** CUBA. 11880, Oct 19 at 1410, CRI Plus relay in English is S9+20 but
very suptorted as often but not always the case. Something`s wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5990, Oct 20 at 0007, CRI Spanish relay is S9+20/30 but
suptorted; wiggle that patchcord. // 15120 is only S4-S6 and seems
equally suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040+, Oct 20 at 0020, another night this RHC is useless, JBM
and off-frequency+plus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 9605, Oct 19 at 1422, Woman narration in English; 1426
ending story until part 2 next week, song ``Long Good-Bye``; 1429 NHK
sign-off citing entire English SW sked in a minute, including this
frequency to SE Asia, until 1430*. If it`s NHK in English it can`t be
from Japan! We know it`s via Palau. 1400 English also on 9450 via
Tashkent but unheard there; see TAIWAN.

In B-19 this 1400-1430 NHK English will be on 6165-Tashkent, and 11925
via UAE and/or Palau: HFCC shows FCC and NHK plan due west from Palau;
Encompass due east from Dhabayya. That should make for quite a
collision over S Asia! unless they sort it out in a week. If 11925
proves to be off-frequency, we`ll know it`s UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 11629.771, Oct 19 at 1415, JBA carrier vs even weaker RTTY
on 11630.0. Of course, it`s R. Kuwait as often found on such offsets,
nominally 11630 too at 13-16 in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1090, Oct 19 at 0502, tonight I`m tuning an hour
earlier to get a headstart before the mattress TV infomercial I`ve
been hearing after 0600 --- but it`s already running now! And I`ve
missed another ToH ID, if any. Maybe all-mattress-all-the-time? Or
late for those who can`t sleep well on their awful mattresses. La Voz
del Colchón, or Radio Colchón Internacional? I continue to think it`s
XEAU, Monterrey NL. KAAY off the side must be nulled, and hope there
be no KEXS or anything else closer to the axis. But as late as 0613,
more mattressing, and there is still that TA carrier pest on 1089, or
really the seven UK Talksport synchros adding up to 722 kW --- not
including the 0 kW from the one in the Chunnel. The 910 stations also
suffer a Brithet from 909 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1130, Oct 19 at 0601, not much can be extracted with KWKH
nulled as much as possible, but think I hear ``Radio-Activa`` which
may or may not be an ID slogan. Trying to nail down a definite XECHAP,
new station supposed to have just started, as in previous reports
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Re the 1161.0 non-TA carrier I have: Oct 19 at 0607 UT
when all the TVs, computers are off, so is it; still on are cable
boxes, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PANAMA. 18130-USB, Oct 19 at 2115, HP1STB working US stations, for
a KB3 a new country. It`s Steven Tyler Barnett in Panama City, an
American retiree and fanatic motorcycle traveler per his QRZ.com page.
I`m checking this band after hearing that 17850 carrier believed to be
WRMI X 3, q.v.

18155-USB, Oct 19 at 2118, HP9SAM, another Panamanian, the only phone
stations on the band, maybe a selective opening? Distance Panama City
to Enid is 3568 km = 2217 statute miles; so is this F2 or multi-Es?

He`s another American retiree who managed to get a callsign with his
own initials, Stephen A. Myers, Pocri, Province of Los Santos 0758,
Panama (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SAN ANDRÉS

** PITCAIRN [non]. 5085, Oct 20 around 0015, ARNL item on WTWW about
DX-peditions mentions one underway here, from Oct 18 to Nov 1. I
haven`t heard it yet; WTFK? But QRZ.com info:

VP6R - Pitcairn Island DXpedition - October 2019 including CQWW Phone
Contest.
QSL info: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/vp6r
Team: EA3HSO, EY8MM, JR4OZR, K0IR, K0PC, K9CT, K9NW, N4GRN, N6HC,
SM5AQD, W0GJ, W0VTT, W6IZT and W8HC
The Pilots: WB9Z (Chief Pilot),
Website:
http://pitcairndx.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/58
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA. 21300-USB, Oct 19 at 2122, very rapid
QSOs with Spanish accent? More likely Czech, uttering only contact
call, ``fifty-nine, thank you`` and on to the next one at the rate of
maybe 10 per minute unless someone has to repeat a call. Occasionally
gives own call as QRZ, 5K0K, fonetikaly but I have a hard time
understanding the last letter, kilo. And ``5 up``. Among his contacts,
some from Japan JG- and JH-. First DX I`ve had on 14m in ages, usually
deadband. Checked it anyway since 18 MHz was open from Panamá. The
OPSOB. Whatever became of HK0? San Andres is axually 464 km =
288 miles *closer* to us than Panama City. QRZ.com info:

``San Andres DX pedition 2019
http://www.cdxp.cz
https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/k/5k0k/5K0K.jpg

Dates: Arrival: October 15th, Departure: October 28th
On air approx: limited/building up 17, 18th, full operation planned
from 20th till 27th, limited/dismantling 28th
Call sign: 5K0K 2019
Operators: Rob HK3CW, Petr OK1BOA, Petr OK1FCJ, Palo OK1CRM, Pavel
OK1GK, Ruda OK2ZA, Ludek OK2ZC, Karel OK2ZI, David OK6DJ
Operation modes: SSB, CW, RTTY (incl FT8)
Radios: Elecraft K3, Kenwood TS480 (both multiple units)PA: Expert
1,3k-FA, JUMA’s, RF Power Antennas:10-15-20 incl WARC 3 x Spiderbeam
VDA antennas 30 4SQ 40 4SQ 80 vertical + radials, 1/4 vert + radials
160 vertical + capacitive hat RX: Beverages + DHDL Focus on low
bands

QSL via OK6DJ, OQRS, LOTW. OK6DJ QRZ address: David Beran, Dolni
Kamenice 55, Holysov 34562, Czech Republic. Help us reach our goal.
Donate the DXpedition via paypal`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 9450 & 9560, Oct 19 at 1420, S6-S8 similar open carriers.
Aoki/NDXC shows Furosato no Kaze, clandestine to North Korea is about
to start a Japanese half-hour at 1430 via two Taiwan sites, Paochung
and Tamshui, respectively. 9450 gets splash from TOMBS on 9455 WRMI.
And no sign of scheduled NHK in English via Uzbekistan. 9560 should
have just finished Kurdish from Iran until 1420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2004 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov:
``GERMANY, World of Radio #2004 via Hamburger Lokalradio October 19
0631-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat CUSB, good

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-of-radio2004-via-hamburger.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibMhj0Rq1c&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3PfVl5s0sg&feature=youtu.be
Wrong frequency announcement: HLR on 7265 kHz, instead of 6190 kHz``

Confirmed Saturday October 19 at 1450, the 1431 on Hamburger
Lokalradio, 9485-CUSB: JBA gh voice via UTWente SDR with heavy splash
from 9490 Romania. Next:

0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
[at 0338 ham news, so maybe WOR will be later instead of earlier?]
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17850, Oct 19 at 2111, JBA carrier, as heard several times
before around this hour, and suspect 3 x 5950 WRMI. Traces of audio,
so again I try to match it to the BS of 5950 on another receiver.
Cannot be quite positive, but cannot be quite negative either. Altho
17850 is the OSOB on this disused broadcast band, the MUF is way up as
I have Panama on 18 MHz hamband, and even San Andrés on the 21 MHz
band, qq.vv. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5130, UT Sun Oct 20 at 0013, Area 51 WBCQ is S7-S9 but dead
air or maybe JBM. 7490 is replaying AAAWWW this hour; 9330 is off this
afternoon and evening, no WLC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. This follows up my log on KQQZ 1190 of The Grim Reaper,
where I wondered what had happened about that since June: (gh)

Eric Bueneman of Hazelwood MO sends along the following dated 9/26/19
(article courtesy of St Louis Today): [some calls corrected by gh]

The AM airwaves are about to undergo another change in the St Louis
region. Salem Communications has become the second broadcast
conglomeration to exit the region in the last three years (the other
one being Emmis Communications which pulled out in 2017).

Salem has sold WSDZ 1260 and KXFN 1380 (along with relays K236CS 95.1
and K287BY 105.3) to a Catholic group (my guess is Relevant Radio). St
Louis already has Covenant Network (WRYT 1080/KHOJ 1460) which
receives the bulk of their programming from EWTN. Salem had two
formats with intense competition; the Urban Gospel format on WSDZ 1260
had competition from KSTL 690 and KATZ 1600, while the Conservative
Talk format on KXFN 1380 had competition from KFTK 1490/97.1 and to a
lesser extent KMOX-1120 and KTRS 550.

Rumor has it that the Conservative Talk format may land on KXEN 1010.
Entertainment Media Trust (d/b/a Insane Broadcasting Company), which
owns KQQZ 1190, KZQZ 1430, KFTK 1490 (leased to Intercom) and the
now-silent WQQW 1510 has filed Chapter 7 liquidation. The licenses
have been slated for a revocation hearing next year because of
irregularities in the group ownership statements to the FCC.

Bob Romanik (The Grim Reaper of Radio), who runs the stations, has
been using one of his stations, KQQZ for a one-hour talk show that
espouses his racist views. I listened to part of his show with several
DXers at the 2018 IRCA Convention in St Charles MO; we were shocked as
to the number of racial slurs uttered on his show. I, for one, was
outraged. 1190 and 1430 are arguably the most valuable parts of the
cluster.

KZQZ 1430 Saint Louis MO is temporarily operating 50 kW DA-D. The
offensive programming is on KQQZ 1190 Fairview Heights IL.

Editorial: BANKRUPTCY FILING SUGGESTS ROMANIK'S RACIST PROGRAMMING
COULD SOON BE HISTORY, By the Editorial Board September 16 2019

https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-bankruptcy-filing-suggests-romanik-s-racist-programming-could-soon/article_d0c82433-5d89-5b78-ad1e-c17c4cd335e1.html

From the sound of it, racist radio host Bob Romanik is declaring
defeat as the Federal Communications Commission advances its effort to
revoke the license of the Belleville-based stations that carry his
programming. Entertainment Media Trust, the official name of the
broadcast licensee, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation
of assets. Romanik has long tried to avoid on-air commentary about his
deepening FCC troubles, refusing to engage when callers raise the
subject. But since the bankruptcy filing on Wednesday, Romanik has
declared verbal war on the FCC and various politicians, including Sen.
Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who have urged action to shut him down.

On Monday, he declared, “FCC, kiss my axx... you scumbag, (expletive),
rotten bastards.” More than 15,000 complaints have been filed against
him, Romanik acknowledged. Many if not most of those complaints regard
his filthy on-air language, which during a typical daily broadcast can
include upwards of 50 usages of the N-word along with constant racist,
sexist and homophobic taunts. He leveled several on Monday against St
Louis and Missouri black politicians. An announcer states before each
broadcast that Romanik’s stations represent “white awareness radio,”
or WAR, while his Killer Klassic Kountry (KKK) nickname for station
KQQZ-AM suggest he is openly trying to provoke a race war.

“I don’t know how much longer you’re going to hear me,” Romanik
stated, citing a “full-court press” against him by the FCC. License
revocation is so rare, it was last used about 25 years ago. Much as
Romanik’s detractors would like to see his racist language silenced,
the FCC action is predicated on much more mundane legal principles.

The FCC alleges in court documents that Entertainment Media Trust lied
about the true nature of Romanik’s involvement in the ownership and
control of the stations. Romanik asserts the government is out to
curtail his First Amendment rights, but the real issue is that he is a
two-time felon – which negates his eligibility to own and operate
under an FCC license. Substantial financial records submitted for
review by a federal administrative law judge provide a convincing case
that Romanik tried to hide his true role in the four stations licensed
to Entertainment Media Trust.

Many of the financial documents subpoenaed by the FCC have been
redacted from public view, but ample publicly available evidence
exists to demonstrate that Romanik has repeatedly intermingled his
personal finances and political activities with those of the radio
stations. It’s entirely possible that the bankruptcy filing is a
flimsy ploy designed to convince the federal judge that the stations’
closure and liquidation of assets are imminent and, therefore, license
revocation would be redundant. But revoking the license, rare and
radical as such an action might be, is essential to send a clear
message that wanton abuse of the public airwaves will not be tolerated
(via IRCA DX Monitor Oct 12, published Oct 9, via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 20 at
0034-0044 UT: 531, 549, 558(2), 612, 621, 738, 774(2), 828, 846, 855,
882, 891, 909, 936(2), 945, 1008, 1017, 1026, 1044(2), 1053, 1098,
1107(2), 1125(2), 1134(2), 1152, 1179, 1206, 1215(2), 1305(2), 1341,
1413, 1458(2), 1575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0354 UT October 20
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I'm going through my DX loggings audio recordings and have some audio from
KVSI and KZNU to share.

Here is KVSI with Pink and What About Love, a Hot AC song. The signal more
or less held out for 2 or so minutes.
Audio recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dcnMYszR5n-H1sgkfejKT29nqzsEytTy/view?usp=sharing

Here is KZNU's station ID at straight up 7am on Monday October 14th, you'll
what "93.1 FM, 1450 AM, KZNU St George........ KAZZ Parowan" When listening
live, the Parowan mention was the only thing I heard, but quickly clued me
into the fact this was KZNU.

Audio recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/165Jx2h-yal5obulsfvFhw8x0tsJMbaw6/view?usp=sharing

Paul

On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 7:08 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:

> Had two loggings on 1450 within 10 minutes of each other
>
> KVSI 1450 Montpeiler, ID with Hot AC music, signal actually held on for
> several minutes, faded out and heard a mention of "The Wave" and 101.7,
> their translator. Not a new log, but only the second time heard here They
> are listed as country in some databases but aren't. The format change is
> recent (300 miles from Montpeiler to Laramie)
>
> KZNU St George, UT. About 30-40 seconds after the KVSI station ID, I heard
> several frequencies mentioned along with with the town of "Parowan", which
> would make that KAZZ 1400.. which is simulcast on KZNU St George. (St
> George to Laramie is 515 miles)
>
> Surprisingly, this doesnt break a graveyard record for me.. the record
> belongs to KWHW 1450 Altus, OK at 572 miles. Well, the lower 48 record
> anyways. My graveyard record from Alaska is 2500 miles!
>
> Paul
> Icom IC746 Pro anbd 25 foot long by 10 foot tall loop antenna
>
>
>
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Logs of 19-10-19
https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2019/10/logs-1910.html
#DX #shortwave  #MW #broadcasting
Please visit the site and share that to your friends and contacts!

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Logs of Oct 19, 01.00 to 03.00 UT, noted signals in Cape Canaveral FL state,
Detroit MI  USA, and Edmonton Alberta, Canada remote SDR rx.
Underneath
5025even CUB  Radio Rebelde Bauta, another string is visible on
5025.021 ???  likely Radio Quillabamba Cusco Peru ? as 01.03 UT Oct 19.
5040.053 CUB  As Glenn reported recently, the RHC Bauta outlet is odd
         fq these days. Spanish sce heard at 01.07 UT on Oct 19.
         In Cape Canaveral FL state at 01.50 UT noted as S=9+30dB proper
         level, 19.5 kHz wideband signal, "madera industry problemas in
         Brazil, Latin America etc. ..."
         But now here in western Europe noted co-channel underneath
5040.005 IND  AIR Jeypore Hindi sce noted on lower audio level.
And an other measure puzzle could NOT solved so far, two co-channel equal
radio power strings noted on 4775 kHz 01.10-01.25 UT, when checked western
Europe remote SDR units, as well as a SDR in Cape Canaveral FL state,
as well as a few KiwiSDR rxs in Bonaire, Chile, Brazil and Argentina too.
4774.904 and 4774.913 kHz strings apart distance only 9 Hertz
at 01.10-01.25 UT, likely either R Tama Peru Spanish or R Sora de
Congonhas Brazil in BrasPortuguese, in Brazil mostly only S=5 -95dBm poor
in Sao Paulo.
4765even CUB  Radio Progreso from Bejucal site, Spanish at 01.45 UT
         on Oct 19, S=8 signal in FL.
5010even USA  WRMI Okeechobee tx unit, heard WoR by Glenn Hauser program
         at 01.47 UT only tiny poor S=6 signal in Cape Canaveral FL state
         though likely at 10 kW ? reserve unit in 60 mb.
5085even USA  WTWW played song "...Oh, my love ...", S=9+20dB in FL state
         01.52 UT on Oct 19,  14 kHz wideband audio block.
5129.980 USA  WBCQ English, radio matter program talkm S=6-7 or -85dBm
         fair signal from Monticello Maine border land to Canada into
         Florida remote SDR rx at Cape Canaveral, at 01.54 UT Oct 19.
5829.986 USA  WTWW English, talk some feature "scripture for America",
         real Good Book worldwide network ... Pastor Peters stories ...
         bcast on 200 radio stations ... asked donation for radio outlets
         S=9+25dB in Cape Canaveral FL, 01.59 UT on Oct 19.
5850even USA  WRMI weak and tiny S=5 outlet in FL state, BS TOM roarer
         at 02.01 UT.
5889.994 USA  WWCR Nashville TN, En sermon to fellowship crowd ?, heard
         'Spirit Of God' theme, scripture reading. S=9+25dB in Florida,
         at 02.02 UT on Oct 19.
5900even BUL  BVB Radio Dardasha in Arabic to NE/ME/NoAf target via
         SPC-NURTS  Spaceline Ltd. Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site
         Arabic language program on backlobe antenna, noted S=9+10dB
         signal at 02.04 UT on remote SDR rx at Cape Canaveral FL site.
5935even USA  WWCR Nashville TN, probably Dr. Gene Scott reading ?  S=9
5999.994 CUB  RHC La Habana English sce to USA & CAN English audience
         target, at 02.07 UT on Oct 19, S=9+45dB powerhouse from 250kW
         Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center site, OVER-modulated,
         scratchy audio though. Up to 20 kHz wide audio block visible
         on remote SDR rx in Cape Canaveral FL.
6020even ALB  CRI Beijing Mandarin sce towards North America, bcast
         from European relay site at Cerrik Albania, combined 2 x 150 kW
         units, S=9+30dB at 02.10 UT on Oct 19.
6055even BUL  TOM BS roarer preaching to unknown azimuth target via
         SPC-NURTS Spaceline Ltd. Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site
         but small narrow band audio quality, one of their older 50 kW
         units of USSR era ? - in FL state only S=7-8 level, at 02.12 UT
6080even ROU  RRI Tiganesti program in Romanian language towards North
         America, 'senal excelente', 10 kHz broadband audio, S=9+30dB
         strong in Cape Canaveral FL rx at 02.14 UT.
6105even F__  NHK Radio Japan Tokyo, Japanese language sce to No&CeAM,
         via TDF Issoudun site, S=9+35dB strength noted in SDR rx
         remotedly in Cape Canaveral FL. At 02.16 UT.
         11 kHz audio block wide, up to 20 kHz wide in peaks.
6155even IRN  IRIB Arabic sce from Zahedan site til 02.20 UT requested,
         S=9 at 02.17 UT.
6165even CUB  RHC Bauta in English sce, at 02.18 UT one of the better
         transmitter units on air, nice audio modulated tonight, S=8-9.
6175.004 IRN  IRIB Sirjan in Tajik noted til 02.20 UT, S=7-8 sidelobe.
6184.998 MEX  XEPPM Radio Educacion in Spanish from Mexico City D.F.,
         Free Jazz and piano mx, then female jazz singer, S=8-9 in FL.
7334.994 USA  AGM United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) outlet
         of Radio Marti Spanish, from Greenville SC, S=8-9 only at
         02.25 UT in Florida SDR rx;   but stronger 
7365even USA  also R Marti from Greenville, S=9+5dB at 02.26 UT Oct 19.
9330even USA  WBCQ Monticello Maine near New Brunswick, Canada border.
         Daily Mailbag program, letter received from PNG listener
         at 02.31 UT. Genesis Six, Angles theme, S=9+20dB signal
         strength noted in FL state, S=8 both level at western Europe
         and at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada remote SDR. Likely revolving
         Ampegon antenna set to 245 degr azimuth tonight, not at CA-US.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 19) 


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** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6040, Oct 18 at 1316, Shiokaze from JAPAN in
Korean talk by woman; over JBA tone pulse jamming, and // 5935 with no
jamming audible. Unlike Ron Howard I seldom can hear any jamming on
these (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6045, Oct 18 at 1308, songs and Korean talk.
This is listed everywhere (well, Aoki and EiBi, but missing from HFCC)
as National Unity Radio, via Tajikistan at 1200-1458, but this signal
is very much like the east Asian ones peaking now just after sunrise,
including adjacent 6040 from Japan to Korea North; not what I would
expect from faraway and near-transpolar Dushanbe. Would someone please
perform a TDOA on 6045 to pinpoint whence it axually emanate? Aha,
WRTH 2019 info now a year old, says site was tsh = Tamshui, TAIWAN,
which makes a lot more sense propagationally and nearly! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 6000, Oct 18 at 1312, RHC with CCI, presumably Echo of
Hope and North Korean jamming, as Ron Howard has reported VOH on 6000
ex-5990 and ex-5995; and Aoki Oct 17 issue also has them both on 6000
only; but, tomorrow?

I take the opportunity Oct 18 at 1317 for a quick survey of the other
VOH/VOP frequencies which have been jumping around. Some are just
carriers, others including noise jamming: 3485, 3915, 3930, 3985,
4450, 6250, 6520, 6605, 9100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Oct 18 at 1807 UT, KOKB Blackwell is off again.
What is going on with this station? When on it sounds fine with no
technical problems (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 13650, Oct 18 at 2049, RRI in English is on at S6-S8, news
about the EU, Romania has the highest inflation rate. Still no signal
from the other 2030 Tsiganeshti frequency for us, 11850. Also listed
for Europe on Galbeni 6170 and 7315-DRM, not much use here if they be
on. Per HFCC B-19, in 9 days this jumps an hour later to 2130, even
tho we are stuck with DST for another week; and jumps way down to 6170
and 7310 for us, 6030 and 7375 for Europe. But which frequencies will
be missing then? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 11670, Oct 19 at 2048, REE finally active again on fourth
frequency, the one to Africa so better here on all the others: 12030,
11940, 9690. 11670 also noticed yesterday but before that had been
absent for weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2004 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, Friday
October 18 at 2200 on WRMI, 9955, fair.

Also confirmed UT Saturday October 19 on WRMI 5850, VG S9+20; 7780
JBA; 5010 S9-S8, poor in noise. Next:

0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [alt weeks, Oct. 26]
1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW; 6160v?
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.00, Oct 18 at 2041, WBCQ-6 is on again, S9+20 with WLC
M&M chat about their peculiar religion. At that strength it would seem
to be aimed thisaway rather than thataway as presumably scheduled for
the first few hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490+, UT Sat Oct 19 at 0000, previous program cut to WBCQ
ID and a minute of dead air before 0001 AAAWWW theme WTO starts. Not
much politix this time, mostly AW reveling about what a lucky guy he
is to have such a beautiful wife, and how she runs around in a string
bikini, since it`s so hot in FL unlike ME, provoking envy in some of
the usual callers.

Says the super-station has been testing since last Saturday on 9330
only, starting at 3:30 pm [ET = 1930 UT] until about 10 pm [0200 UT];
until 6 pm [22 UT] to Arabic-speaking countries [but in English!],
then back toward North America. Full bore 500 kW with gain amounting
to 20 megawatts.

Someone wanted AAAWWW to be on the S-S, but he`s noncommittal; maybe
later, but now WLC is entitled to all the airtime. Lots of time
reading P-mail reception reports and apologizing for late replies, and
then some e-mail. Canned AW ID interrupts live AW at 0100 for Hal
Turner to start on time. John Carver`s report from mid-North Indiana:

``Very sorry, Glenn. Can't copy 7490 this evening and have checked the
other frequencies and can't find it anywhere else. John``

O, before 2400 I checked all the frequencies: 9330 vamp music and
restarted WLC; 5130 weak and presumably with anothershow as usual;
6160 no signal; 3265- maybe a JBA carrier; but 7490+ sufficient here,
altho I then switched to webcast since I`m at the computer (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 620, Oct 18 at 1235 UT, signal from SSE in Spanish. Must be
KEXB Dallas, which some months ago became split-personality, Spanish
religion overnight, still businews in English overdays. Now Spanish
has expanded, overtaken? Checked again at 1812 UT, still Spanish as
Radio Luz, all-talk sounding like infomercial with religious
overtones, a (972) area code and then a different one. Break at 1900
UT for legal ID in English as KTNO, Plano, a Salem station. That has
been the one on 1440! So they must have flipped. And into outright
preaching.

FCC AM Query confirms that only yesterday, Oct 17, did the 1440
station change calls from KTNO to KEXB. (Before 3/15/1994 it was
originally KDNT --- I remember, that was in Denton, another town too
close to The Metroplex to be able to hold on to its local radio
station succumbing to giant sucking --- like Wichita Falls which lost
at least two including the original 620, KWFT).

KEXB 1440 is licensed to Inspiration Media of Texas LLC, University
Park. 620, KTNO licensee is named merely Inspiration. Nothing in FCC
about either pertaining to Salem as I heard announced on 620.

Radio-locator.com is confused about which be which:

``KEXB-AM 1440 kHz
University Park, Texas
"Experts In Business"
Station Format: Business News``

Website:
https://620amkexb.com/

But that site now displays:

``620 KEXB Business Talk is no longer available. Thanks for listening
to the station over the past 8 years. Please check out one of the
other Salem Media Group radio stations in Dallas-Fort Worth.
(KLTY) 94.9 KLTY https://klty.com
(KSKY) 660am The Answer https://660amtheanswer.com
(KWRD) The Word 100.7FM https://thewordfm.com
(KTNO) 620AM Radio Luz https://luzdallas.com
(KLTY-HD2) 94.9-HD2/102.5 El Pez https://elpezdfw.com``

That last one is also sloganned ``Inspirando Tu Vida`` -- El Pez
refers to the Christian idea that it`s somehow related to the Greek
word for fish, ichthos -- a back-formation acronym translated as
``Jesus Christ, Son of God``. Thus the fish symbol on rearends of
cars, people, and elsewhere. Note: in Spanish once a fish be caught,
it becomes a pescado, i.e. ``fished``. So I guess Christian converts
are also pescados; hopefully without too much injury to their lips.
Note one is spelt with a z, the other with an s. Roughly 50% of fish
are female, so why isn`t there a feminine equivalent of el pez? La pez
is a chemical term meaning pitch. But I digress?

This is probably not new, but on the caradio I notice that 620 is
stronger/louder than 570 KLIF Dallas. Both 5 kW, so if everything else
were equal, KLIF should be slightly stronger on a lower frequency, or
essentially the same. KLIF also has constant daytime CCI here from
understation WNAX Yankton, the only such SD, while 620 has none. The
620 daytime pattern FCC pdf is still labeled KEXB! It`s broad and
flattened from WSW to NNE. KLIF daytime is almost circular but offset
from center favoring the south side.

At 2058 UT on two radios, I confirm that 1440 is not // 620, but can`t
tell yet what format is now thereupon. The former home of Radio Luz,
at U4 50000/350 watts, 1440 ought still to be useful for something in
the daytime. Hey, there can never be enough Vietnamese in DFW.

1440, Oct 18 at 2343 UT now that SSS skip is in, we have the interim
answer: indecision. YL loop running over and over which I transcribe:

``This is KEXB, University Park, 1440-AM, Experts in Business. Radio
Luz Dallas se ha mudado de la 1440-AM a su nueva casa, la 620-AM ---
misma programación, mejor cobertura, más alcance. Radio Luz Dallas,
iluminando mente y corazón``. And I go to the trouble to record it for
posterity:
https://www.w4uvh.net/KEXB_1440_loop_2019_1018_2349z.mp3

Official Oct SS/SR for KEXB and KTNO are 0000/1230 UT, so at 2349,
1440 still legally on 50 kW day power, before cut to only 350 watts
night (Nov: 2330-1300 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 780, Oct 18 at 1240 UT, with nearby KSPI nulled, a station
giving school lunch menus and activities for today in Madison --- not
WI, but the next town south of Norfolk NE, and soon a WJAG ID rather
than WBBM. Cannot imagine bigcity BBM ever doing that (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, Oct 18 at 0543 UT, brief bit of Navajo-like chanting,
looping NW/SE, then maybe more conventional music. No Native stations
known per se, as I assume this is the eclectic student station, KVCU
Boulder CO, U1 6800/110/CH5000 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, Oct 18 at 0543 UT, as I am DFing the chanting from the
NW, I encounter a much stronger signal from the NE. Normally would
expect KDMR Kansas City, U2 5000/500, yet often dominant at night. But
that`s EWTN and what I am hearing is far too extreme for RCC
commentary --- racist anti-NAACP rant employing the N-word with no
bleeping but reverb for emphasis; also refers to St. Clair County and
St. Louis. Therefore, this is KQQZ, CoL Fairview Heights IL, address
in Belleville, but just across from MO, U4 10000/650/psra 138, ``1190
The Patriot`` per NRC AM Log.

KQQZ and three other stations in the group are in big trouble, because
the owner Robert Romanik is a convicted felon, ineligible to own
stations. A.k.a. ``The Grim Reaper``, I think this must be himself
still on the air. Haven`t heard anything lately, but see
https://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1929.txt
for a bunch of media reports about this as of June, when the stations
were headed toward an FCC license revocation hearing. How did that
go?

If Bob lose his own outlets, there`s always on SW ``the last
free-speech radio station``, which has already welcomed some felons
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 18 at 1244, I`m
on 1566 from the NW to observe a signal drop when HLAZ used to change
beams from thisaway to thataway, but it seems about the same with a
little fading --- o, I must have misremembered, as WRTH shows the
switch from Japanese to Chinese is at 1345, not 1245. For that we`ll
have to wait for later sunrise here, close to 1345 around Epiphany.

Others now: 1098-W, 1026-WSW, 972-NW, 882, 828-NW, 774-NW, 747-NW,
693-NW, 594-NW until 1252 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1161.0, Oct 18 at 0536 UT, carrier very close to a TA
frequency making het against KSL, but looping approx. 005/185 degrees
on the DX-398 --- yet, no such signal to be heard on the R75: so it
must be a local artifact (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1180, Oct 18 at 1256 UT, from NW/SE, string of legal
ads, PSAs, one mentions Houston, but these may be national, as soon
back to wrapup of `America`s First News`, but fadeout during 1300 ID!
So is it KGOL Humble TX (Houston market)? That`s supposed to be La
Suavecita, in Spanish, ex-ESPN-D. Or has it flipped again? Only other
fit on this axis is KOFI Kalispell MT, which is news/talk, but no
complete program schedule on website! Then I check the affiliate list
for `America`s First News` and find no 1180 in TX or MT. I still
suspect it`s KOFI, where Oct sunrise is not until 1400 UT (November:
1445 UT), U2 50/10 kW. Night pattern is basically N/S with a deep
notch toward Rochester, so there is some signal here to the SE (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0250 UT October 19
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