5-31 opening results

[TheRob]

I was beginning to think I would make it through May without an Es opening reaching the FM band. Put a big western opening on the scoreboard for May 31...

Lenexa, KS: Starting 0745-0930 (pause to sleep), then 1745 to 2130 (stopped to go to work)

AM opening
2 KUTV Salt Lake City
3 KIDK Idaho Falls, ID
90.9 KRCL Salt Lake City, UT id/"breakfast jam"
93.7 KLKO Elko, NV "rock 93-7"
95.3 KRJC Elko, NV country/local mentions
90.7 KCIR Twin Falls, ID legal id/srn nx

PM opening
2 KUTV Salt Lake City
2 KBCI Boise
3 KVBC Las Vegas (very strong for a while)
3 KIDK Idaho Falls, ID
91.7 unid Arizona Public Radio (2 stations possible)
92.7 KRRN Dolan Springs, AZ "super estrella' SS mx
95.5 KWNR Henderson, NV traffic report
97.5 KVEG Mesquite, NV "hot 97-5" hip-hop
98.5 KLUC Las Vegas, NV "98.5 kluc, the #1 hit music station"
99.3 KQMR Indian Springs, NV "amor" soft SS mx
99.9 KONY St. George, UT many, many local ads
100.5 KMZQ Henderson, NV "lite 100.5" soft ac mx
101.9 KWID Las Vegas, NV "la preciosa" SS mx
102.7 KSTJ Boulder City, NV "southern nevada's 80s station"
103.5 unid SS mx
104.7 unid SS mx
105.7 KOAS Dolan Springs, AZ "105-7 the oasis" smooth jazz mx
107.5 KXTE Pahrump, NV "extremeradio.fm"
107.5 unid "mix 107.5" (heard liner briefly over KXTE)
107.9 KVGS Laughlin, NV "V-108" casino ad, id
97.1 KZHT Salt Lake City, UT "97-1 zht" chr
96.7 KHIX Carlin, NV "mix 96-7"
90.5 KKTO Lake Tahoe, CA legal id + translators
91.9 unID - mention of development/water in salt lake valley
92.9 unID - Maybe heard "Q92", unsure
97.9 KBZN Ogden, UT "the breeze"
98.5 KLLP Chubbuck, ID ad for "clear channel jam @ e. idaho fairgrounds"
98.3 KSNQ Twin Falls, ID "the snake"/rock
102.7 KQMB Midvale, UT "star 102.7"/traffic
103.7 KSKI Sun Valley, ID "southern idaho's kski"
107.9 KUDD Roy, UT 'the mix"
102.7 KORD Richland, WA "102.7 kord"/lia
102.5 KMGI Pocatello, ID "kmgi weather..."
101.5 KCVI Blackfoot, ID more southeast idaho mentions
96.9 unid - "the eagle"/rock not sure if it was Boise or Sacramento
93.1 KZMG New Plymouth, ID "magic 93-1"/chr
88.7 KNAU Flagstaff, AZ "arizona public radio"<P ID="signature">______________
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[BRNout]

> I was beginning to think I would make it through May without
> an Es opening reaching the FM band. Put a big western
> opening on the scoreboard for May 31...
>
> Lenexa, KS: Starting 0745-0930 (pause to sleep), then 1745
> to 2130 (stopped to go to work)
>
And, I was in Park City, UT on 5-31 listening to a 4-hour opening that featured scores of stations from the nation's mid-section. I guess it goes both ways!

The opening started with a bunch of FMs from Missouri and Oklahoma. Among others, I IDd KCMO from Kansas City, as well as a whole bunch of country stations.

As the evening wore on, the opening went north including "Kool 108" from the Twin Cities, and a classic rocker known as "The Loon". I was on the go in the car and Walkman, so I couldn't write down the catches, but there were dozens. Some overriding semi-locals while others were giving out a near perfect signal (like "Kool 108" with it's Superhits of the 60s and 70s moniker).

An amazing E-skip event - lasting from at least 5 pm to 9:30 pm and all the way to the upper end of the FM band.

One comment - there sure are a lot of country stations in that part of the US!! At one point, all I heard all over the dial were country and baseball! And most of the stations - at that time - were noted as being from Missouri.