This was at least 15 years ago but it has bugged me all these years. As it happened, I was working for KYND 1520 in Cypress (Houston, TX). Our transmitter was down. It was about 30 minutes before sunset. On my car radio in the station parking lot I hear Marimba music on 1520 playing back to back unannounced. I'm holding my breath hoping to catch the top of the hour ID. Man was I upset, the music ended and I hear Estes es 'equis, eh' (XE) and that very second the engineers fired up the transmitter. Never caught the station again after that even on the rare instance we left the air before sunset. I had heard the station a couple of times earlier that summer but it ever surfaced for more than a couple of minutes before getting buried by other stations.
I check any source of AMs in Mexico I could find. It seems there were only a few lower powered AMs in Veracruz and Chiapas that could have been the station. Always wondered if the atmosphere was just right to allow the signal to travel over the Gulf of Mexico and inland from the gulf for about 50 miles.
My question for DXers out there: has anyone heard marimba music on 1520 and caught an ID? Would love to know what station it was or might have been
I check any source of AMs in Mexico I could find. It seems there were only a few lower powered AMs in Veracruz and Chiapas that could have been the station. Always wondered if the atmosphere was just right to allow the signal to travel over the Gulf of Mexico and inland from the gulf for about 50 miles.
My question for DXers out there: has anyone heard marimba music on 1520 and caught an ID? Would love to know what station it was or might have been