The Magazine for TV and FM DXers October 2015

Photo Courtesy: Paul Mitschler

'TIS THE SEASON FOR TROPO!

BILL HALE ENDS HIS RUN WITH FM NEWS. ANY VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE IT OVER?

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THE VHF-UHF DIGEST IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE OBSERVATION AND STUDY OF THE PROPAGATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEVISION AND FM BROADCASTING SIGNALS AT VHF AND UHF. WTFDA IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS: DOUG SMITH, GREG CONIGLIO, KEITH McGINNIS AND MIKE BUGAJ. Editor and publisher: Ryan Grabow Treasurer: Keith McGinnis wtfda.org Webmaster: Tim McVey Forum Site Administrator: Chris Cervantez Editorial Staff: Jeff Kruszka, Keith McGinnis, Fred Nordquist, Nick Langan, Doug Smith, Bill Hale, John Zondlo and Mike Bugaj Website: www.wtfda.org; Forums: http://forums.wtfda.org

October 2015

Summer is over and the days of E skip openings are gone. The days are growing shorter much too quickly now especially for those of us up north. Luckily the month of September was a good tropo month for many people. Let’s hope it continues into October.

We’d like to say hello to our newest WTFDA member, Heidi M. Roach. We hope that Ms. Roach was looking for WTFDA and not WFTDA (Womens’ Flat Track Roller Derby). We’ve had a handful of women join the WTFDA Facebook Group thinking it was a Flat Track page. I think they found out pretty quickly that it wasn’t.

Renewals received during the period from August 21st through September 19th arrived from Carter Bays, Dave Braun, Leigh Donaldson, Rich McVicar, Richard Lewelling, Tommy Adair, Jeff Lehmann, Dennis Smith, Wolfgang Schneiter, Glenn Hauser, Doug Speheger, Jim Thomas, Glen Boche, John Tudenham, Andy Bolin, Bill Hale and Vincent Ferme. Thank you all for supporting the WTFDA!

Eugene Hinton emailed us that KHDZ-LP 104.6 Porterville, CA came on the air on May 29, 2015 with a Spanish Religion format. It’s listed on the WTFDA FM Database with it’s co-ordinates.

The NRC’s Ernie Wesolowski emailed that the 2016 Kansas City MO’s DXers gathering will be held at the Hyatt Place Airport next to I-29 Exit 10 on September 9-11. Arrive on Thursday the 8 th for 3 nights. Rates are $99 plus taxes and fees. There can be 1 to 3 people per room. Registration is $55 which includes a Friday night pizza party and Saturday night banquet, tours, free shuttle and breakfast. The convention ends Sunday noon. Open to all radio DXers.

I have some questions about this note from Ernie W. and I hope to have answers for them by next VUD.

John Jefferson in Madras, OR, sent along two items. Here’s the first. 1. KCOE is now on simulcasting with KICE 940 Bend, ESPN Radio. Their signal is nearly identical to that of KWXS 107.7 Prineville, understandable since they're both on Powell Buttes with a minor difference in height offset by a minor difference in power. They first noticed at 1758 on 8/25, horribly over-modulated and distorted, splashing over onto 106.3 and 106.7 and even slightly on 106.1 and 106.9. That on my MR-80 in super-narrow mode with 75 db ADJACENT channel selectivity. By 1830 the engineer had tweaked things so the signal was clean, so I think I must have caught them almost as soon as they threw the switch! But the first ID

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 2 ··· THE MAILBOX I heard that included KCOE was today at noon. I'm not a glutton for punishment and everything on ESPN except the play- by-play I consider cruel and unusual, so they may have ID'ed sooner.

And now item 2. After several false alarms KWLZ 96.5 is gone. (Hooray!) KWLZ 96.3 has yet to appear, but recent reception of KXXO 96.1 Olympia WA suggested that their transmitter change is in effect. A call to them confirmed that and they also knew that KWLZ 96.3 is only awaiting word from the FCC to commence operations, It's ironic that KXXO moved 35 miles farther from Madras yet improved their reception here even though they're still at somewhat reduced power. Ah, the magic of terrain and transmitter height. KXXO is no longer snuggled right behind some mountains and is now higher above average terrain, both factors that help. Up at The Hill (just off US 26 south of here at mile 2.7) they were listenable the other day for the first time ever. Don't suppose they'll match KOMO 97.7, which hardly ever fades there, or KLSY 93.7 which is usually solid, but it's certainly a big step up from their prior invisibility! There's a nice view of Mt. Baker from The Hill: the nice signals are likely knife-edge diffraction from there.

This issue marks the end of a seven year run for Bill Hale and his FM News. This is his last one. A column like his is one that you just can’t slap together in an hour or two. It takes work and Bill’s work is much appreciated.

So now we need an editor. We need someone who wants to do some work and help the club. Is there anyone out there up for the challenge? Bill can supply you with data. You take it and mold it into something and submit it to Ryan every month. I would suggest that if you are interested you e-mail Ryan and let him know.

If nobody comes forward, then FM News will become a thing of the past.

And that is it for October. We will see you in November. - Mike

Paul Mitschler's rendition of Hallicrafter 505 which offered 13 push buttons for channels 1-13 back in the late 40's.

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 3 ··· THE MAILBOX Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 News [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com

October 2015

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 DCC Digital Companion Channel QC Channel (?frequency??) change on the air NS Granted flash-cut to DTV QG Channel change granted DCC 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 regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power analog stations in regular italics) Arkansas Hot Springs 18 KTVV-LD XR 34-47-55/ 92-29-44 USA Paragould 26 K26MF PR>6kw, 35-32-36/ 90- 29-47

Alabama Russellville 20 W45CW DC from 45, 15kw Bakersfield 43 KPMC-LP DC 15kw Banning 33 KRVD-LP DR 3kw, 33-57-42/ 117-16-47 Big Bear Lake 6 KZNO-LP CC from K06MU Alaska Daggett 18, K18IM, NW 330w, 34-53-07/ Nenana 8 K08OV XR 64-34-39/ 149-04-40 21 K21MH 116-53-45 (San Bernardino Co.)

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 4 ··· TV NEWS Lucerne Valley 24, K15CA, AF 1.3kw, 34-36-35/ 26, K17KD, 117-17-13; DCC for 32 K19BT analog 15/ 17/ 19 Modesto 49 K49EO DR Illinois Morongo Valley 32 K32EM DC 435w Chicago 19 WGN-TV NW 175kw/ 437m, 41- Newberry 6, K06IQ, DC 208/ 247w 53-56/ 87-37-23 (aux) Springs 10 K10IX Jacksonville 49 WEEJ-LD XR 38-54-40/ 90-10-37 Palm Desert 11 KDUO-LP AF 1kw; DCC for Mount Vernon 11 WPXS QR from 21, analog 43 160kw/163m, 38-36- San Diego 6 KRPE-LP PR>3kw, 33-18-35/ 39/ 89-45-32; 116-50-54; CL from amendment from 172m Banning Mount Vernon 42 W42EM XR 38-29-23/ 89-47-17 Twentynine 15, K15FC, DC 435w, 34-04-32/ Mount Vernon 48 W48EH XR 38-23-18/ 89-15-19 Palms 17 K17GJ 115-57-18 Springfield 23, W23DX, PR>6kw, 38-54-40/ 90- Victorville 30 K51AN AF 1.43kw, 34-36-35/ 45 W45DK 10-37 117-17-13; DCC for analog 51; see Lucerne Valley

Indiana Indianapolis 31 WKOG-LP CX Colorado Salem 17 WRLW-CA QC from 41, 6.5kw, 38- Mesa 13 K13IF NW 6w, 38-44-18/ 108- 21-57/ 85-58-55 53-10 (Mesa Co.) Terre Haute 28 W28DZ XR 39-53-39/ 86-12-21

Florida Iowa Gainesville 25 WFEO-LD PR<6kw, 30-08-12/ 82- Cedar Falls 46 K46MK PR>15kw, 42-17-17/ 02-17; PC<6kw, 29-47- 91-52-54 47/ 82-20-46 Jacksonville 29 WUBF-LP DR from 69, 5kw, 30- 17-54/ 81-58-37; DG; DC Live Oak 20 WKBJ-LD CC from W20EA Kansas Ocala 44 W44DS XC 28-49-15/ 81-41-47 Kansas City 25 KCKS-LD PC>15kw, 39-05-31/ 94-56-42 Topeka 22 KMJC-LD PR<340w, 38-57-14/ 95-16-11 38-58-33/ 95- 48-33; PC Dublin 21 W21DA XR 32-34-11/ 83-11-23 Gainesville 31 WVND-LD PC>3kw Valdosta 13 WBFL-CA DC 2kw

Maine Bangor 5 W05DF PR>2.2kw, 44-50-49/ 68-40-48; PG

Idaho Boise 6 KFMY-LD CC for NS

Massachusetts Springfield 43 WHTX-LP DC 15kw, 42-05-01/ 72-42-16

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 5 ··· TV NEWS Michigan New Hampshire Ironwood 32 W32CV DR 8.452kw Concord 22 W22EK PR>5kw, 42-57-05/ Marquette 14 W14EM NW 15kw, 46-32-41/ 71-16-06 87-23-31 (WLUC)

New Mexico Minnesota Farmington 34 KFNM-LD CC from K34MY Aitkin 39 K39GG DR 6.745kw Las Vegas 33 K33FL PR<345w, 35-36-12/ Duluth 33 KDLH FC to CW 105-15-30 Duluth 19 KBJR-TV FC to add CBS on 6.2 Santa Fe 29 KWBQ PC<1275m, 35-12-49/ Grand Rapids 29 K29EB DR 14.909kw 106-27-01 Hibbing 15 K15GT DR 8.035kw International 45 K45JD DR 45w Falls Rochester 15 K15JM PC<6kw, 44-18-37/ 92-46-12 New York Rochester 28 K28LW XC 44-18-37/ 92-46-13 Binghamton 20 WBGH-CA DC 40w Virginia 47 K47IR DR 92w Newburgh 32 WNYW NW 1kw, 41-29-19/ 73- 56-52; DCC for NYC 44 Roslyn 9 W09CZ PR<68w, 40-44-50/ 73-56-40 Syracuse 32 WOBX-LP AF 2.5kw, DCC for analog 35 Clarksdale 45 W45ED XR 34-36-13/ 89-57-22

North Carolina Fayetteville 22 WIRP-LD XR 35-47-12/ 78-43-38 Columbia 27 K27MG XR 38-49-22/ 91-11-00 Greenville 14 WIED-LD PR>15kw, 35-23-52/ Columbia 29 K29KV XR 38-41-33/ 90-39-56 78-08-07

Ohio Montana Canton 43 W43DB PR>2kw, 41-01-32/ Billings 14 KINV-LD CC from K14IS 81-24-21 Missoula 7 KPAX-TV XR 47-01-02/ 114-00-47

Nebraska Oregon Columbus 48 KMJF-LD CC from K48NV Sunriver 24 K24JE XR 43-52-25/ 121-30-11 Grand Island 21 KMLF-LD CC from K21LX Norfolk 35 KNEN-LD NW 15kw, 42-01-40/ 97-20-24 (Flood Communications); CC from K35KZ Scottsbluff 7 KDUH FC to NBC // KNOP 2

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 6 ··· TV NEWS Eagle Pass 17 KEAP-LP AF 15kw, 28-45-08/ 100-25-41; DCC for analog 3 (main) Kerrville 14 KWTC-LP AF 10kw, 30-12-13/ 98- Pennsylvania 46-41; DCC for analog 11 Clarks Summit 24 W24DB DC 5kw Laredo 13 KYLX-LD DC from 55, 13.1kw, Wilkes-Barre 8 W08EM DC from W07BV, 7w 27-31-12/ 99-31-19 Livingston 25 KCTL-LD XR 30-20-34/ 95-07-31 McAllen 15 KJST-LP AF 15kw, 26-15-24/ 98- 13-55; DCC for analog 28 Midland 22 KMDF-LP DC 15kw Odessa 6 K06QA XC 31-50-53/ 102-27-05 Rhode Island Rio Grande City 5 KRGT-LP AF 3kw, 26-18-09/ 98- Providence 50 WJAR QC from 51 37-17; DCC for analog 49 San Antonio 11 KMHZ-LP DR 850w San Antonio 34 KNIC-CD PR<11.7kw Uvalde 7 KNHB-LP DR 3kw, 29-19-10/ 99-19-58 Victoria 48 KVCV-LD PC<5kw, 28-54-59/ South Carolina 96-37-36 Florence 14 W14EB NW 15kw, 34-04-57/ 79-37-19 (MIK) Florence 19, W19DX, PR 6kw 22 W22EQ Florence 35 WUCV-LD PC>15kw Myrtle Beach 15 W15CY XR 33-43-33/ 79-46-58 Washington Myrtle Beach 23 WLDW-LD XR 34-00-02/ 79-34-51 Clarkston 42 KVBI-LP DC 2.61kw Ellensburg 23 K23KI PC>15kw, 47-10-06/ 121-03-33

South Dakota Badger 35 K35GR DR 6.76kw Brookings 40 K40FZ DR 7.014kw Wisconsin Murdo 44 K44GG DR 144w Ashland 45 W45CI DR 9.332kw, 46-35-23/ Pierre 27 K27HJ DR 6.76kw 90-50-12 Rapid City 2 KOTA-TV FC to ?? Eau Claire 20 W20DU XR 44-41-43/ 93-01-25 Rapid City 23 KEVN-LD FC to ABC Hayward 31 K31GH DR 9.484kw Springfield 33 K33GX DR 7.014kw Watertown 42 K42FI DR 6.516kw

Wyoming Tennessee Laramie 17 KXJB-LD DC from 14, 15kw, 41- Cleveland 25 WPDP-LP DC 1kw 06-00/ 105-00-23 Jackson 49 W49EK PR<5kw, 34-59-22/ 89-51-45

September 1st is the deadline for Class A stations to convert to digital operation. Stations listed as "DTV requested", "DTV granted", or "no DTV request" are Class A stations still operating in analog. They will be required to shut down their analog operations on the 1st. Some (most?) of those listed Beeville 30 K09YZ DC from 9, 300w, 28- with "DTV granted" may already be operating in digital and 23-19/ 97-28-18 won't be affected. I strongly suspect the three stations listed College Station 41 K41LT XR 30-37-21/ 97-10-46 as "no digital request" will be going away permanently. (if it Dayton 5 KTDJ-LP PC<1kw, 30-01-24/ hasn't already happened...) 94-30-39

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 7 ··· TV NEWS FM NEWS for and USA OCTOBER 2015 BILL HALE [email protected]

INDEX OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN FM NEWS

APP: application $: Stereo APP Mod: Change to an already submitted application SS: Spanish language Class: FM license class STA: Special Temporary Authorization CoL: City-of-License XL: Transmitter Location change to CP: construction permit (authority to broadcast with > : change to [in formats} facilities noted) < : an increase to [in technical data] CP Mod: change to an already granted CP > : a decrease to [in technical data] DA: directional antenna [ ]: Calls in brackets signifies assumed or applied-for EE: English language status FF: French language Note: antenna heights are HAAT except where noted

—— CANADA ——

— CALL LETTER ACTIONS —

Old Call New Call ON St. Catharines 93.3 CP CFBN-FM

— NEW STATIONS ON THE AIR —

BC Lake Cowichan 97.5 CICV-FM < .05 kW-V/(-) 370 m, 48-49-25/12403-17; Class VLP; Mono changes frequency from 98.7 BC Prince George 93.1 CFIS-FM < .494 kW/>(-) 35 m, 53-53-58/122-46-00; Class A; Mono NF Clarenville 107.5 CKSJ-FM-1 25.5 kW-H/126 m DA, 48-07-40/53-56-31; Class B; $ [is // CKSJ-FM 101.1 St. Johns with Classic Hits] ON 96.7 CFZM-1-FM .082 kW280 m DA, 43-38-56/79-22-54; Class A; $ [is a nested repeater for CFZM-740 Toronto with Standards] ON Uxbridge 105.5 CIUX-FM .9 kW/140 m DA, 44-04-28/79-09-53; Class A; $ [Torres Media]

— FORMAT and SLOGAN UPDATES —

AB Calgary 97.7 CHUP-FM > AC: Soft Rock 97.7 NS Halifax 103.5 CKHZ-FM > Country: Hot Country 103.5 ON Kingston 96.3 CFMK-FM Changes slogan to: BIG FM, adding Classic Hits to their Classic Rock format

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 8 ··· FM NEWS ON Peterborough 96.7 CJWV-FM > Oldies: Oldies 96.7 ON Smiths Falls 92.3 CJET-FM > Contemporary: 92.3 Jack FM ON Uxbridge 105.5 CIUX-FM Signs on with Classic Hits: 105.5 HITS FM QC Levis 102.1 CFEL-FM > Hot AC: blvd102.1 [as in ‘boulevard’] QC Magog 106.1 CIMO-FM > Changes slogan to Energie FM, remaining CHR (includes CIMO-FM1 106.9 Sherbrooke) QC Rimouski 98.7 CIKI-FM Reverts back to Energie FM as a slogan, remaining CHR (includes CIKI-FM2 93.9 Ste-Marguerite-Marie) QC Montreal 91.9 CFSI-FM > Sports: 91.9 Sport

— TECHNICAL CHANGES —

GRANTS TO EXISTING STATIONS

CP granted for: AB Spruce Grove 98.5 CFWE-FM4 < 100 kW/> 154 m, 53-38-45/114-00-14; (to) Class C1; $ NB Grande-Anse 88.3 CBAL-FM2 95.1 kW-V//< 100 kW-H (adds V), < 97 m DA, XL to 47-49-01/65-08-50; (to) Class C; (to) Mono [changes CoL from Leeque and frequency from 95.3] NT Yellowknife 98.9 CFYK-FM < 5.5 kW (adds V)/< 50 m; 62-26-50/114-21-37; Class A; Mono NS Middleton 106.5 CBHM-FM “Approval was granted for technical changes to Radio One’s CBHM-FM. However, the CRTC neglected to activate the link outlining the details. The station currently operates with 93.4 kW/227 m.” NS Middleton 107.5 CBAF-FM6 < 19.2 kW/> 222 m, 45-04-45/64-48-51; Class B; Mono ON Fergus 101.1 CICW-FM < 2.5 kW/49 m DA, 43-43-18/80-23-06; (to) Class A; $ [frequency change from 92.9] ON Kitchener/Waterloo 93.7 CJTW-FM < .42 kW/< 58 m, 43-27-06/80-29-31; (to) Class A; $ [frequency change from 94.3 MHz] ON Tillsonburg 88.7 CBCL-FM1 > 1.28 kW/3.5 m, 42-52-18/80-44-08; Class A; Mono

GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS

CP granted for: NF Gander 97.7 CP 2.8 kW/137 m, 49-04-02/54-30-13; Class A; $ [will be // CHOZ-FM 94.7 St. Johns] NS Halifax 99.1 [CHHU-FM] 355 W-H/224 m, 44-39-03/63-39-25; Class A; $ [programming will be 72% Arabic and 28% other languages. Local programming will be aired during 102 hours of the broadcast week while the remainder will be a simulcast of CHOU- 1450 Montreal, Quebec] ON Kitchener/Waterloo 93.7 CP .42 kW-V/58 m, 43-27-06/80-29-32; Class A; $ [will be religious, and replace CJTW-FM 94.3] ON Stratford 107.1 [CJCS-FM] 4 kW-H/33 m DA, 43-21-52/80-57-38; Class A; $ [will replace CJCS-1240 Stratford; format will be Rock]

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 9 ··· FM NEWS APPLICATIONS FROM EXISTING/PROPOSED FACILITIES

Applies for: AB Cochrane 91.5 CFIT-FM1 < 10 kW, > 116 m DA, 51-11-52/114-27-23; Class C; $ [Golden West has applied to convert CFIT-FM1 from a 100 watt relay to a local full-power Country station. The station currently simulcasts CFIT-FM 106.1 Airdrie] AB Peace River 96.9 CKUA-FM5 > 22 kW/156 m, 56-14-07/117-15-55; Class B; $ NU Baker Lake 99.3 CKQN-FM < .089 kW/< 1.5 m, XL to 64-17-51/96-01-12; Class A1; Mono [the station is // Radio One’s CBQR-FM 105.1 Rankin Inlet]

APPLICATIONS FOR NEW FACILITIES

Applies for: AB Sylvan Lake 88.5 CKLK-FM 1.5 kW/150 m DA, 52-18-43/113-57-32; Class A; $ [Hot Adult Contemporary and Modern Rock/Alternative; Clear Sky Radio Inc.] AB Sylvan Lake 88.3 APP 50 kW/119 m DA, 52-20-51/114-13-46; Class B; $ [New Country; Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.] BC Ashcroft 99.1 [CHCA-FM-1] .006 kW-H/(-) 34 m, 50-44-27/121-16-34; Class VLP; Mono [would be a relay of (applied-for) CHCA-FM 97.1 Cache Creek . . . see next] BC Cache Creek 97.1 [CHCA-FM] .026 kW/(-) 54 m, 50-48-22/121-18-58; Class VLP; $ [EE-language Community station; Ash Creek Television Society] ON Creemore 106.3 APP .0032 kW/18 m, [EE-language Developmental Community; Clearview Community Radio Inc.] NF Gander 97.7 NEW 2.8 kW/137 m, 49-04-02/54-30-13; Class A; Mono [will relay CHOZ-FM St. John's] NS Sydney 92.1 [CBI-1-FM] 10.65 kW-H/123 m DA, 46-05-40/60-08-52; Class B1; Mono [would be a nested repeater for CBI-1140]

— OTHERNEWS —

AB Hinton 104.9 CP Newcap has been granted an extension to February 20, 2017 to get its new 1.1 kW facility here on the air. They state that the extension is required due to “the significant softening of the resource based Alberta economy which is heavily dependent on oil prices. Newcap remains committed to adding this FM service to Hinton once the economy improves.” They are proposing an Active Rock format BC Grand Forks 107.3 CBTK-FM2 The CBC now has until October 31, 2016 to convert Radio One’s CBRJ-860 Grand Forks, BC to 107.3 MHz. The new station will operate with .252 kW at (-) 363 metres. The CBC states that some technical and resource challenges have resulted in the delay. BC Williams Lake 92.1 CBYK-FM1 An extension has been granted to the CBC to 11 December 2016 to commence operation of CBYK-FM1 at Williams Lake, which will replace CBRL-860 Williams Lake. NB Moncton 105.1 CITA-FM International Harvesters for Christ received approval to change the status of CITA-FM from non-commercial to commercial [meaning they air commercials]. This will put CITA-FM in line with sister stations CJLU-FM 93.9 Halifax and CIOG-FM 91.3 Charlottetown which currently have commercial licenses. CITA operates rebroadcasters CITA-FM2 99.1 Amherst and CITA-FM1 107.3 Sussex. QC Victoriaville 103.5 CKYQ-FM1 Attraction Media received approval to revoke the license of CKYQ-FM1. This was a condition of approval related to the common ownership policy attached to their recent purchase of CFDA-FM 101.9 Victoriaville, CFJO-FM 97.3 Thetford Mines, and CKLD-FM 105.5 Thetford Mines from Radio Megantic. CKYQ-FM1 was a simulcast of CKYQ-FM 95.7 Plessisville. SK Yorkton 98.5 CJJC-FM CJJK-FM has applied to be relieved of the Specialty FM license requirements. This would enable the station to drop its Christian programming and take on a more mainstream format.

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 10 ··· FM NEWS —— AND TERRITORIES ——

— CALL LETTER ACTIONS —

FULL POWER STATIONS

Old Call New Call Old Call New Call AK McGrath 89.5 CP KSKO-FM NY Lancaster 90.7 CP WLGU FL Ponte Vedra Beach 106.5 WHJX WEZI NC Harrisburg 92.7 WPZS WQNC CA Sacramento 88.1 KEAR-FM KEBR NC Indian Trail 100.9 WQNC WPZS CO Estes Park 88.7 KDCO KRKY-FM OK Oklahoma City 107.7 KRXO KRXO-FM FL Miramar 104.3 WAXY-FM WSFS PA Beaver Springs 106.1 WLZS WZBF GA Perry 100.9 WPGA-FM WNEX-FM PA Huntingdon 103.5 WLAK WHUN-FM IL Augusta 98.5 CP WLSB PA Mexico 92.5 WJUN-FM WIBF IL Taylorville 92.7 WQLZ WUSW-FM PA Mount Union 106.3 WHUN-FM WDBF-FM IL Petersburg 97.7 WLCE WQLZ SD Sioux Falls 94.5 KCFS KBAD-FM MI Ludington 97.7 CP WNOM TX Goliad 104.3 CP KPQG MS Picayune 106.1 WMTI WZRH TX Panhandle 106.1 CP KPQP MS Vaiden 95.1 CP WZMS TX Sanger 89.7 KVRK KAWA MT Bozeman 88.5 CP KOFK-FM UT Ogden 101.9 KENZ KHTB NV Sun Valley 89.1 KXNV KJIV VT Colchester 88.7 WWPV-FM WVTX NM Carrizozo 100.1 CP KPQC WA Naches 99.3 KIT-FM KMGW NM Eunice 100.9 KPER KNMJ NM Tularosa 102.7 CP KPQH

LPFM STATIONS

Old Call New Call Old Call New Call AL Montgomery 94.5 CP WUMO-LP KY Somerset 94.3 CP WIJS-LP AZ Mesa 99.1 KOWO-LP KQCX-LP MI New Buffalo 107.9 CP WNBI-LP AZ Tucson 91.7 CP KVAN-LP MN St. Paul 98.1 CP KENL-LP AR Fort Smith 102.3 CP KGDA-LP MO Kimberling City 95.1 CP KCXM-LP CA Arcata 96.7 CP KZZH-LP NE Omaha 91.9 CP KPDI-LP CA Crescent City 101.1 CP KFDG-LP NY Poughkeepsie 94.7 CP WJVQ-LP CA Sacramento 99.1 CP KSCF-LP NY Watertown 96.9 CP WWTJ-LP CA Santa Barbara 96.5 CP KZAA-LP PA North 98.5 CP WJYN-LP FL Immokalee 103.5 CP WEGI-LP SD Fort Thompson 96.5 CP KZZE-LP FL St. Petersburg 99.1 CP WUJM-LP TN Cleveland 107.5 CP WTNG-LP GA Douglasville 102.1 CP WYRI-LP TN Dayton 101.1 CP WMJG-LP GA Kennesaw 102.1 WWKG-LP WEZM-LP TX Killeen 95.1 CP KMYB-LP GA Powder Springs 103.7 CP WJXK-LP TX Nacogdoches 100.9 CP KJXP-LP IN Warsaw 93.9 WLQZ-LP WIOE-LP TX Sachse 95.7 CP KYNC-LP KS Kansas City 97.7 CP KNIU-LP TX San Antonio 96.5 CP KHDJ-LP KS Towanda 95.7 CP KZTF-LP TX San Antonio 99.1 CP KHJS-LP KY Danville 93.5 CP WDPJ-LP WV Wheeling 107.1 CP WEJP-LP

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 11 ··· FM NEWS TRANSLATOR and BOOSTER STATIONS

Old Call New Call Old Call New Call AZ Prescott 89.9 K209FN K210EX NY Elizabethtown 91.3 W270CN W217CC CA Baker 106.1 K292GF K291CI NY Medina 89.7 W297BD W209CO CA Monterey 95.9 K236BK K240EN NC Alarka 105.1 W289CC W286CW CA Watsonville 99.5 APP KLOK-1 NC Highlands 103.3 W269AY W277CU CO La Porte 98.7 K252EA K254CH OH Columbus 95.9 W294AH W240CX CO Parachute 88.5 K202BI K203FJ OK Tulsa 96.9 K299BL K245BZ FL Haines City 92.9 W224CF W225CG OR Sutherlin-Oakland 107.7 K295AW K299BQ GA Hiawassee 97.7 W248BJ W249DB PA Bradford 106.3 APP WXMT-1 HI Kapaa 101.3 K264BV K267BW SC Orangeburg 99.7 W258CP W259CL HI Waimea 94.9 K234AN K235CN TN Dyersburg 91.3 W218AM W217CD ID Kimberly 93.5 K231CM K228FL TX Seguin 95.5 K239BZ K238BZ ID Orofino 88.7 KIYE-2 KIYE-FM2 UT St. George 94.9 K288GX K235CK KY Madisonville 95.7 W237EI W239CA UT Tooele 94.9 KHTB-FM2 KENZ-FM2 KY Okolona 101.9 W216BM W270CR WA Kent 99.3 APP KDDS-4 LA Lake Charles 97.1 K281AU K264CK WA Rainier Beach 99.3 APP KDDS-2 MA Boston 92.5 APP WXRV-5 WA Seattle 99.3 APP KDDS-1 MI Alpena 102.7 W273CC W274BN WA Shelton 103.3 K281BM K278CG MI Whitehall 103.9 W227AS W280ET WA Spokane, etc 100.7 K262AG K264CE MN Moorhead 96.9 W245CM K245BY WA Tukwila 99.3 APP KDDS-3 MO Brookfield 91.1 K218BQ K216GK WI Sparta 102.1 W270CO W271CM NE Plattsmouth 95.5 K236BY K238BY WY Laramie 101.3 K266CB K267BU

— FORMAT AND SLOGAN UPDATES — Full Power Stations

AK Glacier View 91.5 KGVC Signs on with Variety: Radio Free Palmer AZ Sun City West 95.1 KOAI > Adult Contemporary: The Oasis 95.1 & 94.9 // K235CB 94.9 Chandler AR Jonesboro 89.7 KJSA Returns to the air with Religious Teaching: CA Cathedral City 98.5 KDES-FM > Country: 98.5 The Bull CA Independence 92.5 KSRW > Modern Rock: Alt 92.5 CA Johannesburg 98.5 KGIL-FM > Unavailable Format CA Lancaster 88.9 KTLW > Christian CHR/Rock: Air One CO Beulah 94.7 KFVR > Classic Hip-Hop: The Beat CO Colorado City 103.3 KJQY > Country: KIQ’N Country 103.3 CO La Jara 97.1 KZBR > Hot AC: The Zebra [Westwood One - Hot AC] DE Pike Creek 88.1 WMHS Changes slogan to: The Edge FL Blountstown 102.7 WPHK > Religious Teaching: Divine Word Network [EWN] FL Carrabelle 106.5 WOCY > Country: Power Country 106.5 FL Gainesville 100.9 WXJZ > Adult Contemporary: 100.9 Smooth FM FL Lynn Haven 104.3 WBYW Returns to the air with Unavailable Format FL Ponte Vedra Beach 106.5 WHJX > Unavailable Format FL Vero Beach 93.7 WGYL > Hot AC: 93.7 WGYL Today's Best Music HI Kawaihae 106.9 KWYI Returns to the air with Unavailable Format IL Augusta 98.5 WLSB Signs on with Religious Teaching [Lifetalk Radio] IL Ottawa 95.3 WRKX Changes slogan to: 95.3 Jack FM [Westwood One - Jack FM] IL Petersburg 97.7 WLCE Changes slogan to: Real Rock 97.7 QLZ IL Taylorville 92.7 WQLZ > Country: US 92.7 IN Anderson 97.9 WGNR-FM Changes slogan to: IN Austin 92.7 WXKU-FM Changes slogan to: 92.1 Nash ICON [Westwood One - Nash Icon] IN Covington 90.3 WFOF Changes slogan to: Moody Radio IN Fort Wayne 95.1 WAJI > AC: Majic 95.1 IN Kokomo 91.7 WIWC Changes slogan to: Moody Radio IN Mitchell 88.1 WMBL Changes slogan to: Moody Radio IN Van Buren 99.3 WCJC Changes slogan to: Your Country IN West Lafayette 89.9 WHPL Changes slogan to: Moody Radio IN Wilkinson 89.1 WRFM-FM > Talk KS Russell 95.9 KRSL-FM > Adult Hits: 95.9 Jack-FM [Westwood One - Jack FM] KY Lebanon 100.9 WLSK Changes slogan to: Country 100.9 WLSK KY London 103.9 WWEL > Hot AC [Westwood One - Hot AC]

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 12 ··· FM NEWS KY Madisonville 106.9 WTTL-FM > Hot AC [Westwood One - Hot AC] MD Fruitland 107.7 WKHI > Country: Your Country K107 MD Grantsville 90.3 WAIJ > Religious Teaching: American [American Family Association] MI Cadillac 96.7 WLXV > Country: 96.7 The Bull MI Stephenson 106.3 WMXG Returns to the air with Unavailable Format MN Crosby 101.5 KFGI Changes slogan to: Jack FM 101.5 [Westwood One - Jack FM] MN Duluth 95.7 KDAL-FM Changes slogan to: My 95-7 MN Sleepy Eye 107.3 KNUJ-FM Changes slogan to: KNUJ 107.3 MS Picayune 106.1 WMTI > Modern Rock: 106.1 The Underground MS Sumrall 93.1 WGDQ > Black Gospel: 93.1 - WGDQ Where God Did It Quickly MO Rolla 103.1 KDAA Changes slogan to: Jack FM 103.1 [Westwood One - Jack FM] NE Ogallala 106.5 KMCX-FM Changes slogan to: Hot Country 106.5 NV Fallon Station 105.3 KZTI > Rock: 105.3 Z-Rock NV Henderson 100.5 KXNT-FM > Rhythmic AC: Q 100.5 NV Sun Valley 89.1 KJIV > Classic Country NH Henniker 99.1 WNNH > News/Talk: 99.1 NH1 News NM Las Vegas 96.7 KMDZ > Classic Hits: Z 96.7 [Westwood One - Classic Hits] NY Deposit 94.7 WIYN Returns to the air with Oldies: Oldies 100 [Westwood One - Good Time Oldies] NY Montauk 104.7 WELJ Changes slogan to: 94.7 FM Nash ICON [Westwood One - Nash Icon] NC East Fayetteville 88.1 WWFJ Returns to the air with Southern Gospel: Old Paths Radio Network [Old Paths Radio Network] NC Elm City 92.1 WRSV Changes slogan to: Choice-FM 92.1 NC Wrightsville Beach 103.7 WBNE Returns to the air with Adult Hits: Big John FM OH North Canton 101.7 WHOF > Adult Hits: My 101.7 OK Alva 105.7 KRDR > Sports [ESPN Radio Network] OK Muskogee 97.1 KYAL-FM Changes network to ESPN Radio Network OK Okarche 106.7 KTUZ-FM Changes slogan to: La Z 106.7 OK Newcastle 93.3 KJKE Continuing with it’s Country format, Donald Trump has taken over KJKE as he prepares to speak (September 25) at the Oklahoma State Fair. His ’likeness’ is now operating 93.3 The Donald with the goal to “Make Radio Great Again!” [it is not clear at our deadline if this is just a one-day promotion, or will continue] OR Terrebonne 106.5 KCOE Signs on with Sports: SportsRadio 940 [Fox Sports Radio] OR Tri City 104.3 KKMX Changes slogan to: 104.5 KKMX FM OR West Linn 96.3 KWLZ-FM Signs on with Classic Hits: KWLZ 96.3, Rock and Roll’s Greatest Hits PA Beaver Springs 106.1 WZBF > Country: Bigfoot Country [Westwood One - Mainstream Country] PA Huntington 103.5 WLAK > Oldies: Hunny 103.5 [Westwood One- Good Time Oldies] PA Mexico 92.5 WIBF > Country: Bigfoot Country [Westwood One - Mainstream Country] PA Mount Union 106.3 WHUN-FM > Country: Bigfoot Country [Westwood One - Mainstream Country] SC Mauldin 104.9 WROO > 80/90s Classic Rock: Real Rock 104.9 TN Loretto 98.3 WDXE-FM > Country: Power 97.5 WLX TX Bellmead 104.9 KBHT > Urban AC: Hot 104.9 [Westwood One - The Touch] TX Kingsland 104.7 KHLE > Unavailable Format TX Kingsville 92.7 KKBA > Rock: Rock 92.7 TX Mason 101.7 KHLB > Country: Lonestar 102.5 TX Portland 105.5 KLHB > Sports: 105.5 ESPN Radio [ESPN Radio] UT Provo 94.9 KHTB > : 94.9 The Vibe [Westwood One- Classic Hip Hop] VT Colchester 88.7 WVTX-FM > Unavailable Format VA Buffalo Gap 95.5 WBOP > Contemporary Christian: The Journey 88.3 VA Charlottesville 92.7 WUVA > Country: 92.7 Nash Icon [Westwood One - Nash Icon] VA Charlottesville 107.5 WCHV-FM Adds Sports to its News/Talk format during nighttime and weekends (adds Fox Sports Radio) and is no longer // WHAV-1400 Charlottesville; see FM and AM Simulcasts VA Louisa 105.5 WOJL > Classic Hits [Westwood One - Classic Hits] VA Mount Jackson 96.9 WSIG Changes slogan to: Country Legends 96.9 WA Naches 99.3 KMGW > Rhythmic Oldies: Mega 99.3 WV Fisher 103.7 WQWV Changes slogan to: Jack 103.7 [Westwood One - Jack FM] WV Grafton 95.9 WDKL > Unavailable Format WI Fond du Lac 107.1 WFON > Country: 107-1 The Bull WI Milwaukee 95.7 WRIT-FM Changes slogan to: 95-7 Big FM WI Milwaukee 96.5 WKLH Changes slogan to: Milwaukee's Home Town Rock WI Rhinelander 100.1 WRHN Changes slogan to: 100.1 Jack FM [Westwood One - Jack FM] WY Evanston 106.3 KBMG Changes slogan to Latino 106.3

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 13 ··· FM NEWS LP Stations

CA Crescent City 101.1 KFDG-LP Signs on with Variety CT Simsbury 103.5 WSIM-LP Signs on with Variety FL Winter Garden 99.7 WIDT-LP Signs on with Variety KY Danville 93.5 WDPJ-LP Signs on with Spanish Religious MN St. Paul 104.7 WEQY-LP Signs on with Variety MN Two Harbors 99.5 KTWH-LP Signs on with Variety NH Manchester 95.3 WMNH-LP Signs on with Variety OK Edmond 99.3 KZUC-LP Signs on with Adult Alternative PA Warminster 106.5 WHII-LP Signs on with Ethnic PA York 106.1 WYCO-LP Signs on with Variety TN Memphis 100.5 WJLL-LP Signs on with Variety VA Charlottesville 94.7 WPVC-LP Signs on with Talk VT Colchester 92.5 WWPV-LP Signs on with Adult Alternative VA Suffolk 103.5 WORJ-LP Signs on with Black Gospel WA Goldendale 100.1 KVGD-LP Signs on with Variety WI Rice Lake 105.5 WYRL-LP Signs on with Variety/Community [Barron County Law Enforcement Association]

Translators AL Birmingham 94.9 W235BS > Alternative: Alt 94.9“Classic Rock 94.9 // WQEN-HD2 103.7 Titusville AL Birmingham 100.1 W261BX > Christmas Music, becoming this year’s 1st Christmas/Holiday-themed station AL Montgomery 107.1 W296AI > CHR: Hits 107.1 // WQKS-HD3 96.1 Montgomery AZ Riviera, etc 103.9 K280DD > Urban: Real 103.9 // KPLV-HD2 93.1 Las Vegas CO Fowler 93.9 K230BB > Classic Hip-Hop: The Beat // KFVR 94.7 Beulah FL Tallahassee 94.5 W232BO > Classic Hits: The New 94.5, My FM [reported to have moved from 94.3, but the FCC hasn’t issued W233xx calls as of the deadline] ID Horseshoe Bend 92.7 K224EP > Alternative: 92.7 The Alternative // KQBL-HD3 101.9 Emmett IN Fort Wayne 99.5 W258BY > Alternative: Alt 99.5, Fort Wayne’s Alternative // WAJI-HD2 95.1 Fort Wayne

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 14 ··· FM NEWS IA Des Moines 104.5 K283CC > Soft Oldies: 104.5 KRNT // KAZR-HD2 103.3 Pella IA Winterset 93.7 K229CC > Country: 93.7 The Outlaw // KSTZ-HD2 102.5 Des Moines [K229CC has a CP changing its CoL to Des Moines] MI Saginaw 103.1 W276CZ > Adult Hits: The O // WOAP-1080 Owosso NV Las Vegas 103.9 K280DD > Urban: Real 103.9 NV Reno 92.5 K223AL > Oldies: Oldies 92.5 // KLCA-HD3 96.5 Tahoe City NM Albuquerque 102.9 K275AO > Active Rock: Area 102.9 // KARS-840 Belen NC Goldsboro 98.3 W252CL > Adult Hits: 98.3 Jack FM [Westwood One - Jack FM] NC Raleigh 104.7 W284CP > Oldies: Just Right Radio NC Statesville 92.9 W255BD Changes slogan to: Real Country 550 and 92.9 NC Youngsville 104.7 W284CD > Oldies: Just Right Radio OK Broken Arrow 107.9 K300CY > Sports: The Franchise 107.7 // KTUZ-1270 Claremore, OK [programming originates at KRXO 107.7 Oklahoma City] OK Tulsa 101.9 K270BK > Regional Mexican: La Z // KZLI-1570 Catoosa PA Uniontown 106.3 W292DH > Sports: 970 ESPN // WBGG-970 Pittsburgh VA Charlottesville 94.1 W231AD > Classic Country: 94.1 Hank-FM // WKAV-1400 Charlottesville WI Milwaukee 100.3 W262CJ > Oldies [True Oldies Channel] // WZTI-1290 Greenfield

— FM and AM SIMULCASTS —

Is heard on: FL Tallahassee 94.5 W232BO WNLS-1270 Tallahassee with Classic Hits MI Saginaw 103.1 W276CZ WOAP-1080 Owosso with Adult Hits OK Broken Arrow 107.9 K300CY KTUZ-1270 Claremore with Sports OK Tulsa 101.9 K270BK KZLI-1570 Catoosa with Regional Mexican NC Goldsboro 98.3 W252CL WSSG-1300 Goldsboro with Adult Hits NC Raleigh 104.7 W284CP WPTK-850 Raleigh with Oldies NC Statesville 92.9 W255BD WAME-550 Statesville with Country NC Youngsville 104.7 W284CD WPTK-850 Raleigh with Oldies OR Terrebonne 106.5 KCOE KICE-940 Bend with Sports PA Uniontown 106.3 W292DH WBGG-970 Pittsburgh with Sports TN Lawrenceburg 103.1 W276CY WDXE-1370 Lawrenceburg with Classic Country VA Charlottesville 94.1 W231AD WKAV-1400 Charlottesville with Classic Country WI Eau Claire 105.1 W286CK WAYY-790 Eau Claire with Sports WI La Crosse 92.3 K222AG WIZM-1410 La Crosse with News/Talk

— NEW BOOSTER STATIONS GRANTED —

Power (kW) /Ant Ht Licensee: ID Orofino 88.7 KIYE-FM2 .03 / 8 Nez Perce Tribe

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 15 ··· FM NEWS — APPLICATIONS FOR NEW BOOSTER STATIONS —

Power (kW) / Ant Ht Applicant: CA West 89.3 KPPC-2 .35 / 49 Pasadena Area Community College District CA West Los Angeles 89.3 KPPC-3 .35 / 49 Pasadena Area Community College District CA Watsonville 99.5 KLOK-1 .09 / 19 Entravision Holdings, LLC FL Pinellas Park 97.1 WSUN-2 .8 / 23 Cox Radio, Inc. MA Boston 92.5 WXRV-4 .099-V/.033-H / Beanpot License Corp. 43 DA (180E) MA Boston 92.5 WXRV-5 .024-V/.008-H Beanpot License Corp. 255 DA (179E) MA Dover 92.5 WXRV-2 .099-V/.033-H / Beanpot License Corp. 98 DA (195E) MA Framingham 92.5 WXRV-1 .099-V/.033-H / Beanpot License Corp. 49 DA (227E) MA Newton 92.5 WXRV-3 .099-V/.033-H / Beanpot License Corp. 87 DA (190E) NE Chadron 88.7 KVKR-1 .008 / 12 Southern Cultural Foundation NC Bryson City 104.1 WNCC-1 .05 / 60 Sutton Radiocasting Corporation PA Bradford 103.9 WBYB-1 .9 / 15 DA (065E) Colonial Radio Group, Inc. PA Bradford 106.3 WXMT-1 .81 / 13 DA (065E) Colonial Radio Group, Inc. TX Orvil 93.3 KLIT-1 .005 / 50 DA La Nueva Cadena Radio Luz, Incorporated (330-150E) WA Kent 99.3 KDDS-4 1 / 29 DA (090E) Bustos Media Holdings, LLC WA Rainier Beach 99.3 KDDS-2 .99 / 22 DA (080E) Bustos Media Holdings, LLC WA Seattle 99.3 KDDS-1 .5 kW / 61 DA (065E) Bustos Media Holdings, LLC WA Tukwila 99.3 KDDS-3 .99 / 27 DA (028E) Bustos Media Holdings, LLC

* - Antenna Heights for Booster stations are AGL

— NEW LPFM LICENSES TO COVER GRANTED —

Power (kW) / Ant Ht Licensee: AL Oxford 95.9 WOXI-LP .001 / 314 Calhoun County 9-1-1 District CT Simsbury 103.5 WSIM-LP .1 / 20 Simsbury Fire District IL Bloomington 103.3 WZND-LP .011 / 87 Illinois State University Foundation KS Liberal 94.9 KIWW-LP .033 / 47 Iglesia De Dios De Manantial KS Topeka 97.7 KFGB-LP .1 / (-) -9 Family of God Fellowship Church, Inc. MA Belchertown 97.9 WAIY-LP .1 / 12 Dwight Chapel Inc. MN Saint Paul 104.7 WEQY-LP .1 / 4 Dayton's Bluff District Four Community Council NH Charlestown 105.7 WLWM-LP .1 / (-) 65 The Living Word Ministries of Charlestown, NH PA Erie 107.9 WBTB-LP .1 / 5 Grace of Calvary Baptist Church PA Warminster 106.5 WHII-LP .016 / 75 Hope Int'l, Inc SC Myrtle Beach 101.5 WXMB-LP .012 / 85 Calvary Chapel Myrtle Beach TX Ennis 95.5 KWAH-LP .043 / 46 Evangelistic Messengers Association Church TX Fort Worth 104.1 KLEJ-LP .1 / 30 Templo De Dios, Inc. 4 WA Wenatchee 107.9 KJHS-LP .1 / (-) 74 Cor Christi — NEW LPFM STATION GRANTS —

Power (kW)/Ant Ht Licensee: AZ OR The Dalles 97.7 CP .1 / (-) 197 Mt. Hood View Broadcasting, Inc.

— APPLICATIONS FOR NEW LPFM STATIONS —

Power (kW)/Ant Ht Applicant: CA Santa Ana 104.7 APP 1 .05 / 42 Centro Cultural De Mexico En El Condado De Orange CA Santa Ana 104.7 APP 1 .05 / 42 Latino Center Prevention & Action in Health & Welfare FL Immokalee 103.5 APP* .1 / 27 Bethel Assembly of God, Inc

1 - Share Time Applications * - Reinstated after initial dismissal

LPFM power level is in Watts; antenna height is HAAT, except where noted * when it is AGL

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 16 ··· FM NEWS — OTHERNEWS —

AL Chelsea 96.9 WLXY-LP Changes frequency from 106.1 AL Russellville 95.7 WPMR-LP CP to move to 99.7 is cancelled AL Tuscaloosa 96.1 W241BT Changes CoL from Vance [station has not yet signed on] CA Cedarville 88.1 KDUP Is silent CA Greenville 91.3 KBIV-LP License cancelled; call deleted CA Hollywood 102.3 KJLH-FM1 License cancelled; call deleted per licensee’s request CO Burlington 88.7 KTMJ License cancelled; call deleted CO Colorado Springs 103.5 KLEZ-LP License cancelled; call deleted CO La Porte 98.7 K254CH Changes CoL from Laramie, Wyoming FL Defuniak Springs 89.7 WHDR Is silent FL Mayo 89.5 WGSG Is silent FL 107.9 WMIV-LP License cancelled; call deleted FL North Lauderdale 103.9 WFBJ-LP License cancelled; call deleted FL Palm Harbor 102.1 WKLG Is silent FL Port Charlotte 97.3 WUUV-LP License cancelled; call deleted FL Tallahassee 94.5 W232BO Changes frequency from 94.3 [new calls not issued as of the deadline] GA Camilla 94.3 W232AB License cancelled; call deleted GA Cartersville 100.3 W262CD Changes CoL from Kingston GA Cartersville 103.7 W213BV License cancelled; call deleted GA Colquitt 90.5 WCOQ License cancelled; call deleted GA Cusseta 91.1 WJEP Is silent GA Folkston 91.3 WATY Is silent GA Metter 103.7 WBMZ Changes frequency from 104.9 GA Smithboro 89.1 WAKP Is silent GA Vidalia 90.3 WKIH Is silent GA White 90.5 W231BV License cancelled; call deleted ID Bonners Ferry 98.3 KAXY-LP License cancelled; call deleted ID McCall 89.1 KAVY Is silent IN Columbus 93.5 WGPI Is silent KS Topeka 100.7 KJAD-LP License reinstated KY Glasgow 98.1 W251BT Changes CoL from Pritchardville [station has not yet signed on] KY Madisonville 95.7 W239CA Changes CoL from Brentwood [station has not yet signed on] KY Nicholasville 94.1 WJNW-LP License cancelled; call deleted KY Tunnel Hills 92.1 W221CV Changes CoL from Elizabethtown [station has not yet signed on] ME Bangor 106.1 W291CO Changes CoL from Wllsworth MA Amherst 103.1 WTTT-LP License cancelled; call deleted MT Canyon Creek 107.9 K300CR Changes CoL from Butte [station has not yet signed on] MT Great Falls 91.9 KFRW Is silent NE Shelton 90.5 KQQA Is silent NV Gerlach 89.5 KLAP Is silent NV Las Vegas 103.9 K280DD Changes CoL from Riveria, etc, Arizona NH Tilton 92.9 W225CB Changes CoL from Meredith [station has not yet signed on] NJ Paterson 90.5 Pirate Fined an individual $15,000 for operating an unlicensed transmitter NY Center Moriches 100.9 WSVV-LP License cancelled; call deleted NY Monticello 93.5 WJNN-LP Changes frequency from 93.7 [station has not yet signed on] NC Alarka 105.1 W286CW Changes CoL from Franklin [has a pending application to move to Cherokee on 104.9 kHz] OH Enon 103.3 W277AO Changes CoL from Green Meadows OH Wilmington 106.7 WALH-LP License reinstated after being cancelled OK Guymon 91.3 KGUY Is silent OK Woodward 92.3 KMZE Changes frequency from 92.1 OR Myrtle Creek 97.3 K247CE Changes CoL from Roseburg OR West Linn 96.3 KWLZ-FM Changes frequency from 96.5 and changes CoL from Warm Springs PA DuBois 97.5 WDDH-FM1 License cancelled; call deleted by request of licensee SC Newberry 95.9 WWPZ-LP License cancelled; call deleted SD Sioux Falls 94.5 KCFS Is silent TN Jackson 100.1 W261CF Changes CoL from East Union TN LaFollette 101.7 WGND-LP Changes frequency from 94.9 TX Bay City 91.7 KBCT-LP License cancelled; call deleted TX Brazoria 98.5 KFCJ-LP License cancelled; call deleted TX George West 97.9 KXAF Is silent TX Monahans 91.1 KMRA Is silent TX Seguin 95.5 K238BZ Changes frequency from 95.7 [station has yet to sign on] UT Park City 106.7 KAZZ-FM1 Changes frequency from 106.5

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 17 ··· FM NEWS UT St. George 94.9 K235CK Changes CoL from Enterprise WA Omak 88.5 KOMQ Is silent WA Oroville 90.9 KPBG Is silent WI Madison 99.1 WIDE-LP Is silent WY Centennial 104.5 KYAP Is silent WY Evanston 106.3 KBMG Changes frequency from 106.1

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! Last Column After seven years of editing the FM News column, recent life changes have made it necessary to sadly say “so long’. I thank the publishers of the WTFDA for the opportunity to serve the club, those who have taken time to contribute items, and the readership of the column. I will continue to contribute items to whoever takes over, but recent family health issues have made it impossible for me to continue the responsibility of collecting/research of items, then editing the FM News in the manner which has become expected by the readers. 73 de Bill

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1527 unid 91.9 Choral hymn 1547 unid 91.9 Religious talk 1559 WUWF 88.1 Pensacola FL ID 1603 unid 88.1 Garrison Keillor 1606 WVFS 89.7 Tallahassee FL Concert news, ID 1607 unid 88.1 Religious preacher 1612 WNFK 92.1 Perry FL Classic Rock, ID 1626 WZEW 92.1 Fairhope AL ID 1628 WHIL 91.3 Mobile AL RDS Capture 1630 KMRL 91.9 Buras LA Multi-station Nueva Vida ID 1648 WECQ 92.1 Destin FL Promo for Elvis Duran show 1650 WMAW 88.1 Meridian MS MPB Think Radio 1652 WTUG 92.9 Northport AL RDS Capture 1659 WJHO 89.7 Alexander City AL ID 1659 WMPN 91.3 Jackson MS RDS Capture 1700 WHGN 91.9 Crystal River FL Program promo, ID 1705 WTNT 94.9 Tallahassee FL Country, ID 1705 WZKM 89.7 Waynesboro MS AFR Talk 1709 WMVW 91.7 Peachtree City GA ID 1711 unid 91.7 Children's choir - religious 1713 unid 91.7 Preacher 1719 WPAE 89.7 Centerville MS Extended traffic report, ID 1719 unid 91.9 NPR

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 18 ··· FM NEWS, NORTHERN FM DX Jeff Kruszka 1909 Lost Lake Pl. Pearland, TX 77581 PH TO NEWS [email protected] October 2015 Time is running out to log Mexican analogs. Fortunately, Danny and Mike in LA still pull them in like a magnet. Here’s the latest from Danny O. in Shreveport, LA: .

XHCV-2 Coatzacoalcos, VER XHSLT-2 San Luis Potosi, SLP 992 mi Es seen 7-15-15 840 mi Es seen 7-14-15

XHAO-4 Tuxtla Gutierrez, CHIS XHCHF-6 Chetumal, QRO 1089 mi Es seen 7-29-15 1025 mi Es seen 7-29-15

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 19 ··· PHOTO NEWS And now here’s some great stuff from Mike Perron of Eunice, LA:

KDLO-3 Florence, SD XHLGT-2 Leon, GJO 1039 mi Es seen 6-17-15 868 mi Es seen 6-25-15 “Bajio TV”

YNFA304-4 Managua, NIC HRLP-4 San Pedro Sula, HND 1331 mi Es seen 7-14-15 1069 mi Es seen 7-14-15

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 20 ··· PHOTO NEWS YNFA302-2 Managua, NIC 1331 mi Es seen 7-14-15

XEW-2 Mexico, DF 877 mi Es seen 7-15-15 “new style text ID”

XHHHN-2 Huajuapan, OAX 954 mi Es seen 7-15-15

One correction from last month, Chris Lucas’ logging of Son Life on channel 5 should have read KNHL-5, Hastings, NE at 1271 miles. Sorry if any confusion. 73’s, JEFF

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 21 ··· PHOTO NEWS Coast to Coast TV DX

Featuring reports from the entire United States and all of Canada.

Send reports by the 15th of each month to: Nick Langan 42 Holly Park Drive Tabernacle, NJ 08088 E-mail: [email protected]

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The Editor’s Note

While we did not necessarily spot an abundance of tropo reports in the month of September, it had its moments. An opening at the beginning of the month saw Bill Hepburn in receive WMTW-8 from Maine and CIVV-8 from Quebec via tropo – difficult terrain path on each. Roy Barstow on Cape Cod had several instances of DTV decodes into Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte NC. From the WTFDA DX Bulletin Board – Steve Rich and Mike Glass have been operating a remote DTV DX site in Illinois that has received many impressive decodes over the past several months. Perhaps an idea for others to emulate. Finally, a tip of the hat to Ed Phelps in Kentucky – who finally received a much awaited DTV decode from South Carolina with the reception of WAGT-30 (TX in SC) on the 18th. Again – tough to overcome the various peaks of the Appalachians in between his location in Western KY and that far into SC – a job well done, Ed.

We hope for a few more chances for tropo in October before the weather turns – the opportunities will begin to favor those in the south as we progress into autumn. ______

Glenn Hauser antenna aimed toward OKC, I`m getting a multi- Enid, OK subchannel unID on RF 21 starting at 1436 UT July 30: Glenn Hauser`s TVDX to Enid OK, July 27-August 27, 2015 21-1 HSN 21-2 SBN with jsm.org address ** MEXICO. Traces of Es DX trying to break 55 21-3 no decode! MHz MUF: a few times earlier and briefly at 1529 21-4 ONTV4U UT July 28, maybe with 7 bug in UR, 21-5 RTVE - Retro lower-right, game show likely XHTAU Tampico. 6m dxmap shows lite 21-6 REVN activity over S Central US. Lost decode before I could explore what all these Fitful Es opening continued from last report, nothing channels are doing, and even what the IDs stand but:1641 UT July 28 on 2, enough video to make for. I don`t find anything like this on the W9WI.com out the Televisa-2 net star bug in lower right corner ch 21 list. Certainly it`s not Wichita or Dodge City. I (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) was going to check rabbitears, but I don`t seem to have that URL bookmarked, and it`s not .com. ** OKLAHOMA. With some moderate area tropo (peaking east of Kansas City per Hepburn), but

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 22 ··· COAST TO COAST TV DX What can it be? Maybe lowpower in OK? I guess 1610 on 2, animated 5 logo full screen; more to it`s just KTOU-LD OKC, 4 kW, which W9WI.com come? has only as 43.1 HSN, for starters. Surprised they would ever remap as a 43, which was the original Sporadic E NTSC TVDX July 30, continued from fullpower channel of KAUT-40 and still known as last report, UT: ``Freedom 43`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1630 on 2, still CCI

Later looked up at http://rabbitears.info market 50 1658 on 4, Spanish audio more than video info and found this for channel 21: ``21 21 KTOU-LD OKLAHOMA CITY OK On the air 1701 on 4, promo for `La Isla de las Almas Display Channel Physical Channel Video Audio Perdidas``, viernes en Canal 5 Network/Programming Nickname Notes Print 1732 on 2 and 4, still signals 21-1 21.1 480i DD2.0 HSN HSN 21-2 21.2 480i DD2.0 SBN SonLife 1750 on 2, heavy CCI, overcome by Azteca-7 21-3 21.3 480i DD2.0 KTOU-LD MiCasa Broadcast promo; algo on 4 Network 21-4 21.4 480i DD2.0 ONTV4U Infomercials 1754 on 4, close to same offset (zero?) CCI with 21-5 21.5 480i DD2.0 RTVE Retro TV KFOR analog cable radiation; f bug in LR: Televisa 21-6 21.6 480i DD2.0 REVN Rev'n 4; stronger at 1758 Technical Data and Screencaps [linx] Historical, Ownership, Transition, and Translator Data``. 1800 on 4, promo for ElTrece.mx = Azteca 13 net; CCI; 1801 Diputados PSA Enid is lumped in under OKC Market 50, and shows of the several translators/LPTVs listed here, 1808 on 2, novela, Televisa 2 star bug LR, CCI only ch 42 is off the air --- in fact, ALL of them are off the air! And never have been except KXOK 1811 on 2, novela, TeleVer script bug in LR = 31/32; at least he doesn`t list imaginary K45EJ XHFM Veracruz which KSBI thinx exists per ID slides, but gone for many years, never digital. Doug Smith of 1817 on 2, animation audio echoing, probably net W9WI.com has found some very strange details: 5, other CCI some of the ``Enid`` transmitters have coordinates in Stillwater or somewhere else, so they could be 1824 on 5, Televisa 2 star bug in LR, novela; all on the air except never visible here (Glenn Hauser, stronger now DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1824 on 3, Televisa 5 bug LR in animation ** MEXICO. Sporadic E NTSC TVDX opening, morning of July 30, UT: 1825 on 4, ghosty kid show, primary colors seem out of phase, offset 1454 on 2, fade-in Spanish audio horizontally: odd effect; other CCI

1456 on 2, f bug in LR, i.e. Televisa-4 net, maybe 1826 on 5, Televisa 2 novela, snow-free relay by local 1843 on 4, Trece bug in UR, YL hostesses about 1526 on 2, fade-in Spanish ad adopting animals? One YL in shorts, ``tutorial`` about Misoterapia for different groups, Trolls, 1537 on 2, infomercial for exercise bike, CCI Haters, etc.

1547 on 2, animation, Televisa-5 bug in LR, CCI 1846, 6m Es map shows 58 MHz MUF over DM46, ignoring real MUF; a few contacts across Texas. I 1559 on 3, animation, Televisa-5 bug in LR, // 2 but need to go out while opening continues? By not synchronized. Less CCI on 3 the time I get back, it`s over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 23 ··· COAST TO COAST TV DX ** OKLAHOMA. RF 29, August 4 at 0050 UT, KTUZ something called ``Heroes & Icons``. Also shows is OFF, so no on virtual 30, no Estrella the ``physical channel`` for each as 42.3 thru 42.6 on virtual 48, and no Univisión on virtual 36; but respectively (which are not displayed as such; why they are all back by 0104. In case anyone was make DTV remapping/channelization any more fooled that these are not really out of a single Tyler complicated?) (Glenn Hauser, Enid, Media transmitter licensed to Shawnee (hardly DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hispanic), this joint outage might have unfooled them. ** U S A. While monitoring ch 2 analog and getting a bit of Mexican sporadic E, same C-490 antenna BTW, 48-1 PSIP ID is KUOK-CD, but full-screen split into DTV box is getting a Bad tropo signal on IDs are quite different as KOCY 48.1 Oklahoma RF 35, which at 1456 UT August 12 briefly decodes City. Estrella specializes in busty and/or assy girls as 4-1 KDFW DT, i.e. . The stuck antenna is prancing around; and rather graphic virility- aimed just about toward Cedar Hill, 432 km or 269 enhancement ads, more so than you see on Anglo miles away, although mainly for OKC and México. TV. Annoyingly, on this channel you have to keep changing the aspect ratio, squeezed or not if you BTW, our own channel ``4``, KFOR-RF 27 OKC, is desire proper proportions [although with some of no longer the rock-solid signal it used to be; what those enhanced figures it`s hard to tell] (Glenn has changed? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. A bit of sporadic E NTSC DX lingers ** MEXICO. August 13: 1510 UT on 2, CCI briefly into August 8, UT: with some audio, language uncertain; 6m Es map shows center of activity over southern Illinois, so 1533 on 2, fade-in weak but steady video; drama, maybe Ontario, but those maps often miss Mexican with illegible text bug in UR (Teleactiva? MasTV? openings even into TV band. Trece?) Still some sporadic-E as we arrive at mid-August, 1536 on 2, now I can make out character wearing morning of Aug 15, UT: tri-corn pirate hat, and a bit of Spanish dialog to match 1548 on 2, CCI fade-in mainly old movie, tentative Televisa-2 star bug in LR, maybe B&W 1548 on 2, another brief fade-in, no more. 1557 on 2, definitely that bug, and 1558 MUF up to A bit of sporadic E NTSC DX, August 12, UT: channel 2 audio, Spanish 1441 on 2, fade-in news in Spanish 1446 on 2, video with anchors, f bug in LR = 1600 on 2, titles on movie, looks like opening rather Televisa Foro net-4 than closing, featuring girl riding a bike 1554 on 2, another fade-in during Eagle Eyes infomercial till 1557, then other ads and fade-out. 1621 on 2, briefly Televisa-5 net bug in LR, fade 1828 on 2, fade-in algo video, maybe Televisa-2 star bug glimpsed LR 1650 on 2, still some weak analog CCI occasionally 1831 on 2, Spanish audio briefly, sounds like game (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) show 1846 on 2, some video CCI; nothing more. ** CANADA. Sporadic E poking above 54 MHz: UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) August 17 around 0030 some video CCI on channel A2; 6m Es map shows 77 MHz MUF ** OKLAHOMA. RF 42, Aug 10 at 1503 UT, area centered over KS/MO, really too close to here, tropo makes KMYT Tulsa come in solid with three around 300 miles. Just a guess, the analog NTSC channels, but no decodes from any other Tulsa video is coming from Ontario rather than México, station. 41.1 is KMYT MyTV; 41.2 is GetTV, and which often comes in here despite the maps and 41.3 is GritTV --- both with old B&W movies --- the antenna remains pointed SSE. saves on the color bandwidth, ha! W9WI.com does not show any 41.3 for it. Rabbitears.info has August 17 around 1530, signs of Es CCI on channel all three plus another one pending ``soon`` as 41.4, 2, leading to an FM log from Ohio: see U S A.

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 24 ··· COAST TO COAST TV DX 1753 UT check of 6m Es map, 79 MHz MUF over 2309 on 2 another fade-in, now with video CCI Illinois; next check at: UT August 26: 2230 UT on 2, some Es CCI; now 6m map shows 85 MHz MUF over Iowa: 0125 on 2, next check finds CCI and Spanish still http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?...Frec=50 going; I doubt I missed much as it appears to be &Map=NA one of those frustrating openings with weak signals mixing, barely making the ch 2 MUF While the other 6m map, G7IZU RADIO REFLECTION DETECTION [sic, no X`s] 0219 on 2, a few stronger peaks with Spanish http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/muf5.html is out of service: `` THIS SITE WILL NOT BE 0316 on 2, still fitful CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX UPDATING BETWEEN 14th AUGUST AND 4th LISTENING DIGEST) SEPTEMBER 2015`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. In the last week of August we are still getting some sporadic E openings. August 26, UT: ** OKLAHOMA. The RF 29 KTUZ Shawnee (= 1500 on 2, fade-in some CCI OKC} transmitter carries three Spanish channels 1512 on 2, fade-in with better signal, video only, f with widely divergent PSIPs in an attempt to appear bug in LR, i.e. Televisa-4 network, Foro TV competitive. 48-1 with Estrella TV, 36-1 with 1518 on 2, MATUTINO EXPRESS large font Univisión, and the original 30-1 with Telemundo. diagonal program title wandering around behind Except a few days ago, although unlogged, I anchors; 1519 some Spanish audio attained, also noticed two of them were displaying differently: 36- 1528, 1543 as opening continues, this station 2 and 48-3, but now Aug 19, back to all showing up dominating the CCI. Will it surpass 60 MHz? [this as -1; why? show could be on XEWO Guadalajara]

RF 29, Aug 19 at 2155 UT, Estrella TV subchannel Anyhow this rules out XHY-TV Mérida, which has of KTUZ, OKC market, virtual 48-1 is black and its own morning show, Calle 61 (Glenn Hauser, OK, silent, but still transmitting with PSIP as KUOK-CD; DX LISTENING DIGEST) its other channels 36-1 and 30-1 are nominal. Next check about an hour later, Estrella back in biz too ** MEXICO. Sporadic E TVDX opening Aug 26 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) continued from previous report, UT:

** MEXICO. Still some sporadic E up to 72 MHz on 1557 on 2, station with `Matutino Express` still on August 21, UT: video, but audio from a different one

1805 on 2, CCI appears 1640 on 2, long commercial, probably full infomercial for vacuum cleaner; finally fade out 1942 on 2, next check finds stronger video CCI and around 1647 Spanish audio 1815 on 2, algo again 1942 on 4, algo, Spanish ads, 1944 PSA from INE; ad in pesos for Bodega Real(?), which is a chain of 1818 on 2, Info 7 bug in LR, video only; 1828 with hotels in Spain, not México 1:27 clock below the Info 7 bug, i.e. Azteca-7 net, probably XHTAU Tampico. Lasts several minutes 1945 on 2, deportes, Radio Kaliente mentioned; longer HOT-HITS full screen title, then guy in shades talking about fútbol (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2315 on 2, weak CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX DX LISTENING DIGEST) LISTENING DIGEST) ______** MEXICO. Several hours of weak Es hitting channel 2, Aug 25-UT 26:

2300 on 2, fade in with Spanish audio

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 25 ··· COAST TO COAST TV DX Danny Oglethorpe July 18, 2015 GW P.O. Box 8025 AM KXBS-LD-14 Shreveport LA NEW Shreveport, LA 71148-8025 July 18, 2015 Es Equipment used for VHF: Winegard CA-5254 VHF 1350 XEWO-2 Guadalajara JAL Logo antenna at 18' AGL into CM 3414 distribution amp, 1445 XHDRG-2 Durango DGO RG-11 cable, RS FM filter, Antennacraft rotor, old Text upper left analog 13" TVs and VCRs, 2 Zentih DTT-901 DTV converters, Digital Stream DTX-9950 converter, July 19, 2015 Es Canon camera on tripod 1732 XHHHN-2 Huajuapan OAX Text upper right NEW E-mail: [email protected] 1738 TGV-3 Guatemala City "Canal 3" logo TV DX Photographs: http://www.TVDXExpo.com 1825 XHCSA-2 San Cristobal Chiapas Local ad Mexico/Latin America TV DX ID Tips and Logos: http://www.TVDXTips.com July 20, 2015 Es 1043 YSWR-2El Salvador "Vive" morning show Time used is Central Daylight Time. 1138 YNFA302-2 Nicaragua "2" logo upper right Only the *first* logging of each station via each 1138 HRLP-4 San Pedro Sula Honduras "7/4" propagation mode per report period is listed. logo upper right No unIDs listed unless there is something significant about the station. July 21, 2015 Es Mexico relayer text IDs are generally displayed 10?? XHQRO-2 Cancun QROO about five seconds at thirty minute intervals. Text ID upper right The time listed for log entry is the time text ID was 1158 K04QP-LD Casas Adobes AZ superimposed. 1229 K02KP-LP NM "KRWG" ID 1235 KFIQ-LP-4 Lubbock TX Daystar Nick, thanks for your good work with "Coast to 476 miles Coast TV DX." 1240 KFMP-LP-6 Lubbock TX Stationary picture of Buddy Holly statue NEW July 15, 2015 Es 1255 KVMY-DT-2 Las Vegas NV 1025 XHY-2 Merida,YUC YUC ad 1355 Cuba 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 1140 XHAO-4 San Cristobal Chiapas 1629 XHCHF-6 Chetumal QROO Text ID upper left Text ID upper left 1151 XHVIZ-3Villahermosa TAB 1735 XHNQR-5 Cancun QROO Text ID Text ID upper right upper left and QROO mentions 1210 XHCV-2 Coatzacoalcos VER 1910 XHCQR-4 Chetumal QROO Text ID Text ID upper right upper left 1220 XHTAU-2 Tampico TAM "Info7" and "Azteca Noreste" July 22, 2015 Es 1237 XHCOV-4 Coatzacoalcos VER 1215 XEFB-2 Monterrey NL Local nx and Text ID upper right NEW "Teleactiva" on promos 1240 XHP-3 Puebla "TV3" logo 1215 XHCNL-2 Saltillo COAH "MTY" 1244 XHGV-4 Las Lajas VER mixed with XEFB-2 Text ID upper left and "TV Mas" logo 1245 XHAGU-2 Aguascalients Local 1244 XHAJ-5 Las Lajas VER phone number on ad show Veracruz "V" logo lower right 1315 XHG-4 Guadalajara Local news and "GDL" 1255 XHCBD-3 Orizaba VER//XHGV-4 13?? XHBQ-3 Zacatecas 1320 XHP-4 Relays XHP-3 Text upper right on recording "TV3" logo lower right 1733 XHLGT-2 Leon GTO New "B" logo lower right July 17, 2015 Es 2042 XHHSS-4 Hermosillo SON Text ID upper right

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 26 ··· COAST TO COAST TV DX July 27, 2015 Es August 26, 2015 Es 0755 CIII-2 Bancroft ON Global 1102 XHIT-4 Chihuahua Text ID upper left 0840 "CTV Northern Ontario" 2, 3, 5 0904 unID-6 Screen with wx and "xfinity'" Note #1 This was seen several times this summer lower right Note #1 when Ontario was received.

July 28, 2015 Tropo Note #2 Thanks to Raymie Humbert for verifying 0730 Monterrey 2, 4, 6 611 miles that these shadow transmitters do exist.

July 28, 2015 Es Very big day for Es from south 1230 XHFM-2 Veracruz Veracruz "V" logo ______lower right //5 1315 XHTV-4 Tres Padres MEX Foro 1537 XHAO-4 Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas Text ID Eric Bueneman (NØUIH) upper left NEW Note #2 631 Coachway Lane 1605 XHEFT-5 Escarcega CAMP Hazelwood, MO 63042-1347 Text ID upper left (Rare for me) 1710 HRTG-5 Honduras Logo Equipment: Samsung 19-inch color TV (1984), 1710 HRCV-3 Honduras Logo Daewoo 13-inch color TV (1999), two Zenith DTT- 1756 YSWA-6 El Salvador Logo 901 DTV tuners, Winegard HD8200U VHF/UHF/FM antenna at 32 feet above ground level. July 30, 2015 Es 1214 XHQ-2 Guamuchil SIN XHQ-3 "3" logo All times CDT, all distances in miles/kilometers. An 1230 XHI-2 "2" logo asterisk denotes analog reception. 1234 XHBS-4 Los Mochis SIN Text ID upper left August 11, 2015 (E-skip) 1350 XHCH-2 Chihuahua Local news 1530 XHHMA-2 Hermosillo SON 1301 CIII2 *2 ON Bancroft 805/1296 Text ID upper left 1328 CICI *5 ON Sudbury 715/1151 August 9, 2015 Tropo 0655 Piedras Negras COAH 3, 6 477 miles 0655 Monterrey 2, 4, 6, 10 611 miles 1230 KAMU-DT-12 College Station TX E-skip had its last gasp for 2015 on August 11, Unattended decode NEW when I pulled in re-logs of CIII2 and CICI 5. 2015 has turned out to be the worst E-skip season in 13 August 11, 2015 Es years at my location; 2002 and 1995 were worse E- 1140 CJOH-6 Deseronto ON "CTV Ottawa" skip seasons. The tropo season was a month early news this year, too. With Mexico completing the transition 1140 CHRO-5Pembroke ON "CTV2" to digital at the end of this year, I’m prepared to say 580 is the final total for my analog TV logbook; the August 17, 2015 Es only way this will go higher is if we get any double- 1715 CKCK-6 (tentative) SASK CTV hop E-skip in the future or any new Canadian small 1745 CKYB-4 Brandon MB CTV w/Dr. Phil //6 market analog stations into the logbook. The digital TV total stands at 167, with the only new addition August 25, 2015 Es being via E-skip (KXDA-LD 5 Durant, OK). I hope 2015 XHQ-3 Culiacan SIN "3" logo we have a few good tropo openings this fall! 73.

August 26, 2015 Tropo AM KXDA-LD-5 Garland TX Unattended decode NEW

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OCTOBER 2015 ··· 27 ··· COAST TO COAST TV DX Keith McGinnis 18 Newbridge St., Hingham, MA 02043 [email protected] 781-875-1944

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Paul Snider - Welland, Ontario Tecsun PL-660 using whip antenna

June 22

2100 KLMP 88.3 Rapid City SD ID "KLMP The Light", promo for astronomy event, Christian Play (Adventures in Odyssey). Very good to poor. 1201 miles. 2213 WFRU 90.1 Quincy FL Clear WFRF ID @ 2213, beginning of religious talk then lost. //WFRF. Booming like a local for 5 seconds. 940 miles. 2057 WMLE 88.5 Erie PA "Anticipation by Carly Simon, more oldies, WMCE ID @ 2001, more oldies. Fair. 73 miles. 2232 CHAY 93.1 Barrie ON Ads, mentions of Fresh Radio, "93.1 Fresh Radio" ID @ 2233, pop music. Good to poor. 99.2 miles

In Sault Ste Marie, Ontario Tecsun PL-660 using whip antenna

June 29

2105 WAGO 88.7 Snowhill NC Preacher w/ religious talk, mention of Tyson Funeral Home (located in Snowhill, NC), music (choir). Fair to very poor till fade out. 765 miles

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 28 ··· NORTHERN FM DX Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 15 mi NW of Philadelphia )Grid FN20id Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 3); Sony ICF2010 (2); all w/APS9B @ 15';Grundig G8 w/whip

8/5 Es

2230 WTUG 92.9 Northport AL RDS Capture 88E2

8/8 Es

1559 WBTX 91.3 Norristown PA Pirate, Oldies, ID 1608 KATF 92.9 Dubuque IA Station promo

8/10 Es

335 WTUG 92.9 Northport AL RDS Capture 88E2

8/11 Es

1036 unid 91.3 Southern Gospel - WVOB or WBNB - AL ? 1039 WLRN 91.3 Miami FL Promo for South Theatre 1043 WMGE 94.9 Miami Beach FL Spanish music, talk, ID 1045 WAYF 88.1 West Palm Beach FL Supporter announcement, event promo 1049 unid 91.9 Country 1055 WMLV 89.7 Miami FL K-Love, So. FL mentions - call change 1100 WHGN 91.9 Crystal River FL Moody multi-station ID 1102 WIKX 92.9 Charlotte Harbor FL ID 1102 unid 89.7 Religious talk 1105 unid 91.9 Preaching 1106 unid 91.9 Religious Talk - Joyce Meyer 1106 WWRM 94.9 Tampa FL local ads, ID 1108 WMFQ 92.9 Ocala FL ID 1110 KHLA 92.9 Jennings LA ID 1115 WUSF 89.7 Tampa FL Diane Rehm, promo for WSMR-89.1 1117 KTSR 92.1 DeQuincy LA "Kiss FM", LA PSA 1120 KKBQ 92.9 Pasadena TX Station promo 1120 WJIS 88.1 Bradenton FL Contemporary Christian music, ID - "Joy FM" 1122 WSCF 91.9 Vero Beach FL Religion, local event promos 1122 KROI 92.1 Seabrooke TX Urban, "Boom 92" 1123 KAYT 88.1 Jena LA Gospel, Alexandria LA promos 1123 KJMA 89.7 San Antonio TX EWTN, only one in skip zone - New

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 29 ··· NORTHERN FM DX 1124 unid 88.1 Hip Hop 1124 unid 89.7 Classical 1127 WSEB 91.3 Englewood FL Program from "Southwest Radio Church", as per sked 1128 KAVX 91.9 Lufkin TX ID 1128 KUAP 89.7 Pine Bluff AR Jazz, ID 1131 KALD 91.9 Caldwell TX KHCB ID - by far most powerful one on channel 1131 KTYR 89.7 Trinity TX Spanish religious music, talk, Houston phone numbers, addresses 1137 KROM 92.9 San Antonio TX Spanish Talk, Univision phone # 1138 KNCT 91.3 Killeen TX Standards, ID 1138 KTKC 92.9 Springhill LA RDS Capture 1138 WWNO 89.9 New Orleans LA "On Point", WW2 Museum promo, ID 1138 unid 89.7 Rap 1143 unid 92.1 Partial ID - clip on Forums 1145 KRMX 92.9 Marlin TX RDS Capture 1147 WGUO 94.9 Reserve LA Country, ID 1155 KLTY 94.9 Arlington TX ID 1155 KSYR 92.1 Benson LA Spanish, Shreveport ads - New 1158 KTFW 92.1 Glen Rose TX Promo for "Country Café" with Joe Belinski; "Hank FM" 1158 WMAW 88.1 Meridian MS MPB Think Radio, ID 1159 KATG 88.1 Elkhart TX AFR, local ID 1200 WJCT 89.9 Jacksonville FL Ending Diane Rehm show, ID - New 1201 KNIN 92.9 Wichita Falls TX RDS Capture 1202 KGLY 91.3 Tyler TX ID 1203 KKXT 91.7 Dallas TX ID 1204 unid 91.7 AFR 1206 KVRE 92.9 Hot Sprgs Village AR ID 1207 WBHC 92.1 Hampton SC Weather, ID 1209 KNTU 88.1 McKinney TX Jazz, ID 1210 unid 91.3 Spanish Talk - KPAL ? 1210 unid 91.7 Dr. Tony Evans 1210 unid 91.9 AFR 1210 KHKN 94.9 Maumelle AR Rock, ID 1212 WOLR 91.3 Lake City FL "Faith Radio Network" with multiple FL promos 1215 WTNT 94.9 Tallahassee FL weather, ID 1218 WAAC 92.9 Valdosta GA "92.9, All American Country" local ads 1218 WPEH 92.1 Louisville GA Weather & Farm reports, ID - New 1220 KSSU 91.9 Durant OK w/ repeat loop annct "The All New U 92"matches to web - New 1220 unid 91.3 Classical - several possible 1225 WLPG 91.7 Florence SC Good News Network - closer and more powerful than WLPE - New 1225 WWNU 92.1 Irmo SC "92.1, The Palm" 1226 unid 91.3 Hip Hop 1228 WTUG 92.9 Northport AL RDS Capture

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 30 ··· NORTHERN FM DX 1228 unid 91.9 Jazz xx 1229 unid 91.3 Southern Gospel 1229 unid 91.3 Ending "All Things Considered" 1229 unid 94.9 Country - partial ID - clip on Forums 1230 unid 91.7 "Breakpoint" 1230 KOLI 94.9 Electra TX Country, ID 1230 unid 89.7 Preacher - TX accent 1230 unid 89.7 "Truth for Life" - Alistair Begg 1232 WECQ 92.1 Destin FL "Q 92 Hit Music Radio" - call change 1232 WHHR 92.1 Vienna GA Station promo - "Freedom Radio" 1233 WKOR 94.9 Columbus MS Country, ID 1235 KFXI 92.1 Marlow OK ID 1235 unid 88.1 Classical - not MPB 1236 WUGA 91.7 Athens GA NPR, program promo, ID - New 1238 WZEW 92.1 Fairhope AL Station promo 1239 WJTG 91.3 Fort Valley GA 1241 WBLX 92.9 Mobile AL RDS Capture 1241 WDSV 91.9 Greenville MS Black Gospel, local anncts - New 1241 WKSJ 94.9 Mobile AL ID 1243 WMVW 91.7 Peachtree City GA Program promo, ID 1245 unid 91.9 "Truth for Life" - Alistair Begg 1248 unid 88.1 Southern Gospel 1248 unid 91.9 "Don’t Let Me Down" - ELO; "Black Magic Woman" - Santana - KTCC-KS ? 1251 WJHO 89.7 Alexander City AL Promo for "Common Grounds Café" in Moody AL 1253 WZGC 92.9 GA Sports talk, "Sports Radio 92.9 The Game" 1255 WMAB 89.9 State College MS Discussion of MS Public schools // 91.3 1258 KTBT 92.1 Broken Arrow OK Hip Hop, ID 1259 KOSU 91.7 Stillwater OK ID 1300 KQOH 91.9 Marshfield MO EWTN - only one possible 1300 KNEO 91.7 Neosho MO ID 1300 KJTH 89.7 Ponca City OK ID 1302 WFIX 91.3 Florence AL ID 1302 KBEZ 92.9 Tulsa OK "Tulsa's Classic Hits Station", local ads 1303 unid 94.9 Partial ID - clip on Forums 1306 WUMR 91.7 Memphis TN Jazz, concert/club events 1307 WUOT 91.9 Knoxville TN NPR, local ID 1308 KRPS 89.9 Pittsburg KS ID 1308 WMPN 91.3 Jackson MS RDS Capture 1310 KCVZ 92.1 Dixon MO ID 1314 KDHX 88.1 St. Louis MO Concert promos, ID 1317 WMFS 92.9 Bartlett TN RDS Capture 1319 KCVX 91.7 Salem MO "Serving Central Missouri" "Spirit FM", this is higher power than primary KCVO. 1319 KASU 91.9 Jonesboro AR "Arkanas Roots" musical pgm, ID 1320 KHPQ 92.1 Clinton AR ID 1323 unid 91.7 "Financial Issues" - Dan Celia - several possible

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 31 ··· NORTHERN FM DX 1324 KJIR 91.7 Hannibal MO Southenr Gospel, "The Cross" 1324 KJTY 88.1 Topeka KS Family Life Radio, multi-station ID 1327 KMXN 92.9 Osage City KS RDS Capture 1328 WKMS 91.3 Murray KY Events promos 1329 KMFC 92.1 Centralia MO K-Love, MO PSA 1330 KCVS 91.7 Salina KS VCY America, local ID - New 1330 KMLV 88.1 Ralston NE K-Love 1330 unid 89.7 1950's & 60's Oldies 1332 KCMO 94.9 Shawnee KS Local ads, incl; "SLIMKC.com" 1332 KANH 89.7 Emporia KS Classical, Kansas Public Radio 1334 unid 89.7 "Truth for Life" - Alistair Begg 1337 KREP 92.1 Belleville KS Ad for Could County Co-op 1344 KBHN 89.7 Booneville AR Southern Gospel, "Power 89.7" 1348 KUAF 91.3 Fayetteville AR ID 1349 KTGL 92.9 Beatrice NE RDS Capture 1350 unid 91.7 Classical 1352 KIWR 89.7 Council Bluffs IA ID 1356 KRLS 92.1 Knoxville IA Event promo, ID 1359 KDFR 91.3 Des Moines IA ID 1400 WSIU 91.9 Carbondale IL NPR talk, ID 1400 KBIY 91.3 Van Buren MO Multi-station New Life Evangelical ID 1402 WZDM 92.1 Vincennes IN Promo for the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes 1405 KOSP 92.9 Ozark MO ID 1405 KNCK 94.9 Concordia KS Station contest promo 1406 unid 91.3 AFR 1408 unid 88.1 EWTN - 4 possible 1409 KTDV 91.9 State Center IA ID 1411 KKIA 92.9 Ida Grove IA ID 1412 KKID 92.9 Salem MO ID 1415 KBIA 91.3 Columbia MO RDS Capture 1416 KANV 91.3 Olsberg KS RDS Capture 1417 KSTJ 91.3 Hartford SD RDS Capture - New 1417 KUSD 89.7 Vermillion SD Classical, SDPR promo 1420 KZSE 91.7 Rochester MN MN Public Radio News/Talk - closer than KNSW 1424 KGRC 92.9 Hannibal MO Local ads, ID 1425 unid 92.1 Contemporary Christian music 1425 unid 92.1 Country 1428 WLUJ 89.7 Springfield IL Station promo 1430 KFSI 92.9 Rochester MN "Insight for Living", ID 1431 KRUE 92.1 Waseca MN Country, ID 1432 KQSD 91.9 Lowry SD Weather, SDPR ID 1432 KYSD 91.9 Spearfish SD Audible echo just behind KQSD in // - New 1435 KSDR 92.9 Watertown SD Local ads, ID's 1435 KMNR 89.7 Rolla MO Event promo in Steelville, ID 1435 unid 89.7 "Family Life Talk" - nothing likely in skip zone 1437 KLQP 92.1 Madison MN Weather, ID

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 32 ··· NORTHERN FM DX 1437 unid 91.7 Southern Gospel xx 1446 KRLP 88.1 Fairmont MN K-Love, 1446 KLRJ 94.9 Aberdeen SD K-Love 1448 KNCM 91.3 Appleton MN RDS Capture ; call change 1452 KVSC 88.1 St. Cloud MN Event promo, ID 1454 unid 89.7 Southern Gospel 1455 KKJM 92.9 St. Joseph MN Weather, ID 1456 KCMF 89.7 Fergus Falls MN Classical, local events calendar 1458 KPCS 89.7 Princeton MN ID 1503 unid 91.9 Blues xx 1517 KKXL 92.9 Bismarck ND Concert promo, ID 1540 CKSB-10 88.1 Winnipeg MB Discussion of Music, //ed to webstream by Jon in FN03 - New

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0506 KBIA 91.3 Columbia MO Station promo

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1336 WGTE 91.3 Toledo OH RDS Capture 6672

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1451 WTUG 92.9 Northport AL RDS Capture 88E2

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2103 WMPN 91.3 Jackson MS RDS Capture 75EB

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1004 KTKC 92.9 Springhill LA RDS Capture - PI 4332 1007 KNTU 88.1 McKinney TX Jazz, ID 1018 KHLA 92.9 Jennings LA Classic Hits, ID 1021 WBLX 92.9 Mobile Al Urban, local ads 1023 KNIN 92.9 Wichita Falls TX Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, ID 1028 KBHN 89.7 Booneville AR Southern Gospel, ID 1030 KTFW 92.1 Glen Rose TX Country, traffic rept 1051 KTYR 89.7 Trinity TX Spanish religion 1054 KUAP 89.7 Pine Bluff AR Jazz, ID 1055 KJTH 89.7 Ponca City OK Local events calendar, "The House" 1056 KATG 88.1 Elkhart TX Ending "Financial Issues", AFR, ID 1058 KGLY 91.3 Tyler TX Religious music, ID

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 33 ··· NORTHERN FM DX 1100 KSYR 92.1 Benson LA Spanish, Shreveport ads, "Invasora" 1104 ZFB 94.9 Hamilton Local news, "here in Bermuda" 1111 KHKN 94.9 Maumelle AR ID 1115 unid 91.7 Talk by two women about travelling abroad, including Afghanistan 1119 KKXT 91.7 Dallas TX ID 1120 unid 91.3 Classical, not MPB 1121 KTBT 92.1 Broken Arrow OK Promo for Elvis Duran Morning Show 1122 KBEZ 92.9 Tulsa OK ID 1123 KDQN 92.1 DeQueen AR ID 1126 unid 91.7 Pastor Adrian Rogers 1128 unid 91.7 "Feelin' Groovy" - Harper's Bizarre 1134 KNCT 91.3 Killeen TX ID 1200 KLTY 94.9 Arlington TX ID 1209 WKSJ 94.9 Mobile AL Country, ID 1233 unid 89.7 AFR 1236 WMAW 88.1 Meridian MS MPB Think Radio 1240 WTUG 92.9 Northport AL RDS Capture PI 88E2 1251 WMPN 91.3 Jackson MS MPB Think Radio, RDS Capture PI 75EB 1252 unid 89.7 Contemporary Christian 1805 unid 92.9 Hip Hop 1810 unid 91.3 Rock - U2 1826 unid 91.3 Rock - "One Way or Another" 1828 unid 91.7 NPR 1843 KCMF 89.7 Fergus Falls MN Classical, weather 1844 KYYY 92.9 Bismarck ND Station promo 1844 CITI 92.1 Winnipeg MB Rock, ID, station promo - New 1844 CKSB-10 88.1 Winnipeg MB French talk, same time as spike for CITI

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1447 WMLV 89.7 Miami FL K-Love 1454 WJIS 88.1 Bradenton FL Station promo 1455 WLRN 91.3 Miami FL RDS Capture 1457 WAYF 88.1 West Palm Beach FL ID 1500 WMGE 94.9 Miami Beach FL Spanish talk, music, ID 1502 unid 91.9 Classical 1504 WMKL 91.9 Hammocks FL Multi-station ID 1505 WKVH 91.9 Monticello FL K-Love, local ID 1507 WSCF 91.9 Vero Beach FL Contemporary Christian, ID 1508 WAFZ 92.1 Immokalee FL Spanish talk, music, "La Ley" 1509 unid 91.9 Country 1510 unid 91.9 Promo for "Native American Radio WTIR 91.3" 1519 unid 91.9 Classic Hits - "Cryin' Eyes" - Eagles 1524 unid 91.9 Classic Country CONTINUES ON PAGE 18 

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 34 ··· NORTHERN FM DX Southern FM DX John Zondlo – 4009 Driftwood Circle – Yukon, OK 73099 [email protected] – Deadline: 15th October 2015

Ryan Grabow - Fort Myers, FL - egrabow.com/dx

Sony XDR-S10HDiP and Sangean ATS-909X. AntennaCraft FM6 yagi (my "indoor" antenna). EDT, stations under 250km omitted unless new or rare.

6/3 Es 1205 WFCR 88.5 MA Amherst, “NEPR” 1215/1956 1205 WLNG 92.1 NY Sag Harbor 1134/1825 1205 WXPN 88.5 PA Philadelphia, “XPN” 1006/1619 1205 WPRO 92.3 RI Providence 1207/1943 1205 WNTQ 93.1 NY Syracuse 1179/1897 1230 WMMR 93.3 PA Philadelphia 1002/1613 1230 WSNEt 93.3 MA Taunton, “Coast 93.3” 1216/1957 1230 WCEI 96.7 MD Easton 919/1479 1230 WOKQ 97.5 NH Dover 1304/2098 1230 WHUD 100.7 NY Peekskill 1117/1798 1230 WKNL 100.9 CT New London, “Roxy FM” 1168/1879 1230 WBEA 101.7 NY Southold 1122/1806 1230 WTOP 103.5 DC Washington 899/1446 1300 WMGM 103.7 NJ Atlantic City 982/1581 1300 WFRG 104.3 NY Utica, “Big Frog 104” 1196/1925 1300 WAXQt 104.3 NY New York, “Q104” 1079/1736 1300 WXLO 104.5 MA Fitchburg, “XLO” 1239/1994 1300 WTMM 104.5 NY Mechanicsville, “The Team” 1214/1954 1300 CBCK 107.5 ON Kingston 1261/2030 1320 CIMFt 94.9 QC Gatineau 1350/2173

6/6 Es 1135 KESO 92.7 TX South Padre Island 950/1529

6/15 Es 0950 WEKF 88.5 KY Corbin, “WEKU” 737/1186 0950 WAMU 88.5 DC Washington 899/1446 0950 CJBX 92.7 ON London, “BX93” 1133/1823 0950 WHBC 94.1 OH Canton, “Mix 94.1” 991/1595 0950 WMMS 100.7 OH Cleveland 1022/1645 0950 WCOG 100.7 PA Galeton, “Family Life” 1071/1723 1010 WKYS 93.9 DC Washington 899/1447 1010 WRVV 97.3 PA Harrisburg, “The River” 994/1600 1010 WYXL 97.3 NY Ithaca 1141/1837 1030 WQPO 100.7 VA Harrisonburg, “Q101” 839/1351

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 35 ··· SOUTHERN FM DX 1030 WQKT 104.5 OH Wooster, “Sports Country,” RDS 983/1582 1030 WMJI 105.7 OH Cleveland 1024/1648 1030 WZAK 93.1 OH Cleveland 1018/1638 1030 WFLS 93.3 VA Fredericksburg 853/1371 1030 CIQM 97.5 ON London 1133/1823 1100 WCII 88.5 NY Spencer, “Family Life” 1113/1792

6/17 Es 1040 WYSU 88.5 OH Youngstown 1004/1615

6/20 Es 1105 WPNE 89.3 WI Green Bay, “WPR” 1279/2059 1105 WGNV 88.5 WI Milladore, “The Family” 1325/2133 1130 WXCR 92.3 WV New Martinsville 907/1460 1130 CJBX 92.7 ON London, “BX93? 1133/1823 1145 WQMX 94.9 OH Medina 1003/1614 1145 WKDD 98.1 OH Munroe Falls, analog and HD calls 1012/1628 1200 WYBL 98.3 OH Ashtabula 1058/1702 1200 WMMS 100.7 OH Cleveland 1022/1645 1200 WMXE 100.9 WV South Charleston 816/1313 1200 CKOT 101.3 ON Tillsonburg, “Easy 101” 1138/1831 1200 CKNX 101.7 ON Wingham 1212/1950 1200 WCRZ 107.9 MI Flint, analog and HD calls 1138/1832 1200 WQUS 103.1 MI Lapeer, “US 103.1” 1143/1840 1215 CFHK 103.1 ON St. Thomas 1133 1215 WVSR 102.7 WV Charleston 815/1311 1215 WPSRt 102.7 MI Mount Clemens, “Praise 102.7” 1105/1779 1215 WOWQt 104.5 PA DuBois 1017/1636 1230 WNKO 101.7 OH New Albany, “Kool 101.7,” RDS 939/1511 1230 WQKT 104.5 OH Wooster, “Sports Country,” RDS 983/1582 1230 WOMC 104.3 MI Detroit, RDS, analog and HD 1101/1772 1245 WMJI 105.7 OH Cleveland, “Magic 105.7” 1024/1648 1245 WGPR 107.5 MI Detroit, “Hot 107.5,” analog and HD 1093/1759 1245 WDMK 105.9 MI Detroit 1102/1773 1245 WMGC 105.1 MI Detroit, “Detroit Sports,” RDS 11001771 1245 WAVA 105.1 VA Arlington 895/1440 1245 WBNN 105.3 VA Dillwyn 784/1262 1245 WWEG 106.9 MD Myersville 927/1492 1300 WWWT 107.7 VA Manassas, “WTOP” 873/1405 1300 WPFX 107.7 OH Luckey 1031/1660 1300 WRFF 104.5 PA Philadelphia 1006/1619 1300 WNNK 104.1 PA Harrisburg, “Wink 104,” RDS 991/1595 1315 WURV 103.7 VA Richmond, “103.7 Play” 797/1282 1315 WTOP 103.5 DC Washington 899/1446 1315 WGRR 103.5 OH Hamilton 886/1426 1315 WKSB 102.7 PA Williamsport, “Kiss 102.7,” RDS 1048/1687 1315 WEBN 102.7 OH 880/1417 1315 WLDE 101.7 IN Fort Wayne, “Fun 101.7” 1019/1640 1315 WFMG 101.3 IN Richmond, “G101.3” 933/1502 1315 WGGY 101.3 PA Scranton 1084/1745 1330 WBEN 95.7 PA Philadelphia, “Ben FM” 1006/1619 1345 WDSY 107.9 PA Pittsburgh, HD lock w/o analog 967/1556 1345 WYYD 107.9 VA Amherst, RDS 767/1235

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 36 ··· SOUTHERN FM DX 1345 WENZt 107.9 OH Cleveland, “Z107.9” 1030/1658 1345 WLNK 107.9 NC Charlotte, analog and HD 610/981 RECORD! 1345 WUUZ 107.7 PA Cooperstown, “Wuzz 94 and 107” 1038/1671 1345 WCOHt 107.3 PA DuBois, “Family Life” 1030/1658 1345 WDSNt 106.5 PA Reynoldsville, “Sunny 106” 1022/1644 1400 WKOA 105.3 IN Lafayette, “K105” 1002/1613 1400 WFRB 105.3 MD Frostburg 921/1483 1400 WDBR 103.7 IL Springfield 1017/1636 1400 WNEW 99.1 MD Bowie 911/1466 1400 WDBS 97.1 WV Sutton, “The Boss 97” 825/1328 1400 WKYSt 93.9 DC Washington 899/1447 1400 WETS 89.5 TN Johnson City, HD lock w/o analog 682/1098 1500 KMST 88.5 MO Rolla 966/1555 1500 WNKJ 89.3 KY Hopkinsville 779/1253

6/21 Es 1015 KMXJ 94.1 TX Amarillo 1325/2132 1045 WEJT 105.1 IL Shelbyville, “105.1 and 105.9 Jack FM” 985/1586 1045 WNBT 104.5 PA Wellsboro, “104.5 and 92.3 The Buzz” 1079/1737 1045 WFMB 104.5 IL Springfield 1015/1634 1900 WBNH 88.5 IL Pekin 1068/1718 2030 WYSU 88.5 OH Youngstown 1004/1615 2030 CJBX 92.7 ON London, “BX93” 1133/1823 2030 CHAY 93.1 ON Barrie, “Fresh Radio” 1235/1987

6/23 Es 1200 TGGU 88.9 GM Guatemala City 997/1604 1200 TG?? 89.7 GM Guatemala City, “Emisoras Unidas” 997/1604

7/3 Es 1130 WYSA 88.5 OH Wauseon, “Yes FM” 1044/1680

7/5 Es 1000 WRUR 88.5 NY Rochester 1170/1883

7/21 Es 1250 WCOLt 92.3 OH Columbus 930/1496 1250 WPAW 93.1 NC Winston-Salem, “The Wolf,” RDS 680/1095 1300 WHVY 89.5 OH Coshocton 949/1528 1300 WSCL 89.5 MD Salisbury, “Delmarva Public Radio” 911/1466 1300 WMLJ 90.5 WV Summersville, “FBN” 801/1289 1300 WESA 90.5 PA Pittsburgh, HD calls only 964/1552 1300 WSGE 91.7 NC Dallas 613/986 1300 KDKA 93.7 PA Pittsburgh, HD lock w/o analog 964/ 1315 WGHt 97.3 VA Newport News 787/1266 1315 WKTU 103.5 NY Lake Success, “KTU” 1079/1736 1315 WWXT 92.7 MD Prince Frederick, “ESPN 980” 891/1434 1315 WKYS 93.9 DC Washington, RDS 899/1447 1330 WQKX 94.1 PA Sunbury, “94KX” 1027/1652 1330 WVRH 94.3 NC Norlina, “My Journey FM” 720/1158 1330 WIAD 94.7 MD Bethesda, “Fresh FM” 900/1448 1330 WRXL 102.1 VA Richmond, “XL102,” RDS 805/1295 1330 WTOP 103.5 DC Washington, analong and HD 899/1446

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 37 ··· SOUTHERN FM DX 1330 WQED 89.3 PA Pittsburgh, “QED” 965/1553 1345 WQCM 94.3 PA Greencastle 945/1521 1345 WWXX 94.3 VA Buckland, “ESPN 980” 873/1405 1445 KMYZ 104.5 OK Pryor, “The Edge” 1041/1676 2000 WDLM 89.3 IL East Moline, RDS 1145/1842

7/25 Es 1200 WTYD 92.3 VA Deltaville 819/1318 1200 WERQ 92.3 MD Baltimore 933/1502 1200 WGMD 92.7 DE Rehoboth Beach, “The Talk of Delmarva” 923/1486 1200 WAMU 88.5 DC Washington 899/1446 1200 WKVC 88.9 SC North Myrtle Beach, “K-Love” 559/899 RECORD! 1200 WKYS 93.9 DC Washington 899/1447 1200 WIYY 97.9 MD Baltimore 933/1501 1200 WNEW 99.1 MD Bowie, RDS 911/1466 1200 WIHT 99.5 DC Washington 900/1448 1215 WZBA 100.7 MD Westminster 937/1508 1215 WTOP 103.5 DC Washington, analog and HD 899/1446 1215 WCXR 103.7 PA Lewisburg, “Rock 99.3 and 103.7 WZXR” 1032/1661 1230 WWWT 107.7 VA Manassas, analog and HD 873/1405 1230 WGTY 107.7 PA Gettysburg 961/1547 1230 WVSL 92.3 PA Riverside 1037/1669 1230 WFLO 95.7 VA Farmville 771/1241 1230 WQPO 100.7 VA Harrisonburg, “Q101,” RDS 839/1351 1230 WSKE 104.3 PA Everett, “Cool Country 104.3” 949/1528 1230 WSVO 93.1 VA Staunton, “Mix 93.1” 824/1326

7/26 Es 1315 KBDZ 93.1 MO Perryville 899/1446 1330 KBXB 97.9 MO Sikeston 853/1372

8/10 Es 1900 WNBT 104.5 PA Wellsboro, “104.5 and 92.3 The Buzz” 1079/1737

If this was a bad e-skip season I can't wait to see a good one! 2015 was my second season as an FM DXer. July was admittedly slow, which seems familiar from 2014, but there were a few very nice openings. June 20 was truly exciting (and exhausting). I got lots of HD catches this season and broke my short-hop record not once but twice.

In 2014 Missouri/Kansas was king, but this year the bullseye was on Pennsylvania/DC. I went from three dots on the northeast to dozens, and heard my native Long Island for the first time (but not any of the stations I used to listen to). Mexico and the south were mysteriously absent as usual, except for June 23 when I heard Guatemala for the first time. KESO on June 6 was such a tease: a US station right up against the Mexican border and relaying a Mexican station!

Most of these catches were recorded and are featured in my yearly YouTube compilation. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/user/egrabow440/videos

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 38 ··· SOUTHERN FM DX Commercial TV owner gives Helena station to Montana PBS Written for Current by Dru Sefton [July 22, 2015] Source: http://current.org/2015/07/commercial-tv-owner-gives-helena-station-to-montana-pbs/

Montana PBS is about to receive a rare donation: a full-power TV station.

Gray Television is giving KMTF in Helena, a CW simulcast channel, to the public TV station, said Eric Hyyppa, director and g.m. of Montana PBS in Bozeman. The transaction should be complete by this fall, he said.

The new station will allow licensee Montana State University to operate a full-power PBS member station in the state capital for the first time. In addition to the license, Gray is also donating the transmitter and antenna. PBS will have a full-power member station in the state capital of Helena, Mont., thanks to a gift from Montana PBS currently operates a translator in Gray Television. (Photo: Martin Craft, via Helena on channel 42, which the station was Wikipedia/Creative Commons) concerned about losing in the upcoming spectrum repack, Hyyppa said.

Earlier this month, Atlanta-based Gray, which owns stations in 44 markets, announced a multistation deal with Cordillera Communications, a subsidiary of Evening Post Industries in Charleston, S.C., that owns 13 stations — many in Montana. The transaction would have left Cordillera with two full-power stations in Helena, which is prohibited by the FCC.

So Cordillera suggested that Gray donate one to the PBS member station.

Montana PBS has a “longstanding partnership” with Cordillera stations, Hyyppa said, often co- producing election coverage with them.

“This will greatly improve our service in Helena,” Hyyppa said. “Down the road, we’re looking at expanding our microwave capacity out of capitol for elections and legislative coverage. This will give us a stronger footprint in that community.”

Montana PBS will broadcast its main signal in Helena as well as all four digital channels: KUSM Kids, Create, World and the legislative channel.

The gift of a commercial broadcast station to a nonprofit “isn’t unprecedented, although such donations are unusual for TV stations,” said media attorney John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer. “Gifts of AM stations or FM translators occur much more frequently.”

And longtime public media attorney Ernie Sanchez said the “most prominent example” of a previous transaction would be when several commercial broadcasters bought out a competitor and donated the station to become WNET-TV in the early 1960s.

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 39 ··· OWNER GIVES HELENA STATION TO PBS New low-power stations prepare for launch in D.C. area Written for Current by Mike Janssen [July 23, 2015] Source: http://current.org/2015/07/new-low-power-stations-ready-for-launch-in-d-c-area/

A wave of new radio stations is gearing up to broadcast in cities all over the U.S., the fruit of a 2013 window for applications to the FCC for low- power FM licenses. At Current, we've been waiting for the FCC to wrap up its issuing if licenses before taking a closer look at the stations that are signing on. But here’s a sneak peek at the plans of two broadcasters in the Washington, D.C., area. This article first appeared on Elevation DC.

Washington, D.C.’s radio dial is about to get a jolt of local flavor.

Most of the city’s radio stations sound much like radio anywhere else in the country, jammed wall- A banner promotes WOWD, a new low-power FM to-wall with ads and pop hits. Only our few public radio station coming to Takoma Park, Md. (Photo: radio stations feature music from local artists and Mike Janssen, Current) in-depth discussions about local news and issues.

But that’s going to change within the next 18 months. Two or maybe three new radio stations will sign on, featuring intensely local news and music and run mostly by volunteers.

WERA in Arlington and WOWD in Takoma Park are just two of the hundreds of new stations now signing on from coast to coast. They’re called low-power FM stations — a special class of broadcaster that covers only about a 3-mile radius with a signal of under 100 watts. Run by a hodgepodge of community groups and free from the pressure to raise lots of income, these stations can zero in on the kinds of community happenings that most other broadcasters ignore.

Many low-power stations began broadcasting after the FCC awarded a first wave of licenses in the early 2000s. But big cities like D.C. missed out. Commercial broadcasters, and even NPR, raised concerns about interference from the low-power upstarts. In response, Congress passed a law that ended up squeezing LPFMs out of big cities.

But devoted supporters of community radio fought to persuade Congress to reverse the law, and in 2009, they prevailed. The new radio stations in D.C. are reaping the fruits of that victory.

Unlike other radio stations already operating in the area, these new low-power FM stations broadcast under a few limitations imposed by the FCC. Their signals can't exceed 100 watts of power, which keeps their reach relatively small. And they can only be run by local, nonprofit organizations.

As a result, listeners to Takoma Park’s WOWD (say it “wowed”) could soon hear news of the kind that might usually show fill the columns of a neighborhood newspaper. Founder Marika Partridge, a Takoma Park resident and NPR veteran, envisions a station whose volunteer hosts will keep listeners abreast of gardening tips, soccer scores, school lunch schedules, downed trees and “critter sightings.” Music shows could feature hosts from different ethnic backgrounds sharing songs from their home countries.

OCTOBER 2015 ··· 40 ··· NEW LOW-POWER STATIONS IN DC Such a station will be a “jewel in the crown” of the country’s low-power stations, Patridge says. “We’re right in our nation’s capital, providing a little voice of what it feels like to live in D.C.,” she says. “Here we are, in the middle of everything national, and we can have a little local voice. It’s wonderful.” Partridge is working to get WOWD on the air by July 2016, the deadline imposed by the FCC.

Though Partridge is WOWD’s chief ringleader, the station is sponsored by Historic Takoma, a historical- preservation organization and newcomer to media. Meanwhile, on the other side of the city’s diamond, Arlington’s WERA (“We Are Arlington”) will broadcast from the studios of Arlington Independent Media (AIM), which for decades has operated the county’s public access cable TV channel.

Like WOWD, WERA will cover issues and culture on a local level that even its own TV programs don’t approach. AIM’s TV station broadcasts many shows produced by recent immigrants to the U.S., who also post them online for audiences back home.

AIM’s new radio station, however, will hold a microphone up to Arlington. “There will be programming guidelines that will be designed to get people producing shows about Arlington,” says Paul LeValley, executive director of AIM.

Those programs could include selections from hundreds of hours of oral histories in Arlington’s libraries, LeValley says. The library system is also creating an archive of local musicians, and “we definitely want to pursue that,” he adds. If that works out, it would fill a hole in a city where most college stations, which do feature local bands, can only be heard online.

“You go to any respectable college town in America, and you find some radio outlet for the local musicians,” LeValley says. “This world-class community probably ought to be part of that.”

But in a time when we can listen to college radio and nearly everything else on phones and laptops, does over-the-air radio still matter? Podcasts like Serial whip up buzz; we go to Spotify and Pandora for earbud fodder. Even with these digital sounds ever expanding, the area’s radio newcomers see a future in their medium.

“When word got out that we were starting a radio station, we got flooded with interest,” LeValley says. The response, often several emails a day, outshines the sometimes lukewarm response AIM gets for its TV shows. Radio “still has cachet,” he says.

WOWD’s Partridge caught the radio bug working in community radio in Alaska. She talks about radio in almost mystical terms. “It’s an invisible magic dust,” she says. “You throw it and it lands on everybody equally. It’s in the ether, and anybody can tune in. It’s a level playing field for communication.”

Nonetheless, both stations will seek bigger audiences through their web streams and online audio. Partridge has been posting recordings of her neighbors and community events on SoundCloud. At AIM, LeValley aims to have the station broadcasting online by summer, and it faces a Dec. 9 FCC deadline to get on the air.

The FCC gave out one more LPFM license to a D.C.-area organization, but the its station’s future is in question. William Tucker, a music lover with a radio background, was planning to launch WOOK, also planned as a volunteer-hosted station with a mix of music and talk shows. But Tucker is entangled in a legal battle with Sincere Seven, the nonprofit organization that sponsored his FCC application.

“The launch of WOOK . . . will likely be postponed indefinitely until the dispute is settled,” Tucker said in an email.

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