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News Serving DXers since 1933 Volume 84, No. 2 ● October 17, 2016 ●(ISSN 0737‐1639) Inside this issue . . . 2 … AM Switch 13 … Domestic DX Digest West 23 … From the Archives 6 … Domestic DX Digest East 17 … International DX Digest 24 … Club Info Page

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Official Updates from the FCC and the CRTC CALL CHANGES 660 KWVE CA Oildale – Call change to KGSV (Sept. 30). 1220 KOMC MO Branson – Call change to KCAX (Oct. 1). 1470 WTOD OH Toledo – Call change (back) to WLQR (Sept. 29); may be prelude to going permanently dark.

STATIONS GOING DARK (OR NOT) 980 WGWM KY London – Last issue we reported that the station’s license had been cancelled as of Sept. 3. The FCC has now posted a letter, stamped received on Sept. 12, stating that the licensee was surrendering the license as of Sept. 3 – but the FCC reinstated the license as of Oct. 5, and there’s (as yet) no explanation of that.

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS (CPS) FOR EXISTING STATIONS CPs fully licensed and on the air: 1240 KFOR NE Lincoln – CP for new site, staying U1 1000/1000, is on the air. 1400 WHUB TN Cookeville – CP for U1 740/740, moving to 36‐09‐48/85‐31‐29, is on the air. 1550 WNZF FL Bunnell – CP for U1 11000/57 (ch 9500) is on the air. 1590 WAUB NY Auburn – CP for U4 450/1000 is on the air.

CPs built, awaiting final licensing: 1180 KLPF TX Midland – Applies for license to cover CP for U1 25000/215, ex‐1150 kHz, new site 31‐56‐02/102‐02‐33. 1300 WOAD MS Jackson – Applies for license to cover CP for U1 3600/730. 1380 WKDM NY – Granted program test authority for CP for U4 5000/13000.

CPs granted: 930 WKY OK City – Granted CP for U1 5000/510, adjusted coordinates 35‐33‐ 43/97‐30‐24. 980 WKLF AL Clanton – Granted CP for D1 1100, new site at 32‐49‐55/86‐41‐36. 1530 WOBX NC Wanchese – Granted CP for D1 250, new site at 35‐51‐17/75‐38‐42. 1540 KBOA MO Kennett – Granted CP for U1 1000/3 (ch 530), new site at 36‐13‐30/90‐04‐30. 1580 WMTI PR Morovis – Granted CP for U5 5000/1600, corrected coordinates 18‐20‐37/66‐25‐ 05.

Applications for CP received: 610 CKYL AB Peace River – Applies to move to 94.9 MHz FM. 1050 KORE OR Springfield‐Eugene – Applies for U1 5000/110 from the KKNX‐840 tower at 44‐ 04‐54/123‐06‐34, joining KLZS‐1450 in a triplex arrangement. 1210 VOAR NL Mount Pearl – Applies to move to 96.7 MHz FM.

Amendments to pending applications for CP: 1310 WRSB NY Canandaigua – Had applies for U4 2500/2200 from a new site; amends the application to U4 2500/1300 from that same new site. 1480 KRXR ID Gooding – Had applied for U1 10000/100 on 1470 kHz, CoL to Kuna ID and a new site; amends the application to stay on 1480 kHz, to stay in Gooding ID, with U1 5000/80 – but from a (different) new site, a KDIL‐940 tower at 42‐43‐ 39/114‐37‐36. 1590 WOKR NY Brockport – Had applied for U4 2500/1100 on 1600 kHz, remaining at its current site; amends the application to U4 2500/700, again on 1600 kHz, but now moving CoL to Brighton NY and diplexing with WHIC‐1460 at 43‐04‐59/77‐38‐52. 3 SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA) STAs granted: 580 WIBW KS Topeka – Granted STA for night pattern at variance. 610 WXVA VA Winchester – Granted STA for U1 380/125 from licensed day site; has lost night site and operates daytime only in summer but needs STA for winter. 960 KOVO UT Provo – Granted STA to operate with U1 5000/14 (as in CP) from one existing tower, pending completion of CP for a new tower. 1440 KPUR TX Amarillo – Granted STA with parameters at variance; antenna monitor system is malfunctioning. 1450 KHIT NV Reno – Granted STA with reduced power (using U1 550/550), problems with transmission system. 1470 WTZE VA Tazewell – Granted STA with reduced power (using D1 1000), problems. 1540 WJZI IN Decatur – Granted STA with emergency wire antenna, D1 62.5 at 40‐49‐14/84‐ 55‐12; silent station needs to broadcast before Oct. 10 to maintain license.

Applications for STAs received: 970 KTTO WA Spokane – Applies for STA to operate with CP facilities of U2 5300/750; could apply for license to cover now but wants to wait as it may add a diplexed station at the transmitter site.

Extensions to existing STAs granted: 567 KGUM GU Agaña – Granted extension of STA, U1 5000/5000 from temporary antenna. 980 WAAV NC Leland – Granted extension of STA, reduced power (using U2 4000/4000). 1090 KAAY AR Little Rock – Granted extension of STA, U1 50000/12500 or parameters at variance. 1220 WSRQ FL Sarasota – Granted extension of STA, D1 150 from vertical wire at 27‐19‐19/82‐24‐27. 1230 KRUZ UT Murray – Granted extension of STA, U1 20/20 from folded unipole antenna at 40‐43‐14/111‐54‐07. 1320 KSDT CA Hemet – Granted extension of STA, U1 50/50 from temporary roof‐mounted whip antenna at 33‐44‐44/116‐59‐58. 1460 KLTC ND Dickinson – Granted extension of STA, U1 5000/1250. 1500 WMNT PR Manati – Granted extension of STA, using tower and site as in CP. 1550 WRHC FL Coral Gables – Granted extension of STA, U1 1800/125 from the CP site.

Applications to extend existing STAs received: 620 KWAL ID Wallace – Applies to extend STA, U1 1000/250. 640 WMEN FL Royal Palm Beach – Applies to extend STA, U4 25000/4500, Cuban QRM. 750 KAMA TX El Paso – Applies to extend STA, U5 10000/250. 790 KOSY AR Texarkana – Applies to extend STA, minor parameters at variance. 910 WSRP NC Jacksonville – Applies to extend STA, reduced power. 940 WINE CT Brookfield – Applies to extend STA, minor parameters at variance. 960 WELI CT New Haven – Applies to extend STA, U1 5000/1250 or night parameters at variance. KALE WA Richland – Applies to extend STA, reduced day power. 1270 WHGS SC Hampton – Applies to extend STA, U1 1000/218. 1330 KKPZ OR Portland – Applies to extend STA, parameters at variance due to QRM from various other towers in the area. 1350 WOYK PA York – Applies to extend STA, night parameters at variance. WEGA PR Vega Baga – Applies to extend STA, temporary antenna. 1380 WELE FL Ormond Beach – Applies to extend STA, now at U4 (or U2?) 5000/750. 1390 KBBO WA Yakima – Applies to extend STA, U4 1000/390. 1410 WELM NY Elmira – Applies to extend STA, using U1 500/500. 1450 KJCV WY Jackson – Applies to extend STA, minor parameters at variance during work to install wireless phone transmission lines. 1480 WSPY IL Geneva – Applies to extend STA, reduced power, temporary site/antenna. WUKB KY Neon – Applies to extend STA, D1 1000 from temporary longwire antenna. 1600 WEHH NY Elmira Heights‐Horseheads – Applies to extend STA, U4 500/170 (using day pattern at night).

4 SILENT STATIONS Formerly silent stations informing the FCC that they are back on the air: 1120 WXJO GA Douglasville – Silent Oct. 6 (2015); on the air Oct. 5. 1340 KCRN TX San Angelo – Silent June 15; on the air Sept. 21. 1400 WFLL FL Fort Lauderdale – Silent Oct. 24 (2015); on the air Oct. 4 with STA. 1420 WRSA VT St. Albans – Silent Oct. 30 (2015); on the air Oct. 5. 1450 KCTI TX Gonzales – Silent Sept. 30 (2015); on the air Sept. 28 but with reduced power. 1550 KRZD MO Springfield – Silent Oct. 10 (2015); on the air June 15 (all as KLFJ; call change in Sept. 2016 as reported last issue). 1570 KVAM CO Loveland – Silent July 7; on the air with STA Sept. 15.

Stations informing the FCC that they are silent: 1040 KURS CA San Diego – Silent Sept. 25, negotiating with site owner about use of site. 1050 WSEN NY Baldwinsville – Silent Sept. 18, equipment failure and no money for repairs. 1230 WAMM VA Woodstock – Silent Sept. 22, financial reasons. 1260 WCLC TN Jamestown – Silent Sept. 23, “catastrophic failure of the antenna tuning unit.” 1350 WBML GA Warner Robins – Silent Sept. 29, transmission line problems. 1490 KJNT WY Jackson – Silent (again) June 12 after 5 days to maintain license.

COORDINATE CORRECTION 970 WKHM MI Jackson – CP to correct coordinates to 42‐11‐34/84‐25‐44 is on the air.

NRC AM Log Updates

580 WELO MS Tupelo – Slogan to “The Pulse.” 620 CKCM NL Grand Falls‐Windsor – Adds // CKGA‐650. 630 WAIZ NC Hickory – Slogan to “63 Big Ways,” adds // W290CW‐105.9. (FCC) 660 KGSV CA Oildale – Format to ETH (ex‐REL); slogan to “Radio Punjab,” delete // KWVE‐ FM‐107.9. KCRO NE Omaha – Adds // K293CJ‐106.5. (FCC) 690 KEII ID Blackfoot – Format to REL:AC/TLK (ex‐NWS/TLK/SPT); networks to DR; slogan & Group to // Sunny AM 1260/690 (ex‐// East ’s News Talk). 700 WCNF AL Dothan – Format to SPT (ex‐UC:GOS); slogan “ESPN 107.7,” nets to ESPN. (BD) KXLX WA Airway Heights – Adds // K287BV‐105.3. (FCC) 780 KCEG CO Fountain – Slogan to “ Country.” (WH) 790 KEJY CA Eureka – Format to Tourist (ex‐SS:AC); slogan “Destination Radio,” drop nets. 810 KSWV NM Santa Fe – Adds // K260CT‐99.9. (FCC) 850 WGVS MI Muskegon – Slogan to “Real 1480 & 850.” 860 KFST TX Fort Stockton – Adds // K277AP‐97.3. (FCC) 890 KJME CO Fountain – Format to Rock:OLD/SPT (ex‐SPT); slogan to “Yesterday 890,” drops nets. So far music is all‐Beatles. (WH) 940 WNRG VA Grundy – Networks to A/WW1; adds // WMJD‐100.7. (FCC) (HJH) 960 WTCH WI Shawano – Adds // W241CJ‐96.1. (FCC) 970 WZAN ME Portland – Adds // W268CS‐101.5. (FCC) 990 KSVP NM Artesia – Adds // K229AS‐93.7. (FCC) 1000 WYBT FL Blountstown – Format OLD (ex‐SS:REL); adds // W251BM‐98.1, drop nets. (TK) 1090 WHGG TN Kingsport – Slogan to “100.3 Love FM.” 1110 WVJP PR Caguas – Slogan to “Radio Caguas.” 1150 KNED OK McAlester – Adds // K252FQ‐98.3. (FCC) WHUN PA Huntingdon – Slogan & Group to // Hunny 103.5. 1160 WWQT NC Tryon – Format to REL (ex‐GOS), slogan to “The Life FM,” drop nets. (KK) WODY VA Fieldale – Format to REL (ex‐SPT), slogan to “Joy FM,” drop nets. (KK) 1180 WSQR IL Sycamore – Slogan to “FM 92.9 & AM 1180 The Squirrel.” 1190 KXKS NM Albuquerque – Format to SS:REL (ex‐SPT/TLK); delete networks. 1220 KCAX MO Branson – Format to XMAS (ex‐GOS); add // K251BZ‐98.1, drop networks. 1230 WSBB FL New Smyrna Beach – Slogan to “AM 1230 & AM 1490 The Great Voice.” WNNC NC Newton – Adds // W267CH‐101.3. (FCC) 1260 KEIR ID Idaho Falls – Format to REL:AC/TLK (ex‐NWS/TLK/SPT); networks to DR; slogan & Group to // Sunny AM 1260/690 (ex‐// East Idaho’s News Talk). 1270 WGSV AL Guntersville – Adds // W242CO‐96.3. (FCC) 5 1280 KPRV OK Poteau – Format to NOS/OLD (ex‐NOS); slogan to “Classic Hits and More,” adds // KPRV‐FM‐92.5. (BH) 1290 WKLB KY Manchester – Slogan to “News & Information Station.” 1300 WMVO OH Mount Vernon – Format to Rock/OLD (ex‐OLD); delete slogan. 1330 WBTM VA Danville – Slogan to “Big Hits 102.5 & 1330.” 1340 KYNS CA San Luis Obispo – Format to AOR (ex‐AC/EZL); slogan to “Alt 93.7.” KICK MO Springfield – Adds // K222CT‐92.3. (FCC) 1400 KVOE KS Emporia – Slogan to “Live & Local.” WCYN KY Cynthiana – Format to Rock/OLD (ex‐C&W); slogan to “Classic Hits.” KTMC OK McAlester – Adds // K244FI‐96.7. (FCC) KODI WY Cody – Adds // K244CG‐96.7. (FCC) 1430 WRMG AL Red Bay – Adds // W250CD‐97.9. (FCC) WEIR WV Weirton – Adds // W235BX‐94.9. (FCC) 1440 WGEM IL Quincy – Adds // W255CY‐98.9. (FCC) WKLV VA Blackstone – Networks to Vn/WW1. 1450 KTZR AZ Tucson – Format to TLK (ex‐SS:NOS); slogan to “Talk of Tucson,” networks to P/CM/TRN. WYHL MS Meridian – Adds // W259BP‐99.7. (FCC) WGNC NC Gastonia – Networks to I/P/Ing/DrJ/WW1/DR/RER. (TV) KBBS WY Buffalo – Adds // K278CJ‐103.5. (FCC) 1460 KBRZ TX City – Format to SS:REL (ex‐ETH); slogan to “Radio Aleluya.” 1480 KQAM KS Wichita – Adds // K273CX‐102.5; networks to SRN/Ing/DR/CM/MRN. (WH) WGVU MI Kentwood – Slogan to “Real Oldies 1480 & 850.” 1490 KBLF CA Red Bluff – Adds // K284CL‐104.7. (FCC) KJIN LA Houma – Format to OLD (ex‐SS:MEX); slogan “Good Time Oldies,” nets WW1. 1510 KWJB TX Canton – Slogan to “The Bee,” adds // K236CH‐95.1. 1520 WQCT OH Bryan – Adds // W243DP‐96.5. (FCC) KOKC OK Oklahoma City – Slogan & Group to // NewsTalk 1520. 1540 KTGG MI Spring Arbor – Adds // W284AH‐104.7. (FCC) (Note station is silent.) 1550 KQNM NM Albuquerque – Format to REL (ex‐Rock/OLD); networks to IHR; delete slogan. 1560 KIQS CA Willows – Adds // K252FN‐98.3. (FCC) 1570 WTRB TN Ripley – Slogan to “Real Country Variety.” WSCO WI Appleton – Slogan to “95.3 the Score.” 1600 KIVA NM Albuquerque – Slogan to “Fox News ABQ‐FM.”

Group Change // East Idaho’s News Talk becomes // Sunny AM 1260/690 – KEII‐690, KEIR‐1260, K224EL‐92.7, K266AF‐101.1.

Added to Groups // Public Radio – Adds K270CM‐101.9. // The Sports Animal‐Tulsa – Adds K267CC‐101.3.

New Groups // Hunny 103.5 – WHUN‐FM‐103.5, WHUN‐1150, W249DD‐97.7. // NewsTalk 1520 – KOKC‐1520, K237GE‐95.3, K276EX‐103.1.

Thanks to Shawn Axelrod, Bill Hale (BH), FCC Database (FCC), Bruce Conti, Harry Hayes (HJH), Terry Krueger (TK), Bill Dvorak (BD), Kraig Krist (KK), Tore Vik (TV).

IRCA Slogans List (September 2016)

This completely revised Slogans List includes radio slogans from the US and Canada (over 4500). The 2016 IRCA SLOGANS LIST is posted on the IRCA website for all to download. The link is: http://www.ircaonline.org/slogans.htm A hard copy can also be ordered from the IRCA. Prices: IRCA/NRC members – $7.25 (US), $8.50 (Canada) $10.00 (México), $10.75 (rest of the world). Non‐IRCA/NRC members – add $1.00. To order from the IRCA, send the correct amount (in US funds payable to Phil Bytheway) to: IRCA, 9705 MARY NW, SEATTLE WA 98117‐2334. Or, order through PayPal [add $1.00] to email: [email protected] (Phil Bytheway). Please state club affiliation when ordering.

6 Domestic DX Digest – East Mike Brooker, 99 Wychrest Avenue, ON M6G 3X8 (Canada), [email protected] For loggings of U.S. and Canadian stations by DXers in Eastern/Atlantic time zones All times are Eastern Local Time (ELT)

REPORTERS BC‐NH Bruce Conti, Nashua – Excalibur SDR, MWDX‐5, variable termination 50 x 60‐ft SuperLoop 60° northeast, variable termination 50 x 75‐ft SuperLoop 180° south. HJH‐PA Harry Hayes, Wilkes‐Barre – Grundig S‐350, ALA‐1530 loop in attic JK‐WV Joe Kremer, Bridgeport – ICOM IC‐7300, 18’ vertical KK‐VA Kraig Krist, Manassas – Winradio G33DDC SDR, Wellbrook ALA‐1530S+ Imperium Loop TLK‐FL Terry Krueger, Clearwater – NRD‐535, IC‐R75, roof dipole, active loop TLK‐FL1 Terry Krueger, Fort DeSoto Park, Mullet Key – IC‐R75, active loop PS‐ON Paul Snider, Welland – ICOM R75, Pixel RF Pro‐1B loop, MFJ‐1020C tuner NjW‐ON Niel Wolfish, Toronto – WinRadio Excalibur G31DDC + Wellbrook Loop MKB‐ON Mike Brooker, Toronto – Grundig G5, Grundig YB‐400PE, Sony SRF‐39FP, C Crane CC Skywave, Panasonic RF‐2200 (receiver emeritus) Follow me on Twitter! @patria1818 DX‐related tweets will be hash‐tagged #MWDX. Friend me on Facebook! www.facebook.com/keval.mike

UNID 920 unID ‐‐ – 10/3 0404 – Someone barely above the co‐channel a couple of times with old C&W. Also another UNID with Spanish preacher, choir in Spanish sounding as though in church from 0430. (TLK‐FL) 1150 unID ‐‐ ‐ 9/23 1925 – In multi‐station mix (WDTM, WDEL, CKOC), female with “Sport radio 11‐50” slogan. I don’t believe this is CKOC as I’ve heard CKOC ID as “TSN 11‐50.” (KK‐VA) unID ‐‐ ‐ 9/23 1825 – In multi‐station mix with time pips, but no “RR” in morse code. In other words, not Cuba’s R. Reloj. (KK‐VA) 1270 unID ‐‐ – 9/24 0638 – Unidentified C&W oldie, into “Six‐Pack Summer” by Phil Vassar. Not WBOJ, Columbus, GA. Going to their website and stream, they are now “Boomer 102.5” with rock/pop oldies, still simulcast to the W273CW translator but with the ex‐C&W format gone. Next best candidate is WHGS, Hampton, SC. (TLK‐FL) 1390 unID ‐‐ ‐ As reported by TLK‐FL in DDXD‐E 84‐01, “Mexi‐tunes while pointed N/S,” my guess is WZHF Arlington, VA which broadcasts a Mexican format with the slogan Fiesta 1390. (BC‐NH)

TIS/HAR 1650 WQQJ297 FL I‐275 Tampa – 9/29 1036 – Compu‐man, loop begins with “You are listening to the Florida Department of Transportation Highway Advisory Radio System, station WQQJ297 at 16‐50 AM.” Then generic construction zone warning. Loud and alone where the Sunshine Skyway HAR’s on both ends should have been easily audible and a bridge in full view. Off? (TLK‐ FL1)

LOGGINGS 540 WWCS PA Canonsburg – 9/19 2200 – Peaking at times with sports talk and Yahoo Sports promos. Ad for Tony George Show. (HJH‐PA) 550 WSVA VA Harrisonburg – 9/19 2207 – Very strong, briefly over WGR. Full ID with mention of 550 and 92.1. Started into a segment of the John Batchelor Show. (HJH‐PA) 590 WARM PA Scranton – 9/24 0600 – Over WEZE and Cuba; “Northern PA’s sports leader, 590 WARM Scranton‐Wilkes Barre‐Hazleton, a Cumulus station, worldwide at Sports Radio 590 AM dot com,” into CBS Sports Radio. (BC‐NH) 600 WVAR WV Richwood – 9/25 1955 – “City of New Orleans” by Arlo Guthrie, ToH ID: “This is 600 AM WVAR,” “Cherish” by the Association, possible “Mighty 1490” mention at 2016, Cats In The Cradle” by Harry Chapin, “If I Had a Hammer” by Peter, Paul & Mary. Poor to very poor mixing with CKAT and probably WICC & WSOM. (PS‐ON) 7 660 WXQW AL Fairhope – 9/29 0658 – “Your new source for news and information…WXQW Fairhope‐Mobile, a Cumulus Station.” Mexican anthem audible underneath. (NjW‐ON) 690 KGGF KS Coffeyville – 10/3 0718 – Blasting in with dude reading hog futures, cattle auction and farm equipment events, all in Oklahoma, ID, local weather and live read commercials, color radar report. (TLK‐FL) KSTL MO Saint Louis – 9/28 2345 – Gospel music, “690 WSTL” ID at 2350 between songs, more gospel, “You want what we got 690” slogan at 2355, Page Publishing ad, “KSTL 690 East St. Louis” ToH ID. Poor to very poor, mostly under CKGM (partially nulled) & UNID Spanish station. (PS‐ON) WELD WV Fisher – 9/27 2108 – Strong over CKGM ending a Doobie Bros. song then “690 AM WELD” ID then into a Cyndi Lauper song. (HJH‐PA) 710 WTPR TN Paris – 10/2 0658 – Oldie and ID: “since 1945…WENK… WTPR 101.7 – the greatest hits of all time.” Mixing with UNID Mexican station. Also noted 10/5 0700 – lengthy James Brownyard‐esque weather forecast, ID and ABC news at 0701. (NjW‐ON) The late James Brownyard was the legendary owner, long‐winded announcer and curmudgeon‐in‐chief at WHYP‐1530 in North East, PA back in the day. Mike. 730 WUMP AL Madison – 10/4 0700 – Mixing with XEX and WZGV with ID: “all over the Valley…Sports Radio 730 and 103.9, The Ump.” (NjW‐ON) WZMF PA Nanticoke – 9/30 1959 – Good; “The greatest hits of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, Gem 104, WGMF Tunkhannock‐Scranton and WZMF Nanticoke‐Wilkes‐Barre, driven by Sherwood Chevrolet in beautiful downtown Tunkhannock PA.” (BC‐ NH) 780 WCKB NC Dunn – 9/28 1920 – Fair signal with promotion about WCKB’s 70th Birthday. Requested photos and stories from listeners for the 10/28 celebration. Slogan “Your Hometown Station.” Mentioned 97.7 FM. Sign‐off at 1930. (HJH‐PA) 790 WAXY FL South Miami – 9/29 1113 – Fair with ESPN sports talk. (TLK‐FL1) 800 WKZI IL Casey – 10/1 0658 – Out of SRN news with ID that also mentioned WPFR in Terre Haute into religious music. (NjW‐ON) WSHO LA New Orleans – 9/29 1118 – Fair with “God knows” talk by preacher. (TLK‐FL1) 810 WCTA TN Alamo – 10/4 *0658 – Sign‐on announcement under a stronger station with Spanish pop music. (NjW‐ON) 820 WWFD MD Frederick – 10/6 0045 – While listening to UNID talk station and CHAM battling for the frequency, noted a third station playing a mixture of different types of music (older and more recent) and heard ID at 0106 “WWFD 820 AM,” then lost. Very poor. (PS‐ON) WWLZ NY Horseheads – 10/6 0045 – John Batchelor Show, Coast to Coast AM, presumed to be WBAP battling it out with CHAM until hearing ID at 0119 as “ 820 WWLZ.” Fair at times over CHAM to very poor. (PS‐ON) WBAP TX Fort Worth – 9/23 2310 – SMU v. TCU Horned Frogs college football. Ad for Preservation Tree Services. Good at times with competition from a station carrying the Nationals. (HJH‐PA) 830 WEEU PA Reading – 10/1 0500 – Under local WCRN; “The Accuweather forecast along with sports follows ABC news, right here on The Voice, 830 AM WEEU.” (BC‐ NH) 840 WBHY AL Mobile – 9/29 1120 – Black gospel vocals, some CMHW co‐channel. (TLK‐FL1) 860 WFMO NC Fairmont – 9/27 1950 – Good over CJBC with ad for Sheff’s Seafood Restaurant in Pembrook, NC. Slogan “Great Gospel Music, The Light.” No Call ID heard. (HJH‐PA) 920 KARN AR Little Rock – 10/3 0415 – CBS Sports Radio, national ads, promo for local show “on Sports Animal 920.” (TLK‐FL) 940 WMAC GA Macon – 9/28 1942 – Good signal with coverage. “Middle ’s Station for the Braves, Newstalk 940 WMAC.” Pattern switch at 1945 made it inaudible. (HJH‐PA) WNRG VA Grundy – 9/20 2215 – Peaking at this time with “WMJD” ID’s. “ 100.7 WMJD” and “Your Brand of Country” ID’s. No WNRG ID heard. (HJH‐PA) 950 WAKM TN Franklin – 10/2 0700 – Over usual WWJ with C&W, “This is Hometown Radio WAKM Franklin, Tennessee” ToH ID. (MKB‐ON) 8 +++ – 10/4 0659 – Promo for upcoming Pigskin Preview program and upcoming Franklin Rebels vs. Wilson Central Wildcats high school football broadcast on Thursday. I’m taking Wilson Central to cover the spread. (NjW‐ON) +++ ‐ 10/2 0656 – Fair with C&W music, “Hometown Radio” slogan, “WAKM AM 950” ID. (JK‐WV) CFAM MB Altona – 10/2 0704 – After WAKM fade‐out, on top of frequency with detailed local sports (e.g. Manitoba junior hockey scores) into Mennonite gospel program, presumably also locally produced. (MKB‐ON) +++ – 10/5 0718 – Faded up over WWJ with ’s “Mother and Child Reunion.” ID, time check and a feature on a local who drove down to Hazeltine, MN for the Ryder Cup. (NjW‐ON) 980 WYFN TN Nashville – 10/5 0700 – Appeared over CFPL‐London with ID: “we’re sharing god’s love at WYFN Nashville.” (NjW‐ON) 990 WLLI PA Somerset – 10/1 0500 – Under WDCX; “1490 WNTJ Johnstown and 990 WLLI Somerset.” (BC‐NH) 1000 WYBT FL Blountstown – 9/29 1138 – “When A Man Loves A Woman” by Percy Sledge into “Still the One” by Orleans. Very poor under Radio Artemisa. Presumed. Confirmed by Gerry Bishop they are still (or again) Oldies, not Religious as listed in the NRC AM Log. (TLK‐FL1) 1020 WPEO IL Peoria – 10/2 2255 – Heard (after sunset) with EE religious talk under KDKA, mention of “...97.7 FM...” in ToH ID, SRN news, some sort of promo or PSA, weather forecast from WPEO weather centre, into Gospel Greats show. Poor at times over KDKA to very poor. // to TuneIn Internet stream. (PS‐ON) 1030 KCTA TX Corpus Christi – 10/2 0658 – PSA for Corpus Christi crime prevention, ad for Royal Plumbing, station promo for Messianic Perspectives broadcast. (NjW‐ ON) 1050 WEPN NY New York – 10/6 0026 – Fair to poor, mostly over CHUM with lots of “ESPN Deportes” and “ESPN Deportes Radio” IDs, Heritage For The Blind promo. (PS‐ ON) 1070 KNX CA – 10/3 0727 – Good signal with Barbara Brooks with traffic report “for KNX 1070 News Radio” then another lady with weather, local news from 1130 by man (LAPD shootings, Kardashian update, LA Times poised for sale). Barb back at 0736 with traffic. Nice that this one appears to be a regular here just post‐sunrise. (TLK‐FL) +++ – 9/30 0658 – Commercial for Dental Connection, ToH ID and CBS news. (NjW‐ ON) WINA VA Charlottesville – 10/4 2135 – Fair at times over CHOK to very poor with ads, Mark Levin Show, local ads (festival in VA, restaurant using a series of ingredients from VA, Long & Foster Real Estate, Goldline), mention of Charlottesville and ID at 2159 “...News Radio WINA,” Towns of Stonefield ad, CBS news. (PS‐ON) 1080 WONS KY Canonsburg – 10/5 0645 – On top of WTIC after several gospel ditties with ID: “WONS Canonsburg‐Ashland‐Ironton, on line at WONS1080.com.” (NjW‐ON) WOAP MI Owosso – 9/24 0600 – Over/under WTIC; “Bad Moon Rising by CCR, “...WOAP Owosso, online at WOAP radio dot com,” and “Under the Boardwalk” by The Drifters. (BC‐NH) KYMN MN Northfield – 10/5 0708 – Poor with local news, announcer with ID, weather and mention of upcoming features into “The Joker” by The Steve Miller Band. (NjW‐ ON) 1100 WHLI NY Hempstead – 10/3 2205 – Ads, weather report, possible ID, songs by Cher, Clarence Henry, America, ID at 2011 as “From one great song to another...hits of a lifetime...WHLI,” mention of WHLI.com at 2014. Poor to very poor, mostly under WTAM, but at times quite readable. (PS‐ON) 1110 WKDZ KY Cadiz – 9/27 2325 – Announcer giving address and “WKDZ” ID, “Magic” by Pilot, wkdzradio.com mention at 2332, ads, “1110 WKDZ” ID at 2333, “Dreamer” by Supertramp, “Come Sail Away” by Styx. Poor to very poor, mixing with WBT. (PS‐ON) KFAB NE Omaha – 9/27 2330 – Heard in the background with America Now show (according to their website), ID at 2346 “News Radio KFAB,” ads. Very poor in mix with WKDZ and WBT. (PS‐ON) 1140 WRMQ FL Orlando – 10/2 0725 – Urban gospel, parallel their stream. Fair when pointed away from pileup of Cubans. (TLK‐FL) 9 1150 WDTM TN Selmer – 9/23 1922 – In WDEL/CKOC mix (plus a couple of UNIDs) with religious singing, male “WDTM” ID. (KK‐VA) 1160 WSKW ME Skowhegan – 9/23 2124 – “Classic Country WSKW” ID. Fair with others. (HJH‐ PA) WCCS PA Homer City – 9/23 1848 – In multi‐station mix (WMET, WOBM, WODY, UNID baseball game) with male “AM 11‐60 WCCS. 1160wccs.com” ID. (KK‐VA) WODY VA Fieldale – 9/23 1951 – In multi‐station mix with “Praise for Charlotte…this is Joy FM” slogan. (KK‐VA) +++ ‐ 9/24 0015 – Gospel music, “Joy FM” slogan at 0021 and 0025, more gospel, another non‐ID at 0044 “Real music, real life Joy FM.” According to joyfm.org they are on 1160 Martinsville & mwlist.org says WODY is Joy FM. Poor to very poor with WCCS. (PS‐ON) 1170 KFAQ OK Tulsa – 9/26 2257 – Very poor, mostly under WWVA with talk show, OSU Cowboys Football promo, “Talk Radio 1170” slogan, promo for an incentive program for Tulsa students, TOH ID “Talk Radio KFAQ Tulsa,” ABC news. (PS‐ ON) 1190 WMEJ MS Bay St. Louis – 10/2 1958 – Weak and alone with gospel music and ToH ID. Last heard in 1982 as WXGR. (NjW‐ON) WIXE NC Monroe – 9/23 1856 – In WLIB/WOWO/WVUS mix with female “...classic country...all new 93.1 FM and 11‐90 AM...the ‘Voice of Union County’“. (KK‐ VA) WSDQ TN Dunlap – 10/12 2158 – Promo for a concert at the Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, ID and Fox News. This is listed as a daytimer. (NjW‐ON) WVUS WV Grafton – 9/23 1828 – In WLIB/WOWO/WIXE mix with female “The ‘Light of Life’ community calendar....” (KK‐VA) 1200 WSML NC Graham – 9/26 1859 – In WRKK/WMIR mix with male “You’re listening to 104.5 FM, 12 hundred AM WSML...” ID. (KK‐VA) WMIR SC Atlantic Beach – 9/26 1848 – In WRKK/WSML mix with male “Rejoice 12 hundred” slogan. (KK‐VA) +++ – 10/2 2154 – Tuned to announcer talk, ID at 2155 “1200 WMIR,” gospel music, ToH ID “Praise...on the all new WMIR” into more gospel. Fair at times to very poor, with presumed CFGO in the background. (PS‐ON) 1210 WANB PA Waynesburg – 9/26 1838 – In WPHT mix with male “Your radio station for country, WANB” ID. (KK‐VA) 1220 WJUN PA – 9/26 1913 – In WFAX/WHKW mix with ID and station promo: “813 ‘The Score’. We give you what for...sports radio WJUN AM.” (KK‐VA) 1230 KHAS NE Hastings – 10/19 0713 – ’ “Poor Side of Town,” ID and station promo for religious broadcast on Sunday at 9. (NjW‐ON) WMML NY Glens Falls – 9/24 2057 – “Hear every game on AM 1230 WMML, ” station promo. (HJH‐PA) WFAS NY White Plains – 10/1 2300 – Good; “All sports, all day every day, from the Entergy studios this is CBS Sports Radio, home of Gio and Jones in the morning, on AM 1230 WFAS White Plains.” (BC‐NH) WCRO PA Johnstown – 9/26 1959 – In multi‐station mix with ID and station promo: “Your local sports leader since 1947 and the home of Pitt Panther football is 12‐30 WCRO Johnstown.” (KK‐VA) WODI VA Brookneal – 9/26 1859 – In multi‐station mix (WCBT, WFVA, WJOI, WCRO, UNID and religious talk) with typical ESPN radio programming, presumed ID as “This is Brookneal the home of....” (KK‐VA) WCLO WI Janesville – 10/4 0559 – Male announcer with “4:59 a.m. with 59 degrees this is 12‐30 WCLO Janesville Wisconsin, I’m Tim Beggs,” into CBS news. (NjW‐ON) 1240 WTAX IL Springfield – 9/29 0641 – ID: “hear the newsmakers here first on Newsradio 1240 and 107.9, WTAX.” (NjW‐ON) KICD IA Spencer – 9/30 0659 – Star Spangled Banner and ToH ID: “news radio 12‐40 KRCD Spencer, , it’s 6 o’clock.” (NjW‐ON) WCEM MD Cambridge – 9/27 2210 – format with “America’s Best Music” mentions playing “Words Get in The Way” by Gloria Estefan, ads mentioning local businesses, event promo, “1240 WCEM” ID at 2219, “My Eyes Adored You” by Frankie Valli, “Radio 1240” slogan at @ 2225, “Goin Out Of My Head” by Little Anthony & The Imperials, “Blue Bayou” by , “America’s Best Music…Radio 1240” at 2231. Poor to very poor in station mix. (PS‐ON) 10 +++ ‐ 10/1 2300 – Fair; “This is Radio 1240 WCEM AM Cambridge‐Easton, part of the Midshores Top Stations, streaming on MTS Live dot com, like us on Facebook,” and light vocals. (BC‐NH) WRTA PA Altoona – 9/26 1921 – In multi‐station mix with male “12‐40 WRTA” ID. Another ID at 1959 as “...there’s only one place to get it. WRTA 12‐40 Altoona.” (KK‐VA) WGMN VA Roanoke – 9/26 1859 – In multi‐station mix (WCNC, WDNE, WRTA, other UNID talk and music) with “The Liberty Flames sports network,” “ESPN Virginia” slogans. (KK‐VA) CJCS ON Stratford – 10/2 0730 – Over the jumble with local weather, “CJCS 1240” jingle into “Hitching a Ride” by Vanity Fare. I thought this station joined the smaller market Canadian AM deadpool and moved to FM years ago, but apparently not. (MKB‐ON) 1260 WSUA FL Miami – 10/1 2300 – Fair; promo for “frecuencia de Martí” and “Martí noticias punto com.” WSUA broadcasts Radio Martí programs 2200‐2400 per various internet sources, although the WSUA website only lists generic programas patrocinados. (BC‐NH) WRIE PA Erie – 9/26 2220 – Ferrall On The Bench, ads, mention of “The Score” at 2237 (not Score 1260 WSKD), Job Fair promo sponsored by Cumulus Media, CBS Sports promos. Very poor, mixing with WPHB and others. (PS‐ON) CKHJ NB Fredericton – 9/30 2000 – Good; “CKHJ Fredericton, a division of Bell Media, real country variety, 103.5, 95.1, and 1260 AM, an iHeart radio station, KHJ.” (BC‐NH) 1270 WHGS SC Hampton – 10/2 2004 – In multi‐station mix (WMPM, WTJZ, WCBC, UNID music, talk and baseball game) with C&W songs, station promo: “Make your whole day come alive with ‘Kickin Country’ AM 12‐70.” (KK‐VA) 1280 WIPC FL Lake Wales – 9/25 0725 – Spanish talk ending, then accented male, “This is WIPC, 12‐80 AM, Lake Wales‐Winter Haven” ID into EE female promo for church service coverage at 10 a.m. Sundays, then into another church service in . This on a local Sunday morning, though otherwise programming is presumably always SS religious “Radio Esperanza 1280” slogan. If memory serves, the two towers and small studio structure is on East Mountain Lake Cutoff Road just after turning off US‐27, on the way to Bok Tower Gardens. (TLK‐FL) WTMY FL Sarasota – 9/25 0730 – Pointing away from WIPC, another Spanish domestic, which is this one. Slogan is “La Número Uno 106.9 FM” (W295BH translator) with Mexi‐tunes format. A recent flip from the previous Nostalgia. The Mexification of domestic AM marches on unabated. (TLK‐FL) WSAT NC Salisbury – 10/2 1820 – In WHVR/WYAL/WJAY mix with station promo: “Bringing back the good times 24‐7 on ‘Memories Radio.’“ (KK‐VA) WJAY SC Mullins – 10/2 1845* – In WHVR/WYAL/WSAT mix, male with WJAY sign‐off announcement. (KK‐VA) 1290 WNBN MS Meridian – 9/24 0620 – Urban old time gospel vocals, the same female (presumed station owner) as always noted here, reading most of the local ads, such as Ultimate Car Care. Always sounding like more than 91 watts night power. (TLK‐FL) 1300 WMTN TN Morristown – 10/5 1935 – In WJZ/WKCY/WXRL mix with C&W songs, local weather “From the WMTN weather center...” (KK‐VA) 1330 WVHI IN Evansville – 10/5 0659 – Fair to poor with “Unshackled” program, “AM 1330 WVHI Evansville” ID. (JK‐WV) WESR VA Onley‐Onancock – 9/24 0600 – Fair; “You’re listening to AM 1330 WESR Onley‐ Onancock and FM 105‐7 Coastal Country, Virginia news is next,” into Virginia News Network. (BC‐NH) 1340 KROC MN Rochester – 9/29 0700 – ToH ID “News‐talk 1340 KROC AM Rochester” into ABC news. (NjW‐ON) 1360 WDRC CT Hartford – 9/23 2307 – Heard phone number for dentist practice with 860 area code, Lars Larson Show, ads (Life Lock, video doorbell, health insurance), heard show promo “on the Talk of .” Very poor in station mix, including probably WKYO and WYOS. (PS‐ON) 1370 WCCN WI Neillsville – 9/25 0700 – Over usual pests (WSPD, WXXI et al) with “another hour of America’s best music on 1370 AM WCCN Neillsville” into “If” by Bread. (MKB‐ON) 11 1390 WEED NC Rocky Mount – 10/2 2110 – Gospel music, “Joy 1390” slogan clearly heard at 2115. Quickly buried by WSPO. Poor to very poor. (PS‐ON) 1400 WZHR FL Zephyrhills – 9/29 1050 – Fair with early 50’s Jump Jive R&B, including yet another one about the antics of a monkey, male canned ID encompassing all of the Tan Talk network/owned stations with calls, cities and frequencies. (TLK‐ FL1) WDNY NY Dansville – 10/3 1859 – Over in‐state rival WWWS‐Buffalo with “Downtown” by Petula Clark, “thanks for stopping by at the home for classic hits, WDNY Dansville” ToH ID. (MKB‐ON) 1410 WNGL AL Mobile – 10/2 1958 – “Archangel Radio” station promos. ToH legal ID and EWTN programming. All alone on the frequency. (NjW‐ON) WING OH Dayton – 9/25 2125 – Bears v. Cowboys NFL game, ads, ID at 2139 “…ESPN 1410 WING AM,” back to the game, more ads at 2146 (Geico, NAPA), ESPN promos. Fair to very poor with CJWI. (PS‐ON) KQV PA Pittsburgh – 9/24 0558 – Over WING; end of Lincoln Radio Journal public affairs program and ID. (BC‐NH) 1440 WGIG GA Brunswick – 10/1 2138 – With University of GA Bulldogs coverage. Had list of commercial sponsors. ID as “You’re listening to 1440 WGIG.” With many others including WHKZ. (HJH‐PA) +++ ‐ 10/3 2203 – Fair with , ad for Morrison Dental Associates in Brunswick, “1440 WGIC, Brunswick” ID. (JK‐WV) 1450 WILM DE Wilmington – 9/24 0500 – Fair; “We are Delaware’s Newsradio 1450 WILM Wilmington, WDOV Dover, and WDSD HD2 Dover‐Wilmington.” (BC‐NH) WHTC MI Holland – 10/3 2255 – Taking another stab at IDing my mystery oldies station on 1450, heard “...WHTC Holland...” ToH ID, then lost. Very poor in station mix. (PS‐ON) WKIP NY Poughkeepsie – 10/1 2250 – Heard while trying to ID oldies station (possibly WKLA) with “1450 WKIP” ID, some talk and then lost. Very poor in station mix, including probably WQNT. (PS‐ON) WREL VA Lexington – 10/6 0646 – Poor in graveyard mix with female giving Accuweather forecast for Rockbridge County, “WREL” ID. (JK‐WV) 1480 WCNS PA Latrobe – 9/24 0600 – Over WSAR; “...worldwide at 1480 WCNS dot com, Latrobe’s News/Talk 1480.” (BC‐NH) 1490 WSIR FL Winter Haven – 10/2 1215 – Very poor when WWPR Bradenton nulled. Urban gospel revival vocals, parallel their stream at http://www.familyradio1490.com/stream/ (TLK‐FL) WNTJ PA Johnstown – 9/24 0500 – Heard through graveyard jumble; “WLLI Somerset.” (BC‐NH) 1500 KCLF LA New Roads – 9/24 0554 – No doubt the one with obscure Blues, briefly over D1 violator WPSO. KCLF is also violating, unless their CP for U1 850/18 is in place, and then they really are at 18 watts. But doubt it, as often heard overnights. (TLK‐FL) 1510 KGA WA Spokane – 9/24 0500 – “Sports Radio 1510 KGA...” and Fox Sports trending now opener heard through a jumble of signals. Thanks to Tim Tromp in the NRC Facebook group for help with ID. New log. (BC‐NH) 1530 KGBT TX Harlingen – 10/2 0355 – Contemporary Christian Spanish vocals such as “Lo Nunca Antes Visto” by Vale; “Si Puedes Creer” by Lilly Goodman; “A Tu Lado Es Mi Lugar” by Jaci Velasquez. Occasional same female canned liners mentioning “Escucha... música corazón... radio corazón...” Finally, a clear, “Escucha Amor Celestial” at 0615 by same female voice. Oddly, not // their stream, songs not even matching if taking into account an extreme delay, though same format otherwise. Still Univision owned, but not the Spanish Talk “Univision América” format in the NRC AM Log, instead now “Amor Celestial” with this format. Wonder if they are running their day power and pattern at night? (TLK‐FL) 1540 KZMP TX University Park – 10/7 0550 – With ZNS1 Nassau off since Hurricane Matthew passing nearly over New Providence, this one showing up at decent level with lots of accordion‐driven Mexi‐tunes. English male canned ID, mentioning 106.7 FM and something “Communications” (ownership, maybe. Station is listed though as Liberman Broadcasting), back to Mexi‐tunes. (TLK‐FL) CHIN ON Toronto – 10/6 2003 – With ZNS1 Nassau off, this one in on the back side of greyline with subcontinental, maybe Bengali, Bollywood‐ish vocals. CHIN 12 website shows “South Asian” (Hindi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati and Urdu) M‐F 7:30 pm‐12 am along with other times, a match. Rarely heard on this side of FL even with Nassau off. (TLK‐FL) 1560 WGLB WI Elm Grove – 9/24 0600 – Under WFME; “WGLB Elm Grove‐Milwaukee,” and Black gospel music. (BC‐NH) 1570 WNCA NC Siler City – 9/23 2150 – Fair to very poor in station mix with sports talk, “…on 1570 WNCA Siler City” ToH ID, ads all mentioning Siler City. (PS‐ON) 1580 WJFK MD Morningside – 9/25 1858 – Ads (Direct Tax, moisture control company), “CBS Sports Radio 1580” slogan, sports news, CBS Sports promo, CBS Sports radio IDs. Fair to very poor, fighting with CKDO. (PS‐ON) 1590 WRXB FL St. Pete Beach – 9/29 1040 – Urban gospel, singing jingle ID. Mediocre signal barely five miles SW of the stick and with day pattern showing as thrown right at me and deep into the gulf. This could be fully nulled with WPSL, Port Saint Lucie then audible weakly. So, this is indeed on the air, but has to be running a couple of watts best, as never even the weakest trace at the house. Matches DXN 84‐01 “AM Switch” column of “applies to extend STA, reduced power” status. (TLK‐FL1) 1600 WTZQ NC Hendersonville ‐10/2 2057 – Fair with Kenny Rogers “Love Will Turn You Around,” “Q95.3 FM and 1600 AM WTZQ Hendersonville, Ashville...” ID, “Want a great update for your home in Summer?” (ad for The Outlet on Kanuga Bend, 401 Kanuga Road). (JK‐WV) WAYC PA Bedford – 10/4 0759 – “WAYC Bedford” ID clearly popped out of the scrum! (JK‐WV)

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REPORTERS FH‐OK Forest Osborn, Hooker, OK. Drake R8, 200’ LW and 4’ box loop. GH‐OK Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK. Mostly DX‐398 with internal antenna only; NRD‐545 with ALA‐330S E‐W inside or N‐S random wire; IC‐R75 with E‐W longwire; also available, PL‐880 with internal or random wire; FRG‐7 with NW/SE short wire; Nissan stock car radio when specified. Glenn’s complete reports, with extensive commentary, are originally published in DX Listening Digest. http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html JJR‐WI John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee, WI. Icom IC‐R75 MFJ‐959B tuner, preamp Kiwa loop. NJ‐AZ Nancy Johnson, Mesa, AZ. Drake R8B, 75’ N‐S longwire JR‐OK John Reed, Shawnee, OK. Brigantina (USSR‐made in the 1990s); NRD‐525; AOR AR‐ 7030; Homebrew tuned ferrite loops, Clifton Labs active whip, phaser JW‐CO John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, CO. Drake R‐8, 4‐foot box loop. RR‐IL Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL. Sangean 909x and Kiwa loop WH‐CO Wayne Heinen, Aurora, CO. SDRplay RSP – HDSDR Software, E/W Flag, N/S Flag TG‐ 1 Termination Gizmo and Mini DXP5.

DX LOGS 580 KIDO ID Nampa – 9/30 0831 – Local news for Nampa and Boise, ad for Career Fair @0834, local weather @0835. Excellent signal, new here for #1101. (FH‐OK) 580 WIBW KS Topeka – 10/4 0635 – Poor in with others, calls, “now now FM News 104.9” (translator). (JJR‐WI) 600 KOGO CA San Diego – 9/30 0838 – ID as “Newsradio 600, Kogo,” ad for 1st Republic Bank at 0840, relog but also excellent signal. (FH‐OK) 710 WTPR TN Paris – 9/24 0700 – Poor over other station (NOS,OLD?). Sat through 3 oldies then LID for WENK,WTPR‐FM, WTPR. News. Others nulled. (JJR‐WI) 720 KDWN NV Las Vegas – 9/17 0814 – As XEJCC Juárez is fading out, something in English from E/W, talking about César Chávez and Harvey Milk; 0817 several ads to 0821 fading with toll‐free numbers, starting with anti‐IRS Tax Shield. Hard to see how this could be anything but KDWN; nothing else out there {besides Kauai . . .} on 720. Per web site, Jerry Doyle Show scheduled 0600‐0900 Saturdays. I do occasionally hear them around sunrise here, always wondering if they are really on ND day pattern. (GH‐OK) 730 CHMJ BC Vancouver – 10/1 0904 – “This is AM 730 Vancouver’s traffic and information station,” that slogan again at 0908 into bridge and tunnel report. 0909 “AM730.ca” into “AM 730 construction update.” Totally covering XEHB. New logging. (NJ‐AZ) 800 WSVS VA Crewe – 10/4 0623 – Poor; ad for Taylor Tires at 1414 ??? Avenue in Crewe. Time check, calls, no CKLW. (JJR‐WI) 800 WDUX WI Waupaca – 9/27 0746 – C&W music; canned ID at 0747: “Classic Country AM 800 WDUX ‐ we play the...?..” and into more music. Briefly fair but soon faded. A semi‐rare ‘W’ call here. (JW‐CO) 810 KSWV NM Santa Fe – 7/31 2215 – Romantic music in Spanish loops east‐west, which rules out México and makes it very likely KSWV. Dominant signal making fast SAH with something, CO or MO? Segués 2216, 2220 with no announcements at all, but the final tune cut short at 2221 to dead air, 2223 off the air, or maybe cut from 5000 to 10 watts night power. FCC official July sunset was 2215; August 2200. (GH‐OK) 810 WDMP WI Dodgeville – 9/23 0709 – Poor; C&W song & “D99.3” jingle. Not heard in a while. (JJR‐WI) 880 WIJR IL Highland – 9/22 2244 – Ranchera music looping E/W, need to listen on LSB to avoid strong day‐power cheating KHAC NM/AZ in English which is USB only (almost, some bleed over into LSB?). That leaves KRVN‐NE on DSB which I can’t null completely so still a lot of QRM for this one. Live DJ gives his cabina phone number; 2247 another announcement, 2250 fading down. 2302 fading up 14 a bit for music, 2304 time check I can’t copy. From previous experience it is probably WIJR. (GH‐OK) 890 KDXU UT St. George – 9/22 0818 – With KTLR OKC nulled, understation mentions southern Utah, USU, “here on KDXU,” at sunrise here, so should still be on night pattern with a cardioid null toward . We are somewhat off that bearing, but still not getting much from KDXU unless it’s really ND day pattern. (GH‐OK) 910 WHSM WI Hayward – 9/23 0708 – Poor; “Lite Hits, 910 WHSM” after song. ?? tires, Hwy 63 S of Hayward. Alone. (JJR‐WI) 930 KAPR AZ Douglas – 10/3 0831 – Spanish ID: “...todo en KAPR 930 AM transmitiendo desde Douglas [“DOOG‐lahs”] con exitos de los 80’s, 90’s, y exitos de hoy” and into Mexican music. Been hearing this daily pre‐sunrise, and definitely stronger than listed 71 watts night power. (JW‐CO) 930 WBEN NY Buffalo – 10/2 0602 – Poor; “…at 1 o clock on WGR 550”; weather “WBEN” @:05. (JJR‐WI) 930 WKY OK Oklahoma City – 9/18 08/52 – WKY’s indominatable (indominable?) banda music is suffering IADs every few seconds (intermittent audio dropouts). No one aware at station? No one at station? (GH‐OK) 930 KLUP TX Terrell Hills – 10/3 0759 – Legal ID at 6:59:50: “Stimulating talk ‐ this is 930 AM The Answer....Salem Media Group KLUP Terrell Hills‐San Antonio,” News from TownHall.com at ToH was followed by local news and weather headlines. Fair peaks with fading. New here, TX #184. (JW‐CO) 940 WYLD LA New Orleans – 9/17 2149 – Big dominant signal with no QRM. Bunch of ads, finally a local one for something in Gretna, and 2150 ID as “Amen 940 with fresh new music now!” Gospel music, that is. Both day and night lobes this way, but sure sounds more like 10,000 than 500 watts. (GH‐OK) 960 KGWA OK Enid – 9/25 0115‐0120+ – Local KGWA is in dead air, giving me a rare chance to null what’s left of it and DX something else, but nothing identifiable in the jumble. KGWA used to provide an occasional “Fox‐hole” during the news block 0100‐0105, but not tonight nor any night caught in many months. So I dare not keep listening longer lest my ears be blasted with the volume way up, without a predictable restoration time like 0105 was. (GH‐OK) 960 KLAD OR Klamath Falls – 10/2 0847 – ESPN programming; Legal ID at ToH: “KLAD Klamath Falls and K227CU Klamath Falls”; pregame coverage of the Jaguars‐ Colts NFL game from London followed. Chased this one for several days with tantalizing “mybasin.com” and “ESPN 93.3 and 960” non‐ID’s before getting LIDs on 9/30 and 10/2. No sign of closer KOVO in the same loop direction. A new catch here, OR #19. (JW‐CO) 990 WCAZ IL Carthage – 10/3 0723 – Poor with farm commodities, RFD‐, Illinois Ag weather. No calls and CBW nulled! (JJR‐WI) 1000 KTOK OK Oklahoma City – 9/17 2143 – KTOK OKC is in baseball, and it’s Dodgers! Half a continent away from L.A., but with ad for CHLA.org and talking about Dodgers, but whence? Finally, “here in Phœnix.” One week ago in Kansas City, KAZ asked me if KTOK carried Dodgers, as he was hoping he was getting one of the Californians on 1000. I thought KTOK unlikely, but there it is. Neil Kazaross replies, “Yep, I did some googling and OKC’s minor league teams is the Dodgers affiliate so this may explain KTOK. 73 and thx KAZ PS hoping some TP audio can make it to you. ‘It never occurred to me that there could be a Dodgers BB team other than the one in Los Angeles. (GH‐OK) 1010 WHIN TN Gallatin – 10/5 0711 – Poor; detailed weather, obits “in Gallatin.” CFRB nulled. (JJR‐WI) 1020 KCKN NM Roswell – 10/2 0600 – Poor with KDKA nulled. LID, string of affiliates. (JJR‐WI) 1050 KGTO OK Tulsa – 9/22 1621 – On car radio I finally get around to checking these out: I am not hearing any QRM, but there are two weak signals making a SAH of 6 to 7 Hz during music. I don’t hear any echo so the two must be well‐synchronized. 1638 a commercial for Walgreen’s, no QRM and no echo. 1640 now there are conflicting commercials during local cutaway. Recheck at 1656 now one is in music and the other in talk, continuing past 1700, can’t hear any IDs but obviously these are the two Okie stations near limits of groundwave. KGTO Tulsa, approx. 102 miles, is 1 kW non‐directional; KXCA Lawton, approx. 125 miles, is 0.25 kW directional away from Tulsa. Both have negligible night powers, pace XEG. (GH‐OK) 15 1060 KIJN TX Farwell – 9/19 2131 – Praise music in Spanish with slight edge over the CCI; 2134 as “KIJN, desde Farwell, Tejas – testimonios, adoración,” website and postal address, “y mil bendiciones.” Call letters pronounced in Spanish. Not exactly a gringo accent, but not true Mexican accent either. So confirmed reactivated after almost two years. Is 10 kW daytimer, slightly directional circular pattern favoring the WNW, but plenty this way too. Guess what? Official FCC sunset for KIJN in September was 2100. Back to their old tricks; will carrier and/or modulation stay on all night? 1060+, 9/20 0158 – Praise music in Spanish about a mujer, from WSW making fast SAH and I can tell this one is offset to the hi side of 1060; 0203 ID as “KIJN, 1060 AM, Farwell, , donde el espíritu [vive?].” So just as I suspected when hearing it a few hours earlier but definitely after sunset, this 10 kW daytimer is once again running all‐night. 9/21 0209 – 24 hours after last log, there KIJN is again, same fast SAH and praise music (GH‐OK) 1070 WINA VA Charlottesville – 10/2 0605 – Poor; CBS news, WINA Newsradio 1070 & 98.9 FM thru others. (JJR‐WI) 1070 CHOK ON Sarnia – 10/3 0719 – Poor, though WTSO not a factor today. “… presented by CHOK.” (JJR‐WI) 1250 KCFI IA Iowa Falls – 10/3 0711 – Poor; sat through 2 songs and heard calls. Tight WSSP null. First heard here 2001. Rare! (JJR‐WI) 1310 WTLC IN Indianapolis – 10/3 2039 – Poor with WIBA tightly nulled. “AM 1310 the Light” (JJR‐WI) 1310 KOKX IA Keokuk – 10/05 0000 – Out of C&W, “KOKX 1310 Keokuk” fair under KFKA (WH‐CO) 1340 KIKO AZ Apache Junction – 10/5 – My local has been off the air most of the past three weeks, returned 10/5 with Spanish programming. (NJ‐AZ) 1340 WXFN IN Muncie – 9/27 2058 – Station break during Cincinnati Reds game male announcer with “...on the Reds Radio Network” then different announcer “Fox Sports Radio heard on WXFN Muncie 1340 AM and W275AJ Muncie 102.9 FM.” (RR‐IL) 1370 KDTH IA Dubuque – 9/24 1936 – Out of a jumbled mess jumps up a lady singing a jingle “...... KPTH” into nostalgic type music. Couldn’t make out what she sang but it wasn’t “the voice of the Tri‐States” as listed in NRC AM Log #37 but very clear KPTH ID. (RR‐IL) 1370 WLJW MI Cadillac – 9/24 2026 – Mixing with Indians‐White Sox ball game on WSPD with religious talk and mentions of “northern .” Presumed as no ID, but only other MI station on 1370 is WGHN from Grand Haven & that’s not “,” but Cadillac is. Plus NRC AM Log #37 lists WLJW format as religious. (RR‐IL) 1370 KWRT MO Boonville – 10/2 1933 – Poor; “1370 AM KWRT” between C&W songs. No usual WSPD. (JJR‐WI) 1410 KLEM IA Le Mars – 10/05 0000 – “This is 1410 KLEM Le Mars and 96.9 FM.” New log & taped. (WH‐CO) 1440 CKJR AB Wetaskiwin – 10/02 0659 – “… Radio Station AM 1440 CKJR…” faded up in lull of KPUR & KMAJ. Call change ex‐CJOI. Taped. (WH‐CO) 1460 KHOJ MO St. Charles – 9/28 0852 – Local talk, phone number 314‐752‐7777. (FH‐OK) 1470 KYYW TX Abilene – 10/1 2155 – News, talk and ID “News talk” with call ID, over/under SS signals. (JR‐OK) 1480 KBXD TX Dallas – 9/18 0839 – South Asian songs, so KBXD is back on the air this morning, making 160/minute SAH (= two and two thirds Hz) with talker KQAM Wichita KS, and more or less separable from it by mutual nulling. (GH‐OK) 9/28 0856 – Asian music with announcer in EE. (FH‐OK) 1520 KOLM MN Rochester – 9/19 2123 – “Sports‐radio 1520 The Ticket” ID audible under KOKC OKC just as I tune in; the usual cheatin` KOLM. (GH‐OK) 1530 KGBT TX Harlingen – 10/4 2304 – Out of SS music, “KGBT Harlingen… Amor Celestial 1530 AM” in accented EE. Haven’t heard this in years. (WH‐CO) 1540 KEDA TX San Antonio – 10/2 2130 – Good selection of ‘50s blues music with San Antonio ads and announcements in EE. (JR‐OK) 1560 KTUI MO Sullivan – 10/5 0722 – Fair; no sign of semi local WGLB. Obits, “65 (degrees) at the studios of KTUI.” (JJR‐WI) 1580 KFCS CO Colorado Springs – 9/23 2048 – “Old Rugged Cross” by bass other than Tennessee Ernie Ford, loops ESE/WNW, 2051 segué to choral hymn. (No sign of 16 KOKB Blackwell OK, while sibling 1020 KOKP Perry OK is sports‐talking). Dominant signal on 1580, and 2128 recheck, preacher closing ‘Our Daily Bread’, 2129 ID like WBSS?, but that’s wrong. Ad for used Mercedes‐Benz; 2130 AM 1580 into ‘Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef’. Researching the likeliest, I soon come to KFCS Colorado Springs CO, and their schedule matches well enough in MDT: 6:00 Great Music of the Church Dr. Molly Snell; 7:00. Turning Point, David Jeremiah 7:30. Leading The Way with Michael Youssef, Ph.D. I previously tried the Leading The Way site, but find‐a‐station requires entering zip codes rather than just displaying a list of their “thousands” of outlets. (GH‐ OK) 1580 KGAF TX Gainesville – 10/2 2200 – Oldies and ID “Hometown Radio.” Brief good reception then signal was lost in a fade out. (JR‐OK) 1600 KUSH OK Cushing – 9/25 1923 – Local ad promoting use of natural gas in Oklahoma, call letter ID at 1938. New for me, but it should have been logged long ago. (FH‐OK) 1670 KQMS CA Redding – 9/28 0908 – Local news, local ad, station promo “...KQMS streaming online...” Poor with KHPY. Ex‐KNRO. New logging. (NJ‐AZ) 9/29 0758 – LID at 0758:53 by man: “KQMS Redding‐Shasta Lake City, K289BT Anderson,” followed by Fox news. Generally fair with some good peaks and occasional light QRM from KHPY. A needed call change, ex‐KNRO. (JW‐CO)

UNID 990 UNID ‐‐ 9/21 0822 – Spanish station discussing some event in El Paso, with person on phone, but there is no El Paso/Juárez station on this frequency. Closest in Chihuahua, not very, is Cuauhtémoc, closest in USA is Artesia NM, not SS. XECL in Mexicali really gets out, so maybe this was it referring to a concert. Loops westward rather than southward, too late for XET Monterrey. (GH‐OK) 1060 UNID ‐‐ 9/18 0808 – “Buenos días” song, loops WSW, makes fast SAH with others, perhaps KIJN Farwell TX, which John Johnson, AZ, reports hearing again; had been off for a year or two, but before that was also significantly off‐frequency. QRM from another SS talking at 0813. Probably getting both KIJN and KXPL El Paso TX, but no definite ID yet for either. Last time I logged any audio from KIJN was Oct 7, 2014. (GH‐OK) 1420 UNID ‐‐ 9/25 2334 – Local break sounds like “here on C‐Q” and weather without local clues, back to financial advice show; best from E/W bearing? KJCK Junction City KS is talk, but WOC Davenport IA is too, and a regular here. I check the WTFDA FM Database for Davenport, anything with CQ in it?? Yes! KCQQ, 106.5, classic rock, as Q‐106.5, and no FM duplicate for WOC is listed. Are these two related anyway? Yes! FCC Queries show KCQQ and WOC are both licensed to Citicasters. (GH‐OK) 1500.5 UNID ‐‐ 9/22 2237 – The mystery whine is louder than I`ve ever heard it, really QRMing KSTP SBG, still loops east/west; harder to detect on lo side 1499.5. Thought to be somewhere around the New Madrid Fault multi‐state area. (GH‐OK)

OTHER Glenn Hauser Hauser sent along some changes on format, slogans, and other changes for some Oklahoma stations: 1050 KGTO OK Tulsa – Old slogan “1050 The Touch KGTO,” now “KGTO 1050 Heart and Soul.” 1050 KXCA OK Lawton – Was CBS Sports Radio, now The Touch urbat adul contemporary, old slogan “The Ticket 1050 AM,” new is “1050 AM Heart and Soul.” Both 1050 OKies on the same net now? Can barely hear both daytime or SR/SS, maybe echoing? (GH‐OK) 1380 KKRX OK Lawton – Was Westwood One The Touch urban adult contemporary, now CBS Sports Radio; old slogan “1380 The Touch,” new “The Ticket 1380.” (Via Bob Wien’s Broadcasting Information in IRCA DX Monitor) (GH‐OK)

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TRANS‐ATLANTIC DX 531 ALGERIA Jil FM, F’kirina Wilaya d’Oum El Bouaghi SEP 17 0300 – Fanfare, Jil FM mentions by woman, man parallel 549; poor to fair. SEP 20 2300 – Mideast dance club music; to good peak. [Connelly‐MA] 549 ALGERIA Jil FM, Les Trembles SEP 15 2358 – Arabic teletalk by woman and man parallel weaker 531 kHz. [Connelly‐MA] 576 CANARY ISLANDS//SPAIN RNE5 synchros SEP 17 0000 – R.Nacional de España news intro; poor. [Connelly‐MA] 585 SPAIN RNE1 Madrid SEP 17 0301 – Woman with Spanish news; in slop. [Connelly‐MA] 603 SPAIN RNE5 synchros SEP 17 0000 – Pips, Spanish news parallel 576; over unID possible Middle Eastern station. [Connelly‐MA] 612 MOROCCO SNRT Sebaa‐Aioun SEP 17 0001 – Man in Arabic; in slop. At 0302 woman in Arabic; low modulation on fair carrier. [Connelly‐MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS//SPAIN RNE1 synchros SEP 15 2300 – 5+1 pips, fanfare, R.Nacional de España ID by man; fair. [Connelly‐MA] 639 SPAIN RNE1 La Coruña et al. SEP 17 0300 – RNE news; over something else. [Connelly‐ MA] 693 BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al. SEP 15 2359 – Man mentioned American rivalry, medal awards; fair. [Connelly‐MA] 702 unID SEP 17 0001 – Male chorus (like an anthem), then Koranic chant with reverb; fair. [Connelly‐MA] 747 CANARY ISLANDS//SPAIN RNE5 synchros SEP 17 0000 – R.Nacional de España ID, news with woman and man; to fair peak. [Connelly‐MA] 774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros SEP 17 0300 – News parallel 639; in slop. [Connelly‐MA] 783 MAURITANIA R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott SEP 16 0000 – Fat carrier, little audio. [Connelly‐ MA] 837 CANARY ISLANDS//SPAIN COPE synchros SEP 15 2300 – Two men (one on telephone) with Spanish talk; fair. [Connelly‐MA] 855 SPAIN RNE1 Murcia et al. SEP 15 2300 – ID, news parallel 621; fair, on LSB to dodge 855.075 growl carrier. [Connelly‐MA] 864 EGYPT ERTU Santah SEP 16 2300 – Koranic chant; fair. SEP 17 0000 – Koranic chanting; loud. [Connelly‐MA] 909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 5 synchros SEP 16 2259 – Sporting event coverage; good. [Connelly‐MA] 936 IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Urumiyeh SEP 15 2300 – Tentative with Mideast vocal; over Spain. [Connelly‐MA] 981 ALGERIA Chaîne 2, Algiers SEP 15 2301 – News in French by man; through WOFX slop. [Connelly‐MA] 999 SPAIN COPE Madrid SEP 15 2300 – Man in Spanish parallel 837; poor in IBOC hash. [Connelly‐MA] 1053 UNITED KINGDOM synchros SEP 15 2300 – Woman and man parallel 1089; through slop. [Connelly‐MA] 1089 UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros SEP 15 2258 – Advert to reduce alcohol consumption; to good peak. SEP 16 0000 – “On digital radio and 1089 and 1053 AM, the real home of football, TalkSport”; good. [Connelly‐MA] 18 1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros SEP 16 0000 – Pips, fanfare, R.Nacional de España ID, news; fair peak. [Connelly‐MA] 1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros SEP 16 0000 – ID, news parallel 1098; to good peak. [Connelly‐MA] 1152 SPAIN RNE5 synchros SEP 15 2300 – ID, news parallel 621; fair. [Connelly‐MA] 1215 UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros SEP 16 2300 – Guns N Roses “Paradise City”; to good peak. SEP 17 0000 – Police “Walking on the Moon”; good. [Connelly‐MA] 1530 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE VOA Pinheira SEP 26 0259 – Yankee Doodle sign‐on music; mixed with WCKY. [Connelly‐MA]

PAN‐AMERICAN DX 530 CUBA R.Enciclopedia, La Habana‐Villa María SEP 6 0100 – R.Enciclopedia ID by woman, slight reverb; mixed with R.Rebelde. [Connelly‐MA] 530 CUBA R.Rebelde, Caribe//Guantánamo‐Antiguo SEP 6 0059 – Public address by man parallel 670 et al.; mixed with R.Enciclopedia. [Connelly‐MA] 540 CUBA R.Rebelde, Maisí‐Santa Rita//Sancti Spíritus SEP 6 0101 – News, 9‐note sounder, splash effects parallel 670; mixed with 2 or 3 other Latin Americans and presumed WFLF. [Connelly‐MA] 539.83 NICARAGUA R.Corporación, Managua SEP 30 0435 – News talk format with male announcer. Fair signal. [Beu‐TX] OCT 3 1019 – Excellent with inspirational words segment, doorbells, ID. [Krueger‐FL] 550 MEXICO XEPL Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. SEP 26 0345 – Stuff about Chihuahua, including hot‐springs tourist attraction (not to be confused with Aguascalientes = one word). As usual, nothing readable from 800 XEROK to compare with, while 1300 XEP seems similar but of course not synchronized, as it seems every station does a separate playout rather than live network feeds of ‘La Hora Nacional’ or statish additions. SEP 30 0147 – Man and woman conversing in strange language, soon recognizable as Low German, sort of like Dutch; mentions El Paso. Has to be the Chihuahuan with Mennonite programming. At first dominant, from southwest, but soon losing out to KTRS with 314‐area code and other St. Louis ads. [Hauser‐OK] 550 PUERTO RICO WPAB Ponce SEP 6 0100 – Spanish news by man mentioning Ponce and San Juan; mixed with R.Rebelde and other Latin Americans. [Connelly‐MA] 560 CUBA R.Rebelde, Ciego de Avila SEP 6 0101 – 9‐note sounder, splashes parallel 670; mix with jumble of WFIL, WQAM, (nulled) WGAN. [Connelly‐MA] 560 MEXICO XESRD Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo. SEP 25 1201 – PSA, then “La Tremenda 560” with mentions of Guanajuato. [Hauser‐OK] 570 CUBA R.Reloj, Santa Clara SEP 6 0100 – Pip, “Radio Reloj desde la Habana, Cuba” ID by man; mixed with WMCA. [Connelly‐MA] SEP 29 1503 – Fair when WTBN semi‐nulled. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 580 CUBA R.Rebelde, Mabujabo SEP 6 0101 – 9‐note sounder parallel 670; under WKAQ. [Connelly‐MA] 580 PUERTO RICO WKAQ San Juan SEP 6 0101 – WKAQ Cinco Ochenta ID; over Cuba. [Connelly‐MA] 590 CUBA R.Musical Nacional, La Julia SEP 6 0101 – Classical piano; mixed with WEZE and R.Rebelde. [Connelly‐MA] OCT 1 0300 – Under WEZE Boston; canned ID with classical harp music. [Conti‐NH] 590 CUBA R.Rebelde, Guantánamo‐Berene SEP 6 0101 – 9‐note sounder, woman with news, splashes parallel 670; mixed with WEZE and R.Musical Nacional. [Connelly‐MA] 600 CUBA R.Rebelde, San Germán‐Urbano Noris SEP 6 0101 – News parallel 670; loud, over WYEL and presumed HJHJ and WICC. [Connelly‐MA] 600 PUERTO RICO WYEL Mayagüez SEP 6 0100 – Puerto Rico news/talk parallel 580 WKAQ; under Cuba. [Connelly‐MA] 610 COLOMBIA HJKL La Cariñosa, Bogotá SEP 6 0100 – 5‐note chime‐like signal, excited Spanish talk; in dogfight with WIOD, WTEL, R.Rebelde. [Connelly‐MA] 610 MEXICO XEGS Guasave, Sin. SEP 28 0518 – Dominant signal with romantic music, “106.1, Radio... (Viva?), Guasave” non‐ID, back to music. A sunrise regular. [Hauser‐OK] 620 CUBA R.Rebelde, Colón SEP 6 0101 – Rebelde 9‐note sounder, man with “Las Noticias” mention, talk by woman, splash sounds parallel 670; over WSNR. [Connelly‐MA] 620 MEXICO XEBU Chihuahua, Chih. SEP 30 1202 – After national anthem, opening ‘Amanecer Norteño’, at 6‐7 a.m. on 91.7 and 620, i.e. XEBU, supposedly 5000/250 watts. Dominant signal at sunrise and often elsewhen. [Hauser‐OK] 630 PUERTO RICO WUNO San Juan SEP 6 0100 – “NotiUno Seis Treinta San Juan” ID getting through well during short pause in WPRO audio. [Connelly‐MA] 19 640 CUBA R.Progreso, La Habana‐Guanabacoa//Las Tunas‐Jobabo SEP 6 0100 – Female Spanish pop vocal parallel 650 across top‐of‐hour; good/dominant. [Connelly‐MA] 640 VENEZUELA YVQO Unión Radio, Puerto La Cruz SEP 6 0001 – Unión Radio ID; mixed with Cuba. [Connelly‐MA] 650 CUBA R.Progreso, Ciego de Avila SEP 6 0100 – Pop female vocal parallel 640, some wobbling; mixed with HJKH. [Connelly‐MA] 650 MEXICO XETNT Los Mochis, Sin. OCT 3 0336 – La Hora Nacional talking about Facebook; audible with WSM nulled, and peaks from southwest, so very likely XETNT with that state’s addendum to the national LHN. There are nine other XE’s on 650, but it seems XETNT is the only one I ever hear. There is a beep as transition every minute or so, outro segment as having come from La Suprema Corte de la Nación, why? 0338 into song, and now I am hearing the same music under KCSP on 610, i.e. sibling XEGS. [Hauser‐OK] 660 MEXICO XEEY Aguascalientes, Ags. SEP 27 1104 – “La Kaliente 102.9” ID, with 50/10 kW the dominant XE, surpassing XEDTL DF 50/1 kW. [Hauser‐OK] 670 CUBA R.Rebelde, multiple sites SEP 6 0101 – Rebelde 9‐note sounder, splashes, news by woman; huge, way over WWFE. [Connelly‐MA] 680 MEXICO XEORO Guasave, Sin. SEP 25 1202 – Mexican national anthem, 1204 “La Mera Jefa” Guasave ID with jingle incorporating 93.7 FM. 1200 is when XE’s in the UTC‐6 zone (such as MDT here) anthem away. [Hauser‐OK] 680 PUERTO RICO WAPA San Juan SEP 6 0101 – Fast‐talk Spanish man and woman Puerto Rican news; under WRKO. [Connelly‐MA] 690 COLOMBIA HJCZ, W Radio, Bogotá SEP 6 0102 – “W Radio en Colombia” ID; over Cuba. [Connelly‐MA] 690 CUBA R.Progreso, Santa Clara//Santiago de Cuba SEP 6 0059 – Female vocal parallel 640; mixed with HJCZ. [Connelly‐MA] 700 COLOMBIA HJCX, W Radio, Cali SEP 6 0100 – W Radio ID, promo’s/adverts; good. [Connelly‐MA] 700 MEXICO XEGD Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. SEP 30 1224 – Man and woman alternating with news from Milenio network, loops southwest. Most likely XEGD. They do have news hours in the morning, but no mention of Milenio as a source athttp://lapoderosadeparral.com.mx/programacion.html. OCT 5 0559 – Romantic music in Spanish from southwest, hardly any WLW to compete from opposite direction. 0600 into brief choral national anthem, 0601 full ID for 25 kW on 90.3, 5 kW on 700, street address, phone numbers from “XEGD, La Poderosa de Parral,” Chihuahua. [Hauser‐OK] 710 CUBA R.Rebelde, multiple sites SEP 6 0101 – Talk by man and woman, 9‐note sounder, man “Las Noticias,” news by woman; huge, trouncing WOR. [Connelly‐MA] 720 NICARAGUA R.Católica, Managua OCT 3 0212 – Woman in religious talk. Good signal. Station typically signs off at 0430 with national anthem. [Beu‐TX] OCT 3 1024 – Droning children’s choral, rosary reading by male from 1025 UTC. [Krueger‐FL] 720 unID SEP 6 0100 – Initially a jumble of stations, then female Spanish folk religious vocal atop, ran beyond 0102 UTC end of capture, probably Nicaragua. [Connelly‐MA] 730 COLOMBIA HJCU Cadena Melodia, Bogotá SEP 6 0102 – Melodia mention, accordion music; under Cuba. [Connelly‐MA] 730 CUBA R.Progreso, La Fe SEP 6 0059 – Female vocal parallel 640; dominant. [Connelly‐MA] OCT 7 0900 – Over/under CKAC; canned ID with theme song, “Radio Progreso, cadena nacional, la onda de la alegría...” and chime with time check, “Cinco en la manaña,” parallel 640 and 690 kHz. [Conti‐NH] 730 MEXICO XESOS Agua Prieta, Son. OCT 2 1227 – Suprema Corte federal PSA, two Spanish stations; 1229, “La Ranchera 97.3” from one of them which leads to XESOS. Have heard it occasionally, but rarely vs. XEHB Parral, Chihuahua. [Hauser‐OK] 740 MEXICO XEQN Torreón, Coah. OCT 3 0350 – Same cantante segment as just heard on 780 from Coahuila en la Hora Nacional, so this is XEQN and the one making that horrible low audible heterodyne against KRMG Tulsa, which is overridden when nulled as much as possible. [Hauser‐OK] 750 VENEZUELA YVKS, RCR, Caracas SEP 4 0101 – Mentions of Venezuelan cities including Carabobo, Valencia. SEP 6 0100 – Venezuelan political speech; over Cuba, WSB. [Connelly‐ MA] OCT 2 0258 – Over/under WSB and R.Progreso; sports commentary, “...por Radio Caracas Radio 750 AM.” At 0400 choral national anthem. Measured frequency slightly low at 749.989 kHz, along with WSB Atlanta at 749.998/9 and R.Progreso Cuba at 750.001 kHz. Also observed a weak unID offset at 749.983 kHz, much stronger pre‐dawn. [Conti‐NH] 760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla SEP 4 0100 – Excited sports shouting parallel 770 HJJX. [Connelly‐MA] 20 770 COLOMBIA HJJX, RCN, Bogotá SEP 4 0100 – Man with fast excited sports talk parallel 760 HJAJ; mixed with Cuba, WABC. [Connelly‐MA] 770 CUBA R.Rebelde, Victoria de las Tunas SEP 6 0101 – 9‐note sounder, splashes; under WABC. [Connelly‐MA] 770 CUBA R.Artemisa, Artemisa SEP 29 1510 – Mixing with WJXB North Fort Myers, which isn’t present back at the house, just Artie all alone. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 770 MEXICO XEREV Los Mochis, Sin. SEP 30 1226 – Federal PSA for Canal del Congreso (on cable? TV?), ads, Grupo Chávez promo, i.e. XEREV, listed 5000/100 watts, another one which surely must be on day power long before local sunrise since sunrise is right now in Enid a sesquimegameter northeastward. It would be very helpful if the next IRCA Mexican Log list which Grupo to which each station pertain. [Hauser‐OK] 780 MEXICO XESFT La Poderosa, San Fernando, Tamps. OCT 3 1059 – Mexi‐tune, male canned ID with calls/slogan and AM‐FM frequencies at 1102, into anthem, same ID 1104 and back to Mexi‐tunes. Excellent. [Krueger‐FL] 780 MEXICO XEWGR Monclova, Coah. OCT 3 0341 – With WBBM nulled, discussion of Lucha Libre (fake wrestling), masks, etc., 0346 ending this segment, 0347 ID as “Coahuila en La Hora Nacional,” on to a segment about a cantante, Luís somebody who is really from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, but never mind that off‐topic. The only Coahuilan on 780 is XEWGR. [Hauser‐ OK] 780 VENEZUELA YVMN R.Coro, Coro SEP 6 0102 – Coro ID, jingles; fair. [Connelly‐MA] 790 CUBA R.Reloj, Pinar del Río//Holguín SEP 6 0101 – Reloj ticks, beeps; under WPRV, WAXY. [Connelly‐MA] SEP 29 1514 – Pinar de Río fair when WAXY nulled. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 800 BONAIRE PJB TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk SEP 6 0100 – R.Transmundial ID by woman, then Spanish male preacher; over WSVS C&W music. [Connelly‐MA] SEP 30 0136 – On the east/west Wellbrook, a gospel huxter in Spanish is audible vs KQCV. Doubt it’s XEROK which has been out of sound lately, off or very low power. Likely PJB. Then nulling KQCV as much as possible on the DX‐398, during Focus on the Family, I’m getting mix from another station with sports in English, CKLW Windsor? Sked does not show any play‐by‐play sports pre‐empting talk shows. Well, there are plenty of USA 800 stations allowed less than 1 kW at night. At 0143, hymn in Spanish; 0145 a bit of ranchera music – that could be XEROK. 0146 announcement about Luis Palau – bingo! Same program logged at this time last OCT 6 as in DXLD 15‐40, and traced to PJB. So I ask again, is TWR up to 450 kW yet? Unseems so. Anyhow, it’s quite possible to hear four countries at once on 800 kHz. [Hauser‐OK] 800 MEXICO XEROK Cd. Juárez, Chih. SEP 30 1206 – With KQCV nulled as much as possible, weak and tentative “Cañón” mentioned, i.e. XEROK on much reduced power, no cannon, let alone a border‐blaster any more. [Hauser‐OK] 800 NICARAGUA Radio 800, Managua OCT 3 1038 – Classical instrumental segued to “Creo en Dios” by Tony Croatto, then live male ID, “50,000 watts de potencia... buenos dias, buenos dias, buenos dias.” Sounding very much like a sign‐on though not listed as so in this hour. Into campesino folk vocals, took a listener call at 1054, he who mentioned “Sandino” twice. Maybe his surname, or just a fan of good ole Augusto Nicolás Sandino? Into old folk song from scratchy vinyl source, more obvious when paralleling to their stream, the best and safest is: http://es.streema.com/radios/Radio_800_AM_Managua. [Krueger‐FL] 810 BAHAMAS ZNS3 Freeport SEP 6 0058 – Atop with calypso song about spending all your money. [Connelly‐MA] 810 COLOMBIA HJCY Caracol Radio, Bogotá OCT 7 0901 – Under WGY; woman mentions emisora and Colombia, then a quick canned Caracol. [Conti‐NH] 820 CUBA R.Reloj, Ciego de Avila SEP 6 0059 – RR beeps in jumble with WNYC and other Latin Americans. [Connelly‐MA] 850 CUBA R.Reloj, Nueva Gerona SEP 29 1522 – Fair. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 860 BRAZIL ZYJ459 Radio CBN, Rio de Janeiro SEP 6 0058 – Two men in Portuguese conversation; briefly dominant. [Connelly‐MA] 860 CUBA R.Reloj, Jovellanos//Bolondrón SEP 6 0102 – Reloj RR beeps; over Brazil. [Connelly‐ MA] 870 CUBA R.Reloj, Baracoa‐Van Van//Bueycito//Sancti Spíritus SEP 23 0259 – I am noticing that WWL has some music interference, but also some R.reloj as an “RR” fires in Morse. The music is probably KJMP Pierce, as Kaz reported, “KJMP 870 Colorado into Illinois – KJMP with their oldies is bothering WWL tonight here near Chicago for a new catch for me. They must be seriously out of spec and none of their patterns is supposed to put much this way. They were loud crushing WWL at the Convention in Kansas City. [Hauser‐OK] 900 CUBA R.Progreso, San Germán‐Urbano Noris SEP 6 0100 – Female vocal parallel 640; dominant. [Connelly‐MA] 21 910 CUBA R.Cadena Agramonte, Camagüey‐Tagarro SEP 4 0101 – R.Cadena Agramonte ID; over jumble. [Connelly‐MA] 910 VENEZUELA YVRQ Caracas SEP 6 0102 – Venezolana mentions, doorbells; over jumble. [Connelly‐MA] 940.07 unID SEP 6 0100 – Growl, not much audio. [Connelly‐MA] 950 CUBA R.Reloj, Arroyo Arenas//Camagüey‐Isábel Hortensia//Santiago de Cuba‐Frente SEP 6 0059 – Reloj beeps; under WKDN, others. [Connelly‐MA] 950.51 unID SEP 4 0100 – Weak off‐channel het. [Connelly‐MA] 960 CUBA R.Reloj, Guantánamo‐La Piña SEP 6 0059 – Reloj beeps, ticks; under WELI. [Connelly‐ MA] 980 CUBA COCO La Habana‐El Sapo SEP 29 1531 – Man and woman, Cuban pop vocals fill. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 980 MEXICO XEFQ Canaea, Son. OCT 2 1235 – As I tune in, full ID for XEFQ, La FQ, IMER station in Cananea, Sonora, also on FM; AM power 2500/500 watts. Correlates with 730 XE and 930 unID logs from hot‐spot area at the moment, around the Arizona border. [Hauser‐ OK] 990 CUBA R.Guamá, Pinar del Río‐Politécnico SEP 6 0059 – Telco‐grade Spanish talk by man; mixed with WNTP. [Connelly‐MA] 1000 CUBA R.Artemisa, Artemisa SEP 6 0100 – Wobbler; in IBOC hash. [Connelly‐MA] SEP 29 1535 – Ridiculously wobbling away. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] SEP 30 0140 – KTOK has interference from a whoop‐whoop sound, at the rate of twice per second, the pitch varying up and down from time to time – like the curiously malfunctioning Cuban reported occasionally on various frequencies, including here. [Hauser‐OK] 1030 ARGENTINA LS10 Radio del Plata, Buenos Aires SEP 3 0100 – Radio Noticias del Plata ID getting through WBZ. [Connelly‐MA] 1040 CUBA R.Mayabeque, Güines OCT 2 0300 – Over WCHR; canned ID with signature melody; “Transmite Radio Mayabeque, desde... tu emisora amiga,” parallel 1140 kHz. [Conti‐NH] 1060 CUBA Radio 26, Jovellanos SEP 29 1544 – Man and woman with local events, very good. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] OCT 2 0302 – Over/under KYW; Cuban big band/salsa, canned ID with signature piano music, “Esta es Radio 26, desde Matanzas, Cuba.” [Conti‐NH] 1060 MEXICO XEEP R.Educación, México, DF SEP 26 0339 – Two Spanish mixing, one mentions Planeta Verde. Presumably two XE’s with separate appendices to La Hora Nacional. One of them should be XEEP, but too little modulation on 6185 XEPPM, and too much splash from 6180 Brasil to make a match. Until 0354 when I can do so with the 6185 just‐barely‐ modulation. The other could be XERDO Matamoros/Reynosa which would be Tamaulipan programming, and by the way is on‐frequency with no het any more. [Hauser‐OK] OCT 1 0500 – Under KYW and het from presumed off‐frequency XERDO; choral national anthem. [Conti‐NH] 1080 CUBA R.Cadena Habana/R.Ciudad de la Habana, La Habana‐Villa María SEP 29 1425 – Male hosting nice mostly boleros, ID, excellent when WHOO nulled. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 1100 COLOMBIA HJAT Caracol Radio, Barranquilla SEP 4 0059 – Fast talk mentioning Bucaramanga; mixed with WTAM. [Connelly‐MA] 1110 CUBA R.Angulo, Holguín OCT 1 0000 – Under WBT; spacey music and doorbell chimes. [Conti‐NH] 1140 CUBA R.Mayabeque, La Salud OCT 2 0300 – Over/under WRVA; canned ID parallel 1040 kHz. [Conti‐NH] OCT 2 1520 – Fair with radio novella program, ID 1540. This one operates 6 a.m. to midnight local, and presumably then simulcasts R.Rebelde overnight per RadioCuba, as per the R.Mayabeque website: “La programación de Radio Mayabeque comienza a las 6 de la mañana y se extiende hasta las 12 de la noche con espacios que abarcan los más disímiles temas: informativos, variados, dramatizados, históricos y musicales.” [Krueger‐FL] 1140 CUBA R.Musical Nacional, Santa Clara SEP 6 0102 – Classical music parallel 590; mixed with other Cubans, WRVA, WQBA. [Connelly‐MA] 1140 CUBA R.Surco, Morón OCT 7 1000 – Over WRVA; extended version of canned hourly ID with signature music followed by a jingle, then more of the music. [Conti‐NH] 1140 MEXICO XEMR R.Esperanza, Monterrey, NL SEP 26 0337 – “Nuevo León en la Hora Nacional,” same about Cervantes as on 1190 but not synchronized; gives cabina phone number, as if this is really live; much stronger here. When we hear it like this, which is most of the time, we can’t believe it is on night pattern toward the southwest. [Hauser‐OK] OCT 2 1130 – Spanish preacher, concluding with address in Monterrey, male Spanish canned “Radio Esperanza, desde Monterrey, México” at 1133, commercial string, station promo, into another Spanish preacher block from 1136. Excellent when pointed away from Cuba and WRMQ. [Krueger‐FL] 22 1180 CUBA R.Rebelde, multiple sites SEP 6 0101 – Very echoey news, sounder, splashes; over other Latin American or R.Martí. [Connelly‐MA] 1190 MEXICO XECT Contacto 1190, Monterrey, NL SEP 26 0336 – I’m looking for regional appendices to La Hora Nacional, and here’s one: lexure about Don Quixote and Cervantes, during “Nuevo León en la Hora Nacional,” plug for Universidad Autónoma de NL (all of which have nothing in particular to do with Cervantes). [Hauser‐OK] 1210 CUBA R.Rebelde, Las Tunas‐Jobabo SEP 6 0101 – 9‐note sounder; under WPHT. [Connelly‐ MA] 1280 MEXICO unID SEP 25 0501 – Mexican choral national anthem, amid lots of interference including sports from New Orleans. (A good time to seek XE’s, local midnite). Among several, most likely by proximity and power is XEAW Monterrey NL, 10/1 kW. [Hauser‐OK] 1530 MEXICO XEUR Éxtasis Digital, México, DF OCT 2 0801 – English pop/rock by Chicago, Juice Newton, Europe, The Police, A Flock Of Seagulls, Kim Carnes and most appropriately, “La Grange” by ZZ Top. Male canned calls/slogan/1530 AM/México DF bottom and top of each hour, mixing with KGBT and WCKY. [Krueger‐FL] 1540 BAHAMAS ZNS1 Nassau OCT 6 0930 – Very good with gospel vocals and a little later, a screaming Bahamian preacher. Wasn’t until a little past 1000 that they went into full Hurricane Matthew coverage with reports, callers with the eye about 60 miles southwest of Nassau. Signal just after 1000 degraded to lower power and audio has been a bit scratchy since last evening. With power somewhat reduced, KZMP University Park, Texas, co‐ channel with Mexi‐tunes. ZNS1 off the air shortly after Matthew’s eye passed near, still off as of OCT 7 1030 check. [Krueger‐FL] 1550 CUBA R.Rebelde, multiple sites SEP 29 1443 – Nulling my local WAMA, poor with Joe Cocker live “With a Little Help from My Friends” segued to the real Beatles “All You Ned Is Love” parallel 1180 kHz. One of the west Cuba sites, who knows which as at least three are plausible. [Krueger‐Ft.DeSoto, FL] 1552.03 unID OCT 7 1000 – Het against 1550 CBEF. [Conti‐NH] 1570 MEXICO XERF La Poderosa, Cd. Acuña, Coah. OCT 3 0332 – Coahuila en la Hora Nacional, first topic “inicio de rock y roll en Coahuila.” Heavy interference de Missouri and plenty of other U.S. stations abolishing this as a clear channel. [Hauser‐OK] 1610 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley SEP 6 0100 – Gene Scott preaching; over Bollywood Canadian. [Connelly‐MA] OCT 3 0111 – Religious talk by woman. Very good signal peaks throughout the evening. [Beu‐TX] 1610 MEXICO XEUACH R.Chapingo, Chapingo, Edo.Mex. OCT 3 0112 – Very good signal with regional folk music and “Radio Chapingo” ID’s. Station plays a wide range of music – you name it. [Beu‐TX] 1660 PUERTO RICO WGIT Canovanas OCT 1 0551 – Religious programming with talk by man. Good signal. [Beu‐TX]

TRANS‐PACIFIC DX 1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ Jeju OCT 7 0900‐1002 – Presumed this with talk at times barely breaking through 1560 WFME and 1570 WMVX splatter. Faded out with local receiver sunrise by 1050 recheck. [Conti‐NH] Transpacific carrier searches. SEP 25 1153‐1215 – Japan/East Asia (loops northwest) 693, 774, 747, 882 kHz; Australia/New Zealand (loops west/southwest) 594, 612, 702, 828, 882 kHz. At 1209 UTC, 1098 kHz west, between the bearings of most of the others as fits for Marshall Islands; Majuro is 277 from here. Enid sunrise 1222 UTC. SEP 28 1211‐1223 – Australia/New Zealand 594, 657, 675, 693, 702, 774, 828, 1548 kHz. Marshall Islands (west) 1098 kHz. Enid sunrise 1225 UTC. SEP 29 1212‐1214 – Australia/New Zealand 594, 612, 702, 774, 828 kHz, and maybe Tahiti 738 kHz. SEP 30 1159‐1221 – Australia/New Zealand 585, 594, 612, 702, 747, 774, 792, 882, 1035 kHz. Japan/East Asia 1557 kHz. OCT 3 1207‐1223 – Australia/New Zealand 702, 774, 882, 891 kHz. 738 (southwest) likely Tahiti. I continue to detect these on the DX‐398 with internal ferrite only. A complete 9‐kHz bandscan (1 kHz offset with BFO) on the R75 with 100+ foot east/west longwire could not hear any of them. [Hauser‐ OK]

CONTRIBUTORS Mike Beu KD5DSQ, Austin TX; Drake R8B, terminated Delta antenna (17‐ft apex and 28‐ft base) northeast, Mini‐Flag Antenna (7‐ft by 15‐ft) southeast. Mark Connelly WA1ION, South Yarmouth MA; Microtelecom Perseus, cardioid‐pattern SuperLoop 10m vert. by 11m horiz (peak 165°, null 345°), cardioid‐pattern SuperLoop 6m vert. by 12.6m horiz (peak 75°, null 255°). 23 Bruce Conti WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX‐5 phasing unit, 15 x 18 variable termination SuperLoop 60° northeast, 15 x 23‐m variable termination SuperLoop 180° south. Glenn Hauser, Enid OK; NRD‐545 with ALA‐330S or north/south not very long wire, DX‐398 or PL‐ 880 with internal antenna only, sometimes FRG‐7 with ~100‐ft east/west longwire. Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL; NRD‐535, IC‐R75, active loop, roof dipole. Terry L. Krueger, Ft. DeSoto Park FL; IC‐R75 and active loop.

73 and Good DX!

From the DX News archives …. Now thanks to Ron Schiller. 75 Years Ago – From the October 4, 1941 issue of DX News: 10 DX Tests were on October’s calendar, from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Canada, and the US. Fred Van Vorhees edited the SW column; countries heard included Mozambique, Philippines, and ‘Aden Arabia.’ Randolph Hunt provided a listed of DU MW stations; 10 kW was the max for all AU stations. Similarly, NZ’s cap was exceeded by only 2YA‐570 at 50 kW. 50 Years Ago – From the October 15, 1966 issue of DX News: Ernest Cooper said veries were “hard to come by” (in 1966), but he added several to up his total to 3,526. Pittsburgh’s Hanciko Brothers noted an Aurora and caught Radio Barbados‐780 at 10 p.m.! Binghamton, NY’s Tom Birch noted Montanan KXLF‐1370 “in the clear” circa 1 a.m. He also logged 2YC‐660 on his Hallicrafters SX‐ 99/loop‐33’ doublet array. John Hoogerheide (OR) logged LV3‐1210 Córdoba, Argentina for an hour! 25 Years Ago – From the October 14, 1991 issue of DX News: Canadian loggings in Domestic DX Digest East included CHYR‐730 ON, CKLY‐910 ON, CJCH‐920 NS, CFOR‐1570 ON, CFJR‐830 ON, & CHOW‐1470 ON, all of whom have moved to FM, as well as defunct CJMS‐1280 QC (a rare 50 kw NA station so fated) & CJRP‐1060 QC. Of this week’s loggings, only CKNX‐920‐ON remains on AM. Ray Moore (MA) reported TPs on 738, 747, & 1620. Bahamian beacon ZLS‐526 (500 w) reported in FL. 10 Years Ago – From the October 9, 2006 issue of DX News: New Brunswick, Canada’s Neil Wolfish reported Gambia‐648, Azores‐693, Madeira‐1125, Lesotho‐1197, & Sao Tome‐1530! Connelly (MA) & Conti (NH) heard Turkey‐1062. Hawaii’s Richard Wood drew a comparison of his Alaskan loggings 80s vs. 2005. Twenty‐eight AKs logged in 1980s compared to only 4 in 2005! (I’d settle for one, Ed).

NOAA Space Weather Outlook Issued October 3, 2016 – For the period October 3‐29, 2016 Now at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/weekly‐highlights‐and‐27‐day‐forecast

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a slight chance for C‐class flares through the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels from 03‐06 Oct, 18 Oct and 24‐28 Oct and very high levels 27‐29 Oct due to the anticipated influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 03‐05 Oct, 16‐18 Oct and 23‐29 Oct. G1(Minor) field activity is possible on 17 Oct and 23‐29 Oct with G2 (Moderate) activity possible on 24‐26 Oct. This activity is due to the anticipated influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Generally quiet to unsettled conditions are expected throughout the remainder of the period.

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