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WELCOME TO IRCA'S AM-DX NEWSFLASH - June 28 2001
Vol 7 No 12-13
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Brock Whaley - BROCKRADIO@xxxxxxx
WALR 1340 Atlanta went silent on June 13. Gone is the Black Gospel
format "Glory 1340". WALR is expected to return Monday 18 with a talk
format and CBS Radio news. There has not been a CBS radio outlet in the
Atlanta market for years. The Imus morning show, dropped by WQXI 790
Atlanta last month, could re-surface on 1340 as well. This leaves
Atlanta with two remaining full time Black Gospel outlets, WAOK on 1380
and WYZE on 1480. A note to DX'ers, WGAU Athens, 52 miles from here, and
WGAA Cedartown, 58 miles from here, are now daytime regulars with WALR
silent.
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Robert Wien - robert.wien@xxxxxxxx
a little old, from Seattle Times 5/31 edition:
A new news station
In other radio news, there will be more radio news in Seattle as of
tomorrow. News Channel 1150-AM KKNW is scheduled to launch at 6 a.m. on
the frequency previously occupied by R&B oldies station KSRB. That
format - which was satellite-fed and had no local on-air talent - had
been underperforming, said program director Tony Coles. KKNW will
feature 24-hour news with content from CNN Headline news, local news,
weather and traffic, as well as women's basketball with WNBA's Seattle
Storm and University of Washington Husky women's basketball.
KKNW's parent company, New York-based Sandusky Radio, owns four other
local stations: KLSY 92.5-FM (adult contemporary); KIXI 880-AM (oldies);
KWJZ 98.9-FM (jazz) and KRWM 106.9 (adult contemporary).
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I was just given some info from a CE in Central CA about KMJ & KTRB.
KTRB has scraped the idea of moving to the Bay Area, at least for the
time being. The tests had problems.
KMJ has been having troubles with the new 50 KW site. They want to get
into the high rises in Fresno with the 50 KW, but they must have
problems as they are operating with reduced power now.
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
There are two reasons KTXX does not get out as well as KDON used to,
despite running 3 db more power (10 KW vs. 5 KW). KTXX is diplexing off
KCTY-980. Diplexing is always a compromise, especially if both stations
are directional. KTXX is DA-1, and KCTY is DA-2. KDON was DA-1 with its
two towers literally within a few hundred yards of the ocean at Pajaro
Dunes near Watsonville. See: http://www.radiostation.com/cgi-
radio/recno.pl?band=AM&pos=2681779. KCTY/KTXX is northeast of Salinas
and well inland. See: http://www.radiostation.com/cgi-
radio/recno.pl?band=AM&pos=2681919.
As for the patterns shown on these two pages, I don't completely trust
the Kodis patterns. Some make sense and some do not; this topic has come
up before.
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****Bernd Trutenau - btrutenau@xxxxxxxx
TURKMENISTAN
The recently observed changes on the Turkmen Radio radio channels must
be seen on the background of a reorganisation of the state radio&TV
system in Turkmenistan, as decreed by Turkmen President Saparmurat
Niyazov on 3 April 2001. By his decrees, the Turkmen National Television
and Radio Company was abolished, the studio facilities were put under
the juridiction of the Ministry of Communications. Three new radio
channel were created under the names of Watan ("Fatherland"), Çar
tarapdan ("From all sides"), and Miras ("Heritage").
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**Blaine Thompson - phredd@xxxxxxxx
Sports/WNDE (1260am, Indianapolis) is back on the air as of last week.
Currently they're running 5kw - D, 1kw -N (ND, both) while repairs are
made.
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**Stewart, Randy - jrs555t@xxxxxxxx
As John Wilkins reminded me, the latest DX News shows this call change
for KTTS-1260. According to their receptionist it's already happened...
94.7FM remains KTTS. The AM format of "classic country" remains the
same; she claimed they made the change to help "alleviate confusion
between their AM and FM channels & formats." So, I asked, why not use
the "F" call on FM. wouldn't THAT make sense? This struck me as pretty
confusing in its own right. She chuckled, "I know, I know, but what're
ya gonna do...?"
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***Lighthouse9564@xxxxxxx
While not a shortwave log, for those of you who DX Mediumwave there
are some changes that will occur on or about July 3, so if you wish to
try for any of these before the switches occur now is the time. As I
understand it:
WKNR (Talk format) 1220kHz is moving to 850kHz
WHK (Religous) 1420kHz is moving to 1220khz
WRMR (Music of your Life) 850kHz is moving to 1420kHz with a similar
format (?)
The move from 850kHz and possibly modified format has created public
outcry, but on the east side of Cleveland WBKC (1560kHz) carries a
similar format and the local newspaper (The News-Herald) states WBKC has
already worked on new advertisers, etc.
On the FM side WCLV 95.5kHz, which is a renowned classical music
station, is moving to 104.9kHz which is barely audible here. "KISS
104.9" is not heard well here so I'm not sure where they are moving to,
if they are. There is a strong signal from a country music format
station on 104.7 just east of here so I'm not sure how well my wife will
be able to hear WCLV on the new 104.9 as the 104.7 signal tends to bleed
over to 104.9 a bit on our car radios.
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*Robert Foxworth - rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Tampa Tribune reports in today's edition 20 June in a "Biz Brief"
that Salem Communication is paying $ 6.75 million to buy "Money 570"
WTBN Pinellas Park from Synchronous Media.
Salem also plans to change the call letters at what the paper refers
to as it's "St. Petersburg radio station WSUN 910" [I believe this is
an editorial mistake as WSUN was once on a St. Pete station on 620, but
the 910 facility is actually in Plant City, about 25 miles east of
Tampa].
In case Regis asks, Plant City was named for Henry B. Plant.
Anyway, WSUN 910 will become WTWD. Salem acquired the station last
fall in a swap with Cox. 910 is currently silent. 570 and 910 will
simulcast as "Central Florida's Word" with Christian format. Salem will
take control of WTBN on 16 July and Roy Taylor will be named WTBN
station manager.
No more daytime reception of Havana 910 here soon...and a shame as 570
finally (with Money) had a useful format which will disappear in
exchange for what we now have on 1470 already. Bob F.
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Larry B. Godwin - lbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I heard a new X-band station today, Wednesday, June 20, at 0800 EDT:
KBJA-1640 in Sandy, Utah, with a very strong signal. It was relaying
Radio Unica national programming in Spanish. On the hour, a man
identified in English as KBJA and said it was simulcasting with KHQN-
1480 in Spanish Fork. I phoned the station at 801-253-4883 and a woman
said she thought today is its first day on the air.
Receiver: Hammarlund HQ-150. Antennas: Sanserino air-core box loop +
Kiwa loop.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
KBJA I presume is the SSer on 1640 tonight at 0300 EDT 6/21, but no ID
so far, but buried by WKSH alot of the time. Not a great signal. 10% of
what KXOL is....
1640 KBJA UT, Sandy, heard poor to fair with Radio Unica and other SS
programming from 0250 to 0400 EDT 6/21. No ID caught at 0300, because of
extreme QRM from WKSH. Bit at 0359, I heard an ancr mention "KBJA, AM
16-40 Sandy........KHQN 1480, Spanish Fork..." Then Radio Unica ID, but
still rough to copy from WKSH. Either WKSH is unusually strong tonight,
or KBJA is weak. I am still up to 100% of the X Banders heard. Thanks
to Larry Godwin for the tip! (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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Horacio A. Nigro - hanigro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
URUGUAY 1410 AM Libre, Montevideo started on Jun. 19. 24h. More info and
updates to be submitted. (Nigro-Uruguay, Jun 20)
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**Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
KKFX 910 KHZ Vancouver-Portland has a CP to boost to 10 KW day &
night. I was told by the CE that the boost was going to take place in
May or June 2001. It may have happened as their signal daytime is
slightly stronger on the S Meter and their night signal now is buried by
CKDQ-Alberta, Canada. The pattern I saw nights was still West, but more
towards the central than the North coast. It seems like all these
stations that have boosted power get weaker here. That has happened with
KMJ, KKFX (presumed), KKGT, KBSG, etc.
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****Bernd Trutenau - btrutenau@xxxxxxxx
AZERBAIJAN
The Azerbaijani telecom provider Teleradio has installed a new 1 kW MW
transmitter for Azerbaijani Radio in the town Sixli (Qazax district) in
NW Azerbaijan, near the border to Georgia. The frequency is not known,
but might be the new 1359 kHz which was observed with AZR2 during the
last months.
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***Mickey Delmage - cidxqsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
At 1759UT there was about 1 minutes of open mike on 880 kHz CHQT here
in Edmonton. Now that is a new start!! Anyway CHQT is now called "COOL
880" also mention of "Good Time Oldies"....and all the old staff are
still with the station. Began with a Beatles tune. Seems to be a 50-
60's format. Lots of talk about the "New Cool" and the beginning of
summer (It's 27C here today). So Edmonton now has two Good Time Oldies
stations on the AM dial. BTW, "COOL" might be spelled "KOOL". I find
out Friday when they unvial their new logo in the paper.
Also, Red Deer station CKGY is still on 1170 kHz // their new FM
outlet. Could be silent soon.
At noon local time (1800UT June 21) CHQT is changing formats. They had
been AOR but since Monday have been without DJs nor newscasts. They
still are playing AOR with "Do You Remember When" spots from the 60's
sooo... It looks like Edmonton will get it's second (CFRN 1260 kHz) 50-
60-70's station. Will let you know for those over-the-pole DXers that
have reported hearing this 50 kW AMer.
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**David Braun - dcbraun@xxxxxxxxxxx
The Wilmington News-Journal reported in their June 23, 2001 issue that
WNRK-1260 (Newark, DE) will go off the air Monday after 37 years, the
owner hopes temporarily.
The owner sold their current site (on Walther Road in Newark) to
developers last year, and have been unable to find a new site for their
towers.
Station owner Al Campagnone "acknowledged that he sold the site partly
because it was becoming increasingly difficult to operate an independent
radio station."
No details were provided as to the exact time of the shut down.
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*Pete Taylor - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A squib in the Seattle Post-Intilligencer the other say said KJR had
"completed" its increase to 50kw. I spoke with an engineer a year and a
half ago and he said they would take it in steps since they were to be
co-sited with DA-2 KHHO-850. It's 5 miles away and I'm getting about
170kw in my face. With this, and the return of KGHO-920 (still non-stop
PSAs). the 900-1000kHz segment of the band has become a little more
predictable...
Has anybody noticed any change? I would think in BC and AB that there
would be a difference.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I have noticed KJR was a bit stronger, but I thought it was the move
to Tacoma from Seattle, 30 miles closer. Off my Eastern Beverage. Here
is how the lower freq. shape up during the day:
570 KVI S9+6
630 KCIS S9+5
710 KIRO S9+15
770 KNWX S9+12
820 KGNW S9+5
850 KHHO S9+5
950 KJR S9+8
1000 KOMO S9+2
KJR has gained about 2-3 DB by the S Meter on the R8. If they are up
to 50 KW now, it is not what I expected. Their ain't no KIRO. That is
for sure! Infact Auburn CA was on top of them a few nights ago and I
still hear Helena MT to the East at night without any trouble.
KFXX-910-Vancouver/Portland also may have boosted to 10 KW. They sound
a bit stronger here during the day with the new East-West Pattern, but
at night I now get CKDQ all over them. CKDQ used to be buried under them
and was rare.
*Bruce Portzer - bportzer@xxxxxxxx
KJR is now 30 miles from me instead of 7. They seem to be weaker,
though I never measured their strength when they were at the old site.
Calgary-960 now receives a lot less splatter than it did in the past. I
nulled KJR into the noise a few minutes ago (which may not mean much
since the noise is about S7). Also a quick check with my K9AY antenna
in the omni mode shows them 10-20 db weaker than KIRO-710 KVI-570 KOMO-
1000 & KYCW-1090, about equal to KGNW-820, and stronger than KNWX-770
(which protects Calgary).
Overall, I'd say KJR's signal in Seattle is at best about the same as
it was when they were 5 kw on Harbor Island.
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*Pete Taylor - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
920 KGHO WA Olympia appears to be on RS (as regular as it can be,
considering its history) as noted with music 6/25 2300 EDT. Promo was
"classic rock and roll" ("Baby Love," Santana, etc.) Jingle IDs on the
hour. Power cut 6/26 0017; KXLY took over. (PT-WA)
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**Tony S - Bossmsx@xxxxxxx
Just read in www.dcrtv.com (the DC area Radio related website) that
both WPTX and sister WMDM 97.7 have been off the air...The website goes
on to mention that the stations are in the process of being sold.
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**Hillman, Richard E. - HillmanR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Perhaps I missed the thread while off line: 3 months ago I heard
classic music on 1250 KXTR . Dx news #25 lists 1660 KWSJ KS //1250 KXTR.
Today 1660 is coming in quite strong at 9 AM but gave an ID as KXTR. I
have in the past gotten 1250 KKGM KS Topeka which isn't very far from
Kansas City. I wonder if anyone could clarify the situation.
**Stewart, Randy - jrs555t@xxxxxxxx
I guess I'm not sure what you're asking, so let me try to give you the
background. KXTR, the commercial classical-music station in K.C., was a
longtime FMer which got sold, format changed etc. They apparently
purchased the license of 1250AM and revived the KXTR classical format
on that AM frequency. 1660 is their X-band license, so yes, they are
//. (For a long time, wasn't the flagship of the K.C.Royals Baseball
network WIBW-580 in Topeka, rather than a K.C.-licensed station? That's
no longer the case, but I believe it was in the 1980s at least...)
Wien, Robert - robert.wien@xxxxxxxx
guess 1660 MO. is officially on the air now...
Kansas City Star, The (MO)
June 14, 2001, Section: FYI, Page: E4
By TIM ENGLE
JOHN MARK EBERHARTThe Star
KXTR switch is official Classical station KXTR is now broadcasting
exclusively on its new frequency: 1660 AM. As of Wednesday, the station
can no longer be heard on 1250 AM.
The change in frequencies is good news for some listeners. KXTR's
owner, Entercom Radio, asserts that 1660 AM is a stronger, clearer
signal than 1250, particularly in Johnson County at night.
But some listeners have discovered that their radio dials don't spin
as high as 1660 - so they can't tune in KXTR at all. Entercom's Bob
Zuroweste says the Federal Communications Commission's expansion of the
AM band in the early 1990s sought to unclutter the AM airwaves. Since
then, he says, most new radios have sported dials that reach 1710 AM.
Obviously, though, a fair number of radios out there predate the AM
dial expansion.
"Entercom has invested almost $3 million in putting 1660 on the air,"
Zuroweste says. "If somebody really wants to hear KXTR and they don't
have a radio that goes to 1710, my advice is: Invest in one. ... We're
not going to buy people radios, that's for sure."
For the last three weeks or so KXTR had been heard at both 1250 and
1660. Entercom has leased 1250 AM to a Spanish-language format.
Entercom moved KXTR from its longtime FM signal (96.5) to 1250 AM last
August, prompting howls of protest from listeners.
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Edward Kusalik - ekusalik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1700 KQXX Brownsville Texas 1020-1030 June 14 Managed to catch this
under the QRM with 'Magic' by the Bee Gees, AD's in SS for a Grocery
Store, EG AD for Pueblo Island Treasure Store(Antiques) and several nice
ID's as 'Oldies Radio ? KQXX 1700-AM Freedom Festival Station' Then
several promotions for this yearly event (Freedom Festival in
Brownsville)' This Diamond Ring' by Jerry Lewis & the Playboys followed
till lost in the noise & QRM. (First signs of daylight at 10:35 hrs.UTC)
Receiver: Drake R8A Antenna: Best heard on the loop cut for 1600-1700
kHz
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**Patrick Griffith ? Westminster CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1310 KFKA(p) CO Greeley - 06/16 0235 - Noted with OC for over an hour.
Very strong so presumed KFKA since they are semi local to me.
Could hear 2 other stations underneath but unable to ID. (PG-CO)
1330 KLBO TX Monahans - 06/16 0214 - 50s, 60s, and 70s oldies. Frequent
use of Radio Free Texas slogan. Weather forecast with high of
100° for Saturday and Sunday. Strong and solid at 580 miles.
1340 KKYD CO Denver - 06/16 0205 - BBC World News. Typical SW fair but
always sounds strange when heard on a local AM. (PG-CO)
1410 KWYO WY Sheridan - 06/16 0146 - "More music and memories" ID.
Mention of suburbs of Ranchester and Big Horn. Totally dominant
over semi local KIIX. (PG-CO)
Drake R-8 and Kiwa loop
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E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE, MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
SPECIAL
1400 WEEP MN Virgina -06/17 0655- Good signals with SRN news and then
ID as "WEEP Virginia AM 1400 Preparing the people of God
Preparing the way to the Lord". New calls and format now on. NEW!
1660 KWSJ? KS Kansas City -06/14 2238- Classical Music program and ID
as "Kansas City's Traditional Classical---"Not sure if these
calls still valid NEW! (SA-MB)
TIS & OTHER STUFF
1611.1 Talking House MB Winnipeg -06/16 0744- Talking house with info
on 68 Aldgate only about one and half blocks form my house.
Messing up 1610 with big carrier (SA-MB)
COMMENTS
Who said DX season was over two new ones for Father's Day.
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***Terry Krueger - tocobagadx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just back from hiking in the Smokies and Pisgah Mountain ranges in
Tennessee and (mostly) North Carolina, as well as a little Sea Island
exploring along the South Carolina and Georgia coastline.
Nothing spectacular to report on the radio scans, mostly just a few
TIS observations. Stock radio in the rented Ford Escape SUV was used
for all logs. The in-dash CD player was a godsend while in the Smokies
and Pisgahs, where FM stations are almost nil, and the few that are
present offer very spotty reception due to the mountains. Anything
listed in Florida Low Power Radio Stations along the I-75/I-95 path
that's not reported below was indeed untraced. Most notably absent were
Hispanic pirate Radio Maranatha 103.3 MHz in Belleview; WGLD "Disney
Radio" looper on 107.5 MHz near Columbia (I saw an "official" Disney
Information Center in a strip mall just south of Ocala on I-75 -- maybe
it's the replacement as a rat propaganda source?); Snails Radio on 1610
(but see 1300 entry, below); Gatlinburg Visitor Center, TN on 530 or
1610; and the Golden Isles Radio (or whatever it was called) 530
transmitter for St. Simons/Jekyll Island/Brunswick, GA area tourists.
530 NORTH CAROLINA DoT WPKM208; 1300 on 6/11. Located on southbound
I-26 near Exit 36, or about two miles north of the South Carolina
border, with male callsign/construction info loop followed by
female time/day/date stamp, the latter seemingly a standard
feature for NC DoT transmitters. Big signal, at least a 10 mile
range.
530 SOUTH CAROLINA City of Charleston TIS; 1000 6/12. nonstop relay of
NOAA Weather Radio KHB29 (Charleston), good signal covering all
of the metro area. Presume this one (listed in the FCC's
Wireless TelComm Bureau URL as WNKW629 -- however, a WNVY510
licensed to the Charleston Co. Parks & Recreation Comm. is also
listed).
830 GEORGIA WQO764 Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport; 1515 6/8.
Long male loop with parking, shopping etc. info. Calls tentative
as unable to write/remember while driving in psychotraffic on I-
675 during monsoonal rainfall. But definitely not "WPRI270" as
listed in the FCC's Wireless TelComm URL.
1130 GEORGIA WMGA, Moultrie; 1300 6/8; Male English ID ToH, XE and SP
pop format. Good on I-75 near Tifton.
1300 FLORIDA WMPG813 Snail Radio, Yulee; 1315 6/13. Confirmed this
really does exist (though the reported I-75 transmitter on 1610
at Jennings was unheard). Male opening with "This is the
University of Florida WMPG813, broadcasting on AM 1300 from
Yulee, Florida." Then into the perils of boat towers
unsuspectingly bringing in zebra mollusks. Long loop mentioned
literature available at the Yulee Visitor Center, where the
transmitter is (two pamphlets were located) and offered free boat
and scuba gear inspections. No idea who would do that, maybe the
monkey serving two ounce cups of orange juice? Also, no visible
sign promoting this TIS. So, unless you read FLPRS, it's
unlikely anyone will listen to this one. One of the few TIS's
that references "the bilge on your boat," for what it's worth.
1310 GEORGIA WOKA, Douglas; 1255 6/8. "La Zeta" slogan, XE music,
"Esta es WOKA" and canned "WOKA, Douglas" by M ToH. Good on I-75,
north of Tifton.
1600 FLORIDA WQOP, Atlantic Beach; 1450 6/13; satellite-fed "EWTN
Global Catholic Radio" with classical music, creepy singing choir
jingles, ID ToH. Noted north of St. Marys, GA on I-95, strong.
1610 GEORGIA Talking House, St. Simons Island; 1310 6/13. Covering the
southern half of the island, female (Belinda, who else did you
expect?) with home details ("... built in 1999... hardwood &
carpet..."), also referencing her mobile phone of 230-7280,
office 638-0406 or www.belindathomas.com of Thomas & Deloach
Realty. Actual home address not stated, but signal was stronest
in the Demere Road/Frederica Road intersection vicinity.
1610 NORTH CAROLINA Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Oconaluftee
Visitor Center; 1105 6/9. Male loop, fairly short range and 60
cycle hum. Surprised to hear some of these are still active,
though no trace of formerly-active 1610 TIS's at Smokemont or
Newfound Gap.
1610 TENNESSEE Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands Visitor
Center; 1415 6/9. telco audio with redneck male loop, long gap
before cycling over. Not much stronger than Oconaluftee.
1610 TENNESSEE Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Roaring Fork Motor
Nature Trail; 1400 6/10. A "new" one for me, though certainly
this has been around for ages. The driving trail is entered from
the southeast end of Gatlinburg. Traces of the signal were noted
around the town-proper, and initially thought it might be from
Cades Cove (but no transmitter exists there). Opens with (man)
"You have discovered one of the quiet areas of the Smokies, the
Cherkoee Orchard Road..."
1610 NORTH CAROLINA DoT WPKJ602, unknown location; 0800 6/11. Noted
fair level while at a nice little park atop Waterrock Knob near
BRP Milepost 450 (and at about 5,500 feet elevation), on the Blue
Ridge Parkway. Also weaker atop Mt. Pisgah, further east. Male
loop "This is WPKJ602, 1610 AM, Highway Advisory Radio operated
by the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation. There are no
expected delays in the area." Then followed by female
time/day/date stamp. No idea where this one is (maybe I-40, the
nearest Interstate?). This signal must get out well enough to
possibly be logged from parts very far.
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Chris Martin ? Brisbane AUSTRALIA - MartinCG@xxxxxxxxxxx
G'Day, Last night 17/6/01 was somewhat auroral for Asians as they were
strong and dominant over the Aussies.
I was delighted to log Pakse Laos on 1370 khz at 1220z. When I first
heard the language I thought it was Thai and decided to check a // with
the National station on 1467. It did not // up. Net I tried a // with
Vientiane on 6130. Bingo it was Lao. There was a delay between the 6130
and the provincial station on 1370 but no mistake. They were taking the
national feed till 1230 then they resumed local programming.
The 2001 WRTH says Pakse is on 1350 but looking back to a WRTH (from
more reliable times aka 1985), Pakse is listed on 1370 with 10Kw. Bingo!
Phnom Penh also noted on 740 at this time and a het on 1030 presumed
to be Vientiane but no audio.
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**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
Here's a tip. To spice up Summertime DXing, move to a new location
and start your logs over so that everything you hear is new. It's
worked for me this season :-)
810 CJVA NB Caraquet - 6/4 2209 - Mixing and often winning with WGY
w/mellow French pop songs and what sounded like callers making
musical requests. {RWK-CT2}
850 WYDE AL Birmingham - 6/4 2217 - Very faint and buried under
others on frequency, but clear "8-50 WYDE" by woman and possible
"WYDE" mention right
860 WWDB PA Philadelphia - 5/29 1939 - Very luck fade up - all that
was heard above noise floor and slop from 850-WREF-CT was "8-60
AM WWDB". {RWK-CT}
860 WAMO PA Millvale - 5/29 2200 - Good in CJBC null w/ad for
scoleosis prevention then "WAMO AM Millvale/Pittsburgh, a
Sheridan broadcasting company." {RWK-CT}
1220 CJUL ON Cornwall - 6/17 0300 - Father's Day gift - well above
WKNR et al. w/ "You're tuned to CJUL Cornwall Ontario Canada 'The
Jewel' Memories 12-20 AM" then into Broadcast News. Didn't
expect this because NRC Log didn't list calls yet. {RWK-CT}
1290t WCCC CT West Hartford - 6/10 2305 - Tentative. Got to radio just
after top of hour and heard a low (~150 hertz) heterodyne on
1290. WRNI-RI and WNBF-NY were starting to fade in, and were
audible on 1290. I fiddled with the Sony 2010 synch circuit
until I got a lock on a station running just below 1290 and,
bingo, up came classical music on the lower station's lower
sideband. Alas, it was after the top of the hour, so there was
no ID before the stronger stations overwhelmed it. Trying hard
for this one as it is my last unheard in CT.
*6/12 0800 - Again, presumed WCCC off frequency below 1290. Got
classical music, but station was too faint to hear the ToH ID
(classical music announcers don't exactly shout their call
letters). {RWK-CT}
1300 WPNH NH Plymouth - 6/14 2000 - Very weak in WAVZ-CT null. //ID
with WFTN-1240 and mentions of "Music of Your Life". {RWK-CT}
1400 WICK PA Scranton - 5/23 0100 - Faded up to good level with end of
Jefferson Airplane "Somebody to Love", then jingle "More music,
W-I-C-K", then another oldy "Dream Lover". {RWK-CT}
1400 WHMP MA Northampton - 5/23 0300 - Never strong, but rose over
much in the middle of several // IDs that ended with "The Pioneer
Valley's news leader" then into CBS news. {RWK-CT}
1450 WKTQ ME South Paris - 6/2 0000 - Fade up to fair during
commercial "... to get results for your business, call WTME.
WTME Lewiston, WKTQ South Paris...". {RWK-CT}
1540 WNWR PA Bala Cynwyd - 6/14 1900 - Fair in always difficult WPTR
null w/ad for spending time with your family sponsored by the
Mormons, a quick "WNWR Philadelphia" ID, then a broadcast of the
news from Radio France International. {RWK-CT}
1540 WGIP NH Exeter - 6/13 2000 - Under partial WPTR null (can never
get good null on WPTR) w/station ID break in Red Sox game: "New
Hampshire's action news network, AM 9-30 WGIN Rochester and AM
15-40 WGIP ...". Faded, but city sounded like something other
than Exeter. {RWK-CT}
1610 WPLT709 NY Greenport - 6/4 2015 - Tourist information station for
town of Greenport w/mentions of galleries, shops, etc.
Background sounds of seagulls, ship horns and buoy bells make
this a colorful TIS. Mentions of East End Maritime Museum.
1620p Pirate MA Lawrence - 6/4 2216 - Presumed pirate reported by Mark
Connelly & others. Pop-sounding songs, but one with many
hallelujas in chorus, so sounded like Latin contemporary
Christian music. {RWK-CT2}
1630 KNNV688 "WUSB" NY Stony Brook - 6/4 2025 - Good at peaks with
repeating loop that is mostly dead air. 2-sentence announcement
every minute or so: "Welcome to the U. of Stony Brook's
information station - WUSB 16-30 AM..." {RWK-CT2}
1630 KNAA585 NY Jamaica, Queens - 6/4 2025 - Buried under WUSB with
only "for more information on parking, call 718-244-4080" which
was number for JFK parking. Russ Edmunds confirmed exact ID of
this station. {RWK-CT2}
RWK-CT - Rick Kenneally, Wilton, CT - 2 Sony 2010s, Sony 7600G, Quantum
QX Loop, SM-2, RadioPlus QStick, Shotgun Loop
RWK-CT2 - Rick Kenneally, Westport, CT - 1000' terminated longwire on
beach, Sony 2010.
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**David Hochfelder - hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6/20. First off, the Chicago clear channels, which disappeared during
the aurora at the end of March, were there and strong. Stuff from the
north seemed weaker than usual.
Latin American Loggings. Heard on a Sony ICF-2010 with Kiwa Pocket
Loop. All times in UTC; subtract 4 for ET.
550 UNID SS, JUN 20 0430 - Spanish talk by male announcer; thought I
caught mention of "Habana" but not sure. According to NRC AM
Log, it's probably not domestic; likely targets are Cuba,
Colombia, and Venezuela. Usually WGR, Buffalo dominates the
channel, with WSVA and WICE under it, and this is the first
Spanish I've heard here. Any ideas? Thanks! [Hochfelder-NJ]
860 UNID SS, JUN 20 0435-0443 - Spanish under CJBC Toronto; strong and
at times dominant. Signed off or dropped out at 0443 before I
could get an ID. Likely targets are Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Colombia, and Venezuela. This is not only the first Spanish I've
heard on the channel, but the first station I've heard besides
CJBC. Ideas? [Hochfelder-NJ]
Domestic Logging. Heard on a Sony ICF-2010 with Kiwa Pocket Loop. All
times in ET.
860p PA Pittsburgh WAMO, JUN 20 0443-0505 - Talk show geared for
African-American audience. ID'd near TOH as "American Urban
Radio Network," but CJBC co-channel interference made this a
tough copy. Some detective work on the web and in the NRC Log
leads me to log this as WAMO, probably running day
power.[Hochfelder-NJ]
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*kevin redding ? Mesa AZ - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
Heard on a CCRadio barefoot:
1490 KFFN AZ, Tucson 6/23 0805 with ID after the news. Then programming
from Sporting News Radio. Rare in Mesa.
1640 KBJA UT, Sandy 6/21 0332 playing a mariachi ballad and then R.
Unica ID. [ new ]
1600 KGST CA, Fresno 6/21 0339 with nortena and "La Mexicana" ID.
1600 KMNY CA, Pomona 6/21 0341 with Asian pgm // to KAZN O/U KGST but
mostly under.
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Tim Hall ? Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(TRH-CA) Tim Hall Chula Vista CA ICF-2010, KIWA Loop, Quantum QX Loop
(TRH-AZ) Corrections/updates from last month's trip to AZ.
UNIDs and UNID HELP:
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1450 My UNID from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon with an ad for a
Subway sandwich shop at 847-2353 turned out to be KVSI-ID. It's
amazing how well this one gets out these days. This may or may
not have been the one with Wyoming news before the top of the
hour. I do still think I had at least one WY station, given the
"Good morning Wyoming" reference by one DJ. (TRH-AZ)
TIS and OTHER:
=============
1610 (KGD50) AZ Jacob Lake - Correcting last month's report. The
defunct Jacob Lake TIS should have been listed on 1610, not 530.
(TRH-AZ)
I found the listing for the Subway in Montpelier using
www.reversephonedirectory.com. I've added this to the "help with UNIDs"
section on my DX page (http://www.inetworld.net/halls/dx/links.html).
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*Ron GITCHIER - RGITSCHIER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Radio: Aiwa Personal Size (walkman) recording radiocassette. Digitally
tuned, Bought in Cartagena, Colombia equivalent of $61. Stereo mini
mic/3 band eq, playback auto reverse. Rec one direction. Capable of
using the mini plug stereo mic input as a line in with no problems
impedance matching.
Recently, I was at sea maybe 15 miles or so S. of Fredriksted, St.
Croix. I got off a late night shift and thought I'd continue on my
bandscan starting with the (presumed) Puerto Rican 840 station. The 840
was in the mud as compared to it's booming daytime signal, so I wandered
through the hand I was dealt. Again, this is aboard my Naval Ship, at
sea in the Caribbean. 3AM recent morning through 5:30AM (Eastern) is the
time frame. I do not have my WRTH or any other reference with me, so
those up for sharing the adventure feel free to offer suggestions to
these mostly non-IDs.
1050 .... WEVD during the 4AM hour mixing with three stations. One
playing US and Spanish 70s Disco that I've heard on an infrequent
basis in Jacksonville, and with Bill Fairbanks' R/8B - Kiwa Loop
setup in Ft. Lauderdale about 9 months ago -- it was located on
the Yucatan Peninsula, I think, XEQQQ a birdie tells me. There
was another SS station I couldn't ID, presumed the 1050 in Mexico
City. The music inferred one of the mexican styles. All this is
on tape. Maybe I'll put the tape up for adoption for someone
adept in sorting these things out. I've narrated all the clips on
the tape. There was a bit of EE that sprang up, a talk show promo
that tagged ....."talk....1050, WEVD, New York", faded back into
the SS.
1570 I don't think I had Radio Amancer as I thought I'd hear. Later on
during the 5 AM hour I discovered this light easy listening
instrumental (pop covers) station was || with as a minimum, 1560,
1590, and I forget if it was on 1550. So either a network on
Puerto Rico, or perhaps Cuba. I don't recall much from Cuba on
that end of the band though. Tony Simon reported SS on 1570
during one of my WGSR DX tests a while ago, and I thought it was
Santo Domingo being 10kw. While at Guantanamo Bay Cuba during a
previous deployment, I didn't note any locals on 1570, but did
hear a feeble SS signal on 1570 daytime from Montego Bay Jamaica.
I was able to log WGSR from Montego Bay at night, as did our NRC
Collegue Don Trelford from nearby St. Ann's Bay. Any Ideas on
this network? Very laid back fem ss short announcements between
songs. Moderate to low mod on the annr. Otherwise the audio
quality was fine, not the typical technical nightmares I usually
hear from out of Castro Country. The 1560 was stronger than the
1570.
730 This is something I presume out of Trinidad/Tobago. A spirited
light hearted trio of local ladies in carib accented EE preaching
to women listeners, programming changed at 5AM, ID was faded out
as presumed 730 Mexico City (hear meh he ko mentions) again the
music hit me as Mexican (I've been there on a road trip last year
for half a week). When the Mexico City presumed piped in, it
seemed to cause a very bassy growl on the Trinidad Station. After
the 5AM (sunrise approaching) TOH, there were many commercial
announcements inviting listeners to this-and-that church for
services on that day. One address was "----- Street, Port-of-
Spain". Again, all on tape.
1240 I have to review the tape on this one but there was fleeting EE
saying "Space Coast" a couple of times.
1510 WLAC Nashville, TN was moderately strong and Cincinatti's Original
Hits was playing standards -- WSAI on 1530. Good signal. Armed
with this info, a search of 1500 for WTOP was fruitless. I think
a local PR was on instead. No hometown WBZ on 1030 beacuse in
part to WOSO San Juan's booming EE N/T WOSO seems to have a
slight 60hz hum in thier audio chain, unusual for this typically
technically sound outlet. 1000 WVWI covered very nicely with it's
reported 1kw nite service, louder than local
970 WSTX The New 'Magic 9-70' from Christainsted, St. Croix. Muddy
audio though. They've always had muddy audio from the 10 years
I've been visiting this region. So does.... forget the call, St.
Thomas' 1340 and WGOD (AM) 1090.
1370 WIVV Vieques' signal, the third closest to me, was very distorted,
something is wrong like maybe it's starving for power perhaps.
Daytime audio is stellar on this "The Rock" RLG outlet. They are
|| with WBMJ 1180 San Juan. Broadcasts in EE. 900 from Rousseau,
Dominica also suffers from muddy audio, as does the horrible bass
distortion of 10kw 780 ZBVI Road Town Tortola British Virgin
Islands. Programming usually interesting, but the audio really
grates on my nerves. 1540 ZNS-1's audio has improved for the
better. Their signal burned the paint off the ship with some good
ol' US Soul Oldies. The kinds you'd really have to go out of your
way to hear. Being from outside Boston, I don't recognize most of
the artists. It's great listening if you're into that kind of
music. Me, I like broadening my horizons, so I checked back
often. Didn't note a jock or call sign/etc between songs like I'd
usually hear in the past.
I looked for 1600 WKWF, a station I've heard at all points of the
Caribbean but the key west station was not heard of. Might of had ESPN
at 5:25AM... was in the mud and sunrise was well underway. Also looked
for 1600 WMNE(?) Riviera Beach, FL Radio Disney as well, a station that
boomed into Guantanamo Bay regularly for me. 1610 from The Valley,
Anguilla with Dr. Gene Scott seemed to have not as strong a signal for
the power and proximity of the station... Same with 690 from the same
operation. Wanted to get WOKV 690, but apparently I needed to hang in
there a little longer for when the lit the 50kw NDA daytime blowtorch.
Time for some sleep as I had been awake since 9:30PM with only three
and a half hours sleep.
Comments, observations, etc are encouraged. I'm clueless without my
WRTH out here. Didn't have much motivation to pack a whole lot trying to
enjoy the time with my family before heading out to sea for half a month
or so on a tight schedule...
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*Pat Martin ? Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
550 CKPG BC, Prince George, very good with Art Bell pgm and promo for
advertising on "CKPG" at 0323 EDT 6/25. (PM-OR)
560 CKNL BC, Fort St. John, good on top of KPQ with C&W mx. Nice ID
at 0331 EDT 6/25 "N-L Radio" (PM-OR)
570 CKEK Canada, B.C. Cranbrook, good on top with AC mx and "CKEK" ID
at 0234 EDT 6/16/01. (PM-OR)
570 CKWL BC, Williams Lake, fair on top of KVI with C&W mx, ID at
0315 EDT 6/25 "Caribou Radio" (PM-OR)
760 CFLD BC, Burns Lake, good on top with Elton John song at 0322
6/25 "BV-LD Radio" Into more pops. (PM-OR)
870 CFBV BC, Smithers, fair on top and mixing // to 760 at 0324 EDT
6/25 (PM-OR)
910 CKDQ AB, Drumheller, good on top of KFXX with C&W mx, lots of
"DQ" IDs and "Drumheller's CKDQ" at 0307 EDT 6/25. (PM-OR)
920 CKCQ BC, Quesnel, good on top with C&W mx //570 CKWL at 0336 EDT
6/25 (PM-OR)
930 KTKN AK, Ketchikan, fair on top of channel with Madonna song and
"930 KTKN" ID at 0328 EDT 6/25 (PM-OR)
980 CKRM Canada, Sask. Regina, good on top with C&W mx and "CKRM,
Regina's Country" IDs at 0250 EDT 6/16 (PM-OR)
1020 CKVH AB, High Prairie fair on top with C&W mx at 0316 6/25 "CKVH"
ID (PM-OR)
1270 CHAT AB, Medicine Hat fair on top with "CHAT" ID C&W mx at 0250
EDT 6/25. (PM-OR)
Kenwood R-1000, Drake R8, 400' NNW term. mini-beverage
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**Eric C. Loy ? Mahomet IL - obvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6/25. monday morning listening...
1020 From about 2:10-2:14 AM ET I was hearing short bursts of test tone
under KDKA, no ID heard, any ideas?
1010 Turned back here to find "Real Country" blaring in, WHIN Gallatin
obviously on day power, second night out of three, so may be a
computer error.
1560 Paducah off! Possibly with open carrier on occasion, Only audible
stations were R. Disney and "Magic 1560" WMRO GALLATIN TN. WMRO
is new, but is was odd that was coming in with the above WHIN
comment.
also 790-WTSK was very loud last night. With FM dead as a doornail here,
and nearly impossible with about 200 semi-locals here, I'm thinking
about giving up the FM watch entirely.
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Mark Connelly - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*B-MA] = Billerica, MA (GC= 71.221 W / 42.533 N) (home)
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA (GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N) (Granite Pier)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: broadband loop, active whip, "Kaz" antenna, sloper,
Superphaser-1 phasing unit
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
549 ALGERIA Chaine 1, Les Trembles, JUN 2 0200 - a cappella Arabic
vocal, then time pips followed by news. [Connelly*R-MA]
+ JUN 23 0426 - female Arabic vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*B-MA]
567 IRELAND RTE R.1, Tullamore, JUN 2 0120 - in-studio discussion
program in English; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
et al., JUN 23 0427 - fast Spanish talk by man; to fair peak.
[Connelly*B-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE R.1, La Coruna, JUN 2 0116 - man with Spanish talkshow;
to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS R. 10, Lopik, JUN 2 0131 - "When I Need You" by Leo
Sayer, a couple of words in Dutch, then "Surfer Girl" by the
Beach Boys; fair to good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]
693.65 AZORES RDP, Santa Barbara JUN 2 0113 ? woman in Portuguese;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS Flevoland, JUN 2 0202 - Dutch talk, piano music;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE R.1 synchros, JUN 2 0100 - woman in Spanish, Radio
Nacional Espana mention; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R., Zadar, JUN 2 0107 - jazz, Slav talk; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1206 FRANCE France Bleu, Bordeaux, JUN 2 0031 - to loud peak with US
disco oldie. [Connelly*R-MA]
1359 SPAIN Arganda, MAY 30 0400 - time pips, then news by man in
Spanish; good. [Connelly*B-MA]
1521 SPAIN SER, Castellon, MAY 30 0408 - // 1575 with Spanish
newstalk; poor. [Connelly*B-MA]
1530 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE (t) VOA Relay, Pinheira, JUN 1 2323 - 1 kHz
test tone in mix with WDJZ and WVBF. Only heard with cardioid
array set for eastern pick-up. This station often runs such tone
tests when not on regular programming. [Connelly*R-MA]
1575 SPAIN SER synchros, MAY 30 0403 - SER Spanish news // 1584; good.
[Connelly*B-MA]
1583.64 CEUTA RadiOle, JUN 1 2321 - bits of talk and music noted at
pre-sunset fade-up. [Connelly*R-MA]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros, MAY 30 0403 - // 1575 with Spanish news; to
fair peak over Ceuta het. [Connelly*B-MA]
1602 SPAIN EI or SER JUN 1 2320 - first TA pre-sunset fade-in with
bits of Spanish talk and het against WUNR. [Connelly*R-MA]
*** COMMENTS ***
The Rockport, MA DX outing on JUN 1 featured a visit by Ron Gitschier.
Ron, a former Lowell, MA resident presently in the Navy and stationed in
FL, had a good time listening to the Trans-Atlantics, some of which
(675, 1206, et al.) got quite loud considering that it was 3 weeks
before the longest day of the year. Ron's friend Bob and Boston Area
DXpedition regular Bruce Conti also participated in the Granite Pier
get-together. Ron's comments follow.
?I wanted to publicly thank Mark Connelly and Bruce Conti for spending
the time to indoctrinate me (and a non-Dxer friend) in the finer points
of trans-Atlantic and Latin American DXing and portable antennae and
Drake R8 communications receivers.
I found the site with no difficulty having seen Mark's website with
directions.
Bruce had a Quad loop and Mark had a different sort of phased loop,
the proper terms escape my mind at the moment. I learned a bit on how
phasing is achieved as it related to some work I was doing on the ship
with electric controls. Reading about it and then seeing it in action
really helped me grasp the phasing concept a lot better.
My friend of about 30 years, Bob Geoffroy and I were very impressed
with the results of Mark and Bruce's bandscans and ability to phase out
stations. We heard Algeria, Croatia, Spain, UK, Venezuela, and so forth.
My friend used to listen to AM DX in the 70s mostly of Top 40 stations
mostly throughout the Northeast so was already familiar with AM DXing
(along with being an over the road truck driver).
Bruce brought along sample copies of Popular Communications Magazine
(thank you very much!) and had I realized the temperatures, I would have
brought a keg of hot coffee or cocoa and a parka as I soon found out
that I'm no longer climatized for my native New England.... We talked
shop and twisted the dials for about 4 hours, dusk on into the night. We
arrived at Bob's home in Manchester, NH after midnight and mighty tired
but all the richer from the experience. Thank you Mark and Bruce for
taking the time out to 'show up the ropes'. I hope that I can perhaps
lure you gents (and others) to the beach near my place at Naval Station
Mayport, (Jacksonville) FL for some salt water path bandscanning. Tank
tops, shorts and flip flops usually are the uniform of the day for DXing
there...
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*Patrick Griffith ? AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1480 KRXR ID Gooding - 06/26 0000 - Full ID in EE followed by SS love
songs. Great signal. Listed as 93 watts U-1. Another ID at 0002
listing several other call signs that all began with the letters
"KD". (PG-CO)
1640 KBJA UT Sandy - 06/25 2300 - EE ID for KBJA 1640 and KHQN 1480.
Programming is SS with Radio Unica. Some QRM from WKSH(p) but now
the dominant station on this frequency. (PG-CO)
Drake R-8 and Kiwa loop
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Mark Mohrmann ? Coventry VT - mohrmannm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
logs 19,20,21 Jun 2001, downtown Cape May, N.J.
Sony 2010 with internal loop
550 CUBA R. Rebelde, 21 Jun 0320, Weak talk //5025.
570 CUBA CMDC R. Reloj, Pilon, 20 Jun 0353, Weak CW ID under
domestics. (Mohrmann NJ)
600 CUBA CMKV R. Rebelde, Urbano Noris, 20 Jun 0322, Weak, //5025
under domestic. (Mohrmann NJ)
620 CUBA R. Rebelde, 21 Jun 0323, LA vocal, good signal on top, //670.
630 CUBA R. Progreso, Pinar del Rio, 21 Jun 0430, LA pop music, //640,
890. (Mohrmann NJ)
640 CUBA R. Progreso, 21 Jun 0430, LA pop music //630 and 890.
670 CUBA CMQ R. Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, 21 Jun 0323, Good signal on
top //620. (Mohrmann NJ)
710 CUBA R. Rebelde, 20 Jun 0355, Vocals //5025 and under WOR New
York. (Mohrmann NJ)
760 CUBA R. Reloj, 20 Jun 0358, Weak CW ID under LA station.
760 (p)COLOMBIA HJAJ RCN, Barranquilla, 21 Jun 0235, Colombian futbol
match, mentions of "Partido Cali" and ID as "La Radio de
Colombia". Good peaks, mixing with and over Reloj. (Mohrmann NJ)
760 UNID, 21 Jun 0303, Accordian based vocals, possibly "norteña"
type, mixing with Colombian futbol and presumed WLCC Clearwater,
Fla. (Mohrmann NJ)
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PJB Trans World Radio, Bonaire, 20 Jun 0329,
Excellent peak, full ID (Mohrmann NJ)
840 CUBA CMHW, Santa Clara, 21 Jun 0342, LA ballads, 0359 full ID,
excellent signal. (Mohrmann NJ)
870 CUBA CMHL R. Reloj, Sancti Spiritu, 20 Jun 0336, Weak time pips,
CW ID, under domestic religious station. (Mohrmann NJ)
890 CUBA CMDZ R. Progreso, Santiago, 19 Jun 0255, Dominant with
ballads, ID. (Mohrmann NJ)
930 CUBA R. Reloj, 20 Jun 0340, Time pips and talk under WPAT New
York. (Mohrmann NJ)
940 CUBA R. Reloj, 21 Jun 0340, ID and talk, poor signal in the mix.
1100 CUBA CMCH R. Cadena Havana, 19 Jun 0258, LA vocals, announcer, no
ads, 0338 ID "...Cadena Havana... La frecuencia popular".
1180 CUBA CMBA R. Rebelde, Villa Maria, 19 Jun 0316, Talk, music,
//5025 with good signal. (Mohrmann NJ)
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**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
WPTX-1690-MD is off, leaving someone with Latin music. This station
peaks strong and fades slowly, so it seems like a single hop signal here
in CT. Pirate? Wasn't there last night.
**Pat Martin ? Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Roseville CA is SS on 1690
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**Bob Galerstein ? Maywood NJ - bgwb2vgd@xxxxxxx
Was driving on the New Jersey Turnpike at about 11:30pm Tuesday night,
noted some Spanish on 1620 fading in south of Elizabeth (exit 13A), easy
"armrest" copy while driving by Elizabeth, with some splatter on the
adjacent channels, then faded when approaching Newark. No announcer,
just playing SS ballads - sounded like a CD tracking.
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Chris Martin ? Bridbane AUSTRALIA - MartinCG@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tonight (16/6/01) at 1015z heard back to back classical music on 1660
over KXOL. Anyone have clues to this sation & location ?
Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Your Classical music has to be KWSJ-Kansas City. That is the latest X
Bander on 1660. (see above ? ed)
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**Bruce Conti ? Nashua NH - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
NRCDXAS'ers: I just completed the DX Digest report for the July
edition of the DXAS. It's a report on the state of Internet radio in
the US vs. the rest of the world. For the report, I checked out the new
formats for XEX 730 "La Nueva X - Joven Como Tu," XEW 900 "La Voz de la
America Latina," and XEQ 940 "Enamorada 940 - el corazon de la radio" in
Mexico on esmas.com/radio. Apparently esmas.com doesn't have direct
connections to the radio station studios. Instead they seem to be using
receivers to pick up the audio for the AM stations. The audio quality
sounds like AM, and you can hear an interfering station underneath XEX
730. A high five to anyone who can identify the interference!
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**David Yocis ? Washington DC - davidyocis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
1080 UNID Mon 6/18 0205-0301 ELT - Someone with Sporting News Radio
mostly under WTIC. Audible most of the time and sometimes
topping KRLD, with a SS station (presumed Cuba) in third place.
One station (I think this one, but could be the Cuban too)
slightly off channel, around 1080.05 kHz. All national ads,
fading out at ID time 0300 but back strongly a few minutes later.
Web sites of KRLD and WKJK show them with other programming at
this time. Any ideas?
R8B, temporary random wire
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**Rick Kenneally - Wilton CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
Had something come up while listening to a tape this morning.
On 530 at midnight 6/17 (0400 6/18 GMT) I caught the very end of a
slow song, then an announcer with accented EE saying "You are tuned to
Radio ????. Radio ???? transmits on a frequency of 530 kiloHertz...".
This was seriously QRMed in a variety of ways. There was storm QRN, my
local UnID warble, and the audio was distorted by a sub-audible
heterodyne from the I-95 TISs here in CT.
I don't have a WRTH handy right now, but I don't think there is much
on 530 this could be. Does the Turks & Caicos station carry R. Vision
Christiana programming all the time, or does it carry local English
programming as well? I'm suspecting it was the RVC station because I
didn't hear the usual top of the hour RVC jingle underneath.
**Bob Klinger ? New Cumberland PA - Rklinger97@xxxxxxx
Maybe it's CIAO in Brampton, Ontario. They play ethnic type format I
believe.
**kevin redding - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
Turks and Caicos is on 530 and also is retransmitted on a station in
New Jersey. You got the top of the hour ID and it was in EE since they
have to give the New Jersey ID in EE per FCC rules. They are often heard
here in Arizona.
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
Yes, I'm very familiar with the Radio Vision Christiana top of hour ID
(// WWRV-1330). What I heard was definitely not the usual RVC. It may
have been some Caribbean thing on CIAO - I'll go back to the tape and
see if there are any hints.
**Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, CIAO is still on 530. Power is at least 1000 watts non-
directional. They do have some EE, including their "Hot Like Pepper"
show (mostly Bollywood hits) for Indians (the South Asian variety, not
aboriginals), and Indo-Caribbeans. Toronto has quite a large community
of immigrants of South Asian descent, from Guyana and Trinidad, for whom
EE is their first language.
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**David Hochfelder - hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This wasn't timely enough for DX Tips, so I'm doing this on the
listserv instead. I checked 860 again last night around 0030ET, and
heard strong Spanish (male announcer) in the CJBC null. The Spanish
station signed off at 0042, or roughly the same time as the previous
night. Again, I didn't catch any ID. After signoff, what I assume was
WAMO Pittsburgh was under CJBC with a woman talk show host on the
American Urban Radio Network. They seemed pretty strong for a station
listed as 120W night power, so I suspect that they're running day power
of 1000W.
I'll try again for the Spanish station tonight (but earlier) and see
what I come up with. Considering that I've had similar reception two
nights in a row, I doubt that any special propagation conditions, like
auroral conditions, explain this. Has anyone else in the Northeast
logged any Spanish stations on this channel?
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Aurel Chiochiu - chiochiu@xxxxxxxxx
Does anybody know why here in North America, it is so hard to receive
Central American stations on MW. The Carraibbean Islands are verry easy
even on a Sanyo portable to log, for exemple: Cuba, the splits,
Dominican Republic, the english-speaking islands, but why MAINLAND
Central America is so tough to hear (Honduras, Guatemala, etc... on the
main-land). Did there is a geomagnetic reason wich not allow Central
American signals to pass in North-America. In Europe, hearing main-land
Central America is much more easier. Several european MW-DXers report
verry regular reception of HRRF Radio Cadena Noticias in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, but to my knowledge this station has never been heard in North
America. Personnally, I think that Central America was verry easy to
hear back in the 70`s or so when there were quite a lot of Costa Rican 5
kHz splits such as Cadena de la Emisora Columbia TILX on 725. Now,
nearly all the costa ricans have moved to even-channels wich is why they
are so difficult to log (I hjave only heard 1 costa rican the last DX
session, and that was during a quite amazing opening).
Another country that was easy to hear was Ecuador, altough not in
Central America, Ecuador was interesting because like Costa Rica, it
uses to have a large number of split channels that used to be reliably
heard in the eastern half of North America or even more, at night. For
exemple, there was HCEW2 on 995 in Guayaquil. Since how many years they
have got off the air ? There were much more ecuadorian splits like them
and Ecuador was one of the easiest Deep-South American country to log
(three quarters of Ecuador are in the Southern Hemisphere!).
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***Karel Honzik - karel.honzik@xxxxxx
last night (JUN 22) I heard an UNID station on 1395 kHz at around 2130
UTC. The station played Hungarian pops non-stop with 5 seconds of
silence between the songs (like they were played continuously from an LP
or CD). No ID nor talk for ca. 30 minutes.
I could not watch the station for longer time - I will try it again
tonight.
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**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
1000 unID - 06/25 2350 - Good; "Your favorite Christian station" and
toll-free phone number, contemporary Christian music, no ID at
the top of the hour, just dead air into USA Radio News, then more
music, over WMVP and CKBW. My guess is that someone left WCMX on
all night. (BC-NH)
**Barry McLarnon - bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
They're at it again tonight - I caught the WCMX ID just before they went
into USA Radio News at 2200. Solid signal here with WMVP nulled...
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
WCMX was mixing with CKBW in the WMVP null all night. Best ID was at
2:00am: "WCMX, Leominster, Fitchburg, ????. Your best Christian Mix".
Couldn't make out that 3rd town in the ID. Between the pirates and
stations on after hours, that part of Massachusetts has been quite a
source of DX opportunities of late.
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
1000 WCMX MA Leominster - 06/26 2359 - Good; "WCMX Leominster,
Fitchburg, Lunenburg" into USA Radio News, contemporary Christian
music. Is WCMX now U1 with NSP? (BC-NH)
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QSLs
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*Pat Martin ? Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1000 KKIM NM, Albuquerque, rec. ppc back in 6 days for f/up report.
Address: 4125 Carlisle NE, Albuquerque NM 87107. V/S: Lawrence
Domingiez (no title). (PM-OR)
1010 KSIR CO, Fort Morgan, rec. friendly letter and coverage map in 9
days for follow up report. V/S: John Jenkinson III, PD & CE.
Address: 231 Main Street, Fort Morgan CO 80701. (PM-OR)
1150 KKNW WA, Seattle, rec. nice verie letter in 5d. V/S: George
Bisso-DOE (Director of Engineerring)., along with a KLSY-92.5
thermomiter fridge magnet. Address: KKNW, 3650 131st Avenue SE,
Suite 550, Bellevue WA 98006, ex KSRB (PM-OR)
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***Daniele Canonica - Swiss.DX@xxxxxxxxxxx
1660 WMIB FL, Marco Island 1660 khz confirm with QSL my report in 65
days, v/s Phil Beckman Operations Manager, addr. 601 Elkcam
Circle, Marco Island, Florida 34145, send 1$ (Canonica)
189 ITALY RAI, Caltanisetta 189 khz confirm with QSL, after follow up,
my report of 03.07.2000, addr. Via del Parco Mirabellino 9 20052
Monza (MI) (Canonica)
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Terry Palmersheim - krhimer@xxxxxxxx
550 KOAC Corvallis, OR n/d audience card from OPB in 17 days after 3
f/u's. No v/s.
570 KNRS Salt Lake City, UT Very nice f/d B&W map/logo card in 22
days after f/u. V/s: Micheal J. Scheumake, Eng.
880 KJJR Whitefish, MT f/d ppc in 41 days after 3 f/u's. V/s: hans
Christian, Asst. Eng.
910 KALL Salt Lake City, UT Very nice f/d B&W map/logo card in 22
days after f/u. V/s: Micheal J. Scheumake, Eng.
1090 KBOZ Bozeman, MT f/d ppc in 46 days after 3 f/u's. V/s: ???,
Bus. Mgr.
1400 KXGF Great Falls, MT f/d ppc in 13 days. V/s: Jerry Strickland,
GM
1610 KALT Atlanta, TX p/d e-mail in 1 day. v/s: Walter Lancaster,
Ops. Dir. Tnx to Pat Martin for address.
1660 WMIB Marco Is., FL f/d NRC generated card in 4 months. V/: Phil
Beckman, Ops. Mgr.
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RADIO/ANTENNA TOPICS
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Wien, Robert - robert.wien@xxxxxxxx
From San Diego Union Tribune, 5/23 edition:
Broadcast Briefs
Compiled By Preston Turegano
Union-Tribune Television & Radio Writer
May 23, 2001
Tidbits from the world of broadcasting ...
Will the real KFSD please stand up? In a follow-up to the transfer of
classical music from KFSD/FM 92.1 to KPSA/AM 1450, owners of the
stations have changed the calls letters of KSPA to KFSD/AM. On May 1,
Astor Broadcasting changed the format of KFSD/FM 92.1 to alternative
(rock/pop music), and moved the classical sounds once heard on the FM
station to KPSA, which had been a nostalgia/big band music station.
(KFSD/AM also can be heard on the 107.5 frequency of Cox Communications'
in-home radio reception service.) Radio stations with identical call
letters are nothing new here. For many years KFMB/FM 100.7 and KFMB/AM
760, and XTRA/FM 91.1 and XTRA/AM 690 have thrived, apparently with
little problem.
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**Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
The new BlueToronto site http://www.bluetoronto.f2s.com includes a
page of links to Toronto's AM and FM stations:
http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~blue1/information/newsmedia/radio.htm
For some reason, they've also got a link to Buffalo's WGR-550.
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**Frederick R Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Seven area radio stations will play musical chairs Formats, call
letters, dial positions to change July 1
BY JIM QUINN
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published Monday, June 18, 2001, in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Fans of some of the most popular radio stations in Northeast Ohio are
about to have trouble finding their favorite programs.
Like players in a massive game of musical chairs, the owners of two
broadcasting conglomerates and those of the last locally owned station
in Cleveland are swapping frequencies, changing call letters and
juggling formats. The switches will start July 1 and be completed by
midnight July 3.
In addition to swapping frequencies, the changes will create a brand-
new Christian format station called The Fish.
According to Robert Conrad, president of WCLV in Cleveland, the seven-
station shake-up was triggered by financial pressure to sell WCLV, the
only major Cleveland-area station that is not owned by an outside
corporation.
For more than a decade, Conrad said, the consolidation of U.S. radio
stations into large companies drove up the value of the dwindling
independent stations, including WCLV, which plays classical music.
As a result, the conglomerates have increasingly offered ``obscene
amounts of money'' for WCLV's broadcasting license, he said, suggesting
that the value of the station approached $40 million.
The station ultimately struck a deal with Salem Communications, which
owns the Christian broadcast stations WHK-AM and WHK-FM.
As a result, Salem Communications will move its FM station from 98.1
to WCLV's spot at 95.5 under the new call letters WFHM. Errol Dengler,
general manager of Salem Communications of Cleveland, Akron and
Youngstown, said WFHM ``The Fish'' will play contemporary Christian
music by artists like Michael W. Smith and the group Avalon.
However, part of the deal was a demand that a smaller station continue
WCLV's classical music format. To find that station, Salem
Communications brought in another conglomerate, Clear Channel, which
expanded the deal-making dramatically.
Here's an overview of the changes coming to your radio dial:
WKDD will move from 96.5 to 98.1 on the FM dial. General Manager
Belynda Holland said the move will give the Akron station a stronger
signal in Summit, Portage and Stark Counties. WKDD will be the first to
move, on July 1. Holland said the switch will let the station cover its
core audience in Summit County better. However, the station currently
reaches deep into Cuyahoga County, and listeners there will not be able
to get the station after the shuffle.
WCLV's classical programming will move from 95.5 to 104.9, a spot
currently occupied by WAKS-FM in Lorain. By moving the 104.9
transmission tower to Avon and boosting the signal, WCLV still will be
able to reach listeners in all of Cuyahoga County. However, Conrad said,
listeners east of Cuyahoga County probably will get a weaker signal, and
so will Summit County listeners. ``I think we'll cover the north half of
Summit County reasonably well,'' Conrad said, adding that listeners to
the south may need to install an FM antenna. Eastern listeners may need
to tune into WBKC 1460-AM in Painesville, which will simulcast WCLV's
programming, he said.
Listeners on the west side of Cuyahoga County should be pleased,
however. Conrad said west siders have had to contend with interference
from a station in Detroit, but that won't be a problem after the switch.
WHK-AM and FM, which currently broadcast the same Christian
programming, will split and move. The programming currently heard at
1420-AM will move to 1220-AM. Christian programming will no longer be
heard at 98.1-FM (the new home of WKDD). Instead, the new WFHM will
operate at 95.5-FM.
WAKS-FM, the contemporary hit station operating at 104.9, will move to
96.5-FM (WKDD's current spot) without any programming changes.
WRMR-AM, an oldiesnostalgia station broadcasting at 850-AM, will
become WCLV-AM. Conrad said the small station became the property of
WCLV as part of the swap. Originally, WCLV planned to use it to simply
simulcast its FM programs. However, there's a growing audience for music
ranging from Frank Sinatra to Glenn Miller, so WCLV hired most of WRMR's
staff and will continue that format at 1420-AM.
Finally, the sports-talk station WKNR at 1220-AM will move to 850-AM.
Don't be surprised if you find all this alphabet soup confusing.
Dengler at Salem Communications said he uses a chart to keep the seven-
station shuffle straight in his own mind.
If all these business concerns sound complicated, just wait a few
years. Digital satellite radio broadcast systems are being established
now, meaning that before the end of 2001, listeners will get access to
hundreds of new, digital-quality stations. These signals are distortion-
free, available coast-to-coast and usually free of commercials. Instead,
listeners pay a subscription fee.
During the next several years, digital broadcasting technology will
allow AM stations to transmit signals that are better than what is
available on FM now. That could put an end to the dominance of FM over
AM.
Another complicating factor is the rise of Internet broadcasts, which
have led to new stations and have allowed many existing stations to be
heard by Web listeners around the globe.
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Kenneth M Hawkins - go-herd@xxxxxxxxx
Deal to let Clear Channel stations return to Internet
Associated Press SAN ANTONIO -- Clear Channel Communications has
struck a deal that will allow 250 of its radio stations to resume
broadcasting over the Internet. San Antonio-based Clear Channel had
stopped Web broadcasting in April because of a dispute with recording
artists and commercial actors, who wanted larger fees for radio ads that
also run on Internet radio stations. Clear Channel reached an agreement
with Los Angeles-based Hiwire that will make it possible for Clear
Channel stations to replace some national commercials with ads targeting
Internet markets. To make the targeting work, Hiwire prompts Internet
radio listeners to provide age, gender and ZIP code the first time they
come to the station online. Each time the listener goes to that station
on the Internet, Hiwire servers will automatically deliver online-only
audio ads. That means an Internet listener might hear a different ad
than someone listening to the radio in his car. Clear Channel is
targeting 250 stations in the 50 largest radio markets for the targeting
deal. The company operates about 1,200 stations. Hiwire spokesman Wayne
Hickey said it will take several months to resume Internet audio for all
250 stations. Tom Taylor, a radio industry observer and editor of
newsletter M Street Daily, said it was only a matter of time before
Clear Channel got around roadblocks by actors and recording artists to
resume Internet broadcasts. "This is Clear Channel doing what it needed
to do and what others will do to have a meaningful presence" on the Web,
he said.
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**Mark S. Erdman - markse@xxxxxxxx
Internet Radio Goes Local By Ken Liebeskind
When Internet radio stations contemplate advertising opportunities,
they often think of selling to national advertisers, since Internet
radio stations are accessible to a national or even international
audience.
But Clevelandhits.com is completely different. The one-year-old
Internet station serves Cleveland and only Cleveland and offers local
advertising opportunities, similar to terrestrial radio stations.
A company called Hits Network, which also plans on starting similar
stations in 82 other cities, started it. "They'll all be separate
stations built the same way, there's no syndication," says Mike Hilber,
president/COO. For now, only the Cleveland site is operational with
holder sites being used for the other cities.
Clevelandhits.com plays a mix of music, half determined by listener
requests, the other half mostly new music programmed by the station. The
highlight is a visual window on the home page that shows a live jock in
the studio. There are four different cameras that catch him at different
angles, close up or pacing around the studio.
But the window is primarily an advertising vehicle, Hilber says. It
enables the station to show advertiser products or better yet, conduct
exciting on air promos. A local microbrewery held a taste test that
showed five listeners drinking beer in the studio. Red Lobster showed
local chefs preparing their favorite meals. The Guitar Center, a
national retail chain, shows its latest models each week, with local
reps discussing them.
This kind of advertising is unlike typical Internet radio and more
like traditional terrestrial radio, which conducts frequent on air
promos. Some of the advertisers on Clevelandhits.com, including concert
and movie promoters, don't even run audio ads, they just conduct
giveaway promotions, which are announced by the jock, Hilber says. But
instead of calling the station to win the prizes, listeners send email.
The site has an Intranet email blank listeners can use to send email
directly from the site, without having to open their own email accounts.
Clevelandhits.com runs seven and a half minutes of commercials per
hour, a little more than half what most terrestrial radio stations run.
"I'll expand it when the demand is there," Hilber says. He says most
clients run 60s, another unusual occurrence, since most Internet radio
spots are 30s and even 15s. He says most advertisers make three month
buys and run 12 to 50 spots per week.
He claims Clevelandhits.com is a better platform for advertising
because listeners stay online for an average of 48 minutes. This
compares to 17 1/2 minutes for terrestrial radio and three minutes for a
silent Web site.
He also says his advertising reaches two different demographics.
During weekdays, the audience is 25 to 40 year old workers. Nights and
weekends it's a younger at home audience, 18 to 34.
He claims the local approach to Internet radio advertising is the way
to go because "all people who advertise have a local interest." He also
thinks more local advertising opportunities on the Web are needed. "How
does a local Web strategy market the site? There's regional AOL and
Yahoo, but it doesn't give them the pizzazz they need to build
excitement around a local site."
Finally, he says there's a lot of money available from local
advertisers. "It's where the money is." Being a local station means he
can also promote it locally, with local cable, transit and direct mail
used.
The site gets 2 million page views per month, which Hilber says is
"pretty good for a local station." He claims Clevelandhits.com is the
second most visited local site after the Cleveland Plain Dealer site.
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*Eric Bueneman - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx
It's about time somebody made an honest attempt to do something about
this insanity in the radio business; the unconstitutional Telecom Act of
1996. This act of legislation, which has allowed less competition and
has accelerated the decline in commercial radio audiences, has cost
hundreds of good jobs, and replaced them with unreliable computers. This
article appeared in the Washington Post. Read on.
Your Local Station, Signing Off
By Ernest F. Hollings and Byron Dorgan
In the past five years, we have witnessed a frenzy of media mergers
leading to the acquisition of many of our nation's newspapers, cable
companies and radio and television stations by a powerful few. Prior to
the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the top radio station group owned 39
stations and generated annual revenues of $495 million. Today the top
group owns more than 1,100 stations and generates annual revenues of
almost $3.2 billion. According to a recent news report, the radio
industry has consolidated into four companies that control 90 percent of
radio advertising revenue. Drive across the country and in big cities
and small towns, your car radio too often plays only a handful of
homogenized voices beamed by a few media conglomerates.
For decades, our communications policy has imposed sensible
restrictions on media ownership to promote and preserve multiple,
independent voices. Unfortunately, the rules that protect this diversity
are under assault: from regulators, judges and from the industry itself.
This despite the fact that the rules in question have encouraged the
growth of locally relevant, independent programmers and distributors of
media content.
The industry claims that the current ownership restrictions are
outmoded because of the proliferation of new media outlets. This
argument fails to note that these restrictions are not based on narrow
antitrust notions of competition. Rather, they are grounded in
principles -- the promotion of diversity and localism -- that must be
considered distinctly from our nation's competition laws.
The reasons are simple. Diversity in ownership creates opportunities
for smaller companies and local business men and women to have a voice.
Diversity in ownership provides outlets for creative programming,
locally relevant news and information and controversial points of view.
Those hoping to acquire more media outlets claim that the transformed
and newly competitive media landscape demands a deregulatory response.
In our view, the proponents of deregulation and consolidation have yet
to prove their claims. Deregulation without reasoned justification is
nothing more than deregulation for its own sake. We have already been
down that road and we have seen the troubling results in the radio
marketplace.
A year before Congress passed the Telecommunications Act, the Federal
Communications Commission lifted the rules that prohibited broadcast
networks from owning and creating their own television programming. This
freed the networks to seek economic stakes in, and ownership of,
television programs. Last year a report in the New York Times noted:
"The decline of independent producers is a reflection not only of
increased network ownership of shows, but, far more important, of the
ascendancy of conglomerates like Disney and Viacom, General Electric,
and News Corporation, who own the networks."
America's independent producers helped build an entertainment industry
that is envied around the world. Lifting the rules that protected its
diversity may have been a harmful mistake.
We must not make a similar mistake by further consolidating ownership
of our local television stations. More than 155 million Americans
regularly receive their local news from local TV stations. Another 67
million rely in part on their local stations for the news. Despite the
proliferation of the Internet and the increased deployment of digital
cable and satellite television systems (with hundreds of programming
options), most people still get their information from local newspapers,
radio and television stations.
It is local information that sculpts each community's unique debate
over its politics and culture. Do we want broadcast decisions about
local news and information in Fargo, N.D., and Columbia, S.C., to be
determined by the media giants in Manhattan and Los Angeles, whose
primary interest is in maximizing ad revenue? Our answer is no. But if
media consolidation is allowed to continue unfettered, and the ownership
restrictions that are now on the books are relaxed or repealed, local
control, local coverage and a robust marketplace of ideas will suffer.
By maintaining sensible restrictions on ownership of media properties,
we can promote diversity in the marketplace and preserve the localism
that every American has come to expect when he or she picks up the
morning paper or turns on the local news. Let us not repeat the mistakes
that led to the rapid consolidation in radio and in the marketplace for
TV programming. This is not just about competition between major media
conglomerates. It's a question of whether we want all of the media
outlets in this country to be controlled by a powerful few.
Ernest F. Hollings is a Democratic senator from South Carolina and
chairman of the Commerce Committee. Byron Dorgan is a Democratic senator
from North Dakota.
Eric again:
A recent "Inside Radio" report indicates that Clear Channel, despite
revenues of $3.2 billion, will still lose an estimated $394 million in
FY 2001. Infinity Broadcasting sustained bigger losses; nearly $2
billion. What the Telecom Act has really done is dramatically decrease
the amount of LOCAL, homegrown talent available on our commercial
airwaves. Fifteen years ago, nearly half of the on-air personalities at
a specific radio station were "homegrown". Now, it's almost NONE.
"Homegrown" talent is largely confined to non-commercial educational
radio stations and the few independent, "mom-and-pop" stations left. It
has also promoted various forms of discrimination in employment
(especially among the disabled, the aforementioned "homegrown" talent
and various ethnic minorities) and ownership (especially among the
aforementioned ethnic minorities, as well as those folks, like myself,
who have REAL VISION for the broadcast business). I can list such
deplorable examples as these:
1) IBOC-DAB is being rammed down our throats, instead of the U.S.
mandating the worldwide Eureka 147 standard. Other new technologies
aren't being given the FAIR chance it deserves (most notably AM Stereo).
2) Programming quality on commercial stations has gone down to it's
lowest point EVER. The public is demanding more G-rated programming, and
the best commercial broadcasters can do is "PG-13". Morning radio has
become too X-rated. The claimed "higher ratings" for "fake talent" like
Howard Stern, Bubba, Mancow and other syndicated fare is based on LOWER
LISTENERSHIP than in 1989. If radio had maintained it's pre-1990
numbers, the shock jocks would have been off the air in a blink. Had
radio maintained it's pre-1990 numbers, Stern and the other "fake
talent" would be in the unemployment line.
3) Radio stations, which had been friendly to DXers in the past, have
become more DXer-hostile. Commercial broadcasters must realize that
DXers are JUST AS IMPORTANT to the station as the local audience. If you
don't value the DXer as much as the local listener, then what's the
point of having a station in the first place? If a distant listener
hears your station, then why not fulfill that obligation by verifying
with at least a letter? This is just one reason why fewer people are
going into the DX hobby as even twenty years ago, just when the airwaves
were beginning to be deregulated.
4) No thanks to deregulation, radio has not really recovered from it's
early 1990s depression. With more and more on-air talent being forced to
end their careers (even if they still have REAL talent), one person had
to take the mantle of a voice for the disenfranchised DJ. That voice is
Ron Jacobs, who helped create "Boss Radio" with Bill Drake years ago.
Jacobs has set up an organization called Balance Radio Broadcasting.
Visit the site at http://www.93khj.com/brb/ today. A former St. Louis
commercial air talent has also put down his vision for a fairer, more
competitive business. Read it at
http://www.geocities.com/jazzjockebstevenson/BroadcastingModel/ today.
Radio also needs to end it's dependence on patronage and cronyism,
which is really a hiring policy out of the Nineteenth Century. Patronage
and cronyism have NO PLACE in the Twenty-First Century economy.
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Kenneth M Hawkins - go-herd@xxxxxxxxx
Clear Channel to return 250 stations to Internet
By Greg Johnson
The Los Angeles Times
June 23, 2001, 10:14 AM EDT
Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's largest radio station
owner, which in April shut down most of its Internet operations in the
face of growing legal and financial barriers, plans to return 250
stations to the Internet beginning in July.
In a deal announced Monday, Clear Channel will sign an exclusive
agreement with Hiwire Inc. to strip out commercials heard by the chain's
radio listeners and replace them with new spots designed specifically
for the Internet. Hiwire's technology addresses advertising industry
concerns over labor union contracts that require additional payments to
actors when radio or television ads are streamed online.
"Internet radio is catching on in a big way," said Kevin Mayer, chief
executive of Los Angeles-based Clear Channel Interactive. "And Clear
Channel has vowed to find a comprehensive approach to streaming that
makes both legal and financial sense."
Advertisers have warned that they would hold radio companies liable
for fees that unions have negotiated for actors appearing in television
and radio ads that migrate onto the Internet. At the same time, the
unions are expected to negotiate lower fees for Webcast-only spots
because the young industry simply can't command the rates charged by
television and radio.
Clear Channel's deal with Los Angeles-based Hiwire represents an
important step for the fledgling business of streaming advertisements
online. More than a quarter of Americans listen or watch streaming
media, and Jupiter Media Metrix predicts that streaming advertising will
grow into a $4.8-billion business by 2005.
Considerable barriers remain, however, before major advertisers view
the small and fragmented streaming advertising business as attractive.
The technology and software still are evolving, and Webcasters still
are learning what kind of content consumers want -- not to mention how
much advertising they'll accept. Advertisers are demanding that
Webcasters provide audited reports on who's listening and watching. The
sector also is caught in the overall advertising industry downdraft that
Hiwire Chief Executive Warren Schlichting described as "probably the
primary detractor right now."
Webcasters also are at odds with the Recording Industry Assn. of
America's demand that online streamers pay a fee for every song played.
Radio stations don't pay the fees, but Congress in 1998 mandated that
labels be able to collect royalties from Webcasters.
"These are simply issues that need to be sorted out," said Thom
Mocarsky, spokesman for media research firm Arbitron, which is marketing
a Webcast measurement service for advertisers. "This is a new technology
that doesn't fit the existing rules, so new rules need to be established
that can accommodate all of the players."
Advertising isn't an issue for online services that charge for their
content, but it's clearly the lifeblood of radio stations and Internet-
only services that won't be selling subscriptions. Schlichting described
the Clear Channel deal as a "quantum leap forward . . . because we're
now able to offer advertisers critical mass."
Advertisers like systems that give them broad reach. Hiwire, which
also provides advertising inserts for such Webcasters as Net Radio.com
and DiscJockey.com, acts as an advertising consolidator. Along with such
competitors as RealNetworks Inc. and Coollink Broadcast Network, Hiwire
sells advertising, strips out unwanted ads and replaces them with
Internet-only spots.
Each time a Web ad runs, it counts as an impression. Hiwire has been
promising to deliver about 25 million impressions a month to
advertisers. That total will rise to about 1 billion with the addition
of Clear Channel's 250 stations, Schlichting said.
Clear Channel recently put its talk, sports and news stations back on
the Internet. "Those stations aren't music-intensive, so we're letting
them stream as long as they have the technology to strip ads and replace
them," Mayer said. And despite the RIAA court case, Mayer said Clear
Channel's music-oriented stations will resume Webcasting starting in
July.
Clear Channel hopes to gain an advantage over other huge broadcast
chains by quickly moving back into the market. Radio stations could play
a dominant role in Webcasting because they already have spent heavily to
forge strong, real-world brands and showcase popular disc jockeys.
Mayer acknowledged that online advertising rates still are evolving in
the young industry. "The marketplace will tell us what pricing can be
supported," Mayer said. "Obviously, we'd like to push prices as high as
is reasonable. But that's going to be subject to negotiations."
Webcasters maintain that advertisers will move online because the
Internet blends the broad reach of radio with the specificity of direct
marketing. Hiwire, for example, lets advertisers target individual
listeners based on demographic data supplied by partners such as Clear
Channel. Listeners will hear the same music, but an 18-year-old male
might receive a fast-food commercial while a female listener might get a
lingerie ad.
What ads will look and sound like still is up in the air. Some
advertisements will be heard and not seen; others will include pop-up
banners or buttons that connect directly to the advertisers' Web site.
Unions that represent actors featured in television and radio
advertising also have high hopes for Webcasting.
"We're certainly hoping it's a billion-dollar business someday," said
Mathis Dunn, national assistant executive director of the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists. "We're hoping the medium
will not go away, that it will continue to grow. We want to be part of
it."
Unions bristle, however, at the suggestion that organized labor pushed
Clear Channel and other big broadcasters out of the Webcast arena
earlier this year. "These streaming outfits clearly weren't profitable
to begin with for lack of a solid business model," Dunn said. "And in my
opinion, the real liability they face is the RIAA issue because
broadcasters would have to pay that directly."
Copyright (c) 2001, The Los Angeles Times
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**Pete Kemp - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
CBS sportscaster Lesley Visser will break another gender barrier when
she joins Howard David and Boomer Esiason in the Westwood One/CBS Radio
Sports booth for Monday night football games next season. Ms. Visser is
booked to work at least two games -- Sept. 17 and Oct. 15 -- and perhaps
more, depending on what else she can fit on her plate, which is already
heaped with commitments to CBS Sports, CBS News and HBO. "We're starting
with a few games. I just couldn't figure out how to slice my life any
thinner," said Ms. Visser, for whom this assignment will mean a prime-
time reunion with Mr. Esiason. Both were abruptly jettisoned last season
during ABC's remake of its ABC Sports "Monday Night Football" team. Ms.
Visser was replaced by Melissa Stark in a move that came as a "titanic
shock," Ms. Visser said. Ms. Visser was the first woman to cover the NFL
as a beat (at the Boston Globe), the first to report from the sidelines
of the Super Bowl and is still the only woman to have hosted the post-
game Super Bowl trophy presentation (1992). (http://www.emonline.com)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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2001 M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY (10th Edition)
The IRCA Bookstore is proud to announce that the 'M Street
Corporation' has agreed to offer a discount on their 2001 'M Street
Radio Directory' to DXers ordering through the IRCA Bookstore. The
Directory contains a complete listing of over 15,000 radio stations
(AM/FM, US/Canada) including the following information: facilities,
ownership, formats, LMAs, station personnel, phone numbers (and FAX),
addresses, ratings, as well as information on almost 400 radio markets
in the US and Canada. Stations are listed by location (complete info),
frequency (frequency, call, location, power and pattern) and call (call,
frequency, location) and market (frequency, call, location, rating,
format). It also includes a former call reference (old call, location
and current call). Major network information (addresses/phone
numbers/etc) and several interesting radio articles are included as
well.
The price to DXers ordering through the IRCA Bookstore is $70.00 +
Shipping/Handling ($7.00 to US, $17 to Canada or $25 to Europe). Retail
will be $79.00 + S/H.
Checks and Money orders to be made out to: Phil Bytheway.
IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA 98117-2334.
The Book is expected to be out by the end of JULY 2001.
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The WTFDA Convention will be held on July 27-29 2001 at the Super 8
Lodge, 2773 Elder St, Boise ID 83705. Host is Frank Aden (4096 Marcia
Pl, Boise ID 82704 - N7SOK@xxxxxxx). For reservations (208) 344-8871
(mention Frank Aden). Rates are $62.10 (for a double). Registration is
$20.
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The IRCA/DecalcoMania convention will be held on August 24-26 2001 at
the Best Western Airport Inn, 10232 Natural Bridge Rd, St Louis MO
63134. DecalcoMania member Mike Sanburn (PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA) is
your host (mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx). For reservations 1-800-872-0070 or
(314) 427-5955. Rates are $73/night (up to 4 people/room).
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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2001 NRC Convention will be in Pittsburgh PA over Labor Day weekend.
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IRCA's web site... take a peek!!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
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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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The AM DX NewsFlash is sent weekly from Teknologic in Snohomish WA
All contributions will be used
Comments regarding content are appreciated
With your submission, please include as a minimum:
Your name, location and email address
Tell your email friends about "AM DX NewsFlash"
To receive this email newsletter, send your email ID, name and
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Folks whose bulletins are returned twice in a row are dropped from the
list. If your email address changes, please let me know!
Information appearing the NewsFlash can be quoted provided the original
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IRCA DUES STRUCTURE
DXM-printed DX MONITOR (21x/year), SDXM-"soft" DX MONITOR (35x/year)
WORLD - SDXM $10.00
USA - DXM $20.00, DXM/SDXM $25.00
Canada - DXM $22.00, DXM/SDXM $27.00
Overseas surface - DXM $23.50, DXM/SDXM $28.50
Airmail (Central America, Caribbean) - DXM $35.00, DXM/SDXM $40.00
Airmail (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) - $38.00,
DXM/SDXM - $43.00
Airmail (rest of the World) - $41.00, DXM/SDXM $46.00
To join the IRCA, send the appropriate dues to: IRCA HQ
PO Box 1831
Perris CA 92572-1831
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them
to the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxx
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END of 6/28/01 THE "IRCA AM DX NewsFlash"
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