Catching up on E skip from the past few days.
6/7
A decent Es opening to WY, NE and CO. A few new stations mixed in.
5:20PM - 92.3 KSTH Holyoke, CO; great signal for the low power, with Westwood One adult contemporary format and IDs for "Star 92-3". NEW #729, only 1KW at 1001 miles. They stayed in for over 20 minutes! New overall!
Tracked UNID NPR stations on 90.5 and 89.9 (over Air 1) that never IDed and faded, then...
5:29PM - 93.5 KZTL Paxton, NE; huge signal with local weather, commercials, country music, Z93-5 RDS. Relog, 100KW at 1030 miles.
5:35PM - 95.5 KWYY Midwest, WY; ID My Country 95.5. NEW #730, 100KW at 750 miles. Relog in Ellensburg 7/23/21.
5:43PM - 93.3 KMOR-FM Gering, NE; Rock of the Bluffs ID, KMOR. NEW #731, 100KW at 891 miles. New overall!
6:00PM - 88.3 KAIX Casper, WY; Air 1 with partial ID '...asper' mixed with unid Catholic station (NE?) Only Air 1 in the skip path. NEW #732, 3.7KW at 747 miles. New overall!
Skip faded after that. MUF was around 95.7 or 95.9.
6/10
Ironically had a big opening to the SW part of this state three years ago exactly. Tonight, another decent opening to the upper Midwest with an MUF near 100mhz. Started early with a brief fadeup of California...all times PT
6:42PM - 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, CA; local ad and 213 area code mention. Relog, 61KW at 863 miles.
6:47PM - 94.1 KMYI San Diego, CA; local ad for car dealership in El Cajon. Relog, 77KW at 966 miles.
Midwest opening
8:55PM - Band open to 95.3, a country station (probably KDJS Willmar)
8:59PM - 90.9 KJWR Windom, MN; TOH ID mentioning Kinship Radio. NEW #733, 25KW at 1241 miles. Relog in Ellensburg 7/15/21.
9:00PM - 89.7 KMSU Mankato, MN; TOH ID mentioning Minnesota State University at Mankato. NEW #734, 17KW at 1295 miles. New overall!
9:05PM - 93.5 KSCR Benson, MN; IDed by playlist match only - a Jason Aldean song followed by 'I'll Be There for You' by The Rembrandts, the theme song from Friends. They have a *very* wide format, more than the usual adult hits stations. Relog, 25KW at 1200 miles.
9:06PM - 92.1 KLQP Madison, MN; a treat to hear this one - heard with the 1980 hit 'Faded Love' by Willie Nelson and Ray Price, followed by a Q-92 ID. This was not WYRQ as it was confirmed by the stream matching. NEW #735, 25KW at 1176 miles. New overall! Sounds like I need to stream this one soon.
9:07PM - 94.1 KSDN-FM Aberdeen, SD; RDS '94.1 the Rock Now HD', song/artist. Relog, 59KW at 1059 miles.
9:15PM - 98.5 KTIS-FM Minneapolis, MN; very weak with CCM music and jingle ID. Relog, 100KW at 1320 miles.
9:18PM - 98.1 WWJO St. Cloud, MN; with Taste of Country Weekend and ID '98.1, Minnesota's New Country'. Relog, 97KW at 1266 miles.
9:20PM - 96.5 KJJK-FM Fergus Falls, MN; strong with country music and ID 'KJ Country 96-5' mixed with classic rock (either Bismarck or needed Cloquet MN). Relog, 100KW at 1168 miles.
9:25PM - 89.7 KNRI Bismarck, ND; Air 1 // local 89.9 translator. NEW #736, 1.3KW at 936 miles. New overall! This is the only Air 1 in the skip area, so this will count for the logbook.
9:30PM - 95.9 WWWI-FM Pillager, MN; Toby Keith song and RDS ID "WWWI-FM". NEW #737, 6KW at 1246 miles. New overall!
9:32PM - 95.1 KBVB Barnesville, MN; scrolling RDS ID "Bob 95". Relog, 100KW at 1125 miles.
9:33PM - 90.9 KTWJ Moffitt-Lincoln, ND; big signal with instrumental Christian music and RDS "KTWJ". Relog, 100KW at 958 miles.
Audio will be posted soon. It was awesome to have another jaunt into the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
6/7
A decent Es opening to WY, NE and CO. A few new stations mixed in.
5:20PM - 92.3 KSTH Holyoke, CO; great signal for the low power, with Westwood One adult contemporary format and IDs for "Star 92-3". NEW #729, only 1KW at 1001 miles. They stayed in for over 20 minutes! New overall!
Tracked UNID NPR stations on 90.5 and 89.9 (over Air 1) that never IDed and faded, then...
5:29PM - 93.5 KZTL Paxton, NE; huge signal with local weather, commercials, country music, Z93-5 RDS. Relog, 100KW at 1030 miles.
5:35PM - 95.5 KWYY Midwest, WY; ID My Country 95.5. NEW #730, 100KW at 750 miles. Relog in Ellensburg 7/23/21.
5:43PM - 93.3 KMOR-FM Gering, NE; Rock of the Bluffs ID, KMOR. NEW #731, 100KW at 891 miles. New overall!
6:00PM - 88.3 KAIX Casper, WY; Air 1 with partial ID '...asper' mixed with unid Catholic station (NE?) Only Air 1 in the skip path. NEW #732, 3.7KW at 747 miles. New overall!
Skip faded after that. MUF was around 95.7 or 95.9.
6/10
Ironically had a big opening to the SW part of this state three years ago exactly. Tonight, another decent opening to the upper Midwest with an MUF near 100mhz. Started early with a brief fadeup of California...all times PT
6:42PM - 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, CA; local ad and 213 area code mention. Relog, 61KW at 863 miles.
6:47PM - 94.1 KMYI San Diego, CA; local ad for car dealership in El Cajon. Relog, 77KW at 966 miles.
Midwest opening
8:55PM - Band open to 95.3, a country station (probably KDJS Willmar)
8:59PM - 90.9 KJWR Windom, MN; TOH ID mentioning Kinship Radio. NEW #733, 25KW at 1241 miles. Relog in Ellensburg 7/15/21.
9:00PM - 89.7 KMSU Mankato, MN; TOH ID mentioning Minnesota State University at Mankato. NEW #734, 17KW at 1295 miles. New overall!
9:05PM - 93.5 KSCR Benson, MN; IDed by playlist match only - a Jason Aldean song followed by 'I'll Be There for You' by The Rembrandts, the theme song from Friends. They have a *very* wide format, more than the usual adult hits stations. Relog, 25KW at 1200 miles.
9:06PM - 92.1 KLQP Madison, MN; a treat to hear this one - heard with the 1980 hit 'Faded Love' by Willie Nelson and Ray Price, followed by a Q-92 ID. This was not WYRQ as it was confirmed by the stream matching. NEW #735, 25KW at 1176 miles. New overall! Sounds like I need to stream this one soon.
9:07PM - 94.1 KSDN-FM Aberdeen, SD; RDS '94.1 the Rock Now HD', song/artist. Relog, 59KW at 1059 miles.
9:15PM - 98.5 KTIS-FM Minneapolis, MN; very weak with CCM music and jingle ID. Relog, 100KW at 1320 miles.
9:18PM - 98.1 WWJO St. Cloud, MN; with Taste of Country Weekend and ID '98.1, Minnesota's New Country'. Relog, 97KW at 1266 miles.
9:20PM - 96.5 KJJK-FM Fergus Falls, MN; strong with country music and ID 'KJ Country 96-5' mixed with classic rock (either Bismarck or needed Cloquet MN). Relog, 100KW at 1168 miles.
9:25PM - 89.7 KNRI Bismarck, ND; Air 1 // local 89.9 translator. NEW #736, 1.3KW at 936 miles. New overall! This is the only Air 1 in the skip area, so this will count for the logbook.
9:30PM - 95.9 WWWI-FM Pillager, MN; Toby Keith song and RDS ID "WWWI-FM". NEW #737, 6KW at 1246 miles. New overall!
9:32PM - 95.1 KBVB Barnesville, MN; scrolling RDS ID "Bob 95". Relog, 100KW at 1125 miles.
9:33PM - 90.9 KTWJ Moffitt-Lincoln, ND; big signal with instrumental Christian music and RDS "KTWJ". Relog, 100KW at 958 miles.
Audio will be posted soon. It was awesome to have another jaunt into the Land of 10,000 Lakes.