Hi Guys: Well things are starting to finally cook on the BCB!! This weeks report includes 7 New Stations and some nice Lower Powered Catches! Conditions to the SOUTH have been very good the past few days, resulting in some Semi-Auroral Catches.
The BCB Season seemed to start out rather slow here, but perhaps it will redeem itself as Winter approaches! AM BCB TOTALS are now…………. 2,128 Stations Heard RECEIVER is……….ELAD FDM-S2 SDR ANTENNA is………WELLBROOK ALA-1530 LNP Imperium Loop 73………ROB VA3SW Robert Ross London, Ontario CANADA ************************************************************************************ 1210 KUBR San Juan, TEXAS Oct/12/18 2254 EDT SPANISH POOR to FAIR Heard thanks to a tip from PAUL SNIDER! Under WPHT-Philadelphia. Lively Spanish Tune with Vocals @ 2254-57. Into a Slower Spanish Christian Song With Female Vocals 2257-2301. Male Announcer with Spanish Talk @ 2301 and mentions of “Cristiana”. More lively SS Music with Accordions. (Sounded more like A Spanish Regional Station at times, rather than a Christian Station). In // to Live Webfeed and signal was not bad at times!! Especially in WPHT dead air. Maybe on 10 kW Daytime Power??? NEW STN 10/5 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1070 WGOS High Point, NC Oct/16/18 0700 EDT EE/SS GOOD All alone on the Frequency…No CHOK Sarnia, Ontario heard!! Fanfare @ 0700. ID by Female in ENGLISH as “This is WGOS - 1070 AM - High Point/Greensboro”. Into Spanish Religious Talk @ 0700. NEW STN AURORA??? 1 kW DAYTIMER ROSS,ON. ************************************************************************************ 1240 WBEJ Elizabethton, TN. Oct/16/18 0700 EDT EE FAIR Weak but all alone on Freq. Male DJ with ID @ 0700 as “AM 1240 and FM 107.9 - WBEJ Elizabethton, Tennessee”. Into NBC News @ 0700. NEW STN GRAVEYARDER # 226 1 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1460 WRAD Radford, VA. Oct/16/18 0658 EDT EE GOOD Oldies Music to 0700 EDT. Male DJ with ID as “Another 1/2 Hour of Goodtime Oldies On 1460 WRAD - Radford and the River Valley”. Into more Oldies. All alone on the Freq. NEW STN 5 kW/37 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1420 WVJS Owensboro, KY. Oct/17/18 0700 EDT EE FAIR ID by Male DJ @ 0700 EDT as “100.5 and AM 1420 - WVJS”. Into ABC News. Weak but alone on Freq. NEW STN 980/20 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1110 WSLV Ardmore, TN. Oct/17/18 0700 EDT EE FAIR Male DJ with ID @ 0700 as “WSLV 105.1 FM and 1110 Am. - This is (Cat Growl) - CAT COUNTRY”. Into Fox News. Under WBT. NEW STN 2.5 kW DAYTIMER ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 610 WVXA Winchester, VA. Oct/17/18 0700 EDT EE FAIR ID by Male DJ @ 0700 EDT as “610 WVXA - Winchester - VALLEY FM”. Into News @ 0700. NEW STN 380/500 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1010 WHIN Gallatin, TN. Oct/17/18 0658 EDT EE GOOD Pop/Rock Music . ID by Male DJ as “100.7 WHIN - 1010 AM”. Into more Pop Music. Over/Under CFRB - Toronto. RELOG 5 kW/47 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1090 WKTE King, NC. Oct/17/18 0550 EDT EE GOOD Oldies Mx. ID by Male DJ as “WKTE AM 1090 - THE WAVE”. Station Promo, Into more Oldies Mx. RELOG 1 kW DAYTIMER ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 790 WVCD Bamberg-Denmark, SC. 2000 EDT EE GOOD ID by Male DJ as “WVCD Bamberg-Denmark - You’re listening to RADIO VOORHEE - 790 AM”. Talk by Make DJ into Soul Music @ 2000. RELOG 1 kW/100 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 640 WFNC Fayetteville, NC. 2000 EDT EE FAIR Male DJ with ID as “This is 640 AM WFNC - Fayetteville”. Into CBS News. RELOG 10/1 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1080 WOKT Cannonsburg, KY. Oct/16/18 0658 EDT EE GOOD Male and Female announcers with Phone #s for Fundraiser. ID with Multi Call/City And WALK-FM IDs and “Walkfmdotorg” url. Mentioned 91.1 Ashland and 88.1 Pt. Pleasant. Religious Talk after IDs. RELOG…….But NEW CALLS EX-WONS 1800 Watts DAYTIMER ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1040 WPBS Conyers, GA. Oct/16/18 0658 EDT EE/VIETNAMESE VG Female announcer with Vietnamese Talk and Musical Interludes. ID in ENGLISH by Female as “WPBS - Conyers - AM 1040”. Musical Interlude Into VV Talk. All alone on the Freq. RELOG 50 kW DAYTIMER ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1030 WONQ Oviedo, FL. Oct/16/18 0658 EDT SPANISH GOOD Male announcer with Spanish Talk. Musical Interlude. ID by Male DJ as “Que Buena - WONQ Oviedo - LA GRANDE”. SS Talk and Jingles with Phone Numbers. Lot of IDs as “La Grande”. RELOG 4.5/1.7 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 860 WOAY Oak Hill, WVA. Oct/16/18 0700 EDT EE FAIR ID by Male DJ as “Go to our Website at WOAYRADIO dot com”. Into Religious Talk Under CJBC - Toronto. RELOG 10 kW/11 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 550 WDUN Gainesville, GA. Oct/16/18 0659 EDT EE FAIR Male DJ with short Weather Report. ID as “WDUN-Gainesville”. Into Fox News. RELOG 10 kW/2.5 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 940 XEQ Ke Buena. Mexico City,DF, MEXICO. Oct/15/18. 2157 EDT SS GOOD Lively SS Music. ID by Male DJ as “Ke Buena” Sung Out. Into SS Vocals and Trumpet Music. RELOG 50 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 830 WFNO Norco, LA. Oct/15/18 2137 EDT SS FAIR Under WCCO - Minneapolis. Latino Pop Music and Vocals. Spanish pop Music Tunes. // to Live Webfeed. RELOG 5 kW/750 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 560 WVOC Columbia, SC Oct/15/18 0700 EDT EE FAIR Male DJ with ID as “Broadcasting from the ??? Studios - WVOC - Columbia, an I-HEART Station. With you everywhere you go on the I-Heart Radio App”. Into Fox News. RELOG 5 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1540 WBTC Uhrichsville, OH. Oct/15/18 0700 EDT EE GOOD Male DJ with ID as “WBTC 1540 AM and FM Translator W270CI Urichsville, New Philadelphia - WBTC AM and FM”. “This is where all the Good Songs have gone. Into News @ 0700. RELOG 250/5 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 1270 WLIK Newport, TN. Oct/15/18 0659 EDT EE GOOD Male DJ with Talk and ID as “WLIK - Newport”. Into News @ 0700. RELOG 5 kW/500 Watts ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 890 CMDZ Radio Progreso Chambas, Ciego de Avila, CUBA Oct/15/18 0550 EDT SS FAIR Over/Under WLS-Chicago. Male and Female Announcers with Alternating News items in Spanish. Many items on Venezuela. 3 Rooster Crows @ 0555 EDT. Continuous Talk til 0557 with many mentions now of Habana. Lively Spanish Vocals by Female0557-0600. Male and Female with Talk And ID as “Radio Progreso”. Mention of Habana and Cubanos. // to Live Webfeed. RELOG 200 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 800 PJB TWR Bonaire, NETH.ANTILLES Oct/10/18 1959 EDT SPANISH FAIR Mixing and over CKLW-Windsor, ON. At times. Male DJ with ID @ 1959 EDT as “May Buenos Noches - Radio Trans Mundial - Transmissiones en Español”. Into Spanish Religious Talk. Not heard regularly like years ago! RELOG 450 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ 560 KWTO Springfield, MO. Oct/12/18 0659 EDT EE GOOD Male DJ with ID @ 0659 EDT as “It’s the Legendary Ozark’s Callsign - 560 AM And 93.3 FM KWTO Springfield - and online @ Newstalk 560 dot com”. Into News at 0700. RELOG 5/4 kW ROSS, ON. ************************************************************************************ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com