[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 14-20, 2014

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E/W longwire as specified
 
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/page20
 
These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified, separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Feb 15 at 1952 UT, open carrier/dead air from KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa. It`s been rather reliable lately, still IDing as Radio Victoria with praise music, preaching in Spanish (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Feb 15 at 1954 UT, and still past 2011 UT, KZLS Enid is incomprehensible; sounds like an extremely garbled lo-bit-rate internet feed, and maybe mixing with second audio. Neither sounds like True Oldies or a stupid ballgame. Such a mess has happened before with KZLS or antecedents. No one paying attention (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KZLS Oklahoma City Completes Talk Shift
February 19, 2014 by Lance Venta
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87490/reid-mullins-and-talk-coming-to-kzls-oklahoma-city/

 Update 2/19: KZLS has completed its move completely to Talk today with new "1640 The Eagle" branding in place.

The new lineup for The Eagle features [CST = UT -5]:
 5-7am:   Mancow
 7-10am:  Reid Mullins
10-11am:  The Bright Side with Ben Fuchs
11am-2pm: Ernest Istook [far-right ex-congressman from OK]
 2-5pm:   Todd Schnitt
 5-8pm:   Andy Dean
Overnights: Red Eye Radio [what about 8+ pm??]
(via Artie Bigley, OH, WORLD OF RADIO 1709, DXLD)

! Red Eye had been on 1520 KOKC – so whatever will it do? News on the hour at 2100 UT Feb 19, from something called ``the Blaze radio network --- truth is here`` --- ???? Doing Fox one better? 

Dead air after outro at 2104-2105 UT, then ``KZLS, Enid-Oklahoma City, The Eagle``, dead air and then guns & ammo commercial. Next ad for something about babies started late and was cut off by Schnitt show resuming. Enough of that crap.

1640, Feb 20 at 0643 UT check, KZLS now with `Red Eye Radio` for those who can`t get enough far-right hatespeech during the daytime. KZLS has just finished converting from True Oldies to all(?) talk, and we figured RER would have to be moving off 1520 KOKC, but no, it`s still on there too, about 2.5 seconds earlier. Perhaps Champlin for this purpose only is pretending KZLS to be an Enid market station and not OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1709, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 4775, Feb 16 at 0109, mix of two weak English signals, so this can`t be Perú or Brasil! Suspicious, I check closest local KCRC 1390, and it`s the same with SBG, while the other one is soon recognizable as RHC. The two combine here in the DX-398 receiver or maybe some kind of external mixing at the KCRC site: 6165 minus 1390 = 4775. KCRC harmonix have also been worse than usual lately: 2780, 4170, 5560, 6950, 9730, 11120, 13900, 15290! (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 670, Feb 15 at 1956 UT, ad for Hyatt Regency O`Hare, i.e. WSCR, instead of usual daytime groundwave occupant, KLTT Denver. 720 has not enough signal to read WGN, but a SAH between two very weak ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 750, Feb 14 at 1323 UT, NAB ``local radio`` PSA, then promo for Dave Ramsey (who is anything but local) ``at 2:05 on KBNN, The Talk of Laclede County``; 1325 UT medley of songbits from Billy Joel, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, presumably making some point or interluding in another talk show, as someone was also speaking the lyrix. Seems I haven`t heard this one before, except in DXLD 12-12 had a possible log of this Lebanon MO, 5 kW ND daytimer. Official sunrise in Feb is 1300 UT; March, 1230 UT. It also has a 500-watt PSRA every month except when unneeded in May/June/July, i.e. starting at 6 am local CST/CDT. Another obstacle to ever hearing KSEO in Durant OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1250, Feb 19 at 1348 UT, PSAs and ``ESPN San Antonio`` back to `Mike & Mike, Sportscenter`. So it`s KZDC, which NRC AM Log shows also IDing as ``The Zone``, like so many other sports stations, alluding to ``end zone``, or what? Must be on 25 kW day power now, with day pattern aiming northwest, but plenty to the NNE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 770, Feb 15 at 1958 UT in KSPI 780 Stillwater OK splash, I am getting the usual remnant signal of KAAM Garland (The Metroplex) TX, which with 10 kW day would be easy were it not for their direxional pattern pushing southwest, mostly null toward here. BUT, there is a second even weaker signal making a SAH of 2.2 Hz. I stick here for possible ID at 2000 UT, but can`t make any out. 

By power, pattern and ~500 mile distance, 50 kW ND KKOB Albuquerque might be it, but I`ve yet to pull anything on daytime groundwave from NM, not even 540. Then there`s WEW St Louis, slightly closer, but bad conductivity, only 1 kW ND (but with CP for 10 kW). KJCB Lafayette LA another possibility, slightly further than Albuquerque, 1 kW ND. 5 kW ND KUOM Minneapolis MN might make it too as WCCO has. WVNN Athens AL is 7 kW, but that is not a good ground conductivity direxion, not even from Arkansas (Glenn Hauser, caradio at a quiet parking lot in mid-Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 840, Feb 15 at 2002 UT, two very weak signals making SAH of about 8 Hz, initially both talk, then one goes to music. KTIC in West Point NE is the closest and usual marginal groundwave signal. What else? Little but WHAS in Louisville KY, except KWDF, 8 kW ND in Ball LA. 

I would really like to log any LA station on daytime groundwave. 1130 KWKH Shreveport might make it with 50 kW ND, if it were not for nearby 250 watt KLEY in KS. I never hear any sign of 50 kW KEEL Shreveport on 710, unfavorable direxionality, just KGNC Amarillo or KCMO Kansas City (Glenn Hauser, caradio at a quiet parking lot in mid-Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 870, Feb 15 at 1950 UT, very weak SAH of about 7 Hz countable, main signal surely the closest and regular groundwave, 1 kW KFJZ Fort Worth, Vietnamese; beyond that, possibly WWL New Orleans at some 600 miles, but second closest is 1 kW KAAN in Bethany, northwest MO. The 40 kW power of KPRM Park Rapids MN (application for 50) might also make it (Glenn Hauser, caradio at a quiet parking lot in mid-Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1110, Feb 20 at 1401 UT, with KFAB nulled, somestation with ABC news, but can`t hold it long enough for an ID; discounting ethnic KVTT The Metroplex, of the other three 1110s in neighboring states, AR, TX and NM, the one with ABC affiliation, and still propagationally possible is: KYKK Humble City (Hobbs) NM, a 5 kW ND daytimer, and Feb sunrise there is 1330 UT (March 1300 UT), tho with 2.5 kW during Critical Hours, whenever those are. Note further 1300 XEP Juárez is still propagating past 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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