Hard-Core-DX.com: Glenn Hauser logs, May 31/June 2-3, 2023

Glenn Hauser logs, May 31/June 2-3, 2023

Saturday, June 03 2023

** ALASKA. 9579.909, June 2 at 1431, as soon as I hear some guy on
WRMI say KNLS has been way off-frequency from 9580 English during
this hour, I check it out direct and measure its JBA carrier here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Sporadic-E FM DX May 31: these are duplicates excerpted
from full report under USA and non, where the `flow` of the opening is
preserved. See intro for methodology.

95.1 at 1554, CCI to WAIO NY USA logged a minute earlier: ``Canada`s
Cool FM ... Chatham``:
CKUE-FM 95.1 CHATHAM ON SOFT AC 95.1 & 100.7 COOL FM 42.0 133.0
42-26-14 82-06-22 CE27 1501/933

101.3 at 1557, ``Easy 101-3``, ergo:
CKOT-FM 101.3 TILLSONBURG ON ADULT CONTEMPORARY 101.3 EASY 26.0 205.0
43-00-44 80-50-09 CD93 EASY 101 Favourites of yesterday and today
Adult Hits 1631/1014

94.3 at 1559, Canadian news thru hourtop, sports, weather, 1602 ``94-3
CKSY``:
CKSY-FM 94.3 CHATHAM ON ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHATHAM-KENT'S BEST MUSIC
50.0 133.0 42-26-14 82-06-22 CE05 Title & Artist on 943 CKSY Adult
Hits 1501/933

94.1 at 1608, classical. Only rare format in PTA, net mostly such and
confirmed time on sked:
CBL-FM 94.1 TORONTO ON VARIETY CBC MUSIC 38.0 420.0 43-38-33 79-23-14
B203 CBC CBC MUSIC No Program Type or Undefined 1764/1096

93.1 at 1614, ``Fresh 93-1``, ergo:
CHAY-FM 93.1 BARRIE ON CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO FRESH RADIO 100.0 303.5
44-21-05 79-41-54 C3DA - 'WCW' 93-1 FM CHAY Top 40 1773/1102

96.5 at 1621, French Canadian accent very briefly vs KECO OK: There
are four FFC in QC, but all too far beyond the PTA or even single-hop
Es, in Gatineau, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Trois-Rivières; rather the
only one in ON, just beyond Barrie on Georgian Bay:
CJBC-3-FM relays:CJBC-860 96.5 PENETANGUISHENE ON French NEWS/TALK ICI
RADIO-CANADA PREMIERE 15.3 168.0 44-46-10 79-59-24 1774/1102

Wow, what a name; never heard it or of it before. Wikipedia: ``The
name Penetanguishene is believed to come from either the Wyandot[3] or
Abenaki via Ojibwe,[4] meaning "land of the white rolling sands".``
But how is it mispronounced, in French and in English, a bilingual
community. In Tranna do they know? Thus endeth this opening! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 15520, Fri June 2 at 2156, surprised to hear REE with
conversation sounding like Arabic, or some dialect. Arabic supposedly
scheduled only at 1630-1700 M-F, with Spanish at this time per EiBi, and
presumably // 11670 on E Hemisphere channels before joining the West for
English on all from 2200.

Now I switch to 17855, VG direct. News starts about the convoluted
multi-party political situation. A minor elexion on Sunday provoked
the major elexion to be moved up to July 23. This time after 2206,
Justin is interviewing an American jazz pianist, Ben Cidron? who often
performs in Madrid; about AI and where it`s going, notably in music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, June 2 circa 2222, VOT English confirmed not off the
air today, but only fair reception direct as I`m mainly on much better
17855 Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2193 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday June 2 at 1430-1459 on WRMI 9955, S4/S9, no jamming
audible until a trace in pause when I finish. Stays on past 1503 with
gospel huxter, off by next check 1512.

Not confirmed Friday June 2 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia; rather
checked at 2057, S9+10/15 into nearby Noale SDR playing last week`s
WOR 2192! I`ve reminded them to make sure further repeats are of this
week`s 2193. Not on 918 or 207 kHz. ``IRRS SW signing off`` 1323 at
2000 until ``9 pm tomorrow``, but as always keeps right on, into
Feature Story News. Lite CCI from understation, presumably Brighton.
Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 7730 & 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Terry Colgan TX, for a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not
necessarily

One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. About WBCQ Radio Angela, Uncle Bill responds on the WOR iog:
``secret Swiss``?

``Thank you for listening. The beginning of the Volksmusik segment was
indeed songs I had originally heard during SBC's language change
intervals back in the 70s. Since they never named the artists or tunes
during those it took me decades to find some of the albums, and I
decided to imitate them and just let the music speak this trip.

An old jazz standard includes the line "Romance without finance don't
make no sense......" and that's more or less where things stand now.
I'm not going to speak for all the other programmers, but I personally
am a child of radio, and anything I would ever do in the future would
have a real radio component of some kind even if it also streamed.``

``I think the modern tendency for humans to assume things without
actually looking is part of what hindered us with possible financial
support. In spite of the the fact that Radio Angela went to great
lengths to avoid religious and political fare - if anything our
overall program grid was a true voice of human unity, not division -
many potential donors just couldn't shake the stereotype of private
shortwave stations out of their brains no matter how hard we tried to
explain our mission, which was to be something quite different. This
is rather sad, because in real life, the only way to change things is
to be the change.

I do have the comfort of being able to go to bed at night without
wondering "what if I had tried this?", and if some of the new voices
we brought onto the air are able to make a go of things another way,
this will not have been in vain.``

More from Uncle Bill:
``I would like to say one thing about Angela Weiner specifically - love
or hate her personal political pronouncements, Radio Angela was named
after her because she was a crucial part of our support while we were
on the air. It might not be easy for some people to get their heads
around the fact that she supported world music, but there you have
it. Most people are more complex than their cartoon caricatures, a
fact that gets increasingly lost in a world of algorithms designed to
accentuate our more primitive drives.`` (via gh, WOR)

** U S A. (7490-), UT Sat June 3 from 0000, WBCQ webcast starts with
announcement by non-Angela YL that the following program originally
aired on Feb. 24, 2023! Never heard them do that before. So never
mind. Has AW twitted anything about this or the demise of R. Angela?
No. Starts right off praying about Ukraine on first anniversary of war
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Another sporadic-E FM DX opening, Wednesday May 31
at 1521-1625 UT, from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. It`s
taken me a couple days to get this compiled and researched as
Thursdays are busy WOR produxion day. Es FM DX: gotta take it whenever
it decides to happen! In the not yet hot garage, on the Nissan Sentra
2004 stock caradio with fender vertical antenna only; all logs in real
time with my own ears, no RDS capability, no recording, no internet
for stream comparisons; but research later from my scribbled notes,
mainly the WTFDA FM Database, also in general searching if needed. All
times strictly UT! Numbers just before geo coordinates are kW ERP and
antenna height above average terrain in meters. Identical horiz and
vert figures, u.o.s. Last figures are distances in km/stmi
city-to-city so approx., not site-to-city, from distancefromto.net.
Showing distance does not necessarily make a log more definite, but
FYI. I do not count stations, states or anything, what`s `new` or not,
and am not in a competition. Each DX log I view as a potential
learning experience. Clarifications, correxions welcome.

Canadian logs are included in original time order below, and also
duplicated at separate entry under CANADA.

Unlike the FL opening yesterday, many frequencies are 2 or 3 stations
deep vying for captures; many with confusing fringe-area groundwave
signals fading in and out like ionospheric. I include some of those
for completeness or to reconfirm identities.

92.1 at 1521, rock: not even attempting to narrow down; also CCI on
93.7 vs Okie.

94.5 at 1523, partial ID as ``point 5...US`` - nothing fits in the
PTA = probable target area as later determined. Maybe this too-weak
fringe and the US was really House? A multi-channel gospel huxter
around here, unlikely to mention a .5 frequency tho:
K233CR relays:KJTH 89.7 94.5 PAWHUSKA OK CHRISTIAN CHR + ROCK THE
HOUSE 0.25 88.0 36-37-42 96-11-26 141/87

95.1 at 1524, ``WXYL Mix 95.1`` -- sounded like but must have been
this among 3 others same slogan, all in CA:
WIKZ 95.1 CHAMBERSBURG PA HOT AC MIX 95.1 50.0 137.0 39-55-41
77-41-44 6AE5 Mix 95.1 Today's Best Music Mix Mix 95.1 Today's Best
Music Mix Top 40 1807/1123

96.3 at 1525, ``QF-96``, YL about PGA in Marysville, Columbus Car
Audio ad:
WLVQ 96.3 COLUMBUS OH CLASSIC ROCK QFM 96 OHIO'S BEST ROCK 18.0 229.0
39-58-16 83-01-40 73E6 WLVQ FM Best Rock QFM96 Rock 1358/844

100.3 at 1527, Fox ``news`` at odd time, ``T-100, Johnstown`s central
Ohio country station``. Johnstown and Newark both just east of
Columbus:
WCLT-FM 100.3 NEWARK OH HD COUNTRY T 100 50.0 119.0 40-02-02 82-24-08
1409/876

107.5 at 1529, Brooks Country Farm ad, AC 717, Harvey Cedars Bible
Conference, ``Positively Different, 107-5 Alive``:
WBYN-FM 107.5 BOYERTOWN PA CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/RELIGIOUS TEACHING
107.5 ALIVE 30.0 186.0 40-24-15 75-39-09 59C9 WBYN-FM Religious Music
//W279CB 103.7
This is east of Reading in eastern PA, pretty far from central OH. AC
717 is not there but near in S Central PA 1982/1232

87.9 at 1530, music. WTFDA lists only 4, none near: in CA, NV, TX,
Cayman

88.3 at 1531, 833 AC but that`s a toll free; ID as EWTN radio. WTFDA
shows no EWTN on 88.3, but NRC AM log confirms the // AM WVSG *is* on
EWTN, note only 1.7 kW:
WSGR 88.3 PORTSMOUTH OH RELIGIOUS TEACHING ST. GABRIEL RADIO 1.7
233.0 38-45-42 83-03-41 Ex WUKV; //WVSG 820 1337/831

88.5 at 1533, classical. So rare, got to be this, which I also listen
to via HD2 stream Sundays 17-20 UT for Pipedreams and With Heart &
Voice:
WYSU 88.5 YOUNGSTOWN OH HD CLASSICAL/NEWS WYSU 88.5 50.0 114.7
41-03-23 80-38-44 95F0 88.5 WYSU RADIO YOU NEED TO KNOW Public
1580/982

92.3 at 1536, ``Greatest Hits, 92 Gold``:
WRRN 92.3 WARREN PA CLASSIC HITS 92 GOLD 50.0 125.0 41-48-50 79-10-04
8353 WRRN Classic Hits No Program Type or Undefined 1722/1070

92.3 at 1537, CCI capturing from WRRN: Ohio silly sports talk, ``92-3,
The Fan``:
WKRK-FM 92.3 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS OH HD SPORTS 92.3 THE FAN 40.0 kw
H/36.0 kW V 167.0 41-26-32 81-29-28 70D4 WKRK Now Playing -
Song/Artist on 923 Krock-We Rock - They Talk 1519/945

93.1 at 1539, soul? plugging show on TLC cable TV net, which is
all-tabloid -- ``learning``, indeed! 1540 Maple Heights ad, ID ``WZAK,
Cleveland`s R&B``:
WZAK 93.1 CLEVELAND OH HD URBAN AC CLEVELAND'S R&B LEADER 27.5 189.0
41-16-50 81-37-22 96B6 WZAK-93.1 Cleveland Today's R&B For Cleveland
93FM WZAK - www.wzakcleveland.com Rhythm and Blues 1508/937

96.5 at 1545, Area code 479? but then AC 580 which is here in much of
OK, for ``Tradio`` classified, i.e. KECO Elk City, fringer vying with
Tulsa to capture. Es MUF is falling. 176/109

94.5 at 1551, classical, got to be in PTA:
WNED-FM 94.5 BUFFALO NY HD CLASSICAL WNED CLASSICAL 94.0 220.5
42-38-15 78-46-07 7767 WNED-FM YOUR CLASSICAL ESCAPE Classical
1775/1104

94.5 at 1551, CCI to above from ``Y-94``:
WYYY 94.5 SYRACUSE NY HD ADULT CONTEMPORARY Y-94 100.0 198.0 42-56-46
76-07-07 1690 Y94 The 80s To Now Adult Hits Buffalo/Syracuse
distance: 223/139 - short spaced for full powers? 1993/1239

95.1 at 1553, sports talk, ad for ACEwin.com which leads to Hong Kong.
No sportstalk in OH, PA, NY. How about plain talk which could
encompass sports? Only talker in PTA is near Rochester and pronounced
how? After Canadian CCI, 1555 Rochesterevents.com:
WAIO 95.1 HONEOYE FALLS NY HD TALK RADIO 95.1 50.0 146.0 43-02-01
77-25-18 1586 RADIO 95-1 Classic Rock format is: TALK and ROCK mix
1877/1166

95.1 at 1554, CCI to WAIO NY USA logged a minute earlier: ``Canada`s
Cool FM ... Chatham``:
CKUE-FM 95.1 CHATHAM ON SOFT AC 95.1 & 100.7 COOL FM 42.0 133.0
42-26-14 82-06-22 CE27 1501/933

101.3 at 1557, ``Easy 101-3``, ergo:
CKOT-FM 101.3 TILLSONBURG ON ADULT CONTEMPORARY 101.3 EASY 26.0 205.0
43-00-44 80-50-09 CD93 EASY 101 Favourites of yesterday and today
Adult Hits 1631/1014

98.7 at 1603, country but none in PTA or KS; two OK, too far, too weak
in SE OK, SW OK:
KYOA 98.7 KIOWA OK COUNTRY BLAKE FM 0.9 64.0 34-43-28 95-54-56 //KTNT
102.5/KSTQ 93.5 258/160
KHWL 98.7 LONE WOLF OK COUNTRY RED DIRT REBEL 1.1 233.0 34-58-39
99-24-36 24C3 199/124
normal fringe dominator but not country is:
KNSS-FM 98.7 CLEARWATER KS HD NEWS/TALK WICHITA'S NEWS & WEATHER
LEADER 50.0 150.0 37-24-11 97-35-22 343A 98.7 & 1330 KNSS Breaking
News Trending Talk 128/80

101.3 at 1605, ``country 101-5`` not 101.3. I can`t find any such
relay/relation but in PTA if still skipping:
WNCO-FM 101.3 ASHLAND OH COUNTRY MID-OHIO'S COUNTRY 101.3 WNCO 50.0
152.0 40-50-25 82-21-26 1438/893
WKFT 101.3 STRATTANVILLE PA COUNTRY BIGFOOT COUNTRY 4.3 115.0
41-19-47 79-15-27 6A5D //WIFT 102.1 -- in NW PA 1690/1050
but also another Wichita fringe spoiler could be:
KFDI 101.3 WICHITA KS HD COUNTRY COUNTRY 101.3 KFDI FM 100.0 47.0
37-47-47 97-31-59 1D8A KFDI-FM COUNTRY 103.1 KFDI Country
152/94

93.1 at 1614, ``Fresh 93-1``, ergo:
CHAY-FM 93.1 BARRIE ON CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO FRESH RADIO 100.0 303.5
44-21-05 79-41-54 C3DA - 'WCW' 93-1 FM CHAY Top 40 1773/1102

93.5 at 1620, ``My Country``, so it`s only KS fringer:
KKDT 93.5 BURDETT KS COUNTRY MY COUNTRY 93.5 95.0 304.8 38-36-32
99-42-11 248/154

Only further log at 1621 from French Canada before DX out by 1625; nor
any at further chex 1656 & 1705 UT.

UNIDENTIFIED. 11685-11690-11695, June 2 at 0640 S9+20 of DRM noise
where normally there is none. Brings to mind RNZP which does run DRM
on 11690 at 1859-1958 except Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0042 UT June 3

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