we inform. At times listeners can cheer on the Reds," Mr. Parks
says.
"A listener should think of us as a friend that may make them smile or
laugh, or cry or get mad at. It's all entertainment in one way or
another - and their expectations should be based on their understanding
of that."
Sunday, May 06, 2001 Judge vs. host By John Kiesewetter (The Cincinnati
Enquirer)
Judge Nathaniel R. Jones anticipates the question: Why is a federal
judge so outspoken about Bill Cunningham and WLW-AM?
"For me as a judge to express some views may seem strange, but my view
is that anything that affects the administration of justice is something
that should be of concern to judges," says the Youngstown native
appointed to the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit bench in 1979.
For Mr. Jones, the principal NAACP lawyer through the 1960s civil
rights movement, talk radio isn't entertainment when racial issues are
discussed. His belief that talk radio threatens to undo remedies for
decades of racial discrimination puts him on a collision course with Mr.
Cunningham.
Mr. Jones, a National Conference for Community and Justice board
member, first blasted Mr. Cunningham in 1997 after the talk host
questioned the need for debt-ridden Central State University, Ohio's
only historically black public college, and criticized Jesse Jackson. A
few weeks later, the National Conference started scrutinizing talk
radio.
In February, he again took on Mr. Cunningham, calling his WLW-AM show
"trash, and filth and profanity."
The judge also gives WLW-AM low marks for its coverage the first days
of last month's protests and riots, while praising the restraint
preached by Jonathan Love and Edna Howell-Parrish on WDBZ-AM (1230).
"In the first part of the week, I don't think talk radio acquitted
itself well," he says. "But later on, after the confrontations and the
tension became so intense, there was an attempt to calm the atmosphere."
For years, the judge has been troubled by the code words heard on talk
radio - "quotas," "busing" and "welfare mothers" - which tear "at the
fragile seams that bind together our diverse racial, ethnic and
religious groups," he says.
"We have succeeded in transforming what was so wrong into something
that's right," he says, citing the elimination of segregated drinking
fountains, swimming pools, hotels and restaurants. "But the means by
which that was done is now being severely attacked and savaged by
persons who don't have a sense of history."
Mr. Cunningham, however, sees the judge's attacks as "the liberal
left" trying to "shut people like me up, so they have the playing field
all to themselves."
Stephen Bennett, 59, a retired University of Cincinnati political
science professor who is writing a book on political talk radio, says
the judge's criticisms are typical of "the political and cultural foes
of conservative (radio) voices who feel threatened" by talk radio.
So liberals play the race card, says Mike McConnell of WLW-AM.
"I can criticize women, and I'm not called a misogynist,'' Mr.
McConnell says. "If you disagree with something Jesse Jackson says, all
of the sudden you have "the big R' on your forehead."
Mr. Cunningham also claims he's the victim of a double standard by
African-Americans who have been silent about the comments of talk host
Nate Livingston, an African-American. The WDBZ-AM afternoon talk host
has been critical of Cincinnati Black United Front President Damon Lynch
III and Cincinnati City Council member Alicia Reece.
In 1997, while guest hosting on WLW-AM after two Cincinnati police
officers were killed, Mr. Livingston told listeners: "If people have a
beef with (then-Hamilton County Prosecutor) Joe Deters and they choose
to use violence, which we don't advocate, don't kill a police officer,
go kill the prosecutor."
Mr. Cunningham says: "I've never threatened to kill the prosecutor.
Did you hear from Judge Jones when a prosecutor's life was threatened?
Why not? Because it came from a liberal talk show host."
The judge says he's equally concerned about comments broadcast by
liberals and conservatives. "I don't cut anyone any slack," he says.
The National Conference "has concerns about extreme, inflammatory,
racist, sexist, bigoted talk from anybody, whether conservative or
liberal," says Robert "Chip" Harrod, executive director.
The National Conference has monitored Mr. Livingston and other local
radio hosts. It also has commissioned two studies, "Do Talk Radio
Listeners Believe What They Hear?" (1998) and "The Values of Talk Radio
Listeners" (1999), by Jennifer O'Donnell. The National Conference has
not decided whether to fund three additional research projects to help
determine if talk radio is "harmful to people," says Ms. O'Donnell, 40,
a Cincinnati clinical psychologist.
Mr. Jones says that J.R. Gach's calling Japanese "yellow monkeys" in
February is further proof that WLW-AM consistently hires talk hosts who
don't support "people who are trying to heal this community."
Mr. Cunningham, however, claims that America's racial wounds will
never be healed. "Whites and blacks are like ... the Israeli-Palestinian
problem. I think you manage the crisis, but it's one that will not be
resolved," he says.
The judge disagrees by quoting a song he learned in Sunday school,
"Brighten the corner where you are."
"No one person can save the world, but they can brighten up the
corner," he says. "Wherever we are, we have the opportunity to
illuminate the world, to offer enlightenment, so people in the dark can
see.
"We don't close churches because people are still sinning," he says.
"You don't give up because you face a crisis. Change is slow, but it
comes - and you have to keep working at it."
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**Frederick R Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
1924 RADIO PUBLICATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
Check out "Radio Doings," a publication dated October 25, 1924. It is
an interesting look at radio in that era:
http://pubindex.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/09/519246.pdf
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**Jim - K1ygg@xxxxxxx
The April issue of Monitoring Times has a antenna project for a
directional table top (BCB) antenna. I built one out of spare parts and
it works pretty well.
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**Larry Hall - NancyandLarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is from Bob Feder's Sun Times column, Today, May 8, 2001
Emmis boss cries foul over Mancow's fine May 8, 2001
BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
Claiming they have no record of what he said on the air, Mancow
Muller's bosses are fighting his indecency rap by the Federal
Communications Commission on a technicality.
In a five-page response Monday to the FCC, Indianapolis-based Emmis
Communications Corp. argued that the $14,000 fine against the WKQX-FM
(101.1) morning shock jock should be canceled because it is based on "an
inadequate factual record."
Without tapes or exact transcripts of the shows in question, the FCC
lacks "objective evidence of what was actually broadcast," wrote Doyle
Rose, president of the company's radio division.
Muller was cited last month for "willfully and repeatedly broadcasting
indecent language" on two editions of "Mancow's Morning Madhouse." The
FCC defines indecency as "patently offensive" material that describes
sexual or excretory organs or activities.
The first segment, which aired on March 20, 2000, involved a telephone
conversation with a porn actress. The second, which aired on May 15,
2000, involved three women discussing their sexual practices.
The FCC based its action on complaints against Muller's show filed by
Citizens for Community Values. The Chicago-based group has filed more
than 30 complaints against the program since 1999.
When the FCC first contacted Emmis about the two specific broadcasts
on Q-101, the company said it had "no tape or transcript of the
broadcasts at issue." The FCC rarely if ever takes the word of a
listener on an indecency claim without a tape or transcript.
Otherwise, Rose wrote to the FCC, "broadcasters will be at the mercy
of complainants who lace their complaints with buzzwords and affect a
sufficient degree of outrage.
"The commission in this case effectively shifted the burden of proof
to Emmis to establish the absence of a violation," he wrote.
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**Tony S - WLMCBuzzed@xxxxxxx
www.esmas.com. A fine website if I do say so myself. I, too,
discovered it while watching Univision. As has been reported, the
updates to the stations' formats do not appear...Not only is XEQ still
listed with the old "Cadena Q" logo, but what appears as "Ke Buena 730
AM" is actually now IDing on air as "La Nueva X", and from what I could
gather appeared to be a young-skewing version of Televisa's Full Service
XEW...All 3 AMs (XEW, XEQ, and XEX) were playing an enjoyable mix of
jockless music on Saturday night/Sunday morning, with XEQ leaning
towards classics, XEX playing mostly contemporary ballads, and XEW
somewhere in between.
May I suggest "W Radical 96.9"'s stream as well...Station runs a
techno format, from what I could tell, but on Saturday morning was
airing a very intriguing and enjoyable "techno lite" block, which
consisted of mellow jazz-flavored techno, at one point going as far as
throwing in the 60s classic "The Look Of Love"!!
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
A number of Mexico City radio stations are carried on "Es Mas dot com"
at www.esmas/radio/ on the Internet, including the former Cadena Q. Es
Mas has been advertising the web site on the Univision television
network.
Ke Buena 92.9
Cadena W, 900 AM
101.7 VOX FM
Radical 96.9
Ke Buena 730 AM
Cadena Q, 940 AM
BAConti@xxxxxxx
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**Pete Kemp - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
Veteran ABC News Radio Producer and Reporter Charles W. Taylor died
Sunday, May 6, of a heart attack at his home in Rockville, Maryland. He
was 58. For more than three decades Taylor has written and produced
award-winning specials for ABC News and served as a reporter on a number
of critically acclaimed assignments working from both the Washington
bureau and the New York headquarters. National and international
assignments included: crisis coverage in Haiti and the Middle East;
special events coverage of NASA Space Shuttle and Apollo missions; and
political coverage of the major campaigns and elections. Taylor joined
ABC Radio in 1966 and over the past 34 years won more than 50 national
awards for material that he produced for ABC Radio Networks. In 1982,
Taylor joined ABC News Radio in Washington as a producer and reporter,
where he served as a member of the White House Press Corps. Prior to
that, he was the documentary and special events producer/reporter for
ABC Radio, a position he held since 1977. In the late 1970s, Taylor
wrote and produced a continuing series of special reports on the
nation's energy crisis. Producing these reports marked a major turning
point in Taylor's career because the assignment became the first of many
award-winning series and special reports produced for ABC News Radio.
>From 1968 to 1977, he held the position of senior editor, where he was
responsible for the editorial content of ABC Radio newscasts, bulletins
and special reports. He spent his first two years at ABC Radio as news
writer. Taylor is survived by his wife, Glenda, and three children,
James, Michael and Olivia. Taylor was born, raised and educated in
Philadelphia.
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***Karel Honzik - karel.honzik@xxxxxx
The latest edition of "Broadcasting in Russian" brings this
interesting info: transmitter in Kabul, Afghanistan on 1107 kHz has 1000
kW!
Russian prgr of the Voice of Sharia is on the air 1650-1710 UTC //
7085 kHz - 100 kW.
This excellent survey of broadcasts in Russian includes not only
transmissions from the whole world but also valuable info on Russia and
countries of the former USSR.
In PDF format - 1,3 MB, the survey is written mostly in Russian.
URL is: www.radio.hobby.ru/download.html
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**Kevin Burnett - kjb@xxxxxxxxxx
>From the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.bayarea.com/entertainment/column/kava/docs/ae8ear.htm
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**Frederick R Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Behemoth broadcaster steps on KSCO, By Brad Kava
Even a liberal has to feel sorry for Michael Zwerling.
The 49-year-old former real-estate investor bought Santa Cruz 10,000-
watt radio station KSCO-AM (1080) 10 years ago, in part, to give
conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh a forum in a city so far to the
left it's almost slipped off the map.
But then, last week, Clear Channel Communications, the radio, concert
and billboard behemoth that owns the syndication of Limbaugh, Laura
Schlessinger and Art Bell, announced it was taking the shows off the
independently owned station and moving them to a competing Salinas AM
station that it owns.
The move to 5,000-watt KTX-AM (1460) will take place June 1.
Zwerling was stung. For years he'd faced the wrath of his liberal
neighbors, and those three shows made up a good chunk of his broadcast
day. He had built ratings of about 2 percent of the Monterey Bay market,
a relatively strong showing given competition from San Jose and San
Francisco stations.
The week after the announcement, his phone mail was packed with
passionate messages, for and against the move. Some thought it was a
liberal conspiracy. And then, even Limbaugh took a shot at him, on the
air, claiming that he couldn't tell the full story on his national show,
for fear the Santa Cruz station would cut him off.
``I think it was uncalled for, inappropriate and wrong. We didn't cut
it off and we wouldn't cut it off,'' says Zwerling, a flamboyant and
emotional man who does a Saturday morning talk show on his station.
Zwerling is mixed in his reactions.
On one hand, he knows it's just a business decision that has affected
about 100 independent broadcasters.
``If I were Clear Channel I would be doing the same thing,'' he says.
On the other hand, he now knows what it's like to be a victim of a
marketplace that is rapidly shifting into what some view as
monopolistic.
Clear Channel not only owns some 1,200 stations -- the radio hardware
- in Zwerling's words -- but it also owns the software, the syndicated
shows.
``Clear Channel paid like $51 million for Rush; $71 million for Laura
and $9 million for Bell. For that money, it was like buying radio
stations all over the country. It's a brilliant move from a business
point of view, but I'm not sure it's in the interest of the consumer.''
The San Antonio-based Clear Channel bought Dallas's AM/FM in a deal
approved in August, making it the largest radio company in the country
with 1,170 stations. Nearest competitor Cumulus has 235 stations.
CBS/Viacom has 185 stations.
And Clear Channel is also the country's largest concert promoter,
owning a piece of entertainment ranging from the Broadway show ``The
Producers'' to the latest U2 tour. It owns local promoter Bill Graham
Presents.
The huge growth in radio corporations began in 1996, when Congress, in
response to complaints from then-suffering smaller broadcasters,
deregulated the industry, increasing the number of stations that could
be owned, so that they could streamline business operations and increase
profits.
The result in this case may have some benefits for the community, even
as it was a stick in the eye to the small broadcaster who filled much of
his day with nationally syndicated commentators.
Zwerling, who says he wasn't really listening to much Rush anymore,
has begun a campaign to develop more local shows. The station's recent
ratings have dropped a bit (although the paid programming in the middle
of the day can't help much).
OTHER LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: KSJO-FM (92.3) dumped the Kramer & Twitch
afternoon show, a couple of months after the DJs shocked area bicyclists
and motorcyclists by claiming they should be killed. ``They just didn't
fit in with the Bay Area,'' said station manager John Sutherland.
``Sloppy Joe'' takes over the afternoon drive time slot.
In the latest San Francisco winter ratings, ABC/Disney talk stations
KGO-AM (810) and KSFO-AM (560) were Nos. 1 and 2 with a 6.3 and 4.9
share, or percentage, of the area's 5.3 million listeners over 12. They
were followed by KCBS-AM, 4.6; KOIT-AM/FM, 4.2; KYLD-FM, 3.9; KDFC-FM,
3.6; KMEL-FM, 3.4; KBLX-FM, 3.3; KKSF-FM, 3.0 and KSOL/KZOL-FM, 3.0.
San Jose's ratings: KGO, 7.0; KYLD, 4.6; KSFO, 4.5; KCBS, 4.3;
KSOL/KZOL, 4.3; KSJO/KFJO, 4.3; KDFC, 3.4; KBRG, 3.2; KARA, 3.1; KRTY,
2.9; KEZR, 2.9; KBAY, 2.9.
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The WTFDA Convention will be held on July 27-29 2001 at the Super 8
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$20.
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Registration is $35/person. Contact Mike for more information.
An IRCA/DECALcoMANIA Convention Web site is now up and running. Go to
the following link: http://www.geocities.com/n0uih/irca2001.html
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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
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