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Starting Tuesday, November 30th, 730 WLTQ (Charleston, SC) will start Program Testing on the new CP for 5000 Watts into a 88.1 Meter Tower in a Salt Water Tidal Marsh. It will start around 10 AM and last 7 Days. The programming will be EWTN Global Catholic Radio with local inserts. It will parallel 1300 WCKI (Greer, SC). Mediatrix Radio does verify correct reception reports!
Please send them to:
Mediatrix Radio
Engineering Department
PO Box 905
Greer SC 29652-0905
or you may email them to kraper @ mediatrixsc.org
.mp3 files of actual reception are welcome.
Remember, Mediatrix Radio will also verify reception of 810 WQIZ and 1300 WCKI as well.
Source: IRCA
Sounds like an excellent transmitter location that should push a signal out across the Atlantic. Worth looking for it before the tx powers down at sunset.
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (3/12-2010)
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WGBW-1590 Two Rivers, WI DX Test announced.
Per communication from OJ Saghdal in Norway, WGBW-1590 in Two Rivers, WI will be running a DX Test on Oct. 16, 2010 at 0500-0600 UT. Full details posted at:
http://www.dxtests.info
Please be sure to notify us at dxtests.info [at] gmail.com regarding information on any DX Tests or other special broadcast events.
73, Brandon Jordan via dxld yg (7/10-2010)
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For a week now, the airwaves have been filled with remembrances of the disaster that hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast this week in 2005. But what of the region's broadcast infrastructure? The good news is, most of the tower sites in the area sustained relatively little damage, and most of the region's signals were back on the air within days or weeks after the floodwaters subsided. One big AM exception was GHB Broadcasting's WTIX, New
Orleans (690)...
More at www.TheRadioJournal.com
TheRadioJournal.com via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (1/9-2010)
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WWJ 950 AM celebrates 90 years of broadcasting.
WWJ 950 AM, "Newsradio 950" is Detroit, Michigan's only 24-hour all-news radio station. Broadcasting at 950 kHz, the station is owned and operated by CBS Corporation subsidiary CBS Radio. WWJ first went on the air on August 20, 1920 with the call sign 8MK. It is believed to be the first station to broadcast news reports regularly as well as the first regularly scheduled religious broadcast and play-by-play sports broadcast.
WWJ is committed to keeping listeners informed with useful information, including "Traffic and Weather on the 8's" which features 24/7 coverage by the best Detroit Traffic Reporters and AccuWeather forecasts.
On August 20, 1920, The Detroit News started the station with the call sign 8MK, Then, on October 13, 1921 the station was granted a limited commercial license and was assigned the call letters WBL. With the new license, the station began broadcasting at 360 meters (833 kHz), with weather reports and other government reports broadcast at 485 meters (619 kHz).
On March 3, 1922, for reasons that are not known, the call letters, WWJ, were assigned to the station.
In 1923, WWJ was moved to 517 meters (580 kHz). It was later re-assigned, during a re-alignment of stations by the new Federal Radio Commission in 1927-28, to fulltime operation on 920 kHz, and allowed to increase its power in stages, reaching 5,000 watts by the late 1930s.
On March 29, 1941 as part of the NARBA frequency reassignment, WWJ moved to 950 AM where it remains to this day.
The programming throughout this time was focused on variety. During the 1940s it transmitted most of the NBC "Red" network schedule, as well as locally produced news, entertainment and music programming. After World War II, music and local news would make up a larger portion of its format as television eroded support for variety programming on radio and the Golden Age of Radio gradually ended.
With the advent of FM radio and stereo broadcasting, WWJ dropped its middle-of-the-road music format in favor of all-news programming in 1973.
The all-news format has served WWJ well over the past three and a half decades, enabling it to rank consistently among the Detroit area's most popular stations with adult listeners, often finishing in first place in surveys of overall listenership as our success continues today.
http://wwj.cbslocal.com/2010/06/24/a-brief-history-of-wwj/
Mike Terry via dxld yg (23/8-2010)
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Please check 1580 Saturday morning in S/C USA. 1580, KOKB, Blackwell OK didn`t wait until the weekend to drop modulation and resume open carrier: already Friday Aug 20 at 1525, 2000 and 2350 UT chex.
I hope others in neighboring states will monitor 1580 this Saturday at 1300-1400+ UT (8-9+ am CDT) for the Spanish sportstalk unID I have been getting for weeks on 1580, only on Saturdays at this time.
WTTN in Wisconsin is probably carrying ESPN Deportes, but I really think it is closer, and not a full-time Spanish station, maybe running this by mistake.
Thanks, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, mwdx yg (21/8-2010)
The only other possivility I could come up with through Internet research was KIRT Mission, Texas, relaying 1430 XEWD, but the XEWD website is incomplete and useless. Maybe XEWD has "La Zona" sports program on Saturday mornings? That would fit with mentions of pesos in ads.
Bruce Conti, mwdx yg (21/8-2010)
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Modesto AM KMPH (840) will turn off August 31. It’s the 5-kw fulltime station that Pappas Radio of Modesto built to essentially replace the 860 (KTRB) that it moved into the San Francisco market. KMPH hit the air in July 2006, originally playing “Modern Standards” and then in March 2008 switching to a conservative talk approached named Patriot 840. Now Pappas Radio says it’s going to sign the station off at 9am Pacific time on Tuesday, August 31. Jim Pappas blames that on “the ongoing national, state and local economic downturn, combined with the insufficient growth in revenue” at the 5-kw AM. He says “the company is no longer willing to fund” the station’s operating losses. His letter ends with this promise – “when future circumstances permit, KMPH-AM will return to the airwaves.” One problem for the four-year-old station: very different day and night patterns. The daytime signal goes Southeast and, with what the engineers call a tight null to northwest, doesn’t hit Stockton very well. The nighttime signal goes north and south, centered on Modesto.
radio-info.com via Artie Bigley, dxld yg (20/8-2010)
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1170 WWVA OH has been granted an STA for non-directional operation at reduced power. Only 40- to 50-ft stubs remain of each of the three antenna towers that collapsed on August 4. Operation has been restored with an antenna using the remaining lower section of one tower with a horizontal wire attached to the top and running to another stub tower where it is secured by an insulator. Maximum nighttime power is 12.5 kW. Read the entire STA letter of approval on the FCC website at the following URL:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?
import_letter_id=20606
Bruce Conti via mwdx yg (11/8-2010)
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WWVA is back on 1170 kHz. Playing country/folk music August 7, 2010 0200 UTC.
73, Kraig, KG4LAC via mwdx yg (7/8-2010)
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All three of WWVA-AM radio towers collapsed in high winds on Wednesday. Full story at
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=83934
WWVA is an AM radio station that broadcasts on a frequency of 1170 kHz with studios in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA, and towers formerly located in St. Clairsville, Ohio, before they were destroyed in an August 2010 storm. The station is currently off air due to the damage.
When on the air, it is a class A 50,000 watt clear-channel station, sharing the frequency with KFAQ (formerly KVOO) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. WWVA can be heard in most of the eastern two-thirds of the United States at night, as well as most of Canada. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and uses the on-air nickname "The Big One" (borrowed from sister stations WLW and WTAM).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVA
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (5/8-2010)
Actually, WWVA's programming is back on the air on their sister station on 1400 kHz with 1 kw.
Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts via mwdx yg (5/8-2010)
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Wednesday afternoon, all three sticks of “Big One” WWVA located in St. Clairsville, Ohio were wrecked by the the high winds of a storm. Talker WWVA is off the air and Clear Channel says its lineup, starting with the 6-9am Bloomdaddy, will temporarily be heard on sister WBBD (1400). It normally features adult standards. Radio-Info is told that two FMs which were affected are coming back, thanks to all-night work by the engineers. AC “Mix
97.3” WKWK was back on the air by 6am, and country WOVK (98.7) is back at half power. More about the storm damage and pictures of the WWVA towers on the ground from the station site here.
Source: radioinfo.com via mwneditor, mwcircle yg (5/8-2010)
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Senior Radio 1710 ..The story continues
I received this from the operator today:
"Yes. On Saturday night between 8-12AM we play Oldies.
The rest of the time its Big Band and standards. You must have your date wrong 7/21. Maybe you meant 7/24. I only broadcast Friday evening to Monday morning at this time. We will soon be on 24/7.
Do you DX 1230 khz.? I co-own a 1000 watt oldies station in VA with a friend WODI. Look for that sometime.
When you DX 1710 you can call the listen line to confirm whats on the air. I have an autocoupler hooked up. 1-732-985-2122.
Keep me posted on hearing my station.
Tony DeNicola, tony at wodiradio.com , D&M Comm. Inc."
Based on this info I must say I did NOT hear this station because according to Tony he was not on at the time and date I heard the oldies music. I know it was 07/21 at 0445 EDT.
I am sorry for any confusion this has caused but when the owner says you heard me I beleieved him until this info was received and changed everything.
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod, Winnipeg MB (28/7-2010)
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1710 Senior Radio 07/21 0947 UTC. Poor signals fading in and out with Oldies music. I posted this as an UNID on the BCB propagation Logger and got an email from the station owner saying I had heard his station. He was most amazed I had picked him up. This is a Part 15 station or Low Powered AM station. NEW!
I received further info in regards to my 1710 catch. The station is in Edison NJ USA.
Tony sent me the following info:
"The transmitter is a Hamilton AM 1000 FCC Part 15 certified AM transmitter. The transmitter lives at the top of the 30ft tower runs on 15 volts DC at 250 mA. The audio and DC are fed to the transmitter from the house studio. No coax TPO is=to 5 watts but the final stage only puts out 100 milliwatts it has a h Q gain tank circuit. Gets out about 5 miles. But Skip WOW to Canada is unbelievable. It uses a CB 102" whip and only has a ground rod in the ground. I'm impressed.
I'm on every weekend starting late Friday evening till Monday morning. Please record it next time you hear me. I'd like to hear it."
Thanks! Tony. visit my website for more pictures and radio stuff www.tonydeeradio
Comments: This first new one in a very long time but it is a goodie for sure. Who says there is no DX in summer.
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod VE4DX1SMA Winnipeg MB via mwdx yg (27/7-2010)
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Clear Channel Radio donates two new stations to Minority Media and Telecommunications Council.
The two newly donated channels are:
KFXN-AM, Minneapolis, MN
WTOC-AM, Newton, NJ, Sussex County
More on http://www.clearchannel.com/Radio/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=2737
clearchannel.com (20/7-2010)
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NERW advises that changes are affoot at 1060 WBIX:
Catholic radio is coming to Boston in a big way. Alex Langer has filed an application to transfer WBIX (1060 Natick) to Buffalo-based Holy Family Communications. Holy Family, which operates stations in Buffalo and Rochester, will pay $1 million in cash for WBIX, and Langer will take a $500,000 tax deduction for donating the rest of the value of the station to Holy Family.
Barry Davies via mwcircle yg (12/7-2010)
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Following the sale of WBOB 1320, the station announces that it is to move its format and call sign to 1530kHz. This from WBOB’s web site:
WBOB CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO LIVES ON- ON 1530!
Conservative News Talk Radio station announces its new home. The board of directors of Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation is pleased to announce that starting Tuesday June 29, ABC 1320 WBOB becomes ABC 1530 WBOB. Your conservative radio station is moving up the dial from 1320 to 1530.
You'll be able to hear Bill Bennett, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and your other 1320 favorites as you have in the past. The programming will be almost identical. The difference is the place on the radio dial. Starting Tuesday...move your dial to AM 1530 and continue to listen to Jacksonville's conservative talk radio favorites.
We've heard from countless faithful listeners who asked us to continue our popular conservative talk radio...and Tuesday we make the move...from AM 1320 to AM 1530.
Same hosts! Same station staffers! The same programs! Just a new dial position-1530! WBOB's unique style of conservative talk radio continues, and starting this Tuesday it continues on AM 1530.
Remember, June 29th to program your radio to ABC 1530 WBOB for all your favorite WBOB programs.
Your favorite conservative hosts can be heard on ABC 1530 WBOB and online at
www.1530wbob.com; you can also continue to find us at www.1320wbob.com.
For further information contact: Christina Bruno; Sales & Marketing Director,
Christinabruno2@gmail.com, 904-470-4615.
It remains to be seen what will be the new calls for the religious format on 1320, now owned by New Covenant Ministries.
73 Andrew Brade, NA News Editor mwcircle yg (28/6-2010)
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Although not really a DX test, WNTP, 990 kHz, Philadelphia will be running on 50kw day pattern pretty much all night tonight, beginning shortly after midnight (eastern) during the experimental period, for system maintenance and adjustments. It will be normal programming. So, if you haven't been able to get the station before, here's your chance.
I will QSL any reception reports through my work email, rene @ wntp.com
73, Rene' Tetro, Director Of Engineering, Salem Communications - Philadelphia, WNTP-AM / WFIL-AM, June 26, ABDX via dxld yg
According to NRC pattern book, day and night patterns are basically the same, major lobe SSE into the Atlantic, but this will be 50 kW instead of 10, starting 0400 UT Sunday. Normal programming is news/talk.
Glenn Hauser, dxld yg (27/6-2010)
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WHKT Portsmouth, VA 1650 kHz .
Not Disney anymore after being silent. Now talk with simulcast of WPMH Claremont, VA. IDs as "WPMH and WHKT Portsmouth. This is conservative talk radio 'Freedom 16-50'"
73, Kraig, KG4LAC Manassas, VA
On January 25, 2010, Disney announced that it was selling the station to Hampton Roads area religious broadcaster Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting for $350,000. Disney took WHKT, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22; the station had previously carried the company's Radio Disney network.
The sale was listed as "consummated" by the FCC as of May 5, 2010.
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (18/6-2010)
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Radio Celestial 1710 kHz.
At night here in southern New Hampshire, usually the Haitian Radio Soleil used to dominate on 1710kHz.
However recently the spanish language religious Radio Celestial has started to dominate. Much to my surprise, the google street view for 3138 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY (the address of the church in question) clearly shows a large antenna in the back of the church!
Rik van Riel via mwdx yg (12/6-2010)
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Hi Glenn,
R. Marti : Members of the ARDXC spent this weekend from Friday 14 to Sun 16 May at Cataract Scout Camp near Appin NSW (South of Sydney). Heard something quite weak on 1180 possibly around 1000utc.
I presume it was Marti but no positive id.
73 Tony Magon VK2IC, Australia via dxld yg (16/5-2010)
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Radio Zoe 14-30, in SS since Feb 12. Christian devotional programming. Claims extensive listenership in Latin America through audio application on Facebook,
http://apps.facebook.com/radiozoe
Numerous text messages seem to confirm this.
Streaming audio available at www.zoe1430.com
Address: 13085 SW 133rd Ct., Miami FL 33186
Phone: 305 398 1430, for text messages 305 735 1430.
So which are the call letters of this one?
One has to wait for a top of the hour annct in SS, sometimes 1 minute earlier or 1 minute later, WOIR Homestead-Miami.
There is absolutely no mention of this on their web site.
Thanks to Barry Davies for sending me an audio clip which led me to this novelty.
Henrik Klemetz via mwcircle yg (16/4-2010)
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710 WOR New York, NY
George Noory's "Coast to Coast," bumped last month from WABC (770 AM), has come in for a landing at rival WOR (710 AM). "Coast to Coast," which begins April 5 and will be heard five nights a week, from 1 to 5 am, replaces the long-running Joey Reynolds show on WOR. "C2C" is best known for its exploration of paranormal phenomena, though Noory says it
has focused more in recent years on social, medical, personal and political issues. It has the second highest number of stations for any syndicated show in the country, trailing only Rush Limbaugh. Noory said that after the show was dropped by WABC, he received "thousands" of e- mails from New York area listeners who could no longer hear it.
Reynolds, who has been a radio host for almost half a century, will remain on WOR through April 2 and says he bears no ill will. "I've been able to do a lot of great things on this show over the years," he says.
"I don't think of this as being fired. It's an economic thing — which everyone has to do these days." Reynolds also said he doesn't expect to be absent from late-night media for long, because he is in discussions about a live nightly show that would be seen on television and carried on the Internet. "I'd hoped it would also be simulcast on WOR," he says.
"So now I'll have to see if another station is interested." "Joey has done a remarkable job for WOR over a long period of time," said WOR program director Scott Lakefield. "But the time has come for a change by bringing one of the country's most popular shows to WOR." NY Daily News via IRCA via mwcircle yg (9/4-2010)
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Today (3/11/2010) the FCC granted a daytime power increase to WFNY - AM 1440 Gloversville NY. Daytime power was 3600 watts non-directional, it is now 5000 watts non-directional daytime. nighttime is still 500 watts directional.
http://www.am1440wfny.bizz.cc
A DX test on a Saturday night/Sunday morning is in the works within the next one to two months. Meanwhile, keep a listen to 1440 around sunrise and sunset. Music format is a variety but mostly 60's, 70's and 80's music. IRN/USA radio news at the top of the hour and IRN/USA sports at quarter til the hour, every hour.
I will keep everyone informed on the future test.
Bob Carter, KC4QLP - WQJK414, Mid-Atlantic-Engineering-Service of Utica NY / Elizabeth City NC via mwdx yg (12/03-2010)
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KSTP-AM going all-sports talk as ESPN radio affiliate.
ESPN Radio executives have long been looking to have a full-time affiliate in the Twin Cities. On Thursday, they got their wish. In a move that will cause a major shakeup at KSTP-AM, the Hubbard-owned station announced that it will become “1500 ESPN Twin Cities.”
The exact date of the switch to ESPN Radio isn’t yet clear but the station will flip to being known as “AM1500 The Sports Talk Station” on Monday, because ESPN Radio has a contract in place with Clear-Channel owned KFAN (1130 AM) that could run as long as 60 days.
That creates a second full-time all-sports station in this market and means the 1500 AM signal will become direct competition for KFAN, which has owned the all-sports brand in Minneapolis-St. Paul since 1991.
KFAN had used both ESPN Radio talk shows and play-by-play to fill various programming parts not only for its 1130 AM signal but also for the day-timer station that Clear Channel owns at 690 AM. That station is known as “The Score.”
KSTP began making changes almost immediately, dumping the program hosted by Shawn Prebil and Chris Murphy. The two had been hired last spring after working at a station in Madison, Wis.
Dan Seeman, a vice president at Hubbard who has played a role in this transition, said that longtime KSTP staples Patrick Reusse and Joe Soucheray will remain with the station. Reusse and Soucheray will host a six-hour block that runs from noon to 6 p.m., with Reusse going from noon to 2 p.m., the duo together from 2 to 4 p.m. and then Soucheray hosting his regular “Garage Logic” show from 4 to 6 p.m.
Joe Anderson, who was hired recently to host the 5:30 to 8 p.m. sports program after Matt Thomas departed for a job with a sports radio station in Houston, will remain with the station and be on air weekdays at 6 p.m., provided there isn’t a Twins game.
Seeman, who spent many years at KFAN and helped launch that station as all sports, said KSTP officials have been considering this type of move since doing a research study late last year.
“We studied to find out where we are and where I think we can compete and this is the path,” Seeman said. “We found it’s a big hill in a pretty big town. If you look around the country there are two or three sports talk stations in every major market, and in a town where there are four pro teams and a major university, there is a lot to talk about.”
The switch, which had been rumored in recent weeks, was made for a few reasons. KSTP is coming off a book in which it struggled with listeners in the Personal People Meter system that Arbitron has employed in an attempt to get more accurate ratings figures.
This also could be an attempt to keep the Twins on their station. Entering the fourth and final season of their contract with the team, KSTP hasn’t seemed to gain a clear-cut identity since it won the Twins rights away from WCCO before the 2007 season.
A sports program was established leading into Twins baseball, but the postgame programming that KSTP used following the broadcast did not focus on the team.
Seeman declined to give a specific number of people who were let go by the station. But on-air talent that was let go included morning-show Bob Berglund and Jay Kolls, afternoon host Kelly Webb and evening host Al Malmberg.
With Reusse moving to afternoons as of Monday, the short-term plan is for Joe Anderson and fill-in host Scott Korzenowski to anchor the morning show. Eventually, the 5 to 9 a.m. spot on weekdays will be filled by the “Mike [Greenberg] and Mike [Golic]” in the morning show from ESPN.
The one ESPN change that will take effect on Monday will have Colin Cowherd's syndicated weekday program, known as “The Herd,” running from 9 a.m. to noon.
By Judd Zulgad, Star Tribune via mwcircle yg (11/2-2010)
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WTNI [Biloxi MS] is now "Sports Radio 1490/1640 The Team" with ESPN according to their
(messy & incomplete) web site.
Seems to be the outcome of the transition I heard on air on the 19th Jan [on 1640 kHz in morse code: de wtni am biloxi ms usa /ed]
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (21/1-2010)
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/ HAITI
Coverage adapts to changing circumstances.
Voice of America (VOA) Creole-language broadcasts to earthquake-stricken Haiti are now being heard throughout that country on multiple radio frequencies, many delivered by transmitters aboard a U.S. Defense Department-sponsored aircraft that began flying Saturday.
The added service features a five-hour afternoon FM program providing news and disaster relief information for the Haitian people, struggling to cope with that country's worst natural disaster in over 200 years.
Since the January 12 earthquake, VOA has increased its Creole programming from 1.5 hours to 10.5 hours Monday through Friday and from 1 hour to 9.5 hours Saturday and Sunday.
"We are very gratified to have the direct FM transmission to complement our shortwave and AM broadcasts in response to the crisis in Haiti," said Danforth W. Austin, VOA director. "These broadcasts demonstrate how U.S. Government agencies can work together when disaster strikes."
VOA Creole is covering the relief efforts in Haiti with VOA correspondents and Haitian stringer reporters on the ground, as VOA Washington headquarters and Miami bureau staffs work the crisis around the clock. Public service announcements are airing hourly to provide information about public safety and availability of water and food and other disaster assistance. VOA has also set up a call-in line to broadcast messages from family members and friends to Haiti, along with Twitter and Facebook accounts.
VOA Creole has long been a trusted source of news and information in Haiti and is the most popular international broadcaster in the country with a weekly audience reach of just over 50% of the adult population, according to independent survey research.
VOA press release, 2207 UT Jan 17 via DXLD (17/1-2010)
WTFK?!?!?! The FM band is 20 MHz wide. Now I wonder how many duplicates of this will show up? Has anyone managed to hear Creole on 1180, day or night?
Glenn Hauser, DXLD (17/1-2010)
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1560 KKAA Sioux Falls SD: Now on with U4 10000/10000 doubling their nighttime power. No change in the night pattern, except size, as it shoots up over the Minnesota, North and South Dakota borders into Manitoba. (and beyond with religious format hi! BD)
NRC via Barry Davies, mwcircle yg (17/1-2010)
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VOA'S CREOLE SERVICE EXPANDS HOURS,
ADDS AM FREQUENCY TO REACH QUAKE VICTIMS.
VOA is providing earthquake victims with news and information in their own language.
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2010 - The Voice of America's (VOA) Creole Service, reaching out to Haitian earthquake victims in their language, is ramping up the strength and frequency of emergency broadcasts to Haiti.
With Haiti's communications infrastructure badly damaged, the VOA, the largest international broadcaster in Haiti, is providing listeners with news and information via a combination of shortwave, AM and satellite broadcasts.
"We're doing everything we possibly can to reach people in Haiti who have a desperate need for information," said Alberto Mascaro, chief of VOA's Latin America Division.
He said Creole Service programming on shortwave and satellite radio has expanded from 1.5 hours daily to 5 hours. Programs now air at 7:30-8:30 am EST (1230-0130 UTC); 12:30-2:30 pm EST (1730-1930 UTC); 5:00-6:00 pm EST (2200-2300 UTC) and 8:00-9:00 pm EST (0100-0200 UTC). The evening programs can also be heard on 1180 AM from a transmitter and tower in Marathon, Florida, pre-empting Radio Marti at those times.
VOA is playing a leading role to help Haitians reach out to one another. A special call-in number - 1-202-205-9942, mailbox 42 - has been established for people to leave messages that will be broadcast to Haiti. Facebook and Twitter accounts have also been created in Creole.
VOA reporters are on the ground in Haiti, covering the international response to the disaster. Basic survival information, statements by President Obama and messages from Haitians living in the United States have been broadcast back to those dealing with the disaster.
Like other native Haitians living in the United States, VOA Creole staffers are still trying to confirm the status of their relatives on the island, according to Ronald Cesar, chief of the Creole Service.
VOA's Creole Service reaches more than 50 percent of adult Haitians on a weekly basis. Up-to-date information is also available around the clock on www.VOANews.com/creole
mwcircle yg (14/1-2010)
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1480 in Wichita KS had been Radio Disney, but now as heard Jan 7 at 1957 UT it`s "The Big Talker, 1480 KQAM". Promo gave list of talkshow lineup, too quick to copy down, but not a one of them liberal and some of them far-right wackos, anything but in the public interest, such as Glenn Beck, John Gibson. At least they also have relatively moderate Joe Scarborough, and Jim Bohannon --- only America in the Morning, not his evening talkshow.
If KQAM has its own website, it`s not showing up anywhere near the top of Google searches. But here`s the program list, CST = UT -6, as if they turn the transmitter off for weekends:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/68784/kqam-wichita-unveils-talk-lineup?ref=search
And another story about the transfer:
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b12119
A big SNAFU at 2000 UT as commercials continued for the first half of the one-minute Fox ``News``, double audio; no loss. 2001 switches to Mid-America Network, owned by same group, for bitter cold weather forecast, 2002 market report (meaning ag, not stock), 2003 promo Imus show which includes local news breaks.
Strangely enough, during the Radio Disney era, kept old calls KQAM, which don`t seem to relate to any cartoon character, and are still keeping them. KQAM was originally on 1410, and now that is co-owned with present 1410, sports talk, KGSO. Both put adequate daytime groundwave signals into Enid almost 200 km away.
Steckline Communications already owned 1410, and FCC AM Query Jan 7 still shows 1480 owned by Disney. It also shows:
20-year Call Sign history of the 1480 facility, #61352:
Current Call Sign: KQAM
Call Sign Begin Date
KQAM 09/23/1997
KZSN 02/01/1990
KLEO 12/31/1982
KWKN 09/01/1980
And of the 1410 facility, #53150:
Current Call Sign: KGSO
Call Sign Begin Date
KGSO 05/01/2005
KMYR 09/23/1997
KQAM 09/15/1980
KEYN
Will Radio Disney find another outlet in Wichita? The Radio Disney website thinx they are still on 1480:
http://radio.disney.go.com/music/yourstation/wichita/index.html
Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DXLD via mwdx yg (8/1-2010)
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DX TESTS - WGGH 1150 IL MARION.
Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night)
February, 6, 2010. Time: 0000-0200 ELT (0500-0700 UTC).
Mode of Operation: 5000 watts (daytime pattern).
Programming: Classic Country, oldies music and various sound effects.
The test will consist of classic country and oldies music along with tons of various sound effects. It should be fairly easy to identify the station, as our slogan is somewhat unique, "Monster Radio AM 1150". We also have TM Century jingles, including one used every hour for a legal id (spoken… "Southern Illinois Trusted Voice Since 1949, (sung) AM 1150 WGGH Marion." The time the test actually starts will be largely dependent on when the last classic country song in the 11pm hour ends.
We will remain at low power until the exact moment before our 12am legal id plays. (It has run as late as 12:03am). I plan on being in the studio live and "jocking" the test. We may or may not have a contest with a prize to giveaway but a call-in contest. I need to find a prize of interest to people nationwide, if anyone has anything to donate, please let me know. Our studio number is (618) 993-8102. Do NOT call about anything DX test related until the night of the actual test. I will NOT be in the studio till right before the test. I will handle QSL requests, but you MUST send a self addressed envelope with at least 2 stamps, otherwise you will not get a reply. I do not have the time, energy or money to be buying stamps or envelopes. I *PROMISE* to reply to everyone who sends one in this time!! I will want to know your location, types of radio used, when/what you heard. If you send a CD, do NOT send the entire test, just a few relevant clips. If you send a cassette tape, cue it up to where it needs to be or I won't listen. Our web streaming will be disabled during this test. Also, please be aware our mailbox at the post office is only checked twice a week, so you may not get an immediate reply. Make SURE you address the envelope and letter to my attention or I may not see it right away. Unfortunately, we have no bumper stickers, pens or anything else to give out. You will most likely get just a letter. If we have coverage maps, I might send those. If I have forgotten anything, I will add to it later.
Paul B. Walker, Jr., WGGH-AM 1150, PO Box 340, Marion, IL 62959.
Broadcast Test Coordinator courtesy (IRCA/NRC) via mwcircle yg (8/1-2010) U S A
WURA is a new AM station licensed to Quantico, Virginia, close to the nation's capital Washington DC. WURA operates on 920 kiloherz at a power of 7 kW daytime (directional to Northeast) and 0.97 kW at nights (directional to Southeast). Quantico is located on the Potomac River and is known for its large Marine Corps base. According to Wikipedia, WURA was launched on December 13, broadcasting Christmas music. WURA has not yet been reported heard by DXers, but local listeners have reported the station on dcrtv.com website.
DXing.info (16/12-2009)
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The 1550 WSRY DX test heard here in Winnipeg Mb got the Morse code ID under CBE and UNID Spanish station. NEW!!!
73 and Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod, (WRH and WRTH Collector) via mwdx yg (29/11-2009)
REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER
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DX TEST Sun 11/29/09 0001-0100 1550 WSRY Elkton MD (Oetting)
Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night) November 29 2009.
Time: 0001-0100 ELT (0501-0600 UTC).
Mode of Operation: 1000 watts directional to north-northwest (daytime pattern).
Programming: Tune in and find out! QSL and other information to follow shortly.
Courtesy IRCA via mwneditor, mwcircle yg (26/11-2009)
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ESPN Deportes Radio WAMA 1550 AM Launches in Tampa.
ESPN Deportes Radio, the only around-the-clock national Spanish-language radio network in the U.S., launched in Tampa as ESPN Deportes WAMA 1550 AM. WAMA is owned by ZGS Communications, a Hispanic-owned media company with interest in radio, television and web.
"This is a great step forward in our effort to make ESPN Deportes Radio available to Hispanics in leading U.S. Hispanic markets," said Oscar Ramos, senior director and general manager, ESPN Deportes Radio. "ESPN Deportes Radio offers an incredible sports programming mix. We are sure that the radio network will be well-received by the Hispanic sports fans in Tampa."
"We are excited to welcome ESPN Deportes Radio to our multimedia platform which includes Telemundo Tampa, and our new web portal holaciudad! The launch of ESPN Deportes Radio in Tampa provides our local community with the latest in sports news and information, and gives advertisers and marketers a unique opportunity to reach area Hispanics," said Jayme Ribeiro Neto, general manager of WAMA 1550 AM. Mr. Ribeiro Neto oversees all ZGS media
properties in Tampa.
With this new affiliate, ESPN Deportes Radio now has 39 affiliates nationwide, including 11 of the top U.S. Hispanic markets. The radio network is also available nationally on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. ESPN Deportes Radio offers a variety of sports talk programming and events, including exclusive, national Spanish-language broadcasts of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, League Championship Series, and World Series, Spain's La Liga, South American World Cup Qualifiers, Copa America soccer tournament, NASCAR and much more. ESPN Deportes Radio also features sports news talk, including top-rated show "Jorge Ramos y su Banda" which provides soccer analysis from the most respected sports journalists in the U.S.; "Raza Deportiva," which covers the latest sports information and news; "ESPN al Despertar," the radio network's morning drive talk show; and "A los Golpes" which offers weeknight listeners a fast-paced overview of the latest news in the world of boxing.
For a full schedule of ESPN Deportes Radio programming line-up visit
www.espndeportesradio.com
ESPN Inc. PRNewswire via Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (13/11-2009)
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970 WZAN ME Portland - Special Temporary Authorization granted for U1 5000/1250.
Pending construction on nighttime tower ATU housing unit (doghouse), they will be operating non-directional during nighttime hours at one-fourth of their normal 5000 Watts. Since their nighttime pattern favors the northeast, DXers to the west are encouraged to try for WZAN.
News via NRC
For European listeners it seems that there will be much less power radiated out towards the Atlantic. That may make it easier to hear other US stations on 970 (e.g WDAY Fargo ND!)
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (8/11-2009)
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DX Test: WSRY 1550 MD ELKTON. Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night) November 29 2009. Time: 0001-0100 ELT (0501-0600 UTC). Mode of Operation: 1000 watts directional to north-northwest (daytime pattern). Programming: Tune in and find out! QSL and other information to follow shortly.
IRCA via Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (7/11-2009)
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DX Test: WSRY-1550 Elkton, MD
Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night) November 29, 2009.
Time: 0001-0100 ELT (0501-0600 UTC).
Mode of Operation: 1000 watts directional to north-northwest (daytime pattern).
Programming: Tune in and find out!
QSL Information: QSL and other information to follow shortly.
Many thanks to Dan Oetting for organizing this test!
Saul Chernos for the DX Test Committee http://dxtests.info/ via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (24/10-2009)
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The Voice of America (VOA) is expanding its reach across Pakistan. A new arrangement with Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) now allows VOA to broadcast Pashto language programs on medium-wave (AM) radio and Urdu broadcasts on FM stations for the first time.
"We're delighted Pakistan's Cabinet has ratified our agreement with PBC," said VOA Director Danforth W. Austin. "This arrangement will allow millions of people in all parts of Pakistan to listen to the VOA's popular news and information programs."
VOA's Deewa Radio, a Pashto language service for people in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, is now available on medium wave (AM) at 540 kHz from a transmitter in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
From 1800 to 2200 daily, Deewa Radio's AM signal will broadcast news and current affairs programming plus call-in shows on politics, literature and poetry. Deewa, which began in 2006, continues to broadcast nine hours of radio programming daily on shortwave, FM (transmitters located in Afghanistan) and Internet ().
For the first time, VOA’s Urdu language program Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa (Your World) (www.VOANews.com/Urdu) will be heard on the FM band. A 30-minute morning program at 0900 and a 30-minute evening program at 1800 will air on 11 FM stations across Pakistan, including Islamabad and Lahore.
VOA's audience is strong in Pakistan, with almost 12 percent of the population listening to or watching Urdu programs. Beyond the Headlines is a 30-minute television program that airs on Geo News, Pakistan's leading cable and satellite TV news channel.
Press Release, Washington DC via VOA website (13/10-2009)
A result of Pakistan's closing down AM transmitters? (Ydun Ritz)
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Catholic radio station KYES (K-Yes) has begun broadcasting in Minnesota. Programming consists mostly of Catholic talk radio, including national programs by Relevant Radio. KYES operates on 1180 kHz on the AM band with a power of 50 kilowatts daytime, 5 kW nighttime and 8 kW during the so-called "critical hours". KYES began regular broadcasts in August 2009, but according to the station's Facebook page, the first test transmission took place already on July 10, 2009. The mailing address of the station is P.O. Box 547, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379, USA. Program director David Rydberg can also be reached by email.
DXing.info (13/9-2009)
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DXmidAMerica reports:
1480 WGVU Kentwood,MI now OLD, was EDU 8/28.
Barry Davies via MWC (28/8-2009)
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WDCR 1340 NH back on air for one day only.
Glenn, You may recall that I am one of the "graduates" of Ivy League college radio, having been chief engineer of WHRB back in the very late 1950's and early 1960's.
As it happens, so is one of the other partners in Hatfield & Dawson, Tom Eckels, who was chief engineer of WDCR AM & FM about 10 years later.
He has forwarded to me correspondence with other ex-'DCRers about an effort to get the AM back on the air. Evidently the trustees asked for permission for the AM to remain silent a year ago, and, under the FCC rules its license is automatically forfeited if it's not back on in one calendar year. So a group of them have or are about to put it back on for at least one day, using a temporary STL because the phone line is not operational (or was discontinued) and a genset because the underground utility feed is defective as well.
WDCR is actually licensed to Dartmouth College itself, in contrast to some of the other Ivy League stations. (WHRB, WYBC, WPRB, WVBR, WBRU are licensed to student organizations, but like WDCR, WKCR is licensed to Columbia U itself, WXPN to U. of Penn.)
Ben Dawson, WA, circa 1900 UT August 20, DXLD yg (20/8-2009)
WTFK? WDCR is on 1340, 1 kW non-direxional from Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire, which is near Lebanon and White River Junxion in the middle of the western border with Vermont. It seems they hoped to be on the air today Thursday August 20, from 9 am to 10 pm EDT [1300-0200 UT Friday], but not yet confirmed. If not today, then has to be on Friday, or Saturday last ditch day to meet the deadline. There are lots of other 1340s in New England and New York, so DXing this extremely rare station will be a challenge, day or night.
Glenn Hauser, DXLD yg (20/8-2009)
I spoke to someone directly at Dartmouth College and they assured me the station WILL MEET the deadline and be back on the air. Most likely simulcasting WebDCR.com or WFRD 99.3, Dartmouth's 6000 Watt Commercial FM rock station.
Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr., 1955 UT Aug 20, IRCA via DXLD yg (21/8-2009)
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NEW REBROADCASTER TO TAKE WRN NORTH AMERICAN NETWORK.
WARL 1320AM is the latest station to join the ever-expanding portfolio of stations that take and rebroadcast content from the WRN radio networks. Broadcasting across Providence, Rhode Island and online; WARL is a small broadcaster with a big objective: to make a worldwide impact. The addition of WRN North American to WARL's schedule will
complement its existing broadcast schedule whilst providing news, current affairs and perspectives from all over the globe.
Peter Arpin, President of WARL, says “We focus on positive energy with a unique set of programs. Beyond that, we deliver news and information, and try to source that information from unique places, hence our collaboration with WRN. We are one of the few positive
voices right now within the cacophony of gloom and doom. We believe there are great stories out there, and we want to find and air them.”
For further information on rebroadcasting the WRN Networks, email:
rebroadcasting@wrn.org (re:wired >News from WRN> July 2009, via DXLD)
NRC AM Log shows WARL as licensed to Attleboro MA, 5 kW day and night, U4 antenna patterns, 24 hour talk format, address in Providence.
Definitely commercial, slogan ``Positive Energy Moving Forward``.
Website is http://1320warlradio.com/ a.k.a. Universal 7 Radio. Program schedule more than a year old: http://1320warlradio.com/Programming-Schedule.php does not show any WRN, of course, and does not cover the full 24 hours each day. Most likely WRN will fill some overnight time; including WORLD OF RADIO??
Live stream worx: mms://stream1.systeminplace.net/warl
But around 1815 UT July 13 went from a talkshow into some extremely distorted soul music. Commercial at 1818 continued extremely overmodulated/distorted. Show hosts page should give an idea where they are coming from:
http://1320warlradio.com/Radio-Hosts.php
NRC Pattern book shows most of its signal goes S/SSE into the Atlantic on two slightly different patterns day and night. A crowded channel; there are three other 1320s in New England: CT, NH and VT! Attleboro MA is just across the state line NE of Providence.
Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD 9-052 (13/7-2009)
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When a farmer mowing grass took a wrong turn on June 16, KFEQ AM [680 kHz] lost a guy wire and eventually one of its four towers came toppling down in Andrew County, Mo. The radio station remains on the air but must now broadcast nondirectionally at reduced power not to exceed 1.87 kilowatts in the daytime and 1.25 kilowatts at nighttime, per the FCC.
"Losing that one tower most affected our nighttime signal," said Gary Exline, general manager in charge of several radio stations owned by Eagle Communications, including KFEQ. "We had to file with the FCC for nondirectional status for a temporary period, which expires on December 18."
At night, the station, based out of St. Joseph, Mo., broadcast in a 15-mile-wide directional signal that reached Texas in the south and Minnesota to the north. Daytime coverage included Garden City, Kan., Sioux City, Iowa, Springfield, Mo. and Lincoln, Neb.
"This station during the daytime used to cover parts of five states at 5,000 watts. We were getting way out there," Exline said. "Now, we are probably good for 60 miles either direction. That's about it."
The station is weighing its options including whether to transition from four-tower directional towers, which were built in 1942, to one nondirectional tower.
"They say the rebuild must happen in maximum daylight, which really means before October or wait until next spring," Exline said. "They can turn it around pretty quick these days. I was surprised at how cost-efficient it is."
Curt Phillips W4CP, ODXA via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (2/7-2009)
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The United States has started a broad effort in Pakistan and Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from using radio stations and websites to intimidate civilians and plan attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports today, citing unnamed senior US officials.
US military and intelligence personnel are attempting to jam unlicensed radio stations in parts of Pakistan near the Afghan border used by Taliban fighters, the report said. They are also trying to block Pakistani chat rooms and websites that frequently contain videos of attacks and inflammatory religious material that attempt to justify violent acts, it said.
The push takes the administration deeper into “psychological operations,” which try to influence how the United States, its allies and enemies are seen, the report said, noting that officials involved with the new program say such operations are a necessary part of halting the deterioration of stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Journal said the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Central Intelligence Agency all declined to comment.
Source: Reuters via Media Network weblog (18/4-2009)
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WHTB/1400-Fall River, Ma. will conduct its DX test this Sunday [March 29th] from 1-2 E.D.T./05:00- 06:00 G.M.T. (to accommodate European DXers). Reception reports should be sent to the same addresses as WSAR:
WHTB
1 Home St.
Fall River, Ma. 02725
U.S.A
-or- via e-mail: production@wsar. com.
WHTB is 1kW non-directional mono on 1400kHz.
73 & good luck! Jay Rogers , ABDX via Barry Davies, MWC (24/3-2009)
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KCBS, serving San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose on 740 kHz, is celebrating its 100th birthday. The world’s first broadcasting station has created a special section on its website to mark the centenary, featuring a history of the station, audio archives and a photo section. More airchecks and audio clips are always being added to the archives as the station continues to celebrate its centennial throughout 2009.
Andy Sennitt, Media Network weblog (23/3-2009)
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1480 kHz WSAR test heard 0600-0606 UTC with announcement, morse, siren tones (despite flag antenna now pointing to South America!)
Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland via MWC (22/3-2009)
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KARN 920/102.9FM which is Little Rock Arkansas' only news/talk radio station is going to convert the AM signal on 920 to an all-sports format. KARN has aired a news/talk radio format on 920
since the late 70's.
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=113223.54928.125346&view
=all&link=perm
I'm not sure Little Rock can stand yet another sports-talk station. There is already a station on 103.7 FM (KABZ) with mainly Razorback college football/basketball talk and also a smaller signal with ESPN radio on KDXE 1380 [an ex Air America affiliate]. However, local talk on 920 has been reduced to Dave Elswick's conservative fare and even that is only aired the first two hours since a sports-talk show is aired on 920 AM between 4-7 pm local time. Perhaps Citadel could come
to their senses and take off the gospel-huxters off sister-station KAAY 1090 and make a viable format out of that sleeping giant.
Fritze H. Prentice Jr, KC5KBV. Star City, AR, Grid: EM43aw
http://tvdxseark.blogspot.com March 15, DXLD 9-024 (19/3-2009)
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ABDX presents the 1480 WSAR DX test!
I've finalized it with our engineer & will load it in to the computer Thursday. WSAR will be conducting a DX test this Sunday 3/22 from 2-3:00 E.D.T./06:00-07:00 G.M.T.. There will be the announcements, the station ID in Morse Code, sweep tones, train whistles, etc.
(including a jingle). Please send reception reports to production@wsar.com or via mail to:
WSAR
1 Home St.
Somerset, Ma.
02725
U.S.A.
WSAR is mono; 5kW DA-U using 2 towers.
Most likely our sister 1kW class C station: WHTB/1400 will be doing the same test the following week @ the same time.
Good DX & sorry about the short notice as it was finalized yesterday.
73, Jay Rogers, N1WVQ/WQBI410 via Kevin Redding, MWDX yg (18/3-2009)
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WHYL-960 Carlisle, PA DX Test.
Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night), Mar 15, 2009.
Time: 12 Midnight - 2 a.m. Eastern Time, 0400 - 0600 UTC.
Mode of Operation: The station will test with 5 kW DA E-W. The DX test will consist of "peppier" pop music, morse code and sweep tones.
QSL Information: 1$ to help defray return postage requested. You may send postal reports to:
WHYL
ATTN Bruce Collier,
1703 Walnut Bottom Rd
Carlisle, PA 17015
U.S.A.
Thank you to Bruce Collier for making this test possible!
http://www.dxtests.info/2009/03/whyl-960-carlisle-pa-dx-test.html
Mike Terry via dxld yg (9/3-2009)
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[GERMANY]
Daylight saving time to affect AFN lineup in Europe.
Beginning Sunday, several programs on American Forces Network will be broadcast an hour earlier than normal because of the daylight saving time observance in the States. Central European Time will be five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time instead of the usual six hours.
The biggest effect will be on live sporting events, such as college basketball and auto racing. Other television programming, such as "24" and "American Idol" will air in the normal time slots.
On the radio, however, programs on AFN's Power Network will be aired one hour earlier. For instance, Rush Limbaugh will air at 5 p.m.; Dr. Laura Schlessinger at 6 p.m.; National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation at 7 p.m.; Ed Schultz at 8 p.m.; and NPR's All Things Considered at 9 p.m..
"The American Forces Network Broadcast Center in California says the shift to Daylight Saving Time means, in some cases, that they have to delete a TV program from the schedule until all the nations sync up," according to a Friday AFN Europe news release.
The majority of AFN users will be affected until March 29, when Central Europe makes the "spring forward" switch.
Stars and Stripes European edition
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=61169 March 7 via Kai Ludwig, dxld yg (8/3-2009)
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There is a report on the Yahoo Real DX list today that WVVM-1670 Dry Branch, GA has changed call letters to WFSM and changed format to Fox Sports Radio. I have not confirmed this personally but the report came from a reliable source.
Good DX, Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, MA, USA (4/3-2009)
Just checked the Radio Locator, which also mention WFSM - format unknown.
Ydun Ritz (4/3-2009)
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This is WFED [1500 kHz] in DC with regular Greek show.
http://www.dcgreeks.com/event_display.asp?EventID=2009022101
Hope that helps.
Steve Whitt via mwc (25/2-2009)
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1500, unID "Radio Olympics", 2302-2324, 22 Feb, English, ads, news including a report from Greece, Greek program at 2312, Greek music; they mentioned several other "R. Olympics" stations that were in parallel; 33442, QRM de VENEZUELA + adjacent frequencies.
Carlos Gonçalves - Portugal, dxld yg (25/2-2009)
He assumes 1500 is USA since it`s not on a European 9-kHz channel, but I wonder if it could be another pirate in Greece. Any ideas about an American station on 1500 which would fit? Surely not Washington DC. I see that 1500 WMNT in Manatí, Puerto Rico is Radio Atenas, but presumably in Spanish.
Glenn Hauser, dxld yg (25/2-2009)
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KIRO-AM 710 in Seattle is scheduled to switch from news to sports in early April, said Rod Arquette, program director of KIRO radio. “Competition makes it better for all of us,” Arquette said. “We welcome the competition.” KIRO’s new programing lineup will be made of syndicated and local programs, Arquette said. “We are looking at several hours of local programing every day Monday through Friday,” he said, adding that the station plans to use ESPN shows.
heraldnet.com via DXing the Finnish Way (22/2-2009)
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KRKO’s broadcasting power is set to increase tenfold on Monday, allowing the Everett-based radio station to expand its market with a new sports programing lineup. Four radio towers built last year in the Snohomish River Valley are set to start broadcasting Monday, 23rd of February, said Andy Skotdal, whose family owns KRKO-AM 1380. That’s expected to boost the station’s broadcasting power from 5,000 watts to 50,000 watts at night and to 34,000 watts during the day. KRKO has permission from the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast the new signal during a testing period, Skotdal said. It has yet to receive final licensing.
heraldnet.com via DXing the Finnish Way (22/2-2009)
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KGOW 1560 kHz with booming dominant loud & clear signal in sports talk, discussing merits of Monday night football hosts, Feb 7 at 0649 UT, phone 1-800-878-PLAY. Missed hourtop ID if any but at 0706, got program name ``Sports Overnight America``, and mentioned several affiliates, including KTRB-860, but not 1560.
Would normally tune out this nonsense, but something is amiss. Strongly suspect KGOW Bellaire/Houston TX, which has a 50 kW rig for daytime only, but which got out very well a few months ago during a hurricane on emergency usage. Searching on S.O.A., one gets to this which does show KGOW as an affiliate: http://www.sportsbyline.com/affil.htm
And KGOW`s own program schedule, ``lineup`` calls it ``Midnight Sports Byline`` starting at 9 pm most nights with no details of exactly what`s on until 7 am local CT:
http://www.1560thegame.com/media/?page_id=150
This signal was huge, and by comparison, XERF-1570 was buried in QRM. So was KGOW running day power and tower? Inspecting FCC info at http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&hpat=2&facid=17389
Licensed nite power is 100 watts, but this was no 100 watts; no point in even looking at the direxional pattern for that. But also has a CP for 15 kW at night, with peak at 145 degrees, nulls at 45, 100, 295 and 345 degrees --- we are about 345 degrees from Houston.
The 50 kW day pattern, however, has a broad peak from 340 to 50 degrees, centered on 15 degrees, so it sure looks like this was in use --- and no hurricanes anywhere near.
If I were one of the four other Texans on 1560, or KOCY Oklahoma City, not a trace of which was audible here, I`d be blowing the whistle on KGOW.
Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, dxld yg (7/2-2009)
Received hear at Fair strength and dominating Disney at 0101 today.
Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland dxld yg (7/2-2009)
Dominant also @ 0200 with "The Game" id.
Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, N. Ireland dxld yg (7/2-2009)
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Credit to Ken Baird who spotted this yesterday morning: WLAM [Lewiston ME] have gone back to an oldies format. Checking 1470 this morning I noted the ID "The New Oldies Channel for Portland and (sounded like "LA") AM 870 and 1470 The Oldies Channel" at 04:00. WLAM ID heard elsewhere.
John Faulkner via MWC (3/2-2009)
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ABDX presents the first DX test of the season.
Thank you to Jay Rogers for running a DX test at WOON 1240 kHz in Woonsocket, RI. This test will run Sunday morning Dec. 21 at 0200 ET / 0700 UTC.
WOON 1240 is mono running 1 kW NDA.
You can send your reports to Dave Richards via e-mail or regular mail.
WOON/1240
985 Park Avenue
Woonsocket, R.I. 02895-6332
U.S.A.
E-mail: dave@onworldwide.com (note: use the station callsign as the subject line so it's not disregarded as spam).
The DX test will consist of:
--Morse Code ID
--Voice announcement about it being a test broadcast
--Morse Code ID
--WOON Radio Jingle, (sung) "O-N Radio.......in Woonsocket".
These four elements will repeat, in that order, for 60 minutes from 2:00-3:00 EST on 12/21/08.
QSL request addresses to be announced shortly. Dave Richards will be the point of contact for QSL requests.
A special thank you to Jay, Ron Gitschier and others who made this test possible.
Kevin Redding, ABDX List owner (and all the people at ABDX who made this possible) via mwdx yg (12/12-2008)
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Apparently there's a new X-bander on 1700 in San Diego, CA. I picked them up several mornings ago on SRS in Manzanillo, mixing with KVNS. ID's as "The new talk of San Diego -- double X." Don't know if it's a spin-off of XX-1090, which also IDs as San Diego (even though it's in Mexico).
Also, some Unid'd station that morning on 1610, playing wall to wall Irish music .. Enya-esque vocals and instrumentals that sounded like a sound track to Lord of the Rings or similar. Listened from 6:50-7:10 AM CST, no breaks or IDs. Looped NW from Southern Jalisco.
Cheers, Jef Jaisun (17/2-2008)
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Today I logged 1640 KBJA. Slogan Super Radio.
1650 KCNZ Cedar Rapids, 16-50 The Fan.
The Canadian (which station/ed?) was also heard on 1650 with ID in English giving telephone number in case of interference....
Gert Nilsson Sweden (23/2-2007)
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1670 WMWR (GA) now is WVVM in Spanish. Location was given as Warner-Robbins, which is roughly the same as Dry Branch. No slogan heard or website found so far.
73's de Joachim Stiller (2/10-2006)
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