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The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association JANUARY 2012 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers

Anxious Dxers Camp out on a Snowy New Years Eve Anticipating huge Discounts on DX Equipment at Ozzy’s House of Antennas.

Paul Mitschler

Happy New DX Year 2012! Visit Us At www.wtfda.org

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We’re back. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season! So far I’ve heard of just one Es event just before Christmas that very briefly made it to FM and another Es event that was noticed by Chris Dunne down in that went briefly to FM from Colombia. F2 skip faded away somewhat as the solar flux dropped down to the 130s. So, all in all, December has been mostly uneventful. But keep looking because anything can still happen. We’ve prepared a “State of the Club” message for this issue. This is part one. Part two should be next month as we examine club finances in light of the switch of most club members from paper VUD to the VUD eZine. Keith should have the figures for us to look at in the February VUD. This month we give a proper welcome to David Yocis (WV). David is the editor/publisher of the NRC’s DX News. Welcome to our alternate universe, David! Renewals received during the period from November 19th through December 11th came from Bryce Foster (TN), John Adams (OR), Randall Trapp (MN), John Jefferson (WA), John Demmit (PA), Ed Norris (IN), Ted Liszewski (NJ), Richard Nelson (OH), Brian May (CT), Gary Olson (FL), Roger Sabella (IL), Ed MacDonald (MO), Chris Lucas (CT), Chester Jaffee (CA) and Barry Bauer (DE). Thanks for all of your support of the WTFDA! Ed MacDonald writes “Thanks for the (renewal) reminder, Mike. I’m an old guy and don’t do a very good job of remembering to renew. P.S. I also misplace reminders.” Well, Ed, I don’t do a very good job or remembering anything anymore. Luckily I didn’t misplace your note. Chris Lucas writes: “Enclosed is my check for $10 for membership renewal in the WTFDA. Membership has been great this past year and has helped my DXing a lot.” Chris and I first met each other back in the 60s when we were both teenagers in CT and in the NRC. And the fact that years later we are both still into DXing just goes to show you that we’re both still nuts (well, me anyway). In all the years I’ve been publishing the VUD, I have never had a major computer crash until now. Actually the timing was good because it happened a day after the December VUD was mailed. I turned on the computer one morning and was immediately told to either insert some .dll files or reload Windows. Well, it became impossible to do either and now I’m on a different computer. Luckily my son Chris was able to get everything I needed off of the old hard drive. Chris and Jeff R. saved the day. Thanks, guys!! That’s it for January. The February VUD may be late. You are hereby warned. -Mike

2 Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 News [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com

January 2012

Abbreviations: AF Applied For (a new station) NW New station on the air Aux Auxiliary (backup) transmitter PA Proposed Amendment CC Callsign change PC Power (and/or tower height) change on the air CL City-of-license change PG Power change granted CX Canceled PR Power change requested DC Converted to DTV RA Returns to the air C Digital Companion Channel QC Channel (frequency) change on the air NS DCC Granted flash-cut to DTV QG Channel change granted DE License/permit deleted QR Channel change requested DR Requests flash-cut to DTV RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FC Programming (format) change ROA Request of Applicant FTP Failure to Prosecute SI Off the air (silent) GA Granted amendment (to table of channel STA Special Temporary Authority allotments) LC License to Cover XC Transmitter site changed MX Mutually Exclusive XG Transmitter site change granted NDA Non-directional antenna XR Transmitter site change requested NS Permit granted for new station lpdtv Low Power Digital TV DG Granted conversion to DTV DRT Digital Replacement Translator

News: (full-power digital stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in USA: regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power : analog stations in regular italics) Birmingham 39 WBIQ PG>412m Decatur 33 W33CM DR 4.5kw, 34-13-13/ 86-51-35 Huntsville 17 W38BQ PR>3.41kw Huntsville 19 WHNT- PC>250kw Canada: Huntsville 48 WAFF QC from 49, 48kw/576m Newfoundland & Labrador: Scottsboro 27 W27CV DR 7kw, 34-44-12/ Argentia 3 CJOM-TV PG<6.457kw/ 86-31-59 130m, reflects 2005 Wetumpka 39 WETU-LP FC; sold to Daystar tower replacement Alaska: Ontario: Fairbanks 13 K13XD DC Hamilton 15 CHCH-DT QR from 11, Healy 10 NEW-lpdtv AF 300w; DCC for 132kw/335m K07ND Ottawa 33 CBOFT- QR from 9, 480kw/398m DT : Bullhead C. 4 K04GT DG Quebec: Bullhead C. 7 K07YJ-D PG>60w Chicoutimi 46 CJPM-DT AF 5kw/70m Bullhead C. 8 K08PK DG from K09KG (temporary) Bullhead C. 25 K25HD DC 300w Chloride 32 K32DW- PG>80w Saskatchewan: Chloride 42, K42CQ, DG 72w/ Saskatoon 11 CBKST PR<10kw 49 K49EU 50w Cottonwood 38, K38AI, DC 15kw 44 K44CN Flagstaff 24 K52CM DC from 52, 824w Golden Vly. 21 K21EG- DG

Golden Vly. 46 K46CG- PG>626w : Kingman 30 K57FY DC from 57, 2kw Caguas 11 WLII-DT AF 48kw/306m (aux) Kingman 48 K48AY DR 1.14kw/1.3kw Carolina 22 W22DR-D PR>8.24kw, 18-16-41/ dismissed 65-51-09 Lake Havasu City36 K36DU-D DG 2.6kw, 34-36-04/ San Juan 44 W44CK DG 3kw, 18-17-38/ 114-22-13 66-10-01; CL from Lake Havasu City46 K46GI-D DG Bayamon

Littlefield 31 K31EA- DG

Meadview 23, K23DK-, PG 1.11kw 25, K25DH- 38 K38GR-

Meadview 47 K47HE DG

3 Peach Sprs. 26 K26GF- DG 25 K25EB 118-40-52; CL from Peach Sprs. 42 K42CP- PG>72w Crowley Lake Phoenix 22 KTVP- PR>15kw Vista 26 K26FA-D DG 7kw, 33-00-32/ Topock 42 K42EU- DG 116-58-16

Arkansas: : Clarksville 4 K04RA- PR>3kw Akron 8, K08ND, DC 26w Harrison 21 K23DU QC from 23, 5kw 11 K11UW Hot Springs 18 KTVV-LD PG<5.2kw, 34-24-14/ Castle Rock 45 KETD PG>100kw/320, 39-40- 93-07-15 17/ 105-13-06 : Crested Butte 35 NEW-lpdtv AF RE 74w, 38-54-10/ Bakersfield 17 K08MM DR from 8, 15kw, 35-27- 106-58-22; DCC for 14/ K10AK; NS 118-35-37 Cripple Ck. 5 K05MD- PC>1.5kw Bakersfield 18 K08MM DR from ch. 8, 16.2 KHDT- DC from 45/ 61, 15kw, dismissed; going for ch. 6 KZDN- 39-43-46/ 17 instead 105-14-08 Loveland 33 K48CG DR from 48, 15kw, 40- Chalfant Vly 43 K64CY QC from 64 09-27/ Chico 19 K19FY DR 14kw 105-01-00 Chico 40 K40MX-D PG 4kw, 39-51-09/ Pleasant Valley 26, K26GX, DC 46w 121-57-05 28, K28IX, Chico 50 KBIT-LD PG>15kw 30 K30GO Crowley Lake 15, K15DP-, DG 100w, 37-34-08/ Powderhorn 12 K12LX DC 25 K25EB- 118-40-52 Vail 45 K45IE PG>68w, 39-38-01/ Dunsmuir 2 K02CN DG 106-32-09 Fort Jones 6 K06KA DG Fresno 7 KAIL PG 36.3kw/ Connecticut: 569m, 37-04-20/ New Haven 41 WEDY QG from 6, 60kw 119-25-51 Fresno 17 K12OZ DR from 12, 15kw, 36- District of Columbia: 44-45/ Washington 14 WWTD- CX 119-16-57 Greenfield 20 KSCZ-LD XR 37-03-28/ Florida: 121-46-30 De Funiak 24 WWEO- DR 15kw Healdsburg 26 K26JV-D XR 38-30-31/ Springs CA 122-39-41 Fort Myers 31 WGCU PR<311kw Litchfield 48, K48DI, DC 680w Fort Myers 51 WLZE- DC 9.1kw 50 K50HJ Gainesville 23 W23DG DC 3kw, 29-44-22/ Long Valley 45 K60DR QR from 60, 100w, 37- 82-23-09 34-08/ Orlando 35 WRCF- PR>12kw 118-40-52 Palm Bch. 49 WFGC PG>1000kw/123 Lucerne Valley 16 NEW-lpdtv AF 2w, 34-27-47/ Panama C. 9 WPGX PC>24.1kw/217 116-52-44 reinstated; St. Petersburg 36 W36CO DR 15kw, 27-49-10/ DCC 82-15-39 Martinez 49 K49HV DR 15kw Monterey 21 KMUV-LD DG from 23, 4.5kw Georgia: Needles 17 K17BN- DG Athens 14 WAGC-LD AF 8.2kw, 33-52-02/ Needles 31 K31HY- DG 83-49-44; DCC for Palm Sprs. 20 K20HZ DR 5kw analog ch. 50 Palm Springs 32 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed (DCC) Athens 50 WAGC-LP PG>150kw, 33-52-02/ Riverside 30 KBLM- AF dismissed 83-49-44 Sacramento 10 KXTV PR>28.6kw Atlanta 45 W23DN DC from 23, 15kw Monroe 44 WHSG-TV PC>1000kw/310 33-48- Sacramento 43 NEW AF 100kw/ 26/ 304m, 38-37-49/ 84-20-22 120-51-20 (Grant Perry 32 WPGA- PR>244m Educational Savannah 41 WHDS- PG<1.8kw Foundation) Sacramento 43 NEW AF 650kw/ : 354m, 38-43-10/ Idaho Falls 29 K29KG-D PG 15kw, 43-32-27/ 120-59-22 (Calvary 111-52-57 Christian Center) McCall 11 K11WT NW 32w, 45-00-29/ San Francisco 40 KMMC-LD PG>6kw 116-08-00 San Jose 35 KGO - NW 12.1kw, 37-29-59/ Twin Falls 27 KBAX- DG 15kw 0824IJ 121-52-16; DRT for ch. 7 San Francisco : Santa Barbara 10 K10PV-D PG>300w Champaign 24 W39BH QR from 39, 4.4kw Santa Rosa 32 KFTY PG 20kw/928m, 38-40- 40 WESV- PG>15kw 10/ Chicago 45 WSNS- PC>665kw 122-37-52 Quincy 47 KZSL-LD QG from 52, 15kw, 39- South Eureka 50 K50MR-D DG from K51EG, 328w 58-44/ Sunny Slope 23 K58BN DR from 58, 120w, 37- 91-18-34 34-08/ 118-40-52; CL from : Crowley Lake Clarksville 15 WWJS- DC from 45, 15kw Sunny Slopes 15, K15DP, DR 100w, 37-34-08/ Evansville 40 W40DH PG>15kw

4 Indianapolis 21 WFYI AF 200kw (aux) Indianapolis 46 WALV- DG 15kw Nebraska: Marion 27 WSOT-LP DG from 57, 10kw, 40- Lincoln 18 K18CD DC 15kw 39-18/ North Platte 30 KMBB-LD DR 1.36kw, 41-12-13/ 85-37-23 ; DC 100-43-59 ; DG South Bend 34 WMYS- QR from 69, 6w Terre Haute 43 W43BV XR 39-29-42/ : 86-58-41 Elko 5, 6, K05JU, DC 10w/ Terre Haute 43 W43BV DG 15kw 25 K06MK, 100w/ K25FR 250w : Elko 19, K19FZ, DR 150w/ Beattyville 7 WLJC- PG>185kw 23, K23FC, 205w/ 38 K38IF 205w; DG : Elko 29, K57GR, QC from 57, 59, 959w Natchitoches 27 KNYS-LD DG 14kw, 31-44-21/ 31 K59EV 93-08-01 Laughlin 32 KMCC AF 5kw/548m, 36-56-43/ 115-02-32; see text : McDermitt 50 K50CZ DR 40 WLPC-LD NW 2.34kw; DCC for Overton 44, K44GU, DG 1.8kw, 36-41-09/ analog ch. 26 46, K46HG, 114-31-10 Gd. Rapids 29 WUHQ- DC 6kw 48, K48ID, Traverse C. 38 WTBA- CC from W38EV- 50 K50HQ Panaca 41 NEW-lpdtv AF 1.2kw, 37-26-36/ Minnesota: 114-27-58; DCC for Albert Lea 40 K40JT DR 15kw, 43-42-57/ K07CM 92-41-23 Ryndon 8, K08NQ, DR 50/ Alexandria 27 K62AU DC from 62, 1.1kw 12, K12PT, 150/ Big Falls 27, K60BO-, DC 406w 16, K16FV, 150/ 29, K62BJ-, 18 K18GT 150w; DG 31 K64GY- Valmy 29 K29EV DC 200w Red Lake 41, K59FR, DC from 59, 61, 65, 67, Walker Lake 14, K14JY, DC 480w, 38-35-27/ 43, K61CM, 69, 476w (doesn't say 28, K28GX, 118-33-28 47, K65BN, what happened to K63CI 42 K42DS 49, K67BM, which has permission to 51 K69BT go digital on 45) : St. Cloud 19 K19BG DR 15kw, 45-11-42/ Atlantic City 4 WACP PR<256m (amendment 93-54-00 from 264m) Hammonton 10 WPSJ-LD QG from 51, 1.7kw : Hattiesburg 23 WHPM- PG>10.4kw; PC New : Angel Fire 33 K33FK PR<360w, 36-33-36/ 105-11-40 Missouri: Roswell 47 K45HX AF dismissed Anderson 44 K44LG-D QG from K53IS, 1kw Silver City 28 K28LK- QG from 23, 85w Farmington 18 KDKZ-LD NW 15kw, 37-34-23/ 90- 41-35; RTV : St. Louis 16 KDTL- DC 15kw Brooklyn 50 WBQM- DR from 3, 1.6kw St. Louis 17 KUMO- QG from 51 Buffalo 15 WBNF- DC 15kw Cobleskill 41 WUCB- DC 7.3kw : Gouverneur 9 W09CV DR 250w Baker 4, 8, K04IH, DC 15/ Kingston 48 WRNN-TV PR 946kw/ 13 K08IP, 27/ 381m K13OW 27w Olean 30 W30BW DR 1kw Big Arm 7 K07VU DC 40w Potsdam 26 NEW-lpdtv AF RE 1kw, 44-38-54/ Billings 49 K49MG-D QG from K51KR, 5kw 71-01-08 (Northeast Blacktail 44 K44FR DC 271w, 48-00-40/ Gospel Broadcasting) 114-21-48 Smithtown 23 WFTY-DT PG>655kw/219 (expired Bozeman 30 KHJT-LD DG from 54, 69w, 45-40- permit reinstated) 24/ Syracuse 34 NEW-lpdtv AF 5kw, 43-03-30/ 110-52-04 76-10-00; DCC Emigrant 23 K23LW-D QG from K57CE, 1.22kw : Kalispell 32, K32HH, DC 271w Beaver Dam 32 W08BP DR from 8, 10kw 51 K51HT dismissed Kalispell 46 NEW AF dismissed (Flathead Bryson City 11 W11AN DR 27w Adventist Radio) Canton 8 W08AO DR 56w, 35-34-07/ White Fish 29 K29AA DC 173w 82-54-28 White Sulphur 8 K08LI-D DG 18w Cherokee 8 W08AT DR 35w Spring Franklin 9 W09AG DR 199w White Sulphur 26 K26LQ-D QG from K57CX, 331w Lilesville 24 W24AY DC 13.2kw Spring Montreat 10 W10AD DR 45w Wolf Point 4, 6, K04GF, DG 19w/ Raleigh 18 NEW-lpdtv AF 15kw, 35-49-53/ 13 K06AV, 19w/ 78-08-50; DCC for K13FP 28w W45CN Wolf Point 25, K25HO, DG 252w Spruce Pine 8 W08BF DR 42w 27, K27JQ, Sylva 9 W09AF DR 20w 29 K29FS Weaverville 9 W09AR DR 34w Woods Bay 11 K11KE DC 35w

5 : 45-32/ Canton 47 WRLM PG>155m 97-36-26 Columbus 44 W43BZ DC from 43, 15kw Eagle Pass 10 K10QP- PG>3kw Dayton 20 WLWD-LP DR 5kw, 39-43-28/ Greenville 46 KTXD- CC from KTAQ 84-15-18; CL from Harlingen 5 KTIZ-LD PG>3kw Springfield; DG Houston 15 KVVV-LD DG from 53, 15kw, 29- Marion 39 WOCB-CD PC>2.4kw, 40-18-47/ 34-15/ 83-03-04 95-30-37 Springfield 17 WLWD-LP DR from 20, 15kw, 39- Houston 26 KRIV PG>800kw/598; PC 43-28/ McAllen 47 KAZH- AF dismissed 84-15-18 dismissed Odessa 15 KZOD- AF dismissed San Angelo 26 KJBA-LD QG from 6, 15kw : San Antonio 20 K20BW DR 15kw, 29-17-38/ Ardmore 44 K44BQ DR 15kw, 34-54-02/ 98-15-31 97-20-32 San Antonio 36 KMHZ- DG from 11, 3kw Broken Bow 28 K28DJ DR 7.57kw San Antonio 52 KSAA- AF dismissed Oklahoma City 48 KUOK-LP CC from KWDW- Victoria 11 KVCT PG<11.35kw Victoria 25 KVCT - NS 15kw; DRT for ch. 11 : 0824AJA at same site Applegate Valley 2 K02EK DG : Brookings 10 K10LR DG Blanding 43 K43MD-D NW 4w, 37-50-22/ Butte Falls 4 K04JQ DG 109-27-42 Gold Hill 4 K04JZ DG Kanarraville 40 K52KA- QC from 52, 70w Grants Pass 19 K19HS-D XG 42-24-43/ Kanarraville 42, K42KD-, NW 70w, 37-29-16/ 123-16-54 44 K44KS- 113-12-17 Grants Pass 21, K21KO, NS 100w/ 30w/ 300w, Monroe 42 KTTA-LD NW 750w, 38-37-35/ 23, K23KS, 42-35-43/ 112-06-36 (Mauri & 32 K32JR 123-22-36 (CTB Reggie Parsons) Services) Roosevelt 45 K45GN DG 85w Klamath Falls 7 K07PU DG 19 KPDR-LD PG<5kw, 40-40-31/ 112-12-08 Mapleton 21, NEW-lpdtv AF 450w; DCC for Spring Glen 26 K55KM- QC from 55 25 K03CQ, K05DF Toquerville 19 K19HR- PR>60w Newport 29 K29AZ DC 5.7kw Paisley 9 K09VC DR 130w Vermont: Pendleton 36 K36DP DG 2.1kw Manchester 30 W30DM-D NW 796w, 43-09-57/ Portland 47 KUNP- DR 15kw 73-06-57 (Vermont ETV) Prineville 46 K46AK DC 1.35kw Pownal 46 W46EW-D NW 538w, 42-51-49/ Rogue River 3 K03BZ DG 73-13-59 (Vermont ETV) Roseburg 19 KPIC PR>292m The Dalles 22 K69AH DC from 69, 2.4kw : The Dalles 51 K51EH DC 2.23kw Suffolk 43 WBTD- PR<5.09kw Tillamook 28 K28MJ-D NW 1.13kw, 45-12-51/ 123-45-11 (KGW) Washington: Tri City 22 K22GX DG 610w Olympia 24 KRUM-LD QG from 23, 4.25kw, 47- Williams 4 K04JP DG 36-55/ 122-18-33 : Seattle 16 KBTC - NS 1kw, 47-36-57/ Brookville 45 W45BT DC 6kw 1012ADE 122-18-26; DRT for ch. Hazleton 45 WOLF- SI, see text 27 Tacoma Philadelphia 16 WTSD-CD DG from 14, 15kw, 40- Tonasket 10, K10DL, DG 02-19/ 12 K12CX 75-14-14 Winthrop 8, K08AY, DG 35w, 48-19-05/ Philadelphia 32 WPSG PG>800kw 10, K10BD, 120-06-54 12 K12BA Philadelphia 45 WFMZ - NW 170w, 40-02-33/ 1216AAE 75-14-33; DRT for ch. 46 : Allentown Moorefield 22, W22CV, DG 95w/ 29, K29DH, 90w/ South Dakota: 40, W40AS, 100w Breresford (sic) 17 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed (Landover 46 W46BR 2 LLC) Sturgis 39 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed (Landover : 2 LLC) Sister Bay 15 W15DJ QC from W18CU

Tennessee: : Greeneville 38 WEMT PC<721m, 36-26-58/ Clarks Fork 2 K02LH DR 40w 82-06-29 (WCYB-5 Laramie 19 K19FX DC 680w tower) Memphis 15 W15CH PC<25kw, 35-12-34/ Thanks to Robert Seaman, Bill Draeb, Eric 89-49-01 Bueneman, Ralph Strobel, and Ed Phelps for

Texas: information appearing elsewhere in this Amarillo 10 KFDA- PC>62kw column. Corpus Christi 3 KLAO-LD QG from 51, 3kw Corpus Christi 31 K20JT-D AF dismissed A large number of Digital Companion Corpus Christi 42 KVVC-LP DR from 69, 9.99kw, 27-

6 Channels have been granted: Stephenville, TX: K27LU Fillmore, UT: K48NO Delta Junction, AK: K04RP for K05FI Nephi, UT: K05MX Sarasota, FL: WLWN-LD 39 for 48 Wausau, WI: W14EA Des Moines, IA: KRPG-LD 24 for 26 Sheridan, WY: K46LS Baker, MT: K27LT for K10JP San Lorenzo, PR: W29EE Big Sandy, MT: K19JQ for K07IP Conrad, MT: K16KB, K18KM, K23LX, & Robert reports WOLF-TV off after three bullet K25MZ for K06IL, K08DT, holes were found in their transmission line. K10DX, & K12DJ WOLF had been carrying WQMY on 56.2 and Forsyth, MT: K33MC, K47NU, K49MH, & K50MQ for K11CB, K07LO, WSWB on 56.3. WQMY and WOLF are K09BW, & ?? temporarily being carried on the 22.2 and Orovada, NV: K29KJ & K32KQ for K04GA & 28.2 subchannels of WYOU and WBRE-TV. K10HJ Rocky Mount, NC: W16DI The move is a bit of competitive cooperation. Black Butte Ranch, OR: K34MI & K38NX for K04HK & K05GZ WOLF, WQMY, and WSWB are co-owned; a Fruitland, UT: K42KY, K43NW, K44LH, & separate company owns WYOU and WBRE. K45MF for K08JD, K29EZ, Earlier in the year, WOLF's owners had K12KZ, & K10KN provided reciprocal assistance when floods impacted WBRE. And, a number of completely new digital LPTVs: WOLF expects to be back on the air around the beginning of the year – about the same Fayetteville, AR: K17LD Gila River Indian Co., AZ: K30MM time you read this. Barstow, CA: K30MN Gazelle, CA: K21LW Eric notes KDTL-LP changed calls to KDTL- Gustine, CA: K30MP LD when they converted to digital operation. Monterey, CA: K14PC The station relays WPXS-13 Mount Vernon, Needles, CA: K48NJ Palm Springs, CA: K10QV Illinois with RTV. Cortez, CO: K48NK Pueblo, CO: K16KA Ralph sent a newspaper item detailing the Steamboat Springs, CO: K38NW removal of the old WIPB tower in Muncie, Vail, CO: K38NT Indiana. (WIPB's digital signal is transmitted Georgetown, DE: W42EI Tallahassee, FL: W25EN from a tower 7.5km – about 5 miles – south- Albany, GA: W18EE southwest of their old analog tower) Columbus, GA: W19DW, W25EM Unfortunately... among the Christmas rush I Hilo, HI: K30MK lost it. If I can relocate it, you'll see it in the Boise, ID: K38NV, K48NN February VUD. Unlike many tower removal Inkom, ID: K07ZO, K11WU, K13FS projects, officials decided to keep the date & Twin Falls, ID: K26LN time of this one secret, in the interest of Evansville, IN: W39DS making crowd control easier... Emporia, KS: K22KX, K23LY Manhattan, KS: K20LM WOCB-CD is in Marion, Ohio. Some FCC Salina, KS: K25NB, K43NX Topeka, KS: K25NA documents list this station in Indiana, but the Duluth, MN: K48NP coordinates are near the Ohio city. Columbia, MO: K18KK, K48NL Starkville, MS: W36EM We have two VHF-to-UHF moves in Canada Chinook, MT: K13OU this month. The reasons are the same as Ferndale, MT: K05MW Hastings, NE: K30MQ, K35LG, those given in the U.S.: after moving from K42KX, K43NV UHF to VHF, viewers reported difficulty Laughlin, NV: K33MB receiving the stations. Carlsbad, NM: K17LC Steele, ND: K27LR Both of the channel 43 applications in Ardmore, OK: K30MS Lawton, OK: K30MR, K48NQ Sacramento have been conditionally Eugene, OR: K30MO approved. There's a 30-day window for filing Florence, SC: W46EY, W49EB objections; assuming these objections fail, Bakersfield, TX: K35LE both applications will likely be granted. (there Balmorhea, TX: K19JN, K20LI, K33LY is little chance of a viable objection) College Station, TX: K48NM Fort Stockton, TX: K29KI Hallettsville, TX: K18KN The two stations can be expected to share Junction, TX: K17KY time. It is likely the two will arrange to use the Lubbock, TX: K07ZN, K23LV same transmitter – to my knowledge all Midland, TX: K27LS existing time-sharing operations (on FM) in Mineral Wells, TX: K47NT Odessa, TX: K08PL the U.S. do. But it wouldn't be entirely Ranger, TX: K17LE unprecedented for the stations to use two Roma, TX: K03IP separate transmitters.

7 has permit for DTV ch. 39 The dismissal of the digital conversion KZOD-LD 62 Odessa, TX, for ch. 15: applications of K48AY & K50AY Kingman, has permit for DTV ch. 36 Arizona applies to applications to amend KSAA-LP28 San Antonio, TX, for ch52: existing permits for higher power. Permits for has permit for DTV ch. 29 these stations to convert at 7 watts (ch. 48)/8 watts (ch. 50) remain valid. WLJC-TV becomes the most powerful VHF- High DTV station. The nominal power limit for A number of TBN LPTVs have been VHF-high is 160kw. I don't see where in their canceled: application they justify the higher power – but Alabama: W24CK, W57BV there are some grounds under which this is : K16ER, K23GT, K27FC permitted. California: K15DB Colorado: K57BT Delaware: W14CM For the record, no low-band or UHF station is Georgia: W58CZ, W33AL, W22BP, authorized a power greater than the nominal W25CP, W48BH limits. However, KCWX in Fredericksburg, Idaho: K47BE, K53FF, K26EW has applied for 82.9kw on channel 5 Illinois: W34DL (more than the 45kw nominal limit), and : K39FW, K25DS Kentucky: W39CJ KTMW Salt Lake City and WBNS-TV Louisiana: K45DI, K19FR Columbus, Ohio have filed for 1660 and : W34CN, W51AG 1700kw respectively on UHF. (where the Michigan: W17CS nominal limit is 1000kw) There are also a few Mississippi: W30BY, W27CX typos in the database showing powers as : K16FE, K41FQ high as 10 million watts... Montana: K42EO Nevada: K19CU : K56IU, K14MJ, K18CT KMCC's application is for a second New York: W52DF, W20BA, W10BH transmitter site near Alamo, Nevada, north of : K49FF . This site will form a Distributed Ohio: W51BI, W32AR, W52DS Transmission System (DTS) with the existing Pennsylvania: W26CD S. Dakota: K43GX, K31DP transmitter near Dolan Springs, Arizona. : W49CQ (southeast of Vegas) Texas: K26AP, K57FC, K17BP, K45FJ, K43DV Good DX! Wyoming: K35CN

Presuming K08MM's application to convert to digital on channel 17 is approved, a standing violation of the laws of physics will be resolved. The station is currently licensed to operate at -460 watts! (maybe that means they don't transmit anything at all, but suck 460 watts of power out of the transmissions of some other station?{grin}!)

CJPM's application in Chicoutimi, Quebec is for a temporary transmitter. It will operate until their permanent 200kw/107m facility can be completed.

Several applications for LPTV Digital

Companion Channels have been dismissed.

The stations will not operate in digital and analog simultaneously; rather, they will convert their existing analog signals directly to digital. The stations in question:

KWTA-LP 31 Tucson, AZ, for ch. 56: has filed to go to DTV ch. 27 KBLM-LP 25 Riverside, CA, for ch. 30: has permit for DTV ch. 25 K45HX 45 Roswell, NM, for ch. 47: (conversion status unknown) K20JT 20 Corpus Christi, TX, for ch31: has already flash-cut to DTV ch. 20 KAZH-LD 57 McAllen, TX, for ch. 47:

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INDEX OF ABBREVIATIONS

APP: application $: Stereo APP Mod: Change to an already submitted application XL: Transmitter Location Class: FM license class CP: construction permit (authority to broadcast with [ ]: Calls in brackets signifies assumed or applied-for facilities noted) status CP Mod: change to an already granted CP DA: directional antenna Note: antenna heights are HAAT except where noted —— CANADA ——

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Old Call New Call

AB Saint Paul 97.7 CHLW-FM CHSP-FM (when 1310 changes to FM occurs) MB Winnipeg 100.7 CHNK-FM CFJL-FM MB Winnipeg 106.1 CFJL-FM CHWE-FM ON Port Hope 89.7 CP CFWN-FM ON Prescott 107.9 CP CFPP-FM ON Smooth Rock Falls 88.5 CP CHDY-FM ON Walpole Island 98.3 CP CFRZ-FM

— FORMAT and SLOGAN CHANGES —

MB Marius 106.3 CISB-FM New station is on with Aboriginal: Sandy Bay Radio [Sandy Way Ojibway First Nation] MB Winnipeg 100.7 CFJL-FM > Standards/Soft AC: The Lounge MB Skownan 98.7 CHWN-FM New station is on with Aboriginal: SKO 98 point 7 [Skownan First Nation]

— TECHNICAL CHANGES — Now on the air:

MB Marius 106.3 CISB-FM 50 w-V/18 m, 50-33-05/98-39-52; Class LP; $ MB Skownan 98.7 CHWN-FM 50 w/19 m, 51-58-08/99-35-51; Class LP; Mono QC Quebec 89.7 CJNG-FM 1 kw-H/201 m, DA, 46-47-04/71-15-52; Class A1; $

— TECHNICAL CHANGES — CP granted for:

MB Selkirk 106.4 CICY-FM 100 kw/(to) 145 m, XL to 49-58-16/96-54-46 NS Eastern Passage 105.9 CFEP-FM 1.68 kw-V (drops H)/38 m, XL to 44-36-53/63-32-25 ON Woodstock 104.7 CIHR-FM 20 kw/100 m, DA, 43-06-07/80-46-18; (to) Class B1 from A SK Selkirk 104.1 CFQX-FM 100 kw/148 m, XL to 49-58-16/96-54-46

— TECHNICAL CHANGES –– GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS

CP granted for: NS Micmac 97.1 CP 50 w/23 m, 45-05-32/63-29-07; Type B Native station; will be English- and Micmaw-language; Shubie FM Radio NU Iqaluit 91.1 CFFB-FM3 800 w/-37 m, 63-44-21/68-33-21; $; will be a nested repeater for CFFB-1230 Iqaluit ON Cobourg 89.7 CFWN-FM 700 w/9 m, 43-58-05/78-10-38; Class A; $; will be an English Community Station ON Prescott 107.9 CKPP-FM 4.2 kw/120 m, DA, 44-38-23/75-37-13; Class A; Mono; will be Hot AC ON Scarborough 105.9 CP 45w/63m, 43-38-45/79-23-04; Class LP; ethnic, mostly South Asian ON Smooth Rock Falls 88.5 CHYD-FM 50 w/25 m, 49-16-35/81-36-58; Class LP; $; will be Variety [call correction from last issue] ON Walpole Island 98.3 CFRZ-FM 50 w/31 m, 42-35-26/82-28-38; Class LP; $; will be Aboriginal

— TECHNICAL CHANGES — — APPLICATIONS FROM EXISTING/PROPOSED FACILITIES — Applies for: BC Kispiox 91.3 CBTD-FM 252 w/(-)330 m, 55-21-28/127-41-47; move from 990 kHz

— TECHNICAL CHANGES — — PROPOSALS FOR NEW STATIONS — 9

Applies for: AB Calgary 95.3 APP 100 kw/180 m, DA, 51-03-37/114-10-17; Class C1; $; would be Adult Alternative (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group) AB Calgary 95.3 APP 55 kw-V//54 kw-H/180 m, DA, 51-03-37/114-10-17; Class C1; $; would be Ethnic (Unision Media) AB Calgary 95.3 APP 41 kw-V//36 kw-H/ 320 m, 51-04-21/114-15-38; Class C1; $; would be Adult Contemporary (Harvard Broadcasting) AB Calgary 95.3 APP 55 kw-V//54 kw/180 m, DA, 51-03-37/114-10-17; Class C1; $; would be Rhythmic CHR (Bell Media) AB Calgary 95.3 APP 55 kw-B//54 kw/180 m, DA, 51-03-37/114-10-17; Class C1; $; would be Country (Clear Sky Radio) AB Calgary 95.3 APP 50 w/23 m, would be Ethnic (Diversified Society of Alberta) AB Calgary 95.3 APP 7 kw/331 m, DA, 51-03-54/114-12-51; Class B; $; ethnic (Alberta Mosaic ) AB Calgary 100.3 APP 7.8 kw/299 m, 51-03-54/114/12-51; Class B; $; would be CHR AB Calgary 100.3 APP 100 kw/277 m, DA, 51-04-24/114-15-38; Class C; $; would be CHR (Rawlco) AB Calgary 106.7 APP 8 kw/236 m, DA, 51-04-21/114-15-38; Class B; $; would be Ethnic (Multicultural Broadcasting Corp.) AB Calgary 106.9 APP 1 kw/244 m, 51-03-54/114-12-51; Class A; $; would relay CHQR-770 ON Uxbridge 105.5 APP 900 w/140 m, DA, 33-04-28/79-09-53; Class A; would be Classic Hits (Frank Torres) YT Johnson's Crossing 90.5 APP 45 w/3 m, 60-29-33/133-22-34; would be relay for CHON-FM Whitehorse

— DISMISSALS —

— OTHERNEWS — QC Sherbrooke 104.5 CJTS-FM Is silent after Cogeco was unable to find a mandated buyer for the station

—— AND TERRITORIES ——

FULL POWER and LPFM STATIONS

— CALL LETTER CHANGES —

Old Call New Call Old Call New Call

AL Haleyville 92.7 WJBB-FM WWWH-FM MI East Tawas 91.3 WRQC WGJU AL Moundville 88.5 CP WKUA MI Tawas 88.9 WGJU WRQC AZ Green Valley 97.1 KTZR-FM KNST-FM NM Kirtland 107.9 CP KPRT-FM AZ Tucson 92.9 KWMT-FM KMIY NM Portales 91.7 CP KPCV AR Gassville 92.7 CP KYMT-FM NY Lowville 98.3 W255CI W252CK CA Covelo 96.9 KQZT KYBU ND Dickenson 106.9 K296DT K295BR CA Nipomo 88.9 CP KXWB ND Richardton 101.9 CP KZZQ CA Sacramento 92.5 KGBY-FM KFBK-FM OR Chiloquin 88.1 CP KQCF CA San Francisco 103.7 KKSF KKSF-FM OR Prineville 107.7 CP KWXS FL Jupiter 106.3 WNEW WHFS PA Kulpmont 90.5 CP WXPA FL Key Colony Beach 88.7 WRTH WMRG TX Falfurrias 91.1 CP KZTX ID Ucon 104.5 KRID-FM KZKY UT Logan 90.5 KZCL KUEU IL Chicago 101.1 WWWN WIQI VT Barton 100.3 WJPK WJJZ IA Mitchellville 88.9 KDMR KICJ VA Culpeper 103.1 WJMA-FM WJMA KY Owingsville 89.3 CP WIMV VA Elliston-Lafeyette 97.7 WKCJ WVBB LA Ringgold 98.5 CP KRGL VA Spotsylvania 88.3 WHMM WQIQ MD Annapolis 107.9 WFSI WBGR WA Eatonville 104.9 KSGX KKBW 10 days later . . . WA Ilwaco 103.9 KVAS KVAS-FM MD Annapolis 107.9 WBGR WLZL WV Moundsville 96.5 WLVW WBGI-FM MD Bowie 99.1 WLZL WNEW-FM WV Ronceverte 97.7 WKCJ WVBB MD Salisbury 105.5 WDKZ WLVW WY Dubois 96.3 CP KDBU

TRANSLATORS and BOOSTER STATIONS — CALL LETTER CHANGES —

Old Call New Call Old Call New Call AL Bay Minette 101.1 W212CA W266AL ID Boise 98.3 K294AE K252FA AZ Prescott 89.7 K263AU K209FN IL Effingham 93.9 W229AI W230BS AZ Whiteriver 88.7 K257EZ K204GD LA Shreveport, etc 90.3 K214BE K212FX CA Carmel Valley 102.1 K218ET K271BP MT Boulder 103.1 KVCM-1 KVCM-FM1 CA Chester 93.7 K232AG K229BW NV Logandale 93.5 CP KADD-FM1 CA Mojave 100.1 APP KKZQ-1 NV Lovelock, Humboldt Village CA Pleasanton, etc. 103.7 KKSF-FM1 KKSF-FM2 89.9 CP K210AZ CO Fowler 93.7 K282AK K229BZ NY Avon 104.3 W281BB W282BQ CO Vilas 89.1 K218DB K206EK NM Albuquerque 103.7 K216DV K279BP FL Gulf Breeze 88.7 W205AS W204BW NC Wake Forest 95.1 W237BA W236CA FL Key West 96.7 W285EH W244CT OH Middletown 106.7 W292CO W294BM GA Cuthbert 89.3 W209CC W207CJ OH Moraine 101.5 WCLI-1 WCLI-FM1 GA Cuthbert 106.5 W294BB W293BV OR Chemult 91.7 K220IG K219LR GA Louisville 94.1 W284BU W231CI TN Greeneville 95.3 W238CC W237DV GA Royston 107.1 W299BK W296CF TX Vidor 106.7 K296FJ K294BW GA Thomson 104.9 W287BH W285EP VA South Hill 96.7 W298AZ W244CP

10 — FORMAT AND SLOGAN CHANGES — — Full Power and LP Facilities —

AL Abbeville 94.3 WIZB > Contemporary Christian: Joy FM AL Headland 105.3 WDBT > Country: B-105 AL Slocomb 100.5 WLDA > Urban Contemporary: 100 point 5, The Beat AZ Green Valley 97.1 KNST-FM > News/Talk: AM 790 KNST NewsTalk Radio // KNST-790 Tucson CA Marshall 91.5 KXCF Returns to the air with a Variety format CA Ridgecrest 92.7 KZIQ-FM Returns to the air with Hot AC CA Sacramento 92.5 KFBK-FM News/Talk: FM News/Talk 92.5 and AM 1530 KFBK // KFBK-1530 Sacramento CA Sacramento 106.5 KBZC > Hot AC: Star 106 point 5 CA Shafter 97.7 KSMJ > Talk: 1560 KNZR // KNZR-1560 Bakersfield CO Cortez 90.3 KZET Signs on with a Variety format: KSJD Dry Land Community Radio // KSJD 91.5 Cortez CO Pueblo 107.9 KDZA-FM > : Z 107 point 9 FL Indiantown 103.1 WPBZ > Top 40: Now 103 point 1 GA Manchester 93.3 WVFJ-FM > Remains Contemporary Christian, but their slogan is now The Joy FM 93 point 3 GA Maysville 103.7 WXKT > Sports: Bulldog 103 point 7 [Yahoo Sports] IL Lemont 93.5 WVIX > Remains Spanish Urban // WVIV 103.1 Highland Park, but new slogan is Maxima 93 point 5 y 103 point 1 IL Mount Zion 99.3 WXFM > AC: Yesterday's Favorites, Today's Hits IL Nashville 104.7 WNSV > AC: V 104 point 7 IN Seelyville 88.9 WVWG Signs on with Religious Teaching [ of Terre Haute] IA Ottumwa 88.3 KQLF Signs on with Religion: Lift FM 88 point 3 KS Belle Plaine 99.7 KANR Remains Regional Mexican bu the new slogan is La Estacion de la Raza KY Burgin 105.9 WKYB Returns to the air with a Variety format: Lincoln County's Radio Station KY Lebanon 100.9 WLSK > Country: Mike 100 point 9 ME Benedicta 89.3 WRPB Signs on with Contemporary Christian: Worship 95-3 // WWWA 95.3 Winslow ME Corinth 90.3 WXBP Signs on with Catholic Religion: Presence MD Annapolis 107.9 WBGR > Spanish AC: El Zol 107 point 9 MA Fitchburg 90.1 WJXP Signs on with Contemporary Christian MI Republic 96.7 WUPG > Adult Hits: Eagle 96 point 7; isno longer // WUPT 100.3 Gwinn MN Minneapolis 102.9 WLTE > Country: Buz'n@102 point 9 MN St. James 89.1 KSJM New station signs on with Spanish Religious: Radio Vida MS Potts Camp 95.9 WCNA > Active Rock: 95 point 9, The Nerve MO Bowling Green 94.1 KPVR > Contemporary Christian: Joy FM NH Dublin 89.9 WVKJ Signs on with Religious Teaching ND Williston 89.5 KJND Signs on with Religion: OH Dublin 106.7 WCGX > Modern Rock: X106 point 7 OH Elyria 107.3 WNWV Returns to the air with Smooth : 107.3 The Wave OH Whitehouse 88.9 WTPG Signs on with Religion: OK Walters 88.3 KOEG Signs on with EWTN Religion [Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Lawton] OK Woodward 92.1 KMZE > Talk: Tri States News/Talk/Sports OR Cottage Grove 100.5 KMME Returns with Religious Teaching: Eternal Word Network OR Medford 103.5 KLDZ > Classic Hits: Kool 103 point 5 FM OR Turner 88.5 KMUZ Returns with a Variety format OR Weston 101.9 KUJJ > CHR: New Zoo 102 PA Bradford 90.5 WTWT Signs on with Contemporary Christian/Rock: Where The Word Transforms SC Clemson 88.1 WSBF-FM > Adult Alternative: 88 point 1 FM, The Upstate's Only True Alternative Radio SC Kingstree 99.3 WWKT-FM > Country: Kat Country TN Wartburg 90.3 WWQW Signs on with Religion: The Life FM TX Escobares 104.7 KERG Returns to the air with Spanish Religious: Radio Vida TX McQueeney 97.7 KZAR-FM > Christian Rock: EMF's Air 1 TX Muenster 88.7 KTMU Signs on with Southern Gospel UT Nephi 90.5 KBJF Signs on with Religious Teaching VA Emporia 88.1 WHRL Signs on with NPR News/Talk/Variety: Public Radio For // WHRO 90.3 Hampton WA Kennewick 105.3 KONA-FM > Adult Contemporary: Mix 105 point 3 WV Ronceverte 97.7 WVBB > Urban AC as The Vibe // WVBB-FM 100.1 Lynchburg, Virginia WI Mount Horeb 106.7 WTDY-FM > Talk // WTDY-1070

— Translator and LP Facilities — Carries the programming of: IL McLean 105.3 W287BP WLLM-1370 Lincoln with Religious Teaching/Contemporary Christian: Easy Listening IL Clinton 92.3 W222BG WHOW-1520 Clinton with News/Talk/Farm: News Radio 1520 11 IA City 106.3 K292FZ KZIA-HD3 102.9 Cedar Rapids MN Brainerd 103.3 K277BS KNSI-1450 St. Cloud with News/Talk: NewsTalk 1450 PA Williamsport 88.3 W203BF After it completes its upgrade and move to 101.3 the station will rebroadcast WWPA-1340 Williamsport as News/Talk 1340 TN Hopewell 101.1 W266BD WCLE-1570 Cleveland

— OTHERNEWS — AL Athens 100.1 W261CL License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request AL Ider 103.1 WKOC-LP License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request AL Muscle Shoals 92.3 W222AV License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request AL Florence 101.1 W266AU License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request AL Zip City 98.9 W255AN License surrendered by licensee. CA Johnstonville 89.9 K210BC Remains licensed and on the air. One of our sources reported they had been deleted and we relayed that false information last Issue. CA Mountain View 100.7 K264AQ License surrendered by licensee. FL Fort Lauderdale 96.1 Pirate Fined an individual $10,000 for operating an unlicensed station. FL Lake Park 95.1 Pirate Fined an individual $15,000 for operating an unlicensed station. FL Okeechobee 91.7 WWFR Is silent GA Augusta 95.5 W238AU Is currently silent as it quickly builds its new facilities where it will operate with 250 watts from Martinez, GA Douglasville 106.3 WZHB-LP License cancelled; call deleted as station has not operated in over one year GA LaGrange 98.9 WRMH-LP License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request GA Flintstone 91.9 W220DA License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request IN Charlestown 104.3 WWPW Is silent IA Pella 89.1 KCUI License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request KY Hazard 101.1 WSGS Remains licensed and on the air. One of our sources reported they had been deleted and we relayed that false information last Issue. MA Springfield 102.1 WAQY Reaffirmed (denied a request for reconsideration) a fine of $4000 for failing to conduct a contest as advertised. MS Ocean Springs 103.1 WOSM Remains licensed and on the air. One of our sources reported they had been deleted and we relayed that false information last Issue. MO Cabool 98.1 KOZX Is silent NE Omaha 103.7 KXKT-FM1 License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request NM Reserve 90.1 KDNM Is silent NM Ruidoso 91.3 KYCT Is silent NC Marble 104.3 WPTP-LP License cancelled; call deleted NC Simpson 105.1 WDLV-LP License cancelled; call deleted NC Windsor 97.7 WGTI Is silent, pending their sale to EMF Broadcasting ND Harvey 91.9 K220FD License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request OR Portland 97.9 KRRC License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request PA Lincoln University 88.7 WWLU Fined $250 for failing to file for renewal in a timely manner SD Elk Point 91.9 KPCJ License cancelled; call deleted TX Hebronville 93.5 KEKO Is silent TX Zapata 93.5 KBAW Is silent

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEWS ITEM: FCC TASK FORCE STUDYING WAYS TO EXPAND THE FM DIAL - - - For the first time in more than a year the Diversity Advisory Committee met recently at the FCC. The group’s previous efforts helped motivate the agency to tackle no-urban dictates. Now one of its panels is looking at whether television channels 5 and 6 could be made part of an expanded FM band. It’s still very early in the process, and the task force is coordinating its efforts with the National Association of Broadcasters which is doing engineering studies on how it could work. But the question of whether it’s a solution was put on the table by the Commission itself. They’ve received petitions asking the FCC look at expanding the dial as a way to new opportunities for women and minority owners. The task force’s goal is to determine what impact such a move could have on existing full-power stations. The Committee’s charter expires at the end of 2012 and FCC chair Julius Genachowski said they plan to re-charter the group as soon as the rules allow to give members more time to sort through the challenging issues under review.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks to Shawn Axelrod, Deane McIntyre, Tim Noonan, Dale Park, Doug Smith, Radio World Online and Upper Midwest Broadcasting for news. If you hear any changes occur on your FM dial, share the news! 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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JANUARY 2012

AF Applied For (a new station) PC Power (and/or tower height) change on the air Aux Auxiliary (backup) transmitter PG Power change granted CC Callsign change PR Power change requested CL City-of-license change RA Returns to the air DE License/permit deleted RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FC Programming (format) change ROA Request of Applicant FTP Failure to Prosecute SI Off the air (silent) LC License to Cover STA Special Temporary Authority NS Permit granted for new station XC Transmitter site changed NW New station on the air XG Transmitter site change granted PA Proposed Amendment XR Transmitter site change requested

Changes:

AB Calgary 100.3 NEW AF 100kw/266m, chr (Rawlco) AB Calgary 100.3 NEW AF 7.8kw/299m, chr (7954689 Canada) AB Calgary 106.7 NEW AF 8kw/236m, ethnic (Multicultural Broadcasting Corp.) AB Calgary 106.9 NEW AF 1kw/244m, to relay CHQR-770 AB Calgary 95.3 NEW AF 100kw/180m, adult alt (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group) AB Calgary 95.3 NEW AF 36kw/320m, adcon (Harvard Broadcasting) AB Calgary 95.3 NEW AF 54kw/180m, country (Clear Sky Radio) AB Calgary 95.3 NEW AF 54kw/180m, ethnic (Unision Media) AB Calgary 95.3 NEW AF 54kw/180m, rhythmic CHR (Bell Media) AB Calgary 95.3 NEW AF 7kw/331m, ethnic (Alberta Mosaic Radio Broadcasting) AB Red Deer 90.5 CKRD-FM PG>38kw AK Sterling 105.3 KKNI NW 7kw/87m, 60-29-19/150-44-43 (Seward Media Partners) AL Camden 90.5 WQLS NW 400w/128m, 31-57-34/87-16-04 (Alabama Christian Radio) AL Camden 90.5 WQLS PG<400w/128m, 31-57-34/87-16-04 AL Camden 90.5 WQLS PR<400w/128m, 31-57-34/87-16-04 AR Cedarville 94.9 KYNF PC<231m AR Gassville 92.7 KYMT CC for NS AR Green Forest 88.7 KGSF PR>4.95kw AR Little Rock 90.5 KLRE-FM NW 19kw/54m (aux) AR Little Rock 90.5 KLRE-FM XC 34-40-34/92-19-08 AR Perryville 91.9 KWQX CC for NS AR Prairie Grove 105.7 KMCK-FM CL changed from Siloam Springs AS Mapusaga 90.5 KPPO NW 750w/492m, 14-19-03/170-45-51 (2nd Samoan Congregational Church of Long Beach) AZ Apache Junction 107.1 KVVA-FM PR 870w/508m, 33-20-00/112-03-49 dismissed AZ Buckeye 106.7 KDVA QR fro m106.9 dismissed AZ Seligman 103.3 KZKE PC>7.7kw/138m AZ Tucson 90.5 KUAT-FM PC 11.85kw/1113m BC Kispiox 91.3 CBTD QR from 990 AM, 252w/-330m, 55-21-28N/127-41-47W CA Amboy 104.7 NEW AF 6kw/-47m, 34-33-48/115-35-43; amendment from 320w/43m at different site CA Arvin 92.5 KMYX-FM PR 620w/312m, 35-11-41/118-42-16 CA Barstow 89.1 KODV PC>5.8kw/234m CA Blue Lake 106.3 KINS-FM CC from KEJY CA Blythe 88.5 KERU-FM PR>673m, 33-34-12/114-20-55 CA Campana 89.1 KZCA PG>21w/311m, 38-50-32/120-24-21 CA Carlsbad 95.7 KOGO-FM CC from KUSS CA Carlsbad 95.7 KOGO-FM NS 3kw/143m, 32-43-48/117-05-03 (aux) CA Claremont 88.7 KSPC PR 400w/21m, 34-08-33/117-43-17 CA Covelo 96.9 KYBU FC?, sold to Friends of the Round Valley Public Library CA Lost Hills 105.7 KQMX PR 1.65kw/381m, 35-26-29/119-57-21 CA Marshall 91.5 KXCF NW 10w/95m, 38-09-01/122-51-42 CA Marshall 91.5 KXCF PG<10w/95m, 38-=09-01/122-51-42 CA Mendocino 101.9 KUNK QR from 101.1, 3.2kw/140m, 39-27-54/123-45-28 CA Moss Beach 89.3 KARC AF 7w/108m, 37-35-37/122-28-53 (aux) CA Moss Beach 89.3 KARC PR<4w/108m, 37-35-37/122-28-53; amendment from 7 watts (aux) CA Oak View 106.3 KRRF PR>960w, 34-17-47/119-16-21 CA Oxnard 89.1 KCRU NW 850w/314m, 34-06-47/119-03-34 (aux) CA Twentynine Palms Base 104.5 KQCM PR>6kw CO Alamosa 88.7 KRZA PR<628m CO Brush 90.5 KBEI PR>1kw/56m, 40-16-30/103-38-33 CO Cortez 90.3 KZET NW 100w/100m, 37-28-57/108-30-34 (Community Radio Project) CO Fleming 92.9 KMAP QG from 95.9 CO Grand Junction 100.7 KMOZ-FM AF 1.19kw/379m (aux) CO Grand Junction 100.7 KMOZ-FM NS 1.19kw/379m (aux) CO Grand Junction 88.1 KAFM PC>300w/397m CO Grand Junction 92.3 KJYE AF 1.17kw/384m (aux) CO Grand Junction 92.3 KJYE NS 1.17kw/384m (aux) CO Grand Junction 93.1 KMGJ AF 1.23kw/372m (aux) CO Grand Junction 93.1 KMGJ NS 1.23kw/372m (aux) CO Grand Junction 96.5 KGJN-LP QR from 106.7 dismissed

13 CO Greeley 91.5 KUNC AF 22kw/377m (aux) CO Greeley 91.5 KUNC NS 22kw/377m (aux) CO Greeley 91.5 KUNC NW 22kw/377m (aux) CO Hugo 93.7 KHIH QG from 92.3 CO Lamar 89.5 KTLH PR<1.5kw CO Montrose 96.1 KSTR-FM PG>580w (aux) CO Montrose 96.1 KSTR-FM PR<580w/-92m, 38-28-08/107-53-05 (aux) CO Strasburg 97.7 KSJL PG<16m, 39-42-19/104-12-17 CT Brookfield 95.1 WRKI PR 29.5kw/192m, 41-29-36/73-25-46 CT Enfield 94.7 WMAS-FM CL changed from Springfield, Mass. CT North Granby 89.9 WWQA CC from WFSJ FL Big Pine Key 95.7 NEW AF dismissed (WKCP) FL Bronson 91.1 WZXJ CC for NS FL Bronson 91.1 WZXJ NW 100w/13m, 29-25-44/82-39-50 (CSN) FL Bronson 91.1 WZXJ PR>9.1kw/32m FL Deltona 98.1 WNUE-FM AF 50kw/123m (aux) FL Eustis 90.3 WIGW NW 9.4kw/71m, 28-58-18/81-45-15 FL Horseshoe Beach 94.7 NEW PR>100m, 29-31-37/83-14-16; amendment from 95m FL Islamorada 93.5 NEW AF 43kw/142m; amendment from 50kw/150m & to change frequency from 107.1 FL Jupiter 106.3 WHFS AF 4.8kw/129m, 26-45-35/80-08-40 (aux) FL Lake City 94.3 WNFB AF 6.8kw/86m, 30-09-20/82-38-14 (aux) FL Lake City 94.3 WNFB NS 6.8kw/86m (aux) FL Palm Coast 89.3 WNSS CC from WDXZ FL Palm Coast 89.3 WNSS PG<4kw FL West Palm Beach 104.3 WEAT-FM AF 35kw/129m, 26-45-35/80-08-40 (aux) FL West Palm Beach 107.9 WIRK-FM AF 35kw/129m, 26-45-35/80-08-40 (aux) GA Augusta 104.3 WBBQ-FM PR 80kw/436m, 33-25-17/81-50-19 GA Calhoun 94.5 WIPK CC for NS GA Calhoun 94.5 WIPK NW 6kw/99m, 34-28-18/84-53-08 (Radio WEBS) GA Cleveland 101.9 WAZX-FM PC>350w/410m, 34-30-32/83-48-27 GA Columbus 104.9 WFXE PC 2.3kw/164m, 32-27-59/85-03-22 GA Portal 100.5 WXRS-FM PR>50kw/145m, 32-25-41/81-48-25; amendment to add city-of-license change from Swainsboro GA Rochelle 93.1 WRPG NW 440w/61m, 31-56-54/83-26-02 (Georgia Eagle Media) GA Roswell 107.5 WAMJ PC>33kw/185m (18kw-H, 33kw-V, didn't think the FCC would approve that!), 33-55-01/84-12-06 GA Tignall 105.3 WSGC-FM QR from 105.1, 21kw/91m GU Agana 90.9 KOLG PG>5kw/295m GU Tamuning 101.1 KNUT PC 8kw/193m, 13-29-15/144-49-42 IA Anamosa 95.7 KKSY PR<91m, 42-03-21/91-25-18 IA Creston 90.9 KLOX PG>45kw/155m, 41-04-38/94-19-09 IA Ottumwa 88.3 KQLF NW 1.4kw/44m, 41-02-02/92-24-34 (Sound in Spirit Broadcasting) IA Patterson 105.9 KICP CC from KZHZ IA Pella 89.1 KCUI CX ROA IA Perry 91.7 KICG CC from KDWT IA Pleasantville 96.3 KICL CC from KZHC IA Solon 95.1 KQMG-FM PR 6kw/61m, 41-52-25/91-36-00; CL from Independence dismissed IA Villisca 95.3 KCSI NS 4kw/38m, 41-01-03/95-12-18 (aux) IA Villisca 95.3 KCSI NW 4kw/38m, 41-01-03/95-12-18 (aux) ID Kamiah 88.7 KIYE PG>15kw/94m, 46-15-09/116-24-36 ID Plummer 88.3 KWIS NW 2.4kw/288m, 47-19-37/116-42-55 (Coeur d'Alene Tribe) ID Twin Falls 90.7 KCIR PG>45kw/765m IL Chicago 91.5 WBEZ PG>377m (aux) IL Chicago 91.5 WBEZ PR>378m (aux) IL Elgin 88.9 WEPS PG>13m, 42-02-11/88-16-34 IL Pana 94.3 WMKR NW 1kw/73m (aux) IN Bloomfield 101.1 NEW NS 3.8kw/128m, 39-05-23/86-44-25 (Mid-America Radio Group) IN Greensburg 89.9 WHOZ PR<85w/29m dismissed 73.511(a) (no new Class D stations) IN Lawrence 93.9 WRWM PG>8.4kw/140m IN Lowell 89.1 WLPR-FM PG 1.1kw/112m IN Seelyville 88.9 WVWG NW 100w/14m, 39-31-15/87-13-34 (CSN) KS Belle Plaine 99.7 KANR QC from 92.7 KS Belle Plaine 99.7 KANR QR from 92.7, 50kw/147m KS Enterprise 90.5 KBMP PG>12.5kw/220m, 39-06-16/97-23-15 KS Kingman 94.3 KCVW PR>55kw/330m, 37-48-01/97-31-29 KS Wellington 92.7 KWME QC from 93.5, 3.5kw/133m, 37-20-08/97-27-53 KS Wellington 93.5 KWME PR>14kw/130m, 37-20-08/97-27-53 KY Hazard 101.1 WSGS PG<362m, 37-11-36/83-11-04 CX ROA (will remain at 446m) KY Jackson 89.7 WYLC PG 450w/73m, 37-35-08/83-14-59 KY McKee 89.3 KYAI CC from KMLU KY Owingsville 89.3 NEW NW 2kw/120m, 38-11-16/83-46-29 (Corban Broadcasting) KY Shelbyville 101.7 WVKY CC from WKRD-FM LA Houma 107.5 KXMG PG<15kw/277m, 29-57-14/89-56-58 LA Ringgold 98.5 KRGL CC for NS LA Ringgold 98.5 NEW NS 25kw/96m, 32-16-17/93-08-44 (1st Baptist Church of Castor) LA White Castle 90.7 KPEF PR 42kw/116m MA Baptist Village 89.5 WWQZ CC from WJCI MA Fitchburg 90.1 WJXP NW 750w/25m, 42-32-34/71-51-12 (Horizon Christian Fellowship) MA Fitchburg 90.1 WJXP PG<750w/25m, 42-32-34/71-51-12 MA Gloucester 104.9 WBOQ PR 6kw/98m, 42-38-22/70-56-22 MB Selkirk 105.5 CICY-FM PG>145m, relocate XR MD Annapolis 107.9 WNEW sold to CBS; FC to news, CC from WFSI ME Benedicta 89.3 WRPB NW 145w/63m, 45-47-11/68-24-44 (Light of Life Ministries) ME Corinth 90.3 WXBP NW 2kw/275m, 45-03-26/69-11-27 (The Presence Radio Network) ME Gorham 90.9 WMPG PC>4.5kw/195m, 43-44-38/70-20-01 ME Madawaska 102.3 WCXX PR 1.2kw/129m, 47-19-51/68-20-26 MI Bear Lake 100.1 WCUZ PR>2.05kw/172m, 44-30-54/86-06-53; amendment from 6kw/157m MI Cass City 92.1 WIDL PR<6kw/77m, 43-36-55/83-04-43; CL from Caro; amendment from 25kw/94m at different site MI Cheboygan 97.7 WQEZ NW 3.4kw/152m, 45-39-01/84-20-37 (Del M. Reynolds) MI Greilickville 88.3 WTCY PG 4.4kw/207m MI Marquette 91.5 WUPX PG>1.7kw/133m, 46-30-52/87-29-07

14 MI Mount Clemens 102.7 WPZR CC from WHTD MI Munising 89.7 WAZP PG>16kw/118m, 46-24-53/86-40-27 MO Cape Girardeau 100.7 KGMO XG 37-21-45/89-31-19 MO Clayton 99.1 KLJY PC<309m, 38-34-28/90-19-32 MO Montgomery City 103.9 KMCR PC>6kw, 38-59-10/91-30-39 MS Greenville 97.9 WLTM PR>100kw/141m, 33-06-30/91-01-30; amendment from 202m at different site MS Lexington 102.5 WAGR-FM PG>25kw MS Lexington 102.5 WAGR-FM PR>25kw MS Ocean Springs 103.1 WOSM PG>100kw/204m, 30-36-21/88-38-51 CX ROA (to remain 50kw/140 at different site) MS Ocean Springs 103.1 WOSM PR<187m MS Richton 88.9 KRIQ-FM NW 1.8kw/60m, 31-20-44/88-45-32 NC Hendersonville 102.5 WMYI PR<1kw/552m (aux) NC Wilmington 90.5 WWIL-FM PG 4kw/189m, 34-14-37/78-07-24 NC Wilmington 90.5 WWIL-FM PR<4kw/189m NC Yadkin 90.3 WWQY PG 1.6kw/32m, 35-48-13/80-17-42 ND Dickinson 92.1 KZRX NS 780w/90m (aux) ND Dickinson 99.1 KCAD NS 770w/96m (aux) ND Jamestown 88.1 KJKR NW 4kw/1m, 46-54-37/98-42-28 (Jamestown College) ND Minot 105.3 KZPR AF 1.1kw/119m (aux) ND Minot 105.3 KZPR NS 1.1kw/119m (aux) ND Minot 93.7 KIZZ AF 1.1kw/119m (aux) ND Minot 93.7 KIZZ NS 1.1kw/119m (aux) ND Minot 97.1 KYYX AF 1.1kw/119m, 48-03-11/101-26-04 (aux) ND Minot 97.1 KYYX NS 1.1kw/119m, 48-03-11/101-26-04 (aux) ND Minot 99.9 KMXA-FM AF 1.1kw/119m, 48-03-11/101-26-04 (aux) ND Minot 99.9 KMXA-FM NS 1.1kw/119m, 48-03-11/101-26-04 (aux) ND Williston 90.7 KJND-FM NW 2kw/175m, 48-08-30/103-53-34 (Hi-Line Radio Fellowship) NE Bennington 93.3 KTWI PC 7.9kw/176m, 41-15-26/95-57-49 NE North Platte 90.1 KFJS CC from KWNP-FM NH Colebrook 97.1 WOXX NW 700w/-70m, 44-52-47/71-28-53 (White Mountains Broadcasting) NH Dublin 89.9 WVKJ NW 4.5kw/115m, 42-53-58/72-07-16 (The Kingdom Christian Ministries) NH Lisbon 89.7 WSSH NW 130w/90m, 44-13-11/71-52-07 (Nostalgia One Public Radio) NJ Camden 106.9 WKDN FC; sold to Merlin Media (likely to go all-news) NJ Newark 88.3 WBGO AF 1.2kw/125m (aux) NJ Newark 88.3 WBGO PC>2.5kw/269m, 40-45-22/73-59-12 NM Albuquerque 89.1 KANW NW 7.5kw/-12m, 35-04-29/106-37-25 (aux) NM Cloudcroft 88.9 KHII PR>230w/383m, 32-59-39/105-42-29 NM Kirtland 107.9 KPRT-FM NW 6kw/97m, 36-41-45/108-13-23 (Winton Road Broadcasting) NM Reserve 90.1 KDNM NW 500w/-229m, 33-42-35/108-45-56 (Cochise Community Radio Corp.) NU Iqaluit 91.1 NEW NS 800w/-37m, to relay CFFB-1230 NV Elko 89.3 KLKR PR<483m NV Lovelock 106.3 KZHD PG>100kw/600m, 39-54-46/118-55-18 NV Pioche 89.7 KLYX GA from C3 to C2, CL from Panaca NV Smith 92.3 KSVL PR<624m, 38-41-06/119-11-04 NV Sun Valley 89.1 NEW NS 2.95kw/875m, 39-45-22/119-27-37 (Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada) NV Wendover 102.3 KVUW PG>100kw/600m, 41-07-19/114-34-02 NY Celoron 95.3 WLKW-FM AF 430w/7m (aux) NY Celoron 95.3 WLKW-FM CC for NS NY Celoron 95.3 WLKW-FM NS 430w/7m (aux) NY Celoron 95.3 WLKW-FM NW 2.5kw/10m, 42-05-46/79-14-35 NY Clifton Park 96.7 WDCD-FM CC from WPTR NY Copiague 89.3 WGSS PR<110w/10m, 40-40-58/73-23-04 NY Fleming 88.7 WTMI PG 600w/271m NY Glens Falls 90.7 WLJH PR>650w (reinstate expired permit) NY North Salem 90.1 WJZZ PR>650w/-13m, 41-23-03/73-34-35 NY Olivebridge 88.3 WFSO PR>1.55kw NY Poughkeepsie 96.1 WPKF PR 3.5kw/81m, 41-44-16/73-54-20 OH Boardman 89.5 WILB-FM PG<150w/48m OH Bolivar 90.1 WJEE NW 2.3kw/-10m, 40-39-28/81-21-08 (Denny & Marge Hazen Ministries) OH Cleveland Heights 92.3 WKRK-FM PG>8kw (aux) OH Edon 89.9 WRRO PR<1.4kw/94m, 41-32-58/84-46-18 OH Martins Ferry 90.7 WDWC PG<75w/98m, 40-04-08/80-50-11 OH Mowrystown 90.5 WAOM PG>35kw/54m, 39-01-48/83-47-52 OH Tipp City 89.1 NEW AF dismissed (24-7 Broadcasting) OH Troy 89.1 NEW AF dismissed (Calvary Broaedcasting) OH Wilmington 89.1 NEW AF dismissed (24-7 Broadcasting) OH Wilmington 89.1 NEW NS 550w/34m, 39-27-09/83-48-25 (Electronic Applications Radio Service) OK Altus 93.5 KWHW-FM PG<15kw/88m, 34-37-35/99-20-10 OK Carnegie 89.5 KJCC PR>38kw/141m, 35-24-37/98-16-44 dismissed 73.510(a) (directional antenna too directional) OK Guymon 88.1 KJDR PC>83m, 36-40-27/101-28-09 OK Tulsa 98.5 KVOO-FM AF 17.5kw/207m (aux) OK Tulsa 98.5 KVOO-FM NS 17.5kw/207m (aux) OK Walters 88.3 KOEG NW 10kw/51m, 34-30-20/98-24-05 (Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Lawton) OK Walters 88.3 KOEG PG<10kw/51m, 34-30-20/98-24-05 ON Uxbridge 105.5 NEW AF 900w/140m, classic hits (Frank Torres) ON Wallaceburg 99.1 CKXS-FM PR>3kw/87m ON Windsor 102.3 CJNR-FM AF 5kw/56m (had originally applied for 95.9, but that frequency went to someone else. CJNR was authorized *if* they could find another frequency. CBE-1550's decision to go to 97.5 at higher power allowed them to drop their permit for a FM relay on 102.3, making 102.3 available for CJNR. OR Chiloquin 88.1 KQCF PG<100w/-68m, 42-34-42/121-52-05 OR Chiloquin 88.1 KQCF PR<100w/-68m, 42-34-42/121-52-05 OR Eugene 94.5 KMGE AF 6kw/295m (aux) OR Lakeview 93.5 KWTR CC from KQIK-FM OR Portland 97.9 KRRC CX ROA OR Springfield 93.3 KKNU AF 7kw/295m (aux) OR The Dalles 93.5 KACI-FM QG from 97.7, 2.3kw/588m, 45-42-44/121-06-49 OR Turner 88.5 KMUZ PC>32w/242m OR Turner 88.5 KMUZ PG 32w/242m

15 OR Union 103.1 KZUO CC for NS OR Veneta 105.5 KEUG AF 650w/21`6m, 44-00-10/123-06-43 (aux) PA Bradford 90.5 WTWT NW 2.5kw/173m, 42-03-18/78-27-28 (CSN) PA Cambridge Springs 89.9 WCGF PR<7.3kw/100m, 41-53-03/80-11-00 PA North East 104.9 WRKT PG<4.5kw/161m, 42-05-25/79-56-37 PA Sellersville 88.9 WBYO PR>2kw/131m dismissed PA Stroudsburg 88.7 WBYX PR<3.55kw dismssed PR Arecibo 106.5 WNIK-FM PG>115m, 18-22-19/66-37-27 PR Culebra 102.1 WNVE PR>9.5kw PR Pastillo 90.1 WJDZ PG>125w/3m, 18-02-26/66-27-18 QC Quebec 89.7 CJNG-FM PR>1kw/201m RI Bradford 91.1 WXEV PG<430w/29m, 41-24-25/71-45-05 SC Cokesbury 91.9 WKRI NW 20.5kw/108m, 34-21-26/82-09-14 (Spirit Broadcasting Group) SC Cokesbury 91.9 WKRI NW 8kw/164m (aux) SC McCormick 91.1 NEW PR 15.5kw/172m, 33-44-32/82-31-17 SC Murrells Inlet 88.3 WMBJ PG>3.8kw, 33-35-45/79-03-11 SC Ridgeville 100.9 WAYA-FM PR>25kw/70m, 32-58-15/80-15-15 SC Society Hill 91.1 WEBK PG>5.8kw/64m SC West Columbia 100.1 WVOC-FM CC from WXBT SC Whitmire 90.9 WNBK AF 36w/102m (aux) SC Whitmire 90.9 WNBK NS 36w (aux) SD Elk Point 91.9 KPCJ CX (permit for new station) SD Sioux Falls 96.5 KNWC-FM NS 580w/59m, 43-29-14/96-47-04 (aux) SD Sioux Falls 96.5 KNWC-FM NW 580w/59m, 43-29-14/96-47-04 (aux) SD Wall 107.5 KXZS PR>100kw/152m, 44-05-50/102-35-48 TN Lebanon 107.5 WRVW NS 46kw/294m (aux) TN Lebanon 98.9 WANT PR 4.13kw/125m TX Albany 91.7 NEW PG 25kw/181m, 32-39-32/99-27-11 TX Albany 91.7 NEW PR<181m TX Bee Cave 104.9 KTXX-FM NS 1.45kw/151m (aux) TX Brackettville 94.7 KVDR CC for NS TX Dilley 106.1 NEW AF 6kw/100m, 28-34-53/99-05-41; amendment to change site TX Eastland 91.1 KQXE PC>14.5kw/133m, 32-28-38/98-48-34 TX Encinal 102.5 KELT PG>4.7kw/58m, 28-02-33/99-21-29 TX Falfurrias 91.1 KZTX CC for NS TX Falfurrias 91.5 KRVP PG>650w/54m, 27-17-30/98-08-17 TX Freer 89.3 KBTD CC for NS TX Freer 90.7 KPBN PG>21kw/111m, 27-33-58/98-42-53 TX Gonzales 88.1 KRNZ CC from KZAR TX Kermit 91.5 KDCJ CC for NS TX Kermit 91.5 KDCJ PG<750w/45m TX Kermit 91.5 KDCJ PR<750w/45m TX Kingsville 92.7 KKBA PG 13kw/251m, 27-39-33/97-34-12 TX Louise 90.3 NEW PG 4.9kw/103m, 29-06-05/96-27-19 TX Lubbock 90.9 KKLU PR>21kw/182m, 33-31-33/101-52-07 TX McQueeney 97.7 KZAR CC from KLTO-FM TX Muenster 88.7 KTMU PR<500w-V/21m, 33-43-32/97-28-26; promptly amended to 500w H&V; granted & on the air TX O'Brien 100.1 NEW NS 6kw/100m, 33-34-22/100-02-20 (Hispanic Family Christian Network) TX Pineland 99.1 KFAH CC for NS TX Round Rock 105.9 KFMK AF 1.1kw/321m (aux) TX Round Rock 105.9 KFMK NS 1.1kw/321m (aux) TX San Isidro 98.9 KRGK CC for NS TX San Isidro 98.9 KRGK NW 3kw/24m, 26-42-54/98-31-50 (Christian Ministries of the Valley) TX Stratford 91.7 KLXN NW 100w/46m, 36-19-53/102-04-51 (Better Association) TX Tatum 91.5 NEW PR<100w/37m, 32-17-24/94-34-28 TX Wellington 97.5 NEW AF 12.5kw/141m, 34-51-52/100-36-56 (Hispanic Family Christian Network) TX Wellington 97.5 NEW NS 12.5kw/141m, 34-51-52/100-36-56 (Hispanic Family Christian Network) UT Kanab 105.1 KPLD GA from 101.1, Class C UT Leeds 101.5 KCLS GA from C2 to C0, from Pioche, Nev.; amendment from 101.7 C1 UT Milford 105.5 NEW GA from 104.9, Class C VA Elliston-Lafayette 97.7 WKCJ PC>260w/470m, 37-18-30/80-09-46 VA Emporia 88.1 WHRL NW 4.2kw/119m, 36-41-04/77-33-41 (WHRO) VA Lynchburg 97.9 WZZU AF 570w/578m (aux) VA Nassawadox 90.1 WHRX PG>46kw/68m, 37-40-38/75-43-37 VA Pocahontas 102.9 WKQB PR 100w/463m, 37-13-08/81-15-39; amendment from 454m at different site VA Rustburg 91.7 WWEM PR>60kw/181m, 37-19-54/78-47-30 VA Pocahontas 102.9 WKQB PG 100w/454m, 37-13-12/81-15-20; CL from Welch, W.Va. VA Spotsylvania 88.3 WQIQ CC from WHMM VA Sweet Briar 89.9 WNRS-FM PR>20kw/173m, 37-23-17/78-50-22 dismissed 73.509, 73.510(a) (interference to other stations, directional antenna too VA Tappahannock 89.9 WXTR PR 2.8kw/72m VT Stowe 101.7 WCVT PC>1kw/811m, 44-31-32/72-48-54 VT Swanton 89.9 WNGF NW 225w/-5m, 44-55-02/73-07-27 (WNGN) WA Camas 94.7 KNRK NW 1.2kw/320m (aux) WA Ocean Park 88.1 PG 76kw/690m WA Ocean Park 88.1 KLOP PR>76kw/690m, 46-58-31/123-08-16; PG (reinstated?) WA Omak 88.5 KOMQ NW 100w/777m, 48-27-15/119-18-30 (KPBX) WA Pasco 90.1 KOLU PR>39kw WA Spokane 99.9 KXLY-FM PG 90kw/643m, 47-39-34/116-57-48 WA Westport 101.3 KLWA PR>4kw/49m WA Yakima 105.7 KRSE PR>172m WI Antigo 106.1 WACD PG>50kw/123m, 45-22-38/89-11-97 CX ROA (will remain at 10kw/84m) WV Montgomery 89.7 WNUX CC for NS WY Buffalo 96.5 KLGT PR<101m WY Evanston 89.7 KUWE PR>404m WY Story 98.3 KZZS PR<76m YT Johnson's Crossing 90.5 NEW AF 45w/3m, 60-29-33/133-22-34; relayer of CHON-FM Whitehorse

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Jeff Kruszka 1909 Lost Lake Place Pearland, TX 77581 PH TO NEWS [email protected] January 2012 Happy New Year to all. We start with more good stuff from Jeff Kadet of Macomb, IL:

KWTV-39 Oklahoma City, OK KTTC-10 Rochester, MN 500 mi Tr seen 5-30-11 233 mi Tr seen 6-7-11

WSMH-16 Flint, MI WGVK-5 Kalamazoo, MI 389 mi Tr seen 7-8-11 302 mi Tr seen 7-25-11

WSJV-28 Elkhart, IN 246 mi Tr seen 7-25-11

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WJW-8 Cleveland, OH WILX-10 Onondaga, MI 471 mi Tr seen 8-2-11 343 mi Tr seen 8-2-11

KARZ-44 Little Rock, AR WRBL-15 Columbus, GA 405 mi Tr seen 11-24-11 650 mi Tr seen 5-10-11

WKPT-27 Kingsport, TN WKYC-17 Cleveland, OH 538 mi Tr seen 5-29-11 472 mi Tr seen 7-11-11

More from Jeff next month.

73’s, JEFF

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Send reports by the 15th of each month to: Nick Langan 1040 Riverview Drive Florence, NJ 08518 E-mail: [email protected] (East) [email protected] (West)

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The Editor’s Note

Here’s hoping you had a most enjoyable holiday season, and that 2012 will be a year to remember! So far, the winter E-skip season has been anything but memorable. We’ll give it through the first half of January though before completely writing it off. Much of the nation has been basking in an unseasonably warm December weather-wise. As a result, tropo certainly could develop in the usual spots near the Gulf and across the south, but even farther north it cannot be completely ruled out, as long as this pattern takes hold.

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Ed Phelps (NN2E) 08:10 WDJT 46/58 Milwaukee, WI. 430 mi. Benton, KY 08:22 KOED 11 Tulsa, OK. 405 mi. 08:27 KMYT 42/41 Tulsa, OK. 405 mi. All times are GMT 09:11 KSHB 42/41 Kansas City, MO. 365 mi. 09:12 KPXE 51/50 Kansas City, MO. 365 mi. 11-19-11 DTV Tropo 09:15 KHQA 7 Hannibal, MO. 267 mi. 06:53 WATE 26/6 Knoxville, TN. 260 mi. 09:17 KMBC 29/9 Kansas City, MO. 365 mi. 08:04 KARZ 44/42 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 09:20 WGEM 10 Quincy, IL. 265 mi. 08:04 KTAL 15/6 Texarkana, TX. 415 mi. 09:28 WISC 50/3 Madison, WI. 430 mi. 08:07 KPXJ 21 Minden, LA. 405 mi. 09: 30 WKOW 26/27 Madison, WI. 430 mi. 08:09 KTVE 27/10 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. 09:34 WFRV 39/5 Green Bay, WI. 520 mi. 08:27 KETS 7/2 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 09:37 WLUK 11 Green Bay, WI. 520 mi. 08:33 KLRT 30/16 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. FOX. DTV #625 09:36 KAQY 11 Columbia, LA. 390 mi. 10:00 WMAQ 29/5 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 14:40 WXVT 15 Greenville, MS. 255 mi. 10:15 KSMO 47/62 Kansas City, MO. 365 mi. 10:47 WCGV 25/24 Milwaukee, WI. 430 mi. 11-23-11 DTV Tropo "MY 24" 22:42 WPWR 51/50 Gary, IN. 350 mi. 10:55 WFLD 31/32 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 22:45 KWKB 25/20 Iowa City, IA. 370 mi. 11:05 WBAY 23/2 Green Bay, WI. 520 mi. 11:10 WTTW 47/11 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 11-24-11 DTV Tropo 11:14 WGBO 38/66 Joliet, IL. 350 mi. 02:40 KNWA 50/51 Rogers, AR. 320 mi. 11:20 WCIU 27/26 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 02:45 KOTV 45/6 Tulsa, OK. 405 mi. 11:33 KSNF 46/16 Joplin, MO. 335 mi. 02:50 KHBS 21/40 Fort Smith, AR. 370 mi. 11:40 KATV 22/7 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 02:56 KTAL 15/6 Texarkana, TX. 415 mi. Over KBSI. 03:03 KYIN 18/24 Mason City, IA. 500 mi. 11:48 KXTX 40/39 Dallas, TX. 565 mi. 04:01 KSMQ 20/15 Austin, MN. 525 mi. 11:54 KDTX 45/58 Dallas, TX. 565 mi. 04:10 KIMT 42/3 Mason City, IA. 470 mi. "TBN" 04:22 KGAN 51/2 Cedar Rapids, IA. 415 mi. 11:57 KTVT 19/11 Fort Worth, TX. 565 mi. 04:29 KFSM 18/5 Fort Smith, AR. 370 mi. 11:58 KERA 14/13 Dallas, TX. 565 mi. 04:45 KSTC 45/5 Minneapolis, MN. 615 mi. 12:05 KTHV 12/11 Little Rock 265 mi. Ind. DTV #624. Over KFVS. 04:53 KPXM 40/41 Saint Cloud, MN. 650 mi. 12:07 KLRT 30/16 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. "ION" 12:09 KARZ 44/42 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 05:00 KASN 39/38 Pine Bluff, AR. 270 mi. 12:13 WNOL 15/38 , LA. 485 mi. 05:15 KETS 7/2 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 12:15 WPXL 50/49 New Orleans, LA. 485 mi. 07:12 WPXE 40/55 Kenosha, WI. 390 mi. "ION" "ION" 12:20 KTVE 27/10 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. 07:22 WVTV 18 Milwaukee, WI. 430 mi. 12:51 WIIQ 19/41 Demopolis, AL. 315 mi. "CW 18" 12:52 WBMA-LD 40/58 Birmingham, AL. 250 mi. 07:28 WITI 33/6 Milwaukee, WI. 430 mi. // WCFT 33 07:31 TWMVT 35/36 Milwaukee, WI. 430 mi.

19 18:55 KTXA 29/21 Fort Worth, TX. 565 mi. 16:27 WUPX 21/67 Morehead, KY 275 mi 19:18 KUVN 23 Garland, TX. 565 mi. "ION" 19:19 KTEN 26/10 Ada, OK. 485 mi. 16:44 WLJC 7/65 Beattyville, KY 270 mi. 19:21 KAFT 9/13 Fayetteville, AR. 320 mi. 21:47 WLWT 35/5 , OH. 265 mi. 19:35 WOSU 38/34 Columbus, OH. 375 mi. 21:51 WQCW 17/30 Portsmouth, OH. 325 mi. 19:41 WIPB 23/49 Muncie, IN. 280 mi. 22:42 WWHO 46/53 Chillicothe, OH 345 mi. 19:56 WLS 44/7 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 22:45 WPTD 16 Dayton, OH. 300 mi. 20:00 WCPX 43/38 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. "16HD" "ION" 22:47 WRGT 30/45 Dayton, OH. 300 mi. 20:01 WFLD 31/32 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 23:47 WSAZ 23/3 Huntington, WV 360 mi. 20:55 WKEF 51/22 Dayton, OH 300 mi. 23:55 WSTR 33/64 Cincinnati, OH. 265 mi. 20:56 WDTN 50/2 Dayton, OH 300 mi. 12-2-11 DTV Tropo 11-25-11 DTV Tropo 00:11 WCMH 14/4 Columbus, OH. 365 mi. 00:29 KDKZ-LD 18 Farmington, MO. 133 mi. 00:20 WPBO 43/42 Portsmouth, OH. 365 mi. RTV. DTV# 626. 02:38 WCPO 22/9 Cincinnati, OH. 265 mi. 00:50 WLFI 11/18 Lafayette, IN. 260 mi. 02:43 WDTN 50/2 Dayton, OH. 300 mi. 00:52 WESV-LD 40 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 03:27 KARZ 44/42 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 01:48 WBNS 21/10 Columbus, OH. 365 mi. 03:35 KTVE 27/10 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. 01:49 WPTD 16 Dayton, OH. 300 mi. 03:41 WAPT 21/16 Jackson, MS. 335 mi. "16HD" 03:43 WDBD 40 Jackson, MS. 335 mi. 02:09 KAUT 40/43 Oklahoma City, OK. 510 mi. 08:49 WTOK 11 Meridian, MS. 315 mi. 02:11 KSBI 51/52 Oklahoma City, OK. 510 mi. 02:17 KOED 11 Tulsa, OK. 405 mi. 12-12-11 DTV Tropo 02:26 KFSM 18/5 Fort Smith, AR. 340 mi. 21:30 WXVT 15 Greenville, MS. 253 mi. 02:38 WISE 18/33 Fort Wayne, IN. 340 mi. 22:11 KTVE 27/10 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. 02:39 WPTA 24/21 Fort Wayne, IN. 340 mi. 22:12 KAQY 11 Columbia, LA. 390 mi. 02:41 WFWA 40/39 Fort Wayne, IN. 340 mi. 22:13 WDBD 40 Jackson, MS. 335 mi. "PBS39HD" 22:23 KPXJ 21 Minden, LA. 405 mi. 02:58 WLAJ 51/53 Lansing, MI. 450 mi. 22:26 KTAL 15/6 Texarkana, TX. 415 mi. 04:01 WEWS 15/5 Cleveland, OH. 475 mi. 23:46 WLBT 30/3 Jackson, MS. 335 mi. ABC. DTV #627 23:54 WMAU 18/17 Bude, MS. 400 mi. 04:23 WTVS 43/56 Detroit, MI. 475 mi. 05:03 WYCC 21/20 Chicago, IL. 350 mi. 12-13-11 DTV Tropo 05:19 WQAD 38/8 Moline, IL. 325 mi. 00:07 WYES 11/12 New Orleans, LA. 485 mi. 10:14 WOTV 20/41 Battle Creek, MI. 425 mi. 00:17 WPXL 50/49 New Orleans, LA. 485 mi. 10:20 WSTR 33/64 Cincinnati, OH. 265 mi. "ION" 10:22 WLWT 35/5 Cincinnati, OH. 265 mi. 00:20 WMPN 20/29 Jackson, MS. 335 mi. 00:24 WMAW 44/14 Meridian, MS. 325 mi. 12-1-11 DTV Tropo 03:49 KPLC 7 Lake Charles, LA. 515 mi. 01:22 WPXA 51/14 Rome, GA. 255 mi. 04:46 WNBD-LD 33 Grenada, MS. 266 mi. 01:22 WSB 39/2 Atlanta, GA. 310 mi. NBC. "33-1" 01:31 WCIQ 7 Mt. Cheaha, AL. 275 mi. 06:08 KALB 35/5 Alexandria, LA. 460 mi. 01:37 WJSP 23/28 Warm Springs, GA. 350 mi. 07:07 KLPA 26/25 Alexandria, LA. 460 mi. 01:44 WATL 25/36 Atlanta, GA. 310 mi. "LPBHD" 01:44 WJHL 11 Johnson City, TN. 350 mi. 07:31 KARD 36/14 West Monroe, LA. 390 mi. 01:49 WUVG 48/34 Athens, GA. 325 mi. FOX. DTV #629 02:11 WATE 26/6 Knoxville, TN. 255 mi. 07:32 WMAV 36/18 Oxford, MS. 190 mi. 02:40 WEMT 38/39 Greenville, TN. 325 mi. PBS. DTV #630 02:55 WUPA 43/69 Atlanta, GA. 310 mi. 08:07 WVLA 34/33 Baton Rouge, LA. 480 mi. 03:00 WRBL 15/3 Columbus, GA. 375 mi. NBC. DTV #631 03:29 WTVM 11/9 Columbus, GA. 375 mi. 08:47 WAPT 21/16 Jackson, MS. 335 mi. 03:33 WGCL 19/46 Atlanta, GA. 310 mi. 08:51 KYTX 18/19 Nacogdoches, TX. 500 mi. 03:40 WHSG 44/63 Monroe, GA. 340 mi. 08:53 KSLA 17/12 Shreveport, LA. 425 mi. "TBN" 10:07 WUFX 41/35 Vicksburg, MS. 340 mi. 03:47 WKTB-CD 47 Norcross, GA. 310 mi. 11:02 KKAP 36 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. "KTNDT" Daystar. DTV #632 03:58 WMCF 46/45 Montgomery, AL. 335 mi. 17:02 KSHV 44/45 Shreveport, LA. 425 mi. 05:28 WVLR 48 Tazewell, TN. 275 mi. MY net. DTV #633 CTN. DTV #628 17:06 KETZ 10/12 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. 05:45 WCOV 20 Montgomery, AL. 335 mi. 17:09 KLTL 20/18 Lake Charles, LA. 515 mi. 05:52 WGNM 45 Macon, GA. 390 mi. 17:10 KTBS 28/3 Shreveport, LA. 425 mi. 08:46 WXXV 48/25 Gulfport, MS. 425 mi. 17:12 KLTS 24 Shreveport, LA. 425 mi. 08:53 WLOX 39/13 Biloxi, MS. 425 mi. 17:33 KASN 39/38 Pine Bluff, AR. 268 mi. 10:45 WVVA 46/6 Bluefield, WV. 400mi. 17:35 KARZ 44/42 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 10:48 WAGV 51/44 Harlan. KY. 280 mi. 17:36 KLRT 30/16 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. 15:12 WAKA 42/8 Selma, AL. 340 mi. 17:54 KBTV 40/4 Port Arthur, TX. 560 mi. 15:15 WIIQ 19/41 Demopolis, AL. 315 mi. 18:19 KMSS 34/33 Shreveport, LA. 425 mi. 15:19 WEAR 17/3 Pensacola, FL. 435 mi. 21:19 WJHL 11 Johnson City, TN 350 mi. 15:25 WFNA 25/55 Gulf Shores, AL. 430 mi. 21:24 WATE 26/6 Knoxville, TN. 260 mi. 15:58 WVAH 19/11 Charleston, WV 375 mi. 21:26 WVLT 30/8 Knoxville, TN. 260 mi.

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21:26 WKOP 17/15 Knoxville, TN. 260 mi. 21:27 WPCH 20/17 Atlanta, GA. 310 mi. 21:30 WPXA 51/14 Rome, GA. 255 mi. 21:39 WVLR 48 Tazewell, TN. 275 mi. 21:44 WTNZ 34/43 Knoxville, TN. 260 mi. 22:27 WETP 41/2 Sneedville, TN. 295 mi. 22:33 WEMT 38/39 Greenville, TN. 325 mi. 22:42 WAGV 51/44 Harlan, KY. 282 mi.

12-14-11 DTV Tropo 00:30 KATV 22/7 Little Rock, AR. 265 mi. Dennis Park Smith 05:08 WATL 25/36 Atlanta, GA. 310mi. 3605 San Remo Dr 05:50 WUPX 21/67 Morehead, KY. 275 mi. Santa Barbara, CA 93105-2523 06:30 WYMT 12/57 Hazard, KY. 290 mi. Telephone (805) 687-7803 08:33 WLJC 7/65 Beattyville, KY. 265 mi. Times 24-hour PDT

73, Ed NN2E This report is for Nov. 6 to 30, 2011. It is cooling Owner / Operator - Murphy's Law Test Site off, somewhat. Ocean temp is now lower, in the & Thunderstorm Proving Grounds high 50s F. So-Calif coastal tropo to San Benton, KY. EM56 Diego/Tijuana/Tecate up to 220 mi: Modified Finco P-7 UHF at 45 ft. Antennacraft CS-1100 VHF at 40 ft. Nov 4-7 None cold wx front, rain Channel Master 7777 pre-amp Nov 8-10 Poor stable but cool Alliance HD-73 rotator Nov 11-16 None unsettled, rain 11&12 3/4 inch cable TV hardline Nov 17 Poor+ stable but cool Zenith DTT-901 DTV box Nov 18-22 None unsettled, stormy, rain Icom R-7000 on Nov 20 Sanyo DP19241 monitor/TV Nov 23 Very poor stable but cool Nov 24 None rain Nov 24 Nov 25-30 Variably poor stabilizing Fritze Prentice Jr., KC5KBV Star City, AR Don Voegele was here for a few days. Nov 15, coastal tropo none at my place, but a little coastal A slow fall for TV DX, mostly pests from the tropo at his place. Noted at 1240 and steady after ArkLaTex, Ozarks, and occasionally Memphis. But that for a while: A new one was seen, d46 KTAV- there were a few highlights this month. LD “35” Altadena (Los Angeles area). Apx 90 mi. It is the first low-power DTV seen in SBarb from The morning of Thanksgiving in the US (November L.A. All religious (Christian gospel) pgms on all 24, 2011) brought several stations from NW subchs, Spanish & English. Nov 17, it was seen Arkansas and Southern Missouri. However, there again at Don’s place, not quite as steady. Nov 26, were other logs as well that morning. weak signal, not enough to see. Don’t know if higher ERP or if temporary tropo over mtns in that All Times UTC November 24, 2011 direction. KTAV-LD was on air and seen in L.A 1605 KSMO 47 Kansas City MO (62-1 MyNet when Don & I were there Jan 15, 2011. TV/syndicated; 62-2 BounceTV) 1607 KMBC 29 Kansas City MO (9-1 Santa Barbara DTV total is now 55 with 1 new. ABC/syndicated; 9-2 MeTV) (note: KMBC delays ABC's "The View" to 11AM Best of DX to All Dennis CT/1700UT and broadcasts syndicated "Nate Burkus" in 10-11AM/1600-1700UT timeslot on "9- 1") Jeff Kadet, K1MOD 1610 KODE 43 Joplin MO (12-1 ABC) Box 20, Macomb, IL 61455 1611 KSNF 46 Joplin MO (16-1 NBC) [email protected] http://www.oldtvguides.com/DXPhotos/ I was able to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade via KSNF and also KNWA 50 (51-1) Rogers AR. Insignia box, Sony 60” monitor, CM screened 7' KMBC was decoding past 11AM. A note about dish up 85' KMBC, the station delays "The View" from ABC an CM 1110 up 80', CM 7777 pre-amp, 1/2” hardline, hour and shows the syndicated "Nate Burkus" in Icom R7100, 13” color monitor the 10-11AM timeslot. ------All times UTC Sep28 19:23 WAND-DT-17 *NEW* is now testing First Sporadic E's of 2011-12 Winter DX Season on while WAND-DT-18 is also still on the air Both December 9, 2011. Went back to basics in using a operating at 25KW repurposed 6 meter ham-band dipole (hung vertically in tree) and a vintage RCA (pre-GE, Oct04 05:36 Tr WXSP-CD-15 Grand Rapids 315 Thompson era) B&W TV with click-detent tuner. mi 05:40 Tr WTLJ-DT-24 Muskegon, MI 301 mi All Times Central: December 9, 2011 Sporadic E's 06:51 Tr WWMT-DT-8 Kalamazoo 304 mi

21 07:42 Tr WOTV-DT-20 Battle Creek, MI 307 mi 12:12 Tr KTAL-DT-15 Texarkana, TX 554 mi 05:49 Tr WLUK-DT-11 Green Bay, WI 306 mi *NEW* DTV #588 12:17 Tr KXTX-DT-40 Dallas, TX 646 mi. Oct06 06:52 Tr WBXX-DT-20 Crossville, TN 456 12:56 Tr KTBS-DT-28 Shreveport, LA 575 mi mi 20:01 Tr WDTN-DT-50 Dayton, OH 343 mi 06:53 Tr WUPX-DT-21 Morehead, KY "Ion" 417 mi 20:04 Tr WSTR-DT-33 Cincinnati 341 mi 07:54 Tr WKHA-DT-16 Hazard, KY 462 mi 20:04 Tr WLWT-DT-35 Cincinnati Tr WAND-DT-18 is off the air. They are switching 20:10 Tr WCET-DT-34 Cincinnati 341 mi antennas and towers today for the ch. 17 move. 20:11 Tr WPTD-DT-16 Dayton, OH 344 mi So R.I.P. channel 17. On the other hand, ch. 18 will 20:18 Tr WKRC-DT-12 Cincinnati 340 mi open up nicely. 20:30 Tr WCPO-DT-22 Cincinnati *NEW* DTV #589 Oct09 03:45 Tr WYMT-DT-12 Hazard, KY 461 mi 21:19 Tr WCMH-DT-14 Columbus, OH 405 mi 21:24 Tr WSFJ-DT-24 Newark, OH 420 mi Oct12 04:57 Tr WAND-DT-17 Decatur, IL *NEW* 21:52 Tr WOUC-DT-35 Cambridge, OH 494 mi appears to be on the air with full power // ch. 18 *NEW* DTV #590 and same signal strength. 22:05 Tr WOSU-DT-38 o/pest WQAD 22:47 Tr WPBO-DT-43 Portsmouth, OH 422 mi Oct13 04:01 WAND-DT-18 Decatur IL will sign off permanently on Nov. 14. Nov25 01:35 Tr WMFD-DT-12 Mansfield, OH 528 mi *NEW* DTV #591 Oct22 07:04 W40CV-LD-40 Jacksonville, IL testing 02:35 Tr WEWS-DT-15 Cleveland 474 mi NEW DTV #584 02:51 Tr WOTV-DT-20 Battle Creek, MI 307 mi 06:14 Tr WFMJ-DT-20 Youngstown, OH 527 mi Oct25 16:31 Es SS and EE ch. 2 06:35 Tr WRGT-DT-30 ultra rare o/WMBD 342 mi 16:55 Es SS muf ch. 4 06:58 Tr WBGU-DT-27 Bowling Green, OH 358 16:59 Es XEFB-2 Monterrey mi 17:09 Es XHGC-5 Net ch. 3 07:03 Tr WRLM-DT-47 Canton, OH 489 mi 17:45 Es ch. 4 w/slogen "La Tele de Aqui" 07:18 Tr WTLW-DT-44 Lima, OH 340 mi *NEW* DTV #592 Nov06 01:45 Tr WFTC-DT-29 Minneapolis 341 mi 07:26 Tr WQHS-DT-34 Cleveland, OH 474 mi 01:47 Tr KSTC-DT-45 Minneapolis 338 mi 07:45 Tr WVPX-DT-23 "Ion" Akron, OH 478 mi 07:51 Tr WVIZ-DT-26 Cleveland , OH 471 mi Nov23 21:17 Tr WSTR-DT-33 Cincinnati 341 mi *NEW* DTV #593 22:49 Tr WDTN-DT-50 Dayton, OH 343 mi 07:52 Tr WKYC-DT-17 Cleveland, OH 471 mi. 22:57 Tr KFSM-DT-18 Ft. Smith, AR 396 mi o/WAND 23:05 Tr KAFT-DT-9 Fayetteville, AR 369 mi 08:09 Tr WTVG-DT-13 Toledo, OH 386 mi *NEW* DTV #594 Nov24 01:59 Tr WJFW-DT-16 Rhinelander, WI 08:16 Tr WGTE-DT-29 Toledo 362 mi 08:21 Tr WNEO-DT-45 Alliance, OH 511 mi 02:01 Tr WFXS-DT-31 Wittenberg, WI 323 mi *NEW* DTV #595 02:04 Tr WHRM-DT-24 Wausau, WI 311 mi 08:24 Tr WEAO-DT-50 Akron, OH 474 mi *NEW* 04:03 Tr WKEF-DT-51 Dayton, Oh 343 mi DTV #596 06:20 Tr WLUK-DT-11 Green Bay, WI 306 mi 11:51 Tr KHBS-21/40 Fort Smith AR 06:23 Tr WFRV-DT-39 Green Bay 306 mi 06:26 Tr WEWS-DT-15 Cleveland 474 mi Dec01 01:44 Tr "ABC3440" on RF 33 Tuscaloosa 06:30 Tr WPTD-DT-16 Dayton, OH 344 mi 514 mi 06:36 Tr WKOI-DT-39 Richmond, IN 327 mi 01:49 Tr WDBB-DT-18 Bessermer, AL 514 mi 06:41 Tr WCMH-DT-14 Columbus, OH 405 mi 02:08 Tr WBXX-DT-20 Crossville, TN 456 mi 07:06 WISE-DT-18 is blasting in yet no WFFT-DT- 05:07 Tr WBRC-DT-50 36 o/KWQC 05:10 Tr WDTN-DT-50 Dayton, OH 343 mi 07:28 Tr WBDT-DT-26 Springfield, OH 342 mi 05:10 Tr WKEF-DT-51 Dayton, Oh 343 mi 08:29 Tr WLOV-DT-16 West Point, MS 468 mi 06:14 Tr WUXP-DT-21 Nashville 358 mi 08:33 Tr WOTV-DT-20 Battle Creek, MI 307 mi 14:48 Tr WOTV-DT-20 Battle Creek, MI 307 mi 08:37 Tr WLAJ-DT-51 Lansing, MI 345 mi 15:43 Tr WZTV-DT-15 Nashville 09:00 Tr WKBD-DT-14 Detroit 416 mi 15:58 Tr WKRN-DT-27 Nashville 358 mi 09:22 Tr WMYD-DT-21 Detroit 407 mi 16:00 Tr WPGD-DT-33 Henderson, TN 357 mi 09:29 Tr WSMH-DT-16 Flint, MI 389 mi 16:15 Tr WTVF-DT-50 Nashville 09:55 Tr WKRN-DT-27 Nashville 358 mi 10:13 Tr KNWA-DT-50 Rogers AR 331 mi Dec14 07:15 Tr KDTL-LD-16 St. Louis 125 mi 10:15 Tr KFSM-DT-18 Ft. Smith, AR 396 mi *NEW* DTV #597 10:36 Tr KATV-DT-22 Little Rock, AR 405 mi W40CV-D Jacksonville, IL is now on the air 10:42 Tr KARZ-DT-44 Little Rock, AR 405 mi and pummeling channel 40. It's DTV #19 on ch. 40 *NEW* DTV #585 and maybe the last. PSIP says “DTV 17-1 WAND- 11:12 Tr KLRT-DT-30 Little Rock 404 mi *NEW* DT”. I got them previously when they were testing DTV #586 on very low power. 11:12 Tr KTHV-DT-12 Little Rock, AR 404 mi 11:52 Tr KTVE-DT-27 El Dorado, AR 513 mi The Thanksgiving opening was pretty good. Also 12:01 Tr KPXJ-DT-21 Minden, LA 567 mi *NEW* good timing as it came right in the middle of DTV #587 Thanksgiving dinner! 12:09 Tr WMAU-DT-18 Bude, MS 628 mi 73, Jeff

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Ralph Strobel – 106 E. Davidson St. – Muncie, IN 47303 Equipment: McIntosh MR-78 Tuner with two CM $tereo Probe 9 Antennas and rotors at 38 and 32 feet above ground separated by 23 feet with use of Bolin phase box and RDS.

Number at end includes mileage. @= new to log

May 22 2011 Es (EDT)

1530 KLUX 89.5 Robstown TX m 1109 1539 unid 88.1 Katy TX g, SS ? Radio Christiana 1540 KEDT 90.3 Corpus Christi TX c 1098 1540 KVRT 90.7 Victoria TX c, //90.3 1028 1616 KHOY 88.1 Loredo TX PSA 1618 unid 90.3 ?? “en Matamoras,” mono 1645 KROM 92.9 San Antonio TX L, SS, RDS: “Estereo Latino” 1050 1655 KRPT 92.5 Devine TX t, “The Patriot” 1083 1701 KGSR@ 93.3 Cedar Park TX r 968 1707 XET 94.1 Monterrey NL ads 1325 1724 KQXY 94.1 Beaumont TX ad, “Q-94” 854 1734 KSBJ 89.3 Humble TX g 898 1737 KGSX@ 95.1 Comfort TX ads, SS, “La Kalle” 1037 1745 KLBJ 93.7 Austin TX ads 978 1746 KKRW 93.7 Houston TX ad 915

May 26 2011 tr

2010 WCLI@ 101.5 Enon OH op, “Click-101-5,” ex-101.7 Urbana, phased o/W268BJ

June 1 2011 tr

1800 WHUZ@ 88.5 Cole IN gr, //88.1 WJCF 28

June 7 2011 tr

1500 WYTJ@ 89.3 Linton IN so. G 124 2300 WKCV@ 89.1 Crittendon KY op, “Class X,” //88.9 WMWX, phased o/WBOI

June 10 2011 tr

0300 WPFR@ 93.7 Clinton IN g, ex-93.9 113

June 10 2011 Es

1733 KFRQ 94.5 Harlingen TX ads, r 1201 1748 KKRW 93.7 Houston TX ads, “The Arrow” 915 1800 KEDR@ 88.1 Bay City TX g, “your ” 980 1800 KZFT 90.5 Fannett TX g 860 1814 XHRYS 90.1 Reynosa TM SS 1226 1820 KFNC 97.5 Mont Belvieu TX ESPN, t mono 865 1822 KRRG 98.1 Laredo TX ad 1193

23 1828 KESO@ 92.7 S. Padre Island TX SS, “La Lay” 1226 1834 KHLA 92.9 Jennings LA “92-9 The Lake” 802 1840 WJZD 94.5 Long Beach MS sr, “JZ-94.5” 710 1851 WPRF@ 94.9 Reserve LA g, “praise FM 94.9” 758 1915 XEEW 97.7 Matamores TM SS 1212 1927 XHCAO 89.1 Ciudad Camargo TM SS, “La Lupi” 1234 1932 KLUX 89.5 Robstown TX PSA 1109 1934 XHRYA@ 90.9 Reynosa TM SS, 1226 1940 XHRT 95.3 Reynosa TM SS, “Extrema” 1226 2200 KGVA 88.1 FtBelknap Agency MT Indian pow wow 1292

June 12 2011 Es

1437 KKOR 94.5 Gallup NM sr, “Star 94-5” 1314 1447 KDAG 96.9 Farmington NM r, “96-9 the dog rocks” 1257 1453 KRWN 92.9 Farmington NM “Crown FM” 1257 1500 KMPZ@ 88.1 Salida CO c 1107 1533 KTCL@ 93.3 Wheat Ridge CO p, “Channel 93-3,” ex-Fort Collins 1045 1539 KSME 96.1 Greeley CO ads 1018

June 14 2011 Es

1135 KITE 93.3 Port Levaca TX ad 1025

June 18 2011 Es

1903 WHCF 88.5 Bangor ME PSA 904 1913 CKNI 91.9 Moncton NS r mono 1116 1935 CFLT@ 92.9 Dartmouth NS mr, “lite-92.9” 1153

June 22 2011 Es

1629 KUT 90.5 Austin TX j 978 1632 KONO 101.1 Holetos TX 1060 1648 XHWGR@ 101.1 Monclova CL SS, ads, “Exa” 1302 1700 XHMZI 91.1 Melchor Muzquiz CL SS 1240 1708 KDLK 94.1 Del Rio TX k, “The Drive” 1155 1715 KNEL 95.3 Brady TX k, “True Country Radio.com” 1002 1722 KGBZ 96.9 Brownwood TX mr, ads, “96.9 the breeze” 960 1733 KDCD 92.9 San Angelo TX k, “Lone Star 92.9” 1036 1801 KGNZ 88.1 Abilene TX g 961 1820 KLVW 90.5 Odessa TX g, “K-Love” 1110

June 29 2011 tr

0420 KLQL 101.1 Luverne MN k, “K-101,” wx for the tri-states 606

July 12 2011 Es

1643 XHMZI 91.1 Melchor Muzquiz CL SS 1240 1800 KHID 88.1 Mc Allen TX ID 1219 1810 KNLE 88.1 Round Rock TX “Candle-88” 963

July 14 2011 tr

0301 WWCT@ 99.9 Bartonville IL r, calls 225

July 26 2011 tr

0500 WQQR@ 94.7 Clinton KY op, phased o/WFBQ 318 0540 WBVR@ 96.7 Auburn KY k, phased o/ WMQX 315 (See Note #1)

July 28 2011 tr

0300 KTCM@ 97.3 Madison MO g, “Glory 97.3,” phased o/WMEE 366 0340 WCEZ@ 93.9 Carthage IL mr, “EZ 93.9” 303

August 1 2011 tr

0000 KMLV@ 88.1 Ralston NE gr, “K-Love,” #84 on 88.1 my best frequency 560 0020 KQCH 94.1 Omaha NE ads, ex-WOW 558 0028 KMIT@ 105.9 Mitchell SD k, wx 694 0043 KQRN@ 107.3 Mitchell SD op, ads, “Q-107” 694 0100 KUNI 90.9 Cedar Falls IA c 401 0112 KDRB 100.3 Des Moines IA op, “100.3 The Bus” 441 0133 KDCR 88.5 Sioux Center IA wx 592 0155 KKSD 104.3 Milbank SD op 669 0200 KTPR 91.1 Fort Dodge IA op 483

24 0211 KUSO 92.7 Albion NE k, “US-92” 667 0218 KTGL 92.9 Beatrice NE op, “92-9 The Eagle” 599 0225 KNEN@ 94.7 Norfolk NE op, ads, “94-Rock,” phased o/WFBQ 0245 KMXC @ 97.3 Sioux Falls SD ads, ID, “Mix-97-3” 628 0300 KMNE 90.3 Bassett NE c, previous Es 752 0330 KWOA 95.1 Worthington MN op, “95.1 The Eagle” 576 0401 KRGY 97.3 Aurora NE op 664 0515 KRSW 89.3 Worthington MN c MN Public Radio 576 2300 KVGO@ 104.3 Spring Valley MN o 434 2320 KICD 107.7 Spencer IA farm report 544 2332 WCCN 107.5 Neilsville WI r 403

August 2 2011 tr

0002 KIOW@ 107.3 Forest City IA r, “Mix-107.3” 477 0100 KHIS@ 89.9 Jackson MO gr, phased o/WDPG 300 0347 KIAI 93.9 Mason City IA k, wx, “The Country Moose” 453

August 3 2011 tr

0102 WZKV 90.7 Dyersburg TN gr, “K-Love” 359 August 4 2011 tr

0100 KMNE 90.3 Bassett NE c, in again!!

August 7 2011 ms

0125 KILV? 107.5 Castana IA “…positive encouraging K-Love…”

August 27 2011 tr

0200 WRLN@ 91.9 Rushville IN new to air, r, “Rush 91.9, #901 Ed Band 39

August 31 2011 tr

2320 WZVL@ 103.7 Philo OH k, calls 190

October 5 2011 tr

0100 WMLJ 90.5 Summersville WV g mono 276 0300 WXBQ 96.9 Briston TN k 302 0410 WCIR 103.7 Beckley WV r, ads 279 0500 WTNJ@ 105.9 Mount Hope WV k, ads, wx, phased o/WNKN 276

Note # 1 – Never did I expect to hear Clinton, KY on 94.7 o/WFBQ Indy. WFBQ is side mounted to the east and is terribly strong here. Also, other times I’ve tried to phase out Alexandria on 96.7, all I could get was Madison or Bloomington, IN. This time Auburn, KY bombed in with no problem!

The heat wave in late July and early August finally got me some good tr to the west. However, this was one of the poorest Es summers I’ve seen in 39 years of Muncie FM DXing. Not even one day of FL Es which is very unusual. Hope next summer is better. 73, Ralph

Jeff Falconer, VA3NN - Clinton ON EN93fo Sangean HDT-1X, Sony XDR-F1HD, APS-13 at 22', 10db preamp New=* New calls={XXXX} t=Tentative Time=ELT Distances=Miles

Aug 02 Es -MUF 92.9

1828 KVDM* 88.1 Hays KS Legal ID, Catholic REL, "Divine Mercy Radio" 1831 KLNE* 88.7 Lexington NE TLK, RDS PI: KLNE, HD 979 1835 K205FG* 88.9 Nebraska City NE REL: AC //KRKR-95.1, long list of stations on network given, 48 w! 947 1905 KHNE* 89.1 Hastings NE HD 2CH, "NET -1", "NET -2" 870 1909 KUVO 89.3 Denver CO Jazz, HD 3 CH 1251 1915 KTZA 92.9 Artesia NM C&W, RDS PI: KTZA 1435 1919 KENW 89.5 Portales NM CLA, RDS PS: KENW FM 1330 1934 KNTU 88.1 Denton TX TLK, RDS PS: THE ONE 1102 1946 KNCM 88.5 Appleton MN NPR News, RDS PS: NPR News / PI: KNCM 1947 WMSB 88.9 Byhalia MS AFR REL, RDS PS: WMSB 754 1949 WMBU* 89.1 Forest MS Weather, " South" 887 2000 KECC* 89.1 La Junta CO ID at TOH for sister stn KRCC-91.5, news about flood warning in Teller County 1215 2003 WYPL* 89.3 Memphis TN News, RDS PS: Memphis Public Library / PI: WYPL 727 2114 KUAP 89.7 Pine Bluff AR Jazz, RDS PI: KUAP 857

25 2123 KLDN 88.9 Lufkin TX Jazz, RDS PS: KLDN-FM / RT: 1109 2130 XHCAO* 89.1 Ciudad Camargo MEX SS ballads, several "La Lupe" mentions, 2 hop Es? 1538 2131 KSTX 89.1 San Antonio TX TLK, calls, mono 1357 2137 KENM 88.9 Tucumcari NM CLA, RDS PS: KENM-FM 1317

Aug 03 Es -MUF 89.9

1936 W201AO 88.1 Greenville NC Rock, "Public Radio East", gets out good for 120 w, short skip 595 1959 WQCS 88.9 Fort Pierce FL CLA, HD 3 CH 1118 2003 WHRV* 89.5 Norfolk VA Pop music, HD, short skip and State # 30 by Es, e-QSL rcvd 540 2006 WRVS* 89.9 Elizabeth City NC Hip-hop, RDS PI: bogus 'WKP', HD, crawl at bottom of HD display: Tune in to Neo-Soul Cafe, short skip 579 2015 WUWF 88.1 Pensacola FL Pop, HD 2 CH 959 2029 WBSN 89.1 New Orleans LA REL:AC, HD 1054 2033 WWNO 89.9 New Orleans LA HD 3 CH: CH 1 TLK, CH 2 CLA, CH 3 Jazz

Aug 03 Tr

2058 WMBI 90.1 Chicago IL Moody REL, RDS PS: WMBI 349 2110 WDRV 97.1 Chicago IL "97-1 FM The Drive", classic rock 331

Aug 04 Ms

1535 Unid 88.9 ? ?? Oldies, RDS PI: KSYF, beamed SW

Aug 04 Tr

1600 WLNZ* 89.7 Lansing MI Alternative , legal ID, "LCC - Lansing Community College", 420 w 164

Aug 05 Tr

2041 {CHKX} 94.7 Hamilton ON C&W //CJKX-95.9, RDS PS: KX-94.7 / PI: bogus 'KCUM', ex CIWV 95 2043 WSNY 94.7 Columbus OH AC, "Sunny 95" 263 2047 WNCI 97.9 Columbus OH Ads, promo for Fox 28 263

Aug 06 Tr -CFPL-95.9 doing antenna work at reduced power

1007 CJWF 95.9 Windsor ON C&W, ads 124 1015 CJKX* 95.9 Ajax ON C&W, "KX-96", Port Perry ad 128 1030 WYNT* 95.9 Caledonia OH AC, "Magic 95-9", ID @ BOH "WYNT, Caledonia, today's best music" 216

Aug 06 Es -MUF 91.3

1211 KUHF 88.7 Houston TX HD 3 CH 1237 1213 XHMLS 91.3 Matamoros MEX SS ballad, RDS PS: exa 913 / PI: bogus 'WGO', 2 hop? 1517 1905 WBOJ 88.5 Lumpkin GA REL: AC, RDS PS: WBOJ 823

Aug 07 Ms

0154 Unid 92.9 ? ?? C&W, RDS PI: WGVM, beamed NW 1220 KTBG 90.9 Warrensburg MO RDS PI: KTBG / PTY: College, prev by Es

Aug 07 Es -spotty MUF 93.9

1251 KRVN 93.1 Lexington NE C&W (new format?), RDS PS: "THE RIVER"

Aug 11 Ms -Perseids

1228 KRWK* 101.9 Fargo ND RDS PI: bogus 'KRVJ' / PTY: Rock 796 1533 KPOW* 97.7 La Monte MO ".Power 97.7 forecast." 685 2227 WBOJ 88.5 Lumpkin GA REL: AC, RDS PS: WBOJ, prev by Es 823 2224 KFTI 92.3 Newton KS Ad, RDS PI/PS 914 2245 KXRA* 92.3 Alexandria MN "Sweet Home Alabama", RDS PS: KXRA / PI: KXRA 701 Aug 13 Ms -Perseids

1155 WWWZ 93.3 Summerville SC R&B, RDS PI: WWWZ 744 1219 KIOA* 93.3 Des Moines IA Promo for IA State Fair, several other pings //stream 626

26 1239 KAGL 93.3 El Dorado AR RDS PI: KAGL, prev by Es 932 1247 KJKE 93.3 New Castle OK C&W, RDS PI: KJKE, prev by Es 1034 1448 KNGM 88.9 Guymon OK ".on KJIL.", prev by Es 1155 2342 KEFX 100.1 Woodward OK RDS PI: KWFX / PS: The Spirit of the West

Aug 15 Es -MUF 93.7

0943 WOWB 90.9 Brewton AL REL, RDS PI: WOWB 901 0946 WUWF 88.1 Pensacola FL TLK, RDS PI: WUWF 959 0957 WOLM* 88.1 D'Iberville MS Catholic REL, RDS PS: R. MARIA / PI: bogus 'WXEA' 993 0959 WMFT* 88.9 Tuscaloosa AL Moody REL, legal ID 775 1002 WPAS 89.1 Pascagoula MS News, RDS PI: WPAS 977 1006 WMJY 93.7 Biloxi MS DJ banter, "Magic 93.7" 987 1010 WWNO 89.9 New Orleans LA HD 3 CH on Sony 1054

Aug 15 Tr -Pest WNFA-88.3 off air

1021 WEJC 88.3 White Star MI Calls, REL: AC 124 1028 WXOU 88.3 Auburn Hills MI High school FB scoreboard, 110 w 106 1101 WLFC* 88.3 North Baltimore OH Promo for U of Findlay, legal ID, news 200

Aug 15 Ms

1058 WAFR 88.3 Tupelo MS RDS PI: WAFR 825

Aug 16 Tr

0952 WXBW 101.5 Gallipolis OH C&W, "Big Buck Country 101.5" 334 2330 {WFCV} 100.1 Bluffton IN Bott REL, calls at BOH into "Turning Point", ex WNUY 266

Aug 19 Tr

0746 WBOI 89.1 Fort Wayne IN Blasting in with jazz, HD 3 CH 254 0807 WTHD* 105.5 LaGrange IN Fox News, wx, C&W, "Thunder Country" 0821 WXXC 106.9 Marion IN "106-9 Double XC" 297 0831 WBNO 100.9 Bryan OH WQCT/WBNO weather, C&W 214 0835 WIMT 102.1 Lima OH C&W, "T-102" 247 0850 WBIE 91.5 Delphos OH AFR REL, calls 231 0856 WMEE 97.3 Fort Wayne IN Calls 254 0858 WBYR 98.9 Woodburn IN Rock, "98.9 The Bear" 251

Aug 20 Tr

0951 CFLY 98.3 Kingston ON "98.3 Fly FM" 251

Aug 21 Tr -F3 tornado hit nearby Goderich taking CIYN1-99.7 off

1755 WHKC 91.5 Columbus OH "This has been Doctor Charles Stanley on WHKC" on Sony 265 1818 {WRKZ} 99.7 Columbus OH Ads, rock, "The Blitz", RDS PI: WRKZ, ex WBZX 263 1826 WSHH 99.7 Pittsburgh PA Monroeville ad, "Wish 99.7" 231 1850 WKSD 99.7 Paulding OH Ads 233 1854 WUGN 99.7 Midland MI "", REL: AC 151 2347 WSHW 99.7 Frankfort IN AC, "Shine 99" 334

Aug 23 Tr

2320 WBRR 100.1 Bradford PA AC, "The Hero" 184

Aug 26 Tr

1041 WBEZ 91.5 Chicago IL TLK, RDS PS: WBEZ 331 1044 WMBI 90.1 Chicago IL Moody REL, RDS PS: WMBI, HD 3 CH 349 1045 WDCB* 90.9 Glen Ellyn IL Jazz, RDS PI: WDCB 354 1052 WYMS 88.9 Milwaukee WI "Radio Milwaukee" 322 1100 WNUA 95.5 Chicago IL Spanish ballad //stream 331 1104 WDRV 97.1 Chicago IL Classic rock, RDS PS: The Drive 331 1107 WHQG 102.9 Milwaukee WI DJ banter, "The Hog" 327 1109 WPPN 106.7 Des Plaines IL Spanish, HD 2 CH 343 1111 WVCY 107.7 Milwaukee WI VCY REL 332 1119 WKKV 100.7 Racine WI R&B, RDS PI: bogus 'KCSN' 331 1123 WTMX 101.9 Skokie IL Ads, "The Mix", RDS PS: WTMX 332 1124 WYBR 102.3 Big Rapids MI Ads, "Y-102", rare 203 1125 {WXSS} 103.7 Wauwatosa WI Ads, RDS PS: KISS FM / PI: WXSS, ex WEZW 1126 WCZY 104.3 Mount Pleasant MI "My 104-3", rare 165 1127 WDDW 104.7 Sturtevant WI Spanish ads for Milwaukee area 322

27 1131 WPWX 92.3 Hammond IN R&B, RDS PS: POWER 92 334 1132 WJKL 94.3 Elgin IL REL: AC, RDS PS: K-LOVE / PI: WJKL 358 1134 WFMT 98.7 Chicago IL Upcoming event in Chicago area 332 1136 WASK* 98.7 Battle Ground IN Ads incl one for Lafayette Chevrolet 353 1141 WMUK 102.1 Kalamazoo MI CLA, HD 2 CH 218 1143 WZBK 106.9 Brookfield WI C&W, Milwaukee ad 327 1144 WOOD 106.9 Muskegon MI TLK swapping with WZBK, RDS PS: WOOD FM 230 1218 WIIL 95.1 Union Grove WI Rock, RDS PS: WIIL-FM 330 1225 {WCPQ} 99.9 Park Forest IL Ed Schultz Show, mono, ex WBUS, Kankakee (same xmtr site) 359 1237 {WGLM) 106.3 Lakeview MI Calls, local news, ex WRIZ 188 1310 {WWDV} 96.9 Zion IL Classic rock //WDRV-97.1, RDS PS: 96. 9WWDV, ex WNIZ 330 1322 WMYX 99.1 Milwaukee WI AC // stream 332 1345 WCFS 105.9 Elmwood Park IL TLK //WBBM-780, RDS PI: WCFS 332 1401 {WWWN} 101.1 Chicago IL News, "FM News 101.1", HD 3 CH, ex WKQX 1409 WJMK 104.3 Chicago IL "Chicago's greatest hits, 'K-Hits 104.3'" 332 1412 WOJO 105.1 Evanston IL Spanish //stream 331 1418 WGCI 107.5 Chicago IL Calls, hip-hop, RDS PI: bogus 'KBUQ' 332 1437 WLS 94.7 Chicago IL Song by The Doors, RDS PS: WLS-FM / PI: bogus 'WBT' 332 1453 WBBM 96.3 Chicago IL Oldies, "B-96" 332 1456 WJIM 97.5 Lansing MI "Now FM", rare 163 1509 WILV 100.3 Chicago IL Pina Colada Song, "Rewind 100.3" 331 1700 W232CA* 94.3 Detroit MI Rock, "Detroits rock station, '94.3 The Bone'", 99 watts 115 1758 {WKSC} 103.5 Chicago IL AC, RDS PS: KISS FM / PI: bogus 'KCZU', ex WWBZ 332 1811 WLUP 97.9 Chicago IL Weather, "97-9 The Loop" 331 1815 WUSN 99.5 Chicago IL Ads incl promo for Wisconsin Dells, RDS PS: US99*5 331 2331 CJTK 95.5 Sudbury ON REL //stream 203 2334 CHNO 103.9 Sudbury ON "Sudbury's Gratest Hits" 202 2335 CJRQ 92.7 Sudbury ON Rock, RDS PS: SUDBURYS BEST ROCK Q92 / PI: bogus 'WWN' 201 2337 CJMX 105.3 Subbury ON AC, RDS PS: EZ ROCK / PI: bogus 'WRO', no pest CFCA 201 2359 WBLU 88.9 Grand Rapids MI Legal ID. "Blue Lake Public Radio" //WBLV- 90.3, rare 210 Sep 01 Tr

0620 WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee WI Weather 322 2133 WDRV 97.1 Chicago IL Classic rock, "97-1 FM The Drive" 331 2139 WPWX 92.3 Hammond IN R&B, RDS PS: POWER 92 334 2233 WHID 88.1 Green Bay WI Call in show about environment 325 2234 WPJP 100.1 Port Washington WI Talk about flooding in the Paterson, NJ Diocese, mono 324 2237 WKKV 100.7 Racine WI Milwaukee ads, RDS PI: bogus 'KCSN' 331 2244 WIXX 101.1 Green Bay WI Packers FB 326 2246 WPNE 89.3 Green Bay WI CLA //stream 326 2255 WJMR 98.3 Menomonee Falls WI R&B //stream 327 2259 WMYX 99.1 Milwaukee WI AC, RDS PS: The Mix 332 2305 WZBK 106.3 Brookfield WI C&W, "Big Buck Country" 327 2307 WVCY 107.7 Milwaukee WI VCY REL 332 2310 WYMS 88.9 Milwaukee WI ALT music, "88-9 Radio Milwaukee" 322 2314 WHRM 90.9 Wausau WI CLA, RDS PS: WHRM 414 2322 WLXV 96.7 Cadillac MI Over pest CHYM with weather, "Mix 96", rare

Sep 02 Tr

1049 WGWE 105.9 Little Valley NY "Classic Hits WGWE" 169 1436 WDBS 97.1 Sutton WV C&W, calls, on car radio! 361 1458 WVAQ 101.9 Morgantown WV Legal ID 288 1542 WMKX* 105.5 Brookville PA Ads, weather, "Forest County's home for classic rock" 214

Sep 04 Es -MUF 100.1, my first ever September Es on FM!

1847 WBHY 88.5 Mobile AL REL: AC, "Power 88" 956 1902 WMYZ 88.7 Clermont FL REL: AC, HD 3 CH: WPOZ-1, etc 1032 1905 WGCU 90.1 Fort Myers FL TLK, RDS PS: WGCU / RT: WGCU Public Media 1158 1909 WSOR 90.9 Naples FL REL, RDS PS: WSOR 1191 1912 WKCP 89.7 Miami FL CLA, RDS RT: Classical South Florida 1247 1918 WSRX 89.5 Fort Myers FL REL: AC, "Praise FM" 1180 1921 WJFH 91.5 Sebring FL REL: AC, RDS PS: TheJoyFM 1119 1924 WMJY 93.7 Biloxi MS Ads, "Magic 93-7" 987 1935 WSMR 89.1 Sarasota FL CLA, RDS PS: WSMR89.1 / PI: bogus 'WVO'

28 1953 WYUU 92.5 Safety Harbor FL Spanish, RDS PS: artist/song, HD 1090 1956 WXVS 90.1 Waycross GA TLK, RDS PS: WXVS90.1, HD 856 1958 WQCS 88.9 Fort Pierce FL Begging for donations, HD 3 CH 1118 2001 WMAU 88.9 Bude MS Legal ID 983 2002 WFIT 89.5 Melbourne FL TLK, RDS PS: WFIT.COM 1073 2005 WBOJ 88.5 Lumpkin GA REL, "88.5 The Truth", RDS PS: WBOJ 823 2007 WVFS 89.7 Tallahassee FL Spanish pgm, RDS PS: The Voice of Florida State 921 2009 WFSQ 91.5 Tallahassee FL CLA, RDS PS: WFSU.ORG / PI: WFSQ 929 2010 KRDJ 93.7 New Iberia LA RDS PS: Lafayette's ROCK 93.7 1067 2011 WAKU 94.1 Crawfordville FL REL: AC, RDS PS: Wave 94 946 2012 WTNT 94.9 Tallahassee FL C&W, RDS PS: 94-9 TNT / PI: bogus 'KDCZ' 2015 WRKF 89.3 Baton Rouge LA REL: AC, HD 1056 2016 WUWF 88.1 Pensacola FL TLK, HD 959 2018 WUSF 89.7 Tampa FL TLK, RDS PS: WUSF89.7 1088 2019 WABR* 91.1 Tifton GA TLK, HD 843 2022 WLTQ 92.1 Venice FL AC, RDS PS: My fm My Music 1136 2024 WQPW 95.7 Valdosta GA Soft rock, "The Mix", RDS PI: bogus 'WTS' 2025 WJTK 96.5 Columbia City FL TLK, "The Jet" 930 2027 KMDL 97.3 Kaplan LA C&W, "The Dawg" 1098 2031 KLSU 90.9 Baton Rouge LA CCR song, RDS PS: 91.1KLSU 1053 2031 WOWB 90.9 Brewton AL REL: AC, RDS PI: WOWB 901 2034 {WRKN} 92.3 Laplace LA Rock, RDS PS: Rock 92.3 WRKN, ex WDVW 2038 WUSD 93.7 Hartford AL TLK, RDS PS: KICKIN', mono 900 2039 WMEZ 94.9 Pensacola FL Delilah, RDS PI: WMEZ / RT:SOFTROCK941.COM 956 2040 WVVE 100.1 Panama City Beach FL AC, RDS PS: V 100 955 2043 WKBU 95.7 New Orleans LA Saints FB promo 1054 2045 {WKFP} 95.7 Navarre FL REL: AC, "K-Love", ex WGCX 954 2051 WHWY 98.1 Holt FL C&W, RDS PS: HWY 98 952 2054 WBAM 98.9 Montgomery AL C&W, RDS PI: WBAM 842 2057 WRWA 88.7 Dothan AL Jazz, HD 3 CH "TROY-1", etc. 884 2058 WFFY 92.1 Destin FL Ads for Fort Walton Beach 943 2059 WNCV* 93.3 Shalimar FL AC, RDS PS: COAST 93.3 952 2116 WPAS 89.1 Pascagoula FL REL: AC, RDS PI: WPAS 977 2123 WLRN 91.3 Miami FL Jazz, RDS PS: WLRN, HD 2 CH 1218

Sep 10 Tr

0904 Unid 97.1 ? MI C&W //WATZ-99.3, bit distorted so maybe a spur?

Sep 14 Ms

1954 WMAE 89.5 Booneville MS RDS PI: WMPN / PTY: Classical 728

Sep 14 Tr

2044 WMDH 102.1 New Castle IN C&W, "Hit Country 102.5 WMDH" 317

Oct 03 Ms

0852 WUSF 89.1 Tampa FL TLK, RDS PI: WUSF 1088

Oct 08 Tr

0142 WAKW 93.3 Cincinnati OH Ads, "Star 93-3" 342 0151 WMUB 88.5 Oxford OH Loud with BBC stuff 327 0205 WHKO 99.1 Dayton OH C&W, HD, e-QSL rcvd 302 0207 WDKF* 99.9 Kettering OH "Your source for new music 'Channel 999'" //stream 302 0211 WEEC 100.7 Springfield OH Calls, REL:AC 279 0217 WTUE 104.7 Dayton OH Having technical problems; no audio, RDS PI: bogus 'KDJK', HD, e-QSL rcvd 302 0224 WMMX 107.7 Dayton OH AC //stream 302 0232 WDSJ 106.5 Greenville OH BTO tune, RDS PS: BIG 1065 287 0240 WZZY 98.3 Winchester IN Soft rock, "Star 98-3 WZZY" 300 0318 WUFN 96.7 Albion MI REL, "Family Life Radio", rare 183 2130 CKWS 104.3 Kingston ON Ads 258 2135 CFLY 98.3 Kingston ON AC, "Fly FM". RDS PI: bogus 'WNG' 251

Oct 15 Ms

0142 Unid 102.5 ? ?? C&W, RDS PI: WGH, beamed SSW 1115 WUFT 89.1 Gainesville FL RDS PS: WUFT-FM 960

Oct 16 Tr

1408 WPWX 92.3 Hammond IN R&B, "Power 92.3 334

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Oct 19 Ms

2010 WEMX 94.1 Kentwood LA R&B, RDS PI: bogus 'WAD' 1019

Oct 22 Tr

2100 {WODC} 93.3 Ashville OH OLD, "Oldies 93-3", legal ID, ex WLZT 268

Oct 29 Ms

0007 WLBF 89.1 Montgomery AL Preacher, RDS RS: Faith Radio / PI: bogus 'KALE' 813 1156 KRSW 89.3 Worthington MN RDS PI: KRSW / PTY: Classical 719 1917 KXGT 98.3 Carrington ND RDS PI: bogus 'WFJ' 883 1949 KYCK 97.1 Crookston MN RDS PI: bogus 'KAXT', prev by Es 785 2115 KLJY* 99.1 Clayton MO REL: AC, RDS PI: KLJY / PTY: Religious Music 575 2127 KXBL 99.5 Henryetta OK C&W, RDS PI: KXBL, prev by Es 942

Oct 29 Tr

0023 WLXX 92.1 Lexington KY Calls, C&W 413 2104 WMYX 99.1 Milwaukee WI AC, "99.1 The Mix" 332

Oct 30 Tr

0034 WPJP 100.1 Port Washington WI Catholic REL, "" 324 1703 WCGM* 102.7 Wattsburg PA REL: AC, "Family Life Radio", TOH legal ID for Wattsburg-Erie 183

Oct 30 Ms

0048 WASL* 100.1 Dyersburg TN Ad, RDS PI: WASL 668

Nov 03 Tr

1824 {WPZR} 102.7 Mount Clemens MI GOS, "Praise 102.7", HD, ex WHTD 101

Nov 06 Ms

0020 Unid 94.1 ? ?? RDS PI: KILX / PTY: R&B, beamed NW

Nov 11 Ms

0128 KIWR 89.7 Council Bluffs IA ".89-7 The River." 756

Nov 12 Ms

0057 KTCZ 97.1 Minneapolis MN Ad, RDS PI: bogus 'KAYJ' 582

Nov 16 Ms

2024 WBOJ 88.5 Lumpkin GA REL:AC, RDS PI 823

Nov 19 Ms

2332 KXGT 98.3 Carrington ND RDS PI: bogus 'WFJ' 883

Nov 20 Ms

0001 KJWR 90.9 Windom MN Female preacher, RDS PI: KJWR / PTY: Religious Music 683 0023 KHMY 93.1 Pratt KS RDS PI: KHMY, prev by Es 961 1739 KJTH 89.7 Ponca City OK RDS PI: KJTH 975 1744 WMUM 89.7 Cochran GA RDS PI: WMUM 774

Nov 24 Tr

2249 WJJK 104.5 Noblesville IN Good, "Indy's Classic Hits WJJK" 354 2255 (WRZX} 103.3 Indianapolis IN Ads, ex WXTZ 352 2301 WFIU 103.7 Bloomington IN Legal ID 402 2303 WLBC 104.1 Muncie IN Jingle ID/legal ID 310 2307 (WYXB} 105.7 Indianapolis IN , "'B 105.7', Indy's Christmas station", ex WTLC 352 2322 (WNTR} 107.9 Indianapolis IN AC, "My 107.9", HD 2 CH, ex WTPI, e-QSL rcvd 352 2329 WEDJ* 107.1 Danville IN Over WSAQ with Spanish //stream 370

30 2334 WXXC 106.9 Marion IN Blasting in, ads 297 2339 WMDH 102.5 New Castle IN C&W, "Hit Country 102.5 WMDH" 317 2249 WAZY 96.5 Lafayette IN Calls, ads, AC 364

Nov 25 Tr

0645 (WLDB} 93.3 Milwaukee WI Good on car radio all the way to work, soft rock, "B 93.3", ex WQFM 322

Nov 28 Ms

0058 KFKF 94.1 Kansas City KS RDS PI: KFKF 744

Nov 29 Ms

1508 WKMS* 91.3 Murray KY 1 min burst of "NPR Talk Of The Nation", HD 2 CH!, e-QSL rcvd. State # 21 verified and Ms QSL # 1 577 1535 WMPN 91.3 Jackson MS TLK, RDS PS: Think Radio / PI: WMPN / PTY: Classical 923 1910 WABR 91.1 Tifton GA RDS PI: WABR / PTY: Classical, prev by Es 2335 WWWZ 93.3 Summerville SC Hip-hop, RDS PS: 93JAMZ 744

Nov 29 Tr

2343 WAKW 93.3 Cincinnatti OH Ads, "Star 93.3" 346

Nov 30 Tr

0513 WRHN 100.1 Rhinelander WI Briefly with AC music, "100.1 Sam FM" (new slogan) 411

Nov 30 Ms

1829 WRAS 88.5 Atlanta GA ".WRAS is going to help you get it all done.", prev by Es 701

Dec 01 Ms

1529 KWFX 100.1 Woodward OK ".The Spirit of the West 100.1 Spirit Country."

Dec 03 Ms

1510 KWQW 98.3 Boone IA TLK, RDS PI: bogus 'KWPV' / PTY : Talk 632

Dec 04 Ms

2144 KCLC 89.1 Saint Charles MO RDS PI: KCLC 566

Dec 05 Ms

0004 WMAE 89.5 Booneville MS RDS PI: WMPN / PI: Classical 728 0521 WTPT 93.3 Forest City NC ".New Rock 93.3 The Planet is.", prev by Es 0024 WSYE 93.3 Houston MS RDS PI: WSYE 787 0036 WJBT 93.3 Callahan FL ".at the Times Union Center in Jacksonville." 0051 KYBI 100.1 Lufkin TX RDS PI: bogus 'WVQ', prev by Es 1110 0108 WLXX 92.9 Lexington KY C&W, RDS PI: WLXX, prev by Tr 413

Dec 06 Ms

1703 WMAE 89.5 Booneville MS RDS PI: WMPN / PI: Classical 728

Dec 07 Ms

1856 Unid 91.3 ? ?? RDS PI: bogus 'WNBL' / PTY: Religious Music, beamed SSW

Dec 07 Tr

2340 WAPS* 91.3 Akron OH "91.3 The Summit", Beatles song, heard in 1989 on 89.1 176

Dec 08 Ms

0007 WZGC 92.9 Atlanta GA Rock, RDS PI: WZGC 693 0035 WWIK* 98.9 McClellanville SC Several hits //Yes.com 727 0049 WBAM 98.9 Montgomery AL Ad ".is central Alabama's only location for." 0130 KTTS 94.7 Springfield MO C&W, RDS PI: KTTS 751

Dec 08 Tr

0158 WZOR 94.7 Mishicot WI Rock, "Razor 94-7" 315

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STATE OF THE WTFDA January 2012

To say that nothing much happened to the WTFDA in 2011 would be a serious understatement. 2011 is the year that we began the transition from a paper based publication to an electronic publication. Little did I know what life would toss at me a few short weeks after I presented my request to the board of directors, but after looking back I realize that the transition was, and still is, the right thing to do. The process has not gone as smoothly as we had hoped. I’ve made some mistakes along the way. I can’t undo the mistakes but I can make sure they don’t happen again. The good part about all this is that most of you never noticed them. By mid-December we reached the tipping point where those receiving the eVUDs now outnumber those receiving the paper edition by mail (144 eVUD versus 106 paper VUD). If you take a look at the membership chart for 2011 you’ll see that membership was doing fairly well through May when we began asking members to switch to the eVUD. A few were vehemently against doing it and didn’t renew. A few ignored everything and sent in $24 anyway doing business as usual. We lost about 15 people but that’s really not bad since in any given year we will lose perhaps 23-24 for a year. For the past few months we are sitting at around 250 members. What’s happening now is that people aren’t joining and replacing those who leave. Perhaps they won’t join for an ezine. Or perhaps people feel that TV isn’t worth DXing anymore since analog ended or that IBOC/translators/LPFMs have ruined FM DXing. In years past we’d have a few more people join than leave, but this year that hasn’t happened. What keeps he club going at this point is a ragged band of TV and FM Dxers who keep plugging away logging stations and reporting their catches to the VUD. Nothing, not rain or snow or IBOC or pixelating video will keep these guys from their goal. Another group that keeps us going is a group of clubmembers who keeps the WTFDA Forums lively and interesting, even in winter, which isn’t an easy thing to do when the bands are dead. And we can’t forget the editors. Doug, Bill, Keith, John, Nick, Peter, Jeff and our two site admins, Chris Cervantez and Tim McVey. Maybe we can forget Keith. Nah. To think of the WTFDA with around 270 members again is probably dreaming. Probably a membership of 250 is not achievable again. But I don’t think we will fold anytime soon. There’s still a solid core of DXers out there enjoying the hobby and a base that wants to read about it, even if they don’t do it themselves anymore. Conventions are probably out of the question also. With all of the ways people have of interacting with each other now through Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, email, snail mail and the phone, there is probably no reason for any in the future. Nobody wants to host one anyway. . You may have noticed that the board of directors is now down to just four people. What happened is that one BoD member never renewed his membership, and after repeated unsuccessful attempts to reach him by email, a VUD and letter was mailed to his address but was never answered. The board will be looking for someone to become the fifth BoD member. Our candidate should be a WTFDA member in good standing, active, available, online and interested in keeping WTFDA viable. The pay stinks but you’ll have a warm, fuzzy feeling in your tummy. Interested? So for now, we’re here and you’re there and all is right with the club. We will check our pulse again next January. Next month we check our finances.

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House draft bill authorizes voluntary incentive auction of TV spectrum BROADCAST ENGINEERING Nov 30, 2011 10:53 AM, By Phil Kurz

Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, said this week that the subcommittee will move forward with a markup of draft legislation authorizing a voluntary incentive auction of TV spectrum.

The House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee has scheduled a markup for Dec. 1 of draft legislation that would authorize the FCC to conduct incentive auctions to clear TV spectrum.

The draft bill, Jumpstarting Opportunity with Broadband Spectrum (JOBS) Act of 2011, lays out the ground rules for the commission to follow in conducting the auction and provides for creation of a $3 billion TV broadcaster relocation fund from the proceeds of the auction. The draft legislation includes several key provisions that protect the interests of OTA viewers and stations alike, including restricting to one the number of incentive auctions the commission may conduct, authorizing a single “reorganization,” commonly referred to as repacking, of the broadcast band and directing the FCC to maintain television stations’ geographical and population coverage.

Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the subcommittee, unveiled the Republican bill Nov. 29 after failing to reach a bipartisan agreement on the legislation.

“Following nearly a year of hearings, meetings and negotiations, I am disappointed that we could not develop a bipartisan bill,” Walden said in a press release announcing the JOBS Act.

“No party, special interest or lobby gets everything they want in this legislation,” he said in the release.

A “discussion draft” of the bill available on the subcommittee’s website says the amount of compensation a television licensee would accept in return for voluntarily giving up spectrum usage rights will be determined through a reverse auction process in which at least two competing licensees participate. The draft specifies that $3 billion from the proceeds of broadcast incentive auctions will be set aside in a TV broadcaster relocation fund.

The draft spells out a number of protections for television licensees choosing to participate in an auction, such as protecting the carriage rights of licensees that give up spectrum to share a channel; requiring the FCC to “make all reasonable efforts to preserve” the coverage area and population of repacked stations, barring the agency from involuntary relocation of a station from a UHF channel to a VHF channel and reimbursing the costs incurred by a TV licensee to relocate to a new channel assignment.

The bill also leaves opens the door for TV broadcasters to begin using part of their spectrum for services other than television. In lieu of accepting a reimbursement for relocation expenses, a broadcaster may accept and the commission may grant “as it considers appropriate,” a waiver of the FCC’s service rules, according to the bill. To maintain the waiver, the broadcast station must provide at least one TV program stream on its spectrum at no charge to the public.

Since unveiling its National Broadband Plan, the FCC has sought authority to conduct incentive auctions to clear spectrum, including 120MHz of DTV spectrum, for wireless broadband Internet use.

A statement on the NAB website from Gordon Smith, president and CEO of the trade association, called the bill a “major step forward in ensuring that local television stations will continue to be able to serve our vast and diverse audiences.”

33 Could New ‘SuperTV’ Reception Technology Change the Mobile DTV Equation? BROADCAST ENGINEERING Dec 1, 2011 4:41 PM, By Phil Kurz

The coverage map illustrates how adding antennas to the SuperTV maximal-ratio combining (MRC) diversity reception system extends the coverage area of legacy ATSC signals. Source: Legend Silicon. (Click image to enlarge.)

While television broadcasters in the United States continue to slog through the engineering, marketing and receiver device issues to make Mobile DTV a success, a new receiver technology for reception of conventional 8-VSB ATSC transmission promises to take pristine DTV reception off the rooftop and put it on the road.

Legend Silicon, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in TV receiver demodulators in Fremont, Calif., is targeting the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month for a demonstration of a new automobile-based TV reception system for legacy ATSC A/53 signals.

The demonstration will rely on a technology the company has dubbed SuperTV, a maximal-ratio combining (MRC) diversity reception technology for single-carrier broadcasts. According to Legend Silicon COO and VP of product marketing Raj Karamchedu, the CES showing will use an FPGA-based version of SuperTV technology using four car antennas that makes possible reception of legacy ATSC from a moving vehicle.

Although ATSC A/53 was designed for reception of 8-VSB by a TV antenna mounted some 30 feet overhead on a rooftop, SuperTV combines signals from multiple antennas to achieve ground-level reception capable of defeating both Doppler effects and multipath problems that normally would prevent reception of conventional DTV signals in a moving car, said Karamchedu. With two antennas and the MRC technology, the company has seen antenna gain as high as 7dB, and with four it has achieved 12dB of antenna gain, he added.

“With our breakthrough SuperTV technology, for the first time our customers can enhance picture reception quality by simply adding more antennas,” said Dr. Lin Yang, Legend Silicon co-founder, CTO and inventor of single-carrier MRC diversity technology in a company press release.

The MRC technology behind SuperTV initially was developed for high-performance car DTV reception of single-carrier OTA broadcasts of the China DTMB standard, and is being deployed by Hirschmann Car Communications in premium cars destined for China. It is already in mass production in the company’s dual-mode terrestrial-cable DTV demodulator for national CTTB standard broadcasts in China.

Beyond automobiles, the company envisions SuperTV technology being deployed in the United States for stationary and portable DTVs, laptop computers, tablet devices and mobile phones, said Karamchedu. The same technology also can improve the performance of Mobile DTV (A/153) receivers, he added.

Legend Silicon hopes to begin production of an IC SuperTV chip within six to seven months and sees consumer electronics companies bringing the technology to market for TV viewers in time for the 2012 Christmas holiday shopping season.

Word of SuperTV likely will be met by some in the broadcast engineering community with a degree of skepticism. “The mobile environment, in the presence of lots of signal multipath, is inherently very hostile to legacy ATSC reception,” said Charles Cooper, a broadcast engineer with the engineering consulting firm du Treil, Lundin & Rackley. “So any new antenna technology will have to overcome very high technical hurdles to make legacy ATSC a reliable mobile service.”

“A minimum signal-to-noise ratio of 15.2dB is still required for legacy reception — regardless of the receive antenna configuration,” he added.

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