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crainbebo said:
That's the second Spanish station I know that runs animal sound effects on a regular basis. KCHJ-1010 Delano CA is often heard with their El Gallito classic Regional Mexican format...and they often air rooster sounds!
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There are lots of Spanish language stations with animal names. Águila, for the eagle in the Mexican flag. Gallo, Gallito are roosters. Lobo is wolf. La Pantera is the panther. Tigre is tiger. All have been or are used for Spanish language stations.

However, in English my favorite was a Texas station years ago called the Armadillo. I believe it was alternative country, but I can't think of a less endearing creature short of a scorpion.
 
DavidEduardo said:
There are lots of Spanish language stations with animal names. Águila, for the eagle in the Mexican flag. Gallo, Gallito are roosters. Lobo is wolf. La Pantera is the panther. Tigre is tiger. All have been or are used for Spanish language stations.

However, in English my favorite was a Texas station years ago called the Armadillo. I believe it was alternative country, but I can't think of a less endearing creature short of a scorpion.
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KPUR 95.7 Amarillo? They are 'the Armadillo' with Texas country. I have heard them numerous times on E skip with three formats - the old KARX 'The Car' classic rock, and NASH Icon, which later moved to 107.1.
 
Central Louisiana

Last night I had clear reception throughout the evening of WIOD 610 Miami. Being new at this, I'm not real sure how good a catch this is. I know WIOD is 5000 watts and directional according to Radio-Locator. I had been trying, without success, to pick up any South Florida stations for the past week. I'm pleased I finally got one.
 
Hal9000 said:
Central Louisiana

Last night I had clear reception throughout the evening of WIOD 610 Miami. Being new at this, I'm not real sure how good a catch this is. I know WIOD is 5000 watts and directional according to Radio-Locator. I had been trying, without success, to pick up any South Florida stations for the past week. I'm pleased I finally got one.
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Pretty good catch IMHO. Congratulations.

Durimg my travels I've had some good experiences DXing in Louisiana. Most recently, a couple of years back, I was in a Hotel in Covington, LA and snagged XENK on 620 from Mexico City just before sunrise, complete with a positive ID. On a Sony SRF-37 Walkman! Totally blew out WJDX, WDAE, and everything else on the channel.
 
I just discovered that Cuba has a Radio Progreso on 670 in addition to the dozen or so Rebeldes. Recently I've been hearing Cuban music and other Spanish-language music and talk under R. Rebelde, and last night it was taking over for brief bits. The reception didn't match any non-Cuban station stream I could find in the Americas, so I started going through the various Cuban streams. I finally got a match with R. Progreso on DJ talk and songs by Cuban singer Leoni Torres and Brazilian singer Simone.

The mwlist.org page for 670 shows one non-Rebelde Cuban station. There's no ID there, but the listing shows it as being in Cárdenas and as "ex Radio Enciclopedia." I presume that's the location I heard, and if so, that's a 1 kW catch from 1,166 miles.
 
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jim-satx said:
I just discovered that Cuba has a Radio Progreso on 670 in addition to the dozen or so Rebeldes. Recently I've been hearing Cuban music and other Spanish-language music and talk under R. Rebelde, and last night it was taking over for brief bits. The reception didn't match any non-Cuban station stream I could find in the Americas, so I started going through the various Cuban streams. I finally got a match with R. Progreso on DJ talk and songs by Cuban singer Leoni Torres and Brazilian singer Simone.

The mwlist.org page for 670 shows one non-Rebelde Cuban station. There's no ID there, but the listing shows it as being in Cárdenas and as "ex Radio Encliclopedia." I presume that's the location I heard, and if so, that's a 1 kW catch from 1,166 miles.
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Conditions were very favorable last night to Cuba. I was able to pick up, for the first time ever, Radio Encliclopedia on 530 AM in Carlsbad, CA, coming in pretty decently with background splatter from local XESURF AM 540. I was barefoot using my Sangean HDR-16. That is a distance of about 2,250 miles!
 
asugeorge1 said:
Conditions were very favorable last night to Cuba. I was able to pick up, for the first time ever, Radio Encliclopedia on 530 AM in Carlsbad, CA, coming in pretty decently with background splatter from local XESURF AM 540. I was barefoot using my Sangean HDR-16. That is a distance of about 2,250 miles!
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Nice catch, Congratulations!

R. Enciclopedia, has been less frequent here in the Chicago area than it had ben a few years back. The 530 from the Toronto owns the channel most nights. I'm not sure if R. Enciclopedia isn't getting out as well, or if theToronto station is getting out better.

But anyway, one night about 6-8 years ago, I heard R. Enciclopedia on my Sony SRF-37 at my wife's brother's place in the high desert near Victorville, California. Only a couple of hours from where you are. Weak, but steady with the female announcers and a positive ID.
 
cyberdad said:
Nice catch, Congratulations!

R. Enciclopedia, has been less frequent here in the Chicago area than it had ben a few years back. The 530 from the Toronto owns the channel most nights. I'm not sure if R. Enciclopedia isn't getting out as well, or if theToronto station is getting out better.

But anyway, one night about 6-8 years ago, I heard R. Enciclopedia on my Sony SRF-37 at my wife's brother's place in the high desert near Victorville, California. Only a couple of hours from where you are. Weak, but steady with the female announcers and a positive ID.
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Nice! Victorville is a good place to DX since it is away from the noise and interference of the strong LA stations and in the desert.

That was the most notable part of receiving Radio Enciclopedia was the female announcer between songs and at the top of the hour. I don’t understand much Spanish, but her voice was very soothing and fit the tone of the soft beautiful instrumental music they were playing. The station was weak, but steady like you said, which tends to be a trend of stations coming in from very far away. But, after about an hour of listening, it slowly faded away to nothing.

I notice that when I do pick up the Chicago clears like WGN and WBBM in the West, they are a low hum in the background of KDWN from Las Vegas and KKOH from Reno, respectively, and then, on the rare occasion that they do come in, slowly rise to the top before fading out again.

I wonder if the Radio Enciclopedia female announcers are live all night?
 
asugeorge1 said:
I wonder if the Radio Enciclopedia female announcers are live all night?
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That's an interesting question. Perhaps David knows if voice tracking has caught on on Cuba.

I agree with you that the music and the female announcers make for a soothing combination. At our vacation spot near Pensacola, R. Enciclopedia is in 24/7 all day (sometimes fighting with a R. Rebelde relay at night). During the daytime the music is a little more contemporary and uptempo, but still instrumental with the ladies at the mic.
 
cyberdad said:
That's an interesting question. Perhaps David knows if voice tracking has caught on on Cuba.
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No idea on that as Cuba is not very open about its state run enterprises. But, I suspect that they are live at all times as they don't like to do any of the other radio programming other than live.
 
WCPC 940 Houston, Miss., in strong at 9 p.m. CT 3/3 as I drove about the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Packing a punch if it was on its 7-watt nighttime pattern aiming east. So much more likely it was tossing its daytime 31 kW on either day or night pattern. Last noted in 1979 when it was listed (in my log, at least) as 50 kW daytime.
 
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WCPC 940 Houston, Miss., in strong at 9 p.m. CT 3/3 as I drove about the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Packing a punch if it was on its 7-watt nighttime pattern aiming east. So much more likely it was tossing its daytime 31 kW on either day or night pattern. Last noted in 1979 when it was listed (in my log, at least) as 50 kW daytime.
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WCPC used to be a fairly easy catch at my location around sunset back when they were running 50kw. However, it's probably been 10-15 years since I last heard them. A bonifide pest, along with CBM, when I'd be looking for KIOA.

More recently, WFAW from Fort Atkinson, WI owns 940 24/7. 500 watts from 54 miles northeast of me, Day signal is weak, but the night signal (550 watts) is stronger. Not because of skywave, but rather because of a fairly tight figure eight pattern with a major lobe pointed right at me!
 
cyberdad said:
WCPC used to be a fairly easy catch at my location around sunset back when they were running 50kw. However, it's probably been 10-15 years since I last heard them. A bonifide pest, along with CBM, when I'd be looking for KIOA.

More recently, WFAW from Fort Atkinson, WI owns 940 24/7. 500 watts from 54 miles northeast of me, Day signal is weak, but the night signal (550 watts) is stronger. Not because of skywave, but rather because of a fairly tight figure eight pattern with a major lobe pointed right at me!
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WCPC was a sunset regular for me in Ohio as a daytimer, a few decades ago.
 
Tonight's surprise from the southwest suburbs of Chicago: WNOW 1030 Mint Hill, N.C., a 9,400-watt daytimer, is giving WBZ a battle with Spanish-language music, sometimes even with WBZ but generally just below. Matched to reception on an SDR in Bakersville, N.C., where WNOW is winning the fight.
 
I was hearing them last night as well. When I listened around 8:15 PM CST, they were completely dominating the frequency, with WBZ nowhere to be heard. Not a new log for me as i heard them way back in 1987, but they are not common here in Chicago area.
 


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