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** U S A. 1480, March 4 at 0120 UT, big dominant signal from NNW/SSE with
bluegrass, then classic country segués, next at 0121 UT being ``Hey, Porter``
about a train ride. It must be the reactivated KBXD in Dallas, whose new format
is yet to be determined; stunting for now?
After another tune or two, at 0129 UT, singing ID ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas,
Texas hits too, go-go-go``, then coal-mine song; several more songs, no
announcements, let alone commercials. 0147 UT, ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas,
a-go-go, souvenirs, oh oh oh oh ----`` and a second one immediately,
``Super-hit go-go sounds of wonderful K-Box in Dallas``.
Blowing away my closer 1480, KQAM Wichita, but occasionally pokes thru during
Dallas fades, as it`s wrapping up a silly ballgame from the K-State Wildcats
Network. KQAM gains more and more from 0155 UT to 0200 UT such that I can`t get
a legal ID if any from the otherstation.
Of course, this is not KBOX, but currently called KBXD, obviously in tribute to
the heyday rocker of 50 years ago, which just reactivated a few days ago, after
a rocky ownership transfer involving access to the transmitter site; it`s been
upgraded to 50/1.9 kW, and I seriously suspect it must have been on 50 kW day
power until 0155 UT. Official night hours in March for KBXD are: 0030 UT-1245
UT.
50 kW day pattern major lobe is to the NW but still plenty to the NNW:
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1547811-120922.pdf
1.9 kW night pattern has six lobes, major one still to the NW but tighter now
with one of the six nulls toward Wichita:
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1547811-120923.pdf
As for KBOX, those were the heritage calls of 1480 Dallas, but FCC callsign
history only goes back to 1989, showing that KBXD is the seventh one since
then. There is now no KBOX anywhere on AM, but FCC has a KBOX on FM 104.1 in
Lompoc CA. pdfs of ancient history cards at FCC show that 1480 Dallas started
in 1952 as KGKO, and became KBOX in 1959.
During its previous period of reactivity a couple years ago, KBXD was making a
heavy SAH with KQAM, but now the frequency has been adjusted closer, due to a
Harris DX50 replacing the solid-state Nautel. KBXD was on for a few days in
December to prove they existed in 2015y, so are they now on to stay? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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