** NORTH AMERICA. 6945-USB, May 29 at 0135, rock at S9, then robotic voice with
``Welcome to ---`` can`t make it out, and a hotmail address, played twice, back
to music. Numerous logs here from 2110 past 0300 with some breaks, say it was
Clever Name Radio again,
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 92.9, May 29 circa 0018 UT
on caradio atop an overpass on the way to the cemetery, seem to hear ``OKC`s
alternative rock``. The only full-power Okie on 92.9 and usual fringe occupant
is KBEZ Tulsa, which is ``Bob-FM, Classic Hits`` per WTFDA. But is there a
translator of something in OKC? Yes, the only other 92.9 in OK:
[K225BN
// KOMA 92.5, 92.9, OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 200 watts H&V, 267.7 m HAAT, 35-32-51,
97-29-30, THE BEST MUSIC OF THE 60'S AND 70'S, CLASSIC HITS]
I didn`t
know or think to see if it matched 92.5, which of course is a constant bigsig,
but why would KOMA want or need a // translator on a second adjacent frequency
from slightly different coordinates in OKC??
[KOMA 92.5 OKLAHOMA CITY OK 94.0
kW H&V, 472.0 m HAAT, 35-33-36 97-29-07 HD 3630 KOMA 92.5 FM Artist/Title 2
digit yr Artist/Title Oldies THE BEST MUSIC OF THE 60'S AND 70'S, CLASSIC
HITS]
Here are the coördinates again to compare:
92.9, K225BN 35-32-51
97-29-30
92.5, KOMA 35-33-36 97-29-07
Radio-locator.com maps show
92.9 tower site is just SE of NE 78 and Kelley, i.e. in the antenna farm area,
and so is 92.5, about a mile to the northeast. I will certainly be checking for
this again. Two 92.9s in KS are pretty far away (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1879 monitoring: confirmed
Sunday May 28 at 2340 the 2330 broadcast on WBCQ 9330.3v-CUSB, JBA. Also
confirmed UT Monday May 29 starting late at 0311 on Area 51 via WBCQ,
5129.82-AM, S9 but still in storm noise level. (See USA: WBCQ log for why it was
late.) Also confirmed UT Monday May 29 at 0333 on WRMI 9955 with some noise but
not sure if it`s jamming. Next:
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue
0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [to be canceled?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455
to WNW
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455
to WNW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed
2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5129.82-AM, UT Monday May 29 at 0300 I`m checking Area
51 via WBCQ for WORLD OF RADIO, but previous program is running late, `Plastic
Magic`. Host says it`s the last song, and he means forever, not just tonight,
his voice getting really broken up by the end at 0311. WBCQ sked
says:
``Plastic Magic (website) http://plasticmagic.blogspot.com/
Schedule
5130 Mo 0000 0200 UT Su 08:00PM 10:00PM EST [sic]
Description: Advanced
counter-culture music for the rock and roll connoisseur. Specializing in ACID
ROCK, GARAGE ROCK, PSYCHEDELIC, STONER ROCK, GARAGE ROCK REVIVAL from 1960's to
present (mostly 1966-1973) Drawn from original anolog LP's I've been collecting
since 1983. Airs weekly on KXUA 88.3fm Fayetteville, AR. College radio station
at The University of Arkansas as well as bi-weekly on Area 51 WBCQ 5110 kHz
shortwave from Monticello, Maine sunday evenings from 7-9pm CST [sic] Notes:
Heard every other week on Area 51``
So I check his own website, not yet
updated with the final show, but:
``Monday, May 22, 2017 --- Plastic
Magic Podcast 436 May 21st, 2017
Hey Everybody out there in podcast land!!!!
Getting near the end folks. This is the next to the last episode of Plastic
Magic. I dug in deep to bring you some obscurities and some old classics. On
this whoppin' 3 hour podcast you will be delighted to hear the mezmerising
sounds: GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY (1970), SAINTE ANTHONY'S FYRE (1970), DRAGONFLY
(1970), BOLDER DAMN (1971), SKY HAWK (1978), THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN
(1968), TROYKA (1970), THE MUSIC MACHINE (1966), BILL QUICK (1972), CHEECH AND
CHONG (1972), BLACK SABBATH (1973), SUN CITY GIRLS (1983), HOG HEAVEN (1971),
GRATEFUL DEAD (1971) and much more! Download It heRE: podcast #
436``
About him, the only name that shows is ``Filthy Phil``. The finale
still isn`t on his website 13 hours later.
After WOR at 0311-0340,
Timtron follows, then a Paul Harvey classic on the evils of marijuana; but no
Hobart Radio International which is nominally at 0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, May 29 until 1359, WRMI has inserted
`Ask WWCR` into a `Viva Miami` slot, from NASB an interview with Glen Tapley of
WEWN about DRM, which he thinks WEWN may eventually employ once receivers are
easily available. (DReaM on; still waiting for any US SW station to take the
plunge even as an experiment).
11580, May 29 at 1400, WRMI instead of
resuming `World Music` after 3 days of testing the Rwanda program via Radio
Africa, starts playing a hymn, opening a Church of Christ program from Dallas.
I`m afraid the last(?) hour of reliable W.M. fill is now gone from WRMI, but it
must mean business is booming at RMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, May 29 at 1402, KVOH is still propagating as
early as sign-on, S9 signal with praise music in Spanish, but distorted
modulation and breaks in it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 15760, May 28 at 1602, WHRI has bumped Brother Scare for scary Indianapolis
500 broadcast; still going at 1833 check, mentioning ``hit the wall head-on``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. We are into the peak of
the summer sporadic-E season, so I keep an eye on the channel 2 NTSC snow, for
anything, like Cuba or double-hop from further Latin America, but nothing so
far. Also an eye on the 6m Es maps, frequently with lots of lines, contacts
across various parts of North America, but OK is often just beyond the affected
area, or in the middle of it, both of which mean no DX reaching here. Conditions
look barely favorable May 28 at 2200 UT, so out to the porch for a bandscan on
the PL-880 and RDS-capable DX-398:
88.1, at 2206 UT, rap music with Es
fading in & out; neither Okie would be doing that; 2209 RDS reads METERMAI,
presumably part of a song or artist name; 2218 RDS says BIKE_FOR; again rap at
2231. The definite on 90.7 Durham NC below makes me suspect this one nearby as
in WTFDA DB:
[WKNC-FM 88.1 RALEIGH NC 25.0 kW H&V, 80.0 m HAAT A764
KNC88.1 THE REVOLUTION ADULT ALTERNATIVE]
88.1, at 2220 UT, unID
different station with classical, promo; 2229 it`s Fiona Ritchie about a Celtic
music festival, likely amid her `Thistle & Shamrock` show, but can`t find
any frequency or time match by searching station list for NC and several other
nearby states at http://www.thistleradio.com
90.7,
at 2214 UT, RDS: WNCU-FM --- and Ed Fulbright, CPA, mentions ```Mastering Your
Money` on WNCU 90.7``; sounds rather commercial. His show is on schedule for
6-6:30 pm EDT Sundays; otherwise mostly jazz format. WTFDA DB shows WNCU without
any suffix, so which is it?
[WNCU 90.7 DURHAM NC 50.0 kW H&V, 132.0m
HAAT, JAZZ 90.7, NEWS/JAZZ] 1703 km/1058 statute miles
89.3, at 2212 UT,
some unID jazz overcomes KIEL OK semi-local. Doesn`t fit any VA/NC/SC station
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
1726 UT May 29