** MALI. 15125, Nov 8 at 1624, algo talk at S6/S8, best
extracontinental signal on 19mb which is mostly vacant. EiBi shows CRI
Arabic via Bamako to east Africa. Did not strike me as Arabic, maybe
dialectical? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. FM DX report Nov 7 under USA includes some OKitems
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, Enid`s only local TV signal, Nov 8 at
0611 UT, is back! After exactly a month, since Oct 7 of wasted watts
transmitting nothing but dead sound and black video on all subchannels
- except for a brief break totally off the air. It was still so,
checked a few hours earlier on Nov 7. But the lineup has changed:
17-1, K17JN-D, 3ABN main channel
17-2, & 17-3, skipped! nothing
17-4, 3ABN-ES = Spanish
17-5 & 17-6 & 17-7, skipped! nothing
17-8, AUDIO ONLY: 3ABN-RD - which means what?
17-9, AUDIO ONLY: 3ABN-RL - which means what?
17-10, AUDIO ONLY: Radio 74
I gather that virtual channel numbers displayed do not always match up
with `real` channels, why? Previously, one of the AUDIO ONLY channels
was always silent! Radio 74 network is also on 89.3 KIEL Loyal OK 3.8
kW south of Enid, semi-local but ACI from 89.1 Enid translator.
Here is how it shows at
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=k17jn-d
before they get this updated info from me; strangely it`s filed under
Market #50, OKC, altho no one there is going to be able to see it. A
100-watt transmitter with enough gain to reach 15 kW ERP in max lobe:
``Display Channel Physical Channel Video Audio Call Sign
Net/Programming 17-1 17.1 480i DD2.0 K17JN-D 3ABN
17-2 17.2 480i DD2.0 QuoVida Amazing Facts TV
17-3 17.3 480i DD2.0 SmrtLfS Hope Channel
17-4 17.4 480i DD2.0 HopeCh1 LLBN
17-5 17.5 DD2.0 AmFacts 3ABN Music Radio
17-6 17.6 DD2.0 LLBN-EN Radio 74
17-7 17.7 DD2.0 3ABN-RL [Blank]
Technical Data Ownership, Repack, Historical, and Translator Data
303' 15 kW DA (H) Directional Pattern [toward northeast]
(0.1 kW + 21.76 dB gain = 15 kW ERP)
29.8 mile contour / 2798 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 74,081
295' AGL; 1578' AMSL; (1011491)
https://www.rabbitears.info/pattern.php?request=ant_pat&ant_id=25076ff363d5a3190163e063aa770dd9&rotation=45&erp=15
Unknown or 0° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter
[H-Pat] Andrew AL8M
NAD83: N 36° 24' 28.4", W 97° 59' 55.5" (36.407889, -97.99875)``
But the site is WNW of Enid which means major lobe misses most of the
city headed toward Kremlin. Site is between N/S roads Imo and SH 132;
just north of US 412, between E/W: East 410 Rd and East 420 Rd -
designations I don`t recall ever seeing on road signs. That tower
probably hosts several other stations. Yes, as here, but only the 88.7
and 89.1 translators and the non-existent 19-1 K32MG-D:
https://www.rabbitears.info/tower.php?request=site&asrn=1011491
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Nov 8 at 2300, token English from SNR still starts
uttering basic B23 schedule with no language details, not even
English, now a sesquiweek after effective Oct 29. After news,
2309-2319 first feature of interest is about the whistling language of
the Canary Islands, Sr. Romero talking about it as Quintana translates
- from Spanish, not whistlish. Too few examples of how it really
sounds. Reception sufficient but some deep fades, direct into DX-398
with a few meters of clip-on antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960, VOT extra German cutoff time in last report should
have read 2412.5* not 2312.5*, i.e. -0012.5* Nov 8.
Also, one sked version says 7285 is correct for 2130-2230 English, and
also at 0400-0500. But HFCC still shows 9610 at 2130; which is it? I
check Nov 8 at 2200 into UTwente: nothing on 7285; 9610 with about
equal mixture of poor signals, one of which sounds like VOT English,
the other Chinese? Aoki shows CNR8 in Mongolian from Beijing 491 site,
and VOT English. 7285 would be better.
5960, here`s a new erroneous at Emirler! Via UTwente, S9+25/40, Nov 8
at 2346 amid Turkish music, brief announcement not in English; more
music, another very brief presumably Turkish announcement, music until
chopoff at 2356*. That`s the normal endtime for English. Uncovers the
CCCCCCI which has been underneath. Wrong program feed and no one
noticed. After 2300, only English is scheduled anywhere on SW, but
Turkish HS presumably runs 24h, supposed to be in a SW break per HFCC,
until 2200* on 6120, resuming at *0100 on 6000 (Glenn Hauser, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2215 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees,
Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2215, 0000, 9955 kHz, was
confirmed, not beamed to my area, WRMI:
9955, 0001, 0014 (45433), QRN, beamed SSE, hard to copy, 0029,
November 5 UTC 2023 [Sun]
9395, 0130, 0145 (45433), 0154 aurora fading, 0159, November 7 UT
[Tue]
9395, 0030, 0044, 0059 (45343), November 8 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke,
Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard``
Confirmed UT Wednesday November 8 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+18 into
Maryland SDR.
Also confirmed Wednesday November 8 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490 -74 Hz =
7489.926, S9+10/20 into Maryland SDR. Next:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
Thanks this week to Fred Schroyer, Waynesburg PA for making a good
deal on a needed almost new Icom ICR-75 receiver.
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
Or via PayPal not necessarily in US funds to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. After DTV tropo DX from The Metroplex, as in last report, I
switch to FM DX into the garaged caradio, 2004 Nissan stock, no RDS,
fender vertical antenna only, Nov 7 from 1825, including some non-DX
notes about calls and slogans; with listings from WTFDA FMDB; numbers
before lat. and long. are kW ERP, same H&V u.o.s. in one case; and
meters height above average terrain. Distances approx., city-to-city
from-to, not site-to-sites, added to end of each item in km/stmi; all
times strictly UT:
90.9 at 1825, gospel rock not // 91.1 in talk, but soon Air One ID on
90.9 and later back to // 91.1 KKRD Enid. So 90.9 is still KOKF OKC,
not DX
94.9 at 1827, $ tereo talk about A.A.; 1831 show is `New Life Live`,
1-800-NEWLIFE. That must be a program, not a station. No ID until:
1900, ``KJLT 94.9 North Platte`` and long string of translators by
alternating voices, then gospel rock:
KJLT-FM 94.9 NORTH PLATTE NE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN KING JESUS LIVES
TODAY 100.0 230.0 40-59-49 100-52-47 28F5 Title & Artist ON LIFE 94.9
KJLT | THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON KJLT/KJTF | LISTEN KJLT.ORG
308-532-5515 Religious Music 583 km/362 stmi
102.5 at 1829, Bott Radio Network:
KKCV 102.5 ROZEL KS RELIGIOUS TEACHING BOTT RADIO NETWORK 100.0 148.8
37-57-28 99-25-45 - where is Rozel? Due S of Hays, WSW of Great Bend,
pop 156. Those lucky Rozelians with a full-power FM station of their
own! 241/150
105.9 at 1833, Mexmx. Aside from a 74-watt translator in The Dominion
TX, there are two possibilities, in TX and KS:
KUZN 105.9 CENTERVILLE TX Spanish CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN RADIO ALELUYA
25.0 100.0 31-16-56 95-53-42 -- and:
KSSA 105.9 INGALLS KS Spanish REGIONAL MEXICAN LA KE BUENA 105.9 FM &
1470 AM 100.0 203.0 37-46-48 100-27-38 415C KE BUENA KSSA...KSSA
Centerville is on I45, closer to Huntsville than Corsicana. Ingalls is
midway between Dodge City & Garden City, much closer and brief hearing
sounded more like Regional than Christian, so: KSSA 279/173
105.3 at 1835, ``105.3 The Buzz``:
KFBZ 105.3 HAYSVILLE KS HD HOT AC THE BUZZ 105.3 98.0 307.0 37-48-01
97-31-29 1D67 KFBZ 105.23 THE BUZZ KFBZ 105.5 THE BUZZ Top 40 138/86
104.9 at 1835, S Asian language; really stands out, heard before:
KZMP-FM 104.9 PILOT POINT TX HD ETHNIC FUNASIA 35.0 535.0 33-33-37
96-57-34 534B KZMP-FM 104.9 Pilot Point, Dallas, Fort Worth
WWW.FUNASIA.COM 344/214
105.1 at 1835 and later, sports talk in MONO. Not shown as mono by
WTFDA. Not DX:
KOSB 105.1 PERRY OK SPORTS TRIPLE PLAY SPORTS RADIO 6.0 100.0 36-14-15
97-21-59 36CD KOSB //KOKP 1020/KOKB 1580 54/34
104.7 at 1837, ``Kiss 104.7`` also thus on FB, YL with ``stupid
headlines``
KXNC 104.7 NESS CITY KS CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO KISS 104.7 16.5 273.0
38-36-32 99-42-11 291/181
93.7 at 1840, Spanish talk, ads, one with heavy English accent, (972)
AC; 1843, (469) AC, ad from Dalas:
KNOR 93.7 KRUM TX Spanish REGIONAL MEXICAN LA RAZA 93.7 43.0 600.2
33-29-05 97-24-44 33D1 LA Raza Yo Soy Raza 93.7 FM LA Raza Yo Soy Raza
93.7 FM Rock 353/219
93.9 at 1841, Mexmx loud & clear unlike 93.7; at 1903, ``Show de
Andrés Gutiérrez; tema: dinero``, call-in, 805-YANOMAS, and a whatsapp
starting with 210, area code? Likely national show. (805) AC =
California: SLO, Ventura, Sta Bárbara counties; (210) if an AC would
be San Antonio TX. Only fit in quadri-state area:
KZRD 93.9 DODGE CITY KS Spanish REGIONAL MEXICAN LA MEXICANA 100.0
246.0 37-55-56 100-19-02 // KSMM 101.5 243/151
100.7 at 1847, North Platte ad!, ``Flat Rock 100.7``, ``Jump`` song:
KRNP 100.7 SUTHERLAND NE CLASSIC ROCK FLAT ROCK 100.7 100.0 229.6
41-03-50 101-20-16 3E45 ROCK 100 KRNP Oldies
Sutherland is just west of NP on I-80. Whence strange name Flat Rock?
A geographical feature? Wikipedia says it`s nickname for NP, used by
several businesses. Another one is Little Chicago. This and 94.9 above
are my max DX in this opening: 583/362
97.9 at 1849, ```B-98, music of the 80s, 90s and today`` [what about
the 00s & 10s?]:
KRBB 97.9 WICHITA KS HD SOFT AC B 98 FM 100.0 313.0 37-46-40 97-30-37
3CFF KRBB FM - Song/Artist KRBB FM - Song/Artist No Program Type or
Undefined 152/94
Note: you get no hits by slogan, searching B98 or B-98 - it has to be
B space 98: B 98. And guess what, there is another B 98 in Oklahoma
but twice as far from me as Wichita fringe, usually edged out by
closer 97.7 and 98.1 stations. That could be confusing for Es DX! So
unheard from SE OK:
KZBB 97.9 POTEAU OK HOT AC B 98 100.0 610.0 35-04-19 94-40-46 521F
KZBB 979 Artist/Song KZBB Adult Hits [320/205]
96.7 at 1852, ``Sports Radio 96.7 and 1310 The Ticket``. Also some
more times past local 96.9:
KTCK-FM 96.7 FLOWER MOUND TX SPORTS SPORTS RADIO 1310 & 96.7, THE
TICKET 90.0 621.0 33-26-13 97-29-05 426A All sports all the time KTCK
The Ticket - All Sports all the time - KTCK The Ticket - Sports //KTCK
1310 381/236
91.5 at 1855, outro for `New Life Live` like on 94.9; not DX:
KSNS 91.5 MEDICINE LODGE KS CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN KEEP SINGING NEW
SONGS 0.0 kWH 96.0 kWV 141.0 37-14-02 98-39-55 A4EC KSNS 118/73
106.1 at 1858, ad for ``Prairieland`` algo; ``Kix 106-1 Hutchinson``:
KXKU 106.1 LYONS KS COUNTRY KICKS 106 100.0 200.0 38-15-47 97-54-08
4DD4 Country adastraradio.com Your Hometown Radio Stations 219/136
94.9 at 1900: see 94.9 at 1827 above
94.7 at 1901, ``KOKQ OKC, and Q947fm.com -- another call change, new
to me, not DX:
KOKQ 94.7 OKLAHOMA CITY OK HD CLASSIC ROCK Q94.7 94.9 372.0 35-35-52
97-29-23 1472 Q94.7 Song Artist | Q94.7 Oklahoma's Classic Rock Q94.7
Song Artist | Q94.7 Oklahoma's Classic Rock Rock
90.1 at 1906, Radio Kansas, Hutchinson, KHCC has totally captured from
KUCO OKC; also previous hour, classical with YL DJ while KUCO has none
since Kimberly Powell resigned for reasons unknown; and going from
local to syndicated now. Not DX
105.9 at 1908, ``KQ106`` by YL DJ, rock:
KQTZ 105.9 HOBART OK ADULT CONTEMPORARY THE MIX KQ106 100.0 311.0
34-52-15 99-17-36 3C47 KQTZ KQ-106 The Mix! Paradisebroadcasting kom
BTW, one TV station reported Hobart had record hi temp for this date
in OK if not entire USA, 95! I think but not able to find any
confirmation. Altus did hit 90 per NWS. 174/108
104.3 at 1909, rock; 1912 ``B1043.net``: WTFDA list gets no hits on
B1043 or B104.3 or with spaces as slogan, but website points to Great
Bend with nary a callsign. Note that 104/3 is they way it shows in PS
Info and Radiotext fields!:
KVGB-FM 104.3 GREAT BEND KS CLASSIC ROCK THE POINT 96.0 247.0 38-25-54
98-46-18 4811 Song/Artist - B 104/3 "THE POINT" -KVGB-FM Song/Artist -
B 104/3 "THE POINT" -KVGB-FM Classic Rock 239/148
102.7 at 1915, Silver Dollar City in adstring, which is in Branson MO,
but finally ID ``KJ-103`` OKC; not a solid signal, but not DX, merely
KJYO
96.3 at 1919, plug iHeart app: Broad search on iHeart 96.3 leads to
Wichita. Its website shows nary a callsign except fine print at the
very bottom. Normally inaudible here, so it is DX:
KZCH 96.3 DERBY KS HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO CHANNEL 96.3 50.0 150.0
37-43-06 97-19-05 523F KZCH Song/Artist Song/Artist Rhythm and Blues
140/87
94.5 at 1920, Frank`s Snowplows is hiring - an example of indeed.com,
iHeart app ad, 1921 Topeka weather, ``The Big 94.5 Country`` starting
25 minutes of music:
WIBW 94.5 TOPEKA KS COUNTRY 94.5 BIG COUNTRY 100.0 370.0 39-01-34
95-55-02 69F8 WIBW-FM BIG 94.5 COUNTRY! WIBW-FM BIG 94.5 COUNTRY!
Country 354/220
94.1 at 1924, ``T-94`` or maybe another -e sounding single letter.
Nothing fits in TX or NE, but one of these:
KDNS 94.1 DOWNS KS COUNTRY KD 94 28.0 89.0 39-30-29 98-18-58 OR:
KZCD 94.1 LAWTON OK ROCK Z-94 35.0 178.0 34-32-59 98-32-21 523B Z94
Lawton/Fort Sill's Rock Station Rock - somewhat more likely. 204/127
Downs is in NC KS on US 24 not far from Nebraska 363/226
92.1 at 1925, ``The Real Country Giant, KFXI, Foxy 92``; not DX:
KFXI 92.1 MARLOW OK COUNTRY FOXY 92 100.0 166.0 34-40-50 98-01-02 1F92
KFXI Foxy 92 The Real Country Giant Request line 580-658-9384 Country
DX still incoming but time to suspend for lunch. APRS map at 1930 does
not include Nebraska, beyond southern KS, and into north TX. Then car
required for its original purpose. This hour of FMDXing led to at
least 3 hours of research and compilation. Each DX log a potential
learning experience (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0054 UT November 9
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