[IRCA] Domestic MW DX to Enid OK, March 1-7, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 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

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

** CANADA. 1610 kHz, March 2 at 0635 UT, tropical music atop the IBOC from KATZ at times, while usually only the latter is audible infesting 1610. Very hard to get a fix on it, but presumed CHHA Voces Latinas in Toronto. No announcement before it faded down by 5 minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA. 930, March 3 at 1309 UT, WKY, La Indomable in its token English pubaffs show in the Sunday morning ghetto when they hope listenership will be minimal: guest on `Sunday Morning Magazine` is from the Central Oklahoma Humane Society, about pets, then break for adstring: some kind of joint promotion in Spanish with Anheuser-Busch; ABC-TV ad in English for ``Red Widow`` premiering tonight; Home Depot in English; back to show with Phil Enzinga (sp?) host, who speaks perfect English, as does his next guest about Camp Clap-Hands, of the J. D. McCarty Center for developmentally disabled children (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, March 6 at 1337, KFAQ Tulsa mentioning that the 61st & Peoria neighborhood is dangerous. Noted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, March 3 at 1334 UT, KOKB Blackwell is again in open carrier/deadair atop the skywavers, while its sisterstation 1020 KOKP Perry is programming nominally (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1580 again, or more likely still, in OCDA around 2200 UT March 3 (gh, ibid.)

** OKLAHOMA. 1650, March 1 at 0543 UT, KYHN is still stunting, with program promos only, Geraldo Rivera red-white-and-blue bit at the moment. Official March sunrise is now 1230 UT instead of 1300 in February, so if they were trying for 1245, that doesn`t fit for either month. See for all the FCC info about it:
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=87114

I first heard KYHN reactivated 3.5 weeks ago on Feb 12 at 1300+, which matches the date on the latest letter on Resumption of Operations in the Correspondence Folder:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101541305&formid=910&fac_num=87114

which however says they came back on Feb 10-11: 
``Date station went silent:         02/18/2012
Date station commenced operation:   02/10/2013
REPAIRS TO THE KYHN TRANSMITTER AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WERE COMPLETED ON 02/11/2013 AND BROADCASTING RESUMED AS AUTHORIZED WITH 10 KW DAYTIME AND 1 KW NIGHTTIME.``

Of course the FCC won`t care if they stunt forever, not getting involved in programming matters. In case anyone doubt that this is really an Oklahoma station, despite promoing silly ballgames from OU rather than Arkansas, same document shows:

Legal Name of the Applicant
MS. KIM MEDIA, LLC
333 KERR BLVD
SALLISAW OK 74955 -
Telephone Number (include area code) 9187751107 
E-Mail Address (if available) 
Call Sign KYHN

Typed or Printed Name of Person Signing  KIM GIRDNER
Typed or Printed Title of Person Signing MANAGING MEMBER
Altho the Community of License remains Fort Smith AR.
While KWHN 1320 is separately licensed to CAPSTAR TX LLC.

1650 was originally supposed to be the X-band replacement for KWHN 1320, which continues with real newstalk programming, and the callsigns swapped back and forth. The KWHN calls were on the 1650 facility from 11/22/2000 to 04/03/2008 when it became KYHN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 1650 KSVE

** OKLAHOMA. 1650, March 6 at 1308 UT, time for another recheck of KYHN Sallisaw, as I had not reconfirmed for a few days whether it`s still on and/or still stunting. Yes! Dial Global Sports promo about NFL; ``Coming soon to Arklahoma … Big AM 1650``, then promo from Cumulus` `Red Eye Radio`, which I had not caught KYHN plugging before, so now we know what will be on overnight if they ever get going for real (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 770, March 1 at 1331 UT, KKOB with New Mexico news. It`s already on day pattern now, official local sunrise having gained half a sesquihour from Feb at 1400 to March at 1315. From March to April will gain another half-sesquihour; all other months it`s only 15 or 30 minutes` change. 1315 is March sunrise too for KTNN 660, which I may have also heard with music in KSKY null (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 770, March 3 at 1319 UT, `Perspective` from ABC news is playing, and I know this is its long-time position on KKOB Albuquerque --- except this is definitely looping N/S rather than E/W! In the NRC AM Log the only other likely ABC affiliate on 770 at this hour is KATL Miles City MT, and I think Sunday 1306 UT is a convenient feed time on the ABC Network when a lot of stations carry it in their Sunday-morning ghettos. Unfortunately, there is nothing resembling a program schedule at http://www.katlradio.com/ Official March sunrise at KATL is 1315 UT, when 10 kW non-dir day power starts after 1 kW DA-night with apparently no PSRA.

Just as I tune in, long ad break in Perspex, including: heart disease for women; Diane Sawyer; autism starting with NASCAR tie-in; ABC News wins Murrow Award; 1322 still more: Rebuildingtogether.org, http://www.cdc.gov/cfs on chronic fatigue syndrome. 1324 finally resumes, with Robin Roberts` interview of the FLOTUS which no doubt was on TV before, and NOW: 

I am getting this twice, as KKOB is also in from the E/W, 31 seconds after the other station. It too went to N-D day pattern at 1315 UT in March. Next break at 1330, KKOB is still in well while the N/S station is outfading (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, March 1 at 1330 UT, KFYO Lubbock TX with local news introduced by ABC news sounder; do they care? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 830, March 1 at 1329 UT, weather for Memphis TN, with WCCO nulled. It seems the transition is complete, from original KBOA Kennett MO in the bootheel (the only station ever to send me a playing card as a QSL), via KOTC in Poplar Bluff, as FCC shows it`s now WUMY in Memphis. So two more small towns have had their local AM station hijacked away to the magnetic Big City. Topo map as usual lacking a pin implies transmitter site is now on the south side of the city of Memphis near the Mississippi border. 

FCC info now at 
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=33672
shows it is a non-direxional daytimer with 3 kW, but with CP for 8 kW day and critical hours, 2 watts at night. 

Callsign history:
WUMY 01/18/2013
KOTC 01/19/1995
KBOA 	 

History Cards cover KBOA 1947 to 1981, via microfiche to 22 page pdf
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/HistoryCards/33672.pdf
the last page explains what the History Cards are about
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, March 3 at 0602 UT in the KGWA Fox-hole, it`s time for a commercial break in ABC news via KMA Iowa, but another commercial overrides, for Insurance Solutions, both with own 800 numbers, the latter followed by blues music, and DF seems further down, fitting for WABG Mississippi. If only they would run a local ad in this period, let alone an ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1160, March 6 at 1336 UT, typical music and R. Disney ID in passing, in KSL null, i.e. KRDY San Antonio, 10/1 kW. Seems I had not logged this before. Other Alamans in well, of course WOAI 1200, also KLUP 930 in WKY null, KKYX 680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 3 at 0715 UT, I notice that KBXD Dallas is hard to hear, as it often has been, so I ask Jerry Kiefer:

Hi Jerry, Lately I`ve noticed that KBXD does not have as much of a signal here on the average, as it did when it first came on. Wonder if you have made some antenna and/or power adjustments, perhaps in deference to KQAM? Or maybe the initial pattern was not exactly right? Or some suppression of skywave? (Not good for the DX test! [March 17]) 73, Glenn, Enid`` And he replies:

``Hi Glenn, I'm not surprised you noticed. We have been doing a MOM proof. Running lower power most of the time days and nights. Adjusting the pattern, etc. The night lobe is 317 degrees so after being tightened up it should be bit west of you. Our tower site is about 10 miles SE of downtown Dallas so we put most of the soup right over town. We will be back up to full bore for the DX test. Thanks, Jerry`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1650, March 3 at 0113 UT checking for KYHN Sallisaw OK, unheard (but doesn`t necessarily mean it`s off again); instead, Spanish, twice mentioning ``643-776``. That`s certainly not a US phone number. 0114 promo for a program `El Camerino` (The Locker Room) suspected to be TV rather than radio. This signal loops ENE/WSW, and certainly not the Spanish religion from NW/SE = Denver. Mentions score of a game with Los Tigres de Monterrey, which doesn`t mean this is necessarily from México. Searching the ESPNDeportes.com website, the number hits:

``Vota por La Jugada de Estilo de la Semana de La Liga. Visita ESPNdeportes.com/Estilodeportivo o envía la palabra ESTILO en mensaje de texto al 643776...`` so it`s their text number. The DF on 1650 strongly suggests it`s KSVE El Paso TX, but must have undergone a format (and sex) change from `María`, música romántica. Also had Spanish sports here a sesquimonth ago:

``UNIDENTIFIED. 1650, Jan 18 at 1422 UT, Spanish talk seems about 
European fútbol. Hard to DF with the splash from local KOAG 1640, but 
seems more like El Paso than Denver direxion. KBJD Denver is supposed 
to be religious, and KSVE El Paso is supposed to be ``María`` romantic 
music, so neither fits. A fast SAH develops at 1426 and soon overtaken 
by English, no doubt from resurgent KCNZ in Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)``

Finally I find the website confirming that 1650 ESPN Deportes is indeed El Paso: http://www.espn1650.com/ --- altho Cantú still lists it as // 93.9 ``José``, another station in the same Entravisión group. 

This page: http://www.jose939.com/shows/
has a blurred illegible icon at the top left which rolling over shows as http://www.khro1650.com so has the call changed from KSVE? It`s hardly ``suave`` any more! But click on that and you get ``Radio The Fox AM 1150 Oldies``! 

And FCC callsign history for the 1650 facility shows:
KSVE 09/23/2008 [and ever since]
KHRO 02/25/2005
KBIV 09/04/1998
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1660, March 1 at 1403 UT, no news, but music, ``Party Tonight`` and 1405 ``Baby Love``; more or less atop ``KMBZ Business Channel`` and hard to null from similar direxion. 1407 ``Keeping real music alive, Friday morning on the TOC``, ``Jasmine of My Mind``. 1414 a True Oldies Channel jingle. Of course, it`s KQWB in West Fargo ND.

Its official March sunrise is 1245 UT, but at the beginning of the month night conditions persist at least another sesquihour in the X-band. In April its LSR gains an hour to 1145, and May yet another to 1045, reaching 1030 in June (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2000.0-USB kHz, March 4 at 0501, ``New York Radio`` VOLMET is strangely here clearly // stronger 3485 & 6604, JBA 10051 at this hour; again at 0603 UT check. Do they ever announce listed calls WSY70?

Tnx to Bill Mead, Harrisburg, PA of the dxld yg who first reported it on 2000, March 3 at 1940 UT, and then at 2003 also by Leonard J. Rooney, Delaware County, Springfield PA; at 2015 by Anne Fanelli in in-like-a-lion Elma NY; at 0403 and 0430+ March 4 by Paul S. in CT.

Surely this is a mistake in transmission, maybe a default mispunch?`` So is anyone hearing 2000 kHz again today? The normal share with Gander on 3485/6604/10051/13270 is:
Minutes past the hours: 00-20 & 30-50 NY, 20-30 & 50-60 Gander
(Glenn Hauser, March 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2000-USB kHz, March 5 at 0110 UT, New York Radio, VOLMET is on this strange frequency again tonight, which is on the borderline between 160m hamband and fixed(?) above it, so theoretically would not be used by anything. At 0057, nothing before 0100, when Gander shares the other frequencies. Did WSY70 get special authorization because even 3485 was too ``high`` to propagate over some paths to craft?? Also audible on stronger 3485, 6604, 10051 and even 13270, all USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2000-USB, March 6 at 0632 UT, New York Radio still here on this strange frequency, with VOLMET for Milwaukee, Minneapolis, so are they in alfabetical order? Next: Boston, then repeat Milwaukee & Minneapolis; 0635 timecheck and ID, on to other stuff starting with Indianapolis. If this announcer is robotic, he does a very good job of sounding human (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 2000-USB, March 7 at 0109 UT, WSY70 is still here on strange frequency, weaker than // 3485-USB, New York Radio with flight weather for Bangor, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1659, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2660, March 4 at 1225 UT, JBA with USG PSA, 1227 gospel music, no doubt still 2 x 1330, KGLD Tyler TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2660, March 5 at 0558 UT, not even a JBA carrier, so has KGLD finally fixed its second harmonic? Will keep checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2660+, March 6 at 0626 UT again no carrier detectable from KGLD x 2, Tyler TX 1330; however at 1306 I do detect one and it is slightly on the hi side compared to 1660 stations, as I had also first noted when as an unID on January 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1490, March 6 at 1352 UT in Guthrie null, dominant station in the graveyard QRM mentions looking forward to covering Wildcats softball, then C&W music. Would you believe Googling on ``wildcats softball`` gets 2,960,000 hits? Far too many teams of that name, tho I might be able to sift out likely close ones with a lot more time put into this; not gonna do it. Except adding Topeka to the search brings up *two* Wildcat teams there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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