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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, May 22-28, 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/page35

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

** CANADA. 2749-USB, May 22 at 0452 UT, just as I tune in, voice transmission stops. According to 
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm 
this was VCN in RiviÃre-au-Renard [Fox River], QC, with a weather broadcast which started at 0437 in English and French. Frequency is shared with three Nova Scotia stations at other hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1775, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA. 780, May 23 at 0122 UT, no signal from KSPI, 250 watt daytimer in Stillwater, which doesn`t have to go off until 0130 UT in May; 0145 UT in June and July. Yet another anomaly from this station. And no WBBM has faded in yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, May 22 at 0530 UT, weather from ``Today`s Country, 1210 KGYN``, then as if to reÃmphasise it for us, multiple IDs with same slogan but different coverage segments, such as NE New Mexico, Canadian (TX NE panhandle town), etc. So now it`s pretty certain KGYN has abandoned the ``US Country`` branding, along with a switch of satellite music sources. Personally, I thought ``US Country`` had more class and a bit more individuality (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1430, May 24 at 0356 UT as I tune by, NWS robot is issuing flash flood warning for Tulsa County and naming many other towns around; so KTBZ has managed to break away from stupid sports talk. Tulsa is quite flood-prone with hills & dales. Suspect it`s on emergency day power & pattern, 25/5 kW, as I normally don`t hear it at night, when everything is pushed southwards, and 1430 occupied by KZQZ St Louis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1550, May 24 at 0546 UT, multi-station ID too rapid to copy fully, for ``The Sports Animal``, including 1470 & 1490 (KVIN Vinita & KBIX Muskogee, resp.), some FMs and an FM translator, and 1550 which is KYAL Sapulpa, 2500/40 watts. Well, this is no 40 watts. Same pattern day & nite, major lobe SE, minor lobe west. Apparently regular stupid sports talk rather than weather emergency coverage here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 28 at 1316 UT, open carrier, dead air except for hum, from KZLS Enid/Hennessey/OKC. Ho, hum, not at all unusual for them; what a sorry excuse for a radio station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1650, May 22 at 0517 UT, KYHN Sallisaw (a.k.a. Fort Smith AR market), I`m accustomed to hearing `Red Eye Radio` and then the same thing a few seconds later on 1640 KZLS --- but not any more. KZLS is still with RER, but 1650 with something else, some even further far-right wacko; soon refers to Alex Jones, so I guess it`s his show with a substitute, and not // WWCR 4840. Since these are replays of earlier in the day anyway, not expected to match now. BTW, KYHN night signal is nowhere as strong as it was months ago, when I now suspect they were running 10 kW day power instead of 1 kW night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. 1650, May 24 at 0542 UT, KYHN good signal now with `Red Eye Radio` and two seconds ahead of same on 1640 KZLS Enid/OKC; 1650 is almost synchronized with 1520 KOKC, as RER remains inexplicably on two stations in same market, more or less. Contrary to my last log after local midnite [CDT], when 1650 was with Alex Jones or something else. Per this sked:
http://kyhnradio.com/schedule
`Red Eye` is 7-nightly at 12-5 am; but home page http://kyhnradio.com/ claims Alex Jones is M-F at 9 am-12 pm (=noon), contrary to the schedule as 9 pm-midnite! Scowling Jones promo rotates with smiling Herman Cain, also as 9 am-12 pm = noon. All four far-right wackos are equally to be shunned (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. 2899.75, May 22 at 0451 UT, JBA carrier as I continue to check for the KWHW Altus second harmonic. At 1312 UT May 22, I can`t be sure even the JBA carrier is there anymore. Despite a ~6 day window May 14-19 when it was really radiating, I`m not aware of anyone DXing this except Dave Valko and myself (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1775, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 720, UT Monday May 25 at 0543 UT, surprised to hear `The Great Gildersleeve` oldtime radio on WGN. Such used to be at local midnite on 780 WBBM, but now it`s sticking to ``News 105.9``, with a `Stardate` at 0543 UT. 

WGN schedule 
http://wgnradio.com/on-air/schedule/
shows this is only a UT Monday 04-07 thing:

``11 p.m. â 2 a.m.: WGN Radio Theatre with Carl Amari`` 
http://wgnradio.com/category/wgn-radio-theatre/
It seems this week`s is only the seventh program in the series, each consisting of three different OTR shows, a full hour each?? Not noticed before on Sunday nights; and maybe WBBM is still doing OTR on weeknights? Finding a program schedule on its website is not so easy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 750, May 24 at 0622 UT, WSB ID, instead of blockage by KAMA El Paso, UnivisiÃn Radio in Spanish; maybe it`s the weak music underneath. Can KAMA finally be back in whack?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, May 27 at 0640 UT, KRLD Dallas has QRM with fast SAH, and ID as ``Rock 105, The Kastle``. I spell it with a K since NRC AM Log shows KSLL Price UT, as // K285AB 104.9, ``Rockin` the Kastle with Classic Rock``, and AM stereo. Trouble is, this is licensed as a 10 kW non-direxional daytimer!! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1570, May 26 at 0655 UT as I am trying to listen to XERF [see MEXICO], it has usual heavy SAH and QRM primarily from the closest US station allowed to share the frequency at night, ID as KBCV Hollister, i.e. SW Missouri, address in Springfield, Bott gospel huxter. They must have been desperate to get on the air, only 675 miles from 100 kW ND Ciudad AcuÃa = 1086 km. KBCV is 5/3 kW, night pattern major lobe NW, minor SE, with a null toward Del Rio, but plenty signal here away from the null if not on the major, while daytime is ND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1590, May 24 at 0350 UT, sports talk from NE/SW is dominant VG signal, phone 1-800-777-2907, then mentioning Mike Wynn(? might win?) Show on Yahoo Sports Radio. Meanwhile I had scanned the entire MW band on another receiver, looking for a // without finding any, just confirming it`s not ESPN as on local 1390v KCRC. 0358 UT local break plugs a music show, despite mainly being ``News-talk-sports, WAIK, Galesburg, Illinois``, weather from the Prairie Weather Center, and a few more WAIK IDs to remove any doubt whatsoever. 0359 UT a minute of dead air! 0400 joining some network news, not sure whence, leading with Oklahoma storms and flooding. 

WAIK is 5000/55 watts U3 with address in Monmouth IL. This is no 55 watts! U3 means direxional, same pattern day and night, which is an E-W ellipse, tangent southward, so not unfavorable toward here as long as on day power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1530, May 22 at 0523 UT, open carrier/dead air, loops ESE/WNW, and slightly on the lo side compared to stepping 10-kHz neighbor frequencies. Likely KXTD, 5 kW daytimer in Wagoner OK; or a known cheater normally with modulation, KVDW England AR, 2.5 kW daytimer; or KKHI Colorado Springs, which was also a big cheater under previous call KCMN, with 15000/15 watts. After a bit, Brother Scare becomes audible underneath, i.e. WCKY OH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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