September 2006 ABDX Journal
Vol 2. Issue 1
Editors Corner:
The August issue brings us looking for High School Football and using
everyone’s volksradio, the GE Superadio for DX. We are always looking for
DX on MW next door, and FM/TV, and HF anywhere in the world.
Here are the notices:
ABDX announces The HSFB CME! The object of this CME is to log
HSFB. This is the time stations do whatever it takes to get that
HSFB game in at the highest power, no matter what it takes.
You also may log any station if you can hear it, any band, any
broadcast signal, tube or modern radio.
We also have a subset of the CME for Superadio owners. Many
of us have a Superadio, the inexpensive volksradio of DX. This
is your chance to pull that Superadio out of the closet, blow off
the dust and DX with it for a little while. You can use any
variant of the GE Superadio for this subset. The Superadio
subset is open for logs from today until Sept 25.
Always open is HF and FM/TV for E skip, Trop or Meteor skip
you may receive during the CME. Also, the Nothin’ But Net
segment of the Journal is open for URLs. Any net station you
may hear is open for the NBN section. Submit them as any
other logging.
This CME will run from 1 SEP 0001 to 30 SEP 2359 LOCAL TIME
wherever in the world you are.
You may use any format to compile your logs that makes sense
to you. All ABDX asks is that you send HF logs with UTC time
and all other logs in local time.
HSFB = High School Football
For this CME all HSFB logs will be shown as olive drab as is here and
Superadio logs will be shown as orange as here in the listings.
Only submissions from ABDX members will be accepted unless the editor
decides the information is so important that it should be added. This will
probably be very rare, Should you receive this and you are not a member, go
to this URL and tell us a little about you and we will consider you for
membership.
This is the site to join ABDX.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABDX/
The ABDX website URL is:
www.americanbroadcastdx.com
There are currently 115 members of ABDX. We added four members this
month. Conditions are improving and hopefully the MW, LW and SW
DXers will soon step up to the plate in a big way.
We added a new column, Testing, Testing! This column is to announce DX
tests that are known in time to put into the Journal.
Here is the announcement for Octobers CME:
ABDX announces The Brew It Yourself (BIY) CME! The
object of this CME is to roll up your sleeves and put
a little something together to enhance your DX and
then log any stations you can hear! In the early days
of DX, BIY or „home brew‰ was pretty much the only
game in town. The BIY CME is not just for MW either ˆ
BIY works great for FM and SW broadcast DX too! It
might be a simple wire antenna, antenna tuner/crystal
radio, lazy susan for your portable, a homemade loop
antenna, a dipole for FM or SW, an extra clear speaker
to better hear station IDs, a simple noise filter, ˆ
whatever your imagination and your hands can come up
with! We expect a big run on Slinkies, dollar store
speaker wire and PVC pipe, so plan now to avoid
disappointment! This is a great time of year to do
some outside things like antennas before winter sets
in. You also may log any station if you can hear it,
any band, any broadcast signal, tube or modern radio.
We also have a subset of the CME called Alpha-Bet-DX.
Try to get as many letters of the alphabet as you can
with your station loggings. However you can only take
one letter per station. The letter can be anywhere in
the call sign. Doesn’t have to be the 2nd letter of
the call sign or anything complicated like that. It
can include MW, FM and SW broadcast. So basically
you‚d have to log 26 stations to get all 26 letters.
For example, if you log 1070 CBA, that can be your
letter “A”. 820 WBAP can be your letter “B”, etc.
Always open is HF and FM/TV for E skip, Trop or Meteor
skip you may receive during the CME. This time of year
is starting to sizzle up MW reception too, so general
MW loggings are welcome as well.
Also, the Nothin’ But Net segment of the Journal is
open for URLs. Any net station you may hear is open
for the NBN section. Submit them as any other logging.
This CME will run from 1 Oct 0001 to 31Oct 2359 LOCAL
TIME for MW and FM, UTC for SW broadcast - wherever in
the world you are. All logs are accepted whether or not they
are part of the specific listed CME topics.
You may use any format to compile your logs that makes
sense to you. All ABDX asks is that you send HF logs
with UTC time and all other logs in local time.
Kevin
Lets get to the logs…
Kevin Redding, Phil Rafuse and Mike Richard, the ABDX crew.
The Broadcast Band [MW]
Paul LaFrienere – Grand Marais, MN
Many different radios…
9/2
600 KCOL CO Wellington. 0606 CDT. Ads & call letter I.D. Into
Coast to Coast. Not new but rare.
690 KTSM TX El Paso. 0625 CDT. Car show. Promo for "Kim
Commando on KTSM." Relog.
930 KLUP TX Terrell Hills. 0600 CDT. Mentions of San Antonio and
call letter I.D. Faded before TOH I.D. NEW.
Nuts. I was hoping for Greenland.
720 KDWN NV Las Vegas. 0620 CDT 27 Sept 06. Fair. Mixing with
strangely subdued WGN. Ad for firm on North Boulder Highway in
Henderson. Other ads and PDT time check. New.
Harry Helms – Smithville, TX
Sony 2010 with Kiwa filters
9/8
Signals seemed watery" (or "soupy") tonight, lots of
flutter and favoring XE stations. I was trying for
stations on with day power for HS FB, but I didn't
have much luck with stations staying in long enough to
catch any IDable info (like team names). Nonetheless,
some interesting stuff; all times Central daylight:
530 The new Radio Cadena Havana, Cuba, dominating
this channel, with Radio Vision Cristiana, Turk &
Caicos Islands, underneath and sometimes equal to
Cuba; both IDed around 9:29 pm. This is a great
nostalgia frequency, reminding me of those days in the
1960s and early 1970s when several channels were clear
of domestic stations on Monday mornings and the DX
would roll in from Latin America.
540 WFLA, Pine Hills, FL, caught as I tuned up from
530 with local program promo, web site mention, "here
on 5-40, WFLA" 9:34 pm. Good signal on peaks, but
fluttery and QRM from presumed XE.
1520 KOKC, Oklahoma City, OK 9:20 with some HS FB
game; no big deal but who was that putting a 800 Hz
het on the high side of this channel?
1640 WTNI, Biloxi, MS, loud and dominant with a Biloxi
HS game and other MS HS FB scores (Petal was winning)
8:58 pm. Another game was underneath; some creative
positioning of the ICF-2010 revealed it was the
Hennessey Eagles vs. the Crescent Tigers. Since OK has
a Hennessey and a Crescent, I assume this was KFXY,
Enid.
All receptions on a Sony ICF-2010 with Kiwa filters,
using just the internal loopstick. (For the time
being, I'm DXing from the living room sofa instead of
from my separate home office/shack.)
9/15
560 KLVI, Beaumont, TX, with "Friday Night Experience"
and HS FB scores and interviews from southeast TX 8:54
pm.
680 KKYX, San Antonio, TX with Warren vs. Marshall
game 9:10 pm, was "State Farm High School Game of the
Week" via the "Texas Sports Network."
710 KGNC, Amarillo, TX, with Taft vs. Odessa 9:18 pm,
broadcast over "Texas Panhandle Sports Network."
880 KJOJ. Conroe, TX, perhaps one here with El Dorado
vs. Lexington 9:30 pm; no trace of usual Vietnamese
programming and dominant on channel, so who else could
it be? (Gawd, I LOVE list-logging!!!)
910 KXED, Frisco/Dallas, TX, assumed one here with
Highland Park vs. Bishop Lynch game 9:45 pm. no ID
heard but a couple of local Dallas ads during a break
so who else could it be. List-logged. . . .
9/19
Thanks to the tips on this list, I tried for [XEVOZ] Radio Trafico-1590
from 9:10 to 9:28 pm Central and found it generally atop the channel,
with some QRM from an unID Radio Disney outlet. The traffic horn
sound effects make this one easy to spot on a crowded channel, and
there are frequent recorded IDs by a man. The "live" (I assume) traffic
reports are by a woman, as are the time checks. At 9:28, it seemed as
if they were starting a lengthy station ID or "cities they cover"
announcement, but it was swamped by Radio Disney.
If this is indeed in Mexico City, I doubt this is running just 10 KW; I'd
bet anything they're on their 50 KW day power. I don't think they
could punch through so well on a crowded channel with just 10 KW
(unless their night pattern now has a major lobe into central Texas).
Albert Lehr – Livermore, CA
1170 KLOK CA, San Jose using IBOC at 1016 PDT 09/07.
On the positive side, I haven't heard IBOC on KCBS 740 for 3 weeks.
Alan Furst – Round Rock, TX
Eton E1 and Quantum Loop v. 2.0
Conditions seem to be improving here in Central Texas. Digging out
lots of interesting stuff tonight.
KHOB 1390 Hobbs NM. Decent music mix listed as 500w.
KVOZ 890 Del Mar Hills Tx (Laredo)
WODT 1280 New Orleans
XEAW 1280 Monterrey MX
KULP 1390 El Campo Tx listed as 183 w
WINZ 940 Miami
KARN 920 Little Rock
KRVN 880 Lexington Nebraska
KKGM 1630 Ft. Worth
9/19
Apparently the 1590 we're hearing is Mexico City [XEVOZ]. They do
traffic in Monterrey but it's not on 1590 nor on a station dedicated to
traffic.
My contact was surprised to learn we're hearing the signal across such
a wide area.
9/20
Got a positive ID on 1300 XEJL Lagos de Moreno Mx, they'r listed with
1KW. Nice when the Mexican stations take 30 seconds to ID. Would
be great if US stations would do more than say things like AM 1470,
guess we should be glad that even say that much.
9/26
Conditions were very good tonight in Texas. A sampling of loggings.
CKLW 800 Windsor Ont. Great signal Id as AM 800. How sad, lame
presentation. What happened to the Big 8? Where's the CEE KAY L
Double You Ids? Where have you gone Bill Drake?
also tonight
KROD 600 El Paso
KCKN Rosewell NM 1020
KRCM Beaumont TX 1380 listed as 127 watts. Playing promos for
sister KOLE.
Also heard a station calling itself Radio Trece playin a mix of
oldies under KVET on 1300. Could not get clear ID. The mix reminded
me of WOWO Ft. Wayne circa 1972 but without Ron Gregory and
Group W
IDs.
It was English language hits, and Spanish announcers. Could this be
XEP Juarez? Heard while walking and listening with Eton 100, a
small but powerful radio. Able to turn the radio and completely
null KVET which is an Austin station.
IEN-GA Ira Elbert New, III, Watkinsville - DRAKE R8B 135' N/S
Wire
860 WSON KY Henderson - 09/13/06 2115 - Oldies. Good signal with
slight fading plucked out of the mix. "WSON Weather, cloudy with an
overnight low of 56". (IEN-GA)
580 WELO MS Tupelo - 09/16/06 2349 - Oldies. Good signal with a
little static and slight fading. "The Music of Your Life on AM 580,
WELO". (IEN-GA)
1010 WMOX MS Meridian - 09/17/06 0000 - TOH ID and newscast.
Faint signal in and out of a mix of stations. "This is AM 1010, WMOX,
Meridian". (IEN-GA)
670 WMTY TN Farragut - 09/17/06 1940 - Oldies. Good signal (S9)
with slight splatter from WLFJ, Greenville, SC on 660. "We are mighty.
AM 670, WMTY, Stereo". (IEN-GA)
810 WTHV GA Hahira - 09/17/06 1953 - Gospel music. Faint signal
mixed with The Wobbler and Spanish music. "Solid Gospel, AM 810,
WTHV". (IEN-GA)
950 WXLW IN Indianapolis - 09/20/06 2105 - Chicago Cubs
Baseball...3 to 1 Phils in the 6th. Good signal (35 over S9). "Cubs
Baseball...AM 950, WXLW". (IEN-GA)
Kevin Redding – Gilbert, Arizona
Zenith Navigator Royal 780 / CCRadio / Digital SR / SR III
1130 CKWX Vancouver, BC 9/10 2310 with an ad for Rogers Video.
1140 CHRB[p] High River, AB 9/10 playing rel music, kind of southern
gospel stuff.
530 R. Havana Havana, CU 9/10 2330 Mixing with RVC from T&C
990 CBW Winnipeg, MB 9/10 2341 running overnight program with
people in non N. American EE.
1080 KSLL Price, UT 9/15 0210 with CCR and “The Old Man Down the
Road” then ad for Community Motors and Ogden Carpet. Never before
heard at night. Messing with KRLD and KSCO. [Digital Superadio]
840 KTIC West Point, NE 9/12 0500 ToH ID after ag news. These guys
are a daytimer and very rare. At 0502 KOA fired up its IBOC noise
generator and GONE!!!
940 KIXZ Amarillo, TX 9/12 0506 “news radio 940 KIXZ. Heard before
KGMS Tucson came on.
1020 KOIL Omaha, NE 9/12 0510 Radio Disney o/u KCKN and C&W.
880 KHAC Tse Bonito, NM 0645 9/29 with religious music. I haven’t
heard them in a while. [SR III]
1060 KDUS Guadalupe, AZ 1950 9/29 with game between Peoria and
Sunrise Mountain.
1330 KGAK Gallup, NM 1954 9/29 with game in Navajo interspersed
with EE like First Down more NN for a while and then 7 yards, then
more NN and EE ad for Dairy Queen and back to NN.
1700 XEKTT Tijuana, BCN 2002 9/29 with Rancho Bernardo and
Carlsbad HSFB 20-15 was score. [SRIII]
Michael D. Hawkins – Campbell, CA
KGAK was interesting earlier...high school football in Navajo. Last I heard
before I moved on, Aztec was leading 62-14. 1330 is usually Los Banos CA
(Portugese) and Los Angeles (Mexican). Tonight I had a real honest-to-God
Mexican on there too, along with KGAK/Gallup, KOVE/Lander and
KJPR/Redding (new to the airwaves). It was a zoo tonight!
Phil Rafuse – Antigonish, PEI
Satellite 800 and 98 foot rectangular antenna
9/5
Receiver: SAT 800
Antenna: 98 foot rectangular loop made out of 14/2 house wire in the
attic - appx 6.5 feet high and 42 feet long. I made this thing
years ago as a crazy university student going to "X".
Daytime: Notables included 740 CHCM Marystown NL coming in like a
local. 1270 CJCB and 950 CHER both in Sydney NS coming in strong.
850 WEEI and 1030 WBZ Boston like locals by day. I didn't notice
any IBOC nasties that far away on WBZ.
Nightime: Notables included 567 RTE Radio 1 in Ireland, 675 Arrow
Classic Rock in the Netherlands, 765 in Switzerland, usual stuff
like Virgin 1215 and Croatia 1134.
This is a hot rod of an antenna - I gotta get me one here! Darn
problem is my attic here is virtually unaccessable - I'll try an
under eave antenna sometime instead. We're talking about a 145 foot
loop if I ever get the nerve...
Phil Rafuse – Stratford, PEI
R390A 70 foot wire / balun
9/20
1035 KHz pop music with talk which sounds like the same language as
some Brazilian stations I logged in the past. Very strongly suspect
Radio Clube Portugues.
I tried flipping the antenna system over to the Drake R8 and Ten-Tec
RX-321. No dice. Only the mighty Collins is getting audio that i
can understand. The ten-tec gets mighty digital hiss, the Drake a
muffled "wumble-mumble" when the bandwidth is set narrow enough
[2.3 KHz] to sort of keep WBZ out of there - still lots of splatter. 4
KC bandwidth on the Collins does the job.
Then I listened to the news on Croatia 1134. Solid as a rock. They
come in nicely on a good nekkid portable too, such as a Sony 2010 or
a Kaito KA1103. Kaito has better filters where selectivity is #1.
Sony has better sensitivity - well dah, its ferrite bar is twice as
long :)
Closest thing I got to HSFB - on 1630 KCJJ there were broadcasting
some sort of game - it might have been HSFB, but I really couldn't
tell. Signal faded up long enough to get a clear Mighty 1630 KCJJ
ID, then rolled back down into the X-band soup - only to roll up
again with references to Iowa City and obvious sports play-by-play.
Bruce Winkelman – Tulsa, OK
Drake R-8 Quantum Phaser, 2 – 50 foot wires
9/2
KRCN dominating WLNO 2215-2230 CDT this evening w/NASCAR race
broadcast on Motor Racing Network. Sure sounds like they're using 10
kw instead of 110 watts.....
Norbert Asay – Warwick, RI
Kaito 1103 screen door antenna
Heard on Kaito 1103 with long wire connected to screen door making a gorgeous
antenna. This is my birthday week so i'm not working !!!
610 WGIR Manchester N.H. 4:57 PM EDT call in talk show was talking about
Muslims followed by ad block followed by TOH ID which i clearly heard. 9/18/06
NOTE:
630 WPRO had IBOC off all day. On the other hand 920 has forgotten how to
turn off IBOC and has been running it as they please. For at least the 4th night in
a row it is on well after sunset.
LOG:
1690 WPTX Lexington Park MD 7:50 PM EDT United Way ad Louis and Clark ad
this is Chili hot peppers ad choose a designed driver don't drink and drive.
9/18/06
Martin Foltz – Mission Viejo, CA
9/29
Just turned on the radio and heard:
1330 KGAK Gallup NM, 8:59 PM PDT tuned in to the end of a country
song, s/off with SSB. Good signal.
1380 KHEYt El Paso TX, 9:04 ESPN radio program in like a local.
9/26
I woke up at 4:30 AM so a little DX.
580 KUBC Montrose CO with Classic Country 4:44, ID and ABC news at
ToH.
1060 KRCN Longmont CO with Small Business Advocate program 5:11.
Also heard a big carrier on 1566.
9/29 1400 UNID Football game in and out 9:08-9:27 fade, one team
sounded like Crown Valley and thought I heard Yellowjackets. Game
almost over at fade. Looped toward Nevada. talk program now at 9:35 PM
PDT.
Willis Monk – Old Fort, TN
Drake R4
1510 WLAC TN NASHVILLE 1615 02/09/06 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL
KICK-OFF SHOW. PRE-HYPE FOR THE SECOND TRUE ORANGE AND
WHITE TEAM VERSE CALIFORNIA. [WM-TN]
07 SEPTEMBER 06 0045 EDT 940 WNRG GRUNDY VA 5000 ----This station is blasting in here, sounds like it's still on day power.
should be off the air. They are playing good southern gospel music
810 Cuban jammer at 9/11 2035, covering WGY. Just ruining
listening of WGY.
1170 WACV AL MONTGOMERY 2200 07/09/06 HSF BETWEEN THE
BULL DOGS AND ANDALUSIA, AL TEAM. POOR SIGNAL, MIXED WITH A
SPANISH STATION AND KFAQ. [WM-TN]
800 KAGH AR CROSSETT 2120 11/09/06
"...CALL US LIVE AT KAGH... " FADED, THEN CAME OUT LOUD WITH
CALL LETTERS AGAIN,"KAGH" THEN GONE. [WM-TN]
1270 WCGC NC BELMONT 0000 14/09/06
'CONFERENCE EVANGELIZING' PROGRAM WITH SOME PREACHER.
WITH SUCH A STRONG SIGNAL THEY MUST BE CHEATING, OR THERE
IS JUST GREAT CONDITIONS TONIGHT. [WM-TN]
560 WOOF AL DOTHAN 2115 15/09/06 HSFB. OPALIKA VS. DOTHAN;
STILL ON DAY POWER AT 2230. [WM-TN]
550 WDUN GA GAINSVILLE 2245 15/09/06 POST GAME(?) HSFB
GAME READING THE SCORES FOR THE AREA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS.
INTERVIEW WITH THE COACH. THEY ARE STILL ON DAY POWER AND
PATTERN. [WM-TN]
960 WERC AL BIRMINGHAM 2345 15/09/06 HSFB SCORES FROM
NORTH ALABAMA. "NEWSRADIO 960, WERC" [WM-TN]
1440 WZYX TN CONWAY 2020 29 SEPTEMBER 2006
HSFB from Franklin county Tennessee, the Conway Raiders vs.
someone else. [WM-TN]
990 CBW MB WINNIPEG 0200 30/09/06
NOTICED CLASSICAL MUSIC AT 0145 AND WOMEN ANNOUNCER, HAD
A LONG VIOLIN MUSICAL PIECE THEN AT 0200 A MAN SOUNDED LIKE
HE SAID, "CBW NINE NINTY" INTO CBC NATIONAL NEWS, AND A
WOMAN AT 0200 WITH, " STAY TUNED TO CBC OVERNIGHT. WE WILL
BRING YOU THE LATEST OF WORLD NEWS, SPORTS AND MUSIC"
THEN A PROGRAM FROM RADIO NETHERLANDS. BY 0215 THE SIGNAL
WAS FADING AND AN ESPN STATION WAS DOMINATING THE
FREQUENCY. AT 0235 CAN HEAR CLASSICAL MUSIC UNDER THE
NOISE ON THE CHANNEL. [WM-TN]
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD THIS STATION FROM HERE IN
TENNESSEE. HAVE AN OLD QSL FOR RECEPTION IN DALLAS, TX
DATED 1969.
540 WWCS PA CANONSBURG 0240 30/09/06 RADIO DISNEY
BLASTING INTO TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. ID AT 0240 "RADIO
DISNEY, CANONSBURG" THEN BACK INTO NOISE. [WM-TN]
640 WVLG FL WILDWOOD 0245 30/09/06 ADULT STANDARDS
STYLE MUSIC, A FEW SHOW TUNES AND LOTS OF QRM FROM CUBA.
[WM-TN]
560 WJLS WV BECKLEY 0300 30/09/06 "YOUR LISTENING TO WJLS,
AM 560, THE BEST IN GOSPEL MUSIC." [WM-TN]
Tim Hall – Chula Vista, CA
Toyota Prius Radio
I have a new station on 1610 in my neighborhood. They run a loop of
rather tacky fake news stories from "The Onion News", which I'm
guessing is the daily podcast from
http://www.theonion.com/content/radionews, including ads for
godaddy.com. It seems to be located somewhere near the
intersection of Otay Lakes Rd. and Eastlake Parkway. There are no
billboards out this way, but it has the same tacky content as you might
expect to hear on a billboard station.
They're not strong enough to be a pest, but they certainly qualify as
a waste of electricity...
Neil Kazaross – Barrington, IL
R8A and phased E-W BOG
9/9
Cx here in NE IL are improved considerably from last night. Was
chasing unn but hard to ID CJDC 890 with usual C&W mx behind WLS
phase null and had to use LSB to escape Algeria's het. Vancouver 1130
in and 1040 behind WHO. Speaking of 1130..KBMR's 24 watts has
been on for a few weeks at least.
Only MW (several LW's in) TA audible was 621 Canaries(0108-9 GMT)
(nothing from Spanish mainland close to audible) with SS talk on
peaks w/WTMJ phased.
Many MB and SK strong and CBK 540 entertainment level. The Might
790 KGHL entertainment level on peaks. 830 CKKY AB C&W behind
WCCO with a couple of "Key" ments noted.
WYSL 1040 earlier ending U. Rochester FB..likely on day rig w/WHO
phased. Most things to the west didn't come in well until about 30
minutes after their sunset switch times (too early in Sept for great SSS
cx)
Spent lots of time on 860 with CJBC phased hoping for needed and
most wanted CFPR but not a trace. Dominant was KPAN with Texas
Tech FB net// 1090. From 0316 GMT to 0318 XEZOL faded up with lots
of ID's as "Ocho Sesenta Noticias"
9/15
Very nice TA cx here, to put it mildly. Around 11 pm CDT tonite,
Sweden was easily copiable for minutes at a time getting past WHAM
in the 2.3 KHz filter aided by PBT. Last time I heard Swedish and
Danish (1062 is in well) spoken this nicely I was in Denmark (just
across the water from Sweden) in April.
This 35 degree Phased BOG System kicks butt for TA's. Tomorrow,
unless A and K indices go up, I am heading north to my DX paradise in
Grafton WI where I can duplicate this setup with no noise wire wires
about 100 -150 feet longer and lake front.
9/29
Late Sept SSS DX rarely disappoints if it is non AU and tonite was no
exception. From 2106 to 2115 CDT when it was abruptly lost at the
proper switch time, I had some Asian/Oriental lang mixing o/u phased
WHAS !! The time fits KPMH which I understand has some foreign lang
stuff. Can some one confirm or give me a station phone number I can
call to make sure. Tomorrow night I'll try a bit earlier to get an ID at
2100 (7 PM PDT) however, KMAX 840 can be in there and may block
it.
New for certain tonite from CA are KABC 790 and KGO 810 as the
lower part of the band was really hoping around 11 PM CDT and closer
in stations weren't terribly strong and some were skipped over.
Still no trace of KFWB on 980 and I had absolutely no trace of Dodgers
thru KMBZ/others, in spite of good Cal cx. KNX/KNBR nice etc.
1060 KNLV NE Ord- 2032 9/29 Fair with Ord vs Central Catholic HSFB over
KRCN/KDYL/others with KYW phased out. NK-IL
960 KFLN MT Baker 2121 9/29 VG with Baker Spartans HSFB at Glasgow for
homecoming. On day power as usual and blasting over KMA also with HSFB.
NK-IL
1090 KVOP TX Plainview 2245 9/29 F-G o/u KAAY with West Texas HSFB
scores, had a game on earlier. Likely on day power. NK-IL
Don Kaskey – San Francisco, CA
Drake R8 and Kiwa Loop
After much goading from Mike Hawkins I forced myself up around
1330 UTC to see what I could find. Had excellent reception from
KENI-650 Anchorage from 1325-1335 with local ads, weather for SE
Alaska, several KENI call IDs and eventually back to talk show. Wish
other Alaskans would come in like this guy. 774 JOUB was in a few
minutes later and probably would have had a fine signal if it had been
buzz free, but it most certainly wasn't. By the time I reached 1566 20
minutes later I could not find a signal & it was quite light outside. I
found numerous hets on the lower end but no audio. I did note
numerous new types of QRN/HNL whatever. Absolutely amazing.
I also tried 850 between 11-12 PDT (0600-0700 UTC) last night and
had someone mixing with KOA in their null. This again would have
been easy if noise free but all I could make out was that it wasn't
English. Couldn't tell if it was Spanish or Russian tho. Might have been
KICY altho there wasn't a trace thru the buzz when tried at dawn.
Oh, to be back in the days of noiseless listening. Doubt if I'll ever
make it now except in my memory.
David Slate – Gallatin, TN
DX398
6:29 1200 WAMB, Nashville w/ Mustangs playing vs Page high
school (9/1)
7:03 1270 WQKR Portland, TN with Portland facing Clarksville
Northwest (9/1)
7:06 1280 WGBF Evansville IN.
Blue Cats ad (9/1)
HS football and then a Evansville
3:57 1590 WDBL Springfiled,TN with a legal ID 9-1-06
4:02 930 WKCT Bowling Green KY w/ CBS news ad for CompUSA
into Legal ID 9-1-6
610 WRUS 9/18 5:10 Russelville, KY / Good signal - Obits being read
on the air with KY ments never heard this one before even tho it just
right across the state line. I'll take it (Slate- TN)
Charles A. Taylor WD4INP – Grifton, NC
1330 "WJPS" 1005 9/13 Out of a local weather report (too poor to copy
due to WBTM-1390 QRM and minor "hiss" QRM) into a jingle for "WJPS,"
then into country music.
Looks like WRAA; Luray, Virginia, but almost certainly not "WRAA"
callsign. Anyone know of a recent call change on WLRR or another station
with the WJPS call?
Jerry Lenamon – Waco, TX
9/19
I'm getting Tomball (Houston) on 700 with talk format and
AP Radio network news right now. I hear nothing underneath.
Bob Carter – Utica, NY
Kenwood TS-440 dipole at 80’
Well after an absence from being active here and on the DXing/ham radio
end of life, I have moved into my own home...no more renting and the like
and have my radio "post" setup and antennas in the air.
Taking a stroll across the dial after listening to the guys talk on 75 meters
tonight, St. Kitts on 555 khz is blasting in tonight into central NY.
Also picking up my first ever long wave broadcast stations. Although to
weak to make out any IDs, I can tell that the programming is talk on 162
khz [S-1 and in the static with some static crashes] and 216 khz [S-2 mixed
with static and beacons]
Powell E. Way W4OPW –West Columbia, SC
Ford Ranger Pickup Radio – whip antenna
1240 WKDK SC Newberry 1900-1920 29 September 2006 HSFB
Newberry VS Saluda SC with Newberry ahead 7-0. Good
until faded into skywave on I-26 in the 1996 Ranger
[PEW-SC]
Stephen Ponder – Houston, TX
Original Superadio
9/17
The other night (Sunday Sep 17th at 3:13 AM CDT) I was tuning
around with my GE SR-I (analogue dial). I heard a Spanishspeaking religious station on 890 kHz with male and female
announcers. They used the phrases "La Radio Cristiana" and "La
Cadena Radio Cristiana."
At 3:15 AM I heard what sounded like part of a Mexican callsign ("X E
..."), but at 3:28 AM I heard a male announcer say (in mixed Spanish
and English) the phrase "En los Estados Unidos ... Post Office Box 852,
McAllen, Texas ... Reynosa ... La Radio Cristiana ..."
Could this have been KVOZ in Laredo? [ed. Yes, absolutely!]
I never once heard a mention of "Laredo" - only "McAllen"and
"Reynosa."
BTW ... I'll add that I LOVE my GE SR-I!!
9/18
I have another UNID - heard last night (well, really early this morning
- Mon Sep 18th at 12:08 AM CDT) on 1590 kHz.
The Spanish-language station broadcast continuous "Radio
Trafico 15-90 AM" IDs with auto and bus horns honking in
the background. Booming signal on my GE SR-I!!
I did a Google search on "Radio Trafico 1590" and found
the Grupo ACIR website (http://www.grupoacir.com.mx).
There are several "Trafico 15-90" stations (Monterrey,
Mexico City, Puebla, Toluca, Guadalajara, Tijuana, and
Queretaro). I suspect that the one I heard was the
Monterrey station, due to the direction I had my GE
SR-I "aimed" and the signal strength.
Has anybody else heard this station? [ed. Its XEVOZ Mexico DF]
Listening on my GE SR-I last night (Mon Sep 18 @ 9:58 PM CDT)
I heard a fairly strong signal on 1450 kHz. Since this is a graveyard
channel, I stayed on frequency for just under an hour.
I heard numerous "Radio 14-50" ID's by a male announcer and
time checks (i.e., "Diez Veinte-y-Seis") by a female announcer.
Around 10:21 PM, the splatter on frequency began to totally cover the
station's signal, so I employed my Radio West Shotgun Loop, not to
boost the station's signal, but to act as a "pseudo-filter" to de-tune
some of the splatter. Worked okay for a while, but by 10:54 PM, the
station had totally gone under.
After sorting through numerous station lists, I suspect I
had XERDO "La Radio 14-50" out of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
The SR-I was "aimed" in that general direction.
Unfortunately, I did not hear any clear call-letter ID's.
The spots I heard were only in bits and pieces, so nothing
verifiable there, either.
I did hear 3 English songs - "Yesterday" by the Beatles
at 9:58 PM, "I'll Stand by You" by a female singer at 10:23 PM,
and "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton at 10:53 PM.
Have I told you lately how much I enjoy my GE SR-I?? :0)
9/20
I'm hearing the Cuban National Anthem now. I just heard
a Cuban ID - "Radio Ciudad La Habana." A quick check to
the 2006 WRTH says they are 10 kW ...
The Whole Earth [HF]
Kevin Redding – Gilbert, AZ
DX-440 and window frame antenna
9/6
7130 R. Taiwan Int’l Minhsiung, Taiwan 1235 with a solid half hour of
very mellow Chinese music. Very pleasant to listen to. Fair.
Harry Helms – Smithville, TX
Sony 2010 with Kiwa filters
9/6
At 9:12 pm Central, I'm getting a very strong signal
from a pirate on 6925 USB; programming is a mix of
industrial/techno music and sound effects. No ID heard
yet.
9/16
6925 Pirate back here 9:52 pm in USB with distorted
"Eighties rock" music in passing. I didn't stick with
this, but I'll be listening again as soon as I send
this. Signal is very good here, but the audio on voice
announcements is lower and more muffled than on music,
so no definite ID yet. This should be audible if
you're within a few hundred miles of south-central
Texas.
Keith McGinnis – Himgham, MA
Drake R8 and Longwires
9/23
Heard this morning between 950 UTC and 1005 UTC with a good S7
signal with some fading on 6139.50. Many mentions of Radio Lider
and Bogota and what sounded like a news program.
Stephen Ponder – Houston, TX
DX-398 and Degen DE-31 amplified loop
4810 MEXICO Radio Transcontinental 0435-0504 with M and F
announcers, phone calls to studio, and easy-listening music. Terrible
het on the frequency, plus their signal had a noticeable hum like a bad
phone line. Good ID heard at 0450, "Muy Buenos Tardes - Como Esta
– Como Esta - Como Esta ... XERTA Radio Transcontinental ...
Mexico!" Himno Nacional with lyrics at 0500, followed by another good
ID, "Esta es XERTA, Radio Transcontinental" and into Noticias with M/F
announcers. 09/15 [Ponder-TX]
The Line of Sight and Beyond [FM]
Stephen Ponder – Houston, TX
DX-398 with whip
It was a dreary, rainy Saturday afternoon, so I deecided
to fire up my DX-398 and do an FM bandscan. Here are my
results:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Ponder N5WBI
Houston TX
GPS Coordinates - 29:34:19N, 095:08:17W
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------FM Bandscan - Saturday Sep 9th, 1:30 - 2:30 PM CDT
Radio Shack DX-398 using Telescoping Whip Antenna
$ = Stereo
R = RDS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------MHz
CALL COL
RDS Indicator / <Station Notes>
-------- -------------- -----------------------------------------88.3 $R KAFR Conroe, TX
Spirit 88 American Family Radio
AFR.net
88.7 $ KUHF Houston, TX
89.3 $ KSBJ Humble, TX
<Low Power after Lightning Strike>
89.7 $R KACC Alvin, TX
KACC 89.7
90.1 $ KPFT Houston, TX
90.3 $ K212FE Bay City, TX
90.5 $R KJIC Santa Fe, TX
KJIC
90.9 $ KTSU Houston, TX
91.3 $R KVLU Beaumont, TX
KVLU 91.3 Be a Member of KVLU
91.3 Public Radio
91.7 $ KTRU Houston, TX
92.1 $R KROI Seabrook, TX
Praise 92
92.9 $R KKBQ Houston, TX
New 93Q + Artist Name + Song
Title
93.3 $ KQBU Port Arthur, TX
93.7 $R KKRW Houston, TX
93.7 The Arrow + Artist Name +
Song Title
94.1 $ KQXY Beaumont, TX
94.5 $R KTBZ Houston, TX
The Buzz + Artist Name + Song
Title
95.1 $ KYKR Beaumont, TX
95.7 $R KHJZ Houston, TX
Smooth Jazz 95.7 The Wave
96.1 $ KYKZ Beaumont, TX
96.5 $R KHMX Houston, TX
Mix 96.5 + Artist Name + Song
Title
96.9
KIOX El Campo, TX
97.1 $R KTHT Cleveland, TX
Country Legends 971 + Artist Name
+ Song Title
97.5 $R KFNC Houston, TX
KFNC 975
97.9 $R KBXX Houston, TX
The Box
98.5 $R KTJM Port Arthur, TX La Raza
99.1 $R KODA Houston, TX
Sunny 99.1 + Artist Name + Song
Title
99.9 $ KSHN Liberty, TX
100.3 $R KILT Houston, TX
<RDS Indicator Illuminated, but no
display>
100.7
KKHT Winnie, TX
101.1 $R KLOL Houston, TX
Mega 101 + Artist Name + Song
Title
102.1 $R KMJQ Houston, TX
Majic 102
102.9 $ KLTN Houston, TX
103.3 $ KJOJ Freeport, TX
103.7 $R KIOL Willis, TX
Rock 1037
104.1 $R KRBE Houston, TX
104 KRBE + Artist Name + Song
Title
104.9 $ KPTY Missouri City, TX <parallel programming, slightly
delayed
from 105.3 KPTI>
105.3 $ KPTI Crystal Beach, TX <parallel programming, slightly
ahead of
104.9 KPTY>
105.7 $R KHCB Houston, TX
KHCB
106.1 $ KIOC Orange, TX
106.5 $ KOVE Galveston, TX
106.9 $R KHPT Houston, TX
106.9 The Point + Artist Name +
Song Title
107.5 $R KLDE Lake Jackson, TX 107.5 K-Hits + Artist Name +
Song Title
107.9 $R KQQK Beaumont, TX
XO 107.9
Keith McGinnis - Hingham MA
Equipment for FM: Yamaha T-85 (modified) with an APS9b antenna at 35ft
AGL and an FM 6 (replaced a beat up APS9b) phase antenna at 12ft AGL.
Bolin Phase Box. Conrad RDS Manager with Esslinger RDS 3.0 Software.
Total Recorder.
9/19 trop
Midday jock Tim Cormier on CJMO 103.1 Moncton NB just mentioned
my email reception report to him on the air...got it taped...very cool!
Kevin Redding - Gilbert AZ
2004 Saturn Ion2 - 31” whip
9/21
I got a new station in my car today. 99.1 KQCX Queen Creek, AZ.
They sound like a well run station. With its power I would believe its
an LP station but I have to check.
Norbert Asay – Warwick, RI
GE Superadio II, Kaito 1103
Michael D. Hawkins – Northern California
I was just listening to a weak but identifiable K258AC...38 watts on 99.5 at
about 80 miles out. I thought I was gonna sprain my ears. That's one of a
few very rare frequencies to hear anything on in the SF Bay Area.
Somebody start praying to the Es gods...my prayers aren't working and I
wanna hear something new!
Glenn Hauser – Enid, OK
New FM Station Grants: Alva, 107.1, 25000 h,v; 100 m, Champlin
Broadcasting, Inc., Auction 62 winner. Transmitter ESE Alva (Sept
FMedia! via DXLD)
Champlin Broadcasting is based in Enid, 100% owned by Hiram
Champlin. He is also the 100% owner of Chisholm Trail Broadcasting,
i.e. KNID 99.7 Alva-Enid. Plus KCRC-1390 Enid, KFXY-1640 Enid,
KXLS-95.7 Lahoma-Enid; and spun off its original KNID 96.9 to OKC.
The 107.1 Alva site will be at 36-46-50 N, 98-33-40 W, about 5 mi
ESE of that town, which gives it a slight advantage for serving
Enid, altho not so well as KNID 99.7 has done from roughly halfway
between Enid and Alva.
Checking into FCC actions, I found something quite interesting. A
concern in Ashland KS filed to have KNID 99.7 Alva OK moved to 99.9,
so Ashland could have its first local radio on 99.7 (I am replacing
channel numbers with real MHz in this discussion).
Then the FCC proposed instead that 104.5 be allocated to Ashland KS,
so Alva 99.7 would not have to move to 99.9.
Then Chisholm Trail Broadcasting [CTB hereafter] filed a
counterproposal that Kinsley KS should get 105.5, Ashland get 99.7
as originally requested, but 99.7 Alva would be moved to Mustang OK,
and instead of Alva shifting from 99.7 to 99.9, the latter would be
allotted to Medford OK (north of Enid) as its first local radio
service, which CTB would then apply for and construct, as well as
the Kinsley and Mustang stations.
Ashland KS is further west, and close to the OK border, while
Kinsley is between Dodge City and Great Bend, close enough to
rimshot those two markets, at least.
This is accompanied by the usual BS about how wonderful these little
towns are, how Mustang is distinct from Oklahoma City. But we know
what is really going on here --- CTB sees an opportunity to move
another of its small-market Enid stations into a much larger market,
just as it did with 96.9 which was sold off for big bucks and is now
a purely OKC station in programming, altho from its Crescent site it
also covers Enid.
And get two new stations in the process, three counting the 107.1 in
Alva already granted. Presumably the new Medford 99.9 would
become a defacto Enid station to replace KNID 99.7 Alva-Enid,
probably even with those call letters ultimately transferred to it, mark
my words. Why can`t a station called ``KNID`` actually BE in Enid??
Apparently the FCC has not yet ruled on this counterproposal.
There was already a construxion permit to move the KNID 99.7 tower
slightly from its location between Enid and Alva, near Helena OK,
less than 2 minutes of latitude northwards for reasons unknown, but
if not already done, that would become moot. KNID 99.7 (originally
known as KXLS), had also been prevented from moving site closer to
Enid or OKC by a 99.7 in southern OK at Tishomingo. The owner of
that station, KTSH, was caught in some rules violation and that
license has been cancelled upon CTB`s petition.
Would you believe that Enidites are totally oblivious of all this
maneuvering? The local paper never publishes any in-depth reporting
on local broadcasting. The facts I have reported here all come from
public FCC records (Glenn Hauser, Enid, Sept 7, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
The Visible Universe [TV]
No reports this month…..
Nothin’ But Net [Net logs]
Kevin Redding - Gilbert AZ
Here are a couple of excellent Elevator Music net radio stations. I listen
to them often...
http://wktz.jones.edu/
WKTZ from Jacksonville, FL.
http://tuner1.dc1.sonixtream.com/playlists/knct/knctKNCT.asx
KNCT from Belton, TX, Central Texas College
http://www.christiannetcast.com/listen/player.asp?station=khoy-fm
KHOY FM from Laredo, TX, owned by the Catholic church
Mellow out and enjoy.
Watch your favorite CBS shows:
http://www.cbs.com/innertube/
.
Extra, Extra! [News]
Kevin Redding - Gilbert AZ
Shortwave-radio era looks short-lived
By Doreen Carvajal International Herald Tribune
Published: September 24, 2006
PARIS Perhaps it is fitting that a 50-second video clip of an ear-shattering
explosion of 13 shortwave radio antenna towers on the Spanish Costa Brava is
getting viewers on the Web site YouTube.
It took 32 pounds, or 14.5 kilograms, of dynamite to fell the massive antennas,
which long relayed news from the United States to the former Soviet Union. But
the most powerful force behind the demolition was the rapidly shifting landscape
of radio, where listeners are migrating toward MP3 players, Internet radio and
podcasting.
The felling of the towers was the latest noisy outburst of a cost-cutting trend that
is silencing the familiar and crackly shortwave voices that leap across the globe
through the clear night sky in times of crisis and Cold War, tsunami and Thai
coup.
In January, the Finnish public broadcaster YLE will end all of its shortwave
broadcasts with the goal of saving money and diverting resources to online news
services.
Next month, Germany's public broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, will end its Germanlanguage shortwave broadcasts aimed at Canada and the United States.
The Japanese public broadcaster, NHK, and the Korean Broadcasting System
are also reducing shortwave services.
The leading international broadcaster, the BBC World Service, is pursuing a
diversification strategy that regards the future in stark terms. "Audience needs
are changing and technology is moving rapidly," reads the news service's
explanation of its strategy through 2010. "Shortwave is also declining at a fast
pace and if we don't change, we will die."
Critics of the retreat warn, however, that shortwave is the most reliable
communications medium of last resort. They point out that it can allow
determined broadcasters to reach across borders even when repressive national
regimes halt FM broadcasts, block Internet sites and jam television programming.
"Shortwave does not respect boundaries and reaches the rich and poor," said
Graham Mytton, former head of the BBC's audience research unit and now a
media consultant. "Most international broadcasters think things are driven by
technology, but not entirely. They're driven by politics and local media
circumstances. Their mistake is they downplay shortwave because they're living
in developed societies. But they don't go to rural areas like Nigeria, where
everyone has a shortwave radio."
Smaller international broadcasters with more limited resources are phasing out
shortwave entirely. Slovak Radio silenced its shortwave programming in July,
and Swiss Radio International ended shortwave broadcasts two years ago to
transform into an online news service, www.swissinfo.org.
In the meantime, all of the world's largest international broadcasters, from the
United States, France, Germany, England and the Netherlands, are cutting back
or reviewing precious resources devoted to shortwave radio.
"The future of shortwave radio is quite clear," said Guido Baumhauer, director of
strategy and distribution for Deutsche Welle, or DW, in Germany. "It's all going
down when it comes to the consumers."
With the average age of its shortwave listeners hovering at about 50, DW
expects to save more than €10 million, or $12.78 million, a year by reducing
shortwave services, according to Baumhauer, who said the money would be
invested in other services like Internet radio and podcasting.
The state-subsidized broadcaster is phasing out shortwave programs for North
America and the Balkans and reducing daily transmissions of shortwave
programs to 160 hours from 200.
"In the U.S., if people are really into German they have so many other ways to
get consumer information," Baumhauer said. "Considering the costs related to
the transmission, there's no point in continuing."
The history of shortwave radio dates to 1927, when Philips Laboratories of the
Netherlands transmitted shortwave broadcasts from Eindhoven to the Dutch East
Indies.
The BBC trailed behind with the founding of the BBC Empire Service in 1932.
Shortwave radio provided a vital alternative voice in wartime Europe. Radio
Oranje, for example, was set up in London after the German occupation of the
Netherlands to broadcast uncensored news. Through the Cold War years,
international broadcasters used shortwave to shout over the Iron Curtain.
While held in his luxury villa during an attempted coup d'état, the former Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev listened to shortwave transmissions of the BBC and
Voice of America.
But after the Berlin Wall fell and new media forms flourished, there was less need
for shortwave transmissions in developed countries.
International broadcasters like RFI of France and the BBC started striking
hundreds of partnership agreements with local FM stations to rebroadcast their
programs with clearer sound.
With the advance of technology, it has also become increasingly difficult to say
what a radio is, since it can be distributed through digital television, mobile
phones, computers or satellite radio, according to Michael Mullane of the
European Broadcasting Union for public broadcasters in Geneva.
The BBC eliminated its North American shortwave transmissions in 2001, when
there were still an average of more than two million listeners.
But with FM rebroadcast agreements with local stations, the BBC now has five
million listeners in Canada and the United States, according to Michael Gardner,
a spokesman for the BBC.
The BBC is constantly reviewing its expenses in connection with shortwave
radio, he said, but in the meantime, the news service still reaches two-thirds of its
weekly 163 million radio listeners through shortwave.
This year, the BBC actually posted an increase of about five million shortwave
listeners in rural areas of Africa and Asia, but Gardner says the increase
amounted to existing listeners who were surveyed for the first time in Myanmar.
David Hollyer, former managing director in Spain for the U.S. government's
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, is wistful about the long-term
consequences of mothballing and destroying shortwave transmitters.
The transmitters in Spain, he argued, could have been deployed to broadcast to
Central Asia to reach a Muslim population.
Instead, with the changing political climate, U.S. authorities closed the station in
2003, ended its lease, and turned over the towers to Spain.
When Hollyer watches the amateur YouTube video of the familiar towers
crumbling in clouds of smoke, it reminds him of an Edwin Markham poem.
"To paraphrase," he said, "the towers went down with a great shout upon the hills
and left a lonesome place against the sky."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/24/business/radio25.php
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KDKA out as Pirates flagship station
By ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer
Tue Sep 12, 5:51 PM ET
PITTSBURGH - The first radio station to broadcast a major league
baseball game is losing the rights to
Pittsburgh Pirates games after 51 years.
KDKA will cease to be the Pirates' flagship station in 2007 as the team's
radio rights shift for the first time to FM, news-talk station WPGB. KDKA
has carried Pirates games since 1955 and, in 1921, carried the first live
broadcast of a major league game — about a year after becoming the
nation's first licensed commercial radio station.
KDKA, a 50,000-watt station that can be heard throughout the East Coast
and in Canada during the evenings, also aired Pirates games at times
before WWSW gained the team's broadcast rights for a period in the 1940s
and early 1950s.
By changing radio flagship stations, the Pirates will trade the mass
audience KDKA reaches in surrounding states for one with strong ratings
in more desirable age brackets for a pro sports team. KDKA remains one
of Pittsburgh's top-rated stations, but a large chunk of its audience is older
than the 25-to-54 age group that advertisers covet.
WPGB (104.7) is owned by Clear Channel, which already holds the rights
to
Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins and University of Pittsburgh football and
basketball games and distributes them among its six stations in the
Pittsburgh market. The move to FM had long been expected by the Pirates
since the city's other major sports properties had previously moved to
Clear Channel.
"Our mission is to continue to improve in all aspects of our organization,
including in the way we reach our fans," Pirates managing general partner
Kevin McClatchy said in a statement issued by the team.
McClatchy said all six Clear Channel stations will work with the Pirates in
promoting the team.
KDKA also once carried Steelers and Penguins games, but has had no
other major pro sports property other than the Pirates since 1993. The
Pirates' poor performance since last winning a division championship in
1992 — they have had 14 consecutive losing seasons — has led to a
falloff in the team's ratings since the early 1990s.
"KDKA has been synonymous with the Pirates for more than 50 years. We
are extremely thankful to everyone at KDKA, both past and present, for the
impact they have had on our organization and the many generations of our
fans," McClatchy said. "We have a lot of good friends at KDKA, therefore
this was not an easy decision."
The Pirates' contract with Clear Channel is for five years and calls for
WPGB to air all 162 regular-season games and 12 spring training games
next year.
"This is a significant milestone in Clear Channel Communications' history
in the Pittsburgh market. The Pirates and Major League Baseball are
valuable properties in this region that we will leverage to the fullest extent
through WPGB and our five other stations," John Rohm, senior regional
vice president of Clear Channel, said in a statement. "It is exciting for us to
partner with the team to bring Pirates baseball to their loyal fans and our
loyal listeners."
KDKA becomes the second well-known AM station in as many years to
lose its baseball rights.
St. Louis Cardinals games switched this season from AM powerhouse
KMOX to KTRS, a lower-powered station in which the Cardinals acquired a
majority stake last year.
Because KDKA will no longer carry games, out-of-state Pirates fans who
do not have a local radio affiliate of the team must subscribe to Major
League Baseball's online service or XM radio to keep hearing Pirates
games. XM carries all Pirates games, but the team's broadcasters are
heard only during home games. The team's radio network currently
includes 37 stations, mostly in Pennsylvania but also in Ohio, West Virginia
and Maryland.
Those announcers — Lanny Frattare, Greg Brown, Bob Walk, Steve Blass
and John Wehner — will continue to be Pirates employees. All of their
contracts expire after this season, but they are expected to return. Frattare
has been a Pirates announcer since 1975.
Harold Arlin broadcast the first major league baseball game on KDKA in
1921. His grandson, Steve Arlin, later was a Padres pitcher.
Phil Rafuse - Stratford PEI
September 1, 2006 - CFCY officially moved to FM on 95.1. 630 will
remain alive as a simulcast for up to three months, then go dark.
September 1, 2006 - 102.1 CJRW Summerside flips format from C&W
to Classic Rock under the brand name "Spud FM". Spud FM is the son
of Hal FM [CHNS-FM Halifax NS] using the same liner guy pretending
to be a computer, same format, only difference is instaed of say HalFM its Spud FM.
MBS Radio - the Clear Channel of Atlantic Canada - owns CFCY, CJRW
and CHNS, amoung many, many others.
Spud FM is no doubt to spite 105.5 K-Rock Charlottetown, owned by
rival Newcap. Plus, it didn't make sense for MBS to own to C&W FM
stations with virtually identical playlists on PEI. The CRTC felt
that way too, although far as I know, the CRTC never ordered them to
change things...
Was in Antigonish NS on the weekend and all the Charlottetown FM
stations were coming in quite well - a bit spotty but pretty good.
But certainly not as well as CJFX Antigonish comes into Charlottetown.
Reason: CJFX - although having a similar EHAAT, has
a lot more height above sea level.
CBC Radio to get rid of the only clear channel station in the
Maritimes:
Moncton, New Brunswick
Application No. 2006-0763-2
Application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to convert
radio station CBA Moncton from the AM band to the FM band.
The new radio station would operate on frequency 106.1 MHz
(channel 291C1) with an effective radiated power of 69,500 watts
(non-directional antenna/antenna height of 211 metres).
The applicant is requesting permission to simulcast the
programming of the new FM station on CBA for a period of 3 months
from the date of implementation of the new FM station.
The applicant is also requesting, pursuant to sections 9(1)(e) and
24(2) of the Broadcasting Act, the revocation of the licence of CBA
effective at the end of the simulcast period.
The Commission may withdraw this application from the public
hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least
twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is
technically acceptable.
This application requires the issuance of a new licence.
Applicant's address:
181 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1K9
Fax: 613-288-6257
E-Mail: regulatoryaffairs@cbc.ca
Examination of application:
The Reception
CBC/SRC
250 University Avenue
Moncton, New Brunswick
Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador
Application No. 2006-0523-0
Application by Newcap Inc. to convert radio station CHVO Carbonear
from the AM band to the FM band.
The new English-language commercial radio station would operate on
frequency 103.9 MHz (channel 280B) with an average effective
radiated power of 14,000 watts (maximum effective radiated power of
30,000 watts/antenna height of 124.1 metres).
The applicant is requesting permission to simulcast the
programming of the new FM station on CHVO for a period of 6 months
from the date of implementation of the new FM station.
The applicant is also requesting, pursuant to sections 9(1)(e) and
24(1) of the Broadcasting Act, the revocation of the licence of CHVO
effective at the end of the simulcast period.
The Commission may withdraw this application from the public
hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least
twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is
technically acceptable.
This application requires the issuance of a new licence.
Applicant's address:
745 Windmill Road,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B3B 1C2
Fax: 902-468-5661
E-Mail: ncc@ncc.ca
Examination of application:
1 CHVO Drive
Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador
Michael J. Richard – Evanston, WY
We have a new station on the air here....another "Humpy Peak / Power
boosters" rimshot. Simmons Media of Salt Lake City has just flipped
the switch on 100.7 . The station has been in the works as it moved
COLs from Brigham City, UT to Woodruff, UT (a town with a population
of about 150 if that - located about 20 miles north of here). Format is
unknown as they are only "stunting" at the moment. Yesterday
evening when they flipped the switch they were just running a "loop"
telling listeners that the country had moved to 106.9. (for the last
year or so 100.7 was simulcasting 101.5 the Eagle- Simmons' country
station) As of this morning they are simulcasting the Spanish format
from 1660 KXOL. (Yes, KXOL switched from oldies to Spanish a few
weeks ago - forgot to report that) Simmons media has registered the
domain "Movin1007.com" so it looks like the new 100.7 will be "Movin'
100.7". The "movin" formats out there tend to vary and with the lack
of urban population in Utah, 100.7 might be a little different flavor
than others - we'll have to wait and see, although I'm excited because
I enjoy that format a lot.
Meanwhile back at the ranch - you may recall that last year Bonneville
started simulcasting KSL 1160 on 102.7FM and at the same time
Simmons Media put "97.5 FM Talk" (KFMS - Coalville, UT) on the air.
Well KSL is still at 102.7 (KSL-FM) and last I was listening they are
almost to the point where they aren't even MENTIONING the 1160
frequency anymore.....just "here on KSL 102.7" . And Simmons has
now pulled the plug on 97.5 as well. 97.5 is yet another "Humpy Peak
/ Power boosters" rimshot. As of a few weeks ago when they pulled
the plug on the talk format and started running all Christmas
music. Well last night when 100.7 started simulcasting KXOL's
Spanish, so did 97.5. These guys are famous for confusing the hell
out of everyone and really make your head spin before they reveal
what the REAL new format is gonna be. Word has it that 97.5 is
gonna be know as "Oasis" - whatever that means. Relaxing? EZL?
Soft AC? Who knows.
Alan Furst – Round Rock, TX
KWNX 1260 Taylor Texas changes language, but keeps ESPN format.
Now running ESPN Deportes. The ESPN Radio format remains on their
sister KZNX 1530 Creedmore Texas. Both are near Austin in Central
Texas.
A signal improvement is coming to 1530, but it isn't evident tonight.
Not sure how it will impact their night signal or if it only improves
daytime coverage.
Don't know what the Round Rock Express plan to do for a station next
season. The current 1530 signal can't be heard at Dell diamond after
dark.
Bob Foxworth – Tampa, FL
Previously - Hannity on WWBA-1040 1506-1800 local time, opposite
locally originated Schnitt on WFLA-970.
As of today, WWBA is announcing that Hannity has been removed,
effective today, from WWBA and will be on "another station" by "tape
delay". Programming today on WWBA is their GM Brad James and PD
Matt Turnice (sp?) discussing at length the change, promoing how the
change will make WWBA a "better station" with local programming
with Brian Fusillo (sp?) or Vusillo (?) beginning Monday. Big emphasis
on local afternoon coverage. WWBA saying Hannity becoming "too
predictable". Maybe putting a positive spin on what I think was a hit to
them, even though this has been noised around for a couple months.
FLA even ram a promo - once that I heard - a while back about this.
WFLA is promo'ing Hannity beginning at 1806 local time today in their
local newscasts, not emphasizing the delay part of it. Haven't hrd
Schnitt mention it.
WWBA is saying this was "Hannity's decision" on the air. I called the
on-air screener and spoke off-air, and they said it was a decision of
Hannity and ABC. I asked if an outfit in San Antonio TX had any
interest in this and the screener said I should call the GM and ask him
off-air.
I am thinking of the time a few years ago when Limbaugh was taken
away from WDBO Orlando and put on WFLF. I have always thought
that CC had a role in it because they wanted Limbaugh on their
stations. This may be different?
I gather from an on-air remark that 11 stations were affected
today.
Looks as if Mark Levin on 970 1806-2000 is gone.
Glenn Hauser – Enid, OK
Had IBOC hash on 1610, which of course is clear of any major analog
signals, so it was quite obvious, UT Sept 29 at 0549. None of that
audible on 1630, but some was audible mixing with AM on 1590, so I
conclude it was coming from 1600. The dominant station there, as
usual was St Louis, with R&B, gospel format. Then at 0551 slogan
``1600 Hallelujah AM``, not in the 2006 NRC AM Log under KATZ or
any other 1600 station, but confirmed in a google search with several
hits such as http://www.gospel1600.com/main.html at KATZ. How
long has that slogan been in use?
Nothing obvious on the website, but searching on HD led to this page:
http://www.gospel1600.com/cc-common/hdradio/
But that says nothing about KATZ itself being digital, and links to the
Clear Channel page where they have audio linx to other HD stations
(as if hearing `HD` over internet were anything remarkable), not
including any in St. Louis! Since KATZ is now owned by CC, I suppose
they indeed are going IBOC, and even in the middle of the night.
Scott Fybush – Rochester, NY
Those of you who were on the station tours at the 2004 NRC
convention will remember our stop at Rochester's WHIC 1460, with its
three self-supporting towers behind an office park.
At the time, we were told that the station might not be there much
longer.
Today, it's not there. Sometime over the weekend, the three towers
came down, and with them a piece of my own radio history. Those
were the towers I saw blinking outside my bedroom window as a child,
and they were a big part of my early interest in radio towers. It's going
to be very strange driving around town and not seeing them there!
WHIC, which had been leasing the site, moved a few weeks ago to the
nearby site of WROC 950, where it's operating under STA with 4500
watts day, 750 watts night, ND.
The old WHIC site had been built in 1947 for what was then WHEC,
later WAXC and WWWG. In the mid-80s, the 1947 transmitter building
(which also served briefly as studios for WWWG) was torn down and
replaced with the office park, and after that it was just a matter of
time before the towers were history, too.
Tim Hall – Chula Vista, CA
I have updated my recent TIS report to include information gathered
on my second car trip, from San Diego to Corpus Christi and back.
The update now covers about 120 TIS/HAR/Part 15 stations from
Montana to Texas, some of which can be heard for several hundred
miles at night.
You can read the update in Excel or Word:
http://members.cox.net/tim_hall_dx/Radio2006.xls
http://members.cox.net/tim_hall_dx/Radio2006.doc
These URLs are case-sensitive. If you're on dialup, choose the Excel
version, since it is only 47K vs. about 124K for the Word doc.
I recorded about 50 of these stations as I was driving thourgh their
coverage areas (I held a miniature digital recorder up to the car
radio speaker). As soon as I can find the time, I hope to post the
recordings to my web page as well. Most are reasonably good
recordings, given the poor audio quality of most TIS/HAR stations...
Stephen Ponder – Houston, TX
An Update on 89.3 KSBJ's Antenna Repairs
The work continues. . .
The repair work on the KSBJ tower and antenna continues. We are in
the process of repairing the wind damage our tower previously
suffered. That project must be completed before we can
fix the lightning damage to our antenna system.
Besides being dangerous, tower work is painstakingly slow. The
workers are on the tower for long periods of time, but have to
get off the tower quickly whenever one of our late-afternoon
thunderstorms pops up. Please pray for the safety of the workers and
a speedy resolution to this work.
The good news is that we continue to see God‚s hand in the process.
When we complete the repair work, we‚ll have a brand new digitalready antenna. With this new antenna and the other work we are
doing, we will be better positioned to begin the conversion of our
transmission facilities to the HD radio transmission format. Thanks to
the generosity of our giving listeners during Sharathon, we have
begun the process of purchasing the HD transmitter and related
equipment. So, we will be able to move from repairing the damage
right into the installation of the HD transmission system.
Thank you for your prayers and your patience. If you‚re having trouble
getting KSBJ where you work or live, you can always hear us on
the Internet at www.godlistens.com.
Radio Trafico
I took the time this morning to do just as Glenn suggested. I
"laboriously" researched the Grupo Acir website for the Radio Trafico
mediumwave outlets. Ugh!
Disclaimer: The actual data (locations and powers) came from a
recent FCC Query that I had saved to my hard drive.
Here goes:
XEMIA 850 San Pedro Tlaquepaque (Guadalajara), Jalisco
"La Bonita" 1.0 kW-D, 0.25 kW-N
XEOK 900 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
"OK Noticias" 10.0 kW-D, 2.5 kW-N
XEZAR 920 Cholula, Puebla
"La Bonita" 1.0 kW-D, 1.0 kW-N
XEGV 1120 Queretaro, Queretaro
"Radio Felicidad" 0.50 kW-D, 0.25 kW-N
XETOL 1130 Ixtlahuaca, Toluca
"Lobo 1130" 10.0 kW-D, 0.10 kW-N
XEFR 1180 Magdalena Mixhuca, Distrito Federal
"Radio Felicidad" 5.0 kW-D, 1.0 kW-N
XEQY 1200 Cacalomacan, Toluca
"QY Noticias" 2.5 kW-D, 0.50 kW-N
XEL 1260 Magdalena Mixhuca, Distrito Federal
"La 1260 AM" 20.0 kW-D, 5.0 kW-N
XEHIT 1310 Puebla, Puebla
"Radio Felicidad" 1.0 kW-D, 0.50 kW-N
XEPJ 1370 San Pedro Tlaquepaque (Guadalajara), Jalisco
"Super Deportiva" 5.0 kW-D, 1.0 kW-N
XEVOZ 1590 Colonia Iztacalco, Distrito Federal
"Radio Trafico 15-90" 20.0 kW-D, 10.0 kW-N
There were 12 FM stations listed, but I did not research
them.
Testing, Testing!
Here's a first for me...a station that is conducting a DX test without myself or
another member even asking them to! The very DX friendly ways of WODI in
Brookneal, VA continue with today's nnouncement by owners Dave Marthouse,
N2AAM & Tony DeNicola, WA2IHZ of a special DX Test!
The station plans to run a short duration (5 minute long) DX test each Sunday
morning (late Saturday night) starting October 1st at Midnight Eastern. Listen for
Morse Code ID's, sweep tones and more.
Complete information including how to QSL the test are listed below.
The test will continue until further notice, but hopefully well into the Winter
season, giving a lot of DX'ers the chance to put this station into their logs! More
tests to follow, we're working on some rare ones!
UPCOMING DX TESTS
WNJC 1360khz Vineland, NJ DX Test
Date(s): Sunday Morning (Late Saturday Night) October 1st, 2006
Time: Midnight until 4:00AM Eastern Time
Modes of Operation: Transmitter Testing. 4,000 Watts, Non-Directional
Programming: Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones, Voice ID.
Notes: Transmitter testing following repairs to the array after Tropical Storm
Ernesto. Station will test until at
least 4AM, and possibly later.
Reception reports are desired via e-mail (first choice) and
snail mail (only if e-mail is not available) Station would prefer
to received recordings of the test (MP3, CD, or cassette).
Submit reports to:
les@highnoonfilm.com
Please put "WNJC DX Test" in the subject line.
All standard mail reports should go to:
Les Rayburn
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
*SASE Required for reply.
Thanks to John "Duke" Hamann and the staff of WNJC for this test!
WODI 1230khz Brookneal, VA DX Test
Date(s): Sunday Morning (Late Saturday Night) Starting October 1st and
continuing until further notice.
Time: Midnight until 00:05AM Eastern Time (5 Minute test each week)
Modes of Operation: Special DX Test. 1,000 Watts, Non-Directional
Programming: Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones, Voice ID.
Notes: This DX friendly station is co-owned by two amateur radio operators, and
they have decided to conduct this rare, on-going DX test, giving listeners a
weekly opportunity to put these station into the log books.
Reception reports are desired via e-mail (first choice) and
snail mail (only if e-mail is not available) Station would prefer
to received recordings of the test (MP3, CD, or cassette).
Submit reports to:
les@highnoonfilm.com
Please put "WODI DX Test" in the subject line.
All standard mail reports should go to:
Les Rayburn
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
*SASE Required for reply.
Thanks to Dave Marthouse, N2AAM & Tony DeNicola, WA2IHZ for putting on
this unusual, long term DX tests for the benefit of distant listeners!
KEVA 1240khz Evanston, WY DX Test
Date(s): Monday Morning (Late Sunday Night) October 23rd, 2006
Time: Midnight until 2:00AM Mountain Time
Modes of Operation: Transmitter Testing. 1,000 Watts, Non-Directional
Programming: Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones, Voice ID.
Notes: Transmitter audio chain testing.
Reception reports are desired via e-mail (first choice) and
snail mail (only if e-mail is not available) Station would prefer
to received recordings of the test (MP3, CD, or cassette).
Submit reports to:
les@highnoonfilm.com
Please put "KEVA DX Test" in the subject line.
All standard mail reports should go to:
Les Rayburn
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
Our thanks to Michael Richard of KEVA. The last KEVA test was widely
heard throughout the US and gave many of us our first “WY” in the logs.
Michael is also helping to arrange tests from other rare Western states. A
true friend to the DXing hobby!
WWNH 1340 Madbury, NH DX Test
Date(s):Late Sunday Night November 5th, 2006
Time: 10PM Eastern until 2:00AM Eastern Time
Test length is four (4) hours.
Modes of Operation: Transmitter Testing. 1,000 Watts, Non-Directional
Programming: Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones, Voice ID.
Notes: Transmitter audio chain testing. Listen for station jingles, special
music, and other wild card items that may be transmitted by Paul Walker. Don't
discount the ability of graveyard stations to be heard during DX tests, as
we've had widespread reports during some past tests. (KEVA in WY!)
Reception reports are desired via e-mail (first choice) and
snail mail (only if e-mail is not available) Station would prefer
to received recordings of the test (MP3, CD, or cassette).
Submit reports to:
les@highnoonfilm.com
Please put "WWNH DX Test" in the subject line.
All standard mail reports should go to:
Les Rayburn
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
*SASE Required for Response
Our thanks to Paul Walker, Jr. and the staff of WWNH for this test! Paul has
been responsible for a large number of tests during the past two seasons,
and all of us owe him a lot of gratitude.
Les Rayburn, N1LF
NRC/IRCA Broadcast Test Coordinator
Please call anytime 24/7 if your transmitter
will be off the air for maintenance.
(205) 253-4867
PLEASE POST IN CLUB BULLETINS AND CROSS POST AT WILL
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Spoke today with Fletcher Hubbard, who is the owner of WLLL 930khz in
Lynchburg, VA. Very nice gentleman, who listened patiently as I explained about
QSL card collecting. After a brief conversation, he has authorized me to verify
correct reception reports from last April's DX Test, on behalf of the station.
Please note that I will only verify correct reception reports from recordings, or
detailed logs for the DX test period only. We cannot verify any other loggings of
WLLL at any other time. Only reports that are judged to be correct and complete
will receive verification.
E-mail is strongly preferred for reports, though postal mail will also be accepted.
Mail reports will only be verified with an included SASE.
If you are submitting reports by e-mail, please submit an MP3 recording of the
test and any log details.
If submitting by mail, please send a CD recording (first choice), or cassette. If
sending a cassette please "cue" the tape to the time of your best reception. I don't
have time or patience to listen to an hours worth of your DX. (Ha, Ha)
Send e-mail reports to:
les@highnoonfilm.com
Please put "WLLL 930khz DX Test" in the subject line.
Postal Reports with SASE to:
Les Rayburn
C/O High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
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DX ALERT - UPCOMING RADIO EVENT
There will be a special five-hour "DX Program" from CKDO Oshawa
Ontario on its new frequency of 1580, from 2100 EDT Thursday 5
October to 2 AM EDT Friday 6 October. This program is timed to
coincide with the 60th anniversary of the station, to the exact date.
CKDO first signed on October 5, 1946 with 100 watts on 1240. (CKDO
= Durham and Ontario counties). The calls became CKLB on Dec. 19,
1949, when ownership changed to Lakeland Broadcasting (ckLB). Calls
later became CKAR, and a few years ago reverted to the original
CKDO. The station moved to 1350 on Dec. 31, 1955. Thus with its
recent official move on Aug. 14 to 1580, the station concluded more
than 50 years service on 1350. For those who do not realize, 1580 was
one of the clear channels allocated to Canada in the North American
Regional Broadcasting Agreement of 1941, and CBJ Chicoutimi QC
operated on that frequency from March 22, 1942 until it moved bto
93.7 in 1999.
There will be a special toll-free number given out over the air, and
phone calls from distant listeners will be encouraged. It is anticipated
that some former DJs from over the years will be participating. The
1580 frequency uses the same directional pattern day and night
favouring east and west, at 10,000 watts.
The programming has been organized by Wayne Plunkett (long-time
DXer) and Douglas Kirk (owner of Durham Radio Inc.).
All written reception reports will be answered. Send reports to Attn:
Special DX Program, CKDO, 1200 Airport Blvd., Ste 207, Oshawa
Ontario L1J 8P5.
Let's hope for good conditions so this program can be heard coast-tocoast in North America, and maybe beyond!
Saul Chernos