ghtvfmdx GLENN HAUSER`S TV AND FM DX, SUMMER 2010, FROM ENID OK Earlier TV and FM DX logs this summer have been mixed in with my SW logs, but there have been so many lately than I am separating them. Researching and compiling these logs has taken more time than the axual DX sessions, most of June 21, which fortunately was a dead day for VHF DX; welcome summer! This is so time-consuming that I am beginning to recall why I burned out on FM and TV DX some years ago, but have invested in new TV antenna, etc., to take advantage of the last years of analog TV in North America, with USA mostly clear of QRM. And FM DX comes along with it during strong openings. International VHF DX is still attractive, and if lucky one can also DX some interesting US stations rather than cookie-cutter commercial clones. ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE UT!! ** CANADA. Es TV DX UT June 18: at 0015 on 4, soccer in and out, seems northeastward; 0033 CBC logo detected at center screen. Most likely CBLT-4 North Bay Ont 100 kW; also possible: CBOT Ottawa. If not really NE but N, CBWT-2 Lac du Bonnet MB. At 0310 UT on 2, Canadian news from NE; could not make out network. But at 0315 Tb big logo on screen which means Thunder Bay, i.e. CKPR. Es activity continued as late as 0524 at least on channel 2. Next afternoon, still UT June 18, after Mexican DX from S and SE: 2340, ch 3, French from north. Surely CBWFT Winnipeg MB. 2340, ch 6, ads during CBC programming in English; surely CBWT Winnipeg. Also has 20 kHz CCI, lots of narrow beat bars, so it is offset plus or minus; W9WI says it`s minus. UT June 19: 0007, ch 4 from NE in English 1444, ch 4 and 5 same English ad grafix, northerly 1446, ch 3, Happy Father`s Day, and South Asian music, northeast. Did not check suspected CKVR Barrie Ont., schedule on Zap2it before June 19 was deleted; but following Saturday June 26 shows ``Rangla Punjab`` in Punjabi at 10:00-10:30 am EDT, which is only half an hour off, with ``Caribbean Showtime`` following. 1447, ch 2 with how-to show on painting a temple; mix with World Cup field at halftime, Australia vs Ghana, so the latter is CBC. 1442, ch 2, YL narration from Bangkok, travelog? Double audio a few words apart so two stations on same network but different routing. Next Saturday at 10:30 am EDT, CKCO has a travelog from Vietnam, Stratusphere [sic]. It`s CTV as is CHBX Sault Ste Marie, so that and CKCO-TV-2 Wiarton fit for this. 1453, ch 5, Sapporo ad in FIFA coverage, so CBC. Probably CBLT-5 Sault Ste. Marie rather than CBLT Toronto itself, considering what else I am getting. 1454, ch 6, American Standard ad sold at a store whose phone is 905- 629-4822. That chex for Mississauga, but ch 6 is not in Toronto proper. At 1456, plug Global.ca website. There are two Globals on 6 in Ontario, CIII-TV-6, 50 kW in Ottawa, which seems to be a satellite of CIII-TV, 100 kW in Paris, which is between Hamilton, London and Kitchener, a drop-in, I believe, accounting for the out-of-the way location. Ottawa is a bit far from here, tho not impossible; I believe I rarely if ever got TV from there previously. So likely Paris. 1503, ch 5, with soccer field again, CBC as above. 1503, ch 2, preacher about Jesus. CKCO Wiarton has ``It is Written`` scheduled (note: this was Saturday, not Sunday morning). (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Until and unless I get something definitely not Mexico, my Spanish unidentified TVDX logs will be included here. So far no luck, as Mexico always seems to be in, blocking any double-hop openings from further, and Yucatán is directly in the way to Central America and NW South America. Direxion notes are only approximate as the antenna is fairly broad- lobed, especially at low-VHF. There are often openings from more than one direxion at once. I videotaped some of the stronger signals capable of breaking thru the blue screen and/or the audio muting, and eventually should take some still photos to post. June 18, all times and dates UT! Much of the time I am multi-tasking, and only occasionally will something locally identifiable emerge. 1630, ch 2-6, tune-in, lots of Spanish mixing it up, S to SE 1632, ch 3, tv3 bug in UR, which is XHP Puebla, YL with birthday, quinceañera greetings. 1640, ch 5, Veracruz get-out-the-vote PSA from IFE (Instituto Federal Electoral), loud audio; video mix with else. XHAJ Las Lajas. 1642, ch 3, Flintstones from Net-5 bug UR, XHGC, the cartoon net; mix else. 1830, ch 2-6 full of Spanish, some very strong. 1840, ch 6, Hungary vs Argentina World Cup live, presumably net-2 Televisa [I then switch to FM DXing; see separate logs] 1945, ch 3-4-5, dubbed movie // from net-5; then 5 mixing with WC 2030, ch 5, local ads including Pollo Loco, Los Muebles de Monterrey. But there is no ch 5 in Monterrey, and only a lowpower elsewhere in NL relaying XET-6. Maybe chain furniture store name elsewhere? Not per Google. Maybe the word I heard was not muebles [furniture]. 2033, ch 5, ``aquí in Veracruz`` spoken. Maybe same station as above 2144 on ch 2 from S: Jello ad in English; 2158 Access Hollywood closing credits, 2159 Cricket ad, another ad with 956 Area Code = RGV of TX. ID slide started tv2 ---- but could not make out rest of it. But it is certainly XHRIO, Matamoros, Tamaulipas which funxions as the Fox affiliate in English down there, and remains in analog. UT June 19: 2235, ch 2-6 open with lots of Spanish stations. 2235, ch 6, Azteca 13, documentary seems, peaks southwest. 2236, ch 5, music show. 2240, ch 4, novela on net-5 2253, ch 6, YL announcer on camera, about Mexico 2010. Yes, that`s the country and that`s the year, so? 2336, ch 2-6, still lots of stations mixing. UT June 20: 0001, ch 6, Visión America; jazz concert, from the Aguascalientes Jazz Festival. Bug at UL has three folding diamonds horizontally in different colors, then ID seen as Aguascalientes-tv. Local singers, ranchera YL in black cowboy hat; 0005 CCI from a novela. W9WI shows ch 6 in Ags as XHCGA-TV, 10.52 kW with the Once network (national educational), but Cantú does not mention Once, so it is apparently now an independent educational outlet, and his list shows the diamonds logo I saw: http://mexicoradiotv.com/listagua.htm 0013, ch 3 and 5 same novela from net-5, with hoofbeats SFX. 5 has heavy same-offset CCI. 0215, ch 4, movie from Azteca-7; // channel 2 but with different bug in UL, unreadable. 0301, ch 5, PAN political ad for Raúl López, who wants to be Presidente Municipal, Mexicali. Is that = mayor? XHAQ. Then Azteca 13 bug UR and soccer discussion, VG snow-free for a bit. 0303, ch 6, opening credits for ``House``, in English, then ad in English for Pristiq; 0305 promo newscast tonight at 10. Both these match listings for XETV Tijuana. But also included government PSA in Spanish for ``Tu Voto, 4 de julio`` by agency initialed TjE [Tribunal de Justicia Electoral]. So even tho it funxions as an English station for San Diego, XETV still has to air Mexican government PSAs in Spanish. There are lots of these on Mexican TV from many different agencies, electoral matters being topical now. I believe Mexican broadcasters are required by law to carry a certain amount of government PSAs as a condition of license. You hardly ever see USG PSAs on American TV any more. If ad time is unsold, it`s more likely to be filled by station promos. 0303, ch 3, heavy same-offset CCI --- almost, with 4 or 5 wide horizontal bars. Both XHBC Mexicali and XHQ Culiacán, Sinaloa are zero-offset per W9WI, tho I`ve yet to get an ID from XHQ this summer. XHBC has an animated ID with large lettering on full screen, 3XHBC, then MGM Lion opening movie. XHBC also has continuous bug in LR which says XHBC and below it in fine print, Tu Canal. 0312, ch 3 with political PSA, Tu Voto from TjE, ``para bajacalifornianos``. 0330, MUF is dropping, while DX Sherlock shows 2 meters open from OK to the NW. I keep an eye on ch 8 and 10 for possible hiband skip. Maybe something on 7 would also make it thru if close to right angle from OKC QRM? I do notice DTV meter showing signal on ch 6 while aimed NW, presumably my closest lo-VHF DTV, KBSD Dodge City KS, yet to be IDed definitely. Still UT June 20, here we go again with another opening in afternoon: 2152, ch 4, adstring in Spanish peaks SW; 2153 for vitaminas, dolor de cabeza; IFE PSA [federal government electoral institute]; 2157 ad for candidate Zamora for Presidente Municipal. Unfortunately that is a common name and googling finds several such incumbents in Mexico. 2159, ch 6, Crestomania bug in UL, program promo; unfamiliar complex bug in UR. Hoped Googling Crestomania would help, but not. Ideas? 2205, ch 6, symphonic concert with shots of orchestra, pianist at 2217; 2224, IFE Aguascalientes PSA, and program is ``Escenarios`` featuring the Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes. Altho Hot Springs is a minor city in Mexican terms, it`s as big as Albuquerque. Long intro to music by host, 2227 starts Liszt`s Faust Symphony. Again at peaks can see tricolor diamonds logo bug in UL, green-yellow-red from left to right. XHCGA. It`s great to be reminded of high culture in Mexico, vs all the bad news we get from there on mainstream media. 2239, ch 5 with net-7. As video rolls, looks like there is lettering in the VBI (vertical blanking interval), but no way to make it stable. 2302, ch 6 with graphic about sexual advice; still Ags? 2302, ch 5, movie from net-5. 2347, after a break for FM DXing AZ: ch 5 with net-13 news via BCN. 2348, ch 4, World Cup, Televisa promo and game, must be playback now, net-2. 2348, ch 5, unfamiliar bug in UR; looks like tiny white letters ID just went by in UL; Iniciativo Mexicano PSA; 2350 ad for Mayonesa Hellman`s, which has been a major advertiser in Mexico for sesquidecades, unlike USA. 4 de julio election PSA, mentions Baja California so it`s XHAQ Mexicali; Banco Azteca ad (are the network and the bank under same ownership? That`s handy); At 2357 I can make out the bug in UL, which is for that bank, as same also seen briefly full screen. It`s sort of heart-shaped, or is it flame-shaped? Then Azteca- 13 promo and back to reality show, ``La Nueva Era --– Extranormal --- en la casa de los perros, Guadalajara``. 2354, ch 3, heavy almost zero-beat CCI XHBC/XHQ as happens too often 2358, ch 6, credit roll including Chris Rock, exec producer; 2359 plug ``Simpsons`` at 6 on San Diego 6, i.e. XETV; then from 0000 June 21, ``That 70`s Show``. UT June 21: 0000, ch 5, XHAQ`s paranormal show continues with no hourtop break. 0002, ch 3, audio mentions Canal 3, Mexicali; CCI. 0059, after another break for FM DXing, ch 6, Kaminsky Consruxion ad, San Diego 6, CW bug, ``The Simpsons`` (syndicated, not current Fox eps) as promised. 0100, ch 3, XHBC, ``tu canal te invita``, show opening in color, animation, featuring jaguars in Yucatán. Televisa produxion. 0103, ch 4, Azteca 13 hosts mention animal kingdom, open animated movie ``Bichos --- una aventura en miniatura``, i.e. Ants. Most likely from target area is XHHSS, Hermosillo, Sonora, 100 kW (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. FM DX: unlike my TVDX done with external antenna and rotor, FM DX is on portable DX-398, usually with AC, and easily manoeuverable whip antenna only. The TV antenna altho also covering FM has an amplifier with FM trap engaged, but still not enough to get rid of QRFM on certain channels in certain direxions. There are only a few relatively open FM channels here available for DX, so I make the best of them. Primary reference is the 2010 Emisoras de FM by Jim Thomas. UT June 18: 1846 on 96.5, the frequency radio happened to be tuned to previously, turned on initially outside with battery power, and there is DX, FM expected to be open, as TV had been up to channel 6. Romantic music in stereo; 1847 concert promo in Loreto, Zacatecas, ``celebración de 96.5, sus primeros 20 años de existencia``. 1850 cuide-los-bosques PSA. After several other logs, again at 1913 VG signal but lo-fi YL report by IP. 1914 TC for 2:14 by studio announcer, much better fidelity, talking about Zacatecas, something going on at a santuario para creyentes. 1915 promo EstéreoZER, primeros 20 años; CCI from romantic music. Emisoras de FM shows: XHZER Estéreo ZER, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, 100000 watts, variety. 900+ mile range. 1853 on 95.3, stereo, Euzkadi General Tire ad. The Basques must have been pioneers in the tire business. Ad gave several phone numbers far too fast for anyone to copy or remember. Then something selling for 4.99 pesos per kilo, father`s day gifts. 1855, plug Sala de Fiesta Sufi(?), a 19 de junio concert. 1856 ID as ``La Candela --- la más Grande``. This is the same Mérida, Yucatán station we hear relayed on SW 6104.8v (but not lately). Not new on FM here, but nice to hear again so clearly. XEMH-FM, 5000 watts per EFM. Other Mérida FMs are likely in too, under 1200 miles: 1856, on 97.7, Spanish adstring including a zapatería. 1924, ``ésta es la información internacional, headlines by YL, ``noticias-radio``, huracán promo, SIPSE-noticias, 19 de junio día del papá ad. 1924 adstring including lottery, 1925 cerveza, 1926 PSA ``el robo de energía es un delito``, and finally back to news, now with anchor ``Antonio García, en Sipse, Noticias Radio, continuamos``. SIPSE runs XHY-TV canal 2 in Mérida, and here is Sr. García himself: http://www.sipse.com/television/canal2/sipsenoticias SIPSE = Servicios Informativos y Publicitarios del Sureste. Story about a federal government military convoy arriving in Yucatán along the Quintana Roo border, camiones del ejército mexicano. Allegedly to assist the public in hurricane preparedness, but had the impression another purpose had something to do with corruption in Q.R. 1931, still news about Yucatán; 1959 recheck still audible, but skip is shortening to Matamoros area with another 97.7, as below. EFM says Mérida 97.7 is XHGL, Kiss FM, CHR/English, 80000 watts --- but they have a news format, at least when I heard them! Could be a one-hour break in the music. 1858, on 99.3, stereo, Spanish, ``Exa-FM``; 1900 ad with phone 9-42- 95-95 which gets a google hit for something in Mérida; 1901 ad for a 3D movie. 1902 ad for Galerías Mérida. EFM says XHMRA, 98500 watts, Exa FM, format chr/SS-EE. 1908, on 92.7, RDS static display shows UASCALIE --- obviously the middle of AGUASCALIENTES, which is also a hotspot for TVDX on channel 6. Sports news about Celtics de Boston. [When I started this DX session I checked 92.7, one of the lowest available frequencies, and was hearing Spanish, but Wichita can fakeout, revealed by a 316- area code mention]. Quite a lot of ACI still from KOMA OKC 92.5. But the RDS hit is all I need to identify this per EFM as: XHRTA, 65000 watts, Aguascalientes FM, variety format. 950 mile range. 2000 on 92.7, is it USA or MEXICO, simulcasting Reynosa 102.5? see USA 2020 on 97.7, another station has taken over from Mérida: Coca Cola ad, static RDS says LOS 40; per EFM that would be XHRW, 29190 watts in Tampico, Tamaulipas. Los 40 Principales (Top 40) is a national group, or net; I thought it was same as next station until researched: 2020 on 97.7, adstring for Impacto Matamoros; Bancómer, Mundial, restaurante; CCI in Spanish from Tampico or maybe still Mérida. 2022 political ad for Rodolfo Torres, gobernador de Tamaulipas. 2045 ad for Soriana department stores, and something in Brownsville; 2046 losing out to fringe signal from KICM, Healdton OK, presumably the one with ad for Sherman-Texhoma Hyundai at the OK/TX border. 97.7 Matamoros is XEEW, only 2860 watts per EFM. 700-mile range to the RGV (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Exploring what DTV I can get from various direxions with tropo enhancement. C-490 antenna 15.5 feet above ground barely clearing rooftop and somewhat blocked by higher house to the east; plus amplifier and rotor. UT June 19: 0446, RF 31, and also labeled 31-1, Univision HD, allowing cropping, etc., unlike my other venues for that net, with novela. PSIP says ``Univisi``, meaning a 7-character limit? Since I was pointed west at first looking for KUOK Woodward, I at first thought I might have KEYU Borger TX, 67.5 kW, and ``Univisi`` is certainly no real ID. But it peaked from north, so this is UNI for Wichita, KDCU Derby KS, 1000 kW. What about my local KXOK-LD on ch 31??? No sign of it compared to KDCU. KXOK reception is quite irregular, and suspect its operation is too. It has been only 40 watts, using a heart-shaped direxional pattern with me in a deep null, but what counts is the cable headend two blox away at the peak; yet they still need a yagi aimed at KXOK! CP is for 3.7 kW ERP to be non-direxional covering most of Garfield County instead of half of Enid city, but unseems in use yet. As for KUOK, RF 35, Woodward OK, Univisión which is relayed back on LP in OKC, I get surprisingly little from it, 85 miles due west. Its 1000 kW does have a pattern somewhat favoring OKC, and reducing signal in Enid direxion to 70%, but that should still be plenty. Late-evening tropo enhancement has been occurring by 0400 UT [= 2130 LMT]. On June 19 at 0458, both Wichita and Tulsa were up, and they both have channel 45s --- could easily separate them depending on antenna aiming roughly 90 degrees apart. KSNW Wichita remaps to 3, and KOTV Tulsa remaps to 6. Other Tulsa UHFs included on RF 42, Untamed Sports (network? Program?) as in UR bug, while in the LL I can now make out a tiny continuous ID in white letters as KMYT-DT-41.2 Tulsa, OK UT June 20, tropo is up again late. At 0459, Wichita/Hutchinson still has this confusing situation: RF 12 is 33-1 KSCW-DT; while RF 19 is 12-1 KWCH-DT plus weather on 12-2. At 0536, confirmed that KOED Tulsa is on RF 11; PSIPs show KOEDDT1 and KOEDDT2, which is unlike KETA OKC RF 13, which shows OETA-HD and OKLA respectively. There appears to be no rhyme or reason or consistency among stations, not jut OETA, in the way their IDs display, or even whether they include legal call letters. OETA Ch 38 translator in Ponca IDs the same way as KETA. I notice that 13 and 11 are synchronized, while 38 LEADS the others by a couple of syllables, even tho it is supposedly further downstream as a relay. Digital processing delays can confuse matters further, but even if satellite-fed, its signals are getting out ahead of the primary station(s). At 1359, local 31, KXOK-LD is back with RTV network // NTSC 32. It`s still so weak that I can`t get it at any antenna direxion, and strangely, I get it best when aimed toward North Enid rather than downtown, tho per FCC TV Query, 32, 31 licensed, and 31 CP for power increase are all supposedly at same site on the Broadway Tower building in city centre. Something fishy here! June 21 at 1450 after most tropo has burned off I check KXOK RF 31 again, which remaps to 31-1 instead of 32! Once again signal peaks from N Enid, not C Enid, but it`s still not strong enough to avoid breaking up. Aimed N, I am not getting 31 Univisión from Derby KS now. Retro TV Network with Ironside, and from 1500 Marcus Welby, MD, but a big hum on audio, both NTSC and ATSC. Animated ID at 1459 claims its channels are ``32 and 18`` --- no mention of 31! 18 was the cable channel for it until a couple weeks ago changed to C15. Someone please tell KXOK! BTW, Suddenlink transmits this channel in DTV as stereo even tho the original source is not; and same for others like MSNBC, why? At midday June 21, I happened to have the antenna aimed toward Wichita, so tuned to RF 45 for KSNW. ``No signal`` says the converter, sometimes with really no bar, sometimes a bit of orange. But every so often, the signal pops in for a few seconds, at least video and freezing for a bit, e.g. 1855 UT. I soon realize this correlates with Vance AFB training jets flying overhead (we are right under their flight path all day and sometimes into the night) as I hear the jet roar within a minute of these airplane bounces (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. TVDX UT June 19: 0009, ch 3 RF, getting DTV signal while antenna is ENE, first time for me by Es. Most likely is WBRA Roanoke VA, which I have been shooting for a long time. But not strong enough now to decode or display ID. I was about to head out for Enid`s Chautauqua so left the DTV converter running on ch 3. When I returned I found: 15-1 WBRA-HD PSID displayed, which occurred sometime between 0020 and 0157, but signal bar still there at 0157 altho did not see live video. I did photo the PSIP ID before retuning. If I were counting stations, this should do it, as my equipment, set up by me, DXed it with such proof, even if I never heard nor saw any video or audio modulation myself. WBRA is near the ideal distance from here for Es DX on 60-66 MHz, 980 miles. But only about 75% of its 7.5 kW ERP is coming our way due to a peculiar direxional pattern. That doesn`t amount to much, 5.625 kW compared to standard analog power of 100 kW. But it has applied to move to ch 26, planning to get off VHF, unsatisfactory for local reception, so eventually this will no longer be a sporadic-E target (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FM DX: June 18 after getting Yucatán, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, see MEXICO, skip shortened to Tejas = Baja Oclajoma. 1911 on 97.5, live World Cup commentary, Algeria vs England, in English by two OMs, one with British accent, one American. I dreamt of skip area moving on to Belize, which is 1400-1500 miles from here and never DXed on FM; or even Jamaica beyond the one-hop limit. Vuvuzelas also audible, fades in and out, but easily topping semi-local in Alva OK. Also at 2009 in the ``final 6 minutes``. I queried this one right away on several DX lists. Tnx to these identifiers, tho I would have settled for Belize or Jamaica: ``There is KFNC in Beaumont, TX, on 97.5 - "The Ticket" - that is an ESPN Radio outlet. They will occasionally carry the World Cup games, especially when either the USA or Mexico are playing. 73, Steve N5WBI Ponder, Houston, TX`` amfmtvdx at qth.net ``Glenn, that could have been KFNC-FM Beaumont TX which operates as a rimshot to the Houston market. Website http://www.975theticket.com/ indicates that the station carries the WC games. (BTW: Not all ESPN Radio affiliates broadcast the entire ESPN Radio lineup. My local affiliate in Little Rock (KABZ 103.7) carries local sports-talk weekdays and preempts the ESPN shows (including WC games) on weekend mornings for infomercials/brokered programing) -- (Fritze H Prentice Jr, KC5KBV, Star City, AR``, WTFDA Beaumont is under 500 miles from Enid, indicating a very strong opening. And it`s in exactly the same direxion as Mérida. COL is really Mont Belvieu [sic], which is closer to Houston than Beaumont. 2000 on 92.7, Spanish, Chevy ad, on Bryan Road en Mission [pronounced as in English], Spanish ad for ``Alamo Dance Hall`` en Álamo. Both towns are in the RGV near McAllen (not San Antonio!). I thought this would be easy to ID, but the closest US station is KESO, 38 kW licensed to South Padre Island, but really from Port Isabel; 60 dBu coverage area does not go beyond Harlingen per http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM1190723.html and areas being advertised, such as Mission are more than twice as far, but I suppose this has to be it. Or could this be a Mexican? None anywhere near the area listed in EFM or FM Atlas. Ahá --- at 2002 on 92.7 ID in passing as ``en 102.5 y 92.7, Es La Ley``. At first I took this to be part of a PSA, but EFM shows that is the name of the 102.5 station in Reynosa, XHRR, which must now have a new repeater somewhere on 92.7. Time to consult our third source, Fred Cantú`s directory. Under Tamaulipas http://mexicoradiotv.com/listtama.htm he has no 92.7 listings, but the 102.5 station logo also shows 92.7. Linked from it, http://www.myspace.com/laleyfm ``la que manda en el valle`` where it pretends to be a bilingual McAllen TX station, even tho we know 102.5 is transmitting from Reynosa, Tamaulipas! But which side of the border is 92.7, or have they taken over KESO SPI to expand their coverage toward the Gulf? Lotsa luck finding out from myspace. Does anyone know? 2006 on 97.3, ``Cruisin` 97-3 The Dog`` ID in passing. That should be unique somewhere when researched; who needs calls? Then fades up strong enough to energize RDS, which corrects my spelling: THE DAWG. Yes, Google knows it`s KMDL Lafayette LA. FM Atlas refines COL to Kaplan and also shows that slogan once we find the entry in the frequency list. Less than 600 miles. 2016 on 97.5, CCI to World Cup station, ad for Kroger/Fry`s; 2017 contest line 560-KFTX so this is that Kingsville-Corpus Christi station, further confirmed by ad for tractors, phone 767-2223, which Google pins on Diamond B Tractors & Equipment in Robstown, also in the CC area. 600+ mile range. 2024 on 95.1, ads in English with Es fading overriding OK and KS stations, ads for Father`s Day shopping and JC Penny in Parkdale Mall. Also ad for Ace Credit Services with 500 Texas locations. Refers to ``KNS``, a partial callsign? Guess not. Parkdale Mall Googles to Beaumont TX, ergo KYKR as in FM Atlas. Less than 500 miles. UT June 19, mobile on the caradio: 0028 on 99.7, ad for Virginia College, in Charleston [sic, heard several times]. So is this in Virginia, or really West Virginia, where there is of course a Charleston? Neither! Google locates the college by this name in South Charleston, South Carolina! Therefore the station is? No 99.7 in Charleston itself, but must be regionally advertising. The closest is WXST Hollywood SC - Savannah GA, per FM Atlas. Guess what? Hollywood is just outside Charleston. Clinched. Kilomile range. UT June 20, TV from NW Mexico clogging channels 2-6, so I shift to FM for a while, DX-398 portable at home, but only ID stations north of the border: 2312, on 97.7 interviewing Newt Gingrich, Es fading, turns out to be NPR ATC. Disgraced former SOTH, who cares what he thinx? Puts the lie to rightwingnuts` belief that NPR is biased left, anyway. Certainly a strange place for a non-commercial station so should be easy to track down later even if I get no ID. And I never did, but it was // 91.5 which turned out to be KJZZ Phoenix. // but not necessarily synchronized as I only had one receiver at hand. 2324 interview Sinead re Irish priests sex scandal. By 2331, 97.7 is weakening vis-à-vis KJZZ. I thought it might be a KJZZ relay or even translator but AZ listings do not bear that out. By 2339 when KJZZ was in local break, 97.7 was gone. However, this must have been KQVO in Calexico CA, 6 kW, which is axually a satellite --- oops, ``sister station``, of KPBS San Diego, check for ATC at this hour on Sundays; tho per website they do break away for some local programming, especially stupid local ballgames. Neighboring Mexicali XHBC-3 was pounding in before and after, becoming quite common here. Kilomile range. 2317 on 88.3, Mexican music breaking thru the local Harold Camping doomsday translator if I angle the antenna just right. One of the 22.5 kW sharetimers in Phoenix most likely, KNAI Radio Campesina rather than KPHF with gospel format per FMA. Also 2331 with Tex-Mex music still battling Camping. 2319 on 90.3, preacher in English could be my close but weak gospel huxter KHEV (as in Heaven) Fairview OK, but tnx to the RDS the ID is KFLR 90.3, i.e. Phoenix AZ. 2319, on 91.5, headline news in English amid NPR ATC, some CCI probably from KS, but mostly overcomes ACI from semi-local KOSU 91.7 and its IBOC. 2324 interview Sinead O`Connor // 97.7 as above. 2338 NPR funding credits. 2339 finally KJZZ Phoenix ID and local credits, headlines. 800+ mile range. 2327, on 90.7 rock music in Spanish, stereo, this track skewed to the right, mostly bass line on left: probably phony stereo; 2329 in break YL says one word, slogan ID? ``alterlatino`` which is a play on words, not likely in your dixionary; next cut is balanced OK. Hoped I could find such a slogan on 90.7. Googling connects it to KPFK Los Ángeles, but current sked does not have such a show at this time: 4-6 pm Sunday, ``Melting Pot``, apparently a recent change; but that could still embrace alterlatino as a genre, methinx. Is less fitting for the two AZ stations on 90.7. Could be Mexico? Tho there are 90.7 stations in Sonora and one in BCN, LOS 40 in Mexicali, word does not match any listing for Mexico in EFM. And top 40 is contrary to alterlatino; it also smax conceptually of US rather than Mexican usage. KPFK around 1140 miles to Mt Wilson, super- power Pacifica station, and heard many times before (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)