WCPC was a sunset regular for me in Ohio as a 50kW daytime
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One of us four DXers from south Queens NYC* received a v/L (a reception verification via station letterhead) from the chief engineer of WCPC.
I don't remember if Doug heard them at SSS, or on a test. The verie was from WCPC's days as a 50,000 watt directional station in the day and 250 directional watts at night. The letter from the C.E. gave a sentence or two about the station''s signal. One of the lines was something to the effect of 'We run 250 watts at night, and at sunrise we turn on the big b@$+@rd'. I never saw a raunchy QSL like that again.
* On a few occasions, we four south Queens DX guys got together with an equally inclined group of four DXers from NORTH Queens. Each crew had different reception from Class A FM rimshots ; the terrain made that much of a difference moreso than the 11 miles distance ; we were down in the swamp and marshes near JFK Airport and they were up on the hills of Whitestone and College Point.
Anyway, I only remember one of their names -- Herb Shatz. And through a radio discussion board, Herb and I got back in touch up until a few years ago, then drifted. Maybe someone here will remember him, or maybe his cohorts ?
One of us four DXers from south Queens NYC* received a v/L (a reception verification via station letterhead) from the chief engineer of WCPC.
I don't remember if Doug heard them at SSS, or on a test. The verie was from WCPC's days as a 50,000 watt directional station in the day and 250 directional watts at night. The letter from the C.E. gave a sentence or two about the station''s signal. One of the lines was something to the effect of 'We run 250 watts at night, and at sunrise we turn on the big b@$+@rd'. I never saw a raunchy QSL like that again.
* On a few occasions, we four south Queens DX guys got together with an equally inclined group of four DXers from NORTH Queens. Each crew had different reception from Class A FM rimshots ; the terrain made that much of a difference moreso than the 11 miles distance ; we were down in the swamp and marshes near JFK Airport and they were up on the hills of Whitestone and College Point.
Anyway, I only remember one of their names -- Herb Shatz. And through a radio discussion board, Herb and I got back in touch up until a few years ago, then drifted. Maybe someone here will remember him, or maybe his cohorts ?
In Chicago, late night (1 AM) new catch: 580 AM KJMJ in Alexandria, LA. My 9th station on 580, the most on any frequency.
At the same time, the local WCPT was missing on 820 (well, it seemed like a carrier wave with no audio), which made WBAP Fort Worth an easy catch. I was pretty surprised how well it comes in without WCPT around. Usually it's pretty hard for me to hear it with WCPT going on.. This would be a good time to try to catch it for those who get interference from WCPT, but I don't know how long the situation will last.
At the same time, the local WCPT was missing on 820 (well, it seemed like a carrier wave with no audio), which made WBAP Fort Worth an easy catch. I was pretty surprised how well it comes in without WCPT around. Usually it's pretty hard for me to hear it with WCPT going on.. This would be a good time to try to catch it for those who get interference from WCPT, but I don't know how long the situation will last.
Back on 1060 tonight...
KKVV Las Vegas w/ Black preacher // stream. Probably not 43 watts (likely left 5KW on).
KGFX Pierre SD w/ station ID and classic country
probably KDUS AZ underneath all of them
No sign of KYW..yet! Very faint WBBM-780 Chicago under KKOH. CFSL-1190 Weyburn dominating with KEX way under. Strong CKJH-750 'Beach Radio', Melfort SK.
Sounds like our 720 in Oregon is finally back to night power. It is very weak and I think WGN is buried under.
KKVV Las Vegas w/ Black preacher // stream. Probably not 43 watts (likely left 5KW on).
KGFX Pierre SD w/ station ID and classic country
probably KDUS AZ underneath all of them
No sign of KYW..yet! Very faint WBBM-780 Chicago under KKOH. CFSL-1190 Weyburn dominating with KEX way under. Strong CKJH-750 'Beach Radio', Melfort SK.
Sounds like our 720 in Oregon is finally back to night power. It is very weak and I think WGN is buried under.
DFW, Texas - Sangean ATS-909X portable
A sign of improving conditions early morning 10/2 between 0400 - 0500 CDT. All relogs, but not regulars.
1020 KDKA local morning news chatter, ID, traffic. Weak with no usual KCKM. Not easily heard here.
770 KKOB weak with 96.3 ID and overnight talk under local KAAM. Rarely heard due to local being on same bearing.
760 KGB fair with Fox Sports and Sports Radio 760 San Diego ID. WJR/XEABC not usual strength and nulled.
740 KCBS weak with local news and ID, mixing with an equally weak KTRH with XE (R. Formula) nulled.
680 KNBR fair signal with SF ads and Giants baseball network stations called out. KFEQ nulled.
640 KFI news way under Cuba, mixing with Altanta BIN with KWPN unusually weak and nulled.
A sign of improving conditions early morning 10/2 between 0400 - 0500 CDT. All relogs, but not regulars.
1020 KDKA local morning news chatter, ID, traffic. Weak with no usual KCKM. Not easily heard here.
770 KKOB weak with 96.3 ID and overnight talk under local KAAM. Rarely heard due to local being on same bearing.
760 KGB fair with Fox Sports and Sports Radio 760 San Diego ID. WJR/XEABC not usual strength and nulled.
740 KCBS weak with local news and ID, mixing with an equally weak KTRH with XE (R. Formula) nulled.
680 KNBR fair signal with SF ads and Giants baseball network stations called out. KFEQ nulled.
640 KFI news way under Cuba, mixing with Altanta BIN with KWPN unusually weak and nulled.
@TXPH97 that's a nice list. I need to get back to it. You seem to have better luck logging California than I do. KFI's the only one of those I've heard. Maybe I need to start getting up at 0400...
I listened a bit recently and have nothing to match that, but will report anyway...
1000 KKIM Albuquerque 10/2 0715 religious program very strong in XEOY null. (45 min before ABQ sunrise).
1380 unID 10/1 2358 EWTN program good at times, faded at TOH. Not WPYR, maybe KXFN, but no ID heard.
1600 unID 10/1 0700 end of NPR program, "this is NPR", but no ID. In a few seconds, heard ID for KOKE and Tejano music. KOKE has no web presence, so don't know if they run an NPR program on Sunday morning. KOPB is on 1600, but unlikely!
1600 KUSH Cushing OK 10/4 2300 good signal on top of channel w/Red Dirt country and clear ID, presumably on day power
Incredibly highly unlikely that KOKE is running NPR programming, its about as unlikely as KOPB
1380 supposedly runs sacred music, owned by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, which is Protestant.. doubt theyd be runnign catholic programming. 1380 is possible/likely to be WWMI
@wildthangjim KXFN is commonly heard here in DFW. Likely your catch unless the FL station makes it into Houston.
KXFN is running a format similar to KFUO 850, dunno why protestants would run catholic programming
Relevant Radio sold KXFN to the LCMS last year. No online presence, not even on the KFUO website.
When I was in high school in St. Charles County, Missouri, I often heard people say, "the Lutheran church (meaning the LCMS) is the next closest thing to being Catholic"! It was originally known as the German Evangelical Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. And east-central Missouri has lots of folks with German ancestry.
Interesting, the latest NRC Log shows KXFN as a Relevant Radio affiliate. I checked a nearby SDR just now and they're playing "Christian beautiful music" like I've heard on KFUO.
My guess on the 1600 unID is that KOKE just happened to go to day power at 0700, so their ID and music overwhelmed whoever the NPR station was. KOPB is possible I suppose but extremely unlikely. Possibly a commercial station carrying an NPR show? After looking at NRC and MWList, I just can't imagine who it could be.
Hey, Jim, could you send me a link to that SDR? As someone who grew up in the St. Louis area, I'd be interested in what's going on there now. It's been eight years since I've been to St. Louis, for a high-school reunion! Many thanks.
This is a map-based directory of SDR's:
Thank you, Jim! I started my radio career in Warrenton!
Just a minor alert from here ; may not mean much except regionally. In fact the change might've kicked in already. I can't find any due dates. Dont know how to search for those things. The commotion is on regional 1360.
On an idle pattern check last night, I saw that they, WPPA 1360 Pottsville, the loudest daytime local here, directional day and night with 5 towers and different patterns, has a CP to go from 5000 directional day to 3000 watts omni day .... and from 500 watts directional nights to 20 (twenty ???) watts omni when it's dark.
They're a full-service A/C, all sports at night. Several months back they signed on a translator at 105.9. My so-called 'estimate' places the FM aerial on the north stick of their 5-tower array north of Pottsville.
20 watts at night should travel about as far as a decent set of Halloween lights. So 1360 could have its regional gutters free of leaves at night for some DXers who are bothered by them now. For closer-by DXers in the day, as well as the rest of the 24, 1360 could open up a bit, too, likely for adjacents 1350 and 1370.
Linked is their OLD stuff from Radio-Locator and the FCCInfo site. Scroll to the bottoms of the FCC pages. The FCC Info site doesn't bother graphing omni patterns ; they won't show merely a circle and lines.
radio-locator.com
On an idle pattern check last night, I saw that they, WPPA 1360 Pottsville, the loudest daytime local here, directional day and night with 5 towers and different patterns, has a CP to go from 5000 directional day to 3000 watts omni day .... and from 500 watts directional nights to 20 (twenty ???) watts omni when it's dark.
They're a full-service A/C, all sports at night. Several months back they signed on a translator at 105.9. My so-called 'estimate' places the FM aerial on the north stick of their 5-tower array north of Pottsville.
20 watts at night should travel about as far as a decent set of Halloween lights. So 1360 could have its regional gutters free of leaves at night for some DXers who are bothered by them now. For closer-by DXers in the day, as well as the rest of the 24, 1360 could open up a bit, too, likely for adjacents 1350 and 1370.
Linked is their OLD stuff from Radio-Locator and the FCCInfo site. Scroll to the bottoms of the FCC pages. The FCC Info site doesn't bother graphing omni patterns ; they won't show merely a circle and lines.
WPPA-AM 1360 kHz - Pottsville, PA
Radio Station Information for WPPA 1360 kHz AM, Pottsville, PA
radio-locator.com
FCCInfo Facility Search Results
FCC Info is a Radio and Television Station Search Engine provided by Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.
fccinfo.com
Good conditions eastward tonight! Check out the separate thread for a big new log!
1380 KOTA Rapid City SD with Red Eye Radio on top of the pileup - KRKO IS OFF THE AIR. And underneath seems to be KLPZ Parker AZ, probably on day power, usually heard during auroral conditions.
1040 has WHO and a weak KXPD Tigard OR with Russian music, with CKST now defunct. There's also a third station very faintly underneath.
Mostly KERI-1410 Bakersfield on top with CFUN defunct. A little bit of KIIX Fort Collins underneath with Willie Nelson, possibly KMYC under that, and a faint, never-ending pile of weak sauce.
1380 KOTA Rapid City SD with Red Eye Radio on top of the pileup - KRKO IS OFF THE AIR. And underneath seems to be KLPZ Parker AZ, probably on day power, usually heard during auroral conditions.
1040 has WHO and a weak KXPD Tigard OR with Russian music, with CKST now defunct. There's also a third station very faintly underneath.
Mostly KERI-1410 Bakersfield on top with CFUN defunct. A little bit of KIIX Fort Collins underneath with Willie Nelson, possibly KMYC under that, and a faint, never-ending pile of weak sauce.
Got a new one this morning on 1550 - KRZD from Springfield, MO over KESJ from St. Joseph, MO.
Might be the 1380 from St. Louis. (Ex-KWK)
as i said, unlikely.. they havent been owned by relevant radio in months and are owned by the protestants that own KFUO
There are TA carriers being heard on 1413, 1053 and 1089 (latter assumed TalkSport UK). No audio. 1089 way too close to 1090 domestics (KBOZ, KPTR, XEPRS) for comfort.
On 1440, KYVL Medford is now defunct and gone for good. CKJR Wetaskiwin with their new sports format way on top of KHLY Hailey ID // webstream, this was the old KPTO Pocatello.
On 1440, KYVL Medford is now defunct and gone for good. CKJR Wetaskiwin with their new sports format way on top of KHLY Hailey ID // webstream, this was the old KPTO Pocatello.
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