NRC AM Radio Log, 30Th Edition the NRC AM Radio Log Is Unbound and Three- Hole Punched for Standard Binders
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• Serving DX’ers since 933 • Volume 77, No. 25 • April News9, 200 • (ISSN 0737-659) Inside … 15 ...DX Tool Box DX 2 ...AM Switch 17 ... Richard Ward Fatherley 5 ...DDXD 18 ...Professional Sports Networks 12 ...IDXD 22 ...NRC Contests 14 ...DXAS 25th 23 ...NRC/WTFDA Convention From the Publisher … The date of the NRC/ DXN Publishing Schedule, Volume 77 WTFDA convention is approaching sooner than Deadline Publ Date 28. July 9 July 9 you think - literally! This year’s convention hosts, 26. May 7 May 7 29. Aug. 6 Aug. 6 Scott and Lisa Fybush (aided by others in the Roch- 27. June 4 June 4 30. Sept. 7 Sept. 27 ester area), have chosen the weekend of August 27-29, a week earlier than any NRC convention in DX Time Machine DX News many years. Check out Page 23 for more details. 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(CO residents, please add 3.5% sales tax.) 2 Bill Hale [email protected] AM 624 Roaring Springs Drive North Richland Hills, TX 7680-5552 Status changesSwitch in AM stations, supplied by the FCC, CRTC, and listeners CALL LETTER CHANGES Old Call New Call 940 KWRU CA Fresno KYNO 950 WVTS WV Charleston WBES 1080 WMCU FL Coral Gables WHIM 1240 WBES WV Charleston WVTS 1300 KYNO CA Fresno KWRU 1330 WMJQ NY Ontario WDRE [station is unbuilt] 1450 WDRE PA Milford WMJQ [station is unbuilt] 1460 KBSF LA Springhill KTKC 1520 WHIM FL Apopka WBZW 1550 WMDH IN New Castle WLTI CPs ON THE AIR 630 KUAM GU Agana - CP for U1 10000/10000 is on, moving from 612 kHz. 770 KCBC CA Manteca - CP for U4 50000/4100 is on the air, increasing the nighttime power and changing the City-of-License (CoL) from Riverbank. 860 KPAM OR Troutdale - CP for U2 50000/15000 is on the air. 880 WMDB TN Nashville - CP for U1 2500/2, adding that nighttime operation. [frequency and call correction from Issue 24] 900 WCME ME Brunswick - Special Temporary Authorization (STA) for U1 500/25 is on the air from a temporary (76 meters long at a height of 25 meters) long wire antenna aligned northeast to southwest at 43-55-09/69-58-05, after losing their transmitter site. 1140 KCXL MO Liberty - CP for U1 4000/6 is on the air. 1260 KZNS UT Salt Lake City - U4 50000/670 is on the air. 1400 WAJL VA South Boston - New station is on the air with U1 1000/1000 at 36-42-35/78- 52-28. 1440 WFNY NY Gloversville - CP for U2 5000/500 is on the air, increasing their daytime power. 1460 WJTI WI West Allis - CP for U4 1000/240 is now on relocating from Racine. Using four towers at 43-00-32/88-02-06, the day pattern heads southeast, while the night pattern directs the signal to the northeast. 1490 WTJV FL Deland - Back in September 2009 we reported that WTJV had lost their tower when a car clipped one of the guy wires of their 300’ tower. They have re- placed the former structure with an 85’ Valcom antenna and returned with U1 1000/1000. 1500 WPJX IL Zion - Adds 2 watts at night becoming U5 250/2. 1550 WHIT WI Madison - After being on an STA of D1 1250/0 since January 2009 as they replaced their towers, phasors and ground system, WHIT returns to D3 5000/0 at the adjusted coordinates of 43-00-08/89-23-13. 1590 KQLO NV Sun Valley - Licensed for U1 5000/67, KQLO has been operating under a STA with U1 500/67 as they have had transmitter and transmission problems since September 2009. This action extends the STA to September 2010. ACTIONS 600 WREC TN Memphis - Coordinate correction to 35-11-41/90-00-36. 960 WPLY PA Mount Pocono - Licensed for U4 1000/24, WPLY is operating under an STA for U1 250/6 while they repair/replace the station’s “deteriorated antenna system”. 1180 WPLX AR Turrell - Licensed for D1 1000/0 on 1170 kHz at Germantown, Tennessee, WPLX has a CP for U7 5000/26 CH 3500 at Turrell. This amendment re- quests U7 5000/26 CH 3500 back at Germantown, on 1180. In addition, WPLX is ‘operating’ under a silent STA granted until October 2010. 3 1190 WPSP FL Royal Palm Beach - Licensed for U2 690/41, WPSP has been granted an STA extension for U2 2200/410, granted “to mitigate the effects of interfer- ence caused by a high power Cuban operation on 1180 kHz.” 1250 WKDL VA Warrenton - CP granted for U4 7900/125. 1320 KWHN AR Fort Smith - Coordinate correction to 35-25-01/94-21-54. 1230 WFAY NC Fayetteville - Coordinate correction to 35-04-20/78-52-26. 1400 KCOW NE Alliance - Coordinate correction to 42-06-22/102-53-17. GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS 1690 NEW VI Charlotte Amalie - CP granted for U1 920/920 at 18-18-57/64-53-02. APPLICATIONS 600 WBWL FL Jacksonville - Applies to reduce their nighttime power to become U2 5000/1800. 1140 WCJW NY Warsaw - Applies for D4 8000/0 CH 2400. 1380 WMTD WV Hinton - Applies to add nighttime service as U1 U1 1000/13. 1390 WLAN PA Lancaster - Applies for U1 1100/18. 1410 WNGL AL Mobile - Applies for U2 5000/4600. 1450 NEW NM Flora Vista - Transmitter move for this unbuilt station. 1450 WLUX WV Dunbar - Transmitter move for this unbuilt station. AMENDMENTS TO APPLICATIONS 1150 KOLJ TX Quanah - Licensed for U1 500/73, KOLJ applied (in 2004) to move to Lay- ton, Utah with U2 10000/160 on 1200 kHz. This amendment requests U1 530/77 back at Quanah. 1460 KCLE TX Burleson - Licensed for U4 5000/700, KCLE applied for U4 12000/700. This amendment requests U4 11000/700. AM on FM 590 WKZO MI Kalamazoo - WKZO-FM (96.5) Portage 960 WSVU FL North Palm Beach - W294AM (106.9) Jupiter 1000 WNSI AL Atmore - WNSI-FM (105.9) Atmore 1050 WBNC NH North Conway - WMWV (95.3) Conway 1140 WAWK IN Kendallville - W238BH ( 95.5) Kendallville 1150 WJRD AL Tuscaloosa - W271AM (102.1) Tuscaloosa 1150 WJRD AL Tuscaloosa - W292DU (106.3) Tuscaloosa 1240 KQDJ ND Jamestown - K246AM (97.1) Jamestown 1320 WBOB FL Jacksonville - W279AG (103.7) Atlantic Beach 1450 WTKI AL Huntsville - W232BX (94.3) Decatur [as well as W225AH (92.9) Huntsville, reported last Issue] 1520 WKVI IN Knox - WKVI-FM (99.3) Knox 1550 WUTQ NY Utica - W238CA (95.5) Middleville 1590 KDAE TX Sinton - K281AV (104.1) Corpus Christi APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION 740 WDGY WI Hudson - Last Issue we reported that WDGY had applied for D3 5500/0 but was turned down by the FCC. They have now re-submitted the application for D3 5000/0. In the meantime, they remain D3 2500/0. 1140 KZMQ WY Greybull - Application to move the transmitter site and change the CoL to Ten Sleep. APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STATIONS 890 NEW CA Olivehurst - Applies for U7 350/250 CH 350. Olivehurst is located near Yuba City and Marysville. 1400 NEW ID Middleton - Applies for U1 1000/1000. Middleton is located north of Caldwell. 1600 NEW TX Larga Vista - Applies for U4 250/250. Larga Vista is a ‘suburb’ of Laredo. LICENSE RENEWALS GRANTED 680 WA2XPA PR Arecibo 1690 CHEV ON Toronto [Not bad for a station that hasn’t been on the air in ages!!] 4 DISMISSALS 610 WPLO GA Grayson - Application for U1 1500/225 changing the CoL to Lawrenceville.