** U S A. After some 10 hours of Mexican TV and FM DX, with Mexico still in, I start to get some American sporadic E DX, which I am compiling here separately. For description of the setup, etc., see MEXICO. All times UT on June 23, soon to be 24:
88.3, at 2351, Spanish about ``la palabra Milenio`` en Apocalipsis (Revelation), and more Bible study. This overt religious broadcasting you don`t hear much from Mexico where it is officially banned, altho some few stations do get around it. So suspect I am now getting something from USA. 88.3 is our lowest most-open FM frequency as long as the Fámily Radio translator in Enid remains as kaput as Camping. In fact Family Radio is listed on 88.3, KPHF in Phœnix AZ, but we know it`s a rare share-timer with the other 88.3 there which I definitely ID next, while I was getting both of these QRMing each other. KPHF appears also to share the same transmitter with KNAI, and there is no indication KPHF is in Spanish. What it really is: see slightly below. 88.3, at 2357, Spanish, address on Camelback, and I-17, CCI to above religious station. That intersexion is a dead giveaway for Phœnix AZ; 2358 ad for Harry`s Bank (? Sounds rather informal --- oh, it`s Harris Bank operating in AZ), 602 area code, and for Jones Law Firm; 2358 ID in English ``nuestra bandera, 88 point 3 FM, La Voz de la ---?, La Campesina``. I also heard if a few years ago when it was just as blatantly commercial, and traced to founder César Chávez. See: http://campesina.net/who-we-arequien-somos/history-of-radio/ [W: KNAI 88.3 PHOENIX AZ 22.5 kW Spanish RADIO CAMPESINA REGIONAL MEXICAN] UT June 24: 88.3, at 0001, [continued from above] still Bibling about Apocalipsis, wrapping up show late with www.---.org I can`t copy; P O Box 3804, San Diego CA; program was `Momento Decisivo` (inspired by B. Graham`s so-called `Hour of Decision`?), and finally ID as ``para Brownsville y Matamoros, Radio Manantial``; means spring or source. Is $ tho unnecessary. So this is part of the original central Mexico opening, which has moved further north just across the RGV border: [W: KBNR 88.3 BROWNSVILLE TX 5.5/5.5 kW 88.0m HAAT Spanish 88.3 RADIO MANANTIAL SPANISH CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN] 90.3, at 0008, bit of classical music. There are no classical stations known on 90.3 in Mexico or Arizona, but south Texas is likely: [W: KEDT-FM 90.3 CORPUS CHRISTI TX 100.0/100.0 kW 244.0m HAAT 1AF1 KEDT-FM Your Community Station SOUTH TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO NEWS/CLASSICAL] 92.1, at 0008, local Spanish KAMG-LP is getting CCI from something else with Spanish music. Too many possibilities, but could be one of these listed Spanish in PTAs: [W: KFMA 92.1 ORO VALLEY AZ 100.0/100.0 kW 81.0m HAAT Spanish LA CALIENTE REGIONAL MEXICAN] OR: [W: KOPY-FM 92.1 ALICE TX 6.0/6.0 kW 94.0m HAAT Y 92, TEJANO NORTENO TEJANO] OR: [W: KCZO 92.1 CARRIZO SPRINGS TX 25.0/25.0 kW 92.0m HAAT Spanish RADIO CRISTIANA SPANISH CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN] As for Mexico, the only 92.1 anywhere in the northeast is: [W: XHGBO-FM 92.1 GENERAL BRAVO NL 3.0 kW LA SABROSITA TROPICAL/SALSA] 92.3, at 0009, English, clip of Michelle Obama about obesity, during talkshow by two guys; RDS shows only: {__FM____}, not very explicit. 0013 the talk is about Arizona, so it`s: [W: KTAR-FM 92.3 GLENDALE AZ 98.0/98.0 kW 545.0m HAAT HD KTAR NEWS ON 92.3 & KTAR.COM NEWS/TALK] 92.1, at 0011, another over local KAMG-LP: screaming English ad for used car dealer, Toyota, Northern Arizona Auto Mall, which is really in Show Low, ergo: [W: KZUA 92.1 HOLBROOK AZ 100.0/100.0 kW 78.0m HAAT Z-921 COUNTRY COUNTRY] 92.9, at 0013, Spanish ads, ``La auténtica enchilada, 92.9``, mixing with other DX in English. None of the AZ stations are Spanish and the only Texan SS is: [W: KROM 92.9 SAN ANTONIO TX 45.0/45.0 kW 412.0m HAAT Spanish 3E5C LATINO ESATREO ESTEREO - EST REGIONAL MEXICAN] (sic, must be some misspellings there). No such slogan known for a radio station; it`s a rather generic expression probably translated from original English ``the real enchilada`` which has nothing to do with food, tho searching leads to several restaurants which serve them, including La Tarántula, in Barcelona, Catalunya! Who would want to eat there? As for Mexico, the only two 92.9s in the northeast are: [W: XHCDU-FM 92.9 CD. ACUÑA COAH 3.0 kW SÚPER ESTELAR 92.9 DE CD. ACUÑA REGIONAL MEXICAN] and: [W: XHDD-FM 92.9 OJO DE AGUA NL 2.67 kW LA TREMENDA + AM 800 REGIONAL MEXICAN] 104.3, at 0046, Dodge ad, partial RDS: {R__B____ / CLASSIC} and fade-out. 0047 it`s back with 1-800-597-7992 phone, partial RDS now {AND_____}, and DeVry University ad; 0048 mattress ad. (I didn`t write down whether this was in English or Spanish! And now don`t remember, but it`s amid numerous Mexican logs at this hour.) The 800 phone number traces to consumer credit for state taxes in Louisiana. The LA station on 104.3 is: [W: KEZP 104.3 BUNKIE LA 19.2 kW THE BRIDGE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN] Bunkie is in central LA, SE of Alexandria, barely far enough for Es. After a bunch more certainly Mexican logs, this from way out of the blue: 97.7, at 0107, English, news of Ohio floods, sports news of Ohio about Pete Rose, Indians and Columbus items, baseball games, 0109 weather: low in upper 50s, now 74, 10 past 9, ``Eric Nichols reporting``, no ID, into music, and had some Spanish CCI. There are a bunch of 97.7s in Ohio, but googling on his name, state, radio and frequency leads right to: http://witnessingthegoodnews.org/?page_id=17 which is from [W: WTGN 97.7 LIMA OH 6.0/6.0 kW 91.0m HAAT GOOD NEWS RADIO RELIGION] I didn`t hear enough to realize it was Christian. His shift starts at 7:05 pm. 97.3, at 0155 rock in English, 0156 ``Post 97.3``? or is it ``Coast 97.3``? Yes! This is it, only hit in WTFDA DB: [W: WMNX 97.3 WILMINGTON NC 100.0/100.0 kW 269.3m HAAT COAST 97.3 URBAN CONTEMPORARY] These mean that DXers in the East could be getting double-hop DX, but I never do, too close to the center of things! And so concludes a HUGE day of sporadic E FM DX, June 23 into UT June 24 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This report dispatched at 1735 UT June 26 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
