** OKLAHOMA. 103.7, June 19 at 1920 UT, a ``K-Love`` station with annoying pledge drive not noticed before as Wichita used to dominate:
``KYLK 103.7 OKEMAH OK 72.0 kW ERP, 282.0 m, 35-15-47 96-22-43 A588 K-Love Title & Artist Title & Artist Adult Hits CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN K-LOVE`` The K-Love empire infests the entire FM band, both commercial and ``non``, about 623 entries in the WTFDA FM database, many of them translators clogging up frequencies otherwise usable for more diversity, to say the least, if not DX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 19 at 2202, VOT English is on but totally buried by the NSS Annapolis RTTY, nor can it be notched out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. The USAGM/VOA purge keeps making press as covered in the WOR iog; and now The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, UT Sat June 20 in segments between 0124 and 0152, the latter with guests two of the fired board members, ex-ambassadors. Repeated 3 hours later. Must see or hear. Video, audio and transcripts should appear shortly at https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show Some of the latest press about, via Mike Cooper: How Trump's obsessions with media and loyalty coalesced in a battle for Voice of America -- By Sarah Ellison June 19, 2020 at 4:52 PM EDT https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/how-trumps-obsessions-with-media-and-loyalty-coalesced-in-a-battle-for-voice-of-america/2020/06/19/f57dcfe0-b1b1-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI broadcast, Friday June 19 at 2200 on 9955, S9-S8 and no jamming audible. Also confirmed UT Saturday June 20 at 0130 on WRMI trimulcast: via Maine SDR 7780 VG > 5850 G > 5010 F. Direct to OK at 0155 check: 5850 VG S9+20/30 > 5010 S9+10/20 > 7780 S9/+10 but the last two with heavy storm noise and some still audible under 5850. Next: 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA, who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490v), June 20 at 0001-0100, `AAAWWW` on WBCQ webcast, Allan is again shirtless it is so hot 84 degrees, Angela is so beautiful and he loves her so much; mostly discussion of current events as of Juneteenth. Angela raises her voice in opposition to some of them to the point of distortion. A says he is training A about all aspects of station operation, since she is co-owner and much younger than he is, so she can take over upon his demise, altho says he is in good health now. She would rather they both die simultaneously. Didn`t get much of the second half, and John Carver`s computer is down again, so if anyone heard anything significant technically or programmingly, let us know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, June 19 at 1753, KVOH is S9/+10 but just a trace of modulation. Are they aware of this? Why leave it on air at all? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 107.9-WBFM, June 19 at 1918 UT visiting Government Springs Park in Enid, a quick tunearound finds a solid signal from ``US 107.9 --- Great American Country``. Stormy cool weather and high humidity mean tropo enhancement even in the afternoon; Tulsa and Wichita-area signals are stronger than usual, but what`s this? ``KWLS 107.9 WINFIELD KS 50.0 kW ERP, 150 m HAAT, 37-15-46 96-53-42 COUNTRY US 107.9 - REAL AMERICAN COUNTRY`` Normally I don`t hear anything on 107.9 above OKC KRXO 107.7, but this is not far away just over the frontier. FCC FM Query shows: KWLS' first license was granted 10-20-1980. But it was originally on 105.5 as KWKS. In the meantime it has had two other calls, but KWLS since 12/31/07, but on what frequency? 107.9 was licensed as of 4/28/09. But has there been a power increase since then? Such info is not easily found at FCC, if at all. Searching old DX reports on KWLS, we find circa 2006 it was the call on the 1290 Pratt KS AM station, far on the other side of Wichita; now it`s part of the Steckline empire, including 1210 KGYN Guymon OK, and the imaginary(?) 1370 KGNO Dodge City KS. While 107.9 is in I also find dead air on 107.5, maybe somecar nearby`s RF feeder not offturned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. The shifty local-area scratchnoiseblobs are still around, e.g. June 19 at 1448 some of the approx. ranges: 6890-6920, 7225-7290, 7583-7640, 9010-9050, 9390-9460, 9725-9750, i.e. roughly 360 kHz apart --- and this was on inside longwire due to nearby storming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0453 UT June 20
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