The following are extracts from my medium wave logbook during the last solar minimum period.
Equipment used was a Perseus SDR receiver and standard sized flag antenna on the rear garden of my previous address in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
530 CAN CIAO Brampton ON. Tentative. Possible commercial break over the hour. Sounded
Indian. Difficult copy due to huge 531 splatter. Weak 0700 05-11-08
CUB CM-- Radio Enciclopedia, La Habana. Tentative. POssibly ID by YL but muffled.
Elevator muzak style. Fair 0700 11-11-08
540 CAN CBT Grand Falls NL. "CBC Radio 1" ID and news jingle. 0600 30-09-08
CAN CBGA-1 New Carlisle PQ. ID "Vous ecoutez la premiere chaine de Radio Canada.
CBGA Gaspesie et les isles". Weak 0600 03-10-08
USA WFLF Pine Hills FL. Personal First! News station. I could only make out
"... online 540wflf.com". Fair 0700 08-11-09
MEX XEWA W Radio, San Luis Potosi. Personal First! Nice ID by YL heard in the mix.
Weak 0600 08-11-09
550 USA WGR Buffalo NY (Presumed). Personal First! ESPN sports. IDing as "ESPN
Sports 10-50". Fair 0302 29-09-08
560 CAN CHVO Spaniard's Bay NL. "Kixx Country" IDs. Fair 0139 11-09-08
560 USA WGAN Portland ME. "on Newsradio 5-60 WGAN" ID. Weak 0000 01-11-08
USA WSAU Wausau WI. Personal First! OM with WSAU ID. then full toh ID "On Newstalk
__?__ (the Newstalk Superstation?)" then sung jingle "WSAU Wausau".
ABC News. Weak 0800 24-01-09
USA WQAM Miami FL. Personal First! Confusing at first as there seemed to be two
stations IDing as "WGAN". Further listening and investigation revealed
one was a sports network station carrying "Dolphin Sports" which
points to WQAM. Weak 0500 23-09-09
USA KFYR Bismarck ND. Tentative. Possible "K-Fire" ID in the pile-up along with
"Newstalk". Very difficult copy. Weak 0400 21-10-01
CUB CM-- Radio Rebelde, Moa. ID jingles at top of hour. Weak 0700 05-11-08
570 CAN CFCB Corner Brook NL. Pops, noted in // with 790 CFNW for several minutes.
Weak 0605 07-10-09
CAN CKGL Kitchener ON. Personal First! "We are located at ... online and around the
world by visiting 570news.com". Fair 0600 03-10-09
USA WMCA New York City NY. "This is WMCA New York" dominating Cuba for a change.
Then "FRN(?) News". Weak 0700 05-11-08
USA WSYR Syracuse NY. "5-70 WSYR Syracuse" at the top of the hour. Weak 0500 27-10-08
USA WNAX Yankton SD. "Coast To Coast" then lengthy ID on which I caught the
important part "WNAX Yankton". CBS News jingle. Weak 0600 20-10-09
CAN CKSW Swift Current SK. Personal First! C&W music, peaking fair at 0800 but
no ID. Managed to record a "CKSW" ID at 0808 however. Fair 0800 13-12-09
CUB CMDC Radio Reloj, Santa Clara. Time pips and "RR" in morse code. Fair 0605 30-09-08
580 CAN CFRA Ottawa ON. Call letters clearly heardin brief gap in splatter from that damn
RNE news jingle which was attacking 580 from both sides. Fair 0100 03-11-08
590 CAN VOCM St Johns NB. Regularly heard.
USA WEZE Boston MA. Just caught ID underneath VOCM. Weak 0600 07-10-09
600 CAN CBNA St Anthony NL. "The Choice" programme. Weak 0215 13-08-08
CUB CMKV Radio Rebelde, Urbano Noris. YL & OM talk // 560, 620, etc. Fair 0700 09-11-08
VEN YVQB Radio Sucre, Cumana. Slowly spoken ID beneath CBNA. Personally not heard
since the 1980s. Weak 0700 02-11-08
610 CAN CHNC New Carlisle QC. French songs, as web stream. Weak 0200 13-08-08
USA WIOD Miami FL. Long break in CHNC audio allowed ID through "WIOD Fort Lauderdale.
Newsradio 6-10 WIOD Miami". Weak 0600 03-10-08
CUB CM-- Radio Rebelde, two sites listed. YL & OM talk, as others. Fair 0700 09-11-08
620 CAN CKCM Grand Falls NL. Regularly heard.
CUB CMGN Radio Rebelde, Colon. YL & OM talk, as 560 & 600, etc. Good 0700 09-11-08
640 CAN CBN St Johns NL. "CBC Radio" ID, as 1400. Fair 0400 14-08-08
CAN CFMJ Richmond Hill ON. "You're listening to AM 6-40 (?) in the morning, Waters
in the afternoon, CFMJ". Then "AM 6-40 News". Fair 0500 03-11-08
650 CAN CKGA Gander NL. C&W music and "VOCM" IDs. Weak 0230 16-06-08
USA WSM Nashville TN. Weather forecast (rain) "on 6-50 AM and around the world
at wsm.com". C&W music. Fair 07-02-08
670 USA WSCR Chicago IL. ID as "WSCR HD" then Sporting News Radio jingle.
Weak 0700 21-12-08
CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas. Echo produced as another site also coming
in. Fair 0500 11-09-08
680 CAN CFTR Toronto ON. "At 680news.com, this is 6-80 News" ID. Fair 0400 16-08-08
USA WRKO Boston MA. "Only here on Boston's Talk Station, AM 6-80 WRKO".
Fair 0600 07-10-08
CAN CJOB Winnipeg MB. "Online and in demand, this is Manitoba's Information
Superstation, CJOB" in nasty 675 Spanish splatter. Fair 0400 06-11-08
USA KBRW Barrow AK. Personal First! "NPR Morning Show" followed by local Alaskan
weather forecast, then forecast from the National Weather Service.
Weak 1719 01-12-08
Slightly better reception on 02-12-08. "NPR Morning Edition".
Barrow weather with Glenn Hoffman sponsored by Power & Brown law firm
(in Bethel, Alaska) at powerbrown.com. NPR jingle ID. Christmas song. NPR
Economic Report. Weak 1619 02-12-08
Also heard 23-01-09 & 24-01-09
PTR WAPA San Juan PR. Personal First! Network ID at toh and "Noticias".
Weak 0200 06-12-08
700 USA WLW Cincinnati OH. "Newsradio Seven Hundred WLW" ID. Fair 0300 07-07-08
JMC NBC Kingstown, St Vincent. Heard regularly with hymns. BBC World Service
relay // web stream. Weak 0400 08-08-08
710 CAN CKVO Clarenville NL. Regularly heard.
710 USA WOR New York City NY. Dr Joy Brown phone in. Weak 0245 13-08-08
720 USA WGN Chicago IL. ID clearly heard in gap in 720 BBC talk. Fair 0800 06-01-09
730 CAN CKAC MOntrel QC. French pops, Disneyworld ad, CKAC ID. Fair 0400 16-08-08
740 CAN CHCM Marystown NL. "Your Information Superstation VOCM" ID. Fair 0030 05-07-08
CAN CFZM Toronto ON. "The All Night Jukebox, right here on Zoomer AM 7-40" ID.
Equal levels with CHCM. Fair 0500 08-09-09
CAN CBX Edmonton AB. Personal First! Since CBC Radio 1 changed their news jingle it
can be heard quite clearly - even when it is very weak or buried in a pile-up!
CBC News jingle clearly heard at 0500, 0700 and very clearly at 0900.
Fair 0500 06-11-09
B ZYH446 Radio Sociedade Da Bahia, Salvador. ID at top of hour. Weak 0000 20-06-08
750 CAN CBGY Bonavista Bay NL. Regularly heard.
USA WSB Atlanta GA. "Around the clock. On the hour. wsbradio.com. This is AM
7-50 WSB Atlanta, 24 hour news and weather" etc. and into WSB Sports.
Weak 0430 06-11-08
CAN CJVR Melfort SK. Personal First! Mike & The Mechanics "All I Need Is A Miracle"
then "CK 7-50" IDs. Oldies format. Fair on brief peak. 0731 25-01-09
VEN YVKS RCR, Caracas. "Radio Caracas Radio" ID. Mixing CBGY. Fair 0200 28-10-08
760 USA WJR Detroit MI. "From the golden towers of the Fisher Building, this is
The Great Voice Of The Great Lakes, Newstalk 7-60" Then sung
jingle ID "WJR Detroit". Weak 0030 07-07-08
770 USA WABC New York City NY. "This is WABC New York" ID. ABC News. Fair 0700 12-11-08
CAN CHQR Calgary AB. Personal First! "For breaking news, we're at 770chqr.com".
Fair levels over WABC! Fair 0500 06-11-09
CLM RCN Bogota. Ads and sung "RCN" ID on the hour, then more ads. Weak 0055 09-09-08
780 CAN CFDR Dartmouth NS. Job ad for "New Cap Radio" then "Kixx Country" ID.
Good 0350 08-09-08
790 USA WAXY South Miami FL. Ad then "Sportsradio 7-90 WAXY South Miami, The Ticket" ID.
Fair 0403 08-09-08
USA WBBM Chicago IL. "This is Newsradio 7-80 WBBM Chicago" ID. Weak 0600 01-10-08
CAN CFNW Port Au Choix NL. Pops, noted in // with 570 CFCB. Fair 0605 06-10-09
CAN CFRW Camrose AB. Presumed. Classic country music heard between 0700 and 0800,
mixing with WAXY and Cuba. Weak 0700 24-01-09
800 VOWR St Johns NL. Regularly heard.
CAN CHRC Quebec QC. (Presumed) French talk in the mix. Fair 0800 14-05-08
CAN CKLW Windsor ON. Patchy ID in 801 splatter "800 Hamilton (?) and Windsor ....
CKLW". Weak 0600 29-09-08
820 CAN CHAM Hamilton ON. "8-20 Cham" jingle. C&W music. Fair 0444 18-08-08
USA WBAP Fort Worth TX. "here on Newstalk 8-20 WBAP". Fair 0336 16-08-08
USA WFFD Frederick MD. Personal First! Thanks to Paul Crankshaw for the tip.
I could hear this weakly in parallel with WWWT 1500. Weak 0531 18-09-08
CUB CM-- Radio Reloj, Two sites listed. Usual time pips. Weak 0400 18-08-08
830 USA WCRN Worcester MA. "WCRN. 50,000 watts of talk for New England. AM 8-30 WRCN
Worcester". CBS News. Fair 0000 06-11-08
USA WCCO Minneapolis MN. Personal First. "Your information for the Tri-Cities and
(Minnesota?). CCO Eight Three Oh. WCCO Radio News". No trace of WCRN.
Fair 0503 26-01-09
840 USA WHAS Louisville KY. WHAS ID and mention of whas.com. Fair 0700 06-11-08
850 USA WEEI Boston MA. "Sports Radio 8-50 WEEI Boston" ID. Fair 0200 26-10-08
USA WFTL West Palm Beach FL. "WFTL, Newstalk Eight Five O, WFTL" ID. Weak 0700 01-11-08
USA KOA Denver CO. Personal First! Traffic report, followed by "Newsradio 8-50
KOA" ID. Almost fair on peak! Fair 0805 09-12-09
860 CAN CJBC Toronto ON. "Premiere chaine ... Radio Canada ... CJBC Toronto".
Fair 0600 29-09-08
870 USA WWL New Orleans LA. Very weak ID in 873 splatter. V weak 0300 07-07-08
CUB CMDT Radio Reloj, Sancti Spiritus. Time pips and ID over WWL. Fair 0700 11-11-08
890 USA WLS Chicago IL. "The world is changing - are you listening?" then sing WLS jingle.
Fair 0700 03-11-08
USA WAMG Dedham MA. "WAMG in Boston" heard at toh. ESPN Sports. Weak 0500 16-09-08
900 MEX XEW W Radio, Mexico City DF. Personal First! Italy removed, thanks to the
flag antenna. Spain faded thanks to daylight. "W Radio 900 AM Mexico" ID,
all alone on channel. Weak 0900 08-11-09
920 CAN CJCH Halifax NS. "The greatest oldies of all time, 92 CJCH" ID. Fair 0230 13-05-08
CAN CKNX Wingham ON. "AM 9-20 CKNX" vocal drop-in between C&W music. Fair 0252 12-07-08
CAN CFRY Portage La Prairie MB. Personal First! CFRY call letters in promo, then
"Coming to you first, CFRY Real Country Radio proud to be part of
Golden West Media, Winnipeg's (?) ... " etc. Weak 0419 06-11-08
USA KDHL Faribault MN. Personal First! "This is The Voice Of The Nation, Radio
America" IDs. Later identified with full call letters. Weak 0600 24-01-09
USA WHJJ Providence RI. Personal First! Top of the hour ID with call letters, also
mentioning another W call in its ID. "Newsradio 9-20", despite it being
listed on Topaz as "Newstalk 9-20". Recording available. Alone on channel.
Weak 0900 24-12-09
? Two unids. ESPN ID at toh with mention of "Mike And Mike In The Morning"
and another with "USA Radio Network News" ID. Weak 0800 25-01-09
MEX XERE La Comadre, Guanajuato. Presumed. Mentions of Mexico in lively announcements
at top of hour. Fairly sure of "Comadre" ID and mention of Celaya, then
straight into lively music. Weak 0700 25-10-08
930 CAN CJYQ St Johns NL. Regularly heard
CAN CFBC St John NB. "Good Time Oldies 93 CFBC". Fair 0300 25-05-08
USA WBEN Buffalo NY. Heard "on Newsradio 9-30 WBEN Buffalo" beneath CFBC's oldies.
Weak 0600 25-09-08
USA WPAT Paterson NJ. Personal First! "WPAT is 9-30 AM. WPAT Paterson New Jersey"
ID. Weak 0600 07-10-09
CUB CM-- Radio Reloj, several transmitters listed. Time pips and morse "RR" ID
on the minute. Weak 0025 03-11-08
940 CAN CINW Montreal QC. "AM 9-40. Montreal's Greatest Hits". Fair 0800 22-11-08
950 CAN CKNB Campbellton NB. "Your Community, Your Radio Station, 95 CKNB" ID and
commercial. Fair 0438 03-09-08
CAN CFAM Altona MB. Personal First! Woodwind piece // 1250 CHSM. Fair 0802 24-01-09
960 USA WEAV Plattsburgh NY. WEAV ID and mention of Fox News Radio. Weak 0600 03-10-08
CAN CFAC Calgary AB. Personal First! Call letters obscured by splatter but "ESPN Radio
Calgary" ID heard. Fair 0800 07-11-09
USA KMA Shenandoah IA. Personal First! Mention of "Regional Radio" then
references to KMA. ABC News. Difficult copy. Weak 0600 07-10-09
USA Unid. ID as "Fox News Radio" on the hour and continued to do so for
the next five minutes without local ID. Fair 0600 07-10-09
970 USA WZAN Portland ME. "9-70 WZAN" ID and sports promo. Weak 0400 18-08-08
USA KQAQ Austin MN. Personal First! "Classic Country" IDs mid-song.
Fair peaks 0454 26-01-09
USA WDAY Fargo ND. Personal First! ID heard immediately after WZAN ID. I thought
I was hearing WZAN at first until I realized that WDAY was spoken over the top
of WZAN's CBS News jingle. "Breaking News First on WDAY". Weak 0600 10-10-09
MEX XERFR Radio Formula, Mexico City DF. Personal First! "Nueve Setenta, Radio
Formula" ID after OM talk. Weak 0700 21-10-09
980 CAN CKRU Peterborough ON. "We play all your favourite songs, from your first
date to your wedding day. Putting the music to your memory, 9-80 Kruz
(cruise)". Motown music. Fair 0700 12-11-08
USA KKMS Richfield MN. Personal First! "Welcome to Super ... AM 9-80 Minneapolis St
Paul". Difficult copy. Weak 0800 11-12-09
USA WCUB Two Rivers WI. Personal First! "... and now more of the new and old, Your
Kind Of Country, with ... on AM 9-80 WCUB". Weak 0901 08-11-09
CAN CJME Regina SK. Personal First! "Regina's number one news and information station,
9-80 CJME, a Rawlco Radio Station". V weak and alone 0900 16-12-09
B ZYH707 Radio Nacional Brasilia, Brasilia. Radio Nacional ID at the top of
the hour. Fair 0000 11-09-08
990 CAN CBY Corner Brook NL. Personal First! CBC Radio 1 news jingle clearly heard amid
the co-channel pile-up. Fair 0700 24-10-08
1000 USA WMVP Chicago IL. Checked against their web stream for some time but eventually
heard an "ESPN One Thousand" ID live on air. Fair 0025 06-10-09
1010 USA WINS New York City NY. Regularly heard.
CAN CFRB Toronto ON. Regularly heard.
CAN CBR Calgary AB. CBC Radio ID after the news at 08:03:30. Fair 0803 24-01-09
1020 USA KDKA Pittsburgh PA. Several KDKA IDs in promo. Fair 0430 16-08-08
CMAP Radio Guama, Bahia Honda. Personal First! Announcement at toh and YL news
and info. Thanks Chris, Gert and Henrik at RealDX for assistance.
Weak 0600 30-11-08
1030 USA WBZ Boston MA. Clear WBZ ID heard in 1026 Sheffield splatter. Fair 0600 07-10-08
1040 USA WHO Des Moines IA. "Newsradio Ten Forty WHO" ID. I have been struggling to
dig this one out for some time. 1040 is very difficult here because
of splash from local BBC Radio Sheffield on 1035. Weak 0300 14-10-09
1050 CAN CHUM Toronto ON. Regularly heard.
USA WEPN New York City NY. Regularly heard.
1060 USA WBIX Natick MA. Financial talk. "Business Talk Radio" IDs. Weak 0300 02-06-08
CAN CKMX Calgary AB. Personal First! "Classic Country AM 10-60" and a mention of
southern Alberta. Fair 0832 22-11-08
CUB CM-- Radio 26, Matanzas. "Radio Varadero" IDs - relay of FM station.
Weak 0300 17-07-08
MEX XEEP Radio Educacion, Mexico City DF. National anthem and full ID.
Fair 0500 13-09-08
1070 CAN CHOK Sarnia ON. Personal First! "The Country Connection on Country One Oh
Three Nine CHOK". Weak 0041 06-10-09
ARG LR1 Radio El Mundo, Capital Federal. Two OMs talking, as web stream.
Weak 0208 05-10-09
CLM HCJG Radio Santa Fe, Bogota. Lively Latin rhythms, in parallel with web stream.
Weak 0230 05-10-09
VEN YVMA Radio Mundial Zulia, Maracaibo. ID after lively Latin music. Not heard
this since the mid-80s. Hearing it now thanks to fine tuning of the flag
antenna. Fair 0200 05-10-09
1080 USA WTIC Hartford CT. "On the hour, every hour, around the clock. Newstalk 10-80 WTIC".
Weak 0700 02-11-08
1090 USA WBAL Baltmore MD. Just timed this right as I could just make out the call
letters amid 1089 Talk Sport splatter. Good 0400 06-10-09
1100 USA WTAM Cleveland OH. Promo for "Coast To Coast". Fair 0300 02-06-08
B ZYK694 Radio Globo, Sao Paulo. "Globo" jingle then spoken ID. Fair 0300 13-05-08
1110 USA WBT Charlotte NC. Tara Servatius Show. Phone number and ID "704 570 1110 WBT 11-10".
Fair 0341 14-08-08
1120 USA KMOX St Louis MO. Ad for "Daniel's Farm & Greenhouses" then ID "The Officual
Traffic Station, Newsradio 11-20 KMOX, KMOX HD, St Louis" and CBS News.
Fair 0100 06-10-09
1130 USA WBBR New York City NY. "Bloomberg 11 Three Oh" IDs. Fair 0335 13-05-08
USA KWKH Shrevport LA. "The Home Of The Legends, AM 11-30 KWKH. Fair 0555 23-09-09
USA KFAN Minneapolis MN. "On AM 11-30 KFAN Minneapolis St Paul" ID. Fair 0800 22-11-08
1140 CAN CBI Sydney NS. CBC News jingle and vocal ID. Fair 0300 13-05-08
USA WQBA Miami FL. "Univision" IDs in Spanish mentioning studios in Florida.
Fair 0600 23-09-09
CAN CHRB High River AB. Personal First! At last! I have been after this one for
a long time. ".. on southern Alberta's community radio station, AM 11-40"
heard weakly on CBI & WQBA fade. Weak 0500 21-10-09
CUB CM-- Radio Rebelde, unlisted site. Jingle ID on the hour under WQBA.
Weak 0700 06-11-08
1150 USA WHBY Kimberly WI. Much splatter but caught ID "This is the (?) WHBY" with locations given, including Kimberly. Fair 0100 06-11-08
1160 USA WYLL Chicago IL. "WYLL Newstime" at top of hour. Weak 0400 08-08-08
USA KSL Salt Lake City UT. Personal First! Snow and ice forecast, then ID " ... for
Cougar fans around the world, KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 11-60, Utah's
exclusive home of the Cougars".
1170 USA WWVA Wheeling WV. Personal First! "This is The Big One, Newsradio ...
11-70 WWVA Wheeling. We know the way!" ID. ABC News. Good 0700 23-01-09
1180 USA WHAM Rochester NY. "Wham Radio Rochester New York" ID. Fair 0300 02-05-08
1190 USA WLIB New York City NY. "Miracle Revival Hour". Fair 0230 13-05-08
USA WOWO Fort Wayne IN. "Coast To Coast" then ID "Right now and every night on
Newstalk 11-90 WOWO". Weak 0530 02-11-08
MEX XEWK W Radio, Guadalajara. ID "W Radio, la frecuencia once noventa AM".
Fair 0100 28-10-08
ARG LR9 Radio America, Buenos Aires. "Radio America Informa" ID. Fair 0230 17-05-08
B UNID. Portuguese talk over the hour. V weak 2300 21-05-08
1200 CAN CFGO Ottawa ON. Fox Sports IDs. Fair 0300 14-05-08
USA WKOX Newton MA. Presumed with Rumba music. Fair 0400 08-09-09
1230 CAN Unid. CBC Radio 1 news jingle on the hour. Presume CFGN Port Au Basques
NL but other possibilities on channel. Maybe even CFFB Iqaluit NU.
Weak 0500 07-11-09
1250 CAN CJYE Oakville ON. "You're listening to Overnight on the Wide Open Ministry.
Radio station CJYE and CJMR AM 13-20" Weak 0500 06-09-09
USA WSSP Milwaukee WI. Programme promo "Makes you a winner, WSSP Milwaukee"
under CJYE's religious songs. Weak 0600 25-09-08
USA WGAM Manchester NH. "Sportsradio WGAM Manchester, WGHM Nashua(?)" ID at toh.
V weak 0900 14-12-08
USA WEAE Pittsburgh PA. "WEAE Pittsburgh" ID heard in pile-up. Fair 0500 06-11-08
CAN CHSM Steinbach MB. Presumed with lengthy classical piece above CJYE.
Weak but dominant. 0530 02-11-08
1270 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. "Cape Breeton's Country, CFCB" jingle ID. Weak 0157 16-10-09
USA WTSN Dover NH. Personal First! "WTSN AM 12-70" ID heard in splatter
from 1269 at top of hour. V weak 0700 24-11-08
USA WXYT Detroit MI. Sung "Sporting News Flash" jingle in pile-up. Weak 0800 23-01-09
USA WRLZ Eatonville FL. Personal First! Spanish pops and ID "por Radio Luz,
doce setanta". Weak 0400 18-08-08
ARG LS11 Radio Provincia De Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. // web stream. Weak 0050 09-09-08
1280 USA WFAU Gardiner ME. Top of the hour ID, including a string of stations on the
network, including WFAU. Fair 0000 06-09-09
CAN CFMB Montreal QC. Haitian programming as web stream. Fair 0030 21-10-08
USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha WI. Ad break. Nostalgia format and sing "WNAM" jingle.
Weak 0434 22-11-08
USA Unid Westwood One programming. Weak 0400 14-09-09
PTR WCMN Noti Uno, Arecibo PR. "Noti Uno" IDs and rolling Spanish news.
Weak 0300 03-06-08
BER VSB2 Hamilton, Bermuda. BBN Radio. Weak 0100 05-08-08
B ZYJ455 Radio Tupi, Rio De Janerio. OM in Portuguese with possible ID.
Weak 0341 21-05-08
1290 USA WKBK Keene NH. "AM 12-90 WKBK Keene" ID and CBS News. Weak 0600 23-01-09
USA WJNO West Palm Beach FL. "Right now it's 4 o' clock in south Florida, then
killed by unnecessarily wide 1296 splatter. Weak
CAN CJBK London ON. End of promo and ID "Weekdays on Newstalk 121-90 CJBL".
Weak 0700 03-11-08
CAN CFRW Winnipeg MB. Personal First! Oldies in // with web playlist. ID at
top of the hour then Beach Boys song. "You're listening to CFRW,
a Chum Radio Station". Fair 0400 06-11-08
USA WRNO Providence RI. "WRNO Rhode Island heard in gaps between splatter.
Weak 0300 12-09-08
USA WIRL Peoria IL. Personal First! WIRL call lellters heard. Weak 0037 04-10-09
USA KKAR Omaha NE. Personal First! "Dr Laura, only on Newstalk 12-90 K-Kar.
KKAR Omaha" ABC News. Fair 0500 26-01-09
1300 USA WOOD Grand Rapids MI. ID "On Newsradio 13 Hundred WOOD" heard by chance.
Fair 0119 05-11-08
1310 CAN CIWW Ottawa ON. Showing early at 21:30 with oldies // web stream.
Weak 2130 01-11-08
USA WLOB Portland ME. ID "WLOB AM Portland, 13-10 and wlobradio.com".
Weak 0200 06-11-08
USA WCCW Traverse City MI. Personal First! ID "13-10 ESPN Radio, WCCW AM Traverse City".
Weak 0600 14-10-09
1320 CAN CJMR Mississauga ON. "You're listening to CJMR 13-20". Weak 0300 16-05-08
USA WBOB Jacksonville FL. "Talk radio that has everyone talking, AM 13-20,
north-east Florida's WBOB Jacksonville". I last heard this more
than 20 years ago when it was WVOJ. Weak 0700 27-10-08
USA WJAS Pittsburgh PA. Personal First! Oldies format and WJAS jingle drop-in noted
at 06:18:40. Weak 0618 26-01-09
USA WDER Derry NH. Tentative. Back to back Christian music with ad break mentioning
Boston (Derry is near Boston). Programming would fit with schedule.
Weak 0404 17-08-08
USA WILS Lansing MI. Personal First! ID weakly heard in 1323 splatter. Tricky! Weak 0800 13-12-09
CAN CHMB Vancouver BC. Presumed with Chinese YL, first noted mixing with
CJMR at 0742 then heard with a CRI ID at 0800. Fair 0800 22-11-08
1330 USA WRCA Waltham MA. ID at top of hour, then banging tune! Weak 0300 14-08-08
USA WFNN Erie PA. "Fox Sports Radio, AM 13-30 The Fan, WFNN Erie". Fair 0600 29-09-08
USA WLOL Minneapolis MN. Personal First! "You're tuned to Relevant Radio" ID by
YL. Difficult in pile-up. Weak 0600 22-11-08
1350 USA WOYK York PA. Presumed with "Sporting News Flash" jingle under nearby Radio
Nightingale. Weak 0600 03-10-09
1360 USA WDRC Hartford CT. "This is the talk of Connecticut, WDRC AM 13-60 Hartford.
Fair 0100 03-11-08
USA WKAT North Miami FL. "Esta es WKAT North Miami" ID. Fair 0000 05-11-08
UNID. R&B/urban style music. No break for ID at top of hour. Weak 0800 01-11-08
1370 USA WDEA Ellsworth ME. ID heard in 1368 splatter. Weak 0100 13-05-08
1380 CAN CKPC Brantford ON. Personal First! "13-80 CKPC" heard heard over news headlines
from another station. Weak 0800 28-01-10
USA WABH Bath NY. Personal First! "13-80 WABH Bath, a ... station and it's ... at
Pembroke Pines". Fair 0800 28-01-10
USA KOTA Rapid City SD. Personal First! "Newsradio 13-80 KOTA Rapid City" ID.
Weak 0400 06-11-08
MEX XECO 1380 AM Musica Romantica, Iztacalco. Personal First! Thanks to AB for
transcription "Estas escuchando XECO, Romantica, AM Musica, 50,000
vatios de potencia ... desde Radio Valle De Mexico" and station address.
Weak 0600 11-01-09
VEN YVNG Ondas Del Mar, Puerto Cabello. ID and slogan between Latin songs.
Mixing US nostalgia station. Weak 0425 16-08-08
1390 USA WEGP Preseue Isle ME. Jingle ID after ad break. Fair 0108 13-05-08
USA WXTC Charleston SC. (Presumed) Inspirational Gospel music. Weak 0340 13-05-08
USA WPLM Plymouth NH. Nostalgia, "on Easy 99.1 WPLM". Weak 0200 22-06-08
USA WFBL Syracuse NY. "The golden age of rock and roll on Oldies 13-90 WFBL.
Then CNN News. Weak 0600 17-11-08
USA WRIG Schofield WI. Personal First! Difficult copy under consistent WEGP signal.
"Your Greatest Hits weekend. Everything you want. One phone number,
659 ???5". Thanks to Paul Crankshaw for help with this. He pointed
me to this website: www.dxgert.se/2007.htm which lists the full phone
number: 1-800-659-1965, WRIG's phone number. WRIG's slogans include:
"The Greatest Hits" and "your Greatest Hit Weekend". Weak 0636 23-11-08
USA WLCM Holt MI. Personal First! "... right here on WLCM, Holt Lansing".
Weak 0500 14-10-09
PTR WISA Isabella PR. Esta es la WISA AM 13-90 Isabella" in Spanish. Weak 0300 03-11-08
1400 CAN CBG Gander NL. Regularly heard.
USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. "Newstalk 14 Hundred WOND, WGYN and on the worldwide
web at wond1400.com. It's 2 o' clock". Weak 0600 05-10-08
GRD Harbour Light Of The Windwards, Carriacou. "Harbour Light" ID, programme info
and hymns. Weak 0100 05-08-08
CLM HKJM Emisora Mariana, Bogota. Personal First! Emisora Mariana IDs heard. Many
references to Mariana. Weak 0449 16-11-08
1410 USA WPOP Hartford CT. "This is ESPN Radio 14-10 WPOP Hartford" ID. Fair 0300 13-05-08
USA WMYR Fort Myers FL. "Relevant Radio" IDs // 1660 WCNZ. Fair 0400 03-11-08
CAN CFUN Vancouver BC. Tentative. Talk station. Promo prior to top of hour
mentioning .ca web address. WPOP very weak at the time. Weak 0800 22-11-08
1420 CAN CKDY Digby NS. "AVR" ID in promos. Fair 0136 15-08-08
USA WBSM New Bedford MA. "First with local news, talk and sports, this is WBSM
New Bedford, Citadel Broadcasting, AM 14-20 WBSM" then ABC News.
Weak 0500 09-09-08
USA WOC Davenport IA. Personal First! "Newstalk 14-20 Davenport, Quad Cities.
The News ... Starts ... Now" Weak 0700 06-11-08
USA WHK Cleveland OH. "WHK" ID and rolling news. Weak 0400 08-08-08
USA KTOE Mankato MN. Personal First! ID heard in gap in splatter from 1422.
Weak 0300 20-10-09
1430 USA WENE Endicott NY. "Fox Sports Radio 14-30 The Team ID. Fair 0243 17-05-08
CAN CHKT Toronto ON. "14-30 CHKT Fairchild Radio, Toronto" ID. Fair 0300 16-05-08
USA WNSW Newark NJ. Presumed. "Newark New York City" heard in the toh ID. Very tricky.
Thanks to Paul Crankshaw too who also heard the city references.
1440 USA WJJB Westbrook ME. "Big Jab" sports commentary, mixing UNID Spanish.
Weak 0100 13-05-08
USA WHKZ Warren OH. "The Word" ID in ad break. Weak 0231 06-06-08
USA WVEI Worcester MA. "... here on the WEEI Red Sox Radio Network". Fair 0106 10-10-09
B ZYH285 Radio Globo, Manaus. Personal First! Many mentions of "Globo" and
football commentary "Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oal"! Mixing another Brazilian.
Fair 0000 20-06-08
1450 USA WENJ Atlantic City NJ. WENJ call heard in splatter and "espn.com".
Weak 0300 03-06-08
1460 CAN CJOY Guelph ON. Oldies and "14-60 CJOY, the Royal City's Greatest Hits" ID.
Fair 0602 23-01-09
USA WDDY Albany NY. "Radio Disney" ID heard at 0607. Weak 0607 30-09-08
1470 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Regularly heard.
USA WBKV West Bend WI. "WBKV West Bend" heard mixing with the oldies of WLAM.
Weak 0700 10-12-09
USA WNYY Ithaca NY. "Serving the Finger Lakes, this is your progressive talk station,
14-70 WNYY Ithaca". Also mentioning WNYY TV. Fair 2300 30-09-08
CAN CJVB Vancouver BC. Usual three time pips and Chinese OM. Weak 0600 09-10-08
MEX XEAI Radio Formula, Mexico City. ID clearly heard in pile-up. Fair 0400 08-08-08
URG CX147 Radio Cristal Del Uruguay, Las Piedras. Familiar "Cristal" jingle heard.
V weak 2100 21-05-08
1480 USA WSAR Fall River MA. "All day, every day, on the Boston ..(?).. WSAR" ID.
V weak 0000 03-10-08
USA WHBC Canton OH. WThis is WHBC Canton" ID at top of hour. Weak 0400 30-09-08
USA WGVU Kentwood MI. Weak ID at toh "We are WGVU AM Kentwood, WGVS AM 850(?)"
Weak 0200 06-11-08
USA WMLV Madison WI. Personal First! "La Movida" and "WMLV 14-80" IDs heard after
Mexican music. Weak 0804 24-01-09
PRT WMDD Radio Tropical, Fajardo. Fajardo sports commentary. Fair 0100 14-05-08
1490 USA WBAE Portland ME. "14 Hundred WBAE" ID heard in noise at top of hour.
Weak 0800 22-11-08
USA Unid. "ESPN Radio" ID Weak 0300 06-11-08
1500 USA WWWT Washington DC. Talk show. Fair 0330 13-05-08
USA WLQV Detroit MI. Personal First! This is the most listened to Christian talk,
AM 15 Hundred, WLQV Detroit M__?__'s (not Michigan's) talk
radio" ID. Weak 0600 21-12-08
USA KSTP St Paul MN. "This is talk station __?__ 15 Hundred KSTP St Paul
Minneapolis, stay tuned ... " Fair 0000 24-01-09
MEX XEDF Radio Formula, Mexico City DF. Personal First! Familiar 'falling' jingle
stab and "Radio Formala" ID. Weak 0200 06-11-08
1510 USA WWZN Boston MA. Regularly heard.
USA WLAC Nashville TN. Call letters heard under WWZN. Weak 0500 24-10-08
USA KCKK Littleton CO. "Mile High Sports, 15-10 KCKK" heard over WWZN!
Fair 0600 03-10-09
USA KGA Spokane WA. Personal First! "Newsradio 15-10 KGA Spokane" ID heard on
WWZN fade. Weak 0400 13-09-08
Again with YL ID at top of hour "15-10 KGA Spokane" heard weakly under
WWZN. Weak 0600 09-10-08
USA WRRD Waukesha WI. Personal First! Obliterating WWZN at this time so obviously still
on day power. Phone-in and commercials as their web stream. Good 2305 14-01-09
1520 USA WWKB Buffalo NY. Regularly heard.
USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK. ID in WWKB gap "KOKC Oklahoma City. The news starts now.
It's 1 o' clock". Weak 0600 29-09-08
1530 USA WCKY Cincinnati OH. Personal First! "You're listening to the fifty thousand watt
__?__ WCKY Cincinnati 15-30. Jesus Christ is coming!" heard in co-channel
mess. Good 0800 23-01-09
1540 CAN CHIN Toronto ON. "Broadcasting to Toronto on AM 15-40. This is the voice of
multicultural radio. This is CHIN" ID. Fair 0130 13-05-08
USA KXEL Waterloo IA. "Newstalk 15-40 KXEL" mixing CHIN & WDCD. Fair 0000 27-10-08
1550 CAN CBE Windsor ON. CBC ID and CBC news at toh. Fair 0000 27-10-08
1560 USA WQEW New York City NY. Regularly heard.
USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Sports mixing WQEW. Fair 0700 21-10-09
1570 CAN CFAV Montreal QC. Regularly heard.
CAN CKMW Morden-Winkler MB. Personal First! Nice peak over XERF & CFAV. "Country 15-70"
IDs and commercial break. Fair 0153 06-11-08
MEX XERF La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuna. Regularly heard.
1580 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. "You're listening to Oshawa's Radio Station, CKDO at 107.7 FM
and 15-80 AM". Fair 0601 30-09-08
1590 USA WARV Warwick RI. Vocal ID heard. Difficult in German digital splatter.
Fair 0800 23-01-09
USA WAKR Akron OH. "... with news. 15-90, Akron's News Authority". Difficult in
German digital splatter. Fair 0800 23-01-09
USA WVNA Tuscumbia AL. Personal First! "Newstalk 15-90 WVNA, the voice of north
Alabama" ID heard on the half hour. Weak 0530 16-10-09
USA KVGB Great Bend KS. Personal First! Messy ID in the noise, something like "144,
The Talk Of The Town ... radio ... KVGB". Thanks to Ken Baird for
the tip and translation, this should be "... right here on the
Dave Ramsay Show, weekday afternoons from 1 until 4, on The Talk Of The
Town, 15-90 AM KVGB". V weak 0534 15-10-09
USA KCNN East Grand Forks MN. Personal First! Echoey ID obscured in the pile-up
"Grand Forks ... Station ... KCNN". This heard twice in the toh ID.
Weak 0500 21-10-09
MEX XEVOZ Radio Luz 15-90, Distrito Federal. Regularly heard.
1600 USA WUNR Brookline MA. "WUNR" ID in Spanish at toh. Fair 0500 23-01-09
USA WWRL New York City NY. "Sixteen Hundred WWRL New York" alternating OM & YL ID.
Only heard on USB. Fair 0500 17-09-09
USA WKKX Wheeling WV. Personal First! "WKKX Wheeiling" ID and "The Fox National Sports
Report". Thanks PC for confirmation. Weak 0800 23-01-09
USA KPNP Watertown MN. Presumed Personal First! Programming in the Hmong
language. Weak 0700 21-10-09
USA Unid "ESPN Radio" ID at toh. Topaz lists KEPN Lakewood CO and KGYM Cedar
Rapids IA as only likely candidates, probably the latter. Both have been heard
previously in England. I hear a vague K call but nothing else to go on.
V weak 0800 24-11-08
1610 Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, Anguilla. Presumed. Long time no hear. Good signals
with Gospel programming. Good 0500 22-01-09
CAN CHHA Toronto ON. "Radio Voces Latina" ID and full slogan in Spanish.
Weak 0600 30-09-08
CAN CJWI Montreal QC. Vous ecoutez a CJWI a Monreal" heard shortly after 0103, then
modern version of Christmas song. Weak 0103 15-12-08
1620 USA WTAW College Station TX. Could just make out "16-20 WTAW College Station" at
the top of the hour. Weak 0400 03-10-09
USA WNRP Gulf Breeze FL. Personal First! ... only Fox News station, Newsradio 16-20.
You're listening to Newsradio 16-20, WNRP Gulf Breeze. Fair 0800 25-01-10
USA KOZN Bellevue NE. ESPN sports programming dominant over WTAW and others.
Weak 0004 27-10-08
1630 USA KCJJ Iowa City IA. "Broadcast Station Coralville's Iowa River Landing 16-30,
KCJJ Iowa City and Coralville". Weak 0500 30-09-08
USA WDRW Augusta GA. Weak in noise. Rarely heard lately. Weak 0000 15-11-08
USA KKGM Fort Worth TX. Personal First! "This is AM 16-30 KKGM Fort Worth-Dallas,
a Mortenson Broadcasting Station" ID at toh. Fair 0000 01-11-08
USA KRND Fox Farm WY. "La Grande" ID and ad break. Fair 2344 05-11-08
1640 USA WKSH Sussex WI. "Radio Disney" IDs and kids music // 1650. Weak 0400 21-11-08
1650 USA WHKT Portsmouth VA. "Radio Disney" ID. Weak 0400 13-05-08
USA KCNZ Cedar Falls IA. "This is The Fan KCNZ. This is the home of the
Dan Patrick Show. 16-50 The Fan, KCNZ Cedar Falls, Waterloo".
Fair 0500 30-09-08
CAN CJRS Montreal QC. Bilingual ID in Enlgish and French "CJRS Montreal 16-50 AM
Montreal" and "CJRS Montreal seize cinquante AM Radio Shalom".
Weak 0500 06-09-09
USA KFOX Torrance CA. Personal First! Sung "Radio Seoul" jingle, then "AM 16-50
K-Fox. You're listening to southern California's number one Korean language
radio station". Fair 20-10-09
1660 USA WCNZ Marco Island FL. "WCNZ, Relevant Radio" ID. Fair 0400 13-05-08
USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. "16-60 AM WWRU Jersey City" ID. Weak 0300 13-05-08
USA WFNA Charlotte NC. "The Sports Station, WFNA Charlotte" ID. Weak 0600 30-09-08
USA KQWB West Fargo ND. "Fargo-Moorhead" part of legal ID heard at toh.
V weak 0700 26-10
USA KXTR Kansas City KS. Presumed, with lengthy classical pieces. Fair 0100 06-11-08
USA WQLR Kalamazoo MI. Personal First! "WQLR Kalamazoo 16-60 The Fan" ID. "The Fox
National Sports Report". Weak 0700 23-01-09
PTR WGIT Canonovas PR. ID at toh including a list of other W calls and Puerto Rican
stations on the network. Weak 0000 28-10-08
1670 USA WVVM Dry Branch GA. "Viva" IDs and Mexican music. Weak 0321 13-05-08
CAN CJEU Gatineau QC. Personal First! "Les Enfants" IDs in French. Lots of kids singing! Good 0515 11-12-09
USA WTDY Madison WI. Personal First! Two WTDY IDs. V weak 0100 06-11-08
1680 USA WOKB Winter Garden FL. "WOKB Winter Garden" ID heard very weakly.
V weak 0500 01-10-08
USA WTTM Lindenwood NJ. Brief English ID "16-80 WTTM" before Spanish ID at toh.
Fair 0000 15-11-08
1690 CAN CJLO Montreal QC. Promotion for CJLO Magazine at cjlo.com. Weak 0500 01-10-08
USA WMLB Avondale Estates GA. "American Aligator Sports Centre ... WMLB Avondale
Estates Altanta AM 16-90" ID and CBS News. Fair 0200 06-11-08
USA KDDZ Arvada CO. Personal First! Radio Disney with local ID "This is KDDZ
and KDDZ 81 Arvada". Fair 0100 28-10-08
1700 USA WJCC Miami Springs FL. Full ID in Spanish with call sign. Fair 0600 30-09-08
USA KVNS Brownsville TX. Rolling Stones song then "this is the sound of rock & roll
on your oldies station KVNS Brownsville" ID. Fair 0600 07-10-08
USA KKLF Richardson TX. Personal First! Rapid-fire call letters of stations on
the network, mentioning Fort Worth. "KKLF Richardson" also
heard, then "Sporting News" jingle. Fair 0700 12-11-08
MEX XEPE Tecate, Baja California. Personal First! "San Diego 17 Hundred" ID and business news. Competing with KVNS. Fair 0233 06-11-08
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