Monday, July 30, 2007

Blog Logs


Welcome to Monday, and Blog Logs. This mornings focus is on logs from the folks at MARE, with the first log from CKZN Newfoundland. Thanks as always, and best of DX!
Gayle VH

all times UTC

CANADA: 6160 CKZN St. Johns NL (p); 2203, 24-July; End of CBC News, into As It Happens in EE. SIO=222. Still no sign of 6070 CFRX. (Frodge-MI)

ECUADOR: 4919 Radio Quito (p); 0418-0430+, 11-July; SS sports cmtry pgm. ID? promo @0428, but too much QRN. SIO=232, abominable swiper QRM, a bit better in LSB. (Frodge-MI)

GUATEMALA: 4780 Radio Cultural Coatan; 0042-0101+, 24-July; M in SS w/exhortive talk; has cadence of a sermon, but sounds more political. ID @0100 after brief London Bridge is Falling Down! SIO=332 w/het from 4781.5, LSB takes it out. (Frodge-MI)

USA: 6890 WWRB Manchester TN; 0215-0228+, 17-July; Science, Scripture & Salvation; Science & The Bible; Non-Bro. Stair pgm & right into Bro. Stair @0219 also knocking science. 6890 has been off more often than on in recent weeks. SIO=453+; not //3185 w/EE rlgn, SIO=554; neither one //5050, SIO=4+54 w/EE miracle drug pgm. (Frodge-MI)

Ulitlity stations
25910/FM WBAP Fort Worth TX studio relay; 2232-2241+, 24-July; Ad string including Dallas-Ft. Worth Lexus dealers, Cordell & Cordell domestic litigation; News-Talk 8-20 WBAP; Sean Hannity. Good peaks to zilch. (Frodge-MI) 25950/FM KOA Denver CO studio relay; 1831-1844+, 16-July; News Radio 8-50 KOA; Rush Limbaugh. Xlnt peaks but brief QSBs to zilch. (Frodge-MI)

VHF/UHF
154.440 Midland MI Fire Dispatch; 2053, 14-July (Frodge-MI)
155.730 Gratiot County MI, Police Dispatch; 6:30PM EDT, 22-July; Call to a domestic in North Star. (Frodge-MI)
155.790 Bay City MI, Police Dispatch; 2358, 14-July, Man in a van stole a load of bricks. (Frodge-MI)
158.790 Gladwin MI Medical Dispatch (p); 2057, 14-July; ID from call locations; several calls to Clement IC (Frodge-MI)
453.875 Bay City MI, Dial-a-Ride (p); 2030, 14-July; ID from pickup addresses. (Frodge-MI)

Analog TV
Scan 6:55-7:15 AM 20/July from the hotel in St Ignace --Zichi
2 CHBX ON Sault Ste Marie CTV w/Canada AM VFA 153-
4 WTOM MI Cheboygan NBC 7/4 555
5 CJIC ON Sault Ste Marie CBC (some sources say call is now CBLT-5, but this (old?) call is what the local media still lists)
Kids-CBC programming w/Arthur VFA 153
20 CICO ON Sault Ste Marie TVO w/Paddington Bear--Presumed
38 CHCH ON Sault Ste Marie presumed
45 WFUP MI Gaylord/Vanderbuilt w/Fox33 IDs & w/Fox 2 Detroit AM Show VFA 153-
64 W43CM MI Pickford "Fox33" IDs VFA 154-
(Source: Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts # 452)