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**WG Hauser** · 06-24-2024, 09:49 PM

Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 wghauser@yahoo.com

This report concerns groundwave and tropo DX only in May and June.
All times and dates strictly UT. Standard boilerplate applies
about my methods and objectives of DXing.

87.9, May 10 circa 1845 UT, Mexmx in $tereo, much like
the open carrier before. No announcements. No doubt a part 15 RF
feeder, may not be relaying a terrestrial station. This time I drive
around the block, and then walkabout with DX-398 eyeing signal meter
and conclude it`s coming from about one block away where a house is
undergoing some construxion or fixing; and can also barely hear it
earily. Strangely enough, most of the construxion workers around Enid
speak Spanish.

DXMAP shows sporadic E between OK and CA up to 96 MHz so at
0240 UT May 16 I hasten to the caradio: of course, nothing unusual
heard until 0256, but I make some nearby notes: at 0242 a distorted
signal I can`t pinpoint to 92.7, 92.9 or 93.1 is concluding an Amber
Alert distorted with 3 tones, and nothing further as if turned off.
All the while a 92.9 was audible under, probably KRQV Tulsa. MAYBE the
nearest 92.7, KWME Welllington KS, was bleeding as I listen further.
On 92.7 itself, too much ACI from 92.5 KOMA. BTW on this caradio,
there is always more ACI splash on the plus than the minus side of any
given frequency. I suspect the digital tuning be slightly misaligned.

89.3, May 16 at 0241 UT, KIEL, Loyal, the R. 74
International 3ABN station must get a bit of tropo boost so it`s
strong enough to muscle aside local 89.1 translator, allowing me to be
sure that KIEL, even with music, is in MONO. This fact is not shown in
the WTFDA Database. That should be in the MODE field, blank in most
cases meaning surely plain old $tereo. Searching on Mono and OK gets
not a single hit tho there are more than 250 in the whole DB.

91.7, May 16 at 2335 during DX bandscan, I notice that
KOSU is in mono. Have not checked thoroughly but likely mono all day
during NPR/newstalk programs. Split personality, after 0000 UT ``The
Spy`` music has stereo turned on. Long ago when I worked at KOSU, I
recall switching stereo to mono going from classical music to NPR
news. FMDB does not show anything but [blank] mode implying always
stereo. It`s not exactly set up to display 50-50.

DXMAP shows Es FM DX between OK and California, May 25 at
1520 UT, so out to the car to check. I never hear any such, but rather
tropo enhanced as far as Kansas City, almost 300 miles, despite APRS
map showing no connexion into Kansas, just some intra-OK blobs not
quite reaching Enid. These tropos may well be obscuring some
E-skippers. Anyway bandscanning I also note some OKies. Approx.
city-to-city distances, not site-to-site, on distancefromto.net

92.1, at 1522, strong signal turns out to be only KFXI with singing
ID, and it`s in MONO even during C&W music at 1547. 100/100 kW from
Marlow OK, usually fringely audible. WTFDA does not mark it MONO! 194
km/121 stmi

94.9, at 1524 $tereo rock, VG signal. This is one of my best ``open
for DX`` frequencies. Soon ID as ``94-9 KCMO``, ``another 50-minute
music marathon``. That`s 100/100 kW CoL Shawnee KS, a KC suburb. And
no -FM suffix despite the AM 710 station plus 103.7 translator. Could
be confusing. So strong it ought to show RDS icon at least, but
nonesuch at 1553 on DX-398 check, holding it out the window. 404/251

99.5, at 1529, $tereo, ``Big Country 99.5``, i.e. KXBL, 100/100 kW,
Henryetta OK, rimshotting Tulsa market, our normal fringer. However
searching the FMDB on that slogan, we see it also applies to K258GZ,
250-watt translator of KALV 1430 Alva OK - no doubt separately
programmed from KXBL. And there is a third one in WV, WBYG. 201/125

92.9, at 1532, ``The River``, i.e. KRQV, 100/100 kW Tulsa; formerly
KBEZ FM The Drive. Hmm, there is a river drive along the Arkansas.
171/106

97.5, at 1537, several Manhattan KS ads, weather, Eagle Radio. Trouble
is, among the 13 stations licensed there, none on 97.5! BTW, there are
zero licensed to Manhattan NY, but two in MT. Eagle in slogan only
hits a Vermont 97.5! This must really be KJCK, 100/100 kW in Junxion
City KS, no Eagle in DB, rather ``Power Hits 97.5``. 307/191

97.3, at 1539, gospel rock; 1557 ``K-Love``. There are very low power
ones in CO, IN, TX and WI, but this must be the full-power 55/55 kW,
and closest, KLRX, Lee`s Summit MO, near Kansas City. 429/266

100.3, at 1542, Kansas Lottery ad, fadeout. Considering PTA above,
100/100 kW, KDVV Topeka; however there is a much closer one, KNZS
14.5/14.5 kW, Arlington, a tiny town not even in my regular Rand
McNally, but in the Large Scale one just WNW of Wichita. 354/220 or
169/105

104.9, at 1543, South Asian language, laughter, f/out. Suspect tropo
extends as far as the TX Metroplex. None such in the DB`s Language
field, in MO, KS, OK, or TX, but for: ``Ethnic`` FUNASIA, KZMP-FM,,
35/35 kW, Pilot Point TX, as heard before. Overcoming OKC station.
344/214

93.7, at 1549, ``Hot 93.7``, rock. Merely KSPI-FM Stillwater OK, 16/16
kW semilocal. Two others are in CT and FL. 80/50

94.1, at 1556, Kansas City-area ads for Memorial Day. Therefore, KFKF,
100/100 kW, Kansas City KS. But which state is it from, really?
Longitude of site is 94-30-24. But searching finds the long. of
Stateline Road is 94°36′26.7″W. Therefore, it is in MISSOURI! 418/260

94.5, at 1552, ad for 573 area code; MA Bank in Macon. 573 is roughly
the eastern third of Missouri, almost border to border IA-AR, except
for greater St Louis. Not Georgia. Macon is in NE MO, midway between
Chillicothe and Hannibal; and midway between Kirksville and Moberly.
Guess what: NO station licensed to Macon; must be KRXL 90/90 kW
Kirxvil. 626/389

96.7, at 1559, ``96-7 & 1310 Sports Radio, The Ticket``, obviously
another Metroplexan heard before, KTCK-FM, 90/90 kW, Flower Mound TX;
on 1310 successor to onetime great classical WRR owned by City of
Dallas. 381/236

95.7, May 25 at 1859 UT on caradio DX bandscan I notice
that local KXLS ``Lahoma`` is OFF. Audiblizes something else JBA
mentioning Bott network. There is one of 140 watts way off in KS, but
this must be K239BT, 250-watt translator of KQCV 800, in The Village,
NW OKC suburb where I dwelt from age 9 to 16. 97 km/60 stmi

107.1, May 25 at 1905, I find one other local signal missing, KNID
``North Enid``. Despite different CoLs, neither plain old Enid, these
are co-owned by Chisholm Trail Broadcasting and from same site west of
Enid. Both are still silent at 2050 & 2230 UT chex. What`s wrong? Not
going to be available for tornado warnings?

90.5, May 25 at 1859-1902, dead air in mono, presumed near-local KGVV
Goltry. Still dead at 2100 recheck; need to notice whether normally in
$tereo. No loss: another gospel huxter. Back on later, in $tereo.
Might have been overriden by local unused part 15 RF feeder? See also
USA for more OKies mixed in DX opening.

89.3, June 9 circa 1645 UT and anytime, KIEL, Loyal, the
3ABN station a.k.a. R. 74 Internationale, remains in MONO only whether
music or talk, and I should add is constantly undermodulated, which
seems odd for an FM station, altho a pervasive problem with AM signals
on SW or MW, presumably because of ageing equipment incapable of full
modulation. Despite my previous reports, WTFDA FMDB still does not
mark it MONO.

91.7, Sunday June 9 at 1659 UT as I am hunting for Es DX,
notice that KOSU is in $tereo music, and indeed ToH ID also branding
as ``The Spy``. On weekdays the rule is mono until 0000 UT with
NPR/etc. news/talk, then $ $py. This is amid a bihour 16-18 UT program
per sked, `Toaster Brunch` of Jamaican music [not to be confused with
low-power 6YC-395 in Kingston or 6YC-648 in Montego Bay]. But there is
more $py on weekends; trouble is, KOSU sked does not make it clear
which are which nor which are mono! `The Spy` is title of specific
local-originated music blox, but also applies to music stuff from
elsewhere. O, this explains that Toaster Brunch is the only
Spy-program outside the overnight blox, along with convoluted history
of The Spy branding from one OK station to another, to another, etc.:
https://www.kosu.org/show/the-spy
I suppose there could be some non-Spy programming with a musical
element, whether or not KOSU master control bother to switch $tereo on
and off. I suppose The Spy deal be financially advantageous for KOSU
as it has endured, despite discouraging public-radio contributors who
would not want any of their money going to support that for which KOSU
has semisold its soul.

101.3, June 9 at 1648 UT, ad for Burlington, in Garden City.
Surely this be KFDI-FM in distant Wichita, our semi-local, but guess
what? WTFDA DB shows in KS one entry besides KFDI-FM with 100 kW, is a
100-WATT CP, 14m high antenna for a NEW station on 101.3 in GARDEN
CITY! Which I am surely not getting, but I wonder if planned to be a
mere booster for KFDI, jumping the gun with local ad for GC??

102.3 FM, June 10 at 2028 UT, another fruitless search for
Es DX on caradio gets something other than KRMG Tulsa here: Country,
``102-3 the Bull`` - that`s KWFS-FM 100/100 kW, Wichita Falls TX.
There are zero 102.3s in KS, and no country 102.3s elsewhere in OK.

93.9, June 12 at 2019 UT, dead air in $tereo, no doubt
semi-local KIMY Watonga. RDS still displays statickly GOSPEL__ /
STATION. Still dead at further chex past 2200. Std remark about how
can a station expect to have any listeners if no one there even
notices when it`s silent? Used to have a translator in Enid on 93.1
which added another level of unreliability.

107.7, June 9 at 1633 past 1700 UT as I am fruitlessly
bandscanning for any Sporadic E, can`t help but notice dead air in
$tereo here, where near-local quality 92/92 kW KRXO OKC should be,
silly sportstalk. Not only on caradio but on DX-398 showing static
RDS: _CHISE___ -- but that may be holdover from another frequency as I
can`t get it again by tuning away and back. A remote possibility poor
KRXO is being supplanted here by yet another idling Part 15 RF feeder,
but why would it not be on a `clear` frequency? 1830 recheck still DA,
and RDS icon does display tho nothing in the RDS window. Depending on
whip angle, seems to be a weak modulated undersignal, but probably
from overload.

Re 92.7, OKC traffic report not // 92.5 KOMA: KOMA does
have a translator on 92.9 to analogize its HD2 called The Edge, per
WTFDA: ``K225BN relays:KOMA-HD2 92.9 OKLAHOMA CITY OK USA 0.2 0.2
267.7 267.7 35-32-51 97-29-30 188C ROCK 92.9 THE EDGE 139270`` --
could the 92.9 have been off-frequency? Not necessarily right on 92.7.
Or is there any way an HD2 of 92.5 might be audible somehow on an old
non-HD analog caradio tuned to the side? And whatever became of
subcarriers? original report: U S A below

93.9, June 13 at 1901 UT check on caradio, KIMY Watonga
is *still* dead air in $tereo, that is about 23 hours since I first
noticed it June 12 at 2019. AND, **still** dead air in $tereo June 14
at 1528, and 2052; and 2215 when I get RDS display of THE_____ /
GOSPEL__ / STATION_. Of course I have not monitored constantly, but no
reason to believe they were ever modulating for the last 51 hours at
least and no telling how long before that.

IMHO, a station so incompetent as to broadcast nothing for such a
stretch deserves to have its license revoked, so something else can
make better use of the spectrum! OTOH, the less gospel-huxtering on
OUR AIR, the better. FYI, spelling $tereo with a dollar sign has no
financial implication, just a convention stemming from the late Bruce
Elving`s FM Atlases, a single $ symbol in listings.

93.9, June 16 at 1649, KIMY Watonga, STILL dead air in
$tereo, now 70 hours since first noted June 13. Standard derision.

UNIDENTIFIED. 93.9, June 16 at 1649 UT as I start caradio bandscan for
Es FM DX going on all around here, turn on already tuned here to hear
some Spanish trying to break thru dead air in $tereo, STILL from KIMY
- but in next 23 minutes not a bit of Es anywhere, and 93.9 SS was
most likely fringe KZRD Dodge City KS. Also at 1651 briefly dead air
in $tereo on 93.1, maybe DX since as soon as that`s gone not much
signal from my usual fringer in KS.

93.9, June 17 at 1950 UT, *still* dead air in $tereo into
caradio, but much weaker than usual; on the way to zero kW too? Now
96+ hours into this futility first noted June 13, from KIMY Watonga.
Streaming still worx via website and a whole buncha platforms, so who
cares about 93.9? Map https://www.thegospelstation.com/ shows a buncha
other FM outlets around OK and TX panhandle, AR and TN. Radio-locator
mentions only one, the long-gone 93.1 in Enid. HQ address in Ada OK,
with 105.1, but which is a mere 75-watt translator of KTGS 88.3, which
is 5.5/5.5 kW in Tishomingo OK. That must really be the net`s
originator, calls matching slogan.

95.7 & 107.1, June 19 at 0139, 0346, 0430, 0519, 0627 UT
chex, Enid stations still dead air but showing static RDS of __KXLS__
and __KNID__; finally resumed modulating by 1452 check. I suspect long
delays in fixing such easy? problems are caused by no CE of their own,
rather having to call upon contract engineer from some other city;
evenmoreso the 93.9 KIMY case, with no local origination, merely a
satellite which cannot even be monitored OTA at HQ.

** U S A. 96.7, June 14 at 1530 UT, ``Sports Radio 96.7 and 1310, The
Ticket`` from DFW Metroplex market is strong enough briefly to unsee
any $tereo icon, i.e. talk format is in mono. FYI, $tereo instead of
mono automatically reduces the full-quieting coverage area of an FM
station; by what percentage? This is 90/90 kW KTCK-FM. NOT flagged as
Mono mode in WTFDA FM Database. Some talk stations stay in $tereo
anyway, since some receivers used to ignore mere mono stations; is
this still a problem? And occasional $tereo music in commercials,
etc., really stands out.

Lacking any sporadic E FM DX, also noticed in this caradio bandscan,
June 14 at 1535 UT, the Bott station on 94.3 west of Wichita in Kansas
is also in mono, i.e. KCVW 100/100 kW in Kingman, not flagged mono in
WTFDA FMDB. Are all Bott FMs in mono? Need to check 95.1 KQCV 100/100
kW ``Shawnee`` = OKC. Searching Slogan field, there are 112 Bott hits
in the DB, many of them translators, not a single one `mono`.

With 100 MHz MUF spike NW of here, another try for Es FM DX,
June 18 from 2235 UT on caradio: no Es but some area obs as far as
Nebraska:

93.5 at 2235, ``weather for Red Dirt (nation?), on My Country 93.5``:
KKDT Burdett KS 95/95 kW, normal fringer; 2239 tone and NWS warning,
f/out. I thought Red Dirt was more of an Okie thing.

93.9 at 2237, KIMY Watonga OK has *finally* resumed modulating after
5+ days of dead air. Plugs Xmas music all during July on one of The
Gospel Station streams.

95.7 at 2238 and still past 2322, dead air in $tereo from KXLS Lahoma
OK, and of course also on co-located sibstation 107.1 KNID North Enid.
We have only two commercial radio clusters here and this one keeps
failing.

93.1 at 2242, ``93.1 The River, Nebraska`s country station`` surpasses
usual Kansan in the way. Probably to do with storm front across
central KS and NE. This is: KRVN-FM Lexington, 100/100 kW, related to
the 880 AM station. 514 km/319 stmi

101.3 at 2245, ``Oklahoma`s best country, K-Law 101`` vs heavy CCI
from Wichita. 100/100 kW, KLAW Lawton.

92.7 at 2248, OKC traffic report in sideband of but not // 92.5 KOMA.
Oops, no such translator listed. Is it really bleeding out of the 92.5
signal? Very distorted.

101.5, I`ve realized that in DX bandscans the last
several weeks, I have not run across any signal at all in Spanish from
KOCD Okeene, R. Salvación which is/was a 14 kW relay of KWDW-LP, 100
watts horizontal only in OKC, shown with a different name, R. Bautista
Calvario. However KOCD is also horizontal only and my caradio has
vertical antenna only. But I used to hear it fringily, so suspect it`s
really silent. Only 50 km/31 miles.

MUF spike to 107 MHz NW of here per DXMAP before 0200 UT
June 23, after a day mostly below 88 since big morning Es opening I
mostly missed; so out to the car for bandscan: nothing much, but 89.5,
an ``open for DX`` frequency except for ACI, has something JBA on it:
I rarely even trace KWGS Tulsa. Seems like ID at 0159, ``This is
CF---`` something and shortly gospelhuxterism mentioning prophecy,
body of Christ, etc. Any clues at WTFDA FM DB? After 0230 it`s
inaccessible, `Bad Gateway`, server overload. So I pull out the final
FM Atlas from 2010y: only 3 stations in western Canada, AB and BC,
none of them with CF-calls. O, WRTH 2024 shows that has not changed
much, nor in SK, MB. Meanwhile DXMAP shows paths between OK and WA,
nexus over WY, grrr.

Next day by 1538 UT June 23, FMDB is back in biz: of the 28 Canadians
on 89.5, the only CF- prefix is in Goose Bay. Is there a marginal
religious 89.5 around here? Yes, 23.5 kW KJCC Carnegie OK which I have
rarely logged; and three further translators in OKC, Elk City, and
Felt at far end of Panhandle. In KS, xltrs in Topeka, Parsons.

Until the Next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn

**Raymie** · 06-25-2024, 02:55 AM

Not Balanza, Valanci (Media Group). As in Simón Valanci Buzali, the Chiapas-based radio station owner and one-time federal deputy. His company took over XHFCY-FM in 2021.

**WG Hauser** · 06-30-2024, 12:42 AM

June 25-29 Es FMDX:

** CANADA [and non]. After a day of mostly <88 MHz MUFs June 26, late
evening sporadic E FM DX had erupted UT June 27 when I checked DXMAPs
after 0230. So hastened to the car. Except for this, all other logs
this session are filed at OKLAHOMA [and non].

93.1 at 0248, ``30 minutes of music -- for you -- sound, CFNO`` and
$tereo rock. I thought DX would be from NW like Alberta, but this is:
CFNO-FM 93.1 MARATHON ON CAN 50.0 kW 265.0 m 48-45-11 86-34-52 HOT AC
Overriding the fringe Kansan on 93.1. Marathon is on the north shore
of Lake Superior between Thunder Bay and Wawa. 1659 km / 1011 stmi
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UT June 27:
88.1 at 0313, song with lyric ``97.5 Radio One``, and ``The Bird``,
then a song about Virgin Mary. What in the world? That`s the slogan of
DXLM in Philippines and of an Atlanta station, but what about 88.1?
There is no Georgia connexion between 97.5 and 88.1. Could be *CBC*
Radio One, CBEW Windsor on 97.5, but again what`s the 88.1 connexion?
Maybe this: CBEW relayed on 88.1:
CBEE-FM relay of:CBEW-FM 97.5 88.1 CHATHAM-KENT ON 1.43 kW 126.0 m
42-27-00 82-04-59 NEWS/TALK CBC RADIO ONE WINDSOR - but would CBEW
have any local programming mentioning 97.5 other than IDs during
national feed? Could also be merely an Okie spoiler with strange
programming. 1501 / 933

** MEXICO. DXMAP shows Es FM DX paths between OK area and southwest
Mexico, so I delay lunch and head to the car thru 100-degree heat, max
109 later! June 28:

92.7 at 1848 UT, tropical/Mexmx $, 1849 f/out, 1851 f/in ``Conexión
92.7`` so it is:
XHCPDI-FM 92.7 AGUASCALIENTES AGS 65.0 kW 46.41 m 21-50-46 102-17-16
TU CONEXION CULTURE VARIETY CONEXIÓN 92.7 1669 km / 1037 mi

92.1 at 1852, $ PSA, Soriana ad, ``Locura FM``, Nayarit ad, two more
``Locura FM``, 11:53 time = MST UT -7. Also at 1912, Mex rap,
``Locura`` in lyrix; 1913 ``92.1 Locura FM``, 12:13 timecheck = MST UT
-7. No crazy Locura slogan listed anywhere in Mexico. Therefore must
be a change for this:
XHUX-FM relays: AM 810 92.1 TEPIC NAY 5.0 kW 230.7 m 21-43-44
105-03-55 GRUPERA LA PATRONA 1788 / 1111

94.5 at 1854, rock/salsa f/in/out; 1856 Spanish announcement with
background noise, mentions Argentina, Esperanza; Aguascalientes,
``R-U-A-A``, ``proyección de la Voz Universitaria``, CCI, plug program
viernes at 2 pm on 94.5 FM; 1858 talk about a student in Poughkeepsie
[!], Nueva York. A bit of 94.5 Spanish JBA again at 1915:
XHUAA-FM 94.5 AGUASCALIENTES AGS 25.0 kW -16.0 m = BELOW average
terrain! 21-58-23 102-21-36 COLLEGE RADIO UNIVERSIDAD Universidad
Autónoma de Aguascalientes 1669 / 1037

93.5 at 1859, Spanish, CCI, YL & OM DJs, laughter SFXs, 1902 ad, ID
93.5 X---- fades but mentions Nayarit; 1903 SHVA = super-hype voice
actor lengthy ID as ``La Patrona`` 93.5 FM: WTFDA FMDB has no NAY on
this frequency, but Wikipedia: XHEJ-FM, Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit,
Mexico. Broadcast area: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. 93.5, Branding: La
Patrona. Yes, Puerto Vallarta is right next to Nayarit:
XHEJ-FM 93.5 PUERTO VALLARTA JAL 25.0 kW -22.05 m = BELOW average
terrain! 20-46-12 105-12-27 REGIONAL MEXICAN LA PATRONA 1875 / 1165

93.3 at 1905, Spanish music CCI to OKC C&W, $, 1908 ID missed, too
much QRM. There are no 93.3 stations in known PTA = probable target
area, of Jal, Nay, Ags

96.3 at 1909, Spanish briefly against 96.1 OKC ACI; two stations in
Jalisco

92.9 at 1911, Mexmx, maybe another from Nayarit PTA:
XHZE-FM 92.9 SANTIAGO IXCUINTLA NAY 25.0 kW 64.36 m 21-48-01 105-14-06
SPANISH HITS BALADAS LA PODEROSA 1770 / 1100

95.1 at 1916, Spanish CCI briefly to Bott KQCV OK. Only this in PTA,
calls used to apply to channel A3 in Mexicali often seen!: XHBC-FM
95.1 CD. GUZMÁN JAL 1.03 kW 270.0 m 19-39-52 103-27-40 3D44 - 'KRDS'
ADULT CONTEMPORARY BC 95.1 1933 / 1201

Opening lull or out by 1916, so break for my long-delayed lunch; one
more when resuming:
88.1 at 1952, ``Universal``, YL is despediding herself, ads in pesos,
Soriana, PSA about clínicas, CCI from Okies, .mx websites. One 88.1
hit on Universal!
XHRED-FM 88.1 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX 95.0 kW 561.0 m 19-27-08 99-22-03 HD
3D4F XHRED-FM 88.1 FM Oldies NEWS/TALK UNIVERSAL 88.1 1890 / 1174
(Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX opening, Saturday June 29 from 1539 UT into
caradio:

93.5 at 1539, song in Spanish. PTA is eastern North Carolina as per
following logs, among only six non-LP, non-translators in entire USA
totalling 22, altho there is one NC translator, so likely the only NC
full power in Spanish:
WLQB 93.5 OCEAN ISLE BEACH NC 6.0 kW 100.0 m 33-55-37 78-23-48 Spanish
REGIONAL MEXICAN EL PATRON 93.5
But it was not heard again vs the KS fringer stronger than usual. 1787
km / 1110 miles

97.3 at 1541, Optima Tax Relief, (910) AC which chex for SE NC,
Generator Super-Center for hurricane preparedness, Rolling stone
music; 1544 ``Coast 973.com``:
WMNX 97.3 WILMINGTON NC 100.0 kW 269.3 m 34-03-06 78-04-57 75C1 WMNX
Title & Artist on Coast 97.3 Rhythm and Blues URBAN CONTEMPORARY COAST
97.3 1821 / 1132

93.5 at 1549 briefly, hymn in English, so not WLQB or Kansas. If still
NC, there is one full-power religious further inland, WYFQ-FM
Wadesboro, 8.7 kW, 169 m 1613 / 1003

95.1 at 1558, WRNS ID; 1601 another WRNS Kinston ID:
WRNS-FM 95.1 KINSTON NC 100.0 kW 459.0 m 35-06-15 77-20-12 82F0 Your
Country 95.1WRNS Onlline at WRNS.com Country COUNTRY YOUR COUNTRY 95.1
WRNS 1831 / 1138

94.1 at 1600, soul or hard rock, multi-station ID including WNBU:
WNBU 94.1 ORIENTAL NC 11.0 kW 148.0 m 35-00-02 76-49-58 DB0C WNBU-FM
OLDIES GROOVIN OLDIES 94.1/97.9 1915 / 1190

By 1610 DX has died out, so break until resuming at 1634, but no more
Es, just KS spoiler on 93.5; see separate logs of nearbies (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn

**WG Hauser** · 06-30-2024, 12:49 AM

GW and tropo DX to Enid OK, June 25-29, 2024

** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, I`ve realized that in DX bandscans the last
several weeks, I have not run across any signal at all in Spanish from
KOCD Okeene, R. Salvación which is/was a 14 kW relay of KWDW-LP, 100
watts horizontal only in OKC, shown with a different name, R. Bautista
Calvario. However KOCD is also horizontal only and my caradio has
vertical antenna only. But I used to hear it fringily, so suspect it`s
really silent. Only 50 km/31 miles (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 105.1, June 25 at 2322, KOSB Perry is MONO, not shown as
such in WTFDA FMDB. ``Triple Play Sports`` also on AM 1020 & 1580. And
running a commercial for ``University of Maryland, Global Campus``, of
all things, in OSU territory.

However, at 2030 check June 26, 105.1 is OFF, likely another victim of
last night`s windstorm / powerlines down. And at 2043, I notice that
its AM companion, 1020 KOKP is also off! Maybe we can hear KDKA again
tonight if not RVC Roswell. Third 3-play outlet, 1580 KOKB Blackwell
is still ON. I thought they operated out of Stillwater but NRC AM Log
shows Ponca City address for 1020 & 1580, the latter being close to
PC. Trying to check whether 105.1 and 1020 are at same site, but FCC
AM Query can`t find KOKP! As if it have been deleted. LMS can, but not
the page with coordinates. All three are licensed until 2029y.

Since the WTFDA FM DB editors apparently don`t pay attention to my
reports, I have notified them directly about this mono and others
confirmed this year by monitoring: in OK: KIEL 89.3, KFXI 92.1, KOSU
91.7 =50/50; KS: KCVW 94.3; TX: KTCK 96.7; Mexico: XHMYL 92.1. And
just now at 2030 June 26, I notice two more monos: KHEV 90.3, Fairview
OK; and 100.9, K265FL, Enid, talkradio translator tail wagging the dog
of 960 KGWA. KQCV 95.1 Shawnee is another Bott station, likely to be
mono too? Yes! at 2308 fadeups vs KICT Wichita which is $tereo, the
100/100 kW KQCV signal is definitely mono.

(I urge everyone to look out for local/ish FM signals in mono - as
per icon on receiver, not just your ears. Much mono-sounding audio can
be part of $tereo transmissions. And inform the WTFDA FM DB}

95.3, the KOKC translator in OKC, K237GE, is in $tereo, talk station
might as well be mono for slightly more effective coverage. Would you
believe that the WTFDA FMDB shows its antenna height as 0 meters
HAAT?? It must really be way up on some TV tower to reach as far as
Enid reliably with 250 watts. FCC FM Query also shows 0 m HAAT, but
658 m AMSL and 314 m AGL, with a link to Calculate HAAT: that
``results`` in 302 m -- that`s 990 feet. If our LP CP on 95.1 come on,
will put an end to it around here (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020 KOKP and 105.1 KOSB Perry, June 28 at 1458 UT, are
still off the air after windstorm, early UT June 26. Does website
acknowledge this?
http://tripleplaysportsradio.com/
NO! Header describes group this way: ``105.1 & 93.1 Stillwater, 93.3
Ponca City, 1020 Perry, 1580 Blackwell`` - I`ve never heard the 93.1
translator, unless that was the sporadic dead-airer; nor 93.3 blocked
by OKC station; there is a link to X, but ``nothing to see here yet``.
Abottom home page, interesting animated weather map of wind predixions
for the following week from www.windy.com -- Another check June 28 at
1918 after MexiDX, 105.1 is back on but not 1020; and 1580 has stayed
on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. After a day of mostly <88 MHz MUFs June 26,
late evening sporadic FM DX had erupted UT June 27 when I check DXMAPs
after 0230. So hasten to the car. See also CANADA for one definite
log. Frequency after frequency turn out to be ``spoilers`` from KS,
OK, or TX with enhanced conditions anear rather than Es from afar!

89.5 at 0246, jazz in $tereo, not Tulsa or Kansas per skeds; mixing
with gospel huxter, normally `open` frequency. 0300 ID for KJCC
Carnegie OK, amid CCI. At 0315 promos for FRC. 0332 about evangelism
in Nicaragua; anti-mainstream-media, Family Research Council plugs,
``The Washington Stand``, frc.org; 0337 program now is ``Washington
Watch``. A huge affiliate list is here for W.W.:
https://www.tonyperkins.com/stations
Far Christian right show, via several networks, AFR, Bott, CSN, etc.
Searching on 89.5 leads to 15 stations including KJCC from CSN at this
hour.

96.5 at 0249, Tulsa Mix 96.5 has CCI, with ad for phone 225-9111 Steve
Johnson. Search on that leads only to Barrie, Ontario, landscaping
business; but no viable radio hits there.

101.3 at 0252, ``Today`s best country`` and tasteofcountry.com - KFDI
Wichita KS and KLAW Lawton OK, both fringers, are struggling for
primacy, and both country, but not those exact slogans in FMDB - maybe
program names rather than stations`. Website has plenty of stuff
including podcasts, but nothing about radio affiliates.

101.5 at 0254, Mexmx in $, strong but fades out just in time for any
0300 ID! Hope it`s Es, but surely not Canada. Could be fringer in KS,
100/100 kW KSMM Liberal. As I noted before, our nearby religious SS in
Okeene OK, is absent. 0323 f/in again Mexmx.

102.5 at 0305 in $ mentions ``Christian faith``, normally vacant
channel here; maybe 100/100 kW KKCV, BOTT in Rozel KS, which is WSW of
Great Bend on the way to Garden City. Nothing in OK. 241 km / 150 stmi

103.9 at 0304 SRN news, KHYM ID. Is 100/100 kW Copeland KS, also
relays invading OK.

94.1 at 0308, ``94.1 KXOJ`` ID, gospel mx - Glenpool OK (Tulsa). 0327,
program `Live Wire Nights`, CCI, David Jeremiah with San Diego
address, ``Turning Point``. Website
https://www.davidjeremiah.org/radio has neat feature, ``stations near
you``, six in KS and OK including two in Enid - but not on 94.1.
Download and consult *huge* station list by country, state and city:
https://d2urhn0mmik6is.cloudfront.ne.../radio_log.pdf

Incredibly the call for every CSN affiliate is KAWZ-FM, its orginator
in Idaho, not local calls! including what should be KJCC 89.5 Carnegie
OK. There are only? 10 hits on 94.1, including in OK, only ``KQCV-FM``
OKC, which is a translator, in addition to 95.1 KQCV-FM Shawnee. Yet
what I am hearing is either KXOJ, or 9.8/9.8 kW KTHM 94.1 Waynoka
``The House`` relayer of 89.7.

96.7 at 0309, DFW ad, as KTCK again penetrates way up here from Flower
Mound TX. 381 / 236

101.7 at 0322, mention ``Royal Fund Management``, smax of Canadian?
and fade-out. No, HQ in The Villages, Florida, but could do business
anywhere.

Another possible Es opening, June 27 at 2034, nets only nearbies:

92.1 at 2034, ``The Beat`` - that`s 27/27 kW KTBT Broken Arrow
(Tulsa). More dominant normally is KFXI 100/100 kW Marlow mono.

92.3 at 2036, L&C sportstalk, ``Throwback``, Wichita mentioned. So
KKGQ Newton KS, 100/100 kW. Woodward OK talk station normally
dominates.

97.1 at 2040, L&C sportstalk, normally nothing vs 96.9 local. Mentions
Oklahoma, ad for Sun & Sky. So 100/100 kW KYAL Muskogee (Tulsa) Sports
Animal (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A. Nearlogs while searching for Es FMDX June 29:

96.7 at 1553, weak, leapforjoy.com - which leads to a totally
different dating site; Verizon ad; 1559 mentions Texas, so only KTCK
again.

94.5 at 1555, DFW mentioned, Magic 94.5, or rather:
KZMJ 94.5 GAINESVILLE TX 100.0 kW 591.0 m 33-32-13 96-49-65 HD URBAN
CONTEMPORARY MAJIC 94.5 315 / 196

93.5 at 1638, VG C&W, non ID only as ``93-5``! Tell us something we
don`t already know! Same at 1652. Too strong for KS fringer? But also
too steady for Es. Finally full ID at 1658 as KKDT, Burdett KS. 248 km
/ 154 mi. So I quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Until the Next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn

**WG Hauser** · 07-14-2024, 08:59 PM

(The VUD online FMDX editor wanted more support for his column,
so I sent him the May and June before 25th deadline logs as above,
and they were ignored!}

Es, tropo and GW FM DX June 30-July 14, 2024:

** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX opening, July 9 UT, from Florida, into my
own caradio in real time into my own ears, notes researched later in
WTFDA FMDB and adding city-to-city distances, not site-to-site:

92.1 at 1646, Spanish briefly vs CCI: ``Sarasota, 11,44`` but if an
almost-timecheck, that would be CDT not EDT. No stns exactly in
Sarasota. The two in Spanish, more likely WAFZ in SW FL than WJXR in
NE FL west of Jax; but Sarasota is not very close to Immokalee:
WAFZ-FM 92.1 IMMOKALEE FL 5.6 kW 100.0 m 26-26-55 81-16-16 Spanish No
Program Type or Undefined REGIONAL MEXICAN LA LEY 92.1 & 99.7 FM
1911 km/1187 stmi

92.1 at 1647, mention cocoabeach.com on Spacecoast. Closest to there,
but not very close is:
WZZR 92.1 WEST PALM BEACH FL 7.2 kW 152.0 m 26-47-58 80-04-33 HD TALK
92.1 REAL RADIO 1997/1241

92.1 at 1648, ``BTQ 92.1`` - no exact match in FL or anywhere by call
or slogan but these are close:
WCTQ 92.1 VENICE FL 11.5 kW 145.0 m 27-09-03 82-27-51 HD 1BEE 92.1 CTQ
Title & Artist COUNTRY 92.1 CTQ SUNCOAST COUNTRY 2031/1262

or this but way up in west end of panhandle, far from PTA:
WECQ 92.1 DESTIN FL 19.0 kW 115.0 m 30-24-38 86-37-22 ROCK ROCK 92.1
GulfCoastRockAlternative.com

99.3 at 1653, Cuban/tropical music in $; 1656 ``La Nueva Playa 99.3``
and another fadeup at 1712, ``99.3 Playa``, certainly:
WWCN 99.3 FORT MYERS BEACH FL 45.0 kW 142.0 m 26-29-16 81-55-46
Spanish HD TROPICAL PLAYA 99.3 1868/1161 -- Playa means Beach tho not
Saskatchewan

102.5 at 1718, ``attention, Floridians``, adstring; 1722 ``back to
Roger & J.P. on 102.5, The [fade].`` Unless a far E-skipper knows it`s
getting into FL, surely this:
WHPT 102.5 SARASOTA FL 100.0 kW 503.0 m 27-24-30 82-15-00 HD 102.5 THE
BONE Tampa Bay's Classic Rock Station - theoneonline.com Talk TALK
102-5 THE BONE 1761/1094 -- weblink is lacking a b -- here they are:
https://www.theboneonline.com/on-air/rogerandjp/
Not clear why called ``The Bone``, but subslogan is ``Real. Raw.
Radio.`` Gnaw on it??

94.5 at 1729, Fort Myers ad, so:
WARO 94.5 NAPLES FL 99.0 kW 311.0 m 26-20-30 81-42-37 5670 CLASSIC
ROCK 94.5 THE ARROW 1902/1182

There has been lots of CCI on most frequencies with weak fringers
around here. Keep tuning for Es, but quit at 1745 (Glenn Hauser, Enid
OK, WOR)

** U S A. DXMAP shows Es paths between OK and California, so I go
hunting on caradio, July 3 at 1958 UT. Instead, tropo boosts are up
from Tulsa, Wichita areas while OKC signals are diminished, and I
identify no Es. Tropo: the enemy of sporadic E!

100.7 at 1958, ``101 Country, KPNC Ponca City`` OK, normally inaudible
vs local 100.9.

107.9 at 1959, ``U.S. 107.9, ``Winfield, Wichita`` and somewhere
else:
KWLS 107.9 WINFIELD KS 50.0 kW 150.0 m 37-15-46 96-53-42 4B48 Big D &
Bubba Mornings-KSN News 5 6 & 10-kwlsradio.com COUNTRY US 107.9 - REAL
AMERICAN COUNTRY

93.5 at 2035, ``Power 93.5, Wichita``, hip-hop. This a surprise as the
KS station I normally hear fringily is the much further KKDT. Andover
is just NE of Wichita, with much LESS power, and tower, slogan a Big
Lie:
KDGS 93.5 ANDOVER KS 15.0 kW 114.0 m 37-42-47 97-14-51 189A
Artist/Song on Power 93 Adult Hits RHYTHMIC CHR POWER 93.5
KKDT 93.5 BURDETT KS 95.0 kW 304.8 m 38-36-32 99-42-12 COUNTRY MY
COUNTRY 93.5

93.3 circa 2040, 100 kW OKC station KJKE Newcastle ``Jake FM`` with
constant CCI, at 2049 maybe mentions Kansas, in weather? But the only
KS on 93.3 are two translators in far Manhattan and Liberal. And the
only other OKies are 7 translators or LP. What could this be? Seems
too constant and weak to be Es.

92.7 at 2049, ``The Pulse,`` Kansas lottery. Must be this, but slogan
change, or just a fleeting program reference?
KWME 92.7 WELLINGTON KS 14.0 kW 130.0 m 37-20-08 97-27-53 4B54 KWME
Oldies CLASSIC HITS 92.7 THE RIVER (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Signs of Es FM DX about on DXMAP, so out to the
car to check, July 7 at 1645 UT: the only unusual is $ Mexmx weakly on
96.5, soon 1646 non-ID as ``Clásicos de ayer ... Éxitos 96.5``, and
more of same at 1703; and 1708 maybe also with ``L-G``? And at 1722
f/in again. That`s the slogan of WOEX Orlando, which I have definitely
heard several times along with other FL stations. BUT:

Searching slogan and 96.5 in WTFDA FMDB gets WOEX and one other hit:
K243BJ, relaying KRXO 107.7 HD{3} OKC, 250-watt translator! Judging
from lack of any other Es, and boosted OKC signals elsewhere, afraid
that`s what I`m getting, not heard before. 96.5 has been with CCI from
KRAV, Mix 96 Tulsa as to be expected, and at 1648, gospel {censored}
in English, 1656 outro as ``Hour of Power``, ``The Rock``, Christian
music, paragon.com = KECO Elk City OK; the two fringe OKies.

97.3, July 7 at 1657 UT, outro for service from St. Joseph`s Catholic
Church, in Norman, good solid $ signal, so it`s KKNG-FM, only 1/1 kW,
244 m, Blanchard OK, a station of the OKC Catholix; with tropo boost,
normally inaudible.

91.5, July 7 at 1647 UT, NO signal from KSNS, 0/96 kW, Medicine Lodge
KS, which is normally quite good just across the OK border, must be
off. However at 1714 I get a weak and fadey country gospel signal,
presumably something else, perhaps 100/100 kW KCBK Frederick OK.
{back on next day, see USA below}

100.9, July 7 at 1708, KGWA 960 Enid translator still in mono, but
gospel/rock music on a talk-format station; aberration with Sunday
service running past noon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 100.3, July 10 at 0201 UT, hunting for Es again without
results, but very brief fade up and out with ID, ``KWEY AM
Weatherford``. That`s a translator of the 1590 station which is tough
here due to direxional pattern, more likely to hear KVGB Great Bend
KS:
K262CW relays:KWEY-1590 100.3 WEATHERFORD OK 0.25 kW 106.0 m 35-33-03
98-43-57 ---- KWEYAM.COM COYOTE CLASSIC COUNTRY 122 km/76 stmi.
Shortly f/in with Dos Equis ad in English, and ``copyright 2024``,
which you never hear on any other commercial (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 106.1, July 8 at 2024 UT, futile bandscan for Es
encounters ``106-1, The Twister, Home for new country``, i.e. KTGX
Owasso = Tulsa mkt; unknown whether sibling to 101.9 KTST OKC. Can`t
imagine why stations think it`s cool to name themselves for an
extremely destructive force of nature. WTFDA FMDB shows a few others:
in MI, NE, NE, KS, TX, every one of them Country (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 91.5, July 8 at 2021 UT into caradio, KSNS Medicine Lodge KS
is back on with gospel music after missing yesterday (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR) as above under OKLAHOMA [and non]

** OKLAHOMA. July 11 before 0300 UT, search on caradio for Es DX
instead finds tropo boost from OKC of lowpower signals normally
inaudible:

96.5, July 11 at 0258, ``Los éxitos de ayer están sólo aquí``, and
similar non-IDs in next few minutes. So K243BJ, HD# of KRXO 107.7.
[WORLD OF RADIO 2251]

94.1, July 11 at 0300, Bott Radio promos; $tereo icon flashes on and
off but probably from CCI. K231BH of KQCV 95.1 - WTFDA DB shows base
station also on 94.1, wrong. 95.1 hardly needs a LP relay so close.

92.9, July 11 at 0304, ``The Edge``, i.e. K225BN, of KOMA-HD2 on 92.5.
Maybe slogan alludes to being at the edge of 92.5 bigsig.

97.3, July 11 at 0306, plug Santa Fe Family Life Center, then OKC RCC
references. Is 1.0 kW KKNG-FM Blanchard. Beware, ``Santa Fe`` mentions
do not necessarily lead to NM. Also Houston, and RCC stuff anywhere
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, July 12 at 2018 UT, KOSU with `Oklahoma Music
Minute`, periodic filler during NPR breaks, in this case amid ATC; on
behalf of its alter-ego The Spy: I make a point of checking, and no,
they do not turn $tereo back on for that, staying in daytime mono,
resulting in ``flat`` music (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

**WG Hauser** · 09-01-2024, 12:17 AM

July 13-August 31, 2024::

** OKLAHOMA. 102.3, July 22 at 2018 UT, routine bandscan on caradio
during `dead` conditions hits something here unusual, not // 740 KRMG;
with national ads, weather ``from Classic Communications, Q-102`` i.e.
KWDQ Woodward. Tho 100/100 kW, less heard than other fullpowers there.
Or rather Q102 per WTFDA FMDB, no hyphen and could also be Q102.3. If
there were a hyphen, it could only be WVRQ-FM, Viroqua WI, but I bet
they don`t pronounce the hyphen (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, July 26 at 1550 UT, routine bandscan on caradio
finds one anomaly: no signal from KIEL Loyal, the undermodulated
monophonic R. 74 Internationale part of the 3ABN TV network whose
audio is also on one of their K17JN-D Enid subchannels, erroneously
self-IDed as K17JI-D. O, at 1934 recheck, KIEL is back on (Glenn
Hauser, Enid WOR)

** MEXICO. DXMAP shows MUF 98 MHz eastward, so out to the car for an
FM DX tunearound, July 30 at 1710 UT: immediately hear Spanish on
88.1, then ``920 AM ... kalientí ... Celaya ... la que manda`` -- so
it is this from the south instead:

XHRE-FM relays:AM 920 88.1 CELAYA GTO MEX 10.0 kW ERP -73.0 m BELOW
average terrain 20-23-20 100-47-49 Spanish REGIONAL MEXICAN RADIO LOBO
per WTFDA FM Database. 1788 km = 1111 statute miles.

So the sporadic-E season is not quite over. Scanning entire band, only
other sign of Es DX is: 94.1, at 1712 just a bit of Spanish. There are
no Celayans or even Guanajuatans on 94.1; closest to there by G.C.
would maybe be in Hidalgo, CDMX. On 94.1 and many other frequencies,
constant battle among OK and KS fringe signals on a turbulent
100-degree day. Quit at 1737 for lunch; another try at 1834-1840 nets
nothing (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A. 93.5, July 31 at 1717 UT on caradio, ``this is Thunder
Country`` and country music. Only my usual fringer, KKDT Burdett KS;
WTFDA db shows ``93.5 Thunder`` instead as slogan. Apparently a recent
change from ``My Country 93.5`` the last time I noticed it. Unclear
how Thunder is distinctive to Hays KS area; 46 other USA stations
slogan that word including some elsewhere in Kansas. Of course, I was
bandscanning for Es DX -- MUF way up east of here but paths not yet
reaching this far. Slogan heard again at 2305 during another fruitless
Es pursuit. This signal faded from strong to nothing in seconds vs
CCI, as if were ionospheric, but it`s the turbulent 100+degree
troposphere. Also here any weaker signals are subject to surges via
Vance airplane scatter constantly traversing us, and we suspect also
raining jet fuel exhaust exacerbating oily dust at ground level (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1270, Aug 26 at 0638 UT, VG Spanish music, loud
& clear, better than some 50/50 kW ``clears`` such as WOAI 1200.
Figured it must be KFLC Benbrook [The Metroplex] TX, U4 50/5 kW, but
now listed as TUDN sports -- maybe not in the nightmiddle? Night
pattern is E/W, no good for us, nor daypat major lobe east.

Then non-ID as ``107.9 FM y 1270 AM`` so it`s really KRXO, Claremore
[Tulsa] OK, listed as SS:CHR, address in OKC, 5/1 kW direxional SW but
not totally nulled thisaway. Besides ownership, KRXO[AM] has no
relation to programming on the original KRXO[FM] 107.7 OKC, silly
sportstalk in English. WTFDA FMDB shows 107.9 is K300CY Broken Arrow
[Tulsa], 150 watts, CHR, Lang NOT as Spanish, yet slogan Ritmo 107.9.
Another tail wagging an AM dog. A confusing situation; why apply the
same calls to AM in Tulsa, and not // FM in OKC?

But then I hear ``St. Joe`s classic rock, KY-102``, huh? That`s KYSJ,
St. Joseph MO, dog wagged by its tail, K273BF, 102.5 per NRC AM Log
and supposed to be only 36 watts at night! AOR format. Don`t think I
had ever heard it, U1 1000/36. Unless it changed to Spanish? Website
shows still English: https://www.ky102.net/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 91.5, Aug 23 at 2006-2010 UT, strong dead air
in $tereo, i.e. KSNS `Keep Singing New Songs`, Medicine Lodge KS, just
across the border, and 96 kW ERP vertical only.

105.3, Aug 23 at least 2005-2010 UT, dead air in $tereo from normally
fringe KINB Kingfisher; o, it`s only 930/930 watts per WTFDA DB. There
are some stronger but further KS and OKs on same; during routine
bandscan on caradio with absolutely no DX (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 91.5, Aug 28 at 2216 UT, dead air in $tereo from semi-local
KSNS, Medicine Lodge KS. Also sometime on Aug 27 but neglected to log.
DA was logged on Aug 23. Haven`t checked enough to know whether it`s
been totally dead since then or sporadic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 91.5 FM, Aug 30 circa 1915 UT on caradio, KSNS Medicine
Lodge KS is *still* broadcasting dead air in $tereo, AND Aug 31 at
1900. Slogan changed from ``Keep Singing New Songs`` to ``Keeping
Silent, No Sounds`` They should put that on their RDS. I`m
investigating this further. Would you believe that radio-locator.com
says this ``Christian Contemporary`` in KS is owned by FLORIDA PUBLIC
RADIO, address in Titusville, yet with a (620) KS AC phone?!

And website https://www.krejksns.org -- Indeed they are sibling to
KREJ 101.7 ``Keep Ready Expecting Jesus``. Maybe transitioning to FPR
ownership, however unlikely? This on website may explain why it`s
deadairing for more than a week:

``Dear faithful KREJ/KSNS listeners and support partners, I’m Carol
Henry, now the president and manager of the network of eight stations
my husband Randy was used of God to build. It’s with a heavy heart
still that my sons and I have taken up this mantle that Randy left to
us when he entered heaven on April 12th, 2024. Keeping all the
stations on the air has put a tremendous responsibility on my
shoulders. And without Randy and Mike Henry’s help here in Kansas, I
feel we must find new owners to continue this ministry that we know
has blessed many lives for 34 years...``

And look at this when you click on KSNS Schedule: ``KSNS Program
Schedule Last updated August 18, 2024. Programs in bold are locally
produced. We have switched the content on KREJ and KSNS. Now you hear
KREJ programming on 91.5 FM and contemporary Christian music on 101.7
FM.``

The KREJ schedule is much more detailed,
https://www.krejksns.org/krejschedule.php
but note the limited hours for live streaming, much less than onair
times, strange, due to costs??: ``KREJ Program Schedule Last updated
July 1, 2024. Programs in bold are locally produced. Often short
programs are aired multiple times but may only be listed once.
Streaming is available Monday - Friday 5 AM - 6 PM and Saturday and
Sunday 5 AM - Noon. Click on “Listen Live” in the menu``

KREJ is 50 kW on 101.7 also in Medicine Lodge. Seems I last logged it
in 2021 & 2022 as QRMing Es DX - I would not call it ``semi-local``
now, normally unheard so maybe really has been off, not even dead air,
or QRP? I wonder what the other six stations were. They are also on
disgraced FB but nothing beyond quoted above (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 100.3, Aug 31 at 1801 UT, routine caradio bandscan hits here
an ad for ISU Bookstore, and mentions of IOWA! DXMAP shows no Es, and
too close anyway; nor APRS map tropo, altho there is some from Iowa
into Kansas, supposedly not extending to Enid. Some more local? ads
follow, but soon fadeout. This is the only Iowan on 100.3 per WTFDA
FMDB:
``KDRB 100.3 DES MOINES 100.0 kW 547.0 m 41-49-48 93-36-54 HD 19A7
100.3 The BUS title & Artist No Program Type or Undefined ADULT HITS
100.3 THE BUS 51332``

Perhaps a propagational fluke, aided by airplane scatter; unseemed
meteor scatter. It`s hard to imagine ISUBS advertising outside Iowa or
even further from Ames than DM. Unless from a SBG net? First ISU FB
game of season is today but radio coverage on KCHA 95.9 at least does
not start until 1930 UT, against North Dakota in Ames (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 100.3, caradio still tuned where I got Iowa earlier today,
at first nothing but as I move the car slightly I begin to hear some
station, Aug 31 at 2332 UT, soon non-ID as ``100.3 Jack FM``. Unless
it`s a 200-watt translator in AZ, WTFDA FMDB shows this is: ``KJKK 100.3
DALLAS TX 97.0 kW 574.2 m 32-35-02 96-57-48 HD 28D2 JACK~ FM - Song/
Title Song/Artist Adult Hits 100.3 JACK FM 63779`` - another bit of
extended groundwave in the 400+ km range. Last heard on May 6, 2023,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

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