5/24 1:40 PM CST 107.9 WSRZ Coral Grove,FL 47 kW 509 ft.
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yup thats the one.. thae audio bandwith is good.. 3.. 46 and 8. no ssb-lsb/usb. hook it up to an external speaker through the headphone jack and i think youd like it
Last night I had another new FM, a real surprise too:
104.5 KPLP WA, White Salmon; with Christian music, promo for Hope for Haiti fundraiser, VBS event at Tualatin Valley Church, and a jingle ID fading up to usable levels around 9:40PM 5/24/25. Aircraft scatter, but an unexpected treat! NEW #223, 18KW at 274 miles!
I have it recorded as well.
104.5 KPLP WA, White Salmon; with Christian music, promo for Hope for Haiti fundraiser, VBS event at Tualatin Valley Church, and a jingle ID fading up to usable levels around 9:40PM 5/24/25. Aircraft scatter, but an unexpected treat! NEW #223, 18KW at 274 miles!
I have it recorded as well.
Not "DX" in the traditional sense, but a first catch of DAB signals from Ireland last week during a trip to the coast of Wales, a distance of about 90 miles over the sea from the transmitter, which is pretty far for DAB at 200 MHz. Ireland has had some DAB previously, but I never DXed any of it (only ever heard it from inside Ireland) and it was all turned off a few years ago.
The signal was solid on the car radio for about 40 miles as I drove down the coast, breaking up slightly in towns, but otherwise very listenable until I turned inland. DAB allows multiple stations on one signal, and programming was varied, with some of Ireland's major stations present, but also some new entrants to the market, like alternative 8Radio, 90s/00s Freedom FM and a whole bunch of genre stations under the name "Onic" playing things like RnB, movie soundtracks, LGBT hits and country (which was mostly Irish rather than American country).
I mostly stuck with 8Radio which played a good mix of new and old alternative until losing the signal. I've always liked Irish radio, which (perhaps due to its long pirate history) feels more like it's run by radio fans and radio geeks than British radio, which can often feel a bit corporate and dull, maybe due to heavy BBC influence. Irish radio still feels uniquely Irish.
The signal was solid on the car radio for about 40 miles as I drove down the coast, breaking up slightly in towns, but otherwise very listenable until I turned inland. DAB allows multiple stations on one signal, and programming was varied, with some of Ireland's major stations present, but also some new entrants to the market, like alternative 8Radio, 90s/00s Freedom FM and a whole bunch of genre stations under the name "Onic" playing things like RnB, movie soundtracks, LGBT hits and country (which was mostly Irish rather than American country).
I mostly stuck with 8Radio which played a good mix of new and old alternative until losing the signal. I've always liked Irish radio, which (perhaps due to its long pirate history) feels more like it's run by radio fans and radio geeks than British radio, which can often feel a bit corporate and dull, maybe due to heavy BBC influence. Irish radio still feels uniquely Irish.
5/27 94.9 WKSJ Mobile, AL country.
What surprised me is that these guys call themselves "95 KSJ." OK, I get the "95" but,
"KSJ?" No wonder I couldn't find them, there is no KSJ! C'mon guys! That's technically illegal only giving part of your call. Except on the hour or whatever.
What surprised me is that these guys call themselves "95 KSJ." OK, I get the "95" but,
"KSJ?" No wonder I couldn't find them, there is no KSJ! C'mon guys! That's technically illegal only giving part of your call. Except on the hour or whatever.
I'm guessing they said 95 KSJ at top of hour and thats what irked you? if thats the case, i bet they have a quick "wksj mobile" somewhere near the top of the hour, like during a commercial break.
If they call themselves 95KSJ during the hour, who calls that they dont call themselves WKSJ?
As SomeRadioGuy sez: except for the oft-hidden "legal ID" once per hour at some "natural break in programming" a station can call itself anything it wants, including using letters that are not their licensed call letters...
And today many stations hide the legal ID in either the :45 commercial break or the :15 one. Nobody has been cited for the legal ID not being very close to the top of the hour.
You are confusing a station's "brand" with its licensed call letters.
Case in point: There is a station on 98.9 in Greenville, SC that calls itself 98.9 WORD. Their legal call is WYRD.
A historical example I remember is KCCL 101.9 in Sacramento around 2001 or 2002 when they were an oldies station.
On the air, they called themselves KOOL 101.9 except briefly at the top of the hour. I actually have an aircheck that proves this (as I recall, it's a bit of music, then the top of hour ID, the hourly news and weather (and maybe a commercial or so), and I think a bit more music before I tuned elsewhere). I really should post it somewhere at some point, but to do that, I first need to find the tape that contains it.
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On the air, they called themselves KOOL 101.9 except briefly at the top of the hour. I actually have an aircheck that proves this (as I recall, it's a bit of music, then the top of hour ID, the hourly news and weather (and maybe a commercial or so), and I think a bit more music before I tuned elsewhere). I really should post it somewhere at some point, but to do that, I first need to find the tape that contains it.
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I would assume that's because the WORD calls have a long history in Greenville, and they want to use the brand irregardless of their actual legal calls. As pointed out above, as long as they can "slip in" their actual calls in some minimal way near the top of the hour, they can use any branding they want to, even if that brand resembles actual W or K call letters. "WKRP" in Cincinnati (actually WBQC) is a case in point, using a set of very iconic "calls".Case in point: There is a station on 98.9 in Greenville, SC that calls itself 98.9 WORD. Their legal call is WYRD.
When I was in central florida, i use to slip the legal in with the weather "thats your brevard county traffic and weather, its 85 in melbourne, 84 in vero beach, 84 in titusville and your current WTIR Cocoa Beach temperatire is 79"
Quick little hike around Warm Lake, ID on Memorial Day, couldn't get to the high point I was intending for (or I'd have a bandscan and pictures...) but I took the radio. Warm Lake is very isolated from radio reception. McCall and Boise FMs are way weaker, and many don't even show up. And Warm Lake was completely closed when I moved last summer due to a 40,000-acre wildfire.
NEW log on this hike is KCIR-90.7 Twin Falls (SOS Radio) over a much-weaker KBSQ McCall. 44.1KW at 195 miles.
NEW log on this hike is KCIR-90.7 Twin Falls (SOS Radio) over a much-weaker KBSQ McCall. 44.1KW at 195 miles.
5/28 10:10 PM CST 1650 KC KCNZ Cedar Falls, IA "The Fan." 1kw 1 tower good copy.
Sports format. With the antenna northwest/southeast I briefly heard some music that could have been from the opposite direction. However, there is only one station in the opposite direction. That's LRI 227 in Pilar, Buenos Aires. That would be wild if I got them!
Sports format. With the antenna northwest/southeast I briefly heard some music that could have been from the opposite direction. However, there is only one station in the opposite direction. That's LRI 227 in Pilar, Buenos Aires. That would be wild if I got them!
5/29 10 AM CST
100.5 WDAB "The Bear" Slocum, AL (Dothan) rock.
101.7 WDVH "The Joy FM" Trenton,FL (Ocala-Gainsville) religious.
102.5 WESP Dothan, AL rock.
100.5 WDAB "The Bear" Slocum, AL (Dothan) rock.
101.7 WDVH "The Joy FM" Trenton,FL (Ocala-Gainsville) religious.
102.5 WESP Dothan, AL rock.
I wonder if you might have heard KFSW in Ft Smith Arkansas w/Southern Gospel format. KCNZ is more common here in Houston, but have heard KFSW a couple of times. LRI 227 isn't listed in MWLIST and on the Buenos Aires SDR 1650 is empty (sorry!).
Thanks for that info Jim. The music was really weak wherever it was. 1650 is so quiet it almost sounded like FM! Just a few stations in the world on the air.
5/30 1390 KC WMER Meridian, MS Gospel.
101 watts fair copy.
101 watts fair copy.
I'm on the Ukiah, CA SDR, I can't hear anything..Just buzzing
Much earlier: KYST in the Houston market adopted an all-Beatles format and were KBTL except for the legal ID.Case in point: There is a station on 98.9 in Greenville, SC that calls itself 98.9 WORD. Their legal call is WYRD.