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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 31, 2014-January 1, 2015

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All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; 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/page29

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 [and non]. 780, Jan 1 at 1425 UT, open carrier/dead air from KSPI Stillwater, 250 watt daytimer on groundwave, often the case for this mis-managed station. January SR/SS times are 1345-2330 UT. A PSRA of ONE WATT is on file for Sept thru Feb, ha ha. Carrier allows thru a little music, probably KCEG in Colorado (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, Dec 26 at 0646 UT, KZLS Enid is open carrier/dead air again, one of its principle formats, allowing WTNI sports et al., to be audible along with multiple SAHs (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 660, Jan 1 at 1428 UT, good Navajo talk surely from KTNN Window Rock AZ, tantamount to bordering NM; January SR-SS times for it are now 1430-0030 UT, so jumped the gun (arrow?) at least a bit. 

770, KKOB Albuquerque is also in well before 1430 UT Jan 1; SR-SS being 1415-0015 UT.

880-CUSB, rounding out the big-3 NM non-NYC frequencies: KHAC January SR-SS times are like KTNN also 1430-0030 UT, but KHAC cheats all night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 710, Jan 1 at 1430 UT I`m getting two weak stations in Spanish, rather than KGNC or KCMO. One is surely the usual XEDP in Chihuahua, but the other one, gaining, has an AutoZone ad and ID as ESPN Deportes Radio. 

[The letters ESPN are always pronounced in English to avoid unfortunate connotations in Spanish --- ESPN really needs a new brand in both languages, as it no longer means at all ``Entertainment and Sports Programming Network``, just 100% sports]

That fits neatly as the only ESPN-D affiliate on 710 in the NRC AM Log, KBMB, Black Canyon City (address in PhÅnix) AZ, 22000/3900 watts U4. BCC is way north of PHX on I-17, almost halfway to Sedona. FCC has two separate facilities for it, a DEL[eted] one of 50/4.7 kW and another LIC[ensed] of 22/3.9 kW, each with different patterns day and night. The 50 kW one is inscribed thus:

``Comments: TWO SITE OPERATION KEEP FOR INTERNATIONAL PURPOSES PER G.FEHNER MEXICO HAS OBJECTED TO THIS D & N SO WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN DATA BASE FOR NEGOTIATING PURPOSES. --- Deleted domestic station, but not deleted internationally``

The deleted daytime site was:
 34Â 05' 10.00" N Latitude 
112Â 07'  0.00" W Longitude

The deleted nighttime site was:
 34Â 05'  5.00" N Latitude 
112Â 09'  5.00" W Longitude

The licensed daytime site is:
 34Â 04' 48.00" N Latitude 
112Â 09' 15.00" W Longitude

The licensed nighttime site is:
 34Â 04' 50.00" N Latitude 
112Â 09' 13.00" W Longitude

January SR/SS times are: 1430-0045 UT. So it must have just switched to day-site, which is really where? No mapping is linked on the FCC Query. Anyhow, all of these are very close to BCC itself, not Phoenix. NRC Pattern Book shows day pattern is circular tangent toward the ESE, while night pattern is tighter to the SSW. It`s Los Angeles` 710 which merits protexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Dec 29 at 0604 UT optional cutaway ID for ``SRN  News``, during Fox-hole of dead air from nulled local KGWA Enid, but it cuts back on at 0605 UT before any local ID from the SRN. For quite some time I have not been hearing echoing ABC News at this time which was previously traced to KGKL in San Angelo TX and KMA in Shenandoah IA, both of which are still listed with ABC in the 2014-2015 NRC AM Log. 

Going strictly by that resource, the ubiquitous SRN has only three affiliates on 960: KKNT PhÅnix AZ, 5000/5000 Watts U2 (night pattern supposedly all toward the southwest), format ``Inteigent Talk`` [sic, huh??]; KLTF Little Falls MN, 5000/38 watts U1, so likely one of those, rather than the third, faraway WCRU Dallas NC (Winston-Salem), 10000/500 watts U4 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

``GLENN, KKNT 960 here has had an on-again / off-again relationship with SRN news. They carry SRN talks show hosts (Mike Gallagher, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, etc.), but sometimes run other news outlets at the ToH. Often you can hear the electronic drums signaling SRN news, but then they cut to another news outlet. This was true just last week. I noticed this week that SRN news is back on at KKNT afternoons, with news read by "Keith Peters in Washington". KKNT seems to be regular about changing their power/direction at sunset each night. Regards (from the Sonoran Desert, Rick in AZ (Barton)`` Jan 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

ABC News will launch with 1,000 stations
InsideRadio.com December 30, 2014

As ABC News breaks away from Westwood One to chart a new solo course on January 1, the network says it has signed more than 1,000 affiliate stations for its ABC News, ABC Digital and ABC Air Power products. Of that number, ABC says 200 are new affiliates and many have signed up for more than one ABC service (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1160, Jan 1 at 1420 UT, someone in assertive Spanish roughly NE/SW, making fast SAH with nulled KSL from the NW. Hoping for a late Mexican possible, but more likely KCTO Cleveland (Kansas City) MO, ``La Raza`` per NRC AM Log, or even more likely KRDY San Antonio TX, which is ``Radio Luz`` and thus given to unwarranted religious assertiveness (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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