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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, May 8-14, 2015

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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by 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/page34
 
These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 8 at 1711 UT, KEOR/KETU is off again, and still off at 2145 UT. Still off at 1544 UT May 9. Have we heard the last of ``La Picuda``? Anyway, I guess the license is secure for a while longer, whatever it is, without bothering to broadcast daily (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Sunday May 10 at 1610 UT, definite carrier from the direxion of Sperry, i.e. KEOR/KETU on the air again, but hardly any modulation (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 11 at 1524 UT, KETU/KEOR carrier is on, from the direxion of Sperry but very weak and can`t make out any modulation. This is one of its characteristic modes, which could last for months: transmitter on at much reduced power, accomplishing nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 11 around 1830 UT on caradio, where I can have better reception of Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa ``La Picuda`` when on --- open carrier still quieting compared to e.g. 1110 with no signal from KFAB or anything. 

1120, May 12 at 1611 UT check on PL-880, now NO signal, not even with BFO, from KEOR/KETU, but you never know what they will do next, or when (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 13 at 1654 UT, KEOR/KETU Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, is back on after a few days of dead carrier or no carrier --- regional Mexican music, presumably resuming `La Picuda` syndication out of LÃ, still past 1710 UT altho I missed any non-IDs circa hourtop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, May 10 at 0120 UT, ``Today`s Country, 1210, KGYN`` and plug their Facebook, /kgynguymon --- that doesn`t work, but there`s something at /kgyn1210 while the top hit on google, /KGYN-AM-Guymon is still there since last used in 2011. 

Robert Wien`s Broadcasting Information in the May 9 IRCA DX Monitor includes: ``1210 KGYN Guymon, OK was Cumulus Todayâs Best Country, now Westwood One Mainstream Country``

Same flip applies to many other C&W stations (in OK, 1260 KWSH Wewoka), but ``Today`s Country`` slogan I just heard contradicts that, altho ``Best`` was omitted. So does the WW1 format axually ID on air as ``Mainstream Country``, or what? And is KGYN`s admittedly no longer the Best? Still unclear whether this mean KGYN`s own longtime slogan is no longer ``US Country`` which I am still not hearing, but is still on its website. My impression was ``US Country`` was specific to KGYN even if most of the programming was coming from some network bird or another (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1320-, May 8 at 1718 UT, KCLI Clinton OK is open carrier/dead air for at least a minute or two; next check 1817 UT after lunch, it`s in the fifth inning of a silly baseball game between Bethany and Clinton, ``Red Tornado Baseball on 1320 KCLI``.

1320-, May 9 at 1249 UT, ads for somethings in 817 AC = Fort Worth, and in Louisiana, but DF for Clinton, and definitely off-frequency to the low side, making low audible het with Fort Smith. The latter is not audible on daytime groundwave, so one would be unaware KCLI is imprecise (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 9 at 0524 UT, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC is open carrier/dead air, and still/again? so at next check 1241 UT with some hum. There had been more storms and power outages around OKC and other areas, even Enid, but not for me. I suppose the remote transmitter site when losing power or STL may require at least a human visit to reset. Suddenlink cable & internet vanished for me at 0020 UT and were out all evening, so I headed first for the monitoring studio at 0058-0135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 11 at 1200 UT, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC, yet again open carrier/dead air with some hum. Not checked again until 1538 UT when it is remodulating. Storm/power outage could be no excuse this time. Amazing how cavalierly some stations are managed around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 1030, May 10 at 0117 UT, tornado spotted along I-70, another warning for Logan County which in KS is S of Colby, for from NW this is obviously KBUF Holcomb (Garden City); while 90 degrees away is gospel music, no doubt KCWJ Blue Springs MO; mutually nullable, take your pick (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1280, May 11 at 1200 UT, CBS News Update ending in less than a minute, a far cry from an extended World News Roundup but mentioned some storm damage at ``Corsica``, Texas --- meaning Corsicana?? [10 inches of rain, a drowning per Corsicana Daily Sun]. Then ``More country than you can shake a stick at --- stick not included, [sung:], K-S-O-K``, ha ha, from my nearby Ark. City KS station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, May 10 at 0122 UT, repeating announcement obviously not intended for broadcast, between long pauses, addressed to: ``Stations, this is the Motor Racing Network``, and saying that the Spongebob Squarepants 400 Sprintcup race is being delayed due to rain, but coverage will resume at 10 Eastern/9 Central [0200 UT], after the track dries out at the Kansas Speedway (which is in KC/KS). How can he be so sure? Also gather that this is a NASCAR event, but Spongebob Squarepants lends his aura to it?! Announcer sounds like he is serious, doesn`t audibly smirk. Here`s about the SBSP connexion:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/saturdays-nascar-sprint-cup-race-is-called-the-spongebob-squarepants-400

Fox sports later reported the race resumed after a 2 hour and 16 minute delay, but who won? Who cares? {and how do you stop and resume a carace after many laps have already elapsed? Everyone back to the spot they were at a certain instant, and keeping track of the laps? But then there`s the start-ups which are bound to lose seconds. Or re-start the race as if it were new and subtract the laps/times already consumed?}

Anyhow, assume this 1480 is KQAM Wichita, a.k.a. Big Talker rather than a solely sportsful station. It so happens there is also a 1480 near the Speedway, KCZZ Mission KS, but can hardly be that if it`s still 24 hour Spanish religion as Radio Luz.

Its Steckline webpage makes it seem as if KQAM is a subset of KGYN Guymon (see OKLAHOMA) instead of vice versa
http://kgynradio.com/kqam
Nothing there but a rather generic, unspecific program schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1510-, May 9 at 0118 UT, ad/PSA string looping NE/SW and going into deep fades and peaks; including Husqvarna, Subway, Shelterpet.org, 0121 UT finally for Kansas youth athletix, so as expected it`s KCTE Independence MO, 10 kW daytimer, still off-frequency to the lo side compared by stepping to 1500 & 1520 carriers, and also a low audible heterodyne is JBA as not much signal from WLAC or anything else yet. BTW, 1520 KOKC is remarkably weak, maybe QRP due to more storms? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1340, May 13 at 0512 UT, talk about astronomy, sounds familiar regular segment, and proves // but 15 seconds ahead of KMOX 1120, so it`s `Overnight America`, now syndicated by Westwood One, but can`t find any affiliate list at WW1, and streaming aggregators are worse than nothing tho get top search hits. While atop the graveyard QRM, this seems to be roughly from NE/SW, which implies MO or TX, or maybe KS if nothing further. The only 1340 WW1 affil in those states per the NRC AM Log 2014-2015 is KLID Poplar Bluff MO, which is more like east of here in the SE corner. Scatterbrain website http://www.klidradio.com/ shows mix of nostalgic music and talk, ranging from Jim Hightower to Herman Cain, but no plain old program schedule which might show ONA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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