Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Holiday medium wave monitoring


Thanks to the fine folks at MARE (Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts) for sharing their loggings from the latest enewsletter. Looks like DX has been good, and the plenty of AM bandscanning!
GVH

Latin American:
570 CMDC Radio Reloj Santa Clara Cuba SP "RR" ID + time ticks
12/20 0140 am (DT)

Latin American:
570 CMDC Radio Reloj Santa Clara Cuba SP "RR" ID + time ticks
12/20 0140 am (DT)

North America
540 CBK SK Regina, CBC news, talk about Regina 12/22 1220 (DT)
540 KWMT IA Fort Dodge ID news 12/27 1800 (DT)
560 WSAU WI Wausau ID 12/27 1723 (DT)
560 WFIL Philadelphia PA DX Test 5:00-5:30 am 12/10 via tape. Various
code, tones. Signal got weaker after 5:30 am due to change
hey made. (Russell)
640 WWLS OK Moore, ID weather and traffic 12/22 1305 (DT)
650 WSM Nashville, TN some nice blue grass mx, 12/20 0145 am (DT)
720 WGN IL Chicago ID traffic report 12/28 1605 (DT)
740 WRPQ WI Baraboo ID adult contemporary mx 12/27 1849 (DT)
750 WNDZ IN Portage ID contemporary mx 12/27 1857 (DT)
780 WWOL NC Forest City. 12/17 0754. Weather forecast and mention
that The Fellowship Hour was coming up at 8 a.m. ID as
"Gospel Voice of the Carolinas, WWOL". (NjW-BR)
790 WQSV TN Ashland City. 12/16 1919. Local commercials mixing
with the Cuban-Radio Reloj. ID: "WQSV AM 7-90, your
community minded voice in Ashland City". (NjW-BR)
850 KOA CO Denver, ID, huge signal sports program on Broncos
12/22 0246 (DT)
920 WOKY WI Milwaukee ID 12/27 1935 (DT)
920 WGKA GA Atlanta 12/16 1721. Over top of CKNX-Wingham with
ID: "We're Atlanta's new talk station, 9-20 WGKA". (NjW-BR)
Last heard as WGST in 1978.
980 WONE Dayton OH; 2332-46+, 14-Dec; The Sports Animal, 9-80 Homer
(both apparently relatively new slogans); fishing show; ads
for Grosse Lumber in Carlisle, Gallagher Tire & C&D RV.
Took over on top from WTEM. (Frodge-MI)
1060 WLNO LA New Orleans. 12/16 0827. Voice of Truth Broadcast from
the First Baptist Church of Algiers and ID. No sign of
KYW. (NjW-BR)
1070 WAPI Birmingham AL; 2200-08+, 15-Dec; ABC News; Alabama's Big
Talker, 1070 WAPI; Sean Hannity. Took over from WIBC as
dominant stn. after 2200. (Frodge-MI)
1140 WRVA VA Richland, ID weather 12/23 0218 (DT)
1150 WHBY WI Kimberly, ID 12/23 0220 (DT)
1190 WIXE NC Monroe. 12/17 0738. Bluegrass music. Sounded like
satellite program. ID at 0749 during break in program. (NjW-BR)
1190 WOWO IN Fort Wayne, ID sports 12/23 0230 (DT)
1200 WOAI San Antonio, TX news, ID, 12/21 0105 am (DT)
1260 WDKN TN Dickson. 12/16 1932. Sign-off announcement read by
woman. (NjW-BR)
1270 WKBF Rock Island, IL continuous Christmas music for an hour,
ID at TOH, 12/21 0100 am (DT)
1410 WNWZ Grand Rapids MI; 2102, 21-Dec; M is SS w/La Maquina promo
then Dog Bark Jingle Bells (always a Latino favorite!).
Fair (Frode-MI)
1420 WOC IA Davenport, ID 12/22 2018 (DT)
1430 CHKT ON Toronto OM and YL in Chinese, BBC news in EE 12/27
2132 (DT)
1500 KSTP MN St. Paul ID news 12/28 0103 (DT)
1500 WGEN IL Geneseo, ID talk 12/22 1623 (DT)
1520 KHRW MO Sikeston ID C&W 12/28 0210 (DT)
1690 WNON IL Berwyn, ID 12/22 1215 (DT)
1700 KBGG IA Des Moines, ID "24-hr power" 12/22 2250 (DT)
(Source: Mare Tip Sheet # 432)