Growing up in Tulsa in the late 60's/early 70's I really liked KXOK. The night DJ Mason Lee Dixon was hilarious for a 13 year old.
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I lived in Arkansas in the late '70s through early 1981, so I missed the best years of KXOK. It still sounded good, but the programming at night when I could hear it was MOR music and talk.
Yep, Reliable (now as KYFI) in the Pensacola area.
That would have been Johnny Rabbit....And his alter ego, Bruno J. Grunion.
Canyon Lake, TX is a solid KSLR from San Antonio by day (and from their China Grove site). They have quite a null to the south by day to protect a Monterrey station.
At night KSLR is buried in the mush with Monterrey on top; KSLR does rise to the top on occasion. 8 miles the east on Highway 46 and KSLR becomes noticeably stronger.
Back in the day 630 was KMAC with a block format (Religion, C & W, Farm, the Metroplitan Opera on the weekend and a simulcast of the Hard Rock/Heavy Metal format of 99.5 KISS six or 12 hours of the day).
At night KSLR is buried in the mush with Monterrey on top; KSLR does rise to the top on occasion. 8 miles the east on Highway 46 and KSLR becomes noticeably stronger.
Back in the day 630 was KMAC with a block format (Religion, C & W, Farm, the Metroplitan Opera on the weekend and a simulcast of the Hard Rock/Heavy Metal format of 99.5 KISS six or 12 hours of the day).
From NW San Antonio:
Day: My local, KSLR.
Night: When KSLR goes to night power/pattern, I can get a slight partial null by aiming N-NE/S-SW. In it, I can hear XEPBGJ in Guadalajara and sometimes KYFI in St. Louis.
Sunrise: Prior to sunrise, KHOW in Denver can be heard mixing in with XEPBGJ in the partial null.
DX/Retro: I have not heard XEFB in a while. It used to be a fairly regular visitor in that null. According to Wikipedia, the station is currently silent.
Day: My local, KSLR.
Night: When KSLR goes to night power/pattern, I can get a slight partial null by aiming N-NE/S-SW. In it, I can hear XEPBGJ in Guadalajara and sometimes KYFI in St. Louis.
Sunrise: Prior to sunrise, KHOW in Denver can be heard mixing in with XEPBGJ in the partial null.
DX/Retro: I have not heard XEFB in a while. It used to be a fairly regular visitor in that null. According to Wikipedia, the station is currently silent.
Interesting. I have XEFB in the logbook from 2020, and assumed the Mexican in the mix of stations at night was them. The IRCA Mexican Log 2021-2022 shows them still on as of 9/2021. I will check and see if what I'm hearing is actually XEPBGJ.
A helpful reminder not to assume...
Thanks, Jim. Let me know if you're able to hear XEFB. The last time I remember hearing the station was some time in 2020. XEPBGJ plays an eclectic mix of music, and I've heard more classical music on it than anything else. It used to be XEJB until 2017.
I can't find any more info about XEFB being silent than what's listed on Wikipedia.
KCIS (Christian Information Station) is one of those fun ones with separate sites for day and night. So separate that they are in different counties from each other.
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