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CPC Test Calendar Call EST Timef4bQ Date
WSMI 1 Nov281992 0030()100 WlMA 1150 Nov 28 1992 0030()100 KCNO 570 Nov301992 0330()400 WRIX 1020 Dec 7 1992 o200() 300 WMAM 570 Dec71992 0200()400
950 Dec 7 1992 0400()430~B 960 Dec 14 1992 0200()230 WDEA 1370 Dec 14 1992 0200()230 WABK 1280 Dec 14 1992 0230-1300 KNZZ 1100 Dec 14 1992 0500()600 WKGF 1480 Dec 28 1992 0200-0230 WOC 1420 Jan 18 1993 0215()230
KJR-950 - 190 Queen Anne Ave North - Seattle WA 98109 will conduct a DX test from 400-430 am EST Monday Dec 7 including Morse code tones and voice IDs reception reports may be sent to Mr Kelly D Alford (KA7ZDW) Chief Engineer Arshyranged by J D Stephens for the IRCA CPe
KNEB-960 - P O Box 239 - Scottsbluff NE 69363 will conduct a DX test from 200-230 am EST Monday Dec 14 The test will include Morse code tones voice IDs and march music in conshyjunction with their monthly frequency check Reports may be sent to Mr Brant Curtiss Program Director Arranged by) D Stephens for the IRCA CPe
WDEA-1370 - P O Box 1129 - Ellsworth ME 04605 will conduct a DX test from 200-230 am EST Monday December 14 at 104 watts into an omnidirectional antenna test will include Morse code Reports may be sent to Tracy Tarr Arranged by J D Stephens for the IRCA CPe
WABK-1280 - P O Box 1280 Gardiner ME 04345 will conduct a DX test from 230-330 am EST Monday Dec 14 including Morse code tones voice ms and march music Reception reports should be sent to Mr Brant Curtiss Program Director Arranged by J D Stephens for the IRCA CPe
From the Publisher We this issue two new features I retired) Bowker Now and
Know Also those of you who are fans of radio history will enjoy Thomas Whites list of pioneer stations by state
Welcome To These New Members (thanks to Ernie Cooper for the idea for this title) M E (Marvyn) Carlson Calgaxy Alberta Victor GarciashyRivera Fairfield OH John Baumgarten WI Gary L Hitchcock Hollywood FL Michael Camillo Ridgewood NY
GTG bullbull Ernie Wesolowski is hosting a DXpedition on Jan 23 at Camp Calvin Crest near Fremont NE which includes two single beds per room three hot meals plus a snack 250 acres for antennas a meeting room for all-night DXing and all for $30 ($3 is a refundable damage The camp will accommodate 18 Contact Ernie at 13312 Westwood Lane Omaha NE 68144-3543 (402) 330-7758 by Jan 11 first to register gets choice of room
DXChange Dr - Mt Kisco source of 3-gang tuning capacitors such as on the Radio Shack 12-655 Hes also looking for a non-working 12-655 and a McKayDymek AM5 neither has to be complete
in a phone call Russell Scotka wanted to contrary to a travelling report he
Hawaii-1540 from South Florida
DX Time Machine From the pages ofDX News
50 years ago from the Nov 28 1942 DXN On a visit to KVGB-1590 Art Robb learned that the station appreciated DX reports but had not anshyswered any in the last yearbccause of a flood and a greatly reduced staffmiddot The C E had the DX mail stored at his home and expected to reply eventushyally
25 years ago from the December 2 1967 DXN Jim Aker Falls Church VA and Bill Cheatham toured locals WLM and wmx and chatted with the engineer
10 years ago from the November 29 1982 DXN Mark Connellys article Your 1st 3D counshytries in English appeared
3 2 Jerry Starr co WHOT Radio 4040 Simon Road Youngstown OH 44512middot1320
AM Switch
CALL LETTER CHANGES old ~ New call Old call New call
710 WKXB TN Smyrna WZRS 1350 WGSW SC Greenwood WLMA 1030 WCAG FL Oviedo WONQ 1360 KSPG KS El Dorado KSRX 1110 WKEG PA Washington WKZV 1400 KKNX TX Huntsville KYLR 1140 WONQ FL Or 1 ando WRt1iI 1450 KTYZ MT Wolf Point KVCK 1240 WZQA MS Flowood WPBQ 1560 WQXR NY New York WQEW
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STATIONS 1580 NJ Hackettstown 2000170 U2 (would replace the facilities
of WSRR Washington NJ which has been silent since 1986)
GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS 880 FL Oviedo 100001000 U2 cAd
APPLICATIONS FRQtl EXISTING FACILITIES 1230 CFFl3 WIT Iqaluit reduce night power to 1000 watttl 1240 CJNA ON Wawa surrender 1icense for AM and rroVEl to FM 1340 CFYK WIT Yellowknife reduce night power to 2500 watts 1470 0lCW ON We 11 and surrender AM 1i cense and rrove to FM
GRANTS TO EXISTLNG FACILITIES 1240 KFBC WY Cheyenne relocate transmitter sib 1600 KQRO TX Cuero reduce power to 260 watts antonrllt to Dl
OTHERNESS 640 WB~ IN Terre Haure station is now here ex-1230 kHz 830 CKKY AB Wainwright stations now here ex-1230 kHz 920 WM1N WV Fairmont silent since 1991 is being purchased
by owners of WTCS-1490 under new duopo 1 y IU 1es and should be returning to the air soon
1010 KKGZ CO Brush local rronitors report this station has been using the call KSIR but we have not yet seen this listed as an official change by FCC Often a new call will turn up on the air before the FCC gets around to releasing the information
1040 CFZZ PQ St-Jean station left the AM band for good on 10-31-92 rroved to FM rerrove it from your Log
1120 KLiM CO Lirron stations SILENT 1230 WKBO PA Harrisburg silent since 392 station is ON THE
AIR and relaying WRVV 973 FM 1250 WARE MA Ware silent station is ON THE AIR 1380 KFLJ CO Walsenburg renewal of license for this station
silent since 1988 has been DISMISSED by the FCC 1430 WBRB MI Mount Clemens silent station has been purchased
by owners of WCAR-l090 Lavonia MI under the new duopoly rules and should be returning to the air
1490 WiIL NC Wilmington silent station will be ON THE AIR 12-1-92
1520 WQMA MS Marks silent since 990 studios and equipment were purchased by a company using them for radio production business Now the bank which held the license has turned it over to the company and the station may resume broadcasting soon
1600 WSLK KY Hyden renewal of license for this silent station has been DISMISSED by the FCC
1610 FL Homestead Radio Recovery the much publicized station operating from a tent to aid in the recovery from Hurricane Andrew ceased operation for good 9-29-92 shy
Shawn Axelrod~ 011e Alm Tom Dimeo Marc DeLorenzo Ed Krejny Wayne Heinen MSJ
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Now and Then John D Bowker
Dial in AM markets 1930 to 1948 to 1992
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v Now available tbe bigbligbts of the I 1992 NRC Convention on video
Five hours 25 minutes of the Omaha convention on a Tmiddot160 VHS tape taped by Ernie J Wesolowski $2000 Also available Omaha Radio about two hours on a Tmiddot120 VHS tape also $2000 ($500 from each
I order will be donated to the NRC) Please specify which tape and order ~ from NRC Publications Ii orders please add sales tax
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Domestic DX Digest North Bill Hale 495 Creekview Drivemiddot Meridian lD 83642-3241
South Duncan Shaw 3131 S McClintock B111 Los Angeles CA 90007
East Dave Braun 11 Mill Bend Acresmiddot Wyoming DE 19934-9523
DX Catches in the U S and
IMEDiUM WAVE RAMaUNGS I bull Mustve been during or close to a full moon as John S Bowker found some strange OX on
his car radio on four cousecutive days the end of last month Or maybe it was the apPlOaching of Halloween Anyway check out 1130 in Midnight to 0800 Hours below Oh yes Welcome aboard John Good to hear from you You dont have to wait for this kind of phenomenon to report again
bull Remember when your spouse asks what you want for Christmas just show her the ad for the new NRC AM Radio Loa and tell her S-O-C-K-S
ISPEC~AL ~ 1140 CFXL AD Calgary - Noted 1031 1600 with these new CLs Calling itself
Calgarys Adult StstiOIl XL Radio 1140 Call to station confirmed 11m theses were new calls and that the fornlat had been changed from Classic Rock (ie Oldies) to Easy Listening Currently carrying very little advectiring This is fifth call change for this station which started out in 1927 as CJCJ before becoming in tum to CKXL ClSS CFXX and now CFXL The other two old Calgary stations CFAC and CFCN have used these calls since they went 011 the air ill 1922 (DMc-AD)
1240 KLVJ ID Mountain Home - 11121730 - Heard back on the air with sounded like transmitter tests and satellite CampW from an undetermined source Waited for an ID at 1800 but went straight thru with music and countryfIed chit-chat Heard ID later at 1858 followed by ad cluster for many Mountain Home businesses before fading into GY mush PM also back on with AC amp AC oldies (Ding as Power 9gt) Poor signal still tweaking Broke down and called them Grand Badc-oo-AiP-DaJe is 1116 New technology allows them to soundloca1 by using in-the-zoue time checks But it still satellite to mel [EdAD
KNJJ AMIFM II 931SWKingAve UNIDs aoo UNID IHELP
Portland0897205
1470 UNlD 1l - 1117 1730-1740 - Wrth West Virginia travel tourist amp history info Good signal with fades Disappeared with pattern change at 1740 Heard several evenings now Who is this (GH-OH) [According to AM Switch its WHRD Huntington which recently returned to the air - Ed1 [IDd by DXer in second report Ed1
DX AND EQUIPMENT
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra VISta - 1119 0200-0210 Only regular CJVB Vancouver with news weather (6 in Vancouver) into disco music with foreign accent armouncer Tried again at 0225 still CJVB with same armcr with mentions of Richmond New Westminster activities Nothing underneath (RO-AK)
550 WSVA VA Harrisonburg - 11110 0705 - Poor signal in fade with end of ABC News Female with call letters and local news New (GH()H)
790 WAEB PA Allentown - 10290706 - Fair in fight with WSGW and CIGM with local WAEB 3-day Accuweatha forecast local news middotwith many mentions of the Lehigh Valley (MB-ON)
800 WCHA PA Chambersburg - 10280659 - Poor under CJBQ amp CKLW with ID as This is your sflltion for news- information iUld real wuntry WCHA promo for Tradio phoue-in swap amp sell program (MB()N)
910 WLAS NC Jacksonville - 111100754 - Fair with sports 0755 WLAS News-time 755 then into traffic report and weather (GH-OH)
1030 WUFL M1 Sterling Heights - 1031 0750-0800 - Fair over nulled WDZ and unID gospel station with Bulletin Board run-down of local church-related events which announced address to send events to Bulletin Board PO Box 1030 Sterling Heights MI 48311 (presumably this is also the stations mailing address) [The new Log gives a street address but this will probably get a report to them also - EdI Promo for We Kids program HaYe You Heard We Kids is on Saturday mornings at tHO here OIl WUFL into USA Radio Network News at 0756 (MB-ON)
1130 WWWW M1 Detroit - 1029 0742 - Some of the cleverest ways to use the word four such as The Metro-area W-4-cast(weather forecast) Not promoting the AM at all WCXI was a rare catch but this is what Ive been listening for this week (JB-IL)
WNEW NY New York - 101280742 - Rising to the top with WNEWID and congratulations to the Citizen ofthe Weekfrom Fort Lee New Jel1ey They havent changed to WBRR yet (JB-IL)
WJSN WJ Milwaukee - 1030 0742 - Finally I was beginning to wonder what happened to this news-hose of Beer Town They were on top this morning (JB-IL)
CKWX DC Vancouver - 10270742 - During a break in the Country Coast-toshyCoast network with local (442 AM) time amp ID and mentious of ~ hockey score BC 1 ever they were dominating this Tuesday AM (JB-IL)
Albany Radio Colp I KWIL 40 bull KHPE tol 1600 to 2400 HOURS ElT Po Box 278 Albany OR 97321
550 WAYR FL Orange Park - 115 1754 - Poor in WKRC null with REL program followed by Cross Reference news 1759 weather 1800 legal ID then into network news New for FL 25 (GH-OH)
630 WMAL DC Washington - 1031 2358 - Fair with news promo 630 wMAL ID Actually on top of local CJET (MS()N)
790 WSGW M1 Saginaw - 1024 1900 - Fair in nulled CIGM with CBS News ID as Newsradio 790 wsaw local weather for Tri-Citics into Talknet at 1906 (MB-ON)
WPIC PA Sharon - 10261728 - Fair in nulled CIGM with ABC News local weather mentioning We kaYe 49 degrees at RPIC then faded back under CIGM et al Last heard on CPC test in 1980 (MB-ON)
920 WHJJ III Providence - 1030 2324 - Good with ID phone-in show about what people collect and discussion about collecting Barbie Dolls (MS()N)
990 WVSC PA Somerset - 11110 1653 - Fair with WVSC Bargain Fair lots of local ads 1655 WVSC Lost and Found 1659 In accordance with FCC regulations WVSC wiD now lower its power New for 800 total for me (GH-OH)
1150 )SAL )S Salina - 1119 1734 - Poor signal with end of weather several mentions of CLs ads for Key RexaU Pharmacy amp The Frame Sbop and promo for (SAL sports talk show 1738 singing ID into OLD New for KS 3 (GH-OH)
7 6 1240 KEVA WY Bvanston - 11122105 - Caught female announcer say Evanston in ad
the Lany KcYstQwiak of the Utah Jazz say something like This is Laay Krystowiak ofthe Utah Jazz nminding you to listro to all Jazz gameS on KEVA Evanston loud and clear Then to lazz pregame show with amptRod ~ A GYer [M-ID]
1320 WKIN TN Kingsport - 1113 1736 - Promo for upcoming Musket Bowl (high school football) to be heard on AM910 WJCWand AM 1320 WKJN New for me (GH-OH)
1330 WBLW OR Willoughby - 119 1800 - No ID very poor in jumble 1801 traffic report mentions of TV Channd 5 and Qewand 1807 caught CL in promo for JJPLW Sports News then gone for good I dont know why they were on at this time as listed in 92 Log as Day Only CP approved for U3 At any rate this was one of my most wanted (GR-OH) [New Log has em as U3 500 43 with a CP for 340 watts nights Maybe this is on - Ed]
1340 WMID NJ Atlantic City - 10130 2258 - Fair with Atlantic City ads amp PSAs ID sounded garbled but did hear 1340 W_ Adantic City ~ NBC News (MS-ON)
1360 WKMI MI Kalamazoo IlI10 1712 - With Lee Ann with the WKMI Mdro WcaLhCtl F0rera3t 1713 Hooked on Phonics ad then lost in a real mess New (GR-OH)
1460 WBBT MA Broekton - 1113 18S8 - Fair with election coverage promo IDs as WBET 1460 South Metro and WBET 1460 Brockton CNN News (MS-ON)
DMc-AB Deane McIntyre Calgary AD via FidoNet JB-IL John S Bowker Valparaiso IN DXing on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago going to
work All four catches heard at almost the identical spot on the western shore of Lake Superior in his 91 Mercury Tracer
MB-ON Mike Brooker Toronto ON Sony JCF-7600D or Panasonic RF-2200 [Neat stamp Mike]
OR-OH Gregory Henson Circleville OH (Home of the Ciraltwille Pumpkin Show the Greatest Free Show on Barth Superadio II barefoot (amp2) [Thanks for stickers -Ed]
MS-ON Morris Sorensen Scarborough ON DXing from Kemptville ON with Panasonic RF-B65 barefoot
RO-AK Rod OConnor Kodiak AK Ed-ID Editor N5SZC7 Meridian ID Sony ICF-2010
ABBREVIATIONS AND SPBCIAL SYMBOLS USED IN DDXD - North
I I parallel with or to ~ into OOon the hour ACAdult contemporary APAssociated Press BBDbig band BRNBusiness Radio Net CampWcountry amp western CFLCanadian Football League CHRcontemporary bit radio CIDcode ID CLcallletter ContChrcontemporary Christian FZLeasy listening EEEnglish FFFrench GOSgospel IRNInterstate Radio Net LSRlocal sunrise LSSlocal sunset NBANational Basketball Assn NHLNational Hockey League NFLNational Football League NPRNational Public Radio OCopen carrier POL political PSRApre-sunrise authority PSSApost-sunset authority QRMman-made interference QRNnatural interference QTIIlocation RBLreligious ROKrock n roll RSregular schedule $stereo SIDsinging ID SRSsunrise skip SSSpanish SSBStar Spangled Banner SSSsunset skip TCtime check TItest tones UCurban contemporary UPIUnited Press 1fJQ
(A note from the Spanish teacher S-O-C-K-S or Eso sf que es (as mentioned at the beginning of DDXD-N) doesnt translate to Thats what I want from Spanish and its interesting to note that the company which I believe became infamous first with their Hooked on Phonics commercials corrected their SOCKS commercials to say Thats what it is Well not quite but closer the Spanish phrase is half a sentence as Eso sf que es interesante would be translated to Thats certainly interesting (which this Spanish lesson is NOT) I do hope their course instruction is more accurate than the text of their commercials and buy a Logbook anyway as Bill hints Buy a calendar too while youre at it -pIs)
DDXD-South
SPEGAL
970 WFSR KY Harlan - 1010 1900 caught Legal ID in passing so theyve made the move from 1470 970 25 (SF-TN)
1120 WCGM TN Maryville - back to these calls and back on the air since August still Uc (SF-TN)
1220 (WCPH) TN Etowah - this on-and-off operation has been silent since September (SFshyTN)
1340 WKGN TN Knoxville - back on the air after a 2 12 year silence with Uc 060U-2300 sked is nearly as good as still having them off hi (SF-TN)
1450 WFMB IL Springfield 1025 1557 good over KFTW with KIRL-1460 splash (three miles from the latters transmitter) with Chicago Bears football Chicago Bears Football on AM 1450 WMFB legal ID at 1612 local ads post-game show into CWM simulcasting WFMB-FM 1045 after the the post game show Ex-WCVS Oldies (EB-MO)
1480 WABB AL Mobile -1028 2300 fair over WFXWothers with This is NWP WABBshyAM Mobile and WNWP-FM Bay Minette into ABC News Still NWSTLK simulcasts WNWP-l0S5 (ex-WWSM) FM still assumed separate from W ABBWNWP (EB-MO)
unlDs and unlDs IDed
920 unlD 1027 0000 good ending CW song then straight into BNV with no ID If CKCY is indeed gone maybe needed CKNX (SF-TN)
DX amp EQUIPMENT TESTS
840 WBHY AL Mobile - 1012 0100-0122 fair under WHAS with Christian Contemporary music ClDs at 0109 and 0122 VID at 0113 (SF-TN)
1290 WQIN PA Lykens - 1020 0030-0130 not heard unless they were the weak tone from 0109-0112 and 0124-0126 (SF-TN)
1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 1012 0300-0330 not heard too much WQIKWJASKXYZWOMG (SF-TN)
STEREO LIGHTS LIT illKWAT 1050 KLOH MN Pipestone now C-QUAM (EB-MO) fiAOO 95D
BOX 950 WATERTOWN SOUTH QAKOTA 57201
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City drops Kahn for C-QUAM (EB-MO)
0000 - 0800 ELT
680 WPTF NC Raleigh - 1018 0003-0033 Ad for Gold Bond Powder News The Larry King Show ID at 0030 Cood Ioming its WPTF 12 degrees WPTF Weather fair int CMIC (DT -JA)
800 WKBC NC North Wilkesboro 1019 0100 good in CKLW null with Youve found your country on AM 800 then legal ID 800 20 (SF-TN)
910 KVIS OK Miami -1028 0041 good over WALT I others with So GOS promo Lions Club Campaign for Sight PSA (featuring Brooke Shields) AM 910 KVlS non-ID not as strong as old KGLC (EB-MO)
9 8 950 KPRC
KYGO
1010 CFRB
1050 KLOH
1190 WHMT
1200 KYOO
1220 CHSC
1240 WINK
1250 WDAE
KCF
1260 WSUA
1370 WCCN
1380 WAGS
1420 WRCG
1480 WFXW
1490 WSYL
WOHI
1510 CJRS
TX Houston 1028 0058 good with KYGOKLlK with local ads legal ID at 0100 into CBS News caught this while talking ham on the 14513 MHz WV9M repeater (EB-MO)
CO Denver - 1028 0100 good with WYGOKlIK with CWM legal ID mentioning Jefferson Pilot Communications at 0102 into local news (EB-MO)
ON Toronto 1028 0106 good over KBIS with ad for Knob Hill Farms sports report traffic report CFRB 48-hour forecast gave temperature in Toronto as three degrees Centigrade I 38 degrees Fahrenheit CFRB 1010 toronto legallD at 0109 into The John Oakley Show CFRX-6070 just as strong (EIl-MO)
MN Pipestone - 1028 0111 good in XEG null with SMN CWM Celebrating country music month this is Americas Best Countr slogan more CWM Great stereo country 10-5-0 KLOH non-IDs (EB-MO)
TN Humboldt 1026 0134 to fair over KJLA ill WOWO null with OLDies call letter [D at 0145 011 ET this morning OiB-MO)
MO Bolivar - 1026 0107 on IKLOH-lOSO caUletter IDs
ON St Catharines 1026 0058 jingle ID at 0104 (EB-MO)
FL Fort Myers - 1012 2330-0040 fading poor olu unlD (OT-JA)
strong in WOAI Hull with SMN CWM
to poor with WKNR with ACCHR
CBS pbp football 0030 II) 1240 WINK
FL Tampa - 1013 0021-0035 Promo for concert Tampa Bays best most played Fajr 01 u unID (m-JA)
IA Cedar Falls - 1013 0200 fair in WTAE null with Youre in tUtlt to the best country music were KeFI Cedar Falls Waterloo (SF-TN)
FL Miami - 1013 0043-0100 55 Talk and music EE ID at 0100 WSUA Miami Fair to poor olu unJD Cuban (DT-JA)
WI Neillsville 1023 0003 good over WGCL with no KASP-1380 splash with SNN news into MOR Musical Memories 24 hours a day WCCN Neillsville legal JD at 0007 (EB MOl
SC Bishopville 1014 0559 fair over Cuban with live sign-on temperature check and into USA net news Long-saught and SC 110 (SF-TN)
GA Columbus - 1018 0018-0031 Sports talk show Right here on WRCG Call-in number of 233-9357 Poor with unID Cuban (DT-JA)
IL Geneva 1030 0003 over WAABothers with This is AM 1480 WFXW Geneva-St Charles-EIQin BBD (EB-MO)
GA with FM-AM ID (separate calls) including state 1490 65 no call changes (SF-TN)
OH East Liverpool 1013 0300 surfaced for ID (incl state) and ABC News Cleans up OH on 1490 here (SF-TN)
PQ Sherbrooke 1023 0013 fair in super-tight WLAC null with FF talk possible KGA underneath with CWM
0800 - 1600 ELT
All quiet on the VX frOllt -djs
PO Bo)( 838 Willmar Minnosota 56201
570 WWNC
580 KALBt
680 KNBR
WOGO
750 WRIK
WSB
790 WTAR
CIGM
970 WFLA
1040 WYFM
1060 WAMT
1070 CHOK
1080 KRLD
1130 WHHR
1150 CKMO
1160 KSL
1170 WAVS
1600 - 2400 ELT
NC Asheville - 1025 2054 good over WNAXKLlFWKYX with wx in Hendersonville Greenville Spartanburg and Asheville
lumber aile 57 WWNC slogan
LA Alexandria - 1025 2057 fair over WKTY with KEZK-590 with OLDies into ABC news at 2100 net ads into more OLD mention of Oldies Station no ID given (EB-MO)
CA San Francisco - 1028 2135 good with intermittent $ over WODZ with Bay Area traffic report sponsored by KRON-TV Channel 4 local ads KNBR 68 San Francisco legal ID at 2136 Only Californian in at this time
WI Hallie - 1025 1929 good over KFEQ with BRN program call letter ID at 1930 (EB-MO)
IL Brookport 1026 1652 fair with KJELWNDZWSB with talk program legal ID into network news (possibly USA) (EB-MO)
GA Atlanta - 1026 1736 good over KJEL with News-Talk [adio AM 750 WSB slogan weather forecast with ex-NRCer Kirk Melhuish traffic report from Joy Keishien and Captain Herb Emory into the Gary McGee Hometown Radio Show (EB-MO)
VA Norfolk - 108 2340-0000 Blue Jays World Series post game show WTAR Time and WTAR News at 1200 fair light interference (DT-JA)
ON Sudbury - 1028 2118 good over WWKY (in C-QUAM) with CWM Your 790 ClGM slogan mention of Coutry Coast to Coast gave NST
AST EST CST MST and PDT TCs none of this 18 after the hour you find on SMN and Unistarl CIGM Weather Scan forecast at 2122
2311-2320 Advice talk show ads for GMAC and Sears poor and FL
FL Boynton Beach - 1010 2133-2149 Soul music Call 930-WYFM Foxy 1040 ID fair amp fading interference from unlD Cuban (DT-JAl
FL Titusville 1010 2243-2252 Radio WAMT 1060 WX ad for Carpet Co in Titusville fair light fading
ON Sarina - 1028 2100 good over WIBCKNX with Toronto Maple Leafs hockey ad for McDonalds Telemedia sports talk promo (EB-MO)
TX Dallas - 1010 2234-2300 CBS pbp Pittsburg v Toronto baseball ID KRLD - the news station 24 hours a day 7 days a week poor amp fading olu unlD Cuban (DT-JA)
SC Hilton Head Island - 1011 2031-2100 Wx sports news advise talk show 2100 ID This is 1130 Information radio WHHN poor fading int unID Cuban (DTshyJAl
ON Hamilton - 1028 2146 good with intermittent $ over KSAL others with OLDies Oldies 1150 slogan Now I understand why they changed from CKOC (EB-MO)
UT Salt Lake City - 1028 2212 good with fair $ over WJJD with The Gil Gross Show talking about the backlash against the gay lesbian community in the US Too bad they didnt go after the old KUSWI (EB-MOl
FL Davie - 1011 2136 Reggae amp calyspo music station promos ad for Records amp Tapes in Miami fair amp fading over WWV A (Dr-JA)
11 10 1190 WQBA
WOWO
1200 WMXA
1230 WMLR
1290 WPBG
Ii
1300 WFFG
1310 WAVC
1330 WJNX
KWLO
1350 WSMB
1360 WMOB
I
ilill
WKAT
1370 WCOA
1380 WRBQ
1410 WMTW
1500 WDPC
1520 WEXY
1550 WBSC
1560 WPAD
1600 WPOM
FL Miami 1011 2110-2140 SS music listener requests SID Fair amp fading (OHA)
IN Fort Wayne 1028 2216 good with fair $ over XEWKKJLA with WOAlshy1200 with OLDies (60s 70s 80s) pumpkin giveaway promo Wo-Wo slogan political ad ad for Flinstones Vitamins weather forecast (EB-MO)
IL Chicago 1025 1638 good over KYOO with SS ads for Chicago (EB-MO)
TN Hohenwald - 1011 2159 fair with Lewis County and the 22 years followed by legalID (incl heard same at 0459 hours now TN 186 (SF-TN)
FL West Palm Beach - 1013 2115-2130 NBC Talknet ad for Miami Review 1D WPBG News-Talk-Sports fair (OT-JA)
FL Marathom 1013 2140-2200 CampW news at 2200 fair (OT-JA)
FL Wauchula 1013 2203-2229 CBS pbp of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ad for Ace Hardware in Wauchula poor (OTJA)
FL Fort Pierce 1014 2016-2046 of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ID -ot W]NO fair with unlD Cuban
with WFBC with OLDies legal ID at 2400 into
LA New Orleans 1Ol4 2108-2156 CBS of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball 10 -all day long Or WSMB New Orleans poor unID Cuban (OT-JA)
At Mobile 1014 2211-2230 syndicated REL show promo for program on WMOB ID This is WMOB Mobile poor to fair olu WKAT and unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL North Miami 1014 2210-2230 FF Talk show olu WMOB unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL Pensacola 1014 2231-2300 NBC Talknet promo for event with a Baptist church choir IO Countdown on WeOA Fair with unID Cuban (OT-JA)
Sears Family poor to fair 0 u
FL Fort Myers 1017 2333-2346 CampW ads mentioning Fort Myers ID Greal 102 FM mentions of WHEW-FM fair to poor ou WLUV (DT-JA)
GA Dallas 1022 1902 weak with SSB followed by expected to hear this onedue to tight E-W pattern OA may be out 30 and my 2800th catch (SF-TN) (Congratulations -djs)
FL Wilton Manors ]018 2303-2323 GOS female ann partial 10 WEXY fair to poor (OT-JA)
SC Bennettsville 1019 2329-2350 GOS female list of events incl Little Rock Baptist CJlUrch and WBSC Awards to segment fair int unID Cuban (DT-JA)
KY Paducah - 1019 2320-2329 OLD on WPIIlJ- and Original hits all
WPAO fairsomeintWPXR (DT-JA)
FL Riviera Beach - 1019 2017-2037 UC and rap Call 842-9698 WPOM call-in by reps of schools fair (OT-JA)
BITS AND PIECES
Those of you with access to electronic mail can send loggings to me at dshawaludrauscedu as well Heck you can FAX stuff to me at (213) 740-1853 And any last minute OX tips can be phoned to me at KSCR Student radio (213) 740-1487 from 1700-2130 ELI Yes this is the age of telecommunications Nice to see a report from Don Im sure hes enjoying the sunshine in Jamaica Eric notes that he just passed his no-code tech class license He says he main hangout is 2 meters Congratulations to you Thanks for the reports this week - three loooooong ones Keep em coming 73s -djs
REPORTERS =-(wro(OT-JA) Don Trelford in Jamaica OX-440 and a long wire 56 C R k 99 (SF-TN) Steve Francis Alcoa TN Realistic TRF ountry - oc (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman NOUIHKOXOSTL Hazelwood MO OX-200 SrA-90 TM-152 SM-2
DDXDmiddotEast NEWS AND VIEWS
Laura McCus1rer and Bill Townshend both check in with their first reports since I became editor of DDXD-East Laura says DX is picking up a bit for her She is having trouble with an annoying buzz for the past couple of months but it is intermittent allowing some good logs as you will see below
Jeff Kitze also mentions that conditions are good he has experienced some excellent conditions to the west and mentions that he has noticed that when a cold front moves in he gets good reception from the west
Wayne Heinen checks in with some clarification of an item that appeared in the Nov 9 issue Thanks for the information Wayne
As I type this on November 15 it seems a long way away but Please note that Pauls publishing schedule includes a two week hiatus for DX News over the holidays The weeklies 28 and the next issue is scheduled for January 18 Why am I bringing this weeklies will be December 12 If you miss that deadline your report will not be seen until January 18 so give all of us NRC members a Christmas gift and get in whatever last minute tips you can for the holiday season
SPECIAL 680 WODZ TN Memphis 11I6 In very briefly olu WPTF with Oldies 94 WODZ Still WODZ not
WEZI Correct your logs (JK-VA) (Can anybody who hears this regularly confirm the AM calls db)
750 WCHP NY Champlain Listing here IS CORRECT This is a new facility CP for night operation by WCHP In addition WCHP has an application for 25000 watt day here This could not be listed liS a move because it was to be a split operation (similar to CHYRshy710CHYR7-730) Watch AM Switch for details as they happen (WH-CO)
1240 WSNJ NJ Bridgeton - 1113 2359 Signoff included the following schedule Sign-on M-F 0530 Saturday 0600 Sunday 0700 Signoff at 0000 Ended with sung version of The Lords Prayer Off at 0003 (DB-DE)
1490 WOJY VA Hampton 11110953 ID between songs as Solid to 1490 WOJY your Christian station serving Hampton Ex-WPEX
DX TESTS 840 WBIIY AL Mobile - 10120322 CIDs TIs Fair uWHAS (WPT-DC)
1300 KWCK AR Searcy - 1015 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 10112 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1360 WLYN MA Lynn 10260342 Poor uCJVL with barely audible ID this is radio station WLYNmiddot
No WDRC do they have a MM SP (LM-NY) WLYN MA Lynn - 10260336 CID with CQ in Morse Code Fair ulWSAI (WPT-DC)
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra Vista 119 Not Heard (WPTDC) 1540 WSMI IL Litchfield - 10280107 CID at 0102 VID at 0107 with mention of 1000 watt power
Poor uWMDOIWPrR (WPf-DC) (Bill is WMDO on at night now db)
DID YOU KNOW that a radio station emits a ground wave (one that follows the contour of the earth and a sky wave that more upwards and at night may be reflected from an ionized the sky This is stations carry so much further at night and makes serious dxing
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
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14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
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16 930 MONTSERRAT ZJB Plymouth 1030
2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
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was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
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CALL LETTER CHANGES old ~ New call Old call New call
710 WKXB TN Smyrna WZRS 1350 WGSW SC Greenwood WLMA 1030 WCAG FL Oviedo WONQ 1360 KSPG KS El Dorado KSRX 1110 WKEG PA Washington WKZV 1400 KKNX TX Huntsville KYLR 1140 WONQ FL Or 1 ando WRt1iI 1450 KTYZ MT Wolf Point KVCK 1240 WZQA MS Flowood WPBQ 1560 WQXR NY New York WQEW
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STATIONS 1580 NJ Hackettstown 2000170 U2 (would replace the facilities
of WSRR Washington NJ which has been silent since 1986)
GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS 880 FL Oviedo 100001000 U2 cAd
APPLICATIONS FRQtl EXISTING FACILITIES 1230 CFFl3 WIT Iqaluit reduce night power to 1000 watttl 1240 CJNA ON Wawa surrender 1icense for AM and rroVEl to FM 1340 CFYK WIT Yellowknife reduce night power to 2500 watts 1470 0lCW ON We 11 and surrender AM 1i cense and rrove to FM
GRANTS TO EXISTLNG FACILITIES 1240 KFBC WY Cheyenne relocate transmitter sib 1600 KQRO TX Cuero reduce power to 260 watts antonrllt to Dl
OTHERNESS 640 WB~ IN Terre Haure station is now here ex-1230 kHz 830 CKKY AB Wainwright stations now here ex-1230 kHz 920 WM1N WV Fairmont silent since 1991 is being purchased
by owners of WTCS-1490 under new duopo 1 y IU 1es and should be returning to the air soon
1010 KKGZ CO Brush local rronitors report this station has been using the call KSIR but we have not yet seen this listed as an official change by FCC Often a new call will turn up on the air before the FCC gets around to releasing the information
1040 CFZZ PQ St-Jean station left the AM band for good on 10-31-92 rroved to FM rerrove it from your Log
1120 KLiM CO Lirron stations SILENT 1230 WKBO PA Harrisburg silent since 392 station is ON THE
AIR and relaying WRVV 973 FM 1250 WARE MA Ware silent station is ON THE AIR 1380 KFLJ CO Walsenburg renewal of license for this station
silent since 1988 has been DISMISSED by the FCC 1430 WBRB MI Mount Clemens silent station has been purchased
by owners of WCAR-l090 Lavonia MI under the new duopoly rules and should be returning to the air
1490 WiIL NC Wilmington silent station will be ON THE AIR 12-1-92
1520 WQMA MS Marks silent since 990 studios and equipment were purchased by a company using them for radio production business Now the bank which held the license has turned it over to the company and the station may resume broadcasting soon
1600 WSLK KY Hyden renewal of license for this silent station has been DISMISSED by the FCC
1610 FL Homestead Radio Recovery the much publicized station operating from a tent to aid in the recovery from Hurricane Andrew ceased operation for good 9-29-92 shy
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Domestic DX Digest North Bill Hale 495 Creekview Drivemiddot Meridian lD 83642-3241
South Duncan Shaw 3131 S McClintock B111 Los Angeles CA 90007
East Dave Braun 11 Mill Bend Acresmiddot Wyoming DE 19934-9523
DX Catches in the U S and
IMEDiUM WAVE RAMaUNGS I bull Mustve been during or close to a full moon as John S Bowker found some strange OX on
his car radio on four cousecutive days the end of last month Or maybe it was the apPlOaching of Halloween Anyway check out 1130 in Midnight to 0800 Hours below Oh yes Welcome aboard John Good to hear from you You dont have to wait for this kind of phenomenon to report again
bull Remember when your spouse asks what you want for Christmas just show her the ad for the new NRC AM Radio Loa and tell her S-O-C-K-S
ISPEC~AL ~ 1140 CFXL AD Calgary - Noted 1031 1600 with these new CLs Calling itself
Calgarys Adult StstiOIl XL Radio 1140 Call to station confirmed 11m theses were new calls and that the fornlat had been changed from Classic Rock (ie Oldies) to Easy Listening Currently carrying very little advectiring This is fifth call change for this station which started out in 1927 as CJCJ before becoming in tum to CKXL ClSS CFXX and now CFXL The other two old Calgary stations CFAC and CFCN have used these calls since they went 011 the air ill 1922 (DMc-AD)
1240 KLVJ ID Mountain Home - 11121730 - Heard back on the air with sounded like transmitter tests and satellite CampW from an undetermined source Waited for an ID at 1800 but went straight thru with music and countryfIed chit-chat Heard ID later at 1858 followed by ad cluster for many Mountain Home businesses before fading into GY mush PM also back on with AC amp AC oldies (Ding as Power 9gt) Poor signal still tweaking Broke down and called them Grand Badc-oo-AiP-DaJe is 1116 New technology allows them to soundloca1 by using in-the-zoue time checks But it still satellite to mel [EdAD
KNJJ AMIFM II 931SWKingAve UNIDs aoo UNID IHELP
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1470 UNlD 1l - 1117 1730-1740 - Wrth West Virginia travel tourist amp history info Good signal with fades Disappeared with pattern change at 1740 Heard several evenings now Who is this (GH-OH) [According to AM Switch its WHRD Huntington which recently returned to the air - Ed1 [IDd by DXer in second report Ed1
DX AND EQUIPMENT
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra VISta - 1119 0200-0210 Only regular CJVB Vancouver with news weather (6 in Vancouver) into disco music with foreign accent armouncer Tried again at 0225 still CJVB with same armcr with mentions of Richmond New Westminster activities Nothing underneath (RO-AK)
550 WSVA VA Harrisonburg - 11110 0705 - Poor signal in fade with end of ABC News Female with call letters and local news New (GH()H)
790 WAEB PA Allentown - 10290706 - Fair in fight with WSGW and CIGM with local WAEB 3-day Accuweatha forecast local news middotwith many mentions of the Lehigh Valley (MB-ON)
800 WCHA PA Chambersburg - 10280659 - Poor under CJBQ amp CKLW with ID as This is your sflltion for news- information iUld real wuntry WCHA promo for Tradio phoue-in swap amp sell program (MB()N)
910 WLAS NC Jacksonville - 111100754 - Fair with sports 0755 WLAS News-time 755 then into traffic report and weather (GH-OH)
1030 WUFL M1 Sterling Heights - 1031 0750-0800 - Fair over nulled WDZ and unID gospel station with Bulletin Board run-down of local church-related events which announced address to send events to Bulletin Board PO Box 1030 Sterling Heights MI 48311 (presumably this is also the stations mailing address) [The new Log gives a street address but this will probably get a report to them also - EdI Promo for We Kids program HaYe You Heard We Kids is on Saturday mornings at tHO here OIl WUFL into USA Radio Network News at 0756 (MB-ON)
1130 WWWW M1 Detroit - 1029 0742 - Some of the cleverest ways to use the word four such as The Metro-area W-4-cast(weather forecast) Not promoting the AM at all WCXI was a rare catch but this is what Ive been listening for this week (JB-IL)
WNEW NY New York - 101280742 - Rising to the top with WNEWID and congratulations to the Citizen ofthe Weekfrom Fort Lee New Jel1ey They havent changed to WBRR yet (JB-IL)
WJSN WJ Milwaukee - 1030 0742 - Finally I was beginning to wonder what happened to this news-hose of Beer Town They were on top this morning (JB-IL)
CKWX DC Vancouver - 10270742 - During a break in the Country Coast-toshyCoast network with local (442 AM) time amp ID and mentious of ~ hockey score BC 1 ever they were dominating this Tuesday AM (JB-IL)
Albany Radio Colp I KWIL 40 bull KHPE tol 1600 to 2400 HOURS ElT Po Box 278 Albany OR 97321
550 WAYR FL Orange Park - 115 1754 - Poor in WKRC null with REL program followed by Cross Reference news 1759 weather 1800 legal ID then into network news New for FL 25 (GH-OH)
630 WMAL DC Washington - 1031 2358 - Fair with news promo 630 wMAL ID Actually on top of local CJET (MS()N)
790 WSGW M1 Saginaw - 1024 1900 - Fair in nulled CIGM with CBS News ID as Newsradio 790 wsaw local weather for Tri-Citics into Talknet at 1906 (MB-ON)
WPIC PA Sharon - 10261728 - Fair in nulled CIGM with ABC News local weather mentioning We kaYe 49 degrees at RPIC then faded back under CIGM et al Last heard on CPC test in 1980 (MB-ON)
920 WHJJ III Providence - 1030 2324 - Good with ID phone-in show about what people collect and discussion about collecting Barbie Dolls (MS()N)
990 WVSC PA Somerset - 11110 1653 - Fair with WVSC Bargain Fair lots of local ads 1655 WVSC Lost and Found 1659 In accordance with FCC regulations WVSC wiD now lower its power New for 800 total for me (GH-OH)
1150 )SAL )S Salina - 1119 1734 - Poor signal with end of weather several mentions of CLs ads for Key RexaU Pharmacy amp The Frame Sbop and promo for (SAL sports talk show 1738 singing ID into OLD New for KS 3 (GH-OH)
7 6 1240 KEVA WY Bvanston - 11122105 - Caught female announcer say Evanston in ad
the Lany KcYstQwiak of the Utah Jazz say something like This is Laay Krystowiak ofthe Utah Jazz nminding you to listro to all Jazz gameS on KEVA Evanston loud and clear Then to lazz pregame show with amptRod ~ A GYer [M-ID]
1320 WKIN TN Kingsport - 1113 1736 - Promo for upcoming Musket Bowl (high school football) to be heard on AM910 WJCWand AM 1320 WKJN New for me (GH-OH)
1330 WBLW OR Willoughby - 119 1800 - No ID very poor in jumble 1801 traffic report mentions of TV Channd 5 and Qewand 1807 caught CL in promo for JJPLW Sports News then gone for good I dont know why they were on at this time as listed in 92 Log as Day Only CP approved for U3 At any rate this was one of my most wanted (GR-OH) [New Log has em as U3 500 43 with a CP for 340 watts nights Maybe this is on - Ed]
1340 WMID NJ Atlantic City - 10130 2258 - Fair with Atlantic City ads amp PSAs ID sounded garbled but did hear 1340 W_ Adantic City ~ NBC News (MS-ON)
1360 WKMI MI Kalamazoo IlI10 1712 - With Lee Ann with the WKMI Mdro WcaLhCtl F0rera3t 1713 Hooked on Phonics ad then lost in a real mess New (GR-OH)
1460 WBBT MA Broekton - 1113 18S8 - Fair with election coverage promo IDs as WBET 1460 South Metro and WBET 1460 Brockton CNN News (MS-ON)
DMc-AB Deane McIntyre Calgary AD via FidoNet JB-IL John S Bowker Valparaiso IN DXing on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago going to
work All four catches heard at almost the identical spot on the western shore of Lake Superior in his 91 Mercury Tracer
MB-ON Mike Brooker Toronto ON Sony JCF-7600D or Panasonic RF-2200 [Neat stamp Mike]
OR-OH Gregory Henson Circleville OH (Home of the Ciraltwille Pumpkin Show the Greatest Free Show on Barth Superadio II barefoot (amp2) [Thanks for stickers -Ed]
MS-ON Morris Sorensen Scarborough ON DXing from Kemptville ON with Panasonic RF-B65 barefoot
RO-AK Rod OConnor Kodiak AK Ed-ID Editor N5SZC7 Meridian ID Sony ICF-2010
ABBREVIATIONS AND SPBCIAL SYMBOLS USED IN DDXD - North
I I parallel with or to ~ into OOon the hour ACAdult contemporary APAssociated Press BBDbig band BRNBusiness Radio Net CampWcountry amp western CFLCanadian Football League CHRcontemporary bit radio CIDcode ID CLcallletter ContChrcontemporary Christian FZLeasy listening EEEnglish FFFrench GOSgospel IRNInterstate Radio Net LSRlocal sunrise LSSlocal sunset NBANational Basketball Assn NHLNational Hockey League NFLNational Football League NPRNational Public Radio OCopen carrier POL political PSRApre-sunrise authority PSSApost-sunset authority QRMman-made interference QRNnatural interference QTIIlocation RBLreligious ROKrock n roll RSregular schedule $stereo SIDsinging ID SRSsunrise skip SSSpanish SSBStar Spangled Banner SSSsunset skip TCtime check TItest tones UCurban contemporary UPIUnited Press 1fJQ
(A note from the Spanish teacher S-O-C-K-S or Eso sf que es (as mentioned at the beginning of DDXD-N) doesnt translate to Thats what I want from Spanish and its interesting to note that the company which I believe became infamous first with their Hooked on Phonics commercials corrected their SOCKS commercials to say Thats what it is Well not quite but closer the Spanish phrase is half a sentence as Eso sf que es interesante would be translated to Thats certainly interesting (which this Spanish lesson is NOT) I do hope their course instruction is more accurate than the text of their commercials and buy a Logbook anyway as Bill hints Buy a calendar too while youre at it -pIs)
DDXD-South
SPEGAL
970 WFSR KY Harlan - 1010 1900 caught Legal ID in passing so theyve made the move from 1470 970 25 (SF-TN)
1120 WCGM TN Maryville - back to these calls and back on the air since August still Uc (SF-TN)
1220 (WCPH) TN Etowah - this on-and-off operation has been silent since September (SFshyTN)
1340 WKGN TN Knoxville - back on the air after a 2 12 year silence with Uc 060U-2300 sked is nearly as good as still having them off hi (SF-TN)
1450 WFMB IL Springfield 1025 1557 good over KFTW with KIRL-1460 splash (three miles from the latters transmitter) with Chicago Bears football Chicago Bears Football on AM 1450 WMFB legal ID at 1612 local ads post-game show into CWM simulcasting WFMB-FM 1045 after the the post game show Ex-WCVS Oldies (EB-MO)
1480 WABB AL Mobile -1028 2300 fair over WFXWothers with This is NWP WABBshyAM Mobile and WNWP-FM Bay Minette into ABC News Still NWSTLK simulcasts WNWP-l0S5 (ex-WWSM) FM still assumed separate from W ABBWNWP (EB-MO)
unlDs and unlDs IDed
920 unlD 1027 0000 good ending CW song then straight into BNV with no ID If CKCY is indeed gone maybe needed CKNX (SF-TN)
DX amp EQUIPMENT TESTS
840 WBHY AL Mobile - 1012 0100-0122 fair under WHAS with Christian Contemporary music ClDs at 0109 and 0122 VID at 0113 (SF-TN)
1290 WQIN PA Lykens - 1020 0030-0130 not heard unless they were the weak tone from 0109-0112 and 0124-0126 (SF-TN)
1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 1012 0300-0330 not heard too much WQIKWJASKXYZWOMG (SF-TN)
STEREO LIGHTS LIT illKWAT 1050 KLOH MN Pipestone now C-QUAM (EB-MO) fiAOO 95D
BOX 950 WATERTOWN SOUTH QAKOTA 57201
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City drops Kahn for C-QUAM (EB-MO)
0000 - 0800 ELT
680 WPTF NC Raleigh - 1018 0003-0033 Ad for Gold Bond Powder News The Larry King Show ID at 0030 Cood Ioming its WPTF 12 degrees WPTF Weather fair int CMIC (DT -JA)
800 WKBC NC North Wilkesboro 1019 0100 good in CKLW null with Youve found your country on AM 800 then legal ID 800 20 (SF-TN)
910 KVIS OK Miami -1028 0041 good over WALT I others with So GOS promo Lions Club Campaign for Sight PSA (featuring Brooke Shields) AM 910 KVlS non-ID not as strong as old KGLC (EB-MO)
9 8 950 KPRC
KYGO
1010 CFRB
1050 KLOH
1190 WHMT
1200 KYOO
1220 CHSC
1240 WINK
1250 WDAE
KCF
1260 WSUA
1370 WCCN
1380 WAGS
1420 WRCG
1480 WFXW
1490 WSYL
WOHI
1510 CJRS
TX Houston 1028 0058 good with KYGOKLlK with local ads legal ID at 0100 into CBS News caught this while talking ham on the 14513 MHz WV9M repeater (EB-MO)
CO Denver - 1028 0100 good with WYGOKlIK with CWM legal ID mentioning Jefferson Pilot Communications at 0102 into local news (EB-MO)
ON Toronto 1028 0106 good over KBIS with ad for Knob Hill Farms sports report traffic report CFRB 48-hour forecast gave temperature in Toronto as three degrees Centigrade I 38 degrees Fahrenheit CFRB 1010 toronto legallD at 0109 into The John Oakley Show CFRX-6070 just as strong (EIl-MO)
MN Pipestone - 1028 0111 good in XEG null with SMN CWM Celebrating country music month this is Americas Best Countr slogan more CWM Great stereo country 10-5-0 KLOH non-IDs (EB-MO)
TN Humboldt 1026 0134 to fair over KJLA ill WOWO null with OLDies call letter [D at 0145 011 ET this morning OiB-MO)
MO Bolivar - 1026 0107 on IKLOH-lOSO caUletter IDs
ON St Catharines 1026 0058 jingle ID at 0104 (EB-MO)
FL Fort Myers - 1012 2330-0040 fading poor olu unlD (OT-JA)
strong in WOAI Hull with SMN CWM
to poor with WKNR with ACCHR
CBS pbp football 0030 II) 1240 WINK
FL Tampa - 1013 0021-0035 Promo for concert Tampa Bays best most played Fajr 01 u unID (m-JA)
IA Cedar Falls - 1013 0200 fair in WTAE null with Youre in tUtlt to the best country music were KeFI Cedar Falls Waterloo (SF-TN)
FL Miami - 1013 0043-0100 55 Talk and music EE ID at 0100 WSUA Miami Fair to poor olu unJD Cuban (DT-JA)
WI Neillsville 1023 0003 good over WGCL with no KASP-1380 splash with SNN news into MOR Musical Memories 24 hours a day WCCN Neillsville legal JD at 0007 (EB MOl
SC Bishopville 1014 0559 fair over Cuban with live sign-on temperature check and into USA net news Long-saught and SC 110 (SF-TN)
GA Columbus - 1018 0018-0031 Sports talk show Right here on WRCG Call-in number of 233-9357 Poor with unID Cuban (DT-JA)
IL Geneva 1030 0003 over WAABothers with This is AM 1480 WFXW Geneva-St Charles-EIQin BBD (EB-MO)
GA with FM-AM ID (separate calls) including state 1490 65 no call changes (SF-TN)
OH East Liverpool 1013 0300 surfaced for ID (incl state) and ABC News Cleans up OH on 1490 here (SF-TN)
PQ Sherbrooke 1023 0013 fair in super-tight WLAC null with FF talk possible KGA underneath with CWM
0800 - 1600 ELT
All quiet on the VX frOllt -djs
PO Bo)( 838 Willmar Minnosota 56201
570 WWNC
580 KALBt
680 KNBR
WOGO
750 WRIK
WSB
790 WTAR
CIGM
970 WFLA
1040 WYFM
1060 WAMT
1070 CHOK
1080 KRLD
1130 WHHR
1150 CKMO
1160 KSL
1170 WAVS
1600 - 2400 ELT
NC Asheville - 1025 2054 good over WNAXKLlFWKYX with wx in Hendersonville Greenville Spartanburg and Asheville
lumber aile 57 WWNC slogan
LA Alexandria - 1025 2057 fair over WKTY with KEZK-590 with OLDies into ABC news at 2100 net ads into more OLD mention of Oldies Station no ID given (EB-MO)
CA San Francisco - 1028 2135 good with intermittent $ over WODZ with Bay Area traffic report sponsored by KRON-TV Channel 4 local ads KNBR 68 San Francisco legal ID at 2136 Only Californian in at this time
WI Hallie - 1025 1929 good over KFEQ with BRN program call letter ID at 1930 (EB-MO)
IL Brookport 1026 1652 fair with KJELWNDZWSB with talk program legal ID into network news (possibly USA) (EB-MO)
GA Atlanta - 1026 1736 good over KJEL with News-Talk [adio AM 750 WSB slogan weather forecast with ex-NRCer Kirk Melhuish traffic report from Joy Keishien and Captain Herb Emory into the Gary McGee Hometown Radio Show (EB-MO)
VA Norfolk - 108 2340-0000 Blue Jays World Series post game show WTAR Time and WTAR News at 1200 fair light interference (DT-JA)
ON Sudbury - 1028 2118 good over WWKY (in C-QUAM) with CWM Your 790 ClGM slogan mention of Coutry Coast to Coast gave NST
AST EST CST MST and PDT TCs none of this 18 after the hour you find on SMN and Unistarl CIGM Weather Scan forecast at 2122
2311-2320 Advice talk show ads for GMAC and Sears poor and FL
FL Boynton Beach - 1010 2133-2149 Soul music Call 930-WYFM Foxy 1040 ID fair amp fading interference from unlD Cuban (DT-JAl
FL Titusville 1010 2243-2252 Radio WAMT 1060 WX ad for Carpet Co in Titusville fair light fading
ON Sarina - 1028 2100 good over WIBCKNX with Toronto Maple Leafs hockey ad for McDonalds Telemedia sports talk promo (EB-MO)
TX Dallas - 1010 2234-2300 CBS pbp Pittsburg v Toronto baseball ID KRLD - the news station 24 hours a day 7 days a week poor amp fading olu unlD Cuban (DT-JA)
SC Hilton Head Island - 1011 2031-2100 Wx sports news advise talk show 2100 ID This is 1130 Information radio WHHN poor fading int unID Cuban (DTshyJAl
ON Hamilton - 1028 2146 good with intermittent $ over KSAL others with OLDies Oldies 1150 slogan Now I understand why they changed from CKOC (EB-MO)
UT Salt Lake City - 1028 2212 good with fair $ over WJJD with The Gil Gross Show talking about the backlash against the gay lesbian community in the US Too bad they didnt go after the old KUSWI (EB-MOl
FL Davie - 1011 2136 Reggae amp calyspo music station promos ad for Records amp Tapes in Miami fair amp fading over WWV A (Dr-JA)
11 10 1190 WQBA
WOWO
1200 WMXA
1230 WMLR
1290 WPBG
Ii
1300 WFFG
1310 WAVC
1330 WJNX
KWLO
1350 WSMB
1360 WMOB
I
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WKAT
1370 WCOA
1380 WRBQ
1410 WMTW
1500 WDPC
1520 WEXY
1550 WBSC
1560 WPAD
1600 WPOM
FL Miami 1011 2110-2140 SS music listener requests SID Fair amp fading (OHA)
IN Fort Wayne 1028 2216 good with fair $ over XEWKKJLA with WOAlshy1200 with OLDies (60s 70s 80s) pumpkin giveaway promo Wo-Wo slogan political ad ad for Flinstones Vitamins weather forecast (EB-MO)
IL Chicago 1025 1638 good over KYOO with SS ads for Chicago (EB-MO)
TN Hohenwald - 1011 2159 fair with Lewis County and the 22 years followed by legalID (incl heard same at 0459 hours now TN 186 (SF-TN)
FL West Palm Beach - 1013 2115-2130 NBC Talknet ad for Miami Review 1D WPBG News-Talk-Sports fair (OT-JA)
FL Marathom 1013 2140-2200 CampW news at 2200 fair (OT-JA)
FL Wauchula 1013 2203-2229 CBS pbp of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ad for Ace Hardware in Wauchula poor (OTJA)
FL Fort Pierce 1014 2016-2046 of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ID -ot W]NO fair with unlD Cuban
with WFBC with OLDies legal ID at 2400 into
LA New Orleans 1Ol4 2108-2156 CBS of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball 10 -all day long Or WSMB New Orleans poor unID Cuban (OT-JA)
At Mobile 1014 2211-2230 syndicated REL show promo for program on WMOB ID This is WMOB Mobile poor to fair olu WKAT and unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL North Miami 1014 2210-2230 FF Talk show olu WMOB unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL Pensacola 1014 2231-2300 NBC Talknet promo for event with a Baptist church choir IO Countdown on WeOA Fair with unID Cuban (OT-JA)
Sears Family poor to fair 0 u
FL Fort Myers 1017 2333-2346 CampW ads mentioning Fort Myers ID Greal 102 FM mentions of WHEW-FM fair to poor ou WLUV (DT-JA)
GA Dallas 1022 1902 weak with SSB followed by expected to hear this onedue to tight E-W pattern OA may be out 30 and my 2800th catch (SF-TN) (Congratulations -djs)
FL Wilton Manors ]018 2303-2323 GOS female ann partial 10 WEXY fair to poor (OT-JA)
SC Bennettsville 1019 2329-2350 GOS female list of events incl Little Rock Baptist CJlUrch and WBSC Awards to segment fair int unID Cuban (DT-JA)
KY Paducah - 1019 2320-2329 OLD on WPIIlJ- and Original hits all
WPAO fairsomeintWPXR (DT-JA)
FL Riviera Beach - 1019 2017-2037 UC and rap Call 842-9698 WPOM call-in by reps of schools fair (OT-JA)
BITS AND PIECES
Those of you with access to electronic mail can send loggings to me at dshawaludrauscedu as well Heck you can FAX stuff to me at (213) 740-1853 And any last minute OX tips can be phoned to me at KSCR Student radio (213) 740-1487 from 1700-2130 ELI Yes this is the age of telecommunications Nice to see a report from Don Im sure hes enjoying the sunshine in Jamaica Eric notes that he just passed his no-code tech class license He says he main hangout is 2 meters Congratulations to you Thanks for the reports this week - three loooooong ones Keep em coming 73s -djs
REPORTERS =-(wro(OT-JA) Don Trelford in Jamaica OX-440 and a long wire 56 C R k 99 (SF-TN) Steve Francis Alcoa TN Realistic TRF ountry - oc (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman NOUIHKOXOSTL Hazelwood MO OX-200 SrA-90 TM-152 SM-2
DDXDmiddotEast NEWS AND VIEWS
Laura McCus1rer and Bill Townshend both check in with their first reports since I became editor of DDXD-East Laura says DX is picking up a bit for her She is having trouble with an annoying buzz for the past couple of months but it is intermittent allowing some good logs as you will see below
Jeff Kitze also mentions that conditions are good he has experienced some excellent conditions to the west and mentions that he has noticed that when a cold front moves in he gets good reception from the west
Wayne Heinen checks in with some clarification of an item that appeared in the Nov 9 issue Thanks for the information Wayne
As I type this on November 15 it seems a long way away but Please note that Pauls publishing schedule includes a two week hiatus for DX News over the holidays The weeklies 28 and the next issue is scheduled for January 18 Why am I bringing this weeklies will be December 12 If you miss that deadline your report will not be seen until January 18 so give all of us NRC members a Christmas gift and get in whatever last minute tips you can for the holiday season
SPECIAL 680 WODZ TN Memphis 11I6 In very briefly olu WPTF with Oldies 94 WODZ Still WODZ not
WEZI Correct your logs (JK-VA) (Can anybody who hears this regularly confirm the AM calls db)
750 WCHP NY Champlain Listing here IS CORRECT This is a new facility CP for night operation by WCHP In addition WCHP has an application for 25000 watt day here This could not be listed liS a move because it was to be a split operation (similar to CHYRshy710CHYR7-730) Watch AM Switch for details as they happen (WH-CO)
1240 WSNJ NJ Bridgeton - 1113 2359 Signoff included the following schedule Sign-on M-F 0530 Saturday 0600 Sunday 0700 Signoff at 0000 Ended with sung version of The Lords Prayer Off at 0003 (DB-DE)
1490 WOJY VA Hampton 11110953 ID between songs as Solid to 1490 WOJY your Christian station serving Hampton Ex-WPEX
DX TESTS 840 WBIIY AL Mobile - 10120322 CIDs TIs Fair uWHAS (WPT-DC)
1300 KWCK AR Searcy - 1015 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 10112 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1360 WLYN MA Lynn 10260342 Poor uCJVL with barely audible ID this is radio station WLYNmiddot
No WDRC do they have a MM SP (LM-NY) WLYN MA Lynn - 10260336 CID with CQ in Morse Code Fair ulWSAI (WPT-DC)
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra Vista 119 Not Heard (WPTDC) 1540 WSMI IL Litchfield - 10280107 CID at 0102 VID at 0107 with mention of 1000 watt power
Poor uWMDOIWPrR (WPf-DC) (Bill is WMDO on at night now db)
DID YOU KNOW that a radio station emits a ground wave (one that follows the contour of the earth and a sky wave that more upwards and at night may be reflected from an ionized the sky This is stations carry so much further at night and makes serious dxing
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
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14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
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1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
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2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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XEQR 1030 de au radio En el centro de dillenWrt
STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
get
Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
f How to place mail orders Write to NRC Publications - P O Box 164middot Mannsville NY 13661middot0164 Enclose checkonnoney
order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
with 24-hr ELT
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Domestic DX Digest North Bill Hale 495 Creekview Drivemiddot Meridian lD 83642-3241
South Duncan Shaw 3131 S McClintock B111 Los Angeles CA 90007
East Dave Braun 11 Mill Bend Acresmiddot Wyoming DE 19934-9523
DX Catches in the U S and
IMEDiUM WAVE RAMaUNGS I bull Mustve been during or close to a full moon as John S Bowker found some strange OX on
his car radio on four cousecutive days the end of last month Or maybe it was the apPlOaching of Halloween Anyway check out 1130 in Midnight to 0800 Hours below Oh yes Welcome aboard John Good to hear from you You dont have to wait for this kind of phenomenon to report again
bull Remember when your spouse asks what you want for Christmas just show her the ad for the new NRC AM Radio Loa and tell her S-O-C-K-S
ISPEC~AL ~ 1140 CFXL AD Calgary - Noted 1031 1600 with these new CLs Calling itself
Calgarys Adult StstiOIl XL Radio 1140 Call to station confirmed 11m theses were new calls and that the fornlat had been changed from Classic Rock (ie Oldies) to Easy Listening Currently carrying very little advectiring This is fifth call change for this station which started out in 1927 as CJCJ before becoming in tum to CKXL ClSS CFXX and now CFXL The other two old Calgary stations CFAC and CFCN have used these calls since they went 011 the air ill 1922 (DMc-AD)
1240 KLVJ ID Mountain Home - 11121730 - Heard back on the air with sounded like transmitter tests and satellite CampW from an undetermined source Waited for an ID at 1800 but went straight thru with music and countryfIed chit-chat Heard ID later at 1858 followed by ad cluster for many Mountain Home businesses before fading into GY mush PM also back on with AC amp AC oldies (Ding as Power 9gt) Poor signal still tweaking Broke down and called them Grand Badc-oo-AiP-DaJe is 1116 New technology allows them to soundloca1 by using in-the-zoue time checks But it still satellite to mel [EdAD
KNJJ AMIFM II 931SWKingAve UNIDs aoo UNID IHELP
Portland0897205
1470 UNlD 1l - 1117 1730-1740 - Wrth West Virginia travel tourist amp history info Good signal with fades Disappeared with pattern change at 1740 Heard several evenings now Who is this (GH-OH) [According to AM Switch its WHRD Huntington which recently returned to the air - Ed1 [IDd by DXer in second report Ed1
DX AND EQUIPMENT
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra VISta - 1119 0200-0210 Only regular CJVB Vancouver with news weather (6 in Vancouver) into disco music with foreign accent armouncer Tried again at 0225 still CJVB with same armcr with mentions of Richmond New Westminster activities Nothing underneath (RO-AK)
550 WSVA VA Harrisonburg - 11110 0705 - Poor signal in fade with end of ABC News Female with call letters and local news New (GH()H)
790 WAEB PA Allentown - 10290706 - Fair in fight with WSGW and CIGM with local WAEB 3-day Accuweatha forecast local news middotwith many mentions of the Lehigh Valley (MB-ON)
800 WCHA PA Chambersburg - 10280659 - Poor under CJBQ amp CKLW with ID as This is your sflltion for news- information iUld real wuntry WCHA promo for Tradio phoue-in swap amp sell program (MB()N)
910 WLAS NC Jacksonville - 111100754 - Fair with sports 0755 WLAS News-time 755 then into traffic report and weather (GH-OH)
1030 WUFL M1 Sterling Heights - 1031 0750-0800 - Fair over nulled WDZ and unID gospel station with Bulletin Board run-down of local church-related events which announced address to send events to Bulletin Board PO Box 1030 Sterling Heights MI 48311 (presumably this is also the stations mailing address) [The new Log gives a street address but this will probably get a report to them also - EdI Promo for We Kids program HaYe You Heard We Kids is on Saturday mornings at tHO here OIl WUFL into USA Radio Network News at 0756 (MB-ON)
1130 WWWW M1 Detroit - 1029 0742 - Some of the cleverest ways to use the word four such as The Metro-area W-4-cast(weather forecast) Not promoting the AM at all WCXI was a rare catch but this is what Ive been listening for this week (JB-IL)
WNEW NY New York - 101280742 - Rising to the top with WNEWID and congratulations to the Citizen ofthe Weekfrom Fort Lee New Jel1ey They havent changed to WBRR yet (JB-IL)
WJSN WJ Milwaukee - 1030 0742 - Finally I was beginning to wonder what happened to this news-hose of Beer Town They were on top this morning (JB-IL)
CKWX DC Vancouver - 10270742 - During a break in the Country Coast-toshyCoast network with local (442 AM) time amp ID and mentious of ~ hockey score BC 1 ever they were dominating this Tuesday AM (JB-IL)
Albany Radio Colp I KWIL 40 bull KHPE tol 1600 to 2400 HOURS ElT Po Box 278 Albany OR 97321
550 WAYR FL Orange Park - 115 1754 - Poor in WKRC null with REL program followed by Cross Reference news 1759 weather 1800 legal ID then into network news New for FL 25 (GH-OH)
630 WMAL DC Washington - 1031 2358 - Fair with news promo 630 wMAL ID Actually on top of local CJET (MS()N)
790 WSGW M1 Saginaw - 1024 1900 - Fair in nulled CIGM with CBS News ID as Newsradio 790 wsaw local weather for Tri-Citics into Talknet at 1906 (MB-ON)
WPIC PA Sharon - 10261728 - Fair in nulled CIGM with ABC News local weather mentioning We kaYe 49 degrees at RPIC then faded back under CIGM et al Last heard on CPC test in 1980 (MB-ON)
920 WHJJ III Providence - 1030 2324 - Good with ID phone-in show about what people collect and discussion about collecting Barbie Dolls (MS()N)
990 WVSC PA Somerset - 11110 1653 - Fair with WVSC Bargain Fair lots of local ads 1655 WVSC Lost and Found 1659 In accordance with FCC regulations WVSC wiD now lower its power New for 800 total for me (GH-OH)
1150 )SAL )S Salina - 1119 1734 - Poor signal with end of weather several mentions of CLs ads for Key RexaU Pharmacy amp The Frame Sbop and promo for (SAL sports talk show 1738 singing ID into OLD New for KS 3 (GH-OH)
7 6 1240 KEVA WY Bvanston - 11122105 - Caught female announcer say Evanston in ad
the Lany KcYstQwiak of the Utah Jazz say something like This is Laay Krystowiak ofthe Utah Jazz nminding you to listro to all Jazz gameS on KEVA Evanston loud and clear Then to lazz pregame show with amptRod ~ A GYer [M-ID]
1320 WKIN TN Kingsport - 1113 1736 - Promo for upcoming Musket Bowl (high school football) to be heard on AM910 WJCWand AM 1320 WKJN New for me (GH-OH)
1330 WBLW OR Willoughby - 119 1800 - No ID very poor in jumble 1801 traffic report mentions of TV Channd 5 and Qewand 1807 caught CL in promo for JJPLW Sports News then gone for good I dont know why they were on at this time as listed in 92 Log as Day Only CP approved for U3 At any rate this was one of my most wanted (GR-OH) [New Log has em as U3 500 43 with a CP for 340 watts nights Maybe this is on - Ed]
1340 WMID NJ Atlantic City - 10130 2258 - Fair with Atlantic City ads amp PSAs ID sounded garbled but did hear 1340 W_ Adantic City ~ NBC News (MS-ON)
1360 WKMI MI Kalamazoo IlI10 1712 - With Lee Ann with the WKMI Mdro WcaLhCtl F0rera3t 1713 Hooked on Phonics ad then lost in a real mess New (GR-OH)
1460 WBBT MA Broekton - 1113 18S8 - Fair with election coverage promo IDs as WBET 1460 South Metro and WBET 1460 Brockton CNN News (MS-ON)
DMc-AB Deane McIntyre Calgary AD via FidoNet JB-IL John S Bowker Valparaiso IN DXing on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago going to
work All four catches heard at almost the identical spot on the western shore of Lake Superior in his 91 Mercury Tracer
MB-ON Mike Brooker Toronto ON Sony JCF-7600D or Panasonic RF-2200 [Neat stamp Mike]
OR-OH Gregory Henson Circleville OH (Home of the Ciraltwille Pumpkin Show the Greatest Free Show on Barth Superadio II barefoot (amp2) [Thanks for stickers -Ed]
MS-ON Morris Sorensen Scarborough ON DXing from Kemptville ON with Panasonic RF-B65 barefoot
RO-AK Rod OConnor Kodiak AK Ed-ID Editor N5SZC7 Meridian ID Sony ICF-2010
ABBREVIATIONS AND SPBCIAL SYMBOLS USED IN DDXD - North
I I parallel with or to ~ into OOon the hour ACAdult contemporary APAssociated Press BBDbig band BRNBusiness Radio Net CampWcountry amp western CFLCanadian Football League CHRcontemporary bit radio CIDcode ID CLcallletter ContChrcontemporary Christian FZLeasy listening EEEnglish FFFrench GOSgospel IRNInterstate Radio Net LSRlocal sunrise LSSlocal sunset NBANational Basketball Assn NHLNational Hockey League NFLNational Football League NPRNational Public Radio OCopen carrier POL political PSRApre-sunrise authority PSSApost-sunset authority QRMman-made interference QRNnatural interference QTIIlocation RBLreligious ROKrock n roll RSregular schedule $stereo SIDsinging ID SRSsunrise skip SSSpanish SSBStar Spangled Banner SSSsunset skip TCtime check TItest tones UCurban contemporary UPIUnited Press 1fJQ
(A note from the Spanish teacher S-O-C-K-S or Eso sf que es (as mentioned at the beginning of DDXD-N) doesnt translate to Thats what I want from Spanish and its interesting to note that the company which I believe became infamous first with their Hooked on Phonics commercials corrected their SOCKS commercials to say Thats what it is Well not quite but closer the Spanish phrase is half a sentence as Eso sf que es interesante would be translated to Thats certainly interesting (which this Spanish lesson is NOT) I do hope their course instruction is more accurate than the text of their commercials and buy a Logbook anyway as Bill hints Buy a calendar too while youre at it -pIs)
DDXD-South
SPEGAL
970 WFSR KY Harlan - 1010 1900 caught Legal ID in passing so theyve made the move from 1470 970 25 (SF-TN)
1120 WCGM TN Maryville - back to these calls and back on the air since August still Uc (SF-TN)
1220 (WCPH) TN Etowah - this on-and-off operation has been silent since September (SFshyTN)
1340 WKGN TN Knoxville - back on the air after a 2 12 year silence with Uc 060U-2300 sked is nearly as good as still having them off hi (SF-TN)
1450 WFMB IL Springfield 1025 1557 good over KFTW with KIRL-1460 splash (three miles from the latters transmitter) with Chicago Bears football Chicago Bears Football on AM 1450 WMFB legal ID at 1612 local ads post-game show into CWM simulcasting WFMB-FM 1045 after the the post game show Ex-WCVS Oldies (EB-MO)
1480 WABB AL Mobile -1028 2300 fair over WFXWothers with This is NWP WABBshyAM Mobile and WNWP-FM Bay Minette into ABC News Still NWSTLK simulcasts WNWP-l0S5 (ex-WWSM) FM still assumed separate from W ABBWNWP (EB-MO)
unlDs and unlDs IDed
920 unlD 1027 0000 good ending CW song then straight into BNV with no ID If CKCY is indeed gone maybe needed CKNX (SF-TN)
DX amp EQUIPMENT TESTS
840 WBHY AL Mobile - 1012 0100-0122 fair under WHAS with Christian Contemporary music ClDs at 0109 and 0122 VID at 0113 (SF-TN)
1290 WQIN PA Lykens - 1020 0030-0130 not heard unless they were the weak tone from 0109-0112 and 0124-0126 (SF-TN)
1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 1012 0300-0330 not heard too much WQIKWJASKXYZWOMG (SF-TN)
STEREO LIGHTS LIT illKWAT 1050 KLOH MN Pipestone now C-QUAM (EB-MO) fiAOO 95D
BOX 950 WATERTOWN SOUTH QAKOTA 57201
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City drops Kahn for C-QUAM (EB-MO)
0000 - 0800 ELT
680 WPTF NC Raleigh - 1018 0003-0033 Ad for Gold Bond Powder News The Larry King Show ID at 0030 Cood Ioming its WPTF 12 degrees WPTF Weather fair int CMIC (DT -JA)
800 WKBC NC North Wilkesboro 1019 0100 good in CKLW null with Youve found your country on AM 800 then legal ID 800 20 (SF-TN)
910 KVIS OK Miami -1028 0041 good over WALT I others with So GOS promo Lions Club Campaign for Sight PSA (featuring Brooke Shields) AM 910 KVlS non-ID not as strong as old KGLC (EB-MO)
9 8 950 KPRC
KYGO
1010 CFRB
1050 KLOH
1190 WHMT
1200 KYOO
1220 CHSC
1240 WINK
1250 WDAE
KCF
1260 WSUA
1370 WCCN
1380 WAGS
1420 WRCG
1480 WFXW
1490 WSYL
WOHI
1510 CJRS
TX Houston 1028 0058 good with KYGOKLlK with local ads legal ID at 0100 into CBS News caught this while talking ham on the 14513 MHz WV9M repeater (EB-MO)
CO Denver - 1028 0100 good with WYGOKlIK with CWM legal ID mentioning Jefferson Pilot Communications at 0102 into local news (EB-MO)
ON Toronto 1028 0106 good over KBIS with ad for Knob Hill Farms sports report traffic report CFRB 48-hour forecast gave temperature in Toronto as three degrees Centigrade I 38 degrees Fahrenheit CFRB 1010 toronto legallD at 0109 into The John Oakley Show CFRX-6070 just as strong (EIl-MO)
MN Pipestone - 1028 0111 good in XEG null with SMN CWM Celebrating country music month this is Americas Best Countr slogan more CWM Great stereo country 10-5-0 KLOH non-IDs (EB-MO)
TN Humboldt 1026 0134 to fair over KJLA ill WOWO null with OLDies call letter [D at 0145 011 ET this morning OiB-MO)
MO Bolivar - 1026 0107 on IKLOH-lOSO caUletter IDs
ON St Catharines 1026 0058 jingle ID at 0104 (EB-MO)
FL Fort Myers - 1012 2330-0040 fading poor olu unlD (OT-JA)
strong in WOAI Hull with SMN CWM
to poor with WKNR with ACCHR
CBS pbp football 0030 II) 1240 WINK
FL Tampa - 1013 0021-0035 Promo for concert Tampa Bays best most played Fajr 01 u unID (m-JA)
IA Cedar Falls - 1013 0200 fair in WTAE null with Youre in tUtlt to the best country music were KeFI Cedar Falls Waterloo (SF-TN)
FL Miami - 1013 0043-0100 55 Talk and music EE ID at 0100 WSUA Miami Fair to poor olu unJD Cuban (DT-JA)
WI Neillsville 1023 0003 good over WGCL with no KASP-1380 splash with SNN news into MOR Musical Memories 24 hours a day WCCN Neillsville legal JD at 0007 (EB MOl
SC Bishopville 1014 0559 fair over Cuban with live sign-on temperature check and into USA net news Long-saught and SC 110 (SF-TN)
GA Columbus - 1018 0018-0031 Sports talk show Right here on WRCG Call-in number of 233-9357 Poor with unID Cuban (DT-JA)
IL Geneva 1030 0003 over WAABothers with This is AM 1480 WFXW Geneva-St Charles-EIQin BBD (EB-MO)
GA with FM-AM ID (separate calls) including state 1490 65 no call changes (SF-TN)
OH East Liverpool 1013 0300 surfaced for ID (incl state) and ABC News Cleans up OH on 1490 here (SF-TN)
PQ Sherbrooke 1023 0013 fair in super-tight WLAC null with FF talk possible KGA underneath with CWM
0800 - 1600 ELT
All quiet on the VX frOllt -djs
PO Bo)( 838 Willmar Minnosota 56201
570 WWNC
580 KALBt
680 KNBR
WOGO
750 WRIK
WSB
790 WTAR
CIGM
970 WFLA
1040 WYFM
1060 WAMT
1070 CHOK
1080 KRLD
1130 WHHR
1150 CKMO
1160 KSL
1170 WAVS
1600 - 2400 ELT
NC Asheville - 1025 2054 good over WNAXKLlFWKYX with wx in Hendersonville Greenville Spartanburg and Asheville
lumber aile 57 WWNC slogan
LA Alexandria - 1025 2057 fair over WKTY with KEZK-590 with OLDies into ABC news at 2100 net ads into more OLD mention of Oldies Station no ID given (EB-MO)
CA San Francisco - 1028 2135 good with intermittent $ over WODZ with Bay Area traffic report sponsored by KRON-TV Channel 4 local ads KNBR 68 San Francisco legal ID at 2136 Only Californian in at this time
WI Hallie - 1025 1929 good over KFEQ with BRN program call letter ID at 1930 (EB-MO)
IL Brookport 1026 1652 fair with KJELWNDZWSB with talk program legal ID into network news (possibly USA) (EB-MO)
GA Atlanta - 1026 1736 good over KJEL with News-Talk [adio AM 750 WSB slogan weather forecast with ex-NRCer Kirk Melhuish traffic report from Joy Keishien and Captain Herb Emory into the Gary McGee Hometown Radio Show (EB-MO)
VA Norfolk - 108 2340-0000 Blue Jays World Series post game show WTAR Time and WTAR News at 1200 fair light interference (DT-JA)
ON Sudbury - 1028 2118 good over WWKY (in C-QUAM) with CWM Your 790 ClGM slogan mention of Coutry Coast to Coast gave NST
AST EST CST MST and PDT TCs none of this 18 after the hour you find on SMN and Unistarl CIGM Weather Scan forecast at 2122
2311-2320 Advice talk show ads for GMAC and Sears poor and FL
FL Boynton Beach - 1010 2133-2149 Soul music Call 930-WYFM Foxy 1040 ID fair amp fading interference from unlD Cuban (DT-JAl
FL Titusville 1010 2243-2252 Radio WAMT 1060 WX ad for Carpet Co in Titusville fair light fading
ON Sarina - 1028 2100 good over WIBCKNX with Toronto Maple Leafs hockey ad for McDonalds Telemedia sports talk promo (EB-MO)
TX Dallas - 1010 2234-2300 CBS pbp Pittsburg v Toronto baseball ID KRLD - the news station 24 hours a day 7 days a week poor amp fading olu unlD Cuban (DT-JA)
SC Hilton Head Island - 1011 2031-2100 Wx sports news advise talk show 2100 ID This is 1130 Information radio WHHN poor fading int unID Cuban (DTshyJAl
ON Hamilton - 1028 2146 good with intermittent $ over KSAL others with OLDies Oldies 1150 slogan Now I understand why they changed from CKOC (EB-MO)
UT Salt Lake City - 1028 2212 good with fair $ over WJJD with The Gil Gross Show talking about the backlash against the gay lesbian community in the US Too bad they didnt go after the old KUSWI (EB-MOl
FL Davie - 1011 2136 Reggae amp calyspo music station promos ad for Records amp Tapes in Miami fair amp fading over WWV A (Dr-JA)
11 10 1190 WQBA
WOWO
1200 WMXA
1230 WMLR
1290 WPBG
Ii
1300 WFFG
1310 WAVC
1330 WJNX
KWLO
1350 WSMB
1360 WMOB
I
ilill
WKAT
1370 WCOA
1380 WRBQ
1410 WMTW
1500 WDPC
1520 WEXY
1550 WBSC
1560 WPAD
1600 WPOM
FL Miami 1011 2110-2140 SS music listener requests SID Fair amp fading (OHA)
IN Fort Wayne 1028 2216 good with fair $ over XEWKKJLA with WOAlshy1200 with OLDies (60s 70s 80s) pumpkin giveaway promo Wo-Wo slogan political ad ad for Flinstones Vitamins weather forecast (EB-MO)
IL Chicago 1025 1638 good over KYOO with SS ads for Chicago (EB-MO)
TN Hohenwald - 1011 2159 fair with Lewis County and the 22 years followed by legalID (incl heard same at 0459 hours now TN 186 (SF-TN)
FL West Palm Beach - 1013 2115-2130 NBC Talknet ad for Miami Review 1D WPBG News-Talk-Sports fair (OT-JA)
FL Marathom 1013 2140-2200 CampW news at 2200 fair (OT-JA)
FL Wauchula 1013 2203-2229 CBS pbp of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ad for Ace Hardware in Wauchula poor (OTJA)
FL Fort Pierce 1014 2016-2046 of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ID -ot W]NO fair with unlD Cuban
with WFBC with OLDies legal ID at 2400 into
LA New Orleans 1Ol4 2108-2156 CBS of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball 10 -all day long Or WSMB New Orleans poor unID Cuban (OT-JA)
At Mobile 1014 2211-2230 syndicated REL show promo for program on WMOB ID This is WMOB Mobile poor to fair olu WKAT and unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL North Miami 1014 2210-2230 FF Talk show olu WMOB unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL Pensacola 1014 2231-2300 NBC Talknet promo for event with a Baptist church choir IO Countdown on WeOA Fair with unID Cuban (OT-JA)
Sears Family poor to fair 0 u
FL Fort Myers 1017 2333-2346 CampW ads mentioning Fort Myers ID Greal 102 FM mentions of WHEW-FM fair to poor ou WLUV (DT-JA)
GA Dallas 1022 1902 weak with SSB followed by expected to hear this onedue to tight E-W pattern OA may be out 30 and my 2800th catch (SF-TN) (Congratulations -djs)
FL Wilton Manors ]018 2303-2323 GOS female ann partial 10 WEXY fair to poor (OT-JA)
SC Bennettsville 1019 2329-2350 GOS female list of events incl Little Rock Baptist CJlUrch and WBSC Awards to segment fair int unID Cuban (DT-JA)
KY Paducah - 1019 2320-2329 OLD on WPIIlJ- and Original hits all
WPAO fairsomeintWPXR (DT-JA)
FL Riviera Beach - 1019 2017-2037 UC and rap Call 842-9698 WPOM call-in by reps of schools fair (OT-JA)
BITS AND PIECES
Those of you with access to electronic mail can send loggings to me at dshawaludrauscedu as well Heck you can FAX stuff to me at (213) 740-1853 And any last minute OX tips can be phoned to me at KSCR Student radio (213) 740-1487 from 1700-2130 ELI Yes this is the age of telecommunications Nice to see a report from Don Im sure hes enjoying the sunshine in Jamaica Eric notes that he just passed his no-code tech class license He says he main hangout is 2 meters Congratulations to you Thanks for the reports this week - three loooooong ones Keep em coming 73s -djs
REPORTERS =-(wro(OT-JA) Don Trelford in Jamaica OX-440 and a long wire 56 C R k 99 (SF-TN) Steve Francis Alcoa TN Realistic TRF ountry - oc (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman NOUIHKOXOSTL Hazelwood MO OX-200 SrA-90 TM-152 SM-2
DDXDmiddotEast NEWS AND VIEWS
Laura McCus1rer and Bill Townshend both check in with their first reports since I became editor of DDXD-East Laura says DX is picking up a bit for her She is having trouble with an annoying buzz for the past couple of months but it is intermittent allowing some good logs as you will see below
Jeff Kitze also mentions that conditions are good he has experienced some excellent conditions to the west and mentions that he has noticed that when a cold front moves in he gets good reception from the west
Wayne Heinen checks in with some clarification of an item that appeared in the Nov 9 issue Thanks for the information Wayne
As I type this on November 15 it seems a long way away but Please note that Pauls publishing schedule includes a two week hiatus for DX News over the holidays The weeklies 28 and the next issue is scheduled for January 18 Why am I bringing this weeklies will be December 12 If you miss that deadline your report will not be seen until January 18 so give all of us NRC members a Christmas gift and get in whatever last minute tips you can for the holiday season
SPECIAL 680 WODZ TN Memphis 11I6 In very briefly olu WPTF with Oldies 94 WODZ Still WODZ not
WEZI Correct your logs (JK-VA) (Can anybody who hears this regularly confirm the AM calls db)
750 WCHP NY Champlain Listing here IS CORRECT This is a new facility CP for night operation by WCHP In addition WCHP has an application for 25000 watt day here This could not be listed liS a move because it was to be a split operation (similar to CHYRshy710CHYR7-730) Watch AM Switch for details as they happen (WH-CO)
1240 WSNJ NJ Bridgeton - 1113 2359 Signoff included the following schedule Sign-on M-F 0530 Saturday 0600 Sunday 0700 Signoff at 0000 Ended with sung version of The Lords Prayer Off at 0003 (DB-DE)
1490 WOJY VA Hampton 11110953 ID between songs as Solid to 1490 WOJY your Christian station serving Hampton Ex-WPEX
DX TESTS 840 WBIIY AL Mobile - 10120322 CIDs TIs Fair uWHAS (WPT-DC)
1300 KWCK AR Searcy - 1015 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 10112 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1360 WLYN MA Lynn 10260342 Poor uCJVL with barely audible ID this is radio station WLYNmiddot
No WDRC do they have a MM SP (LM-NY) WLYN MA Lynn - 10260336 CID with CQ in Morse Code Fair ulWSAI (WPT-DC)
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra Vista 119 Not Heard (WPTDC) 1540 WSMI IL Litchfield - 10280107 CID at 0102 VID at 0107 with mention of 1000 watt power
Poor uWMDOIWPrR (WPf-DC) (Bill is WMDO on at night now db)
DID YOU KNOW that a radio station emits a ground wave (one that follows the contour of the earth and a sky wave that more upwards and at night may be reflected from an ionized the sky This is stations carry so much further at night and makes serious dxing
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
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14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
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2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
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order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
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was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
7 6 1240 KEVA WY Bvanston - 11122105 - Caught female announcer say Evanston in ad
the Lany KcYstQwiak of the Utah Jazz say something like This is Laay Krystowiak ofthe Utah Jazz nminding you to listro to all Jazz gameS on KEVA Evanston loud and clear Then to lazz pregame show with amptRod ~ A GYer [M-ID]
1320 WKIN TN Kingsport - 1113 1736 - Promo for upcoming Musket Bowl (high school football) to be heard on AM910 WJCWand AM 1320 WKJN New for me (GH-OH)
1330 WBLW OR Willoughby - 119 1800 - No ID very poor in jumble 1801 traffic report mentions of TV Channd 5 and Qewand 1807 caught CL in promo for JJPLW Sports News then gone for good I dont know why they were on at this time as listed in 92 Log as Day Only CP approved for U3 At any rate this was one of my most wanted (GR-OH) [New Log has em as U3 500 43 with a CP for 340 watts nights Maybe this is on - Ed]
1340 WMID NJ Atlantic City - 10130 2258 - Fair with Atlantic City ads amp PSAs ID sounded garbled but did hear 1340 W_ Adantic City ~ NBC News (MS-ON)
1360 WKMI MI Kalamazoo IlI10 1712 - With Lee Ann with the WKMI Mdro WcaLhCtl F0rera3t 1713 Hooked on Phonics ad then lost in a real mess New (GR-OH)
1460 WBBT MA Broekton - 1113 18S8 - Fair with election coverage promo IDs as WBET 1460 South Metro and WBET 1460 Brockton CNN News (MS-ON)
DMc-AB Deane McIntyre Calgary AD via FidoNet JB-IL John S Bowker Valparaiso IN DXing on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago going to
work All four catches heard at almost the identical spot on the western shore of Lake Superior in his 91 Mercury Tracer
MB-ON Mike Brooker Toronto ON Sony JCF-7600D or Panasonic RF-2200 [Neat stamp Mike]
OR-OH Gregory Henson Circleville OH (Home of the Ciraltwille Pumpkin Show the Greatest Free Show on Barth Superadio II barefoot (amp2) [Thanks for stickers -Ed]
MS-ON Morris Sorensen Scarborough ON DXing from Kemptville ON with Panasonic RF-B65 barefoot
RO-AK Rod OConnor Kodiak AK Ed-ID Editor N5SZC7 Meridian ID Sony ICF-2010
ABBREVIATIONS AND SPBCIAL SYMBOLS USED IN DDXD - North
I I parallel with or to ~ into OOon the hour ACAdult contemporary APAssociated Press BBDbig band BRNBusiness Radio Net CampWcountry amp western CFLCanadian Football League CHRcontemporary bit radio CIDcode ID CLcallletter ContChrcontemporary Christian FZLeasy listening EEEnglish FFFrench GOSgospel IRNInterstate Radio Net LSRlocal sunrise LSSlocal sunset NBANational Basketball Assn NHLNational Hockey League NFLNational Football League NPRNational Public Radio OCopen carrier POL political PSRApre-sunrise authority PSSApost-sunset authority QRMman-made interference QRNnatural interference QTIIlocation RBLreligious ROKrock n roll RSregular schedule $stereo SIDsinging ID SRSsunrise skip SSSpanish SSBStar Spangled Banner SSSsunset skip TCtime check TItest tones UCurban contemporary UPIUnited Press 1fJQ
(A note from the Spanish teacher S-O-C-K-S or Eso sf que es (as mentioned at the beginning of DDXD-N) doesnt translate to Thats what I want from Spanish and its interesting to note that the company which I believe became infamous first with their Hooked on Phonics commercials corrected their SOCKS commercials to say Thats what it is Well not quite but closer the Spanish phrase is half a sentence as Eso sf que es interesante would be translated to Thats certainly interesting (which this Spanish lesson is NOT) I do hope their course instruction is more accurate than the text of their commercials and buy a Logbook anyway as Bill hints Buy a calendar too while youre at it -pIs)
DDXD-South
SPEGAL
970 WFSR KY Harlan - 1010 1900 caught Legal ID in passing so theyve made the move from 1470 970 25 (SF-TN)
1120 WCGM TN Maryville - back to these calls and back on the air since August still Uc (SF-TN)
1220 (WCPH) TN Etowah - this on-and-off operation has been silent since September (SFshyTN)
1340 WKGN TN Knoxville - back on the air after a 2 12 year silence with Uc 060U-2300 sked is nearly as good as still having them off hi (SF-TN)
1450 WFMB IL Springfield 1025 1557 good over KFTW with KIRL-1460 splash (three miles from the latters transmitter) with Chicago Bears football Chicago Bears Football on AM 1450 WMFB legal ID at 1612 local ads post-game show into CWM simulcasting WFMB-FM 1045 after the the post game show Ex-WCVS Oldies (EB-MO)
1480 WABB AL Mobile -1028 2300 fair over WFXWothers with This is NWP WABBshyAM Mobile and WNWP-FM Bay Minette into ABC News Still NWSTLK simulcasts WNWP-l0S5 (ex-WWSM) FM still assumed separate from W ABBWNWP (EB-MO)
unlDs and unlDs IDed
920 unlD 1027 0000 good ending CW song then straight into BNV with no ID If CKCY is indeed gone maybe needed CKNX (SF-TN)
DX amp EQUIPMENT TESTS
840 WBHY AL Mobile - 1012 0100-0122 fair under WHAS with Christian Contemporary music ClDs at 0109 and 0122 VID at 0113 (SF-TN)
1290 WQIN PA Lykens - 1020 0030-0130 not heard unless they were the weak tone from 0109-0112 and 0124-0126 (SF-TN)
1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 1012 0300-0330 not heard too much WQIKWJASKXYZWOMG (SF-TN)
STEREO LIGHTS LIT illKWAT 1050 KLOH MN Pipestone now C-QUAM (EB-MO) fiAOO 95D
BOX 950 WATERTOWN SOUTH QAKOTA 57201
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City drops Kahn for C-QUAM (EB-MO)
0000 - 0800 ELT
680 WPTF NC Raleigh - 1018 0003-0033 Ad for Gold Bond Powder News The Larry King Show ID at 0030 Cood Ioming its WPTF 12 degrees WPTF Weather fair int CMIC (DT -JA)
800 WKBC NC North Wilkesboro 1019 0100 good in CKLW null with Youve found your country on AM 800 then legal ID 800 20 (SF-TN)
910 KVIS OK Miami -1028 0041 good over WALT I others with So GOS promo Lions Club Campaign for Sight PSA (featuring Brooke Shields) AM 910 KVlS non-ID not as strong as old KGLC (EB-MO)
9 8 950 KPRC
KYGO
1010 CFRB
1050 KLOH
1190 WHMT
1200 KYOO
1220 CHSC
1240 WINK
1250 WDAE
KCF
1260 WSUA
1370 WCCN
1380 WAGS
1420 WRCG
1480 WFXW
1490 WSYL
WOHI
1510 CJRS
TX Houston 1028 0058 good with KYGOKLlK with local ads legal ID at 0100 into CBS News caught this while talking ham on the 14513 MHz WV9M repeater (EB-MO)
CO Denver - 1028 0100 good with WYGOKlIK with CWM legal ID mentioning Jefferson Pilot Communications at 0102 into local news (EB-MO)
ON Toronto 1028 0106 good over KBIS with ad for Knob Hill Farms sports report traffic report CFRB 48-hour forecast gave temperature in Toronto as three degrees Centigrade I 38 degrees Fahrenheit CFRB 1010 toronto legallD at 0109 into The John Oakley Show CFRX-6070 just as strong (EIl-MO)
MN Pipestone - 1028 0111 good in XEG null with SMN CWM Celebrating country music month this is Americas Best Countr slogan more CWM Great stereo country 10-5-0 KLOH non-IDs (EB-MO)
TN Humboldt 1026 0134 to fair over KJLA ill WOWO null with OLDies call letter [D at 0145 011 ET this morning OiB-MO)
MO Bolivar - 1026 0107 on IKLOH-lOSO caUletter IDs
ON St Catharines 1026 0058 jingle ID at 0104 (EB-MO)
FL Fort Myers - 1012 2330-0040 fading poor olu unlD (OT-JA)
strong in WOAI Hull with SMN CWM
to poor with WKNR with ACCHR
CBS pbp football 0030 II) 1240 WINK
FL Tampa - 1013 0021-0035 Promo for concert Tampa Bays best most played Fajr 01 u unID (m-JA)
IA Cedar Falls - 1013 0200 fair in WTAE null with Youre in tUtlt to the best country music were KeFI Cedar Falls Waterloo (SF-TN)
FL Miami - 1013 0043-0100 55 Talk and music EE ID at 0100 WSUA Miami Fair to poor olu unJD Cuban (DT-JA)
WI Neillsville 1023 0003 good over WGCL with no KASP-1380 splash with SNN news into MOR Musical Memories 24 hours a day WCCN Neillsville legal JD at 0007 (EB MOl
SC Bishopville 1014 0559 fair over Cuban with live sign-on temperature check and into USA net news Long-saught and SC 110 (SF-TN)
GA Columbus - 1018 0018-0031 Sports talk show Right here on WRCG Call-in number of 233-9357 Poor with unID Cuban (DT-JA)
IL Geneva 1030 0003 over WAABothers with This is AM 1480 WFXW Geneva-St Charles-EIQin BBD (EB-MO)
GA with FM-AM ID (separate calls) including state 1490 65 no call changes (SF-TN)
OH East Liverpool 1013 0300 surfaced for ID (incl state) and ABC News Cleans up OH on 1490 here (SF-TN)
PQ Sherbrooke 1023 0013 fair in super-tight WLAC null with FF talk possible KGA underneath with CWM
0800 - 1600 ELT
All quiet on the VX frOllt -djs
PO Bo)( 838 Willmar Minnosota 56201
570 WWNC
580 KALBt
680 KNBR
WOGO
750 WRIK
WSB
790 WTAR
CIGM
970 WFLA
1040 WYFM
1060 WAMT
1070 CHOK
1080 KRLD
1130 WHHR
1150 CKMO
1160 KSL
1170 WAVS
1600 - 2400 ELT
NC Asheville - 1025 2054 good over WNAXKLlFWKYX with wx in Hendersonville Greenville Spartanburg and Asheville
lumber aile 57 WWNC slogan
LA Alexandria - 1025 2057 fair over WKTY with KEZK-590 with OLDies into ABC news at 2100 net ads into more OLD mention of Oldies Station no ID given (EB-MO)
CA San Francisco - 1028 2135 good with intermittent $ over WODZ with Bay Area traffic report sponsored by KRON-TV Channel 4 local ads KNBR 68 San Francisco legal ID at 2136 Only Californian in at this time
WI Hallie - 1025 1929 good over KFEQ with BRN program call letter ID at 1930 (EB-MO)
IL Brookport 1026 1652 fair with KJELWNDZWSB with talk program legal ID into network news (possibly USA) (EB-MO)
GA Atlanta - 1026 1736 good over KJEL with News-Talk [adio AM 750 WSB slogan weather forecast with ex-NRCer Kirk Melhuish traffic report from Joy Keishien and Captain Herb Emory into the Gary McGee Hometown Radio Show (EB-MO)
VA Norfolk - 108 2340-0000 Blue Jays World Series post game show WTAR Time and WTAR News at 1200 fair light interference (DT-JA)
ON Sudbury - 1028 2118 good over WWKY (in C-QUAM) with CWM Your 790 ClGM slogan mention of Coutry Coast to Coast gave NST
AST EST CST MST and PDT TCs none of this 18 after the hour you find on SMN and Unistarl CIGM Weather Scan forecast at 2122
2311-2320 Advice talk show ads for GMAC and Sears poor and FL
FL Boynton Beach - 1010 2133-2149 Soul music Call 930-WYFM Foxy 1040 ID fair amp fading interference from unlD Cuban (DT-JAl
FL Titusville 1010 2243-2252 Radio WAMT 1060 WX ad for Carpet Co in Titusville fair light fading
ON Sarina - 1028 2100 good over WIBCKNX with Toronto Maple Leafs hockey ad for McDonalds Telemedia sports talk promo (EB-MO)
TX Dallas - 1010 2234-2300 CBS pbp Pittsburg v Toronto baseball ID KRLD - the news station 24 hours a day 7 days a week poor amp fading olu unlD Cuban (DT-JA)
SC Hilton Head Island - 1011 2031-2100 Wx sports news advise talk show 2100 ID This is 1130 Information radio WHHN poor fading int unID Cuban (DTshyJAl
ON Hamilton - 1028 2146 good with intermittent $ over KSAL others with OLDies Oldies 1150 slogan Now I understand why they changed from CKOC (EB-MO)
UT Salt Lake City - 1028 2212 good with fair $ over WJJD with The Gil Gross Show talking about the backlash against the gay lesbian community in the US Too bad they didnt go after the old KUSWI (EB-MOl
FL Davie - 1011 2136 Reggae amp calyspo music station promos ad for Records amp Tapes in Miami fair amp fading over WWV A (Dr-JA)
11 10 1190 WQBA
WOWO
1200 WMXA
1230 WMLR
1290 WPBG
Ii
1300 WFFG
1310 WAVC
1330 WJNX
KWLO
1350 WSMB
1360 WMOB
I
ilill
WKAT
1370 WCOA
1380 WRBQ
1410 WMTW
1500 WDPC
1520 WEXY
1550 WBSC
1560 WPAD
1600 WPOM
FL Miami 1011 2110-2140 SS music listener requests SID Fair amp fading (OHA)
IN Fort Wayne 1028 2216 good with fair $ over XEWKKJLA with WOAlshy1200 with OLDies (60s 70s 80s) pumpkin giveaway promo Wo-Wo slogan political ad ad for Flinstones Vitamins weather forecast (EB-MO)
IL Chicago 1025 1638 good over KYOO with SS ads for Chicago (EB-MO)
TN Hohenwald - 1011 2159 fair with Lewis County and the 22 years followed by legalID (incl heard same at 0459 hours now TN 186 (SF-TN)
FL West Palm Beach - 1013 2115-2130 NBC Talknet ad for Miami Review 1D WPBG News-Talk-Sports fair (OT-JA)
FL Marathom 1013 2140-2200 CampW news at 2200 fair (OT-JA)
FL Wauchula 1013 2203-2229 CBS pbp of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ad for Ace Hardware in Wauchula poor (OTJA)
FL Fort Pierce 1014 2016-2046 of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ID -ot W]NO fair with unlD Cuban
with WFBC with OLDies legal ID at 2400 into
LA New Orleans 1Ol4 2108-2156 CBS of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball 10 -all day long Or WSMB New Orleans poor unID Cuban (OT-JA)
At Mobile 1014 2211-2230 syndicated REL show promo for program on WMOB ID This is WMOB Mobile poor to fair olu WKAT and unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL North Miami 1014 2210-2230 FF Talk show olu WMOB unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL Pensacola 1014 2231-2300 NBC Talknet promo for event with a Baptist church choir IO Countdown on WeOA Fair with unID Cuban (OT-JA)
Sears Family poor to fair 0 u
FL Fort Myers 1017 2333-2346 CampW ads mentioning Fort Myers ID Greal 102 FM mentions of WHEW-FM fair to poor ou WLUV (DT-JA)
GA Dallas 1022 1902 weak with SSB followed by expected to hear this onedue to tight E-W pattern OA may be out 30 and my 2800th catch (SF-TN) (Congratulations -djs)
FL Wilton Manors ]018 2303-2323 GOS female ann partial 10 WEXY fair to poor (OT-JA)
SC Bennettsville 1019 2329-2350 GOS female list of events incl Little Rock Baptist CJlUrch and WBSC Awards to segment fair int unID Cuban (DT-JA)
KY Paducah - 1019 2320-2329 OLD on WPIIlJ- and Original hits all
WPAO fairsomeintWPXR (DT-JA)
FL Riviera Beach - 1019 2017-2037 UC and rap Call 842-9698 WPOM call-in by reps of schools fair (OT-JA)
BITS AND PIECES
Those of you with access to electronic mail can send loggings to me at dshawaludrauscedu as well Heck you can FAX stuff to me at (213) 740-1853 And any last minute OX tips can be phoned to me at KSCR Student radio (213) 740-1487 from 1700-2130 ELI Yes this is the age of telecommunications Nice to see a report from Don Im sure hes enjoying the sunshine in Jamaica Eric notes that he just passed his no-code tech class license He says he main hangout is 2 meters Congratulations to you Thanks for the reports this week - three loooooong ones Keep em coming 73s -djs
REPORTERS =-(wro(OT-JA) Don Trelford in Jamaica OX-440 and a long wire 56 C R k 99 (SF-TN) Steve Francis Alcoa TN Realistic TRF ountry - oc (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman NOUIHKOXOSTL Hazelwood MO OX-200 SrA-90 TM-152 SM-2
DDXDmiddotEast NEWS AND VIEWS
Laura McCus1rer and Bill Townshend both check in with their first reports since I became editor of DDXD-East Laura says DX is picking up a bit for her She is having trouble with an annoying buzz for the past couple of months but it is intermittent allowing some good logs as you will see below
Jeff Kitze also mentions that conditions are good he has experienced some excellent conditions to the west and mentions that he has noticed that when a cold front moves in he gets good reception from the west
Wayne Heinen checks in with some clarification of an item that appeared in the Nov 9 issue Thanks for the information Wayne
As I type this on November 15 it seems a long way away but Please note that Pauls publishing schedule includes a two week hiatus for DX News over the holidays The weeklies 28 and the next issue is scheduled for January 18 Why am I bringing this weeklies will be December 12 If you miss that deadline your report will not be seen until January 18 so give all of us NRC members a Christmas gift and get in whatever last minute tips you can for the holiday season
SPECIAL 680 WODZ TN Memphis 11I6 In very briefly olu WPTF with Oldies 94 WODZ Still WODZ not
WEZI Correct your logs (JK-VA) (Can anybody who hears this regularly confirm the AM calls db)
750 WCHP NY Champlain Listing here IS CORRECT This is a new facility CP for night operation by WCHP In addition WCHP has an application for 25000 watt day here This could not be listed liS a move because it was to be a split operation (similar to CHYRshy710CHYR7-730) Watch AM Switch for details as they happen (WH-CO)
1240 WSNJ NJ Bridgeton - 1113 2359 Signoff included the following schedule Sign-on M-F 0530 Saturday 0600 Sunday 0700 Signoff at 0000 Ended with sung version of The Lords Prayer Off at 0003 (DB-DE)
1490 WOJY VA Hampton 11110953 ID between songs as Solid to 1490 WOJY your Christian station serving Hampton Ex-WPEX
DX TESTS 840 WBIIY AL Mobile - 10120322 CIDs TIs Fair uWHAS (WPT-DC)
1300 KWCK AR Searcy - 1015 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 10112 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1360 WLYN MA Lynn 10260342 Poor uCJVL with barely audible ID this is radio station WLYNmiddot
No WDRC do they have a MM SP (LM-NY) WLYN MA Lynn - 10260336 CID with CQ in Morse Code Fair ulWSAI (WPT-DC)
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra Vista 119 Not Heard (WPTDC) 1540 WSMI IL Litchfield - 10280107 CID at 0102 VID at 0107 with mention of 1000 watt power
Poor uWMDOIWPrR (WPf-DC) (Bill is WMDO on at night now db)
DID YOU KNOW that a radio station emits a ground wave (one that follows the contour of the earth and a sky wave that more upwards and at night may be reflected from an ionized the sky This is stations carry so much further at night and makes serious dxing
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
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14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
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2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
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order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
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was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
9 8 950 KPRC
KYGO
1010 CFRB
1050 KLOH
1190 WHMT
1200 KYOO
1220 CHSC
1240 WINK
1250 WDAE
KCF
1260 WSUA
1370 WCCN
1380 WAGS
1420 WRCG
1480 WFXW
1490 WSYL
WOHI
1510 CJRS
TX Houston 1028 0058 good with KYGOKLlK with local ads legal ID at 0100 into CBS News caught this while talking ham on the 14513 MHz WV9M repeater (EB-MO)
CO Denver - 1028 0100 good with WYGOKlIK with CWM legal ID mentioning Jefferson Pilot Communications at 0102 into local news (EB-MO)
ON Toronto 1028 0106 good over KBIS with ad for Knob Hill Farms sports report traffic report CFRB 48-hour forecast gave temperature in Toronto as three degrees Centigrade I 38 degrees Fahrenheit CFRB 1010 toronto legallD at 0109 into The John Oakley Show CFRX-6070 just as strong (EIl-MO)
MN Pipestone - 1028 0111 good in XEG null with SMN CWM Celebrating country music month this is Americas Best Countr slogan more CWM Great stereo country 10-5-0 KLOH non-IDs (EB-MO)
TN Humboldt 1026 0134 to fair over KJLA ill WOWO null with OLDies call letter [D at 0145 011 ET this morning OiB-MO)
MO Bolivar - 1026 0107 on IKLOH-lOSO caUletter IDs
ON St Catharines 1026 0058 jingle ID at 0104 (EB-MO)
FL Fort Myers - 1012 2330-0040 fading poor olu unlD (OT-JA)
strong in WOAI Hull with SMN CWM
to poor with WKNR with ACCHR
CBS pbp football 0030 II) 1240 WINK
FL Tampa - 1013 0021-0035 Promo for concert Tampa Bays best most played Fajr 01 u unID (m-JA)
IA Cedar Falls - 1013 0200 fair in WTAE null with Youre in tUtlt to the best country music were KeFI Cedar Falls Waterloo (SF-TN)
FL Miami - 1013 0043-0100 55 Talk and music EE ID at 0100 WSUA Miami Fair to poor olu unJD Cuban (DT-JA)
WI Neillsville 1023 0003 good over WGCL with no KASP-1380 splash with SNN news into MOR Musical Memories 24 hours a day WCCN Neillsville legal JD at 0007 (EB MOl
SC Bishopville 1014 0559 fair over Cuban with live sign-on temperature check and into USA net news Long-saught and SC 110 (SF-TN)
GA Columbus - 1018 0018-0031 Sports talk show Right here on WRCG Call-in number of 233-9357 Poor with unID Cuban (DT-JA)
IL Geneva 1030 0003 over WAABothers with This is AM 1480 WFXW Geneva-St Charles-EIQin BBD (EB-MO)
GA with FM-AM ID (separate calls) including state 1490 65 no call changes (SF-TN)
OH East Liverpool 1013 0300 surfaced for ID (incl state) and ABC News Cleans up OH on 1490 here (SF-TN)
PQ Sherbrooke 1023 0013 fair in super-tight WLAC null with FF talk possible KGA underneath with CWM
0800 - 1600 ELT
All quiet on the VX frOllt -djs
PO Bo)( 838 Willmar Minnosota 56201
570 WWNC
580 KALBt
680 KNBR
WOGO
750 WRIK
WSB
790 WTAR
CIGM
970 WFLA
1040 WYFM
1060 WAMT
1070 CHOK
1080 KRLD
1130 WHHR
1150 CKMO
1160 KSL
1170 WAVS
1600 - 2400 ELT
NC Asheville - 1025 2054 good over WNAXKLlFWKYX with wx in Hendersonville Greenville Spartanburg and Asheville
lumber aile 57 WWNC slogan
LA Alexandria - 1025 2057 fair over WKTY with KEZK-590 with OLDies into ABC news at 2100 net ads into more OLD mention of Oldies Station no ID given (EB-MO)
CA San Francisco - 1028 2135 good with intermittent $ over WODZ with Bay Area traffic report sponsored by KRON-TV Channel 4 local ads KNBR 68 San Francisco legal ID at 2136 Only Californian in at this time
WI Hallie - 1025 1929 good over KFEQ with BRN program call letter ID at 1930 (EB-MO)
IL Brookport 1026 1652 fair with KJELWNDZWSB with talk program legal ID into network news (possibly USA) (EB-MO)
GA Atlanta - 1026 1736 good over KJEL with News-Talk [adio AM 750 WSB slogan weather forecast with ex-NRCer Kirk Melhuish traffic report from Joy Keishien and Captain Herb Emory into the Gary McGee Hometown Radio Show (EB-MO)
VA Norfolk - 108 2340-0000 Blue Jays World Series post game show WTAR Time and WTAR News at 1200 fair light interference (DT-JA)
ON Sudbury - 1028 2118 good over WWKY (in C-QUAM) with CWM Your 790 ClGM slogan mention of Coutry Coast to Coast gave NST
AST EST CST MST and PDT TCs none of this 18 after the hour you find on SMN and Unistarl CIGM Weather Scan forecast at 2122
2311-2320 Advice talk show ads for GMAC and Sears poor and FL
FL Boynton Beach - 1010 2133-2149 Soul music Call 930-WYFM Foxy 1040 ID fair amp fading interference from unlD Cuban (DT-JAl
FL Titusville 1010 2243-2252 Radio WAMT 1060 WX ad for Carpet Co in Titusville fair light fading
ON Sarina - 1028 2100 good over WIBCKNX with Toronto Maple Leafs hockey ad for McDonalds Telemedia sports talk promo (EB-MO)
TX Dallas - 1010 2234-2300 CBS pbp Pittsburg v Toronto baseball ID KRLD - the news station 24 hours a day 7 days a week poor amp fading olu unlD Cuban (DT-JA)
SC Hilton Head Island - 1011 2031-2100 Wx sports news advise talk show 2100 ID This is 1130 Information radio WHHN poor fading int unID Cuban (DTshyJAl
ON Hamilton - 1028 2146 good with intermittent $ over KSAL others with OLDies Oldies 1150 slogan Now I understand why they changed from CKOC (EB-MO)
UT Salt Lake City - 1028 2212 good with fair $ over WJJD with The Gil Gross Show talking about the backlash against the gay lesbian community in the US Too bad they didnt go after the old KUSWI (EB-MOl
FL Davie - 1011 2136 Reggae amp calyspo music station promos ad for Records amp Tapes in Miami fair amp fading over WWV A (Dr-JA)
11 10 1190 WQBA
WOWO
1200 WMXA
1230 WMLR
1290 WPBG
Ii
1300 WFFG
1310 WAVC
1330 WJNX
KWLO
1350 WSMB
1360 WMOB
I
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WKAT
1370 WCOA
1380 WRBQ
1410 WMTW
1500 WDPC
1520 WEXY
1550 WBSC
1560 WPAD
1600 WPOM
FL Miami 1011 2110-2140 SS music listener requests SID Fair amp fading (OHA)
IN Fort Wayne 1028 2216 good with fair $ over XEWKKJLA with WOAlshy1200 with OLDies (60s 70s 80s) pumpkin giveaway promo Wo-Wo slogan political ad ad for Flinstones Vitamins weather forecast (EB-MO)
IL Chicago 1025 1638 good over KYOO with SS ads for Chicago (EB-MO)
TN Hohenwald - 1011 2159 fair with Lewis County and the 22 years followed by legalID (incl heard same at 0459 hours now TN 186 (SF-TN)
FL West Palm Beach - 1013 2115-2130 NBC Talknet ad for Miami Review 1D WPBG News-Talk-Sports fair (OT-JA)
FL Marathom 1013 2140-2200 CampW news at 2200 fair (OT-JA)
FL Wauchula 1013 2203-2229 CBS pbp of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ad for Ace Hardware in Wauchula poor (OTJA)
FL Fort Pierce 1014 2016-2046 of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ID -ot W]NO fair with unlD Cuban
with WFBC with OLDies legal ID at 2400 into
LA New Orleans 1Ol4 2108-2156 CBS of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball 10 -all day long Or WSMB New Orleans poor unID Cuban (OT-JA)
At Mobile 1014 2211-2230 syndicated REL show promo for program on WMOB ID This is WMOB Mobile poor to fair olu WKAT and unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL North Miami 1014 2210-2230 FF Talk show olu WMOB unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL Pensacola 1014 2231-2300 NBC Talknet promo for event with a Baptist church choir IO Countdown on WeOA Fair with unID Cuban (OT-JA)
Sears Family poor to fair 0 u
FL Fort Myers 1017 2333-2346 CampW ads mentioning Fort Myers ID Greal 102 FM mentions of WHEW-FM fair to poor ou WLUV (DT-JA)
GA Dallas 1022 1902 weak with SSB followed by expected to hear this onedue to tight E-W pattern OA may be out 30 and my 2800th catch (SF-TN) (Congratulations -djs)
FL Wilton Manors ]018 2303-2323 GOS female ann partial 10 WEXY fair to poor (OT-JA)
SC Bennettsville 1019 2329-2350 GOS female list of events incl Little Rock Baptist CJlUrch and WBSC Awards to segment fair int unID Cuban (DT-JA)
KY Paducah - 1019 2320-2329 OLD on WPIIlJ- and Original hits all
WPAO fairsomeintWPXR (DT-JA)
FL Riviera Beach - 1019 2017-2037 UC and rap Call 842-9698 WPOM call-in by reps of schools fair (OT-JA)
BITS AND PIECES
Those of you with access to electronic mail can send loggings to me at dshawaludrauscedu as well Heck you can FAX stuff to me at (213) 740-1853 And any last minute OX tips can be phoned to me at KSCR Student radio (213) 740-1487 from 1700-2130 ELI Yes this is the age of telecommunications Nice to see a report from Don Im sure hes enjoying the sunshine in Jamaica Eric notes that he just passed his no-code tech class license He says he main hangout is 2 meters Congratulations to you Thanks for the reports this week - three loooooong ones Keep em coming 73s -djs
REPORTERS =-(wro(OT-JA) Don Trelford in Jamaica OX-440 and a long wire 56 C R k 99 (SF-TN) Steve Francis Alcoa TN Realistic TRF ountry - oc (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman NOUIHKOXOSTL Hazelwood MO OX-200 SrA-90 TM-152 SM-2
DDXDmiddotEast NEWS AND VIEWS
Laura McCus1rer and Bill Townshend both check in with their first reports since I became editor of DDXD-East Laura says DX is picking up a bit for her She is having trouble with an annoying buzz for the past couple of months but it is intermittent allowing some good logs as you will see below
Jeff Kitze also mentions that conditions are good he has experienced some excellent conditions to the west and mentions that he has noticed that when a cold front moves in he gets good reception from the west
Wayne Heinen checks in with some clarification of an item that appeared in the Nov 9 issue Thanks for the information Wayne
As I type this on November 15 it seems a long way away but Please note that Pauls publishing schedule includes a two week hiatus for DX News over the holidays The weeklies 28 and the next issue is scheduled for January 18 Why am I bringing this weeklies will be December 12 If you miss that deadline your report will not be seen until January 18 so give all of us NRC members a Christmas gift and get in whatever last minute tips you can for the holiday season
SPECIAL 680 WODZ TN Memphis 11I6 In very briefly olu WPTF with Oldies 94 WODZ Still WODZ not
WEZI Correct your logs (JK-VA) (Can anybody who hears this regularly confirm the AM calls db)
750 WCHP NY Champlain Listing here IS CORRECT This is a new facility CP for night operation by WCHP In addition WCHP has an application for 25000 watt day here This could not be listed liS a move because it was to be a split operation (similar to CHYRshy710CHYR7-730) Watch AM Switch for details as they happen (WH-CO)
1240 WSNJ NJ Bridgeton - 1113 2359 Signoff included the following schedule Sign-on M-F 0530 Saturday 0600 Sunday 0700 Signoff at 0000 Ended with sung version of The Lords Prayer Off at 0003 (DB-DE)
1490 WOJY VA Hampton 11110953 ID between songs as Solid to 1490 WOJY your Christian station serving Hampton Ex-WPEX
DX TESTS 840 WBIIY AL Mobile - 10120322 CIDs TIs Fair uWHAS (WPT-DC)
1300 KWCK AR Searcy - 1015 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 10112 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1360 WLYN MA Lynn 10260342 Poor uCJVL with barely audible ID this is radio station WLYNmiddot
No WDRC do they have a MM SP (LM-NY) WLYN MA Lynn - 10260336 CID with CQ in Morse Code Fair ulWSAI (WPT-DC)
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra Vista 119 Not Heard (WPTDC) 1540 WSMI IL Litchfield - 10280107 CID at 0102 VID at 0107 with mention of 1000 watt power
Poor uWMDOIWPrR (WPf-DC) (Bill is WMDO on at night now db)
DID YOU KNOW that a radio station emits a ground wave (one that follows the contour of the earth and a sky wave that more upwards and at night may be reflected from an ionized the sky This is stations carry so much further at night and makes serious dxing
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
XEEP RADIO EDUCACION SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION PUBLICA
ANGEL UFlAAZA 622 MEXICO 12 D F
14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
nicely from 920 [JR-NY]band Jim) R A 0 I 0 TACNA SA
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16 930 MONTSERRAT ZJB Plymouth 1030
2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
get
Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
f How to place mail orders Write to NRC Publications - P O Box 164middot Mannsville NY 13661middot0164 Enclose checkonnoney
order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
11 10 1190 WQBA
WOWO
1200 WMXA
1230 WMLR
1290 WPBG
Ii
1300 WFFG
1310 WAVC
1330 WJNX
KWLO
1350 WSMB
1360 WMOB
I
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WKAT
1370 WCOA
1380 WRBQ
1410 WMTW
1500 WDPC
1520 WEXY
1550 WBSC
1560 WPAD
1600 WPOM
FL Miami 1011 2110-2140 SS music listener requests SID Fair amp fading (OHA)
IN Fort Wayne 1028 2216 good with fair $ over XEWKKJLA with WOAlshy1200 with OLDies (60s 70s 80s) pumpkin giveaway promo Wo-Wo slogan political ad ad for Flinstones Vitamins weather forecast (EB-MO)
IL Chicago 1025 1638 good over KYOO with SS ads for Chicago (EB-MO)
TN Hohenwald - 1011 2159 fair with Lewis County and the 22 years followed by legalID (incl heard same at 0459 hours now TN 186 (SF-TN)
FL West Palm Beach - 1013 2115-2130 NBC Talknet ad for Miami Review 1D WPBG News-Talk-Sports fair (OT-JA)
FL Marathom 1013 2140-2200 CampW news at 2200 fair (OT-JA)
FL Wauchula 1013 2203-2229 CBS pbp of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ad for Ace Hardware in Wauchula poor (OTJA)
FL Fort Pierce 1014 2016-2046 of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball ID -ot W]NO fair with unlD Cuban
with WFBC with OLDies legal ID at 2400 into
LA New Orleans 1Ol4 2108-2156 CBS of Atlanta v Pittsburg baseball 10 -all day long Or WSMB New Orleans poor unID Cuban (OT-JA)
At Mobile 1014 2211-2230 syndicated REL show promo for program on WMOB ID This is WMOB Mobile poor to fair olu WKAT and unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL North Miami 1014 2210-2230 FF Talk show olu WMOB unID Cuban (OT-JA)
FL Pensacola 1014 2231-2300 NBC Talknet promo for event with a Baptist church choir IO Countdown on WeOA Fair with unID Cuban (OT-JA)
Sears Family poor to fair 0 u
FL Fort Myers 1017 2333-2346 CampW ads mentioning Fort Myers ID Greal 102 FM mentions of WHEW-FM fair to poor ou WLUV (DT-JA)
GA Dallas 1022 1902 weak with SSB followed by expected to hear this onedue to tight E-W pattern OA may be out 30 and my 2800th catch (SF-TN) (Congratulations -djs)
FL Wilton Manors ]018 2303-2323 GOS female ann partial 10 WEXY fair to poor (OT-JA)
SC Bennettsville 1019 2329-2350 GOS female list of events incl Little Rock Baptist CJlUrch and WBSC Awards to segment fair int unID Cuban (DT-JA)
KY Paducah - 1019 2320-2329 OLD on WPIIlJ- and Original hits all
WPAO fairsomeintWPXR (DT-JA)
FL Riviera Beach - 1019 2017-2037 UC and rap Call 842-9698 WPOM call-in by reps of schools fair (OT-JA)
BITS AND PIECES
Those of you with access to electronic mail can send loggings to me at dshawaludrauscedu as well Heck you can FAX stuff to me at (213) 740-1853 And any last minute OX tips can be phoned to me at KSCR Student radio (213) 740-1487 from 1700-2130 ELI Yes this is the age of telecommunications Nice to see a report from Don Im sure hes enjoying the sunshine in Jamaica Eric notes that he just passed his no-code tech class license He says he main hangout is 2 meters Congratulations to you Thanks for the reports this week - three loooooong ones Keep em coming 73s -djs
REPORTERS =-(wro(OT-JA) Don Trelford in Jamaica OX-440 and a long wire 56 C R k 99 (SF-TN) Steve Francis Alcoa TN Realistic TRF ountry - oc (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman NOUIHKOXOSTL Hazelwood MO OX-200 SrA-90 TM-152 SM-2
DDXDmiddotEast NEWS AND VIEWS
Laura McCus1rer and Bill Townshend both check in with their first reports since I became editor of DDXD-East Laura says DX is picking up a bit for her She is having trouble with an annoying buzz for the past couple of months but it is intermittent allowing some good logs as you will see below
Jeff Kitze also mentions that conditions are good he has experienced some excellent conditions to the west and mentions that he has noticed that when a cold front moves in he gets good reception from the west
Wayne Heinen checks in with some clarification of an item that appeared in the Nov 9 issue Thanks for the information Wayne
As I type this on November 15 it seems a long way away but Please note that Pauls publishing schedule includes a two week hiatus for DX News over the holidays The weeklies 28 and the next issue is scheduled for January 18 Why am I bringing this weeklies will be December 12 If you miss that deadline your report will not be seen until January 18 so give all of us NRC members a Christmas gift and get in whatever last minute tips you can for the holiday season
SPECIAL 680 WODZ TN Memphis 11I6 In very briefly olu WPTF with Oldies 94 WODZ Still WODZ not
WEZI Correct your logs (JK-VA) (Can anybody who hears this regularly confirm the AM calls db)
750 WCHP NY Champlain Listing here IS CORRECT This is a new facility CP for night operation by WCHP In addition WCHP has an application for 25000 watt day here This could not be listed liS a move because it was to be a split operation (similar to CHYRshy710CHYR7-730) Watch AM Switch for details as they happen (WH-CO)
1240 WSNJ NJ Bridgeton - 1113 2359 Signoff included the following schedule Sign-on M-F 0530 Saturday 0600 Sunday 0700 Signoff at 0000 Ended with sung version of The Lords Prayer Off at 0003 (DB-DE)
1490 WOJY VA Hampton 11110953 ID between songs as Solid to 1490 WOJY your Christian station serving Hampton Ex-WPEX
DX TESTS 840 WBIIY AL Mobile - 10120322 CIDs TIs Fair uWHAS (WPT-DC)
1300 KWCK AR Searcy - 1015 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1320 KXOL OK Clinton - 10112 Not heard (WPT-DC) 1360 WLYN MA Lynn 10260342 Poor uCJVL with barely audible ID this is radio station WLYNmiddot
No WDRC do they have a MM SP (LM-NY) WLYN MA Lynn - 10260336 CID with CQ in Morse Code Fair ulWSAI (WPT-DC)
1470 KMFI AZ Sierra Vista 119 Not Heard (WPTDC) 1540 WSMI IL Litchfield - 10280107 CID at 0102 VID at 0107 with mention of 1000 watt power
Poor uWMDOIWPrR (WPf-DC) (Bill is WMDO on at night now db)
DID YOU KNOW that a radio station emits a ground wave (one that follows the contour of the earth and a sky wave that more upwards and at night may be reflected from an ionized the sky This is stations carry so much further at night and makes serious dxing
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
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14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
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16 930 MONTSERRAT ZJB Plymouth 1030
2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
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Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
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was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
12 B REPORTERSUNID AND UNID HELP
0 LNID 1119 1940-2005 Live That Good Old Time Religion church service Believe phone was 922-4890 Inviting people to come on by non-professional singers Speakers had southern accent and station townish Very weak but did not seem to ID at top of hour (HlH-PA)
0000 to 0800 ELT 640 KFI CA Los Angeles - 116 0115 In briefly with female talk show host and 640-KFI IDs
heavy co-channel QRM (JKmiddot V A) WGST GA Atlanta Ilf6 0130 Fair with The Larry King Show and Atlantas first choice for news
is on 640 WGST (JK-VA) WFNC NC Fayetteville - 1160155 Fairgood with WFNC with more than ltfadegt years of
serving North Carolina OK-VA) 850 KOA CO Denver 1160040middot0100 Good a major surprise With The George ltfadegt Show
on News Radio 85 KOA The phone number is area code 303 lt fadegt 8585 Hello youre on KOA At 0044 heard Classic Ovaltine commercial WRMRWJ AC aurorally absorbed and listen to ltfadegt weekdays at noon on News radio 85 KOA (JK-VA)
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City - 1160055 Mostly in the clear with the Larry King Show Youre listening to The Larry King Show on lt fade gt KSL (JKmiddot V A)
1290 WCTB NC Jacksonville - Ilf6 0600 ID by man apparent sign-on Fairgood (WPT-DC) (The AM Log shows this as WJCVl - db)
1600 TO 2400 ELT S40 WLIX NY Islip 113 1725 Poor with Long Islands Christian Radio slogan (LM-NY) 820 WBAP TX Fort Worth - Ilf5 2123 Loud armchair copy with Diamond Shamrock commercial
followed by one for Billy Bobs From the WBAP weather center its 46 degrees OK-VA)
910 WRNL VA Richmond - Ilf4 1807 Fair with ID and PSA uCHRL Heard on car radio in Newton (MDmiddotMA)
920 WIRD NY Lake Placid - 118 1734 Several mentions of Adirondack Radio by man good (WPTshyDC)
1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock - 1020 1830 Fair mixing with WRNJWLUP with dual AMPM ID (LM-NY)
1040 WMTX FL Pinellas Park - 1117 1739 Mix- ID into AC off at 1739 with only a CW station left (DB-DE)
1080 KRLD TX Dallas - 115 2119 Pair to good over weak WTIC with Texas State network sports call in show KRLD and Metroplex mentions (JK-VA)
1170 KVOOt OK Tulsa 11f5 2322-2350 Fair to good over aurorally absorbed WWV A (which appeared to be having technical transmitter difficulties) with REL programming (JK-V A)
1200 WOAI TX San Antonio - 1115 2200 Armchair copy with The Power of Information WOAI Clear Channel Communications San Antonio very loud Another good verifier (JK-VA)
1210 WKNX MI Frankenmnth - 1020 1852 Fair ulWOGL with political ad ethnic-type music phone number given as 682-WKNX (LM-NY)
1300 WXPX PA West Hazelton - 019 1832 Fair uWQBK with slogan Greater Hazelton finally has something to talk about all talk 1300 (LM-NY)
1310 WDKD SC Kingstree - Ilf9 1725 ABC Sports followed by CW song then South Carolina Network News Very strong at times (IDH-PA)
WGII VA Newport News - 112 1659 High School football report and Sports Radio 1310 weather for Newport News area Very strong but cut to nothing at 1700 (HJH-PA)
1360 WIIBG VA Bridgewater - 1025 1800 Fair ulWDRC with CW music Harrisonburg mention (LMshyNY)
1380 WNRI RI Woonsocket - 1019 1840 Poor with spot for Bank of Rhode Island (LM-NY) 1440 WBBC VA Blackstone - III2 1730 Good at times with B 93 Five PM IDs and WBBC AM and
PM ID Had Virginia Network News (HJH-PA) 1580 WBBR SC Travelers Restmiddot 1119 1700 Poor with legal ID This is WBBR Greenville (1M-NY) 1590 WGGO NY Salamanca - 1021 1800 Fair with signoff See you in the morning on WGGOmiddot (LMshy
NY) WWCC PA Honesdale - 119 1705 Mixing with WCBGIWERA with 10 Crystal Gayle song (LMshy
NY) 1600 WPDC PA Elizabethtown - 1119 1745 Good ulWWRL with spot for appliance dealer in Palmyra
(LM-NY)
MDmiddotMA Marc DeLorenzo Framingham MA Car radio HJH-PA Harry Hayes Wilkes-Barre PA Superadio SMmiddot2 WH-CO Wayne Heinen Aurora CO JK-VA Jeff Kitze Powhatan VA Sony CPM-140n 100 barefoot LM-NY Laura M McCusker Ravena NY GE World Monitor GE Superadio Plus WPT-DC Bill Townshend Washington DC Sony ICF-2010 DB-DE Dave Braun Wyoming DE Kenwood Rmiddot2000 Palomar Loop
Jim Renfrew International 61 Wilcox Street
DX Digest NY 14607-3832 subtract5 hrsForeilm DXCatches
Welcome to new contributor Don Moore who has been DXing from various locations since 1975 He spent a few years in Honduras with the Peace Corps but now hes settling down in Iowa Don I believe you signed one of my Honduran shortwave QSLs some years ago jGraciasi
Ive really enjoyed using my Sony for DX Ive owned the radio for several years
shortwave but never had an easy hook-up loop A set of interchangable plugs a
and Radio Shack coax has done like the audio quality of the
but the Sonv sCflarates the switch
between radios into getting one of Sony
I want to thank Ernie Wesolowski for sending me a copy of Dial-Search a British and continental medium wave logbook that he pickedup in the UK Hopefully I can help with some of the unIDs reported here
The last few nights have been great for South American DX The best time seems to be from about 2200-0100 after which domestics take over
TRANS-ATLANTIC 576 SPAIN RNE R 5 Barcelona 10250020shy
0029 - Man talkin about all sorts of Einstein Caracas 1 1305
Occasionally a womans voice came but this did not
another (now
612 IRELAND RTE Athlone 1024 2354shy2356 Kinks tune Irish-accented DJ with the chart for 1978 irritating (approx 1 sec) SAH SIO 313 NFl
639 SPAIN RNE R 1 synchros 10242352 Was hetting CBN badly on the car radio Spanish talk was separable in
LSB on the Icom although with a nasty splatter [JB-NFJ
792 SPAIN R Sevilla 10242246-2257 - SER net phone-in show about football promo for program Carusel Deportivo at 2256 SIO 333 [JB-NF)
810 SCOTLAND BBC Scotland Burghead I Westerglen 10(24 2259shy2310 BBC World Service news Words of Faith and something about a book I presumed that this was BBC Scotland carrying this programming Other BBC outlets on 198 909 and 1341 seemed not to be
the same programs QRM SIO 332 [JB-NFJ
810 SPAIN R Madrid 10(25 0033-0041 shyabout films and Hollywood mainly from Quebec SIO 333shy
891 ALGERIA Algiers 118 0524 - Fair with upbeat Arabian or Middle Eastern music female announcer the music came in nice but her voice was weak strong het on WLS-890 [BC-NH]
972 GERMANY NDR Hanburg 1024 2313shy2415 Detailed marine weather in German ID with frequencies at 2314 then said would join the ARD program which it did ( I 1539) SIO 333 DB-NF]
1134 CROATIA Hrvatski R Zadar 1024 2139middot2142 Italian pop song talk in presumed Croatian at 2140 mentioning Zagreb and Zadar telephone reports including words like candidati often so maybe some sort of election results QRM from Spain SIO 332 [IB-NFI
XEEP RADIO EDUCACION SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION PUBLICA
ANGEL UFlAAZA 622 MEXICO 12 D F
14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
nicely from 920 [JR-NY]band Jim) R A 0 I 0 TACNA SA
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16 930 MONTSERRAT ZJB Plymouth 1030
2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
get
Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
f How to place mail orders Write to NRC Publications - P O Box 164middot Mannsville NY 13661middot0164 Enclose checkonnoney
order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
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14 15 1287 SPAIN unlisted SER statiOil 1024 PANmiddotAMERICAN 720 VENEZUELA R Vision 1112 2235 - 830 VENEZUELA YVLT R Sensaci6n 1024
2019-2027 Under the Czech in 550 JAMAICA RJR 11130440 Noted in Powerhouse signal noted with ads 0204-0232 horse for with mention of Tenerife passing with talk about for Turisma H ~--- the Cinco Seis IDs
part of an address (Apartado masters and Carib accent Good 720 JAMAICA RJR and 0214 from domestics 222 ) Established with 1584 WGR null [JR-NYj concert announcement for K111~ton and another Latin 510 333 (thus SER) during subsequent 610 HONDURAS RAmp in WGNnull 830 ST KITTS amp NEVIS 117 0203 football chat SIO 322 [JB-NFl 118 0304-0308 740 PUERTO RICO WIAC San concert and
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R Brighton of donations 1024 2029-2035 - Ad for carpet
0620 Heard with local music ads for San Juan following CBl s off channel 23 viewers in Central
store in Brighton then some station 620 America 1 7510 [BC-NII] event promo clear jingle ID at 2031 750 TAMAICA TBC Radio One 1113 0604 - 830 MEXICO XElA Mexico 1180158shylost to QRM very shortly afterwards 0203 With music lD
SIO 232 [JB-NFl good on top [DHM-IA] 830 BELIZE R Belize 1113 0335 - Very1386 KALININGRAD R Ala 1024 2344- 630
2356 Typical barda music ( 760 COLOMBIA XEABC Mexico City 118 strong with United Nations Radio
5040) little Interval Signal at 2345 0213-0219 - With promos and sports program The World in Review
woman with what sounded like program with UiLU~SlOJ news Mentions of Mexico and Ia with news items concerning various news Interval Signal again at 2349 on Honduran call-ins from capital Presumed fair and world trouble Program airs on ID possible address more talk the country dominant [OHM-IAl Thursdays 930 said R13 man Olle Aim has llOncturan content which I 770 COLOMBIA RCN Bogota 118 0206- shortwave OXers
managed to QSl R r(nvni7pd from living there in 82- 0213 Presumed with Colombian card from the
written twice for couldnt believe this was news On top with QRM from in New of such a shortwave but no response The R America until clear D given WABC and other Spanish station most recent NASWA Journal (1192) listed as three 1 kW [OHM-IAJ
that it now costs 25 rubles to repeaters which would be quite a 780 COSTA RICA T1RA San Jose 1029 shya letter in Russia which is catch how dominant the 2118-2130 Older Spanish music 850
the primary reason for no Signal was I wonder if they have orchestra ID as R Jim) put in a higher power transmitter in local ad man
1413 R Pristina Kosovo 1024 La Ceiba to cover the north coast chimes between sentences poor 2042-2117 Back-to-back CampW That would be the most logical place music (often hear this on Zagreb of the three listed sites Still good at 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI 860 DOMINICAN I~EPUBLlC R Clar(n tool) distinctive time gong at 2100 0248 0304 rechecks Also hear 119 Roadtown 1180225-0240 - Fair-toshy Santo Domingo 117 0342 Briefly news by woman in Alballian and 0042-0047 with ID and Tegucigalpa with dancehall reggae I soca over a graveyard of Spanish stations talk to sign off without anthem at ads mention of announcement 23 before 11 at with 10 and tropical merengue
0237 under R Cora music in qsc null 118 0110shy2117 Initially fair but poor at sign downtown off At best SIO 333 fJB-NFl 630t PUERTO RICO NHJ Very 0120 fiair with live soap opera
1431 UKRAINE R Kiyev Mikolayiv 1025 2335middot2350 Ads for Dos ZBVI with til 2300 then followed by 10 and music at 0119 0011-0015 Noted with beautiful Blanca (beer) female announcer BBC news ( shortwave) BBC over under an unID spanish station signal baroque music 4940 SIO to (corresDondenb) on the Business News (still 6175) then [BC-NH]
trumpet flourish and BBC sports at 870 COLOMBIA Mar Caribe Internacional 1458 ALBANIA R Tirana 1024 1957-2001 shy
444 DB-NFl 118 0107 Good with boxeo2314 (not 6175) faded into
hlterval noted above the mix discussion mentions of a Puerto Venezuelan at 2322 Tentative but of Brits ID in Albanian (Ju fIet new calls first time noted after many years of
and presumed news SIO 655 El SALVADOR YSS San Salvador 1030 trying R COlO usually comes in 2321-2334- talk and woman first [JR-NY]
1557 CROATIA Hrvatski R Tovarnick listed news Spanish music poor 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL Bogota 118 10242144-2146 Talk in presumed both sides [DT-JAMJ 0203-0205 With news 10 5075 Croatian 1134 Would have been 660 VENEZUELA Ondas de los Medanos shortwave fair [DHM-IAJ 118 too poor to lD without the due to Coro 118 0220-0226 With ads 0215 Good with basketball from
from France in Arabic SIO and announcements with many Cali ad for coffee as un sabor de mentions of Coro and Falcoll (the Colombia 5075 in WGY null
16091 UNlD Probablv a Dutch oirate 1024 state) Closest thing to an TD was [BC-NHJ pop music Seis sesenta 10 maximo en AM 8207 UNID 1113 0035-0358 - due
carrier which Into tropical music Good on top south not easily from several domestic stations drifted up to 16094 kHz was [OHM-IAJ (I was this 180 mess on 820 some mentions of 9209 COLOMBIA Em Fuentes detectable for another 20 minutes minutes earlier though Dable - and then with what Cartagena 11 0009 Noted in SIO 141 (Medium Wave Jim) passing logged weekend News of pirates with music timecheck currently active on this portion of the Only audible on Sony which split it
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2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
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order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
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16 930 MONTSERRAT ZJB Plymouth 1030
2105-2120 - BBC World Service news sports then relay of VOA in Spanish fair light interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAMI
970 MEXICO R Mexicano Cd Jult1rez 118 0235-0238 - With ranchera music and D fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ
1000 COLOMBIA RCN 1180313-0318 With ranchera music and ID fair mixing with heavy QRM [DHM-IAJ 118 0329 - Good with promos for La Copa 92 and Las noticias en RCN in WLUP null (BC-NHJ
1000 MEXICO R Mil synchros 11 8 0224shy0232 With pop music and the same singing ID I remember them using when I was in Honduras in 82-84 This station was a real nighttime pest there Good and on top [DHMshyrAJ 11 13 0456 - Good in WLUP null looping almost due south instead of southwest (usual bearing for Mexico) slogans and easily identified R Mil whistle IIR-NYJ (This one has also been heard in Topeka in C-QUAM stereo -pis)
1000 UNID 118 0316 Marimba music briefly fading up over XE HJ and WLUP about 30 seconds Guatemala or Nicaragua (DHM-IAJ
1020 VENEZUELA R Margarita 11132220 - Local strength no sign of KDKA at all political ads (Vota Blanco) and IDs [JR-NY]
1070 PUERTO RICO WMIA Arecibo _ Follow-up to my unID from 1011 after reviewing the tape very carefully Im 98 sure this was R Arecibo from Puerto RIco I found 3 mentions of Arecibo Im not as sure of the candidates name as 1 may have suggested before A keynote speaker seemed to be a Dr Angel Ram6n lIB-NFl (I heard this in the late 1960s from Connecticut by similarly reviewing a tape it stands as one of my best foreign receptions at 500 watts - Jim)
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St Johns 10102221shy2300 - Old and Reggae ID electronic voice Zed-D-D poor interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
11007 COLOMBIA CARACOL Barranquilla 11 13 0256 - Separable from WWWE 01 the Sony with Deportes CARACOL slogans fIR-NY]
1130 UNID 11 9 0109-0115 Briefly on top with Spanish international news and ads Unfortunately nothing content-wise to even indicate
possible countries Good then gone despite sticking to the frequency for 20 more minutes [DHM-IA]
1190 MEXICO XEWR Guadalajara 119 0156-0201 - ID then sports news Poor ill mess [DHM-IA)
14785 UNrD 11 8 0320-0322 - Carrier with weak traces of Spanish speech (DHM-IA]
1530 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252218shy2300 - Talk and news in 2230 jazz music mentioning Central America and Associated Press fair IDT-JAM]
1540 BAHAMAS ZNS-l Nassau 1019 0004-0100 - Gospel local ads fulllD at 0100 with frequency power FM frequency fair with interference from unID Cuban [DT-JAM]
1550 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10252213shy2200 Talk news in Spanish 2230 jazz 2300 ID mentions Central America and Associated Press fair [DT-JAM) (I thought Belize was only on 1530 and 1580 Are you sure this frequency is correct Don - Jim)
1570 GUATEMALA TGUE Guatemala Gty 1019 2132-2310 Religious talk and music in Spanish sign off 2310 military orchestra Guatemalan anthem fair interference from unlD Spanish station
1580 BELIZE VOA Punta Gorda 10262320shy2400 Man and woman talk in Spanish news ID at 2400 This program comes to you from the United States of America then VOA Express medium-fair [DTshyJAM)
1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON 1113 0647-0703 - Accordion music then two full data IDs including call letters slogan (La Grande de Sonora) network (Grupo ACIR) and power (quince mil) Closed with anthem CBJ appeared to be off was noted strong an hour later [JR NY)
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STATION NEWS BELIZE The Antigua Relay Station ceased
operation on February 21 1991 and our antenna pattern for the Belize Relay Station remains unchanged For the record our Belize Relay Station operates two transmitters on 1530 and 1580 kHz The specially designed horizontally polarized skywave antennas put very directional beams along a line from Punta Gorda to Guatemala City (1530 kHz) and towards Managua (1580 kHz) [From VOA in Distance 13 11192]
ECUADOR R Cat6lica 880 is a good target from North America at 1015 UTC sign on with a good shortwave parallel audible on 5030 kHz at the same time [Werner Funkenhauser (ODXA) phone tip]
TRINIDAD In spite of many reports to the contrary NBS 610 has not moved and is not planning to move to 620 kl-iz [Werner Funkenhauser in DX Ontario 1192 based on phone call to station)
DID YOU KNOW that a directional AM radio station because it will always have more than one tower In only one tower is most certainly a non-directional station
DID YOU KNOW that 1540 kHz is a Clear Channel for the Bahamas This means that US stations cannot transmit substantial signals in their direction (FCC Rule 7325fbJ) You may be able to hear the Bahamian station ZNS-1540 where you live
DID YOU KNOW that some major highways pass between the towers of some directional stations
QSL INFORMATION ST KITTS amp NEVIS R Paradise 830 QSL card
received in 6 weeks from Trinity Broadcasting Network PO Box A Santa Ana CA 92711 for a mint stamp (not used) Power is 50 kW non-directional and that station still calls itself R Paradise (although I havent heard the name used over the air anymore) [JR-NY)
CONTRIBUTORS [JR-NY] Jim Renfrew Rochester NY HQ-150
Sony ICF-2010 Radio West Loop [BC-NH) Bruce Conti Nashua NH R70
DX400 MWDX-5 3 wires fIB-NFl Jean Burnell St Johns NF ICOM ICshy
R71A 200 meter wire at 115 degrees [DHM-lA] Don Moore Davenport IA R-5000
and 1978 Radio West Ferrite Loop and 150 inverted L
rDT-JAM) Don Trelford Runaway Bay Jamaica Realistic DX440 amp long wire
WSUN at Tampa Bay is one KW AL is Wallace Idaho is another If you know of more send them in Youd think that a large truck passing by might upset the phasing
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Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
get
Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
f How to place mail orders Write to NRC Publications - P O Box 164middot Mannsville NY 13661middot0164 Enclose checkonnoney
order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
18 19
Broadcast Station Pioneers State-by-State Thomas H White
The fall of 1921 saw the formal inauguration of the broadcast service in the United States In the year that followed the Commerce Department issued over 550 broadcast station authorizations including at least one for each of the 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
This is a review of the spread of broadcasting across the United States-shystarting in Pennsylvania and ending in Wyoming--listing chronologically the first broadcast station granted in each state In most cases these stations were also the first to go on air in the state although in a few cases rivals may have beaten them to the airwaves [NOTE Although the Commerce Department didnt begin to grant formal broadcast licences until late 1921 Westinghouses KDKA and WJZ which pioneered broadcast development are listed according to their initial land station grant datesJ
The list reviews 52 jurisdictions the 48 states the territories of Hawaii and Alaska plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia There are a total of 54 stations because in two cases (New Mexico and Idaho) there was a tie between two stations for the honor of first Iicencee Only 19 of the 54 stations have survived to today However they are among the most prominent in the nation Surprisingly two of the stations are no longer in the states in which they originated--KYW has moved from illinois to Pennsylvania and WJZ of New Jersey is now WABC in New York Thirtv-five stations didnt make it--some
just a few weeks or months-shythe tumultuous period of rapid
change The list is organized chronologically state
by state Each entry has the rank for the given state (where state includes Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) In case of a tie between states the ranking is only listed once This is followed by the state abbreviation plus the call city and owner of the pioneering station (Both are listed in the two cases where there was a tie within a state)
FAich station entry includes in parentheses or brackets the stations overall position among all licences issued in the United States Numbers in parentheses come from my research on station grant dates An means the station is tied with one or more other licences issued the same day For grants made after May 1922 I used the Radio Service Bulletin monthly lists so the numbers in brackets are estimates The next line lists the
Tanuaru 1 1992
station outcome--either deletion date or its current call and location
This can gel confusing so here is an interpretation of a sample entry both WLB Minneapolis MN and WHA Madison WI received initial broadcast licences on 11322 Each was the first within the state so Minnesota and Wisconsin are tied for the honor of being the 13th state to receive a broadcast station authorization In addition according to my research these two stations are tied for 34th place among aU station licences issued Both stations survive to this day although WLB has changed its call to KUOM
1920 1 PA 1027 KDKA East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (1) KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh PA
1921 2 NJ 05-- WJZ Newark Westinghouse
Electric amp Mfg (2) WABC-770 New York NY
3 MA 0915 WEZ Springfield Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (3) WEZ-1030 Boston MA
4 CT 0929 WCJ New Haven A C Gilbert Company (5) Deleted 12122
5 CA 1013 KQL Los Angeles Arno A Kluge (6) Deleted 6922 MI 1013 WBL Detroit Detroit News (6) WWJ-950 Detroit MI NY 1013 WJX New York DeForest Radio Telephone amp Telegr (6) Deleted 6 -- 24 8 IL 1109 KYW Chicago IL Westinghouse Electric amp Mfg (9) KYW-1060 Philadelphia PA
9 DC 1208 WJH Washington White amp Boyer Company (11) Deleted 32624 WA 1208 KFC Seattle Northern Radio amp Electric Company (11) Deleted 12323
11 NE 1229 WOU Omaha R B Howell (28) Deleted 62323
12 OH 1230 WMH Cincinnati Precision Equipment Company (29) Deleted 121123
1922 13 MN 0113 WLB Minneapolis University
of Minnesota (34) KUOM-770 Minneapolis MN
WI 0113 WHA Madison University of Wisconsin (34) WHA-970 Madison WI
15 IN 0126 WLK Indianapolis Hamilton Manufacturing (37) Deleted 6123
16 AL 0203 WGB Montgomery Montgomery Light amp Power Company (39) Deleted 6522
17 AR 02 16 WOK Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Company (45) Deleted 6--24
18 MO 0217 WOQ Kansas City Western Radio Company (47) Deleted 61434
19 CO 0310 KLZ Denver Reynolds Radio Company (65) KLZ-560 Denver CO
20 TX 0313 WRR Dallas City of Dallas (71) KAAM-1310 Dallas TX
21 HI 0314 KGU Honolulu Marion A Mulrony (72) KGU-760 Honolulu HI IA 0314 WGF Des Moines The Register amp Tribune (72) Deleted 92923
23 GA 0315 WSB Atlanta Atlanta Journal (80) WSB-750 Atlanta GA OR 0315 KGG Portland Hallock amp Watson Radio Service (80) Deleted 112524
25 OK 0316 WKY Oklahoma City Oklahoma Radio Shop (84) WKY-930 Oklahoma City OK WV 0316 WHD Morgantown West Virginia University (84) Deleted 11 1923
27 NC 03 18 WBT Charlotte Southern Radio Corporation (89) WET-HlO Charlotte NC
28 LA 0321 WGV New Orleans Interstate Electric Company (97) Deleted 6--24
29 KS 0323 WEY Wichita Cosradio Company (104) Deleted 62323 MD 0323 WKC Baltimore Joseph M Zamoiski Company (104) Deleted 112423 TN 0323 WKN Memphis Riechmanshy
Company (104) 61123
32 ME 0405 WMB Auburn Auburn Electrical Company (142) Deleted 32123 NM 0405 KNJ Roswell Roswell Public Service Company (142) Deleted 112623 0405 KOB State College New Mexico College (142) KKOB-770 Albuquerque NM
34 V A 0406 WSN Norfolk Ship Owners Radio Service Deleted
35 UT 0421 KZN Salt Lake City The Deseret News (197) KSL-1l60 Salt Lake
36 NV 0501 KO] Reno Universitv of Nevada (224) Deleted 6722
37 FL 0508 WCAN Jacksonville Southeastern Radio Telep (240) Deleted 10 26 22
38 SD 0509 WCAT Rapid City SD State School of Mines (245) Deleted 102852
39 MT 0513 KDYS Great Falls The Tribune (256) Deleted 113023 VT 0513 WCAX Burlington University of Vermont (256) WVMr-620 Burlington VT
41 AZ 0515 KDYW Phoenix Smith amp Company (264) Deleted 4424
42 ND OS23 WDAY Fargo Kenneth M Hance (292) WDAY-970 Fargo ND
43 RI OS29 WEAG Edgewood NicholsshyHineline-Bassett Lab (310) Deleted 11 1223
44 NH 0603 WEAQ Berlin Young Mens Christian Association [323J Deleted 9622
45 SC 0617 WFAZ Charleston South Carolina Radio Shop [357J Deleted 61123
46 PR 0619 WGAD Ensenada SpanishshyAmer School of Radiotelg [361J Deleted 52223
47 ID 0706 KFAN Moscow The Electric Shop [401] Deleted 10125 0706 KFBA Lewiston Ramey amp Bryant Radio C Deleted
48 KY 0713 WHAS Louisville CouriershyJournal amp Times [416J WHAS-840 Louisville KY
49 MS 0714 WHAU Corinth Corinth Radio Supply Companv Deleted
50 DE 0722 WHAV Wilmington Wilmington EIec Specialty [420J WDEL-1150 Wilmington DE
51 AK 0927 WLAY Fairbanks Northern Commercial Company [539] Deleted 82123
52 WY 1003 KFBU Laramie The Cathedral (Bishop Thomas) [570J Deleted 92429 as KWYO
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
get
Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
f How to place mail orders Write to NRC Publications - P O Box 164middot Mannsville NY 13661middot0164 Enclose checkonnoney
order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
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20 21
HeavenlyFans flock to voices call revitalized WREN in Farwell
~Prm By MARK ENOCH radio towers each The Capital-Journal FARWELL - Many peoplea landmark hCre Jlave received a higber callingtowers recently thep~st couple of days
M ichael GUnter believes the reshy means WRENs wb~n Chtislian radio stationcession is one I soon wm be heard in
[ In Farwell increased lIB more popular and not
gospel music Colorado as-it was in Landons days rOm 200 10 000 watts tile
tians religious broadcasts he-The former governor ordered that ar~ rangement because he had a vacation
Tbis music offers people hope be home in Colorado ~ Ihrough some peoples said As people suffer more they begin GUnter hopes to get permission 00 le1ellhtlnes to look back to traditional values boo5t the power of the ~OQOwatt stashy On~ 01 the telepbones aleded
Unlike other Cormsof music Southern tion to at 1east 10000 watts wlS jjiil 01 Louise Hancock of Far gospel hasnt changed dramatically dUfshy GUnter got a little radio experience well a Parmer County justice of
the~cing tbe past few decades While he attended Detroit Bible College The music especiaJly poPlllar with from 1965 to 1968 Ph_ pick up airwaves
people over 40 can remind listeners of He moved to Kansas City in the 170s 1 was bearing sermons and 1simpler times to manage a Christian radio station could bear music_ WlIgtn they ~ J~linter a n~year-old owned by t _ ~ -Kans~_City_ turned Illgt music up it blasted me Mo resident of WRENmiddot a longtime friEnd out of here she said AM Topekas gospel ramiddot In 1~81 Glinter was hired by Satelme ButHaneoek said she js trying dio station Radio Network which owns three radio to lIgt good natured aOout it be
HIt $ one of the fastest growing forshy stations He now is president of that cause they are working on it mals today he said company and he owns WREN She said she has even joked with
GUnter said Southern gospel also has WREN has just two full-time e~plt)ymiddot others about the situation ridden the bandwagon of the revival in ees and one parHime employee Most ~IlVamp said 1 know I need traditional cOWltry music of the programming is SIlpplied rom ~1IIng r can ge~ but not on
GUnter revived WREN at 12~ on Nashville fer to get mine AM dial one year ago The station Phil Swaru a board operator at the oIl the air jft 1987 because of the station said he has regular callers of RIJNous owners fmancial problems They get to know us as a personal --- -obeNews
The station bad a tong and rich histo~ friend Swartz said ltWhether its decent music or inde ry It first went on the air in 1926 and Swartz a 33-year-old Topekan who cent music you expect to pick up was owned by former GQv AU Landon has an large personal collection of your telephone and have it be from 1952 unUl 1982 Southern gospel music dating bact to clear
WREN is in a building along a the lJ40s plays local requests On Sunshy Patschke said he too had tried lone)y gravel just east of GrantM day afternoons toTiiiijhumor in the situation
The Topeka Capital-Journal The San Antonio Express-News-via Paul Swearingen -via Jim Boehm
The Toronto Globe and Mail middotvia Peter Weeks
get
Pirate radio bemlls settler perspective
f How to place mail orders Write to NRC Publications - P O Box 164middot Mannsville NY 13661middot0164 Enclose checkonnoney
order NY residents add state andlocaJ taxes Please allow 3middot6 weeks for shipping
MusingsoftbeMembers
was playing rock oldies from 436PM on 1030 with
and mention of KRGO AM-FM Heard again with CW on on of 111 they were back to rock oldies and the E
lrWKRP Salt Lakp (~I It seems they have a different format on Sunday ill havent cnlJqh~ at legal ID time Is the new call RRGQ or KRGO 1340 was nnt0ri on th~ Avening of 1030 nostalgia-type tunes so they have apparently lthnrllrl from CWo 2 more amp 7]) were added on the night of 1029 as WJW-7()() w~ punching through KFAM around lOPM ano WHA8-840 was iloing likewise to KVK~ after that although it was a long time before I got a clear ID at 1I55PM A yurprse catch was KWST-1260 in the null of KOIT with
to 907PM soff on 1026 listed as 60 watts Another add-same evening was KEZC-1400 in the null of KBLX at IIPM KORK-970 was
620AM On 1030 My treat on Halloween was a visit from KSLM-1390 at 7PN with oldies 73 (WKRP is now being marketted as a syndicated radio show simjlar to American 40 etc There must be a lot of WKRPs now around the country This gtJhould gone in last weeks but was put aside when the eyeshylids fell that morning-hi-DWS)
me to share Some sent-members stands at 1551 Since movshy
ing to the center of SO on AM stations in 33 states 5 and 2 countries reflects almost exclusively sunrise amp sunset OX
states of CO amp MN are tied at the top with 34 stations each SD is next with 33 amp TX follows with 30 AB is the most heard with 10 stations Part of the reason for this amount of time vainly listening for KEX reports hae been sent far this season (OR 5) on )016 KVOW-I450 on 1029 KGMT-1310 on and KFLT-830 on KYET-1180 has been heard almost daily at this locale Their format includes canned religion big band music and rebroadcasts of 010 radio shows My wife amp I were chosen at random to partiCishypate in a radio listening survey in Nov Are they going to believe what gets ported from this household Happy Thanksgiving to all dial twisters from Dakota Territory (Thanks for your kind thoughts Bi
- 1643 OLIVE HOMEWOOD IL 60430 up some here an erratic record keeper but I try 1027 just
sunrise I was doing a bandscan from 950 down eventually down to check if either WDRQ or WROR on yet but I did have a sig-
nal from 725-8AM and it turned out to be (e)-I230) with MoR many IDs mentions of I U Football so I took a report and have received my first letter verie in several The signal was impressive for 250 watts even better than the Listening while driving to the in University Park 102 at 630PM 1200 was WOPAWOAT about equal Ill a break to hear the this winterf Then to 1190 to catch rock Oldies on WOWO but not in now
in wfull ID at 632PM The car radio in my 1980 Datsun 200SX is pretshyOtherwise the only Monday morning frequency to look forward to here is WLUP signs off at 12AM after gospel On Sunday bull I
have DXed 990-1010 but hav~ failed to hear new with the CFRB dominates with WINS In the 990 Ive had
Id love ID KOMO-lOOO Prior WllOW reception I was trying to null ARO mean order here) T did hear WMEQ a_ few times and possible WRFD with music On 870 WWL finally faded some and a poor WKAR
trying for KPRM I heard an area ad but no solid ID so Ill wait til another morning member can help me with the Superadio onoff switch so I cnn enjoy it more Basketball starts so watch for a list soon
wish list This is the new ANAX CQUAN AM Stereo noi se blankshying and dynamic AM receiver available today reshyminiscent to the antique consoles I recently purshychased the book America by Radiol thru NRC pUblications and recomshymend it for anyone interested in Latin AMerican DX It IS full of tips
info on advertisers and names sample reception reposhysection about styles of SpanishEnglish
It was published in 1989 but it doesnt seem to be outshyl
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
22 dated studied Spanish at U for 5 semesters and still have trouble
LA broadcasts Just a referenCe for company and product easier The LA UNID On 1170 that I reported as Radio
1060) was probahly R Mil Setenta (Radio 1070) from La Gua~ ira Venezuela does this station call itself Radio 1070 when its on l170 This season live logged 3 Columbshyians Venezuelans so far Locally a couple of stashytions have seem to ms WNNW-lJ10 has apparently corshyrected their in west Nashua and having deep nulls in Lowell on the car radio~ WNNW used to penetrate as far S as CONNELLEY noted WUNR-1600 seems to be back up on full out to I4q5 around Boston Some program notes WUNll has Atlantica featuring Latin American amp French at
members for helpshyconvention and to the 42 was a HUGE sucshyhave been retired for 14 months from ATampT I still do some DXshy
I wanted to r KKDA-730 was heard boom-and
and nearly was strong that
the convention DJ amp member CARL MANN has s1ltitched from trip to London last month found interesting listening If you travel to a forshyeign country and have a digital radio will loose many FM stations as most countries use frequency on the even the even channels like 958 I visited the BBC who is celebrating its 60th anniversary and bought goodies None are given free Interesting listening to our TV Ch 11 and catching the radio for London city buses during a boshymb scare A copy of the log sent to JIM RENFREW for his colshyumn I plan to attend Enfield next Labor Weekend by car 73s
to cheCk in~ summer in which I was comshy
my fledgling business and the attentions towshyard a aside By the way that girlfriend is now
March (Way to go Karll-DWS) I with little success A new addition
to THOMAS j IIQuantum Loopft which T decided would replace my ail-to a big r fully expected the smaller loop to 4 foober think this is true But it is a we-and would recommend it especially to someone who before I will just require an adjustment to get
to use on DXpeditions and when travelling and with a new wife around soon the Quantum loop is
old monster However l t plan to keep the old loop for a shack where it wont be in the way It
some trouble locating Some of the parts callp-d out construction article Good to see lots of DX TESTS this date Im O-for-II WeIll actually 11m O-for-5
were either unneeded or through with some really good tp-sts coming UPI I hope luck changes-hi verie count has inched up to 1484 with no varies between amp October The most recent additions are WHBB-1490 WCHM-1490 KXTD-1S30 an 1191 report) and WEEN-1460 A number of follow dating back a year or more I st shyill have s WIQT-820 test after follow ups
while others received veries Not 1090 on 116 heard a station Simulcasting with WDElIshyhear a seperate ID for the 1090 outlet does anyone
know when TN station this is Also noted unneeded KNX-1070 on 115 at 11 091M I havent heard this one in quite a few years Until next timer 73
some veries in numbering 3 WQIN-1290-TEST WRCA-1330 (ppC) and WWII-720 the AM total to 4412 The FM total is 641 I think Ive had a days with no buzz and Ive been taking advantage of it it lasts Heres whats tickling my antenna lately 1029 I found old unneeded friend XEW-900 booming in in the clear at 140AM WBAP also was solid on 820 at that time And another unneeded noted with a nice signal on 740 was CHCM ng VOCM-5g0 at 2AM ID so signals in a line from NE to SW were doing just 1030 after many an unsuccessful try finally I found WWII-720 10ggab1e and got off a report 456-517PM+ Now Im after 2 other PA stations in that area of the dial WPHE-690 amp WWAX-750 But lately stations like WSB-750 have been booming in even before my sunset making the less powerful
23 but (loGPr f~tations inlt1u(libl~ behind semi local WXKS w noloed but nol for on Mondays only for thPfl WNJR is off And here Then on IIClinshyton Ony 113 I decid~d to Canadian on 1610 that STAN MORshySS h01r(i t lOAM on amazement instead heard a brand new 11 77y in Falmouth 1610 a traffic message to get to the town ldndlng for the hOdi Vineyard A report was sent to the Town of Fa 1 mOIlth Traffic for verie - we I 11 sec explained to them Wild DXing is a verification is so have hopes for my 1st 1 I vnrie And oh y(If no sign of 1 of the much wlIILed KHOA test l ()tll y someone have been any 01 LIIAe 3 WWMOH IolrdiseIL on KROAs FM from 11~t 1unemiddots rec(~ptlf(jl1 to it 3 yp-ars ago M 118 semi-aurorl1 unneeded WSBBshy1230 Loll that a test at 230AshyM and wl14 1 n Mexican XEOY camp I(hlrlng in What on at 236AM whOll I Ill On 1280 Networ1 topping WADO I thiui rIltllmiddotmuda POnydr0 March
II til of WMBT-Il30 advised or f for paren~ company who owns the
tlH 1 tcense an offered tax cred it for who heard and verified test last month may have L More to follow as ~vai WWJZ-b40 continues live announcers givJ ~ime checks TOs etc look soon Were tryinq find out what has happened with
it is still not on 0von it is built Tn order l((Llon IS have our 2lnnual salute with an mpml)lcs in any rorm invol ved in the glorious
be SlOt up for a salute TOM BRY-at WSM hnA one in Thanks Tom
active R390As are cob wcb~i And for this week we will 73 ~
typed by - llill Hale shy
The followini list of Frequency Checks was sent to Mike Sanbum of Bellflower California by EmlUIlWOl Mwurinl Service Inc in CommeJXe City Colorado The letter didnt detail what type of te~ting was conducted but you may want to give the listed frequencies a try at the given times All times bave been converted to Eastern Listening Time
TIme 610 KOM Havre MT 1st or 2nd Thursday 0200
610 KCSR Chadron NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0230
610 KZSS AlbuquerqueNM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0205
770 KKOll Albuquerque NM lst or 2nd Thursday 0220
960 KNEll Scottsbluff NE 2nd Monday 0200
1020 KCKN Roswell NM 1st or 2nd Thursday 0210
1030 KBUF Holcomb KS 2nd Wednesday 0110
1060 KNLV Oed NE 2nd Monday 0100
1090 KBOZ Bozeman MT 2nd Wednesday 0220
1260 KIMB Kimball NE 2nd Monday 0220
1290 KOWll Laramie WY 3rd Saturday 0200
1310 KFLA Scott City KS 2nd Wednesday 0100
1320 KRDD RoswelL NM 3 ed Saturday 0200
1340 KYLT Missoula MT 1st or 2nd Saturday 0220
1340 KSIL Silver City NM 1st or 2nd Saturday 0230
1340 KTOQ Rapid aty SD 1st or 2nd Saturday 0210
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0219
1400 KBRB Alnsworth NB 1st or 2nd Saturday 0110
1400 KCOW Alliance NE 1st or 2nd Thursday 0120 1450 KRBN Red Lodge MT 2nd Wednesday 0200 1450 KLMX Clayton NM 1st or 2nd Thunday 0210
1450 KVOW Riverton WY 2nd Monday 0210 1490 KEZO Omaha NE 2nd Monday Between 0230 and 0300
1530 KQNK Norton KS 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100 1580 KAMI Cozad NE 1st or 2nd Thunday 0100
EBllQ Call ~ ~
