Volume 69, No. 25 -April 29,2002 (ISSN 0737-1659)
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ser&lg DX'm since 1 Volume 69,No. 25 -April 29,2002 (ISSN 0737-1659) 18 .. Pm Sports Nets 2 .. AM Switch 27 .. Conthned DX'er 3 .. DDXD 29 .. DX'er's Notebook 4 .. ere's Helpn Network 34 .. GYDXA-1490 From the Publisher ... More time is passing Milford, CT; Douglas Evans, Pottstown, PA; Lee between DXN's as we head into the summer Hall, Lilburn, Ga; Harry H. Godlewski, Donora, months and unwelcome static (but not 100% of the PA. time, fortunately), so it might be a good idea if you'd check your address label right now to make DXN Publishing Schedule, Volume 69 sure that your subscription to DXN and your mem- Iss. Deadline Pub. Date I& Deadline Pub.Date bership to the NRC hasn't expired. And while 26. May 10 Mag20 29. Aug 2 Aug. 12 you're at it, double-check your address, spelling 27. June7 June 17 30. Sept. 6 Sepr. 16 of your name, and spelling of your ham call, if you 28. July 5 July 15 choose to have it listed on the label. Occasionallv we get DXN's returned for no good reason, caus- DX TieMachine ing me to suspect that the USPS has scraped the From the pages of DX News: bottom of the labor pool for its temporary replace- 50 years ago ,. , from the ~~d25, 1952 DXN:A merit workers. Help them out by making sure that Ietter fromWGBY-1450, Guanthamo Bay, Cuba, stated the name on your mailbox matches the one on the that 35 correct reports were received on their DX back page of DXN, okay? broadcast of 3-16 .. KWCB-1300 Searcy, AR, advised Fred Vobbe continues to line up new activities tbatverieswere tardy because they had received severe for Lima '02 for the NRC Convention. And as in- tornado damage; the tower was destroyed, and their formation becomes available, we'll list other club's buUdhg was badly damaged; fortunately, no one was conventions in the coming months. hurt. Welcome to these new members .., Edward 25yearsago ... hmtheA~d25,1977DXN:Norm Boynton, Raleigh, NC; Mark Mohrmann, Coven- Maguire's "Foreign DX Achievements" listed Ben Dange&eld, PA, as hearing the most from hy, VT; Kurt Collins, Madison, WI; Emily Keene, Africadth3l,hisbestcatchbeingRetermaritzburgon uniontown, pA; stephen schilling, Liberty, ~y; 845, followed by Roger Anderson, VA, with 28, Hilding Rod Ellefson, Onalaska, WI; William Cooper, G~~~~~~~~,lL, 21; Hal Robie, M~,12, Ron Schiller,TX Leland, NC; John Bryant, Stillwater, OK (rejoins); 8; ~1~ Imprescia, ~y,8, and~dy R~~~, Quebec, with David T. Lines, Spring City, PA; Gary Martek, 5, Edgewood, WA; Phil Bowers, Nashville, TN; Mike 10 yearsago.. .from the May 11,1992 DXN: The'92 Bugaj, Enfield, CT (rejoins; Publisher of WTFDA's NRC conventionwasshiftedtoOmahahmDes Moines VUD); Lexinton Smith, Woodbury, CT (rejoins); ... Radio Shack was closing out its 12-625 portable at Allan R. Loudell, Bear, DE (rejoins); Jack C. $26.88 ... and KDKA-I020 dropped music from its Ohmori, Dunwood, GA; Leith Mangels, New programming Lineup. L Jerry Starr WHJV(,I y,l~~O~,, C,O~O, Domestic DX Digest Switch mi, pivision line is 4040 Simon Rwad West: Bill Hale phantom [email protected] Easr Younestown. OH 445 11- 1 110 6124 Roaring Springs Drive - North Richknd Hills, TX 76180-5552 Ceniral time zones) _ East: Ginnie Lupi [email protected] CALL LETTER CHANGES 605 WutDr. - Clifton Park, NY 12065.7310 Old call New call 1410 KYFV TX Victoria KNAL APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STATIONS DDXD-West 1250 CO Johnstown: 250/500 U4 (reapplication) MEDIUM WAVE RAMBLINGS GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS U Comments: "Not much DX on this DXPedition. We arrilved to find all the snow was gone so we had ID Meridian: 50000/1000 U2 to drag the toboggans across wet fields. I thought snow was hard, try a stubble laden filed with 75 MN Baxter: 50000/5000 (5000 CH) lbs of equipment; better idea don't try it. That finally over we settled in for a great BBQ chicken U6 dinner and then some DX. Well some UNID's would be more to the point 1t started to rain and that took care of the DX but we had some great static crashes, some of the best heard in a long time - hee APPI.ICATIONS FROM EXISTING FACILITIES heeee. One new station so not a total loss. That wraps up a season at the DX bus but heck it is 890 KTXV TX Frankston: 2000/8 U4 Canada winter and the snow are only 6 and a half months away!!!! - VALDX; "I am watching 1000 WRAR VA Tappahannock: 300 Dl KDKO for the call change reported in the current issue of AM Switch. Still IDing as KDKO with 1140 KSOO SD Sioux Falls: 10000/5000 U4 gospel/R&B/urban format tonight. Their telephones have been disconnected so change is prob- 1200 WQDQ TN Nashville: 10000/ 195 (3800 ably imminent." - PG-CO; CH) U2 U From the mailbag.. "What does 'stunting' mean?" Stunting is the practice of a station to program 1200 KAJO OR Grants Pass: 10000/48 U1 one artist, group, song, or even a noise continuously in preparation of a format change. The period 1290 WJCV NC Jacksonville: 5000/47 U1 of time may last over a weekend up to a couple of weeks; RA-NV asks how come he can receive KPLS-830 on his GE P2900A and not on his Ford car radio. I'm not familiar with Ford car radios, 1380 WABH NY Bath: 10000/450 U4 (reapplication) but have never heard anything bad about them. Quite possibly because the GE can be rotated to 1560 KILE Bellaire: 800 Dl TX null out adjacent, offendingsignals and gather in KPLS, while the car radio probably uses a whip 1570 KAKK MN Walker: 1000/250 U1 (ornni-directional). Any other inputs?? O Anew 'historical' website has just appeared: http://www.desmoinesbroadcasting.com/ whlch says GRANTS TO EXISTING FACILITIES it's "A site devoted to the history of radio and TV broadcasting in Des Moines and Central Iowa". 690 WOKV FL Jacksonville: 50000/10000 U2, relocate night transmitter Pretty interesting. Check it out. 900 WURD PA Philadelphia: 1000/42 U4 U Next deadline: May 9, which will appear on the street, or in your mailbox, on May 20. See you then. 1090 WXBK AL Albertville: 5000 (500 CH) Dl 1090 WFCV IN Fort Wayne: 2500 (1000 CH) D4 REPORTERS 1420 WKCW VA Warrenton: 10000/17 U1 RA-NV Rene Auvrav Henderson Yacht Bov 400 PE WRSS RA-CA Rene ~uvra; Los Angeles Yacht Bby 400 PE Radio Progreso OTHERNESS RA-CAI Rene Auvray Barstow 2002 Mercury Car radio 900 WCER OH Canton: CP for 500/75 U1 from new site is on PG-CO Patrick Griffith Westminster Drake R-8 and Kiwa loop <~~!I%%#&w%v.net> 950 WWJ MI Detroit: CP for 50000/50000 U4 is on GJ-CA Gary Jackson Sacramento FRG-8800 + Kiwa Loop 970 WVOP GA Vidalia: CP for 4000/60 U1 is on EL-IL Eric Loy Champaign 1020 KKSC NE Plattsmouth: CP for 50000/1400 U1 is on (had CP for same powers but U4 BM-SD Bill Moser Fort Pierre GE Superadio I1 barefoot <wcmfortQdakota2k.net> from a former proposed site 15 miles east of this new site) JJR-WI John J. Rieger South Milwaukee Icom ICR75, Kiwa loop, MFJ-959B tuner-pre amp 1180 'App 1L Plano: application for new station DISMISSED <johnjriegerOwebtv.net> 1280 WBZY PA New Castle: CP for 4900/1000 U2 is on KR-AZ Kevin Redding Mesa Chris Cuff AM stereo modified Delco car radio and 50' wire 1520 KMAV ND Maylille: CP for 1300 Dl is on <amfmtvdxQqwest.net> 1550 WSHN MI Fremont: silent station is "on but silent"; they have had a non-stop DS-TN Doug Smith Pleasant View Kenwood TS-940 ham rig & 400' "beverage on ground". unniodulated carrier on the air since mid March for reasons unknown DX automatically recorded on computer <w9wiOw9wi.com> DS-TN1 Doug Smith 1-24 between Nashville and Pleasant View 1998 Ford Escort car radio THANKS: Bill Hale, Ed Krejny, Phil Boersma, and Les Johnson DS-TN2 Doug Smith 1-24 in rural Robertson County 1998 Ford Escort car radio RT-CA Rich Toebe Davis Delco AM-FM stereo/CDplayer in '97 Pontiac <[email protected]> 73 and Good DX, lerrv Starr & Buffalo K. Foonman VALDX Shawn M. Axelrod and Wayne McRae Valhalla Beach, MB 2-ICOM ICR-70 + 10 long wires or beverage; 2-MFJ 1026 Phasing Units <[email protected]> BW-OK Bruce Winkelman, AA5CO Tulsa R8, Quantum Phaser, 2-130 foot wires <bdwinkOcox.net> Editor North Richland Hills DX-398 barefoot . --.- STATION NEWS & NOTES - Mannsville, NY 13661 650 WSM TN Nashville - Has dropped ABC News for CBS. The bottom-of-the-hour news- cast (both network and local) 1s also gone. (DS-TN) 5 WDSM WI Superior- Has dropped sports ~rogrammingthe weekend of 4/7 1111111);the ! music. Call ID: KIDO Idaho repeated quite frequently. No KFI QRM. (RA- weekend with pop, rock, '~nclblu(~\. Sonic sports, including thePackt.rs, Ii.id- NV) ger Football, the Timberwolvc*sh.~shc~tb.~ll, and highschool sports will ~r~llbe KCRO NE Omaha - 4/14 0820-0830 -With Nutrition Hour infomercial program for oxy- heard here. WDSM is the fo~lrthlortii.it 11r name change in Duluthin thr I,ist genating vitamin solution, ad for chiropractor at 0828, quick AM 6-50 KCRO five weeks. (Upper Midwest Broadcasting) ID at 0830. Not often heard. (BW-OK) KWSN SD Sioux Falls - Is now Sports Rndio 12.30.