Tim-H-DXpedition-Report-2019-FINAL-IRCA-for-Publication

Tim Hall's October 2019 Border Inn DXpedition (final report) Tim Hall – Loggings from the Border Inn beverage site, US 6/50 @NV/UT border, Oct 24-28 2019 All dates/times UT For those who don't know me, 99% of my DXing is done in one annual trip to the Nevada-Utah border I make over 100 Perseus recordings on each of these trips Each year I hustle to file a preliminary report (partial 30-day review of recordings) to meet DX club publication deadlines, then I spend about more months reviewing the rest of the recordings, leaving me about months to get all of my station lists, targets, etc., set up for the next trip October seems to be a great month for catching "operational glitches" (especially stations switching to day rig at the wrong time) Some of these anomalies have been observed before, and may be good DX targets again in October 2020 Since my preliminary report, I have discovered a number of excellent new catches, including several very surprising "W" call regional stations DOMESTIC (US/CANADA): 530 ADK 540 550 560 570 580 AK, Adak - Mount Moffett (Western Aleutians) 10/26 1328 - Steady signal with ADK Morse Code beacon over unidentified TIS or HAR I don't normally count beacons, but since this one is operating in the AM broadcast band I'm going to make an exception I don't know what power they are running 3059 miles New, AK #3 HAR NV, Jackpot 10/26 0255 - Faded up over presumed Enciclopedia, Rebelde, and CHLO with short tape loop from Nevada Department of Transportation, instructing listeners to get road conditions by calling 511 or visiting nvroads.com This would seemingly have to be the Jackpot station, which has been heard running this very short message while we were in Jackpot a few years ago The station in Ely, which we heard as we drove through town on our way home, runs a slightly longer message that mentions both 1610 and 530 AM, and the station in Wells was silent the last time we drove through This wire was aimed right at Jackpot, and picked up the Idaho DoT stations on 1610 just across the border in Rogerson, ID and a bit further north in Bellevue, ID Approximately 204 miles New, NV #34 WPWA752 UT, Antelope Island State Park 10/26 0139 - Mixing with CHLO with long message about the park by a male announcer 171 miles Relog CHLO ON, Brampton 10/26 0257 - Finally caught them (using ENNE wire to knock down the Cubans more effectively) Good steady signal with Friday night Punjabi programming, theme music, ID "This is AM 5-30, CHLO-AM Brampton, serving Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto, the GTA and the world at am530.ca The opinions expressed in the following programme are those of the host and their guests, and not reflect the views and opinions of the management and staff of CHLO AM 530." This was followed by the 11:00 news Listed 250w 1785 miles New, ON #10 UnID UnID 10/26 0322 - Fighting with unidentified weather station and Antelope Island TIS on N wire, a clear mention of the City of Pinehurst The only Pinehurst is the northwest is Pinehurst, Idaho, which is less than degrees off the beam of this antenna There was once a city TIS in nearby Kellogg Sadly, the FCC TIS search page is useless in that it only includes about half the stations on the air, the others stupidly being licensed by some other government agency I contacted a reporter at the local newspaper in nearby Osburn, but he was unable to tell me if there was a 530 AM active in his area UnID UnID 10/26 1330 - On SE/NW wire, in heavy slop, mixing with ADK, a male voice seemed to mention Eugene, and a few minutes later Ashland There is a station near Ashland which gets out well UnID UnID 10/27 1258 - On N wire, sounded like "welcome to Cold Springs, Colorado" which doesn't make sense given the antenna direction KVIP CA, Redding 10/26 0059 - Faded up under KYAH with talk about the station's recent Share-a-Thon 449 miles Relog KWMT IA, Fort Dodge 10/26 1230 - Appeared suddenly alongside CBK as they switched to day rig "True country AM 5-40, KWMT." 1061 miles Relog KDFT TX, Ferris 10/27 0157 - Briefly on top of channel on E wire with usual slogan "la nueva poderosa 5-40 AM" Listed 249w nights 1075 miles Relog KYAH UT, Delta 10/27 0158 - Barely audible under KDFT with ID They definitely drop to 13w nights They're the second closest station to this DX location, but both (the other one being KELY-1230) are rarely audible at night +10/27 1214 - Under XETX on E wire with two southern-accented men talking about an odd assortment of topics - race horse breeding, home construction, etc., but primarily fishing/boating I originally suspected KMLB, which would have just switched to day power at this time, or WKFN, which would have switched to day power 15 minutes earlier, but after checking everyone's web streams at this hour on Sunday morning, I found it was merely KYAH, one of only stations within a 100 mile radius of this DX location, running a Sunday morning show about fishing 82 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/26 0134 - Way under CBK and XESURF on N (ID/MT) wire with caterwauling female vocal version of Star Spangled Banner Maybe just KYAH? KUZZ CA, Bakersfield 10/26 0102 - Country music, jingle "107.9 KUZZ." 371 miles Relog KLLV CO, Breen 10/26 0059 - Mixing with KFYI and KRAI Contemporary Christian music and ID Very distorted audio, as in recent years This daytimer has been cheating (operating 24/7) for at least 15 years, and running terrible audio for at least a few years now 349 miles Relog KRAI CO, Craig 10/26 0133 - Under KBOW's high school football with country music, ID and slogan "55 country, your country favorites old and new." 360 miles Relog KFRM KS, Salina 10/25 2351 - Audible with KRAI during some dead air on KLLV with "When Radio Was." Still on day rig at this hour There aren't many stations that run these old radio shows this early in the evening (6-7pm local time), but I like it! 875 miles Relog KBOW MT, Butte 10/26 0257 - High school football Missoula Hellgate Knights @Butte Bulldogs 483 miles Relog KFYR ND, Bismarck 10/26 0000 - High school football Bismarck Demons at Bismarck Century Patriots 867 miles Relog KOAC OR, Corvallis 10/26 1304 - NPR news followed by OPB news 607 miles Relog KCRS TX, Midland 10/27 1218 - Faded up under messy KLLV and one or two other stations with ID "news talk 5-50 KCRS." 828 miles Relog KBLU AZ, Yuma 10/25 1359 - "News talk 5-60 KBLU" ID in heavy static just after my local sunrise 438 miles Relog KSFO CA, San Francisco 10/26 0059 - Over KLZ with ad for Flegel's Home Furnishings in Menlo Park 459 miles Relog KMON MT, Great Falls 10/26 0139 - College hockey University of Providence Argos vs BYU Cougars During the intermission between periods, they broadcast several minutes of play-by-play from the big crosstown high school football game (Great Falls Russell Rustlers @Great Falls Bison) that was airing on KXGF-1400 (I don't think KMON and KXGF are co-owned, so I don't think they were actually relaying KXGF They said the coverage was coming from the "Central Montana Radio Network") 594 miles Relog KLVI TX, Beaumont 10/26 0305 - Way under KMON, KLZ and presumed KSFO with post-game or recap of high school football Vidor Pirates @Nederland Bulldogs 1300 miles Relog KPQ WA, Wenatchee 10/26 0314 - On top of channel with Wenatchee hockey 659 miles Relog KCFJ CA, Alturas 10/26 0059 - Ad for Modoc County Cattlemen's Association dinner at the Brass Rail restaurant in Alturas Strange top-of-hour ID: "Bonanza, Oregon! This is KCFJ Alturas California, reaching out to you!" 374 miles Relog KWML NM, Las Cruces 10/26 0119 - High school football Carlsbad Cavemen @Las Cruces Bulldawgs "Bulldawgs football on cool oldies 104.5." Opposing team's coverage was on KCCC-930 617 miles Relog WNAX SD, Yankton 10/27 0024 - "News talk radio 5-70 WNAX" into weather forecast 910 miles Relog KVI WA, Seattle 10/26 0300 - Mixing with WNAX and KNRS, with usual ID "America's first conservative talk station, 5-70 KVI Seattle" into ABC news 714 miles Relog CKSW SK, Swift Current 10/26 1214 - Under WNAX with country music, Country Calendar, mention of Swift Current, followed by weather forecast with temperatures in Celsius +10/27 1259 - End of "People's Gospel Hour," followed by repeated ID: "We hope you're enjoying this inspirational programming on CKSW 5-70." 824 miles Relog, but rare KSAZ AZ, Marana 10/26 0100 - Under KUBC with contemporary Mexican music and slogan "la nueva radio casa." Still Spanish religion, but Spanish contemporary Christian music imitates many other styles of music Audio is sometimes very distorted Later that evening, I heard announcements that KPHX-1480 has joined KCKY-1150 in simulcasting this station Despite the "radio casa" slogan, KSAZ, KCKY and KPHX are not //KASA1540 481 miles Relog KUBC KIDO WIBW KRFE 590 KTIE KCSJ KID WEZE KGLE KXSP KUGN KLBJ KSUB KQNT 600 KVNA KOGO KCOL WMT KGEZ KSJB KROD KTBB CJWW 610 KAVL KEAR KCSP KOJM KCSR KRTA KVNU KONA 620 KIGS KPOJ KTNO CKRM 630 KFXD KSLR KCIS KTRW CHED UnID UnID UnID 640 KWPN WCRV CO, Montrose 10/27 1215 - Local ad string including Home Comfort Services 258-0930, Tayshen Automotive in Delta, R&R Sports Bar, and Montrose Elks Lodge Annual Charity Ball These guys were louder than ever this year, and a pest on pretty much every wire, which has never been the case before I can't say they were running day rig overnight, but they sure seemed louder than normal 335 miles Relog ID, Boise 10/26 0204 - End of Fox News, ID, ad for Financial Planner Ron Grant 208-660-1372, and into Lars Larson show 334 miles Relog KS, Topeka 10/25 0056 - Thursday night high school football Manhattan Indians @Topeka Highland Park Scots 977 miles Relog TX, Lubbock 10/27 0159 - Faded up over perennial pests KUBC and WIBW with quick ID "right here on AM 5-80 KRFE Lubbock." Listed 290w nights 779 miles Relog CA, San Bernardino 10/28 0157 - Local ad break for businesses in 909 area code and an event at the Ontario Convention Center 388 miles Relog CO, Pueblo 10/26 0059 - Ad for store selling CSU Pueblo Thunderwolves fan gear, followed by ID "KCSJ Pueblo, an iHeartRadio station" into Fox News 509 miles Relog ID, Idaho Falls 10/26 0259 - Ben Shapiro show, ID and Fox news 330 miles Relog MA, Boston (presumed) 10/25 0523 - Faded up under KXSP and KCSJ on ENE wire with Jay Sekulow Live program soliciting for recurring monthly donations to ACLJ Checked the program schedule of every talk and religious station on 590 (and the station finder on the Jay Sekulow Live web site) and found that only WEZE carries the show at this hour WEZE is exactly 70 degrees from the Border Inn (exactly the angle my antenna was aimed), and CHLO-530 and CHHA-1610 were booming in at this time 2234 miles New, MA #2 MT, Glendive 10/27 0113 - Have been trying for this station for my last several visits Finally caught a few seconds of contemporary Christian music //web stream, a few minutes before they switched to night rig, on one of the most optimal sunset skip days of the year, with an antenna aimed almost right at Glendive 724 miles New, MT #42 NE, Omaha 10/25 2359 - Mixing with KID and a few other stations "AM 5-90 ESPN Omaha, KXSP Omaha." Also mentioned an FM HD2 simulcast 962 miles Relog OR, Eugene 10/26 0359 - Oregon Ducks promo mixing with KQNT, KSUB and KLBJ 580 miles Relog TX, Austin 10/26 0359 - Promo and ID under KUGN, KSUB and KQNT 1110 miles Relog UT, Cedar City 10/25 2350 - High school football Washington Crimson Cliffs Mustangs @Cedar Redmen "Reds" (playoff game, started at 4pm local time), sponsored by Webster Orthodontics The same game was airing on KHKR-1210 105 miles Relog WA, Spokane 10/26 1315 - Mixing with KID, with talk programming, "thousand dollar payday" contest promo and ID 612 miles Relog AZ, Flagstaff 10/28 1159 - Faded up under KOGO with ESPN programming, ID, and mention of 104.7 FM, then back to Golic and Wingo with trademark wailing trombone theme Listed 70w nights 297 miles Relog CA, San Diego 10/26 0133 - My local pest easily recognizable under KSJB with local newscast 469 miles Relog CO, Wellington 10/26 0105 - Well under KSJB with Fox news and weather sponsored by Delta Dental of Colorado 489 miles Relog IA, Cedar Rapids 10/26 0000 - Way under KSJB with ID "WMT Cedar Rapids, an iHeartRadio station." 1194 miles Relog MT, Kalispell 10/26 0137 - Faded up over KOGO and KSJB with high school football Missoula Big Sky Eagles @Flathead Braves Signal seems to have improved over recent years 628 miles Relog ND, Jamestown, 10/26 0059 - Country music, ID "your home for [North Dakota State] Bison football, KSJB, Jamestown, North Dakota." Noted later with additional tag "now also heard on the FM dial, at 100.1 FM." 939 miles Relog TX, El Paso 10/26 0118 - High school football Fabens Wildcats @Mountain View Lobos (this was confusing, because they had been scheduled to air the Hanks Knights @Canutillo Eagles) 654 miles Relog TX, Tyler 10/27 0459 - Faded up from the soup for nice clear ID "KTBB Tyler-Longview." Has been a common catch in recent years, but not in this year's sessions 1153 miles Relog SK, Saskatoon 10/26 0140 - Way under KSJB and a few other stations with classic country music and station phone number (800-667-3727) "Playing the best country music in full AM stereo, cjwwradio.com." 963 miles Relog CA, Lancaster 10/27 1118 - ID during break in Fox Sports programming 377 miles Relog CA, San Francisco 10/27 1216 - Faded up under or talk stations with Family Radio Bible reading program and hymns 453 miles Relog MO, Kansas City 10/26 1129 - Under unknown Gospel station and presumed XEGS with ad for Golden Oak Lending "visit our Kansas City office… call 913-890-GOLD." 1039 miles Relog MT, Havre 10/25 0059 - Under KVNU with PSA and ID +10/26 0156 - Way under KVNU and KCSR with high school football Lewiston Fergus Golden Eagles @Havre Blue Ponies (opposing team's coverage was on KXLO-1230) 692 miles Relog NE, Chadron 10/25 2359 - Way under KVNU with ID "…24 hours a day, AM 6-10 KCSR Chadron" into CBS news Also heard slogan "locally owned and operated since 1954, stereo AM 6-10 KCSR." Seems weaker in recent years +10/26 0143 - Faded up way under KVNU with high school football Gering Bulldogs @Chadron Cardinals (opposing team's coverage was on KNEB-960) Very weak signal Listed 118w nights +10/26 1158 - John Wayne Pledge of Allegiance followed by instrumental version of Star Spangled Banner, followed by ID and news 631 miles Relog OR, Medford 10/27 0457 - Regional Mexican music, ID in English by accented male announcer 510 miles Relog UT, Logan 10/25 2359 - On top of channel with high school playoff game Ogden Tigers @Logan Grizzlies (game started at 5pm local time) 212 miles Relog WA, Kennewick 10/26 0300 - ID by male announcer, followed by "Honeybaked Ham Scoreboard" high school football score update during halftime of Kennewick Lions @Richland Bombers 553 miles Relog CA, Hanford 10/26 1215 - Under CKRM with Punjabi chanting These guys tend to be a pest on almost every wire 355 miles Relog OR, Portland 10/26 1400 - Fighting with KJOL and KTAR with ID "Rip City radio, your home of the _, KPOJ AM Portland, an iHeartRadio station" followed by Fox Sports update 618 miles Relog TX, Plano 10/26 0145 - Under KJOL with high school football Dallas Sunset Bison @Highland Park Scots, sponsored by Sewell Automotive Cadillac Noted later that night using "radio oasis 6-20 AM" slogan for the overnight (11pm-5am) show, and the following morning with Radio Luz Spanish religious programming 1053 miles Relog SK Regina 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with college football Manitoba Bisons @University of Regina Rams 903 miles Relog ID, Boise 10/26 0300 - Under CHED with high school football Capital Eagles @Eagle Mustangs, sponsored by Mountain West Bank and Boise Muffler "Idaho's station for high school sports." Also still using slogan "sports radio 6-30 AM the fan." 330 miles Relog TX, San Antonio 10/28 1205 - Under CHED and KFXD with Truth for Life (Alistair Begg) Still using slogan "AM 6-30 the word." 1114 miles Relog WA, Edmonds 10/25 0126 - Way under KFXD/KPLY with last few minutes of Family Life Today program, which I was able to match to a program archive on the Bott Radio Network site (NOTE: Even if the station you're trying to ID is not a member of the Bott network, the Bott network web site archives an incredible number of programs which air on many other religious stations) 729 miles New, WA #88 WA, Opportunity 10/27 0058 - Faded up nicely for ID "This is KTRW, Opportunity-Spokane-Coeur d'Alene, the fabulous 6-30 AM" followed by a few seconds of harp music Listed 530w days 613 miles New, WA #89 AB, Edmonton 10/26 0300 - On top of channel with ID and local news Earlier this evening they were running Calgary Stampeders football 990 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0358 - Once again I have classical music on my ESE/WNW wire With no "doorbell" sounds at the top of the hour, I strongly suspect this is KIDD, still needed here, as opposed to unneeded XEPBGJ which is almost perpendicular to this antenna and was not noted at all this year KIDD was still on the air at this time UnID 10/25 0520, 10/26 0305, 10/26 0404 - Country music noted on ENE wire This would seemingly have to be needed CFCO Several other NY and ON stations were coming in at these times UnID 10/26 0211 - Regional Mexican music on ENE wire This was almost certainly needed WREY; they are only about degrees off the beam of this antenna, and their 2400w night power puts a pretty decent signal in my direction OK, Moore 10/26 1300 - Way under KFI with sports talk and "98.1 FM, WWLS, the sports animal" slogan 945 miles Relog TN, Collierville 10/26 1214 - Under KFI with Bott Network program "The Complete Story." Played back the archived episode on the Bott web site and found the exact spot in the interview that was on my recording 1355 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/26 1415 - Under KFI on the SE/NW wire, XEJUA was coming in at least 45 minutes after their local sunrise, but in the last few minutes of my recordings I'm getting traces of what sounds more like native music, the kind you might hear on KTNN, KNDN, or KYNR I suspect I may have briefly had KYUK, which would be running the Early Riser Music Show during this hour on a Saturday morning, per their web site Antenna direction was 315 degrees, and KYUK is at 322.5 which is pretty close Couldn't find them 15 minutes later on the NNW/SSE wire (333 degrees) so maybe it was just an unusual couple of songs on XEJUA… but I will try again on future visits (Conditions tend to deteriorate quickly at sunrise here, so I haven't made very many post-sunrise recordings to try to catch northwestern stations as they switch to day power) 650 KSTE CA, Rancho Cordova 10/26 0100 - Faded up over KMTI, KGAB and WSM with ID: "Armstrong & Getty weekdays from to 10 on Sacramento's best talk all day, an iHeartRadio station, KSTE, Rancho Cordova-Sacramento," followed by NBC News 391 miles New, CA #215 WSM TN, Nashville 10/26 0211 - Poked through KMTI and KGAB with multiple IDs 1501 miles Relog KMTI UT, Manti 10/26 0145 - Over KGAB and WSM with post-game show for high school football playoff Salina North Sevier Wolves @Coalville North Summit Braves, sponsored by Sunrise Engineering, Snow College, Skyline Motor Sports on Hwy 89 427-3900, Sanpete Valley Hospital, Risk Managers' Insurance 10 N Main St in Ephraim, and Park & Pump Sanpete Valley Conoco 130 miles Relog CISL BC, Richmond 10/26 1259 - "CISL Vancouver is Sportsnet 6-50" and mention of station web page and live stream 826 miles Relog CKOM SK, Saskatoon 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with John Gormley show //CJME-980 with ID for both stations 968 miles Relog 660 KGSV CA, Oildale 10/26 0321 - Mixing with KTNN and CFFR with Punjabi music Listed 1500w non-directional nights (STA) 449 miles Relog KEYZ ND, Williston 10/26 0109 - Under KTNN with high school football Minot Magicians @Williston Coyotes, sponsored by Farmers Union Insurance 113 Washington Avenue in Williston Opposing team's coverage was on KCJB-910 +10/26 0405 - Faded up under KTNN with promotional announcement for "6-60 Keys news radio" followed by weather from Weatherology 818 miles Relog WFAN NY, New York City 10/26 0237 - Faded up over KTNN with end of Brooklyn Nets basketball coverage "on 101.9 WFAN." 2114 miles New, NY #8 CFFR AB, Calgary 10/26 0257 - Local news and promotional announcements, ad for Sunridge Nissan 807 miles Relog 670 KLTT CO, Commerce City 10/25 2359 - Usual religious programming and commentary, with their IBOC slop crushing 660 and 680 on the NE wire 500 miles Relog WSCR IL, Chicago 10/26 0209 - Chicago Bulls basketball under KLTT 1372 miles Relog KMZQ NV, Las Vegas 10/27 0128 - On top of channel, clobbering KBOI with UCLA college football Seems they were late switching to night rig tonight 198 miles Relog 680 KKGR MT, East Helena 10/27 0000 - Putting a good dent in KNBR: "70s, 80s and more, KKGR, East Helena." Noted later on PSSA 529 miles Relog WPTF NC, Raleigh 10/26 1130 - Already on day rig, so about even with CJOB, with nice clear ID "news radio 6-80 WPTF" followed by weather from the WPTF weather center 1944 miles New, NC #2 WMFS TN, Memphis 10/28 1200 - Appeared suddenly as they went to day rig, way under KNBR with ESPN Golic & Wingo wailing trombone theme 1343 miles Relog KKYX TX, San Antonio 10/25 2350 - Local ad break including National Land Partners in Boerne Getting crushed by KLTT-670 IBOC slop, and soon lost to KNBR which was fading up at this time 1087 miles Relog CJOB MB, Winnipeg 10/26 0257 - Mixing with KNBR with Winnipeg Blue Bombers football 1103 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/26 1330 - Adult standards way under KNBR on NW/SE wire This is surely unneeded KBRD They are a great station, run by volunteers, but they are a little confused about their sign-on times; in October, they sign on an hour and 15 minutes earlier than they should 690 (KRGS CO, Rifle Not a trace of them this year Could they have been silent this weekend?) KEII ID, Blackfoot 10/26 2359 - Classic hits, "cannonball 101" slogans 297 miles Relog KGGF KS, Coffeyville 10/26 0209 - On top of CBKF1 with high school football Sedan Blue Devils @Howard West Elk Patriots, sponsored by Sedan Farm Supply, Prairieland Veterinary Services in Moline, Chautauqua County Historical & Genealogical Society, Red Buffalo Gift Shop in Sedan, Double C Insurance Agency in Moline and Howard, Longhorn Realty in Sedan 620-725-3321 "on the mighty 6-90, KGGF." 1015 miles Relog KRCO OR, Prineville 10/25 1315 - Country music and promo for website mycentraloregon.com followed by ID Listed 77w nights 507 miles Relog KPET TX, Lamesa (presumed) 10/27 1214 - Once again, I had a station running Gospel music on my E wire right as KSTL would be switching to day rig, but it's not KSTL At one point I heard a jingle that sounded like "Gospel men!" Paul Walker recognized this as the jingle for Gospel Greats with Paul Heil, which runs on KPET at this hour Listed 250w ND days/nights 806 miles Relog CBU BC, Vancouver 10/25 0559 - Way under XEWW with ID "this is CBC Radio One, 88.5 FM and 6-90 AM." They sure don't out like they used to 829 miles Relog CKGM QC, Montreal 10/25 0259 - About even with KGGF, over XEWW on ENE wire with local sports talk including CKGM studio phone number 514790-1690 2084 miles New, QC #2 CBKF1 SK, Gravelbourg 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with CBC French news I don't know if I've ever heard Canadians on the same channel before! 833 miles Relog 700 KMBX CA, Soledad 10/25 0358 - Esne Radio programming way under KALL 434 miles Relog WLW OH, Cincinnati 10/26 0401 - Suddenly on top of channel after deep fade for KALL, with "news radio hundred, WLW" ID, local traffic, and weather from meteorologist Steve Rollins 1582 miles Relog KGRV OR, Winston 10/26 0059 - Nice signal over KALL with "Words of New Hope" religious program 559 miles Relog KHSE TX, Wylie 10/26 0400 - Appeared suddenly with ID including translator K281CS-104.1 Some of their top-of-hour multi-station IDs include the phrase, "powered by Discount Tire." 1106 miles Relog KXLX WA, Airway Heights 10/25 0328 - On top of channel with Thursday night high school football University "U-High" Titans @Mead Panthers +10/25 0559 - Under CJLI with "ESPN 105.3" slogans 646 miles Relog CJLI AB, Calgary 10/26 0133 - Under KALL's World Series coverage with Focus on the Family 799 miles Relog 710 KBMB AZ, Black Canyon City 10/28 1157 - Older Mexican music, slogan "José, toca las de tu rancho," and ID about 20 seconds after the top of the hour On top of channel until XEDP signed on a few minutes later 359 miles Relog KFIA CA, Carmichael 10/27 0030 - "Sacramento's 7-10 AM the Word." 390 miles Relog KNUS CO, Denver 10/25 0259 - Promo for KNUS mobile app Rare here 493 miles Relog WAQI FL, Miami 10/27 2359 - Under Rebelde with pre-recorded English ID by male voice: "WAQI, Miami." 2141 miles New, FL #7 KCMO MO, Kansas City 10/26 0405 - PSA for Synergy Services (domestic violence / youth crisis services), ID 1044 miles Relog KXMR ND, Bismarck 10/26 0257 - University of North Dakota college hockey vs Bemidji State 850 miles Relog KGNC TX, Amarillo 10/26 0059 - Faded up under KFIA and Rebelde with slogan "Amarillo's news, talk and sports, 7-10 AM and 97.5 FM." 730 miles Relog KIRO WA, Seattle 10/26 0257 - ESPN World Series coverage and ID 713 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/26 1259 - On ESE wire, a garbled ID under KIRO and XEDP, mentioning 101.(7?) FM Possibly needed KEEL This would be 34 minutes after local sunrise, but their 50kW day rig throws a lot of signal in my direction UnID UnID 10/27 0306 - On NE (ND) wire, a station running classic rock "on your home for the classics, 96.1 the fox." KXMR is an iHeartRadio station, and 96.1 the Fox is in Crookston, MN, near Grand Forks, ND, so all I can guess is that whoever was running KXMR pulled up the wrong feed UnID UnID 10/27 2359 - On the E wire, mixing with Rebelde and briefly WAQI, I had one station with Fox news (possibly needed KURV?), and another with classical piano music 720 WGN IL, Chicago 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with local talk show and ID 1374 miles Relog KFIR OR, Sweet Home 10/26 0309 - Under WGN (no sign of KDWN on ESE/WNW wire) with high school football Lebanon Warriors @Corvallis Crescent Valley Raiders The press box must have been crowded, because KEJO-1240 and KGAL-1580 were covering the same game tonight! 603 miles Relog KSAH TX, Universal City 10/26 1242 - Under XEJCC and presumed KFIR with mix of regional Mexican and norteña music, "la estación de la raza" slogan 1116 miles Relog 730 KDBI ID, Boise 10/26 0257 - Ranchera music, slogan "la gran D, solamente grandes éxitos," and ID mentioning FM 106.3 and 106.7 These guys were loud on every wire this year Maybe stuck on day rig part of the weekend? 330 miles Relog KLOE KYYA KDAZ KEZX KKDA KULE CHMJ CKDM 740 KIDR KBRT KVOR KVFC KNFL KATK KRMG CBX CFZM 750 WSB WNDZ KERR KMMJ KXTG KAMA KOAL CKJH 760 KTBA KFMB KDFD WJR 770 KCBC KATL KKOB WABC KAAM KTTH CHQR 780 WBBM WIIN WJAG UnID 790 KURM KNST KABC KSPD KXXX WKRD KGHL KBET KWIL KS, Goodland 10/28 1214 - Weather and morning news sponsored by Christa Gilbert of Cultivated Ag Management in Burlington, CO Listed 20w nights/PSRA but audible all night on most wires, usually on top of channel just like KDBI, so I think they may have been stuck on day rig all weekend 657 miles Relog MT, Billings 10/26 0259 - Mixing with several other stations ID "from the Grizzly Gold & Silver studios, you're listening to news talk 7-30 KYYA Billings, where Billings and South Central Montana comes for information." Listed 236w nights 542 miles Relog NM, Albuquerque 10/26 0036 - Faded up under presumed KDBI and KSVN with promo "every night here on FM 96.9 / AM 7-30 KDAZ." Should have been on 76w night power by this time 491 miles Relog OR, Medford 10/26 1328 - Under KDBI with Fox Sports Listed 74w nights, no known PSRA 510 miles Relog TX, Grand Prairie 10/28 0059 - ID by Korean-accented announcer, followed by music box theme song heard on other Korean language stations such as KFOX-1650 Listed 500w nights 1045 miles Relog WA, Ephrata 10/26 0114 - Briefly audible under KDBI before switching to night power with instrumental music //KVAN-1560 Relog BC, Vancouver 10/26 1357 - Mixing with KDBI with ad for West Coast Mouldings and traffic promo 824 miles Relog MB, Dauphin 10/26 1214 - Good signal with country music, promo for Dauphin Movie Club, inviting listeners to visit 730ckdm.com for more details 1069 miles Relog AZ, Phoenix 10/26 0159 - Under CBX and over XEQN with Spanish Catholic programming, "en familia" slogan, and ID in Spanish 407 miles Relog CA, Costa Mesa 10/26 1357 - Faded up under KCBS with ID 412 miles Relog CO, Colorado Springs 10/25 2359 - "Colorado's radio leader for local news, 7-40 KVOR Colorado Springs-Pueblo, your station for _" into news 500 miles Relog CO, Cortez 10/26 1357 - Under KCBS and KBRT with local ads including Sun Ray Casino in Farmington 321 miles Relog ND, Fargo 10/26 1159 - "We've got you covered… AM 7-40 the fan, KNFL Fargo." 1037 miles Relog NM, Carlsbad 10/28 0259 - Mixing with KCBS and a few other stations, with regional Mexican music and ID in Spanish: "la raza, 93.9 FM y 7-40 AM, KATK Carlsbad." Listed 250w nights 714 miles Relog OK, Tulsa 10/26 1230 - Appeared suddenly over KNFL as they went to day rig, with ID and local Tulsa news 991 miles Relog AB, Edmonton 10/26 0257 - Over KCBS's traffic report with CBC "Ideas" program "This is CBC Radio 1, 7-40 AM and 93.9 FM in Edmonton." 985 miles Relog ON, Toronto 10/26 0404 - Easy listening music, songs confirmed via web page Noted several times later with "Zoomer Radio" slogan 1788 miles Relog GA, Atlanta 10/26 0125 - Way under KOAL and KAMA with ads for Aamco Transmissions and Georgia Spa Company, then a promo for a concert ticket giveaway on the Mark Arum show 1684 miles Relog IN, Portage 10/26 1158 - Way under KOAL and KMMJ on ENE wire with clunky instrumental version of Star Spangled Banner Easily matched to recent YouTube videos of WNDZ's sign-on 1420 miles New, IN #1, state #41! MT, Polson 10/26 0259 - Mixing with KOAL "The best country music under the big sky, 7-50 KERR Polson, Montana" into CBS news Also uses slogan "real country 7-50 Kerr." 592 miles Relog NE, Grand Island 10/26 1228 - Fair signal over KOAL and under CKJH on NE wire with ID and pledge break, then back to Gospel music 858 miles Relog OR, Portland 10/26 0133 - Under KERR/KAMA with Oregon Ducks sports talk 612 miles Relog TX, El Paso 10/25 1100 - Finally noticed this station sometimes runs the Morse Code "S" that is heard at the top-of-hour on some Grupo Radio Centro affiliates in México (KAMA is a Grupo Radio Centro affiliate) 665 miles Relog UT, Price 10/26 0000 - Way under KERR (on NE wire) with high school football playoffs Emery Spartans @North Sanpete Hawks (playoff game, started at 4pm local time) 177 miles Relog SK, Melfort 10/26 0136 - Mixing with KERR/KAMA/KXTG Rock music, "Saskatchewan's new beach radio" slogan 1040 miles Relog AZ, Tuba City 10/26 0148 - Children's religious program //KHAC-880 These stations finally seem to be using both sidebands Listed 60w nights 253 miles Relog CA, San Diego 10/26 0300 - ID and CBS news Believe they were running Dave Ramsey 460 miles Relog CO, Thornton 10/25 2359 - ID "The all-new Freedom 93-7 and AM 7-60, real news, real talk, KDFD Thornton-Denver, an iHeartRadio station." 489 miles Relog MI, Detroit 10/27 0031 - Promo "Sunday nights at on WJR." Slogan "where Detroit comes to talk." 1620 miles Relog CA, Riverbank 10/25 1259 - ID by male announcer followed by Through the Bible program Way under the crushing signal of KKOB (whose synch transmitter was also audible at this time) KCBC was rarely identified on this year's trip, but their IBOC slop could often be detected on 760 and 780 kHz 380 miles Relog MT, Miles City 10/25 2357 - Way under CHQR with AC music and ID Top-of-hour ID sometimes includes the slogan "the voice of southeastern Montana." +10/26 0151 - Way under KKOB and CHQR with high school football Sidney Eagles @Custer County Cowboys 657 miles Relog NM, Santa Fe (synchro) 10/26 0124 - ID, creating a noticeable echo with main KKOB transmitter for a while 507 miles Relog NY, New York 10/25 0515 - Red Eye Radio //KKOB but a few seconds out of synch, "77 WABC" ID during break Noted very often in this year's recordings 2100 miles Relog TX, Garland 10/28 1231 - Appeared suddenly under KKOB as they switched to day power, with Dr James Dobson's Family Talk program 1058 miles New, TX #135 WA, Seattle 10/26 0118 - Way under KKOB with Joe Pags show and local Seattle ads 712 miles Relog AB, Calgary 10/26 0257 - Good signal with Calgary Stampeders football On my way to the Border Inn, midday conditions were amazing, and I heard a clear ID and weather forecast from CHQR at high noon while driving just north of Milford, UT 812 miles Relog IL, Chicago 10/26 0209 - On top of channel with local weather, local news and ID 1380 miles Relog MS, Ridgeland 10/28 1214 - Way under WJAG with blues music I had heard the same thing the previous morning, and originally mistook it for KAZM's weekend oldies program, but eventually realized they are back to ESPN by this hour on both Sunday and Monday mornings I eventually found a liner that sounded like "I'm Nik Rock(?), you're listening to Blues 93.1" between two songs Soon lost to local sunrise 1407 miles New, MS #2 NE, Norfolk 10/26 1214 - On top of channel with WJAG news with Cody Rondell(?), ads for Wayne State College (of Nebraska, not the betterknown one in Michigan!) and Faith Regional Physician Services Orthopedic, and Saturday Morning Scoreboard (high school football scores) 890 miles Relog UnID 10/26 1116 - "Strong Enough" by Sheryl Crow (successfully identified by SoundHound app) on ENE wire Not sure who this would be; a whiny 90s pop tune doesn't fit KAZM's occasional overnight oldies show It might fit on KSPI or possibly WPTN, but neither of those stations should be on at this hour AR, Rogers 10/26 0102 - On top of channel with high school football Rogers Mountaineers ("Mounties") @Bentonville Tigers Listed 500w nights 1103 miles Relog AZ, Tucson 10/26 0205 - Faded up from the soup with "KOLD News 13 First Alert weather" from KOLD-TV 13 in Tucson 500 miles Relog CA, Los Angeles 10/26 1159 - ID and news update on southern California fires 421 miles Relog ID, Boise 10/26 1430 - "Boise's solid talk, AM 7-90, KSPD" into Pastor Paul Sheppard's "Destined for Victory." 333 miles Relog KS, Colby 10/26 0003 - Weather sounder, followed by K-triple-X weather Once a common catch, but I have hardly heard them at all on my past visits to the Border Inn 697 miles Relog KY, Louisville 10/25 1132 - Faded up under KFYO with long promo including slogans "Cards Radio 7-90 KRD" and "7-90 KRD." Listed 1000w nights (they shouldn't have switched to day rig for another 13 minutes, and they have no listed PSRA; the night pattern actually has a pretty good lobe in my direction) 1533 miles New, KY #2 MT, Billings 10/26 0209 - Country music, liner "you loved it the first time you heard it… country music you love it even more today… country legends, 7-90 AM and 94.7 FM, KGHL." 548 miles Relog NV, Winchester 10/26 0159 - Under KJRB with usual "talk that rocks" slogan and ID 210 miles Relog OR, Albany 10/25 0128 - Way under KSPD and KJRB with ad for local wireless provider in 541 area code 600 miles New, OR #72 KFYO KJRB 800 KBFP TX, Lubbock 10/26 1132 - ABC news update and weather for Lubbock and the Southern Plains 776 miles Relog WA, Spokane 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with rock music, slogan "94.1 the bear, the rock you know." 606 miles Relog CA, Bakersfield, 10/25 0106 - Faded up under KDDD and XEROK with comedy format +10/28 1230 - Appeared suddenly, mixing with XEROK and KDDD with Bakersfield weather Listed 440w nights 373 miles Relog KBRV ID, Soda Springs 10/25 1247 - "KBRV, the bear." Listed 150w nights 272 miles Relog KQCV OK, Oklahoma City 10/27 2358 - Bott Radio Network promos Good signal before they dropped to night rig (and PJB signed on) at the top of the hour 933 miles Relog KPDQ OR, Portland 10/26 1359 - Ad for Billy Graham Evangelistic Association event, followed by ID 627 miles Relog KDDD TX, Dumas 10/24 2359 - Promotional ad, usual slogan "the farm station, all ag, all day," and dropped as they cut to night power This station gets out really well at night, leading to a lot of speculation that they run day rig at night On my recordings they definitely appear to cut power at the appropriate time (but see the next logging…) +10/26 0148 - Faded up over XEROK and PJB with high school football Sunray Bobcats @Panhandle Panthers, sponsored by Dalhart Federal Credit Union in Dumas (Panhandle was already up 69-6 in the rd quarter, and would go on to win 69-12) "You're listening to Bobcats football on K-triple-D." Listed 8w nights, but on my earlier recordings, they appeared suddenly in the middle of a recording as if they had switched back to day power Note this was about the only time that KDDD was not running the same programming as KFLP-900 prior to KDDD's new owners/operators changing the format +10/28 1214 - Ag programming and local ad string including Scott Land Company of Dimmitt (800-933-9698) and Kinetico of West Texas (806771-7638) Still using slogan "the farm station, all ag, all day." Listed 30w PSRA Even if they were already on 250w day rig, it is surprising how big a dent they can put in XEROK 699 miles Relog CHAB SK, Moose Jaw 10/26 0257 - Over KBRV with "Grace to You" religious program, "thank you for joining us for this hour of inspirational programming on 800 CHAB 'Back to the Bible' is next." Ads for Culligan Water Service 270 Caribou St W in Moose Jaw, and Nelson GM in Assiniboia Promo for Dick Bartley's Classic Hits Saturdays at and Sundays at noon, sponsored by Primary Eye Care Center, Moose Jaw Fuel , and a few others "The greatest hits of all time, CHAB… a Golden West radio station" and back to inspirational programming 888 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/25 0259 and 10/25 1100 - CBS news sounder on ENE wire way under KDDD and PJB This pretty much has to be needed WVAL, but I can't find any identifying details UnID UnID 10/26 1300 - on NNW (WA/OR/ID) wire, CBC news sounder, about seconds behind CBR-1010 There are no known CBC stations left on 800 in western Canada Probably just some US station using the CBC sounder for their local news or weather? 810 KLVZ CO, Brighton 10/26 1214 - Mixing with KBHB Adult standards, "Legends 8-10 Denver" slogan, and announcement about how their signal isn't very good at night, and advising listeners to tune into their web stream instead This station and sister station KLDC-1220 have become pests in recent years 495 miles Relog WHB MO, Kansas City 10/28 1230 - Appeared suddenly over KLVZ ("Legends 8-10") upon switch to day rig, with morning show "The Border Patrol" on "Sports radio 8-10 WHB." 1040 miles Relog KSWV NM, Santa Fe 10/25 0005 - Classic hits, followed by high school volleyball Robertson Cardinals @ St Michael's Horsemen about 40 minutes later The following night, KFUN-1230 carried a football game between these same two schools +10/26 0003 - Mixing with KGO, KBHB, and KLVZ "The drive home with Anthony Gonzales" afternoon drive show "AM 8-10 and 99.9 FM translator K260CT Santa Fe" into "today's official drive home shout-out." 500 miles Relog WGY NY, Schenectady 10/25 0107 - ID and weather forecast 2084 miles Relog KBHB SD, Sturgis 10/25 0204 - Good signal with Thursday night high school football Spearfish Spartans @Sturgis Brown Scoopers I had to look up the origin of Brown High School's bizarre team name According to the Rapid City Journal, "the Scoopers got their name from an early nickname for the Black Hills town According to local legend Sturgis was known as Scooptown, because frontier visitors often got their pockets “scooped” by local businesses." An article on the Yahoo Sports web site claims that the specific "businesses" in question were brothels Listed 60w nights +10/25 2359 - ID "The voice of the best people on earth, the American rancher, we are the big 81, KBHB Sturgis" into ABC news 660 miles +10/28 1248 - Appeared suddenly with big signal, with local ads and news They seemed to switch to day rig almost a half hour early this morning Relog KXOI TX, Crane 10/26 0133 - Spanish contemporary Christian music (resembling other musical formats like ranchera, but having contemporary Christian themes), female announcer gave slogan "Radio Alabanza 810 AM" and invited listeners to call in In some of their top-of-hour IDs, the Spanish-accented female announcer is mispronouncing the calls as "KXOE." Listed 500w nights 841 miles Relog KTBI WA, Ephrata 10/26 0059 - Nice clear multi-station ID and ACN jingle Signal continued to get stronger, then disappeared in mid-sentence (with no sign-off announcement) at sign-off time 15 minutes later 634 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/26 0149 - Briefly audible under KLVZ on E wire with Panthers high school football I have to suspect this was WHB running a game other than the one they had planned to run this week UnID UnID 10/26 1201 - Male choral version of God Bless America on ENE wire Best guess would be unneeded KLVZ 820 WWBA FL, Largo 10/26 1131 - Steady signal under WBAP with local Saturday morning program attempting to have an academic discussion on the subject of "sugar daddies." Matched to web stream 1945 miles New, FL #6 WBAP TX, Fort Worth 10/26 1358 - Still coming in past 9am Central time, fighting KUTR and XEABCA with local ads and ID 1042 miles Relog CHAM ON, Hamilton 10/25 0200 - Under WBAP on ENE with ID by female announcer, including slogan "funny 8-20" and "an iHeartRadio station." +10/26 0230 - Comedy programming noted under KUTR and WBAP on NE wire 1792 miles Relog 830 KDRI AZ, Tucson 10/26 0204 - Nice oldies format "101.7 FM 8-30 AM the drive, I'm Tyler Russell…" 485 miles Relog KNCO CA, Grass Valley 10/26 0204 - Way under KDRI with high school football Nevada Union Miners @Lincoln Fighting Zebras 373 miles Relog KGLA LA, Norco 10/27 0358 - Under WCCO and KDRI with tropical music, ID almost three minutes after top-of-hour: "This is KGLA, Norco" followed by a slogan or other city names Listed 750w nights +10/27 1215 - Way under WCCO with tropical music Faded up nicely for a "Radio Tropical" slogan 1476 miles New, LA #5 KUYO WY, Evansville 10/25 2357 - End of "Lamplighter Theater," ID "classic Christian radio, KUYO Evansville-Casper." Noted again the following morning signing on at WCCO sunrise (1230 UT) 486 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/28 0358 - Regional Mexican and tropical music on E (TX/OK/KS) wire Non-ID (in Spanish) at 0402 UT mentioned 1060 AM, Radio Lázer, and possibly "la máquina musical," all of which would point to KTNS-1060 (KFOY is also a Lázer station with regional Mexican music, but they use "la Mexicana" as their slogan) I had been hearing KGLA on this channel this weekend, but I can find no connection between the Radio Lázer companies and KGLA or any other Spanish language station on 830 840 KMPH CA, Modesto 10/26 0057 - Huge signal (still on day rig at this hour) with end of mass, "ad" for local pregnancy resource center, ID including translator K250BR-97.9, and Relevant Radio news 373 miles Relog WHAS KY, Louisville 10/26 0000 - Faded up over KMAX for a nice clear ID: "Kentuckiana's breaking news, weather and traffic station, news radio 8-40 WHAS Louisville, an iHeartRadio station." 1537 miles Relog KTIC NE, West Point 10/24 2341 - Rare sunset reception at this optimal time of year, with classic country music and "98.7 classic country" slogans Three minutes later, they interrupted a song to give their sign-off announcement and instruct listeners to tune to the FM side +10/26 1158 - Willie Nelson tune, male announcer "coming up, KTIC world news, national weather forecast, local and regional news at the top of the hour…" followed by Dolly Parton's "9 to 5." Should be 500w PSRA at this hour +10/26 1239 - Good signal on day rig with classic country music, "you're listening to classic country Saturday… on KTIC, home of the Huskers, 840 AM and 98.3 FM." 930 miles Relog KJFA NM, Belen 10/27 0033 - "Fuego 102.9" slogan and ads in "Spanglish." (They also run traffic reports in "Spanglish" during rush hours) Should have switched to 30w night power by this time 491 miles Relog KMAX WA, Colfax 10/25 2359 - ID "The most local news, weather and sports, AM 8-40 KMAX Colfax-Pullman-Moscow" into news +10/26 0207 - Under KXNT and unidentified oldies station with high school football Moscow Bears @Rathdrum Lakeland Hawks, but giving updates from Sandpoint Bulldogs @Seattle Evergreen Wolverines (see KSPT-1400), which was a little confusing 567 miles Relog CFCW AB, Camrose 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with classic country and "8-40 CFCW" ID 961 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/27 0502 - Suddenly faded up under KXNT on SE/NW wire with Spanish contemporary Christian music Must be needed KVJY but I could not pull up an ID or a // frequency 850 KFUO KJON KHHO UnID UnID UnID 860 KTRB KKOW KNUJ KPAM KPAN KONO CJBC UnID 870 KRLA KJMP KPRM KLSQ KFJZ KFLD 880 KJJR KRVN KHAC WCBS KWIP KCMX KIXI CHQT CKLQ UnID UnID 890 KVMX KYWN WLS 900 KSGL KTIS KFAL KJSK WKDA KFLP KKRT CHML CKBI MO, Clayton 10/27 1215 - Appeared suddenly under KOA with traditional sign-on announcement accompanied by light music 1272 miles New, MO #19 TX, Carrollton 10/28 1232 - Catholic chanting //910, 1010 907 miles Relog WA, Tacoma 10/26 0118 - Solid signal on day rig under KOA with traffic report sponsored by Money Tree and a local craft brewery, mention of coowned "Sports Radio KJR," and weather report sponsored by Papa John's 702 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0130 - Bits of religious music, male and female talk under KOA on NNW wire Didn't seem to match KICY schedule UnID 10/26 1116 - Under KOA on E wire with Patsy Cline's "Crazy." This was surely WPTK, which would have just switched to day rig at this time (WPTF-680 was coming in nicely at this time) They were not present on the recording I made on this wire the next quarter hour Checked WPTK's web stream and found that their playlist definitely includes Patsy Cline, but their "recently played songs" pages only goes back an hour UnID 10/26 1215 - Under KOA with religious music program with male host on NE wire Both needed WQRM and unneeded KFUO would be running music programs at this hour, and there was no sign-on announcement, which might favor WQRM, but WQRM would not be on day (CH) power for another 15 minutes KFUO was heard on the E wire the following day CA, San Francisco 10/26 0359 - On top of channel with ID "8-60 AM the answer, KTRB San Francisco, home of the Oakland Athletics." 430 miles Relog KS, Pittsburg 10/26 0145 - Local ad break during high school football Frontenac Raiders @De Soto Wildcats Announcement for Town of Frontenac - "Once a Raider, always a Raider!" +10/26 0209 - Under CBKF2 with classic country music after the football game, female announcer "we're your favorite radio station… 8-60 AM KKOW and 97.5 FM Joplin." Cow "moo!" occasionally noted between songs 1056 miles Relog MN, New Ulm 10/26 1230 - Way under CBKF2 but steady signal with ID, mention of FM 107.3 (KNUJ-FM; the AM's translator is 97.3) and station web site knuj.net, time check and mention of "since 1949," followed by ad for Clobes Sanitation 507-829-6252 1070 miles Relog OR, Troutdale 10/26 0133 - "AM 8-60 the answer" (note slight difference from KTRB's slogan) and multiple promo announcements mentioning theanswerportland.com 626 miles Relog TX, Hereford 10/26 0102 - Way under KKOW with high school football Hereford Whitefaces ("Herd") @Pampa Harvesters, sponsored by McCracken Farm Services (buildbettersoil.com) According to the Houston Press, the team name "Whitefaces" is simply another common name for the Hereford breed of cattle +10/28 1230 - Ad for Parkside Chapel and Funeral Home and Stevens Star Car & Truck Center in Hereford, followed by community notes about the Hereford School Board Listed 231w nights, no PSRA 705 miles Relog TX, San Antonio 10/28 1232 - Appeared suddenly as they switched to day rig Oldies including "Live and Let Die." Matched to "Recently Played Songs" on station web site 1109 miles New, TX #136 ON, Toronto 10/26 0405 - Under KTRB with CBC Radio French news, creating an echo with CBKF2 1788 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0145 - Under KPAN, there was another station talking about the Longhorns Needed KFST carries Texas Longhorns football CA, Glendale 10/25 0104 - Faded up over KJMP with end of news, network ad, and slogan "AM 8-70 the answer." 411 miles Relog CO, Pierce 10/25 2358 - Faded up with long string of local ads in 303 area code ESPN programming noted overnight (Station briefly simulcast 104.3 "the fan" out of Denver in October before switching to hip-hop in November) 507 miles Relog MN, Park Rapids 10/28 1231 - Appeared suddenly as they switched to day rig "It's time now for our story(?), on KDKK 97.5 FM and KPRM AM 8-70." 1100 miles Relog NV, Whitney 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with sporting event in Spanish from Tu DN Radio network 218 miles Relog TX, Fort Worth 10/27 1214 - On top of channel with Spanish preacher and music Went to the web site, and found that the station is run by a single church, with all the messages coming from this same preacher, usually with light Christian music playing in the background as he speaks Listed 250w PSRA +10/27 2342 - Spanish preacher again on E wire Disappeared suddenly at 2359 as expected 1300w daytimer 1038 miles New, TX #140 WA, Pasco 10/26 0133 - Over KLSQ with ad for Excalibur Auto Group, then back to talk programming 558 miles Relog MT, Whitefish 10/26 1430 - Local ad string including an upcoming rodeo in Kalispell 645 miles Relog NE, Lexington 10/25 0056 - Thursday night high school football Alma Cardinals @Arapahoe Warriors +10/26 0057 - Mixing with KHAC Friday night high school football Cozad Haymakers @Hastings Adams Central Patriots, sponsored by Landmark Implement, Precision Plumbing in Cozad, New Life Interiors in Cozad, State Farm agent Heidi Bazata in Cozad, Chase Wolff Lexington Farm Bureau, Downey Drilling in Lexington 782 miles Relog NM, Tse Bonito 10/26 0057 - "Unlocking the Bible" program They finally seem to be broadcasting on both sidebands 362 miles Relog NY, New York 10/25 0525 - Poking through KRVN with promo for WCBS programming 2114 miles Relog OR, Dallas 10/26 0200 - Faded up under KHAC with "Fútbol de Primera" program Most DXers in the Pacific and Mountain time zones who think they've been hearing a Mexican station on 880 the last year or two are surely just mis-IDing this station, which has been getting out very well in recent years There are currently no stations active on 880 in México until the CP for XECHEP gets built 623 miles Relog OR, Phoenix 10/26 0113 - Way under KHAC and KWIP with Dave Ramsey show +10/26 0314 - Way under KWIP with high school football Grants Pass Cavemen @South Medford Panthers 510 miles Relog WA, Seattle 10/26 0252 - Under CHQT on N wire with light adult standards/oldies and promo "listen to KIXI on your radio, on your computer, and on your smart phone or tablet with the new KIXI app." They're a tough catch because their night signal is mostly aimed W and NW 715 miles New, WA #87 AB, Edmonton 10/26 0251 - Alberta news, slogan "Global News Radio 8-80." 988 miles Relog MB, Brandon 10/26 0259 - Way under KRVN with local ad for Kyle Ryan Denture Clinic in Brandon "Q country 91.5." 1009 miles Relog UnID 10/24 2330, 10/27 2341 - Under KRVN on E and ENE wires with obscure long AC tracks and no announcements This is surely needed KLRG, but I didn't find any useful identifying details UnID 10/25 1204 - Under KRVN on ENE wire, a slow, slightly country-sounding solo female vocal version of America the Beautiful, then a similarly slow country-accented solo female vocal version of the Star Spangled Banner This was followed by music that sounded like Gospel or contemporary Christian CA, Olivehurst 10/25 1259 - Switched to 10kW day rig early today, suddenly getting very loud about a minute before 6am local time (FCC sunrise time for October was 7:15am PDT; station has no listed PSRA), with "la ranchera" slogan, trademark NBC-style chimes, and full ID +10/26 0400 - Under KYWN with trademark "NBC-style" chimes (the NBC chime notes, plus a th higher note) Listed 270w nights 407 miles Relog ID, Meridian 10/26 0158 - Spanish contemporary Christian music rising above KDXU Time check "son las ocho," followed by two sets of two pips (like the letter "I" in Morse code twice), full ID and "Radio Perla" slogan 324 miles Relog IL, Chicago 10/27 2358 - Mixing with KDXU, with Ben Shapiro show, promo and ID mentioning FM 94.7 HD 1384 miles Relog KS, Wichita 10/25 1058 - Under CKBI with big band music, ID and USA news Listed 28w nights before 6am local time +10/26 1158 - Under CKBI and presumed KBIF with adult standards and "music you remember" slogan Listed 33w PSRA 905 miles Relog MN, Minneapolis 10/26 1230 - Appeared suddenly when they switched to day power, overtaking CKBI with Family Life This Week //KNWC-1270 Also heard on night power the night before, //KTIS-900 1151 miles Relog MO, Fulton 10/28 1230 - Classic country, ID by man "the big 900 KFAL." Slightly mushy audio 1183 miles Relog NE, Columbus 10/26 0359 - "News talk hundred, KJSK Columbus" into CBS news Listed 65w nights 891 miles Relog TN, Lebanon 10/25 1130 - Briefly on top of channel (mixing with presumed KSGL and a few others) with a local ad in English for BJ's Trailers in Lebanon 444-8794 (note they did not include the area code), then back to Spanish religious programming Listed 500w PSRA at this hour (still 30 minutes before FCC sunrise time for October) 1525 miles New, TN #5 TX, Floydada 10/28 1214 - //KDDD-800 with ag programming and local ad string including Scott Land Company of Dimmitt (800-933-9698) and Kinetico of West Texas (806-771-7638) Still using slogan "the farm station, all ag, all day." Listed 7w nights, no PSRA Day rig is only 250w 786 miles Relog WA, Wenatchee 10/26 0113 - Way under CKBI with ESPN World Series baseball 660 miles Relog ON, Hamilton 10/25 0159 - PSA for Ontario Ministers Association, ad for Power Vac Duct Cleaning in Mississauga, ID and Canadian Press news The following hour I caught the ID: "Global news radio hundred, CHML." 1774 miles Relog SK, Prince Albert 10/26 0257 - On top of channel with Prince Albert Raiders hockey game 1046 miles Relog 910 KGME KPOF KINA KBLG KCJB KKBE KATH KMTT CKDQ UnID UnID 920 KKGX KVEC KLMR KYFR KWYS KSVA KBAD KIHM KKLS KQBU KFLB KVEL KXLY CFRY UnID 930 KAFF KRKY KSEI KMPT KOGA KCCC WKY KAGI KSDN KYAK KROE CJCA 940 KGMS KPSZ KDIL KVSH KWBY KIXZ KMER CJGX UnID 950 KAHI KKSE AZ, Phoenix 10/26 0158 - Under KMTT and CKDQ with "Coyotes Wrapup" postgame show for Arizona Coyotes hockey 396 miles Relog CO, Denver 10/26 1159 - Promo and ID "KPOF Denver, bringing the community together with local information." 483 miles Relog KS, Salina 10/26 1159 - ID "KINA Salina 9-10 AM, 107.5 FM." 885 miles Relog MT, Billings 10/25 2359 - ID break during ESPN world series pregame show: "…the worldwide leader in sports South Montana's only sports radio station, ESPN 9-10, KBLG Billings." I've been trying for this one for a long time The channel is usually owned by KPOF and KMTT (the latter is also ESPN) 541 miles New, MT #41 ND, Minot 10/26 0143 - Way under KPOF and CKDQ with high school football Minot Magicians @Williston Coyotes (opposing team's coverage was on KEYZ-660) Slogan is "91 classic country." 894 miles Relog NM, Roswell 10/26 0011 - Under KGME with contemporary Christian music and slogan "93.7 the light." 656 miles Relog TX, Frisco 10/28 1232 - Catholic chanting //850, 1010 1036 miles Relog WA, Vancouver 10/26 0158 - ESPN world series baseball, slogan "ESPN Portland" and ID 621 miles Relog AB, Drumheller 10/26 0133 - Over another country station and ESPN baseball, with country music, "real country 9-10" slogans 828 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0405 - Spanish religion on E wire Suspect needed KRIO UnID 10/27 1200 - Spanish religion on SE wire Announcement sounded like "Radio por la vida." Program that followed used "Onward Christian Soldiers" as a theme song Once again, probably needed KRIO I need to get up early on a Sunday morning and check their web stream CA, Palm Springs 10/28 0158 - Promo announcements and slogan "the new 99.1 FM and 9-20 AM, real talk KGX." 384 miles Relog CA, San Luis Obispo 10/26 1200 - Way under KVEL and one or two other stations with ID: "This is 9-20 AM and FM 96.5, KVEC…" into ABC news Listed 500w nights 447 miles Relog CO, Lamar 10/24 2359 - Under KVEL with ID "This is news radio 9-20 KLMR Lamar, Colorado." 619 miles Relog IA, Shenandoah 10/26 1230 - Way under KVEL and a few other stations with nice clear ID as they switched to day rig 1000 miles Relog MT, West Yellowstone 10/26 0158 - Under KXLY with oldies, ID "KWYS West Yellowstone, Montana, Idaho and Yellowstone National Park." (No West Yellowstone Wolverines high school football tonight; this week's game was on Saturday) Also uses slogan "classic hits AM 9-20." Listed 38w nights +10/27 0057 - Steady signal under KXLY's huge signal (better a few minutes later after KXLY power cut) with Saturday night high school football West Yellowstone Wolverines @Gallatin Gateway Lone Peak Big Horns The game seemed to start earlier than its scheduled time of 7pm 415 miles Relog NM, Albuquerque 10/28 0159 - "Life talk radio" promos, ID including translator K282CD-104.3 Los Lunas 490 miles Relog NV, Las Vegas 10/28 1202 - Under KQBU and KFLB with NBC Sports Radio programming Station has also added SB Nation Radio programming, probably to make up for the recent cutbacks in programming supplied by NBC Sports Radio 207 miles Relog NV, Reno 10/26 0013 - Under presumed KXLY with EWTN Catholic repetitions //KMPH-840 304 miles Relog SD, Rapid City 10/26 2357 - Mark Levin show, ID "KKLS news talk 9-20 and 104.7" followed by PSA for One Heart RC charity 658 miles Relog TX, El Paso 10/28 1159 - "You're listening to KQBU-AM El Paso, Lone Star Sports Radio 9-20 AM… CBS Sports Radio, available on multiple devices and the iHeartRadio app." Listed 360w nights, no PSRA 664 miles Relog TX, Odessa 10/28 1201 - Under KQBU with legal ID Listed 500w nights or 183w PSRA 821 miles Relog UT, Vernal 10/26 2350 - Halftime report for high school football Uintah Utes @Mountain Crest Mustangs (playoff game, started at 5pm local time) 259 miles Relog WA, Spokane 10/26 0100 - Under KVEL and KKLS with ID mentioning FM 100.7 into "KXLY News Now." 613 miles Relog MB, Portage La Prairie 10/26 1230 - Under KVEL with an ad for a business in Manitoba, and back to morning show with male announcer: "Good morning! It's 10 degrees in Portage La Prairie…" into local farm news Heard the night before with Portage Terriers hockey 1074 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0113 - On NNW/SSE (WA/OR/ID/MT/AZ) wire, two stations running ESPN World Series baseball The only listed ESPN affiliates on 920 are highly unlikely on this antenna, so this must be two more cases where the games were moved to someone's sister station KXLY was most likely one of the two stations One of the stations was also audible on the ENNE (MT) wire under KWYS and a few other stations AZ, Flagstaff 10/28 1200 - Appeared suddenly with country music and ID, then quickly faded 297 miles Relog CO, Granby 10/26 0146 - Under KIUP with high school football Arvada Faith Christian Eagles @Middle Park Panthers 437 miles Relog ID, Pocatello 10/26 0134 - High school football Shelley Russetts @Blackfoot Broncos At some points during the weekend, their signal was cutting out intermittently, as if they didn't have enough bandwidth to process the incoming satellite feed or something like that 281 miles Relog MT, East Missoula 10/26 0133 - University of Montana Lady Griz basketball, sponsored by Vigilante Airport Parking 539 miles Relog NE, Ogalalla 10/26 0124 - High school football Imperial Chase County Longhorns @Ogallala Indians, sponsored by Spangler Roofing on W Hwy 30 in Ogallala, Mead Lumber on W Hwy 30, Poppe's Truck & Diesel Repair, and Eichner Sales & Service 308-284-4852 Listed 500w nights 666 miles Relog NM, Carlsbad 10/26 0113 - Mushy audio, under KSEI and KYAK with high school football Carlsbad Cavemen @Las Cruces Bulldawgs, sponsored by Denton-Wood Funeral Home 575-885-6363 and a local equipment company Opposing team's coverage was on KWML-570 717 miles Relog OK, Oklahoma City 10/25 0025 - Ad for Frontier Chevy in El Reno Noted often this weekend with "Sports Animal" programming Listed 510w nights 938 miles Relog OR, Grants Pass 10/26 1331 - On top of channel with BBC news //KSJK-1230 Listed 500w PSRA 539 miles Relog SD, Aberdeen 10/25 0027 - Way under KRKY with Minnesota Vikings network ads //WNAX-570 905 miles Relog WA, Yakima 10/26 0114 - Fair signal //KTBI-810 with interview with missionary who had been arrested overseas 614 miles Relog WY, Sheridan 10/26 0257 - Under KSEI with Jim Bohannon show, local ad for Carroll's Furniture in downtown Sheridan, then weather sponsored by Eastside RV in Gillette 539 miles Relog AB, Edmonton 10/27 2358 - Good signal on top of channel with contemporary Christian music, "AM 9-30 the light" slogan 989 miles Relog AZ, Tucson 10/26 0158 - Over KIXZ and a Mexican station with end of religious program, followed by lengthy announcement about how stations have to power down at night, and advising listeners to let them know about reception problems, and make use of their web stream ID at top-ofhour and back to religious programming Mentioned Wilkins Radio 568 miles Relog IA, Des Moines 10/26 0145 - Bland contemporary Christian music, ad for DesMoinesHelpWanted.com 1099 miles Relog ID, Jerome 10/26 0240 - Mixing with KGMS with La Estación de la Familia Spanish religious preaching 255 miles Relog NE, Valentine 10/25 0056 - Pretty good signal with Thursday night high school football Valentine Badgers @O'Neill Eagles, sponsored by Valentine Therapy and Sports Rehab 376-1140, Outback Embroidery in Valentine, American Family Insurance agent Michelle Kluender 376-1224, and Valentine Machine & Manufacturing 376-3722 +10/26 0145 - Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball @Indiana Hoosiers //KGMT-1310 (Most of the other stations in the network did not air this game tonight, due to high school football and other conflicts KVSH was able to air it because the local high school football game took place on Thursday instead of Friday this week) Listed 19w nights, but was often on top of channel tonight, and throughout most of the weekend Probably stuck on day rig all weekend 751 miles Relog OR, Woodbury 10/26 1332 - Under KGMS mixing with presumed XEMMM Regional Mexican music and usual "la pantera" slogans //KMIA1210 Listed 250w PSRA +10/27 0301 - Caught a nice clear ID including KSND-95.1 FM Monmouth, which is apparently a simulcast 617 miles Relog TX, Amarillo 10/26 0149 - Appeared suddenly over KVSH and KPSZ with ad for Sabre Cofer EXP Realty in Amarillo 727 miles Relog WY, Kemmerer 10/26 0050 - High school football Kemmerer Rangers @Lovell Bulldogs //KRSV-1210 Noted later with country music and slogan "playing your country favorites throughout the Bridger Valley, the spur." Listed 150w nights 264 miles Relog SK, Yorkton 10/26 0259 - Mixing with KVSH and KMER ID, slogan "a Harvard radio station." 1011 miles Relog UnID 10/26 1201 - Appeared suddenly under KIXZ and KPSZ on ENE with adult standards This would seemingly have to be needed WMIX, but there were no announcements or identifying details CA, Auburn 10/26 0358 - Under KKSE and Radio Reloj with high school football Placer Hillmen @Shingle Springs Ponderosa Bruins, sponsored by the White House Barbecue on 130 Maple St in Auburn 375 miles Relog CO, Denver 10/26 0145 - Mixing with Radio Reloj, with ad for Key Bank, and back to Altitude Sports Network talk show for Colorado Avalanche 489 miles Relog KOZE KJRG ID, Lewiston 10/26 0159 - Under KCAP and XEKAM with talk show, ID, and ABC news 528 miles Relog KS, Newton 10/26 1129 - End of J Vernon McGee program, station break including "Bott Radio Network" jingle, and into "Grace to You" program Listed 500w PSRA 901 miles Relog KCAP MT, Helena 10/26 0133 - High school football Helena Capital Bruins @Helena Bengals 536 miles Relog KNFT NM, Bayard 10/28 1157 - Under XEKAM with oldies, ID "KNFT AM 9-50 Bayard NM and K243DH Silver City 96.5 Your home for oldies, Rush Limbaugh, Coast to Coast, and Fox News" into Fox news Also heard slogan "AM 9-50 oldies-talk." 542 miles Relog KDCE NM, Espanola 10/26 0102 - Mixing with Radio Reloj and KKSE "Nonstop music all day, only on KDCE." Announcements in English and Spanish +10/27 0004 - Under KJTV's college football with Saturday night high school football Albuquerque St Pius X Spartans @Espanola Sun Devils 485 miles Relog KTBR OR, Roseburg 10/26 1359 - Faded up under KAHI, KJR and one or two other stations with legal ID and southern Oregon mentions Listed 500w PSRA 561 miles Relog KJTV TX, Lubbock 10/26 0123 - Way under KKSE, but steady signal with high school football Wichita Falls Coyotes "Ky-Otes" @Lubbock Cooper Pirates Listed 500w nights 777 miles Relog KJR WA, Seattle 10/26 0120 - Under KCAP with promo for iHeartRadio app, ID "sports radio 9-50 KJR" and Seattle Seahawks promo 720 miles Relog CFAM MB, Altona 10/26 0153 - Faded up under KCAP and KKSE with short religious feature "Laugh Again" with Phil Callaway They were //CJRB-1220 but about two full minutes ahead of CJRB Still no sign of CHSM-1250) 1050 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/25 0300 - CBS News sounder on ENE wire Probably needed KWAT, but could also be needed WWJ or unneeded KWOS UnID UnID 10/26 0257 - Early adult standards format way under KCAP on ENNE (ND/SK) wire This was surely needed KWAT (especially since KSDR was coming in at this moment too), but if they did ID at the top of the hour, they got trampled by KCAP and/or KKSE, which suddenly reappeared at the top of the hour Noted again 10/26 1159 on the ENE wire and 10/26 1215 on the NE (MN/ND) wire 960 KKNT AZ, Phoenix 10/26 1400 - ID and usual Salem Media promo, slogan "9-60 the patriot, where truth matters." 387 miles Relog KNEW CA, Oakland 10/26 0405 - Fighting with KOVO and KNEB Update by somewhat mumbly announcer: "The th-ranked Fighting Irish take on the 19th ranked Michigan Wolverines at Ann Arbor Pregame coverage at 6:30, kickoff at 7:30 " At first, I thought this was WSBT (flagship of Notre Dame football, and the only station on 960 to carry the games), but I eventually realized it was KNEW relaying WBBR-1130, including WBBR's promo for their coverage of the game WBBR was audible at this time, and had the exact same announcement The WSBT ID I thought I heard in the promo was actually WBBR with a few well-timed bursts of static! 455 miles Relog KMA IA, Shenandoah 10/27 2359 - ID by female announcer: "Thanks for listening to KMA-AM Shenandoah, and KMA-FM…" 994 miles Relog KSRA ID, Salmon 10/26 1258 - Country music, ID mentioned new translator on 94.3 FM in Challis Listed 56w nights, no known PSRA After many years of having only a "skeleton" web page, this station has finally launched a new web page and live stream at https://www.ksraradio.net/ 423 miles Relog KFLN MT, Baker 10/25 2359 - Mixing badly with KNEB on NE wire with ID "Your trusted voice for weather, 9-60 AM and 98.7 FM, KFLN Baker" followed by "real country" jingle Noted later this evening with high school football Colstrip Colts @Baker-Plevna Spartans 706 miles Relog KNEB NE, Scottsbluff 10/25 2359 - ID "KNEB Scottsbluff-Gering, 9-60 AM, and now on 100.3 FM." Mixing badly with KFLN After KFLN and KNEB gave their IDs, someone ran at least time pips +10/26 0153 - Faded up under KFLN and presumed CFAC with high school football Gering Bulldogs @Chadron Cardinals (opposing team's coverage was on KCSR-610) 579 miles Relog KLAD OR, Klamath Falls 10/26 0146 - Faded up over KNDN and KOVO with high school football Elmira Falcons @Klamath Union "KU" Pelicans "Pels." Male announcer "welcome to Pelicans football here at Modoc Field in Klamath Falls." 452 miles Relog KGKL TX, San Angelo 10/28 1159 - Texas National Guard PSA, ID "news talk 9-60 KGKL San Angelo" into ABC news 927 miles Relog KALE WA, Richland 10/25 0111 - AC music under CFAC, slogan "more music, more variety, more fun." 560 miles Relog 960.04 KNDN NM, Farmington 10/25 1231 - On top of channel with country music, Navajo chants, and male announcer with slogan "the allIndian blowtorch of the Four Corners, KNDN, Farmington, New Mexico." Horrible audio, pretty much ruining the whole channel +10/26 0200 - Under CFAC and KLAD with oldies music, usual ID "from the heart of the nation, KNDN Farmington." Still mushy audio and still off frequency 355 miles Relog 970 KVWM AZ, Show Low 10/26 0057 - Mixing with XEJ with end of Mark Levin show, and multi-station ID with KDJI-1270 Using slogan "the talk giant, a broadcast service of Petracom." 401 miles Relog KESP CA, Modesto 10/26 1159 - "Sports radio AM 9-70 is KESP Modesto We are your station for sports talk…" 385 miles Relog KFEL CO, Pueblo 10/27 2359 - ID by female announcer "… Catholic radio, this is KFEL 9-70 AM Pueblo-Colorado Springs." 508 miles Relog KXTA ID, Rupert 10/26 0201 - Faded up over KVWM with high school football Twin Falls Bruins at Minico Spartans, sponsored by Basics Clothing Store on 324 Oneida St in Rupert (Station normally broadcasts in Spanish, but has carried the Minico Spartans football in English for several years) 245 miles Relog KBUL MT, Billings 10/26 0257 - Slogan "News talk 95.5, where Montana talks," followed by ID and Fox news 540 miles Relog WDAY ND, Fargo 10/26 1105 - Female announcer with weather for Fargo-Moorhead, into Sporting Journal Radio program 1033 miles Relog KJLT NE, North Platte 10/27 1214 - On top of channel with Christian music and message from Keith Becker of the Todd Becker Foundation, a local group that works with KJLT Listed 55w PSRA 709 miles Relog KNIH NV, Paradise 10/25 1359 - Under KUFO with ID "Relevant Radio 9-70 AM, KNIH" into Relevant Radio news 220 miles Relog KCFO OK, Tulsa 10/26 0105 - Faded up with ID "AM 9-70 KCFO." 1002 miles Relog KUFO OR, Portland 10/26 1359 - Faded up under KVWM and presumed KTTO with ID and "Freedom 9-70" slogan 628 miles Relog KIXL TX, Del Valle 10/28 0005 - Catholic sermon //KTNZ-1010, KLPF-1180, KDJW-1360 (the IHR stations in the western states were running children's recitations at this hour, making it easier to separate the Texas stations) 1107 miles Relog KTTO WA, Spokane 10/26 0045 - Catholic sermon //KGEM-1140 614 miles Relog 980 KWSW CA, Eureka 10/26 0358 - Oldies/standards music, ID a few minutes after the top of the hour "this is AM 9-80, KWSW, Eureka, California, and KEJY, Eureka, California…" Seemed to go into Fox news, but I'm not 100% sure about that Listed 500w nights 546 miles Relog KEYQ CA, Fresno 10/27 1358 - Spanish religion getting clobbered by KVLV and one or two other stations, but faded up nicely for end of multi-station ID "y para todo el mundo, nuevavida.com." Listed 48w directional nights, 500w ND days (should have switched from night to day rig at this time - no known PSRA) 354 miles New, CA #223 KGLN CO, Glenwood Springs 10/26 0100 - Under KMIN with ID "News radio 9-80, KGLN Glenwood Springs, now at 101.3 FM." 360 miles Relog KSPZ ID, Ammon 10/26 0133 - High school football Bonneville Bees @Skyline Grizzlies, sponsored by Idaho Allergy & Asthma Clinic 208-529-9292, Jerry Bergeman & Sons Auto Service 208-523-7857 326 miles Relog KMBZ MO, Kansas City 10/26 1130 - Mixing with KDSJ with Entercom advertising promo 1045 miles Relog KMIN NM, Grants 10/27 2359 - ID mentioning FM 104.3, slogan "K-mine country" into SRN news 436 miles Relog KVLV NV, Fallon 10/26 0204 - Good signal with country music "Kickin' out country hits seven days a week on KVLV AM 9-80." This was almost an hour after KVLV's October FCC sunset time, and it has apparently been going on for at least a few months, per another DXer's reception Do they have a PSSA? Still on the air 40 minutes later with an ID that mentioned "all day." 256 miles Relog KDSJ SD, Deadwood 10/25 2357 - Under CJME with pregame show (male and female announcers) for high school game (not sure what sport; does not match football or girls' volleyball schedule) Spearfish Spartans vs Lead-Deadwood Golddiggers +10/26 1158 - Over KGLN and KFWB with horrible version of Star Spangled Banner (awful caterwauling singer with over-embellished arrangement) followed by sign-on announcement: "Welcome to another broadcast day on solid gold 98 KDSJ We invite you to stay tuned for all the news and information you need, plus all the best music in the Black Hills." This was followed by an ad for Culver's Spearfish off highway 614, and one for Dan's Dumpster Service 347-3333 / Whitewood Storage 269-2123 This was followed by a syndicated South Dakota Sports History program 648 miles Relog KSVC UT, Richfield 10/25 2350 - High school football playoff game Richfield Wildcats @Blanding San Juan Broncos, sponsored by Mountainland Supply (irrigation supply dealer) on South Redhills Drive 108 miles Relog CKNW BC, New Westminster 10/25 0559 - Over KSPZ with ID "CKNW Vancouver, a Corus Entertainment station, and streaming at cknw.com." 818 miles Relog CJME UnID 990 KTKT KATD KRKS KRSL KSVP KFCD CBW 1000 KFLG KCEO WMVP KKIM KTOK KSOO KOMO 1010 KXXT KIQI KXPS KSIR KOOR KTNZ KIHU CBR CFRB 1019.89 1020 KTNQ KMMQ KOKP KDKA KWIQ KDYK UnID UnID 1030 KVOI KBUF WBZ KCWJ KCTA KMAS 1040 KURS SK, Regina 10/26 0133 - Local ad string including Flooring Superstore at Park & Arcola, Dr Debbie Davis, Regina Auto Auction, Suds Express Car Wash, Saskatchewan Mutual Hail Insurance 905 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0358 - On the ESE/WNW (Cuba/Oregon) wire, mixing with KWSW and the Cuban, an unusual version of Star Spangled Banner, with an orchestral introduction followed by an urban choral harmony group The last few lines of this anthem were also noted the previous night, fading up to a fairly strong level The following night, it was heard again, preceded by a male announcer reading a farm-themed blessing: "may the sun shine on your face, and the rain fall on your crops." AZ, Tucson 10/26 0204 - Over KSVP with older Mexican hits and slogan "la buena 94.3, la estación de los grandes." 499 miles Relog CA, Pittsburg 10/26 0057 - //KIQI-1010 with variety of Mexican music ranging from tropical to ranchera, time check, slogan "la grande 10-10" and promo mentioning that their night signal on AM 10-10 had recently been increased to 10,000 watts 426 miles Relog CO, Denver 10/26 0058 - Under KATD with local ads for 303 area code Slogan "9-90 AM the Word." NOTE: At 9pm local time, this station runs a program whose web site address is WRWL.org This can sound like an ID for a much better catch! 486 miles Relog KS, Russell 10/27 1216 - Appeared suddenly with ad string including Stoppel Supply on Highway 281 in Russell, and Lewis Automotive Group in Russell, then some promos, station history, weather jingle and weather forecast Listed 30w nights with no PSRA, but it sounded like they switched to 250w day rig half an hour early this morning 814 miles Relog NM, Artesia 10/25 0126 - High school soccer Lovington Wildcats @Artesia Bulldogs +10/26 0100 - Start of high school football Roswell Goddard Rockets @Artesia Bulldogs 689 miles Relog TX, Farmersville 10/24 2357 - Spanish religious program by local pastor giving phone number in 214 area code 1070 miles Relog MB, Winnipeg 10/26 0257 - End of "Q Radio" program, CBC promos 1099 miles Relog AZ, Bullhead City 10/25 1359 - Mixing with KOMO with light adult standards, "K-Star FM" slogans, and long ID mentioning "a Cameron Broadcasting station." 270 miles Relog CA, Vista 10/26 0100 - Way under KOMO and XEFV with usual top-of-hour ID and slogan "talk radio for Catholic life." 440 miles Relog IL, Chicago 10/26 0405 - Mixing with presumed KOMO and KKIM with ESPN world series baseball Much rarer than the other big Chicago stations here 1377 miles Relog NM, Albuquerque 10/26 1400 - Under KOMO almost an hour after Albuquerque sunrise, //KXKS-1190 with "Theological Seminary of the Air," a program which for some reason uses the German national anthem as its opening theme! +10/28 1159 - Appeared suddenly over KOMO, XEFV and XEOY with religious programming This station and its sister station KXKS-1190 appear to be switching to full day power (10kW) instead of PSRA (12.2w for KKIM) at 6am local time 492 miles Relog OK, Oklahoma City 10/28 1230 - Faded up under KOMO and perennial early-morning cheater KKIM with news and weather on "news radio 1000 KTOK." 945 miles Relog SD, Sioux Falls 10/26 0303 - Way over KOMO and mixing with Artemisa "whoop-whoop" jammer "Friday Night Girls" program with DJ Delilah taking requests for lousy AC music As others have noted, this is a very bizarre programming choice for a news-talk station, and it gets out suspiciously well for listed 100w night power 953 miles Relog WA, Seattle 10/26 0057 - Already on top of channel (KKIM not cheating tonight) with local ads for Pro Club Fitness Centers and Seattle Humane Society, followed by KOMO news 716 miles Relog AZ, Tolleson 10/26 1400 - Over KIHU with ID "This is family values radio, 10-10 AM, KXXT Tolleson-Phoenix." 401 miles Relog CA, San Francisco 10/26 0057 - //KATD-990 with variety of Mexican music ranging from tropical to ranchera, time check, slogan "la grande 1010" and promo mentioning that their night signal on AM 10-10 had recently been increased to 10,000 watts 455 miles Relog CA, Thousand Palms 10/28 1157 - Golf talk show, network ads, and ID mentioning translator K274DA-102.7 Listed 400w nights 383 miles Relog CO, Brush 10/26 0209 - Very big signal with high school football Brush Beetdiggers "Diggers" @Keenesburg Weld Central Rebels Seemed to be stuck on day rig most of the weekend, but not continuously The next mornings they went to day (CH?) rig at 1245-1246 UT instead of the proper time of 1300 UT +10/27 1214 - Over Catholic station with Better Horses Radio program, with ads for very local horse-related businesses in various small towns in Kansas and Missouri Very confusing! +10/28 1214 - Over Catholic station with ads for Morgan County Veterans Service Office, Touchstone Energy Cooperative, Sterling Monument Company 970-522-0537 Listed 280w nights (no PSRA) 562 miles Relog OR, Milwaukie 10/26 0114 - ID by male announcer "KOOR Milwaukie-Portland" followed by brief announcement (must have been their sign-off) and what sounded like a sentence in Russian 615 miles New, OR #66 TX, Amarillo 10/26 0057 - EWTN programming, multi-station ID and slogan "Catholic radio for the high plains." I keep seeing this station listed as ESPN, but every time I hear them they are still EWTN //KDJW-1360 in the same market This station and KDJW-1360 still don't seem to be powering down some nights 730 miles Relog UT, Tooele 10/26 0259 - Way under CBR and one other station with Relevant Radio programming and ID "KIHU Tooele-Salt Lake City." Definitely not running day rig at night lately (unlike KTNZ!) 156 miles Relog AB, Calgary 10/26 0100 - CBC news sounder and newscast 827 miles Relog ON, Toronto 10/25 0405 - Steady signal way under CBR and KSIR with local ads and news 1798 miles Relog KCKN NM, Roswell 10/27 0036 - Station is back on the air and sounding every bit as bad as they did before (distorted audio and off frequency) 656 miles Relog CA, Los Angeles 10/26 0100 - "Estás escuchando KTNQ Los Ángeles, la estación official de los Los Ángeles Dodgers." Strong signal but suffering badly from all the slop KCKN is putting out 410 miles Relog NE, Plattsmouth 10/26 1107 - Under KDKA and another Spanish station (probably KTNQ since they weren't off frequency) with regional Mexican music, "La Nueva" slogan 966 miles Relog OK, Perry 10/26 0145 - On top of channel (but gradually succumbing to off-frequency KCKN) with Fox Sports They should have been running Perry Maroons high school football tonight +10/27 2358 - On top of channel with Sunday night oldies program "Stillwater Jukebox." Hadn't noticed this before 938 miles Relog PA, Pittsburgh 10/26 0209 - High school football Wexford North Allegheny Tigers @Gibsonia Pine-Richland Rams Rare east-of-the-Mississippi high school football log 1799 miles Relog WA, Moses Lake North 10/26 0206 - ESPN World Series baseball way under KTNQ and presumed Cuban station 620 miles Relog WA, Union Gap 10/26 0044 - Mixing with KWIQ This station is still broadcasting La Estación de la Familia Spanish religious programming Pastor invited listeners to call LEF's phone number 206-439-1188 The LEF web site is not up to date, and the multi-station IDs given at top-ofhour by most LEF stations are not a correct list of the stations that are currently simulcasting this programming 611 miles Relog UnID 10/25 1133 - On E wire, an ID that sounded like "WABO." Sounded like it was coming at the end of a quick news or weather update UnID 10/26 1205 - On ENE wire, Saturday morning outdoors show where a man mentioned deer hunting "here in Illinois." This might have been KOKP, but the stations in Illinois would just have gone to day power at this hour, with several minutes of darkness left AZ, Cortaro 10/25 0559 - Faded up for legal ID under KTWO, KMAS and XESDD 492 miles Relog KS, Holcomb 10/26 0145 - Under KTWO with high school football Holcomb Longhorns @Hugoton Eagles, sponsored by Stapp's Auto Sales and Lewis Auto Group 713 miles Relog MA, Boston 10/28 0000 - Well under KBUF (KTWO hadn't started to come in yet) with ID/jingle, female announcer "55 degrees in Boston, here's what's happening…" into local news They were in before my local sunset every night this time 2246 miles Relog MO, Blue Springs 10/26 1230 - Appeared suddenly under KTWO as they switched to day rig, with country music and "real country" slogans and promos 1060 miles New, MO #21 TX, Corpus Christi 10/28 1159 - Faded up under KTWO and XESDD with the Family Altar Program hosted by evangelist Lester Roloff 1230 miles Relog WA, Shelton 10/26 0133 - Under KTWO with multiple promos for "iFiberOne news radio" (the parent company is apparently an Internet service provider, not a digestive supplement!) and lots of FM 103.3 mentions 723 miles Relog CA, San Diego (tentative) 10/27 1206 - Faded up under WHO with "Ave Maria" and Spanish Catholic programming //KHPY-1670 This could also be XEBBB, but KURS is close to the back end of this (NE) antenna, whereas XEBBB is almost perpendicular to it 471 miles Relog KCBR WHO KXPD KGGR CKST 1050 KJPG KTCT KMTA KLOH KTBL KORE KFIO KBLE CJNB UnID 1060 KDUS KTNS KRCN KBGN KNLV KFOY KYW KGFX KXPL KIJN KDYL CKMX UnID 1070 KILR KFTI KHMO KATQ WDIA KWEL CFAX CHOK CO, Monument 10/26 1400 - Faded up over CKST and KXPD with ad string and non-ID "104.9 FM KFVR Rye-Pueblo-Colorado Springs." Then they played a "Blazin' 98.5" liner which may have also contained an ID (announcer's voice was deep and scratchy) After this, the announcer chastised his guest for trying to talk through the top-of-hour break, and lectured him on the importance of airing a legal ID at top of hour (which they may or may not have done!) Then they resumed with rambling political/cultural talk with a guest who seemed to be saying nothing of any substance, This continues to be a very weird, unprofessional sounding operation +10/28 1227 - Level with WHO, allegedly on 500w PSRA at this hour Ad for local club, obnoxious DJ making weird noises and stumbling through a sports report 498 miles Relog IA, Des Moines 10/27 1400 - ID and news Still on top of channel after 9am Central time Relog OR, Tigard 10/26 0201 - Mixing with WHO Gave ID in English and presumed Chinese, but gave incorrect city of license each time (Portland, with no mention of Tigard) 623 miles Relog TX, Dallas 10/26 1107 - Way under WHO with Dallas traffic update Listed 500w PSRA 1058 miles Relog BC, Vancouver 10/26 0133 - Over WHO on N wire with detailed local sports update, promo for station web site, "TSN 10-40" slogan, ad for Audi Downtown Vancouver, and Vancouver traffic update 820 miles Relog CA, Frazier Park 10/27 2359 - Huge signal with full ID mentioning translator K294CK-106.7 in Bakersfield and Relevant Radio network 386 miles Relog CA, San Mateo 10/26 1201 - Faded up under KLOH and KTBL with "KNBR 10-50" non-ID and ESPN programming 449 miles Relog MT, Miles City 10/26 0139 - Very weak under CJNB and presumed KLOH with ID "Classic hits" slogan noted after the next song Listed 136w nights 656 miles Relog MN, Pipestone 10/25 0104 - On top of channel with girls' high school volleyball playoff game Pipestone Arrows vs Luverne Cardinals +10/25 1103 - Good signal with Pipestone community calendar Noted again the following morning with an ad for a company that sells a quintessential Minnesota item: ice-fishing houses! Listed 258w PSRA or 432w nights 974 miles Relog NM, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 10/26 0057 - Way over KORE with Ben Shapiro show, usual slogan "KKOB-770's talk partner," ID and Westwood One news This station is a fairly major pest here 491 miles Relog OR, Springfield 10/26 0100 - Faded up under KTBL and presumed XEG with "Fox Sports Eugene" slogan 582 miles Relog WA, Dishman 10/26 0044 - Good signal with ACN religious programming //KTBI-810 612 miles Relog WA, Seattle 10/27 0129 - ID and Saturday night high school football Kentwood Covington Conquerors @Burien Kennedy Catholic Lancers 719 miles Relog SK, North Battleford 10/26 0257 - Over KLOH with local ad string including Freedom RV and Marine, then back to Stars hockey game 990 miles Relog UnID 10/25 2350 - Urban AC music, female host talking about how the "6:00 is almost over," and teasing an upcoming weekend weather forecast before returning to music Maybe needed KXCA? Needed KGTO, with similar format, should have switched to night rig minutes earlier AZ, Tempe 10/26 0205 - SB Nation sports programming I presume they added this network when NBC Sports Radio cut back their programming earlier this year 410 miles Relog CA, Oakhurst 10/25 1358 - Regional Mexican music, ID for sister station KAAT-FM 103.1 (Mexican-accented announcer struggled to pronounce "Oakhurst") This station frequently gives IDs for its FM, but usually fails to ID the AM 325 miles New, CA #221 CO, Longmont 10/27 1218 - Catholic chanting //1010 These guys had one of the widest signals on the dial this year 480 miles Relog ID, Caldwell 10/26 0133 - Way under CKMX with Focus on the Family 346 miles Relog NE, Ord 10/24 2356 - Pre-game for Thursday night high school football Ord Chanticleers @Gothenburg Swedes (opposing team's coverage was heard on KAMI-1580) Dictionary.com says that Chanticleer is an old term for rooster, found mostly in Medieval fables I bet the students at this school get tired of explaining that! +10/26 1246 - Faded up for ID "the best music ever made, greatest hits 93.9 and the mighty 10-60, KNLV." Seemed to be followed by local weather forecast read by a male announcer 813 miles Relog NV, Sparks 10/26 0402 - Faded up under KYW, CKMX and KIJN with regional Mexican music and "la Mexicana" slogan 312 miles Relog PA, Philadelphia 10/25 0159 - "KYW news radio is a proud sponsor of Wellness Fest." This station and WBBR were often noted all night long during this period of unusual space weather 2048 miles Relog SD, Pierre 10/26 0259 - Faded up over CKMX with classic country music, ID and news 792 miles Relog TX, El Paso 10/26 1258 - Huge signal, possibly on day rig a few minutes early with urban contemporary music and "Éxtasis Digital" slogan Most stations using the Éxtasis Digital branding from Radiorama have traditionally aired classic rock The music I heard this morning seemed a little off base, but I have since heard (summer 2020) that the format is being expanded to include CHR That's a pity! 654 miles Relog TX, Farwell 10/26 0400 - Faded up for ID in Spanish This daytimer is still staying on all night 689 miles Relog UT, South Salt Lake 10/26 0139 - Spanish talk and Radio Única slogan This station is no longer staying on day power at night Both this station and CKMX sounded a bit distorted at this moment Listed 149w nights 146 miles Relog AB, Calgary 10/26 0257 - Huge signal with comedy clips, still calling themselves the "all-new" Comedy 10-60." 817 miles Relog UnID 10/25 1117 - Slow female vocal version of Star Spangled Banner (singer sounded a bit like Faith Hill) on E wire There are no daytimers that come on the air at 1115 UT in October High-powered WKNG should have signed on at 1100 UT (they have a PSRA), and last I heard they used an instrumental anthem at sign-off WXNC, WCOK, WILB, KFIT, KFIL and KBFL would have also signed on with PSRA at 1000 or 1100 Last I heard, KFIL was running the anthem about 1110 UT on months when they sign on at 6am local time, so they might be the most likely choice Unfortunately my recording stopped before the anthem ended IA, Estherville 10/26 0209 - Way under KNX with high school football Clarion-Goldfield/DOWS Cowboys @Estherville Lincoln Central "ELC" Midgets Heard again almost an hour later with a sports report sponsored by Nelson Jewelers in Spencer Submitted an audio/video clip to the station and received an e-mail verification from the manager This station was in almost every night on this year's recordings Listed 48w nights 1040 miles Relog KS, Wichita 10/27 2342 - Good signal on top of channel while they were still on day pattern "Classic country 10-70." 907 miles Relog MO, Hannibal 10/26 1159 - Very weak under KNX, KVKK, and unidentified station that had started ABC News 45 seconds before the top of the hour (unneeded KATQ or needed KNTH or WAPI - KATQ seems more likely on this ENE wire; I imagine WAPI and KNTH would probably keep it closer to the actual top-of-hour - but WLWI was logged a few minutes later on this antenna, so WAPI is a very real possibility) Garbled ID (the "KHM" was pretty clear) and CBS News sounder on the top of the hour (KNX was still giving local stories across the top of the hour, and started their CBS news sounder 18 seconds after the top of the hour) I've been trying for this one for a long time I was able to knock down off-frequency KVKK a bit using the notch filter; their USA news sounder was right at the top of the hour along with KHMO's CBS news sounder 1207 miles New, MO #23 MT, Plentywood 10/26 1318 - Fair signal, mixing with KNX and a country station (must have been KFTI, slightly after their local sunrise) with Montana Outdoor Radio Show +10/27 2358 - Good signal briefly over KNX with classic country, ID and "Radio International" slogan into Westwood One news 818 miles Relog TN, Memphis 10/25 1130 - Faded up briefly under KNX with local news break read by female African-American announcer, featuring a story about a shooting in Memphis WDIA should still have been on night rig at this hour Thankfully the antenna was aimed almost exactly at them (antenna was about 95 degrees, WDIA is 93.7 degrees) WKDA-900 was also coming in at this time 1343 miles New, TN #6 TX, Midland 10/26 0013 - Under KNX with Mark Levin, "AM 10-70 and FM 107.1" slogans They seemed to go off the air a few minutes later (as they should have), but several minutes later they faded up again with another ID Are they failing to shut down the AM when they should, or did they obtain a PSSA at some point? +10/27 1359 - Still audible under KNX and CFAX with AM/FM ID at 9am Central time 831 miles Relog BC, Victoria 10/26 0200 - Under KNX with single beep, followed by two more quick beeps, ID "CFAX Victoria, an iHeartRadio station" into Canadian Press news 792 miles Relog ON, Sarnia 10/26 1112 - Fighting through slop from off-frequency KSKK on NE wire After a country song, a presumably pre-recorded liner with a male announcer saying "… on 10-70 and 103.9" and a female announcer saying "CHOK" followed by a few more words I couldn't pick out, and possibly a jingle before getting lost to KCKK's off-frequency slop 1664 miles New, ON #11 10 KOBO CA, Yuba City 10/25 0401 - Multi-station ID for Punjabi Radio (KIID-1470, KWRU-1300, KLHC-1350) //KIID-1470 407 miles New, CA #216, GY #225 KGIW CO, Alamosa 10/25 0259 - Faded up for top-of-hour ID "KGIW 14-50 AM 105.3 FM Alamosa." 457 miles Relog KGRE CO, Greeley 10/25 1241 - Local ad string in Spanish Station uses "Tigre FM" jingles that sound just like the ones used on KFCS-1580 504 miles Relog KVSI ID, Montpelier 10/27 1205 - Over KGRE with AC music, slogan "the wave 101.7." 267 miles Relog KTRP ID, Notus 10/25 1359 - Under KLBM and unidentified station with multi-station ID //KDYM-1230 which was much louder As always, the list of stations mentioned in this ID does not match the actual list of stations simulcasting this programming New, ID #43, GY #219 376 miles KEZJ ID, Twin Falls 10/27 0057 - On top of channel with Spanish Catholic call-in show: "Radio Católica en todo el estado de Idaho Llámenos su testimonio… 208-629-4986." 242 miles Relog KWBW KS, Hutchinson 10/25 1059 - ID "Hutchinson's voice, 14-50 KWBW Hutchinson, FM 98.5" into ABC news 869 miles Relog KMMS MT, Bozeman 10/26 1306 - ID and start of Montana Outdoors Radio Show (Andy Griffith theme) 483 miles Relog KQDI MT, Great Falls 10/26 0047 - Faded up from the soup with ad for Ox & Son Auto Auctions of Great Falls 452-0205 596 miles Relog KGRZ MT, Missoula 10/26 0134 - High school football Missoula Sentinel Spartans @Kalispell Glacier Wolfpack //KYLT-1340 540 miles Relog KWBE NE, Beatrice 10/25 0059 - "Your home for Huskers sports, 14-50 AM, 94.7 FM, we're KWBE Beatrice." Note: (City of license is pronounced "BeAT-riss.") +10/26 0210 - Closing minutes of high school football Seward Bluejays @Beatrice Orangemen Orangemen were leading 42-12 at their home stadium, "the house of Orange," and this would be the final score This was the 200 th station identified running high school sports in this weekend's recordings! Listed 530w 920 miles New, NE #39, GY #224 KRZY NM, Albuquerque 10/25 0359 - Older Mexican music, ID by accented man in English, and "José" slogan 490 miles Relog KSEL NM, Portales 10/28 0359 - ID and distinctive "MOO!" which really pokes through the interference 681 miles Relog KWHW OK, Altus 10/26 1143 - Faded up for nice clear ID "KWHW 93.5," then back to Red Steagall's Cowboy Corner, including an acknowledgement of the Texas Department of Agriculture, which had me confused for a moment Listed 668w 867 miles Relog KSIW OK, Woodward 10/26 0106 - Oklahoma City Thunder basketball play-by-play //KKRX-1380 +10/26 1207 - Faded up for slow pre-recorded ID by slightly growly-voiced announcer: "AM 14-50, K-S-I-W… Woodward…" Logged several more times over the course of the weekend 818 miles New, OK #31, GY #223 KEED OR, Eugene (TENTATIVE) 10/27 1259 - Garbled top-of-hour ID heard under KLBM's ID Can't be sure Would be a new catch KLBM OR, La Grande 10/26 0200 - ID heard during break in Portland Trail Blazers basketball 479 miles Relog KBFS SD, Belle Fourche 10/25 0027 - Thursday night high school football Mission Todd County Falcons@ Belle Fourche Broncs +10/26 0054 - Friday night high school football Shoshoni Wranglers @Upton-Sundance "US" Patriots (when both teams play on Friday night, this station runs Belle Fourche Broncs high school football, then cuts over to the US Patriots game) 650 miles Relog KEYY UT, Provo 10/26 0000 - ID and into "Adventures in Odyssey." 149 miles Relog KZNU UT, St George 10/27 0405 - PSA from Washington County Water Conservancy District 140 miles Relog KCLX WA, Colfax 10/26 0135 - High school football Colfax Bulldogs @Reardan Indians, sponsored by Courtyard Assisted Living in Colfax ID "AM 1450 KCLX" and mention of sports web site listentothegame.com, which is used by all the stations in this ownership group +10/26 1340 - Ad for Jones Truck & Implement on W Walla Walla Hwy in Colfax, thanking them for sponsoring the "Paint the Town Pink" (annual mammography awareness campaign) in Colfax Still using "Palouse country 14-50" slogan 565 miles Relog KBBS WY, Buffalo 10/26 1228 - ID after ad string: "AM 14-50, FM 103.5, KBBS." 526 miles Relog KJCV WY, Jackson Hole 10/26 0259 - Bott Radio programming and promos 348 miles Relog KVOW WY, Riverton 10/27 0305 - Ad for Rock Solid Lapidary at 518 E Main St in Riverton 404 miles Relog 1460 KTYM CA, Inglewood 10/26 1400 - Esne Radio Spanish Catholic programming //KHPY-1670 423 miles Relog KION CA, Salinas 10/26 0521 - Under KZNT with Golden State Warriors basketball postgame show 441 miles Relog KCNR CA, Shasta 10/26 0309 - Under KBZO with high school football Shasta Wolves @Enterprise Hornets 454 miles Relog KZNT CO, Colorado Springs 10/26 1159 - "AM 14-60 and FM 101.1, the answer, KZNT Colorado Springs." 500 miles Relog KXNO IA, Des Moines 10/26 0211 - High school football score updates from around Iowa; not sure if KXNO still airs a game on Friday night 1091 miles Relog KLTC ND, Dickinson 10/26 0259 - "From the… studios, you’re listening to 14-60 KLTC Dickinson, your home for Twins baseball and Vikings football, an iHeartMedia station." Listed 700w nights 780 miles Relog KXPN NE, Kearney 10/25 2357 - Pregame show for high school football Kearney Catholic Stars @Holdrege Dusters I finally logged their sister station KICS-1550 in the morning 795 miles Relog KENO NV, Las Vegas 10/27 1158 - Caught a local ad string, including an ad for a bail bondsman in North Las Vegas 207 miles Relog KBZO TX, Lubbock 10/25 2352 - "José" Mexican oldies format //KMXA-1090, KRZY-1450 778 miles Relog KUTI WA, Yakima 10/25 0328 - Thursday night high school football West Valley Rams @Yakima Davis Pirates +10/26 0158 - ESPN World Series baseball, ID "14-60 ESPN is KUTI Yakima, live from the Yakima Federal studios." 610 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/26 0128 - Classic country on ESE (TX) wire Slogan sounded like "AM 14-60 / FM 91.3." Given the good signals I was getting from Kansas this year, I'd be tempted to think this was KKOY (FM would be 97.3), but they should have been running Humboldt Cubs high school football at this hour UnID UnID 10/28 1215 - Faded up over KZNT on E wire with a Catholic homily This would seemingly have to be KHOJ, as they would have been switching to 12kW day rig at this time (and the other English language Catholic stations on 1460 would all be in daylight by this hour), but the programming definitely did not match the daily mass on the other EWTN stations that were airing the EWTN mass at this hour, as KHOJ's schedule says they 1470 KVSL AZ, Show Low 10/28 0157 - Faded up with slogan "the new K-Bear 100.5" and country music Didn't realize they had already switched to this new slogan/format and new translator K263CA-100.5 Calls had not changed to KXSL yet (I heard the full legal ID hours later) Listed 87w nights (also granted an STA extension in May 2019 to run 87w full-time) 398 miles Relog KUTY CA, Palmdale 10/27 1204 - Liner by female announcer in Spanish: "Memoriza la frecuencia… la hermosa 14-70." 374 miles Relog KIID CA, Sacramento 10/26 0209 - Punjabi music //1300, 1350 Can't get rid of these guys on any antenna I suspect they're running day rig all night, and have been doing so for some time 400 miles Relog KWSL IA, Sioux City 10/24 2327 - On top of channel with regional Mexican music, slogan "la preciosa, donde tocamos todo que le gusta," and DJ Samuel "Sami" Ramirez giving his social media contact info DJ name confirmed on KWSL web site 948 miles Relog KSMM KS, Liberal 10/26 0209 High school football Ellinwood Eagles @Cimarron Blue Jays, sponsored by American Family Insurance and Dodge City Diagnostics (MRI) Noted earlier with Dodge City ads from //KAHE-95.5 These guys also may have been running day rig all weekend 728 miles Relog KYYW TX, Abilene 10/26 0159 - "News talk 14-70 KYYW Abilene, broadcasting from the Acme Brick Tile & Stone studios" into ABC news Relog KDHN TX, Dimmit 10/26 0159 - Faded up over KYYW with high school football Childress Bobcats @Dimmitt Bobcats One male announcer and one female announcer Still uses slogan "the twister." Listed 149w nights 717 miles Relog KELA WA, Centralia 10/26 0205 - Under KBSN and KDHN with high school football Centralia Tigers @Chehalis WF West Bearcats +10/26 1430 - Ad for Hanson Kia in the Olympia Auto Mall in Centralia, followed by ID 692 miles Relog KBSN WA, Moses Lake 10/26 0204 - High school football Moses Lake Chiefs @Kennewick Southridge Suns 615 miles Relog KKTY WY, Douglas 10/26 0257 - Mixing with XERCN AC music, ID "since 1957, entertainment and information for eastern Wyoming" and jingle "KKTY Douglas." Listed 500w nights 518 miles Relog CJVB BC, Vancouver 10/26 1304 - Mixing with KBSN and XERCN with Chinese language newscast by female announcer 828 miles New, BC #14 1480 KGOE CA, Eureka 10/26 0058 - "You're listening to news talk14-80 KGOE Eureka." Later this evening, they ran an announcement stating that if the power company turned off the power, KGOE would be going off the air, but several co-owned FM stations, which had air conditioning, would remain on the air and provide updates as available 550 miles Relog KYOS CA, Merced 10/25 2358 - "Your home for Mark Levin, 107.3 FM 14-80 AM KYOS" and ad for Elegant Bull Restaurant/Lounge 667-7742 366 miles Relog KVNR CA, Santa Ana 10/25 2358 - Local ad string in Vietnamese 424 miles Relog 22 KQAM KLMS KSDR KHQN KBMS UnID 1490 KZZZ KYCA KFFN KMET KRKC KNAM KCID KKAN KDBM KNDC KRSN KRTN KBKR KFCR KORN KBST KZZN KOGN KZEZ KBRO KYNR KTEL KUGR KGOS CJSN UnID UnID UnID UnID 1500 WPSO KSTP KPGM KMXO KJIM UnID 1510 KFNN KS, Wichita 10/26 0209 - Under presumed KLMS (ESPN World Series baseball) with high school football Conway Springs Cardinals @Garden Plain Owls, sponsored by Phoenix Company, Marjorie's Homes, Advanced Systems Basement and Foundation Repair, Conway Bank, Garden Plain Body & Repair, and Carol Carpenter Realtor NOTE: Before their 6am local newscast on weekdays, I heard them run a bizarre series of Morse Code letters and numbers, which I copied as "BC3TA0WBC031." 911 miles Relog NE, Lincoln 10/25 1204 - Under KQAM and KHQN with ESPN Golic and Wingo 930 miles Relog SD, Watertown 10/26 0259 - Faded up over presumed KVNR for ID "14-80 KSDR Watertown." 956 miles Listed 50w nights New, SD #28 UT, Spanish Fork 10/28 1200 - Appeared suddenly in the mess with nice clear ID "KHQN Spanish Fork, Utah" into Krishna music At this point, most of their broadcast day is filled with Krishna programming, because they haven't been able to sell as much time to the Spanish language organizations that once leased their entire broadcast day 145 miles Relog WA, Vancouver 10/26 1428 - Talk program sponsored by Dr Marcilette Failla, Chiropractor 503-228-6140 631 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0042 - Spanish station on ENE wire, mentioned " _ Mexicana, tu música." Maybe needed KSBQ off the back end of the wire AZ, Bullhead City, 10/27 1159 - Goodwill Arizona PSA //KAAA-1230, into Fox news update 275 miles Relog AZ, Prescott 10/28 1159 - Barely audible under KFFN with ID mentioning 103.5 FM 323 miles Relog AZ, Tucson 10/26 0200 - ID break during ESPN world series coverage: "From the _ Plumbing and Heating studios, this is ESPN Tucson." 504 miles Relog CA, Banning 10/27 1059 - Faded up for ID "Smart talk 14-90, KMET Banning… Information…" 388 miles Relog CA, King City 10/25 0520 - Under KNAM with Golden State Warriors basketball //KSRO-1350 433 miles Relog CO, Silt 10/26 0209 - High school football Eagle Valley Devils @Palisade Bulldogs +10/27 0017 - "Colorado's sports leader, the team." 343 miles Relog ID, Caldwell 10/26 1422 - Spanish Catholic programming, "Radio Católica" slogan 345 miles Relog KS, Phillipsburg, 10/25 1059 - Traditional sign-on announcement +10/26 0038 - High school football Phillipsburg Panthers @Minneapolis Lions 785 miles Relog MT, Dillon 10/26 0259 - Country music and ID "For the news you want, all the local information you need, plus today's best country, stay tuned to KDBM Dillon, AM 14-90" into ABC news 432 miles Relog ND, Hettinger 10/26 1216 - Faded up from the soup with an ad for the Pet Food Pallet Project Party on October 30 th in the Legacy Room at the West River Vet Clinic in Hettinger, followed by a list of movies being shown this week at the theater in Hettinger 750 miles Relog NM, Los Alamos 10/26 0057 - Almost alone on channel with pregame show for high school football Santa Fe Capitol Jaguars @Los Alamos Hilltoppers 477 miles Relog +10/28 0009 - On top of the channel with syndicated program "American Standards by the Sea" with Dick Robinson 477 miles Relog NM, Raton 10/28 0359 - "You're in the best country in the world, classic country AM 14-90 KRTN Raton." 543 miles Relog OR, Baker City 10/26 1059 - Usual joint ID with KLBM-1450 440 miles Relog SD, Custer 10/28 0000 - Faded up from the soup for ID "KFCR 14-90 AM, Custer, South Dakota." 629 miles Relog SD, Mitchell 10/25 0027 - Poor-fair, mixing with classic rock station on mushy channel with Thursday night high school football Mitchell Kernels @Huron Tigers +10/26 1228 - Weather and ID: "You're listening to KORN news radio FM 101.3 and AM 14-90, KORN Mitchell For more news, weather, sports and information, log on to kornradio.com." 889 miles Relog TX, Big Spring 10/26 0227 - Faded up over KRSN and presumed KZZN with high school football Stanton Buffaloes @Coahoma ("Ka-Homa") Bulldogs +10/28 1247 - Morning show with male and female hosts Ads for Allen Furniture and Appliance and Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, both in Big Spring, promo for Halloween event sponsored by their sister station, KBTS-FM 94.3 846 miles Relog TX, Littlefield 10/25 0359 - Dual ID for KVRP-1400 and KZZN-1490 "your source for local news, sports and weather… hometown radio." KZZN gets out well, but I have never had a trace of KVRP +10/26 0009 - Pregame show for high school football Slaton Tigers @Littlefield Wildcats "Cats," sponsored by the Lance Insurance Office on 2433 S Farwell Ave in Littlefield ("Go 'Cats!") 738 miles Relog UT, Ogden 10/26 0006 - Faded up under KNAM's high school football with Spanish religious program with a female announcer encouraging listeners to call a number in the 801 area code 186 miles Relog UT, Santa Clara 10/27 2359 - I was worried that this station would be a pest, but so far their odd music format only occasionally makes it to the Border Inn This one will be a hard station to log They are completely automated, and their top-of-hour ID is often off by or 10 minutes The music is an odd mix of adult standards and shallow 90s pop vocals The only sponsor I noted when I was in St George overnight was the Stephen Wade Automotive Group Ads for this car dealership were inserted into the automation about or times per hour 138 miles New, UT #51, GY #221 WA, Bremerton 10/25 1359 - Multi-station ID //KDYM-1230 which was much louder As always, the list of stations mentioned in this ID does not match the actual list of stations simulcasting this programming 728 miles New, WA #83, GY #218 WA, Toppenish 10/26 1422 - Very distinctive native American chanting, fairly similar to what is heard on KTNN 596 miles Relog WA, Walla Walla 10/26 0159 - "With the latest weather forecast, Fox News 14-90 KTEL Walla Walla." Later IDs used the slogan "Fox news 1490 and 99.7." 529 miles Relog WY, Green River 10/26 0026 - High school football Cody Broncs @Green River Wolves 296 miles Relog WY, Torrington 10/26 0206 - Faded up under KFFN with high school football Rawlins Outlaws @Torrington Trailblazers "Blazers." 555 miles Relog SK, Shaunavon 10/26 1318 - On top of channel on ENNE wire with country music //CKSW-570 (CJSN was actually about 13 seconds ahead of CKSW) and Saskatchewan weather forecast inviting listeners to check swiftcurrentonline.com for updates 780 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0407 - On NE (ND) wire, "your station, playing your favorite oldies." UnID 10/25 1159 - On NE (ND) wire, two or three stations mixing during their top-of-hour IDs Heard a slogan "14-90 the treat" (definitely not "the team," as in usual pest KNAM) and a set of call letters that sounded like KLMB or KLND UnID 10/27 0200 - On E (KS/OK/North TX) wire, whistling theme from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," followed by slogan "we are KCons(?) classic country." No call letters heard at top-of-hour Somebody must know who plays that theme in their top-of-hour ID! One of my closest unheard stations is KPKE Maybe them? UnID 10/27 1059 - On NE wire, top-of-hour liner with only a slogan, no ID: "Good luck to our _ Tigers! [Codd?] County's [Grand River?] country station." FL, New Port Richey 10/28 0258 - Weak but steady signal under KSTP, KSJX and XEDF with Greek music //WXYB-1520 Licensed as a 250w daytimer, but has been staying on at night for years (I understand they have since been caught by the FCC) 1935 miles Relog MN, St Paul 10/26 0057 - Over XEDF with ESPN world series baseball, ID with odd-sounding "score north" slogan 1148 miles Relog OK, Pawhuska 10/24 2341 - Under KJIM with Thursday night high school football Tulsa Langston Hughes Academy @Pawhuska Huskies +10/25 1232 - Over KJIM with promo for tonight's (Friday) high school football game on KWON-1400 and FM, and other games on affiliated stations +10/28 1245 - Briefly on top of channel with ID "AM 15 hundred and FM 99.1, sports talk KPGM." 500w daytimer 983 miles Relog TX, Merkle 10/25 1300 - Faded up under KJIM with nice clear ID in English by Spanish-accented male announcer: "This is K-M-X-O!" 250w daytimer with no PSRA 907 miles Relog TX, Sherman 10/24 2341 - Big band music, sign-off announcement by male announcer saying they would be back on the air at 6am, and urging listeners to tune to their FM They appeared to sign off 15 minutes earlier than they had to +10/26 1121 - Faded up over KSTP and XEDF on E (KS/OK/TX) wire with "My Beautiful Balloon" by the Fifth Dimension Eventually caught a "KJIM" jingle about 10 minutes later Noted under KSTP at sunrise and sunset every day on this year's sessions Listed 500w PSRA 1038 miles Relog UnID 10/28 1230 - Possible mention of Boerne ("Bernie") during an ad, under KJIM and KSTP About 30 seconds later there was a mention of Oklahoma, so this may have been needed KBRN or unneeded KPGM AZ, Mesa 10/26 0133 - Weak but steady signal, actually on top of channel whenever KGA fell off the air Clark Howard show Listed 100w nights 387 miles Relog 23 KSPA KCKK KNNS KOAZ KMSD WLAC KMND KGA UnID UnID 1520 KMPG KKZZ WXYB KSIB KOLM KOKC KQRR KKXA 1530 KQSC KDSN KQSP WCKY KGBT 1540 KMPC KENT KZMP KEDA KXPA UnID UnID 1550 KXEX WAMA KDCC KESJ KICS CA, Ontario 10/26 0000 - Faded up for ID "this is AM 15-10 KSPA Ontario." 395 miles Relog CO, Littleton 10/26 0209 - Huge signal as usual, with classic rock and ad for Town Center Auto (repair) in Littleton Not quite as much of a pest as they have been in recent years Noted referring to themselves as "15-10 the rock" instead of "93.7 the rock" this year, reflecting the recent sale of their translator Some IDs did still mention the translator, presumably in error 482 miles Relog KS, Larned 10/24 2359 - Faded up for ID "you're listening to KRMR Hays, KNNS Larned, a Rocking M Media station," followed by Fox news Heard again at the same time three nights later 1000w daytimer 807 miles New, KS #41 NM, Isleta 10/26 0358 - Odd light music and ID "KOAZ Isleta 103.7 the Oasis" under KGA and KCKK Listed 25w nights 483 miles Relog SD, Milbank 10/26 0300 - Mixing with KGA and another station, faded up for ID: "KMSD Milbank Thanks for letting us be a part of your life 98.3 FM and 15-10 AM" into Fox News Listed 14w nights 984 miles Relog TN, Nashville 10/26 0059 - Way under KMND with Glenn Beck promo and bits of top-of-hour ID 1497 miles New, TN #4 TX, Midland 10/26 0059 - "You're listening to Fox Sports 15-10, KMND, Midland-Odessa." This was 45 minutes after the station's FCC sunset time for October, and they were still on at least a full hour after this As far as I know, they have no PSSA Some IDs also mention FM 99.5 830 miles Relog WA, Seattle 10/26 0100 - Faded up under KMND and over presumed KOAZ with ID and slogan "103.5 the game." Half an hour later, they were falling on and off the air randomly, leaving KFNN on top Noted overnight with bizarre hip-hop format and same slogan They've become a very clumsy operation, with long periods of dead air between segments becoming increasingly common 606 miles Relog UnID 10/26 1200 - On ENE wire, under KCKK, a station mentioning 104.? And 107.? FM Can't find anything that matches UnID 10/28 1228 - Farm programming on E wire Sounded like "Columbus area markets" and "Columbus steers." Might have been needed KTTT, which should have been on 53w PSRA for another 17 minutes CA, Hollister 10/26 1355 - Under KKXA with regional Mexican music and ID by male announcer Listed 500w PSRA They don't seem to be staying on all night at the moment, but they've done it for extended periods in the recent past 429 miles Relog CA, Port Hueneme 10/26 0057 - Under KOKC with ads for local businesses including an airport shuttle service For some reason, ever since the format change to sports, they have been getting out much better They're all over this year's recordings, and they haven't been in the past 439 miles Relog FL, Indian Rocks Beach 10/28 0258 - Steady signal under KOKC with Greek music //WPSO-1500 Listed 13w nights (day rig is only 1kW) 1947 miles Relog IA, Creston 10/25 0300 - Under KOKC and KKZZ with ID Audio sounded distorted This 1000w daytimer was on the air more than hours after sunset, and has been logged well after sunset in the past 1045 miles Relog MN, Rochester 10/26 0305 - Faded up under KOKC with CBS Sports Radio Ferrall on the Bench 1164 miles Relog OK, Oklahoma City 10/26 0209 - High school football Putnam City "PC" North Panthers @Moore Lions, sponsored by Eskridge Honda on I-240 and Brandon's Plumbing in Moore 799-5678 +10/27 1400 - About even with KKZZ with talk and ID, still coming in at 9am Central time 944 miles Relog OR, Oregon City 10/26 0201 - Faded up nicely over KKXA and KOKC with Russian songs Found a legal ID on one of my earlier recordings this evening 618 miles Relog WA, Snohomish 10/26 0257 - Under KOKC with Everett Silvertips hockey vs Vancouver, sponsored by Lamoreaux Real Estate 728 miles Relog CO, Colorado Springs 10/26 1228 - Under KFBK with country music, "107.3 mountain country" slogans Relog IA, Denison, 10/25 1204 - Way under KFBK with local news about Thursday's meeting of the Denison Board of Education to authorize something For good measure, I checked the Denison's Board of Education's web site and found that they had indeed convened an extra meeting, three days after their regular monthly meeting, on Thursday October 24th, and the only item on the agenda for this extra meeting was to authorize an out of state trip by the local Future Farmers of America chapter to the FFA national convention in Indianapolis I had to spend most of an afternoon listening to recordings of this station (and podcasts of the station's morning show on their web site) to be sure this was KDSN's morning show and find the detail in my recording that would identify it They were under KFBK on or of my recordings this morning Listed 145w PSRA 1001 miles New, IA #29 MN, Shakopee 10/26 0151 - Way under KFBK with Classic Radio Theater from USA Radio, hosted by Wyatt Cox Listed 10w nights but has been suspected of running day rig at night this month 1121 miles New, MN #37 OH, Cincinnati 10/25 1130 - Under KFBK and over presumed KGBT with iHeartRadio promos Normally an easy catch here, but I had to review two-thirds of my recordings before I even found a trace of them this time (which is odd, given that I logged WING-1410 and WAKR-1590 this time) 1571 miles Relog TX, Harlingen 10/26 0358 - Under KFBK with high school football scoreboard show in "Spanglish," then back to Tu D-N Spanish sports format after top-of-hour ID 1279 miles Relog CA, Los Angeles 10/26 0059 - Under KASA and KEDA with time pips and usual cornball ID with "Indiana Jones"-style music 413 miles Relog NV, Enterprise 10/25 0046 - Esne Radio Spanish Catholic programming This new station is audible middays over a wide portion of Nevada and Utah +10/26 1330 - Suddenly louder with Spanish contemporary Catholic music and bilingual ad for Catholic youth conference in Los Angeles, //KHPY1670 They switched to day rig 15 minutes early this morning 219 miles New, NV #33 TX, Fort Worth 10/26 1130 - Appeared suddenly, blasting over KXEL with end of program from Centro Espiritual in Dallas 214-943-5292, followed by jingle "la ranchera me gusta mas." They definitely switched to day rig one hour too early Another station still stuck on pre-2007 daylight saving time schedule? +10/26 1259 - ID including FM 106.7 Note: This station is now using the same 4-note chime as KVMX-890 (and KTGE-1570, if they are still using it) Sounds like the NBC chime with a high note added at the end KZMP ran it right before the top of the hour, whereas the other station(s) tended to run it a minute or two after top-of-hour +10/27 1359 - Faded up again with 4-note chime and local ads Still audible past 9am Central time 1039 miles Relog TX, San Antonio 10/26 0057 - High school football (in English) San Antonio Reagan Rattlers @San Antonio Lee Volunteers 1116 miles Relog WA, Bellevue 10/26 0200 - Under KMPC with Korean programming and legal ID 716 miles Relog UnID 10/26 1158 - Female vocal acapella version of the Star Spangled Banner under KXEL and KZMP on ENE wire May have gone straight into religious choral singing right after the anthem Stations signing on at this time would likely be in WI, MI, IL, IN UnID 10/28 1253 - Jingle "[9?]6.7" (English) under KZMP on ESE wire There are two stations on 1540 that used to simulcast on 96.7 (KDYN, KNGL) KAZA and KZMP are //106.7 but both are Spanish KLKC is //106.7 CA, Fresno 10/26 0145 - On top of channel with Spanish Catholic chanting Still running day rig at night for about the th year in a row 356 miles Relog FL, Tampa 10/28 0259 - Weak but steady signal fighting through usual pests KXEX and KDCC with "La Ley" slogan and nice clear mention of station web site www.laleyradio.com Listed 133w nights Possibly on day rig, but didn't really sound like 10kW Partial water path certainly helps 1964 miles New, FL #8 KS, Dodge City 10/26 0058 - On top of channel with PSAs and ad for B&E Waste Systems in Dodge City Once again this year they were audible on every wire all night, so it's hard to believe they're running 90w night power Station is mostly staffed by college students, and top-of-hour IDs often seem to get missed, or at least mumbled Some of the pre-recorded IDs are read by children Sometimes they use the slogan "the sports hound" during top-of-hour ID, and may even add a recording of a large hound dog barking Station cuts away from Fox Sports feed for a minute or two at the top of each hour to run a minute or two of Fox news 762 miles Relog MO, St Joseph 10/26 1128 - Good signal with classic rock, a slogan I couldn't quite make out, then a nice clear mention of "Joe Town 107.5." The signal was so strong I could easily have assumed it was KKCL (which was much less of a pest this year, since they were presumably still on 200/87.5w STA) 1025 miles New, MO #20 NE, Hastings 10/26 1159 - "There's no crying in baseball!" clip from movie "A League of Their Own," followed by ID "KICS Hastings, KXPN Kearney" into ESPN Sports Center Noted again half an hour later with ad for Bullseye Sports Bar & Grill on W nd St in Hastings In one of my other recordings, I heard a new slogan "ESPN Tri-Cities 14-60 and 15-50" (later confirmed by checking web site) Listed 387w PSRA 836 miles New, NE #38 24 KQNM KMRI KRPI KKOV UnID 1560 KIQS KBEW WFME KEBC KGOW KVAN UnID UnID UnID 1570 KCVR KTGE KVAM KDIZ KBCV KTAT KVTK UnID UnID UnID 1580 KQFN KBLA KFCS KNIM KAMI KGAL KGAF KKTS UnID UnID 1590 KVTA KGFK KCTY WAKR KWEY KTIL KELP NM, Albuquerque 10/26 1358 - Way under KUAZ with Relevant Radio programming //KSMH-1620 Reviewing an earlier recording, I noticed that this station appeared suddenly at 6am local time They appeared to be switching to day power at 6am local time instead of FCC sunrise time 489 miles Relog UT, West Valley City 10/26 0147 - Under perennial cheater KXEX with ad for Big O Tires (801 area code) and "la raza" slogan 156 miles Relog WA, Ferndale 10/17 1300 - Religious music, sudden cutaway for top-of-hour ID, followed by "Hope for Life" religious teaching program (in English) from First Baptist Church of Ferndale +10/28 1157 - Punjabi chanting, ID "15-50 AM, KRPI Ferndale." This station often runs ads with phone numbers and other pertinent information in English, and many of the ads are for businesses on the Canadian side of the border 797 miles Relog WA, Vancouver 10/26 0159 - Way under perennial cheater KXEX with Vietnamese programming 626 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0404 - On NE (ND) wire, "God Bless America" with badly distorted audio CA, Willows 10/25 0401 - Faded up nicely under KNZR, KGOW and XEJPV with "La Mexicana" slogan and multi-station ID including KTOR-FM 99.7 Gerber and one other station As I suspected, this 250w daytimer is staying on at night (This was over 2½ hours after FCC sunset time for October) +10/26 0227 - They stayed on again the next night Faded up over KGOW and XEJPV with ad in Spanish for Mazatlán Grill in Redding 435 miles New, CA #217 MN, Blue Earth (presumed) 10/24 2327 - Under WFME and one other station on ENE wire with classic rock Disappeared suddenly at 2330, corresponding to KBEW's sign-off time, but no sign-off announcement was noted Was trying for needed KLNG 1078 miles Relog NY, New York City 10/25 0059 - Strong signal on top of KNZR with start of "Dr Barnhouse and the Bible" from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals on Family Radio 2110 miles Relog OK, Dell City 10/26 0149 - Briefly rose above XEJPV with high school football Southmoore Sabercats @Edmond North Huskies Listed 250w nights 929 miles New, OK #30 TX, Bellaire 10/26 0206 - Faded up above XEJPV with male and female announcers in Vietnamese Station frequently runs programs produced by the Vietnamese service of VOA 1248 miles Relog WA, Burbank 10/25 1400 - ID in Spanish by female announcer (same announcer that reads the ID on the other stations in the La Estación de la Familia network, but this ID several seconds behind the other stations and possibly not mentioning the full list of stations) 552 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0500 - USA news sounder on E wire The only listed USA affiliate on 1560 is KTUI, still needed here, and they were widely reported to be staying on at night around this time, but I can't find any additional details to confirm this was KTUI UnID 10/26 0405 - Under KNZR on ENE wire, the end of what sounded like an urban Gospel song, then a recorded liner (male announcer said " _ everyone," then a female announcer said "more music on [one-syllable word] starts now." This was followed by organ music which could have been the introduction of either an urban Gospel tune (suggesting WGLB) or an adult standard (suggesting KABI) Both still needed here Antenna was around 70 degrees, WGLB is at 70.2 degrees, and KABI is at 85.2 degrees Audio clip sent to WGLB to see if they recognize their announcers in the liner No response was received UnID 10/28 1218 - Fox Sports on E wire At this hour, most likely unneeded WMBH on 250w PSRA, but there are other possibilities including one or two stations I still need Also noted at other times throughout the weekend, but never any trace of an ID CA, Lodi 10/25 2359 - Faded up for ID after older Mexican music, slogan "José, toca las de tu rancho." 392 miles Relog CA, Salinas 10/25 1104 - Faded up under XERF's anthem (very faint on NE wire) and presumed KVTK with regional Mexican music and "Radio Tigre" slogan, followed by promos for their morning show with several more "Radio Tigre" mentions Listed 500w nights 440 miles Relog CO, Loveland 10/26 0112 - Faded up under KCVR (no XERF on NE wire) with "La Jota Mexicana" slogan Listed 40w nights 480 miles Relog MN, Golden Valley (presumed) 10/28 0400 - Talk programming, no discernible ID at top-of-hour, just straight into Town Hall news I have heard the exact same thing on their web stream 1133 miles Relog MO, Hollister 10/26 0124 - Way under XERF with end of Michael Youssef program 1145 miles Relog OK, Frederick 10/26 0057 - Oldies music, ID "…enjoy the all-new timeless classics, 15-70 AM KTAT AM, Frederick." Listed 6w nights (even the day rig is only 250w) Logged almost every night on this year's trip 890 miles New, OK #29 SD, Vermillion 10/25 0030 - Faded up on empty channel with Thursday night high school football Vermilion Tanagers @Lennox Orioles +10/26 0259 - Way under XERF, faded up for ID "AM 15-70 Vermillion." Noted later with new slogan "ESPN 101.5 / AM 15-70" which refers to new translator K268DP-101.5 in Vermillion Listed 71w nights 922 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0141 - Faded up under XERF on ENNE wire with announcement "this hour's was a service of iHeartMedia." The only iHeartMedia stations I know about on 1570 are unneeded KDIZ and needed WWCK UnID 10/25 0205 - Faded up from the mush with "you're listening to W…" Sounded like WITV or WRTV or similar Can't find a likely match Whatever it was, it was probably a good catch UnID 10/28 1230 - Appeared suddenly under XERF on E wire with regional Mexican music This was almost surely needed KTUZ right as they switched to day rig, but I couldn't get any identifying details, just a bit of random talk from a male announcer after the song ended AZ, Tempe 10/26 0148 - High school football pregame for Queen Creek Bulldogs @Gilbert Highland Hawks 398 miles Relog CA, Santa Monica 10/25 2359 - Way under KKTS with ID 415 miles Relog CO, Colorado Springs 10/26 0209 - Regional Mexican music, "Tigre FM" slogans and jingles, sometimes followed by a roaring tiger sound effect 501 miles Relog +10/27 1214 - They powered up at 1215 UT instead of 1315 UT - as if their controls were programmed for pre-2007 daylight saving time schedule They did it again the following morning at the same time MO, Maryville 10/26 0210 - Faded up underneath KFCS with a nice clear ID: "Maryville! KNIM… You're hearing the most music anywhere! KNIM." Listed 10w nights! (Even the day rig is only 480w) 1015 miles New, MO #18 NE, Cozad 10/24 0159 - Thursday night high school football Ord Chanticleers @Gothenburg Swedes (opposing team's coverage was heard on KNLV-1060) +10/26 1159 - ID "KAMI Cozad, AM 15-80, FM 100.1." Listed 17w nights, no PSRA 756 miles Relog OR, Lebanon 10/26 0059 - Promo for sister station KSHO-920 "the best music, FM 94.1 and AM 9-20" followed by ID "locally owned and operated, this is the very independent news talk 15-80 KGAL Lebanon-Albany-Corvallis." +10/26 0205 - Under KWFN with high school football Lebanon Warriors @Corvallis Crescent Valley Raiders 594 miles Relog TX, Gainesville 10/26 0059 - Faded up over KGAL and KQFN with high school football Gainesville Leopards @Springtown Porcupines Listed 275w nights 1012 miles Relog WY, Evansville 10/26 0149 - Appeared suddenly with ID including two FMs, followed by rock music Listed 220w nights 483 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0124 - ESPN World Series baseball coverage on E (KS/OK/northern TX) wire This was almost certainly needed KTGR UnID 10/28 0000 - Faint instrumental version of Star Spangled Banner on E wire There are no daytimers that would be signing off at this hour, so perhaps it was the start of a sporting event? CA, Ventura 10/25 0405 - Promo, ID, and into Jim Bohannon show 438 miles Relog MN, East Grand Forks 10/26 0108 - High school volleyball Badger/Greenbush-Middle River Co-Op "BGMR" Gators @Sacred Heart Eagles It took me a while to realize that a team named "Gators" was located in Minnesota! 1045 miles Relog NE, Wayne 10/26 1159 - Way under KVGB with ID Listed 47w nights, no PSRA +10/26 1229 - On top of channel as they switched to day rig, with weather sponsored by Wetzel Truex Jewelers in Wetzel, detailed ID including FM 98.9, "Wayne Radio Cares" feature with information about Wayne County Food Bank, and community calendar 915 miles Relog OH, Akron 10/25 0059 - KVGB failed to insert their top-of-hour ID (a fairly common problem for ESPN affiliates, for whatever reason) leaving a very weak but nice clear ID: "WAKR 15-90 AM, and now at 93.5 FM, Akron" followed by CBS News sounder Soon overtaken by the start of ESPN Sportscenter on KVGB 1715 miles New, OH #4 OK, Weatherford 10/25 2353 - Faded up over KVGB and presumed KDAV with pre-game for high school football Cache Bulldogs @Weatherford Eagles +10/28 1246 - "There you have it! Another one of your favorite songs, right here on Coyote Classics." 874 miles Relog OR, Netarts 10/26 0205 - Portland Trail Blazers basketball mixing with Spanish AC station 668 miles Relog TX, El Paso 10/28 1200 - ID and religious programming 663 miles Relog 25 KMIC TX, Houston 10/26 1146 - Very weak but readable under KVGB with Spanish contemporary Christian music //KRCM-1590 1231 miles New, TX #142 KDAV TX, Lubbock 10/26 0247 - Mexican oldies, "la caliente" slogan +10/27 0401 - //KZIP-1310 with multi-station ID including "KZIP-FM" (K224EF)-92.7, KZIP-1310, an FM in Oklahoma, and even KICA-980 Clovis NM, a station which I believe has been silent for most of the last years, and possibly longer They (KICA) have allegedly been simulcasting various other HPRN stations for years, but are usually actually silent, according to a local DXer Most HPRN stations seem to be operating as if they have been at death's door for the last few years 781 miles Relog KLFE WA, Seattle 10/26 0158 - Over KTIL with talk show, Puget Sound weather and ID 729 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/25 1104 - On NE (ND) wire, country music, slogan "the golden age, 1950-8-0-5(?), senior country, KQOS" or phonetically similar UnID UnID 10/25 1233 - On E wire, male announcer talking about homecoming activities next week This almost has to be needed KYNG, which would just have switched to 2500w ND day rig with about 15 minutes of darkness left, and where the Arkansas Razorbacks did indeed have their homecoming the following week, but I couldn't match any of the details (people and place names) in the announcement to Arkansas or any other school UnID UnID 10/26 0258 - Way under KVGB on ENNE (MT/SK) wire, a diagnostic loop from a Westwood One satellite, advising the user to contact the Westwood One operations center in Denver between 8am and 6pm to gain access UnID UnID 10/27 1204 - Under KVGB on NE (ND) wire, with a show called Farmview Radio This was a Sunday morning 1600 KYBC AZ, Cottonwood 10/26 0133 - High school football Flagstaff Eagles @Mingus Union Marauders, sponsored by Suzy Q Markets, Tiffany Construction, Oxendale Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram, Yavapai College, Cottonwood Recreational Center, Taquito Loco Listed 64w nights 320 miles Relog KUBA CA, Yuba City 10/25 1200 - Faded up under KIVA and presumed KTUB with top-of-hour ID (which still includes the phrase, "and now on 98.1 FM," despite the fact that the translator has been active for several years 407 miles Relog KEPN CO, Englewood 10/25 2359 - Way under KTUB with promo for Sports Radio 104.3 the fan 480 miles Relog KGYM IA, Cedar Rapids 10/25 0105 - Under KIVA with Thursday night high school football Burlington Grayhounds @Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars (not a typo - the Burlington team spells their team name incorrectly) +10/26 0209 - Friday night high school football Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks @Cedar Falls Tigers, presented by Hills Bank After the game, they had a score update show which was not the Radio Iowa show heard on KSCJ-1360 and KCHE-1440 1195 miles Relog KIVA NM, Albuquerque 10/26 0259 - Ad string followed by "Fox news ABQ" slogan and ID Also noted running an instrumental version of the Star Spangled Banner at local Midnight This station still seems to have problems overnight They seem to switch randomly between day and night rig throughout the night Very clumsy operation, often cutting off an ad mid-sentence to give their top-of-hour ID 488 miles Relog KUSH OK, Cushing 10/28 1230 - Appeared suddenly with a good signal as they switched to day rig Female announcer said "let's continue on with the news and some music after that….home with the Kush Girls, 16 hundred KUSH Cushing," then proceeded with Oklahoma state newscast and several Oklahoma-themed PSAs 978 miles New, OK #28 KOPB OR, Eugene 10/25 0328 - Under KIVA with promo announcement //KOAC-550 579 miles Relog KRVA TX, Cockrell Hill 10/24 2345 - Faded up suddenly over several other stations with female announcer in Vietnamese, followed by English ID by male announcer 1060 miles New, TX #144 KVRI WA, Blaine 10/25 1259 - Faded up nicely with Indian music and ID 807 miles New, WA #84 WRPN WI, Ripon 10/26 0301 - Oldies, followed by ID: "Broadcasting from… W226(CQ) 93.1… AM 1600, and listen live online at hometownbroadcasting.com." 1339 miles New, WI #3 UnID UnID 10/25 0056 - On the ENE (NE/IA) wire, a high school or college volleyball game between the Terriers and the Wildcats I was very surprised not to be able to identify this one, given the relative rarity of the team name "Terriers." It wasn't KGYM, as they were noted with a football game less than 10 minutes later UnID UnID 10/26 0309 - Spanish on ESE/WNW wire Male announcer gave slogan "La mejor 1600 AM." WAOS has been known to get stuck on day rig all night, but I don't think they're in the habit of mentioning the 1600 AM frequency without the two simulcast frequencies 1610 WQDF361 AZ, Meteor Crater 10/28 1200 - Familiar TIS with message about "the emerging story of Meteor Crater." 319 miles Relog WPFK508 CA, Chilcoot 10/25 0304 - Alone on the WNW/ESE wire, CalTrans HAR with message about highways CA-70 and US 395 (the station is located at the intersection of these highways) Announcer mis-read ID as WPFK608 (this happens fairly often on CalTrans stations) This one gets out well I have logged it from home, which is farther than the Border Inn 323 miles New, CA #218 WQNW875 ID, Bellevue 10/26 0044 - On the N wire: "This is the Idaho Transportation Department highway advisory radio, station 4-6, broadcasting on 1610 AM…" followed by a brief message and call ID I was thankful to get the "station number" (4-6), because this allows one to identify a specific station from among a cluster of stations using the same call sign Several HAR stations in southern Idaho adhere to this standard We logged several on our 2015 car trip Sadly, this series of HAR stations is shutting down in 2020 295 miles New, ID #44 WQOQ448 ID, Idaho Falls 10/26 0051 - On the ENNE wire: "WQOQ four hundred forty eight This is the Idaho Transportation Department highway advisory radio, station 6-1, broadcasting on 1610 AM For road conditions, dial 5-1-1 or go to 511.idaho.gov." 325 miles New, ID #45 WQON337 ID, Montpelier (location presumed) 10/26 0055 - On the ENNE wire (fading up alongside WQOQ448 and seemingly a few other stations yet to be identified): " This is the Idaho Transportation Department highway advisory radio, station 5-(3?), broadcasting on 1610 AM…" The last digit is a little iffy It could be a "2," but station 5-2 (McCammon) has been off for years to the best of my knowledge, leaving station 5-3 as the last remaining station in the "5" series 267 miles New, ID #46 WQNV759 ID, Mountain Home 10/27 0100 - Gradually rose up from the slop with weak but clear ID: "Welcome to Idaho WQNV seven hundred fiftynine, Mountain Home… the Idaho Transportation Department… station 3-7…" 294 miles New, ID #48 WQOQ899 ID, Rogerson 10/27 1258 - Mixing with other ID DoT stations, this one faded up nicely at times including a nice ID: "WQOQ eight hundred ninety-nine, Rogerson, the Idaho Transportation Department highway advisory radio station 4-7." This station runs a much longer message than the other stations in this group 207 miles New, ID #47 WQFG985 MT, Ulm 10/26 0052 - The ENNE wire comes through again! After chasing this NOAA weather relay on my northern wires the past few years, I finally caught a mention of "National Weather Service… Great Falls," indicating that this is the station I discovered in Great Falls on a 2015 visit, exactly as I had suspected The station is located alongside I-15 in the town of Ulm, SW of Great Falls, presumably to provide weather updates for motorists traveling south on I-15 through the deep river canyon toward Helena 590 miles New, MT #43 WQEL629 NM, Tucumcari (location presumed) 10/26 0042 - This appears to be the station I heard on the ENE wire, a New Mexico "welcome" station (most of which have been silent for some time, but a few are still active) Faded up suddenly with slow announcement by deep, gruff-voiced announcer: "You are listening to the New Mexico (highway advisory?) system on 1610 (for Tucumcari?)" followed by some noises (drums, or thunder, or motorcycle engines revving? Probably drums or thunder ) then a long tune on a native flute (it was still going about 30 seconds later when my recording stopped) Neil Kazaross also hears the "for Tucumcari" at the end of the announcement Regardless of the exact location, this is the first State of NM station I have logged on 1610, so it is new, NM #61 KOP795 UT, Moab 10/26 1119 - Arches National Park station faded up nicely with usual long tape loop alternating between male and female announcers, mentioning that the line to the entrance station may back up onto the main highway outside the park Relog KPC260 UT, Salina Canyon 10/27 0457 - Fish Lake TIS fighting through or other stations with possible partial calls "260" and multiple mentions of Fish Lake including the phrase, "Welcome to Fish Lake." New, UT #52 WPTC509 WY, Rawlins 10/26 0142 - Message by male announcer, beginning with "Welcome to the Carbon County Visitors…", accompanied by barnyard noises (horse neighing) 406 miles Relog WQBJ389 WY, Rock Springs 10/27 0407 - Faded up with message beginning with ascending telephone tones "This is the Wyoming Department of Transportation highway advisory radio station, WQBJ389, broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming…" 303 miles Relog UnID UnID 10/25 0330 - On NNW/SSE wire, very weak signal, sounded like "state of Montana highway advisory radio… WNEC590?" Not sure of call letters The E might have been an H, and the may have been another Possibly mixing with another highway station, because I initially heard a mention of the state of Washington UnID UnID 10/25 1208 - At least two, possibly three, presumed Wyoming HAR stations with ascending telephone tones on ENE wire UnID UnID 10/26 1103 - Barely audible through the slop, on the NE wire, which was aimed at eastern Montana and North Dakota, I heard a garbled ID which sounded like WPTF900 I initially thought this might be a Montana DoT mobile unit (the older ones used call sign WPPF973), but a minute 26 UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID UnID 1620 WNRP KOZN WTAW KYIZ UnID 1630 KCJJ KKGM 1640 WTNI KZLS KDZR WSJP 1650 KBJD KSVE 1660 KBRE KWOD WQLR KQWB KRZI 1670 KHPY WOZN 1680 KGED WOKB KRJO WTTM KNTS later I heard what sounded like the same male voice saying "you're listening to the CalTrans highway advisory radio," so apparently an unknown CalTrans station, probably in central California off the back end of the wire UnID 10/26 0100 - On ESE/WNW wire, a TIS that seemed to begin its message "Welcome to Washington…" UnID 10/26 0140 - On ENNE (ID/MT/SK) wire, ID sounded like WQYG463 Suddenly a whole bunch of TIS signals were coming in at once I used to have more TIS catches when I was using longer (2000-3500ft.) wires, but since I switched to shorter wires (700-1500ft) a few years ago, I had not been hearing nearly as many, until now UnID 10/26 0141 - On ENNE (ID/MT/SK) wire, message beginning with what sounded like "Welcome to beautiful Running Geyser…" UnID 10/26 0215 - On N wire, Idaho Transportation Department, calls sounded like "WPX4576," which is not close to any of the known licensed stations UnID 10/26 1145 - On E wire, female announcer talking about New Mexico Possible call ID sounded like WPFJ556 That is somewhat close to WQFJ525 (Los Alamos Police Department) and WPMC553 (NM DoT Raton welcome station) Possible mention of "Welcome to New Mexico" might favor the Raton station Both still needed UnID 10/27 0459 - On SE/NW wire, a long classical flute solo (not the music I heard on the New Mexico HAR station) All kinds of stations were fighting it out at this time I'm sure I recognize the tune, but SoundHound could not identify it I also had a monotonous drum and bass line (possibly a different station) for the entire 11 minutes of this recording and several other times throughout the weekend UnID 10/27 0501 - On SE/NW wire, a CalTrans HAR with possible partial call sign WPXB (which would seem to indicate the Yosemite area Angels Camp, Lee Vining or Pine Grove) The old Lee Vining station (temporary call sign KNEC996) was logged on one of my first visits here in 2002 or 2003 Beginning of message was similar to WPFK508 above, but the rest of the message did not match (i.e., there were no mentions of any specific highway numbers) UnID 10/27 1058 - On NE wire, ascending telephone tones, male announcer "this is the Wyoming Department of Transportation," and possible very weak ID that sounded like WRHN297 or WRHN978 UnID 10/27 1159 - On SE/NW wire, two stations noted this morning: a female voice which seemed to be talking about a Morris (Lawrence?) Pass, and a male voice which seemed to be saying "The Washington Department of Transportation." Both would probably be new catches if I could ID them UnID 10/28 0257 - On ESE wire, a New Mexico Department of Transportation station, different from the others I have been hearing This one was a very short loop by a female announcer, just "The New Mexico Department of Transportation, [station?] 4-5-0." The "5" could be a "1," and the "0" could be a "2" or "3" (thanks to ill-timed static and/or fading) This would definitely be a new catch if I could determine where it is coming from UnID 10/28 1215 - On E wire, message by female announcer began "This is [one long word or 2-3 short words], Oak Springs(?) highway advisory radio…" with possible mentions of New Mexico FL, Gulf Breeze 10/27 0406 - Faded up over Radio Rebelde during promo/ID, mentioning (new?) translator on 95.3 1626 miles Relog NE, Bellevue 10/26 1218 - Sports talk, promo for AM 11-80 962 miles Relog TX, College Station 10/26 0130 - Way under Rebelde and KSMH with high school football A&M Consolidated Tigers @Montgomery Lake Creek Lions 1155 miles Relog WA, Renton 10/26 0133 - Over KSMH with hip-hop "music" and leftist talk //KBMS-1480 They seem to be //KBMS at some other times of the day too 708 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0400 - Faded up suddenly with ID that sounded like "WKXL Fort Worth" and straight into Fox News Could be WTAW or WNRP, both unneeded, and both possible on this (ESE/NNW) wire IA, Iowa City 10/25 0057 - Audible during KRND fades with local news about a crime that took place in nearby North Liberty 1196 miles Relog TX, Fort Worth 10/25 2350 - Poor signal but on top of channel (even after they should have switched to night rig ten minutes later) with Thursday night high school football (unidentified teams) Announcer broke away at halftime to run some PSAs which included the 15 th annual golf tournament of the Kennedale Chamber of Commerce on October 28 th (phone number 916-595-3761, rather confusing since that is a Sacramento phone number but it appears on the web sites of several civic organizations in Kennedale, TX!) and a local chili cook-off +10/26 0057 - Country Gospel music, ID "you're listening to 16-30 KKGM Fort Worth, a Mortenson Broadcasting station." KRND seemed to be sporadically off the air and/or running very low power sporadically throughout the weekend +10/27 1158 - End of Through the Bible program, country Gospel music and ID, well over KRND on SE/NW wire Signal was stronger than ever this morning I suspect they switched to day rig a half hour early this morning +10/27 1400 - Faded up over KRND with ID by female announcer and Gospel music Still audible past 9am Central time this morning +10/28 1214 - On top of channel (over KCJJ with KRND off again) with local program "Prophecy Club" and IDs KRND eventually returned with a very weak signal 1037 miles Relog MS, Biloxi 10/26 0358 - Steady signal under KDIA with classic country music and ID 1540 miles Relog OK, Enid 10/25 2350 - Under presumed KBJA with pre-game show for high school football game of the week (one team was the Wildcats) +10/26 0359 - Gave a legal ID for all the stations in the WFLA group in Tampa: "Tampa Bay's news radio, 97.1 New Port Richey, 94.5 _, 105.9 Tampa, WFLZ(?) Global Cellular…" This was followed by SRN Town Hall news Working with another DXer who had also heard this same malfunction earlier in the week, we determined it was coming from KZLS +10/27 1359 - About even with KDIA, with long promo string and ID Audible past 9am Central time this morning 912 miles Relog OR, Lake Oswego 10/26 0205 - Mixing with another station (probably KDIA) with local weather, slogan "16-40 AM the patriot." 618 miles Relog WI, Sussex 10/26 1207 - Faded up over KZLS with Saturday edition of EWTN morning show "Morning Air." This was surprisingly tough to catch I have been trying to catch them as they go to day rig (as I eventually did here) on optimal sunset/sunrise days for a few years now 1368 miles New, WI #4, and I have now logged all stations on 1640 kHz CO, Denver 10/26 0148 - Usual slogan "Radio Luz, iluminando mente y corazón." 486 miles Relog TX, El Paso 10/26 0147 - Nice selection of older Mexican music, "José 16-50 AM" slogans 662 miles Relog CA, Modesto 10/26 0147 - Promo for morning show "weekday mornings at 5, right here on the Bear" with bear growl sound 377 miles Relog KS, Kansas City 10/26 0038 - Halftime report for high school football Kansas City Rockhurst Hawklets @Jefferson Jays 1039 miles Relog MI, Kalamazoo 10/25 0158 - Nice surprise, weak signal under KBRE with Fox Sports programming and ID It would have been very easy to overlook this station, because KQWB (also Fox Sports) is usually quite loud here 1500 miles New, MI #3 ND, West Fargo 10/26 0209 - Over KBRE with end of high school football Fargo Davies Eagles @Fargo Shanley Deacons, followed by promo for Bison Tailgate Show +10/26 1428 - Still audible at 9:30am Central time, over KBRE with local ads for Hilton Fargo and Corwin Jeep, followed by ID This station gets out amazingly well They were reasonably strong on most of my wires all night long 1033 miles Relog TX, Waco 10/24 2350 - Pre-game show for Thursday night high school football Midway Panthers @Shoemaker Wolves, sponsored by Halo Athletic Center 5725 Bagby Ave in Waco, City Tire & Battery 1502 S Alamo Dr in Waco, and Heritage Square Apartments "on ESPN Central Texas." +10/26 1159 - Multi-station ID (with KTON-1330) and ESPN programming 1085 miles Relog CA, Moreno Valley 10/28 0305 - Mixing with KQMS with Sunday night English language Catholic programming (all Esne Radio affiliates except XEBBB-1040 run a few hours of English programming on Sunday night) 389 miles Relog WI, Madison 10/26 1216 - Finally caught them as they switched to day power with Robin Lundberg Show on CBS Sports Radio As noted on the MW offset list at www.mwlist.org, they seemed to be 10-20Hz high 1307 miles New, WI #2 CA, Fresno 10/26 0209 - Pre-game show for high school football Hanford West Huskies @Kingsburg Vikings Mixing with a second talk station and possibly a second high school football game on ENE wire 349 miles Relog FL, Winter Garden 10/28 0257 - Black Gospel music, female announcer "thank you for your stellar award-winning station, Inspiration 16-80, WOKB." Listed 1000w nights 1988 miles New, FL #9 I've now heard all stations on 1680 from this listening post LA, Monroe 10/26 0059 - Weak but steady signal under KGED About to start rd quarter of high school football Pineville Rebels @West Ouachita Chiefs 1311 miles Relog NJ, Lindenwold 10/25 0258 - TuDN Deportes Radio Spanish sports promos and ID 2064 miles New, NJ #1, State #42! WA, Seattle 10/26 0100 - Faded up over KRJO under KGED for top-of-hour ID 729 miles Relog 27 1690 KFSG WVON WPTX 1700 KBGG KVNS KKLF UnID 1710 TIS CA, Roseville 10/26 0100 - Way under KDMT as usual, with pre-recorded ID spliced into top of hour It was preceded by some obscure contemporary Christian music and was followed by what sounded like a children's religious program 400 miles Relog IL, Berwyn 10/26 1200 - Caught them under KDMT/KFSG as they went to day rig Local talk program and "the talk of Chicago" slogan 1391 miles New, IL #7 MD, Lexington Park 10/26 0211 - ID by male announcer: "Real music and real _, 16-90 AM, WPTX." Western DXers please note they are usually //KYBC-1600 2006 miles Relog IA, Des Moines 10/26 0211 - Faded up over XEPE and KKLF with end of high school football Pleasant Hill Southeast Polk Rams @Des Moines Roosevelt Roughriders 1091 miles Relog TX, Brownsville 10/26 0304 - Weak but steady under KKLF with Fox Sports programming This station, which was a pest for many years, is actually fairly difficult to hear now 1315 miles Relog TX, Richardson 10/26 0212 - Tejano music, "mas Tejano" slogan, mixing with XEPE's local political talk and KBGG's high school football Despite the slogan and constant promos, I really wouldn't call any of the music I hear on this station "Tejano." 1054 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0303 - Indian music briefly on top of KBGG and XEPE on ENE wire This wire was aimed almost right at WRCR (73.8 degrees vs antenna ~70 degrees), but the signal (while it lasted) seemed too strong for WRCR's STA which was just renewed in September NM, Bandelier National Monument 10/26 1121 - Frequently audible with weak signals on E wire, but difficult to copy most of the message Occasionally a phrase like "…approximately 15 miles along New Mexico Highway 4" would help me confirm what station I was hearing Approximately 482 miles (based on a presumed location at the visitor center) Relog PAN-AMERICAN DX: 530 CUBA CMBQ, Villa Maria, Ciudad de la Habana 10/26 1105 - Radio Enciclopedia, good signals with usual nice music and low-key female announcer Over Rebelde stations as usual Relog CUBA CM , Antiguo, Guantánamo and Caribe, Isla de la Juventud 10/26 0229 - Rebelde ID with noticeable echo, mixing with Enciclopedia as usual Relog 540 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/27 1121 - Finally caught the Rebelde outlet with a piccolo solo //710 and several other frequencies A nice piece of Cuban music with a piccolo solo can cut through a lot of interference (540 is a very crowded frequency for DXers in the west, with several Mexican stations remaining on AM) This might have been the little 1kW station in Sancti-Spíritus, as the sun had already been up for several minutes on the far eastern tip of Guantánamo where the 10kW station is located New, Cuba #83 MÉXICO XESURF, Tijuana, BCN 10/26 0133 - Radio Zión with Spanish sermon under CBK 482 miles Relog MÉXICO XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, CHIH 10/26 0100 - La Ranchera de Paquimé fading up under KYAH with ranchera music and full FM/AM ID 685 miles Relog MÉXICO XEWF, Tlalmanalco, MEX 10/27 0459 - Faded up under XETX with Mexican national anthem (children's chorus, one verse, slightly slow tempo), then off the air Prior to the trip, I recorded the web streams of all of the surviving stations at local midnight, and XEWF is the only one that plays this version of the anthem 1647 miles New, MEX #7, México #206 MÉXICO XEHS, Los Mochis, SIN 10/25 1257 - ID by low-voiced male announcer, mixing badly with XETX and KNMX 958 miles Relog 550 MÉXICO XEPL, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, CHIH 10/28 1203 - La Superestación way under KFYI and KLLV with AM/FM ID 841 miles Relog 560 CUBA CM , Ciego de Ávila 10/28 0400 - Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels Relog MÉXICO XESRD, Santiago Papasquiaro, DUR 10/28 1201 - La Tremenda, under KBLU and KMON with orchestral version of Mexican anthem (full 4:40) Soon lost to XEYO 1092 miles Relog MÉXICO XEYO, Huatabampo, SON 10/28 1204 - Appeared suddenly over XESRD, KBLU and KMON with announcement beginning with "Buenos Días!" and including ID/slogan "XEYO, Radio Lobo." 888 miles Relog 570 CUBA CM , Santa Clara, Villa Clara 10/26 0206 - Radio Reloj faded up under KVI with usual pips and news Relog MÉXICO XEBJB, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 10/27 0458 - Northern Mexican music, slogan "La Mexicana" briefly had me thinking I might have OA, but on closer inspection there was a "B-J-B" slogan right before "La Mexicana." +10/28 0305 - Under US stations with regional Mexican music and slogan that sounded like "BJB la ita, la que onda." 1234 miles Relog UnID 10/28 1157 - Full (4:40) children's choral version of Mexican anthem under KLAC Announcement was read by a "Sonora-style" (deep growly-voiced) male announcer Almost certainly unneeded XEBJB, but needed XEOA also uses this version of the anthem 580 CUBA CM , (unknown location) 10/26 0306 - Reloj "RR" pips //570, 790 The only station listed on 580 is a Rebelde outlet in Guantánamo state New, Cuba #79 MÉXICO XELRDA, Piedras Negras, COAH 10/26 1142 - Under KUBC and WIBW with ranchera/norteña music and "la rancherita" jingles Female announcer repeated the slogan and gave a short weather forecast Didn't hear a call letter ID this time, so I don't know if they have finally started using the new call letters they received when they re-purchased their old AM license at auction a few years ago 1047 miles Relog 590 ARGENTINA LS4, Buenos Aires (presumed) 10/28 0559 - Presumed Radio Continental with Argentina-style 5+1 time pips (same musical pitch and duration as LRA1-870) One of at least Buenos Aires stations that appeared at the same time New, Argentina #2 CUBA CM , La Julia, Mayabeque 10/28 0358 - Radio Musical Nacional with Cuban anthem Noted several times throughout the weekend with classical music and female announcer //1140 rarely noted this year Relog UnID 10/28 0400 - Choral version of Mexican national anthem (presumably from the start of the National Hour, so not the version used by the station the rest of the week) followed by possibly ID by mumbly male announcer, and what sounded like a newscast (but it must have been the National Hour; opera music from this week's National Hour episode was noted a few minutes later) The only Mexican I have logged on 590 from this location moved to FM years ago, so whatever this was, it was new XEE and XEFD would be most likely based on antenna direction, but the other surviving stations (XEPH, XEGTO) are possible as well 600 CUBA CM , San Germán, Holguín 10/28 0400 - Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels Relog MÉXICO XEHW, Mazatlán, SIN 10/28 0158 - Under KOGO with regional Mexican music, ID "la mejor 102.7 FM y 600 AM." 1198 miles Relog 610 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/28 0258 - Rebelde interval signal (slow version) //530, 600, etc Relog MÉXICO XEGS, Guasave, SON 10/28 0138 - La G-S slogan, full ID by male announcer 989 miles Relog 620 CUBA CM , Colón, Matanzas 10/28 0400 - Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels Relog MÉXICO XESS, Puerto Nuevo, BCN 10/25 0030 - Under KJOL and presumed KTAR with Spanish sports programming 498 miles Relog MÉXICO XENK, México, DF 10/28 1157 - Radio 620 with children's choral version of Mexican anthem under KTAR and KTNO Faded out for a few minutes, then barely audible during gaps in the other stations' talk/music with start of "Por El Campo" rural affairs program at the top of the hour 1616 miles Relog 630 CUBA CM , Camagüey-Isabel Hortensia, Camagüey 10/28 0359 - Caught about seconds' worth of the Cuban anthem //other Progreso stations Relog but fairly rare UnID 10/27 2359 - 6-note chimes (not XEPBGJ - these were E-D-C-G-E-C) on E wire way under KHOW Seemed to be followed by a fútbol promo UnID 10/28 0257 - Ave Maria on ESE (Cuba/Venezuela) wire under KHOW 640 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/28 0257 - Both transmitters audible at this hour with tropical music Almost a full second delay between the two signals, with the second signal much stronger than the first +10/28 0358 - Cuban anthem //many other Progreso channels Relog MÉXICO XEJUA, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0057 - Regional Mexican music, slogan "la caliente 6-40 AM" followed by jingle 660 miles Relog 650 COLOMBIA HJKH, Bogotá 10/26 0247 - Antena Dos mixing with WSM with promotional announcements by male and female announcers Relog MÉXICO XETNT, Los Mochis, SIN 10/28 1200 - Radio 65 appeared suddenly with a huge signal in the middle of an ad for local concert in Los Mochis sponsored by Grupo Chávez Radio, then into usual "Buenos Días Yardero" program I'm never really sure about the night power of Mexican stations, but I guess it's safe to say that XETNT does power down substantially at night, and returns to day power at 5am local time (Los Mochis was already back on standard time, unlike the US and some border towns) 958 miles Relog 660 CUBA CM , Jovellanos, Matanzas 10/25 1100 - Radio Progreso news //640, only audible a few seconds at a time during brief bits of dead air on KTNN, but easily identifiable as //640 thanks to the Perseus' looping playback feature New, Cuba #81 670 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/28 0400 - Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels Relog 28 680 PUERTO RICO WAPA, San Juan 10/27 0158 - Under KNBR with Spanish newscast, "Wapa Radio" slogan, and same jingle as found on Mark Connelly's audio files, followed by a very long multi-station ID (6 AMs plus related FM translators) 3194 miles New, PR #2 690 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/28 0358 - Cuban anthem //many other Progreso channels This station has been quite weak in recent years Relog MÉXICO XEWW, Rosarito, BCN 10/26 0133 - Huge signal on top of channel with Chinese programming, interrupted by Spanish and English IDs, which they run fairly often these days Mexican government PSAs in Spanish, as well as government-produced programs in Spanish (such as the Suprema Corte program, which was heard later on this Friday night), can be inserted at any time Also, please note that at the top of some hours, XEWW runs a long series of "cuckoo" sounds which could be confused for the 16 tones that are sometimes broadcast at the top of the hour by W Radio in Colombia 496 miles Relog MÉXICO XEN, México, DF 10/26 0145 - Liga MX fútbol Monarcas Morelia vs Santos Laguna, //XEJCC-720 1633 miles Relog MÉXICO XERG, Monterrey, NL 10/27 0358 - Fighting with KGGF on ESE wire with local play-by-play for fútbol Los Tigres de Nuevo León vs Cruz Azul (the game had a late start time of 9:15pm local time) I have been trying for this one for a long time Tried for //XEERG-800, but they weren't coming in 1224 miles New, NL #16, México #205 UnID 10/27 0159 - Spanish talk by female announcer on E (Cuba/Venezuela) wire, no ID at top-of-hour, just a very clear slogan "ésto es la emisora de la Revolución." That's almost exactly Radio Rebelde's slogan ("Rebelde, emisora de la Revolución"), but this station was not // the many Rebelde outlets that were coming in at this time, nor was it //the Radio Progreso stations that were coming in at this time (both stations listed on 690 are normally Progreso outlets) 700 MÉXICO XEGD, Hidalgo del Parral, CHIH 10/28 1157 - Grupera/AC music, "la poderosa" slogan and FM 90.3 mentions 968 miles Relog MÉXICO XEDKR, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 1202 - Faded up under KALL and over XEGD with nice slow call-letter ID, studio address, mention of 24h/d schedule, and new "Radio Centro" slogan (since XERED-1110 is currently silent, they were simulcasting XERC-FM 97.7 México City until XERC-FM was sold) 1425 miles Relog MÉXICO XEETCH, Etchojoa, SON 10/26 1300 - Way under KALL with Mexican anthem sung by a group of very young children, off key, in a native language, around a recording of an orchestra 876 miles Relog 710 ARGENTINA LRL202, Buenos Aires (presumed) 10/28 0559 - Presumed Radio Diez with Argentina-style 5+1 time pips (same musical pitch and duration as LRA1-870) One of at least Buenos Aires stations that appeared at the same time New, Argentina #3 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/26 0208 - Radio Rebelde with long speech about Cuba //530, 1180 At least stations noted echoing +10/28 0400 - Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels Relog CUBA CM , La Palma, Pinar del Río 10/26 0401 - Radio Guamá with Cuban anthem //990 Relog MÉXICO XEDP, Cuauhtémoc, CHIH 10/25 1302 - La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc with AM/FM ID and local newscast Nice to have them back on frequency after many years of being about 150Hz low Overall audio quality and signal strength seem to have improved quite a bit too 840 miles Relog UnID 10/27 1214 - On the E (TX/OK/KS) wire, children's choral version of Mexican anthem in progress, followed by a lengthy jingle Hard to imagine this would be anything other than unneeded XEDP, but I have to wonder why any station would be running the anthem at this odd hour 720 MÉXICO XEJCC, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0158 - ID and "Fonógrafo" slogans, followed by Chihuahua state anthem and fast adult choral version of Mexican national anthem, as if they were signing off… but instead, they segued into "Radio Centro Deportes" Spanish coverage of Liga MX fútbol Monarcas Morelia vs Santos Laguna, //XEN-690 In the past they have always signed off by 8pm local time Special schedule for Liga MX broadcasts, or is this permanent? +10/27 1143 - Older Mexican music and "Fonógrafo 6-90" slogans Either they are also signing on earlier now (having signed on at 6am MDT in the past) or they just stayed on all night after last night's baseball coverage This is not helping me log XEJAGC! +10/28 1206 - Appeared suddenly with "Fonógrafo" jingle and directly into the anthem (which went beyond the end of my recording) Prior to this, there was a very weak station playing older Mexican music which may have been needed XEJAGC 663 miles Relog MÉXICO XEDE, Saltillo, COAH 10/28 0304 - Under WGN with regional Mexican music, "105.7 FM" slogans 1212 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0500 - Way under KDWN and KFIR on SE/NW wire with choral version of Mexican national anthem This would seem to be unneeded XEDE, as it seemed to be followed by grupera music less than minutes later… but a minute after that, I heard another(?) choral version of the anthem, still very weak, which might have been needed XEJAGC UnID 10/28 0258 - Way under WGN and UNID Spanish station (seemingly XEDE?), I heard a very faint Rebelde attention signal, about 20 seconds ahead of the real Rebelde stations UnID 10/28 1201 - Adult choral version of Mexican anthem, very weak under KDWN This could be needed XEJAGC or unneeded XEDE So far I can't hear any of the musical tones which accompany XEJAGC's time checks, so perhaps it was XEDE 730 CUBA CM , La Fe, Isla Juventud 10/25 0200 - "En Ritmo" program and ID "En Ritmo, Radio Progreso en Habana" //640, 900 +10/27 0159 - Weak //640, 890, 900 with music used on old PBS TV feature "Stardate," which really cuts through the interference, Relog MÉXICO XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, CHIH 10/28 1157 - Regional Mexican music and "La Mexicana" slogan under XEX, KDAV 965 miles Relog MÉXICO XEX, México, DF 10/28 1159 - Adult choral version of Mexican anthem Signal faded for a few minutes under KDAV, XEHB, etc., then faded up strongly with Chicago's "25 or to 4" and "W Deportes" slogan 1631 miles Relog (MÉXICO XESOS, Agua Prieta, SON Absolutely no sign of this station on any of my 142 recordings from this year's trip They are normally a huge pest here on just about every wire - and at home, where I have not heard them since about August or September 2019 - so I can only conclude they have turned off the AM, despite having been ordered to keep it on Web stream IDs in summer 2020 still include 730 AM, but there is still no sign of them on my car radio here at home, where they would normally be a nightly catch I suspect many DXers may not have noticed, since KDBI has a similar format and has been getting out like gangbusters the past year or two.) 740 MÉXICO XEQN, Torreón, COAH 10/26 0159 - Radio Fórmula programming way under CBX and KIDR 1125 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0402 - Unidentified chimes way under KCBS on ESE (Cuba) wire Same instrument as used by Radio Angulo, but not the same musical notes 760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, Barranquilla 10/27 0159 - 4-note ascending attention signal and 5+1 pips, followed by RCN mentions and RCN news New, Colombia #17 MÉXICO XEABC, San Sebastián Chimalpa, MEX 10/26 0128 - Newscast, ABC Radio mention, time check, and Mexican government PSAs 1631 miles Relog MÉXICO XENY, Nogales, SON 10/28 1203 - Radio Gény with children's choral version of Mexican anthem (one verse) ID trampled by KFMB but could easily make out "desde la ciudad de Nogales, Sonora, México." 562 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0501 and 10/28 1157 - Adult choral version of Mexican anthem way under KFMB and presumed XENY Soon faded Most likely unneeded XEABC, but could be needed XEZZ 770 COLOMBIA HJJX, Bogotá 10/27 0259 - RCN time pips //980, 1000, 1020 and possibly 1110 Relog CUBA CM , La Salud, Artemisa 10/25 0359 - Barely audible under KKOB and WABC with Artemisa piccolo theme //1020 Relog CUBA CM , Las Tunas, Las Tunas 10/26 1130 - Radio Rebelde outlet with Reloj pips and ticks under KKOB and CHQR I was initially unsure if this was a new station, or one of the two known transmitters (normally used for Rebelde and Artemisa) that I've already logged on this frequency Per Steven Wiseblood in South Texas, the Rebelde transmitter often runs Reloj programming overnight, putting a good signal into his area +10/28 0557 - Slow version of interval signal (start of newscast) //530, 600, 670, 710, etc Relog UnID 10/26 0358 - Cuban anthem, very weak under KKOB This was about seconds ahead of the Rebelde stations, and 12 seconds ahead of Artemisa on 1020 kHz UnID 10/27 0400 - Cuban anthem in progress faded up under KKOB Not //Rebelde or Artemisa stations Maybe another station has been added to this channel? UnID 10/28 1202 - Very weak signal on SSE wire, way under KKOB and CHQR with children's choral version of Mexican anthem in progress, followed by what sounded like a man praying and preaching in a loud voice in Spanish Seemingly not unneeded XEACH, which runs the anthem from the Radio Fórmula feed just before the top of the hour, and XEFRTM was not on the air yet in October 2019, so that leaves only XEANT and XEML, both of which are still needed A prayer seems unlikely on XEANT, and XEML does have some Catholic programming throughout the day XEML also frequently posts general (non-Catholic) prayers to their Facebook page around the beginning and end of the day At 150 degrees, XEML is closer to the antenna bearing (155 degrees) than XEANT (139) or XEACH (135), so I suspect it was XEML 780 UnID 10/27 0159 - Tropical music on E wire I suspect this was needed YVMN Noted again at 0405 UT recheck with possible bits of news with doorbell chimes (not sure about that) and more tropical music UnID 10/28 0401 - Under KKOH and WBBM on E wire, I seemed to have a few bits of the Venezuelan anthem, which would be needed YVMN Not enough to be sure 29 790 800 810 820 830 840 850 860 870 890 900 UnID 10/28 1200 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem (one verse, starting exactly at top-of-hour) way under KAZM Announcement after the anthem finished was rather subdued (not the boisterous ID I hear on XELD's web stream) It was followed a short orchestral piece with a somewhat indigenous influence (similar to, but not identical to, what I heard on XEGLO's web stream when I got home), then some instrumental music resembling older romantic ballads Both XEGLO and XELD run this version of the anthem XEGLO seems to run it very close to the top of the hour, and XELD a few minutes after I'm strongly inclined to think this was XEGLO, but XEXY's web stream has been down, so I can't rule them out A listener in Tampico has confirmed that the new station there is not on the air yet I still need XEGLO, XEXY and XELD, so whatever this was, it was needed CUBA CM , Holguín, Holguín and Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio 10/27 0158 - Radio Reloj with usual pips Split second delay between the two transmitters tonight Relog MÉXICO XESU, Mexicali, BCN 10/25 0040 - Under several other stations with Mexican music and La Dinámica slogans Relog MÉXICO XENT, La Paz, BCS 10/28 1158 - Under KABC and KBET with Radio Fórmula sounder and children's choral version of Mexican anthem (from Fórmula feed) 1051 miles Relog UnID 10/28 1204 - Way under KABC and KBET with slogan "la a, la mera mera, _ FM." Didn't sound like anything I've heard on XENT UNID 10/27 0259 - Just before the top of the hour (and again about a minute later) I had time pips and cuckoo bird sounds (every seconds) on the SE/NW wire Several Colombians were coming in at this time MÉXICO XESPN, Tijuana, BCN 10/28 1158 - Extremely faint signal under XEROK and KDDD with Mexican anthem from Radio Fórmula feed Only audible when the Laboratorios Camacho announcer was talking on XEROK, never when any music was playing on XEROK Eventually heard slogan "ESPN Radio Fórmula." Relog MÉXICO XEROK, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0057 – Radio Cañon with Spanish religious programming and ID 667 miles Relog NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PJB, Bonaire 10/26 0057 – Radio Transmundial under XEROK with Spanish Christian programming, into "Cruzada Luis Palau" as listed in the broadcast schedule on TWR web site Tuned in again about 45 minutes later and heard telltale Spanish religious programming read by people who were clearly not fluent Spanish speakers (this is true of many of TWR's programs) Relog COLOMBIA HJCY, Bogotá 10/26 0247 - Under KGO with Caracol newscast //HJNW-1170, less than a second out of synch +10/27 0258 - Mixing with XERI and a few other stations with promo for "El Club de Lectura" program Sunday nights at 8pm Relog CUBA CM , Burenes, Guantánamo 10/28 0358 - Radio Progreso outlet with segment of Cuban anthem //640, 690, 890, 900 New, Cuba #76 MÉXICO XERI, Reynosa, TAMA 10/27 0258 - Mixing with Caracol, male announcer with slogan "Radio Rey, Más Música." 1281 miles Relog CUBA CM , Arroyo Arenas, Ciudad de la Habana 10/25 0359 - Radio Ciudad de la Habana with Cuban anthem and piano theme, way under WBAP +10/28 0300 - Usual top-of-hour piano theme, but this time seemingly followed by a 4-note ascending xylophone sounder (not the same as Reloj or other stations - this one would be C-E-G-Bb in the key of C) Relog CUBA CM , Ciego de Ávila 10/26 0401 - Radio Reloj "RR" pips at the unusual time of 26 seconds into the minute (back to normal the next minute) Relog MÉXICO XEABCA, Mexicali, BCN 10/26 0257 - Under KUTR with unusual tropical music, followed by usual pre-recorded ID with "Canal 820" slogan +10/26 1304 - Strong signal with several minutes of barnyard animal noises, as noted previously by Paul Walker No announcements, just several minutes of cows, chickens, etc at full volume They this days a week Kind of an alarm clock for rural listeners? +10/28 1202 - Strong signal, fighting WBAP with call-letter ID and secondary slogan "Radio Frontera." Still announces 3500w 452 miles Relog MÉXICO XEBA, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 1202 - Radio Cañon (new slogan) barely audible under XEABCA and WBAP with adult choral version of Mexican anthem 1416 miles New, JAL #18, México #202 MÉXICO XEBM, San Luis Potosí, SLP 10/28 0601 - Way under WBAP and XEABCA with children's choral version of Mexican anthem in progress 1400 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0358 - On ESE (Cuba) wire, ascending doorbell tones a minor third apart MÉXICO XEITE, México, DF 10/26 0246 - Spanish contemporary Christian music, male announcer "Usted escucha Quiéreme 830 AM." This format has since been rebranded as Ondas de Paz and moved back to XEEST-1440, with "Radio Capital" returning to this station after the short-term lease to Grupo Siete ended 1626 miles Relog MÉXICO XELN, Linares, NL 10/28 0557 - Under KDRI and KLAA with Mexican government PSA, garbled ID, and children's choral version of the Mexican national anthem 1293 miles Relog CUBA CMHW, Santa Clara, Villa Clara and CM , Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba 10/28 0400 - Dobleve and Radio Revolución - After several nights of hearing only one Cuban anthem and not knowing which station it was, I finally heard both anthems One started around 0400:38 Just as it was ending, I caught part of the opening fanfare of the other anthem New, Cuba #84 and #85 HAITI 4VEH, Cap Haitien 10/25 0400 - Finally caught the famous "Dashing Through the Snow" interval signal after trying the last few years It just happened to fall in a brief gap in KXNT's talk New, Haiti #1, Country #18 COLOMBIA HJKC, Bogotá 10/27 0504 - Under KOA and presumed XEMIA with "Candela 8-50" slogan //HJQT-1580 Relog MÉXICO XEZF, Mexicali, BCN 10/28 0130 - Buenísima with instrumental version of Mexican anthem They pulled the plug before it finished This station had been listed at 250w, but they announce 1kW (I have observed that quite a few stations were granted 1kW day or night powers back in the 1990s, without a lot of documentation) 449 miles Relog MÉXICO XEMIA, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 1158 - Pop music, children's choral version of Mexican anthem, and back to pop music (//XEOK-900 with Mexican Radio Disney feed; checked 710 for the Acapulco Radio Disney outlet, but no such luck) This station has since finished moving to FM, leaving "daytimer" XEZF as the last remaining Mexican station on 850 1423 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0115 - Two Spanish stations under KOA and presumed KHHO on NNW/SSE (Western Mexico) wire The louder one was playing ranchera/norteña music, followed by a wolf whistle and a male announcer saying "8-50 AM" followed by what sounded like a Mexican government PSA Based on the signal strength, I would have to assume this was XEZF The second station had a male announcer who said something like "suco 10-30." This wasn't in long, but it didn't sound like anything I would expect on Radio Disney I don't know of any 850/1030 AM simulcasts CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/27 0034 - Radio Reloj with usual time pips and news Relog MÉXICO XEMO, Tijuana, BCN 10/26 0133 - Mexican government PSAs, slogan "la poderosa, música de recuerdo." 489 miles Relog MÉXICO XEZOL, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/28 1158 - Radio 860 Noticias under KNAI and XEMO with local news and traffic, mentions of Grupo Mega Radio, and fast choral version of Mexican anthem 666 miles Relog UnID 10/25 0400 - Faint trace of opening fanfare of Cuban anthem As far as I know, Reloj stations not run the anthem at midnight (790 and 950 were running the usual midnight "doorbell madness") UnID 10/26 0114 - "La Fiesta de a" jingle on NNW/SSE (Western Mexico) wire Unsure if domestic or foreign UnID 10/28 0559 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem, very weak on SSE wire under XEMO's adult choral anthem (from the National Hour) Doesn't match XEZOL, and timing would be wrong for XECTL, so that leaves XEUN and XENL, both still needed Web stream monitoring has revealed that both XEUN and XENL air the single-verse children's version of the anthem XEUN appears to splice the anthem in at exactly midnight (aborting whatever song is in progress at the time), whereas XENL usually plays it a few minutes later or not at all ARGENTINA LRA1, Buenos Aires 10/25 0359 – Top-of-hour pips (5 short, followed by long) exactly as heard the last years They were heard fairly often in this weekend's crazy space weather, even on a few antennas that were not aimed very close to Argentina +10/27 0459 - Same 5+1 time pips, followed by ID "8-70 Radio Nacional." +10/28 0559 - Same 5+1 time pips This time, at least other stations from Buenos Aires were coming in as well (this antenna was aimed close to Argentina) Nice opening! Relog CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/25 0057 - Radio Reloj with usual time pips and news Relog CUBA CM , Ciego de Ávila 10/28 0358 - Cuban anthem //many other Progreso channels Relog CUBA CM , San Germán, Holguín 10/28 0358 - Cuban anthem //many other Progreso channels Relog MÉXICO XEW, México, DF 10/26 0057 - Mixing with Progreso Ads and Mexican government PSAs, "W Radio" slogan and ID 1632 miles Relog MÉXICO XEOK, Monterrey, NL 10/28 1206 - Faded up under XEW with Mexican Radio Disney feed //XEMIA-850 This station has since finished moving to FM, leaving XEW as the last Mexican station left on 900 kHz 1222 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0258 - Mixing with XEW on SE wire, male and female host in Spanish mentioned "fiesta danza" and "música de Colombia." At the top of the hour, there was a brief attention signal, partially faded out It didn't match the theme tune used by RCN Fiesta Cúcuta It was an upward arpeggio, notes repeated at least twice Unfortunately neither HJDD nor HJEY have program schedules on their web page, but I'll eventually get around to checking their web streams to see if I hear that attention signal 30 910 CUBA CM , Camagüey and Villa Maria, Cd de la Habana 10/26 0400 - Radio Cadena Agramonte and Radio Metropolitana with Cuban national anthem about 10 seconds apart from each other Relogs +10/27 0458 - Someone ran the Cuban anthem an hour later than usual tonight MÉXICO XEAO, Mexicali, BCN 10/28 1159 - Under KGME with full ID mentioning 1kW and Grupo Audiorama Communicaciones, followed by older Mexican vocals Slogan still "Radio Mexicana 910." 450 miles Relog 930 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/27 0200 - Radio Reloj "RR" Morse code //570, 790, 860, 950 This one was 28 seconds after the top of the minute The other ones on this recording were at the usual time The 930 stations are especially rare here Relog MÉXICO XETLA, Tlaxiaco, OAX 10/28 1200 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem (in Spanish, not the native language version they used to run) way under KSEI and KCCC, then clobbered by KAFF before it ended For the last few years, XETLA has been the only Mexican station on 930, and this will remain the case until the CP for XESAME comes on 1800 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0359 - Doorbell chimes (3 descending, followed by descending) on ESE/WNW (Cuba) wire 940 MÉXICO XEMMM, Mexicali, BCN 10/28 1157 - On top of the channel over KGMS and KIXZ with US oldies and disco hits, and new jingle "9-40 AM" (sounded like "9-40 la M" at first) Slogan in "Spanglish:" "9-40 oldies, donde tocamos tus requests." 452 miles Relog (MÉXICO XERLA, Santa Rosalia, BCS Usually a nightly catch, but not a trace of them this year Could they have joined the handful of other stations that have turned off their AMs despite being told by the IFT to keep the AM on the air?) MÉXICO XEQ, México, DF 10/28 0600 - Mixing with XEMMM with adult choral version of Mexican anthem, 1631 miles Relog MÉXICO XERKS, Reynosa, TAMA 10/27 0600 - Mixing with KIXZ and KGMS on SE/NW wire with children's choral version of Mexican anthem, then back to overnight light religious/inspirational programming ("Amado Bueno" program) 1283 miles New, TAMA #8, México #207 950 CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/26 0210 - Radio Reloj, usual time pips and news Relog MÉXICO XEKAM, Tijuana, BCN 10/28 1157 - On top of channel with full ID for Radio Fórmula flagship station XERFR-970, network promos, and children's choral version of Mexican anthem from network feed 489 miles Relog 970 CUBA CM , Los Palacios, Pinar del Río 10/28 0358 - Radio Guamá with Cuban anthem //other Guamá channels Relog MÉXICO XEJ, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0059 - Mexican AC music, and back to old slogan "la jota Mexicana" as recently reported by other DXers, but still uses "Radio México" at times 668 miles Relog MÉXICO XERFR, México, DF 10/27 1201 - Faded up under KVWM, XEJ and KUFO with Radio Fórmula sounder and ID 1626 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0130 - 3-note attention signal (C-low G-high G) under KVWM on SE/NW wire Slogan by male announcer sounded like "Radio Colota" or something similar (I can't find an actual Spanish word that is close to what I heard) There was actually a first line to the slogan, spoken over the 3-note signal, which more or less rhymed with the "Radio Colota(?)" part Slightly mushy audio, which seems to be a recurring problem on my SE wires over the years Quite a few Colombians were coming in on this wire this evening, as was LRA1-870 (the other Argentinians were on the SSE/NNW wire) Soon buried by XEJ and KXTA when they faded back up 980 COLOMBIA HJES, Calí 10/27 0259 - RCN time pips //770, 1000, 1020 and possibly 1110 New, Colombia #14 CUBA CMCK, El Sapo, Ciudad de la Habana 10/26 0400 - Presumed (certainly not the other station on this channel, Radio Reloj) with Cuban national anthem Suddenly appeared over KWSW and an unidentified station that was running the US national anthem +10/27 0459 - Noted with piano theme song from Radio Ciudad de la Habana (820 kHz) They must relay RCH after Midnight or perhaps on weekends, or perhaps they were even being used as a substitute for the 820 station, which was not audible tonight Relog (MÉXICO XEFQ, Cananea, SON) Not noted at all on this year's recordings Contacted the station and they confirmed they have finished moving to FM and turned off the AM after 80 years on the air.) 990 CUBA CM , Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río 10/26 0400 - Male announcer "Radio Guamá…" followed by 3-note ascending attention signal, then continuing with time check "12 de la noche" and into Cuban anthem, followed by some more doorbell tones Noted on other nights //other Guamá channels Relog MÉXICO XECL, Mexicali, BCN 10/26 0317 - High school football (in English) Calexico Bulldogs @Brawley Wildcats +10/28 1157 - On top of the channel with older Mexican hits, full ID, "rocola 9-90" jingle and "Radiorama Mexicali" jingle 449 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0502 - Way under XECL on SE/NW wire with children's choral version of Mexican anthem (seemed to be one verse, which would seem to indicate that it was unneeded XET) Antenna was aimed right at XET and XETG, and only degrees away from XEIU UnID 10/28 0604 - Under KTKT and KSVP on SSE wire with children's choral version of Mexican anthem This seemed to be followed by a male announcer giving some kind of slogan possibly including "9-90," followed by the roar of a lion or tiger This time the antenna was aimed well west of the surviving stations on 990 (disregarding XECL, which if anything would be running the version from the National Hour at this time) Could be the same station as heard the previous night, the difference being that México was on Daylight Saving Time the previous night, and Standard Time this night 1000 COLOMBIA HJAQ, Cartagena 10/27 0259 - RCN time pips //770, 980, 1020 and possibly 1110 New, Colombia #15 CUBA CM , Artemisa, Artemisa 10/25 1115 - Presumably the source of the "HH" Morse Code heard simultaneously on 1000 and 1020 on E wire? +10/27 0043 - The "Whoop-Whoop" jammer is back This had previously been reported as coming from the Radio Artemisa transmitter Relog CUBA CM , Media Luna, Granma 10/25 0101 - Granma 9-note chimes easily piercing through KOMO Mixing with "whoop-whoop" jammer +10/26 0358 - Radio Granma under KOMO and XEFV with Cuban anthem Identifiable as Granma because it was not //Artemisa-1020 Relog MÉXICO XEFV, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0057 - Ranchera music, slogan and jingle "la rancherita." 666 miles Relog MÉXICO XEOY, México, DF 10/28 0605 and 10/28 1159 - Mil AM under KOMO and XEFV with "Somos NRM" company theme song (see note on XEBS1410) 1625 miles Relog 1020 COLOMBIA HJFQ, Pereira 10/27 0259 - RCN time pips //770, 980, 1000 and possibly 1110 New, Colombia #16 CUBA CM , Bahía Honda, Artemisa 10/25 1115 - Presumably the source of the "HH" Morse Code heard simultaneously on 1000 and 1020 on E wire? +10/26 0358 - Radio Artemisa with piccolo theme song and Cuban anthem Relog +10/28 0358 - Cuban anthem noted here at this time //one of the 1180 transmitters which was running Artemisa programming this weekend (all the Rebelde stations on 1180 ran their anthem over minutes later) UnID 10/25 1131 - Two sets of two descending chimes, sounding roughly like a grandfather clock, on E wire Cubans were still in at this hour 1030 MÉXICO XESDD, Puerto Nuevo, BCN 10/28 1157 - Over KTWO and KCTA on Mexican wire with usual political talk, "la tremenda" slogans, and promos for PSN news This station is one of several owned by the governor-elect of Baja California 498 miles Relog 1040 CUBA CM , Güines, Mayabeque 10/26 0359 - Radio Mayabeque mixing with WHO Choral version of Cuban anthem (quite different from the version used by Progreso and Rebelde) and ID "Esta es Radio Mayabeque, transmitiendo las 24 horas del día, por las 1040 y 1140 de la onda media, y la 104.7 de la frecuencia modulada, desde la ciudad de Güines " Relog MÉXICO XESAG, Salamanca, GJTO 10/28 1200 - Radio Lobo Bajio with children's choral version of Mexican anthem, into morning newscast from Grupo Informativo Así Sucede Guanajuato 1493 miles Relog MÉXICO XEBBB, Zapopan, JAL 10/28 1159 - Esne Radio with children's choral version of Mexican anthem, then back to Esne Radio music program //KHPY-1670 Note that this station is //KHPY and other US Esne Radio affiliates (including KURS-1040!), except when running the Mexican national anthem, and for a few hours on Sunday nights when the US affiliates run some bilingual and English programming while XEBBB runs the Mexican national hour and other related programs 1420 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0159 - On E wire, 7-note attention signal (musical notes A, A-B, C-B-C, D) - definitely not the attention signal used by Mayabeque or HJAI 1050 MÉXICO XED, Mexicali, BCN 10/28 1207 - Faded up above XEG with slogan "96.9 FM la poderosa." //XHMUG-96.9 Relog MÉXICO XEBCS, La Paz, BCS 10/26 0159 - Way under CJNB with FM/AM ID and "La Radio de Sudcalifornia" slogan Relog MÉXICO XEG, Monterrey, NL 10/26 0101 - La Ranchera de Monterrey with ranchera music and ID, way under KTBL 1225 miles Relog 1060 MÉXICO XEEP, México, DF 10/26 0130 - "Radio Educación" slogans, and mentions of a handful of other stations around the country that carried the syndicated program that was running at this hour 1629 miles Relog 1070 COLOMBIA HJAH, Barranquilla 10/27 0457 - Fighting KNX and XESP with South American flute music Finally heard the Emisora Atlántico theme song (a 4-line tune, played on a synthesizer to sound like horns) minutes after the top of the hour New, Colombia #18 CUBA CMKS, Burenes, Guantánamo 10/26 0223 - Surprisingly alone on the channel (on my ESE Cuba wire) for a minute or two before KNX faded back in Nice tropical Cuban music and "Trinchera radio" mention between songs New, Cuba #80 CUBA CM , Guane, Pinar del Río 10/28 0358 - Radio Guamá with Cuban anthem //other Guamá channels Relog MÉXICO XESP, Guadalajara, JAL 10/27 0501 - Faded up with full (4:40) children's choral version of Mexican national anthem, followed by an FM-only (XHESP-91.9) ID by female announcer, and slogan "rock and soul 91.9 - rock, música alma." They turned their AM off the following month 1428 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0200 - On E wire, a tinkling piano theme (two ascending notes, followed by a trill of two higher notes) 31 1080 1090 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 UNID 10/28 0603 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem (2 verses), and possible mentions of Guadalajara In the past, XESP (which turned off their AM in November) played the full (4:40) version, and XEAGS typically plays the single-verse children's choral version This was on the SSE wire, so the only other surviving station on 1070 (XEIT) seems unlikely, but their web stream has not worked in a long time so I can't discern which version of the anthem they use There seemed to be a second station playing Mexican music underneath, which might have been needed XEAGS CUBA CM , Villa María, Ciudad de la Habana and Ciego de Ávila, Ciego de Ávila 10/25 0359 - Finally caught two Cuban anthems here, about 20 seconds apart, with major overlap (one was in the middle of a verse while the other was starting the opening trumpet fanfare Radio Ciudad de la Habana is unneeded, but Radio Surco is new, Cuba #78 MÉXICO XETUL, Tultitlán, MEX 10/28 0602 - Radio Mexiquense very weak under KRLD with Mexican national anthem and state anthem for Estado de México The state anthem was very hard to hear this time, and I briefly thought I might have had needed XEUU (The only other surviving station on 1080 besides these two is XEPBPV, a daytimer) 1608 miles Relog MÉXICO XEPRS, Rosarito, BCN 10/28 1157 - Ultra 104.9 still running an odd but interesting collection of American and Mexican rock music, usual prerecorded IDs and liners, bilingual announcers, and promo telling listeners to dial the Ultra hotline Still relaying KJAV-104.9 Alamo TX 490 miles Relog MÉXICO XEAU, Monterrey, NL 10/26 0058 - Milenio Radio with ID by female announcer: "Escuchas XEAU… desde Monterrey, Nuevo León, México." +10/28 1200 - Mixing with XEPRS and KMXA with second hour of Milenio Noticias morning news block 1224 miles New, NL #14, México #198 VENEZUELA YVSZ, Caracas 10/27 0406 - Nicely timed slogan "Unión Radio Cultural" during a brief bit of dead air on both KMXA and KAAY Relog UnID 10/28 1200 - Mexican anthem (probably the children's choral version, but too weak to be sure) way under KFNX, KWWN, et al Most likely unneeded XETGO ARGENTINA LS1, Dique Luján (presumed) 10/27 0128 - Presumed Radio Continental with Argentina-style 2+1 bottom-of-hour time pips One of at least Buenos Aires stations that appeared at the same time Dique Luján (Luján Dam) is a suburb of Buenos Aires; the station is run by the Buenos Aires city government +10/28 0559 - Argentina-style 5+1 time pips (same musical pitch and duration as LRA1-870) New, Argentina #4 MÉXICO XEWR, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/28 1157 - Loud signal, relaying WACA-1540 "Radio vida en abundancia," a commercial Spanish Catholic station in Maryland, complete with local Maryland ads! Then they broke away for local programming, gave their usual Cristo Rey Radio slogan and segued into a traffic report for El Paso 672 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0259 - On the SE (Colombia) wire, I had 5+1 time pips //RCN outlets on 770, 980, 1000 and 1020 This was probably the RCN station, but could also have been the Argentina station I logged on the SSE wire (I know I had the Argentina station, because I logged the 2+1 pips on the half-hour) The Colombian would be a new catch if I could find some identifying details MÉXICO XEMX, Mexicali, BCN 10/28 1202 - Faded up under KANN and KPNW with MVS Noticias slogan/format Relog MÉXICO XEYZ, Aguascalientes, AGUA 10/27 0502 - Presumed Faded up under CKWX and KWKH with slow adult choral version of Mexican anthem, the same unusual version I have heard on this station in the past Local listeners have confirmed that XEYZ did indeed reactivate their AM after turning in the license in 2018 1370 miles Relog MÉXICO XEHN, Nogales, SON 10/28 1203 - Faded up under CKWX and KSDO with "Los 40" top 40 format and ID which only mentioned 89.9 FM 563 miles Relog CUBA CM , Villa Clara, Santa Clara 10/26 0102 - Weak signal but easily recognizable as //590 which was coming in better Relog MÉXICO XEMR, Monterrey, NL 10/27 0506 - Appeared suddenly with the start of the children's choral version of the Mexican anthem (their religious programming beforehand having been mixed up with that of KHFX) Monterrey was on Daylight Saving Time tonight +10/28 0604 - Faded up with full children's choral version of Mexican national anthem in progress Monterrey was back on standard time tonight, using the schedule used by the US and Canada prior to 2007 1234 miles Relog MÉXICO XEAD, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 1159 - Metrópoli under/over KEIB with uptempo adult choral version of Mexican anthem, followed by slow pips (long tone every seconds) and into Notisistema news Full ID almost minutes after top of hour, followed by "Buenos Días Metrópoli" program 1423 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0457 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem on SE/NW (eastern Mexico) wire Not the version used by XEAD Not //Radio Fórmula stations, so it was not merely KNRV Based on the timing, needed XETVR seems likely (XETVR plays a multiple-verse children's choral anthem a few minutes before Midnight; XEJP plays a single-verse children's choral anthem right around Midnight I did not hear XEJP's boisterous ID after the anthem, so I strongly suspect XETVR, assuming they are still active on AM) UnID 10/28 1157 - Once again I had bits of classical music overnight, but by the time I could restore my wifi hot spot and check XEUAS' web stream, the signal was gone UnID 10/28 0600 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem on SSE (Central México) wire Once again, this was about a minute too late to be coming from the Radio Fórmula feed UnID 10/28 1200 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem on SSE (Central México) wire Could either be needed XEJP or XETVR (if still active on AM) or just KNRV picking up the anthem from the Radio Fórmula feed (although it was about a minute late for the Fórmula feed) UnID 10/28 1205 - Yet another children's choral version of Mexican anthem on SSE (Central México) wire When the anthem ended, all I heard was KCKY's "Radio Casa" slogan and multi-station ID (but I checked //KSAZ-580, and there was no Mexican anthem) Needed XEJP seems likely COLOMBIA HJOC, Bogotá 10/25 0158 - Fuego AM under KSL and unidentified English station with usual Spanish preaching and "Fuego" slogan Relog MÉXICO XEQIN, San Quintín, BCN 10/27 0131 - La Voz del Valle with good signal under KSL //web stream +10/27 0058 and 10/28 0058 - Way under KSL with Mexican music and children's choral version of Mexican anthem shortly after 0100 UT Earlier sign-off time on Weekends? Relog UnID 10/25 0306 - Spanish male announcer soliciting phone calls at number that sounded like 877-916-4123 (but the announcer said it like 87 791 641 23) COLOMBIA HJNW, Cartagena 10/27 0504 - Solid signal on top of channel with "Caracol Radio" slogans Relog MÉXICO XECD, Puebla, PUEB 10/28 1207 - Appeared suddenly over KFAQ and KYET with animated female announcer "Amigos de la Romántica 92.9, muy buenos dias!" Note: This station left AM in August, 2020, after their mandatory simulcast period ended 1671 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0504 - Mexican anthem very weak under HJNW and KFAQ Seemed to be the children's choral version, which would seemingly not be XECD (they use an adult choral version) The other station remaining on 1170 is XERT, still needed here Subsequent monitoring on the Brownsville TX SDR produced an ID from XECD, and mention of Grupo Oro, followed by this version of the anthem, so it apparently was XECD after all CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/28 0400 - Radio Rebelde with Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels Noted often, on almost every wire, with varying numbers of echoes Relog CUBA CM , (three locations listed in Artemisa province) 10/28 0259 - Mixing with the Rebelde stations was one station running the Artemisa theme //1020 This one transmitter ran the Artemisa anthem at 0358 UT, still //1020, over minutes before all the Rebelde stations ran theirs Can't count it as a new catch, since it is likely one of the Rebelde transmitters I've already logged My best guess is that this was the 10kW transmitter in the city of Artemisa, switching over to Artemisa programming while the 1000 kHz transmitter in that city was in "whoop-whoop" mode MÉXICO XEUBS, La Paz, BCS 10/25 2357 - Radio Uaas way under KLPF with BC Sur PSAs +10/26 0200 - Call-letter ID "Estás en XEUBS, Radio Uaas" into sign-off announcement No anthem noted tonight, but it most likely ran right after my recording ended 1056 miles Relog MÉXICO XEFR, México, DF 10/28 1157 - Radio Felicidad under KLPF and KOFI with Mexican recuerdos (oldies) music, children's choral version of anthem (starting abruptly, as heard on web stream) 1622 miles New, DF #23, México #200! MÉXICO XEPZ, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 1300 - ID way under KXKS and presumed KEX 663 miles Relog MÉXICO XEWK, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 1158 - Faded up over KNUV with adult choral version of Mexican anthem (one verse) and slogan "W radio." Clobbered by KXKS which appeared in mid-sentence (KXKS seems to be switching to full day power at 6am instead of 30.3w PSRA) 1420 miles Relog MÉXICO XECT, Monterrey, NL 10/28 1201 - Contacto 11-90 with adult choral version of Mexican anthem (multiple verses, slightly fast) and seemingly directly into a newscast Third Mexican anthem heard on this channel in minutes, the others being XEWK and a partial anthem from KNUV 1220 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0459 - Second station under KNUV on SE wire with same (children's choral) version of Mexican anthem as KNUV, at least 10 seconds later XEMBC and XEPZ should not run the anthem at this hour, and XEWK and XECT run an adult choral version That would seemingly leave needed XEXQ, but they allegedly sign off at 11pm local time A few minutes before this anthem, somebody ran a Morse code "A", and a few minutes after the anthem there was a series of or bells in a slow downward arpeggio 32 1200 MÉXICO XECPAC, Jalpan, QTRO 10/28 1200 - RTV Querétaro appeared suddenly, mixing with WOAI and KPSF Fast adult choral version of Mexican anthem Faded out for a few minutes, then returned with morning program of Huapango music, "Que Suene el Huapango." Ex-XEQJAL I did not hear a call-letter ID this time, but the call change was apparently mandated due to a lapse in their license 1506 miles Relog UnID 10/25 1132 - Doorbells heard on E wire, which was aimed slightly north of Cuba Downward arpeggio with notes, followed by a repeat of the lower and middle notes Possible additional notes lost to static Cubans were still coming in at this hour, but I haven't heard doorbell sounds on Sancti-Spíritus UnID 10/27 0129 - Way under WOAI on SE/NW wire, female announcer said "punto tiempo" or something similar Radio Tiempo in Venezuela has been logged here in the past UnID 10/27 0259 - On SE/NW wire, the same arpeggio signal I had heard a few mornings earlier 1220 CUBA CM , La Fe, Isla Juventud 10/27 0359 - Radio Caribe with Cuban anthem under KDOW Relog MÉXICO XEB, México, DF 10/26 0159 - Faded up over KSLM with long AM/FM ID and slogan "la B grande, la música de México, una emisora del Instituto Mexicano de la Radio." 1632 miles Relog 1240 MÉXICO XEWG, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/28 0045 - Promo for La Hora Nacional, jingle "la mas prendida," which is a secondary slogan after "Bengala 12-40." 667 miles Relog 1260 MÉXICO XEMW, San Luis Río Colorado 10/28 1158 - Old/romantic Mexican music, full FM/AM ID now giving the FM as 91.1 (meaning XHMW and XHLBL have swapped frequencies yet again!) "Río Digital" slogan used often 458 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0457 - Instrumental version of Mexican anthem on SE/NW wire XEL uses the children's choral version, so that leaves unneeded XEOG, and needed XEZH and XEMTV Need to check their web streams UnID 10/27 0501 and 10/28 0603 - Children's choral version of Mexican anthem This was probably XEL, which has typically run this version of the anthem about minutes after midnight in the past (Most of México was on Daylight Saving Time for the first logging and Standard Time for the second) 1270 MÉXICO XEGL, Navojoa, SON 10/28 0600 - Faded up for full ID over KINN 869 miles Relog 1280 MÉXICO XEAW, Monterrey, NL 10/28 0158 - Under KQLL and unidentified talk station, trading places with XEEG, with "Música Inolvidable 101.3" slogan 1223 miles Relog MÉXICO XEEG, Puebla, PUEB 10/27 0459 - Fighting with KIT but faded up for nice full ID mentioning 10kW power (formerly 1kW) +10/28 0157 - Under KQLL and unidentified talk station, but faded up nicely for multiple promos by female announcer including "ABC Radio" slogan (e.g., "los mejores locutores están en ABC Radio") 1682 miles Relog 1300 MÉXICO XEP, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/28 1157 - Older Mexican music than I'm used to hearing on this station, and back to old "Radio Mexicana" slogan Also heard a new slogan, "información contundente" ("blunt information"), seemingly in reference to the news programs they have added during the day Also noted Morse Code "S" (three quick "dots") during news promos National anthem ran at this hour, because Ciudad Juárez was still on Daylight Saving Time with the US Also heard mentions of "Madre 105.1 FM," apparently a co-owned station 668 miles Relog MÉXICO XEXW, Nogales, SON 10/28 1201 - Garbled ID under XEP, mentioned FM 90.3 Format has changed twice this year 563 miles Relog 1310 UnID 10/26 0204 - Tropical music on SE wire Sounded South American Maybe needed XEVB with vallenata format? A few Colombians were actually coming in at this time UnID 10/28 0304 - Mexican National Hour on ESE wire Probably either needed XEVB or unneeded XEAM UnID 10/28 1200 - Appeared suddenly with banda/grupera music Soon faded under KIHP Possibly a domestic station, as this format doesn't seem to fit the surviving Mexican stations on 1310 UnID 10/28 0600 and 10/28 1201 - Appeared suddenly with children's choral version of Mexican anthem, mixing with the banda/grupera station This is almost certainly unneeded XEHIT, which subsequently turned off their AM in November 1320 UnID 10/25 0008 - On ESE wire, I had a Spanish language station with a very clear slogan, "Radio Éxito, la mejor opción." (Sounded like " Éxito," as opposed to the more common " Éxitos.") I don't know if this was a domestic (KXYZ "Radio Gracia" is a possibility; KRDD might be possible, but their Facebook page still uses the slogan "Voz Hispana de El Valle de Pecos") or a foreign station The antenna was aimed at Cuba and Venezuela, but also at New Mexico and Texas 1350 MÉXICO XEQK, México, DF 10/28 1200 - Tropicalísima with full (4:40) children's choral version of Mexican anthem, ID including studio address as found on station web site, into tropical music 1632 miles Relog MÉXICO XELBL, San Luis Rio Colorado, SON 10/27 1330 - Radio Centro sign-on with full ID The following morning (Monday) they signed on at 1300 UT 458 miles Relog UnID 10/28 0157 - Tropical music on SSE (central Mexican) wire Good signal at first ID almost a minute after top-of-hour sounded like "XEZJE," but the music and the general tone of the ID suggest XEQK The program which followed was called "La Voz del Recuerdo" which does not match XEQK's schedule XEZD is a possibility, although their status after their recent sale is very uncertain, as they seem to have no web presence, 1370 MÉXICO XEHG, Mexicali, BCN 10/28 0157 - Presumed on top of KXTL with older Mexican ballads, interrupting a song in progress to play a children's choral version of the Mexican anthem (seemed to be just one verse) after which they appeared to pull the plug without a formal sign-off announcement or even an ID They are believed to be the only station left on 1370 that signs off this early +10/28 1157 - On top of channel with light Mexican music, "vida 13-70 AM" slogans I was expecting a slogan change to "Ecos del Valle" based on some new web pages they posted this summer, but they were still using the old slogan 450 miles Relog MÉXICO XEPJ, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, JAL 10/28 0600 - Ranchera music, followed by easily recognizable slow orchestral version of Mexican anthem used by all of the Radiorama stations in Guadalajara 1422 miles New, JAL #19, México #203 (MÉXICO XEMON, Monterrey, NL) Not noted at all on this year's recordings A listener in Monterrey reported to a Mexican radio group on Facebook that they have turned off the AM This is somewhat surprising, as their FM (XHMON-89.3) was only granted 3kW instead of the 25kW granted to most migrated stations.) MÉXICO XEGNK, Nuevo Laredo, TAMA 10/27 0504 - Way under KWNC and KXTL with children's choral version of Mexican anthem (Note that XEHG, XEPJ and XEGNK are the last Mexican stations left on 1370) 1153 miles Relog UnID 10/28 0600 - Time pips, exactly the same pitch and duration as the Argentina stations that were coming in at this hour, but 10 seconds late Of the Argentine stations on this channel, there is a 1370 in a suburb of Buenos Aires (Radio Trece-70), but SDR monitoring revealed that they don't use these pips Additionally, Radio Andina in Juliaca, Perú, which is almost the same direction as Buenos Aires, definitely does air these exact same pips (Mike Westfall has posted a recording of them) Perú would be a new country for me, but sadly, I can find no identifying detail in the rest of the recording XEPJ, which does not air pips, was also coming in at this time, and seems to be responsible for all the Spanish talk and music on this recording Radio Andina, which recently moved from 1360, was 2.5kW on their old channel (they have reportedly since moved again, to 1380!), and the station outside Buenos Aires is 5kW, so whatever this was, it was probably an amazing catch Rats! 1380 MÉXICO XECO, México, DF 10/28 1157 - Romántica 13-80 under KLPZ and KHEY with children's choral version of Mexican anthem already in progress, ID by female announcer 1624 miles Relog 1390 UnID 10/28 0604 - Marches or patriotic songs way under KHOB and a few other stations on SSE (central México) wire XECTAM runs a couple of state anthems or patriotic songs after their Midnight anthem, and I suspect this may have been them, but the bits I can pull up on my recording don't match the samples I've recorded from their web stream 1410 MÉXICO XEBS, México, DF 10/28 1157 - On top of channel with brisk adult choral version of Mexican anthem (very similar to the one used by XEKB) already in progress, followed by the Núcleo Radio Mil group's theme song, "Somos NRM." Still using "bandolera 14-10" slogan, but some programs have names that sound like other slogans, e.g., "Tornemesas 14-10" (literally "turnstiles," but an obvious reference to "turntables," as this program plays recordings from old vinyl records) on Friday evenings 1625 miles Relog MÉXICO XEKB, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 1202 - Alfa 99.9 FM (new slogan) faded up under XEBS with brisk adult choral version of Mexican anthem 1420 miles Relog 1420 MÉXICO XEXX, Tijuana, BCN 10/26 0000 - Fading up over KTOE with Tu DN sports programming +10/26 1315 - Tu DN sports programming, then suddenly cut away for children's choral version of Mexican anthem at the odd time of 6:17am local time 481 miles Relog MÉXICO XEF, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/28 1157 - Activa 14-20 with fast adult choral version of Mexican anthem already in progress (Ciudad Juárez was still on Daylight Saving Time with the US), followed by full ID They seemed to run the same anthem again at 1204 (which is when I usually hear it), preceded by an ID and followed by time check (6:06) At first I thought one of these anthems might be coming from the other remaining station on 1420 (XEEW, still needed here), but I know from web stream monitoring that XEEW's adult choral anthem is at regular tempo or maybe even a little bit slow 666 miles Relog 33 1430 1440 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1620 MÉXICO XEH, Monterrey, NL 10/28 1159 - Antología Vallenata appeared suddenly under XEF on SSE (Central México) wire with instrumental version of Mexican anthem, matching web stream 1220 miles New, NL #15, México #201 MÉXICO XETT, Tlaxcala, TLAX 10/27 0457 and 10/28 0557 - Tlaxcala state anthem mixing with KYKN, KCLK, and KLO, followed by children's choral version of Mexican anthem (short version) XETT appears to be the last surviving Mexican station on 1430, now that XEWD has reportedly finished moving to FM 1660 miles Relog MÉXICO XEABCJ, Tonalá, JAL 10/28 1202 - Rock 101 GDL (new slogan) with children's choral version of Mexican anthem faded up way under KAZG XEEST was still silent until at least December 2nd, so this would have to be XEABCJ Both have already been logged here Note that XEABCJ has since turned off their AM, once again leaving XEEST as the only surviving Mexican station on 1440 1426 miles Relog MÉXICO XEYC, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0057 - Radio Fórmula sounder, Mexican government PSAs, and full ID, then into Fórmula Financiera program 660 miles Relog MÉXICO XECB, San Luis Rio Colorado, SON 10/27 0058 - Unusual male choral version of Mexican anthem, which they run around 6am and 6pm local time, despite no longer being a daytimer +10/28 1202 - Faded up under XEYC and KENO with local announcements, "Radio Ranchito" slogans, and older ranchera music 458 miles Relog MÉXICO XERCN, Tijuana, BCN 10/26 0259 - "RCN 14-70" slogan and ID, followed by promo for La Hora Nacional 482 miles Relog MÉXICO XEAI, México, DF 10/26 0058 - Radio Fórmula sounder way under KYYW and KSMM 1627 miles Relog MÉXICO XEZJ, Tonalá, JAL 10/26 0205 - Simplemente Supérate rose above KBMS with Spanish motivational talk format Announcer referred to the 8pm program which had just ended, "Zona de Retos" with Javier Rosario Figueroa A check of Figueroa's Facebook page indicates his show airs on XEZJ (Mon-Fri 8pm Central Time) and occasionally on XEP-1300 Listed 20kW days, 1kW nights Antenna was aimed SE, not SSE, so I have to wonder if they left the day rig on late tonight +10/28 0201 - Call letter ID by female announcer after two oddly-different styles of song They seem to be phasing out the old "Simplemente Supérate" slogan, starting to refer to themselves as "14-80," and replacing at least some of the motivational talk shows with music The old slogan was somewhat weird, as it could either be translated "Simply Improve Yourself" or "Just Get Over Yourself!" 1420 miles New, JAL #17, México #199 MÉXICO XETKR, Guadalupe, NL 10/28 0601 - Under KQAM with children's choral version of Mexican anthem Faded for a bit, then came back up with usual (secondary) slogan "la mas fuerte." Noted with the same anthem in the morning around 1201 UT 1223 miles Relog MÉXICO XECJC, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/28 1201 - Radio Net 14-90 very weak with adult choral version of Mexican anthem 666 miles Relog MÉXICO XEDF, México, DF 10/26 0059 - Radio Fórmula sounder and ID 1626 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0358 - Way under KSTP and another station on ESE (Cuban) wire with classical music At the top of the hour, the announcer made a brief announcement (he may have mentioned the name Junípero, then he referred to "amigos que nos visitan en 1500 AM.") After a few more seconds he said what sounded like "Reveramos 15 AM, Primera de [Cur ?]" (as if it were the name of the next hour's program) and the classical music resumed Definitely not XEDF (no Radio Fórmula sounder or canned top-of-hour ID), and it sure doesn't sound like anything I've heard on YVRZ ECUADOR, HCIO2,Guayaquil 10/26 0205 - Radio Naval time station noted under KGA with solid time pips, with a ten-second gap at the end of each minute where the time is read by the announcer (not clearly audible) then a slightly longer pip at the beginning of the minute Exactly matches Mark Connelly's recording at https://app.box.com/s/3d09mnqzir1d31cktx97fsrjj0w6qcz8 Listed at only 500w, but I can't imagine that's still true Noted several times throughout the weekend, even on some wires aimed closer to Colombia and Venezuela/Cuba New, Ecuador #1, Country #16! MÉXICO XEPBGR, Guadalajara, JAL 10/28 0557 - Under KGA with "Origen Radio" slogan by deep-voiced male announcer, nondescript music, announcement by female announcer, and marimba music (something you don't hear enough on Mexican radio anymore) Soon lost to KGA As far as I could tell, they did not run the national anthem at Midnight This station began regular operations in April of 2019 New, JAL #20, México #204 MÉXICO XEQI, Escobedo, NL 10/28 1205 - Opus 15-10 AM faded up under KGA with slightly uptempo instrumental version of Mexican anthem, into weekend music program 1216 miles Relog CUBA CM , Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba 10/27 0358 - Radio Baraguá under KOKC with Cuban anthem in progress About half a minute later I heard one set of Radio Granma chimes, so they apparently run Granma programming after Midnight, at least occasionally Nice catch from the far side of the island New, Cuba #82 MÉXICO XEEH, San Luís Rio Colorado, SON 10/28 0602 - Mixing with KKXA and one or two other Spanish language stations with older Mexican music and "la primera" slogans 456 miles Relog MÉXICO XEUR, México, DF 10/26 0145 - Classic rock, "Éxtasis Digital" slogan and Mexican government PSAs Good signal tonight 1624 miles Relog MÉXICO XESD, Silao, GJTO (presumed) 10/28 0559 - Announcements by male announcer under XEUR's lengthy ID Mexican anthem started seconds before the anthem on XEUR (both were the children's choral version; XEUR only plays one verse, but XESD plays the full version) XEUR and XESD are the only Mexican stations on 1530 Soon lost to XEUR's classic rock Relog CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/25 0359 - Faded up under perennial pests KDCC and KXEX with Cuban anthem in progress //other Progreso outlets Relog CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/26 0100 and 10/27 0359 - Rebelde interval signal with very obvious delay between at least transmitters The third one is new, Cuba #77 UnID 10/27 0500 and 10/27 1200 - Very weak under perennial pests KDCC and KXEX, a children's choral version of the Mexican anthem on SE/NW wire Antenna direction favors needed XENU, but the time for the morning anthem is wrong (XENU would still be on Daylight Saving Time with the US this morning), and the anthem version appears to match unneeded XEREL (back on Central Standard Time this morning with most of México) Long-silent XERUV was re-licensed this month, but possibly not on this frequency, and would be unlikely to be back on the air so quickly The other remaining station, unneeded XEBG, which runs the anthem at 4am Pacific time, is unlikely due to antenna direction, but not impossible (although Tijuana was still on Daylight Saving Time with the US, this morning, their network feed originates in México City which was already back in Standard Time) MÉXICO XEJPV, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH 10/26 0204 - W Deportes coverage of World Series baseball in Spanish +10/28 1201 - Appeared suddenly with children's choral version of Mexican anthem (one verse), followed by several minutes of truly bizarre "music…" - it basically sounded like a drunk trying to improvise a rap Not sure how this fits their regular sports format, or the romantic AC format they have been relaying overnight, but it doesn't matter anymore, as they converted to the main W network on 8/31/2020 Strong signal over KNZR was more than enough to block the more interesting stations that sometimes come in on 1560 This is one of several Grupo Mega Radio stations in Ciudad Juárez which have been ordered by the IFT to shut down for failing to renew their licenses when they expired in the last few years 666 miles Relog UnID 10/27 0504 - Way under KGOW on SE/NW wire with male and female announcers (mostly the female announcer) in Spanish, possible Spanish contemporary Christian music, and several mentions of "Radio Centro 15-60." Seemed to be going into a religious program, as the announcer said, "programa… Radio Centro 15-60, su pastor …" The programming would seem to fit KVAN, but no //channels were coming in, and the slogans definitely don't fit (KVAN is part of a network called La Estación de la Familia, and they never break away for separate programming on single stations within the network).XEJPV was missing, so possibly some kind of brokered programming on XEJPV? Their program schedule for Saturday nights just says "available for special programming." A longshot (but only because no one in the Mexican radio groups on Facebook has mentioned it) would be that troubled Grupo Radio Centro has rented the transmitter of the defunct XEINFO (as XEEST did during a transmitter overhaul in 2017) as a temporary home for one of their many aging and long-silent AMs which have been playing musical chairs for the last 12 years MÉXICO XERF, Ciudad Acuña, COAH 10/26 0204 - On top of channel with lots of IDs I can still hear smaller stations through XERF on some wires +10/26 1431 - Still audible at 9:31am Central time with slogans and IDs mixing with KCVR 1000 miles Relog COLOMBIA HJQT, Bogotá 10/26 0207 - Faded up over KQFN and KGAL for nice clear slogan "Candela 8-50 AM." HJQT is a relay of HJKC-850, which has been logged here before These guys were logged several times over the weekend On another of my recordings about an hour earlier, I even found a call-letter ID Listed 5kW +10/27 0504 - Under KOA and presumed XEMIA with "Candela 8-50" slogan //HJKC-850 Finally caught them both coming in at the same time Relog New, Colombia #13 MÉXICO XEVOZ, México, DF 10/28 0601 - Fighting through KELP and KDAV with children's choral version of Mexican national anthem They have reportedly been silent and/or operating at very lower power for much of 2020 while they work on a transmitter site relocation 1614 miles Relog CUBA CM , Bayamo, Granma 10/27 0359 - Radio Bayamo chimes just barely audible, mixing with Rebelde, KSMH, and WTAW Relog CUBA CM , (multiple locations) 10/28 0400 - Radio Rebelde with Cuban anthem //many other Rebelde channels +10/27 1158 - Still coming in almost half an hour after sunrise with slow version of interval signal followed by Rebelde news read by a female announcer, and the fast version of the interval signal after the news was done This may be the latest time of morning I have ever heard a Cuban station Relog 34 1630 1640 1660 1670 1700 U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS WDHP, Frederiksted 10/28 0304 - After several minutes of local Caribbean music, they finally rose up over WTAW and Rebelde with Caribbean-accented DJ giving the ID for their FM WAXJ-103.5 Listed 1000w nights 3278 miles New, USVI #1, "Country" #19 I've now heard all surviving stations on 1620 kHz in the US (and commonwealths) UnID 10/26 0400 - Barely audible with opening fanfare of Cuban anthem Must be unneeded Radio Bayamo, since the Rebelde stations (which were still audible on top of this signal) had aired their anthem two minutes earlier tonight Checked 1150 and 1160 (where I still need the Bayamo stations) for //, but found only a possible trace of Cuban anthem two minutes after this one MÉXICO XEUT, Tijuana, BCN 10/26 0135 - Over KRND with "UABC Radio" slogan and multi-station IDs 479 miles Relog UnID 10/26 0401 - Noted some simple 2-note descending doorbell tones on the ESE/WNW (Cuban) wire PUERTO RICO WGIT, Canóvanas 10/26 0358 - Faro de Santidad with Spanish ID including a nice clear mention of "Canóvanas, Puerto Rico" followed by call letters in accented English This was followed by a program of fairly boisterous worship music in Spanish They were logged several ,more times over the next few nights, with slogans ("Faro de Santidad") and references to the station's web site and FM 101.1 simulcast 3197 miles New, PR #1, "Country" #17! UnID 10/27 0259 - Argentine-style 5+1 pips on SE wire The only known candidates for this are in Argentina, but a check of the Buenos Aires SDR revealed no discernable signal or time pips on 1670 Whatever this was, it was a good catch MÉXICO XEPE, Puerto Nuevo, BCN 10/26 0159 - Mixing with KKLF Still relaying XESDD-1030, using "la tremenda" slogan and promoting XESDD's web page The Tijuana politician who operates both stations (and a few others) was recently elected governor of Baja California 480 miles Relog TRANS-PACIFIC DX: 567 594 693 702 711 738 747 774 819 828 873 972 981 1134 1170 1206 1377 AUSTRALIA 4JK, Julia Creek, QLD (location presumed) 10/27 1359 - Faded up during talk program with clear mention of ABC News by Aussieaccented male announcer (The only other ABC outlets on 567 are little 100-watt stations in Western Australia) Listed 10kW directional 7846 miles New, Australia #1, country #20! JAPAN JOIK, Sapporo 10/26 1328 - NHK1 very weak with Japanese music //594 Relog UnID 10/27 1400 - Just as JOIK's pips were ending, another station seemed to run pips about the same pitch for about 20 additional seconds JAPAN JOAK, Tokyo 10/26 1359 – NHK1 very weak with time pips Relog JAPAN JOAB, Tokyo 10/26 1359 – NHK2 poor-fair with time pips Relog UnID 10/27 1259 - NHK/KBS-style 3+1 pips on N wire Probably unneeded Sapporo UnID 10/27 1259 - NHK/KBS-style 3+1 pips on N wire Probably unneeded South Korea UnID 10/26 1359 - Solid carrier with 3+1 (maybe 4+1 or 5+1) time pips about seconds early, about the same as last year I don't think it was the KBS station, because KBS on 972 kHz (which was not audible at this hour) usually runs its time pips at the same time as NHK The big 150kW station in Changchun, Jilin, China would be right on the main beam of this antenna, but I don't know if they use this type of time pip, and could not find a // Half an hour earlier on the same (NW/SE) wire, I had what sounded like some Chinese talk, but I could not find a // at that time either JAPAN JOIB, Sapporo 10/26 1359 – NHK2 poor-fair signal with time pips Relog UnID 10/27 1358 - Possible newscast by male announcer with possible Aussie accent This was almost certainly needed 4QS (10kW) Too much noise and slop to be sure, but there were definitely no NHK pips at the top of the hour, and a few Aussies were in on other channels at this hour AUSTRALIA 3LO, Melbourne 10/27 1359 - Fairly weak signal, but mainly just suffering from slop from 770 and 780 Fanfare (seemingly not the traditional ABC Majestic Fanfare), followed by man with Aussie accent "next up on ABC, the news continues with (Ginger?) (Blair?)." These Aussie catches were very lucky (helped very much by the crazy space weather this weekend), because the antenna was aimed north of Australia I would have used an unterminated ENE wire to aim WSW if I had realized these signals were coming in Listed 50kW ND 8312 miles New, Australia #2 JAPAN JOUB, Akita 10/26 1359 – NHK2 fair signal with time pips Some audio noted later, sounded like usual language lessons, but TPs in general were much weaker than last year Relog DPR KOREA Pyongyang 10/27 1259 – KCBS station with 3+1 pips, higher pitch than the NHK/KBS stations Relog UnID 10/27 1359 - Chimes at top of hour - at least 2, and possibly 3, descending sets of two notes played simultaneously Definitely not North Korea A few Aussies were in at this hour The chimes seemed to be preceded by a male announcer saying a few words in English Back in the 1980s at home (near San Diego) I used to get New Zealand on this channel in the summer JAPAN JOBB, Osaka 10/27 1259 - NHK2 Fair-good signal with time pips Relog JAPAN JOGB, Kumamoto 10/26 1359 – NHK2 very weak signal with time pips Relog REP KOREA HLCA, Dangjin 10/27 1259 – Fair-good signal with KBS time pips, talk and music Would have been an excellent signal if not for excessive slop from 970 stations this morning Relog UnID 10/27 1259 - Wind chimes just before the hour, very much like I had on 1134 kHz last year UnID 10/27 1259 - Top-of-hour "tone" sounded very much like the chime on a grandfather clock UnID 10/27 1359 - NHK/KBS-style 3+1 pips, very weak on ESE/WNW wire UnID 10/27 1259 - Time pips (at least 3+1, possibly 5+1; couldn't tell due to noise/interference at the start) on N wire The musical pitches were unusually low They did not match the KBS station on 972 (the ones on 1170 were about a full step lower), nor did it match the CNR pips I found on a YouTube video (way too low, almost an octave) This wire was picking up a few northern TPs in what was otherwise a very poor weekend for TPs It could also possibly be an over-the-pole reception, because this was a full hour before my local sunrise and I had a full path of darkness over the pole to any time zone from about UTC+4 to the Pacific Ocean On my 2018 sessions, a 1315 UT recording on a NNE wire was full of 9kHz carriers (as this one was), which could seemingly only have come from over the pole UnID 10/27 1259 - Partial time pips (2 short pips at 1259:56 and 1259:57) on N wire Unneeded China? UnID 10/27 1259 - Time pips (at least 4, possibly 5; couldn't hear final top-of-hour pip) on N wire The musical pitches were the same as 1170, but second behind I suppose this suggests China? TRANS-ATLANTIC DX? 1008 UnID 10/24 2328 - Fairly strong carrier, with what sounded like Arabic-style chanting noted for almost a minute on ENE wire Receiver: Perseus SDR-IQ v4.1/Lenovo W540 laptop with eSSD drive (a very small drive, but also very fast and quiet) Antennas: Beverages on ground, as follows: 10 NNW/SSE (~333°/153°) 715 ft unterminated (first nights only) N (~355°) 950 ft terminated (2nd and 3rd nights only) ENNE (~30°) 910 ft terminated (2nd and 3rd nights only) Moved it to become antenna #10 NE (~50°) 1260 ft terminated (first nights only) Broke at 150 feet the 1st night, and at 575 feet the 3rd night ENE (~70°) 1100 ft terminated (first nights only) E (~95°) 1280 ft terminated (all nights) ESE/WNW (~115°/295°) 900 ft unterminated (first three nights only) Broke at 735 feet the rd night Adjusted it to become antenna #8 ESE (~115°) 910 ft terminated (last night only) SE/NW (~135°/315°) 930 ft unterminated (2nd and 3rd nights only) Broke at 400 feet the 3rd night SSE (~155°) 910 ft terminated (last night only) This was my 9th visit to this location I have DXed here a total of 27 nights over the last 17 years (2002-2003 and 2013-2019) This year I was pleasantly surprised to add 169 new catches, raising my totals from 1576 stations heard to 1745 I added Alabama, Indiana, and New Jersey for states #40, 41, and 42 I didn't add any new Mexican states or Canadian provinces, but I did add Ecuador for country #16, Puerto Rico for "country" #17, Haiti for country #18, the U.S Virgin Islands for "country" #19, and much to my surprise, Australia for country #20 35 This year I was able to schedule my visit to combine the end-of-October sunset/sunrise advantages with the tail end of the high school football season I made more recordings this year than in any of my previous sessions Conditions seemed deceptively poor during my live listening The space weather reports looked pretty awful (SF 65-69, A index 15-34, K index 1-6) But as I reviewed my recordings, I found there were some very good openings, especially at the high end of the band Conditions were not auroral, but there were some good deep south openings, and I was amazed how many 2-hop "W" calls I was able to log on this year's sessions (targeted DX using sunset/sunrise maps worked very well during these optimal dates at the end of October) Sadly, there was no repeat of last year's really nice TP opening, but conditions to Cuba and Colombia were occasionally pretty good Conditions to Mexico were fair TIS DX was better than it has been for or years High school football night was by far the best I've ever had No wires broke that night, and although the regular season was already over in MN, ND and UT, and many games had been moved to other days of the week and/or earlier start times, I was able to identify 200 stations running high school sports this year (193 football, and other sports, mostly girls' volleyball), crushing last year's record of 166 As always, there were a handful of additional stations/games I was unable to identify Thankfully there was no repeat of last year's rain, but the last two nights were COLD, with temperatures dropping into the teens and winds as high as 40 MPH, resulting in breakage of wires as noted above Thankfully most of the wire breaks appeared to have happened in the early morning hours, or even after sunrise in one or two cases As in previous years, antenna bearings are approximate Once again I tried to use my dad's navigational protractor to achieve more precise antenna angles by plotting them against the known angle of the highway (95°), but I suspect this only slightly improved my accuracy 73, Tim 36