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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 14-20, 2016

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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by ELT].

Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75 with E-W longwire

These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: 
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page51

These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA,Âunidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order 

** CANADA. 800, UT Sat Oct 15 at 0534 UT, strong music with KQCV OKC completely nullable --- 0535 UT ``from the AM 800 weather centre``, temps in Celsius, then resuming `Coast to Coast AM`, which has these music breaks built into it, so obviously CKLW Windsor Ont. Not a hint of XEROK which should at least also occupy 800 with KQCV nulled! 

800, Oct 16 at 0150 UT, KQCV OKC fully nulled, and not a peep out of XEROK, just ad for HBO Canada, and Canadian Tyres, from CKLW. Besides XEROK being off or reduced to negligible power, suspect CKLW is also pushing more than a third-rate minor lobe this way as in NRC Pattern Book map: primary one goes NE, secondary ESE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

It's Canadian Tire. The store, often referred to as "Crappy Tire" for some of the shoddier products it sells, is an icon in the Canadian retail business. Kind of a cross between K Mart and Home Depot but with a large automotive section and most stores have an auto repair facility. Gives out "Canadian Tire Money" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire_money
on purchases. These days, most of the "money" is electronic but many Canadians still have paper money lying around the house or in their cars. Note that "tire" is one of the words Canadians spell the American way (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA. 780, Sat Oct 15 at 1220 UT, rock music on strong steady signal: could it be KCEG Fountain CO? But it`s supposed to be C&W. Or could it be my semi-local from Stillwater, KSPI, which is normally talk, mostly sports?? 1230 UT quick non-ID as something ``94-3``, mentions ``speed-date``, right back to music. 1251 UT still rock-steady at S9+20; 1258 UT non-ID as ``Peak 94-3``, music. Finally at 1301 UT, ``Peak 94-3, KSPI, Stillwater, Peak 94-3``, NO translator legal ID, and more music. Since there is a 94.3 in Colorado Springs of which Fountain is a suburb (despite station address in Denver), I was almost convinced a station named ``Peak`` (as in Pikes) would have to be from there! But per WTFDA FM database no such branding of its 94.3:

``KILO 94.3 COLORADO SPRINGS CO USA 59.2 59.2 670.0 670.0 38-44-44 104-51-42 264C KILO943 www.kilo943.com KILO 94 ROCK``

There are certainly no peaks around Stillwater; only by hearing it, maybe could be ``Pique 94-3``. From WTFDA FM Database: 

``K232FI // KSPI-780 94.3 STILLWATER OK USA 0.25 0.25 0.0 0.0 36-10-47 97-00-38 KINGDOM KEYS RADIO RELIGION/SOME SPANISH``

This makes no sense: KSPI 780 is primarily sports, not as described above, certainly not religion. Maybe that was the translator`s former primary from something else, before KSPI acquired it? Note that KSPI has its own real FM on 93.7, separately programmed. So at times, 780 KSPI turns itself into an appendage of the translator on 94.3 (blocked in Enid by an LPFM here). On weekdays, 780 is normally in a local talk show, beyond mere sports. Both of them are 250 watts! Incomparable, of course, with much greater coverage on a low AM channel.

Finally I check the cluster site 
http://stillwaterradio.net/
and aha, it`s PETE 94.3, not Peak! I think this allude to some stupid sports mascot, yet it is musical, about it: ``Pete features a unique and familiar mix of the 90's and beyond, targeting adults 25-44. Core artists consist of Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, Matchbox 20, REM, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden``. I find it amazing that audience research thinx when you turn 45, your tastes suddenly change. And this would never have targeted me at any age.

780, Oct 15 at 1923 UT check, KSPI Stillwater is off the air. You`ll recall another anomaly in my previous report earlier today: relaying its music-format FM translator in the morning, instead of usual sports/talk. Still off just before legal sunset, at 2356 UT, as WBBM is already in the clear for a change. Not that it deserves any consideration, trashing 770 and 790 stations with its IBOC noise. Well, this somewhat compensates for all the times daytimer KSPI has left its carrier on into the, or all-night. Is it ailing or are these symptoms of a format shakeup?

780, Sunday Oct 16 at 1919 UT, KSPI Stillwater is back on the air, with rock music; 2000 UT ID as `Pete 94-3, KSPI Stillwater, Pete 94-3``. I am beginning to think there indeed has been a format flip for 780 away from sports talk, conceding to crosstown competitor Triple Play Sports (1020, 1580, 105.1). 

Monday morning, Oct 17 at 1224 UT it`s still music instead of local live morning talk show --- and the music instead of talk splashes harder against 774 Trans-Pacific carriers, Australia/Japan, often audible just pre-sunrise here. 1226 ads for Ponca City, Stillwater, and a casino. More rock music; 1402-1404 UT ABC Sports, summary of weekend action. 1405 UT intro show `The Game`, local call-in about sports, and theme music to 1407.5, dead air, and theme music loops again and again at 1408, 1409, 1410; finally at 1411 live host starts the show ``on Pete 94-3 and AM 780``. So there is still sports talk part of the time on 780, after a weekend full of music --- maybe just plugged into automated 94.3 audio for lack of local live staff available? 

780, Oct 17 at 1807 UT and 1945 chex, KSPI Stillwater again with rock music from ``Pete 94-3`` instead of sports talk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1848, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

780, Oct 20 at 1231 UT, day-of-week song(?), 1232 UT interjecting ``It`s Pete``, i.e. Pete 94-3, the translator KSPI Stillwater is now relaying, mostly music instead of sports talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 20 at 1233 UT, WKY OKC, during Spanish talkshow instead of music, is still hiccuping at the rate of 44 per minute, quick carrier breaks which they have apparently decided to ignore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1240+, Oct 15 at 1925 UT on caradio, a low audible heterodyne between dominant KFH Wichita KS with Jayhawx net sports and something else, which I know by long experience on daytime groundwave here must be KADS Elk City OK. For a long time now, these two have been close enough NOT to produce a LAH. Later on the DX-398 with offset BFO, careful tuning and turning, I can tell that the off-frequency station is KADS, not KFH, and it is on the hi side of 1240.

Searching my archive, I find that the closening must have been recent as of: ``July 18, 2006, daytime bandscan from Enid: 1613 UT, 1240, fast SAH, rather than audible het as used to be the case, so KFH Wichita KS and KADS Elk City OK are closer to frequency``

(1240 KNSS Wichita became KFH on August 30, 2004, swapped with 1330; and another anomaly: it`s only 630 watts due to some reduced-coverage requirement due to a too-efficient antenna.)

KADS calls were applied during a brief period when an all-want-ads format was tried, but they have stuck, into today with the Okie ``Sports Animal`` network. It was previously/originally KBEK as in Beckham County. FCC Call Sign History for Facility 29030 has no info other than current KADS, so that must have been really long ago in the XX Century. It does volunteer, ``KADS's first license was granted 11-16-1932`` but it sure wasn`t KADS then.

KADS on 1240+ is not to be confused with KCRT Trinidad CO, which often can be heard at night with a higher het against the ~1240.00 pileup, reported as 1240.19, as of March 20, 2015. BTW, KCRT is only 250/250 watts rather than the usual graveyard power now of 1000/1000 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 1380, Oct 15 at 0048 UT, mixture of weak stations including one in Spanish, so perhaps KRCM Shenandoah TX (Houston market) be back in whack, with 43 or 50 watts night instead of 22,000 watts day power? OTOH, NRC AM Log shows there`s another SS religious Texan on 1380, KWMP Pleasanton, (San Antonio market), 4000/160 U5 which should have a chance now if KRCM be legal. Will check further for usual bigsig tantamount to a European service from KRCM.

1380, Oct 16 at 0142 UT, Spanish praise music is still dominant, so KRCM Shenandoah TX must still be on 22 kW day power contrary to my hopes at last log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. [Re previous report:]
1470, Oct 13 at 1240 UT, classic rock looping ESE/WNW, 1242 UT ``Knock Three Times``, good signal, presumed KSMM Liberal KS, NRC AM Log listed as OLD format, ``Super Hits``, // KODC-LP 102.1. Not that far but doesn`t quite make it on daytime groundwave, 1000/170/500 watts U1. 

Wait a minute, how can a commercial AM station be // an LPFM, by definition non-commercial?? FCC AM Query shows 1470 licensed to Rocking M Media; nothing about being non-commercial, nor any FM connexion. October sunrise not until 1245 UT (November 1315 UT), but could be on 500 watt PSRA.

FCC FM Query shows ``KODC-LP: KS DODGE CITY, Licensee: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH``, quite a mismatch, so are these stations really related?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Everything I can find online indicates these stations are *not* related. The rockingmradio.com website (updated this year) indicates KSMM relays KAHE 95.5 FM with Super Hits. What I'm finding online is that, as you'd expect, KODC-LP is a Catholic religious station.

That said, note that holding a commercial license doesn't *require* a station to sell airtime. There's nothing in the rules that would sanction KSMM for choosing to relay a non-commercial station as long as it had that station's permission.

I had to look up the LPFM rules though. I thought it was illegal for a LPFM to allow itself to be simulcast on any other station. Turns out that's not true. A full power station may legally simulcast a LPFM, but a LPFM may not legally simulcast a full-power station (whether that full-power station is commercial or non-commercial).

Of course often that's a pretty fine distinction :) == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN  EM66, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1250, Oct 16 at 1240-1245 UT fade, classic country music looping E/W. Format unfits for the AR, MO, stations listed, and nothing to the west, but maybe it`s the nearest in TN, per NRC AM Log, 
WKBL, Covington (Memphis) TN, OLD ``Classic Hits`` 800/80 watts U1 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1360, Oct 20 at 0501 UT, dominant signal from NW/SE saying it`s been on air since June 1, 1983, but fades before identified, seemingly with a W- call. So I check out stations in MS, AL but don`t find a matching airdate; if not K-, maybe LA, AR or CO? No hits there either. Possibly date concerned a program rather than a station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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