The following loggings represent what has recently been heard on medium wave from Mexico and Trans-Atlantic stations, from DXers in the Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts club.
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Gayle VH
Latin American
1700 MEXICO XEPE Tecate BCN Oct 22 1145-1200 -- Mixing with WEUP-Huntsville and KBGG-Des Moines with Headline News programming. Local break with several IDs as "Cash 1700" and mention of the Cash 1700’s Imperial Capital Bank studios. Commercial for Pacific
Weight Loss Center. Legal ID in Spanish just before 8 a.m./1200 UTC. (Wolfish-Q2) {Also heard the following morning in Toronto on car radio at 1159 UTC with commercial for Harloff BMW in Encinitas CA}
1700 XEPE Tecate BCN. Mexico; 1147-1200, 22-Oct; Cash 1700 where money talks; Best of Baja feature; Soul Factory feature; CNN Headline News spot. All in EE except for SS call/QTH ID @1157:55. Good, well o/KBGG(p) till some @#%&*! turned on their IBOCssssssss @1200. (HF-ON)
1700 XEPE Tecate BCN, Mexico; 1039-1116+, 25-Oct; sandiego.com spot, business-news radio spot, CNN Headline News. Mixing w/KBGG, WEUP, KKLF & nostalgia. Nobody really dominant. Only one peak on top for 1+ min., but copyable off & on. XE #20 (Frodge-MI)
Trans-Atlantic
531 Rdf Sonore, Algeria (p); 0421, 21-Oct; M talking in FF. Up only briefly & need USB to minimize 530 CIAO. (Frodge-MI)
747 SPAIN/CANARY IS., RNE 5 October 21 0305 -- fair with presumed woman reading presumed news in Spanish. (Wolfish-Q2)
999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid October 20 2327 --noted with Spanish talk. (Wolfish-Q2)
1134 CROATIA Glas Hrvatske, Zadar October 20 2332 -- Good signal with Croatian pop song that sounded a bit like Pink Floyd’s "Wish You Were Here" at the start. (Wolfish-Q2)
1206 FRANCE France Info, Bourdeaux October 20 2338 -- fair signal with "Peter Gunn" theme. Parallel to a weaker 1377-Lille. (Wolfish-Q2)
1359 SPAIN RNE 1, Arganda Del Rey October 21 0331 -- noted in passing with Spanish talk. (Wolfish-Q2)
1413 ENGLAND BBC Gloucester October 20 2310 -- presumed with news that seemed to be parallel to BBC on 198. Weak signal. (Wolfish-Q2)
(Source: MARE Tip Sheet # 426)