December 2007 Volume 53 No. 7

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STOP PRESS: This month we’d like to extend a warm Circle welcome to the following new members: Richard Lewis, Aberystwyth; Tim Bucknall, Congleton – rejoin; Vashek Korinek, South Africa; Graziano Rigo, Tarcento, Italy; Pete Gianakopoulos, IL, USA WELCOME!!

CARRIED FORWARD: I have carried forward: a survey of Latin American broadcasters on the popular DX channel 1470kHz by Stig Hartvig Nielsen and a band-scan from Lake Nasser by Nigel Reid. Sorry guys we topped out at 64 pages.

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EDITORIAL  Landsvale, High Catton, Yorkshire YO41 1EH with Steve Whitt

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Technology Recently there have been major developments in the world of Software Defined Radios, which we’d like to cover more thoroughly in MWN. At the moment I’m lacking a good article summarising the current state of the art (volunteer author please!!!). There is much excitement surrounding a new Italian receiver called the Perseus http://www.microtelecom.it/perseus/ and also a novel and innovative software development called Splat Away by Jurgen Bartels http://dx.3sdesign.de/index.htm?splatter_killer.htm This is a great example how the next generation of receivers is stimulating innovation. I’m on the look out for contributions on the new wave of SDRs!

Richard E Wood MW DXer extraordinaire and former MWC member Dr. Richard Wood died of a heart attack on September 25, 2007. He was 67. Dr. Wood recently reactivated his MW DX activities in Hawaii. "He had been living in Hawaii in recent years," wrote BADXer Mark Connelly. "In the last few years he re-activated his MW DXing and even won an NRC contest last winter. He had numerous Beverages and an R75 receiver. Latin Americans, of which he received many, were a main interest but he also did well to all of the Pacific and Asia, including numerous Middle East logs at distances in excess of 12000 km. His contributions to the NRC and IRCA bulletins and his helpful advice to less experienced DXers will certainly be missed. Somehow he never really got into the computer age, otherwise he would have definitely made big contributions to the discussions and loggings on this list." On the Radio Netherlands Worldwide Media Network Weblog, Andy Sennitt wrote, "Dr. Richard Wood was one of the most experienced mediumwave DXers in the world, and his was one of the names I heard most often in my early years as a DXer in the 1960's. He was also a contributor to the World Radio TV Handbook and its offshoot, How to Listen to the World. A native of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Dr. Wood taught at several universities in the United States, as well as in Norway and Saudi Arabia, and was a remarkable linguist, which helped him enormously in his chosen hobby. He later settled in Hawaii, from where he was able to log some very rare mediumwave stations, and remained an active DXer right up to his death." I have a fairly recent five page hand-written letter from Richard which gives a good profile of his life & DXing career. Richard originally hailed from Dundee in Scotland but started DXing in 1957 in Newcastle and subsequently took up US citizenship in 1984. After Richard retired from teaching he ran a mail-order coffee business selling pure Kona coffee from Hawaii. I recall seeing Richard’s DX logs when I first edited MWN and was always astonished by what he could achieve. RIP

Finally Before I sign off for another month I must thank everyone who has contributed to the Circle in 2007. Thanks a lot. Without your efforts the Circle just wouldn’t exist. I wish you all a peaceful and radio-active Christmas holiday season. See you again in 2008! 73s

Steve

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IONOSPHERIC REPORT from U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center

Daily Geomagnetic Data Date 2007 10 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11 2007 11

31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Middle Latitude -- Fredericksburg -A K-indices 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 9 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 5 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 9 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 8 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 8 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 8 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

High Latitude ---- College ---A K-indices 6 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 6 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 17 2 2 3 4 5 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 6 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 6 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 48 2 2 3 6 7 6 4 4 31 5 4 5 5 5 3 2 1 20 0 2 1 4 3 5 5 3 14 3 2 3 4 4 2 2 1 24 1 1 3 4 6 5 3 1 22 2 2 3 5 3 4 2 5 8 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 -1 -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

Estimated ---- Planetary ---Ap K-indices 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 9 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 6 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 28 2 2 3 4 6 5 3 3 13 3 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 13 1 3 2 1 2 4 4 4 10 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 12 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 11 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 8 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 -1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0-1

Short term Forecast UTC Date 2007 Nov 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Dec

29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Radio Flux 10.7 cm 70 70 68 68 68 68 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 68 68 68 68 68 68 68

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Planetary A Index 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 20 15 15 10 15

Largest Kp Index 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 4

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December 2007

SHEIGRA DXPEDITION REPORT 6-19 October 2007 - with Alan Pennington, Dave Kenny & Tony Rogers Receivers

Tony Rogers Alan Pennington Dave Kenny

AOR AR 7030 Plus and Palstar pre-amp AOR AR 7030 Plus and Palstar pre-amp AOR AR 7030 Plus and tuneable pre-amp

Aerials (all long-wire beverages using 7-strand 0.2mm wire supported on 4-5ft bamboo canes) 45 degrees 620m beverage-terminated Far East 85 degrees 500m beverage-unterminated Middle East & Asia (+ Caribbean off the back) 190 degrees 450m beverage-unterminated UK LPAMs & West/Central Africa 305 degrees 640m beverage-terminated North America *330 degrees 500m beverage-terminated Alaska & West Coast North America *from evening of 13th Oct DXpedition Report The last DXpedition to Sheigra back in November 2004 suffered the aftereffects of an ionospheric storm and such were the poor conditions, only four North American medium wave stations were logged during that fortnight! So three years later, we were somewhat reluctant at first to make the long drive north again to this remote North Western corner of Scotland. But the dual temptation of sun spot minimum conditions and the always compelling scenery of Sheigra won through. Above: Dave fixes the Alaskan beverage to the earth rod on the shores of the lochan north of Sheigra. Thankfully little changes up here and we were soon at home again based in Mary’s comfortable cottage that has now been used for four DXpeditions. The original cottage used for DXpeditions for many years sadly still stands empty and neglected and no longer available for holiday rentals. One thing we did notice different on arrival in Sheigra was the absence of sheep – just one forlorn sheep on the surrounding hills. However our hopes of not having to repair aerial wires damaged by woolly quadrupeds this time were raised prematurely as two days later a large flock was shepherded down from the next village and made themselves at home in the fields crossed by our North American (& later our Alaskan) aerial. We were sure they’d been waiting for our arrival! The next few days we suffered some bad breaks on these aerials, though not all down to sheep we discovered. At 11pm one very windy night Dave & Tony were out on the hillside repairing yet another aerial break when two pairs of red eyes were spotted in the pitch black. Torches revealed big stags watching the proceedings – deer and DXers both ran (in opposite directions)! Our aerial wires are high enough off the ground for sheep to pass under, but not deer, which probably explains the major damage on three consecutive nights when the wires had multiple breaks and were torn out of numerous canes. This was the earliest in the MW DX season that any of us had been to Sheigra and we enjoyed very mild temperatures with some fine calm sunny days. Also not much rain (& mainly overnight) and only a couple of really windy nights which made walking the aerials to check for damage each day very pleasant. In contrast to the DXpedition back in November 2004, there were no ionospheric disturbances throughout the two weeks. And being close to the sunspot minimum we were rewarded with very low A & K indices. This yielded excellent daily medium wave reception from the Far East with Japan, China and Korea fading in from 5

about 1430 UTC until swamped out by European signals around 1800 UTC. There was also consistent reception from North America with east-coast stations fading in before 2200 UTC and not fading out until around 0930 UTC. By midnight stations from further afield could often be heard - such as the southern and mid western states. There were brief openings to the Prairies, West Coast and Alaska some mornings until about 1100 (see logs below). After our first reception of Washington and Alaska on the morning of 13th on our 305 degree beverage, we added an extra 330 degree beverage targeting British Columbia and Alaska. This aerial could also serve as a back-up if the deer struck again! It was not the deer that thwarted our listening on a couple of mornings though but local electrical interference from adjacent cottages. The resident population of Sheigra totals just five we estimate, though holiday lets can increase this threefold. And cottages have digital TVs, computers, dishwashers & washing machines like elsewhere in the UK so weak late morning North American MW signals disappeared beneath local QRM on a couple of mornings. We also noted a lack of variety in the day-to-day reception – the constant conditions favoured the same areas of North America each day, even the same stations, with very little South American or African reception on MW or shortwave throughout the two weeks. Shortwave was generally unaffected by interference and one notable highlight was reception of Wantok Radio Light from Papua New Guinea, audible on 7325 kHz most mornings around 1100 on the Asian aerial. There was also a trace of the new Micronesia-based Christian station on 4755.25 kHz around 1600 on two afternoons but not strong enough to hear a definitive ID. The lack of Latin American and African reception on shortwave was disappointing but not surprising, with conditions favouring Asia and North America. Although the Asian and southern aerials run straight out of the cottage onto the open moorland, the two North American beverages have to cross an (albeit seldom used) public road and run across private land between the neighbouring cottages before reaching the open hillside. We are most grateful for being allowed to do this, and also for being able to leave the aerial canes in one of the sheds: we certainly hope to be back before too long to make use of them again!

Above: (left to right) Tony, Alan and Dave with three AOR 7030 'Plus' receivers atop three Sony Minidisc recorders to capture the DX. Each person can switch between the array of five beverage aerials that radiate out from the cottage. Amplifiers can also be added to boost weak signals if needed. When not DXing at Sheigra we walked to the fine sandy bays nearby or upto the cliffs or hilltops (essential to get mobile ‘phone reception here!). A couple of obligatory visits were made to the Fisherman’s Mission in Kinlochbervie to sample their excellent local haddock & chips! Sadly no real ale at the bars in either the Rhiconich or Kinlochbervie Hotels we discovered though! 6

A great two weeks of listening, and reviewing our mini-disc recordings on return may yet reveal additional catches to those listed below. As always, notable loggings or UK Firsts are highlighted in bold:

AFRICA 783 1530 1550

2153 2155 2256

07/10 R Mauritania, Nouakchott 07/10 VOA Sao Tome 18/10 Nat R SADR, Tindouf, W Sahara

Koran // 4845 kHz. Country Hits USA // 6080 Talk px // 6300 kHz

ASIA / MIDDLE EAST 576 585 603 603 639 684 684 684 702 702 711 729 738 747 747 756 774 774 774 783 792 801 819 837 846 864 873 891 900 918 918 945 954 972 981 981 1017 1035 1044 1080 1098 1116 1134 1134 1170 1170 1224 1242 1278 1287

1700 1729 1451 1615 1636 1720 1650 1728 1657 1614 1702 1638 1500 1420 1620 1709 1558 1626 1733 1639 1658 1703 1727 1459 1704 1740 1456 1753 1620 1714 1645 1514 1730 1451 1715 1705 1450 1527 1710 1801 1716 1707 1607 1859 1859 1630 1802 1630 1555 1450

08/10 10/10 11/10 07/10 10/10 07/10 10/10 12/10 10/10 12/10 10/10 12/10 12/10 11/10 12/10 10/10 11/10 12/10 09/10 12/10 17/10 10/10 07/10 11/10 10/10 10/10 12/10 10/10 16/10 07/10 11/10 11/10 08/10 11/10 13/10 10/10 16/10 14/10 17/10 09/10 09/10 13/10 07/10 13/10 13/10 11/10 0910 10/10 11/10 11/10

Uzbek R, Tashkent time pips, “Ozbekistan” mentioned (ID) AIR Nagpur India ID “Ye Akashvani Kendra Nagpur” then EE Nx KBS Liberty Prog, Namyang, S Korea – Korean songs //972 1134 1170 CRI Dongfang, China CRI Vietnamese service // 9550 CNR1 multi-tx, China Play in CC //4800 AIR Kargil, India Indian classical mx // 585 918 4900 CRI Dongfang, China External service in Vietnamese // 603 IRIB Gaem, Iran Persian // 1503 VOIRI, Kiashahr, Iran Piano Interval Signal, Russian ID “Govorit Tehran” BBCWS via A’Seela, Oman Europe Today // 648 V of Kuanghua, Hsinfeng, Taiwan Entertainment px in CC //801 846 981 V of Vietnam 2, Quang Binh - Lang lesson? Vietnamese +French phrases //783 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi CC talk // 7155, 5960 NHK-2, Sapporo EE language lesson //774 AIR Lucknow, India Indian music //4880 CNR1 (Multi-tx), China CC //4800 NHK2, Akita, Japan JJ talk, “NHK.....”, “JOUB”, chimes, off 1605. AIR Shimla, India Indian song //4965 IRIB Arak, Iran Man in Persian //1503 V of Vietnam 2, Can Tho Vietnamese/French // 729 Guangxi PBS, Nanning, China Pips, ID ‘Guangxi Weixing Kuangbo dientai” V of Kuanghua, Kuanyin, Taiwan CC //711, 846, 981 AIR, New Delhi, India music // 684 etc CBS, Seoul, S Korea (Pres) Play in (pres) Korean, time pips, mx V of Kuanghua, Kuanyin, Taiwan CC //711, 801, 981 TWR via Gavar, Armenia English, “Mencare by Radio” px. NHK R2 Kumamato, Japan English lesson, Ella Fitzgerald // 774, 747 TRT4 Antalaya, Turkey Turkish music // 243, 594, 954 Hunan PBS, Changsha, China CC ID, drama, Chinese music AIR Suratgarh, India Indian classical mx // 4910. 09/10 nx EE 1730 Shandong PBS, China EE lesson, ID CNR 1, Jiaohe, China CC // 4800 TRT, Trabzon, Turkey Turkish mx // 891 KBS Liberty Prog, Dangjin, S Korea – Korean songs //603 1134 1170 CNR 1 (2 sites), China CC // 4750 V of Kuanghua, H’sinfeng, Taiwan CC // 711, 801, 981 CRI Changchun, China CRI Korean service //5965. S/off 1455. CNR 1, multi sites CC talk // 4800, 4460 Xianjiang PBS, Xianjiang, China Uighur px // 6120 VIRI-IRIB Mahshahr, Iran AA svc // 1224. ID R Taiwan Int, Kouhu, Taiwan CC mentioned Taiwan // 7365J CNR 5, Shaawu, Fujian YL CC // 7260 CNR 1, Golmud, China Chinese drama // 4460 etc KBS Liberty Prog, Hwaseong, S Korea KK talk, pips, ID // 1170 KBS Liberty Prog, Gimje, S Korea KK talk, pips, ID // 1134 VOA Poro, Philippines VOA news in Special English VIRI-IRIB Keiman, Iran IRIB AA svc //1080. AA ID Voice of Vietnam, Can Tho VOV English service – news. JOFR-RKB R, Fukuoka, Japan JJ tlk, ads, “RKB RKB Radio” jingle. HBC Sapporo, Japan HBC jingle, chime @ 1500. 7

1287 1296 1314 1314 1323 1323 1332 1359 1377 1386 1413 1431 1440 1449 1467 1467 1467 1467 1476 1476 1503 1521 1521 1539 1539 1557 1557 1566 1566 1575 1575 1593

1603 1730 1419 1940 1409 1935 1932 1650 1715 1434 1451 1840 1902 1550 1441 1444 1445 1820 1550 2257 1839 1900 1903 1706 2200 1430 1851 1748 1930 1520 2105 1709

07/10 12/10 12/10 10/10 12/10 10/10 10/10 07/10 08/10 12/10 11/10 10/10 10/10 07/10 12/10 12/10 07/10 10/10 17/10 10/10 10/10 06/10 10/10 07/10 07/10 07/10 10/10 09/10 11/10 07/10 06/10 08/10

Kyrgyz R, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz talk // 4795 R Ashna (VoA), Kabul, Afghanistan “Da Amerika Radio Ashna”. Nx in Pashto //9835 OBC R Osaka, Japan JJ px, EE ID “1-3-1-4 V-Station on OBC” IRIB Ardabil, Iran Persian music & anns //1503 Vo Russia, Changchun, China Korean px, VoR theme tune. IRIB Jolfa, Iran Persian mx & anns //1503 R Tehran, Iran (Pres) talk in Persian, good peaks in mix. CNR1 (multi-site), China Chinese music // 4800 CNR1 Yingyang, China Chinese opera //4800 NHK-2 (multi-tx), Japan EE lang lesson //774 JOIF – KBC Fukuoka, Japan JJ pop mx, ads, “KBC Radio” ID/jingle IRIB Esfahan, Iran Play in Persian // 1503. BSKSA Damman, Saudi Arabia Arabic // 1521 & 9555. IRIB Bandar-e-Torkoman, Iran External service in presumed Turkmen. NHK R2, multi-tx, Japan EE language lesson //774 1386 KBS, Mokpo, South Korea (Pres) Talk in pres Korean, in mix w/ TWR & NHK TWR via Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan TWR Int Sig, EE px “MemCare by Radio” IRIB Qom, Iran Persian music, talk, ID “Radyo Qom” @ 1830. R Thailand, Lamphun, Thailand Thai talk to close @ 1556 with Thai Royal anthem. CNR1 (site?), China Chinese // 4800. IRIB Bushehr, Iran Play, Persian // 1431 CRI Xinjiang, China Int sig, ID, s/on in Russian BSKSA, Duba, Saudi Arabia AA // 1440, 9555 CNR 1, China Classical CC song // 4800 R Aap Ki Dunya, Dhabbaya, UAE Urdu ID “R Aap Ki Dunya – Voice of America” Family R, Kouhu, Taiwan ID, www address, then into Harold Camping IRIB Zahel, Iran Iranian mx // 1503 AIR Nagpur, India Indian film music //9425 National Service HLAZ Jeju, Korea IS “Kukdong Bansung” ID, Korean talk. VoA Ban Rasom, Thailand English ID @ 1529 R Farda, Al Dhabiya, UAE Iranian dance mx. ID, mentioned Nilesat, Eutelsat CNR1 Changzhou, China Chinese opera // 4460

NORTH AMERICA 540 560 580 590 590 600 610 610 620 640 650 650 660 660 680 680 680 710 710 720 730 740 750 750 760

2213 2238 0720 0633 0656 0635 0732 2352 0638 0639 0641 2115 0621 0711 0728 0845 0930 0915 2107 13/10 0830 0740 0730 0745 0755

11/10 12/10 13/10 07/10 09/10 08/10 07/10 15/10 07/10 07/10 07/10 08/10 08/10 09/10 09/10 17/10 15/10 16/10 09/10 13/10 13/10 08/10 19/10 08/10 14/10

CBT CHVO CFRA VOCM WEZE CBNA WIOD CHNC CKCM CBN CKGA KNR WFAN CFFR WRKO CFTR CJOB WOR CKVO KNR CKAC CHCM WSB CBGY WJR

Grand Falls NL Carbonear NL Ottawa ON St Johns NL Boston ME St Anthony NL Miami FL New Carlisle PQ Grand Falls NL St Johns NL Gander NL Qeqertarsaq, Greenland New York NY Calgary AB Boston MA Toronto ON Winnipeg MB New York NY Clarenville NL Simiuq, Greenland Montreal PQ Marystown NL Atlanta GA Bonavista Bay NL Detroit MI 8

CBC English //1070 “Newfoundland’s own – CHVO 5-60” C&W mx “Newstalk Radio 580 CFRA” VOCM satellite weather. “The Word – WEZE Boston”. Rel px. CBC Radio Overnight – Channel Africa, BBCWS “WIOD 24 hour traffic” C&W music, French ID “VOCM – depend on it” // 590 BBCWS //1140 C& W mx // VOCM 590 Talk in Greenlandic “WFAN 20-20 sports” “660 news time 1.12. Calgary’s weather...” “Boston’s 6-80 WRKO” "6° in downtown Toronto on 680 News radio" local nx, “Coast to Coast AM” Morning Show “right here on WOR” “Home Sounds on .... the VOCM Radio Service” Px in Danish // 650 “C-K-A-C Sports” French C&W mx //VOCM 590 wx, 3.32 time check, ID “Newstalk 750 WSB” CBC Overnight – Insight Central Europe //640 “Newstalk 760 WJR”. “Midnight Radio Network”

770 770 780 780 790 790 800 810 820 830 830 840 850 870 880 890 890 900 900 920 930 940 950 950 970 970 970 970 980 990 1000 1000 1010 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1060 1070 1070 1080 1090 1100 1110

0734 0736 0648 1102 0659 2225 2206 2310 0824 0706 0938 0833 0522 0534 0644 0818 0943 0854 1111 0911 2104 2255 0654 0949 0656 0732 0906 1030 0948 2237 0844 0856 0617 2240 0847 2230 0058 0640 0000 0958 2218 0725 0647 0558 0610

09/10 09/10 07/10 13/10 07/10 18/10 08/10 13/10 17/10 07/10 15/10 17/10 09/10 09/10 08/10 09/10 15/10 17/10 13/10 09/10 06/10 13/10 07/10 15/10 08/10 17/10 15/10 13/10 15/10 10/10 17/10 17/10 08/10 13/10 12/10 07/10 15/10 07/10 14/10 15/10 07/10 07/10 11/10 09/10 09/10

WABC CHQR CFDR KNOM WAXY CFNW VOWR CJVA WBAP WCRN WCCO WHAS WEEI WWL WCBS WAMG WLS CHML KNR CJCH CJYQ CINW CKNB CFAM WZAN WFLA WDAY KFBX CJME CBY KOMO WMVP WINS CFRB KDKA WBZ WHO WEPN WBIX KNX CBA WTIC WBAL WTAM WBT

1120 1130 1130 1140 1140 1140 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1180 1190 1200

0855 0710 1017 0758 0910 2215 1041 0658 0000 0700 0857 0900 0025 0706

15/10 07/10 15/10 07/10 15/10 07/10 13/10 15/10 15/10 11/10 12/10 11/10 12/10 09/10

KMOX WBBR CKWX WQBA CHRB CBI KSLD WHBY WYLL WWVA WHAM R Marti WLIB CFGO

New York NY “New York’s Talk Radio – 77 WABC” Calgary AB CHQR jingle, “AM 7-0 CHQR.com” Dartmouth NS “Classic Country 780 KIXX” Nome AK ABC nx, wx “temperature 20 degrees. Its 3.06” South Miami FL Sports, “790 – The Ticket” Port au Choix NL local wx & ann ‘570 CFCB’. Not //590 VOCM. St Johns NL Funeral anns, programme rundown, ID. Caraquet NB C&W mx, FF ID - audible under BBC R Scotland! Fort Worth TX “news-talk 8-20 WBAP” Worcester MA Nx, Talk, “AM 830 WCRN” Minneapolis MN “help keep trees safe”, “WCCO” jingle. Louisville KY “News Radio 84 WHAS” Boston MA “Sports-Radio 8-50 WEEI” New Orleans LA “...on the Big 8-70 WWL” New York NY CBS nx, “WCBS 8-80 Sports”. Dedham MA “890-ESPN, Boston’s Football station” Chicago IL “Chicago’s talk station – 890 WLS” Hamilton ON “AM 900 CHML” Uummannaq, Greenland Talk in Greenlandic // 650 Halifax NS “92 CJCH satellite weather” St John’s NL “Radio Newfoundland, our music our heritage” Montreal PQ pop mx, “940 Montreal” slogan Campbellton NB “your radio station 95 CKNB” Altona AB Promo “S. Alberta’s classical tone” Portland ME Fox Sports, “9-70 WZAN” Tampa FL ID: “(Talk?) Radio 9-70, WFLA” Fargo ND ad: Fargo Marketing.com, WDAY jingle. Fairbanks AK ABC nx, ID, Coast to Coast AM px Regina SK “News talk 980com” promo Regina ads. Corner Brook NL CBC R1 // 1400, 640 etc Seattle WA “KOMO One Thousand Traffic” (+ 13/10 @1041) Chicago IL ESPN (one-stop?) – WMVP Chicago” New York NY “Wins time” NY weather Toronto ON “Newstalk 10-10 CFRB” Pittsburgh PA “10-20 KDKA” Boston MA “news radio 830 WBZ” Des Moines IA talk upto toh “on W-H-O Radio” New York NY Sports “ESPN Radio, New York” Boston MA “AM 10-60 WBIX – Boston’s business radio” Los Angeles CA KNX.com promo. “Southern California’s KNX” Moncton NB CBC R1 // 1140 Hartford CT Coast to Coast AM px, “WTIC 1080 News” Baltimore MD “wbal.com – WBAL radio online” Cleveland OH WTAM mentioned. Charlotte NC “News talk 1110 WBT Charlotte, 99.3 WBT-FM Chester, Charlotte’s news, wx & traffic station” St Louis MO ‘phone-in on Iraq. “you’re on KMOX” New York NY ads, traffic, wx “Bloomberg 11-30 forecast” Vancouver BC Ad: Bigsisters.bc. TC: “News 1130, it’s 3.18” Miami FL SS talk Ids “La Voz de Miami”, EE ID 0801 High River AB rel px, “Southern Alberta’s community station” Sydney NS CBC R1 // 640. Local pxs 0910 12/10 Soldotna AK rock mx “... it’s 38 degrees at KSLD” Kimberley WI “on Newstalk 11-50 WHBY” Chicago IL “WYLL Ministry of the Month” promo. Wheeling WV American Trucking Network, WWVA ID Rochester NY ads for Rochester restaurant, Buick in Rochester Marathon FL “Aqui Radio Marti” ID SS New York NY “WLIB your praise & inspiration station” Ottawa ON “CFGO Ottawa Sports Radio, the ?? 1200” 9

1200 1210 1210 1230 1240 1250 1250 1250 1260 1270 1280 1280 1290 1290 1290 1290 1290

0848 0657 0700 2240 2337 0655 0719 0929 0658 0836 2300 2300 0638 0703 0830 1027 0600

13/10 10/10 10/10 15/10 13/10 14/10 14/10 17/10 14/10 10/10 11/10 11/10 07/10 14/10 09/10 15/10 11/10

WOAI VOAR WPHT WCMC CKIM WGHB WDVA WKBR WMKI CJCB WFAU VSB WMCS WJNO WHIO CFRW WRNI

1290 1300 1310 1310 1310 1320 1330 1350 1350 1350 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1390 1400 1410 1420 1420 1430 1430 1430 1440 1450 1460 1460 1460 1460 1470 1470 1470 1480 1480 1480 1490 1500 1500 1500 1510 1510

2230 2300 0650 0834 1023 0602 2308 0802 0819 2300 2335 0803 2238 2254 0830 0907 2048 2355 0650 1005 0527 0950 2258 0802 2217 0520 0821 0939 0940 0506 1000 2300 0000 0730 2257 2339 0505 0820 0934 2240 2259

11/10 13/10 11/10 11/10 13/10 07/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 14/10 14/10 12/10 08/10 13/10 11/10 18/10 09/10 11/10 10/10 15/10 07/10 18/10 17/10 18/10 14/10 10/10 15/10 15/10 15/10 07/10 13/10 09/10 15/10 09/10 13/10 11/10 07/10 18/10 15/10 07/10 10/10

WKBK WOOD WICH WLOB CHLW CKEC WRCA WOYK WHWH WGPL CKAD WDRC WDEA CKLC WEGP WPLM CBG WPOP CKDY WOC WENE WNSW CHKT WJAE VSB1 WDDY CJOY KLTC KXNO WLMC KBSN WLAM WGVU WSAR WHBC WBAE WWWT WLQV KSTP WWZN WWBC

San Antonio TX “News Radio 1200 WOAI” hrd in splatter. St John’s NL “…VOAR, the Christian Family Radio Network” Philadelphia PA CBS nx, wx, “The Big Talker, 12-10 WPHT” Wildwood NJ jingle, ID “unforgettable music...WCMC 12-30 AM” Baie Verde NL VOCM ID //590 Farmville NC ‘Pirate Radio 1250 & 930’ Morning Drive promo Danville VA ‘WDVA Danville Virginia’, soul/spiritual song Manchester NH “on Sports Radio WGAM” (relay) Boston MA Radio Disney. ID by young girl “WMKI Boston” Sydney NS C&W mx “CJCB” jingles in splatter. Gardiner ME ‘Fox Sports Maine..1290 WFAU Gardiner.....’ Hamilton, Bermuda “stay with BVN for more Christian music” Greenfield WI ‘Milwaukee’s ESPN Radio 1510 days, 1290 nights’ Palm Beach FL weather for Palm Beaches, ID Dayton OH “News radio 12-90 WHIO”. ‘Coast to Coast AM’ Winnipeg MB oldies “playing for you on CFRW” + jingle. Providence RI “This is 12-90 WRNI AM Providence...., Rhode Island’s NPR news station” Keene NH “AM 12-90 WKBK”, local news. Grand Rapids MI “News radio 13-00 Grand Rapids” Norwich CT “....leave it right here at WICH AM 13-10” Portland ME “WLOB” sung jingle, talk Saint Paul AB ‘Lakeland’s Country Music Leader 1310 CHLW’ New Glasgow NS “You’re listening to CKEC Radio, New Glasgow” Waltham MA Creole px (inc Haitian NA?). EE WRCA ID @ 0000. York PA “on ESPN 13-50 WOYK”. Sports. Princeton-Trenton NJ “a menagerie of music..on AM 13-50 WHWH” Portsmouth VA 7 o’clock tc, ‘WGPL 1350 Your Gospel Connection’ Middleton NS “we play today’s best Country, AVR” Hartford CT “on WDRC 13-60 AM, The Talk of Connecticut” Ellsworth ME local adverts, ID Kingston ON “broadcasting from Ontario, Canada...13-80 CKLC” Presque Isle ME wx, “WEGP 13-90, The Talk of the County” Plymouth MA “Easy 99.1...9-0, light classics, family friendly” Gander NL TV Review, CBC News @ 2100 Hartford CT “WPOP, Hartford’s home for Yankee’s baseball” Digby NS C&W mx, “local news first on AVR” Davenport IA “News & Information – WOC Newstalk 14-20....” Endicott NY “Sports Radio 14-30, The Team”. +Fox Sports. Newark NJ SS. EE ID @1000 “WNSW Newark-New York City” Toronto ON (Pres) – Chinese pxs, pips @ 2300. Westbrooke ME “WJAE 14-40 95-5”. “Sporting News Radio” Hamilton, Bermuda EZL music, “14-50 AM Gold” ID Albany NJ (Pres) “Radio Disney Top 30 Countdown” Guelph ON “C-JOY” sung jingle, oldies. Dickinson ND Jim Reeves, “weather f’cast on AM 1460 KLTC” Des Moines IA “Des Moines’ Sports Station – 14-60 KXNO” Georgetown SC Heard in mix “......only on 14-70 WLMC” Moses Lake WA weak ID “..here on 14-70 KBSN Moses Lake” Lewiston ME ID + “870 & 1470, Maine’s Sports Station” Kentwood MI “WGVU AM 1480 & 850”. Fall River MA wx, ID “your local news .... 14-80 WSAR” Canton OH “News Talk 14-80 WHBC” Portland ME “1400 – 1490 The Bay” Washington DC IDs “3WT”, local nx, wx Detroit MI rel px, “Life changing talk radio, WLQV” St Paul MN “The talk station AM 1500 KSTP” Boston MA “15-10 The Zone” Cocoa FL s/off 2300 “thank you for listening to WWBC serving Cocoa, Merritt Island....” 10

1520 0445 1530 0726 1540 0447 1540 0955 1540 2257 1550 2358 1560 0440 1570 0014 1570 2200 1580 0852 1590 0700 1590 0702 1590 0707 1600 0755 1600 0920 1609.93 2350 1610 0820 1620 0730 1620 0906 1630 0025 1630 0705 1630 2331 1640 0636 1640.1 2315 1650 0845 1650 2237 1650 2238 1660 0600 1660 0758

07/10 17/10 07/10 17/10 17/10 13/10 07/10 15/10 13/10 13/10 17/10 17/10 17/10 09/10 15/10 11/10 13/10 15/10 15/10 15/10 07/10 13/10 08/10 15/10 15/10 08/10 08/10 08/10 10/10

WWKB WCKY WDCD KXEL CHIN CBE WQEW CKMW WFLR CKDO WARV WONX WAKR WWRL KGRG CHHA CJWI KOZN WTAW KRND WRDW KCJJ WTNI WKSH KCNZ WHKT CJRS WWRU WCNZ

Buffalo Cincinnati Albany Waterloo Toronto Windsor New York Winkler Dundee Oshawa Warwick Evanston Akron New York Cedar Rapids Toronto Montreal Bellevue College Station Fox Farm Augusta Iowa City Biloxi Sussex (Pres) Cedar Falls Portsmouth Montreal Jersey City Marco Island

NY OH NY IA ON ON NY MB NY ON RI IL OH NY IA ON PQ NE TX WY GA IA MS WI IA VA PQ NJ FL

1660 1660 1670 1670 1680 1690 1690 1690 1700 1700 1700

08/10 15/10 15/10 08/10 11/10 08/10 13/10 15/10 09/10 10/10 12/10

WFNA KQWB WTDY WVVM WTTM WPTX CHTO WVON WEUP WJCC KVNS

Charlotte West Fargo Madison Warner Robins Lindenwood Lexington Park Toronto Berwyn Huntsville Miami Springs Brownsville

NC ND WI GA NJ MD ON IL AL FL TX

0659 0900 0030 0615 0832 0643 0855 2313 0645 0729 0824

CENTRAL AMERICA & THE 555 570 610 640 670 710 820 860 950 960 1180

2220 0630 0801 0730 0739 0741 2224 0617 0857 0656 0826

13/10 07/10 09/10 16/10 08/10 08/10 07/10 07/10 16/10 07/10 10/10

The Dollar Doctor Show, ID Bro Stair - Overcomer Ministry, Roy Masters 0800+ Ads, ID “15-40 WDCD” wx, ID “on News Talk 15-40 KXEL” (Pres) – Chinese talk, CRI ID @ 2300. “CBC Radio 1 – 1550 in Windsor” “Radio Disney” “Southern Manitoba’s CKMW” C&W mx. ID “15-70 WFLR Dundee”, news. oldies, ID/ jingle “CKDO” “..Sunday night at 6 on WARV” promo “WONX” ID in the mix. “WAKR Sports” then local weather. “WWRL is now podcasting” “on 1600 ESPN Radio – ESPN Sports Center” Spanish IDs “Radio Voces Latines” French, “CPAM – Radio Union” “1620 The Dome – Omaha’s ESPN Radio” “16-80 WTAW College Station – Bryan” ranchero mx, reg SS IDs “16-30 La Grande” “newstalk-sports” WRDW.com ID “16-30 KCJJ” ID then sports commentary. ESPN ID...”talk radio 1640 Biloxi” “16-40 Radio Disney”, promos Greenfield (WI) “right here on 16-50 The Fan (?) KCNZ” “16-50 Radio Disney” “right here on Radio Shalom” ID in mix. ann Relevant Radio is for sale – will close when new owners found. ESPN promo “WFNA Radio – The Franchise” ‘1660 ESPN KQWB West Fargo/Fargo/Moorehead’ “Madison 16-70 The Pulse”, traffic news. Spanish “Viva” SS ID “Musica Buena 16-80...escucha wttm.com” “news talk 16-90 WPTX Lexington Park” Greek mx, EE ID 0902: “CHTO AM 16-90 Toronto” phone-in, ID “Talk of Chicago – WVON” “WEUP – The People’s Station” gospel music. Spanish ID, “la major familiadad de musica” Spanish music, IDs “La Preciosa”

CARIBBEAN

R ZIZ, St Kitts DJ Grand Master – reggae, nx 2335 EE R Reloj, Santa Clara, Cuba SS nx, ticking clock, IDs R Rebelde (2 sites), Cuba SS nx, ‘Cuba y el Mundo’ // 5025 R Progreso, Guanabacoa/Las Tunas, Cuba ID & chimes (2 txers audible, not in sync) R Rebelde, Arroya Arenas, Cuba LA mx // 5025 R Rebelde (multi-tx), Cuba LA mx // 5025, 670 R Paradise, St Kitts & Nevis religious sermon – ‘Trinity Broadcasting’ ID. R Reloj, Colon, Cuba OM nx, time pips, ID R Reloj, Havana, Cuba SS nx, ticking clock, TC 4.58, IDs R Reloj, Guantanamo/Cienfuegos SS nx, time pips, ID R Rebelde, Villa Maria, Cuba Cuban mx // 670 5025 (QRM UNID carrier 1181) 11

1400

2258

18/10 Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou, Grenada – ID, ann address. EE rel pxs.

SOUTH AMERICA 680 730 770 1220 1500

0735 0703 0756 2252 2255

16/10 19/10 19/10 16/10 16/10

R N de Colombia, Sabanagrande Jazz music – “Radio Nacional de Colombia” ID HCJU R Lider, Bogota, Colombia ID, Cumbia music HJJX RCH Antenna 2, Bogota, Colombia – SS anns inc “RCN Antenna Dos” ID ZYJ458 R Globo, Rio de Janiero, BRZ – echoey PP man, Radio Globo jingle. YVRZ R 2000, Cumana, VEN – Ads, ID “Radio Dos Mil”

UK & EUROPE 243 585 594 630 990 1134 1224 1278 1278 1287 1287 1287 1287 1350 1350 1350 1350 1386 1386 1386 1431 1548 1575 1575 1575 1602 1602

1750 1254 1752 0728 1155 0937 1730 1330 1340 0921 0940 1320 1323 0934 0955 1119 1430 0904 0930 0933 0808 1658 0700 0956 2115 0916 0610

10/10 10/10 10/10 16/10 09/10 09/10 12/10 07/10 07/10 08/10 11/10 07/10 07/10 10/10 09/10 11/10 10/10 08/10 10/10 10/10 07/10 11/10 07/10 16/10 06/10 09/10 06/10

TRT4, Erzurum, Turkey Turkish music //594, 891, 954 BBC R Scotland, Dumfries ‘Local News for the South West” TRT4 Malatya, Turkey Turkish mx // 243, 891 & 954. Vo Russia via Berlin English px //1323. Books - Tolstoy. BBC R Scotland, Redmoss Local nx from Aberdeen newsroom. LPAM Queen’s R, Belfast Continuous loop “[email protected]” R Bulgaria, Vidin Interval Signal, s/on in Greek The Rock, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland “9-4-9 The Rock”. Rock mx “for Dublin” Temp stn LPAM R Royal, Falkirk promos and ID LPAM BFBS Northern Ireland (multi-site) – BFBS Radio 1 ID. LPAM Garrison R, Catterick ‘Catterick Garrison Radio, 1287 on the MW’ LPAM Victoria R Network, Kirkcaldy – Terry Holden afternoon px, Ids LPAM Garrison R, Glencourse Brcks, Midlothian – local promo re Dreghorn Barracks LPAM Knutsford 1350 AM “all pupils of all years...here on Knutsford 1350 AM” LPAM R Hope, Liverpool Hope Univ. – “Radio Hope – 1350 AM” & website .ac.uk LPAM Frequency 1350, Preston Ids, promo: “01772 844895 is that magic number” LPAM Kingstown R, Hull Weather, ID, Barry White track. LPAM Carillon R, Loughborough/Coalville – ID, John Glover, Slade rcd. LPAM Anker R, Nuneaton promo, ‘Big Al’ live on Anker 1386 AM. LPAM Blast 1386, TVU, Reading ID briefly hrd under Carillon & Anker R. Vo Russia, Wilsdruff, Germany English ID // 1323. Vo Russia, Moldova s/off in ?? lang then Int Sig Vo Russia, Burg, Germany English news //1323 LPAM R Tyneside, Newcastle “Fog on the Tyne”, News, ID. China R Int via Sitkaunia, Lithuania CRI Polish service – news, ID R Waddenzee, Neths website, mention R Monique & Ross Revenge. DD R Seagull, Waddenzee, Neths off freq 1602.07. (Mark) “Stafford’s World”. EE

UNIDENTIFIED - any suggestions as to what these are would be appreciated: 576 1625 900 0901 1060 0435 1060 0623 1205.96 1535

1278

1705

1290

0830

07/10 10/10 08/10 10/10 11/10

Phone caller in EE, Celine Dione song. In mix, but Uzbek R dominant by 1700. Fox Sports “On air, on TV, online at foxsports.com, Fox Sports Radio” “..the special weekend edition of the Sports Corner” Mention CRN & Fred Wallin. ESPN sport, “All night with Jason Smith”. Splash ex Danmarks R 1062 s/on 0625+ Strong Korean. 1600 close with ID “Radio Television” “Jung Geriming Bansung” Update: now believed to be Yanbian PBS, Yanji, Jilin, China with Korean ID "Radio-Telvision Yonbyon Inmin Bangsong" at 1600 s/off 08/10 Chinese stn, often heard at this time with comedy / drama px. ID indistinct. Update: Recording confirms ID Hebei PBS, Shijiazhuang, China. 10/10 Relay of BBCWS world nx, Film Review (+0700 11/10 CRI switching to BBC (WRN))

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New Zealand in Clashmore with Martin A Hall

e-mail: [email protected]

Introduction Steve Whitt asked that I write a little bit about how I came to hear 1080 Newstalk ZB from Auckland, reported in last month’s DX Loggings. Two years ago I reported the reception in Clashmore of 1500 KUMU from Hawaii, which was the result of a long and carefully thought out campaign, but as you will read, the reception of the first New Zealander to have been heard in the UK since 1933 couldn’t have been more different.

The Lead-in Despite a run of low K indices, when I started DXing at 0515 on the morning of 24th October 2007 conditions seemed rather poor, with east coast North Americans and Caribbean area Latins coming in not particularly well, and with quite a lot of Eurosplatter present. However, by 0700 the band had opened slightly to the west coast to bring in 950 KJR, 1000 KOMO, 1130 CKWX, and 1410 CFUN, but these rapidly became weaker, and were gone soon after 0800. Next there was a weak opening to the prairies from about 0820 to 0945, and Ontario and Chicago stations also came up a little during this time. Alaskan stations appeared from 0900, peaking nicely around 0945, fading out rapidly from 0955, leaving KBRW in and out of the noise until at least 1430. Presumed 920 KSRM and 830 KSLD were fair around 0950, but had disappeared completely by 1000 – a good, but not spectacular opening.

A Mystery When there’s an opening to Alaska, as a matter of routine I check the channels I’ve already logged stations on, as well as checking the channels of those Alaskans I’ve not previously heard. And it was while checking 1080 kHz for previously heard KSLD in Soldotna AK that I heard a mystery station. Those of you who read my first posting the MWC e-List will know that I wondered if this was a spurious, since on first listening the accent sounded to be English, and there was a reference to Huddersfield – but there are no UK stations listed for the channel! Who could it be?

Some Detective Work I regularly swap audio clips with Andrew Brade to check unusual IDs and UNIDs, since our ears appear to work in complementary ways, and this was no exception. So I have Andrew to thank for figuring out what I’d heard – in his own words: “When I listened through it, my first impressions were that it was not USA or Canada, and if anything it sounded antipodean. I heard the ID, something weather forecast, but despite listening several times at various speeds I couldn’t work it out. I thought at first that what I later discovered was “ZB” might have been the end of the word “University”. Earlier in the clip I’d also noted some names mentioned in a sporting context. I gave up on the ID part in favour of tackling the names to see if they would yield any clue. The first name I heard was “Gary Kimble”, but this didn’t tell anything. I heard a mention of “high tackle”, so thought that it was likely to be related to rugby. I then worked out the other names (Andrew Chalmers and Adrian Morley). This led, via an internet search, to New Zealand vs England and controversy about the lack of a suspension being handed down to the British player. The subject Medium Wave News 53/07

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matter indicated that the station might originate in a Commonwealth country (we can forget France!); the accent indicated the Antipodes, the fact that they mentioned the NZ personnel without reference to their own country but did mention Great Britain all pointed towards this being from NZ (or possibly from Australia). I picked up the WRTH and looked at NZ and 1080, found the name “Newstalk ZB”. I listened to the ID again and all the earlier fog was immediately lifted! I think that one can hear the word “Auckland” at the start of the weather itself. The last part of the puzzle was solved when I realised that the Kiwi pronunciation of “Kemble” sounds like “Kimble”, so the third name was Gary Kemble. I entered the three rugby-related names into Google and the solution was completed with a NewstalkZB article on the sporting controversy mentioning the three names. Finally I sent you a rather bland e-mail with just enough information to allow you a little of your own detective work before the truth dawned. So there you are”. The final log therefore became:

1080

Newstalk ZB, Auckland, New Zealand; report “Gary Kemble Fpks has joined his boss Andrew Chalmers in condemning … decision not to cite Adrian Morley for a dangerous … Morley has been cleared … Morley is now free to play for Great Britain in Sunday’s … in Huddersfield”, then “Newstalk ZB weather watch 24/7”, wx; tnx AB for picking out the ID; UK FIRST

1004 24/10

For anyone who wants to hear it, the clip is at: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/audio/1080_ZBAuckland_1004-24Oct07.mp3

Final Thoughts The printed great circle maps I have on my shack wall are based on London, and show Auckland at a bearing of roughly 20 degrees, which would put it outside the main lobe of my 338 degree antenna. It was only when I created a great circle map based on Clashmore (see above) that I realised Auckland was almost exactly due north from here, on a bearing only about 10 degrees east of that for Nome, and within the main lobe of the beverage. Reception of Newstalk ZB was by chance – I just happened to be listening in the right place at the right time. But it does confirm my belief that we increase our chances of hearing unusual DX if we spend a lot of time listening, even if the band appears closed. To be honest, I never thought that New Zealand could be heard in the UK, even though it’s regularly reported in northern Norway by our friends at Kongsfjord. I shall be keeping a close eye out for what they are hearing, and will be checking the NZ channels regularly in the future! From the Newstalk ZB website:

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NORTH AMERICAN NEWS
20 Ryehill Park, Kirklinton, Carlisle CA6 6BH with Barry Davies

e-mail: [email protected]

Welcome to another round up of what’s been happening on the North American AM dial. May I express my gratitude to the organisations which make this resume possible? Thanks this month to:NRC, North America AM Logbook, IRCA, DX-midAMerica & Ohio Media Watch.

610 890 980 1050

New Carlisle QC. This FF pop station has been granted a move 107.1 FM. Dedham MA. This ESPN sports station is now pumping 6kW nights out to sea Peterborough ON. This oldies station has granted a move to 96.7 FM. NYC NY. This RSPN Radio station now has its own programme after 0700 utc weekdays. The WEPN presenter is Gordon Damer and should make a reception report easier to compile hi! Thanks to SW for the “heads up” on this story hi! Coral Gables FL. New calls ex WTPS. Flips from news talk to religion. Gaspe QC. This FF pop station has been granted a move to 99.3 FM. Detroit MI. This station is now simulcasting WXYT 97.1 FM “The Ticket.” The only reference to 1270 AM is in the top of the hour legal ID. This is rumoured to be a prelude to sale or format flip on AM. (Michiguide .com) Cobourg ON. This pop station has now moved to 107.9 FM. Honolulu HI. This prize station has dropped talk and flipped to sports from the Sporting News Radio network. The station slogan is now “Kumu AM 15 hundred the team.” Winkler MB. This country station has applied for an FM licence. Akron OH. This standards and oldies station has flipped to Christmas music. Denver CO. News talk from 710 KNUS is out & SS religion is in as “Radio Luz.”

CHNC WAMG

CKRU WEPN

1080 WMCU 1150 CHGM 1270 WXYT

1450 CHUC 1500 KUMU

1570 CKMW 1590 WAKR 1650 KBJD

Here is a general round up of what’s been happening on the North American AM dial courtesy of our friends at the International Radio Club of America. Editor: Robert Wien – 7190 Abigail Pl – Fontana, CA E-mail: [email protected] phone: 909-350-4898 CALL LETTER CHANGES FREQ

OLD CALL

660 820 900 920 930 1150

WDLT WTWT WGAM WKRT WJBY KGBC

CITY

Fairhope, AL Frederick, MD Nashua, NH Cortland, NY Rainbow City, AL Midland, TX

Medium Wave News 53/07

92336-5752 Ham calls: KG6RJW

OCTOBER 2007) NEW CALL WWFF WWWB WGHM WYBY WGAD KVDG

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1240 1250 1250 1350 1440 1480 1490 1500 1560

WLYJ WKBR WPRZ WGAD WEZJ new new WTWP WZTQ

Jasper, AL Manchester, NH Warrenton, VA Gadsden, AL Williamsburg, KY Wink, TX Jackson, WY Washington, DC Centre, AL

WZTQ WGAM WKDL WJBY WCWC KNIW KJNT WWWT WLYJ

FORMAT CHANGES FREQ

CALL

CITY

OLD INFO

660 730 780 820 920 1010 1100 1180 1230 1320 1330 1330 1370 1370 1400 1400 1440 1440 1450 1460 1460 1480 1480 1500 1510 1520 1550 1560 1570 1600 1620

WWFF WNAK WIIN WTWT WGNU KMUZ WISS WZQZ WJOB KSDT KCKM WCVC WFDR WSHV WBFN KRSC KELG WCWC KSQP KBRZ KKOY KLVL WVSG WTWP WJKN WTRI WDLR KTXZ WNSH KOKE WNRP

Fairhope, AL talk Nanticoke, PA adult standards Ridgeland, MS talk Frederick, MD news/talk Granite City, IL talk Milwaukie, OR Spanish adult hits Berlin, WI country Trion, GA adult standards Hammond, IN oldies Hemet, CA Spanish cont. Xtian Monahans, TX silent Tallahassee, FL silent Manchester, GA contemporary Xtian South Hill, VA urban AC Battle Creek, MI Spanish Othello, WA sports Manor, TX Spanish religion Spanish Williamsburg, KY format not available Pierre, SD talk Freeport, TX talk Spanish Chanute, KS talk Pasadena, TX tropical Neon, KY southern gospel Washington, DC news/talk Jackson, MI silent Brunswick, MD adult standards Delaware, OH Spanish hits West Lake Hills, TX Spanish oldies Beverly, MA silent Pflugersville, TX talk Gulf Breeze, FL classic country

NEW INFO black gospel Spanish hits southern gospel talk contemporary Xtian regional Mexican oldies talk talk adult standards classic country religious teaching country religious teaching silent silent contemporary Xtian variety silent contemporary Xtian country Spanish religion silent talk contemporary Xtian Spanish regional Mexican Spanish rock talk regional Mexican talk

FACILITY AND PARAMETER APPLICATIONS 690 860

WIST WAMI

New Orleans, LA Opp, AL

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10000/5000 DA-2 to 10000/2000 DA-2 1000/47 ND to 250 ND

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880 890 900 900 920 1150 1320 1340 1380 1390 1470 1530 1560

WPIP new new WUAM new WDEL KSDT KIKO KAGE WISK WEMM new KGOW

Winston-Salem, NC 850 ND to 1800 ND-D Exmore, VA 220/220 DA-2 to 1000/195 DA-2 Bend, OR 50000/2000 DA-2 to 50000/2400 DA-2 Saratoga Springs, NY 250/47 ND to 400/70 ND Quantico, VA 2000/970 DA-2 to 7000/970 DA-2 Wilmington, DE 5000/5000 DA-2 to 10000/5000 DA-2 Hemet, CA 500/300 DA-2 to 230/285 DA-2 Miami, AZ 1000/1000 ND to 790 DA-D Winona, MN 4000/520 ND to 2200/58 ND Americus, GA 1000 ND-D to 950/25 ND Huntington, WV 5000/72 to 22000/9 ND Billings, MT 50000/750 DA-2 to 3500/750 Bellaire, TX 50000 DA-D to 19000 (CP gr for 100 w. –ye ed)

FACILITY AND PARAMETER GRANTS 630 980 1120 1140 1470 1520 1560

WNEG WTIX KJSA KCLE KFMZ KYND KGOW

Toccoa, GA Winston-Salem, NC Mineral Wells, TX Cleburne, TX Brookfield, MO Cypress, TX Bellaire, TX

500/44 ND to 500/220 DA-N 1000/69 ND to 1300/49 ND 250 ND-D to 20000 DA-D 850/710 DA-2 to 5000/710 DA-2 500/20 DA-1 to 5000/50 DA-2 3000 DA-D to 3000/260 DA-3 50000 DA-D to 100

PUBLIC LISTINGS COURTESY OF THERADIOJOURNAL.COM AND 100000WATTS.COM: 660: WDLT 660 Fairhope/Mobile AL drops its talk "Voice" format, changes calls to WWFF and flips to a simulcast of black gospel WGOK 900 Mobile. 710: KJAV 104.9 Alamo TX flips from rhythmic oldies to adult hits "Jack FM," while former simulcast KZSP 95.3 South Padre Island TX becomes a simulcast of news-talk KURV 710 Edinburg TX. 730: WNAK 730 Nanticoke/Wilkes-Barre PA flips from standards to Spanish AC "Caliente," simulcasting WCDL 1440 Carbondale PA. 1260: KMZT 1260 Beverly Hills/Los Angeles CA will return to its former calls KGIL and flip from classical to news/talk. 1330: WCVC 1330 Tallahassee FL returns to the air with EWTN religion as "1330 the Rock." 1360: KLSD 1360 San Diego CA will drop progressive talk 11/1, flipping to sports as "XTRA Sports 1360." 1460: KKOY 1460 Chanute KS flips from talk to country as "Tallgrass Country." 1500/820: WTWP 1500 Washington DC, WTWP-FM 107.7 Manassas VA and WTWT 820 Frederick MD flip from news-talk "Washington Post Radio" to talk. 1520/1250: AM changes near DC: WTRI 1520 Brunswick MD will drop its "Vegas Radio" standards format for Spanish (keeping "Vegas"

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available via webstream), while WPRZ 1250 Warrenton VA will drop its "Praise" contemporary Christian format this weekend.

CALL LETTER CHANGES FREQ OLD CALL 920 990 1020 1060 1080 1210 1230 1240 1260 1330 1340 1480

new WLHN KYXE WNPC WTPS KWMG KZTS WROU KMZT WHGB KLKI WYMR

CITY

Quantico, VA Muncie, IN Union Gap, WA Newport, TN Coral Gables, FL Auburn, WA Sunnyside, WA Petersberg, VA Beverly Hills, CA Marion, VA Anacortes, WA Bridgeport, AL

November 2007) NEW CALL WURA WRFM KDYK WGGQ WMCU KTBK KDYM WTPS KGIL WITM KWLE WGNQ

FORMAT CHANGES FREQ

CALL

CITY

OLD INFO

860 890 950 970 970 990 1020 1090 1090 1100 1110 1140 1170 1210 1210 1230 1230 1230 1230 1250 1250 1260 1260 1290 1310 1310

WAMI KTXV WNTD KHTY WFUN KFCD KDYK WHGG WTSB WISS WKRA KLTK WLYG KTBK WDGR KDYM KKEE WBOK WNIX KNWH KPZK KGIL WNWK WYEA WPLV WTLB

Opp, AL Mabank, TX Chicago, IL Bakersfield, CA Ashtabula, OH Farmersville, TX Union Gap, WA Kingsport, TN Selma, NC Berlin, WI Holly Springs, MS South West City, MO Hanceville, AL Auburn, WA Dahlonega, GA Sunnyside, WA Astoria, OR New Orleans, LA Greenville, MS Yucca Valley, CA Little Rock, AR Beverly Hills, CA Newark, DE Sylacauga, AL West Point, GA Utica, NY

classic country //FM gospel new ethnic Spanish Starboard religious teaching business talk Spanish news/talk talk ESPN sports sports religion Spanish hits regional Mexican oldies religious teaching sports format not available country oldies blues black gospel news/talk silent southern gospel silent Spanish hits regional Mexican ethnic silent Spanish hits regional Mexican ESPN sports talk silent talk oldies news/talk sports talk //KNWZ-970 black gospel urban contemporary KMZT, classical talk silent regional Mexican southern gospel gospel music talk R&B oldies adult standards sports

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1340 1340 1340 1360 1360 1360 1410 1450 1460 1460 1480 1540 1550 1570 1570 1590 1590 1590 1600

KEWE KJMU KSSR KBUY KELE KLSD KOOQ WKIP KHRA WEMR WADR WTKM WUTQ KMCD WONA KGAS KKZZ WAKR KXTA

Oroville, CA Sand Springs, OK Santa Rosa, NM Ruidoso, NM Mountain Grove, MO San Diego, CA North Platte, NE Poughkeepsie, NY Honolulu, HI Tunkhannock, PA Remsen, NY Hartford, WI Utica, NY Fairfield, IA Winona, MS Carthage, TX Ventura, CA Akron, OH Centerville, UT

Spanish sports regional Mexican silent CHR silent oldies adult contemporary country silent progressive talk sports “Xtra Sports” oldies ESPN sports adult standards talk silent ethnic silent oldies //FM sports traditional country ethnic classic country sports traditional country talk classic country country sports southern gospel sports talk Spanish talk talk adult standards Spanish adult hits regional Mexican

FACILITY AND PARAMETER APPLICATIONS 540 540 550 690 700 730 940 970 990 1010 1050 1060 1100 1110 1110 1130 1200 1230 1230 1230 1250 1250 1250 1250 1380 1460 1490 1540

WGOC WWCS WASG WIST WDMV WLTQ KTON KFEL WLHN WJXL WEPN WKMQ WISS WGNZ WTIS KTMR WAMB KWNO WESX WNGM KBSZ KHIL KZDC WVKY KAGE WXOK KGBA WOGR

Pocomoke City, MD Canonsburg, PA Atmore, AL New Orleans, LA Walkersville, MD Charleston, SC Belton, TX Pueblo, CO Muncie, IN Jacksonville Bch, FL New York, NY Tupelo, MS Berlin, WI Fairborn, OH Tampa, FL Edna, TX Nashville, TN Winona, MN Salem, MA Hiawassee, GA Wickenburg, AZ Willcox, AZ San Antonio, TX Nicholasville, KY Winona, MN Baton Rouge, LA Calexico, CA Charlotte, NC

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500/243 ND to 1000/1000 DA-2 5000/500 DA-2 to 3800 DA-D 10000/143 ND to 2500/19 ND 10000/5000 DA-2 to 8000/2000 DA-N 5000 DA-D to 50000 DA-D 1100/103 ND to 5000/103 ND 1000/5 DA-2 to 50000 DA-2 3200/180 ND to 15000 DA-D 250/1 DA-2 to 250 ND-D 10000/143 DA-2 to 50000/30000 DA2 50000/50000 DA-1 to 50000/50000 DA-2 960/31 ND to 960/12 ND2 1000 ND-D to 2500 ND-D 2500 DA-D to 5000 DA-2 10000 DA-D to 10000 ND 10000 DA-D to 45000 DA-2 50000 ND to 50000/120 DA-N 1000/1000 ND to 1000/990 ND 1000/1000 ND to 450/450 ND 1000/1000 ND to 1000/1000 ND2 350/100 ND to 320/50 ND 5000/196 ND to 10000 DA-D 1000/1000 DA-N to 2000 500/59 ND to 700/45 ND 4000/520 ND to 2200/28 ND 5000/1000 DA-N to 4700/290 ND 1000/1000 ND to 500/500 ND 2500 DA-D to 2400 DA-D

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1550 1550 1560 1560 1600 1600 1600

WMSK WRHC KGOW WPGY KLEB WAAM WCGO

Morganfield, KY Coral Gables, FL Bellaire, TX Ellijay, GA Golden Meadow, LA Ann Arbor, MI Chicago Heights, IL

145/6 ND to 145/6 ND2 45000/4400 DA-2 to 1000/1000 DA2 50000 DA-D to 19000 1000 ND-D to 500 ND-D 5000/250 DA-2 to 7500 DA-D 5000/5000 DA-2 to 15000/15000 DA-2 1000/23 DA-2 to 10000 DA-D

FACILITY AND PARAMETER GRANTS 880 900 920 980 1090 1120 1190 1260

WPIP WUAM WYBY WHAW KEXS WXJO KRFT WNWK

Winston-Salem, NC Saratoga Springs, NY Cortland, NY Weston, WV Excelsior Springs, MO Gordon, GA De Soto, MO Newark, DE

1290 1330 1360 1370 1380 1420 1470 1490

WVOW WGFT KBUY KWTL WFNW WRCG WEMM WLRT

Logan, WV Campbell, OH Ruidoso, NM Grand Forks, ND Naugatuck, CT Columbus, GA Huntington, WV Hampton, VA

850 ND to 1800 ND-D 250/47 ND to 400/70 ND 1000/500 DA-N to 1000/500 1000/50 ND to 25000/49 ND 1000 ND-D to 3000 DA-D 10000 ND-D to 1000 ND-D 10000/22 DA-2 to 10000/6500 DA-2 1000/42 DA-2 to ?? (not listed on Radio Journal-ye ed) 5000/1000 DA-N to 5000/1000 DA-2 500/1000 DA-2 to 500 DA-D 5000/199 DA-1 to 9000/182 ND 1000/270 ND to 12000/270 ND 5000/500 DA-2 to 3500/350 DA-2 5000/5000 DA-N to 5000/79 ND 5000/72 ND to 22000/9 ND 1000/1000 ND to 970/970 ND

PUBLIC LISTINGS COURTESY OF THERADIOJOURNAL.COM AND 100000WATTS.COM: 890: KTXV 890 Mabank/Dallas TX signs on with Vietnamese "Radio Saigon Houston," simulcasting KREH 900 Pecan Grove/Houston TX. 970: KHTY 970 Bakersfield CA flips from business talk to Spanish newstalk "W Radio." 990: KFCD 990 Farmersville/Dallas TX drops its "Sports Fan" sports format and flips to religion as "The Ark." 1190: KRFT 1190 De Soto/St. Louis MO will flip from talk to ESPN sports in January. 1210/1020/1230: KWMG 1210 Auburn/Seattle WA changes calls to KTBK, flipping from "Magia" Spanish AC to "Ke Buena" regional Mexican; sister stations KYXE 1020 Union Gap/Yakima WA and KZTS 1230 Sunnyside WA flip from "Magia" to "La Gran D" regional Mexican under new calls KDYK and KDYM, respectively. 1260: WNWK 1260 Newark DE returns to the air with regional Mexican "Radio Sabrosa."

That just about clears my “In Tray” for another month so I’ll sign off with best wishes for some good DX all around The Circle.

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CENTRAL AMERICAN NEWS
Frejagatan 14A, SE-521 43 Falköping, Sweden with Tore Larsson

e-mail: [email protected]  +46-515-13702

Cuba Radio Reloj: The “RR morse code” is replaced on Sundays by a doorbell sound.

Various sources

Dominican Republic 1440

HIAK

R. Impactante, Santo Domingo, ex R. Cristocéntrico. According to a QSL received by our member JMS Jim Solatie, the transmitter is a LENSA 5k and the station started broadcasting in February 2003. The station covers 85% of the island. Address: Ave. Sarasota Plaza Universitario, Local 9 B, Santo Domingo. E-mail address to the director is [email protected] Jim Solatie, ARC

Mexico Radiorama Corporativo of Nogales Radiorama Corporativo of Nogales, Mexico, is purchasing 13 Nautel V10 HD Radio transmitters for installation in cities along the Mexico-USA border. "Radiorama has been a market leader in broadcasting for many years and has decided to boldly introduce this next phase in broadcast technology along the entire Mexico-USA border," said Peter Conlon, Nautel President and CEO. "We are excited and proud to lead the Mexican market in this new broadcast technology, and are happy to be working with Nautel in the implementation of HD operations," said Adrián Pereda López, founder of Radiorama. "This project demonstrates our commitment to bringing the best in programming and broadcast quality to our listeners." Radiorama operates more than 220 AM and FM stations across Mexico. RW Online via Mike Terry, MWDX 8.10.2007 1560 1700

XEJPV R. Vida, address: Chapultepec 316, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Edificio NAFTA Center, Ciudad Juárez. John Wilkins, NRC IDXD 75/01 XEPE Tecate, format now TLK, ex BIZnews DX-midAMerica via finndxer.wordpress.com

SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS
Kirkåsveien 15, NO-1850 Mysen, Norway with Tore B. Vik

 e-mail: [email protected]   +47-69891192

Argentina 1430 1520

R. 2001, Quilmes is reported inactive R. Cóndor, reported on 1630, has moved to 1520

Marcelo A. Cornachioni in ConDig Marcelo A. Cornachioni in ConDig

Quinta Provincia AM is a new station operating on 1320 kHz in Partido de La Matanza in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The station was first reported heard by Norberto Pugliese. At least on November 20 Quinta Provincia AM was still testing, with occasional station identifications between pieces of romantic music. Radio Ciudad de Lanús, previously on 1320 AM, has moved to 1020 kHz to escape the interference caused by Quinta Provincia AM, an unlicensed station. Another new station AM Panamericana has been heard on 1510 kHz with programming aimed at the Bolivian community of Buenos Aires. It broadcasts from the same studios as Estación Latina (FM 91.9). Its address is Pasaje Espinillo 1449, Planta Alta, C1407ISA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Telephone numbers are (011) 4683-3641 and 4683-3642. (Marcelo Cornachioni in Conexión Digital on November 25).

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Also, Radio Mar del Plata has been observed testing the frequency of 1620 kHz with various program feeds. Brazilian DXer Samuel Cássio caught a station identification for Radio Universo FM (in parallel with 103.3 FM) on November 7, reported on Condig mailing list. The same station has also been referred to as Radio Prensa. (DXing.info, November 25, 2007)

Brasil 670 ZYI44

R. Atitude (MT144) – ex. R. Regional. Address: Av. Universitária, 540W, 78455-000 Lucas do Rio Verde 930 ZYJ923 R. 930 (SE07) – ex. R. Liberdade de Sergipe 1150 ZYK656 R. Tupi (SP232) – ex. R. News 1460 R. Globo, Costa Rica, MS – new station – no address available. The station was inaugurated on June 10, 2007.

web web web web

Colombia 690 HJZ73

Radio Región Bananera, Apartado, Antioquia, 1 kW, new station Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström Antena del Río, Barrancabermeja. Special tx for “Festival de Acordeónes del Río Grande 780 HJ.. de La Magdalena”.. ID "...desde Barrancabermeja, bella hija del sol, transmite Antena del Río, noticias, deportes, cultura y música. Antena del Río 780 banda preferencial, Antena del Rio mas cobertura, mas alcance para mayor efectividad en sus mensajes..." Rafael Rodríguez 18.10.2007 980 HJJV La 9-80, ex La Vallenata Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1050 HJS62 Cusiana Radio, Yopal, Casare, 15 kW, new Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1060 HJMG R. Litoral, ex Caracol Turbo 1160 HJZV RCN R. Las Lajas Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1190.33 HJCT La Voz de la Costa, Barranquilla is heard on this frequency in the US. Mark Connelly via IRCA’s “soft” DX Monitor 45/01 1310 HJJZ R. Manantial, ex Colorincolor Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1370 HJNI Radio Sabana, Calle 24 Nº 18-31, Sincelejo, Sucre, 1 kW, new station Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1380 HJJD R. Internacional, ex Armony Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1400 HJHM La Cariñosa de Armenia, ex Antena 2 Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1490 HJAY R. Vida Nueva. Address: Calle 73 Nº 40-47, Barranquilla, Atlántico Rafael Rodríguez via Christer Brunström 1550 HJQD R. Bésame, ex. Caracol Armenia 1580 HJQT R. Mar, Santafé de Bogotá, back to the former name, ex Candela Estéreo. Bernt-Ivan Holmberg/Gert Nilsson/Lars Bygdén, members of the ARC

Chile 1160 CA116 R. América ”El Espectador de América” – new station from La Serena, Coquimbo. E-mail: [email protected] - identified by Miguel Castellion Dino Boise Address: O’Higgins No 519, Piso 2, Oficina 09, La Serena Pedro Morales 1220 CA122 R. La Caribeña (CO04); new name. Add: O’Higgins No 519, Piso 2, Oficina 09, La Serena

Ecuador 530 HCDC1 530 AM, Quito, ex R. Iris. The station now belongs to Caracol América. ID: "...530 AM la radio del Ecuador para la programacion de Caracol América..." Rafael Rodríguez

Peru 1600 1610 1615 1630 1650

R. Internacional – San Pablo, Cajamarca R. Sabor – Arequipa R. Luz y Vida – San Ignaco, Cajamarca R. San Juan – Centro Poblado El Tambo, Bambamarca, Cajamarca R. Ecológica - San Ignacio, Cajamarca

Note: I presume they are not authorized by the government, so they may be pirate stations. So one day we can listen to Radio Ecológica on 1640 kHz and the next day on 1650 kHz as I noted very often. These stations do not give a postal address for this reason (César Pérez Dioses, Chimbote, Peru) Medium Wave News 53/07

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WORLD NEWS (Europe, Asia, Africa) with Ton Timmerman

H. Heijermanspln 10, 2024 JJ Haarlem, The Netherlands e-mail:[email protected]

Dear friends, Here we are again with news and tips from the world. It is interesting to see that medium wave DX’ing is getting more and more a worldwide happening during the sunspot minimum which we are nearing soon. Experienced DX’ers say the best reception will be the two years after the minimum.... So we have a nice future the coming years!! Lets go to the news and tips now.

Albania Albania off-frequency. Medium Wave Fllaka heard in New Hampshire USA, and measured on exact 1457.626 kHz after 2300 UTC. 1457.626 Fllake Nov 9 at 2320 UT. Het against 1458 kHz, measuring 1457.626 kHz, signed off at 2330 UTC (Bruce Conti,USA, mw-offsets yahoo group)

Armenia A problem with the transmitter on 864 and 1350 kHz is giving off a sound of about five seconds or more like a ``phff`` and a ``piu``. Noted between 1610-1810 on 864 and 1815-2000 on 1350 kHz. (Rumen Pankov, Medium Wave Report, BDXC-UK via DXLD)

Bangladesh Radio Bangladesh is not heard after the cyclone hit Bangladesh. 4750 kHz, 693 kHz MW (1000 kW) etc. used to be heard well here in Hyderabad before. On 4750 Chinese station is heard while on 693 kHz an Iran station is heard this evening. On 7 MHz Amateur band, a Bangladesh Amateur Station Mr. Maju with callsign S21AM was reported by Amateurs in Kolkata operating today daytime with low power on battery (not heard at my station due to band conditions). (Jose Jacob, , National Institute of Amateur RadioHyderabad, India via DXLD) Radio Bangladesh is noted back on air on 4750 but 693 is still off. (Jose, 1246 UT Nov 17, ibid.) 4750 was noted back on air when I checked at around 1230 UT, 693 still missing. At around 1205 UT, VU2CSV, Deep from Kolkata was noted in QSO with S21DM, Himayat from B'desh on 7045 LSB. Exchanged usual info's on cyclone. S21DM informed that he is absolutely fine. VU2CSV informed that some of the Kolkata hams are in touch with High Commission of B'desh regarding permission to move into cyclone hit areas of B'desh with their HF equipment for help. VU3SUY & VU2DPD also joined later on. S21 & Kolkata hams normally operate on 7045 during 0100-0200 UT. Regards. (Alokesh Gupta India via DXLD) 693 was also noted back on air at around 1250 UT with female announcer announcing that they were off the air due to power breakdown. (Alokesh Gupta, India, via DXLD) Here is my monitoring of the Bangladesh Betar MW frequencies from Kolkata with ICOM R75 and 25 m Long wire: 18th November 2007 evening (1700-1710 UT) and on 19th November morning (0100-0110 UTC): 558 kHz Khulna, 630 kHz Dhaka, 693 kHz Dhaka, 1080 kHz Rajsahi, 1053 kHz Rangpur, 873 kHz Chittagong. 19th November 2007 morning (0100-0110 UTC): 963 kHz Sylhet, 846 kHz Bogra 19th November 2007 evening (1400 UTC): 999 kHz Thakurgaon (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, via DXLD)

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China 1521 kHz: The Hutubi 500 kW CRI transmitter in Xinjiang, NW of Urumqi, seems to have several directional arrays at its disposal. It is off for two minutes for antenna switching from 1257, 1457, 1557, 1657, 1757. The sign off is at 1957. (Olle Alm ARC MV-Eko via BC-DX via DXLD)

France/ Monaco Radio Maria France is audible for a few days now on 1467 kHz with s/on at 0500 UTC. [http://www.radiomaria.fr/ ] ( Patrick Robic via mediumwave.info) Since November 1st, there is a new station on MW 1467 kHz from Col de la Madone. It's Radio Maria France, from 0500-1900 UT on 1467 kHz and also 24/24 h on FM 95.4 MHz. Adresse is: Radio Maria France, B.P. 42 F-06341 La Trinité Cedex, France. Info @ radiomaria.fr http://www.radiomaria.fr (Christian Ghibaudo via DXLD) RMC Info stop all MW relays in France. Now only on 216 kHz and FM. By the way Beur FM is on the air on 1584 kHz from Perpignan. (Christian Ghibaudo via DXLD)

Germany 153 longwave. Engineers of T-systems Telekom DLF Donebach LW 153 kHz are preparing the antenna of 20 kHz width for DRM mode services in past six days. Transmitter is off totally or on test in AM and DRM mode between 0710 and 1700 UT approx., and at 1210-1900 UT on Nov 15/16. Both two 500 kW Telefunken beasts of 1981? at Donebach are replaced by new TransRadio transistorized 500 kW units. Antenna alignment action last from Nov 8th til 16th (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX via DXLD)

Greece John Babbis forwarded this from DXLD 7-134 to Demetri Vafeas of ERT: “According to observations sent to me, ERA SPORT seems to have taken in use the old VOA Kavalla transmitter on 792 kHz (// 981 kHz). Can anyone confirm? Kind regards, (Herman - http://www.emwg.info Boel, Nov 4, MWC via DXLD)” and this was the reply: Dear John, all, The explanation is as follows: 792 kHz is transmitted from Malgara, west of Thessaloniki together with 1179 kHz, via a combiner through the same antenna. 792 kHz is using a HARRIS 100 kW transmitter, transferred to ERT by IBB, years back. An identical transmitter is operating in Corfu (Kerkyra) for at least 4 years by now. The reason that the second transmitter was not activated earlier, even though it was in Malgara, was the fact that different management level at ERT were unable to agree on the operating frequency. After VOA, at 792 kHz, was ceased in Kavala about 2 years ago, the officials found another, very clear frequency, so they activated it. (Demetri Vafeas, Dipl. Electrical Engineer, Deputy Supv., New Technologies Dept., R. & D. Directorate, General Directorate of Technical Services, ERT S. A., Office : Messoghion 432, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, GR-153 42 GREECE via DXLD)

Laos Lao National Radio - updated information. There's a bunch of links on Lao National Radio's web page http://www.lnr.org.la/lnr_aboutus.php Comments by Alan Davies: Vientiane has been using 640 kHz for a few years, replacing 702 kHz, but unfortunately for DXers it was only operating in local daylight at 2330-1000 UTC last time I checked. I suppose there's a faint chance it could be detected in Europe around the 2330 sign-on. I believe the 10 kW 640 kHz transmitter is the unit that used to carry LNR International Service on 1030 kHz. I've never been able to hear Khammouane 765 kHz, and suspect it may beinactive. It was definitely not on air when I visited the Thai city of Nakhon Phanom, just across the Mekong, which would have been in 1999 as I recall. In the past few years I've checked 765 quite often from various

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locations in Laos and neighbouring countries, but have never heard a Lao station on that frequency. In WRTH 2008 I've marked the listing as "unconfirmed". Oudomxay's listed MW frequency is 800 kHz 1 kW with a Chinese transmitter, rather than 705 kHz as mentioned below, so probably 705 is a mix-up with Luang Prabang. In any case, I believe Oudomxay has been inactive for several years on MW and is now on FM only, based on information from recent Internet sources. Luang Prabang has been heard much better at night over the past few years on 705 kHz than it used to be, so the story about the new 10 kW transmitter is very credible. For some reason they decided to stay on the split frequency (Alan Davies, Asia via ARC MV-Eko via BC-DX via DXLD)

Libya Voice of Africa`s short news summaries in Swahili, Hausa, English and French which used to follow immediately after the news in Arabic at various times, appear to have been discontinued. These were carried within the Arabic service on MW 1251 and 711 kHz as well as intermittently on various SW frequencies. News in Arabic is still aired at 15 minutes past the hour, but for the past 3 or 4 months I have not heard anything other than Arabic (Dave Kenny DX News BDXC-UK)

Mongolia The transmitter on 164 kHz was doing about the best I've heard it this morning, from about 1255 to 1315 UT. 209 also heard but always poorer due to the NDB clutter (Steve Ratzlaff, USA via IRCA)

Netherlands Arrow Classic Rock stopped music on 675 kHz and replaced it with a recorded message loop listing FM frequencies. Later they restarted music again.At the moment it is not clear what is going to happen with this frequency. (Various sources and own observation)

Russia R. Rossii, Mayak, Yunost and Orfey are domestic networks. There are three foreign service programmes: Voice of Russia World Service (Golos Rossii, Vsemirnaya Sluzhba, VOR) in Russian and many other languages Radiokanal 'Sodruzhestvo' (Radio channel 'Commonwealth', RKS) in Russian only Russkoye Mezhdunarodnoye Radio (Russian International Radio, RMR) in Russian only. VOR WS has the full ID in Russian as follows: "V efire vsemirnaya russkaya sluzhba radiokompanii 'Golos Rossii'", for RKS and RMS please check WRTH. All three FS programmes may share the same frequency, for example 1215 kHz has the current schedule as follows: 0500-0700 RMR to the Baltics, 0700-1530 RKS to the Baltics, 1600-2000 VOR German to Central Europe, 2000-2200 VOR Russian to the Baltics, 2200-2400 RMR to the Baltics. Hope this clarifies the situation a bit (Mauno Ritola via IRCA via DXLD)

Thailand Radio Thailand B-07 schedule: MW Bangkok 1575 kHz, Thai at 1030-1100, Mo-Fr 11001130/1200-1230, Sun-Thur 2230-2400 UT. VoA MW Bangkok 1575 kHz, En 0000-0100, 1130-1200(1100- Sa/Su), 2230-2400 Fr/Sa; Lao 1230-1300; Thai 1630-1700; Myanmar 1430-1500, 1530-1630; Khmer 1330-1430, 2200-2230; Vietnamese 1300-1330 UT. (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX via DXLD) That’s all for now. Greetings, Ton Medium Wave News 53/07

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UTILITY DESK The home of non-broadcast news with Andy Robins KB8QGF

1529 Miles Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA e-mail:[email protected]

November came in like a lion but seems to be going out as a scrawny house cat from the standpoint of propagation. There were some really outstanding DX logs reported, especially by European listeners (see the "Logs" section below for details). However, as this is written late on the 26th, we seem to be back in the doldrums again. However, this should only be a temporary setback as the "season" is still young!

Beacon News Catching up on NDB updates from various quarters: Michael Oexner of Germany reports the following new beacons or those with new IDs in Europe and Africa: MIQ 426.0 Ingolstadt, Germany (effective 27 Sep 2007; ex 426.5 kHz); SP 321.0 Vojens/Skrydstrup, Denmark N55:13:29 E009:16:24 (active again); M 565.0 Ganja, Azerbaijan N40:43:30 E046:20:36; W 565.0 Ganja, Azerbaijan N40:45:13 E046:17:44; BRG 400.0 Bahregan, Iran N29:50:38 E050:16:02; KSR 407.0 Kayseri/Erkilet, Turkey N38:46:32 E035:31:18; BCR 407.0 Bechar, Algeria N31:40:00 W002:14:30. The following European and African NDBs have been officially deleted: BAG 319.0 Bagur, Spain; CO 426.0 Compiègne/Margny, France; OR 440.0 Rzeszów/Jasionka, Poland; VB 425.0 Vryburg, South Africa. Here are new beacons or updates on others active in the Americas: PJ 329.0 Whitehorse YT, Canada (still on; had been reported off); LYQ 529.0 Morrison/Roseanne TN, USA N35:37:00 W086:00:01; CPN 515.0 Campinas/Viracopos, Brazil S23:03:36 W047:03:39. And here are those reported to be decommissioned: M4 296.0 Gimli Indus Park MB, Canada; ZMC 201.0 Fort McMurray AB, Canada; BCZ 228.0 Butler AL, USA; BFE 311.0 Brownfield TX, USA; BTN 386.0 Britton SD, USA; EGY 374.0 English Bay AK, USA; LXT 263.0 Lee's Summit MO, USA; OQW 386.0 Maquoketa IA, USA; PUU 379.0 Flagstaff/Pulliam AZ, USA; VLX 348.0 Mountain View AR, USA; CAT 235.0 Catamarca, Argentina; CBA 350.0 Cordoba, Argentina; TAR 210.0 Tartagal, Argentina; KP 395.0 Grama/Campinas, Brazil; R 295.0 Calama, Chile; BES 290.0 Tumbes, Peru; HIC 320.0 Chiclayo, Peru; URA 345.0 Piura, Peru; CAR 380.0 Carrasco/Montevideo, Uruguay. And from Michael an update on NDB changes in Asia and the Pacific: A 511.0 Dajiaochang, China N31:59:00 E118:47:36 (new); BU 300.0 Bulgan, Mongolia (deleted); PU 360.0 Phuket, Thailand (deleted); GLA 236.0 Gladstone, Australia (deleted). In addition to the above, two new USA beacons in the state of Louisiana are being widely heard in North America: GAO 199.0 Galliano N29:21:19 W090:15:16; and BNZ 230.0 Abbeville N29:58:32.7 W092:05:03. And thanks to e-mail legwork by Frank Thijs in the Netherlands, the previously unidentified beacon IAP 338.0 is no longer in that category. The UK Aviation Information Service report that this NDB is aboard the Inde 23A oil platform in the North Sea at position N53:19:24 E002:34:28. One bit of bad news for those of us hoping to log our first Antarctic NDB: Bob Warren VK7KRW in Tasmania reports, "I have just received information from the Antarctic Division in Hobart confirming (that) the NDBs at Davis Station, Mawson Base and Casey Base were switched off

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about three or four years ago. Aircraft now rely on GPS. The NDB transmitters are currently in storage in Hobart and will be going to auction shortly. (Via NDB List)

Equipment news/reviews We earlier reported on a new piece of software called NAVTEXview. MWC member Alan Gale G4TMV has an update: "Tobias has been hard at work on the NAVTEXview helper program and has produced a new version with many new features added. This will now allow the user to choose and filter a single channel, or any combination of several of them, and it can also be set to show the stations which will come up in the next ten minute block. This has developed into a really nice piece of software/freeware now, and Tobias has been very receptive to all the suggestions for improvements to the original beta version. You can download this from http://www.beaconworld.org.uk/navtex.htm. "One word of warning, though: If you plan to edit the text file which accompanies it, do be sure that your text editor program isn't set to convert tabs to spaces. I spent ages trying to work out why my copy stopped displaying any text after I'd made changes and eventually realised that it was my 'Textpad' text editor that was the culprit. Setting the program to show 'invisible' characters soon revealed what was going on, thankfully." (Via NDB List)

Logs DX was hot and heavy in late October and late November. Hottest of all was Vincent Lecler's reception in France of IPA 280.0 Easter Island in the South Pacific at a distance of 13,614 km. This was on 26 October at 0551 UTC. In the days following, Vincent also logged quite a number of beacons in South America and the Caribbean, including Brazilians FLZ 260.0 Fortaleza; CZS 260.0 Cruzeiro do Sul; PEL 415.0 Pelada/Manaus; STM 350.0 Santarem; TUI 220.0 Tucurui; and TRS 215.0 Teresina. Vincent is apparently the first in Europe or North America to log TRS. He also reports hearing CBC 415.0 Cayman Brac and ZIY 344.0 Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. ZIY and TUI also made it to Hartmutt Wolff's listening post in Germany around the first of November, along with BGI 345.0 Bridgetown, Barbados. Not to be outdone, Dominique Kremp in Normandy caught VIR 281.0 Browerville, Alaska, on 11 November at 0210 UTC. He reports the offset of the ident relative to the carrier as -1018 Hz. VIR is a tough catch even for listeners in western North America, let alone Europe. Peter Conway G3UFI in England reports hearing PEL 410.0 (-1026 Hz) and STM 350.0 (-1020 Hz) in Brazil along with ANP 415.0 Anapolis (+1079 Hz). This was also around the first of the month around his local midnight. Peter also logged ARB 355.0 Ardabil in Iran (-1150 Hz) on 31 October at 2315 UTC. STM also appeared for Tjaerand Bauge in Norway. And in the Netherlands, Roelof Bakker PA0RDT heard ARL 293.0 Arlit, Niger, in West Africa on the 10th at 1939 UTC. And John Pumford-Green GM4SLV in the Shetland Islands went looking for OZN 372.0 in Greenland but found YCO Kuglugtuk/Coppermine NU in far northern Canada instead. Both of these beacons have nominal offsets of 400 Hz. North American listeners were not idle over the last month. Particularly noteworthy was the first known reception in North America of a NDB in Timor. Steve Ratzlaff AA7U in Oregon heard KO 391.0 Dili (+1021 Hz) on 25 October at 1402 UTC at a distance of 12,733 km. (I’m not counting an earlier reception of KO by Martin Francis in Ontario; he used a remote Web-controlled receiver in Western Australia.) In Minnesota, Paul LaFreniere was very fortunate to catch one of the few NDBs left on oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. On 10 November he heard PM2 350.0 aboard the Abaktum 5 platform, running 200 watts. The platform’s position is listed as N19:16:24 W092:09:18. Operation of this beacon is unlikely to be continuous. Paul reports the offset as -1060 Hz. Most platforms in Medium Wave News 53/07

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the Gulf have apparently abandoned NDBs in favour of GPS navigation for the helicopters that serve them. A number of North American listeners, including Dick Palmer W7KAM in Arizona, are hearing BZE 392.0 Belize City, Belize, on the odd offset of -1255 Hz. Don Ward in North Carolina caught his first trans-Atlantic beacon on 24 October at 0215 UTC in the form of POR 327.0 Porto, Portugal. The offset was +1030- Hz. And Vernon Matheson VE1VDM in Nova Scotia found MAN 340.0 Manaus, Brazil, on 27 October at 0145 UTC with an offset of +1022 Hz. There was quite a bit of good Navtex DX for a couple of nights in mid November as well. BengtInge “Bengan” Bengtsson in Sweden found the U.S. Coast Guard’s Navtex transmitter near Miami, Florida, on 518 kHz on 16th at 0407 UTC. Steve Ratzlaff in Oregon heard Naha, Okinawa, the next day on the same frequency at 1302 UTC. Dick Palmer in Arizona logged Otaru, Japan, on the 16th at 1336 UTC. And on the 16th and 17th, Chris Black N1CP on Cape Cod in Massachusetts snagged a number of trans-Atlantic Navtex stations, including Hamburg, Germany, and Valentia, Ireland, as well as NMO in Hawaii, also on 518 kHz! (Via NDB List)

Amateur Beacons, etc. There has been quite a bit on interest on both sides of the Atlantic in the new 600-meter amateur band. A number of beacons are operating in Europe and the UK as well as some with experimental licenses in the USA. And some operators have succeeded in bridging the “Pond” with two-way communication. Finbar O’Connor EI0CF in County Donegal, Ireland, reports on his recent crossband 600-to-80 meter QSO: “Worked VE1ZZ this evening at 2025 UTC. He mentioned that he could hear my signal from 2015 UTC and that his local sunset was at 2048 UTC. So our QSO took place, at his end, in daylight. I asked him whether my signal was suffering from QSB and he told me (it wasn’t). We worked three times over the evening/early morning but on the last contact my signal was now suffering from both QSB and static crashes. “VE1ZZ, Jack, was transmitting on 3533 kHz. He told me he could hear a strong station on 505.3 kHz. Tuning up around this frequency and the general USA MF band I heard WE2XGR/6 on 507 kHz. I tried several calls to him on 501.316 kHz but no contact. In fact I could hear him work another station with (I think) a /3 end to the callsign. I am not sure if these stations are aware that they are being heard (well, at least one of them) in normal CW mode without the use of computer programmes to resolve them. “I think we could have had a two-way MF contact across the Atlantic, had he known where I was and his local noise was reasonable. “Conditions are excellent at present across the Atlantic. This could turn out to be an interesting winter season.” (Via NDB List) I should note that Finbar operates the GI4DPE beacon on 501.3 kHz. Be sure to listen for it and let him know if you hear it. This beacon has been heard as far away as southern Ontario in Canada! That’s it for the December Utility column. I’d like to wish everyone the very best for the Holidays and I hope the New Year is filled with DX for all. 73, Andy

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THE HOME FRONT [British & Irish News] with John Williams


100 Gravel Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP1 1SB, UK e-mail: [email protected] 01442 408567

Ofcom News Radio report hit by delays 30 October, 2007 Radio bosses will have to wait longer than expected for Ofcom's keenly anticipated vision for the future of the industry after it was hit by delays that will take it beyond this month. The results of Ofcom's Future of Radio consultation were due to be published by the end of October. However, the volume of feedback has meant the publication has been delayed until the "back end" of 2007. The regulator said it had received more than 140 responses to its consultation document, which was published in April this year. The proposals will play a key role in the future regulation of the industry, including ownership rules, the provision of locally produced programming, and the possible switch-off of the analogue radio signal. Ofcom has opened the door to further deregulation, but commercial radio bosses have said the proposals do not go far enough. (www.mediaguardian.co.uk) Radio chiefs tell ministers to set time for digital switch 30 October, 2007 Radio chiefs have given warning that the Government’s failure to decide when to switch off analogue radio is “crippling the industry”. They claim that carmakers will not take digital radio seriously and that investment in digital by radio groups will come to a halt unless a clear plan is drawn up. Andrew Harrison, chief executive of the RadioCentre, the commercial radio body, said that he had been lobbying the Government about the switch and was angered by the time taken to reach a decision. Mr Harrison said that carmakers, retailers and digital radio set producers needed “regulatory certainty and clarity” if they were to take digital radio seriously. Mr Harrison has asked that a working party representing the Department for Culture Media and Sport, Ofcom, the BBC and commercial radio groups be set up by mid 2008 to discuss the issue. He is waiting for a response. (www.thetimes.co.uk)

BBC News BBC Five Live's big loss 26 October, 2007 BBC national speech station Five Live has suffered a loss in audience, making it the worst RAJAR listing in some years. Year on year the BBC news and sport station has suffered losses with their audience down to 5.49 million from 5.75 million this time last year. The corporation is reporting big gains in digital listening with gains for BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Five Live Sport Extra. Jenny Abramsky, Director BBC Audio & Music, said: "The continued growth of digital radio is once again the highlight of the quarter. It is pleasing to see digital listening – from DAB to podcasting – ensuring radio remains as popular and relevant as ever."(www.radiotoday.co.uk) Five Live transfer at BBC radio news 1 November, 2007 Around a quarter of the BBC's radio news journalists are to move to Radio Five Live in a reorganisation of the way bulletins are provided for the live news and sport network. The BBC radio newsroom, which supplies all the corporation's national stations except Radio 1, will lose 25 posts that are being transferred to Five Live next year in advance of the station's move to Salford, due to take place in 2011. Another 12 posts are expected to be axed from the newsroom over the next five years as part of corporation-wide cutbacks, according to sources.

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All Five Live's programmes are expected to move to Salford, with insiders ruling out the possibility that some flagship programmes, such as breakfast or drive, could remain in the capital. Some of BBC Radio's most familiar voices, including Radio 4 newsreaders Charlotte Green and Peter Donaldson, signed an open letter to the BBC Trust in support of the newsroom, which is based in TV Centre in west London, earlier this month. Staff feared the radio newsroom could be cut in half because of cutbacks and the plans by Radio Five Live to take its summaries in-house. The newsroom's output provides tailored news summaries and bulletins for all the corporation's national radio networks, except Radio 1, and local radio stations.(www.mediaguardian.co.uk)

Commercial Radio News Cut local shows, say radio giants 26 October, 2007 Smaller commercial radio stations outside London cannot compete with BBC stars such as Chris Moyles and Chris Evans and should be allowed to slash their local content to three hours a day, leaders of the UK's biggest radio groups have said. The GCap chief executive, Ralph Bernard, and the Emap Radio group managing director, Dee Ford, are among a group of radio bosses who have asked Ofcom to consider a radical overhaul of radio regulations. The overhaul would allow stations with a potential audience of fewer than 500,000 listeners to cut local content to as little as three hours a day in favour of networked programmes. "We all agree that localness is important to our listeners. However, it is also clear that quality of output is of greater importance," said a letter to the regulator from the commercial radio representative body, the Radio Centre. "It is against [the BBC] that every local commercial station must compete daily, on terms that are heavily skewed in the BBC's favour." Few local commercial stations have the resources to recruit the kind of talent, or produce the kind of programme, that can compete with the likes of Chris Moyles, Jeremy Vine or Chris Evans. The appeal was sent to Ofcom earlier this month as part of the regulator's Future of Radio consultation about the industry's regulation. Commercial radio bosses want the local programme quota reduced to enable it to broadcast more networked shows across stations. Under Ofcom's proposals, small, medium and large stations would be required to broadcast four, eight and 13 hours respectively of locally produced and presented content each weekday. (www.mediaguardian.co.uk) SMG: 'We still want to sell Virgin Radio' 6 November, 2007 The SMG chief executive, Rob Woodward, today said the firm was still aiming to offload Virgin Radio in the first half of next year after announcing a share issue worth £95m. The Scottish media group had originally planned to float the national radio station this autumn in a bid to ease its debt situation, but the turmoil in the financial markets over the summer saw that timetable slip. "We will keep a careful eye on the market, but we will be targeting the first half of next year," Mr Woodward told MediaGuardian.co.uk. The company said this morning that it would launch a share issue worth £95.1m in a bid to reduce its debt and help offload "non-core assets" such as Virgin Radio. Mr Woodward said the share issue would reduce the firm's debt to £40m by the end of the year and put the firm on the road to stability. (www.radiotoday.co.uk)

RSL & LPAM News The following clubs broadcast their home games as follows: Football Club Station Dec fixtures Crystal Palace Palace Radio 1278 kHz 1 West Brom 15 Sheffield Wed 22 Plymouth Blackburn Radio Rovers 1404 kHz 1 Newcastle 8 West Ham Medium Wave News 53/07

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22 Chelsea Manchester Utd Manchester Utd Radio 1413 1 Fulham 1 Birmingham kHz 8 Derby 12 Newcastle 22 Everton 30 Plymouth Barnsley Oakwell 1575 kHz 4 Wolverhampton 12 Norwich 8 Crystal Palace 29 Colchester 26 Stoke 29 Southampton Rushden and Radio Diamonds 1503 kHz 1 Histon 5 Salisbury Diamonds 26 Stevenage 26 Weymouth 29 Northwich In addition Cup Games will be played over this period the details of which are not yet known. Jam 1575. Steve Whitt reports (28 October) “this Hull based student station seems to be dead. I have not heard anything on air since they closed for the summer vacation. During the summer they left a blank carrier on air. Also www.jam1575.com redirects to another non-functioning website, and www.jam1575.co.uk does not work either.” Jam 1575 is now Jam Radio and only streams on the Internet; phone call to station reveals no intent to return to MW. New website appeared in November http://www.hull.ac.uk/jam/ (Steve Whitt) Member Ken Lancaster in Barnsley tells me that he has not heard Radio Nightingale 1350 kHz since early August. He now hears Radio Ram on the frequency. Also Tracey Gardner reports that he visited the Ashby Hospital site to hear Carillon Radio 1431 kHz and found a nice fat carrier but no modulation. (I reported in July - LPAM Listings- that their web site stated they would be on air soon!) Ofcom has awarded a 5 year radio licence to one community group, for a station to serve the Jewish community in Leeds. Radio JCom will broadcast on MW with information and programmes about the various interests of the community and offer radio training for volunteers. Community radio services typically cover a small geographical area and are provided on a not-for-profit basis focusing on the delivery of specific social benefits to enrich a particular geographical community or a community of interest. Contact: Terry Stowe, Radio JCom, c/o Makor, MAZC, 311 Stonegate Road, Leeds LS17 6AZ.Telephone: 0113 2185836 Email: [email protected] Website: www.radiojcom.com. No start date or frequency has yet been given. (www.radiotoday.co.uk)

EUROLOG with John Williams

100 Gravel Lane Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP1 1SB, UK e-mail: [email protected]  01442 408567

kHz Station, location; details heard etc 531 Utvarp Foroya Torshavn, Musik Program 531 R. Musigwälle, Swiss Folk music 540 Kossuth Radio, Talk 549 DLF Nordkirchen, Culture program 558 R. Svizerra Monte Cerni, News 567 RAI Uno various, Music from the Beatles 567 RTE 1, ID, news Medium Wave News 53/07

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Many thanks to: FW Friedhelm Wittlieb, Grundig Satellite 700, Martens-Fram Dortmund Germany The closing date for the next issue is January, 2008 73’s John

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kHz

680 680 680 680 680 680 680

680 680 680 680 680

680 680 680 680 680 680 680 680 680 680 690 700 700 700 700 700 700 700

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC Date Who kbrw.org”; ID at 1402 “You are listening to KBRW AM 6-80, radio from the top of the world. You can also hear KBRW on the world wide web at www.kbrw.org”; regular - heard nearly every day from 25 Oct to 18 Nov, usually best (and often at good strength) between 1000 and 1200, but heard as early as 0710 and as late as 1520 on occasions WRKO Boston MA; “On Boston’s talk station, AM 6-80 WRKO” W 0603 24/10 AB heard after news WRKO Boston MA; “Boston’s talk station, AM6-80 WRKO, Boston” F 0800 24/10 PC WRKO Boston MA; WRKO IDs heard in the pile-up on the hour F 0500 3/11 JF WRKO Boston MA; ID; also W/F 2200 13/11 F 0246 12/11 TK-L WRKO Boston MA; “WRKO ... Boston” 343 0555 12/11 chm WRKO Boston MA; “AM 6-80 WRKO” ID & C2C talk W 0734 12/11 BD WRKO Boston MA (pres); tlks, ad, “Coast to Coast AM with George W 0730 16/11 TK-L Noory”; Thomas, you had this listed as CFTR, but that station doesn’t carry C2C; most likely WRKO, less likely CJOB - mah WRKO Boston MA; rare catch here; ID; ads talk show with number 1- Fpk 0030 17/11 SW 800-449-8255 & host “Michael”; bad Euro splatter WRKO Boston MA; ID “WWRKO Red Sox sports” and and comments W/F 0700 18/11 Rha on sports events; xd CFTR CJOB Winnipeg MB; tlk show C2C on “Superstation CJOB” in mix W/Fpks 0713 7/11 Rha with Boston’s sports station WRKO CJOB Winnipeg MB; end of C2C, then two commercials, and ID at Fpks 0700 9/11 AB TOH “CJOB 6-80 in Winnipeg”; personal first CJOB Winnipeg MB; “We’ll return to Coast to Coast on the F/G 0759 9/11 mah Superstation CJOB 6-80 in Winnipeg”; also Gpks 1005 2/11, Gpk 0709 7/11 CJOB Winnipeg MB; “call on CJOB” phone-in show, mixing with 232 0625 12/11 chm NPR px CFTR Toronto ON; “You’re listening to all-news radio, 6-80 News” W/F 0640 23/10 AB CFTR Toronto ON; Toronto news “6-80 News” F 0704 23/10 PC CFTR Toronto ON; "6-80 News" ID & business nx W/F 0727 2/11 BD CFTR Toronto ON; “6-80 News”. Non-stop news! F 0400 3/11 JF CFTR Toronto ON; “CFTR Newstime 1.06”; also 222 0555 11/11 333 0606 12/11 chm CFTR Toronto ON; “6-80 News time …”; often heard in November W/F 2221 13/11 mah CFTR Toronto ON; “6-80 News time 03.00”,Toronto news W/F 0700 15/11 Rha HJZO R Nacional de Colombia, Sabanagrande; music; in between Fpks 0704 1/11 AB tracks, bassy OM with “Radio Nacional de Colombia” HJZO Radio Nacional, Barranquilla; Conga mx & YL with "Esta es F 0702 2/11 BD Barranquilla ... Radio Nacional de Colombia" local ID! CINF Montreal QC (pres); FF news W 2234 4/11 PC WLW Cincinnati OH; fair signal but well splattered by 702; two “700 F 0347 14/9 JF WLW” IDs heard in speech WLW Cincinnati OH; American Trucking Network F 0717 23/10 PC WLW Cincinnati OH; “700 WLW” IDs; talk / news F 0100 1/11 JF WLW Cincinnati OH; "700 WLW Radio" F 0632 3/11 JWe WLW Cincinnati OH; “News Radio 700 WLW” F/G 1008 13/11 mah WLW Cincinnati OH; “Newsradio 700 WLW” ID; fair signal and F 0300 16/11 JF easy copy WLW Cincinnati OH; truckers talk show W/F 0740 16/11 BD

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December 2007

kHz 700 700 700 700

710 710 710 710

710 710 710 710 710 710 730 730 730 730 730 740 740 740 740 740 740 740 740 740 740 740 740 747 747

750

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO Nationwide Radio, Kingston, Jamaica; “21 minutes after 7, this W is Nationwide” followed by news item mentioning Kingston LV3 Radio Córdoba (pres); weather forecast for various Argentinian W provinces – Córdoba, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Neuquen HCRS2 R Sucre, Guayaquil; No less than NINE IDs! “Sucre Informa” W at top of hour; brief snippet of Andean music HCRS2 Radio Sucre, Guayaquil; a couple of mentions of “Radio Sucre” W in what appeared to be news/sport headlines preceded by interval signal sounding like Andean pipe music WOR New York NY; Joey Reynolds programme ID “WOR” W WOR New York NY; “7-10 WOR” ID in talk show W/F WOR New York NY; promo “Right here on WOR 7-10 AM” W KIRO Seattle WA; ads “hairtransplantseattle.com. Mention 7-10 Kiro F/Gpks and …”, and “News Talk 7-10 Kiro”; also F 0803 7/11, Fpks 0930 9/11, Fpks 0746 10/11, Gpks 0732 11/11 CKVO Clarenville NL; fiddle music // 650 kHz W/F CKVO Clarenville NL; // 590 kHz F CM-Radio Rebelde, 4 sites listed; telephone discussion // 5025 kHz W CM-R.Rebelde, 4 sites listed; music // 5025 kHz F CM-Radio Rebelde, 4 sites listed; Cuban mx // 670 kHz G CM-Radio Rebelde, 4 sites listed; songs // 5025 kHz F/G CHMJ Vancouver BC; “This is AM 7-30, all traffic, all the time”, and W/F Vancouver traffic reports CKAC Montréal QC; FF discussion about finance; mentions of Québec G CKAC Montréal QC; Canadian sports commentary in French G CKAC Montréal QC; FF sports talk & “CKAC sport” ID W/F CMBB Radio Progreso, Nueva Gerona; SS “RP” ID; xf Lider Fpks CBX Edmonton AB; “This is CBC Radio 1 – Deutsche Welle Radio” F/G CHCM Marystown NL; rock song // 590 kHz G CHCM Marystown NL; country music “Smoke Gets In your Eyes// W 710 CHCM Marystown NL; various VOCM IDs, including VOCM wx at Fpks 0708; mx following with VOCM IDs CHCM Marystown NL; // VOCM F CHCM Marystown NL; VOCM country mx W CHWO Toronto ON; oldies “Toronto’s AM 7-40” F CHWO Toronto ON; nostalgic music and “AM-740” promotion G CHWO Toronto ON; “on AM 7-40 it’s 6:40” ID & nostalgia format W/F CHWO Toronto ON; “AM 7-40 Toronto” W ZHY446 Sociadade de Bahia, Fortaleza, Brazil (pres); best DX signal vG under auroral conditions; music and Portuguese talk ZYH446 Rádio Sociedade, Salvador; “Rádio Sociedade da Bahia” ID; F quickly gave way to VOCM station JOIB NHK2, Sapporo; chimes // 1386, ... 322 JOIB NHK Sapporo (tentative); under/over the Dutch station from Gpks 1415, until swamped at 1500; lots of presumed JJ tlk and EE language lessons at 1445, but didn’t note any IDs; also Gpks 1404 12/11, Gpks 1404 15/11 KFQD Anchorage AK; promo “… weekday mornings at 7.20 on AM W 7-50 KFQD”

Medium Wave News 53/07

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UTC Date Who 0021 31/10 PC 0130 31/10

PC

0500 30/10

JF

0659 31/10

PC

0644 24/10 0844 8/11 0004 25/11 1038 13/11

JW PC AB mah

2040 0615 0735 0639 0640 0653 1029

23/10 PC 12/11 TK-L 26/10 PC 27/10 AB 2/11 BD 5/11 JWe 9/11 mah

0739 0114 2331 0757 1104 2147 0638

25/10 2/11 16/11 29/10 13/11 22/10 24/10

PC JF BD mah mah PC JW

0708

7/11

AB

2121 2338 0848 0900 2340 1017 0128

13/11 TK-L 16/11 BD 8/11 PC 8/11 SW 16/11 BD 18/11 mah 21/11 SW

2140 29/10

PC

1602 1445

6/11 7/11

chm mah

1150

4/11

mah

December 2007

kHz 750 750 750 750 760 760

760 760 760 760 770 770 770 770 770 770 770

770 774 774 780 780 780 780

780 780 780 780 780 780 782

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC WSB Atlanta GA; “News talk 7-50 WSB”, ad for Atlanta Gaslight F/G 0649 Company; came up above CBGY WSB Atlanta GA; “News Talk 7-50 WSB”; also W/P 0902 7/11 F 0806 CBGY Bonavista Bay NL; Deutsche Welle // 1070 kHz W/F 0647 CKJH Melfort SK; local ads, “CK 7-50” ID W/F 0931 WJR Detroit MI; American Trucking Network; also 7/11 0600 – W 0745 “This is the Great Voice of the Great Lakes – News talk 7-60 WJR Detroit MI; nice ID “News Talk 7-60 WJR the Great Voice of vG 1042 the Great Lakes from the golden tower of the Fisher Building in the new centre area, Detroit Michigan USA”; also Fpks 0905 7/11, G 1002 8/11 WCHP Champlain NY; usual close down announcement; daytimer W/F 2214 ZYH558 Rádio Uirapuru, Fortaleza; PP talk with mention of Fortaleza W/F 2144 HJAJ RCN, Barranquilla; “RCN” ID among talk W 0634 UNID EE, poetry reading 232 0557 WABC New York NY; Coast to Coast // 1390 kHz F/G 0653 WABC New York NY; At last an ID! “Hear the … every morning … W 0334 on 77 WABC”. WABC New York NY; C2C & car wash advertising W/F 0542 WABC New York NY; ABC 343 0535 CHQR Calgary AB; “this is QR-77 news” & news reports W/Fpks 0700 CHQR Calgary AB; promo “… on AM 7-70 CHQR News Talk Sport”; W/F 1132 also G 1003 25/10, W/F 1105 4/11, W/F 1208 9/11 CHQR Calgary AB; “This is Coast to Coast AM with George Noory W 0837 …”; very weak R Rebelde under; personal first; WABC also carries C2C at this time – did you get a CHQR ID? – mah CMKB R Rebelde, unknown location; // 5025 kHz; also Wpks 0634 W/F 2312 13/11 JOUB NHK2, Akita; chimes // 1386, ...; also hrd 322 2054 7/11, 322 322 1602 1539 18/11 JOUB NHK 2 Akita, (pres), JJ; popular folk mx/Japanese songs Wpks 1825 KNOM Nome AK; light mx, toth ID “KNOM AM and FM in Nome, W 1100 it’s now 2 o’clock”, ABC News WBBM Chicago IL; traffic & weather after “WBBM newstime 2:37” W/Fpks 0637 WBBM Chicago IL; “WBBM News time 2.07” F 0807 WBBM Chicago IL; “News Radio 7-80 WBBM – WBBM News time Fpks 0616 12.17”; also F 0938 7/11, F 0826 9/11, W/F 0737 19/11, Fpks 0811 20/11 CFDR Dartmouth NS; “When you hear classic country you’re hearing F/G 0744 7-80 Kixx” CFDR Dartmouth NS; “If you’d like to complain about something Fpks 0217 you’ve heard on 7-80 Kixx you can write to CBSC at …” CFDR Dartmouth NS; rel px 444 2355 CFDR Halifax NS; still playing country mx F 0725 CFDR Dartmouth NS; classic country; also presumed W with Bible tlk F 0703 0128, 13/11, and F with country mx 0720 16/11 CFDR Dartmouth NS; 232 0658 Radio of Syrian Arab Republic, Tartus; AA mx and tlks; on 322 2044 their typical frequency.

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Date Who 24/10 PC 16/11 24/10 9/11 23/10

mah PC mah PC

13/11

mah

24/10 29/10 2/11 12/11 24/10 25/10

PC PC AB chm PC AB

7/11 12/11 7/11 12/11

Rha chm Rha mah

15/11 TK-L

10/11 TK-L 6/11

chm

11/11 13/11

Rha mah

7/11 9/11 12/11

Rha PC mah

23/10

PC

27/10

AB

9/11 chm 11/11 BD 13/11 TK-L 17/11 MvA 10/11 DXW

December 2007

kHz 790 790 790 790 790 790 790 790

790 790 790 790

800 800 800 800 800 800 800 800 801 810 810 819 819 820 820

820 820

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO KCAM Glenallen AK; rlgs tlk, ID “This is the voice of the Copper W River Valley, KCAM Glenallen” WAXY South Miami FL; “All Sports, All Day, Every Day, The Ticket” W IDs and sports WAXY South Miami FL; Fox Sports Radio. “Your home for South G Florida sport, WAXY South Miami, 7-90 AM” WAXY South Miami FL; “South Florida’s home for the NFL, The F Ticket” followed by Fox National Sports Report WAXY South Miami FL; “This is Sports Talk 7-90 WAXY South Fpk Miami – this is The Ticket”, Fox National Sports Report WAXY South Miami FL; ad, “You are listening to Fox Sports Radio” F WAXY South Miami FL; Fox sports talk “in South Florida” W CFCW Camrose AB; country mx, ID “7-90 CFCW, here are some W/F other classics ..”; also F/G 0615 7/11, F 1110 9/11, Fpks 0748 10/11 CFNW Port au Choix NL; Johnny Cash // CFCB webcast; personal W first CIGM Sudbury ON; ID noted in the mix “AM 7-90 CIGM Sudbury, a W Rogers radio station” CMAQ Radio Reloj, Pinar del Río; CW RR behind WAXY W UNID clear ESPN/ESPN2 mentions - I don’t think WAXY is ESPN; Fpks so any thoughts on this one? RR morse code from Cuba broke through from time to time (but no other audio); WSKO? - mah VOWR St John’s NL; country music, “You’re listening to VOWR” W/F VOWR St John’s NL; Irish style mx; also F 0747 14/11, F 0835 15/11 F CKLW Windsor ON (pres); Coast to Coast F/G CKLW Windsor ON; Coast to Coast AM Fpks CKLW Windsor ON; “AM 800 CKLW News” W CKLW Windsor ON; C2C talk show // 840 kHz F CKLW Windsor ON; promo “… on AM 800 CKLW – The Information W/F Station”; also G 1002 13/11, W/F 1007 15/11 CHAB Moose Jaw SK; pops, difficult jingle ID “800 CHAB” F Vo Kunghua, Guanyin, Taiwan; CC, class-mx, anns // 846 kHz 322 WGY Schenectady NY; Fox News Radio; “8-10 WGY”; R Scotland W nulled on phaser; personal first CJVA Caraquet NB (pres); FF/EE country music with R Scotland W partially nulled on phaser ERTU Batra, Egypt; Arabic news 333 Shanxi RGD, 2 sites listed, China; CC, infos, “Shanxi Guangbo 242 Dientai” KCBF Fairbanks AK; ESPN Radio, ID “KCBF 8-20 AM Fairbanks”; vW/P also Fpks 1057 7/11 WBAP Fort Worth TX; “It’s Monday November 12th, 2007, and this is Gpk News Talk 8-20 WBAP. WPAP News time 1.02”; W 0800 9/11 KGNW Burien-Seattle WA; rlgs, promo mentioning “KGNW” at 0657; Fpks another vW ID at 0659 CHAM Hamilton ON; country mx “The country music you know and W/F love, Hamilton’s country legend, 8-20 cham”

Medium Wave News 53/07

38

UTC Date Who 1000 25/10 mah 0527

17/9

JF

0700 24/10

PC

0641 27/10

AB

0700 13/11

mah

0905 15/11 TK-L 0259 18/11 BD 0838 20/11 mah

2122

2/11

PC

0600 13/11

mah

0641 27/10 0845 9/11

AB SW

0733 0913 0711 0855 0800 0820 0738

27/10 PC 11/11 TK-L 23/10 PC 8/11 SW 15/11 Rha 16/11 BD 19/11 mah

1113 9/11 1555 9/11 0704 25/10

mah chm PC

0648 25/10

PC

2305 6/11 1405 17/11

FW chm

0800 11/11

mah

0702 12/11

mah

0657 12/11

mah

0859 16/11

PC

December 2007

kHz 820 820

820 820 820 820 828 830 830 830 830 830 830 830 830 830

840 840 840 840 840 840 840 846 846 846

846

850 850

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC TBN, Charlestown, Nevis; “This is the Trinity Broadcasting 242 0529 Network” TBN, Charlestown, Nevis; talk about future programming of W/F 0002 TBN “We want to put a satellite dish in every prison in America” TBN, Charlestown, Nevis; religious tlk and preacher W/Fpks 0505 TBN, Charlestown, Nevis; US gospel preacher W 0730 TBN, Charlestown, Nevis; EE male preacher; also W 0630 W 0758 15/11 “This is Trinity Broadcasting Network” CM-R Reloj, 3 sites; ID and time pips W 0456 JOBB NHK2, Osaka; chimes // 1386, ... 322 1602 KSDP Sand Point AK (presumed); back to back light mx W/F 1039 WCRN Worcester MA; WCRN IDs after news W/F 2203 WCRN Worcester MA; “AM 8-30 WCRN Worcester-Boston” F 0530 WCRN Worcester MA; talk show not C2C W 0842 WCRN Worcester MA; personal first! ID heard in severe splatter F 0705 after news and ad WCCO Minneapolis MN; sports reports & tlk on 8-30 AM W 0505 WCCO Minneapolis MN; jingle “8-3-0 WCCO”, anns, IDs, tlk; also W/F 0925 Gpks 0820 7/11, Fpk 1010 13/11 YVLT R Sensación, Caracas; SS anns, ID “La Nueva Sensación, 830 F/G 0527 AM”, mx UNID Fox Sports commentary. Two “Fox sports” IDs (Not “Red G 0053 SOX Sports”). Also mentioning “On-Fox” and “The Fox National Sports Report”. Clearly a Fox Sports affiliate! “USA Radio Network News” at 02:00. WCRN or WCCO? A mixture of both stations? Winrad shows three carriers at audio level. WHAS Louisville KY; TOH ID “News Radio 84, WHAS”; also at W 0700 0715 WHAS Louisville KY; Bloomberg market news, ad mentioning W/F 0705 Louisville, “84 WHAS” then C2C WHAS Louisville KY; talk, ID 333 0050 WHAS Louisville KY; C2C talk show // 800 kHz W/F 0823 WHAS Louisville KY; “84 WHAS” F 0905 WHAS Louisville KY; “84 WHAS” ID heard after promotion F 0309 CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara, Cuban music over and under the noise in W/F 0502 mix with WHAS news 84 Vo Kuanghua, Guanyin, Taiwan; CC, class-mx // 801 kHz 343 1550 Han Sheng BC Net, Guanyin, Taiwan; ID in CC and mx // 9745 F/G 1900 kHz, dominant on the channel after 2130; RAI off Han Sheng, Guanyin, Taoyan (Voice of Han), Taiwan; audible 343 2130 immediately after s/off of Russia at 2100, male and female Chinese ann's, light mx ; best around 2130 and still audible till past 2200 UNID Chinese station noted good at 1351 UTC and through the G 1351 afternoon; completely dominant over Irish station and no sign of Russia WFTL West Palm Beach FL; “News Talk 8-5-0 WFTL” repeated F 0703 WEEI Boston MA; ID “WEEI” sports news W 0602

Medium Wave News 53/07

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Date Who 22/10 MvA 2/11

PC

5/11 Rha 11/11 BD 14/11 TK-L 30/10 6/11 25/10 22/10 29/10 16/11 18/11

JF chm mah PC mah BD JF

2/11 19/11

Rha mah

27/10

mah

12/11

JF

3/11

AB

3/11

PC

9/11 16/11 16/11 18/11 9/11

chm BD mah JF Rha

9/11 18/11

chm RB

18/11 MvA

8/11

SW

24/10 23/10

PC JW

December 2007

kHz 850 850 850 850 850 850 860

Callsign WEEI WEEI WEEI WEEI WEEI UNID CHAK

860 860 860 860

CJBC CJBC CJBC CBKF-2

870

KSKO

870 870 870 870 870 870 870 870

WWL WWL WWL WWL WWL WWL WWL WWL

870

CMDT

873 880 880 880 880

JOGB WCBS WCBS WCBS WCBS

880 880 890

WCBS WCBS KBBI

890 890

WLS WAMG

890 890 890

WAMG WAMG CJDC

Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC Date Boston MA; sports 242 0632 7/11 Boston MA; sports talk; also “Fox Sports Radio” G 0649 14/11 G 0820 11/11 Boston MA; “Sports Radio 8-50 WEEI” legal ID F 0000 17/11 Boston ME; Fox Sports programming W 0220 19/11 Boston MA; sports talk in horrendous splash W 2306 19/11 Talk station mixing with WEEI Suspect WFTL F 0719 9/11 Inuvik NT; Inuit px hrd at 1124; EE at 1136; “cbcnews.ca” and Fpks 1204 4/11 signature mx at 1204; also Fpks 1330 9/11 Toronto ON; FF talk; mention of Radio Canada F/G 0848 25/10 Toronto ON; French CBC programming W 0305 16/11 Toronto ON; FF opera W 0844 16/11 Saskatoon SK (presumed); FF tlk, anns “…de la Première W 1130 9/11 Chaîne de Radio Canada”; best on the northern beverage, and too late for CJBC McGrath AK; anns, poor for “Good morning. This is KUAC Wpks 1200 9/11 Fairbanks, KIYU Galena, KSKO McGrath, KTNA Talkeetna, KZPA Fort Yukon, KHNS Haines, member stations of Community Radio of Alaska”; also playing classical mx up to 1300 with Fpks, but fade at toth; UK FIRST; tnx SW and AB for checking the clip; ID only became clear after reception of 900 KZPA on 10/11; also presumed W/F 1018 25/10 and Fpks 1232 4/11 New Orleans LA; “The Big 870” talk and podcast promo. F 0529 17/9 New Orleans LA; Coast to Coast; also WWL ID 2342 31/10 F 0650 23/10 New Orleans LA; sports news “it’s WWL all the time …” W 0336 25/10 New Orleans LA; C2C talk show F 0642 2/11 New Orleans LA; talk, ID 333 0413 14/11 F 0305 15/11 New Orleans LA; wx, ID, sports; personal first New Orleans LA (pres); with Coast 2 Coast AM Show F 0926 15/11 New Orleans LA; with news, ann., ID, sport results from F 0530 16/11 Louisiana R Reloj, Sancti Spiritus; usual news, time pips each minute, F 0453 30/10 ID’s, etc. Not alone on channel NHK2, Kumamoto; chimes // 1386, ... 322 1602 6/11 New York NY; “WCBS news time 2.55” F/G 0655 24/10 New York NY; male speaker 222 0221 28/10 New York NY; “WCBS Newstime 12.42” 333 0542 12/11 New York NY; weather details “I’m meteorologist Alan?? F 0719 14/11 WCBS” New York NY; “WCBS news time” & rolling nx F 2319 14/11 New York NY; wx, “WCBS New York”; also F 0752 14/11 F 0300 15/11 1100 11/11 Homer AK; light mx, anns, ID “Good morning … KBBI … in vW Homer”, then BBC WS; UK FIRST; tnx SW and AB for checking the clip and adding to what I had heard; also presumed W 1040 25/10, vW 1157 4/11 Chicago IL; ABC News, “WLS News time 4.04”; F 1012 8/11 W/F 1004 7/11 Dedham MA; ESPN; ads mentioning New England. “ESPN – W/F 2155 23/10 the Boston All-?? Show Dedham MA; ESPN Radio; also W/F 0800 15/11 F/G 0817 11/11 Dedham MA; ESPN Radio sports talk W 2313 19/11 Dawson Creek BC; “CJDC 8-90 AM Dawson Creek”, country W 1100 7/11 mx; also vW 1209 11/11, G 1049 13/11

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December 2007

Who MvA TK-L SW RB BD JW mah PC JF BD mah

mah

JF PC AB BD chm TK-L SW BV JF chm PC MvA chm JW BD TK-L mah

mah PC TK-L BD mah

kHz 900 900

900

900 920

920 920

920 920 920 920 920 920 920

930 930 930 930 930 930 930 930

930 930 930 930 940

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC Date YVMD Mara Ritmo, Maracaibo; LA mx, SS ID “Venezuela Mara G 0828 26/10 Ritmo 900” 1200 10/11 KZPA Fort Yukon AK; light jazz, ID “Good morning. This is KUAC Gpk Fairbanks, KIYU Galena, KSKO McGrath, KTNA Talkeetna, KZPA Fort Yukon, KHNS Haines, member stations of Community Radio of Alaska. It’s 3 o’clock. More jazz coming your way this hour – stay tuned”, and back to jazz; UK FIRST; tnx AB for feedback on the clip, which may be found at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/audio/900_KZPA_1200-10Nov07.mp3 ; also presumed Gpk 1349 9/11 XEW México, DF (pres); strong signal; long list of greetings for G 0728 2/11 people in hospital etc. Several people in Tampico mentioned. Mentions of ‘la Republica Mexicana’ and ‘pesos’ YVMD R Mara Ritmo, Maracaibo; “Mara Ritmo” ID “la hora 3 y 32 W 0732 2/11 minutos” KSRM Soldotna AK; very weak, in and out of the noise from 0901; ads Fpk 1000 6/11 on Fpk at 0959, ID “This is News Talk 92 … Soldotna Homer. It’s 1 o’clock – time now for ABC News” KXLY Spokane WA; “News Radio KXLY 9-20, never miss a story” F 0700 7/11 and “KXLY News time 11 o’clock”; also W 0932 12/11 CFRY Portage la Prairie MB; country mx, very unclear jingles these Gpks 0913 7/11 days “Real Country Radio CFRY”; also F 0738 6/11, G 0803 9/11, F 1008 15/11, W/F 0741 19/11 CJCH Halifax NS; YL discussion about family issues // webcast W 2135 23/10 CJCH Halifax NS; anns 222 0630 3/11 CJCH Halifax NS; “This is 92 CJCH” F/Gpks 0809 11/11 CJCH Halifax NS; “oldies all the time AM92-CJCH” Exc 2346 16/11 CJCH Halifax NS; still playing oldies F 0010 17/11 CKNX Wingham ON; “AM 9-20 CKNX gives you weather” W/F 0904 8/11 CKNX Wingham ON; “AM 9-20 CKNX, a trusted friend in midF 0922 9/11 western Ontario – more music is just ahead”, ads, wx, more IDs; also Fpk 0945 12/11, F 0915 16/11 WBEN Buffalo NY; Coast 2 Coast then “WBEN” ID F 0857 25/10 WBEN Buffalo NY; “WBEN” noted in the mix w 0934 9/11 WBEN Buffalo NY; "and after Joy Browne ... on News Radio 9-30 W 0100 13/11 WBEN" WBEN Buffalo NY; local phone in show; “Matt you’re on WBEN” G 0042 13/11 CJCA Edmonton AB; rlgs songs, “Southern gospel’s best from AM 9- F 0720 7/11 30 CJCA”; also F/G 1132 9/11 CFBC Saint John NB; “Good time oldies 93, CFBC” W/F 2215 24/10 CFBC Saint John NB; “Good Time Oldies 93 CFBC” W 0437 25/10 CFBC Saint John NB; oldies style records mixing with CJYQ and “93- G 2334 6/11 CFBC” ID at 2350; was rare before October now heard several nights CFBC Saint John NB; oldies, ID “93 CFBC”; xd presumed CJYQ; F 0825 11/11 also F 0846 15/11 CFBC Saint John NB; plenty of oldies – Runaway Sue, Tears of a F 2328 12/11 Clown etc over CJYQ CJYQ St John’s NL; ads and weather for Newfoundland F 2152 24/10 CJYQ St John’s NL; Irish music W 2302 28/10 WINZ Miami FL (pres); CNN News xf CINW W/F 0006 2/11

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December 2007

Who mah mah

PC

PC mah

mah mah

PC MvA TK-L SW BD PC mah

PC mah RB SW mah PC mah SW

TK-L JW PC JW PC

kHz 940 940 940 940 940 945 950

950

950 950 950 950 950 950 960

960 960 960 970

970 970 970 980 980 980 980 981 990 990 990 990 1000 1000

Callsign WINZ CINW CINW

Station, location; details heard etc SIO Miami FL; ID, “WINZ Miami” and “This is 9-40 Winz” Fpks Montreal QC (presumed); C2C W Montreal QC; “… on 9-40 Montreal” and “9-40 Montreal Fpks News”; also Fpks 0630 8/11 CINW Montreal QC; “9-40 Montreal, where you put the news first” W/F CINW Montreal QC; C2C talk show F CNR1, various sites, China; CC, // 4460 kHz 222 WPEN Philadelphia PA; brief peak with ads, “Sports Radio 9-50” ID, W and “Philadelphia’s newest sports station, Philly’s Sports Radio 9-50”; xf a fairly weak CKNB, splatter phased; last reported in the UK at Sheigra in 1992 KJR Seattle WA; ad “There are over 500 roofing contractors F/G operating in the Seattle – Tacoma area …”, “ESPN Radio”; also Gpks 0720 7/11 CFAM Altona MB; Concierto de Aranjuez // 1250 kHz W CKNB Campbellton NB; “95 CKNB” Local weather F CKNB Campbellton NB (presumed); Easy listening pops “Take it W Easy” CKNB Campbellton NB; “95-CKNB” G CKNB Campbellton NB; “95-CKNB”& oldies back to back F CKNB Campbellton NB; long contemporary pops & “95 CKNB” ID F CFAC Calgary AB; ESPN Radio promos, ID “This is CFAC 9-60 AM W/F Calgary The Fan 9-60, a division of Rogers Broadcasting”; also W/F 0900 9/11 CFFX Kingston ON; “Lite 104.3, Kingston’s Light Rock” F CM-Radio Reloj, 4 sites listed; usual rolling news and IDs W CM-R Reloj, several possible sites; time pip on top of each minute W KFBX Fairbanks AK; ads “fairbankshelpwanted.com”, “KFBX W/F weather …”; F/G for ID at 1330; also Gpks 1005 25/10, F/G 1133 4/11, F 0933 7/11, F 1205 12/11 WFLA Tampa FL; “This is CNN Radio”; then “News Radio 9-70 W/F WFLA” followed by local news WZAN Portland ME; “WZAN 5-day forecast” ID after news W/F KBUL Billings MT; “News Radio 9-70 KBUL”, C2C W/F CKRU Peterborough ON; sung jingle “9-80 Cruise” weak but virtually W the last DX signal long after sunrise CKRU Peterborough ON; ads, “9-80 Kruz” jingle, oldies W CJME Regina SK; “9-80 News time is 5.33”, Saskatoon nx item; also F W 1134 12/11 HJES RCN, Calí; OM with news items then at TOH YL mentioned Fpks “RCN”; more news followed CNR1, various sites; CC, class-mx //... 444 CBY Corner Brook NL; CBC News F CBY Corner Brook NL; ID “You’re listening to CBC Radio Gpks Overnight … next stop the BBC’s World Service” CKGM Montreal QC (pres); “ESPN Radio”, ad with a “.ca” address F CKGM Montreal QC; ID “… around the clock. This is Montreal’s Gpks sports authority – The Team 9-90, a Chum radio station” HJAQ RCN Cartagena; SS anns, mentioning “rcnradio.com.co” Gpks WMVP Chicago IL (pres); ESPN Radio F

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC WMVP Chicago IL; ESPN Radio hrd from 0910; “ESPN 1000” ID F/G 1003 caught at 1003; also F 0700 5/11 WMVP Chicago IL; ESPN Radio sports talk W 0700 WMVP Chicago IL; ID 322 0612 WMVP Chicago IL; ID “ESPN Radio”, sports; on 330 degree antenna W 0825 0625 KOMO Seattle WA; several “Komo One Thousand” IDs; rolling news F F/G 0830 KOMO Seattle WA; “KOMO News. Radio. More people get their news from KOMO Radio than any other news source in the Pacific North West. KOMO, Seattle, (??) The North West’s news traffic and weather station”; also at 0913 9/11 KOMO Seattle WA; “KOMO 1000 News”; often heard during the first Gpks 0628 half of November between 0552 and 1134, struggling with DRM hash at times 0632 KOMO Seattle WA; “Komo 1000 newstime 10.32”; + 322 0620 12/11 322 0655 KOMO Seattle WA; ad, ID at 0700 “KOMO 1000 Radio”, ABC News; F/G slow fading with longer Gpks; personal first W 0810 KOMO Seattle WA; Komo 1000 wx XEOY R Mil, México DF; SS anns, “La música de México”, “Radio Fpks 0903 Mil” WINS New York NY; OM “WINS traffic ... call 877 466 1010” F 0611 WINS New York NY; “1010wins.com” address given W/F 0713 WINS New York NY; "Wins" sports report F 0647 WINS New York NY; “Wins newstime 3.13”; comments & news W/Fpks 0714 equal/under CFRB CBR Calgary AB; // 740 kHz W/F 1022 CFRB Toronto ON; “CFRB.com” and trailer “Looking at buying a G 2248 home in Toronto?” CFRB Toronto ON; ads, promo for Toronto’s CFRB; also W 0935 F 2246 15/11 –over 2 hours after sunrise! CFRB Toronto ON; paid health care programme Exc 0929 CFRB Toronto ON; “here on CFRB” game & sports infos G 0717 CFRB Toronto ON; “You are listening to the … Show on CFRB” G 2326 CFRB Toronto ON; ads and several IDs F 0730 JOLB NHK2, Fukuoka; chimes //1386, ... 222 1602 KDKA Pittsburgh PA; KDKA ID after promos F 0531 KDKA Pittsburgh PA; “News Radio 10-20 KDKA” following weather F 0908 KDKA Pittsburg PA; rare here; “News Talk 10-20 KDKA” P 0707 KDKA Pittsburgh PA; “For more information about KDKA, visit our F/G 0654 website at kdkaradio.com , and thanks for your support of the advertisers in the News Radio 10-20 KDKA sponsored spotlight”; also F 1046 16/11 KDKA Pittsburgh PA (presumed); tlk mentioning Pittsburgh – QRM W 0812 WBZ Boston MA; “This is WBZ Boston” heard with local pest 1035 W 2230 Westsound nulled by phaser (can’t null 1026 Downtown Radio at same time though!) WBZ Boston MA; “WBZ News time 4.13” – early! W 2013 WBZ Boston MA; ads “WBZ” promo heard F 2241 WBZ Boston MA; sports infos, football & other sports W/F 0720 WBZ Boston MA; “WBZ Newstime 7:53”; weather forecast P 0052

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8/11 SW 15/11 Rha 15/11 TK-L 17/11 JWe 6/11 chm 17/9 JF 25/10 PC 2/11 SW 4/11 mah

15/11 TK-L 24/10 PC

3/11 7/11 15/11 20/11

December 2007

mah JW Rha SW

kHz 1040

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC CKST Vancouver BC; ESPN Radio noted from 0851; “The Team 10- W/Fpks 1103 40” ID finally heard at 1103, and again at 1105 1050 WEPN New York NY; sports talk “Football League” W 0613 1050 WEPN New York NY; “This is ESPN New York” into ads G 0125 1050 WEPN New York NY; “10-50 ESPN New York” F 0904 1050 WEPN New York NY; ESPN radio F 0537 1050 WEPN New York NY; ESPN sports talk F 2341 1050 WEPN New York NY; basketball and sports reports “ESPN 10-50AM” F 0651 1050 CHUM Toronto ON; Oldies, CHUM jingle F 0754 1050 CHUM Toronto ON ; oldies Dr Hook W 0613 1050 YVKZ R Nacional, 2 sites listed; LA mx, “RNV – Canal Informativo” Fpks 0834 1060 WBIX Natick MA; “You’re listening to Richard C and the Old Timers Fpk 0330 right here on CRN digital talk, and on the website at crntalk.com. Stay with us”; then a couple of poor “WBIX” IDs 1060 WBIX Natick MA(pres); “CRN digital talk radio” CRN site mentions F 0745 a program being launched on WBIX but no mention on WBIX site. 1060 WBIX Natick MA; USA Radio News & "right here on AM 10-60 W 0704 WBIX" ID 1060 KYW Philadelphia PA; “… on KYW News Radio. KYW News time Fpks 0749 2.49 Eastern Standard Time” IDs; also Fpks between 0927 and 0933; xf WBIX and presumed XEEP; personal first; also W/F 0732 8/11 1060 CKMX Calgary AB; “Classic Country AM 10-60”; also F/G 0640 7/11 Gpks 0820 1060 CM-Radio 26, Matanzas; "Cuba transmite Radio Viente Seis" ID & W/F 0700 nx 1060 XEEP R Educación, Mexico City; “Radio Educación” ID at top of F 0600 hour, oddly also mentioning “Radio Canada” 1060.01 XEEP Radio Educación, Mexico City; YL with serious studio talk W/F 0650 1060 XEEP Radio Educación, México DF; interesting electronic minimalist F 0912 music // 6185. A check of R Educación’s schedule shows it to be ‘Swastika Girls’ by Brian Eno and Robert Frapp 1060 XEEP R Educación, Mexico City (presumed); Spanish slow talker G 0045 playing acoustic live music by Eric Clapton; perfect match with XEEP’s detailed on-line schedule 1070 KNX Los Angeles CA; news reports, ID “KNX 10-70 News Radio Fpks 1058 2.58”; no sign of CBA; also Fpk 0605 7/11, Fpks 0918 7/11, W/F 1041 9/11, F 0826 12/11, F/Gpk 0853 19/11 1070 CBA Moncton NB; CBC News // 1400 kHz W/F 2101 1070 CBA Moncton NB; CBC o/n feature W 0705 1070 CBA Moncton NB; local ID “This is CBC Radio One. 10-70 in G 2200 Moncton. Everything New Brunswick” 1070 CBA Moncton NB; music 232 2250 1070 CBA Moncton NB; //1140 kHz; also F 0736 14/11, F/G 2328 14/11 vG 0900 1070 CBA Moncton NF; “That is the CBC news”; then weather for F 2204 Southern New Brunswick and local ID “CBC Radio1 10-70AM Moncton” 1070 CBA Moncton NB; “This is CBC News” 333 2100 1070 CBA Moncton NB; "You're listening to CBC Radio One 10-70 in G 2258 Moncton" Medium Wave News 53/07

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1080 1090 1090 1100 1100 1100 1100 1110 1110 1110 1110 1120 1120 1120 1130 1130

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC Date HJCG R Santa Fé, SF de Bogotá; “Radio Santa Fé, mil setenta …” Wpks 0512 26/10 YVMA Mundial Zulia, Maracaibo; “En Mundial Zulia, primer lugar del Wpks 0520 26/10 sintonía, una, veinte minutos” WTIC Hartford CT; Coast to Coast; also ID 0706 24/10 W 0714 23/10 WTIC Hartford CT; Coast to Coast without a trace of Spain! // WWL Exc 0926 15/11 870 WTIC Hartford CT; Connecticut hockey talk; equal level Euros G 0140 17/11 WMCU Coral Gables FL; rlgs programming, apparently relaying 1360 Fpks 0855 30/10 WKAT; call and format change; “The preceding programme was a paid advertisement, and the opinions expressed within it were not necessarily those of the ?? management of 13-60 WKAT”; at 0926 a very weak “… on South Florida’s Christian talk 13-60 WKAT and 10-80 WMCU Coral Gables”; now the sister station to WKAT, also owned by Salem CMCH R Cadena Habana, Güines; SS anns, ID “Cadena Habana” in vW 0536 27/10 WTIC fade WBAL Baltimore MD; WBAL wx F 2332 19/11 KPTK Seattle WA; “Seattle’s Progressive Talk AM 10-90”; in splatter Fpks 1005 7/11 WTAM Cleveland OH; ID “WTAM Eleven hundred” F 0600 23/10 WTAM Cleveland OH; “News Radio WTAM 11-hundred” W/F 0907 25/10 ZYE694 Rádio Globo, São Paulo; sports commentary OM and YL // W 2338 30/10 webcast HJCN Caracol, SF de Bogotá; lots of SS “Caracol Radio” IDs W/F 0711 27/10 WBT Charlotte NC; “News Talk 11-10 WBT” W/F 2254 31/10 WBT Charlotte NC; C2C talk show // 1180 kHz F 0742 2/11 WBT Charlotte NC; C2C W 2248 7/11 WBT Charlotte NC; C2C AM tlk, ad, nx f 0645 12/11 KMOX St Louis MO; talk C2C? w 0635 25/10 KMOX St Louis MO; “Mid-America’s most trusted source for news is W/F 0806 7/11 News Talk 11-20 KMOX, the Voice of St Louis” KMOX St Louis MO; phone-in F 0645 12/11 242 0800 10/11 WDFN Detroit MI; “Sports Radio 11-30 WDFN” KFAN Minneapolis MN; noted from 0741; ESPN Radio, rapid ID “… Gpks 0800 5/11 Monday through Friday on AM 11-30 KFAN Minneapolis Saint Paul”; also Fpk 0641 7/11, Gpks 1019 13/11, Fpk 0800 19/11 KFAN Minneapolis MN (pres); sports talk under WBBR; also W 0947 9/11 dominant over WBBR 0810 17/11 WBBR New York NY; headline news Iraq then “Bloomberg markets” F 0601 23/10 WBBR New York City NY; “Bloomberg News … on Bloomberg 11-3- F 0648 27/10 0” WBBR New York NY; Bloomberg ID 343 0636 31/10 WBBR New York NY; business nx G 0650 2/11 WBBR New York NY; “Bloomberg 11-3-0 Weather” F 2227 6/11 WBBR New York NY; Bloomberg financial news F/G 0704 15/11 WBBR New York NY; Bloomberg ads & business talk G 0744 15/11 WBBR New York NY; Bloomberg ID; also F 2130 11/11 vG 0854 15/11 WBBR New York NY; biz talk; amazing signal like a local Exc 0917 15/11 WBBR New York NY; “Bloomberg 11-3-0” 343 0647 17/11 CKWX Vancouver BC; wx, TC 11.01 333 0701 11/11

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1134 1134 1134 1134 1134 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140

1140 1140 1140 1140 1140

1140 1140 1150

1150 1150 1150 1150 1160 1160 1160 1160

1160

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO CKWX Vancouver BC; “Keep up to date while you keep up with your F/G work, go to news1130.com, Vancouver’s news station”; also Fpks at 1011; often heard during the first half of November W YVKQ R Popular, Barquisimeto; “… por los 11-30 AM Popular Popular Popular … por su Radio Popular”; UK FIRST; tnx AB for checking the clip CNR-1, Golmud, Qinghai, China; CC ID “Zhongyang Renmin G Guangbo Diantai, Zhongguo zhi Sheng”; also W/F 1400 12/11 CNR1, Golmud, China; CC, adv // 4460 kHz 343 JOQR Tokyo; JJ serious talk mentioning Tokyo; also infos, travel & Wpks economics –male/female px KBS, Hwaseong, Korea; KK, ID, nx 333 KBS, Hwaseong, Korea (tent); KK tlk, piano mx F/G KSLD Soldotna AK; mx, in and out of the noise; anns, ads, ID “… Wpk right here at KSLD” on Wpk WQBA Miami FL; “Univision Radio … La Voz de Miami”; mention of F at least two FM calls in this ID WQBA Miami FL; SS anns, “WQBA 11-40 AM La Voz de Miami”; F also Fpk 0526 26/10 WQBA Miami FL; “….aqui en WQBA 11-40 AM la Voz de Miami” W/F CHRB High River AB; country mx, ID “Celebrating 30 years on air, F/G we’re southern Alberta’s community radio station AM 11-40”; also W 1048 4/11, F/G 0645 7/11 CBI Sydney NS; CBC News W/F CBI Sydney NS; CBC news W CBI Sydney NS; CBC news magazine // 1070 kHz W/F CBI Sydney NS; talks 232 CBI Sydney NS; “15 minutes after 6 o’clock on Information Fpks Morning. We’re 11-40 AM in Sydney, 107.1 FM in Cheticamp” CBI Sydney NS; CBC News // 1070 kHz F/G HJDL R Paisa La Cariñosa, Medellin; OM with an announcement W/F “Los domingos, la noche que vienes, ... Radio Paisa” WHBY Kimberly WI; “Your voice for the Green Bay Packers, News G Talk 11-50 WHBY – 11-50 WHBY”; also F 0858 9/11, Fpks 2327 11/11, W/F 1030 15/11, F 1006 16/11 CKOC Hamilton ON (presumed); EE ad for east Hamilton Fpks CHGM Gaspé QC; FF px // 610 kHz 232 CJRC Gatineau QC (pres); FF OM/YL conversation W/F CJRC Gatineau QC; French talk C2C // weak I heard CJRC Wpks WYLL Chicago IL; long series of ads and then “…here on AM 11-60 F WYLL” WYLL Chicago IL; “wyll.com” noted in the noise/mix P WSKW Skowhegan ME (pres); ESPN Radio W WCCS Homer City PA; announcements with 3 mentions of “WCCS” W and “… on 11-60 WCCS, Indiana County’s radio station”; also Gpks 0907 3/11 KSL Salt Lake City UT; ID “News Radio 102.7 FM and 11-60 AM F KSL-FM Midvale, KSL Salt Lake City”

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December 2007

kHz 1160

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC WODY Fieldale VA; ESPN Radio, partial ID at 0900 “You’re listening W/Fpks 0902 to ESPN Radio AM 11-60 …. radio network”; better ID at 0902.40 “Tune to 11-60 AM this winter for coverage of Carolina basketball right here on WODY ESPN Radio …”; UK FIRST; tnx SW and AB for checking the clip 1170 DWVA VOA Poro Point, Philippines ; Special English, economics and W/Fpks 1700 info –VOA special 1170 DWVA VOA Poro Point, Philippines; EE, VOA news 333 1604 1170 WWVA Wheeling WV; American Trucking Network F/G 0746 1170 WWVA Wheeling WV; “Fair, balanced, and when it happens - News G 0605 Radio 11-70 WWVA, where news comes first”; + G 0805 2/11 1180 WHAM Rochester NY; “11-80 WHAM” Sports talk F 2241 1180 WHAM Rochester NY; C2C talk & “WHAM” anns followed by promo W/F 0753 1180 WHAM Rochester NY; “Rochester’s news leader, News Radio 11-80 W/F 1052 WHAM” 1180 CMBA Radio Rebelde, 2 sites listed; telephone discussion // 5025 W/F 0731 poor audio 1180 CMBA Radio Rebelde, Villa María; music // 5025 kHz with strong W 0649 jamming type tone 1180 CM-Radio Rebelde, 2 sites listed; with Spanish // 5025 kHz, news F 0800 1180 CM-Radio Rebelde, 2 sites listed; SS mx // 5025 kHz 232 0727 1190 WLIB New York NY; OM talk and I could just make out the phrase vW 0555 “the all-new 11-90 WLIB” 1190 WLIB New York NY; “11-90 WLIB, New York’s praise and F 0804 inspiration station” 1190 KEX Portland OR; news, “News Radio 11-90 KEX, K-E-X” F/Gpks 1032 1190 LR9 Radio America, Buenos Aires; “Radio America informa …” W 2330 followed by news 1200 WOAI San Antonio TX; end of C2C commercials “News Radio ... W 0531 WOAI San Antonio”; there was a bit of a fade but the … surely represents “twelve hundred”; personal first 1200 WOAI San Antonio TX; Coast to Coast; at toth “News Radio 12W/F 0900 hundred WOAI” 1200 CFGO Ottawa ON; local Ottawa ads; “Sports Radio 12-hundred” F/G 2206 1200 CFGO Ottawa ON; Fox Sports promo mentioning “The Team” F 2246 1200 CFGO Ottawa ON; "Sports Radio", basketball-results G 0615 1200 CFGO Ottawa ON; sports, ID; also Fpks 0614 12/11, F/G 0030 15/11 F/G 0550 1200 CFGO Ottawa ON; “Sports Radio the Team 12-00” Ottawa adverts; G 0926 amazing reception well after sunrise 1200 UNID “Its 5 o'clock” TC UTC-8 333 0100 1205.96 Yanbian RGD, Yanji, Jilin, China; KK, adv, anns, s/off 1600 444 1540 1205.96 Yanbien RGD, Yanji, Jilin, China; KK, pop songs, s/off 1600 444 1550 1210 WPHT Philadelphia PA; wx, IDs “The Big Talker 12-10 WPHT” G 0731 1220 ZYJ458 Rádio Globo, Rio de Janeiro; PP talk // webcast. Shouted W 2217 “Globo” ID/jingle. Only audible during quiet 1215 spells Wpks 2131 1230 CFGN Channel - Port aux Basques NL; relay of CFCB; ID with network stations “You’re listening to the CFCB radio network. CFGN AM 12-30 Port aux Basques, ” etc (list of network stations); xf songs

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December 2007

kHz 1230

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc CFFB Iqaluit NU; EE nx, “… join us again … newscast, but for news highlights to midnight, log onto website cbc.ca/north”, then Inuit; also presumed P/Wpks 2229 7/11 1242 IRIB Zanjan, Iran; Farsi YL, TS for full hour at 16:01:30! 1241.93 Radio Oman, Seeb, (tent); Arabic music 1242 JOLF Nippon Hoso, Tokyo; “JOLF 1-2-4-2 Nippon Hoso, Sunday 11.30 at night” (TC UTC+9); also 343 1459 6/11 1242 JOLF Nippon Hoso, Tokyo; JJ OM tlks 1242.01 Voice of Vietnam, Thoi Long; VV, infos 1242 Voice of Vietnam; Thai px mention Vietnam several times 1242 Voice of Vietnam, Thoi Long; Vietnamese - male talks mentioning Vietnam and Vietnamese mx; weak but surely recognisable 1242 Voice of Vietnam, Thoi Long; Thai tlk of Vietnam 1250 WEAE Pittsburgh PA; ESPN Radio; fading out with “…only on Pittsburgh’s….” 1250 WSSP Milwaukee WI; “12-50 WSSP Milwaukee Sports Radio” 1250 CHSM Steinbach MB; Concierto de Aranjuez // 950 kHz 1250 CHSM Steinbach MB; light songs, anns, chat, Winnipeg wx “AM 1250, a Golden West radio station”; also W/F 1220 12/11 1250 CJYE Oakville ON; Christian music // 1320 kHz 1250 HJCA Capital R, SF de Bogotá; LA mx, SS toth ID “Esta es Capital Radio HJCA 1,250 AM Capital Radio, al servicio de ???” and sung/jingle ID 1250 UNID ESPN Radio (WEAE or WSSP?) 1260 WMKI Boston MA; Radio Disney 1260 UNID Weak ‘ESPN’ ID; also 0818 19/11 1270 WXYT Detroit MI; “The power to move you, from the talents to the ?? 97-1 FM the Ticket” 1280 VSB2 Hamilton, Bermuda; religious songs // BBN webcast 1280 VSB2 Hamilton, Bermuda; light rlgs song, “… study the Bible” 1280 CFMB Montréal QC; end of SS px; FF ID “Il est 19 heures … de CFMB 12-80 AM Montréal nous vous presentent maintenant l’émission quotidienne en langue Mandarin de Radio Chine International”; xf BBN, WFAU, and WCMN 1280 CFMB Montréal QC; Spanish news programme, ID at 0000 then into Chinese 1280 CFMB Montréal QC; Chinese language programme as per sched 1280 CFMB Montréal QC; rare catch here; (presumed) Chinese 1280 CFMB Montréal QC; CC service 1280 CFMB Montréal QC; programme in French and Chinese - language tuition? Schedule shows Chinese at this time 1280 WCMN Arecibo PR; long list of stations (wasn’t recording at the time) “en NotiUno 6-30” 1287 JOHR Sapporo; JJ, adv, mx 1290 WJNO West Palm Beach FL; ads, ID “This is News Radio 12-90 WJNO the Palm Beaches news …”

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO WTKS Savannah GA; Wall Street Journal This Morning heard from Fpks 0914; poor ID at 0918, and at 0934 a nice ID as “Bill Edwards and Savannah’s News Now right after News Radio 12-90 WTKS … the Wall Street Journal This Morning”; last reported in the UK in 1987 as WCHY WKBK Keene NH; “News Talk 12-90 WKBK” This was followed W/F immediately by an ESPN ID (different voice) which was probably not the same station WKBK Keene NH; “WKBK Centre weather forecast”; W/F 1009 4/11 W WRNI Providence RI; BBC px, ID “This is 12-90 WRNI-AM W/F Providence 102.7 WRNI-FM Narragansett Pier and 12-30 WXNI Westerly. Online at wrni.org. WRNI, Rhode Island’s NPR News station”; also Wpk 0959 5/11 CFRW Winnipeg MB; oldies, “CFRW” jingle; also Fpks 0755 7/11 F/Gpks CJBK London ON; “where London listens … in the morning on News Fpk Talk 12-90 CJBK”; also Fpks 1000 5/11 CJBK London ON; end of news & weather, followed by C2C W CJBK London ON; “Now News Talk 12-90 CJBK presents Coast to W Coast AM …” YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello; languid singing, several F references to Radio Puerto Cabello 12-90 YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello; MOR Latin rhythms & W "Radio Puerto Cabello" ID UNID US talk station, peaking weak, no ID W WFFG Marathon FL; ID “You’re listening to WFFG 1300 AM, your W news talk and sports station for the Florida Keys”; also Fpk 0806 30/10 WOOD Grand Rapids MI; Coast to Coast then “News Radio 13W/F hundred WOOD” ID WOOD Grand Rapids MI; “This is News Radio 1300 WOOD Grand Fpks Rapids”; also Fpks 0930 7/11 WXRL Lancaster NY; “Thanks for locking your dial on AM 1300 Fpks WXRL – best music in the country”; also Wpk 0659 31/10, Fpk 1014 16/11 WJMO Cleveland OH; “non-stop inspirational music … 24/7 Praise F 13-hundred AM ...” then trailers mentioning Cleveland WJMO Cleveland OH; “Cleveland’s inspirational station –The New Fpks Praise 1300 AM”; also Gpks 0652 5/11 Fpks YVNS R Amistad, Maracaibo (tentative); SS anns, promos, lots of mentions of Maracaibo, but no ID CNR2, various sites,China; CC YL // 3985 kHz 333 WLOB Portland ME; “WLOB Forecast” Fpks WLOB Portland ME; ID Wpks CHLW Saint Pau l- Bonnyville AB; country W CHLW Saint Paul - Bonnyville AB; country, “Broadcasting to the W world 1310chlw.com”; also W/F 1108 12/11 CIWW Ottawa ON; oldies, ID at toth “CIWW, Ottawa AM 13-10” W CIWW Ottawa ON; “Oldies 13-10” ID and oldies! Long time no hear F – first personal logging since the mid 80s! CIWW Ottawa ON; oldies, “CIWW Ottawa – Oldies 13-10” Fpks

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0806 15/11 0806 16/11

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3/11

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0458 2/11 0721 29/10

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PC

1009 16/11

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0915 18/11

mah

0738 23/10

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0916 18/11

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0702 28/10

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1521 7/11 chm 0905 8/11 mah 0806 16/11 TK-L 0735 7/11 Rha 1153 9/11 mah 0100 10/11 0115 12/11

PC JF

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December 2007

kHz 1310

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO YV-Radio Nacional, 3 sites listed; “La Unidad de Producción … W presente 10 minutos de actualidad, RNV ...” 1310 UNID ESPN sport W/F 1320 WDER Derry NH (presumed); “Your family friendly station”, light mx; Fpks xf CKEC; also Fpks 0935 13/11 1319.98 CHMB Vancouver BC (pres); CC talk 322 1320 CHMB Vancouver BC (presumed); CC YL Asian language Fpks 1320 CHMB Vancouver BC; CC px, poor EE ID “This is CHMB, AM 13-20 W Vancouver” 1320 CKEC New Glasgow NS; Vanessa Carlton // webcast F 1320 CKEC New Glasgow NS; “CKEC weather line 752 4242” F 1320 CKEC New Glasgow NS; Broadcast News & weather forecast F followed by ID “this is CKEC-1320 New Glasgow”; pops 1320 CKEC New Glasgow NS; ID "13-20 New Glasgow" 222 1320 CKEC New Glasgow NS; soft pops; also W/F 2036 14/11 rock mx, ID W/F 1320 CJMR Mississauga ON; Christian music // 1250 CJYE W 1320 CJMR Mississauga ON; programming sounding like Russian – F probably the Ukrainian CJMR lists at this time 1320 CJMR Mississauga ON (presumed); talks in Hindi and subcontinent W mx 1323 CRI Lhasa, Tibet; RR px, ID “Govorit R Kitaya” // 1521, fair F 13/11 1355 1330 WRCA Waltham MA; SS “Radio Santo Domingo” ID; confused me at W/F first but I traced it via the web to WRCA 1330 WWRV Paterson NJ (pres); RCVI ID “WWRV 13-30 AM New York, W WVIP 13-10 AM Mount Kisco, 5-30 AM Caicos Islands. British West Indies…..”; propagation favoured NY although I’m aware RCVI has 1330 AM transmitters in S America and the Caribbean 1330 WFNN Erie PA; “Fox Sports Radio 13-30 The Fan” W/F 1330 WFNN Erie PA; “This is Fox Sports Radio AM 13-30 The Fan” F 1330 CJYM Rosetown SK; wx, “Classic Hits Radio” and “Classic Hits 13- W/F 30 CJYM” 1340 WROD Daytona Beach FL; rather poor/difficult ID “We’re AM 14-30 vW WROD”; tnx AB for checking the clip; last reported in the UK in 1965 1340 WMID Atlantic city NJ; “We play the classic oldies … 13-40 Classic Wpks Oldies WMID”; also W/F 0858 2/11 1340 HJFB La Cariñosa, SF de Bogotá; SS ID “En la madrugada, que Fpks buena escuchar (Francera Salavada?) en La Cariñosa 13-40 AM” 1350 JOER RCC, Hiroshima; JJ, YL adv 232 1350 WHWH Princeton NJ; nice ID “… music because you never know Wpk what he’s going to be playing next. It’s Radio TED AM 13-50 WHWH Princeton Trenton”, I think this one the played ‘The Wanderer’; not a UK First – heard on the recent Sheigra DXpedition on 10 Oct 07 1350 WOYK York PA; “ESPN 13-50 WOYK” W/F 1350 WOYK York PA; promo, “ESPN 13-50 WOYK” vW

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PC JW Rha

13/11 FW 13/11 TK-L 25/10 PC 13/11 SW

0035 14/11

RB

1415

6/11

HP

2254

2/11

PC

2300 14/11

PC

0840 25/10 0927 8/11 1136 9/11

PC mah mah

0717

1/11

mah

0751

3/11

mah

0724

1/11

mah

1430 17/11 1017 4/11

chm mah

0602 23/10 1016 4/11

PC mah

December 2007

kHz 1350

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC LS6 Radio Buenos Aires; SS phone conversation, children’s choir W/F 0202 and OM ballad both religious sounding; “Radio Buenos Aires” 1350 HCVP2 Teleradio, Guayaquil; SS anns “El mundo … por Teleradio … Fpks 0633 informativo”; at 0804 “… por Teleradio 13-50 digital” on Fpk 1358.99 CNR 1, multiple locations, China; CC talk (female) // 4460 W/F 1617 kHz; also W 1714 4/11 // 981 and 4800 kHz 1360 WDRC Hartford CT; “On the Talk of Connecticut” and later reference W 0709 to WDRC in programme promo for the Dr Ronald Hoffman programme on Saturdays at 8pm 1360 WDRC Hartford CT; ID “WDRC AM13-60 Hartford, Connecticut” W 0806 1360 WKAT North Miami FL; “13-60 WKAT North Miami and (another F 2301 call and location I can’t make out)” 1360 WYOS Binghamton NY; legal ID “13-60 AM WYOS Binghamton”; W 0500 sports news followed with a Red Sox item; also “You love sport, you’ll love Binghamton’s ESPN Radio 13-60 AM” 1360 WYOS Binghamton NY; “ESPN Radio 13-60 AM WYOS Fpk 0900 Binghamton” 1370 WDEA Ellsworth ME; “AM 13-70 WDEA” between oldie tracks F 2231 1370 WDEA Ellsworth MA (pres); oldies and CBS news update Fpk 2335 1377 V of Russia, Gavar, Armenia; Farsi talks mentioning Juhoriyah 232 1505 Israïl, Iran, Afghanistan 1377 TWR, Gavar, Armenia; IS changing from Persian into Arabic 322 2000 local mx, AA talks 1377 CNR1, Henan, China; Chinese talk // 4800 kHz W 2143 1377 CNR1, Henan, China; CC YL tlks W/F 1450 1377 CNR1, Henan, China; CC talk Wpks 1537 1377 CNR1, Henan, China; CC - running // 4800 kHz 222 1435 1380 WWMI Saint Petersburg FL (presumed); “Radio Disney” Fpk 0927 1380 KRKO Everett WA (tentative); sports, poor ID “Northsound 13-80”? – Fpks 1043 “ESPN Radio” 1380 CKLC Kingston ON; crooning nostalgia and “13-80 CKLC” vocal F 0502 drop-in between tracks; no ID at toh. Mixing another oldies station 1380 CKLC Kingston ON; weather followed by ’13-80 CKLC’ ID W 0015 1380 CKLC Kingston ON; ID ”13-80 AM CKLC” followed weather W/Fpks 0505 forecast for Kingston 7°; “All time Favorites” - programme out of the 70’s & 80’s 1380 CKLC Kingston ON; oldies, “13-80 Kingston CKLC” jingle W/F 0924 1380 CKPC Brantford ON; “13-80 CKPC”; a slogan followed the ID but I W 0211 couldn’t make it out! 1380 YVNG Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello; “Ondas del Mar 13-80, las 2 y W/F 0617 17 minutos” 1385.96 R Rurale, Labé, Guinea; (presumed); low modulation OM tlk, 2110 UNID language; bearing SW 1385.92 R Rurale, Labé, Guinea; VV talk, R Rurale ID, fair 2/11 2220 F 2255 1386 Tianjin LF, China; long tlk by YL P 2211 1386 Tianjin PBS, China; CC talks 232 2223 1386 CNR-1 (presumed); orchestral version of “East is Red” under P 1700 Tianjin 1386 AIR Gwalior, India; Indian mx // 1566 kHz Fpks 1759 Medium Wave News 53/07

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2/11 12/11

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20/11 10/11

mah PC

4/11

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1/11

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4/11 HP 31/10 TB 6/11 MvA 1/11 TB 1/11

December 2007

TB

kHz 1386 1386 1386 1390 1390 1390

1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390

1395 1400 1400 1400 1400 1410

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC Date JO-NHK2, various sites; JJ, EE lesson, NA, chimes, s/off 1605, 333 1555 6/11 also hrd 333 1603 9/11, 343 1543 11/11 JO-NHK 2, several sites listed; JJ female talk px; audible under W 1815 11/11 Tianjin RGD JO-NHK-2 various sites; clockwork till s/off 1605 W/F 1602 13/11 WEGP Presque Isle ME; promo for “Concerts On The Radio” on “The F 0400 19/9 Talk of the County – 13-90 WEGP” WEGP Presque Isle ME; Bill O’Reilly Show as per sched F/G 2236 22/10 WEGP Presque Isle ME; “Whether you’re at home, at work or in the Exc 2300 22/10 car; stay informed with Northern Maine’s news and information station, WEGP AM 13-90” WEGP Presque Isle ME; regular despite Holland on 1395; “25000watt G 0200 1/11 talk of the county” WEGP Presque Isle ME; talks; also 243 2120 18/10 233 2137 2/11 WEGP Presque Isle ME; Fox News & WEGP wx W 2204 2/11 WEGP Presque Isle ME; ID “… here on The Talk of the County F/G 0833 3/11 WEGP 13-90 AM. Thanks for listening”; also W/F 0443 25/10 WEGP Presque Isle ME; YL promo “The Talk of the Town 1390 F 2250 7/11 WEGP”; then sung ID WEGP Presque Isle ME; wx, ID; hrd several times F/G 0005 13/11 WEGP Presque Isle ME; ID W 2330 14/11 WPLM Plymouth MA; “Easy 99.1” IDs; fair over WEGP F 0033 28/10 WPLM Plymouth MA; “Easy 99.1. New England’s [Wizard]? … Nine- F 0033 28/10 in-a-row ” IDs; fair over WEGP WPLM Plymouth MA; Easy 99.1 promo and ad for BMW in Boston & G 0441 31/10 Natick WPLM Plymouth, MA; “Easy 99.1 … home for the light classics, F 0607 3/11 Aerosmith, ‘I don’t want to miss a thing’” WPLM Plymouth MA; Plymouth ads, ID “Easy 99.1 WPLM-FM” W/F 2156 17/11 WPLM Plymouth MA; “Easy 99.1 , WPLM (?) Boston” W 0357 20/11 WFBL Syracuse NY; full legal ID into CBS news F 0500 31/10 1038 12/11 KRRZ Minot ND; oldies, “Oldies Radio 13-90 KRRZ”; last reported F in the UK in 1996 - personal first YVZA R Fé y Alegría, Caracas; SS anns, ID “Radio Fé y Alegría”, xf Wpks 2201 17/11 WPLM UNID Gospel music P 0005 19/11 UNID playing pop oldies around 0605 UTC (e.g. Stevie Wonder & Fpks 0605 19/11 Madonna tunes) also heard around 2330 on 18/11 with Baby Love by the Supremes, Dreamweaver by Gary Wright and James Blunt "You're Beautiful" clearly this isn't WPLM, WEGP or WFBL format. Also noted with a very good signal between 0518-0528 31/10 with back to back "Sister Golden Hair" by America and "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red. Any ideas on who this is? Chiang Rai, Thailand (presumed); Thai pops; squashed by 2158 31/10 Holland at 2159 CBG Gander NL; “This is CBC News” W/F 2100 23/10 CBG Gander NL; CBC news magazine F 2110 2/11 CBG Gander NL; talks; also 333 2048!! 24/10 222 2145 2/11 CBG Gander NL; BBC WS Fpks 0715 13/11 WPOP Hartford CT (pres); ESPN Radio F 0644 23/10

Medium Wave News 53/07

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December 2007

Who chm Rha HP JF PC AB

SW MvA BD mah JW TK-L JWe JF JF SW AB mah PC SW mah mah SW SW

TB PC BD MvA TK-L PC

kHz 1410 1410 1410 1410

1410

1413 1413 1413 1413 1420 1420 1420

1420 1420 1420 1420 1420 1420 1430 1430 1430 1430 1430 1430 1430

1430 1431 1440 1440

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC WPOP Hartford CT; “We’re Hartford’s radio station, ESPN Radio 14- F 0606 10” then ESPN CFUN Vancouver BC (tent); OM talk 242 0705 CFUN Vancouver BC; “… on C-fun 14-10 AM. Now back to the W 0734 Show” XEBS La Más Perrona, DF; callsign heard, followed possibly by “14- Fpks 0716 10 AM”, a commercial, then music with barking dogs and “perrona” ID 2305 ZYJ614 Rádio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, RN; PP announcements by F OM and YL with several mentions of “Santa Cruz” and “Rádio Santa Cruz”; UK FIRST; recording at: http://paulc.mediumwaveradio.org/audio/1410cruz.mp3 Xianjing RGD, China; Uigir talk // 7195 kHz 333 1415 JOIF KBC, Fukuoka; JJ, IDs 343 1500 JOIF Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka; JJ child tlks W/F 1510 JOIF Fukoka, Japan; KBC ID by female voice. W 2200 KTOE Mankato MN; “Information Radio 14-20 KTOE Mankato” W 0830 following C2C WHK Cleveland OH; several WHK IDs heard F 0533 WHK Cleveland OH; “This is the Mike Gallagher Show … WHK F 0559 Cleveland … Newstalk 14-20 WHK … (slogan or some sort)” after ad break, briefly over CKDY WHK Cleveland OH; “News Talk 14-20 WHK … at whkradio.com”; W 0942 no sign of the test from WIGG WHK Cleveland OH” “14-20 WHK” caught in mix at toth W 0900 CKDR Digby NS; country mx, web address given: G 2323 “www.avrnetwork.com ” CKDY Digby NS; AVR IDs and country type music W 0530 UNID FF talk (poss WDJA which has ‘Radio Floride Internationale’ W 2345 at this time) UNID ESPN Radio W 0755 WENE Endicott NY; “14-30 The Team” W 0044 WENE Endicott NY; Fox sports radio talk W/F 810 WENE Endicott NY; “Sports Radio 14-30 The Team” Fox F 0929 KLO Ogden UT; CBS News, ads, ID “It’s Morning in America and W/Fpks 1207 I’m Bill Bennett on AM 14-30 KLO” CHKT Toronto ON; Tamil language programme; also 0902 04/11 F 0834 CHKT Toronto ON (presumed); with usual Oriental broadcasts F 0033 CHKT Toronto ON; “This is AM 14-30 CHKT Fairchild Radio, Fpks 0159 Toronto”, and “Now the Afghan programme on AM 14-30 CHKT, Fairchild Radio”; dominant on the channel from 2300 to at least 0400 UNID SS introduction to “La Palabra de Dios” programme and then W/F 0903 preacher mentioning “La Palabra de Dios” Radio Sawa, Djibouti; Arab news reports // 1548 via Kuwait W/F 0314 WJAE Westbrook ME (pres); Sporting News Radio W 0656 WHKZ Warren OH; promo ending “… every Monday thru Friday W 0630 morning at 8:30 on AM 12-20 The Word”, rlgs px; xf RTL

Medium Wave News 53/07

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Date Who 31/10 AB 11/11 11/11

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4/11

AB

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4/11

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19/11 22/10

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25/10 25/10 11/11 15/11 9/11

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10/11

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18/11 3/11 31/10

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December 2007

kHz 1440

1450 1450 1450 1460 1460 1467 1467 1467 1467 1467

1470

1470

1470

1470 1470 1470 1470 1470 1470 1470 1470 1470 1470 1470

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO WHKZ Warren OH; programme trailer “… week nights at 9 on AM W 12-20 The Word”; then some religious choral singing followed by Bible commentary WENJ Atlantic City NJ; ESPN sports F WENJ Atlantic City NJ; ID heard at end of commercials “ESPN 14-50 W Atlantic City’s 14-50 WENJ” WENJ Atlantic City NJ; promo “That’s Saturday morning at 9, 1 hour Fpk of Rack ‘n Fin Radio, only on ESPN 14-50 AM” CJOY Guelph ON; “CJOY” sung ID between tracks W/F CJOY Guelph ON; “The world’s greatest hits – CJOY”; also Wpks F 0915 2/11, F 0656 5/11, Fpks 0946 9/11 IRIB Qom, Iran; Farsi tlk R Marantha, Bishkek, Kyrgystan; local mx, “Kyrgz-y-stan” ID P at 1758, s/off 1800 TWR Bishkek, Kyrgystan; EE rlgs tlk px also local choir songs F R Thailand, Pathum Thami; several Thai talk show with games Wpks & comedies “R Thailand ans” UNID monitoring for Asia in the afternoon I heard something unusual F - a long monologue by a man in English mixing with French talk. The English accent seemed to a cross between an Irish/US accent. This was peculiar because at 1500, Radio Maria rose to the top with clear ID and address in French with no further sign of English. WHBO Dunedin FL; “… right here from News Channel 8 Sports (?) … W weekdays noon to 2 right here on Sporting Radio 14-70 WHBO” then ESPN jingle; personal first! WWNN Pompano Beach FL (presumed); money programme,ads for W Florida companies including Raymond James & Associates in St Petersburg; no trace of WLAM because of the prevailing disturbance WWNN Pompano Beach FL ;Long ad break, including ads for Inveraray F Country Club and J M Lexus, Automobiles, Margate (FL), and other mentions of S Florida WWNN Pompano Beach FL; tlk on wildfires in CA, ID AM 14-70 W/F WNN WLAM Lewiston ME; sports talk W WLAM Lewiston ME; local ad for sports store in Auburn. ESPN Radio F with World Series WLAM Portland ME; "WLAM, ESPN Radio" 232 WLAM Lewiston ME; "WLAM Lewiston Auburn" ID & ESPN Radio W sports talk WLAM Lewiston ME; ESPN sports P WLAM Lewiston ME; ESPN Sports F/G WLAM Lewiston ME; legal ID; ESPN promo “WLVP Gorham WLAM G Lewiston-Auburn” Fpk WLMC Georgetown SC; “Gospel 14-70 WLMC, Georgetown”; it came up above WLAM at the right time!! personal first XEAI R Fórmula, Mexico City; first noted weak at 0130 F XEAI Radio Fórmula, México DF; SS NA 232

Medium Wave News 53/07

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1557 23/11 1522 12/11

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1456 10/11

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5/10

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0613

30/9

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2248 24/10

PC

0535 29/10

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PC

0130 9/10 JF 0459 22/10 MvA

December 2007

kHz 1470

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO XEAI Radio Fórmula, México City, DF; Mexican National Anthem W followed by “Radio Fórmula, XEAI” 1470 XEAI R Fórmula, México DF; SStlk, anns “Esta es un presentación de F Radio Fórmula”, phone talk; 0756 “ en Radio Fórmula 14-70” 1470 XEAI Mexico City DF; Radio Fórmula /XEAI full detail IDs Exc 1470 ZYJ616 Rádio Rural AM de Parelhas, RN; “Rádio Rural de Parelhas” W/F heard 1470 CX147 Radio Cristal del Uruguay, Las Piedras; “Radio Cristal” IDs W and jingle 1470 YVSY Radio Vibración, Carúpano; usual music and “En Vibración, W son las doce y ...” (faded) 1470 YVSY Radio Vibración, Carúpano; “En Vibración son las 10 y 11 F minutos (the usual wrong time from Venezuelan stations) 1475.01 RTM Malaysia(tent); very weak audio with YL anns and flute 242 mx, s/off 1533 1476 IRIB-1, Sahandaj, Iran; devotional mx under/over presumed R P Britannia 1476 R Thailand, Lamphun (pres); Thai talk audible for a while W 1480 WSAR Falls River MA; announcement “From the 14-80 WSAR F Broadcast Center in the heart of the South Coast……” 1480 WGVU Kentwood MI; BBC World Service; at 0801 I just tuned in to F the last part of station ID “… 88.5 and 95.3 FM” which correspond to WGVU’s FM frequencies 1480 WHBC Canton OH; “News talk 14-80 WHBC”, mention of Stark Co; F also 2227 5/11 1480 WHBC Canton OH; “Hello Canton this is Jim Bohannon. More of the F/G Jim Bohannon Show coming up right here on WHBC Canton”; also W/F 0706 31/10 1490 WMBM Miami Beach FL; “Gospel AM 14-90 WMBM” and W/F “wmbm.com” heard at toth preceded by quiet reflective music; personal first 1490 WBAE Portland ME; “14 Hundred and 14-90 The Bay” ID with W nostalgia 1490 WBAE Portland ME; “14-hundred and 14-90 The Bay”; usual nostalgia W 1500 WWWT Washington DC; “the Phil Hendry Show 3WT, 15-hundred AM G and 107 7 FM” 1500 WWWT Washington DC; “3WT News Centre” G 1500 WWWT Washington DC; talk show & triple call IDs W/F 1500 WWWT Washington DC; OM with promo “News stories on 3WT” F 1500 WWWT Washington DC; male speaker 343 1500 WWWT Washington DC; tlk, ID F 1500 WWWT Washington DC; contemporary talk W 1500 WLQV Detroit MI (tent); religious talk under WWWT; heard regularly W under WWWT but never an ID 1500 WLQV Detroit MI; “Thanks for the call 866 423 WLQV is our phone Gpks number ... on Life Changing Talk Radio WLQV Detroit … here on Life Changing Talk Radio”; under/over 3WT 1500 KSTP Saint Paul MN; ABC News, “AM 1500”, “This is the AM Talk Fpks 1500 Station”, and “The Talk Station AM 1500 KSDP” 1500 YVRZ Radio Dos Mil, Cumaná; “…en Dos Mil las 11 y 34 minutos F Medium Wave News 53/07

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0214 12/11

PC

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9/11

chm

0100

2/11

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0722 24/10

PC

0816 24/10

PC

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8/11

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16/9

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0049 29/10 0734 23/10

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0103 0755 2305 1648 0749 0636 0835

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5/11

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9/11

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December 2007

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO YVRZ R 2000 AM, Cumaná; TOH ID mentioning Dos Mil. W YVRZ Radio Dos Mil, Cumaná; bright Latin rhythms, "Dos Mil" ID & W commercials 1500 YVRZ R Dos Mil, Cumaná; SS; anns, tlk W 1500 YVRZ R Dos Mil, Cumaná; Latin mx, ID, hymn F 1503 WYFR, Family Radio, Fangliao, Taiwan ; // 1557 kHz 333 1510 KCKK Littleton CO; “Mile High Sports Radio 15-10 KCKK and 15- W/F 70 KSXT, Northern Colorado, your new radio home of Joe Scott and DU Pioneer Basketball”; + hrd the following morning 1510 KCKK Littleton CO (tent); “Welcome back here ... on Sporting News W Radio” not // with WWZN 1510.02, WLAC has C2C (Thanks to JF for tip. The 19kW in our direction looks feasible South of the border hi!) 1510 KCKK Littleton CO (presumed); sports under WWZN; possible ID at Fpks top of hour but too weak for comfort 1510 WWBC Cocoa FL; Gospel singing // webcast W 1510 WWBC Cocoa FL (presumed); sermon F 1510 WWZN Boston MA; “Boston’s sports station AM 15-10 The Zone” G 1510 WWZN Boston MA; OM with religion – talk on God F 1510 WWZN Boston MA; live football commentary .. “right here on 15-10 G The Zone” 1510 WWZN Boston MA; sports P 1510.02 WWZN Boston MA; sports talk W 1510 WWZN Boston MA; ID and ads for Radisson Hotel Boston 232 1510 WWZN Boston MA; Irish Folk music; ID as Irishradio.com originating G New York. Given the Irish community in Boston this must be WWZN even though www.irishradio.com website only lists; WVNJ 1160 and WSNR 620 1510 WWZN Boston MA; “Sporting News radio” G 1510 WWZN Boston MA; NBA talk; also rlgs F 0555 17/11 W/F 1510 WLAC Nashville TN; ID “Newsradio 15-10 WLAC” at 0354 after ad F break then quickly back beneath WWZN 1510 KGA Spokane WA; promo “… on 15-10 KGA” Fpks 1510 HD210A Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador, Guayaquil; W seconds time signal 1510 UNID Two stations mixing one with religion; the other sports talk. F Rang WWZN, they say they have religion midnight/0600 local only; WLAC web site shows sports. 1510 UNID News item about immunisation of school pupils; above WZAN F – possible WLAC 1520 WIZZ Greenfield MA; wx, “AM 15-20 WIZZ” and sung “WIZZ” Fpks under WWKB; daytimer 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; “A new voice, a new choice, AM 15-20” G 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; ad, talk W/F 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; ID “Joey Reynolds is back in Buffalo on 50,000 F watts AM 15-20” 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; "AM 15-20" px promos F/G 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; talks 322 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; “You are listening to the Randi Rhodes Show” G 1520 WWKB Buffalo NY; stock market reports, ads 333 Medium Wave News 53/07

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC Date WWKB Buffalo NY; heard every night sometimes as early as 2200 and W 1003 15/11 as late as 1000 UTC WWKB Buffalo NY; KB network anns, then info & tlk mentioning New W/F 0655 23/11 York & business; ID “WWKB Buffalo’s left channel” shortly before top of hour UNID TWO station fighting here at 2350 UTC before WWKB F 2350 19/11 established dominance. Both English language I think. CRI Urumqi, China; RR px, “Radio Kitaya” ID at 1435 G/Exc 1421 5/11 CRI Urumqi, China; RR YL/OM, IDs “Radio Kitaya”; Hans, F 1330 6/11 you had this logged as 1510 kHz, which I presume should have been 1521 kHz - mah CRI, Xijang, China over 3.5 hours before local sunset in G 1240 9/11 Russian, weak but clear CRI Urumqi, China; Russian talks and R Kitaya ID at 1433 222 2320 10/11 BSKSA Duba, Saudi Arabia; Arabic talk, music 444 2100 14/11 BSKSA Duba, Saudi Arabia; Arabic heard // 9870 kHz G 2140 17/11 VOA, São Tomé; VOA news ID, rpt on cyclone in Bangladesh F/G 0301 18/11 WCKY Cincinnati OH; Brother Stair // 1510 kHz.; also 16/11 1006 W 0719 23/10 “15-30 Homer” ID WCKY Cincinnati OH; live sports commentary, “15-30 Homer, the Fpks 0022 7/11 sports animal” KXEL Waterloo IA; Midnight Truckin’ Network // 760 kHz F 0828 10/11 KXEL Waterloo IA; ID's at 2344, 2349 and 2352 "News on 15-40 222 2327 10/11 KXEL". KXEL Waterloo IA; sports live UNI Panthers win; KXEL ID F 0116 12/11 KXEL Waterloo IA; “UNI Basketball, Newstalk 1540 KXEL” ID; G 0120 12/11 frequently up on top of CHIN & WDCD KXEL Waterloo IA; “The flagship station for UNI football, News F/G 0900 12/11 Talk 15-40 KXEL Waterloo Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids” WDCD Albany NY; religious talk generally under CHIN // webcast W 2336 2/11 WDCD Albany NY; “AM 15-40 WDCD Albany” followed by web W/F 0800 3/11 address etc then usual music; first time this winter WDCD Albany NY; female chanting // webstream 232 2322 10/11 WDCD Albany NY; WDCD religious studio talk W/F 0305 12/11 WDCD Albany NY (presumed); Talk on “the Truth” F 2338 12/11 WDCD Albany NY (presumed); broadcasting “salvation” F 2333 19/11 CHIN Toronto ON; CC (?) talk with mention of Taiwan F/G 2222 22/10 CHIN Toronto ON; OM/YL with CC talk F 2329 28/10 CHIN G 0611 3/11 Toronto ON; Caribbean music and “C-H-I-N” jingle CHIN Toronto ON; CC px 243 1425 11/11 CHIN Toronto ON; scheduled Somali px F/G 0300 12/11 CHIN Toronto ON; II px F 0709 16/11 WLOR Huntsville AL; light songs (the references describe it as AC); W/Fpks 0658 3/11 at 0654 promo, “AM for bad-boy Michael Baisden. Join me for “Love, lust and lies' every weekday from 2 to 6 right here on Jammin' 15-50”, and at 0658½ “WLOR Huntsville, Jammin’ 15-50 on the AM dial here in Huntsville. Home of the Doug Banks Morning Show and the Michael Baisden Show … Rocket City Broadcasting …”; UK FIRST; tnx SW and AB for checking the clip and extracting more words

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1570 1570 1570 1570 1570 1570 1570 1570 1570 1575 1575 1575 1580 1580 1580

Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO UTC CBE Windsor ON; Radio Australia // 1070; earlier it had not been // F 0911 other CBC outlets CBE Windsor ON; CBC News, “We conclude CBC Radio Overnight Fpks 1004 now with Radio Australia ... you’re listening to CBC Radio 1”, WYFR Kouhu, Taiwan; US rlgs px, incl “Open Forum” audible Spks 1546 for 6 hours from 1546 Family Radio, Kouhou, Taiwan; in English, denouncing Gpks 1552 "fornicators and idolaters", IDs at 1610 and 1613 WYFR, Family Radio, Kohu, Taiwan; EE, rel-px 433 1455 WYFR Kouhu, Taiwan; anns “… for Family Radio …”, IS; Gpks 1629 also Gpks 1817 3/11, 1523 4/11, G 1434 7/11, Gpks 1615 9/11 WYFR Kouhu, Taiwan; "We have to prove ourselves for the 232 2344 mercy of God" WYFR, Kouhu, Taiwan, tlk about Jesus, Family Radio ID F 1527 WQEW New York NY; Radio Disney F 0647 WQEW New York NY; Radio Disney pop mx W/F 0645 WQEW New York NY; Radio Disney pops F/G 0712 WQEW New York NY; R Disney pop music W/F 0646 Zhangjiakou RGD, Hebei, China; CC male/female tlk & adv ch W 1553 prov Hebei AIR Nagpur, India; OM with English news G 1555 AIR Nagpur, India; EE, nx 444 1535 AIR Nagpur, India; EE discussion on Indian economy F 1550 HLAZ Jeju, Korea; CC YL + OM, FEBC ID F/G 1601 HLAZ Jeju, Korea; East Asian language station (OM + YL) with vG 1548 English lessons; // webstream http://www.medinalia.com/play/HLAZ%201566%20AM/3340 WECU Winterville NC; equal under CFAV with light music & W 0725 Winterville ads CKMW Winkler MB; country mx, “… Southern Manitoba’s 15-70 W/Fpks 0847 CKMW … Country 15-70 CKMW” CFAV Laval QC (presumed); OM FF talk F 0618 CFAV Laval QC; FF talk and music W 2317 CFAV Laval QC; pop music & FF R Boomer anns S 0730 XERF Ciudad Acuña; TOH ID OM/YL beginning “XERF”, followed W 0600 by some jaunty Mexican accordion music XERF La Poderosa, Cd Acuña; SS anns, YL/OM ID “La Poderosa 15- F/G 0834 70 AM”, TC XERF Ciudad Acuña; talk and music “La Poderosa 15-70” ID F/G 0752 XERF Ciudad Acuña; YL with typical Mexican mx W 0759 VOA Ban Rasom, Thailand (tentative); US accented talk, P 1558 briefly peaking over VOR (Burg?) VOA Ban Rasom, Thailand; “The Voice of America in F 1600 Burmese”; xd others VOA Ban Rasom, Thailand; VOA anns & Special English Wpks 1530 programme from VOA CKDO Oshawa ON; “Oshawa’s Oldies CKDO” sung jingle; Roy W 0622 Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” CKDO Oshawa ON; CKDO news F/G 2230 CKDO Oshawa ON; ad, CKDO sung jingle F 0748

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO CKDO Oshawa ON; playing oldies W CKDO Oshawa ON; “It’s 5.37 at CKDO – weather is next”; also F F/G 2309 5/11 1580 CKDO Oshawa ON (pres); oldies appeared in the noise/splatter W 1579.97 HJQT R Mar, SF de Bogotá; SS tlk, toth ID “Esta es Radio Mar, Fpks transmitiendo desde Bogotá HJQT en los 1,580 AM en su radio. Radio Mar, un emisora al servicio de su ??” 1590 WAKR Akron OH; ID “15-90 WAKR” dominating pile-up briefly W 1590 WAKR Akron OH; “News, sports, oldies 15-90 WAKR” – no DRM W 1590 WAKR Akron OH; news, “1590 WAKR” followed by 60s music W/F 1590 XEVOZ R Tráfico, México DF; many IDs throughout the night amid the W sound of car horns 1590 XEVOZ México DF; “Radio Tráfico 15-90” W 1590 XEVOZ R Tráfico, México DF; SS YL ID “Radio Tráfico” Fpks 1600 WAAM Ann Arbor MI; jingle heard “Talk Radio 16-hundred WAAM” W/F 1600 WWRL New York NY; ID at toh “AM Sixteen Hundred WWRL New F York” 1600 WWRL New York NY; “… on 16-hundred WWRL”, local ads F 1600 WWRL New York NY; “1600 WWRL New York”; also F/G 2300 5/11 W/F 1610 CHHA Toronto ON; talk and music; an announcement was made Fpks mentioning Voces Latinas twice and an address, 1263 Wilson Avenue (an address in Toronto) 1610 CHHA Toronto ON; ID “R Voces Latina” and Latin music W 1610 CJWI Montréal QC (pres); FF conversation W 1610 Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla (pres); EE Religious talk W 1620 WTAW College Station TX; C2C with a very good signal; later ID at Exc 0530 with a brief promo for Rush Limbaugh on WTAW 1620 WTAW College Station TX; talks; also phone calls 232 0650 3/11 252 1620 WTAW College Station TX; Coast to Coast then ID at toth “16-20 F WTAW College Station” 1620 WTAW College Station TX; promo for C2C including web site then ID G “We have been heard in 34 Countries ... WTAW serving the Community” 1620 KYIZ Renton WA; ads, ID “16-20 KYIZ the north-west’s first home Fpks for hip hop and r’n’b”; in and out of the noise 1620 WDHP Frederiksted, USVI; BBC World Service // 555 kHz W 1620 WDHP Frederiksted, USVI; BBC-WS relay F/G 1620 WDHP Frederiksted, US VI; BBC nx 343 1620 WDHP Frederiksted, USVI (presumed); SS transmission to Cuba W 1620 WDHP Frederiksted, USVI; extended detailed weather report; highs F around 86 degrees mentioned St Croix 1630 KCJJ Iowa City IA; “This is AM 16-30 KCJJ, Iowa City, Iowa(?)” W 1630 KCJJ Iowa City IA; news and weather Fair 1630 KCJJ Iowa City IA; "Coralville's 16-30 KCJJ" W 1630 WRDW Augusta GA; loud static crashes rendering ID at toth almost W/P inaudible, but “Sports” and “WRDW” made out; then ABC nx 1630 WRDW Augusta GA; sports, 0600 ID 243 1630 WRDW Augusta GA; ID Wpks 1630 KKGM Fort Worth TX; gospel music and brief call sign Fpk

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Callsign Station, location; details heard etc SIO KRND Fox Farm WY; Mexican songs, "La Grande 16-30" dominant F over KCJJ KRND Fox Farm WY (tent); Spanish/Mex style songs weakly but I had W no time to stay & listen WTNI Biloxi MS; interruption to Westwood One’s coverage of F Indianapolis Colts football commentary with urgent flash flood warning for counties in Southern Mississippi WTNI Biloxi MS; “Talk Radio 16-40 WTNI” promos W/F WTNI Biloxi MS; legal ID; then ABC news WTNI Biloxi MS; promo “On ESPN Radio ... College Football …” F WTNI Biloxi MS; ESPN & WTNI ID, ads 242 WTNI Biloxi MS; “The voice of the Mississippi Gulf Coast – Talk F Radio 16-40”; also F 0726 15/11 “WTNI Radio” IDs HI-R Juventus Don Bosco, Santo Domingo; SS rlg songs 243 WHKT Portsmouth VA; Radio Disney // 1560; also 2327 06/11 “AM F 16-50 Radio Disney, Norfolk” WHKT Portsmouth VA; Disney programming F WHKT Portsmouth VA; “Radio Disney” ID WHKT Portsmouth VA; Radio Disney pops W/F WHKT Portsmouth VA; Radio Disney pop show F WHKT Portsmouth VA; legal ID "WHKT Portsmouth", pops F WHKT Portsmouth VA; songs 252 WHKT Portsmouth VA; "Radio Disney dot com" 322 WHKT Portsmouth VA; with pop-mx, Radio Disney ID G CJRS Montréal QC; EE Political talk //webcast “Radio Shalom” ID xf W/F WHKT CJRS Montréal QC; “Radio Shalom 16-50 Montreal” English ID then F Hebrew CJRS Montréal QC (presumed); FF tlk over WHKT Fpks CJRS Montréal QC; EE nx 333 UNID Classical music with female English announcer in semi-formal F CBC style introducing music by Purcell and others over Radio Disney; doesn’t sound like Radio Shalom WCNZ Marco Island FL; Relevant Radio F WCNZ Marco Island FL; OM “Relevant Radio 14-10 and 16-60AM F announce that we need immediate financial support to keep us here in South West Florida …” WCNZ Marco Island FL; “Relevant Radio” W/F WCNZ Marco Island FL; Relevant R tlk, 16-60 AM ID, Inner Life px G WCNZ Marco Island FL; Relevant Radio 343 WCNZ Marco Island FL; "Relevant Radio" w pres WGIT underneath F WCNZ Marco Island FL; “Relevant Radio” phone-in talk W WCNZ Marco Island FL; Catholic religious talk from Relevant Radio W WWRU Jersey City NJ; OM with ID “This is multi-cultural radio F broadcasting WWRU Jersey City …” WWRU Jersey City NJ; Korean px W/F WFNA Charlotte NC; “W-F-N-A” ID noted in the mix; at 0503 F for Fpk “Charlotte’s sports station 16060 AM W-F-N-A” WVVM Dry Branch GA; SS ballads. “Viva 16-70” ID WVVM Dry Branch GA; SS mx, Viva ID W

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Station, location; details heard etc SIO Dry Branch GA; SS, "Viva" 343 Warner Robins GA; SS speaker, SS mx W Madison WI; Midnight Trucking, 0700 ID 243 Winter Garden FL; usual Mexican music and lots of Que W Buenas WLAA Winter Garden FL; SS ballad “la Que Buena” ID W/F WLAA Winter Garden FL; SS - Lots of "La Que Buena" slogan ID's 343 and LA Mex mx WLAA Winter Garden FL; Mexican mx; also F 0543 13/11 F WLAA Winter Garden FL; SS La Que Buena 333 WMLB Avondale Estates GA; TOH ID “WMLB Avondale Estates, W Atlanta. The Voice of the Arts” WMLB Avondale Estates GA; “This is AM 16-90 The Voice of the F Arts” WPTX Lexington Park MD; TOH ID “You’re listening to Newstalk W 16-90 WPTX Lexington Park” WPTX Lexington Park MD; anns, adv 242 WPTX Lexington Park MD; “You’re listening to News talk 16-90 AM F Lexington Park” CHTO Toronto ON; Greek style music and talk; toh EE ID “CHTO W AM 16-90 Toronto” CHTO Toronto ON (presumed); Greek music and Greek OM. No ID W but who else? CHTO Toronto ON; Greek-style music and then ID at toth “CHTO W AM 16-90 Toronto” WEUP Huntsville AL; gospel mx, mentioning website at 0652; ID at 232 0700 "WEUP, the people’s station" WEUP Huntsville AL; “WEUP The People’s Station”, gospel; also W Wpks 2253 14/11 WEUP Huntsville AL; “Your WEUP People’s Station 17-00 AM” Fpk gospel music WJCC Miami Springs FL; in very poor conditions (no sign of KVNS W all night) I could just make out in SS announcement near toth: “17-0-0 AM”, “WJCC” and “… AM, Miami, Florida”, then into EE announcement with phone numbers WJCC Miami Springs FL; ID WJCC la mehor selección, Madonna pop F WJCC Miami Springs FL; legal ID gave no location G WJCC Miami Springs FL; ID; also W 2253 15/11 W KVNS Brownsville TX; “La Preciosa, ti amistad música en La F/G Preciosa” with a C2C station behind, presumably KKLF KVNS BrownsvilleTX; many mentions of “La Preciosa” incl jingles F KVNS Brownsville TX; La Preciosa, SS anns & rock music W/F KVNS Brownsville TX; SS - "Esta es música presioca, más más 233 música preciosa" KVNS Brownsville TX; Mexican music with “La Preciosa” F KVNS Brownsville TX; "La Preciosa" F KVNS Brownsville TX; Mexican música romantic F KVNS Brownsville TX; Mex mx, la Preciosa & música Preciosa IDs G

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Many thanks to the following reporters:

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Andrew Brade, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire. AOR AR 7030 plus, 10m EWE at 290°, 305m beverage at 220°. Recording on Sony MZ-NH1 minidisc + Total Recorder. BD Barry Davies, Carlisle, Cumbria. AOR AR 7030, 130m longwire. BV Bjarke Vestesen, Odense, Denmark. Ten-Tec RX340; terminated EWE towards W and E; ALA-1530-loop with rotator. chm Christoph Mayer; Neustrelitz, Germany. AR7030; FRT-7700; MJF1026 (modified); rw, lw. DXW Guido Schotmans and Max van Arnhem; Hoenderloo, The Netherlands. 2x AOR7030plus; KAZ 40, 70, 250, 290 and 340 degrees. FW Friedhelm Wittlieb, Lünen, Germany. Grundig Satellite 700 with martens fram-antenna. HP Hans Pammer, Loosdorf, Austria. Icom R75, AOR 7030+, MFJ 1026 (modified), K9AY, 75m beverage at 215° ; 65m beverage at 220°. JF John Faulkner, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. AOR AR7030, ewe antenna, Winrad v1.24, VAC, WaveLab, Cool Edit Pro, RecAll-PRO. JW John Williams, Hemel Hempstead. AOR 7030 and 40m long wire. JWe Jack Weber, Hertfordshire, WINRADIO G313i, Wellbrook ALA1530 & ALA100. mah Martin Hall, Clashmore, Sutherland. NRD-545, RPA-1 preamp, MFJ-1026 phaser (modified), beverages: 513m at 233 degrees, terminated; 475m at 262 degrees, terminated; 506m at 279 degrees, terminated, 550m at 338 degrees, terminated, 50m at 321 degrees, unterminated; TotalRecorder, Technics RS-BX404 cassette deck as backup. MvA Max van Arnhem, Hoenderloo, The Netherlands. AOR7030plus; KAZ 40, 70, 250, 290 and 340 degrees. PC Paul Crankshaw; Troon, Ayrshire. AR7030; EWE, MFJ-1025 Phaser(modified). RB Renato Bruni, Parma, Italy. JRC525, K9AY Rha Ronald Hagensen, Ottersberg, Germany. AOR 7030plus , 22m at 315°, 28m at 290°, 42m longwire at 065°, 243m beverage at 345° Wellbrook; ALA 1530 outdoor;, Mizuho AT2000, antenna coupler. SW Steve Whitt, High Catton near York. AOR7030+ and HF225 Europa with dual loop K9AY. TB Tim Bucknall, Congleton, Cheshire. Icom IC-75, Wellbrook ALA 1530 outdoor loop, Panasonic OMR-ES10 DVD recorder. TK-L Thomas Knauf-Lapatzki, DX-pedition at Rømø, Denmark. Icom R-75, unterminated BOGs 420m at 290° and 300m at 330°. First, a big thank-you to Mark Hattam for standing in at short notice once again to edit DX Loggings last month. Next, let me say many thanks to everyone who has written with good wishes after my recent triple heart by-pass operation. I’m happy to report that I’m recovering well, and that other than the time spent in hospital there’s not been too much interference with DXing – mah. After something of a break, it’s good to hear from Tim again, who writes: “Thanks to the kindness of Andy Ikin at Wellbrook I’m back in business”. Some of John F’s logs unfortunately missed last deadline, so they’ve been included this time. Jack writes: “So far this season has been more productive for me than the last. I was particularly pleased to get 1630 KRND, which is farther west than I've previously managed to reach into North America, and also 1557 Family Radio, which I've heard before, but not managed to positively ID until now. Apart from propagation being more favourable, it's helped that I've converted what was a rather shapeless Wellbrook ALA100 large-aperture loop into a much neater rotatable three-turn flat loop that now usually gives better results than my AL1530 loop”. Paul C notes: “Generally conditions have been good without being outstanding. Apart from logging KOMO I haven't managed to hear anything beyond the midwest - despite trying! I've now pointed the antenna a little further north (about 315 degrees) so that may help”! Hans comments: “Again a good amount of Asia this month. And also again not much sign of North or South American Stations. Regarding Asia the K9AY is working great, nulling interference etc., Medium Wave News 53/07

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without the K9 a lot of signals would not be possible. I just pre-ordered the new Perseus SDR Rx, it will be a revolution for MW DXers. This rig will hopefully with me, when visiting Wilhelm Herbst DX-183 in January for 10 days”. Yes, the Perseus looks like it’s going to make a big difference to MW DXing, and I’m seriously considering purchasing one myself – mah. Christoph sent a message with his logs, asking: “Could you listen to the audio clips below? I think there is KBRW on them. At the same time (ca. 18UTC), Wilhelm Herbst has heard an NPR announcement on 680 on his 345° and 360° beverages. Last week I have monitored 680 every afternoon between 16 and 18 UTC. Only Saturday and Sunday was the signal strong enough to be audible for some short periods in the afternoon. There is a lot of splatter on the audio clips”. Unfortunately, although I didn’t find anything on the clips that would positively identify the station as KBRW, it is highly likely that this is what Christoph heard on 11 and 18 November. How long before KBRW is reported from England? – mah. Max tells us: “After the Annual Meeting of the Benelux DX Club, Guido Schotmans ( Belgium) and I did some listening at my place. These loggings are marked “DXW”. Interesting was the reception of 1540 KXEL, Waterloo, IA, which we both didn’t hear before”. Renato says “I am back into DXing after a long hiatus. The log is brief (I have kept on purpose most common catches off the log) but with a couple of pleasant personal firsts (WBEN and JOIF)”. I received a nice letter from Roger Bunney, who forwarded a log from a TV-DX friend, R Copeman, in Melbourne, Australia. This contained reports of 1580 KBLA Santa Monica CA being heard from 2116 to 2121 on 21Apr07, 1845 to 1930 on 18Aug07, and 1950 to 2050 on 22Aug07. In addition, on 22Aug07 1580 KMIK was heard from Tempe AZ between 1950 and 2050, and 1460 KHRA Honolulu HI between 2057 and 2104. Roger writes “No info on radio, but won’t be an exotic unit. I suspect the aerial is a random wire outside – not being into MW DXing”. Good to hear from you again after a long break, Roger – mah. Thomas tells us about his DX-pedition: “I spent a week from 10-17 Nov 2007 on the Danish North Sea island of Rømø as usual for MW-DXing in a private holiday house approximately 2500 m from the sea. During the DX week I had very satisfying conditions – from 58 heard stations 12 personal first and also 4 new US states (CA, IL, LA, MO). TA DX was possible at my location from 2100 in the evening to mostly 0900 (UTC) in the morning – the latest catch I had was at 1015 with Seattle’s KOMO 1000. For the first time in my life I reached the US west coast! I think the key was the new 330° beverage – KOMO was audible on this but not on the 290° beverage” (paraphrased by mah). Good conditions towards the west coast, plains, prairies and Alaska were experienced in Clashmore during the first half of November, going downhill slightly during the third week. The new Alaskan catches were a struggle, but eventually yielded IDs, and on the occasions that Alaska was very good, Asian stations were also noted at good strength, though an ID from Japan still eludes me. On occasions, reception from the east coast of North America was sufficiently good to bring in some new catches - mah. The deadline for the January DX Loggings is Thursday, 3rd January 2008, and I look forward to receiving your logs by then, preferably via e-mail using the Word pro-forma, which I can supply on request. I will make every effort to include contributions that are not received via e-mail, floppy disc, or CD/DVD, but as these are very time-consuming to incorporate into DX Loggings, time constraints may result in some or all such loggings being omitted. Please also remember that I don't automatically include loggings sent to the MWC e-List, so please copy me separately if you would like them included in DX Loggings. I’d like to request that you provide details of IDs of stations heard (particularly the less common catches) to give confidence that you have actually heard the stations logged. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all our members!

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Now for some recent QSL information gleaned from the www. Well known Oregon DXer Patrick Martin has had quite a few returns recently including the following: 1680 KDOW Settle WA, v/s Monte Passmore CE, 2201 Sixth Ave #1500, Seattle, WA 981211841 680 KBRW Barrow AK, v/s Robert C Sommer, VP & GM, Silakkuagvik Communications, PO Box 109, 1695 Okpik St., Barrow, AK 99723. 780 KNOM Nome AK, v/s Ric Schmidt, GM, PO Box 988, Nome, AK 99762-0988 1200 CJRJ Vancouver, v/s Dianna Lee, Manager, Unit 110, 3060 Norland Ave., Burnaby, BC V5B 3A6, Canada 1071 3EL Victoria, Australia, v/s Bruce Lees, Manager. 1170 VOA Poro Philippines, VOA 330 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20237. Patrick received a full data card. J D Stephens in Hampton Cove, AL, USA got a full data QSL card from 945 France Info in 20 days after sending a follow-up to: TDF, Radio Business Unit, Shortwave Department, 10 Rue d’Orandour sur Glane, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France. This address is also good for 1206 Bordeaux. Artur Fernandez Llorella in Spain received an e-mail QSL from 1008 Groot Nieuws Radio from [email protected] and the v/s was Evert ten Ham. He has also verified 1341 Magyar Katolikus Radio from Delibab u. 15-17, H-1062 Budapest. The v/s was Mihaly Gyomore. That’s it for another month. 73s – Clive. Medium Wave News 53/07

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