A little late on posting this, but had a decent morning opening and a busy evening opening today (6/22/18)! At least 10 new so far! For the morning opening, some of the DX was actually caught on the road as I had to go to Wenatchee, WA for a dr's appointment. Remember, the posts I make to the TVFM Skip Log could be 2-3min, sometimes even 5 minutes, slower than live as I am trying to ID a couple of stations at once.
93.7 is open since my local translator is on very low power. YEAH!
Morning
9:24AM - 96.1 KXXY Oklahoma City, OK; fading up with 'Killin' Time' Clint Black and // to iHeart stream. Relog, 94.9KW at 1417mi.
9:33AM - 95.3 KYDN Monte Vista, CO; ad for Rio Grande Pharmacy in South Fork (CO), which is very close to Monte Vista. Relog, 6KW at 965mi.
9:34AM - UNID 95.1 with Religious sermon, pastor Rick Warren. Not counting it due to no ID, but likely KQCV Shawnee OK (1480mi!)
9:36AM - 93.7 KLBB-FM Lubbock, TX; with Steve Perry's 'Oh Sherrie,' ID '93.7 the Eagle.' NEW #628, 100KW at 1336mi.
9:40AM - 94.1 KMXJ Amarillo, TX; with commercial for local business on '3rd + Western in Amarillo.' Relog, 100KW at 1246mi.
9:44AM - UNID 88.7 with Smooth Jazz - likely KXNM Encino NM as they play a lot of different music including jazz. Would be relog.
*Following logs on the road. Besides what's logged in Yakima and Selah, the rest of the stations cannot be put in the log due to distance from QTH.
9:59AM - 95.5 KWEY Weatherford, OK; Coyote ID and mention of Elk City. NEW #629, 18.5KW at 1359mi. Logged near 40th Ave in Yakima.
10:00AM - 95.1 KATC Colorado Springs, CO; with 'Better Man' Little Big Town and faded before ID. (Was hoping for long skip from Abilene instead...) Relog, 58KW at 964mi, logged near 40th Ave in Yakima.
10:03AM - UNID 95.9 with what sounded like a public radio/NPR program, discussion of engineering project and mentioned University of Houston. I have no idea who this could be. Woodward OK while non-commercial, is classical and // KUCO. Maybe KSSR Santa Rosa with a non-music program? They are commercial however.
10:20AM - 93.9 SSer with Rum commercial (likely KINT), 95.5 Rock (likely KLAQ), 96.3 Country (likely KHEY) briefly faded up for about a minute. These were heard near Selah, WA.
10:30AM - 98.1 KKCL Lorenzo, TX, with 'Awesome 98' ID. Relog, 36KW at 1339mi, heard on I-82 near Exit 11.
10:31AM - UNID 102.5 with what sounded like 'Myers' Pest Control commercial. Google search shows a Meers Pest Control in Lubbock, which is kind of close. KZII Lubbock, TX; relog, 100KW at 1339mi. Also heard country on 99.5 (KQBR?) and 95.5 was World Cup coverage in SS (likely KAIQ).
10:35AM - 93.9 UNID with Bruce Springsteen, too strong for the KCSY translator in Wenatchee. This was heard on I-82 near the Manastash Ridge viewpoint overlooking Ellensburg.
10:40AM - 92.1 KCMT Green Valley, AZ; with '92.1 y 95.7' ID in SS. Relog (ex-KFMA), 50KW at 1154mi. Heard on I-82 near Thrall exit.
10:45AM - 88.7 UNID (w/ Es fade), airing hard rock cover of Toto's 'Africa'? KPNG AZ? I-90 east of Kittitas, WA
10:53AM - 90.5 UNID Religious talk mentioning homosexuality; 90.9 Christian Contemporary not // K-LOVE both with skip fade. Unable to ID either station. I-90 east of Ryegrass Summit.
11:10AM - 95.5 KPHT Rocky Ford, CO; with 'KPHT 95.5' ID into Scandal's 'The Warrior.' Relog, 100KW at 1015mi. Logged at the I-90/281 interchange at George, WA.
11:20AM - 94.1 KMXJ Amarillo (again) with ID 'Mix 94.1,' also 93.1 likely KQIZ with Justin Timberlake's 'Suit & Tie'. Distance from the driving area (in between George & Quincy, WA) is 1238mi.
11:23AM - 89.5 UNID with 'Waterfalls' TLC, likely KTSC Pueblo. Heard on Hwy 281 a few miles south of Quincy, WA.
11:25AM - 90.3 UNID K-LOVE (likely Clovis), heard in Downtown Quincy
11:25AM - 89.5 KENW Portales, NM; with mention of Justin Moore concert at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 575 AC reference and a mention of SE New Mexico. NEW (but can't count it), 100KW at 1246mi; heard in Downtown Quincy
Evening - didn't know where to point! Es from everywhere - South Dakota to New Mexico! 107.9 MUF and APRS briefly showed 144 mhz activity. Some frequencies three deep. I was back home for the entire opening.
5:28PM - 93.5 STRONG signal with Reggae?! I see Taos, NM is 'variety' - but is this them? The reggae mixed with many other stations throughout the opening. Tuning around the dial I noticed several frequencies with swapping signals and tracked the MUF to 103.7, where I logged...
5:31PM - 103.7 KSNN Ridgway, CO, with 'Already Gone' Kelly Clarkson, brief fadeout then back with 'Sunny 103.7' ID into another song. NEW #630, 4.1KW at 868mi.
5:32PM - 94.1 KKXK Montrose, CO; good with DJ talk and ID '94.1 Kix Country.' Relog, 90KW at 872mi.
5:33PM - 88.7 KXNM Encino, NM; good with WX forecast, 'that's your weather on KXNM.' Relog, 18KW at 1133mi.
5:36PM - 96.3 KERP Ingalls, KS; swapping with at least one other with 'Southwest Kansas' mention. Heard again about 20 mins later with severe WX information. Relog, 100KW at 1193mi.
5:41PM - 95.3 KCSI Red Oak, IA; long weather forecast mixing with an UNID, 'currently 73 in Red Oak & Hawthorne' at the end of the WX segment. NEW #631, 50KW at 1319mi.
5:48PM - 97.7 tKBBX Nebraska City, NE; thought I heard a Nebraska mention in SS. Will post the clip and hopefully confirm.
5:51PM - 95.5 KPHT Pueblo, CO with 'Pueblo's Greatest Hits' mention mixing with another oldies (KAHE?) and classical (KHFM?) Relog (of course), 100KW at 1027mi.
5:53PM - 97.3 KKJQ Dodge City, KS; with Dodge City WX warning. Relog, 100KW at 1194mi.
5:55PM - 98.1 KKFM Colorado Springs, CO; w/ ID 'Classic Rock 98.1 KKFM.' Relog, 71KW at 964mi.
5:56PM - 98.1 KFGE Milford, NE; ID 'Froggy 98' into Rascal Flatts' 'Life is a Highway.' NEW #632, 100KW at 1226mi.
5:57PM - UNID 101.5 with SS, Erazno y la Chocolaka show // 96.9 KZTA. Likely KSMM Liberal KS, VERY strong signal and would be relog
6:00PM - 89.7 UNID rolled through TOH with talk on Vietnamese community. This is a *very* difficult frequency with KSOH and K210CX right next door to each other.
6:02PM - 102.3 KSPK-FM Walsenburg, CO; with ID during Rockies baseball. Relog, 100KW at 1017mi.
6:03PM - 102.5 KTRR Loveland, CO; with '...Fort Collins' partial TOH ID mixing with Townhall News on another UNID (that had a commercial for some event in Kansas right after, will post). NEW #633, 17KW at 889mi.
6:04PM - 101.3 'Sweet Dreams' Eurythmics in beautiful, state-of-the-art MONO! Must be KFEZ Walsenburg, 'Cruisin' Oldies' and they are a relog so I didn't stick around.
6:09PM - 93.7 KLBB-FM Lubbock, TX; 2nd time today with 93.7 the Eagle ID. Relog, 100KW at 1336mi. Also heard at same time: 93.5 with what sounded like Spanish rap. ???
6:13PM - 103.7 KGIM-FM Redfield, SD; with Whitney Allen The Big Time and ID 'Pheasant Country 103'. NEW #634, 100KW at 1057mi.
6:17PM - 95.9 KSSR Santa Rosa, NM; fadeup with tourism stuff, 'visit Santa Rosa,' and into music. Relog, 50KW at 1156mi.
6:20PM - 95.7 KPTT Denver, CO; 'The Party' fadeup into rhythmic song. NEW #635, 100KW at 907mi.
6:23PM - 97.9 KSEZ Sioux City, IA; over KYYR-LP (dead air at the time) with 'Sioux City's Best Rock, Z98' ID sweeper into rock music. NEW #636, 100KW at 1228mi.
6:28PM - 101.1 KOSI Denver, CO; local real estate/mortgage commercial with 303 area code. Relog, 99KW at 907mi.
6:37PM - 93.5 KTND Aspen, CO; poor-fair in the mix of signals with 'Thunder 93.5' ID and Aspen reference. Relog, 21KW at 853mi.
6:38PM - 94.9 KWYK Aztec, NM; way over 100KW KIOK (semi-local) with Train song and '94.9 Quick Radio' ID. NEW #637, 100KW at 935mi.
Started thinning out a bit - 95.5 KPHT, the 93.5 Reggae + KTND, etc. still in
6:50PM - 95.3 UNID 'This Cass County Radio Station' (or similar) and Alpine Medical ad, then into The Lumineers' 'Ho Hey'? Will post clip when I have time.
6:51PM - 93.7 KXXI Gallup, NM; ad for Amigo Toyota in Gallup and community calendar. Relog, 100KW at 979mi.
Faded out, then returned briefly
7:13PM - 94.1 KKXK Montrose again with 94.1 Kix Country ID and Lia
7:19PM - 96.1 KWRK Window Rock, AZ; 'Capitol Country 96.1' ID, very strong signal. Relog, 94KW at 968mi.
7:21PM - 97.3 KKSS Santa Fe, NM; local ads mentioning Santa Fe. Relog, 94KW at 1044mi.
7:26PM - 93.5 Last station - unid with Carrie Underwood's 'Good Girl' in beautiful, high-def quality, MONO! Suspect KZUZ in Show Low, or KALQ Alamosa. Same station faded up an hour earlier when the skip was raging to the top of the band and had no ID, satellite country with a DJ named 'Nikki'.
I'll get to the audio very, very soon.
93.7 is open since my local translator is on very low power. YEAH!
Morning
9:24AM - 96.1 KXXY Oklahoma City, OK; fading up with 'Killin' Time' Clint Black and // to iHeart stream. Relog, 94.9KW at 1417mi.
9:33AM - 95.3 KYDN Monte Vista, CO; ad for Rio Grande Pharmacy in South Fork (CO), which is very close to Monte Vista. Relog, 6KW at 965mi.
9:34AM - UNID 95.1 with Religious sermon, pastor Rick Warren. Not counting it due to no ID, but likely KQCV Shawnee OK (1480mi!)
9:36AM - 93.7 KLBB-FM Lubbock, TX; with Steve Perry's 'Oh Sherrie,' ID '93.7 the Eagle.' NEW #628, 100KW at 1336mi.
9:40AM - 94.1 KMXJ Amarillo, TX; with commercial for local business on '3rd + Western in Amarillo.' Relog, 100KW at 1246mi.
9:44AM - UNID 88.7 with Smooth Jazz - likely KXNM Encino NM as they play a lot of different music including jazz. Would be relog.
*Following logs on the road. Besides what's logged in Yakima and Selah, the rest of the stations cannot be put in the log due to distance from QTH.
9:59AM - 95.5 KWEY Weatherford, OK; Coyote ID and mention of Elk City. NEW #629, 18.5KW at 1359mi. Logged near 40th Ave in Yakima.
10:00AM - 95.1 KATC Colorado Springs, CO; with 'Better Man' Little Big Town and faded before ID. (Was hoping for long skip from Abilene instead...) Relog, 58KW at 964mi, logged near 40th Ave in Yakima.
10:03AM - UNID 95.9 with what sounded like a public radio/NPR program, discussion of engineering project and mentioned University of Houston. I have no idea who this could be. Woodward OK while non-commercial, is classical and // KUCO. Maybe KSSR Santa Rosa with a non-music program? They are commercial however.
10:20AM - 93.9 SSer with Rum commercial (likely KINT), 95.5 Rock (likely KLAQ), 96.3 Country (likely KHEY) briefly faded up for about a minute. These were heard near Selah, WA.
10:30AM - 98.1 KKCL Lorenzo, TX, with 'Awesome 98' ID. Relog, 36KW at 1339mi, heard on I-82 near Exit 11.
10:31AM - UNID 102.5 with what sounded like 'Myers' Pest Control commercial. Google search shows a Meers Pest Control in Lubbock, which is kind of close. KZII Lubbock, TX; relog, 100KW at 1339mi. Also heard country on 99.5 (KQBR?) and 95.5 was World Cup coverage in SS (likely KAIQ).
10:35AM - 93.9 UNID with Bruce Springsteen, too strong for the KCSY translator in Wenatchee. This was heard on I-82 near the Manastash Ridge viewpoint overlooking Ellensburg.
10:40AM - 92.1 KCMT Green Valley, AZ; with '92.1 y 95.7' ID in SS. Relog (ex-KFMA), 50KW at 1154mi. Heard on I-82 near Thrall exit.
10:45AM - 88.7 UNID (w/ Es fade), airing hard rock cover of Toto's 'Africa'? KPNG AZ? I-90 east of Kittitas, WA
10:53AM - 90.5 UNID Religious talk mentioning homosexuality; 90.9 Christian Contemporary not // K-LOVE both with skip fade. Unable to ID either station. I-90 east of Ryegrass Summit.
11:10AM - 95.5 KPHT Rocky Ford, CO; with 'KPHT 95.5' ID into Scandal's 'The Warrior.' Relog, 100KW at 1015mi. Logged at the I-90/281 interchange at George, WA.
11:20AM - 94.1 KMXJ Amarillo (again) with ID 'Mix 94.1,' also 93.1 likely KQIZ with Justin Timberlake's 'Suit & Tie'. Distance from the driving area (in between George & Quincy, WA) is 1238mi.
11:23AM - 89.5 UNID with 'Waterfalls' TLC, likely KTSC Pueblo. Heard on Hwy 281 a few miles south of Quincy, WA.
11:25AM - 90.3 UNID K-LOVE (likely Clovis), heard in Downtown Quincy
11:25AM - 89.5 KENW Portales, NM; with mention of Justin Moore concert at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 575 AC reference and a mention of SE New Mexico. NEW (but can't count it), 100KW at 1246mi; heard in Downtown Quincy
Evening - didn't know where to point! Es from everywhere - South Dakota to New Mexico! 107.9 MUF and APRS briefly showed 144 mhz activity. Some frequencies three deep. I was back home for the entire opening.
5:28PM - 93.5 STRONG signal with Reggae?! I see Taos, NM is 'variety' - but is this them? The reggae mixed with many other stations throughout the opening. Tuning around the dial I noticed several frequencies with swapping signals and tracked the MUF to 103.7, where I logged...
5:31PM - 103.7 KSNN Ridgway, CO, with 'Already Gone' Kelly Clarkson, brief fadeout then back with 'Sunny 103.7' ID into another song. NEW #630, 4.1KW at 868mi.
5:32PM - 94.1 KKXK Montrose, CO; good with DJ talk and ID '94.1 Kix Country.' Relog, 90KW at 872mi.
5:33PM - 88.7 KXNM Encino, NM; good with WX forecast, 'that's your weather on KXNM.' Relog, 18KW at 1133mi.
5:36PM - 96.3 KERP Ingalls, KS; swapping with at least one other with 'Southwest Kansas' mention. Heard again about 20 mins later with severe WX information. Relog, 100KW at 1193mi.
5:41PM - 95.3 KCSI Red Oak, IA; long weather forecast mixing with an UNID, 'currently 73 in Red Oak & Hawthorne' at the end of the WX segment. NEW #631, 50KW at 1319mi.
5:48PM - 97.7 tKBBX Nebraska City, NE; thought I heard a Nebraska mention in SS. Will post the clip and hopefully confirm.
5:51PM - 95.5 KPHT Pueblo, CO with 'Pueblo's Greatest Hits' mention mixing with another oldies (KAHE?) and classical (KHFM?) Relog (of course), 100KW at 1027mi.
5:53PM - 97.3 KKJQ Dodge City, KS; with Dodge City WX warning. Relog, 100KW at 1194mi.
5:55PM - 98.1 KKFM Colorado Springs, CO; w/ ID 'Classic Rock 98.1 KKFM.' Relog, 71KW at 964mi.
5:56PM - 98.1 KFGE Milford, NE; ID 'Froggy 98' into Rascal Flatts' 'Life is a Highway.' NEW #632, 100KW at 1226mi.
5:57PM - UNID 101.5 with SS, Erazno y la Chocolaka show // 96.9 KZTA. Likely KSMM Liberal KS, VERY strong signal and would be relog
6:00PM - 89.7 UNID rolled through TOH with talk on Vietnamese community. This is a *very* difficult frequency with KSOH and K210CX right next door to each other.
6:02PM - 102.3 KSPK-FM Walsenburg, CO; with ID during Rockies baseball. Relog, 100KW at 1017mi.
6:03PM - 102.5 KTRR Loveland, CO; with '...Fort Collins' partial TOH ID mixing with Townhall News on another UNID (that had a commercial for some event in Kansas right after, will post). NEW #633, 17KW at 889mi.
6:04PM - 101.3 'Sweet Dreams' Eurythmics in beautiful, state-of-the-art MONO! Must be KFEZ Walsenburg, 'Cruisin' Oldies' and they are a relog so I didn't stick around.
6:09PM - 93.7 KLBB-FM Lubbock, TX; 2nd time today with 93.7 the Eagle ID. Relog, 100KW at 1336mi. Also heard at same time: 93.5 with what sounded like Spanish rap. ???
6:13PM - 103.7 KGIM-FM Redfield, SD; with Whitney Allen The Big Time and ID 'Pheasant Country 103'. NEW #634, 100KW at 1057mi.
6:17PM - 95.9 KSSR Santa Rosa, NM; fadeup with tourism stuff, 'visit Santa Rosa,' and into music. Relog, 50KW at 1156mi.
6:20PM - 95.7 KPTT Denver, CO; 'The Party' fadeup into rhythmic song. NEW #635, 100KW at 907mi.
6:23PM - 97.9 KSEZ Sioux City, IA; over KYYR-LP (dead air at the time) with 'Sioux City's Best Rock, Z98' ID sweeper into rock music. NEW #636, 100KW at 1228mi.
6:28PM - 101.1 KOSI Denver, CO; local real estate/mortgage commercial with 303 area code. Relog, 99KW at 907mi.
6:37PM - 93.5 KTND Aspen, CO; poor-fair in the mix of signals with 'Thunder 93.5' ID and Aspen reference. Relog, 21KW at 853mi.
6:38PM - 94.9 KWYK Aztec, NM; way over 100KW KIOK (semi-local) with Train song and '94.9 Quick Radio' ID. NEW #637, 100KW at 935mi.
Started thinning out a bit - 95.5 KPHT, the 93.5 Reggae + KTND, etc. still in
6:50PM - 95.3 UNID 'This Cass County Radio Station' (or similar) and Alpine Medical ad, then into The Lumineers' 'Ho Hey'? Will post clip when I have time.
6:51PM - 93.7 KXXI Gallup, NM; ad for Amigo Toyota in Gallup and community calendar. Relog, 100KW at 979mi.
Faded out, then returned briefly
7:13PM - 94.1 KKXK Montrose again with 94.1 Kix Country ID and Lia
7:19PM - 96.1 KWRK Window Rock, AZ; 'Capitol Country 96.1' ID, very strong signal. Relog, 94KW at 968mi.
7:21PM - 97.3 KKSS Santa Fe, NM; local ads mentioning Santa Fe. Relog, 94KW at 1044mi.
7:26PM - 93.5 Last station - unid with Carrie Underwood's 'Good Girl' in beautiful, high-def quality, MONO! Suspect KZUZ in Show Low, or KALQ Alamosa. Same station faded up an hour earlier when the skip was raging to the top of the band and had no ID, satellite country with a DJ named 'Nikki'.
I'll get to the audio very, very soon.
