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Volume 80, No. 7● November 12, 2012 ● (ISSN 0737-1639) Inside this issue . . . 2 … AM Switch 9 … Domestic DX Digest East 19 … Pro Sports Networks (NBA) 4 … Space Weather Forecast 16 ... Musings of the Members 23 … Tower Calendar/e-QSLs 5 … Domestic DX Digest 17 … DX Tool Box 24 … The Fine Print From the Publisher: No IDXD this week, as by frequency, including call letters, state, city, Bruce has been on DXpedition for the last few day/night power, slogans, schedule in days – expect a big IDXD next issue. UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. The Eleven stations crossed off our DDXD call letter index gives call, frequency, city and unreported list this week: WFCM‐710, KBBW‐ state. The city index (listed by state, then city) 1010, WNES‐1050, WFKN‐1220, KWNO‐1230, includes frequency, call and day/night power. KGRO‐1230, WQKR‐1270, WNBS‐1340, WJZM‐ The site index (listed by state, then 1400, WTKM‐1540, WDBL‐1590, plus new CBEF‐ city) tabulates the latitude and longitude of 1550. There are 609 left – can you report one? transmitter sites. This is an indispensable reference for anyone who hears Mexican radio Membership Report stations. Size is 8 1/2ʺ x 11ʺ. Renewing Members – Thanks for the Prices: IRCA/NRC members – $9.50 continued support of Frank Aden, Jr.; John (US//sea mail), $11.50 (México), $12.50 Callarman; David Cox; George B. Holland Jr.; (rest of the world). Non‐IRCA/NRC members – David Larrabee; Kurt Nelson; Ira Elbert New III; add $2.00. Gary Nuthals; Jay Simon; and Peter V. Taylor. To order from the IRCA Bookstore, send the correct amount to: IRCA BOOKSTORE, 9705 NRC Publications MARY NW, WA 98117‐2334 (PayPal NRC AM Log 33rd Edition: The new NRC [add $1.00] email: [email protected]). AM Radio Log is simply the most comprehensive Please state club affiliation when ordering. listing of AM stations in the and Canada. Current for The DX Time Machine this DX season, and 75 YEARS AGO – From the November 16, 1937 with regular updates issue of DX News – KVOX Moorhead, Minn. weekly here in DX (1500 kc/s) expects to begin on News. Order it from Thanksgiving Day; new member Boris Kozel of NRC Publications will be the Amateur Editor for the today! Contact info on NRC; three television stations are expected to go the back page; prices on the air in Germany in 1938. are: 50 YEARS AGO – From the November 17, 1962 $22.95 to NRC issue of DX News – Henry Tyndall, Jr. of members (USA) Burlington, Vermont reached 6,000 verifications $28.95 to non‐ after 39 years of DXing; Roy Millar reports members (USA) hearing only CMCA, KINY, XENL, and CMBQ $32.00 to Canada (Global Priority mail) and asks “What’s wrong with this season?” and $36.00 outside the USA/Canada Ben Dangerfield says good reception conditions FM Atlas (21st Edition) Close‐Out Sale: The are back after the two worst weeks he’s yet remaining copies of the final edition are recorded, logging Tunisia‐962 for country #61. available from NRC Publications. It’s $15.00 25 YEARS AGO – From the November 16, 1987 postpaid to USA addresses, or $18.50 to issue of DX News – New stations WWLX‐590 Canadian addresses. Quantity is limited to the Lawrenceburg TN and KHTH‐1130 Dillon CO books on hand. are now on the air; Tony Fitzherbert’s “Station NRC Antenna Pattern Book (6th Edition): Is Profiles” column focused on WKRP‐1500 Dallas sold out! A seventh issue will be forthcoming, GA. stay tuned for details! 10 YEARS AGO – From the November 18, 2002 issue of DX News – IDXD included a lengthy IRCA Publication report on changes to Mexican stations by John IRCA Mexican Log 17th Edition: The IRCA Callarman, based on his monitoring during a MEXICAN LOG lists all AM stations in trip to the Rio Grande Valley on October 25‐27. 2

Info to David Yocis – 1245AM 13th St. NW #105, Switch DC 20005 – [email protected]

A slow week at the FCC, which lost two work days to Hurricane Sandy:

CALL LETTER CHANGES Old Call New Call 1340 WFRG NH Conway WPQR (CP)

ON THE AIR 610 WAGG AL Birmingham – Applies for license to cover CP for U1 5000/610. 1060 WCOK NC Sparta – Applies for license to cover CP for D1 1100. 1250 KZDC TX San Antonio – Applies for program test authority to use CP for U4 25000/920. 1340 WMHZ AL Holt – CP for new station applies for license to cover; should be testing soon.

APPLICATION TO AMEND CP 1550 KDCO CO Golden – CP for new station (for U2 5000/250) applies for U2 990/480 from a different site (39‐53‐31/105‐14‐20).

COORDINATE ADJUSTMENTS 560 KBLU AZ Yuma – CP to adjust coordinates to 32‐43‐24/114‐38‐34 now fully licensed. 1080 KGVY AZ Green Valley – Granted CP to adjust coordinates to 31‐55‐45/110‐59‐47. 1420 WIMS IN Michigan City – Granted CP to adjust coordinates to 41‐40‐40/86‐56‐10. Writes to ask – what’s up with these coordinate adjustments? Well, if a station discovers that its licensed coordinates are off by more than 3 seconds, they have to go through the full construction permit process – application, construction permit, then a “license to cover” with all the testing that requires – to relicense at the correct coordinates, even if no “construction” is involved. Smaller changes just appear unannounced in the FCC database. So where do the changes come from? I asked Musings editor Dave Schmidt, who notes that with GPS devices it’s much easier than it used to be to accurately calculate one’s coordinates. In his engineering days, he discovered some real whoppers of errors in station licenses. Also, because the earth is not perfectly spherical, there are multiple methodologies for accounting for this. The FCC still uses the “NAD‐27” methodology, even as most of the U.S. government (and GPS systems) have moved to the “NAD‐83” methodology. For more details, see this 1992 FCC announcement: http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/documents_collection/da92‐1188.pdf

SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY 570 WMCA NY New York – Granted STA to be silent and then to operate at reduced power; transmitter was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy and a new one has been ordered. 900 WNMB SC North Myrtle Beach – Requests STA to operate without two employees during business hours; one co‐owner died suddenly and the other co‐owner, his wife, is grieving, and so this “mom and pop” station can’t follow the rules for now. 960 WDLM IL East Moline – Granted STA for U1 500/102 during antenna work. 970 WNYM NJ Hackensack – Granted STA to operate night transmitter at lower power 24 hours; transmitter site flooded in Hurricane Sandy and day transmitter is inoperable. Also extensions granted for these STAs: KFXD‐630 (Boise ID) for minor pattern variance; WENR‐1090 (Englewood TN) for D1 300 from a temporary longwire antenna; WINK‐1200 (Pine Island FL) for U4 50000/2200 to overcome Cuban interference; KOLT‐1320 (Scottsbluff NE) for U1 1000/1000; WFNN‐1330 (Erie PA) for “reduced power” (unspecified); WWCL‐1440 (Lehigh Acres FL) for U4 9900/4700 to overcome Cuban interference (first granted in 1989); and WALG‐1590 (Albany GA) for U1 “reduced power” (probably U1 1250/200). Also these requests were filed to extend existing STAs: KJCB‐770 (Lafayette LA) to use longwire antenna at temporary site; WAXY‐790 (South Miami FL) with U4 25000/25000 to overcome Cuban interference (has existed since 1981); KTRB‐860 (San Francisco CA) with U1 50000/5000 from the day site (generator problems at night site); WHIM‐1080 (Coral Gables FL) with U4 50000/20000 to overcome Cuban interference (since 1989); WSRQ‐1220 (Sarasota FL) with U1 150/150 at temporary 3 site; KYPA‐1230 ( CA) with U1 681/681 at the CP site; WKDM‐1380 (New York NY) and WWRU‐1660 (Jersey City NJ) to operate with CPs even though final tests can’t be completed.

SILENT STA 1360 WHNR FL Cypress Gardens – Was off the air from 10/23 to 10/25 but is back on.

NORTH OF THE BORDER 750 CBFA‐3 QC Weymontachie – Granted request to relay CBFG‐103.5 Chiasibi QC (instead of CBF‐95.1 Montreal), still CBC French “Première Chaîne” but also with 12 hours of local aboriginal programming in Cree and Inuktitut. 1230 CFFB NU Iqaluit – Granted 50‐watt relays in Inukjuak, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, and Salluit (all QC) on 103.5 MHz FM; these to replace “CKCX‐ SW” (CBC Radio North on 9625 kHz) which was to sign off permanently on November 1 (but reportedly still on the air as of 11/2 by GH and others). 1550 CBEF ON Windsor – Per DDXD reports this issue, CBEF is on the air testing here (and still on 540 kHz too for the time being; will move to 1550 permanently). Our Canadian news is via Shawn Axelrod and Dan Sys.

And here are AM Radio Log updates from Wayne Heinen: 570 WFNL NC Raleigh – Adds Networks CM (See CM Note). 660 WFAN NY New York – Adds // WRXP‐101.9. 690 KCEE AZ Tucson – Adds SRN news. 730 WMNA VA Gretna – Format: SPT (was C&W/TLK) Networks: ESPN/PRN (was PRN). 790 KJRB WA Spokane – New Slogan: ʺNews Radio 790.” 800 KBFP CA Bakersfield – Format: Comedy (was SS:NOS) Slogan: ʺComedy 800ʺ (was ʺLa Preciosaʺ) Adds Network: CM Drops // KBFP‐FM‐105.3. 850 WTAR VA Norfolk – Add Net: CM. 910 WUBR LA Baton Rouge – Format: SPT (was Silent) Drops slogan ʺ9‐10 the Gospelʺ Networks: FSR (was A). 920 KVEL UT Vernal – Networks: SRN/Ru/P/FSR/B (was A/Ru/P/SRN/FSR/B). 990 KTHH OR Albany – Nets: CM. 1020 KCKN NM Roswell – Slogan: ʺRadio Visión Cristiana.” 1150 KRMS MO Osage Beach – // K248BP‐97.5. 1190 KFXR TX Dallas – Networks: Nn/TRN (was TRN). 1200 WXKS MA Newton – Nets: CM. 1210 WLRO LA Denham Springs – Format: Comedy (was GOS) Slogan: ʺComedy 1210ʺ (was ʺHallelujah 1210ʺ) Nets: CM. 1230 KCUP OR Toledo – Slogan: ʺK‐Cup.” 1250 KBRF MN Fergus Falls – Nets: SRN/Mt/Ru/P Adds SRN news. 1250 KIKC MT Forsyth – Nets: Adds CBS news. 1260 KTRC NM Santa Fe – Networks: Nn/DG/P/TRN (was DG/P/TRN). 1270 KXQZ ID Twin Falls – Nets: CM. 1270 WHGS SC Hampton – Format: AC (was Silent) Slogan: ʺVariety Hits FMʺ Now // WBHC‐ FM‐92.1. 1270 KIML WY Gillette – Format: TLK/SPT was TLK Networks: Fox/Ru/DG/P/DR/FSR/B (was Fox/Ru/P/DR/B). 1280 WIBB GA Macon – Format: Comedy (was UC:GOS) Slogan: ʺComedy 1280ʺ Networks: CM (was Gn). 1290 KOIL NE Omaha – Networks: A/Mt/CM/TRN/DG/P (was A/Fox/Mt/DG). 1290 KIVY TX Crockett – Slogan: ʺAmericas Best Musicʺ Networks: add DG. 1330 WNTA IL Rockford – Networks: CM Drops // W263BJ‐100.5. 1370 WJIP NY Ellenville – Format: Comedy (was TLK) Slogan: ʺComedy 1370ʺ Networks: CM (was Fox/CM/P/Ru/TRN/B) Drops // WKIP‐1450. 1380 WPYR LA Baton Rouge – Slogan: ʺCatholic Radio For Your Community.” 1400 WBBD WV Wheeling – Format: Comedy (was OLD) Slogan: ʺComedy 1400ʺ (was ʺReal Oldiesʺ) Networks: CM. 1410 KRML CA Carmel – Format: Adult Alternative was . 1410 WNWZ MI Grand Rapids – Net: CM. 1420 WACT AL Tuscaloosa – Format: Comedy (was NWS/TLK) Slogan: ʺComedy 1420ʺ Networks: CM (was P/Ru/TRN/B) drops // WRTR‐105.9. 1430 KZQZ MO Saint Louis – Networks: Nn. 1440 KFNY CA Riverside – Networks: CM. 4 1450 WKIP NY Poughkeepsie – drops // WJIP‐1370. 1460 WHAL AL Phenix City – Format: Comedy (was SPT) Slogan: ʺComedy 1460ʺ Networks: CM (was FSR/Jr). 1470 WEVG AL Evergreen – Format: NOS (was SPT) Drops Net YSR drops // SportsRadio 1470. 1470 KWSL IA Sioux City – Format: Comedy (was C&W) Slogan: ʺComedy 1470ʺ (was ʺThe Whistleʺ) Net: CM. 1470 WJDY MD Salisbury – Format: Comedy (was SPT) Slogan: ʺComedy 1470ʺ (was ʺFox 1470ʺ) Networks: CM (was FSR/Jr). 1480 KRAE WY Cheyenne – Format: OLD (was Rock/OLD) drops // KYOY‐92.3. 1500 WMJL KY Marion – Format: OLD (was Silent) Slogan: ʺMagic 102.7ʺ adds // WMJL‐FM‐ 102.7. 1500 KPGM OK Pawhuska – Format: TLK/SPT (was REL) Slogan ʺThe Sports Animalʺ (when // KWPN) Networks: Oa/SRN/Fox/ESPN (was Oa/SRN) // KWPN‐640 at times – GH 1520 KFXZ LA Lafayette – Format: UC:AC/Zydeco (was Blues) Slogan: ʺZ‐1520ʺ (was ʺRhythm 1520ʺ). 1550 KKOV WA – Format: NOS (was TLK) Slogan: ʺSunny 1550ʺ Networks: DG (was SRN/DG/Mt). 1580 KREL CO Colorado Springs – Format: TLK (was BIZ) Slogan: ʺReal Radio 1580ʺ (was “// Radio Colorado Network”) Networks: Fox/TRN (was IRN/BNN/BTR) drop Group: // Radio Colorado Network. 1580 WGVN KY Georgetown – Format: Comedy (was UC:OLD) Slogan: ʺComedy 1580ʺ (was ʺGroovin 1580, Old School Hitsʺ) Networks: CM. 1700 KKLF TX Richardson – Networks: CM. Many of the Network adds this week are Cumulus (CM) and their “24/7 Comedy” feed. Groups Dissolve // Radio Colorado Network KRCN‐1060, KREL‐1580, KVLE‐610. KREL‐1580 has new ownership and a revised talk format. Normally audible KVLE‐610 has not been heard (tried today) and has been dropped from the RCN website. // SportsRadio 1470 WEVG‐1470, WQTM‐1480, WROP‐1390. WEVG returns above, WROP‐1390 is silent and WQTM has been reported silent but is not listed as such with the FCC Wayne extends his thanks to Shawn Axelrod, Bill Hale & (GH) Glenn Hauser

Other news: Shawn Axelrod passes on an e‐mail from WBKK‐820 Wilton MN confirming they’re on the air with full power, format is “News/Talk with 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s rock and roll and motor sports”; Dave Schmidt says that a post on Radio‐Info.com reports that WPAM‐1450 Pottsville PA, formerly silent, is back on the air playing assorted rock music.

NOAA Space Weather Outlook Issued October 29 – For the period October 29‐November 24, 2012 Solar activity is expected to be low during the period with a slight chance for M‐class flares during 29 October ‐ 02 November and 15 ‐ 24 November. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels during 29 October – 04 November. High flux levels are expected during 05 ‐ 24 November. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 29 ‐ 30 October. An increase to quiet to unsettled levels is expected late on 31 October, with a chance for active levels, due to the arrival of the coronal mas ejections (CMEs) observed on 27 October. A further increase to active levels is expected on 01 November, with a chance for minor storm periods, as CME effects continue. Field activity is expected to decrease to unsetttled to active levels on 02 November as CME effects gradually subside and a coronal hole high‐speed stream (CH HSS) begins to disturb the field. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels on 03 November as CH HSS effects subside. Quiet conditions are expected during 04 ‐ 07 November. An increase to unsettled levels is predicted for 08 November, due to a solar sector boundary crossing followed by a co‐rotating interaction region in advance of a CH HSS. A further increase to active levels is expected on 09 November, with a chance for minor storm periods, due to a CH HSS. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to active levels on 10 November as CH HSS effects subside. Quiet levels are expected during 11 ‐ 24 November. (From http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/WKHF.txt) 5 Domestic DX Jim Tedford [email protected] 20310 Bothell-Everett Highway B4 Digest – West Bothell, WA 98012-8133 U.S./Canadian Loggings from Pacific/Mtn/Central Time Zones. All times ELT.

Reporters BD‐WI Bill Dvorak, Madison, WI Drake R8B, Double Kaz bearing 280 degrees CK‐AZ Chris Knight, Phoenix, AZ Drake R8, 3‐foot Spiral Loop antenna. CK‐AZ1 Chris Knight, Phoenix, AZ DXing at Papago Park. Sony ICF‐SW7600GR, 7.5” External, tuned ferrite rod antenna. CK‐AZ2 Chris Knight, Phoenix, AZ DXing near Camelback Rd. and 40th Street. 2002 Toyota Car Radio, whip antenna. DS‐TN Doug Smith, Pleasant View, TN Yaesu FT‐1000MP ham rig & 160m dipole. DS‐TN1 Doug Smith, Pleasant View, TN 2007 Ford Focus car radio GH‐OK Glenn Hauser, Enid OK DX‐398, internal antenna JE‐MO Jefferson Lewis, Kansas City MO Honda Odyssey car radio. RD‐IA Rick Dau, on the road at the Alexis Park Inn in Iowa City, IA Sangean ATS‐909X barefoot RD‐IN Rick Dau, on the road in South Bend, IN Sangean ATS‐909X barefoot RD‐NE Rick Dau, South Omaha, NE Sangean ATS‐909X barefoot RV‐TX Robert Vance; El Paso, TX WinRadio G33DDC, 12’x 9’ terminated corner‐fed N and E loops, 12’x 7’ E‐W indoor loop with TG‐1 gizmo, 6’x 4’ multi‐turn indoor loop on second floor oriented N‐S. SMA‐MB Shawn M. Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, VEPC4SWL, Winnipeg MB Canada ICOM ICR‐70, Drake R8; 3 Foot un‐amplified box loop / Quantum QX LOOP v2.0/ 155 Foot “U” shaped outdoor wire / 100 Foot indoor wire run around the basement walls / MFJ 1026 Phasing unit WH‐CO Wayne Heinen, Aurora, CO. Drake R8B, E/W Flag, N/S Flag, Dual TG‐1 Termination Gizmo and Mini DXP5.

Station News 1580 KREL CO Colorado Springs – 10/30 1200 – Out of Laura Ingraham to local Spots “Real Radio 1580 is Colorado Springs‐Pueblo” to Fox News. No longer a large part of the Radio Colorado Network. (WH‐CO)

DX Loggings 529 “LYQ” TN Manchester – 10/31 0138 – “LYQ” beacon ID repeated in Morse, copyable aside Cuba 530. Capt. David Frantz, Chief Pilot of ATC, notified me that this had just been reactivated as backup to their ILS due to night flights. It`s at the WWRB site, Manchester TN, and reports are welcome via the WWRB website (GH‐OK) 530 CIAO ON Brampton – 10/21 2200 – Fair, over Cuba’s Radio Enciclopedia with start of ID: “This is Ciao (pronounced “chow”)...,” then lost to splatter from KWMT/CBK. First heard from Iowa City back on 1/10/1995, and I struggled a lot back then over whether or not to count this as a new logging since all it essentially did was take over CJFT’s spot on the dial. After giving it much thought, I finally did. (RD‐IA) 560 WIND IL – 10/28 1903 – Poor, way under KWTO, only able to get CL with other talk earlier and later unintelligible, faded completely out soon after. Both their day and night pattern send some signal in our direction. Rare; only second time here in 26 years. (JE‐MO) 600 KSJB ND Jamestown – 10/25 2335 – Fair‐good signal mixing at times with KOGO, others. IDs: “You’re where you need to be, KSJB” and “Classic country KSJB,” country/western music. (CK‐AZ1) 680 WOGO WI Hallie – 11/2 0800 – Fair to good with local political ad “dissing” Madison & , then call ID. Big surprise! (DS‐TN1) 710 WFCM TN Smyrna – 10/31 0902 – Good with preacher // FM 91.7 (had to go to car to get FM parallel, a new FM station in was clobbering it on the home 6 radio). Probably the first time I’ve made a new FM catch as the result of an AM relog (grin)!) (DS‐TN) 740 KTRH TX Houston – 10/26, 2055 – In with Mark Levin Show, promo for upcoming program, ad for David Taylor GMC Truck Center, upcoming job fair by Chevron, KTRH news after TOH ID and traffic report. Fair with fades. (RV‐ TX) 760 KKZN CO Thornton – 10/28 2003 – Good signal. End of CBS news, traffic report mentioning “C470” and “I‐25 at the Broadway exit,” weather forecast for Denver and vicinity (high 59 degrees), slogan‐ID: “7‐60 Colorado’s Progressive Talk,” program called Ring of Fire. QRM from ongoing 620‐KTAR overmodulation/technical problems/spurs. (CK‐AZ) 830 WQZQ TN Goodlettsville – 10/31 0901 – Very good with B:GOS // FM 101.9. (DS‐TN) 910 WFDF MI Farmington Hills – 10/30 1945 – Good at times with . Presumably this one and not Salt Lake City. (DS‐TN) 930 KSDN SD Aberdeen – 10/29 2159 – Fair, moderate QRM, with an ad or PSA just ending into legal ID and then ABC news, lead story on Hurricane Sandy. NEW! (BD‐ WI) 960 KGWA OK Enid – 10/26 0100‐0105 – Another dead air Fox‐hole from KGWA Enid, during which nulling its strong local carrier, I hear mostly blues music dominating, presumed WABG Greenwood MS; at 0103, 800‐299‐8255 phone number probably during a break in ABC news from WERC or KMA. Any phone number ending in 8255 means “TALK,” i.e. for call‐ins. I find it amazing how unhelpful the dozens of reverse‐phone number lookup sites are. About 15 sex before KGWA blasts back on at 0105 with a local ad, the understation starts a political ad with a black accent, probably WABG, but can`t copy any clue 10/27 at 0100‐0501 tonight`s KGWA Fox‐hole jumble is mainly occupied by a Mexican song; one ear on this and the other on 6899.4 pirate 10/28 0100 (0500 UT) KGWA maintains modulation with sports scores, running late this Saturday night, so no Fox hole. 10/29 0100 KGWA dead air is filled when nulled by pileup of other stations making heavy SAHs, but heard at first atop is definite Spanish, “Qué tal, amigos otro ‐‐‐ musical.” Null on this one fits for XEK Nuevo Laredo. Then I am hearing blues music, especially shrill harmonica at 0103, presumed WABG in Mississippi 10/30 0100 KGWA fails to quit modulation so no understation DX tonight. 10/31 0100 KGWA Enid fails for the second night in a row to unmodulate, so not audiblizing understation DX. We have high hopes they will resume doing so unpredictably. 11/1 0100 KGWA dead air again, but I can`t DX it tonight with CBCNQ Sackville about to close down (not). (GH‐OK) 980 CFPL ON London – 10/21 1951 – Atop with ad for Spa & Fitness located on Exeter Road in London, then “AM 980” ID. Not heard from Iowa City since the early 1990s! (RD‐IA) 1010 KBBW TX Waco – 10/26 2057 – Faded up with hymnal singing, into announcement by OM “KBBW, AM 10‐10, (unintelligible word), life‐changing ,” into ad, then into more REL‐speak. Splatter from local‐XEFV at TOH put the kibosh on understanding anything further, even though I could still hear it under the QRM. (RV‐TX) 1020 KCKN NM Roswell – 10/26 2055 – Noted with SS:REL; TOH ID consisted of a series of stations in the Radio Visión Cristiana network. Per FCC AM Query, the owner is Radio Visión Cristiana Subsidiary. (RV‐TX) 1050 WNES KY Central City – 11/1 1026 – Faded out of the mess just in time for an ID “ESPN WNES 1050.” (DS‐TN1) 1100 WZFG MN Dilworth – 10/21 1905 – Good in WTAM null with “AM 1100 The Flag” ID, then into pre‐recorded Fargo‐Moorhead weather forecast. First new Minnesota AM logging here since WKLK‐1230 on 2/5/2001. (RD‐IA) 1100 KDRY TX Alamo Heights – 10/26 2057 – Religious stand‐up comedy program is the only way I can describe it, promo for program The Active Word by male “... right here on AM eleven‐hundred, KDRY.” After that came the TOH ID “... KDRY, Alamo Heights‐San Antonio ....” Mixing with KFNX‐AZ. (RV‐TX) 1120 KMOX MO St. Louis – 10/27 2339 – Poor‐fair with ad for a water supplier, ID: “Your musical highway, Route 66 on KMOX,” into program of talk and oldies music, several more call letter IDs heard. KANN nulled. (CK‐AZ1) 7 1120 KEOR OK Catoosa – 10/26 1457 – Banda music, 1500 segué with no ID. We have never heard them ID in latest reactivation. 1517 recheck off the air, or maybe carrier is still on; hard to tell on caradio. 1539 on receiver with BFO, carrier is definitely off. Nothing heard around 0900 or 1300 on Oct 27. 10/26 0847 – Spanish language vocal music, with no announcements or other identifying “talk” between selections. Quick check of 1120 this morning 10/27 shows no OC from presumed KEOR, only a faint KMOX. 10/28 1550 – Back on with continuous Mexican music, well audible via car radio on another expedition north of Enid to Squirrel Haven; however, asphalt portions of US 81/64/60 where we are simultaneously northbound, westbound and eastbound, produce heavy tire static, while concrete portions much less so. I stop at a pulloff by a cell tower with no visible means of electrical support; power lines are poler, but on other side of highway. Do these things run on batteries or own generators even when power lines are handy? At least they put out no RFI on MW. During all this recent KEOR reactivity, though I have not listened for hours at a time straight, I have never caught any announcement, let alone a slogan, or legal ID, so I make sure to listen at the next hourtop, 1959: No, just segué to more music. Seems they don`t think they need to ID legally. Still on at 2019 with music introducing itself as cumbia! (GH‐OK) 1150 KTLK CA Los Angeles – 10/27 2344 – Likely the one with traffic report mentioning LA area freeways, ID: “You’re listening to K‐Talk 11‐50.” Fair‐good signal. (CK‐ AZ1) 1150 KASM MN Albany – 10/31 1826 – Fair to good with political ad for Jeff Howe for District 13 in Minnesota House of Representatives, ad for Albany Chrysler Dodge‐ Jeep‐Ram, then CLs heard in promo for high school coverage. Polka music (a mainstay of KASM’s programming) noted a few minutes later. Not new, but not common here, either. (RD‐NE) 1150 KAGO OR Klamath Falls – 10/26 0006 – Way down in jumble, caught clear call letter ID by man. (CK‐AZ1) 1160 KCTO MO Cleveland – 10/21 1924 – Very good with talk in SS, local ads, 816 area code number in spot for auto body shop. (RD‐IA) 1170 KREL CO Colorado Springs – 10/29 1959 – Fair with moderate unID’ed QRM, with “The White Tail Minute” (news about the White Tail school district), legal ID into AP news with the lead story on Hurricane Sandy. Needed call change, ex‐ KKKK. (BD‐WI) Is the frequency right? KREL is on 1580 – DY. 1180 KZOT NE Bellevue – 10/18, 2049 – Mixing with unID XE with a station promo “... Thursday nights at 7, here on 1180 Zone 2 The Deuce” and into sports programming; couldn’t ID the network. Poor and did not last long above the mix. Needed CL change here for me. (RV‐TX) 1190 CFSL SK Weyburn – 11/1 2302 – Out of C&W, “Playing today’s hits and all your country favorites AM 1190,” atop the channel. Haven’t heard a call ID from this in years! (WH‐CO) 1210 KUNF UT Washington – 10/14 0958 – In with ESPN programming, ads by Washington County businesses followed by ID “... ESPN; KUNF, Washington‐St. George ...,” then back to ESPN. Poor in mix. (RV‐TX) 1220 WFKN KY Franklin – 10/31 0859 – Good, “WFKN Franklin Weather Forecast.” (DS‐TN) 1220 KMVL TX Madisonville – 10/21 0725 – Mixing with XEB‐DF, with program ‘Insight For Living’ then ‘Living The Country Life’ short spot; ID by male at BOH “Our time is 6:30 here at KMVL ...,” then ‘.’ Station was slightly off‐frequency had to zero‐beat it at 1219.889 kHz. TX #100 from this location. (RV‐TX) 1230 KGRO TX Pampa – 10/27 2059 – Came up and tucked itself in right after fading KRSY‐ NM ID with “KGRO, Pampa” ID by male and into ABC news. (RV‐TX) 1240 KCLV NM Clovis – 10/30 2059 – Fadeup with ad then ID announcement: “News first, then talk ... Talk 12‐40, KCLV,” and into ABC news. (RV‐TX) 1250 KBRF MN Fergus Falls – 10/31 2300 – Up over the pack (mostly KYYS) call ID and SRN News. (WH‐CO) 1250 KIKC MT Forsyth – 10/31 1900 – Out of C&W, “Bringing Classic Country to southeastern Montana, we are KIKZ 1250 AM Forsyth‐ Miles City,” to CBS News. (WH‐CO) 1260 KTRC NM Santa Fe – 10/26 0031 – Poor‐fair in mess with ad for “Heritage For The Blind,” call letter ID with mention of “Santa Fe.” (CK‐AZ1) 8 1270 KDJI AZ Holbrook – 10/28 1000 – Out of program note “Your Choice for News and Talk, we are White Mountain Radio 970 KVWM Show Low and 1270 KDJI Holbrook” to Fox News (WH‐CO) 1270 KBZZ NV Sparks – 10/27 2100 – Out of spots, “KBZZ Reno‐Sparks The Buzz AM 1270” into FSR. This one is new for me and taped! (WH‐CO) 1270 WQKR TN Portland – 10/31 0858 – Fair with ad for funeral home with Franklin KY and Portland locations (DS‐TN) 1280 KZNS UT Salt Lake City – 10/31 2258 – Fair signal at times, trading places with a station in Spanish. Two local ads both with “801” area code, PSA for “Utahblood.org” (organizing your own blood drive), missed legal ID, into Utah Jazz Basketball. Presumed. Local KXEG nulled. (CK‐AZ1) 1290 KCUB AZ Tucson – 10/31 0700 – Faded up at ToH “… Sports KCUB Tucson Arizona” into Fox Sports GOOO! Not often noted here. (WH‐CO) 1290 KOUU ID Pocatello – 10/31 1000 – Up over KMMM, “This is KOUU … Pocatello … Falls.” Mixed with the remnants of KMMM. (WH‐CO) 1290 KMMM KS Pratt – 10/31 0900 – Out of OLD, “AM 1290 KMMM Pratt” to Fox News. (WH‐ CO) 1290 KOIL NE Omaha – 10/30 2105 – Out of network news “… on the Mighty 1290 Coil ….” This had never hit my Colorado log as KOIL and taped as a call change. Verified in the 60’s from WNY. (WH‐CO) 1290 WHIO OH Dayton – 10/28 1849 – Good and in the clear with car ad, weather, CL, then into Kim Komando. Night pattern has a minor lobe in our direction. New! (JE‐ MO) 1290 KIVY TX Crockett – 10/31 0400 – Out of “Till There Was You” then “Stay tuned for another hour of America’s Best Music right here on AM 1290 KIVY Crockett Texas” and ABC News. (WH‐CO) 1290 CFRW MB Winnipeg – 10/30 2259 – Out of furniture store spot mentioning Winnipeg “CFRW Winnipeg” call ID, briefly above KOIL. (WH‐CO) 1340 WNBS KY Murray – 10/31 0931 – Fair, reading Trading Post items exactly as they appear on 1340wnbs.com. Trying for WBGN which was probably the sports station underneath. (DS‐TN) 1380 KHEY TX El Paso – 11/1 0011 – Mostly good signal over KLPZ with non‐ID: “We are Fox Sportsradio 13‐80,” several network ads, “foxsportsradio1380.com” promo (brought up KHEY’s site), mentioned “El Paso.” (CK‐AZ1) 1400 KFTM CO Fort Morgan – 10/30 1232 – OLD format out of stock market report “… on KFTM” to Ag report. No KGNU‐1390 IBOC. (WH‐CO) 1400 WJZM TN Clarksville – 10/31 0857 – VERY strong with end of “Good Morning Clarksville.” (DS‐TN) 1430 KZQZ MO St. Louis – 10/27 0856 – Full ID for KZQZ St Louis, NBC News Radio 2‐minute capsule with optional cutaway in the middle for stations which find two minutes too much. This IDs my unID of 10/15 at same time. Network info that it`s functional M‐F only obviously outdated, as this was Saturday (GH‐OK) 1450 KQYX KS Galena – 10/25 2259 – Atop with conclusion of Jasper Eagles vs. McAuley Catholic Warriors high school football, ID as “1450 The Score”, then ad for business that had locations in Webb City, Carthage, and Lamar. First new AM logging from South Omaha in over 4 1/2 months. (RD‐NE) 1540 KNGL KS McPherson – 10/28 1602 – On car radio a bit N of Enid, dominant station has ABC news, 2005 ID as “Talk Radio 1540 KNGL,” gratuitous anti‐liberal promo, Mike Gallagher Show promo or start. This is 250 watts in McPherson KS, not yet overridden by KXEL . (GH‐OK) 1550 CBEF ON Windsor – 11/1 1915 – Good solid signals dominating the frequency with French talk and music. I checked the internet stream and it is them for sure. Also big thanks to Robert Ross for confirming them now here testing. I suppose that means that 540 will be freed up in the next while. NEW! Nice way to start a month off. Must be winter – good DX and I have to put on the snow tires tomorrow! (SA‐MB) 1560 KGOW TX Bellaire – 10/22 0748 – LOUD with ad for Texas Citizens Bank, then back into programming from Yahoo Sports Radio. No sign of WPAD at all. (RD‐IA) 1580 KMIK AZ Tempe – 10/29 2000 – Out of local spots and spots, a rarity on a Radio Disney station. “KMIK and KMIK HD Tempe Phoenix.” (WH‐CO) 1590 WDBL TN Springfield – 10/31 0852 – VERY strong with Laura Ingraham Show. Four other 1590 stations carry this but none closer than Maryland. (DS‐TN) 9 1610 CHHA ON – 10/22 0217 – Atop with 416 area code number heard in SS ad for local family services agency. (RD‐IA) 1630 KCJJ IA Iowa City – 10/21 0720 – Fair with The Buckinghams’ “Kind Of A Drag,” then “the Mighty 1630 KCJJ” ID heard in chatter from DJ Billy Suter (pronounced “suitor”) during his Sunday morning oldies program. (RD‐IN) 1640 KFXY OK Enid – 10/21 1931 – Fair under WKSH with Southern Gospel music from a group called the Isaacs, then “Faith 1640” ID. Music format seemed to be off satellite, not live. (RD‐IA) 1680 KGED CA Fresno – 10/30 2358 – Good signal. Christian talk format, “Christian Talkradio” slogan, legal ID by man. (CK‐AZ2) 1690 CHTO ON Toronto – 10/22 0224 – Overtaking WVON at times with Greek music, featuring the easily recognizable sound of the main stringed instrument, the Bouzouki. (RD‐IA)

UnID 930 UNID ‐‐ 11/1 0129 – Something is occupying the null of Spanish WKY OKC: promo for Rush at 9 am, then temps but no local refs caught; and into Yahoo Sportsradio.com, slogan something like “Sportstalk 930.” A strange combination, both Rush and YSR? Or maybe the Rush promo was for a sibling station. 9 am means MST or PDT for live airing, but there are no such 930 stations on the Rush affiliate list. The only 930 stations on the YSR affiliate list: Jacksonville FL WFXJ‐AM 930 AM; Battle Creek MI WBCK‐AM 930 AM; Jackson MS WSFZ‐AM 930 AM; Greenville NC WDLX‐AM 930 AM. None of these have favorable night patterns for us, but Jackson MS is closest. WSFZ website says it`s Super Sport 930. But Rush couldn`t be on at 9 am in that market, not starting until 11 am CT (GH‐OK)

Thanks to all of this week’s contributors. See you next time. (JDT‐WA)

Mike Brooker [email protected] /Domestic DX 99 Wychrest Avenue Digest – East Toronto, ON M6G 3X8 CANADA U.S./Canadian Loggings from Eastern/Atlantic Time Zones. All ELT.

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THIS IS ONLY A TEST 1550 CBEF ON Windsor – 11/1 1855 – Having recently been granted move to CBE’s old frequency, testing with regular Radio‐Canada FF programs, // 540 and CJBC‐ 860 Toronto. (MKB‐ON) +++ ‐ 11/1 1900 – Fair with FF “CBEF Windsor” ID, Radio‐Canada FF content, //540. Wide‐open 1550 was nice while it lasted! (JJR‐MI) 10

UNID 620 UNID ‐‐ 10/28 1937 – Very poor under nulled WTMJ with sports talk. Heard for two consecutive nights. WVMT Burlington, VT? Would be new. Hoping. (JJR‐MI) 640 UNID ‐‐ 10/27 1959 – Station announcing itself at the TOH as “The Bott .” Assuming it’s WCRV Colliersville TN. No ID heard on last three times heard. (FV‐OH) 730 UNID ‐‐ 10/28 0822 – Poor with mention of “Robert M. Chenault …,” DJ chatter into classic hits, lost to KLOE. (JJR‐MI) 1470 UNID ‐‐ 10/29 1003 – Poor with comedy show, no ID or news at ToH. Certainly not WMBD, KMNQ, WFNT, WBKV. I am at a loss as to who is running comedy on 1470. Must be recent format flip. (JJR‐MI) Probably KWSL, see AM Switch – DY. 1580 UNID ‐‐ 10/27 1959 – Oldies under CKDO Oshawa. When CKDO played Buddy Holly’s “Maybe Baby,” this station was playing “Get It On” by Chase. No ID at ToH that I could hear. (FV‐OH) WVOK‐AL (True Oldies)? Heard here sometimes – DY.

LOGGINGS 540 KWMT IA Fort Dodge – 10/29 1939 – Poor in CBK null with “Iowa State football, brought to you by ...,” “KWMT Fort Dodge” ID noted a bit later. Rare! (JJR‐MI) WKFN TN Clarksville – 10/31 0743 – Poor in CBK null with ESPN, which made me think WAUK. Glad I sat thru O’Reilly Auto Parts, Geico, a traffic report from yesterday (gulp) to hear “Clarksville, ‐‐‐?ville and Ft. Campbell on 540 the Fan.” NEW! (JJR‐MI) CBK SK Regina – 10/28 0459 – Programming by the BBC, and backsell of “This has been programming from the BBC on CBC Radio One,” promo for cbc.ca/books into news. (FV‐OH) 550 KFYR ND Bismarck – 10/28 0749 – Poor but steady in WSAU null with “Accu‐weather” forecast for North Dakota (cloudy, 28º in Bismarck). “K‐Fire 5‐50...” slogan by woman into oldies. (JJR‐MI) 560 WIND IL Chicago – 10/27 1959 – ToH ID “WIND Chicago” and mention of Salem Communications into Fox news. (FV‐OH) KWTO MO Springfield – 10/29 0259 – ID as “AM 5‐60 the new KWTO Springfield … and listen on‐line at …” into CBS news. Very weak behind WIND. (FV‐OH) 590 KXSP NE Omaha – 10/28 0459 – Sports talk and then promo for ball game, followed by ID “ESPN Radio 5‐90, KXSP Omaha,” into sports news about the Tigers losing the 3rd game last night. Heavy interference from (presumed) Cuba. (FV‐OH) 600 KSJB ND Jamestown – 10/30 0637 – C&W and “Classic Country KSJB” ID. Fair with CKAT‐North Bay and CBNA‐St. Anthony. (NW‐PEI) 610 KDAL MN Duluth – 10/30 0600 – Poor with “The Northland’s home for news and sports, 610‐KDAL” ID. (NW‐PEI) 630 WLAP KY Lexington – 10/28 0459 – ID, “Thanks for listening to Newsradio 6‐30 WLAP Lexington, and WLAP.com, and iHeart radio station,” into Fox News about tsunami in Hawaii. (FV‐OH) 650 CKOM SK Saskatoon – 10/30 0600 – ToH ID heard. Weak with UNID Latin station. (NW‐ PEI) 660 KCRO NE Omaha – 11/2 0727 – Poor with “660 KCRO” ID, contact info (phone, e‐mail, etc.), Christian Heritage Foundation ad. (JJR‐MI) CFFR AB – 10/30 0645 – “660 News time is 4:45” and sports news from “960 The Fan.” Fair with WFAN. (NW‐PEI) 680 CFTR ON Toronto – 10/27 1959 – Among jumble of signals a female voice peaked saying “CFTR it’s 8 o’clock.” Very poor with numerous stations mixing, none of which could be IDed. Sounded like a local channel. Re‐logged again on 10/28 0459 with much better signal strength. (FV‐OH) 690 CKGM QC Montreal – 10/28 0459 – Presumed with partial ID caught: last letter of “M,” and “A Division of Bell Media.” (FV‐OH) 710 KNUS CO Denver – 10/31 0723 – Poor with “News‐Talk 710 KNUS, breaking news” ID into interview. WOR nulled. (JJR‐MI) WOR NY New York – 10/27 1959 – ID as “This is WOR and WOR‐HD, New York,” about 80% covered by Spanish music/ballad, which was probably Cuba. Just heard the ID in a pause between lyrics. (FV‐OH) 730 KLOE KS Goodland – 10/28 0822 – Poor in WJMT null with mention of “AM 730, here in Western Kansas ….” (JJR‐MI) 11 770 KATL MT Miles City – 10/28 1943 – Very poor in WABC null with Hot AC songs, e.g. “One More Night” by Maroon 5, promo mentioning “... 7pm in Miles City,” jingle “7‐70 KATL,” chatter by female jock into ads at 1951. (JJR‐MI) 790 WKRD KY Louisville – 11/2 0745 – Poor but alone with “Sportsradio 790” slogan, local chatter mentioning 571‐7900 phone number, ad for Bob Montgomery Honda, local traffic report mentioning “65 South, Dixie Hwy, … a TARC bus accident.” (JJR‐MI) 810 WDMP WI Dodgeville – 10/30 0802 – Fair with “D 99.3” local weather by woman. Strong to fade out. (JJR‐MI) 820 WBKK MN Wilton – 10/31 0955 – Poor with “also KBKK 97.5FM, K286AS at 105.1, and AM 870 KPRM Park Rapids” voiced by woman, then chat on Fargodome. Long winded sports cast for 12 minutes and finally call letter ID. NEW! (JJR‐ MI) When did they sign on? Still listed as a construction permit in 33rd edition of NRC Log. Mike WVSG OH Columbus – 10/30 1913 – Poor with break in programming, “1‐800‐631 … Catholic ...,” lost to CHAM, WCPT, then at 1959, “... 614‐890‐2665 in Westerville, that’s 614‐890 ….” Power cut. Still, to me, enough of a match. NEW! (JJR‐MI) 830 WCCO MN Minneapolis – 10/26 2157 – Struggling way under local powerhouse WCRN with Milwaukee‐Minnesota NBA game in progress. At 2203, “Just past the 9‐ o’clock hour, let’s pause for 10 seconds for station identification across the Radio Network.” Local announcer: “The new home for the Minnesota Timberwolves, News Radio Eight‐Three‐Oh WCCO and WCCO‐HD Minneapolis‐St. Paul.” Back in its clear‐channel day, this one was a fairly easy catch — but no more. (BH‐MA) 850 KOA CO Denver – 10/29 0300 – Sunrise Breakfast.com spot, ID “This is an iHeart radio station, newsradio 8‐50, KOA Denver. Home of the Broncos, Rockies, and ??? Bucks,” into news. Clear except for WHAS‐840 splash as the ID was playing. (FV‐OH) 860 KOSE AR Wilson – 10/25 2259 – Out of C&W song into ID “Classic Country, 8‐60 KOSE Wilson‐Osceola.A proud member of the ?? Broadcasting Group” and back into music. Heavy interference from CJBC and WWL‐870. (FV‐OH) 870 KAAN MO Bethany – 10/30 0800 – Fair with oldies, slogan “Ameri‐Kaan’s Greatest Hits,” legal ToH ID with AM calls and FM translator into ABC news. (JJR‐MI) 880 KRVN NE Lexington – 10/30 1945 – Peaks up, equal to WCBS at times with farm equipment ads, Farm Expo promo; call ID at 1947. UNID C&W station also there. (HF‐MI) CKLQ MB Brandon – 10/26 0059 – ID sounded like “8‐80 CKLQ Westland’s voice for news,” into local news with Kevin Martel. No WCBS whatsoever. (FV‐OH) 900 CHML ON Hamilton – 10/25 2300 – ToH ID “Consider us your ultimate power source. Non‐stop news on AM‐9‐hundred, CHML,” into the “National Newsroom of the Canadian Press.” Very weak, with slop from WLS‐890. (FV‐OH) 910 CKDQ AB Drumheller – 10/29 0653 – Fair with C&W song and ID: “This is CKDQ, a Newcap Radio station.” (NW‐PEI) 920 CFRY MB Portage la Prairie – 10/26 0100 – Out of into jingle “C‐Fry weather,” weather report, and then jingle “ Radio, CFRY,” and back into C&W. (FV‐OH) 930 WTAD IL Quincy – 10/24 2259 – PSA and ToH ID “, across America and around the world, you can hear the difference on WTAD Quincy,” into Fox News. S9+10 with little interference. (FV‐OH) KKIN MN Aitkin – 10/28 0903 – Poor with station promo mentioning “on KKIN 94.3, Monday morning ....” (JJR‐MI) KSDN SD Aberdeen – 10/30 2200 – Poor with ToH ID, ABC news. C&W way in back and WBEN. (JJR‐MI) 940 CJGX SK Yorkton – 10/29 0630 – Fair with C&W, “GX 94” IDs and local weather. (NW‐ PEI) 960 WERC AL Birmingham – 10/24 2259 – Long ID for WERC AM, HD, WERC.com, etc. into news. Several stations in the mix including one with some 50’s tunes, but couldn’t make the others out. (FV‐OH) WELI CT New Haven – 10/28 0828 – Over “99 the Wave” (WHAK pest, now oldies, ex‐ ”Thunder Country”) with local news, station promo: “more than just the headlines … news‐talk 960 WELI and online at 960weli.com.” (MKB‐ON) 12 CFAC AB Calgary – 10/29 0650 – Good briefly with ad for Mugshots on Blackfoot Trail and the Boys and Girls Club of Canada. ID: “Fox Sports on Sports Radio 960 The Fan.” Identical spot heard next day at same time. (NW‐PEI) 970 WGTK KY Louisville – 10/29 0400 – After several playbacks on the Perseus, was able to hear a “WGTK Louisville a division of ….” under WFUN. Very weak, and really had to work at it. Last I heard this one was in Toledo in early 70s as WAVE. (FV‐OH) WFUN OH Ashtabula – 10/27 1959 – ID with very soft speaking male announcer: “WFUN Ashtabula” into Fox News. (FV‐OH) 1050 WDVM WI Eau Claire – 10/30 0900 – Fair and alone with Catholic programs, “for the diocese of La Crosse” and ToH ID. Rare! (JJR‐MI) CKSB MB Winnipeg – 10/26 0100 – French CBC programming, and mention of Winnipeg at the TOH just before starting a new show at 0100:03. (FV‐OH) 1060 WILB OH Canton – 10/31 *0714 – Poor upon tune in with sign on announcement, Living Bread Radio, Catholic programs in KYW null. (JJR‐MI) 1070 KNX CA Los Angeles – 10/29 0400 – Surprised by this one sneaking up with ID “This is Southern California’s all news radio station,” jingle, and then into CBS news. Caught in fade of Indy and . (FV‐OH) KATQ MT Plentywood – 10/31 0931 – Poor, presumed with ads for “Sheridan Sheet Metal … 765‐2244.” Search revealed only fit for that phone number. (JJR‐MI) WKOK PA Sunbury – 10/3 1830 – In multi‐station mix, woman with “the WKOK news time is 6:30” into local news. (KK‐VA) CHOK ON Sarnia – 10/3 1825 – In multi‐station mix (WKOK, WINA, WFNI and UNID SS) with C&W songs, man with slogan for FM // “... on country 103 9.” (KK‐VA) 1080 WWNL PA Pittsburgh – 10/3 1845* – In WTIC mix with sign‐off announcement: “WWNL Pittsburgh ends its broadcasting day ... have a blessed and peaceful night.” (KK‐VA) 1090 WTNK TN Hartsville – 11/2 0734 – Poor with C&W, slogan “Your Hometown Radio Station, 1090 WTNK.” No KAAY. (JJR‐MI) 1100 KWWN NV Las Vegas – 10/27 2059 – Poor in WTAM tight null with San Diego State v. UNLV Rebels college football, then pause for “KWWN Las Vegas, ESPN radio ...” ID. NEW! (JJR‐MI) WHLI NY Hempstead – 10/29 2044 – Running News 12 Long Island TV audio with Hurricane Sandy coverage. Underneath WTAM‐Cleveland. (NW‐PEI) 1130 CKWX BC Vancouver – 10/30 0630 – Barely audible under WBBR with recognizable Hakim Optical spot. (NW‐PEI) 1150 KSAL KS Salina – 10/30 0744 – Poor upon tune in, mention of “on KSAL,” lost to WHBY. (JJR‐MI) WHBY WI Kimberley – 10/29 0600 – End of Infotrak infomercial. ID “your voice for election coverage, 1150 WHBY.” Mixing with CKOC‐Hamilton and another station. (NW‐PEI) 1160 KVCE TX Highland Park – 10/27 1925 – ID as “AM 11‐60, KVCE … the Metroplex …” into infomercial for the wonders of garlic supplement pills. Good signal, though garlic is smelly. (TLK‐FL) 1190 KQQZ MO Desoto – 10/30 2021 – End of C&W song, male “KQQZ, 11‐90 AM” and mention of “a moment of silence” for something they thought important followed by several more rapid KQQZ mentions, then, “… back to our regularly scheduled program on KQQZ .…” Otherwise, nice traditional old Country vocals, lots of 50’s/60’s stuff. Fair on peaks over all the other co‐ channel stations. (TLK‐FL) KFXR TX Dallas – 10/30 1920 – “1190 AM … Highland Park … KFXR …” ID and local ads, into brokered program on Christian gold and pig farm investment opportunities, seriously. Excellent on post‐sunset. Signal vanished at 2001, presumably coinciding with day power drop. (TLK‐FL) 1210 KOKK SD Huron – 10/29 0914 – Fair with local news “South Dakota law ... a South Dakota jury .... Zak Nelson reporting,” cable ad, “I’m Jeff Duffy with sports on KOKK.” (JJR‐MI) 1220 WLPO IL LaSalle – 10/30 0738 – Poor but steady with long, detailed obits, weather and am1220wlpo.com website promo. (JJR‐MI) CJRB MB Boissevain – 10/31 0846 – Poor with ad for Boissevain and Morton Foundation, “CJRB Radio 1220” ID and chatter. Alone to fade‐out. (JJR‐MI) 1230 WHCO IL Sparta – 10/30 0300 – Popped out at the ToH was a guitar effect followed by “Real Country, 12‐30 WCHO Sparta,” jingle singers say “real country,” then 13 the ID says something else which I couldn’t understand. Then they joined CBS news. VERY hard to copy, and I had to enlist some other DXers on the e‐mail list folks to help me verify what I thought I heard. (FV‐OH) WKLK MN Cloquet – 10/29 1853 – Poor with NOS songs, “AM 1230 WKLK” jingle to fade. (JJR‐MI) KTRF MN Thief River Falls – 10/29 0830 – Poor with cable ad, student athlete of the week, “Coaches corner on KTRF.” (JJR‐MI) KWNO MN Winona – 10/30 1853 – Poor with “AM 1230 KWNO” ID and short chatter. Soon lost. (JJR‐MI) WCLO WI Janesville – 10/29 0713 – Poor with mention of “sports on WCLO ...” and quick fade out in mess. (JJR‐MI) WXCO WI Wausau – 10/29 1849 – Poor with mention of “... in downtown Stevens ” in mess. (JJR‐MI) 1240 WSBC IL Chicago – 10/27 1900 – Poor with ToH legal ID upon tune‐in, into ethnic program and fade out. (JJR‐MI) KBIZ IA Ottumwa – 10/24 22:59 – Through the noise on 1240 heard a weak female voice say, “KBIZ Ottumwa” and then into what sounded like ABC News. Short audio clip at http://www.realoldiesradio.com/downloads/1240_DX.mp3 (FV‐ OH) WJON MN St. Cloud – 10/30 1835 – Poor with news headlines, no calls, and finally at 1841, promo for “election night coverage on WJON” and lost. (JJR‐MI) KCCR SD Pierre – 11/1 0723 – Poor with “41 in the Capital City ... that is KCCR weather” into CBS Osgood File. (JJR‐MI) WOBT WI Rhinelander – 11/1 0844 – Poor with political ad, ad for Rhinelander Family Dentistry, Northern weather, “Hodag Legends” jingle into classic C&W. (JJR‐MI) WJMC WI Rice Lake – 11/2 0800 – Poor with woman giving detailed local weather, ToH ID into CBS news then faded out. (JJR‐MI) 1250 KCUE MN Red Wing – 10/28 2008 – Very poor in WSSP null with C&W and local weather. “More Country Music” sweep after weather but no calls. Finally at 2012 a weak “1250 KCUE.” Rare. (JJR‐MI) 1260 WNDE IN Indianapolis – 10/27 1959 – ID for “Sportsradio 1260 WNDE” into Fox sports. Being killed by a C&W station which never IDed, but was presumed to be WDKN. (FV‐OH) KROX MN Crookston – 10/27 2203 – Poor in WNDE null with station promo “1260 KROX playing the greatest hits ....” (JJR‐MI) 1270 WXGO IN Madison – 10/30 0300 – ID with “WXGO Madison Indiana” and into USA Radio news. Beat up by WQTT and WXYT pretty good. (FV‐OH) WXYT MI Detroit – 10/29 0400 – ID promoting show on at 4 PM, followed by a jingle singing “Talk radio 12‐70 WXYT,” then into news. (FV‐OH) WLBR PA Lebanon – 10/22 1759 – Briefly emerged from GY‐caliber muddle with weather report and slogan “Number one in sports, number one in news ... Lebanon Valley, WLBR Lebanon.” (BH‐MA) WLIK TN Newport – 10/27 1959 – ToH ID: “since 1964, this is WLIK Newport Tennessee,” into jingle (the same one we used on WNRC at Convention 2003), and then into NBC Radio News. (FV‐OH) 1280 WMCP TN Columbia – 10/30 0300 – C&W music followed by “WMCP Columbia Tennessee,” then into ABC news. Real rough copy due to WONW Defiance, OH. Had to play around with filters a while to get it clearly. (FV‐OH) 1290 KOIL NE Omaha – 10/27 2208 – Poor with station promo mentioning “339 B street ... Mighty 1290 Koil.” (JJR‐MI) 1300 KPMI MN Bemidji – 10/31 0835 – Poor with ad for Bemidji Bowl, “News Channel 1300” slogan, lost to WOOD, then nice fade up with local weather. “News Channel 1300 KPMI” ID into Insider Radio minute with Hollywood gossip. NEW! (JJR‐ MI) KOLY SD Mobridge – 10/29 0907 – Fair with local news mentioning “North Dakota land prices booming ... Upper Missouri basin, Dakota News Network” then political ad, Chevy dealer ad for 2013 Malibu, “Larry Jenson KOLY Star 99 news,” local obits. (JJR‐MI) 1310 WTTL KY Madisonville – 10/24 0100 – Weather for Madisonville, then ID “The [unintelligible] AM Station, 13‐10, WTTL Madisonville,” and sounded like into ESPN radio with female host. (FV‐OH) 14 1320 KRLW AR Walnut Ridge – 10/30 0300 – Long top of hour stager with “KRLW Pocahontas‐Walnut Ridge, we are Oldies 1320.”Well down in noise. Took some digging to ID it. (FV‐OH) KOZY MN Grand Rapids – 10/27 1911 – Poor, presumed with ad for Land O’Lakes dairy, Univ. of Minnesota Gophers football. No calls heard. (JJR‐MI) 1330 CJYM SK Rosetown – 10/28 0900 – Poor with “1330 CJYM” ID heard upon tune in. Lost at once to an ESPN station. (JJR‐MI) 1340 WNBH MA New Bedford – 10/30 0600 – ID: “you’re listening to ESPN 13‐140, WNBH New Bedford.” (NW‐PEI) WLEW MI Bad Axe – 10/30 0841 – Poor but steady with “tomorrow’s classic country today, AM 1340 WLEW” station promo. Only second time heard. Rare! (JJR‐ MI) KDLM MN Detroit Lakes – 10/27 2208 – Poor with mention of “Highway 10 in Detroit Lakes” and college football play by play. (JJR‐MI) 1350 KBRX NE O’Neill – 11/1 0800 – Fair with C&W, local weather (low tonight 41, now 55 degrees), ad for Shamrock Livestock Market. ToH ID into ABC news. NEW! (JJR‐MI) 1360 KKBJ MN Bemidji – 10/31 0759 – Poor with ToH call letter ID upon tune in. WTAQ nulled. (JJR‐MI) 1370 WLLM IL Lincoln – 10/30 0300 – Clear ID as “AM 13‐70 WLLM Lincoln.” Log shows them at 35 watts, so this was either very good propagation or perhaps on day facility. Over semi‐local WSPD Toledo. (FV‐OH) WLJW MI Cadillac – 10/31 1902 – Over usual WSPD with fund‐raising campaign, man and woman alternating with exhortations to listeners to pledge $$ and promos for religious programs (e.g. Focus on the Family), frequent mentions of local phone number 946‐1400 or 1‐800‐698‐1400 and “WLJN” IDs (for // WLJN‐ 1400). (MKB‐ON) KAWL NE York – 11/1 0752 – Poor in WSPD null with “1370 KAWL” ID by woman, matching satellite jock, oldies. NEW! (JJR‐MI) 1380 WPYR LA Baton Rouge – 10/26 0101 – Sounded like “Bearcat Financial Ministries,” then ID as “WPYR Baton Rouge, Catholic Radio for your community is your 40 days for life station. Going on now in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.” Cut into program. (FV‐OH) 1390 KCLN IA Clinton – 10/29 0938 – Poor but steady with call letter ID and “info in 8 minutes on KCLN” news promo. (JJR‐MI) WTJS TN Jackson – 10/30 0300 – Excited announcer with “AM 13‐90 WTJS Jackson” and mention of 94.3, but it faded so I didn’t hear call sign of the FM station, followed by “News and Talk … Now!” into Fox News. (FV‐OH) 1400 WLJN MI Elmwood Township – 10/30 0838 – Poor with call letter ID and request for prayers and donations at 1‐800‐968‐1400.” WCCY, others nulled. (JJR‐MI) WQXO MI Munising – 11/1 0745 – Poor with “QXO” mentioned in local chatter, Quicken Loans ad, oldies. They only use “QXO” except for ToH legal IDs. (JJR‐MI) KEYL MN Long Prairie – 10/27 2131 – Poor in mess with mention of “... in Long Prairie” by woman. (JJR‐MI) KQDJ ND Jamestown – 10/30 0755 – Poor with C&W, “your home for Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings … this is Dakota Country” station promo in mess. (JJR‐MI) KQDJ ND Jamestown – 11/1 0721 – Poor in WCCY null with mention of “it’s Dakota Country … 46 degrees ...” into C&W song. (JJR‐MI) WINC VA Winchester – 10/24 0458 – Partially readable in the jumble: “Tomorrow’s high 72 ... continues tomorrow night ... news, sports, and weather on 1400 WINC and anytime on winc.com.” (BH‐MA) 1420 WOC IA Davenport – 10/30 0836 – Poor with mention of local phone number beginning with 563‐, “Quad Cities ... WOC” ID. No usual KTOE. (JJR‐MI) WRSA VT St. Albans – 10/29 0706 – ID: “The Champlain Valley’s Greatest Hits, Crusin’ 93.7” into Lesley Gore oldie. (NW‐PEI) 1440 WJJL NY Niagara Falls – 10/30 1939 – Poor with string of five oldies songs before hearing “1440 WJJL” ID. Hoping for needed “W1440,” CKJR in AB, which is also oldies. (JJR‐MI) KKXL ND Grand Forks – 10/30 1929 – Poor with two others (oldies and Catholic), noted weak “1440 the Fan” slogan into ESPN sports. (JJR‐MI) 1450 WHTC MI Holland – 11/1 1921 – Poor in fade‐up with “WHTC, WHTC.com and 92‐7 the Van” station promo. (JJR‐MI) 15 WNBY MI Newberry – 11/2 0840 – Poor with contest promo: “Kewadin casino ... Caller number three wins … 293‐3221,” classic C&W. (JJR‐MI) KBUN MN Bemidji – 10/30 0915 – Poor in mess with “the Fan ...” slogan, PSA for “United Way of Bemidji.” (JJR‐MI) KZZJ ND Rugby – 11/1 0737 – Poor with mention of “livestock in Mandan, MN hogs ...” in long commodities report, ads for Biofeed and Otter Tail, call letter ID at 0741. (JJR‐MI) 1460 KLTC ND Dickinson – 11/1 0720 – Poor with local weather: “fog, 50, tonight rain showers, mid 30’s... weather eye ... 30 degrees,” “KLTC” jingle into C&W. (JJR‐MI) WBOG WI Tomah – 11/2 0837 – Poor with slogan “Cool Gold 1460, the Greatest Hits” then ad. Not heard in a while. Usually KXNO, which was in 2 minutes later. (JJR‐MI) 1470 WMBD IL Peoria – 10/27 1959 – ID “Peoria’s news and talk station, 14‐70 WMBD Peoria (fade) at 100.3 (fade)” then into Fox News. (FV‐OH) KHND ND Harvey – 10/29 1006 – Poor with end of ABC news, news sounder, “9:06, KHND news” to fade. Knocked off my target list. Much wanted and NEW! (JJR‐MI) 1490 KOVC ND Valley City – 11/1 0719 – Surprisingly fair with local event promo and weather: “November 3rd in Carrington … treasure hunt … 31 in Carrington, 36 in Oakes, 35 in Valley City … newsdakota.com” into CNBC radio/stocks. Only my second time heard. I’d say it’s rare. (JJR‐MI) WOSH WI Oshkosh – 11/1 0816 – Poor in mix with mention of “… take a stroll through downtown Oshkosh …,” slogan “News‐Talk 1490 WOSH.” (JJR‐MI) 1500 WFED DC Washington – 10/27 1959 – ”Your source for news now, WFED 1500 Washington” ToH ID into NBC News. Some adjacent channel splatter from WLAC. (FV‐OH) 1510 KCKK CO Littleton – 10/30 2136 – Poor with slogan “We’re Mile High Sports” and ad for MilehighAccura.com in WLAC null. Always hoping for needed KGA. (JJR‐ MI) KMSD SD Milbank – 10/29 0748 – Poor with call letter ID, question of the day feature. (JJR‐MI) 1520 WMLM MI St. Louis – 10/27 1903 – Poor with mention of “good evening, mid‐Michigan …,” ad for Credit Union in Itasca, call ID before fade‐out. (JJR‐MI) WWKB NY Buffalo – 10/27 1959 – “This is 50,000 watt, AM 1520, WWKB Buffalo,” into NBC News. Very solid signal with no fade. (FV‐OH) 1540 WTKM WI Hartford – 10/29 1841 – Poor in KXEL null with “Crusin’ 1540 AM” slogan between oldies. (JJR‐MI) 1550 WAZX GA Smyrna – 10/29 0612 – In SS with Christian inspirational talk. Briefly and mostly good over WRHC Coral Gables (SS), WAMA Tampa (SS) and Radio Rebelde, Cuba (obviously SS). On day power still or already? (TLK‐FL) 1560 KBEW MN Blue Earth – 10/31 0827 – Poor but alone with oldies, call letter ID after promo for “KBEW Country 98.” (JJR‐MI) 1570 WBGX IL Harvey – 10/30 2008 – Presumed after WSCO fade‐out with black gospel song, preacher mentioning 773 (suburban Chicago) area code. (MKB‐ON) WSCO WI Appleton – 10/30 2000 – Over top of jumble with Geico ad, “WSCO … is sports radio” ToH ID into talk on college football. (MKB‐ON) 1580 WHLY IN South Bend – 10/24 2259 – Female ID “This is WHLY South Bend, Indiana” into religious program. Nice not to hear WVKO‐Columbus on. (FV‐OH) KDOM MN Windom – 10/29 0847 – Poor with ad for Blue Cross of MN, mention of “in the Windom area ….” CKDO gone. (JJR‐MI) 1630 KCJJ IA Iowa City – 10/26 2100 – “From the Two Rivers Bank & Trust studio on the Iowa River Landing in Coralville, this is the Mighty 1630 Iowa City‐Coralville. Now KCJJ News, brought to you by Herteen and Stocker Jewelers, 101 South Dubuque Street, downtown Iowa City.” Weak and bothered by electrical whine; also picket‐fencing with faint Spanish‐speaker that I’d like to think might have been KRND Wyoming. Definitely bears watching. (BH‐MA) +++ ‐ 10/27 1959 – Jingle “KCJJ 70s 80s Now!,” ID “From the Two Rivers Bank and Trust Studio, this is KCJJ Iowa City,” then into news read by Tommy Laing. SS station underneath never IDed. Hopefully KRND, which I could use in the log. (FV‐OH) 1650 KCNZ IA Cedar Falls – 10/27 1959 – ToH ID “Get you team here, on 16‐50 KCNZ Cedar Falls‐Waterloo,” into Fox Sports News. (FV‐OH) 16 Musings of the Dave Schmidt [email protected] P.O. Box 126 Members New Freedom, PA 17349-0126 Thoughts from NRC members. Local time per Muse. All opinions expressed are those of the individual writers – they do not necessarily reflect those of the editors, publishers, or the National Radio Club, Inc.

Welcome to Musings! We’ve been looking for some reports from anyone for a REAL long time and it has finally happened, so we’re blowing the dust off the keyvoard and giving it a whirl! Deadlines are Friday/Saturday And if your sending a written/typed report, please skip a line between lines, help save the ole eyeballs here! And away we go:

Forest (Frosty) Osborn, Hooker, OK Greetings to all of the membership from the Oklahoma Panhandle, better known as No Mans Land. After reading about other DXers start in the hobby, it brought back memories of my own. I was born in 1947 and remember as a child sitting on the floor in front of the console radio/record player (a Truetone, I think) and listening to the Lone Ranger, Dragnet and many other programs. When I was 9‐10 years old, my Dad brought me a Zenith 5G500 suitcase radio made in 1941. I am sure it came from my Uncle’s Zenith Radio and TV shop. That old Zenith (which I still have) was a great radio with a Wave Magnet antenna, which some of you old‐timers like me will remember, and it picked up stations from all over the United States with ease. At that time, I did not know anything about logging stations but just listened and enjoyed them. I remember having a Zenith Royal 50 transistor and later a Royal 500. When I was about 20 years old, I bought a Hallicrafter SX‐99 at an estate sale for about $15.00, and that started my real DXing experience. I strung a longwire out of a window to a tree and began logging MW and SW stations from all over. Then, in about 1982, I saw an ad in the Daily Oklahoman for some ham equipment and a Hammarlund HQ‐150. I called the gentleman and asked him to hold it for me. The next Saturday, I drove the 265 miles to Oklahoma City and found the 150 to be as near mint condition as possible. I recall paying $125 for the real “boat anchor” and hauled it home. The Hammarlund was quite a step up from the SX‐99 and made DXing easier and more fun. I logged many stations with both the 99 and the 150 and still have both receivers to this day. The next receiver I obtained was an Icom R‐70 to usher in the digital age and found it to be another excellent DX machine. I recently found a Drake R8 in excellent condition and am still in the “playing with it” stage, although I have logged a couple of new stations since I got it. My biggest problem now I guess is age, and my hearing is not what it used to be, therefore, I am sure my neighbors can sometimes hear my radios as I try to pull out call letters or identifiers. I also have many old radios from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and later, and I guess that explains why I still have the 5G500, SX‐99, 150 and many other Hallicrafters, Nationals, RCAs, Philcos, etc. I recently logged MW #1023 from my permanent location here in the Oklahoma Panhandle, although it was much easier years ago when many stations were daytime only and most of the rest had silent periods and testing on Sunday night/Monday mornings. I still enjoy the hobby and the NRC and hope that the younger generation will continue the heritage. A special Thank You to all of the people who donate their time and effort to keep the DXN the best Medium Wave publication in the world.

Dave Schmidt, P O Box 126, New Freedom, PA 17349 Looks like we can still handle this! We haven’t gone anywhere, we were just waiting for reporters. A short reintro, I’m 61 years old, been a NRC member since 1964 and an on again/off again listener. Right now my main receiver is a Superadio II but I also use an RE392 and an R390 with 2 phased longwires. Last year was a fairly interesting season but I haven’t really started up yet this year. I’m VERY active in trying to get AM HD ‘noise’ banned because of the interference it creates, it certainly ’t the system to use! Lets hope that we all have a good season, conditions appear to be pretty good thus far, so reports would be welcome. Musings is also a great place for new members to tell a little about themselves and for our long time members to reintro. Report on hand for next week from FRED VOBBE, maybe this will become a regular visitor in DX NEWS! Good listening.

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Greetings once again from the Heart of the Continent and welcome to the DX Tool Box Column number 44. This Month’s Radio Saying: “Itʹs like NPR but with more commercials.” Hey, if you have a favourite saying, pass it on and share it with all of us.

SDR Loggings and Tips: SDR Logs from May 26, 2012, 0055‐0210 EDT using WiNRADiO G33DDC SDR RX with homemade 134 foot multiband antenna running NW to SE as of September 14, 2012. 1070 WNCT NC Greenville – Mixing with WFNI, talk, and Spanish singing. Man: ʺCoast to coast beach favorites.” 1090 KAAY AR Little Rock – Mixing with WBAL, man 0059 “KAAY” into “Advice Line.” 1130 KWKH LA Shreveport – Mixing with WBBR. KWKH with C&W songs, man at 0127: “Home of the legends. KWKH.” 1150 WIMA OH Lima – Mixing with CKOC and other singing, man 0105: “… whenever news breaks at 11‐50 WIMA dot com...ʺ into accu weather forecast. ʺCoast to Coast AM.” 1160 WOBM NJ Lakewood Township – Mixing with WYLL, sports talk, singing, and other talk. Man at 0127: “11 in a row. WOBM AM 11‐60 and 13‐10.” 1190 WOWO IN Fort Wayne – Mixing with WLIB and other talk, “Swap Shop” program. Woman at 0159: ʺFort Wayne Help wanted dot com...” 1200 WXKS MA Newton – Mixing with WOAI and songs. ʺCoast to Coast AM.” Man at 0458: “Fox twelve hundred Boston.” 1270 WXYT MI Detroit – Mixing with oldies, other talk and other singing. ʺCoast to Coast AM.” Man at 0158: “12‐70 WXYT.” 1280 WANS SC Anderson – Mixing with singing and Spanish talk. Typical Fox Sports programming. Man at 0159: “AM 12‐80 WANS Anderson South Carolina.” 1290 CJBK ON London – Mixing with WHIO and ESPN. ʺCoast to Coast AMʺ echo effect with same programming on WHIO. Man at 0059: ʺThis is CJBK AM London news talk 12‐90...ʺ into national news. 1300 WGDJ NY Rensselaer – Mixing with WJZ and Gospel singing. ʺJohn Batchelor Show,” man at 0200: ʺWGDJ Rensselaer. Itʹs talk 13 hundred...ʺ into ABC news. 1330 WVHI IN Evansville –Mixing with WYRD, oldies, and WRCA. WVHI with religious singing, man at 0059: ʺAM 13‐30 WVHI.” 1330 WRCA MA Watertown – Mixing with WYRD, oldies, and WVHI. Man at 0101: ʺYouʹre listening to... and youʹre on WRCA.” 1340 WEXL MI Royal Oak – Mixing with talk oldies, Spanish singing, ESPN and Fox Sports. Woman at 0121: ʺWEXL AM 13‐40.” 1410 WELM NY Elmira – Mixing with KQV, WPOP and singing. Typical ESPN radio programming, man at 0132: ʺThis is AM 14‐10 WELM Elmira.” 1420 WACK NY Newark – Mixing with WHK and singing. Man at 0100: “Your home for the . AM 14‐20 WACK Newark.” 1430 WDIC VA Clincho – Mixing with French talk and ESPN. WDIC with C&W songs, man at 0059: “WDIC Clincho.” 1450 WPSE PA Erie‐ Mixing with ESPN, oldies, C&W and Fox sports. WPSE with ʺBloomberg Radio,” man at 0159: ʺSafe Erie radio. WPSE Erie your money stationʺ into CBS news. 1480 WJLE TN Smithville – Mixing with talk, oldies and Spanish. WJLE with C&W songs, man at 0200: ʺYouʹre listening to WJLE Smithville...” 1490 WDLC NY Port Jervis – Mixing with sports talk, C&W and other talk. WDLC with oldies, man at 0100: ʺWDLC Port Jervis.” 1550 WSDK CT Bloomfield – Mixing with other talk and Spanish. Man at 0059: ʺThis is life changing radio 15‐50 AM WSDK Bloomfield Hartford.” At 0126: ʺLighten Upʺ program. 0202 ET ʺFront Page Jerusalem.” 1570 WVTL NY Amsterdam – Mixing with WPGM, WHTX, EWTN, singing, and other talk. Man at 0130: ʺThis is AM 15‐70 WVTL... welcome home.” 1600 WAAM MI Ann Arbor – Mixing with WWRL, WATX, singing, and Fox sports. ʺCoast to Coast AM.” Man at 0106: “Wham 16 hundred.” 18 1600 WATX TN Algood – Mixing with WWRL, WAAM, singing, and Fox sports. Man at 0206: ʺ...news talk 100.9.” 1680 WQOQ385 VA Hampton Roads Area – Mixing with WPRR and singing. VA Dept of Transportation TIS for the Hampton Roads area. SDR Logs from July 15, 2012, 0055‐0305 EDT using WiNRADiO G33DDC SDR RX with homemade 134 foot multiband antenna running NW to SE. 580 WGAC GA Augusta – Mixing with WHP, WCHS and singing. ʺCoast to Coast AM.” Man at 0100: “WGAC AM 5‐80 Augusta.” 590 CJCL ON Toronto – Mixing with talk, singing, and Cuba. Man at 0158: “Sports net 5‐90 the Fan.” 600 WCAO MD Baltimore – Mixing with WSJS and R. Rebelde. Man at 0056: “Heaven 600.” 620 WWNR WV Beckley – Mixing with WDAE, religious talk, R. Rebelde. “.” 740 KRMG OK Tulsa – Mixing with CFZM, WPAQ, religious, ESPN and other oldies. Man at 0202: ʺ... the KRMG news ….” Man at 0603: ʺNews talk KRMG news.” 760 WEFL FL Tequesta – Mixing with WJR, singing, and Spanish. Typical ESPN radio programming. Man at 0202: “ESPN 7‐60.” 810 WQIZ SC St. George – Mixing with WGY and music/singing. WQIZ with EWTN. 820 WGGM VA Chester – Mixing with talk, Cuba and R. Reloj. Man at 0058: ʺWGGM... Richmond, Petersburg...ʺ. Man at 0230: ʺListen to AM 8‐20.” 830 WEEU PA Reading – Mixing with WCCO, WTRU and singing. Echo effect with WCCO as both WEEU and WCCO have ʺCoast to Coast AM.ʺ Man at 0134: ʺWEEU 8‐ 30 AM.” Man at 0158: ʺWEEU Reading.ʺ Man at 0234: ʺThe Voice of Bucks County 8‐30 WEEU Reading.” 900 WJLG GA Savannah – Mixing with singing and Spanish. Man at 0100: ʺThis is where itʹs at. AM 9 hundred WJLG Savannah. A Cumulus station. This is your sports station. ʹThe Ticketʹ. Savannahʹs sports station AM 9 hundred ….” [more loggings will be held for a future issue due to space limitations – DY] 73, Kraig Krist, KG4LAC Manassas, VA USA www.kg4lac.com KG4LAC ‐‐ extra class KDX4KWK All‐Band Radio Monitor

Bits and Bites from the NRC listserv: From: ʺPaul B. Walker, Jr.ʺ [email protected] Subject: [NRC‐AM] (OT) Radio Station Airchecks I know this is a bit off topic for the list, but I hope no one minds me sharing it. In addition to working in radio as an on air guy, I also collect all things radio... one thing being airchecks, usually of small town radio stations. When I started collecting, Iʹd go after one aircheck and not go for another till I got the last one I was after. However, when I started coming across more stations I wanted airchecks of, it became harder to keep track of the stations I was after. I compiled a list of stations I am interested in hearing and put it online. You can find that list at www.onairdj.com/wantedairchecks.html. The list was compiled with no scientific criteria whatsoever. The list came about by my whim, I added a station maybe because I hear a short clip of them or a jingle.. Or maybe I like the area they are in.... something about the station, the area or their programming.. Maybe their website attracted me. In some cases, the stations stream, but only part time.. and only non music programming. If you can help me get an aircheck I want or can share my list with someone who might be able to help, Iʹd appreciate it. Feel free to email me off list.

This Month’s DX Tool Box Web Site is: MWLIST The MWLIST has a series of links located at: http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1 This is the link to a great listing of AM stations in Europe Africa and the Middle East http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=2 This is the link to a great listing of AM stations in Asia and the Pacific http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=4 This is the link to a great listing of AM stations in South America http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=3 This is the link to a great listing of AM stations in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean These four sections have listings of known stations on the air. These like all lists they are not perfect but it can be a good place to start hunting for your rare DX loggings. You will also notice there are frequencies that are off the usual every 10 or every 9 kHz patterns. There are also stations listed outside the usual 530 to 1710 kHz frequency range if you DX outside the band. This site could be of help with some of those odd UnIDs you have in your logbooks.

73 for this time Shawn Remember On A Clear Day You Can Hear Forever 19 Pro Sports Barry S. Finkel [email protected] 10314 S. Oakley Networks Chicago, IL 60643-2409 Network listings for professional sports play-by-play coverage

Here is 2012/2013 National Basketball Association (NBA) information from the Internet. Many web pages did not list the announcers’ names. And most of the network station lists are not dated, so I cannot be sure that the lists are current for the upcoming season. For some teams I found a list for a previous season, and for some I was unable to locate a network lost. I am not sure that the freqseek.com lists are current or complete; at least one did not contain the flagship stations. There are also network lists on FreeBasketballRadio.com ; I have not looked at them to compare them to the official (nba.com) lists nor to the freqseek.com . This FBR site lists only stations that have Internet broadcast capability, so its lists are not complete. This flagship list may not contain information on all of the Spanish language broadcasts. At the end are all of the network lists that I could locate. The URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_current_National_Basketball_ Association_broadcasters has some errors in the flagship stations; they disagree with the information in the web pages sites as footnotes. Please send me any URLs to network lists you may have, as well as any additions and/or corrections to the information below. Thanks.

Atlanta Hawks 680 WCNN‐GA Steve Holman 93.7 WCNB‐GA 93.7 WEEI‐MA Sean Grande, Cedric Maxwell 660 WFAN‐NY (EE) a Chris Carrino, Tim Capstraw 1130 WBBR‐NY b 1190 WLIB‐NY b 1280 WADO‐NY (SS) a ? Charlotte Bobcats 610 WFNZ‐NC Scott Lauer 1000 WMVP‐IL (EE) Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington, Steve Kashul 1200 WRTO‐IL (SS) h Omar Ramos, Matt Moreno 1100 WTAM‐OH John Micjael, Jim Chones, Mike Synder Dallas Mavericks 103.3 KESN‐TX (EE) Chuck Cooperstein or Mark Followill, Brad Davis 1270 KFLC‐TX (SS) Victor Villalba Denver Nuggets 950 KKFN‐CO Jason Kosmicki 103.1 KRWZ‐CO Detroit Pistons 97.1 WXYT‐MI h Mark Champion or George Blaha, Rick Mahorn 1270 WXYT‐MI 950 WWJ‐MI c Golden State Warriors 680 KNBR‐CA Tim Roye, Jim Barrett 1050 KTCT‐CA c Houston Rockets 790 KBME‐TX (EE) Craig Ackerman, Joel Blank 920 KYST‐TX (SS) Adrian Chavarria 1070 WFNI‐IN Mark Boyle, Quinn Buckner, Chris Denari, Kevin Lee, Bobby “Slick” Leonard, Brooke Olzendam 980 KFWB‐CA Brian Sieman, Ralph Lawler 710 KSPN‐CA (EE) John Irelanmd, Mychal Thompson 1330 KWKW‐CA (SS) Fernando Gonzales, Jose “Pepe” Mantilla Memphis Grizzlies 92.9 WMFS‐TN Eric Hasseltine, Hank McDowell, Elliot Perry 680 WMFA‐TN 790 WAXY‐FL (EE) Mike Inglis, John Crotty (h) 104.3 WAXY‐FL (EE) 560 WQAM‐FL (SS) Jose Paneda, Joe Pujala 620 WTMJ‐WI Ted Davis, Dennis Krause Minnesota Timberwolves 830 WCCO‐MN Alan Horton New Orleans Hornets 106.7 KMEZ‐LA (EE) Sean Kelley, Gerry Vaillencourt 830 WFNO‐LA (SS) ? New York Knickerbockers 1050 WEPN‐NY (EE) Spero Dedes or Mike Crispino or Kenny Albert, Brendon Brown 1280 WADO‐NY (SS) Clemson Muniz‐Smith 20 Oklahoma City Thunder 98.1 WWLS‐OK (EE) Matt Pinto 930 WKY‐OK (SS) h Eleno Ornelas Orlando Magic 560 WDBO‐FL (EE) Dennis Neumann, Richie Adubato 96.5 WDBO‐FL 1270 WRLZ‐FL (SS) Joey Colon, Ramon Rivas Philadelphia 76ers 97.5 WPEN‐PA Tom McGinnis Phoenix Suns 620 KTAR‐AZ (EE) Al McCoy, Tim Kempton 1480 KPHX‐AZ (SS) Arturo Ochoa, Gerardo Romo 1190 KEX‐OR (EE) Brian Wheeler, Antonio Harvey 102.3 KEX‐OR (EE) 1520 KGDD‐OR (SS) ? 1140 KHTK‐CA (EE) Gary Gerould. Lafayette Lever 99.9 KCRX‐CA (SS) Armando Botello San Antonio Spurs 1200 WOAI‐TX (EE) Bill Schoening 1350 KCOR‐TX (SS) Paul Castro 590 CJCL‐ON Paul Jones, Eric Smith Utah Jazz 1280 KZNS‐UT (EE) David Locke, Ron Boone 97.5 KZNS‐UT 1600 KTUB‐UT (SS) Fernando Hortal, Nelson Moran 106.7 WJFK‐VA Dave Johnson, Glenn Consor

Atlanta Hawks Steve Holman http://www.nba.com/hawks/tv_radio/Hawks_Radio_Main_Page.html (10/16/2012) 680 WCNN‐GA 1320 WHIE‐GA 1490 WSNT‐GA 94.9 WFIS‐SC 790 WSFN‐GA 1350 WFNS‐GA 1580 WIOL‐GA 95.7 WIOL‐GA 850 WPTB‐GA 1360 WELR‐AL 1600 WFIS‐SC 96.9 WLAG‐GA 1240 WGGA‐GA 1400 WCOH‐GA 99.9 WNNG‐GA WLAG‐GA 1450 WMVG‐GA 88.9 WKEU‐GA 103.7 WSFN‐GA 1250 WSRA‐GA 1470 WCLA‐GA 93.7 WCNN‐GA 103.9 WDDK‐GA

Boston Celtics Sean Grande, Cedric Maxwell The list online is dated December 8, 2011.

Brooklyn Nets (EE) a Chris Carrino, Tim Capstraw Brooklyn Nets (SS) a ?

Charlotte Bobcats Scott Lauer The 2011 list is still online.

Chicago Bulls (EE) Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington, Steve Kashul Chicago Bulls (SS) h Omar Ramos, Matt Moreno http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/chicago‐bulls‐radio‐affiliates.html (10/16/2012) no frequencies This list is the same as last season; is it current for the 2012/13 season? 620 KMNS‐IA 1250 WSPL‐IL 1440 WGEM‐IL 740 WVLN‐IL 1280 WBIG‐IL 1490 WDBQ‐IA 94.3 WSSQ‐IL 1000 WMVP‐IL 1330 WNTA‐IL WKRO‐IL 97.7 WLQI‐IN 1050 WDZ ‐IL 1360 WLBK‐IL WZOE‐IL 101.3 WVIL‐IL 1060 WRHL‐IL 1370 WLTH‐IN 1560 WBYS‐IL 1200 WRTO‐IL Sh 1420 WINI‐IL 1580 WBCP‐IL 1230 WHCO‐IL 1430 WCMY‐IL 1590 WAIK‐IL

Cleveland Cavaliers John Micjael, Jim Chones, Mike Synder http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/multimedia/broadcast.html (10/16/2012) This list is the same as last season; is it current for the 2012/13 season? 930 WEOL‐OH 1450 WJER‐OH 100.9 WJAW‐OH 970 WFUN‐OH 1460 WABQ‐OH 93.1 WWSR‐OH 104.5 WQKT‐OH 1100 WTAM‐OH 1480 WHBC‐OH 95.3 WLKR‐OH 1390 WNIO‐OH 1490 WMOA‐OH 97.1 WBNS‐OH 1430 WFOB‐OH 1590 WAKR‐OH 98.3 WYBL‐OH

Dallas Mavericks (EE) Chuck Cooperstein or Mark Followill, Brad Davis Dallas Mavericks (SS) Victor Villalba http://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/espnradio_affiliates.html (10/16/2012) This list is the same as last season; is it current for the 2012/13 season? 600 KTBB‐TX 1010 KBBW‐TX 1260 KSML‐TX 1270 KFLC‐TX S 21 1430 KEES‐TX KNET‐TX 1590 KGAS‐TX 103.3 KESN‐TX 1450 KMHT‐TX 1490 KYZS‐TX

Denver Nuggets Jason Kosmicki One web site has the 2011/12 season list; another has the 2003/04 season list.

Detroit Pistons Mark Champion or George Blaha, Rick Mahorn (h) http://www.nba.com/pistons/radio.html (10/17/2012) 600 WCHT‐MI 1310 WCCW‐MI 1590 WHLX‐MI 100.3 WGRY‐MI 730 WVFN‐MI 1330 WTRX‐MI 100.9 WLUN‐MI 950 WWJ‐MI 1450 WHLS‐MI 95.3 WBCK‐MI 106.5 WLQR‐MI 1050 WTKA‐MI WIBM‐MI 97.1 WXYT‐MI 107.3 WBBL‐MI 1110 WJML‐MI 1470 WLQR‐MI 98.3 WMIM‐MI

Golden State Warriors Tim Roye, Jim Barrett The 2011/12 season network list (3 stations) is still online.

Houston Rockets (EE) Craig Ackerman, Joel Blank Houston Rockets (SS) Adrian Chavarria The www.nba.com/rockets web site stiil has lots of 2011/12 season information.

Indiana Pacers Mark Boyle, Quinn Buckner, Chris Denari, Kevin Lee, Bobby “Slick” Leonard, Brooke Olzendam http://www.nba.com/pacers/media/radio_affiliates.html (10/17/2012) 930 WHON‐IN WXFN‐IN 92.5 KPPL‐MO 103.3 WAXL‐IN 1070 WFNI‐IN 1440 WPGW‐IN 92.7 WZBD‐IN 106.5 WWBL‐IN 1130 WSDX‐IN 1460 WJCP‐IN 94.3 WREB‐IN 106.7 WYFX‐IN 1300 WBOW‐IN 1550 WMDH‐IN 95.3 WNDI‐IN 1340 WBIW‐IN 96.7 WORX‐IN

Los Angeles Clippers Brian Sieman, Ralph Lawler http://www.nba.com/teamsites/clippers/clippers‐radio‐network (10/17/2012) 980 KFWB‐CA 1490 KMET‐CA ef 1010 KXPS‐CA 1570 KPRO‐CA 87.7 KLOA‐CA

Los Angeles Lakers (EE) John Irelanmd, Mychal Thompson I am not sure which of these two lists is the correct list; note “e” denotes the stations on both lists. http://www.nba.com/lakers/multimedia/broadcast_watch_listen.html (10/17/2012) 590 KTIE‐CA e 920 KBAD‐CA e KYVA‐CA 1430 KFIG‐CA e 710 KSPN‐CA e 930 KPSI‐CA e 1240 KLOA‐CA e 1490 KMET‐CA ef 910 KRAK‐CA e 1230 KSZL‐CA e 1400 KKJL‐CA e 1520 KVTA‐CA e http://www.skyviewsatellite.com/lakers (10/17/2012) 590 KTIE‐CA e 920 KPSI‐CA e KVYA‐NM 1430 KFIG‐CA e 610 KAVL‐CA KBAD‐NV e 1240 KLOA‐CA e 1490 KMET‐CA ef 710 KSPN‐CA e 990 KTMS‐CA 1360 KLSD‐CA 1520 KVTA‐CA e 910 KRAK‐CA e 1230 KSZL‐CA e 1400 KKJL‐CA e

Los Angeles Lakers (SS) Fernando Gonzales, Jose “Pepe” Mantilla http://www.nba.com/lakers/multimedia/broadcast_watch_listen.html (10/17/2012) 1220 KWKU‐CA 1330 KWKW‐CA 1480 KENO‐NV 1490 KWAC‐CA

Memphis Grizzlies ‐Eric Hasseltine, Hank McDowell, Elliot Perry http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/radio_network_partners.html (10/17/2012) 560 WNSR‐TN 1400 WBIP‐MS 92.7 KASR‐AR 105.3 KAKJ‐AR 680 WMFS‐TN 1450 WDXR‐KY 92.9 WMFS‐TN 1230 KBTM‐AR 1490 WTUP‐MS 96.5 WBFG‐TN 1240 KWAK‐AR 104.9 KCLT‐AR Miami Heat (EE) Mike Inglis, John Crotty (h) Miami Heat (SS) Jose Paneda, Joe Pujala http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat‐radio‐network‐coverage‐begins‐weekend (11/02/2012) 760 WEFL‐FL `1300 WEFG‐FL 94.3 WGMX‐FL 104.3 WAXY‐FL 770 WWCN‐FL 96.1 WRXK‐FL 790 WAXY‐FL 93.5 WKEY‐FL 96.9 WKEZ‐FL

Milwaukee Bucks Ted Davis, Dennis Krause http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/media/2.0/teamsites/bucks/media_guide_1213.pdf 22 (11/01/2012) Affilliate list is subject to change. The list is on page 266 of the PDF file. 580 WKTY‐WI 1240 WJMC‐WI 1440 WNFL‐WI 92.7 WDUX‐WI 620 WTMJ‐WI WOMT‐WI 1450 KFIZ‐WI 94.3 WQPC‐WI 940 WFAW‐WI 1320 WFHR‐WI 1570 WSCO‐WI 1070 WTSO‐WI 1390 WRIG‐WI 1230 WCLO‐WI 1400 WBIZ‐WI 92.3 WOSQ‐WI

Minnesota Timberwolves Alan Horton http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/fans/broadcasting.html (11/01/2012) 560 WEBC‐MN KTRF‐MN KQDJ‐ND 740 KVOX‐ND KWNO‐MN 1450 KBUN‐MN 94.3 KKIN‐MN 830 WCCO‐MN 1240 WJON‐MN WELY‐MN 95.7 KQYK‐MN 930 KSDN‐SD 1320 KOZY‐MN 1460 KDMA‐MN 99.7 KXDL‐MN 950 KWAT‐SD 1340 KDLM‐MN 1490 KOVC‐ND 101.5 KFGI‐MN 1210 KOKK‐SD KWLM‐MN 1520 KOLM‐MN 1220 KDDR‐ND 1390 KXSS‐MN 1570 KVHT‐SD 1230 KMRS‐MN 1400 KMHL‐MN 1600 KDAK‐ND

New Orleans Hornets (EE) Sean Kelley, Gerry Vaillencourt New Orleans Hornets (SS) ? http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/radio_buzz2.html (11/01/2012) 640 KTIB‐LA 1390 KFRA‐LA 1600 KLEB‐LA 100.3 KLRZ‐LA 830 WFNO‐LA S 1410 KDBS‐LA 104.9 WCJU‐MS 930 WSFZ‐MS 1490 KJIN‐LA 94.1 WEMX‐LA 105.9 KBZE‐LA 1240 KANE‐LA 1520 KFXZ‐LA 97.7 KNBB‐LA 106.7 KMEZ‐LA

New York Knickerbockers (EE) Spero Dedes or Mike Crispino or Kenny Albert, Brendon Brown New York Knickerbockers (SS) Clemson Muniz‐Smith

Oklahoma City Thunder (EE) Matt Pinto Oklahoma City Thunder (SS) ‐Eleno Ornelas http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/thunder_radio_network_1011.html (10/23/2012) current? 640 KWPN‐OK 1390 KCRC‐OK 1550 KYAL‐OK 98.1 WWLS‐OK 930 WKY‐OK Sh 1450 KSIW‐OK 105.9 KQTZ‐OK 1240 KADS‐OK 1470 KGND‐OK 96.1 KITO‐OK 1380 KXCA‐OK 1490 KBIX‐OK 97.1 KYAL‐OK

Orlando Magic (EE) Dennis Neumann, Richie Adubato Orlando Magic (SS) Joey Colon, Ramon Rivas http://www.nba.com/magic/2012‐13‐radio‐network‐affiliates (11/01/2012) 580 WDBO‐FL WTMY‐FL 1450 WSTU‐FL 95.9 WSJZ‐FL 1010 WQYK‐FL 1300 WMEL‐FL 1480 WFLN‐FL 96.5 WDBO‐FL 1270 WNLS‐FL 1380 WELE‐FL 1590 WPSL‐FL 104.9 WYGC‐FL 1280 WIPC‐FL 1390 WFHT‐FL

Philadelphia 76ers Tom McGinnis

Phoenix Suns (EE) Al McCoy, Tim Kempton Phoenix Suns (SS) Arturo Ochoa, Gerardo Romo The list online is dated Feb. 18, 2009.

Portland Trail Blazers (EE) Brian Wheeler, Antonio Harvey Portland Trail Blazers (SS) ? http://www.nba.com/blazers/fans/list_of_stations.html (11/01/2012) 690 KRCO‐OR KHSN‐OR 1430 KYKN‐OR 1520 KGDD‐OR S 730 KEZX‐OR 1240 KTIX‐OR 1440 KODL‐OR 1590 KTIL‐OR 1110 KBND‐OR 1310 KPNT‐OR 1450 KFLS‐OR 1120 KPNW‐OR 1340 KLOO‐OR KLBM‐OR 101.1 KSKR‐OR 1190 KEX‐OR 1400 KBCH‐OR 1490 KBKR‐OR 102.3 KCRX‐OR 1230 KBNH‐OR KJDY‐OR KLOG‐WA KEX‐OR

Sacramento Kings (EE) Gary Gerould. Lafayette Lever Sacramento Kings (SS) Armando Botello http://www.nba.com/kings/Kings_Broadcaster_Bios.html (11/01/2012) 950 KAHI‐CA 1140 KTHK‐CA 1670 KNRO‐CA 23 99.3 KCWH‐CA 101.7 KCWH‐CA 102.3 KCWH‐CA

San Antonio Spurs (EE) Bill Schoening San Antonio Spurs (SS) Paul Castro

Toronto Raptors Paul Jones, Eric Smith

Utah Jazz (EE) David Locke, Ron Boone Utah Jazz (SS) ‐Fernando Hortal, Nelson Moran Google finds a 2002 list online.

Washington Wizards Dave Johnson, Glenn Consor http://www.skyviewsatellite.com/wizards (11/01/2012) 740 WRNR‐WV 1340 WHAP‐VA 1460 WTKT‐PA 102.1 WXTG‐VA 910 WRNL‐VA 1370 WVIE‐MD 1490 WXTG‐VA 106.7 WJFK‐VA 960 WTGM‐MD 1450 WTHU‐MD 1050 WBRG‐VA WNOS‐NC 96.9 WBRG‐VA

Flagship station is underlined ‐ Announcers from a previous year S Spanish language a The URL http://www.nba.com/nets/schedule lists some Nets’ games on WADO, some on WFAN, some on both, and some on neither. b I do not know of these two stations are “flagship” stations or just the other two stations on the Nets’ network. c Conflict station ‐ this station will be the flagship when the actual flagship has other broadcast committments. d RESERVERD [unused] e This station is on both Lakers’ lists. f Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers h Home games only

Longtime NRC member Scott Fybush is offering his 2013 Tower Site Calendar. This year’s calendar features towers on a golf course, towers split by an interstate highway, and sites and towers that have now disappeared. “Engineers are notoriously underappreciated for the hard work they do,” Scott says, “and the calendar is one little way I can help show some recognition for the infrastructure that engineers design and maintain to make sure all of us have easy access to radio, TV and our cellphones, too.” The 2013 calendars cost $18.50 each ($19.98 including sales tax for New York State residents) and can be purchased by check (payable to “Fybush Media”) or money order to 92 Bonnie Brae Avenue,

Rochester NY 14618. Orders can also be placed with major credit cards, or online at www.fybush.com.

Kraig Krist, in cooperation with Mr. Tom Cooke, Vice President‐General Manager of Astral Radio, has created an “e‐QSL” for CJBK‐1290, London ON. Kraig says that if you hear CJBK, you can send your report to Mr. Cooke and ask him (nicely, of course!) for an e‐QSL. Thanks to Mr. Cooke for his cooperation to benefit radio hobbyists, and to Kraig for developing the e‐QSL for this station.

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