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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 16-22, 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; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside or N-S random wire; 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/page39

These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA,Âunidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order

** CANADA. 650, Oct 22 at 1219 UT, ``Sweet Caroline`` song in English, so unlikely the usual SRS occupant of 650, XETNT. No, ID as CKOM and  traffic report concerning Highway 11 from Saskatoon to Prince Albert; 21 after 6 TC in CST, warm hi today to be 13 degrees; 1226 UT ad for potashcorp.com --- CKOM Saskatoon is dominating frequency with little else: Saskatchewan rather than Sinaloa today! Yet, checked 540 at 1225 UT and no CBK. CKOM is 10/10 kW, U4: both day and night patterns are nominally northerly, but day pattern also has minor lobe to south. Announcer helpfully said their sunrise would be at 7:43 [1343 UT]. My last logs of CKOM were in Sept & Dec 2013 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 2598-USB, Oct 16 at 0053 UT, YL in English with marine weather, very poor with storm noise level from western and northeastern OK. CGC website says starting at 0048 UT is VCP Placentia, Nfld., via St. Lawrence site. 

2749-USB, Oct 16 at 0053 UT, YL in French, poor signal slightly better than 2598. CGC says starting at 0040 UT is VCO Sydney, Nova Scotia via Port Caledonia site, but not in French? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA. 800, Oct 16 at 0557 UT, checking whether I can pull PJB past KQCV OKC, the latter IDs as ``now also at  95.7 and 102.3 FM``, and into `Mission Network News`. NRC AM Log 2015-2016 mentions no FM // for 800. (Its real sibling FM is 95.1, but separately programmed.) Per WTFDA FM database, the KQCV re-Botts are: 
95.7: K239BT, The Village [NW OKC suburb, where I once lived], 250 W, totally blocked here by KXLS Lahoma/Enid
102.3: K272FD, Del City, SE OKC suburb, 215 watts [NOT ``Dell`` City as in WTFDA; but there is a Dill City elsewhere in OK], vs full-power 102.3s in Tulsa and Woodward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Oct 16 at 0125 UT, KFAQ Tulsa forecasting a high today of 91 --- guess what, it`s night already, and this is outdated on a 50 kW IBOC-monster. You can`t do better than that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Oct 19 at 1223 UT, KGYN Guymon strong as usual; seems never to be on night pattern any more, which should be direxional away from us and Philadelphia. Exact canned ID says ``From the Nineties till now, this is Today`s Country, 1210 KGYN``, played twice, before at least a minute of dead air until a commercial. Or I wonder if they`ve got it backwards? Day pattern at night, night pattern at day. At such a distance it`s always been weak but audible on daytime groundwave (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1530, Oct 16 at 0030 UT, Gregorian chant catches my ear, like the stuff your hear on EWTN/WEWN network; 0031 UT into lo-fi Spanish talk from phone, 0032 UT mentions Catedral de la Sagrada Familia; loops ESE/WNW, so I suppose it`s just KXTD Wagoner, tho not the programming I would expect nor normally hear on QueBuenaTulsa. No way it`s daytimer WJDM Elizabeth NJ, the only SS:REL 1530 listed in NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1650, Oct 16 at 0021 UT, promo by wacko Alex Jones at 9 pm on ``KYHN``; 0024 UT, jingle SID, ``Arklahoma`s Talk Radio, KYHN``. As of Oct 2, the FCC thinx callsign changed to KFSW, so maybe that will be the legal ID at next hourtop? Nope: same old KYHN SID jingle as at 0024 UT, adding ``Fort Smith``, in an adjacent state, before 0100 UT CBS bong and news. 

So --- more confusion about the identity of FCC Facility 87114 which is really in Sallisaw, OK, but the city you have to search on at AM Query is Ft. Smith --- the only AM station there, the others allegedly in Fort Smith. You`ll recall an attempt earlier this year to change calls to W, yes, W-FSM which was never heard on air either, and expunged from FCC records after having been granted. So when will it ever become KFSW? Note the new call could be construed as merging Fort Smith-SallisaW (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. Re: BTW, I still have not been able to confirm 730, KLOE Goodland KS is still on the air, after not hearing it by groundwave in the OK Panhandle (Glenn Hauser, OK, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Just now: 730 kHz, 10/16 1849 UT, Out of Rush Limbaugh with network & local spots for Goodland KS and Burlington CO, "New you can depend on News Talk 730 KLOE". 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, Oct 16 at 0122 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS with ``20/20 weather``, forecasting cooloff there like here into the 60s/40s, then cowboy & indian love song. At least their weather is not colored, like some radio stations claim, on a totally aural medium except for synesthesians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1100, Oct 20 at 0624 UT, heavy CCI about equal levels between WTAM Cleveland OH, and KNZZ Grand Junxion CO, making a fast SAH. The latter mentions ``western slope``, keywords for there (like ``front range``, not eastern slope, for Denver/CS/Pueblo), ID, then back to `Red Eye Radio` --- NRC AM Log 2015-2016 does not list it as a RER affiliate (while WTAM is on `C2CAM`). KNZZ is 50/10 kW U12, which means non-direxional day and critical hours, direxional night. Night pattern should be tight figure-8 NNW/SSE or so, and not like we are getting it, presumably really on ND day pattern not nulling toward Cleveland. Does WTAM care? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Oct 17 at 0613 UT, I find WOAI unusually weak with `C2CAM`; maybe on backup/aux lower-powered transmitter? I am also getting country music on 1200, making a SAH of 6 Hz with WOAI; at 0628-0631+ UT the song in English has a gospel aspect. Isolating this as much as possible from WOAI, the DF I get is NW/SE, which doesn`t compute, as there is nothing on 1200 between here and Vancouver, nor to the SE this side of a little Florida station. (Not to overlook country KYOO Bolivar MO, but supposed to be a 1 kW daytimer; and religious KFNW Fargo ND 50/13 kW.) I must still suspect WAMB Nashville TN, from the east, which has been caught cheating before. 

See my Aug 20-21 logs: ``George McClintock replies August 19, gist: Gary Brown is the contract CE of WAMB; maybe running about 8 kW, or 3.5 kW critical-hours power. He was surprised that you were hearing it. WAMB is being sold, and the C&W music is temporary.``

Radio-locator still has WAMB 1200 as ``Real Country`` and linx to the website of WANT-FM, 98.9 Real Country, which shows nothing about an AM 1200 duplicate, but instead 1490 WCOR, outdated? WTFDA FM db for 98.9 WANT-FM mentions no MW //. These are really in nearby Lebanon TN. http://www.wantfm.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1796, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, Oct 18 at 0140 UT, WOAI San Antonio is still remarkably weak, with CCI, apparently WOAI the one with a silly footballgame. It`s eclipsed by inbooming 1210 KGYN Guymon OK on day pattern as usual. In fact, last night, KGYN splatter was axually QRMing WOAI and its CCI, WAMB? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, Oct 21 at 0622 UT, WOAI San Antonio TX is once again remarkably weak, so suspect still on aux unit, or something else is drastically wrong, rather than 50/50 kW ND. Has CCI I can`t null from another talk station, but the latter is religious so suspect KFNW West Fargo ND --- yes, after Little Rock AR reference in program outro, full ID at 0631 UT as ``Faith 1200, KFNW`` and weather forecast, low to be 48, and by now it`s atop WOAI. 

These two are very close to opposite direxions from here, thus no nulling vs each other, but both null E/W at same angle. Tonight no sign of WAMB Nashville, previous occupant of 1200 combating WOAI. KFNW & WOAI make a SAH of approx. 7 Hz. Furthermore, KFNW is 50/13 kW U4 --- night pattern is supposed to be all to the north, while day pattern has major lobe north, but considerable minor lobe south. They must think it`s daytime! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** U S A. 1420, Oct 18 at 0143 UT, Kim Komando computer guruess (or rather, ``Digital Goddess``) offers to give a caller her personal e-mail for personal advice. Seems to loop NE/SW, which is the worst direxion for the local Enid KCRC 1390+30 spur/het. Her website is user-unfriendly! What does she know? You have to enter a zip code to find ``your`` station of the 450+ she`s on. 

Why should I have to look up the zip codes for possible stations, such as Lubbock TX, Hobart OK, or Neosho MO? I try entering Neosho anyway, and what do I get? Three unrelated Wisconsin stations in Fond du Lac, Fort Atkinson and Milwaukee! OK, I enter zips for Lubbock and Joplin, but she`s on other stations in those cities. On a hunch, I try Mankato MN for KTOE, and she is on there, but Sunday night, not UT Sunday. WOC Davenport IA looks like another very good prospect: BINGO, Saturdays at 6 pm CT [starting at 23+ UT, soon to be 00 UT Sundays] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440+, Oct 20 at 0610 UT, norteÃa music loops ESE/WNW, making LAH with ESPN from the NE/SW, i.e. WGEM in IL. The Spanish is no doubt KTUV Little Rock AR, and the one off-frequency to the hi side, 5000/240 watts U2, night pattern slightly CCW from E-W unless it`s on ND day pattern (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1460, Oct 21 at 0619 UT, ``1460, KXNO, iHeart Radio`` promo in heavy CCI. This is Des Moines IA, 5/5 kW U2, with night pattern favorable to NE/SW. It might be helpful to know which stations belong to iHeart and other major groups, but ownership is not covered in the NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1510, Oct 16 at 2254 UT, dominant signal from east/west is in Spanish, canned ID by super-hype voice actor as ``La Ke Buena 15-10 AM``; WLAC Nashville is starting to fade up underneath this. After next song another ID at 2257 UT, ``La Ke Buena, la que toca pura buena``; 2300 UT as losing out to WLAC with Fox ``news``, TOH ID as WQQW (letters pronounced in English), i.e. Highland IL, 1 kW daytimer near St Louis MO, conveniently direxional southwestward. Official October sundown will be 2315 UT until sunrise 1200 UT (November: 2245 UT to 1245 UT). Yes, it`s a sibling station to KQQZ 1190, KZQZ 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, Oct 18 at 0601 UT, YL ID for Radio Mujer, seemingly three times in a row; still can`t copy all the details vs CCI, but sure sounds like she mentions KLVE, 95.1 FM Bastrop. The FCC has no 95.1 in Bastrop TX and no station with those or similar calls. Anyhow we know the 1530 station is really KZNX Creedmore TX (Austin market). 

Wayne Heinen of the NRC AM Log says the 95.1 with same ownership as 1530 KZNX is: K236AY, 99 watt translator licensed to Westlake Hills, apparently now relaying KZNX 1530 instead of KTXZ 1120. 

But what is this ``KLVE``(?) they keep IDing as? The real KLVEs are in California, or KLBE is in North Dakota, none on 95.1. BTW, WTFDA DB comes up with 18 listings in TX on 95.1; FCC FM Query comes up with 35, including CPs, APPs, USEs â whatever that mean (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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