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All times and dates strictly UT!
Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna
only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S
inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S;
Nissan stock caradio as specified;
IC-R75 with E-W longwire.
These logs are excerpts from my daily
all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also
VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham,
which may be found in several archives
without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
And compiled weekly along with
extensive news from many other
individuals and
publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
All my MW DX reports starting August 2011
are archived in this forum with open access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page79
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** U S A. 356 kHz, Oct 16 at 0555, ND beacon ODX, which is 25 watts
from Ord, Nebraska. 293, FBY Fairbury NE also in at 0549 with 25 watts
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 620, Oct 18 at 1235 UT, signal from SSE in Spanish. Must be
KEXB Dallas, which some months ago became split-personality, Spanish
religion overnight, still businews in English overdays. Now Spanish
has expanded, overtaken? Checked again at 1812 UT, still Spanish as
Radio Luz, all-talk sounding like infomercial with religious
overtones, a (972) area code and then a different one. Break at 1900
UT for legal ID in English as KTNO, Plano, a Salem station. That has
been the one on 1440! So they must have flipped. And into outright
preaching.
FCC AM Query confirms that only yesterday, Oct 17, did the 1440
station change calls from KTNO to KEXB. (Before 3/15/1994 it was
originally KDNT --- I remember, that was in Denton, another town too
close to The Metroplex to be able to hold on to its local radio
station succumbing to giant sucking --- like Wichita Falls which lost
at least two including the original 620, KWFT).
KEXB 1440 is licensed to Inspiration Media of Texas LLC, University
Park. 620, KTNO licensee is named merely Inspiration. Nothing in FCC
about either pertaining to Salem as I heard announced on 620.
Radio-locator.com is confused about which be which:
``KEXB-AM 1440 kHz
University Park, Texas
"Experts In Business"
Station Format: Business News``
Website:
https://620amkexb.com/
But that site now displays:
``620 KEXB Business Talk is no longer available. Thanks for listening
to the station over the past 8 years. Please check out one of the
other Salem Media Group radio stations in Dallas-Fort Worth.
(KLTY) 94.9 KLTY https://klty.com
(KSKY) 660am The Answer https://660amtheanswer.com
(KWRD) The Word 100.7FM https://thewordfm.com
(KTNO) 620AM Radio Luz https://luzdallas.com
(KLTY-HD2) 94.9-HD2/102.5 El Pez https://elpezdfw.com``
That last one is also sloganned ``Inspirando Tu Vida`` -- El Pez
refers to the Christian idea that it`s somehow related to the Greek
word for fish, ichthos -- a back-formation acronym translated as
``Jesus Christ, Son of God``. Thus the fish symbol on rearends of
cars, people, and elsewhere. Note: in Spanish once a fish be caught,
it becomes a pescado, i.e. ``fished``. So I guess Christian converts
are also pescados; hopefully without too much injury to their lips.
Note one is spelt with a z, the other with an s. Roughly 50% of fish
are female, so why isn`t there a feminine equivalent of el pez? La pez
is a chemical term meaning pitch. But I digress?
This is probably not new, but on the caradio I notice that 620 is
stronger/louder than 570 KLIF Dallas. Both 5 kW, so if everything else
were equal, KLIF should be slightly stronger on a lower frequency, or
essentially the same. KLIF also has constant daytime CCI here from
understation WNAX Yankton, the only such SD, while 620 has none. The
620 daytime pattern FCC pdf is still labeled KEXB! It`s broad and
flattened from WSW to NNE. KLIF daytime is almost circular but offset
from center favoring the south side.
At 2058 UT on two radios, I confirm that 1440 is not // 620, but can`t
tell yet what format is now thereupon. The former home of Radio Luz,
at U4 50000/350 watts, 1440 ought still to be useful for something in
the daytime. Hey, there can never be enough Vietnamese in DFW.
1440, Oct 18 at 2343 UT now that SSS skip is in, we have the interim
answer: indecision. YL loop running over and over which I transcribe:
``This is KEXB, University Park, 1440-AM, Experts in Business. Radio
Luz Dallas se ha mudado de la 1440-AM a su nueva casa, la 620-AM ---
misma programaci?n, mejor cobertura, m?s alcance. Radio Luz Dallas,
iluminando mente y coraz?n``. And I go to the trouble to record it for
posterity:
https://www.w4uvh.net/KEXB_1440_loop_2019_1018_2349z.mp3
Official Oct SS/SR for KEXB and KTNO are 0000/1230 UT, so at 2349,
1440 still legally on 50 kW day power, before cut to only 350 watts
night (Nov: 2330-1300 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 780, Oct 18 at 1240 UT, with nearby KSPI nulled, a station
giving school lunch menus and activities for today in Madison --- not
WI, but the next town south of Norfolk NE, and soon a WJAG ID rather
than WBBM. Cannot imagine bigcity BBM ever doing that (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Typo correxion: WWBA of course, not WBAA; fixed:
820, Oct 10 at 0052 UT, WBAP still has QRM with slow SAH, somewhat
audible when nulled, WWBA singing ID just before 0100, as Largo FL
station is *still* obviously on 50 kW day power instead of 1 kW night.
If they have a legit problem switching to night power and
pattern, they should just turn it off! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2003, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1010, Oct 15 at 1330 UT, detailed ag report, cattle auxions,
Fargo mentioned? 1337 switch to another market report by same speaker,
1338 ad for something in Sterling-Brush-Fort Morgan, so this is KSIR,
licensed to Brush, address in Ft Morgan CO, U4 25000/280 watts. Now
day since 1300 UT (Nov: 1345). Day and night patterns from NE CO are
figure-8 E/WSW, not good for here to the SE. Some 20+ years ago, KSIR
was a WORLD OF RADIO affiliate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1150, Oct 16 at 1247 UT, Spanish looping slightly CCW from
E/W; Ad with 623-area code, ``Radio [two syllables]``; fast SAH with
KSAL? at right angle, romantic song. 623 is one of the *five* ACs in
central Arizona, so this is KCKY Coolidge, in NRC AM Log as SS:REL,
Radio Casa, U4 5/1 kW. Both day and night patterns are sort of
figure-8 with the side notches toward me! This is just after sunrise
here so obviously well before SR there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1161.0, Oct 18 at 0536 UT, carrier very close to a TA
frequency making het against KSL, but looping approx. 005/185 degrees
on the DX-398 --- yet, no such signal to be heard on the R75: so it
must be a local artifact (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1180, Oct 18 at 1256 UT, from NW/SE, string of legal
ads, PSAs, one mentions Houston, but these may be national, as soon
back to wrapup of `America`s First News`, but fadeout during 1300 ID!
So is it KGOL Humble TX (Houston market)? That`s supposed to be La
Suavecita, in Spanish, ex-ESPN-D. Or has it flipped again? Only other
fit on this axis is KOFI Kalispell MT, which is news/talk, but no
complete program schedule on website! Then I check the affiliate list
for `America`s First News` and find no 1180 in TX or MT. I still
suspect it`s KOFI, where Oct sunrise is not until 1400 UT (November:
1445 UT), U2 50/10 kW. Night pattern is basically N/S with a deep
notch toward Rochester, so there is some signal here to the SE (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, Oct 18 at 0543 UT, brief bit of Navajo-like chanting,
looping NW/SE, then maybe more conventional music. No Native stations
known per se, as I assume this is the eclectic student station, KVCU
Boulder CO, U1 6800/110/CH5000 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, Oct 18 at 0543 UT, as I am DFing the chanting from the
NW, I encounter a much stronger signal from the NE. Normally would
expect KDMR Kansas City, U2 5000/500, yet often dominant at night. But
that`s EWTN and what I am hearing is far too extreme for RCC
commentary --- racist anti-NAACP rant employing the N-word with no
bleeping but reverb for emphasis; also refers to St. Clair County and
St. Louis. Therefore, this is KQQZ, CoL Fairview Heights IL, address
in Belleville, but just across from MO, U4 10000/650/psra 138, ``1190
The Patriot`` per NRC AM Log.
KQQZ and three other stations in the group are in big trouble, because
the owner Robert Romanik is a convicted felon, ineligible to own
stations. A.k.a. ``The Grim Reaper``, I think this must be himself
still on the air. Haven`t heard anything lately, but see
https://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1929.txt
for a bunch of media reports about this as of June, when the stations
were headed toward an FCC license revocation hearing. How did that
go?
If Bob lose his own outlets, there`s always on SW ``the last
free-speech radio station``, which has already welcomed some felons
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1490, Oct 15 at 1322 UT, weather, ``Fabulous KDMO Morning
Show``, ``Red Sails in the Sunset``, i.e. Carthage MO in the SW
corner, briefly dominating the jungle around sunrise with NOS format
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1503.2 & 1476.8 kHz, Oct 14 at 0615 UT, slightly
wandering spurblobs, 13.2v kHz above and below out of some 1490
station, now here. I can tell it`s talk modulation but far too
distorted to read. Now not so sure about previous DF of WSW/ENE (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1550, Oct 15 at 1315 UT, NPR Morning Edition // but not
synch with delayed for IBOC 91.7 KOSU. Has to be KUAZ Tucson, 50 kW ND
daytimer. Oh2, official FCC October sunrise is not until 1330
(November: 1400). Anyhow, always great to hear a public radio station
on AM, of which there are vanishingly few especially around here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [non]. 1580, Oct 14 at 1438 UT, KOKB Blackwell still off
the air like yesterday afternoon, uncovering two weak signals making a
fast SAH -- most likely next-closest KHGG AR with KGAF Gainesville TX,
or maybe KFCS Colorado Springs, 10 kW ND daytimer two hours after SR
here, and well after its 1315 UT sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Oct 17 at 1830 UT, KOKB Blackwell is on the air
again after another absence, sports talk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Oct 18 at 1807 UT, KOKB Blackwell is off again.
What is going on with this station? When on it sounds fine with no
technical problems (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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