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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; 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 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S
inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75
with E-W longwire
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/page59
[over 223,000 views! as of June 15, 2017]
These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of
USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are
in frequency order
** U S A. 1130, June 11 at 1223 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still AWOL. Had not
rechecked it lately, but first noted off as of May 20. Gone for good? Have they
notified FCC? On the 1130 DF toward Shreveport I do have a weak gospel huxter
this Sunday from KWKH.
1130, June 15 circa 1830 UT check, KLEY Wellington, Kansas, is still off the
air: 250 watt daytimer was easy on groundwave here, not at night with (ha, ha)
ONE watt.
Wikipedia entry leads to this website:
http://rockingmradio.com/kley-100-31130/
Claims format is A/C, plus sports, plus farm-and-ranch. 100.3, which is really
a negligible FM translator, K262CQ, now gets top billing, and the frequencies
sort of match. But if the translator is still operational (too far from here to
tell under normal conditions), how long can that last without the AM primary
being on the air? Is there a loophole? jpg graphic shows kleythewave.com but
that website (also with www.) is imaginary, still for sale by godaddy. KLEY was
poorly managed, captured sometimes with long dead air periods, but at least the
1130 carrier was on. I should also seek sibling stations on 1550, 92.7. We
drive right by them on the road to Wichita, so maybe next time an eyeball QSO
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, June 11 at 1228 UT, KBXD Dallas making slow 1 Hz SAH with KQAM
Wichita English talker. Praise music in Spanish, 1234 UT plug some upcoming
revivals, 877 phone number, Iglesia Evangélica la Nueva Esperanza. So it is
still presumably greatly extending the reach of 700 KHSE by duplicating it with
50 kW day.
On June 8 I received this enlightening info from Jerry Kiefer, FL, who used to
work for KBXD:
``Glenn, The circus is about to move on. Here's the last chapter in the KBXD
saga.
Yet another sale of Dallas AM KBXD/1480, a year after last year’s transaction
with Georgia-based Chris Muse failed to close. That one was for $1.5 million
(May 11, 2016 NOW Newsletter). The backup buyer is John S. Hammond and Linda
Hammond’s Hammond Broadcasting Group, a niche-format player based right there
in Dallas. They’re paying $600,000 for KBXD, which has a six-tower daytime
directional array blasting 50,000 watts, and a four-tower directional array for
the 1,900-watt night signal. This year’s price and last year’s price are more
comparable than you’d think – separately, Hammond’s buying the Salem-owned KBXD
site for $600,000.
The seller of KBXD is the patient Mark Jorgenson of "ACM JCE IV B LLC." That
company took over KBXD and three other AMs previously held by James Crystal
Enterprises out of the 2015 bankruptcy auction. (The debt-holder was Atalaya
Capital.) Buyer Hammond Broadcasting has begun an LMA with KBXD, adding to its
interests around Dallas-Fort Worth.
Quick list of those - Hammond Broadcasting owns [ex-] South Asian KHSE Wylie,
Texas/700. John’s a principal of Texoma Broadcasting, licensee of South Asian
daytimer KVTT Mineral Wells/1110. He also has an attributable interest in the
company that brokers time on Liberman’s regional Mexican KZMP University
Park/1540. Broker on the sale of KBXD – Jorgenson Broadcast Brokerage.
Not much of a deal. Seller grosses 600K, take out of that 200K for engineering
including a used DX50 Harris transmitter. The killer was 600k$ to Salem for the
tower site, plus out of pocket expenses over the past several years. Hard to
move six towers and stay close to the original site. This was the only place
you could throw your night lobe over Dallas. Jerry`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1490, June 12 at 0455 UT tune-in, one station is atop the graveyard,
with YL ID ``KDMO, Carthage-Baxter Springs-Joplin``, and NOStalgic music, so
this 1/1 kW U1 station. Baxter Springs is across in Kansas on the opposite side
of Joplin from Carthage. KDMO is my closest 1490 in this direxion. I suppose
KBIX Muskogee OK is still silent, if that helps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 1589.89 approx., June 11 at 0610 UT, considerable het
from off-frequency station, in fact separable with stronger signal than the
1590.0s --- soft music but it`s just an interlude before 0612 UT resuming
talkshow, YL & YL discussing some children`s syndrome. IIRC there was an
off-frequency station like this several months ago but I can`t seem to find it
by searching IRCA archive or my own.
1589.9, June 12 at 0448 UT, another check into the off-frequency unID here: at
tune-in, ad/promo for the ``June 28 tenth anniversary of local Christian TV
station, KNLG-TV [?]``, phone in 573 area code; then back to program with clips
of vintage Vietnam war coverage. 573 puts it in Missouri, and NRC AM Log shows
KDEX, Dexter MO in SE corner, has an AC 573 phone number. But it`s a C&W 620
watt daytimer, and this is the nightmiddle! It turns out that AC 573 also
encompasses Rolla and Jefferson City, so never mind KDEX.
Searching Missouri TV listings in W9WI.com, the best fuzzy match on call is
KNLJ, a megawatt RF Channel 20 in Jefferson City, which is with Christian
Television Network as virtual 25.1. Own website confirms it`s at tenth
anniversary: http://www.knlj.tv/ (But there is also a KNLC on RF 14, 900 kW in
Saint Louis, also religious as virtual 24.1)
Recheck at 0457 UT June 12, 1589.90 with promo for `Pathway to Victory` show,
on Bott Radio Network.com, BRN, 0500 UT Unshackled theme. 1590 in Rolla MO, not
too far from Jeff City, has KMOZ, 1000/85 watts U1, with Bott network,
Christian, or BRN. So this is definitely KMOZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1882, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As in Missouri OZarx?
1589.89, June 14 at 0633 UT, still het from off-frequency station, previously
traced to KMOZ, Rolla MO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[Another week with nothing mostly Mexican to report on MW]
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