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A couple of random new catches in Chicago from yesterday:

1460 WROY in Carmi, IL in the southern part of the state, around 8PM in my south-facing window.

1660 KQWB in W Fargo, ND. Whenever I hear a sports station on 1660 I've been assuming it is Kansas City, but this time I stayed to wait for the ID to confirm and it turned out to be KQWB instead, coming in quite well. So probably some of the times in the past when I thought it was Kansas City it was KQWB.
 
TXPH97 said:
Thanks @cyberdad. The broadcasting content has certainly changed. Just like every interstate exit looks the same, each market has the same line up of syndicated talk programming. I miss the local flavor that could be experienced listening to far away stations late at night. On the plus side, the tools and station information available today certainly makes ID'ing stations much easier. No need for my dog-eared copies of the Vane Jones log and WRTH.
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You nailed it.

I was on a 1,000+ mile road trip last month with driving through Ontario, which was also a frequent business destination for me. There's some canned programming up there, along with cookie-cutter formats, but not to the extent that we have here. It was a very refreshing change. But as you alluded to we have more "tools and station information" today, which indeed makes DX catches easier to ID...and IMHO, more fun.
 
MichaelTheZ said:
A couple of random new catches in Chicago from yesterday:

1460 WROY in Carmi, IL in the southern part of the state, around 8PM in my south-facing window.

1660 KQWB in W Fargo, ND. Whenever I hear a sports station on 1660 I've been assuming it is Kansas City, but this time I stayed to wait for the ID to confirm and it turned out to be KQWB instead, coming in quite well. So probably some of the times in the past when I thought it was Kansas City it was KQWB.
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Nice! I've never heard WROY here, but I've heard KQWB on 1660 exactly once at my location.....and a couple of times "back in the day" when they were on 1550 (IIRC) and a local top 40 legend.
 
cyberdad said:
Nice! I've never heard WROY here, but I've heard KQWB on 1660 exactly once at my location.....and a couple of times "back in the day" when they were on 1550 (IIRC) and a local top 40 legend.
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Thanks! WROY was pretty random, it came up to the top right on the hour before fading away. KQWB was pretty strong actually, to the point where I stuck around for an ID to see whether it was the Kalamazoo station or the Kansas City sports station, and I was quite surprised it was KQWB.
 
New catch this morning. 1440. WNFL, Green Bay, WI. 6:30am CDT, just before sunrise. Steady for about ten minutes with positive ID. I presume this was 5kw day pattern, although it contains a deep null aimed just to the west of me. Radio was C Crane Skywave, 155 miles
 
Heard WNFL 1440 a few weeks ago in SE Michigan, along with WBAY...WTAQ 1360, and WHBL1330, one of the last portable stations owned by Charles L. Carrell, that the FCC told to stay in one place or go off the air. They left quite a few where the were. I tried for some of the other stations I heard years before, like WPLY 1420 Plymouth, and WGLB 1560, but no identifiable programming. WAWA 1590 once boomed in but is long gone.
 
MichaelTheZ said:
A couple of random new catches in Chicago from yesterday:

1460 WROY in Carmi, IL in the southern part of the state, around 8PM in my south-facing window.

1660 KQWB in W Fargo, ND. Whenever I hear a sports station on 1660 I've been assuming it is Kansas City, but this time I stayed to wait for the ID to confirm and it turned out to be KQWB instead, coming in quite well. So probably some of the times in the past when I thought it was Kansas City it was KQWB.
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KQWB is semi-common here in eastern Washington at night, mixed with KBRE in Merced. I have not heard KWOD Kansas City yet, nor KRZI Waco, and both are also sports.
 
No, as 1550 is loaded with KKOV, KRPI, KGMZ (or whatever they are now, Channel Q), and very occasionally, KMRI. I still need Reno AND Fresno on 1550! You'd think I'd hear them by now.
 
Good conditions from North America were back on the Iceland SDR (westfjords). CFRB and WINS battling on 1010 with CFRB getting the better of it. WBZ strong, WBT weak, WBBR strong, WTAM fair. WJR fair. WWKB fair. This was all around 0340 CST Sunday morning.
 
At 11:30 pm cst on 11/14 I’m hearing r&b oldies on 780, mixing with WBBM, ID as 102.1 The Box. Apparently WIIN from Ridgeland Mississippi on late. A new one for me.
 
Even better DX this morning on the Iceland (Westfjords) SDR. 890 WLS surprisingly good. 780 WBBM fair/good, 1000 WLUP strong,1010, CFRB over WINS, 1030 WBZ good, 1100 WTAM good with Spanish underneath..Cuba? WBBR mixing with another station on 1130, Not sure what. Nice pipeline to the midwest. All this around 0:330 CST.
 
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New Catch. WMPC Lapeer Michigan (near the "thumb" area of the lower peninsula), WMPC on 1230. on top for a few minutes around 5AM ((CST) this morning. Religion with a sermon or request for a donation (maybe both). 254 miles, radio was C Crane skywave.
 
Location: DFW, Texas
Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X stock:

640 XETAM MEX, Ciudad Victoria: 11/17 2345 Romantica ID, mention of Victoria, music // stream

750 CKJH SK, Melfort 11/18 0538 Classic rock oldies Eddie Money and Pink Floyd, mention of Sask. Good signal in WSB null, then faded

1040 WHBO FL, Pinellas Park: 11/18 0000 ID Tampa Bay's NewsTalk, weak with WHO nulled, mixing with Cuba, occasionally fading up to fair

1510 KPLS CO, Littleton: 11/17 2230 Religious music with WLAC nulled, // stream
 
Location: DFW, Texas

While waiting in my car for a morning appointment, caught 840 KTIC West Point, Nebraska with a clear steady signal. 11/19 0735 30 minutes after local sunrise. KTIC ID, news and sports, followed by the National Anthem.
 
From west Houston, a couple of new ones

1050 KJBN AR, Little Rock 11/17 1748 CST ID "the music you want, the truth you need" and gospel music equal to XEG. Local KCHN had signed off but running open carrier
1690 WMLB GA, Avondale Estates, 11/18 1800 ID "the all new freedom 1690" and Townhall news.

An odd one: checked Kingwood SDR, about 30 miles NE of me last night at 2330. WABC was on top of 770 //stream with KAAM way underneath. On my radio, the usual KAAM was dominant with XEACH underneath, not a whiff of WABC. I've never heard WABC here, but now I'll try a little harder...
 
Location: DFW, Texas
Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X stock

640 KTIB LA, Thibodaux 2349 11/19 Upbeat music fading in/out mixing with Cuba with KWPN nulled
660 XEFZ MEX, Monterrey 2328 11/19 Contemporary music u/partial KSKY null // stream
670 KHGZ AR, Glenwood 1755 11/18 Country music High Cotton 870 area code ad // stream
740 XEQN MEX, Torreón 2200 11/19 Male and female Spanish // stream good on top of channel
840 KVJY TX, Pharr 0524 11/18 Spanish religious music // stream fair occasionally overtaking WHAS
1120 KTXW TX, Manor 2218 11/19 Religious talk // stream weak u/KMOX
1140 XEMR MEX, Monterrey 1850 11/19 Female Spanish talk // stream
1220 XEB MEX, DF 2228 11/19 Spanish music standards // stream fair fading in and out
1390 WMER MS, Meridian 2239 11/19 ID WMER with Christian music weak // stream
1500 KCLF LA, New Roads 2015 11/18 Urban oldies Steve Wonder fair with KSTP nulled on after local signoff time
1510 XEQI MEX, Monterrey 1815 11/19 Spanish talk // stream o/WLAC
1510 KCTE MO, Independence 0750 11/20 Talk program with KC local ads // stream
1580 KFCS CO, Colorado Springs 1820 11/18 Spanish music standards // stream fair
1610 CHHA ONT, Toronto 2250 11/19 Latin music male announcer mentions Canada // stream fair with some fading
 
Another new GY catch this morning. About two hours before sunrise (around 5am CST).

WXCO, 1230, From Wausau, WI. On top for about five minutes. Sports Talk. In long enough for local weather forecast and positive ID. Distance: 202 miles from my home location in northwest suburban Chicago. Radio: C Crane Skywave.
 


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