Blog Logs - Mediumwave
The following are samples of what the DXers from Michigan Area Radio Ensthusiats are hearing. Thanks to MARE for permission to post from your fine newsletter.
Gayle V.H.
Latin American
530 Radio Christiana, Turks & Caicos Is.; 2315-22+, 2-Dec; SS rlgs
pgm; ID'd twice as Radio Christiana, not Radio Voz Christiana--
name change? On top & getting het from 531!--but no audio.
(Frodge-DXP)
670 Radio Rebelde, Cuba; 2358-2433+, 6/7-Dec; Speech by W in SS //5025;
switched to EZL music after 2400. u/almost = WSCR Chicago's Score;
another weak talker there...c'mon Boise! WWFE came up @2410
(Frodge-MI)
850 Radio Reloj, Cuba; 0252, 2-Dec; Weak code RR u/WKNR (Frodge-DXP)
890 Radio Progreso, Cuba; 2228-45+, 6-Dec; SS children's pgm; promo
@2245, "Radio Progreso presenta...". u/= WLS (Frodge-MI)
950 Radio Reloj, Cuba; 2341, 29-Nov; Weak code RR u/WWJ (Frodge-MI)
960 Radio Reloj, Cuba; code, ticks heard weakly under the mess. 2333
11/29 (Russell)
---North American
540 WKFN Clarksville TN at 2219 w/ID and ads buried under CBEF. I
could have never heard this at home. (LC Dec 2 Brighton)
640 WCRV Colliersville TN; 0149, 3-Dec; AM 6-40 WCRV, Christian radio
for Memphis; USA News @0200. One in the mess (Frodge-DXP)
640 WGST Atlanta GA; 0006, 28-Nov; Your official weather station, AM
6-40 WGST, into cmtry pgm. Fair o/sounds-like opera! Need
USB to kill 639 het! (Frodge-MI)
650 WSM Nashville TN at 1916 w/country music. Good signal. Earliest
I've heard them. (LC Dec 1 Brighton)
660 KTNN Window Rock AZ at 0234 w/the neatest Navajo chants. Many
thanks, Harold. (LC Dec 2 Brighton)
70 WWFE Miami FL; 0010-33+, 7-Dec; SS call-in pgm, mentioning Miami
& Cuba; some callers rather intense; Promo @0030 including
call ID in SS--Dobleve-Dobleve-Efay-Ay. Came up suddenly
@0010 mixing w/Rebelde u/WSCR. FL #14 (Frodge-MI)
690 WIST New Orleans LA; 0027-35+, 28-Nov; Popped up w/ID; Tulane on
the WIST Sports Network; The talk of New Orleans AM 6-90
WIST; We are New Orleans' conservative talk radio station;
u/CINF in FF. Was hoping to ID the SS w/ranchera music.
(Frodge-MI)
750 WSB Atlanta GA at 0322 w/news. (LC Dec 3 Brighton)
920 CFRY Portage la Prairie MB; 2308-24+, 6-Dec; Ads/Portage Mutual
Ins., Metcalfe Case-IH; Portageonline.com spot; This is CFRY
AM 9-20 & 93.1 FM; C&W mx; Hi -13, low -34 tomorrow! (C or F
...that's cold!). Peaks on top, mixing w/rlgs talk & Xmas
music stns. (Frodge-MI)
930 KOGA Ogallala NE; 0917 11/19 NOS music, local spots with mentions
of Ogallala, then KOGA call id. New catch. Be careful,
there is another similar music station on 930. (Russell)
930 WEOL Elyria OH @ 10:52 P (Line)
930 WEOL Elyria OH at 1921 w/mucho ads. (LC Dec 1 Brighton)
940 CINW Montreal QC @ 11:10 P (Line)
940 CJGX Yorkton SK; 2349-2400+, 29-Nov; GX-94, C&W, Yorkton spots,
spot for Radio BINGO! Peaks o/CINW; rlgs music & SS also
challenging. (Frodge-MI)
960 KMA Shenandoah IA; 2254 11/29 Bill O'Reilly pgm. Promo "Start
your day with Chuck and Dean on Radio KMA". Not heard before
2244, and gone at 2300. Short window of opportunity? Thanks
to Harold for time tip. I've been after this one for a while.
New catch. (Russell)
960 KMA Shenandoah IA; 2244-2250+, 28-Nov; Regional Radio KMA; ads
for Clarinda Medical Center, Glenwood Farm Equipment; call-
in pgm. Good stretches o/WHAK. (Frodge-MI)
960 WHAK Rogers City MI; 2210-35+, 27-Nov; Now C&W Thunder Country;
Thunder Country 94.1 & 100.7; Thunder Country Weather Eye.
Good peaks but up/down on short cycle w/talker & oldies.
(Frodge-MI)
960 WSBT South Bend IN; 2316 11/29 Sports call-in about Notre Dame
going to a bowl game. (Russell)
960 WSBT South Bend IN; 2231, 27-Nov; Your home for the Chicago
Bears, News-Talk 9-60 WSBT. One in the mix. (Frodge-MI)
960 UNID 2306, 28-Nov; Hrd The South's Sports Authority. Best guess
would be WERC Birmingham AL, but couldn't dredge up any-
thing definitive. (Frodge-MI)
980 CFPL London ON @11:30 P (Line)
980 WONE Dayton OH @11:30 P (Line)
980 WTEM Washington DC @11:30 P (Line)
1180 WXLA Dimondale MI (p) Timeless Classics format change. 7:55 am
10/15 (Russell)
1300 WOOD Grand Rapids MI at 0134 w/tfc and news. Weak and often in-
audible. Not any better at home. (LC Dec 3 Brighton)
1310 WDOD Chattanooga TN at 0543 w/Christmas parade info. Moderate.
(LC Dec 2 Brighton)
1360 WTAQ Green Bay WI; 1142-49+, 29-Nov; Green Bay spots, lcl wx &
CST TC; 2M w/lcl sports prg. Fair peaks in mess (Frodge-MI)
1390 WNIO Youngstown OH 0303 w/news, then standards (LC Dec 3 Brighton)
1400 WBBD Wheeling WV at 0238 w/standards. No sign of WDTK. (LC Dec 3
Brighton)
1470 WMBD Peoria IL at 0118 w/ads, then talk. Good signal. (LC Dec 3
Brighton)
1520 KRHW Sikeston MO at 0129 w/classic country. Good signal. (LC Dec 3
Brighton)
1600 WWRL New York NY; 7pm 11/8 heard on car radio. Air America, WWRL
call heard, but also sounded like WWRA at times. New catch.
(Russell)
(Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts/ Tip Sheet # 439)
The following are samples of what the DXers from Michigan Area Radio Ensthusiats are hearing. Thanks to MARE for permission to post from your fine newsletter.
Gayle V.H.
Latin American
530 Radio Christiana, Turks & Caicos Is.; 2315-22+, 2-Dec; SS rlgs
pgm; ID'd twice as Radio Christiana, not Radio Voz Christiana--
name change? On top & getting het from 531!--but no audio.
(Frodge-DXP)
670 Radio Rebelde, Cuba; 2358-2433+, 6/7-Dec; Speech by W in SS //5025;
switched to EZL music after 2400. u/almost = WSCR Chicago's Score;
another weak talker there...c'mon Boise! WWFE came up @2410
(Frodge-MI)
850 Radio Reloj, Cuba; 0252, 2-Dec; Weak code RR u/WKNR (Frodge-DXP)
890 Radio Progreso, Cuba; 2228-45+, 6-Dec; SS children's pgm; promo
@2245, "Radio Progreso presenta...". u/= WLS (Frodge-MI)
950 Radio Reloj, Cuba; 2341, 29-Nov; Weak code RR u/WWJ (Frodge-MI)
960 Radio Reloj, Cuba; code, ticks heard weakly under the mess. 2333
11/29 (Russell)
---North American
540 WKFN Clarksville TN at 2219 w/ID and ads buried under CBEF. I
could have never heard this at home. (LC Dec 2 Brighton)
640 WCRV Colliersville TN; 0149, 3-Dec; AM 6-40 WCRV, Christian radio
for Memphis; USA News @0200. One in the mess (Frodge-DXP)
640 WGST Atlanta GA; 0006, 28-Nov; Your official weather station, AM
6-40 WGST, into cmtry pgm. Fair o/sounds-like opera! Need
USB to kill 639 het! (Frodge-MI)
650 WSM Nashville TN at 1916 w/country music. Good signal. Earliest
I've heard them. (LC Dec 1 Brighton)
660 KTNN Window Rock AZ at 0234 w/the neatest Navajo chants. Many
thanks, Harold. (LC Dec 2 Brighton)
70 WWFE Miami FL; 0010-33+, 7-Dec; SS call-in pgm, mentioning Miami
& Cuba; some callers rather intense; Promo @0030 including
call ID in SS--Dobleve-Dobleve-Efay-Ay. Came up suddenly
@0010 mixing w/Rebelde u/WSCR. FL #14 (Frodge-MI)
690 WIST New Orleans LA; 0027-35+, 28-Nov; Popped up w/ID; Tulane on
the WIST Sports Network; The talk of New Orleans AM 6-90
WIST; We are New Orleans' conservative talk radio station;
u/CINF in FF. Was hoping to ID the SS w/ranchera music.
(Frodge-MI)
750 WSB Atlanta GA at 0322 w/news. (LC Dec 3 Brighton)
920 CFRY Portage la Prairie MB; 2308-24+, 6-Dec; Ads/Portage Mutual
Ins., Metcalfe Case-IH; Portageonline.com spot; This is CFRY
AM 9-20 & 93.1 FM; C&W mx; Hi -13, low -34 tomorrow! (C or F
...that's cold!). Peaks on top, mixing w/rlgs talk & Xmas
music stns. (Frodge-MI)
930 KOGA Ogallala NE; 0917 11/19 NOS music, local spots with mentions
of Ogallala, then KOGA call id. New catch. Be careful,
there is another similar music station on 930. (Russell)
930 WEOL Elyria OH @ 10:52 P (Line)
930 WEOL Elyria OH at 1921 w/mucho ads. (LC Dec 1 Brighton)
940 CINW Montreal QC @ 11:10 P (Line)
940 CJGX Yorkton SK; 2349-2400+, 29-Nov; GX-94, C&W, Yorkton spots,
spot for Radio BINGO! Peaks o/CINW; rlgs music & SS also
challenging. (Frodge-MI)
960 KMA Shenandoah IA; 2254 11/29 Bill O'Reilly pgm. Promo "Start
your day with Chuck and Dean on Radio KMA". Not heard before
2244, and gone at 2300. Short window of opportunity? Thanks
to Harold for time tip. I've been after this one for a while.
New catch. (Russell)
960 KMA Shenandoah IA; 2244-2250+, 28-Nov; Regional Radio KMA; ads
for Clarinda Medical Center, Glenwood Farm Equipment; call-
in pgm. Good stretches o/WHAK. (Frodge-MI)
960 WHAK Rogers City MI; 2210-35+, 27-Nov; Now C&W Thunder Country;
Thunder Country 94.1 & 100.7; Thunder Country Weather Eye.
Good peaks but up/down on short cycle w/talker & oldies.
(Frodge-MI)
960 WSBT South Bend IN; 2316 11/29 Sports call-in about Notre Dame
going to a bowl game. (Russell)
960 WSBT South Bend IN; 2231, 27-Nov; Your home for the Chicago
Bears, News-Talk 9-60 WSBT. One in the mix. (Frodge-MI)
960 UNID 2306, 28-Nov; Hrd The South's Sports Authority. Best guess
would be WERC Birmingham AL, but couldn't dredge up any-
thing definitive. (Frodge-MI)
980 CFPL London ON @11:30 P (Line)
980 WONE Dayton OH @11:30 P (Line)
980 WTEM Washington DC @11:30 P (Line)
1180 WXLA Dimondale MI (p) Timeless Classics format change. 7:55 am
10/15 (Russell)
1300 WOOD Grand Rapids MI at 0134 w/tfc and news. Weak and often in-
audible. Not any better at home. (LC Dec 3 Brighton)
1310 WDOD Chattanooga TN at 0543 w/Christmas parade info. Moderate.
(LC Dec 2 Brighton)
1360 WTAQ Green Bay WI; 1142-49+, 29-Nov; Green Bay spots, lcl wx &
CST TC; 2M w/lcl sports prg. Fair peaks in mess (Frodge-MI)
1390 WNIO Youngstown OH 0303 w/news, then standards (LC Dec 3 Brighton)
1400 WBBD Wheeling WV at 0238 w/standards. No sign of WDTK. (LC Dec 3
Brighton)
1470 WMBD Peoria IL at 0118 w/ads, then talk. Good signal. (LC Dec 3
Brighton)
1520 KRHW Sikeston MO at 0129 w/classic country. Good signal. (LC Dec 3
Brighton)
1600 WWRL New York NY; 7pm 11/8 heard on car radio. Air America, WWRL
call heard, but also sounded like WWRA at times. New catch.
(Russell)
(Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts/ Tip Sheet # 439)