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Latest "DX" was CJWW Saskatoon 600 earlier tonight with weather and a liner for "Saskatchewan's most listened to radio station". This reception is unusual in that I haven't heard these guys in months. Probably not since last year some time, when it's been mostly the Punjabi station in Vancouver BC and a little bit of KGEZ's oldies from time to time. CJWW used to be a nightly fixture on the channel.

Not sure if it means a change in conditions seasonally, or if it's just a fluke. I'm presently opting for the latter, as MW DX conditions were overall fair to poor. KFI barely readable. Only highlights are a few Canadian stations... CFFR 660 (always in), CKOR 800, etc. and a few of the NW mainstays (KBOI 670, KONA 610, etc.).

All heard tonight on my Realistic DX-375.

As an aside, CKOR Penticton is tweaking their playlist. They used to be mostly chick pop -- soft AC with pop from the early 2010s and a lot of the 90s-2000s hits that women seem to prefer. Five nights ago I heard "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC, and two nights ago I heard "Rock You Like A Hurricane" by the Scorpions. Earlier tonight I heard EMF's "Unbelievable", which would fit in with what they'd play a few years ago but still has rock guitar in it.
 
boombox4 said:
Latest "DX" was CJWW Saskatoon 600 earlier tonight with weather and a liner for "Saskatchewan's most listened to radio station". This reception is unusual in that I haven't heard these guys in months. Probably not since last year some time, when it's been mostly the Punjabi station in Vancouver BC and a little bit of KGEZ's oldies from time to time. CJWW used to be a nightly fixture on the channel.

Not sure if it means a change in conditions seasonally, or if it's just a fluke. I'm presently opting for the latter, as MW DX conditions were overall fair to poor. KFI barely readable. Only highlights are a few Canadian stations... CFFR 660 (always in), CKOR 800, etc. and a few of the NW mainstays (KBOI 670, KONA 610, etc.).

All heard tonight on my Realistic DX-375.

As an aside, CKOR Penticton is tweaking their playlist. They used to be mostly chick pop -- soft AC with pop from the early 2010s and a lot of the 90s-2000s hits that women seem to prefer. Five nights ago I heard "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC, and two nights ago I heard "Rock You Like A Hurricane" by the Scorpions. Earlier tonight I heard EMF's "Unbelievable", which would fit in with what they'd play a few years ago but still has rock guitar in it.
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It's because CKOR changed formats. From wikipedia:

As part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, on May 18, 2021, CKOR flipped to variety hits under the Bounce Radio branding.[6] It is currently one of only two AM stations under the brand.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
It's because CKOR changed formats. From wikipedia:

As part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, on May 18, 2021, CKOR flipped to variety hits under the Bounce Radio branding.[6] It is currently one of only two AM stations under the brand.
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It strikes me as interesting that Canada has two major group broadcasters that are also phone companies. Bell and Rogers Although if memory serves, Ted Rogers was in other communications businesses before he moved his company into radio broadcasting.

Are any U.S. phone service providers also terrestrial radio operators? I wouldn't be surprised. But off the top of my head, I can't think of any.
 
cyberdad said:
It strikes me as interesting that Canada has two major group broadcasters that are also phone companies. Bell and Rogers Although if memory serves, Ted Rogers was in other communications businesses before he moved his company into radio broadcasting.

Are any U.S. phone service providers also terrestrial radio operators? I wouldn't be surprised. But off the top of my head, I can't think of any.
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LHTC is a phone company around Pittsburgh and Northern WV, i think. .and they owned some stations.

A phone company in South Carolina owned an FM near Walterboro
 
Just a weird little one this afternoon. Was sitting in the parking lot waiting for my pizza, twiddling around the dial at my location about 7 miles SE of Bellingham WA (up near the Canadian border.) Normally hear at 107.1 CQKC a local just across the border in Abbotsford BC- 1kw but only about 17 miles away. Today it was "Rocket 107" KRQT Castle Rock WA (800 watts) OR KRQT- 1 Longview WA (2000 watts.) In either case one of those two bounced in very clearly from 185 miles away. Rock solid signal for 15 minutes (until my pizza arrived) on a stock VW receiver. Just an odd one. Doubt I will ever be able to replicate!
 
Rocket 107 must have been tropo, Hepburn maps showed moderate to good tropo in western WA today. Ten years ago when I was still living over there, this would be the time where KINK would be completely rock-solid and KDUK would show up on 104.7. One particularly strong event around that time brought Jam'n 107.5 KXJM to my backyard in (then) Bellevue. Overpowered the nearby HD hash of The End, couldn't do that every day!
 
I'm up earlier than usual and as it's just getting light, I'm able to hear a strong signal of China Radio International on 11.880 MHz from Xianyang at almost 6,000 miles which is surprising because it's still dark over most of the path of the signal and the frequency is high up in the band where reception is more suited for daytime than nighttime.
 
gar hi said:
I'm up earlier than usual and as it's just getting light, I'm able to hear a strong signal of China Radio International on 11.880 MHz from Xianyang at almost 6,000 miles which is surprising because it's still dark over most of the path of the signal and the frequency is high up in the band where reception is more suited for daytime than nighttime.
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I can tell you in my expierience with SW DXing from Alaska, you need to really throw the rules out the window.. I hear stuff all the time you wouldnt think id hear. I regularly have heard, this summer... 13, 15 and 17 mhz stuff late at night here
 
Isn't there also a lot of daylight surrounding Alaska in the summer and could there also be mostly daylight also along the paths of such signals?
 
gar hi said:
Isn't there also a lot of daylight surrounding Alaska in the summer and could there also be mostly daylight also along the paths of such signals?
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McGrath sees total daylight 4am to 1am or so in the middle of summer, the sun starts to set but doesnt completely.

I havent much studied paths or lightness in the paths i hear signals form.. i just twiddle the dials and listen

I also regularly hear some 9 mhz signals from Saudi and beamed to africa during the day too
 
Thanks to a tip on the MWDX Facebook page I was able to hear my 3rd AM station from New Mexico. KEJL Humble City on 1110 kHz playing hard rock and most likely on daytime power. It was mixing with KFAB and another station, but was able to match it their web stream. Received at 1:05 am Central time.
 
CADXER said:
Thanks to a tip on the MWDX Facebook page I was able to hear my 3rd AM station from New Mexico. KEJL Humble City on 1110 kHz playing hard rock and most likely on daytime power. It was mixing with KFAB and another station, but was able to match it their web stream. Received at 1:05 am Central time.
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Very good catch!
 
4:50 am this morningCDT on 960. 90 minutes before local sunris., WTCH Shawno. WI. 1kw beamed mostly north (nulls towards WSBT and KMA). Weak, but on top of CFAC and WSBT with country music and promo for Brewers baseball. Faded after a little over five minutes. Distance 177 miles due north of my location. Radio was the C. Crane Skywave.
 
New catch for me this morning.....about 90 minutes before local sunrise. WLXG 1300 from Lexington, KY with ESPN sports talk and ads for local businesses. Signal was fair-good for most of the 15 minutes I was on the channel. Comfortably on top except for a couple of brief fades. I'm going to assume 2,500 watt non-directional day power.

WOOD is the most common pre-sunrise visitor on 1300 at my location, but I only heard a weak signal from them during WLXG fades. No trace of semi-local WRDZ. Radio was C Crane Skywave barefoot. Distance 345 miles.
 
Are any U.S. phone service providers also terrestrial radio operators? I wouldn't be surprised. But off the top of my head, I can't think of any.
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Closest one I can think of was NSAT&T in the early 2000s, when they operated cable TV systems.

But as far as broadcasting stations go?
 
I also heard one Saturday morning that I have to put in the "tentative" catgegory. On 1340, KHUB from Fremont Nebraska. About 5:15 CDT, which is a little before an hour before local sunrise. Out of nowhere and completely on top of the channel, I heard "KH" and then poof! It was gone. Back into the slop.

Now here's the thing...I checked the Canada/US station info page online, and KHUB was the only KH... on 1340. And I actually have a small measure of familiarity with KHUB. Fremont is about 30 miles northwest of Omaha. I had customers in the area, and used to listen to it. Typical small town full-service local radio that also played oldies. (Now country) It used to be 1kw fulltime, but is now 500 watts daytime, 250 watts night. Still more than enough to cover their listening area given the area's fabulous ground conductivity. But since the station used to run a killowatt, and since the signal came and went in a matter of seconds. It crossed my mind that maybe they're still using a higher powered transmitter at lower output. And perhaps someone decided to "have a little fun with the output" on an otherwise boring Saturday morning.

Whatever. If indeed I did hear KHUB, it was a distance of 424 miles from my location on the C Crane skywave aimed east-west.
 


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