[IRCA] Oklahoma pirates, IBOC, TIS

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** OKLAHOMA. Re DXLD 6-103, Broadcast Actions 7/12/2006
PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission REPORT NO. 46275

AM STATION APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE TO COVER LICENSE CANCELLED

P 1430 KHZ OK, ALVA
LICENSE TO COVER: License cancelled, and callsign deleted by letter dated
7-7-06 1800B3 JDB
OK BL-19780901AD DKALV 43280 MM&K OF ALVA, INC.

P 1600 KHZ OK, CUSHING 
LICENSE TO COVER: License cancelled, and callsign deleted by letter dated
7-7-06 1800B3 JDB
CIMARRON VALLEY BROADCASTERS, INC. 
OK BL-4586 DKUSH 11201

When is a license cancellation and a callsign deletion not a cancellation or a
deletion? In these cases! 

I checked out these two stations UT July 18, and BOTH ARE STILL ON THE AIR,
seemingly operating normally. 

KUSH, 1600 is normally audible at home in the daytime, and quite a bit better
on the east side of Enid on a caradio. At 0105 UT (8:05 pm CDT, 1835 LMT), well
before sunset with the temp still 100+, skywave was booming in with 1600
dominated by KRVA in the DFW market, Asian Broadcasting (see separate report).
So I tried again the next morning when all the skywave should be gone, but at
1356 I was still getting something distant on 1570 and 1660 KXTR. Nevertheless,
at 1400 UT, 1600 bore a singing ID sounding like KUSH, and then Oklahoma News
Network. No other Okies on 1600, but to be absolutely sure I checked again at
1500 & 1600 got definite full IDs from KUSH. Also has ONN on the half hours.

KALV, 1430, Alva: same situation. Has a null toward Tulsa and hence Enid, but
on caradio in Enid I was able to ID it at 1455 and again at 1615 UT, when I
counted a SAH of 6 Hz, presumably with Tulsa`s buzzer. Still not hearing IBOC
from that on 1420 or 1440 here, the latter being essentially empty daytimes
except for local line noise, etc.

So have KUSH and KALV not received the FCC notification that they are kaput? Or
just keep running, hoping FCC will not find out? The same FCC notice had two
other deletions, 1240 Idabel and 1560 Sallisaw, but both are out of range here
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. IBOC daytime monitoring observations in and near Enid UT July 18:

640, WWLS Moore-Norman, with heavy buzz on 630 and 650, also audible under the
DFW station on 660. AND on 640 itself (slightly).

1000, KTOK, OKC, is definitely IBOC, with buzz on 990 and 1010, also audible
under KOKP 1020 Perry, when checked at 0110 UT (before LSS in July), and at
1611 UT. KTOK is not listed as IBOC, and may have just started. I will not
listen to them enough (analog) to know if they are promoting ``HD``

1300, KAKC Tulsa; 1380 KMUS Muskogee-Tulsa; 1430 KTBZ Tulsa --- cannot detect
any IBOC on adjacent frequencies. Only KAKC has a listenable analog signal
here.

This list updated June 30, 
http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
does not show KTOK 1000 or KAKC 1300, just three OK stations, WWLS 640, KMUS
1380 (green, meaning had it but currently turned off), and KTBZ 1430

Even iBiquity`s own listing
http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_find_a_station/OK/StnMarket#stationlist
shows only WWLS-640 and KMUS-1380! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Haven`t heard it from home, but there is now a TIS at Great Salt
Plains State Park, NW of Enid. On my bandscan 15 km N of Enid around 0100 UT
July 18, I was hearing a long loop on 1610 mentioning birdwatching there, Byron
Fish Hatchery, etc., giving phone number, website. Last time I was at the park,
spotted a TIS-type pole along Hwy 132 E of the park at the entrance to the
camping area, but it was not on the air then (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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