[IRCA] Glenn Hauser MW logs from OK, KS, August 1-7, 2010

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1580: following Saturday July 31 capture between 13 and 14 UT of ``La Zona`` in Spanish, I tried equally hard to hear it on Sunday August 1 during the same hour: no sign of Spanish talk or Mexican music. This is *very* strange --- as if the Spanish station is on the air only on Saturday mornings.

What I did hear, under the open carrier from KOKB Blackwell OK: 1240 UT, only English station(s). 1300 KHGG Van Buren-Ft Smith AR dominant with ID. 1312 Fox Sports Radio call-in with 877 number, presumably KHGG mixing with something else in English; Auto-Zone ad. 1327, still no Spanish. 1330, Ft Smith cuts away from sports for gospel huxter, ``Searching the Scriptures``, I think. Still some CCI, probably KREL Colorado, no Spanish. 1347 preacher mixing with some music, also religious? No Spanish, nor by 1400.

As for my previous comment about 1580 applications in New Mexico, on the NRC-AM list, tnx to Evan R. Newlon who replied, ``Glenn, I'm in Albuquerque - 1580 is silent here, 1900Z, 1 pm MDT. You are right, there used to be a station on 1580, I don't know where it went. I should be able to hear the station if it is in Santa Fe, but frequency is inactive right now. WB5HAM, Evan``.

And to Doug Smith, W9WI, who replied: ``The 1580 station in Albuquerque moved to 1600 in February 2000 (as Glenn alludes to). There is one open application for 1580 in Santa Fe (another one has been marked "Ineligible", haven't seen that before. I presume that means the FCC determined the applicant was not eligible to hold a broadcast license -- not a citizen? An application for 1580 in Roswell, NM has been dismissed.)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1580, KOKB Blackwell, open-carrier all weekend, was still so Monday Aug 2 at 1305 UT, when some understations were audible with SAHs, but nothing in Spanish. KHGG Ft Smith was plugging something today at 6:30 on sibling station KFPW 1230 --- bet it`s a silly baseball game. 1306 into Dan Patrick show, sports talk.

BTW, be careful attributing states to stations in border towns like Fort Smith. As I already outpointed, the inactive KYHN 1650, which made news as a giveaway by Clear Channel, so apt to be reactivated, is clearly west of the OK/AR border, tnx to link via radio-locator.com:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=35.27472,+-94.45972+%28KYHN-AM%29&om=1

How about KHGG? No, it`s on the east side of Fort Smith across the river, definitely in AR, and FCC AM Query shows same site for 1230:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=35.39167,+-94.33167+%28KHGG-AM%29&om=1

By next check at 1346, KOKB had resumed modulation, distorted as usual with ad break in another sports talk show, so I check sibling station 1020 KOKP Perry, which never breaks down like this for hours or days at a time. It`s not // --- then I find that 1580 is running 19 seconds behind 1020. That could explain a lot, like using an internet feed from Stillwater/Perry to Blackwell, so if there is a glitch, and there always will be sooner or later, bang, there goes the modulation on 1580 until someone can press the right buttons, somewhere.

You`d think they`d use the other ``triple-play``, 105.1 KOSB Perry as feeder, but maybe it does not make it reliably to Blackwell. Apparently from website, http://www.tripleplaysportsradio.com/ the stations sometimes split for local ballgames: ``Perry Maroons on 1020 KOKP, Blackwell Maroons on 1580 KOKB, and Guthrie Bluejays on 105.1 KOSB, OSU Cowboy Sports on 1580 KOKB`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, KEOR, which had been missing since at least May 18, as in DXLD 10-20, was heard back on the air the afternoon of August 2. Bruce Winkelman in Tulsa says ``I did check 1120 Sunday 8/1 afternoon, no KEOR then so they must have come back on Monday 8/2 as you suspect. Sorry I missed this but glad you were watching!`` Also going August 3 at 2100 check with nonstop soul music, voice-over legal ID for ``KEOR, Sperry-Tulsa``. Still on air around 1400 UT Aug 4.

Whatever became of Catoosa? FCC still has that as city of license: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=3651
But we did find the site in the woods near Sperry, not Catoosa. It had been relaying KJMU 1340 Sand Springs and unclear what the relation is now (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. I was visiting Wichita KS Aug 5-6, a respite from radio, altho I went to a concert co-sponsored by KMUW; but on the way back made some obs in the car:

1390, at 2342 UT Aug 6, KCRC Enid had considerable CCI from Spanish music. Position: just N of South Haven barely inside KS. Skywave was already kicking in. NRC AM Log 2009 indicates the only Spanish match in neighboring states to OK, indeed anywhere in mid-America, is KDQN in De Queen AR, which is near the SW corner of that state. NRC Pattern Book shows it non-direxional unlike KCRC which aims WNW. Not a chance of hearing KDQN dentro-Enid, of course.

1500, nostalgia music, no doubt KJIM from N Texas, Aug 6 before 0000 UT, and when rechecked at 0006 had robotic weather from NWS, but no definite locations caught. Briefly wondered if there were a HAR/TIS on this frequency, but soon back to nostalgia; and at 0012, ``AM 1500, KJIM, The Memory Maker``, dominating frequency, Pawhuska no problem. Listened to it for some time, but at 0100 recheck ``The new ESPN 1500, KSTP`` was taking over. I thought KJIM, a 1 kW direxional daytimer, might have just signed off, but FCC shows 0115 UT as the official LSS for Sherman TX in August.

1560, ``The Game``, very dominant at 0054 Aug 7, with Houston weather promo, 0056 ID as KGOW, 1560 AM, Bellaire TX. Totally over KOCY OKC. At 0100 much weaker with CCI, as it had just cut from 50 kW day power toward the NNE, to 15 kW night power toward the SSE.

1580, KOKB Blackwell OK, we were even closer to than in Enid, enjoying its nice uncluttered open carrier, Aug 6 at 2345, tho with volume upturned could also hear skywavers underneath it; getting all set for another Saturday morning 13-14 UT Spanish fiesta: see UNIDENTIFIED.

1610 kHz: KTA (Kansas Turnpike Authority) has several useful HAR transmitters along the route. A robotic YL voice gives weather info from Kansas City to Topeka to Wichita, but it`s jerky with inhuman intonation and pauses; some other segments are voiced by real people, like please do not run over highway workers and incur a double fine. Could not hear anything on 530 from KTA as I have further into OK, but the T-storm noise was worst at the low end of the band. 

1660, Aug 6 at 2351 sportstalk about baseball, while earlier in the hour, prime format classical music was in from KXTR Kansas City KS. We know this station often pre-empts cl for SBG, so presumably that`s it, sure to dominate in Kansas. But wait --- they are talking about Fargo-Morehead, and Winnipeg, so must be KQWB, quite a nice signal overriding KC. But wait again! Discussion soon turns to talk of Kansas City team, KXTR ID in passing, and referencing http://www.tbonesbaseball.com/ where we find: 

``The Kansas City T-Bones have partnered with Entercom for the 2010 season to bring you all 100 regular-season T-Bones games! T-Bones game broadcasts will be featured on KXTR 1660 AM, with select games on 610 Sports Radio KCSP. Join the "Voice of the T-Bones" Brian Bruce for all the action.``

Anyhow, a nice lesson in not jumping to ID conclusions. I suppose a sense of humor is to be commended, but being named for a cut of steak might not appeal to all players. Still, the beefier, the better, tnx to steroids. KC is of course famous for meat packing, but hardly the capital of such, vs Chicago, Omaha, Amarillo, etc.

Strangely, the listen live link from streamtheworld.com when checked 22 hours later, altho visibly active, was really silent, and displayed the strange call KUDLIO.

1680, ``Old School 1680 AM, KRJO`` quite a good dominant signal as late as 0050 UT Aug 7 as we were passing thru Medford OK. Aug sunset in Monroe LA is officially 0100, so it was getting the max out of 10 kW day power (Glenn Hauser, KS and OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 840, in daytime bandscan from hotspot parking lot in western Enid, 1818 UT Aug 7, could hear SAH of between 6 and 7 Hz on this frequency. KTIC, 5 kW in West Point NE, has been audible here daytimes under optimum conditions, but what could the other be? KWDF in Ball, central LA seems next closest, 8 kW. Also possibly WHAS Louisville KY, KVJY in Pharr, extreme S TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


      
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