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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - July 10 1997
Vol 3 No 15
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
IRCA '97: Costa Mesa CA on July 25-27, 1997. Hotel - Holiday Inn Bristol
Plaza - $60/night/room (1 queen/sofa OR 2 queen) - reservations
(714) 557-3000 (mention IRCA convention to get rate) (FAX: (714) 957-8185.
Registration $35 (includes banquet), $15 (without banquet). Contact: Mike
Sanburn, PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA 90707.
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We are proud to announce for third time that the annual DX summer
meeting of Finnish DX Association will be held in Oulu, in Northern Finland.
The meeting will be arranged by Oulun DX-Klubi (DX-Club of Oulu), a local
branch of FDXA.
The Summer Meeting takes place on 1-3 of August 1997, beginning on
Friday afternoon, until Sunday afternoon.
Exact place is Virpiniemi Recreational Institute at Haukipudas, a small
village about 20 km's to the north from Oulu. And Oulu lies on the western
coast of North Finland.
Traffic links to Oulu are good: you can travel to Oulu from Helsinki by
air, train and bus. Oulu lies pretty close to border of Sweden, so you can
arrive via Sweden, too (i.e. border towns Haparanda and Tornio, about 125
km's from Oulu).
Almost 100 Finnish DX listeners are expected to participate in the
Summer Meeting. All foreign DXers as well as representatives of radio
stations are warmly welcomed to attend the meeting!
For more information, write to:
Oulun DX-Klubi ry.
c/o Ari Kilponen
Annantie 7 G
FIN-90560 OULU
FINLAND
Phone: +358 8 5541 700 (home, 16-20 UTC)
+358 8 3110 600 (work, 7-14 UTC)
Fax: +358 8 3110 610
E-mail: ark@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: NRC convention
Location: RAMADA INN, Route 13 and I-295, New Castle, DE
Phone: 302-658-8511
Registration: $40 (cost of banquet, beverages, equipment rentals, etc.)
members
$25 if not attending banquet or ONLY ATTENDING BANQUET (Sat.)
$10 additional persons (wife attending banquet, etc.)
Sign up starts on Friday afternoon August 29th, continues Saturday August
30th with John & Linda Bowker and myself.......
Rooms: $62 + 8% sales tax PER ROOM........each room contains two beds......
All reservations must be made directly with the Ramada Inn,
mention the National Radio Club as this is a discounted rate.
The banquet and meeting is scheduled for Saturday at 7:30PM with a
buffet style dinner (cash bar available), with speacial guest ALLEN LUDELL,
who recently got national recognition for being involved the the first major
market station to dump Rush Limbaugh! ALLEN is operations manager of
WILM-Wilmington and an active DXer.
Auction will follow. Sunday will be the DX QUIZ day, and John Bowker
will do his DX AUDIO SERVICE thingies. We're also hoping to line up TONY
FITZHERBERT to do his slide show presentation during the convention. There
is lots of open/free time for all to enjoy the area, visit stations,
sightsee, even gamble (Delaware now has slot machines), there is lots to see
within an hour drive of the convention site.
Questions can be answered via P O BOX 11502, WILMINGTON, DE 19850. DO
NOT SEND ME ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ROOM RESERVATIONS, the Ramada Inn will
handle them direct. If you are coming via train, Amtrak has excellent
service to Wilmington, we can pick you up if you'll let us know when you'll
be arriving. If you are flying into Philadelphia, its about a half hour
away, we would advise making arrangements for transportation to Wilmington
(Airport Shuttle service is available from the airport to Wilmington).
Keep your eye on DX NEWS or your favorite radio publication for more
news as the date draws near....>>
Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Convention '98 Updater.
Interest in next year's Convention has brought intentions of attendance
from>Scotland, England, Finland, Hawaii as well as Australia and New
Zealand.
Just to remind everyone, here is a tentative schedule of what is planned
so far:
The Convention is being held at Camp Iona, which is located near the
township of Herbert, about 20km South of Oamaru on SH 1. It is being held
over Waitangi Weekend so Friday the 6th is a public holiday. Camp Iona
consists of a large hall where we will have our meals and auction,
workshops, discussions etc. A large "Lodge" fully self-contained and
reserved for our older members, several accomodation blocks, similar to
motor-camp cabin standards and several ablutions areas as well as ample
ground for aerials and an obstacle course.
Thursday 5th February:
3:00pm Convention officially begins. Welcome, afternoon tea and a
general chat and get to know each other session.
Friday 6th February
To be advised
Saturday 7th February
7:00am - 12:00 pm to be advised
12:00pm Meet at Boulders Park Restaurant for 50th Anniversary
Commemorative meal & speeches, then back to Camp Iona for afternoon
tea and reminiscences
Rest of day to be advised
Sunday 8th February
7:00am onwards
9:00am Official Convention close
12:00pm Premises vacated
We have a few items lined up to "fill in the blanks" including an
auction, a night-time visit to Oamaru's Little Blue penguin colony, scenic
trips to Shag Point, Moeraki, Trotter's Gorge, Puketapu, a quiz night, game
of cricket, trip to top of Mt Stalker for FM enthusiasts, Church Service
etc. We are also organising guest speakers on topics like "DXing and the
Internet", a visit from the guys at Mainland Radio, etc.
The Convention registration fee has yet to be set, it will be around
NZ$75 per person and will cover all meals at Camp Iona and the Commemorative
Lunch as well as accomodation. You will need to bring your own sleeping bag,
pillows, blankets etc. NB: You will need to bring your headphones - you MUST
use these when listening to avoid disturbing others!
Please let us know if:
- you only want to attend on certain days or for certain events, e.g. the
Commemorative Dinner, your fee will be charged accordingly.
- you would like arrangements to be collected of dropped off in Oamaru on
arrival/departure via bus, train etc
- you would rather opt for a little more comfort and stay at a nearby motel
(we can send you details of these).
A full registration form will be published shortly. If you have any
further enquiries, please write to Convention '94, c/o Basil Jamieson, P O
Box 179, Oamaru 8900, New Zealand or e-mail - basjam@xxxxxxxx
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HOT STUFF
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Lee J Freshwater 414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX 352-732-7223 E-mail LfreshwateAaol.com
The F.C.C. has started putting CALL LETTER changes in their computer data
base...We will include them here as time and space permits.
PREPARED ON 6/30/97
Call Signs reserved for Pending Sales Applicants **
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL CALL
KWLW NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT KFAM
KTCT SAN MATEO, CA 1050 KOFY
KBPA PALO ALTO, CA 1220 KDFC
KSEK PITTSBURGH, KS 1340 KNHN
KMHS COOS BAY, OR 1420 KRSR
WXVW JEFFERSONVILLE, IN 1450 WAVG
** Commission grant and consummation does not automatically grant call sign
application. The new licensee must provide written notice to the call sign
desk upon consummation of the transaction and await authority from the
Commission to use the new call sign.
CALL SIGN CHANGES
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL * CALL
WZUR PONCE, PR ? WLEO
WKRC CINCINNATI, OH 550 WCKY
WNAI NEWBURG, KY 680 WXKN
WBHR SAUK RAPIDS, MN 800 NEW
WLJM LIMA, OH 940 WCIT
WLKY LOUISVILLE, KY 970 WAVG
KAXX EAGLE RIVER, AK 1020 KFFR
KNUZ BELLVILLE, TX 1090 KFRD
WBOB FLORANCE, KY 1160 WKYN
WLEO PONCE, PR 1170 WZBS
WMIR ATLANTIC BEACH, SC 1190 WMIW
WMLF COLUMBUS, GA 1270 WTMQ
KMRZ SAN BERNARDINO, CA 1290 KMEN
KTOD CONWAY, AR 1330 KFCA
WMMV COCOA, FL 1350 WMYM
WELL LORRAINE, OH 1380 WRKG
KLMS LINCOLN, NE 1400 KMEN
KAVP COLONA, CO 1450 NEW
KPAD FORT WORTH, TX 1540 KTNO
WACA WHEATON, MD 1540 WMDO
WLKA CANANDAIGUA, NY 1550 WCGR
KAWG SAUK RAPIDS, MN ? NEW CP
THE ABOVE DOES NOT MATCH WITH MY DATABASE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS 800
KHZ, BUT THAT IS LISTED AS WBHR WITH A DIFFERENT OWNER. M STREET JOURNAL
LISTS THE NEW 800 AS WBHR, BUT THE FCC LISTS WBHR AS TRI COUNTY BROADCASTING
AND KAWG AS BRANTLEY BROADCAST ASSOCIATES. CAN ANYONE HELP ON THIS ONE ???
* The F.C.C. does NOT list the frequency in their database. I have tried to
suppliment this with information from my own database,, so look it over
"carefully" before you change anything in yours.
We have put this information in order of frequency rather than location.
Send any suggestions, changes AND corrections to the above E-Mail address.
fresh
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1997 M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY
The IRCA Bookstore is proud to announce that the 'M Street Corporation' has
agreed to offer a discount on their 1997 'M Street Radio Directory' to
NewsFlash members ordering through the IRCA Bookstore. The Directory
contains a complete listing of over 15,000 radio stations (AM/FM, US/Canada)
including the following information: facilities, ownership, formats, LMAs,
station personnel, phone numbers (and FAX), addresses, ratings, as well as
information on almost 400 radio markets in the US and Canada. Stations are
listed by location (complete info), frequency (frequency, call, location,
power and pattern) and call (call, frequency, location) and market
(frequency, call, location, rating, format). It also includes a former call
reference (old call, location and current call). Major network information
(addresses/phone numbers/etc) and several interesting radio articles are
included as well.
The price to US and Canadian NewsFlash members ordering through the IRCA
Bookstore is $44.95 post paid (UPS address required). The book is expected
to be out by the end of May (usual disclaimer on date 'cause we can't be
sure!). Retail will be 55.95. NOW DUE OUT IN AUGUST, perhaps!!!
Europe - add $5.00 for surface, $19.20 for airmail delivery.
Australia/New Zealand - add $5.00 for surface, $27.25 for airmail delivery.
IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA 98117-2334
Please make checks payable to: Phil Bytheway.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Jay Novello - jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
PIRATE, 1618.66, "Southwest Radio". 1640, Jun 28. Tracking a Byrds CD,
bored teenager breaking in mid-song with simple ID "You're listening to
Southwest Radio on 1610 AM." After 1700 started giving "Wild Radio" IDs,
but kept playing the same Byrds CD on "repeat".
PIRATE, 1618.66, "1620 Radio". 2030, Jun 29. Seemingly same pirate as heard
on June 29th, but playing various forms of Christian religious music.
Broke in occasionaly in mid-song to say "This is Radio 1620". Heard again
1045 June 30th and July 1 with same format. On July 2nd, just
transmitting open carrier with the same ID's, noted 1345.
1220 WREV NC Reidsville - 7/1 1215 - Noted with romantic SP vocals and
Mexican oompah music, along with "R. Picante" non-IDs. Legal ID at 1302.
Change in format from CW?
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Tim Hall - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(TRH-CA) Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA Delco car rx
1100 KCCF AZ, Cave Creek 7/7 2156 Strong on car rx with 70s/80s light rock.
ID an 2200 included dual city ID, but couldn't make out second city
name thru XEPRS-1090 slop. New. (TRH-CA)
As much as I like seeing my totals creep up, I wish it didn't all come from
brand new stations and DX tests! I think the only truly new catch I've had
in the last year was the Yosemite TIS on 1610.
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MISC ITEMS
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Doug Smith - desmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On July 4, the Canadian Radio-Television Commission granted the CBC's
applications to move three major AM stations in Quebec to FM:
CBF-690 (French, Montreal) to 95.1
CBM-940 (English, Montreal) to 88.5
CBV-980 (French, Quebec City) to 106.3
The AM stations will continue to operate for 6 months after the FMs come on
the air, as seems to be the common practice in Canada when AM stations move
to FM. I expect some other Montreal and Quebec AM stations will ask to move
to the frequencies vacated by the CBC.
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IRCA Mexican Log, 4th Edition
The IRCA MEXICAN LOG log lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency,
including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule in
UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. In addition, stations that have
changed frequency since 1990 are cross-referenced on the old frequency. The
call letter index gives call, frequency, city and state. The city index
(listed by state, then city) includes frequency, call and day/night power.
The log has been completely updated from the 1994 edition and carefully
cross-checked by IRCA members in Mexico and the US. This is an
indispensable reference for anyone who hears Mexican radio stations. Size
is 8 1/2" x 11" and three hole punched for easy binding (optional).
Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $6.50 (US/Canada/Mexico/seamail), $7.50 (rest of
the Americas airmail), $8.00 (Europe/Asia airmail), $8.50 (Australia/New
Zealand airmail). Non-members: add $2.00 to the above prices. Make checks
out to: Phil Bytheway.
Order TODAY from: IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA 98117-2334
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The National Radio Club NRC AM Radio Log for the 1996-1997 DX Season.
This is the Seventeenth edition and has been updated through September 1996.
This annual edition contains 312 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" size, 3-hole punched,
loose leaf format with over 5,500 A.M. Radio station listings from the
United States and Canada. Each station listing consists of its location,
frequency, call, format, network affiliation, station address, station
slogan, day and night transmitter powers. There are cross references by
city and by call letter.
The nonmember prices of the AM Radio Log are as follows:
NRC & IRCA Members see your magazines for the member prices!
U.S. & Canada US $22.95
Latin America US $23.50
Europe US $24.00
All Others US $28.00
Orders may be placed now. The 1997 Seventeenth edition of the NRC AM RADIO
LOG ready and being shipped at this time.
Please mail all orders to: National Radio Club
Publications Center
P.O. Box 164
Mannsville, NY 13661-0164
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phil bytheway - Seattle WA - Philip_Bytheway@xxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary June 19 1997 through July 9 1997
GEO - Geomagnetic activity pca - polar cap absorption
maf - major flare SA - Solar Activity
mas - major storm spe - satellite proton event
mis - minor storm ss - severe storm
Date FLUX A K SA GEO OTHER
6/19 70 8 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
20 70 4 0 very low quiet -
21 68 1 4 very low quiet-active -
22 70 8 1 very low quiet-active -
23 69 5 1 very low quiet -
24 70 4 2 very low quiet -
25 72 7 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
26 72 4 2 very low quiet-unsettled -
27 72 11 2 very low quiet-active -
28 71 6 4 very low quiet-active -
29 70 8 2 low quiet -
30 70 3 1 very low quiet -
7/ 1 70 2 1 very low quiet -
2 70 2 2 very low quiet -
3 69 5 2 very low quiet -
4 70 5 1 very low quiet -
5 70 3 0 very low quiet -
6 68 3 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
7 70 11 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
8 70 3 3 very low quiet-unsettled -
7/ 9 70 8 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them to
the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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END of July 10 1997 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash" - Philip_Bytheway@xxxxxxx