** OKLAHOMA. 103.7, June 19 at 1920 UT, a ``K-Love`` station with
annoying pledge drive not noticed before as Wichita used to dominate:
``KYLK 103.7 OKEMAH OK 72.0 kW ERP, 282.0 m, 35-15-47 96-22-43 A588
K-Love Title & Artist Title & Artist Adult Hits CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
K-LOVE``
The K-Love empire infests the entire FM band, both commercial and
``non``, about 623 entries in the WTFDA FM database, many of them
translators clogging up frequencies otherwise usable for more
diversity, to say the least, if not DX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, June 19 at 2202, VOT English is on but totally buried
by the NSS Annapolis RTTY, nor can it be notched out (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** U S A. The USAGM/VOA purge keeps making press as covered in the WOR
iog; and now The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, UT Sat June 20 in
segments between 0124 and 0152, the latter with guests two of the
fired board members, ex-ambassadors. Repeated 3 hours later. Must see
or hear. Video, audio and transcripts should appear shortly at
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
Some of the latest press about, via Mike Cooper:
How Trump's obsessions with media and loyalty coalesced in a battle
for Voice of America -- By Sarah Ellison June 19, 2020 at 4:52 PM EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/how-trumps-obsessions-with-media-and-loyalty-coalesced-in-a-battle-for-voice-of-america/2020/06/19/f57dcfe0-b1b1-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI
broadcast, Friday June 19 at 2200 on 9955, S9-S8 and no jamming
audible.
Also confirmed UT Saturday June 20 at 0130 on WRMI trimulcast: via
Maine SDR 7780 VG > 5850 G > 5010 F. Direct to OK at 0155 check:
5850 VG S9+20/30 > 5010 S9+10/20 > 7780 S9/+10 but the last two with
heavy storm noise and some still audible under 5850. Next:
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA,
who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by
check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com
PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (7490v), June 20 at 0001-0100, `AAAWWW` on WBCQ webcast,
Allan is again shirtless it is so hot 84 degrees, Angela is so
beautiful and he loves her so much; mostly discussion of current
events as of Juneteenth. Angela raises her voice in opposition to some
of them to the point of distortion. A says he is training A about all
aspects of station operation, since she is co-owner and much younger
than he is, so she can take over upon his demise, altho says he is in
good health now. She would rather they both die simultaneously. Didn`t
get much of the second half, and John Carver`s computer is down again,
so if anyone heard anything significant technically or programmingly,
let us know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17775-, June 19 at 1753, KVOH is S9/+10 but just a trace of
modulation. Are they aware of this? Why leave it on air at all? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 107.9-WBFM, June 19 at 1918 UT visiting Government Springs
Park in Enid, a quick tunearound finds a solid signal from ``US 107.9
--- Great American Country``. Stormy cool weather and high humidity
mean tropo enhancement even in the afternoon; Tulsa and Wichita-area
signals are stronger than usual, but what`s this?
``KWLS 107.9 WINFIELD KS 50.0 kW ERP, 150 m HAAT, 37-15-46 96-53-42
COUNTRY US 107.9 - REAL AMERICAN COUNTRY``
Normally I don`t hear anything on 107.9 above OKC KRXO 107.7, but this
is not far away just over the frontier. FCC FM Query shows: KWLS'
first license was granted 10-20-1980. But it was originally on 105.5
as KWKS. In the meantime it has had two other calls, but KWLS since
12/31/07, but on what frequency? 107.9 was licensed as of 4/28/09. But
has there been a power increase since then? Such info is not easily
found at FCC, if at all. Searching old DX reports on KWLS, we find
circa 2006 it was the call on the 1290 Pratt KS AM station, far on the
other side of Wichita; now it`s part of the Steckline empire,
including 1210 KGYN Guymon OK, and the imaginary(?) 1370 KGNO Dodge
City KS. While 107.9 is in I also find dead air on 107.5, maybe
somecar nearby`s RF feeder not offturned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. The shifty local-area scratchnoiseblobs are still
around, e.g. June 19 at 1448 some of the approx. ranges: 6890-6920,
7225-7290, 7583-7640, 9010-9050, 9390-9460, 9725-9750, i.e. roughly
360 kHz apart --- and this was on inside longwire due to nearby
storming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0453 UT June 20
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=2020062005150377