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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; when
changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period
to the previous date by ELT].
Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; Nissan stock caradio as
specified; FRG-7 with E/W longwire as specified
These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also
VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives
without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and
publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open
access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page34
These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of
USA, unidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in
frequency order
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 8 at 1711 UT, KEOR/KETU is off again, and still off at
2145 UT. Still off at 1544 UT May 9. Have we heard the last of ``La Picuda``?
Anyway, I guess the license is secure for a while longer, whatever it is,
without bothering to broadcast daily (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Sunday May 10 at 1610 UT, definite carrier from the direxion
of Sperry, i.e. KEOR/KETU on the air again, but hardly any modulation (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 11 at 1524 UT, KETU/KEOR carrier is on, from the
direxion of Sperry but very weak and can`t make out any modulation. This is one
of its characteristic modes, which could last for months: transmitter on at
much reduced power, accomplishing nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 11 around 1830 UT on caradio, where I can have better
reception of Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa ``La Picuda`` when on --- open carrier still
quieting compared to e.g. 1110 with no signal from KFAB or anything.
1120, May 12 at 1611 UT check on PL-880, now NO signal, not even with BFO, from
KEOR/KETU, but you never know what they will do next, or when (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 13 at 1654 UT, KEOR/KETU Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, is back
on after a few days of dead carrier or no carrier --- regional Mexican music,
presumably resuming `La Picuda` syndication out of LÁ, still past 1710 UT altho
I missed any non-IDs circa hourtop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1210, May 10 at 0120 UT, ``Today`s Country, 1210, KGYN`` and plug
their Facebook, /kgynguymon --- that doesn`t work, but there`s something at
/kgyn1210 while the top hit on google, /KGYN-AM-Guymon is still there since
last used in 2011.
Robert Wien`s Broadcasting Information in the May 9 IRCA DX Monitor includes:
``1210 KGYN Guymon, OK was Cumulus Today’s Best Country, now Westwood One
Mainstream Country``
Same flip applies to many other C&W stations (in OK, 1260 KWSH Wewoka), but
``Today`s Country`` slogan I just heard contradicts that, altho ``Best`` was
omitted. So does the WW1 format axually ID on air as ``Mainstream Country``, or
what? And is KGYN`s admittedly no longer the Best? Still unclear whether this
mean KGYN`s own longtime slogan is no longer ``US Country`` which I am still
not hearing, but is still on its website. My impression was ``US Country`` was
specific to KGYN even if most of the programming was coming from some network
bird or another (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1320-, May 8 at 1718 UT, KCLI Clinton OK is open carrier/dead air
for at least a minute or two; next check 1817 UT after lunch, it`s in the fifth
inning of a silly baseball game between Bethany and Clinton, ``Red Tornado
Baseball on 1320 KCLI``.
1320-, May 9 at 1249 UT, ads for somethings in 817 AC = Fort Worth, and in
Louisiana, but DF for Clinton, and definitely off-frequency to the low side,
making low audible het with Fort Smith. The latter is not audible on daytime
groundwave, so one would be unaware KCLI is imprecise (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 9 at 0524 UT, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC is open
carrier/dead air, and still/again? so at next check 1241 UT with some hum.
There had been more storms and power outages around OKC and other areas, even
Enid, but not for me. I suppose the remote transmitter site when losing power
or STL may require at least a human visit to reset. Suddenlink cable & internet
vanished for me at 0020 UT and were out all evening, so I headed first for the
monitoring studio at 0058-0135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 11 at 1200 UT, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC, yet again open
carrier/dead air with some hum. Not checked again until 1538 UT when it is
remodulating. Storm/power outage could be no excuse this time. Amazing how
cavalierly some stations are managed around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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** U S A. 1030, May 10 at 0117 UT, tornado spotted along I-70, another warning
for Logan County which in KS is S of Colby, for from NW this is obviously KBUF
Holcomb (Garden City); while 90 degrees away is gospel music, no doubt KCWJ
Blue Springs MO; mutually nullable, take your pick (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1280, May 11 at 1200 UT, CBS News Update ending in less than a
minute, a far cry from an extended World News Roundup but mentioned some storm
damage at ``Corsica``, Texas --- meaning Corsicana?? [10 inches of rain, a
drowning per Corsicana Daily Sun]. Then ``More country than you can shake a
stick at --- stick not included, [sung:], K-S-O-K``, ha ha, from my nearby Ark.
City KS station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, May 10 at 0122 UT, repeating announcement obviously not
intended for broadcast, between long pauses, addressed to: ``Stations, this is
the Motor Racing Network``, and saying that the Spongebob Squarepants 400
Sprintcup race is being delayed due to rain, but coverage will resume at 10
Eastern/9 Central [0200 UT], after the track dries out at the Kansas Speedway
(which is in KC/KS). How can he be so sure? Also gather that this is a NASCAR
event, but Spongebob Squarepants lends his aura to it?! Announcer sounds like
he is serious, doesn`t audibly smirk. Here`s about the SBSP connexion:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/saturdays-nascar-sprint-cup-race-is-called-the-spongebob-squarepants-400
Fox sports later reported the race resumed after a 2 hour and 16 minute delay,
but who won? Who cares? {and how do you stop and resume a carace after many
laps have already elapsed? Everyone back to the spot they were at a certain
instant, and keeping track of the laps? But then there`s the start-ups which
are bound to lose seconds. Or re-start the race as if it were new and subtract
the laps/times already consumed?}
Anyhow, assume this 1480 is KQAM Wichita, a.k.a. Big Talker rather than a
solely sportsful station. It so happens there is also a 1480 near the Speedway,
KCZZ Mission KS, but can hardly be that if it`s still 24 hour Spanish religion
as Radio Luz.
Its Steckline webpage makes it seem as if KQAM is a subset of KGYN Guymon (see
OKLAHOMA) instead of vice versa
http://kgynradio.com/kqam
Nothing there but a rather generic, unspecific program schedule (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510-, May 9 at 0118 UT, ad/PSA string looping NE/SW and going into
deep fades and peaks; including Husqvarna, Subway, Shelterpet.org, 0121 UT
finally for Kansas youth athletix, so as expected it`s KCTE Independence MO, 10
kW daytimer, still off-frequency to the lo side compared by stepping to 1500 &
1520 carriers, and also a low audible heterodyne is JBA as not much signal from
WLAC or anything else yet. BTW, 1520 KOKC is remarkably weak, maybe QRP due to
more storms? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 1340, May 13 at 0512 UT, talk about astronomy, sounds familiar
regular segment, and proves // but 15 seconds ahead of KMOX 1120, so it`s
`Overnight America`, now syndicated by Westwood One, but can`t find any
affiliate list at WW1, and streaming aggregators are worse than nothing tho get
top search hits. While atop the graveyard QRM, this seems to be roughly from
NE/SW, which implies MO or TX, or maybe KS if nothing further. The only 1340
WW1 affil in those states per the NRC AM Log 2014-2015 is KLID Poplar Bluff MO,
which is more like east of here in the SE corner. Scatterbrain website
http://www.klidradio.com/ shows mix of nostalgic music and talk, ranging from
Jim Hightower to Herman Cain, but no plain old program schedule which might
show ONA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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