[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 2/15/01
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[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 2/15/01
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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - February 8 2001
Vol 6 No 44
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, February 22 2001 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxx
2/17/01 Sat - 0000-0200 - WFBS - 1280 - Berwick PA (NRC)
WFBS-1280 in Berwick, Pennsylvania will conduct a DX test on Saturday
February 17, 2001 from 0000-0200 (EST). The test will include tones,
music, code and voice ID's on 1000 watts daytime power non directional.
Phone calls (not collect) accepted 570-752-8012. Reports with return
postage:
Kevin Fennessey, WFBS
114 Market Street
Berwick, PA 18603
(Arranged by Dave Schmidt {who will do the test!} for the NRC!)
If you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via either e-mail or
in rec.radio.shortwave! And if you send a reception report to a station,
please remember to include return postage with your report...
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to
the trouble to run a test!
WGSR-1570, Fernandina Beach, FL - tested Saturday, February 3, 2001 from
12:00 - 2:00 am EST:
Stephen Howe in St. Albans, VT and Menands, NY, Neil Wolfish and Saul
Chernos at Burnt River, ON (100 mil NE of Toronto), Bob Foxworth in
Tampa, FL, Nigel Pimblett in Medicine Hat, AB and Barry McLarnon in
Ottawa, ON all report hearing the test - or at least a CW ID. Frank Aden
in Boise, ID and Stig Hartvig Nielsen in Eastern Jutland, Denmark both
reported that they heard what *might* have been the test. Morris Soresen
in Winnipeg, MB was unable to hear the test due to too much CKMW, Jim
Renfew in Byron, NY heard no sign of WGSR on the frequency, Rick Lewis
in Phoenix, AZ and Kevin Redding in Mesa, AZ tried for the test but
didn't hear it, as did Chuck Boehnke in Keaau, HI and Pete Taylor in
Tacoma, WA.
WILM-1450, Wilmington, DE - tested Sunday, February 4, 2001 from
12:00 - 2:00 am EST:
Gordon Bell near Troy, NY heard this test well and sent a detailed
report. Stephen Howe in St. Albans, VT and Menands, NY says that WILM
was very weak, but there was no sign of previously-heard CHUC on the
frequency. Neil Wolfish and Saul Chernos in Burnt River, ON heard what
they thought was the test at about 0015 ELT. Tim Noonan in Madison, WI
reported that he tried for the test but was unable to hear it.
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HOT ITEMS
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*Charles C Boehnke - HI - kale@xxxxxxxx
Alan Roycroft passed away last night, Feb 12, 2001, in Hilo, Hawaii.
Alan was 80 and had retired from Radio Engineering a few years ago, a
field in which he was legendary! He was a friend to all radio hobbyists
everywhere!
I would like to thank all of you who have sent messages of condolence
to us re Alan's passing. I assure you that all his dedicated caregivers
appreciate your thoughts and send their gratitude.
We are attempting to locate Alan's nephew, Terry White. He was last
believed to be in England and is involved in the development of an
amphibious automobile. We understand he had possibly been in contact
with someone at "Lotus" in the UK, but we have no other information. He
had also been in New Zealand before that. Terry is a surfer and could be
in one of the surfing haunts in Europe. He is in blondish and in his
middle to late twenties. Thanks for any help you could render. The
executor of Alan's estate is working through official channels to locate
him as well.
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barry.davies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Can anyone help with this one. Does any one know if 1660 WCHQ
Canovanas PR has signed on?
****Lars Hedberg - lhu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
1660 WEIC Puerto Rico often with good signal in Sweden. Often id's.
*David Gleason - david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As of two weeks ago, it was not operating. I'll be there again the
24th and will check.
Sometime in March, the NotiUno network will move to the by then
defunct SuperKadena. This means that 630-910-760 will be the key
stations of NotiUno, and 1320, 1040, 1490 and perhaps 1430 will leave
the net for different programming. Probably the calls of WUNO will move
to 630, too. The remaining NotiUno affiliates will stay the same for the
moment. In any case, remember that NotiUno is both a net and a station,
as the originating station for the net in San Juan is called NotiUno.
There will be 4 full news networks in PR when the change I posted goes
into effect. The reason there are neworks is that no San Juan station
covers either Ponce, Arecibo or Mayaguez or the trest of the Island, for
that matter. To achieve total sland coverage on AM, 5 or 6 stations are
needed, although on FM three full B signals will do the job. Puerto Rico
is a single Arbitron market, consisting of the entire Island, so
survival requires a net.
Radio Reloj net out of WKAQ San Juan. WAPA net out of WAPA San Juan
NotiWapa. WUNO NotiUno out of San Juan 1320 soon to be 630. WIAC Cadena
Radio Puerto Rico out of 740 San Juan
Not all affiliates ar 24/7, with some just joining for Morning Drive
news and special bulletins or paid net programming. Local stations have
no identity during net broadcasts, and some even fail to do their legal
IDs right.
Yep... 1660 is the national Radio Unica feed, with local news and
traffic and weather inserts made in NYC drive time. It is also one if
not the only DA X-Band station, with, I believe (and according to M
Street) running 9 kW at night using the 1380 towers in diplex.
I confirmed today that 1660 in Canóvanas, a suburb of San Juan, is
still testing, mostly at night, with the name La Grande 16-60. This
station was moved from Camuy, on the NW coast, to a suburb on the
eastern side of the San Juan metro.
The transmitter site is near that of WIDA-1400 in an area of Carolina
called Hoyo Mula, near a riverbed in a partial mangrove swamp with good
conductivity.
The station is owned by Aureo Matos, Jr. His father owns several
religious stations in PR, including WBRQ-97.7 in Cidra and a Mayaguez
area evangelical Christian FM. Broadcasters in PR expect a nostalgia
based oldies format using traditional Puerto Rican music when it goes on
regular schedule. Tests are apparently being conducted using 10 kw.
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**Deane D McIntyre - dmcintyr@xxxxxxxxxxx
The CRTC has approved the move of two more Canadian AM's to FM:
CKAP-580 Kapuskasing ON to 100.9, 12kW:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/Decisions/2001/DB2001-49.htm
CKGY-1170 Red Deer AB to 95.5, 100kW:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/Decisions/2001/DB2001-52.htm
When CKGY goes to FM, Red Deer, and Lethbridge-Taber will have lost
all their AM stations, and only CHAT-1270 remains in operation in
Medicine Hat. The signal of CKGY is quite good in Calgary during the
day, when they are 50 kW, but at night very poor as they drop to 14 kW
and Calgary is in a null.
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**PGreen1950@xxxxxxx
New call letters.1410, WENU ,South Glens Falls, NY- Heard 2/08 2015 -
Tom Jones "Its Not Unusual" followed by ID 1410 WENU. Male announcer
with ad for Chopsticks Restaurant in Queensbury. E-mailed WENU. Bob
Barrett, Operations Mgr for Vox Radio Group, Ny stated "WBZA-AM 1410 has
indeed changed calls and format. It is now WENU-AM, an Adult Standard
simulcast with WENU-FM 101.7. Both are in the Glens Falls, NY market. AM
is licensed to South Glens Falls, FM to Hudson Falls. By the way, the
WBZA calls were snapped up by a station in Rochester, calling itself the
Buzz."
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**walter breville - walterlb@xxxxxxx
990 is no longer WHOO in Orlando, it has become WDYZ Radio Disney.
Just last Friday I was delighted to note that WHOO resurfaced on 1080,
formerly WFIV Kissimmee that had Spanish format. Kissimmee is 30 miles
north of me as the crow flies, downtown Orlando 50 miles north, & the
1080 signal (10kw) is definitely stronger than 990 for me. And this is
my first experience hearing R. Disney with a fairly strong signal,
besides occasional drives to Tampa Bay area when I hear the 1380 Disney
outlet there...to my ears a lot of AM formats are worse, discoish music
not bad, even the kid talk beats Rush Limbaugh & many other talkers,
also I am no fan of sports talk.
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
According to Paul Shinn, CE for KAVT, all IDs are done by a DJ who
pops in a card somewhere in the hour for IDs. They do ID every hour and
try to within a few minutes before or after TOH. The IDs will be done
that way for a while untill everything is set up automatically. So if
you try to catch a KAVT ID, it will probably not be at the TOH.
2/14. I tuned into 1630 tonight and caught their ID at 0558 EST 2/14
as "WRDW and WTEL Augusta. Then they ran their regular "News Talk 1630,
WRDW Augusta" ID going into News at 0600.
1630 WTEL GA, Augusta, tuned in at 0558 EST 2/14 with ID "WRDW and
WTEL Augusta" Then regular ID at 0559.50 "News Talk 1630, WRDW-Augusta"
going into net news. Haven't seen this posted anywhere. (PM-OR)
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I just read that 1550-SF just got an OK to go to 50/40 KW directional
to the South/SW, protecting Vancouver WA and the North. Interesting as
KVAN got a CP for a power boost which they are working on now 50/12 KW,
same pattern nights, to the NW.
Also KLLU-1030-Reedsport OR is in the process of boosting to 50 KW
days. A bit stronger here 200+ miles away, but very little difference
from the 10KW. At least so far.
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is probably because 1540 in Capitola turned their license in the
to the FCC, so that frequency no longer needs to be protected.
Here's a URL for the map showing the new site:
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-
bin/mapsurfer?on=railroads&on=streets&ht=0.25&wid=0.25&lat=37.45&lon=-
121.93&mark=-121.93,37.45,bigdot,KYCY
Here's the info I found on the CP (courtesy of radiostation.com):
KYCY - 1550 : construction permit data for daytime operation SAN
FRANCISCO , CA Coordinates: N372730 W1215604 View location.
Class: 0B | Nominal power: 50.00 kw | RMS: 2879.70 | Antenna: DA2 This
mode uses 04 towers. Pattern is Standard. (Only displaying three towers
at this time.)
Tower #1: Electrical height: 200.0 degrees Tower is top loaded (0).
Tower #2: Electrical height: 200.0 degrees | Phase: 227.5 degrees |
Spacing: 0062.8 | Orientation: 260.20 Tower is top loaded (0).
Tower #3: Electrical height: 200.0 degrees | Phase: 71 degrees |
Spacing: 0176.7 | Orientation: 074.10 Tower is top loaded (0).
File # BP970813AB This station operates on an unlimited schedule. *-*-
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Olle Alm - o.alm@xxxxxxxxx
Maybe there's something you can use among these (edited) decisions
picked up from the CRTC website.
530 CIAO Brampton, ON. It is a condition of licence that the licensee
provide programming directed to a minimum of 12 cultural groups
in a minimum of 13 different languages. (CRTC Jan 18, 2001)
580 CKAP Kapuskasing, ON will switch to FM 100.9 MHz with an ERP of
12,000 watts. The station will offer CKAP's current CHR
(Contemporary Hit Radio)/Hot AC (Adult Contemporary) format on FM
(CRTC Feb 9, 2001)
1170 CKGY Red Deer, AB will switch to FM 95.5 MHz with an ERP of
100,000 watts. The FM station will offer CKGY's current Country
music format (CRTC Feb 9, 2001).
1320 CHMB Vancouver, BC. The licensee must, by condition of licence,
provide: programming directed to a minimum of 12 cultural groups
in a minimum of 12 different languages; and programming directed
to Native people. (CRTC Jan 17, 2001)
1320 CJMR Mississauga, ON. By condition of licence, the licensee must:
provide programming directed to a minimum of 11 cultural groups
in a minimum of 15 different languages; limit the broadcast of
brokered ethnic programming to a maximum of 62% of the broadcast
week. (CRTC Jan 18, 2001)
1410 CFMB Montréal, QU. It is a condition of licence that the licensee
provide programming directed to a minimum of 19 cultural groups
in a minimum of 18 different languages. (CRTC Jan 17, 2001)
1430 CHKT Toronto, ON (Fairchild Radio Group Ltd.). By condition of
licence, the licensee must: provide programming directed to a
minimum of 14 cultural groups in a minimum of 15 different
languages; broadcast a maximum of 66 hours each broadcast week of
ethnic programming directed to the Chinese community; restrict
the hours during which programming is broadcast in Mandarin and
Cantonese to the following: a) Mandarin - between 6 a.m. and 8
a.m. on weekdays; and b) Cantonese - between noon and 8 p.m.
Monday through Sunday. (CRTC Jan 18, 2001)
1470 CJVB Vancouver, BC (Fairchild Radio Group Ltd.) It is a condition
of licence that the licensee provide programming directed to a
minimum of 23 cultural groups in a minimum of 23 different
languages. (CRTC Jan 18, 2001)
1630 Ottawa, ON (MacDonald-Cartier International Airport) will operate
with a transmitter power of 99 watts. (CRTC Feb 14, 2001)
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**Patrick Griffith - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
JW sent me a tip on 2/13 that KKYD-1340 was dark but I don't believe
I've seen it mentioned on the reflector yet. As of today they remain
dark, reason unkown.
**Neil Griffin - ngriffin@xxxxxxx
Apparently they are being purchased by KCFR 90.1. They are planning
to go all classical as KVOD on 90.1 and use 1340 for news and talk
programming from NPR. They also want to purchase KUNC 91.5 in Greeley
from the University of Northern Colorado and simulcast 1340. More
details are at http://www.cpr.org/html/2channel_full.htm. I think it
was reported on this list that 1280 which was KVOD's last frequency was
sold and the music library donated to Colorado Public Radio.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
TA OPENINGS...
1314 A fair carrier here off the Northern wire here on the North coast.
*Mike Stonebridge - St Isadore AB - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
After last nights little taste I was hoping for something better
tonight. Alas it was not to be. Carriers on 153, 162, 177, and 1314.
Faint audio on 189 and 198.
*Nick Hall-Patch - Victoria BC - nhp@xxxxxxxx
Keep looking for TA conditions on the west coast. Carrier on 1314 at
0120 UTC.
In addition, though I wasn't home last night, (9 Feb UTC), according
to the signal strength monitoring program, there was a good peak on 1314
kHz at 03:05, lasting from 02:55-03:49.
This was stronger than the 7 Feb peak noted at 03:35.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
A very strong Norway carrier on 1314 at 0210 UTC 2/9. Maybe a bit of
audio by man talking.
*Mike Stonebridge - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Nothing on 1314 tonight, though the long wavers are in. Audio on 153
and 189, best signal here in some time, carriers on 162, 177, 198 and
252.
*Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I also noted LW signals last night, with audio on 189 (very strong at
times), 153 (traces), 162, 177, and for the first time, 225. Nothing
here noted on 252. On MW I also noted a het on 1314, quite significant
at times, and a much weaker one on 1206.
**Doug Smith W9WI - Pleasant View TN - w9wi@xxxxxxxx
FYI I'm hearing a bunch of TA carriers. Maybe brief snatches of audio
on 1089. This is a RARE event here!
**Rick Shaftan - shaftan@xxxxxxx
1314 was stronger than the domestics last night. Had what might have
been Italy on 1575 and other stuff on 891, 1206, 1215, 1323 and 567 but
not enough to ID anything here.
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** Patrick Griffith - Westminster, CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1260 KWYR SD Winner - 2/9 0800 - "This is Country 12-60, KWYR, serving
the heartland" then into ABC news. (PG-CO)
1260 UNID - 2/9 0806 - "12-60, Radio Disney" ID. Very weak under
several other stations. (PG-CO)
1260 KIMB NE Kimball - 2/9 0813 - Local funeral listings followed by
weather report. (PG-CO)
Drake R-8 and Kiwa loop
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BROADCAST BAND LOGGINGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE, MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
SPECIAL
1160 WYLL IL Chicago -02/09 0800- Good signals in KSL null with
religious programming local ads and weather. ID as 11-60 WYLL
Chicago's Word. NEW!! (SA-MB)
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**Barry McLarnon VE3JF - bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
760 WCIS NC Morganton - 02/02 1725-1735 - C&W-ish music, news, then
"that's our last newcast for the day, you're listening now to USA
Radio Network sports and the "powerhouse" forecast... in the WCIS
newsroom, this is Bob Clark". Then new announcer with "it's 43
now in Morganton... working for Jesus...", into religious music,
good with WJR nulled. New. (BM-ON)
1060 WBIX MA Natick - 02/02 1700-1705 - News, Boston area traffic
report, WBIX and "Business 1060" IDs, slugging it out with KYW.
Last heard as WMEX. (BM-ON)
1080 WKGXp NC Lenoir - 02/01 1740 - Local ads for businesses in Hudson
and Granite Falls (e.g., Granite Funeral Home), then back to C&W.
Good with usual WTIC missing in action. There were several
addresses & phone nos. given, but I was driving home from work at
the time! New. (BM-ON)
1090 WAQE WI Rice Lake - 02/05 1743 - Local news with many local
references, snowmobile accident victim in Shell Lake hospital,
arrest in Eau Claire, etc. Buried at TOH by WBAL, CKKW, KAAY and
others. Fellow AM DXer Jerry Atherton of Rice Lake listened to a
WAV file I made of this reception and confirmed that it was his
local pest! New. (BM-ON)
1170 WMRH WI Waupon - 02/05 1624 - "that's right here - two big
reviews, on the morning show Wednesday... only here on AM 1170
WMRH", fair in a mix with WWVA and others. (BM-ON)
1280 WNAM WI Neenah - 02/05 1640-1650 - Westwood One adult standards,
dominant for some time then falling back into the pack, nice
clear "AM 1280 WNAM" ID. (BM-ON)
1290 WJBR DE Wilmington - 02/05 1645-1652 - Westwood One adult
standards, //WNAM-1280, good but faded as the music ended, caught
a "WJBR" ID amidst a jumble of other stations led by WHIO and
CJBK. New. (BM-ON)
1370 KDTH IA Dubuque - 02/05 1710 - Weather forecast for Dubuque, then
"the afternoon business report on KDTH is coming up next", good,
pretty much on top of the channel. New. (BM-ON)
1480 WLEA NY Hornell - 02/03 1650 - Local announcements, e.g., IOOF
bingo at the Oddfellows Club in Hornell, then ID "you're
listening to WLEA, Dansville, Bath and Hornell, 1480 on your
dial", good, mostly on top of the channel. (BM-ON)
1550 WYTK PA Pittston - 02/03 2250-2300 - Oldies (Supremes, Jim Croce,
Beatles, etc), "WICK" ID (//WICK-1400, WYCK-1340), poor under
CBE, mixing with Disney noise from WDZK. New. (BM-ON)
1570 WPEP MA Taunton - 02/01 1605-1607 - USA Radio Network sports,
Prudential Insurance ad, ID "AM 1570 WPEP Taunton", good, alone.
(BM-ON)
BM-ON Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON
NRD-525, 1 m loop, inverted-vee, MFJ-1026
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***Daniele Canonica - SWITZERLAND - Swiss.DX@xxxxxxxxxxx
RX JRC 535 with 30 meter of LW antenna+MLB & ALA 1530
1510 WRNB Boston (presumed) 1510 khz, 2351 male voice, no ID, extreme
adyacent interference, SIO 211 (Canonica, Feb. 08)
1650 WHKT Portsmouth (presumed) 1650 khz, 0010 male voice, no ID, good
signal (QSA 7) but extreme noise, SIO 331 (Canonica, Feb. 09)
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***Ruud Vos - Utrecht HOLLAND - shack@xxxxxx
This morning (2/10) still fine conditions, with coming in many
stations on several freq, just to much to Id them all:
580 0540 CJFX Country mx
590 0545 VOCM news Id
730 0525 Unid
850 0547 E Unid
860 0550 Country mx
870 0552 WWL Id Rel px
880 0535 WCBS Id "WCBS NEWSTIME"
940 0530 CKNN Montreal Id
960 0533 Unid
970 0600 E Unid talks
1030 0612 WBZ Boston Id talks
1050 0615 E Unid with Country mx
1070 0610 CBA Moncton Id with Economical nx
1130 0600 WBBR New York Id news bloomberg room
1290 0622 F unid with Titanic song
1590 0700 S unid latinamerican songs
But between 1600-1700 bullshit here alas enough, I do not know what it
is, but over the last months no DX there. Sunday morning I will scan the
band again, before I go biking in the forest with a DX friend (Michiel
Schaay) of mine. So I hope to be lucky to Id more,with even better
conditions, we will see......
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****Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
Receivers: Panasonics RF-2200, RFB-45
1110 WUHN MA Pittsfield - 02/10, 1810 - absolutely creaming WBT with
ID as "the Berskshires' WUHN", local weather, into C&W song.
1120 WBNW MA Concord - 02/10, 1850 - presumed in KMOX null with
"Pages for People" program, interviewing the author of book The
Death of Vishnu. Ad for "10 Easy Lessons to making a living in
the stock market". QSLed as WADN on DX test in 1990. (MKB-ON)
1250 CJYE ON Oakville - 02/06, 0730 - AM drive show with contemporary
Christian music and slogan "Joy 1250, catch the spirit". Had
been //CHWO-740 since Jan. 8. (MKB-ON)
1460 WWWG NY Rochester - 02/08, 0755 - over usual pest CJOY, with
slogan "1460 AM 3WG, the spirit of Rochester", PSA asking for
volunteers at the Genessee Health Center. (MKB-ON)
1580 WBCP IL Urbana - 02/05, 0027 - in and out of mush (nothing
particularly dominant on 1580 since the demise of CBJ) with mix
of urban contemporary and oldies, ID as "24 hours a day...the
original 1580 WBCP". I have now heard all four 250-watt
Illinois stations on 1580. (MKB-ON)
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Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
1320 KSDT-CA Hemet Was silent, now Regional Mexican //FM "Radio Laser
105.7"
1320 KKSM-CA Oceanside "North County's new music, Comet 13-20"
1340 WMTE-MI Manistee NOS //WKLA-1450, Paul Harvey, seems 24h now.
1390 WEGP-ME Presque Isle No longer silent. "Northern Maine's news
and information station"
1450 WKLA-MI Ludington NOS //WMTE-1340, Paul Harvey, seems 24h now.
The last 3 items were logged from a British Airways 747 as I flew to
London on my Christmas vacation. British Airways lets you use radio
receivers once the plane is in flight. On this particular flight, I had
a window seat, so by holding the receiver near the window I could hear a
few stations on channels that weren't blocked by electrical noise. I
also had a TV display in the seat in front of me that showed a map of
the plane's location as I was listening! Very few signals made it
through; in most cases I had to be directly over the station's location.
(TRH-CA) Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA Delco car rx
(TRH-CA1) DXing between San Diego and Palm Desert, CA, Delco car rx
STATION NEWS:
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1320 KSDT CA, Hemet 2/10 2103 Station is back on the air with
Spanish hits format //FM. Slogan is "Radio Laser 105.7".
UNIDs:
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980 2/10 2000 ESPN programming, legal ID sounded like KZML?
TIS and OTHER:
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530 KNCN250 CA, San Bernardino 2/10 2040 Station noted from Temecula
to Banning with Cal Trans road info for Running Springs and Big
Bear. Runs the same announcement twice, but the first time
through the ID is KNCN250 Barstow and the second time it's
KNCN250 San Bernardino. Sounds like the announcer tried to fix
his mistake, but inadvertently added the second message instead
of replacing the first one. (TRH-CA1)
1610 TIS CA, Desert Hot Springs? 2/10 2134 New TIS for motorists
entering Joshua Tree National Park, with short tape loop
mentioning the Oasis Visitor Center in Twentynine Palms. Signs
are posted at the I-10/CA-62 junction, but the station isn't
audible until a few miles east of there, due to the noise
generated by a local power plant. (TRH-CA1)
1610 House CA, San Diego 2/5 0907 Talking house for Matt Batiana(?)
Realty for townhouse at 10700 Crest Vista(?) Ct. in the Mira Mesa
area along I-15. Another new one. (TRH-CA)
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1140 KCMJ CA, Palm Springs 2/10 2200 Station is putting out a very
loud pulsating tone on top of their regular signal. Station gets
out pretty well, but is pounded by the Las Vegas station too.
1610 KALT TX, Atlanta 2/11 0020-0120 Station noted from Winchester
all the way back to San Diego with talk programming and clearly
enunciated IDs at station breaks. New. (TRH-CA1)
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***Salvo Micciché - ITALY - co.rad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
1650 13/2,0530-0600 WHKT The Big K (Jollif Road, Virginia) 34243 mx
(Tema di Lara, other songs, La Bamba...) - YM in EE - mx
1660 13/2,0532-0600 WGIT Canovanas (Carolina, San Juan, Puertorico)
34343 mx - YM in SS - mx
1670 13/2,0533-0600 WTDY (Madison, Wisconsin) 34233 mx and songs
1680 13/2,0533-0600 WTIR Traveler AM 1680 34233 YM e YL in EE - info
1700 13/2,0533-0600 WAFN Voz Cristiana (Miami Spring, Florida) 44333 YM
in SS: "esta pasando la semana... el numero de la segretaria..."
1630 13/2,0540-0620 presumed XEUT Radio Universidad (Mexico) 24222 YM
in SS few seconds, then fading, then YM again and mx Buen Ayre
seems off air for now, isn't it true?
1690 13/2,0540-0600 WPTX (Lexington Park, Mariland) 24222 YM in EE
Kenwood R-5000 - Sangean ATS909 - Ant 60 mt longwire + MLB, Loop for
Medium Waves FX AL IIId (designed by F. Golzio)
Monitoring in Scicli (Sicilia, Italia) JM76IS (36°47'N -14°42'E)
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*Kevin redding - Mesa AZ - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
Heard on a Magnavox D8334 boombox:
830 XEVQ MEXICO, Navajalato, Sinaloa 2/13 1200 with Mexican national
anthem, announcement of 1000 w and 250w then playing The Theme
From the Magnificent Seven during the sign on. The slogan they
were using was La Grande de Sinaloa.
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Art Blair - Folsom CA - blairs@xxxxxxxxxx
Logged KAVT-1680 Fresno 2/12/01 @ 1501 PST. Station on this morning
0530 PST.
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*Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Was listening elsewhere than 1220 for a change last night and had a
couple of interesting catches:
1190 WOWO IN, Fort Wayne 2100 12 Feb Sung jingle ID after an ad, then
into ABC news. First time heard here in about 5 years. (NP-AB)
1550 WBSC SC, Bennettsville 2058 12 Feb. Was very surprised to hear
this one come up over an oldies station with end of a religious
program, ID with 3 cities as "WBSC, Bennettsville - ? - ?" and
into USA Radio news. I've been watching this frequency since
dominant KQWB left, but hadn't heard anything of interest until
now. Only my 2nd SC, and the other was a DX test. (NP-AB)
Kenwood R-5000, 800 foot eastern beverage
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***BERGLUND JOHAN - -johandx@xxxxxxxxx
A few observations from Johan Berglund, Trollhättan, Sweden
1557 12 feb 1536 WYFR, Taiwan , Chinese, from 1600 English.
1557 12 feb 1557 Studio Radio Osijek, Osijek, Croatia . Dull studio
talk at 1615. These two stations were changing places at the S-
meter top rate during an hour or so. Radio Blue and UK stations
in the background.
1660 12 feb 0540 WIMB, Marco Island, FA with oldies and evergreens. SIO
243
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*Charles A. Taylor - calltaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
2/14. Last night at 2030/0130Z was reviving my ailing Drake SPR-4.
Stopped on 780 in passing and noted Caribbean-accent EE on top.
Stuck around for a listen. "I already got ZBVI logged/taped, said I".
Looked at my NC logbook: WRONG.!! I had logged it while in Bermuda 1978-
81. Anyway, this was probably ZBVI. LUNGE for the tape recorder!
Waited til 2100/0200Z for Top-of-hour ID, but not enough ZBVI and too
much BS (BM?) from WBBM. Mention of "Province[town?]".
Surprise: God Save the Queen at 0202Z and drop carrier immediately
after (about 1/2 Hz away from WBBM consistently).
Does anyone out in radioland know for sure if this was ZBVI? About 21-
22 years after logging from Bermuda, and I assumed that I had it logged
from here, too.
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HELP WITH...
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**AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
Disney must have added WKBZ to their web site in the past 24 hours. It
wasn't there yesterday.
I notice that the web site now says they are in 48 markets. Yesterday
it said 47.
Strange that they didn't add the 990 in Orlando FL or the 1340 in
Auburn NY to the web site while they were doing their update.
**Kevin - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
This is WSDZ in Belleville, IL the Disney affiliate for St. Louis. I
have heard them too an it took a LONG time to figure out who it was.
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****Martin Elbe - elbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
2/9. This morning I heard an UNID on 1700 kHz. From 0625-0705 hrs
UTC, Black Gospel music, a Spanish speaking station, most likely WAFN in
background. Of course I thought of WEUV, Huntsville, Alabama, but the
ID's I got (3 in total) all sounded like WEGP! Slogan for example "WEGP,
playing the music of your life", and "24 hrs a day, WEGP" and into Black
Gospel. What the heck now was this? WEGP is talks on 1390!
****Barry McLarnon VE3JF - bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WEUV is //WEUP-1600, and they usually (maybe always) have only the
WEUP ID. This is very likely what you heard.
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**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
1570 2/8 around 2007-8, heard an ID, quite clear very similar to "WEWN"
in/out with WPGM/WISP
1600 2/8 around 1740 and again around 2010, and still again 2/9 0720,
with MYL-type standards and a call either "WHJV" or similar. Is
this a change or an FM call associated with Elmira NY ex-1590 ?
*** This one is the new call for Bedford, PA, WHJB finally nailed
it down last evening! This appeared in DXN a few issues back...
1590 2/8 around 1735 with promo and station phone number 345-1590 -
nothing in my 1999-00 Log matches.
1580 2/8 around 1745-1800 w/ a country oldies type of format mixing
with WZKY/WLIM
2/13. This morning around 0710, I had a religious station weak under
what I believe was WSAI w/ standards, referring to itself as "His Radio"
but no further ID'able material. Of course this could be simply the
title of a syndicated program. The only REL format stations which are at
all plausible are in NC....
**Lee Freshwater - LFreshwate@xxxxxxx
Yes it may be WOBS 1530. They are a regular here in Ocala, FL. Owned
by Metropolitan Radio. GM is Mike Craft. He is very friendly to Dxers...
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*kevin redding - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
I was on the way home from work in a white 1999 Dodge Intrepid and was
listening to 1600 and heard the audio from the NBC Nightly News with Tom
Brokaw. Its a new one to me.
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***David W. Onley - onleydw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wondering if someone can help me with the following from our Cape
Otway trip on the weekend.
Heard 2 stations // on 1650 & 1660 with an oldies/NOS format. Is this
WHKT Portsmouth and WMIB Marco? Any other stations that may network NOS
on here?
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1070 KKHT TX, Houston, rec verie letter in 65df for daytime reception
in Dec. V/S: Thelma K. Brown-Admin. Assit. Address: 6161 Savoy -
Ste. 1200, Houston TX 77036. Really pleased with this. (PM-OR)
1190 KLUV TX, Dallas rec. verie letter in 168d, after follow up. V/S:
Bill Taylor-CE Address: Infinity Broadcasting, 4131 N. Central
Expressway-Ste 700, Dallas TX 75204. (PM-OR)
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***joe talbot - n52w113@xxxxxxxxxxx
British West Indies, Radio Vision Cristiana International, 530 kHz,
full data letter, v/s Peter Polanco - Chief Engineer, in 5 weeks, for
taped report and IRC. This using the South Caicos addresss.
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MISC ITEMS
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Ed Hoffman - fasteddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Do you know of any websites that have reviews of the newest
communications receivers? Looking to upgrade.
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
WGN radio (Chicago) will commemorate the first anniversary of Bob
Collins' death with a moment of silence at 7:20 a.m. (CST) Thursday. The
station will celebrate Collins' life and career on his birthday, Feb.
28.
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John Bryant
Throughout most of my career as a university professor of
architecture, I have been fortunate to serve as a conduit between the
culture/history/geography of Japan and that of the West. In 1976-77, I
served as a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar to Japan, spending a year
traveling throughout Japan to study the ancient rural and urban Zen-
based architectures of the 13th thru 19th Century. Since that time, I
have lectured and written extensively on subjects related to Japan. I am
also a life-long radio enthusiast, having found unending pleasure in
using broadcast radio as a window on the cultures of the world. In
recent years, I have specialized in listening to broadcasting from the
Pacific and East Asia, especially of course, Japan. While some of these
broadcasts are available on shortwave and now, the internet, my primary
means of listening to Japanese radio in the past decade has been
listening to long-distance medium wave broadcasts from my summer home
located on the Canadian/US border, north of Seattle.
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that the primary
professional reference for worldwide radio, the World Radio and TV
Handbook , was woefully inadequate and inaccurate in its coverage of
Japanese broadcast radio. In January 2000, it appeared to me that the
information available on the Internet had matured to the point that a
much more accurate list of Japanese medium wave stations might be
developed directly from various Japanese sources. The major difficulty
in accomplishing this, of course, was the fact that virtually all
websites of Japanese radio networks are written exclusively in the
Japanese ideography called "kanji." Although I read a limited number of
kanji, this year-long project would not have been possible without the
extensive assistance of my former student and close friend, Professor
Takazi Okuda of Nihon National University. Several Japanese students
studying in the United States have also contributed to this effort.
Professor Okuda and I are pleased to present this list for the use of
broadcast professionals in the West as well as radio enthusiasts around
the world. We believe that it the most complete and accurate list yet
published.
The list is based on and cross-checked with a number of primary
sources. The most important of these are the websites of the various
commercial broadcasting networks and a recently web-published official
listing of all transmitter sites in Japan. The latter, I might add, did
not contain call letter or ownership information but did contain
geographic coordinates. Finally, the efforts of a number of Japanese
DXers to translate and publish lists of Japanese stations have also been
very useful.
The listing is currently offered in two forms:
The Comprehensive Listing of Japanese Medium Wave Stations in Japan is
34 pages in length and contains three lists: the basic data sorted by
frequency, sorted by location and a third listing of the commercial
stations sorted by broadcaster.
The Abridged Listing of Japanese Medium Wave Stations in Japan is 7
pages in length and contains a by-frequency-only sort of the 300 or so
stations in Japan that operate on 300 watts or more. The lowest power
(100 watt) repeater stations are noted collectively on the appropriate
frequency.
This listing is offered without restriction for any non-commercial use
by the international community of radio enthusiasts. Clubs and
individuals are invited to link to the site below, or to place the two
pdf document on their own web pages.
Currently, these two documents are offered only in 8.5 x 11 inch
format. I hope to put up pdf documents in the international size very
soon.
The two documents may be found on my university web site at
http://bryant.ceat.okstate.edu/RADIO1.HTM
The files are quite small, since there are no graphics involved. Also,
the cover sheet of each document is largely blank, so don't panic when
it appears that you have downloaded a blank document.
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***Henrik Klemetz - dhv599n@xxxxxxxxx
Two Radio Marías in Guatemala
There are two Radio Marías in Guatemala City, one on FM 103.3, called
R Asunción de María, and another one on AM 1600, called "la Radio de
María, la emisora de la familia".
There is no relationship between the two, and the FM station (e-mail:
asocrmaria@xxxxxxxxx or dprogra@xxxxxxxxxxxx) is the only one affiliated
to the international R Maria organization with hq in Italy.
"La Radio de María" has not received any reports from abroad so far,
said Sister Virginia who I talked to today on the phone, +502 597 9578.
"We are barely reaching out to the capital city", she said.
No wonder. Guatemala City is a big place, and so a fairly exact
address is a must if you wish to send them a report. Here´s where to,
courtesy Sister Doris: Kilómetro 15, Carretera Roosevelt, Zona 2 Vía a
Mixco, Ciudad de Guatemala.
There is a 412 kB mp3 clip on the net ("DX quality") which set me on
the right track. It was kindly supplied by Humberto Molina, of San
Salvador, El Salvador. http://www.geocities.com/jhmolinam/rdemar.html
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Glenn Hauser - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL
SHORTWAVE and SATELLITE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 9, 2001
New RFPI time schedule in effect from Dec 1; 7480 was activated
December 5; 15049 may later switch to 15065. In early February 7450
began testing instead of 7480 and 15049 was off for repairs but still
included here. But it always pays to check all RFPI frequencies beyond
their scheduled hours. For latest updates see our Anomaly alert page
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Anomaly.html
Days and times here are strictly UT
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Sat 0330 WOR WWCR 3215
Sat 0700 COM RFPI 7450
Sat 0730 WOR RFPI 7450
Sat 0900 WOR WRN to Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
Sat 1230 WOR WWCR 15685
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A new edition of COM is now available; see the WOR/COM/MR schedule
just distributed. Later it will be online from DXing.com. The rundown:
CONTINENT OF MEDIA 01-02, produced by Glenn Hauser
February 8, 2001
*COM is a listener-supported public service program about media around
the continent, not especially shortwave
*COM is SW broadcast exclusively on Radio for Peace International, Costa
Rica; webcast by DXing.com sponsored by Universal Radio
*Nova Scotia RCMP installing Integrated Wide Area Network, putting an
end to scanning
http://www.halifaxherald.com/stories/2001/01/11/f184.raw.html
*FEMA has emergency antennas at Lakewood, Colorado bunker
*Digital-only Florida TV station wins carriage rights on cable
*Doug Smith explains how major and minor virtual channel numbers will
work with DTV
*Eureka 147 digital radio system outperforms all in-band systems!
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/radio/digital-radio/labnov.html
*Court rules against FCC minority hiring rules
*Pro-LPFM sites: http://www.radiodiversity.com/index2.shtml
http://www.rmcccentral.com/rmccstrawcutter.html
*Mike Dorrough`s SW station for the blind project in Wisconsin halted by
public officials including Gov. Thompson. See http://www.wisclean.org
*Korean radio station in Federal Way, Washington, in zoning fight
*Hopi radio station KUYI-FM article, and other Indian radios:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/04/arts/04ROBB.html
*Flagstaff has new TV stations on channels 4, 9
*Forstmann Little acquiring Citadel radio stations in $2giga deal,
including Albuquerque`s KHFM, KKOB; classical format in danger?
http://www.forstmannlittle.com
*WBT Charlotte has a post-nuclear bunker studio under the transmitter
*Big Voices of the Air: The Battle over Clear Channel Radio, new book on
the concept, not the corporation, by Dr. James Foust, Iowa State
University press [back-ordered at Amazon.com, ISBN: 081382804X]
*Recording of CHWO`s debut on 740 from Toronto, January 8
*WEVD 1050 New York has store of last remaining Yiddish program audio:
http://www.1050wevd.com/stored/storedprograms.php3
*WBAI Fights Management`s Move to Turn the Station into NPR Lite:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0103/sadasivam.shtml See also:
http://www.2600.com/
*WFUV 90.7 New York cancels Polka Party, Barrel Stops Rolling:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/24/nyregion/24POLK.html
*For Hire Phony Talk Radio Calls:
http://nypostonline.com/entertainment/22556.htm
*Gadgets to identify songs heard on the radio: http://eMarker.com and
http://www.BuzzHits.com/
*Classic Stars Radio Online presents old time radio:
http://www.titanicstreams.com
*Salon.com Radio weekly show launches on PRI March 1
http://www.salon.com/audio/2001/01/29/salon_radio/index.html
*NPR and PBS announce ``strategic alliance``
*NBC runs master control and sales traffic of WVTM Birmingham from
Miami, eliminating jobs at WVTM
*That`s COM 01-02; Glenn Hauser inviting you also to hear my weekly
program, World of Radio ###
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
The following is from Kevin McCarthy at KLIF Radio
In case you haven't already heard, klif is finally getting back to all
local programming in the daytime with the addition of scott anderson to
our line-up beginning monday 9-noon. my new time slot is noon-2pm.
before you assume that's bad news for the old veteran here, let me say
honestly that mgt. and i both put a lot of thought and discussion into
my new hours and both sides think it will be beneficial for everyone
concerned.
after almost 14 years of doing a daily show on klif, i've found that
outside interests are receiving more of my attention lately, especially
developing my new website at http://www.kevinmccarthy.net (please try to
get that past your editors in your story if you do one) and a recent
revival of my commercial voice-over career...the new schedule
accommodates those interests, hopefully means the audience will get 3
hours of content focused into 2 hours and gives scott a chance to have
equal time to compete with mark davis and charlie jones.
the great emmitt smith understood when the cowboys wanted to lighten
his load so he could be fresher when he was carrying the ball for the
cowboys to help him help the team and reach his goal of being the nfl's
all time leading rusher.
i'm hopeful the new klif line-up will work the same way for me---
besides, I just cashed a bonus check for the latest ratings and i'm
still being paid for 3 hours! regards, kmc.
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***José Mª Madrid Martínez - jmadrid@xxxxxxxxxx
SPAIN
These days and because of the songs contest of the carnival of Cádiz,
Radio Cádiz on 990 Kkz, has several nocturnal hours of local emission
where we can heard a lot of songs of carnival type and some local
advertising, I think that is a good opportunity to attempt this
gaditaniannetwork, his electronics address is: radiocadiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Visit the Web Page of the MF of Andalucia. "Andalucia is FM" www.aer-
dx.org/listas/andalucia.htm in it you can find some information in two
lists of Andalucia networks ordered by frequency and locality.
Soon with monthly update. You can send your novelties, rectifications
and news about this stations of Andalucia to jmadrid@xxxxxxxxxxx THANKS.
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*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
The e mail address I listed for KAVT as PaulShinn@KSTN is no longer
workable. The new e mail address for KAVT is <kavt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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**Mark S. Erdman - markse@xxxxxxxx
Radio Trivia Winner to Get the Station
York, Nebraska (AP) - The winner of a local radio contest will be
walking away with the ultimate prize - the radio station.
With a $1,000 entry fee, the winner of KAWL's radio trivia contest
will get the station, including its building, transmitter and all other
property.
"In our business, we've been creating promotions for customers for
years," said Tom Robson, the station's general manager. "Why not have
some fun and do it for ourselves?"
The winner must correctly answer 30 trivia questions about radio, such
as, "What do the initials AM and FM stand for?"
If more than one person aces the trivia test, they will qualify for a
tie-breaker round in which the first person to locate a list of radio
terms in a word-find puzzle will win the station.
Announced at last week's Radio Advertising Bureau meetings in Dallas,
the contest officially started February 1.
A winner will be announced only if the AM station's parent company,
Prairie States Broadcasting of York, receives 1,000 entries by May 31,
collecting a total of $1 million from entry fees, which will be placed
in an escrow account and returned to the contestants if not enough
entries are received.
The unusual method of finding a new owner for the station developed
over time.
Robson put the trivia contest together on the station's web site -
http://www.kawl1370.com - after talking to Federal Communications
Commission officials, who told him they had not heard of it being done
before. "The FCC actually thought it was interesting because they saw a
chance for diversity," Robson said. "In this age of media
conglomerates, it would be real nice to have somebody who is just an
individual get it."
Nearly 300 entry forms were handed out at the radio convention in
Dallas. As of Wednesday, the station had received seven entries.
The winner, if there is one, would still be required to apply to the
FCC for ownership of the station.
The 47-year old station, owned by local businessman Tom Gleason and
his family, features oldies music, local news and sports, talk shows and
University of Nebraska football.
The station currently is running a promotion that offers two lucky
listeners $12,000 in farm supplies, including enough seed, fertilizer
and fuel to grow 80 acres of corn or soybeans.
"It's definitely a local station," Robson said.
The station will stay in the Gleason family if the contest fails to
produce a winner, he said.
If not offered jobs with a new owner, the station's 15 full and part-
time employees would have the option of working at Prairie States' other
local station, KTMX-FM.
Robson said that the radio station is making money and that the new
owner likely would see a large return on the $1,000 investment. He said
the family became more involved with other business ventures and decided
it would be a good time to sell.
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**kevin redding - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
NEBRASKA NEWS, CENTRAL NEBRASKA RADIO STATION CELEBRATES 50TH BIRTHDAY:
(LEXINGTON-AP) -- GOVERNOR MIKE JOHANNS HAD PROCLAIMED THURSDAY K-R-V-
N DAY IN NEBRASKA. AND IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA
RADIO STATION.
YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) WAS THE STATION'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
JOHANNS WAS AMONG ABOUT 100 DIGNITARIES, STAFF AND FORMER EMPLOYEES
GATHERED FOR A CELEBRATORY LUNCH.
JOHANNS SAYS K-R-V-N IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEBRASKA AND AGRICULTURE. HE
SAYS THE STATION WAS "BORN OUT OF THE NEBRASKA TRADITION OF JUST GOING
OUT AND GETTING THE JOB DONE."
KRVN TRACES ITS ROOTS TO THE LATE 1940S WHEN THE NEWLY FORMED NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS SENSED THE NEED FOR A RURAL RADIO
STATION TO GIVE FARMERS AND RANCHERS UP-TO-DATE MARKETS, WEATHER AND
NEWS. THE CONCEPT WAS THAT FARMERS AND RANCHERS WOULD OWN THE STATION,
AND TODAY IT REMAINS,FARMER-RANCHER OWNED AND OPERATED.
(THANKS KRVN, LEXINGTON; KOLN/KGIN-TV, LINCOLN)
(COPYRIGHT 2001 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. APNP-02-02-01 0645CST ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED.)
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***via Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
from Roger D. Joseph - rjoseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
St. Lucia Broadcasting Corporation no longer exists in its previous
state - where it ran the national radio station, Radio St. Lucia. The
legislation enacting the Corporation was changed in 1999 to establish
Radio St. Lucia Ltd. as a separate entity.
The e-mail address for Radio St. Lucia Ltd. is rsl@xxxxxxxx
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***Bo-Kristian Lindqvist - bkl@xxxxxx
European FM Handbook 2001 will be available in May 2001!
European FM Handbook (EFMH) will be published again! EFMH was
published as a book between 1988-1997 and as a limited paper version in
1999 by Timo Leponiemi / Lepomedia Ky.
A big demand for new versions of the European FM Handbook has been "in
the air" for the past couple of years. Many FM radio enthusiasts and
Radio Broadcasters has been asking after new updated versions of EFMH.
EFMH 2001, 12th edition will be a book containing about 450 pages
with information on over 30000 FM radio stations in Europe, Middle East
and Northern Africa. Information included are frequencies, powers,
transmitter sites, networks, local stations, addresses, telephone and
telefax numbers, email, www addresses, maps and RDS information etc.
European FM Handbook 2001 will be available in May 2001!
The people behind the EFMH?
European FM Handbook is published by Ab FM Media Plaza Limited, a
publishing and IT company in Finland owned by well known FM Radio
enthusiasts Bo-Kristian Lindqvist and Jim Solatie.
Ab FM Media Plaza Ltd bought all EFMH publishing and copyright rights
from Timo Leponiemi / Lepomedia Ky on January 19th 2001. European FM
Handbook is put together by over 10 official EFMH editors located all
over Europe.
If you want to get notified when the European FM Handbook 2001 is
ready to order, please mail your name and email address to
efmh.info@xxxxxxxx
More information and a table of all EFMH Editors can be found on FM&TV
DX Plaza at www.fmdx.com
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have recently joined the Yahoo! Groups Sony ICF-2010 news group. It's
a great source of information for this great radio. To join, check out
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icf2010
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
L.A.'s news radio station KNX-AM (1070) has won a leading seven
prizes, including awards for best live coverage and spot news, in the
annual Associated Press Television-Radio Assn. of California & Nevada
awards.
San Jose's KNTV lead the TV categories with seven awards. Among L.A.
winners, KCOP took four honors, including best news writing, and KTLA
won two awards, with both--including the best anchor distinction--going
to "News at Ten's" Hal Fishman. (LA Times)
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**Michiel Van Ooijen - micvoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Sun does a flip a sure sign that solar maximum is here
Full details at:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15feb_1.htm?list94205
Summary:
You can't tell by looking, but scientists say the Sun has just
undergone an important change. Our star's magnetic field has flipped.
The Sun's magnetic north pole, which was in the northern hemisphere just
a few months ago, now points south. It's a topsy-turvy situation, but
not an unexpected one. "This always happens around the time of solar
maximum," says David Hathaway, a solar physicist at the Marshall Space
Flight Center. "The magnetic poles exchange places at the peak of the
sunspot cycle. In fact, it's a good indication that Solar Max is really
here."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Get-Together at the home of Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA. Saturday,
February 17, beginning at 2 p.m. Address: 6546 19th Avenue NE, phone
number: 206-522-2521.
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Winter SWL Festival, Kulpsville PA, March 9-10. CONTACT: Richard Cuff,
Telefax 707-313-2458, E-mail rdcuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or John Figliozzi,
E-mail jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx Postal Mail: Winter SWL Festival, P. O.
Box 4153, Clifton Park, NY 12065
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The 2001 WTFDA Convention will be held at the Super 8 in Boise July 27-
29. Inquiries can be sent to: N7SOK@xxxxxxx
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2001 NRC Convention will be in Pittsburgh PA over Labor Day weekend.
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary February 6 2001 through February 12 2001
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
2/ 6 170 12 2 low quiet-unsettled - 6
7 164 5 1 low quiet-unsettled - 5
8 157 7 1 v low-low quiet-unsettled - 5
9 162 5 1 low quiet-unsettled - 7
10 161 6 2 low quiet-unsettled - 3
11 151 10 2 low quiet-unsettled - 4
2/12 145 7 2 low quiet-unsettled - 5
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"*" denotes that the tip/info/etc. came from the IRCA eGroup (used by
permission). You must be a member of IRCA to subscribe to the eGroup at
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"**" denotes that the following items were originally posted on the
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"***" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the Hard
Core DX list.
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MWDX list.
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IRCA's web site... take a peek!!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
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IRCA Mexican Log, 6th Edition
The IRCA MEXICAN 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. 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 1998 edition and carefully cross-checked by
several IRCA members. 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.Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $8.00 (US/Canada/Mexico/sea
mail), $9.00 (rest of the Americas airmail), $9.50 (Europe/Asia
airmail),
$10.00 (Australia/New Zealand airmail). Non-members: add $2.00 to the
above prices.
IRCA TIS List
Completely revised by IRCA's Bill Harms to 9/00, the IRCA "TIS/HAR
LIST" includes AM/FM and TV lists from the US and Canada. This 28 page
"DX Aid" can be yours for only $5.00. Non-IRCA/NRC members... add $1.00.
Overseas... add $0.50.
IRCA Bookstore - 9705 Mary Ave NW - Seattle WA 98117-2334 (please make
checks payable to Phil Bytheway)
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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@xxxxxxx
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