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OCTOBER 26. 1991 - VOLUME 29 - NUMBER 06 - EDITION 931 - ISSN 0899-9732+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.BROADCASTING INFORMATION 2-3 EASTERN DX ROUNDUP 8-9DX WORLDWIDE - WEST 4 WESTERN DX FORUM I0-llWESTERN DX ROUNDUP 4-6 EASTERN DX FORUH 12-13CENTRAL DX ROUNDUP 6-8 VERIES CENTER+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++.

DUES/ADDRESS CHANGES: Ralph Sanserino 11300 Magnolia #43 Riverside CA92505REPRINTS: Steve Ratzlaff 295 Pettis Avenue Mountain View CA 94041

BOOK STORE: Phil Bytheway 9705 ~ary Avenue NW Seattle WA 98117+++...+++++++..+..++.+++++ 00 + ++...++ +.++..+...++...

IRCA CPC UPDATE: Th~~RCA CPC effort is now under way and needs your sup-port. Postage donations are most needed and welcome. Also. your lists ofsuggested stations to contact are most welcome. Also. anyone willing towrite text for a BCB DX info brochure for inclusion with the CPC letters.

please contact me at the address below. Do you know any personnel at yourlocal stations? Why not contact them about conducting a test for IRCA? Al

so. if anyone wants to see what the letters and info sheets we are curre-ntly sending the stations look like. please write and I will be glad tosend you one. As always. your questions and comments are most welcome. 73J D STERHENS IRCA CPC CHAIRMAN PO BOX 60~ HUNTSVILLE AL 35804-0605+.++++.~++...+..+++++ + +...+.++...++.++ +++...+.++++...OX Test ~urtesy of the National Radio Club - Colorado CPC Machine.KCRV-1370 PO Box 9 Caruthersville MO 63680 will conduct a OX test onMonday morning October 28. 1991 starting at 0515 ELT. Test will consistof tones. music. code & voice IO's. Thanks to Cleat Stanfill GM Thanks++.++++++++++++.++.++...++.+ + +.+.+..+...+++..+...+...++ +.+

CONVENTION: You still have time to send your money to: JIM HILLIKER at

1705 WITHERS AVENUE #12 MONTEREY CA 9394Q. I think his address was mis.sing from the other releases on the conventIon. I am sorry about that. myfault convention goers. Time is drawing near' are you ready. See you there+.++++.++++++.+.++..+++++..+...+ ++...++.+++++++.++.+ ++.+.

ALMANAC: This will be the last time you will see the ad for the 1991 IRCAAlmanac. They are almost all sold. if you hurry you have a very small ch-ance of getting a copy. I am glad this project is almost behind us and wewill have an announcement in the near future that will make I think al

of us feel very good. Stay tuned.+++++++++++.++++++++..++++.++.+.+...+..+..+..+.+++ + +...++..+...~.

PUBLISHERS DESK: N~t ~~c~ g~ing on here as foreign DX is still slow at ~ylocation an apartment complex with about 100 TV sets. microwaves and someother noise generators. And I also have mountains almost surrounding my

location. I would say this is not the ideal location to do any aXing. Butwe chug alonq. Just bouqht a mint Collins 51J-4 what a very nice rx to doBCB DX with. I was going to buy the R8 but changed my mind because of theproblems and the 51J-4 cost less and has good image rejection. good audioand good selectivity and will keep you warm in the winter with its tubes.,In the near future I will have a lot of gear to sell that I have collect-ed over the years: R390A's. HO-160's. HO180. HO180's. Heath SB-620 a lot

of this stuff is in very good condition. All equipment will have manuals.

++~~L:iI<=>++~(:)A?li~+~j~+iJi~~i?ii~A?+++~~~~+r;:~~:~:~~~:~+~~;;Edgar Cole. PO Box 350

ELECmoNICS.BROADCAST ENGINEERING & RADlOIIANAGEIIENT Lakel and FL 33802

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DEADLINES: 2nd & 4th Saturdays. Ccmpiled: 10/15/91Muchof this informatioo was COII'piled fran H Street Journal, DXH, andvariOus other sources.

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Wilkes-BarreTX. Wichita FallS

KCSY-1l40 becomes KSIJ)KCRE-1310 becomes KFVRKHDY-850 requests KCTQWPNT-820 requests WSCR"Score"WLIF-1300 becomes WJFKKBLK-1550 becomes lOCO]WSCR-1320 becomes WTSSWBCR - 1 340 becomes WTSW

KKCR-990 becomes KNIN*** IRCA AM-FM ALMANAC, 5th Edition 1991 ***

The fifth edition of the IRCA AM-FM Almanac is now available! This 240 page boolt is a must havecross reference for the serious AM DXer. Within it you will find the Cunalt frequency chcc~ list. affiliatesfor news and WIt show networks, syodicalCd music and religious programs, AM-FM simulcasts, stationslogans, broadcasting in Canada. AM Stereo, spans nelWorks, utiliI)' stations and many articles on AMbroadcasting. In addition. Volume V contains a section focusing on AM band foreign DXing (including acompressed IRCA Foreign OX Reference). Each list is in frequency order and many include the FMfrequencies as well as die AM (great for FM DXers).

The IRCA AM-FM Almanac is available in large oomb bound or loose leaf (please state preference whenordering). Post-publication prices are:IRCA member: US - SI3.00 Canada - SI4.00 OverseasSea MaiI- S]4.00 OverseasAir-Mail- SI7.00non-manbers: US - SI5.00 Canada - $]6.00 OverseasSea MaiI- $16.00 OverseasAir-Mail- $19.00

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FORMAT CHANGES

AL. BinninghamHadisoo

WVOK-690 vas oldies, adds Larry King talkWHKW-730 vas WIIIT, silent, now tlnis. OIN

Headline nxAZ. Sierra Vista KHFI-1470 vas tlnis. stds., now tlnis. oldiesAR. Walnut Ridge KRLW-1320 was C&W,new SHN Trad. C&WI/FMCA. Santa Barbara KIST-1340 vas oldies, adds SIfi pure oldies

Thousand Oaks KMDY-850 was CD1I!!dy, now N: II KNJD-FMCO. Colorado Springs KRDO-1240 vas oldies, now JSA C&W(note: OCJ annotation now being replaced by JSA annotation)

Greeley KGRE-1450 was C&W, adds SI'fi C&Wcr. Greenwich WXH-1490 was full service N:, now OIN headline

rocWCEH-610 vas oldies, now caw I/FMWU1X-980 was AC I/FM, now om headline nxKUCL-730 vas 11:.I/FM, new CHI! I/FMKKLE-1550 was silent, now C&WWIRV-1550 vas C&W,nov oldiest«:LZ-900 '!BS 1Jus. nx, now new N: I/FMWJFK-l300 ',;as. WLIF, 1I:.1/Fm. now rodt. taUt

~ II WJFK-l06.7 FMHA. East Longmeadov WIXY-l600 vas AS, now rodt 1/WAfJYHI. Cadillac WKJF-1370 vas C&W.now AC I/FMHN. East Grand Forks KCNN-lS90 vas nxltalk. adds OIN headline nxMS. Richland WWDF-720 is nev, religionNt. McCook KBRL-1300 vas C&W.adds tlnis. cawNV. Laughlin KOWA-870 was KROL, talk. now C&W.Cow Country.MI. Portsmouth w::QL-1380 vas nxltalk. now oldies I/FMNJ. New Brunswick N::l'C-1450 was full service N:. now nxltalJt~. AlaDDgOrdo KINN-1270 vas KZZX. C&W.nov SPf'.IN:OH. Norwalk WAC-lSlO vas tmis. AC, now ntis. stds.OK. Perry KRAD-I020 vas C&W/talk, adds JSA C&WPA. Canonsburg W::S-540 was classical, now con~. Xtian'lW. Gallatin Wl\K;-l130 vas south. gospel, nowsilent

lebanon 1«X>R-900 vas oldies. rptd. silentHaryville Wlnl-1120 vas religion. rptd. silent

TX. Boerne KBRN-lSOOwas C&W.now N:111'. Salt Lake City KA1L-910 vasAC. now oldies/taUtVT. Burlington WJOY-1230 vas nx. now ntis. stds.VA. Charlottesville WKAV-l400 vas SPf'.IC&W.now SHN stds.WI. Baraboo WRPQ-740 vas AC, adds JSA soft N:

Stevens Point WSPo-lOlO vas oldies, now talk/nxlsports

Just 12 mre days till we switch b!Ick to Standard time. the meseasoo is definitely here! For everyone 1Iho's going. have a goodtime at the IRCA conventioo in Hcnterey!!!

GA. HavlcinsvilleRossville

ID. BoiseKS. WinfieldKY. IrvineHE. BrunswickMD. Baltimre

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DX Worldwide.WestTime: UTC phone(503)861-3185

DEADLINE: MONDAYS

Only a short one for you this week.

TRANS-PACIFIC OX ROUNDUP

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PM-OR

JAPAN. Morioka-JOQG-fair w/JJ talk, NHKl at 1340-10/12.(PM-OR)

JAPAN, Tokyo-JOAK-w/JJ talk //531 at 1341 10/12. (PM-OR)JAPAN, Osaka-JOBK w/JJ talk //594,531 at 1343 10/12. (PM-OR)

JAPAN, Tokyo-JOAB w/JJ mx and talk at 1326 10/12. (PM-OR)JAPAN, JJ talk at 1328 10/12-Fair (PM-OR)

UNID. garbled talk in jumble at 1410 10/12. (PM-OR)JAPAN, Sapporo-JOIB-JJ talk at 1345 10/12. (PM-OR)JAPAN, Akita-JOUB -//747 w/JJ talk 1346 10/12. (PM-OR)JAPAN, Osaka-JOBB-//747,774 JJ tilk at 1347-10/12 (PM-OR)

JAPAN, Niigata-JOQK fair above jumble w/JJ talk 1320 10/12(PM~OR1 'JAPAN, Kumamoto-JOGB-weak //828 at 1329 10/12. (PM-OR)

JAPAN, Sendai-JOHK-//837 w/JJ talk, good 1339 10/12 (PM-OR)JAPAN, Tokyo-JOKR-fair w/JJ Pops at talk at 1413 10/12 (PM-OR)JAPAN, Osaka-JONR-weak w/Trid. JJ song JJ talk 1414 10/12 (PM-OR)JAPAN, Weak JJ talk 1410 10/12. (PM-OR)

JAPAN, Nagoya-JOAR-barely above jammer w/JJ talk 1418 10/12(PM)

~, Tokyo-JOQR-fair w/JJ talk at 1404 10/12 (PM-OR)JAPAN, Osaka-JOOR-weak pop mx and JJ talk 1403 10/12 (PM-OR)JAPAN, Tokyo-JOLF-weak w/JJ talk 1411 10/12 (PM-OR)JAPAN, Sapporo-JOHR-JJ talk at 1422 10/12 (PM-OR)

YOUR EDITOR

SP-600JX, Term. 200' NE/SW LW, Ground system

WESTERNDX

ROUNDUPNancy Hardy2301 Pacific Ave.Aberdeen, WA V8SZ0

DEADLINE FOR NOXR TIPS IS MONDAY. PLEASE USE EASTERN TIME.-----------------------------------------------------------------------REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSUE.

(LG) Larry Godwin-2390 Clydes Dale Lane-Missoula, MT 59801Hammarlund HO-150, SM-2

(TRR) Tim Rall-350 G St. *F-l-Chula Vista, CA SlS10

Sony ICF-20l0, Radio Weat loop(JH) Jim Hilliker-1705Withers Ave. *12-Monterey, CA 91910

GE Superadio(GL) Gary Larson-2806 Lincoln-Burbank, CA 91504(PM) Patrick Martin-P.O. Box 843-Seaside, OR 97138

SP-600, term. NE/SW wire, ground system(bp) Bruce Portzer-6546 19th Ave. NE-Seattle, WA 98115

Racal RA-17 with Radio West loop, Sony digital Walkman(RCW) Reid Wheeler-5910 Boulevard Lp SE-Olympia, WA 98501

ICOM R-70, 3.5' NRC loop(RW) Robert Wien-1309 Dentwood Dr.-San Jose, CA 95118

GE Superadio, GE long-range portable, SM-2

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630 KIDD £A, Monterey 10/8 1554 8urpri8e change or ca118, ex-KXDCIAfter "101.7 FH, Radio Pacific" UD & 2 spots, legal IDheards "KXDC, Ca~el; KIDD, Monterey-Salinas-SantaCruz." Call change took effect 10/7. Also, on 11/1 KIDD.630 will change formats to Unistar's "AM Only" big bandtype format. (JH-CA)

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610

630

660

700

TIS OR, Newport weak here on groundwave during the day.Operated by Newport Chamber of Commerce. Came on Oct. 18t,heard on 10/8 at 1420. General tourist info, 10 watts.New, reported. Reports to KNPT-13l0 -- they engineer the

TIS, located on Highway 20 towards Toledo (about 2 blocksoff Highway 101. (PM-OR)QR, Medford 9/25 2315 strong with KONA looped out. "KFMJ-KYJC Stereo Magic" IDs, adcon music, network ads, SNN newsspots. (Rew-WA)CA, Monterey per call to KXDC, changing calls back to KIDDand format to unistar adult standards within a month. Ibelieve they are still KXDC as of 10/7, only ID's as RadioPacific 101.7, even on the hourI IIKXDC 101.7. Don't theyhave to ID sometime??? (RW-CA)~, Window Rock 10/2 2250-2305 C&W music, ID on the hourwith water restriction PSA tben NBC news. Heavy mixingwith semi-local KAPS-660, Mt. Vernon, MA which is usuallydominan~~ (RCM-MA)OR, winston 10/7 2115-2130 good over KSUR with a nationalrelig. talk show. Fading by 2128, with True Value Hardwaread with local tag for store in Roseburg. 2129 TimberlandTire & Firestone in Roseburg. 2130 ID "KGRV, Winston-Roseburg," ment. FCC rules to reduce power at SS from 25kwto 500 watts. "Some of you may lose our signal untilsunrise tomorrow." Lost at power down. Not heard in a fewyears. (JR-CA)

+Apparent s/on (just missed) lb/8084S. (LG-MT)AZ, Sedona 10/5 0900 weak with ID. (LG-HT)CA, Grass Valley 10/3 0845-0900 unbelievably 8trong withnon-stop oldies (not by original artists). ID 0900, thensaid would 8tart ABC news. (LG-MT)£!, Thousand Oaks now /1 KNJO 92.7. J. McAuley says heheard of a CP for 50,000/1,000, maybe adding 2 more tower8to current four. (GL-CA)~, Laughlin 10/6 0621 good with C&W music, "The Cow" ID8.ORM from KAIM. (PM-GR)CA, San Mateo 8emi-local heard with announcement they will

drop "Kool Gold" 10/17 and change format to Spanish. (JR)AB, Saint Albert 10/7 0857 a powerhouse, IDing as "Classic

Gold MG-1200," then plugging National Cleavage Week. (L.)BC, Victoria 10/5 0902 weak but in the clear on that loop

bearing. (LG-MT)WA, Pullman 10/7 0900 a/on, no anthea, very strong. (LG)

CA, Redding 9/29 0430 huge with ItWKW orf. "Christian MusicRadio It-Love." 5kw night CP must be on. (TRR-CA)CA, Napa 10/10 0935 local-like with news by man & woman,local ads, faint ORM in background. (bp-WA)

~, Clifton 9/22 0303 ID by man "The best variety 24 hoursa day on ItCUZ." New, AZ .70. (TRR-CA)NM, Ruidoso 10/5 0358 fair with ID on car rx. Station

apparently 24 hours now. (TRR-CA)WA, Grand Coulee 10/9 0700 atop with ID "Serving north

central Washington from Grand Coulee...ltEYG..." mixing withKENE. (bp-WA)£!, Apple Valley 10/7 per call to Johnconsultant to new owners, day power isStation phone remains 619-247-1111. Iinterested in reports. (GL-CA)UT. Centerville 10/6 0859 OC with KGST & possiblY KUBAunder. Then. end of relig. program faded up and ID

KYJC

KXDC

KTNN

KGRV

McAuley ex-GM now5000, nites 500.

think they're

780 KAZH830 KNCO

850 KMDY

870 KOMA

1050 KOFY

1200 CHMG

CKDA

1250 KWSU1330 KRDG

1440 KVON

1490 Kcm

nUl

KEYG

1550 KAPL

1600 KBBX

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.Christian Radio...KBBX, Centerville-Salt Lake City..

Then, KNMY "Honey Radio. s/on. (SH SP?). New. (JH-CA)

LOCAL570

680

CHANGESKYI HA, Seattle per phone call, now has Rush Limbaugh 1200-

1500, Alan Combs 1500-1700, Barry Farber 1700-1900, Dean

Edell 1900-2000 H-F, with repeat of Limbaugh Sat/Sun 0900-1500; however, I also noted repeat of Alan Combs 10/9 0745.Still live oldies 0800-1200, rest of time SHN oldies.

They've been rearranging their schedule a lot lately, so-don't be surprised if this is out of date soon. (bp-HA)

KLDY HA, Lacey 9/27 2220 local over KBOI-670 and KNBR. Back on

the air after 9 months silent with relig. program (started6/10/91). Days only; currently 6:45am to 7:30pm PDT with250 watts. Phone 943-5539 or 1-800-659-5539. Health

Ministry Radio out of Colorado with write-in address inFerndale, WA. Stoff 2230 but about 2 min. overrun, then

gone. (RCW-WA)KNRY ~, Monterey carries CBS Monday Night Football. (JH-CA)KKFX WA, Seattle now has Spanish Sunday night 2200-0200, rest of

time still urban contemp. (bp-WA)

KTGE ~, Salinas per CE, CP for 5,000/500 has been in effectsince mid-April 1991! I thought they sounded louder atnight, hi. Patterns unknown, but must protect KCYR.Shares KPUP-540's 5-towers sit~. (JH-CA)

12401250

1570

Help with unlD's

820 LG-MT's unlD OC in 9/28 WDXR is probably XEYX.1290 "Real Country. is KCUB--AZ. (TRH-CA)1310 .K-Mix. is KMYX-CA. (TRH-CA)

(TRH-CA)

UNIDs125C 10/7 0704 unlD TT loud looping east most of morning. KHOW?

(RW-CA)1430 UNID Spanish all alone 10/8 2305 and 10/9 0650, o/u ORM 10/10

0937. KNTA most likely. (bp-WA)

Tim Hall asked if the Port Angeles, WA TIS is on 1600 or 1610. It was

on 1600 with 0.1 watt, non-licensed, with advertising. Now it is on

1610 with 10 watts licensed to the city of Port Angeles.

iii' Central I?X Roundup

EDITORJohn C. Johnson979 Neptune BoulevardBillings, Montana 59105-2129

FOR THE RECORDReport all times as Eastern.

Reports via Computer:PRODIGY: MPNN49A

RIDING GAIN[VAL-DX) - Valhalla Beach, Manitoba DX'pedition 9/28-29.

A~~endinq from'Winnipeg: Shawn Axelrod and Wayne McRae.Equipment: Icom IC-R70, various beverages.

[TML-IN) - Tom Laskowski, 1334 E. Miner St., South Bend, IN 46617Icom IC-725, 30' inverted L, loop.

Realistic TRF 12-656,4' spiral loop.[WMC-MB) - Wayne McRae, DXing on location at Valhalla Beach, MB.

Icom IC-R70, various long wires.[JcJ-MT) - Your editor using an Icom IC-R7lA with a -Radio West- loop.

SPECIAL INTEREST530 CIAO ON BramDton, EX-790. 9/28 fair to good. 1950 w/local spots

and phone number in 11 langauag.. Then spots in English.-CIAO- ID. New for us. [VAL-DX)

DOWN THE DIAL560 WYOR TN Brentwood, 9/30 fair U/WIND. 0205 w/promo for something

called -instant ads.- Business Radio Network programming.ID heard. [TML-IN)

Deadlines: Every Saturday

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710 KNUS CO~, 10/7 weak but alone (very very rare). 0815 w/CNNHeadline Nevs. 0819 "AM KNUS Denver" into spot cluster.Have verie from previous logqinq. Rare. [JcJ-MT)

730 KSVN Dr Oqden, 10/7 weak in CKLG null. 0805 10 in Enqlish "KSVNOqden, Salt Lake City" out of SS news into SS music. Lostvhen KURL carrier came on (KURL siqn on 0815). Very rarehere. Not enouqh for a follow up report. [JcJ-MT)

990 KKIS CA Pittsburq, TENTATIVE. 1011 poor. 0520. No 10, but heard"Your favorite liqe of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and today, Thenev 92." Pacific time zone times used. [WMc-MB)

1030 XMAS WA Shelton, 9/21 poor u/WBZ. 0145 w/"XMAS Shelton" 10 andSeattle baseball. [WMc-MB)

1050 WPZA MI Ann Arbor, 9/30 fair o/WTCA. 0733 with a promo for a lawprogram. 10. Last logqed as WPAG. [TML-IN)

1140 KRAK CA Sacramento, 10/7 weak in KLUC null. KSOO also nulled.0300 wilD out or IRN proqra_inq into CBS News. [JcJ-MT.i

WARK MS McComb, 10/2 fair. 0723 wlquick 10 as tune-in. Contestpromo "...the station that makes winninq a habit, WARK.~School lunch menu for McComb schools. [TML-IN)

WBXR AL ~~, 9/27. 2000w/siqnoff announcements.Gavelocation as Hazel Green, studio in Fayetville, TN. Lastlogqed as WIXC. [TML-IN]

1190 WHMT TN Humboldt, 9/27 o/WOWO, WBSL BleSS. 2021 quick fade up with"11-90 WHMT." Possible mention of rock and roll, not sureof format. New one for me. [TML-IN]

1220 KBET CA ~,countrv, 10/9 weak in CJOC null. 0345 w/lonq spotcluster, rock oldies. 0400 wilD "KBET California, Canyon

. Country" into CNN News. New for me, CA/133. [JcJ-MT]WAYE AL Birminqham, 9/29 fair. 2101 wi instrumental qospel music.

10 "WAYE 12-20 AM Birminqham" into more qospel music. Newfor me. [TML-IN] .

1230 KWNO MN~, 10/2 dominatinq this GY. 0712 ~/music (possibleoldies format.) ID "KWNO Radio." Spot for Wooldworth'sin Winona. [TML-IN]

1240 KWOS MO Jefferson~, 9/30 poor. -0159 wilD followed by a promofor Rush LiJllbauqhproqram. [TML-IN]

1300 KMMO MO Marshall, 9/30 fair. 0706 with ID "Real Radio KMMO" intoweather forecast for central Missouri. [TML-INj

1330 KOOK TX~. 10/2 poor. 0731 wlpromo for a state fair trip, "Goto the fair with KOOK." Gave phone number 593-2519. 10"KOOK 13-30." Last logqed as KTYL. [TML-IN]

1340 CKRE ON ~~, 9/28qood. 1810w/aixof music,weatherreport."CKRE"IO. [VAL-OX) .

KXPO NO Grafton, 9/28 excellent. 1720 with Mexican music proqram.First tiBle heard this way. [VAL-OX]

WLAV MI ~~, 9/30 poor. 0600 wlrock oldies, 10. [WMc-MB]1400 KBZZ CO LaJunta, 1011 very qood. 0800 w/"Information on AM and FM

KBZZ and KBLJ LaJunta." News followed by music by FrankSinatra, Guy Mitchell, etc. [WMc-MB]

KWYN AR~, 10/2qood. 0700 w/"KWYN Wayne" 10 followinq hiqhschool lunch menu. PrOllO for Arkansas news followinq NBCNews. [WMc-MB)

WOWS IL ChaDlDaicm, 10/1qood. 0705 w/on. full 10, used "DWS" alldurinq a call in show. [WMc-MB]

1450 KENA AR Mena, 10/2 qood, brief. 0725 wlspot for Mena HospitalEmerqency Rooa. No 10 heard. rWHc-MBJ

KIOV 10 Payette, 9/29 poor. 0810 wloldies music, "Classic GoldAuthority" slogan and 10 ~ Pay~e, Ontario." This isnev for both of us. [VAL-OX]

1470.KERE KS Atchison, 10/1qood. 0750 wlwoman w/Kansas news. "Kere"and "Atchison Area Radio" IOs. [WMc-MB]

1480 KRAE NY Cheyenne. 1011 excellent. 2155 vith lots of "K-rae" lOs,Spots tor cheyenne. Rock oldies. "This is not a test,this is rock and roll." [WMc-MB]

1600 KNCY NE Nebraska City. 1011 very qood. 0735 w/Nebraska City ~iqhSchool lunch menu. Weather, 10 "KNCY City at Nebrask~City." [WMc-MB]

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~ar John.

RADIO TUVALU

BROADCASTING AND INfORMATION OFFICEVA'AKUFUNAFUTITUVAlU

081... 11th February 1991

,(10 10 1ndeed snd to note that you have not at thie eb:;e receivedrq tiret letter. I remembered three of u. ~'ln;t111& the tape ":'.1'\<1tr:l1n,1 to 14entit7 wllo the aMouncer wIle.

A/J¥W~ this letter tilen i8 to contirll that your r...ception re~'orton 19 r.mrch 1990. i8 correct. lIowever this station <loes r.ot CaI-Ynn.y !leru!tU1t or eticker ot an.r tora but ti11. br1et letter is :lCkr.O\7-led';1nf: your report 18 correct.

Thank IoU onee qa1n for wr1 tins for the second t1ll1e.

Cord1al17

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'Ie are in r--ce1pt or your letter intorming ua ttatyou "ere able to p1ck up our atatiCZ1 CZ1JIard1 17, 1958, andthat ,you t'ow>d our 81pal strength lIIOderate and our qual1tyvery good.

It misJ>t l-e or some interest to you to know aomethingabout our tran8ll&1ss1CZ1equ1pnent, whichconsists ot . 280' -stwith a "T" aerial. We nLdiate 3) r.. h'om two ten-K" tranlllll1ttersie.to a combining \nit,giVinS U8. total radi.,Uq;powerorjust,.der 3) ,:.s.

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'Ie wiah to than>; you very..-1ch for ta;.;ing time out tolet us !<nowyou. wereable to receive us, an1 if, in the future,you are able ";.0 do SO &F..:in would you pleaselet '~s mow as itis of great intere~t to US to know ~at we are tavoura1:1.Y n:ceivedin aucr. distant :;>leces.

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music. No 10. 0220 faded. Best on wast wire or northwire. Any ideas? [VAL-OX]

UNID HELP AND CORRECTIONSRobert wien offers a correction and some help with unIOs from the 10/5COXR:990 [SA-MB]'s unIO with Ai news miqht be WLOX-AL or WEEB-NC, these

are the only two niqhttime stations on 990 wlAi News.

1140 [VAL-OX]'s TENTATIVE "The Fox" is not CISS, they chanqed calls' toCFXX.

1360 [RS-MO]'s unIO with the phone number "390-KKMJ" is stranqe. Hemust have been tuned to 1370 not 1360...note KKMJ-1370 Rollingwoodruns 5,000 watts day, 500 watts niqht. Rollingwood, Texas is nottoo far from Austin.

Thanks, Bob, your help is appreciated!25 YEARS AGO

October 29, 1966 issue of OX Monitor Berkeley, CA OXers LarrY~Godwin and Bob Wilkins lO9qed KINY AK on 10/2 C.M. Stanbury IIcontinued discussion of Swan Island A feature article on radio

piracy in Russia mentioned one transmission ended with an apology'by the operator "We would like to continue our broadcast of musicbut first we must take time out and ch~~ in for a bottle of vodka."

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obertWien forhis valueableassistance. 73, John.

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ON, TORONTO (PEARSON INT'L. AmPORT)9130 0745 GOOD w/usual bllans...al ..uportlnforrn.auon: ex-530. Obviously had t.C>vacate oldfr~uency when CIAO moved t.C>530. Do you knOW' ofany ad_r TIS's \hat are not on 530. 1610 or 16201This is a very unusual TIS frequ~y. (MB-<>N)

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FROM DAVD> RE!:ITZ.: W..II, it looks ..s if the DX se...son is upon u~.Sundooy RvQ'nins (10/6) s ..n 1ncrediblQ' apenins tothe T..x..sjL.auisi...na ""ith 1430 - KCOH in ..tlaC4ll.IIQ'vel ...nd 890 - KVOZ in quita ""ell ..Iso (.. n-on.. fa.. m..). Thes.. ..re the kind of niSht.s thoot c.anr ny set thos.. DX juicQ's no-alins.

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CllAlfGE OF WESTEIUI DX FORUM EDITORS -- PLEASE NO'I'E:

OUTGOING EDITOR: Bill Hardy, 2301 Pacific Ave., Aberdeen, WA 98520.Bill's final deadline in Aberdeen: Sat. 26 October.

NEW EDITOR (pending Board of Directors approval),Reid Wheeler, 5910 Boulevard Loop S.E., Olympia, WA 98501.

Reid's deadlines: Eacb Saturday beginning 2 November.

PATRICK IOUr'I'DI, P.O. BOX 843, SEASIDE, OR 97138-0843First off, I really enjoyed Gerry Thomas's forum in the 28 Septemberbulletin. I'll never complain about all the scratches and cuts I havegotten through the years working on my Beverages. I guess that goes

with the territory. You pay for all that DX you get, hi. It is funny- when you are out there and get into all the brambles and such, the

cuts don't really hurt as you are doing something you really want todo. It seems all worth it. If you got cut mowing the lawn that wouldreally hurt, hi. CJVB 1470 Vancouver, BC has done something to theirpattern recently. They now mix here with KEL~ Centralia (only 70 milesaway) during the day. I don't notice any difference at night. I hadwondered about it. Thanks for mentioning it, Bruce. Most of the

Vancouver, BC stations are regular here day and night. CHaM 1320 andCKST 800 aren't heard much during the day. CHaM has KXRO to contend

with, but they do make it in during the day in the winter at times.CKST is directional northerly so if I hear anything else on 800, exceptfor KPDO Portland (in the winter), it is CKOR Penticton. CKST is heard

at night with the NNW Beverage, though. CBU 690 is about thestrongest, followed by CKWX 1130 and then CHRX 600 and CKLG 730. CKNW

980 is also not bad off a northerly Beverage during the day. CFUN 1410is heard, but is weak. All three of the Victoria stations are heard,

. with CJVI 900 by far the strongest and CKDA 1200 the weakest. CKDAused to be a bit better on 1220, but bad KCCS Salem, OR ORM during theday. That's it for this time - good DX to all. 73, Patrick.

GAIT~, 2806 LDiCOLR, BURBANK, CA 91504 (818) 559-1500Hello. New info here is KMDY 850 in late September dropped all comedyand is simulcasting KNJO 92.7 adcon format. Call is still KMDY as faras I know. Also stations have new owner wbo may put a Spanish formaton 850. Talked with general manager a few days ago (today is 7 Oct.).Interesting on 960 now using KAPL call, probably means Apple Valley.Yes, I do think they're 5kw now. KJOI 540 still is favorite regionalstation to hear in car. Good reception in area of El Segundo andWestchester. A friend in Missouri tells me KIDS 1340 aired on 1 Oct.with kids type format 0700-1300. Too bad KICK isn't still on 1340 witholdies. KICK call now used elsewhere. Randy Stewart bad an interest-ing report in DXM 927. Here's wishing the San Jose Sharks a good firstyear. Pretty good network they have so far. Bill, good job as temp-oraryeditor. Hope more members report often. In addition to abovehome number, I also have (818) 846-5540. Usually am home 1900-2400Pacific time. Good DX everyone.

JORJI C. JOHNSON, 979 IfEP'I'UIIE BL'fD., BILLINGS, lIT 59~O_5.-2I29The new season stor~& v~~ .i~~ a ~o~ Ve:~~8e~ Ye~i~ f~r~ ,-:~ 010, sofar the best catch of the season. On the subject of computerizedreports, I must say it is far less expensive to mail a letter than afloppy. I will accept reports on floppies, but I will not return thefloppies to the submitters. (IBM compatible only.) If you are acomputer owner I suggest you get a modem and subscribe to Prodigy.This service is available in a lot of cities with a local phone numberso you only need to pay their monthly service charge ($12.95). Part oftheir service is [-Mail. I am a Prodigy member (address MPNN49A) andaccept CDXR material via Prodigy. Also a nifty way to send tipsbetween members. Please keep in mind it is still cheaper to use the

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mail system (you can mail some 44 letters for what you pay in servicecharges per month to Prodigy). If you are interested in Prodigy, visityour local computer dealer (or a Sears store) for a demo. 73, John.

LARRY GODWIN, 2390 CLYDES DALE LANE, MISSOULA, NT 59801

Greetings! 1 just received Radio West's current catalog, and orderedthe "Great Little Loop." It occupies only one cubic foot of space, andcovers 400-2000 kHz. The older 18" and 23" models are no longer

available; they covered SW as well as BCB. The BCB loop costs $121,including UPS. The address is 850 Anns Way Drive, Vista, CA 92083.Phone (619) 726-3910. As you probably know, Ralph Sanserino makes

these loops so we can be assured of quality. Conditions to Asia weregrand 22-24 September (see last week's DXWW), then deteriorated. I

haven't heard audio from any TP or DU stations since. I thoroughlyenjoyed Gerry Thomas's account of the Labor Day Beverage. Hope someonevolunteers to edit WDXR soon so Bill can do more DX'ing. 73.

NEIL ItAZAJlOSS, 332 RICRAJlDSON DRIVE, MILL YALLEY, CA 94941(415) 389-6064 (never after 9:00 on a weeknight)

Just moved from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay Area. I will be atthe convention at Monterey. I'm interested in organizing a Beverage

DXpedition to Ano Nuevo State Park (has been used by Bay Area TP DX'ersin the past) for Saturday night of the convention. I have enough wire

for two long Beverages. Interested DX'ers are invited to call De. Iwould prefer that there be at least a minimum of one Beverage perDX'ing setup. That way we don't have to split one Beverage to manyreceivers. I'm hoping to make the Newfoundland DXpedition that MarkConnelly is planning. I will miss DX'ing with my good friend Tim Hallfrom Chula Vista. 73 from KAZ.

BILL llAltDy, 2301 PACIFIC AVE., ABEllDEEII, n 98520

Great turnout this week! Neil phoned in his forum so it would makethis week's deadline. Hope you have a good turnout, Neil. GerryThomas's forum in the 28 September issue was fascinating. I could

sense his anguish about burying his Beverage wire and then stringing itinto the brambles - four hours of hard work - and not even getting touse it! Thanks, Gerry, for sharing a great story, and I almost hate toask what's next. I must give myself two sets of 100 lashes with thestiff penguin flipper: first, for putting "Change of Western DX Roundup

Editor. at the top of last week's column, which I've corrected thisweek (Nancy is still Roundup editor and she caught the mistake); andsecond, for listing 1490 Grand Coulee, WA as -KEYF. in the 14 Sept.WDXF, as veIl as Robert Wien's column on page 5 of that issue. They

are KEYQ, but their FH was KEYF years ago. KEYF is on 1050 in Dishmanand 101.1 in Cheney, WA. Thanks to Bruce Portzer for catching themistake. Patrick, I noticed a much stronger daytime signal into theU.S. from CJVB 1470 vhen Nancy and I camped near Nt. Vernon, WA on thelast day of vacation in August. with KAPS moved from 1470 to 660, CJVB

may have seized the chance to eliminate their null of Mt. Vernon (about60-70 miles from Vancouver). CKST 800 likely has a wide null of KGMI790 about 25-30 miles south. CHON 1320 supposedly nulls Aberdeen, butcan mix with local KXRO some evenings and is good after KXRO goes off

at 0300. Gary, per the newspaper clipping on KMDY 850 you sent me withyour forum, KNDY still has .Comedy Radio Classics. Mon.-Fri. 2200-2300local. Re your WDXR this week, why would KNDY or any other AM in ahigh-price real estate area want to add more towers?? Some stationsare lowering night power so they can eliminate towers and sell the

land! Larry, glad to hear Radio West is still around; I had wondered.I don't know if I'll get any more DX'ing done when Reid takes over as

WDXF editor in three weeks, but I'm glad he's taking over so that other

projects, including Almanac updaters, can get my time. It's been fun.Now please support Reid in this same fine mannerl 73,

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Karl V. Jeter, 2115 Scarbrough Road, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30088Greetings! I recently renewed my membership in the IRCA, making

15 great years ~ontinuously as a member. A brief reintro: I am 38,and a single parent to Kevin, my 7-y~ar-old boy, and am self-employedwith a small engin~ering/drafting outfit at home. My DX career beganwhile in high school in Conover, NC in 1969, the same year I got myfirst verie from WCFL-Chicago. My current totals are 1841/1446 with44 states, 6 provinces and 21 countries verified. I concentrate ondomestic DX, but do try a little international DX every so often. Tothose of you with children, the following may 'be of interest. I beganto suffer from a loud buzzing QRM on the broadcast band that appearedat dark, and would last through the night. Cursing the new apartmentcomplex that now stands behind my house (-here my antenna farm used tobe), I immediately assumed the source of the,interference to be fromback there. I began investigating, and decided to check my house first;armed with a battery radio, I shut off the main power to the house, andthe buzzing stopped! Turns out the source was a little automatic nightlight (the kind that has a small photoelectric ce~~) I had recentlybought to use in my son's room! The brand is "Good Nite Light", lIIanu-

e factured by Intermatic, Inc. of Sprin~ Grove, XL, model no. GN-l.Needless to say, it has been returned for a conventional non-interfer-

! ing varietyI Has anyone else noticed what may he a new trend in AMprogramming? On 9/27, I was tuning around, and on 1100 kHz, I noticed

. audio from a local Atlanta TV newscast. Puzzled, I listened on, and at

break time, heard the following announcement: "This is Don Farmer, (alocal news anchor) and you're listening to Channel 12 Action News onCountry 11, WLBB, Carrollton". Other than the stations that rebroad-cast the audio of CNN Headline News (like WCNN-680), this TV/Radiosimulcast must be a new trend. Not much DX to mention in this youngseason, but what a start: heard KOKK-12l0 Huron, SD on 9/25 at about0658 briefly before peing buried by the WSBI-Static, TW sign/on. Ihave ~een trying for more, but not much luck; just a tiny piece ofKOKK the nextAM. It sure is nice to see thoseweeklyDX MonitorslGood DX, and 73's. (Karl, wasn't Don Farmer an anchor at ODe time onthe regular CNN network, perhaps six or seven years ago?--rce)

R.C. Watts, 4109 Graf Dr, Louisville, KY 40220-3016Sold some hawgs and went to the Monitoring Times Convention. Ran

a little short ~t a had 8 couple shoats 1. ~he trunk, just in case,which I was able to see to one of the BBa joints. Them people downthere use something called "plastic" to pay for things, just like theydo up North, and charge l5~ mace for a gallon of gas. Anyway, Knoxvillewas having its becentennia1 (whatever that is) so I was distracted by aspectacular firewaorks display over the'river on Thursday night (10/3).Hac a gcoc view ~ro~ the Hyatt Regency. Looked like a lot of bicen waSgoing on and I'm fer itl The Caribbean beacon-l6l0 was fair aoout 2000while ~ne A~lan~ic Deacon was way down in the QRM on l~iO. A~ 2~OO,TWR-800 vas very good with English news. So didn't hear anything ofnote. I stoF~.d by Renfro Valley on the way down 1-75 ana picked up acopy of the "itenfro Valley Bugle". It lists the stations that carry the"Sunday Morning Gathering" with broadcast times. You can probably geta sample copy from kenfro Valley Folks, Inc., Kenfro Valley, KY 40473.They also sell c1d progra~ tapes (unedited, 1960-1980). John Lair, thefounder, was a delightful ~~ back in those days. back to the conven-tion: highlights for me were a tour of WATE-TV6 and construction/opera-tion of W~CR shortwave in Nashville, presentation by George McClintock.He is GK of w~CH anc co-located sister station WNQM-1300 oS well as

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WITA-1490 in Knoxville. Without Karl Zukabout ~/F~ croaacasting. The conventionand could be in Atlanea next year. I mayand go again--so eae more porkl

Ernest Cooper, 5 Anthony Street, provincetown, Massachusetts 02657It's been three months and one hurricane since I last appeared

in these pages, so let's get oack in the ~imelight. Veries have comein from WPNT-820-lL (sent by the present WPNT(FM) in July for my 820reception back on 1/3/91 wlout a flupl, WlZA-1450-GA out 21 months;WwBH-1550-FL (ex-WCCZ); the brand new WVNE-760-MA (Leicester, pro-nouncea 'Lester'), WLPZ-1440-M£ and Cariboean Beacon-1610 to bringthe total to 4385, counting call changes but not frequency or powerchanges, the way virtually everybody counted them in my day. Bob andI took a second vacation this year, going back to a favorite spot ofours, Green Lake, Leeds, NY on 8/6 for two weeks. On awakening onMondey 8/19 we heard the news on the radio of Hurricane Bob, then 15miles S of Providence, RI, and it was pouring rain there in Leeds, sowe decided to leave right then and there, a day sooner than planned,and try to get home before the storm hit Province town. Figuring ahurricane generally takes aoout an hour to go 15 miles, we thought wemight be ab1e to get home before Bob (the storm) hit. Hal I am "aller-gic" to toll roads,so we were travelling East on US 20 and listeningto 6tocm reports, and not making very good time, so we decided to swingover to the Mass. Pik~ ~. the first available entrance to it, whichcame at ~orcester. The first thing we encountered was a toll booth,but the guy was st~nding outside it and waving us through andyelling"don't seopl Keep goingl" That we did, as the now heavy winds swervedour Chevy Cavalier considerably, but we made it to the Sagamore Bridge(across Cape Cod Canal) where we were stopped, and all traffic was for-bidden to cross due to the severity of the winds. After about a twohour ~it, we got the OK to continue, and all was OK till we got tovrleans, where at the traffic circle between Orleans and £asham wewere again stopped, with all traffic, as the roads were blocked byfallen trees. All eleceric power was ofr on the entire Cape, but wetried backtracKing to find a restaurant that might have 9as stoves intheir kitchen, to no avail - there was one, with a line about a ailelongl Finally after another two hours we were alloed to proceed, un-til we goe aoout four blocks from hour home where we were told that aroof had blown off up ahead and no traffic could move due to it andfallen wires and trees. We got back out to the ~1ghway and took thenext exit to provincetown and came. in from the other direction, wonder-ing if it was our roof that was lying in the roadl To make a longstorysbort. 'twasn't our roof, but that of.a large hotel two blocksfrom us which had blown completely off. We had no damage - the TV andFM atennas survived the storm intact, thank God- and believe me, wedidl...'continued next week)

Rick Evans, 4841 South 26th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53221A newspaper clipping from Howard Kemp says that WKBR-1250 Manchea-

ter, NH is back on the air again after being off sine. January. Itwill be combined with ~~NH-AK of Madbury/Dover to make up the LoveRadio network, with a format of contemporary gospel, inspirationalmusic and teaching that will reach a potential audience of over onemillion people. I don't know what you did this weekend with theexpanDed Thomas hearing in the US Senate but I watched a lot of iton the new "Court TV" cable channel. Locally, the coverage was liveon WCKY-92C an~ possiOly other stations in tne area. rne ~acesc ArC~-tron liseing is out, and only 2 AMs wound up in the top ten: .1 WTMJ-620 and #2 WOKY-920. *11 was WISN-1130 #16 WHVP-1290, *17 WEMP-1250abd WNOV-860 (tied), .19 WGN-720 (chicago) with O.~, and #21 WLUP-IOOO(tied with 5 others including WBBM-780) with 0.5~. I was surprised tofind 3 Chicago stations on the list in Milwaukee 90 miles away. I~as down in Illinois Saturday doing 8c.e "leafing" (as it's called inPenn.). My wife decided she wanteD to lo~k thru an anti~ue store inHebron so I went in ~ith her. In there, I found two copies of RadioLife magazine from WWII. I've just had time to glance at one of thembut it was interesting. Perhaps next week...73.

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The IRCA is a non-profit organization devoted to the hobby of hearing distant stalions on the AM BroadcastBand (510 -1630 khz). DX Monitor. the official publication of the IRCA. is published 34 times a year.weekly from October to March, twice in September and April, and monthly from May to August. DXMonitor contains members' loggings. anitles on radio stations. receiver reviews, technical anitles. DXtips. and other material of interest to Broadcast Band DX hobbyists. IRCA is a member of ANARC. theAssociation of Nonh American Radio Clubs.

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