[IRCA] Domestic MW DX to Enid OK, April 26-May 2, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT`]. 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

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. April 27 at 1833-1845 UT, right at local mean noon, a MW bandscan while visiting squirrel haven, some 10 miles north of Enid, on caradio with vertical antenna, so no DFing or nulling. Skipping many normal signals, just some of the mostly weak ones of interest by groundwave in a low-noise area away from powerlines. Axually done from top down, reversed here for convenience:

530, far enough away from Vance on the south side, to hear some CCI under ``K530AM``, no doubt the HAR near South Haven just across the KS border operated by the Kansas Turnpike Authority

540, alabanza music over C&W, i.e. KDFT Dallas over KWMT Iowa

570, slow SAH, CCI audible under KLIF Dallas, i.e. WNAX South Dakota

670, weak religious discussion, or self-help? Also thought I heard Waziristan mentioned. Anyhow, it`s not WSCR Chicago (sportstalk, which is possible), but KLTT Denver

700, romantic music in Spanish, KHSE Dallas, ex-Asian

840, weak C&W, must be KTIC West Point, Nebraska, 5 kW daytimer at the margin of its range; but also a fast SAH: second closest is KWDF Ball, central Louisiana, 8 kW daytimer. I also had it more definitely around sunrise last November, in DXLD 12-48

850, weak Spanish, so KJON Dallas, rather than KOA Denver, which is also possible, and might be there without KJON or if I could null it

890, KTLR OKC & 910, without KVIS Miami OK, both suffer from IBOC noise out of 900 KSGL Wichita, 250 watts nostalgia when not huxtering

1090, RCC programming obviously, so 8 kW daytimer KEXS Excelsior Springs (KC) MO, with EWTN

1100, gospel music in English, very poor, KKLL Webb City (Joplin), Missouri, 5 kW daytimer 

1120, alabanza music, so KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa OK is back on after missing since April 16

1190, weak CCI, SAH, one mentioning Irving, so 50 kW KFXR Dallas; no higher Metroplexers were making it for sure except 1700. Other 1190 could be AR, KS or MO

1310, JBA carrier, could be Joplin MO, Beloit KS or Dallas TX

1350, fast SAH. I would gladly take either rare Okie, KTLQ Tahlequah or KPNS Duncan

1370, too much splatter and desensitization from local KCRC 1390 on north side of Enid, to hear KGNO Dodge City which I know starts making it somewhat further north. Forget 1380 and 1400 

1420, ad for BancFirst somewhere in Oklahoma, so KTJS Hobart

1430, weak CCI music & talk, i.e. KALV Alva in its null toward KTBZ Tulsa

1450, heavy CCI, one music, another ballgame, i.e. KGFF Shawnee and KSIW Woodward respectively; maybe a third? Could be KWBW Hutchinson KS or KWHW Altus OK

1470, JBA carrier with SAH, suppose KGND Vinita in northeast OK with one of the Kansans, all really too far, KSMM Liberal or KAIR Atchison

1480, KQAM Wichita KS has NO CCI from 50 kW KBXD Dallas, but wait till some skywave kix in

1490, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Must check whether that`s temporary. Last we heard from Bruce Winkelman, KBIX Muskogee was silent. Leaves JBA carriers, SAH; two Kansans: KKAN Phillipsburg, KTOP Topeka 

1510, alabanza music, fair vs KOKC 1520; as previously tracked down, KNSS Larned KS, ex-ESPN

1570, alabanza music, KZLI Tulsa with no XERF for a change

1610, nothing but quite a hum from WQCL720, Great Salt Plains State Park OK 

1700, comedy JBA, no doubt 10 kW KKLF Dallas/Richardson; at top end one might still wonder if it could be skywave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, April 28 at 1206, WKY should be in weekly English pubaffs show, but instead adstring in Spanish mixed with a couple in English; finally at 1211 played *outro* for Sunday Morning Magazine, more ads, and 1212 back to Indomable music. SMM must have lasted 6 minutes at most instead of 30, or the automation screwed up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 27 circa 1837 UT in daytime bandscan, KEOR Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is on the air again with what else but alabanza = praise music in Spanish. Not on circa 1200 UT April 28, when it could be, well after sunrise, but it is on at 1453 check. I`ve yet to catch when they come on, if the time is even fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) not noticed since by May 2

** OKLAHOMA. 1430, May 2 at 0559 UT, ``University of Nazareth, Jesus H. Christ`` --- ha, ha, it must be one of those rare stations with a comedy format? No, soon follows ``1430 The Buzz``, i.e. only KTBZ Tulsa, sports format, which doesn`t provide much of a signal here, day or night, which is fortunate if it`s still buzzing with IBOC (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, April 27 circa 1835 UT, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Still maybe off circa sunset when logged others on 1490, see UNIDENTIFIED. But back on with gospel huxter April 28 at 1516 check. Last we heard from Bruce Winkelman, the other 1490 Okie from Muskogee, KBIX, was silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KZLI, 1570, PSRA etc.: see MEXICO: XERF

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** U S A. 690, April 26 at 0450 UT, KGGF Coffeyville KS is already in open carrier/dead air, instead of Jim Bohannon. My kudos to them for carrying his tri-hour talkshow are tempered by KGGF`s totally unprofessional behavior in stopping and starting modulation at unpredictable times. I suspect anyhuman on duty is paying primary attention to their FM outlet, turning KGGF audio on and off whenever convenient. Who listens to AM, anyway? Meanwhile KTSM El Paso was making it thru the OC with local ID and ads (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, UT Saturday April 27, KGGF Coffeyville KS allows Jim Bohannon to finish, then sign-off announcement after 0458 mentioning serving 4-state area (but not corners), goodnight until tomorrow, but when? They don`t say when will come back, because it varies. Taps start just before 0459 and end at 0500:10, then open carrier dead air presumably all-night. 

Live performances typically include at least one sour note --- it must be tremendously difficult to play, or maybe it`s just the pressure at a funeral or commemoration, but this is a perfect tear-jerking performance. Wonder how many takes it took; not just one trumpet but joined by a second toward the end for the echo-effect. Hope this does not imply that KGGF itself is dying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, UT Sunday April 28 at 0449 UT, Fox Sports Radio, dominant signal typical of KGGF Coffeyville KS, quite contrary to Jim Bohannon talkshow on weeknights; NRC AM Log does list FSR as the last of several KGGF affiliations. Usual slow SAH of 144/minute = 2.4 Hz against KTSM El Paso TX, 0459 ID as AM 690, KGGF, Coffeyville-Independence, and standard sign-off until tomorrow, ``good night`` and taps start at 0500.5. Listening more closely, it is *not* a perfect performance, a wrong note heard, and second-trumpet backup before the finale; then open carrier presumed all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, UT Monday April 29 at 0500, KGGF Coffeyville KS sign-off, 0500.5 taps start(s) (is that singular or plural? One never hears of a single tap), to be followed by dead air all night tho unchecked. Don`t know what programming preceded it on a Sunday night, but on weeknights it`ll be back to JimBo unless they turn him off early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, May 1 at 0459 UT, Health Care 411 PSA, pause lacking any ID before 0500 Fox `news`. Usual SAH from open carrier, so KGGF KS evidently closed early again, no taps, ceding the channel to KTSM El Paso TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, May 2 at 0458 UT, KGGF Coffeyville KS` outro to Jim Bohannon show, but cut to its sign-off announcement, 0458:50 taps start for a minute+, then open carrier/dead air facilitating audibility of KTSM El Paso (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 730, April 27 at 0510-0513 UT, YL talking in Korean, dominating XEX et al. for a while, i.e. has to be KKDA The Metroplex TX in recently flipped format; after some music, more Korean but mixing at 0518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, April 30 at 0519 UT, double-take as station in the QRM mentions ``Newsradio 740, KTRH``. Yes, I am on 790 for sure. But it`s KBME Houston, which is jointly owned with KTRH by Texas Licenses LLC according to FCC AM Query. KBME is in fact with FSR sports talk. Remember when the 790 in Houston was KULF? That ended in 1982 when it became KKBQ for a sesquidecade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 930, April 30 at 1155 UT with WKY nulled, occupant says ``like us on Facebook, 930 KWOC``, i.e. Poplar Bluff MO due east from here but still propagating after sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, UT Saturday April 27 in KGWA Fox-hole 0500-0505: something different than usual, no ABC news heard from KMA and/or KGKL, but IRN-USA news mentioned at least thrice at 0501, 0503 and 0505 just before KGWA blasted back on. Meanwhile, at 0504 ID for ``AM 960 --- Mississippi Delta``, so at last a definite ID for WABG Greenwood MS, which I have presumably logged many times based on its blues music format, often with harmonica. There was CCI, so am not yet positive whether WABG was the same one with IRN-USA news which would be a change for them, and cause them to insert an ID during the window (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, April 29 at 0500-0505 UT, KGWA Fox-hole, now occupied mostly by weak echoing ABC News, i.e. presumed KMA IA and KGKL TX on proper night parameters. No sign of USA-IRN news or WABG MS; was that a fluke? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, May 1 at 0501-0505 UT, KGWA Fox-hole audiblizes weak ABC news echoing, and then blues music, i.e. KMA, KGKL and WABG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, April 29 at 0524 UT, some music making slow SAH with KRLD nulled as much as possible, and ``AM 10-80`` ID. Meanwhile I have to listen to `Texas Overnight with Charlie Jones` lamenting that some major TX newspapers are losing circulation not because of the web, but because they are ``too much like NPR``, i.e. too liberal for him. What bilge. KRLD is trying to out-right the `Redeye` competition on WBAP. Let CBS never be accused of liberalism! 

Back to the unID: close to a right angle from Dallas, I suspect KGVY Green Valley AZ, (Tucson market with a webcam on Mt Lemmon) nostalgia, except it`s a 1 kW daytimer. I also had a tentative log of it before sunrise at 1223 UT September 23, 2011 as in DXLD 11-39. Website http://www.kgvy1080.com/ says streaming is under construxion, so cannot check whether ``AM 1080`` is a typical non-ID for them, as it could be for any 1080. Note: we already know it is in AM and on 1080! What we need are call letters or something else unique, duh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, April 27 at 1151 UT, ``11-90 KQQZ`` singing ID, country gospel music, from NE/SW, i.e. DeSoto MO = St Louis market (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1460, April 30 at 1203 UT, TSN Texas news, ad, then more news not about Texas, 1205 anti-fire PSA, ``Big Country``. Neither own website http://www.tsnradio.com nor Wikipedia provide an affiliate list, but of the four Texans on 1460, NRC AM Log shows one which fits: KCLE Burleson, 11 kW day power, obviously named for its studio address in Cleburne, both south of Fort Worth on I35W; and station`s own website which is more about sports than music, confirms the slogan: http://www.bigcountrykcle.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1480, April 30 at 1206 UT, `KBXD weather center``, ``North Texas` spiritual power station with 50,000 watts`` slogan, still skywaving in over KQAM Wichita groundwave, after Enid sunrise at 1139. BTW, nothing yet about rescheduling the KBXD DX test; maybe waiting now till fall? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** U S A. 1570, May 2 at 0603 UT, promo for a demonstration at the Missouri State Capitol on the National Day of Prayer (what, only one?). This nails it as KBCV Hollister (Springfield), Bott station with gospel-huxter format, 3 kW at night; XERF was in a fade but soon came back up to dominate, altho somewhat nullable for this. Bott station list http://www.bottradionetwork.com/stations/all/ puts this instead in Branson, and they also own the other Missouri 1570, in Lexington.

BTW, I later ran across Bott`s OKC station, KQCV 800 railing against homosexuality. This is sounding more and more like hate-speech, one day to be prosecutable? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1590, April 28 at 1229 UT, ``AM 15-90, WAIK`` and ABC News update until 1231; 1232 another ID. I was surprised to hear any W-call half a sesquihour after Enid sunrise, but definitely Galesburg in NW IL, still skywaving with a favorable pattern to the south (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 940, April 28 at 1222 UT, ``Sportsradio`` ID (would that be the new NBC subnetwork?), good signal, what I would expect after sunrise from KIXZ Amarillo, also looping east/west, but supposedly news/talk and schedule at
http://voiceofamarillo.com/shows/sunday/
shows `Legends of Success with John Resnick`, not about sports, at 12-14 UT Sundays. Surely not Des Moines either which is religious. Only other likely around here is KSWM Aurora in SW Missouri; finally found its program schedule under a different primary station:
http://www.krmo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=104
showing instead `National Geographic Weekend` Sundays at 11-13 UT! So who`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1420+, May 1 at 1219 UT, somestation is off-frequency to hi side, causing a LAH; to be checked further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1490, April 28 at 0058 UT, checking this frequency since KMFS Guthrie OK was off the air earlier at midday April 27: dominant signal is nostalgia music, into ``It Was Fascination``, and at 0100 someone with a CBS bong; a lot of CCI as skywave is kicking in, but probably not any further than same or neighboring state. Two NOS likelies per NRC AM Log are KDMO Carthage MO, and KKAN Phillipsburg KS. Closest CBS are KDRO Sedalia MO and KQTY Borger TX. Of course, shortly before sundown here, the eastward ones are more likely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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