Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

[Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Absolutely! I was listening to KHTS boom into Flagstaff AZ during the 2008 IRCA convention there. They have a good signal. Mike Sanburn.

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> On Oct 31, 2014, at 4:46 AM, Rob Keeney <rkeeneybbq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Brian, it sounds like "You're in the middle of a most music hour on your
> hometown station AM 1220 KHTS" to me.  KHTS program schedule shows "Most
> Music Hour" for that time you were listening.
> 
> Rob
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Brian Rachford <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I was working 1220 kHz a little after midnight on the 23rd (around 0715 UT)
>> and was able to pick out a call that really sounds like "KXPL".  However,
>> KXPL is 1060 out of El Paso.  Of course, there are other sound-alikes for
>> "X" and "P".  On the other hand, I found an unusual situation where station
>> KMVL out of Madisonville, TX has a sister station KM2XVL which the FCC
>> lists as an experimental station owned by the same person with city of
>> license as nearby Huntsville, TX.  Both stations are listed at 1220.  At
>> the KMVL website at http://www.kmvl.net/coverage.html, they show a
>> coverage
>> map (the bottom one), for their Adult Standards station.  They list both AM
>> transmitters and and FM translator.  KMVL was the only set of call letters
>> in the FCC database at 1220 that I could find that could match what I
>> recorded, but I just can't hear "M" as the second letter.  The other
>> possibility I can think of is that they refer to "KM2XVL" as KXVL on the
>> air.  Any insight as to what's going on would be greatly appreciated.  I've
>> put up a short audio clip of the ident on my blog at:
>> 
>> 
>> https://azswdxing.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/log-help-with-an-ident-and-a-weird-station-situation-on-1220-khz/
>> 
>> (I hope that word-wraps properly!)  I would like to be able to log this as
>> something, but I'm not quite sure what.  It might be good for the economy..
>> I've decided that when I get to 300 logged stations from this location
>> since I started up in August, I will think about some sort of compact dual
>> antenna system and a phaser.  This would be station #264.  :-)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
>> azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
>> http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
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