DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATE JANUARY 6
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** CANADA [and non]. 750 kHz, January 6 at 0154 UT, one hardly need to
listen to that outdated AM appendage of WSBB FM Atlanta for runoff
elexion returns, especially since its ``news`` totally lax credibility
because the stations voluntarily air far-right extremist wackadoodles
Limbaugh, Hannity, and Kilmeade --- at least the national ones I
recognize on their website. But, for the record I try it and land
during a commercial, anyway, with quite a SAH from some music station,
sounds like Pink Floyd. [see also USA: 750 WSB]

Nulling WSB while the other station is fading up, soon what I
expected, yet another Canadian AM station which refuses to ``protect``
a USA clear channel --- an invasion!! 0157 ``Beach Radio`` which is
always good for a chuckle, far from a coast, low temp to be minus 11,
Melfort PSAs, i.e. CKJH, U4 25/25 kW, and plug a website about the
northeast --- must be https://northeastnow.com/ which is also in
Melfort and linked from CKJH site which is https://beachradiosk.ca/
0158, ``Saskatchewan`s New Beach Radio``.
Night pattern is supposed to be a slightly skewed circle tangent
toward the north, with a particular notch toward --- Atlanta (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Jan 6 at 0128, RHC English back up here tonight, VG
S9+20 // undermodulated 6000; takes turns with 6145? 9650 has RHC
Spanish at S9/S7 but undermodulated. Somethings` always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 350-MCW kHz, Jan 6 at 0135, ND beacon RG is back on from
Will Rogers World Airport, OKC [how many places have *world*
airports??] after missing about a week since the ice storm; must not
be an essential navaid! Even less essential are 255 SW Stillwater, and
341 EI Enid, which are still2 AWOL (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Wed Jan 6 at 0731 UT check, KGWA Enid is yet again
broadcasting a kilowatt of dead air. I was wondering what show is
getting silenced, but the so-called ``lineup`` at
https://kgwanews.com/lineup
does not account for anything overnight except on Sundays:
``On-Air Schedule Sunday 12:00am - 02:00am The Mike Gallager Show``, =
06-08 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Re Enid`s phantom TV, Trip Ericson of rabbitears.info
replies UT January 6:

``Good evening, I've updated RabbitEars accordingly. Thanks.

Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if K19IR-D had never operated at
all and simply told the FCC they were doing so. Some of the less
reputable outfits seem to do this. Since it's difficult to prove a
negative, it's hard to crack down on.

Not only is FCC permission not needed to put the TBN programming on a
subchannel of another station, but I don't think the FCC allows what
KTBO is trying to do. They're trying to use a temporary channel share
to call KTBO "on the air" but I don't think that will fly, which is
why the STA hasn't been granted. - Trip`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, Jan 6 at 0635 UT, NDB DDP which is 1 kW
at San Juan - Dorado. Not much from Canada now except for the usual
outstanding 248 kHz WG WinnipeG, so checking for southerly sigs, and
there it is, altho JBA and usually not audible at all. I was tuned to
389-USB. I would love to hear some beacons from further Latin America,
or, even closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 353-MCW kHz, Jan 6 at 0632 UT, ND beacons LI and IN
alternating, Little Rock AR, and International Falls MN, same pitch,
but they are edging closer and closer together as the period of IN is
slightly shorter than LI. By 0633, the I of LI and the I of IN are
almost overlain, as if ``LIN``, and then they are untanglible but will
shortly be apart again. BTW, last time I heard IN, there was no sign
of LI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 356-MCW kHz, Jan 6 at 0136, NDB ODX, which is 25 watts from
Ord, Nebraska; JBA but not many others audible from USA or Canada now.
Why ODX? Missed a perfect chance to get a call identical to the town;
dxinfocentre.com shows no LW/MW beacon anywhere called ORD --- but
then there`s O`Hare, which should have been OHR (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: one of the
`imaginary` airings per WRMI skedgrid is Wed 2100 on System F 7780,
but which really has been `This Is A Music Show` for many, many months
so I no longer check for it; but, roger in Germany reports:

``[WOR] 2021-01-06 21.00z WOR [2020-12-31] via 7780 kHz --- ``YH via
twitter: "...Ah... the TIAMS 7780 broadcast was a timeslot-filler that
went on longer than expected. I suppose WOR got the slot from the
start of the year."``

``via discord: Daz @ 22:29 CET @jollyroger TIAMS says: I think that
7780 was a freebie. Jeff mentioned that it would be disappearing
around the time change, but it kept on going...``

Confirmed Wed Jan 6 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.183v, poor direct.

Also confirmed Wed Jan 6 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+35/40 via
Pardinho, Brasil, SDR, no jamming audible.

Jeff White confirms that the final WRMI WOR airing is being resumed
immediately:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100], and also new 5010 to S
As well as the UT Tue 0330 on 5800, altho `Freedom Synergy Radio` may
be back sporadically.

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** U S A [and non]. Wolfgang Büschel posts to the WOR iog at 2101 UT
Wed Jan 6: ``[WOR] ON ALL NEWSCASTS TV STATIONS EUROPEANWIDE AND CNN
TOO, report from DC / VA -- coup d'état at Washington in development;
MPs are brought to safety``

But what about VOA? Of course not! Checked 11720 Grimesland at 2112,
while PRESIDENT BIDEN was speaking briefly, VOA still with African
music. Still same later in the hour. How about Radio Martí? Of course
not! Regular Spanish discussion about Cuba, no voice-overing in
English about DC riot. But then who in Miami would care about that?

However, `Financial Survival` wrapup seemed to be live about the mob
riots at 2157 on 9980 WWCR // much weaker 7490+ WBCQ just before WOR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 750 kHz, Jan 6 at 0728 UT, WSB Atlanta is now // CNN, a few
seconds displaced from arriving via cable TV here; as the Georgia
runoff returns drag on. I slightly modify my condemnation of WSB for
far-right extremist talk programming. North Atlanta still has WCNN on
680, but now an ESPN stupid sports talk affiliate; was it once // the
cable TV audio; and why retain those calls now? Owner is Dickey
Broadcasting Co. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see also CANADA [and non]

** U S A. 920 kHz, Jan 6 at 0730 UT, ``Bless This House`` instrumental
hymn, turns out to be outro theme for `Family Bible Reading
Fellowship`, and then Family Radio inspecific ID, but surely KYFR
Shenandoah IA. VG dominant signal as usual at night here since it has
a tight lobe thisaway, and only slightly CCW in the daytime, 5/2.5 kW;
much better than e.g. neighbor 930 WKY OKC. Checking because the
latest NRC DX News AM Switch column shows:
``Applications for STAs received: 920 KYFR IA Shenandoah – Applies for
STA, U2 3500/2500, failure of power module`` --- well, that seems not
to have degraded its night signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 954 kHz, Jan 6 at 0625, 72 fades per minute = a 1.2 Hz
SAH between two TA signals as I am looking for such beats this time
instead of logging every single 9-kHz carrier. Notable that this is
only 6 kHz from my 960 local KGWA, which is not yet deadairing. WRTH
2020 frequency list page 529 shows few possibilities: Spain Onda Cero
50 kW and TRT-1 Turkey 300 kW; a little late for the latter but maybe
not too late at the year`s latest sunrise date.

MWOffsets however shows more: 3 synchros from Czechia at .0000, .0001
and .0003, while Spain is .9996, and Turkey .997. MWOffsets does not
display powers which are certainly important factors. But what about
Czechia; have those MW already closed down? Not under Czechia itself
in WRTH 2021 page 177, still showing 200/30/20 kW. WRTH 2020 still had
a Czechia entry in the frequency list on 954. At this early hour we
don`t think of TPs, but maybe also possible is 100 kW from JOKR Tokyo
where sunset will be 0743 UT, offset .0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 747 kHz, Jan 6 at 0627 UT, 80 fades per minute = a 1.333
Hz SAH between two TA signals. Nothing greater than 25 kW from W
``Europe``, RNE5 Canary Islands, and/or synchro 10 kW from Cádiz,
Iberia. Beyond that are Iran, Sa`udi, Sudan and Nigeria. (Once the
major Netherlands channel, now only very low powers.). Also possible
by now, the 500 kW NHK in Sapporo, where sunset will be 0716; easily
heard before sunrise here. MWOffset shows: Canary .9982; Spain .9999;
Japan .9999; Saudi .0008, Iran .0194. So nothing really fits exactly.
Helpful as it may be, the trouble with mwoffsets is that many of the
readings are years old, like 2017 for Canary, 2014 for Spain (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1305 kHz, Jan 6 at 0629 UT, double-SAH, meaning at least
3 signals, primary beat counting as about 4 Hz. Nothing significant in
W Europe besides four RNE Radio 5 synchros of 20/20/10/25 kW.
MWOffsets accounts for three of them from 2015, 2018 and 2011y! as at
.9950, .9999, .000. This does imply that the one at minus 5 Hz be
mainly responsible, which is the 25 kW, at Ourense (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 2320 UT January 6

** ALGERIA [non]. 7375, Jan 5 at 1800, RRI in Romanian is the only
signal audible via UTwente, despite TDA also scheduled via Issoudun,
France. So is TDA really somewhere else for the first hour?

7315, Jan 5 from *1900, TDA opening abruptly via FRANCE, in French,
shortly Arabic. Meanwhile 7375 is still RRI only. The 19-20 UT hour
might be when Spanish and English segments from the International
program might appear during winter as it was 18-19 during summer, but
I don`t have a chance to monitor the whole hour.

At HFCC, if you go to TDA here:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=B20&fmor=TDA
you get only the imaginary schedules from still under construxion(?)
Bechar and Ourgla sites inside Algeria; while if you go here:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B20&broadc=TDA
there is a mixture of the imaginary and real(?) transmissions via
Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 6970, Jan 4 at 2352, Chinese S6-S9 fluttery, certainly not a
pirate but another CNR1 jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100 & 6145, Jan 5 at 0724, open carrier dead air from both
RHC English channels, S9+10/20 and S9+20/30 respectively; the latter
meaning that 6145 again replaced 9700 all evening. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, Jan 5 at 1518, S9/+10 of totally dead air instead of
CRI English relay; something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, Jan 5 at 0657 UT, KGWA Enid again in dead
air 24 hours later; 0659 Rush ad and full ID for 100.9 & 960 --- which
I find on one of my analog AM/FM radios line up at the same slide-rule
dial position, what a coincidence, as I confirm both are in dead air
during most of the first two minutes of Fox slanted ``news`` on the
hour. 0708 local? announcement and more dead air continuously past
0722 and 0746 final check.

960 nulled at 0711, I hear echoey sports talk, likely KGKL San Angelo
TX as IDed last night, and another ESPN affiliate, of which there are
at least 4 on 960; most likely WSBT South Bend IN, U4 5/5 kW (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. ``Enid 32 K19IR Returned to the air under STA for this
channel, 100w/53m.

Oklahoma City 21 KTBO-TV Requests STA 15kw/211m, 35-22-10/97-27-40; to
temporarily share on KUOT-CD pending replacement of tower destroyed by
ice storm.

Tulsa 14 KTUL From 10, 1000kw/578m``
(from Doug Smith`s FCC News column in January WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest)

Hi Doug, Allegedly! I do not now see, nor have I ever seen any signal
from K19IR ``Enid` on RF 32 (or 19). From FCC TV Query there have
apparently been two different sites near Enid, not Tulsa or OKC like
some of the other pretenders.

Tropo is up from KUOT RF 21, OKC, and indeed I see TBN main channel on
21-2, while 1, 3, 4 and 5 appear to continue various 3ABN channels.
21-2 is still PSIP labeled nothing but KUOT like all the others. There
is a transparent TBN bug in upper right.

RF 15 has something on it but no decode, as I guess KTBO is completely
off otherwise from OKC. I am comparing 21-2 to Suddenlink cable 3; no
idea what goes with the other TBN subchannels.

Were there any other FM or TV signals on the destroyed KTBO tower?

Interesting to see that KTUL is giving up on VHF! Despite repacking
making UHF more and more crowded. Have not seen it yet.

Terrible about the Nashville bombing. I hope you were not affected in
any way, but how about your employer? 73, Glenn, Enid [to Doug]

``Educated guess is that K19IR's period back on the air didn't last
long (possibly only an hour or two). It went dark on Jan. 15th, 2020,
citing the need to acquire & install equipment to accommodate the
repack (bumped from ch. 19 by KAUT OKC).

The STA to return on ch. 32 says "The Applicant has a smaller
transmitter, than is required for the CP, and the antenna panels on
hand to build a smaller version of the station effective immediately."
This STA was filed on Nov. 2nd, at which time K19IR had ten weeks to
return to the air or lose its license under the "off over a year" law.
The STA text is "boilerplate" -- Edge Spectrum filed numerous STAs
around the country using identical text.

================================

No, there are no other broadcast signals listed on the KTBO tower.

Interesting that they're still coming up as 21.2 instead of 14.1. I'm
not thinking FCC permission would have been needed to do that -- KUOT
is welcome to change the programming on 21.2 at any time, including to
carry TBN as long as they have TBN's permission to do so. A sharing
agreement would have been necessary either if KUOT wasn't willing to
take responsibility for TBN's compliance with non-technical
regulations, or if TBN didn't expect to get KTBO back on its own
signal within a year (but KTBO went off on Oct. 27th so they've got
plenty of time to get back on.)

================================

[non] No physical effects here from the bombing, it was seven miles
from home & four from work & only affected a limited area.

But while nobody was seriously injured (except the bomber), the
economic injuries are pretty serious. My understanding is 1200 people
are now out of work, and it is quite possible several hospitality
businesses which survived the pandemic won't survive this. Hundreds of
people lived in apartments above the damaged buildings & have lost
their homes -- some will likely not be allowed back in to retrieve
their possessions.

The AT&T outage was pretty problematical though. Took out all AT&T
cellphones in the area, and shut down a number of private data
circuits. It also shut down AT&T Internet service for millions, and
the local stations disappeared from Dish Network (which is NOT the
AT&T-owned service) for a while (I'm sure Dish uses a private AT&T
circuit to get the local stations from Nashville to their uplink
site.)

Many people were confused by the fact AT&T internet was still up for
five hours after the bombing. My understanding is the backup
generators were fueled by natural gas & the gas pipes were damaged --
they had to shut down the generators to make sure they didn't cause a
second, unintentional, explosion`` (Doug Smith to gh)

KTOU-LD, RF 22, OKC also decoded this evening [circa 0445 UT Jan 5]:
22-1 HSN1
22-2 SBN
22-3 HSN2
22-4 KTOU on PSIP but full color bars only, silence
[not The Country Network as in rabbitears.info]
22-5 Shop
22-6 Shop = identical to 22-5
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT
Tuesday January 5 at 0330 on WRMI 5800; again this week two episodes
of `Freedom Synergy Radio` at 0300 & 0330, despite not showing on the
skedgrid, with WOR displayed at 0330. Not clear whether FSR will be
continuing indefinitely or not. Next:

2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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** U S A. (101.1), UT Tue Jan 5 from 0400, KSFR Santa Fe NM webcast
with `The Global Village`, replacement for `Beyond Borders` which has
already moved to Thursdays 1600-1900 UT. B.B. was truly ``world``
music, beyond domestic/western, while the new show mixes in the
latter, so not so interesting. T.G.V. host acts as if it has been on
before, but no such title anywhen on the KSFR sked, which still shows
B.B. at its old time. Perhaps T.G.V. be not local origination:
Publicradiofan.com shows two shows of that name from KMUW and WCBE.
The KMUW Wichita one is/was also on 8 other stations. BTW, filed under
G, not T, tho PRF does list many other shows named ``The ---`` under
T.

Yes, that`s it, the one originating with KMUW Wichita:
https://www.kmuw.org/programs/global-village
I recognize the host name, Chris Heim, which I did not know how to
spell; it`s a 1-hour strip M-F at 7 pm CST [01 UT Tue-Sat], which
explains why I was hearing someone else on KSFR after 05 UT. We used
to be able to hear KMUW 89.1 direct in Enid until a gospel huxter
translator usurped the frequency, bane of the non-commercial band.

On KSFR there was soon a break for a promo by Susan Ohori about the
new time for her B.B. Like Susan, Chris does not want her image to be
seen in the staff profiles, but is referred to as a ``she``:
https://www.kmuw.org/people/chris-heim
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0053 UT January 6

** CANADA. 284-MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0715, dash and QD, 500-watt
non-direxional beacon at The Pas, Manitoba.

300-MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0717 UT, dash and YIV, 500-watt NDB at Island
Lake, Manitoba, but weaker than QD.

[and non] 332-MCW kHz, Jan 4 at 0719 UT, dash and QT, 1000-watt NDB at
Thunder Bay, Ontario, way over nearby 400-watt IC Wichita KS, which is
ten times as close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Jan 4 at 0704, S9+ dead air and off, as RHC English has
decided enough is enough without another hour repeating. Then I find
two JBA signals slightly askew from 6100 and 6000; see UNIDENTIFIED.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Jan 4 at 1545, Kurdish? YL talk, presumed
Dengê Welat, which recently jumped here from 11530 presumably because
of Turkish jamming. Aoki still has both on 11530 where nothing is
heard; EiBi already has D.W. on 11540 but no jammer shown; switching
from Moldova to FRANCE site at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. ND Beacons are still AWOL, Jan 4 at 0714, 0719 UT: 255 no
SW Stillwater but JBA algo else; 341 no EI Enid but OIN Oberlin KS;
350 no RG OKC.

BTW, my wideband high local line noise level seems to have abated
after the holidays, whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Jan 4 at 0647 UT, I find that my local KGWA Enid is
in dead air. Apprehensively, I tune with headphones on the DX-398 with
Kaygee nulled as much as possible, which means favoring NE/SW, and
there are at least two talk stations mixing above the jumble. At 0657
I pull an ID from ``ESPN San Angelo`` --- see separate log under USA.
At 0659 KGWA modulation blasts back on for legal ID ``K265FL-FM [sic]
and KGWA, Talk 100.9`` and into Fox ``News``. Recheck at 0710, KGWA in
dead air again, then a Rush promo and back to DA; 0724 recheck,
again/still DA. KGWA automation is obviously screwed, and no one
around to notice or fix it; so how can they expect to have anyone else
listening? I might have scored some more understations but it`s very2
late, good night, almost. Must check more often for KGWA provision of
dead air beyond nightmiddles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
January 3 after 2300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.34, S7-S9 via Rochester
remote in SAM mode showing minus 66v Hz carrier offset. Closing word
``disclaimer`` overridden with HRI just too eager to take over. It
seems two seconds of silence at end of WOR files be still not enough.

Also confirmed UT Monday January 4 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 4 at 0230 on WRMIs: 5800 S9+30 at Missouri
SDR; also 7780, S9/+10 at UTwente; also on WRN webcast.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 4 at 0430 on WRMI 9955, S7-S9 over jamming
at TWR Bonaire SDR.

Also confirmed Mon Jan 4 from 1900:42 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, S9+25
into UTwente, but always with extremely annoying splash from 7280
Vietnam and 7295 East Turkestan which cannot be evaded by LSB or USB
or narrow bandwidth Synch AM; recheck at closing signal is weaker and
more QRMed but I can tell my last word, ``disclaimer`` is not chopped
off! Earlier: *1855 carrier on, S9+15/20; 1857 strength seems to bump
up to quieter and/or lesssplash; 1859:51 cut on bit of music mod and
IRRS ID falsely claiming this is in ``AM compatible, reduced carrier
USB, best tuned in USB`` --- NOT! And has not really been in that mode
for years. 1900:12 `Feature Story News` headlines, then WOR. On same
UTwente I fish around for WWV, RWM, CHU or anytimesignal as correxion
factor but can`t find any, not even faux Italcable. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 960, Jan 4 at 0657 UT, ``ESPN San Angelo`` ID in the mix tnx
to dead air from my local KGWA Enid. On DX-398 with KGWA nulled as
much as possible toward SW/NE. ESPN ID holes are typically 2-3 minutes
before hourtop. That`s KGKL in TX, also one of the stations I used to
get during the midnight 5-minute Fox Hole that KGWA used to provide;
now its deadairness is random and unpredictable; see OKLAHOMA. KGKL
underwent a format change since the NRC AM Log was printed,
ex-news/talk/sport, ``The Voice of Concho Valley``, when it was U2
5000/1000 W with CP for U1 5000/116, so is it already only 116 watts
at night and now non-direxional? Night pattern used to be tight
WNW/ESE with null thisaway, but that did not keep me from hearing it
before: May 22, 2016 tentatively under similar circumstances as in
DXLD 16-21; April 12, 2015 as in DXLD 15-15, among others. Wikipedia:

``KGKL (960 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[1]
Licensed to San Angelo, Texas, United States, the station serves the
San Angelo area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media
and before September 1, 2020; featured programming from Premiere Radio
Networks, WestwoodOne, Dave Ramsey, and Compass Media Networks. Bill
Lockwood's American Liberty program, based at News/Talk 1290 in
Wichita Falls, also aired on News/Talk 960 before the format change to
sports.[2] The station was awarded a construction permit on March 9,
2020 to become a Class D station, reducing power at night from 1,000
to 116 watts. On September 1, 2020, KGKL changed their format from
news/talk to sports, branded as "ESPN 960", with programming from ESPN
Radio. Ryan Hyatt's Raiderland also airs on ESPN 960, it is based at
Talk 1340 in Lubbock`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6099.920, Jan 4 at 0706, JBA carrier after RHC is off;
what could it be? Aoki/NDXC and EiBi agree only KCBS P`yongyang on
``6100`` at this time.

6000.079, Jan 4 at 0708, JBA carrier after RHC is off; what could it
be? Aoki would suggest R. Guaíba, Brasil from 0700, except it`s not
been on SW for years; or AIR Leh, Ladakh, unlikely to propagate from
midday there even at midwinter. The Korean radio war is more likely,
currently in Aoki as on 5995, but maybe jumped to alternate 6000 this
week, i.e. Echo of Hope and/or jammer. No: Ron Howard reports VOH on
5990 this week, 5995 last week; so? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2139 UT January 4

** AUSTRIA [and non]. From Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K. on
the WOR iog: ``Hello Glenn, Regarding the "No COVID at Wiener
Philharmoniker". According to the BBC commentator for the programme
screened in the U.K., apparently all members of the orchestra were
tested for COVID on a daily basis to ensure none was infected. It
seems that the programme went out "live" on January 1. I did notice
some unfamiliar faces among the players this year. They could be new
members, or maybe replacements for those who had to drop out because
they caught the virus. Like you, I always greatly enjoy this concert.
I can also get it via Astra satellite with German (Austrian accent)
commentary, which I much prefer to the English announcer.`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13632 & 13769 approx., Jan 3 at 1555, RHC spurblobs, S6,
unreadable even in FM mode, but with signature F# tone; also JBA on
13838 = 68-69 kHz intervals from 13700-AM which is S9+10/20.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6929-USB, Jan 2 at 2300, ID as I tune in, ``Goat
Cheese Radio 2021``, S8-S9, ``As Time Goes By``, 2304 another song by
same singer, others report as Billie Holiday and I do not disagree.
But from 2305 keeps cutting out. Someone politely calls this a medley,
but sounds to me like CD skipping from one track to the next in bits
of a variety of songs by same singer. Since there is no carrier it`s
tantamount to turning the transmitter off and on. Enough of that;
anyhow I`ve got the ID. See:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,76413.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 0002 UT, ND beacon EI, Enid, is
back on; in fact I think it was already circa 0715 Jan 2, but did not
make it into my dozing log notes. But still AWOL are: 255-MCW, SW,
Stillwater; and 350-MCW, RG, Oklahoma City.

341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 1553, EI is off again, only OIN Oberlin KS
audible, and the other two Okies are still off (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** U K. BBCWS New Year`s Concert --- in case you missed or could not
hear it at 1906 UT Sat and/nor 1206 UT Sun, here it is:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1d06
73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR iog)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
January 2 at 2100 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM local quality via nearby
Warrenton MO KiwiSDR, until ending at 2110:25, so started circa 2041.

Also confirmed Sat Jan 2 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, VP direct.

Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 3 from 0416:35 on WA0RCR, The Gateway
160-meter Radio Newsletter, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG via Warrenton
SDR; and just before that was also audible tho poorly way out at
Token`s Mohave, California SDR, which I had up checking KVOH, 60 miles
away.

Making it almost coast-to-coast as Andy Robins tells me: ``Hi Glenn: I
thought you might like to hear how WOR sounds at some distance from
the Wentzville, Missouri, "160-Meter Gateway" station on 1860 kHz. The
attached recording was made using a KiwiSDR near Zion, Pennsylvania,
that has a 220-meter BOG antenna oriented at 60/240°. Reception
quality varied from poor to pretty good with a lot of fades, some of
which were rather lengthy. On this occasion (UT Sunday, January 3),
the program started at 0416.

I can't receive WAØRCR here at home. With WTOU 1660 kHz less than two
miles away (10 kW day/1 kW night), I must use a mediumwave stop-band
filter at all times. That effectively kills 160 meters too,
unfortunately. I hope you are getting started on a New Year that's
significantly better than the one before. 73, Andy Robins, Kalamazoo,
Michigan USA``

Next:

2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Jan 3 at 0120, WTWW-2 has just started `Theater
Organ Under the Arch`, so I switch to webcast for $ tereo; ends at 0153
in typical 30+ minute variable block (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Jan 3 at 1557, S6 JBA gospel huxter, as WJHR is
active again, quite irregularly audible, not necessarily on Sundays
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re 1220, WCPH, Etowah, TN, "... how to pronounce it...",
Greg Hardison, CA, says: ``In North Georgia, it's [EHT' (as in
"EThnic", but with a hard-"T") - oh (as in "Ohio") - wa (as in
"WAter")]. EHT'-oh-wah: accent on the first syllable. Hope this
helps!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is again being
broadcast, presumably for a 13-week series which usually appears in
the second quarter as lead-in to the July/August event, e.g. Sundays
16-17 UT on KUCO-FM, January 3 featuring Mendelssohn`s Octet; outro as
recorded in *2019* since the 2020 probably was missed. Should be on
many other classical stations via the WFMT network (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Date and time were missing from this; now added!

Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carriers, not a thoro search but
stepping 10 kHz on USB I hear the telltale hets from plus 1 kHz
against the following domestic frequencies: 530, 620, 710, 890; and
1430; at 0052 UT January 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1917 UT January 3

** AUSTRIA [non]. Comment sent via PBS Great Performances webform:

``No COVID at Wiener Philharmoniker? --- Always anticipated and
enjoyed. New Year concert is obviously heavily post-produced with
dancing outside in the summer; yet there was no audience in the hall
due to COVID. Yet, not a mask anywhere on the non-blowing musicians,
and no social distancing. WHEN was that actually recorded??? It would
appear to be pre-COVID except for the zero audience. It may be for
``2021`` but I could not catch any (c) year at end of the credits.
Were the musicians really voluntarily put at risk? Will there be
follow-ups on how many were infected or died as a result of this?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700 & 6145, Jan 2 at 0706, neither RHC English frequency is
on, but 6100 remains at S9+10 but of air that is dead. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13771 & 13629 approx., Jan 2 at 1453, RHC FMish F# spurblobs
but only S1, from 13700-AM plus and minus ~71 kHz; lower one blox JBA
13630-AM carrier, i.e. VOA Kirundi at 1400-1500 Sat & Sun only via
VATICAN, violating Separation of Church and State; spurs still same at
1539 without the 13630. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17545.051V, Jan 2 at 1534, JBA off-frequency and
wobbling audibly as I try to measure it to about 17545.060, i.e. the
Sat & Wed-only Bayto Yaikl clandestine via RMI via presumed Issoudun,
FRANCE defective transmitter. At 1550 I check same via South Africa
TWR KiwiSDR in SAM mode displaying offset plus carrier cycling between
34 and 65 Hz; S7-S9, quite readable about COVID-19. No signal at all
via the Qatar Qiwi; there are none closer to Eritrean target (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 11900, Jan 2 at 1458, outro of `Christ Gospel` huxter
program with Jeffersonville, Indiana address, then sign-off of Bible
Voice Broadcasting at Newmarket, Ontario address; with long/short path
echo and off 1500*. Aoki shows Saturday only at 1400-1458 via Nauen,
Christ Gospel as first semihour only. HFCC shows 250 kW at 102 degrees
for CIRAF 41 = Pakistan/India/Bangladesh. Short path Nauen to Enid is
8079 km = 5020 stmi. 24900 minus 5020 for long-path would be 19880
stmi. Difference 19880 minus 5020 = 14860. 14860 divided by speed of
light 186,000 mi/sec = .08 second delay or about 1/12 of one second
echo. We are probably getting primary signal off-the-back direct which
would be aimed 282 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND [and non]. 13264-USB, Jan 2 at 1456, VOLMET by YL in
English, S4-S5, i.e. Shannon. No better, 13270-USB Gander OM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Jan 2 at 0706, VON succeeds on air, S7-S9 but JBM =
just barely modulated; why bother? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Jan 2 at 1455, HIFER beacon K6FRC quite clear with
continuous IDs from Patterson, California, claimed to be only 1.8
milliwatts; the only one audible on the 13550-13570 ISM Part 15 band,
no WV from WV on 13555 now; but always the non-IDing pulsing on 13560
which could be from local store or medical RF devices, and/or
propagated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: slept thru the Sat
Jan 2 airing at 1300-1329 on WRMI 15770; anyone hear it? Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1220 kHz, Jan 2 at 0707 UT tune-in, immediately hear very
slow Morse code IDs for WCPH, about four in a row; 0708 sweeps going
upward; 0710 VVV WCPH IDs at `normal` speed. 0711 continuous 1 kHz
tones with a couple brief pauses; 0713 VVV WCPH IDs very slow and some
fading; 0715 no tones heard, maybe voice announcements but totally
unreadable. I`m tuning in USB which may help audiblize the MCW.

Thruout, WCPH quite distinct from the rumble of multiple AM stations,
nothing readable from any of them. Nothing further needed to be sure I
heard it, even after the first 10 seconds. Others reported it started
an hour earlier from 0600 UT instead of publicized 0700-0900, with
full day power of 1000 watts on day pattern --- but listed as U1
nondirexional day and night, 1000/109 watts. Congrats to WCPH on its
65th anniversary.

This on my Icom R75 fed by 100-foot east-west longwire, a few feet
above snow on the ground, favoring reception from the east. Not
necessary to check via alternative DX-398 with internal antenna only.
Please eQSL.

Etowah is between Knoxville and Chattanooga, east of I-75. 1351 km =
858 statute miles city to Enid. I`m still not sure how to pronounce
it, as I don`t recall ever hearing it uttered during all my years in
Knoxville; but spelt backwards it is Hawote. It is certainly an
interesting name. Googling on it I discover first that there is an
Etowah in Oklahoma, a tiny town SE of Norman: ``ETOWAH. Located in
Cleveland County, Etowah lies on Etowah Road eleven miles east of
Noble. Historian George Shirk noted that the town name was derived
from a Cherokee settlement in Georgia,`` says the Oklahoma Historical
Society. Wikipedia says, ``Etowah is a Muskogee (Creek) word (Muscogee
spelling: italwa) for 'town'/'people'/'tribe'``. More here about the
WCPH Etowah:
https://www.cityofetowahtn.com/2229/History-of-Etowah
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1920 UT January 2