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Seems scne of you are having a problem u i t h the o l d r a t e schedule (not sure uhy, seems p e r f e c t l y confus ing t o us here). Here i s the s t r a i g h t scoop fo r those o f you i n the U.S.. One year renewal, a t o l d rate, i s $19. Tuo years, a t o l d r a t e , i s $38. Those of you tha t sent i n the $37 u i l l haue your exp i ra t ion date changed s l i g h t l y , see the label f o r tha t i n f o as ue get your neu dates i n t o the ccnputer m a i l label l i s t . Belou i s a l i s t o f the new and o l d rates. Not much t ime l e f t t o reneual a t the o l d r a t e .

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Year ly Subscr ip t ion (30 Issues) U.S. Addresses1

NEW Subscriber - USS24.00 Reneuals - USS22.00 Old Rate ( 2 y r ) - USS38.00 Canada Addreses:

NEW Subscriber - USS25.00 Reneuals - USS23.00 Old Rate (2y r ) - USS40.00 t h x i c o & C a r i b b . ~ A W r e s s e s ~

NEW Subscriber - USS29.00 Reneuals - US$27.00 Old Rate (2y r ) - US$SO.OO A l l Other Countr ies:

NEW Subscriber - US$36.00 Reneuals - US$34.00 Old Rate (2y r ) - US$60.00

Check f loney Ordrrs payable to r Nat ional Radio Club.

Spain on t h d l w Uaue 68 pages p lus a s t a t i o n map. The book i s set up by f req . and by netuarks. P r i ce and ways of payment: by In te rna t iona l Postal Money Order o f 550 p ts . (spanish money???) or 9 IRCs tor Francisco Mart inez Y Mar t inez, Apartado 4031, 28080 MDRID, S p a ~ n

# I Market Airchecks, Box 568, E. Hanouer, NJ 07936 has seueral new tapes aua i lab le , a f ree catalogue i s auai lab le.

Uniuersal Shortuaue Radio, 1280 Aida Dr., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 has a neu ca ta log ou t , includes many neu products along u i t h the Grundig l i n e of po r tab le rad ios. Catalog (87-06) i s auai lab le f o r USSl.OO uh ich I s f u l l y refundable u i t h any purchase.

Per Kar l Jeter , he says that UEKS-1080 Mar ie t ta , W i s s i l e n t and has been since about a ueek or so a f t e r the DX Tes t ! ! H is recep t ion repor t was returned 'undel iuerable - no foruard ing address' . Auct lon items f o r the NRC Convention should be sent t o Fred Vobbe at the address belcw. Ue don't uant junk. A lso u h i l e a t the Convention look f o r u r r d t o h e a r ~ n g on your rad io , 'UFIL, H is to ry of Rock - The SOs', Auction items, Clues t o the sticker loca t ion , and a l l s o r t s of otherness. More t o cone.

1987 LABOR M Y UEEKMD M C CCMEMl1 M Septm&r 4-7, 1987

Ml lano InnA11ano Club i n Darntarn L i u , Ohio Roons are USS32.00 f o r s i n g l e bed, one personi US37.00 f o r a single bed, 2 persons; and USS40.00 f o r a double f o r tuo persons. Ex t ra person i s $5.00 on the double rocn. A Master Sui te i s $56.00 f o r 2 people. Conuentlon Fee w111 be $28.00, whlch ca re rs the Saturday Nipht Dlnner, and the Sunday Morning Breakfast. Both u i l l be all-you-can-eat bu f fe ts . A packet o f in format ion, i nc lud ing a r e g i s t r a t i o n form (incase you don't want t o use the one i n t h i s magazine, cen te r fo ld ) i s aua i lab le f o r 2 mint US stamps or 4 IRCs outs ide the U.S. and Canada f r a ~ Fred Vobbe, M C UIMIMTIM, M6 MacKenxle Avenue, L i u , OH 45805-1835. Uhen w r i t i n g Fred, spec i f y hou you u i l l be t r a u e l i n g t o the Convention loca t ion so tha t the proper t raue l i n f o can be forwarded t o you.

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t-rs e r e toppled by h l g h wlnds , t h l s s h o u l d l a s t s e v e r a l months w h l l e r e z o n s t r u c t l o n a t a nev slte g o e s on, g l v l n g t h o s e I n t h e l r normal deep n u l l s tovard S t LOUIS b Denver a n o p m r t u n l t y t o h e a r them (AB-TX)

890 WLS IL CHICAGO - 5 / 2 5 0103 off c o m p l e t e l y , o n l y SS I n lt's s l l e n c e (WPF-IN) 1OOO KBIB TX MAPION - 6 / 2 8 h a 1 of their 6 towers comple te ly u p and 3 o t h e r s a r e l n

v a r l o u s s t a g e s of m m p l e t ~ o n . Site 1s 1 m l l e e a s t o f Marlon, l u s t n o r t h of M 7 8 and a b o u t 5 m l l e s d u e n o r t h of XR slte o f WAI-1200 (WRH-TX)

1450 WNCG MA NEWBUPSH3KT - 6/10 2015 n o t e d on new c a l l w/Red Sox BB; ex:WCEA (SN-MA) 1550 WnLB? CT WEST HARTFORD - 5/25 2006-2015 p a t t e r n change;UNID t l k a t o p f r e q ; g a r b l e d

ID @ 2006 sounded more l l k e WnLB than s l l e n t KAB; a g a l n 6 / 4 2026 a ueak ID s e e m e d t e be The Neu WPTLB t h r u WUTQ QRM (RUGG)

1583 KWED TX SEGLIIN - &ad now 0700-0100 u/Yrzme Gold l l v e - a s s i s t format 7 days ; dropped t h e l r Sunday a f te rnoon SS prgmmg; they a r e U1 lW 249 on CC s k e d (WRH-TX)

L EQUIPMENT TESTS 880 WRFD OH COLUMBUS - 5/23 0254-0408+ w/TT & CC i n WCBS n u l l , sometimes o n top; ID

@ 0303 WRFD, Columbus-Uorthingf on conduct ing equipment t e s f s (WPF-IN) 1340 WRAW PA RFADING - 6 / 2 2 0119-21 f / c TT n / p i t c h r i s i n g @ beginning; g d (JM-PA) 1390 WnCT TN MOUNTAIN CITY - 6 / 4 0009-15 f / c TT & IDS f c r equipment checks (JM-PA) 1440 KXAM TX H n a T E s - 6 / 7 1630 h r d t e s t i n g w/mP OLDie & f e m a l e a n n c r Thls 1s KXAPT,

H e l c t e s , then of f ; have been t e s t i n g w/CC f o r 1 y r , b u t t h i s is 1st t i m e u / a u d i o (AB-TX)

1530 WFC PA M6X3NNELSBURG.- 6 / 2 2 0030-41 f / c IT f a i r u/WCKY; end j x ID (JP-PA) WnBT PA SHENANMAH - 6 / 2 2 0042-0100 f / c began w/jx ID, then t o n e b u r s t s ; n o mx;

j x ID o f f ; ueak+fa i r u/WCKY (JM-PA) 1603 WINX RD RXKVILLE - 6 / 2 2 0017-25 f /c v / g d w/TT o n / o f f (JN-PA)

UNIDs L UNLDs I D d 640 UNID ?? - 5 / 2 2 0403-17+ u/TT/CC; pmr+fair @ t i m e s l m p e d E+W; I s u s p e c t W I

a s they d l d n o t seem t o be on; o/u/T'Storm s t a t i c & Cuban; w u l d p r e f e r s t a t l c (WPF-IN)

740 UNID ?? - 5/15 2219 noted u / S t L o u i s C a r d ~ n a l s BB, looped NW+SE; was o u t more than I n ; I n CBL n u l l (WPF-IN) Ny g u e s s w u l d be W N - O l n e y , I L o n CC p u r (WRH)

1OOO UNID ?? - 5 / 1 9 0150-0215 sumeone f a i r % & u/WLW D i n g w / a l t e r n a t e C o l l i n s & Huey Lewis songs , l m p i n g N/S; no a u d i b l e IDS; anybody hear t h l s w/an ID a t t a c h e d ? (GLP-VA)

1230 ???? ?? - 6 / 2 1 0325 promo f o r A s f r o Scoreboerd- type shov, r z g h t h e r e on you1 One and O l d l e S t a i l o n , K---; f a i r , u / 4 0 ' s mx mlxlng w/KNUZ (WRH-TX)

1350 WnRS NH LACONIA - 6 / 7 1603 s i m u l M u/CHR; :00 ID a s The Lekes Reglon ' s Radio S t n s , WPTRS & WLXH-FPT. Leconle; t h e rest o f t h e t i m e ID'S o n l y a s WLNH; ( h r d by JM-PA,issue 2 7 ) (BC-NH)

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MIDNIGHT TO MIDDAY 860 CBH NS HALIFAX - 5 / 1 1 0436 pmr w/nx, Canadian ux u/CJBC/ex-daytimer p e s t WM7H;

p r o v i n c e #S (GLP-VA) 1 1 W WYNS PA LEHIGHTON - 6 / 9 b 2 0 0542 f a l r u /ad f o r r e s t a u r a n t i n Walnutport b /.el

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1340 ENT NY GLOVERSVILLE - 5/17 0125-29 topped f r e q u / t a i l - end of Yankees BB, f u l l - d a t a s / o f f . SSB (RUGG)

1370 KGNO KS W E E CITY - 6/6 0130 w/BB scores . ad f o r Guy's Pota to Chips; ID XGNO Dodge CI t y (a-TX)

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1580 KNIX AZ PHOENIX-WE - 5/26 13613 3 o r 4 (3 tunes back-to back; songs and vx i n t r o from hluey 101; request l i n e # 2636647; 0700 ad f o r garage Oi 1 Cen Henry in nese; ID KXIX Phoenix-Tmps, AZ ( a -TX)

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1W WAAH M I ANN ARBOR - 5/25 0132 noted u/vx+Best of Larry Xing; o/u/KATZ/others (WPF-IN)

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WKEN DE DOMR - 6/10 0544 g m d , u/ment of Casey K a s e m AT 40 show. Saturday 1-5 PR on X-16. WKEN (Jt-PA)

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PA LURETO - 5/21 21130 good n;s /oi f o /din; U/U by Sherlccl5 P ' c a s t i n g ; also 5/:2 21CC T D during P l r a t r game Ycv'ie listening to first e BB on AF?14, WARQ, Loret tc-Edansburq (.TI'-PA)

DE DOVER - 6 / 5 21X-2200 s t r o n g @ times i n KQV n u l l r i /Phl ls game, ads , I?s mentg Dover'z Oldies Channel & playing your Iavor~ tas; pro tnb ly on non- d i r pa t t e rn . s u i tched @ 2 2 ; neu (JM-PA)

WV KENOVA - 6 / 5 233-0013 ~ u s t ba re ly fading i n u/ID; gone, then ID agaln; mcrstly u/WHK (JH-PA)

HE LEWISTON - 5/39 2240-2316 domlnant u/Talknet o/CHCW/WOHO u / l o c s l CKO s i l e n t due to hai ls torm (RUGG)

VT HIDDLEBURY - 6 / 3 2027-31 dominant v/Red Sox BB, ads f o r Middlebury(RUGG) PA LEWISTCWN - 6/17 2059 f a i r u/ID ment Easy 1490,ABC Nx 6 EZL mx (Jt-PA) NJ WMR - 6/19 2112 and has been showing up eve r s ince , most ly u/WLAC;

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o/WnIR/others (WPF-IN) PA LATROBE - 5/16 2056 noted m t - s u n s e t u /syndicated OLDies pgm; Solid

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T h i s makes up f o r t h e o m m i s s i o n o f J o h n ' s name l a s t i s s u e ! ! GLP-VA Geov P a r r i s h / / A l e x a n d r i a . VA//a l o w l y , b u t t r u s t y TRF AB-TX A r t i e B l g l e y / / S a n A n t o n i o , T X / / S u p e r a d ~ o BC-NH B r u c e C o n t i / / N e u I p s u i c h . NH// St'-HA S t a n M o r s s / / B o x f o r d , HA//HQ180A RUGG Andy Rugg / /Nuns I s l a n d , NY//H0180A + RW Loop WPF-IN W e n d e l l F o r d / / W e s t v i l l e . I N / / I C F - 2 0 1 0 JB-TX J i m Boehm//San A n t o n i o . T X / / S u p e r a d i o + 4 f t l o o p WRH-TX B i l l H a l e / / C o n v e r s e , TX//RF2800B

By JIM NEWKIRK Post Reporter

Six words could cost Houston radio station KIKK $25,000 il a trlal ordered by the Texas ~ u ~ r i e m e Court Wednesday determines they were not uttered acc~dentally, but were part of a commercial break.

George and Barbara Gunter c la im the station owes them $25.000 because it failed to play three songs in a row without a commercial break in 1981 even though it advertised that oiler

KIKK. though, says the six words that went over the airwaves that day were an accident, not a commercial.

On Wednesday, the high court decided the dispute should be set- tled in a full trial. Attorneys for both sides are gearing up for a 1u1y trial tion of that a commercial. will determine the definl-

In September 1981, veteran radio disc jockey Joe Ladd promtsed to always play three songs in a row or to pay $25.000 to the first listen- er who telephoned KlKK when it didn't, according to court records.

About 20 minutes alter the olfer

Oldsmobile" could be heard over the mustc

George and Barbara Gunler were the first listeners to phone.

Houston attorney Joe Holzrr, represerlltng KIKK, satd Ladd acci~ dentally triggered a tape rarlrldg? which played the short nlessagr

"The second song contir~ne~l 111

play, and he went rlghl ~ n l o 1111. third song. We felt th~s war 1101 a commercial and was not J I B ~ r ~ t r r - ruption," Holzer said

The stat~on sojlgl~t a \ i t o~ i~~ .uy judgment, contending thr I>rrl.tcl cast was accidenlal A Harr~s out^ t y court granted the n io t~o t~

But, the F~rst Court of Apl~r;~l\ III

Houston disagreed, and s.b~cl whether KIKK played tllrve SOIIU\ wtlhout a "break for cu~llln~.rrl;ll\" was a queslion of f.lcl alld sllrllllll be determ~ned in a trial

The Supreme Cuurl. WIIIII)LII writing an opinlon. u1,llI'ld ttlr (11. ctston.

The Gunlers c o ~ l l < l 11111 11,. reached for CUIIIIII~II~ W<YIII(~\II.IY but t l te~r lawyer, ~IULP,I<,II , i t l < ~ t ~ ~ ~ ~ Jerry Pu~cll , aald Ilr, I\ 0 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ~ ~ 1 1 1

his cltellls wtll prvv.ltl Puscll sa111 KIKK 15 "II~IIIU

& / d l / - j ~ , j / qlf 8 and near the completion of a sec- duck Ihe~r O~II~,I~IC,II ' 10 $!;;111g o r ~ d song of a three-song set. the olf ill sutlt,, S,~ITI.I~IIIC l l t . f t ~ t ~ t ~ < ~ ~ ! 111

1//A D u A ~ CHfk Words "HI, and welcome to Mossy what a rolnr!lt.r, tnl 15

@ DOMESTIC DX DIGEST - WEST Nancy Hardy, 2301 Pacific Avenue, Aberdeen, W A 9 8 5 2 0

b f l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f l # A d r A ~ ~ h m \ ~ A @ " , @ h \ % ~ A ~ A \ @ ~ ~ ~ m d ' 6 @ - ~ @ ~ u . ~ m @ ~ h \ ~ ~ @ ~ ~ A m d * ~ m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ & ~ ~ s ~ ? ~ ~ ~ ~ r d ~ ~ ~ ~ DDXD-West i s t h e column f o r members i n t h e Mountain & P a c i f i c t ime zones.

I hope t o h e a r from you soon1 The n e x t dead l ine f o r t i p s w i l l be Thursday J u l y 23. I t ' s a week e a r l y because B i l l , B i l l y & I w i l l l e a v e J u l y 25 f o r a 23 week campinp t r i p t o t h e Canadian Rockies (Banff, A l b e r t a ) and G l a c i e r Nat . Park, Montana.

**SPECIAL**

760 KMBD/ C O THORNTON - O f f i c a i l l y on R/S u s i n g t h e K J I M c a l l a s o f 6/15. K J I M P r i o r t o t h a t , used KMBD f o r a few days wh i l e t e s t i n g wi th

music. Cur ren t ly p l ay ing a v a r i e t y o f music ( and I do mean v a r i e t y 1 One bloc cons i s t ed o f Rod Stewar t . Amy Grant , and Peebo Erysonl ) . Some canned r e l i p . prorrams i n t h e AW. t a l k shows in-PM. Current hours seem t o be 0800-2400 ELT. Slogan i s "The S p i r i t of 76. " (&-cO)

1020 KCKN NM ROSWELL - 5/14 0330 "Seven Spani:h Angels, " o t h e r C&W f a r e t o 0400 ID, CBS News. Used s logans AM 1020" & " I n t e r s t a t e 1020." C a l l change, ex-KBCP . ($W-co )

MIDDAY TO MIDNIGHT

1000 KKMX C O HAYDEN - 6/9 2344 a p p a r e n t l y on f u l l t i m e n i t e o p e r a t i o n now. Heard we l l p a s t 0100 wi th pop music (Bangles , S t e v i e Wonder, e t c ) . Very good s i g n a l wi th a lmost no f ad ing , so n i t e power must be s u b s t a n t i a l . Slogan is "The Yampa Va l l ey ' s F a v o r i t e Radio S t a t i o n . " (P(W-cO)

1060 KLMO C O LONGMONT - 6/9 2400 now s i m i n g o f f a t 0004, fo l lowing a r e a news & weather . Cwned & ope ra t ed by Radio Longmont, Inc . , w i th 10,000 w a t t s day. 500w PSA. No n i t e / ~ ~ ~ ~ mentioned, bu t t h e y a r e n ' t t o o s t r o n g a t 30 mi l e s d i s t a n c e . (&-CO)

1260 K I M B NE KIMBALL - 4/17 2031 ad f o r Kimball T i r e , misc. songs & ads t o 2100 s /of f . Fair-good. (phri-CO)

690 KEYR NE TERRYTOWN-SCOTTSBLUFF-GERING - 4/30 1729 S c o t t s b l u f f a d s , a s s o r t e d pops t o 1801 I D "The ' / a l l ey ' s Favor i t e , AM 690 K-E-Y-R Terrytown-Scottsbluff-Gering," t h e n UP1 News. (&-CO) (Oops, t h i s one got t aped i n t o t h e Midnight - Midday s e c t i o n by mis take . B e t t e r h e r e t han t h e r e , hi.--NH)

MIDNIGHT TO MIDDAY

600 KKLQ? C A SAN DIbGO - 5/26 0328 Madonna song, s t a t i o n promo u s i n g c a l l e r s ' r e a c t i o n s t o format, ending wi th "Make t h e swi t ch t o a b e t t e r mix o f music, K-? San Giego," Fleetwood Mac & Lisa - L i s a songs, woman w i t h I D "The U." C a l l s i g n no t heard; l a s t logged a s KLZZ? Poor. KSSK-590 s l o p . (SF-HII)

610 KPRC C A SAN FRANCISCO - 5/26 0348 La r ry King Show // KHVH-990 and o t h e r s . Very poor , KIPA-620 URM. (5P-HI1)

710 K I R O WA SEATTLE - 5/19 0338 S a l l y J e s s e Raphael on t a p e on Talknet . Not // KIPA-620 (wi th Neil Myers) o r KGC-760 (witk, Bruce o r PCL b a z e b a l l ) . Poor t o ve ry poor , KQMQ-690 QRM. KUAI-720. . . deep f ades . ( 5 ~ - H I )

960 KNEB NE SCOTTSBLUFF - 6/8 0230-0210 r e g u l a r f /c w i th t ones , f i n a l vo i ce ID. Poor w i th KOOL QRM, KIMN-950 s lop . New. (P(W-CO)

970 KNUU NV PARADISE-LAS VEGAS - 6/8 0157 t a i l - e n d o f Talknet show, t h e n ID a s "K-N-U-U Paradise-Las Vems" and a u i c k s /o f f annc t . - - - - ~~

F a i r w i th PRM from ~ e x i c a n and-others. & W - C O ~ 980 KFWB C A LOS ANGELES - 5/14 0322 weather , a r e a news noted i n o a s s i n e

wi th good s i r . 1 . (&-CO) -

1030 KTWO WY CASPER - 5/2 0352 man s a y i n g "...on your Wyoming s p o r t s a u t h o r i t y , K-Too Radio." ~ o h f h y ~ u t h e r f o r d wi th P s ~ f o r t h e S h r i n e r s , be fo re f a d i n o u t . Poor, M H ~ - 1 0 4 0 PRM. (5P-HI1 )

1070 KNX C A LOS ANGELES - 5/19 041% man wi th weather , 1115 t ime check, s p o r t s update. S t e r e o i n d i c a t o r l i g h t on1 s t i l l i n f a k e s t e r e o ? P a i r w i th unID (CFAX?) i n back, KAHU-1060 s lop . (5P-HI )

1150 KIIS C A LOS ANGELES - 5/19 0413 K a u a O i ' s own Glenn Medeiros w i th song, DJ wi th s l o g a n "Kiss P-M," Hear t song. Not logged i n some time. Poor, KOHO-1170 QRM. (5P-HI)

1180 KKAR NE BELLEVUE - 6/10 0040 a r e a news, weather t o 0059 s /o f f . I D a s "K-K-A-R Bellevue-Omaha" & annc'd power a s *5000 w a t t s day, reduced power a t n i t e . " F a i r , no t much QRM. (&-CO)

(2) 1240 U N I D CA? 5/26 0407 La r ry King Show g e t t i n g underway so I missed t h e

s t a t i o n I D , ugh1 // KHVH-990 & o t h e r s . Very poor ; a t o p mud & hum, o f f s h o r e Q R N . (5P-H11)

1250 KTMS Ck SANTA BAHEARA - 5/26 0344 Larry Kinp. Show // KHVH-990 & o t h e r s . Level w i th ZAP Western Samoa. Very poor , under h e t . (5P-HI1 )

1260 KTYE C O ASPEN - 6/8 0806 CBS f e a t u r e s , I D , t h e n mellow pop music , "K-Tie" s logans . Occas ional ad o r program n o t e . 0900 CBS News. Mixing w i t h KVSF & o t h e r s a t f i r s t , but improving as QRM faded away. Ex-KSNO. ($W-CO)

1280 KKAL CA ARROYO GRANDE - 5/26 0341 man s a y i n g "That ' s a look a t s p o r t s , I ' m B i l l Randolph on t h e Music Country Radio Network, " "Music Country Minute, " "Music Country Reca l l s . . . " i n t o C&W music. Poor, KNDI-1270 QRM, o f f s h o r e QRN. (5P-HI1)

1300 KWKW? C A PASADENA - 5/19 0420 Mexican acco rd ian music, Spanish t a l k by man, more acco rd i an music. Very poor w i t h unID CBW s t a t i o n f a d i n g up then under. Co-channel h e t , l o c a l Q R M . (5P-HI)

1310 K D I A C A OAKLAND - 5/19 0353 woman with ID "A-M 13-10 K-D-I-A, p l a y i n g t h e b e s t music i n t h e Bay Area," Simply Red song. Poor t h e n f a i r , h e t from unID. ( 5 ~ - H I )

1340 U N I D La r ry King Show // KHVH-990 and o t h e r s . Very poor , a t o p mud and o f f s h o r e t h u n d e r Q R N . (5P-HI1)

1450 KVEN CA VENTURA - 5/19 0312 L a r r y King Show // KHVH-990, KING-1090 & o t h e r s . Poor. r i o o l v co-channel QRM. (5P-HI)

1460 KDON? CA SALINAS - ~i i? ~ a h i f ~ o s t a l g i a music. l a t e r w i t h Te led i sc a d f o r ~ a n t o v a n i r e c o r d , woman wi th p o s s i b l e ad , more n o s t a l g i a music. No ID heard . UnID with L a r r y King underneath . Very poor t o f a i r , t h u n d e r Q R M . (5P-H:1!

1490 KOKC OK GUTHRIE - 5/15 0659 j u s t heard IC I n URN f o r a new one. ($w) 1520 CFJIU 5/26 0419 KSGO? Mexican pop & Big Band music, Spanish t a l k .

Faybe ICSCO s p e c i a l programming? Very poor , t h u n d e r U R N . ( 5 ~ - H 1 1 ) (L ike ly KTKO P o r t IIueneme. CA, pe rhaps on day power?--NH)

1540 KhZQ C A APTOS-CAPITOLA - 5/19 0324 La r ry King Show // KHVH-990 and o t h e r s . Poor; w d e r IiISA, both s t a t i o n s f a d i n g r ap id ly1 (5P-III )

1580 WEAl4 GA COLUMBI~S - 5/25 0600 qu ick I D & r i g h t i n t o Gospel prog.Tm. Didn ' t have u s u a l s/on d a t a , but was p robab ly s/on, judging from t h e way t h e s i g n a l j u s t appeared o u t o f nowhere. Soon l o s t i n n o i s e , t ho . Was look ing f o r WFGC, bu t ve ry happy wi th t h i s , GA #21 (&-CO)

REPORTERS SP-~1 /Da le Park , Honolulu, ~ 1 / ~ e l c o c a r r a d i o wi th C-QUAM 5P-HI1 3a l e Park, DX'ing a t Waimanalo, EI/Delco c a r r a d i o w i t h C-QUm ffW-COhohn Wilkins , Wheat Ridge, C O / R - ~ ~ O A , R1000. 4 ' box l o o p

Radio Moscow Interferes With 1 040 kHz Stations

"It's 4:00, and this is Scott Robbins on the station the Russians can't get rid of." That's the new sign-on at WHBOIPiellas Park (Tampa) since last Sunday, when Radio Moscow f l d e d the U.S. 1040 lrHz frequency, caw ing interference to 16 U.S. stations.

The Soviet broadcast was presumed to be coming fmm a Cw ban transmitter at a p e r of 300.003 w a b . WHBO PD Mini said. "?he FCC called us M Friday and requested that we v h M y godarlrsotkyddmonitortbe signal. 'Ihey didn't want UF to make a big deal about it."

WYFXIBoynton Beach. FL was also contacted by Lhe Commission. WYFX Presided Guy Liewis's prepared statement for the station's formal complaint filing with the FCCsays, "RadioMmcow is estimated to be -rating at 300.003 w a b , six time5 Lhe power of any U.S. station. If it ever broadcast at night. Radio Mosmw would cover the entire U.S. and parts of Canada."

While W' declined to say more abmt the Soviet hnmm son. WHBO's Robbini told R&R that the >minute off-air interlude was announced in advance to li5 teners. "Some people thcught this was just a publicity stunt," k said. The station received hundreds of calLF after "Radio Mm'ow came bmming in." Robbim said. ?he sit- uation was covemi by a local tele vision station. Cable News Net work, and ABC's "Good Moming America."

Interference to WHBO was n o ticeable the whole day, according to Robbim, especially on Lhe open mike. "Aside fmm the fad that it's duunnphl boruy, it's garbage - pmpaganda ." Robbins commented

abcut the Soviet broadeast, which w a s i o ~ WHBO win also a e a formal

mmpkint with the m. Robbins said. 'Ibe Soviets said in their first May 23 broadcast on the frequency

p r o p m m n g would be Van+ mrted e v e n other Saturday yd o£fici& wry say the hum Soviets 8am are to 6pim. using US a

fmpency & 5 i p d to the Uruted Staler and later mgistemi by Cuba; the dispute is pending before the International Registration Board d the International Tele- eommvnieations Union.

US Information Agency Director Chad- Z Wick is expected to dls CUSS the interference pmblem wlUl Soviet omials during hx v k ~ t to the Soviet Union later t h ~ week "If we c d d get reciprocal access to AM frequencie5 in the Slvivt Union, it w d d be tlne for us to [:I- cilitate acrrss here." Wlck cald "If Lhey'd like to do it legally. we'll talk about it."

o INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST - Chuck Hutton, 437 Hardendorf Ave., Atlanta, GA 30307 (4041 3 7 8 8215

Times are GMT For ELT subtract 4 hours. Deadline: Monday ~fld~ddflfl~flflfldflflflflflflflflflfld~~~~~dddbflHd

153 ALGERIA 5/1 0339-0350 w/fW v o c a l s and m u s l c . S i g n a l l e v e l 20, dB/nolse and v e r y s t a b l e . L o u - p ~ t c h e d r u m b l e e v l d e n t p r o d u c e d tfr c a r r l e r s o f t h i s s t n , DLF and Romanla. Oerman p rogram f r o m DLF had been domlnant a u d l o e a r l i e r ~ n the even ing . C r e d i t b o t h Oeorge H a k i e l and Pe te r Weeks who have n o t e d AA pgming h e r e s i n c e abou t m i d - - A p r i 1 . A l g e r t a n a u d ~ o m i x e d b r i e f l y w/Deutschlandfun)c a t 0342? then A l g e r i a t o t a l l y dm11 n a n t on c h a n n e l . S l g n a l l e v e l i m p r o v e d t o 30+ d6,'noise b y 0358, 2 o r 3 t i m e p i p s a t 0400 UTC f o l l o w e d b y ma le anncr i n 6%. S i g n a l l e v e l at 0420 h a d i m p r o v e d t o 35+ dBTinotse and Drake R7 IF bandwidth opened t o 6 KHz f o r h i - f i l i s t e n i n g . By 0459 t h e A l g e r i a n f a d e d 10 dB. A t 0459:45 p l a y e d a s h o r t march/anthem l a s t i n g a b o u t 1 m i n u t e , t h e n Koran c a n t i n u i n g p a s t 0510. I n a span o f 3 m l n u t e s commencing a t 0458 and e n d l n g a t 0501, A l g e r i a h a d f a d e d 20 dB f rom i t s e a r l l e r l e v e l and German p rogram b e g i n s t o be a u d i b l e . A l g e r i a a g a i n dor r~ inan t -- a l t h o u g h somewhat r r ~ a r g i n a l l y -- b y 0511 when s i g n a l came back up b y 7 dB a f t e r a 12 m i n u t e s i g n a l t r o u g h . T h i s r e p o r t e r i s assumlng f o r t h e t l m e b e i n q tha t t h l s A l g e r i a n on 153 i s the xmtr at Tebessa f o r m e r l y on 254 kHz. Can anyone c o n f i r m t h i s v i a EBU or o t h e r d a t a s o u r c e s ? Repeated checks d u r ~ n g l a t e A p r i l t o l a t e May have f a i l e d t o r e u e a l any s i g n o f t h e A l g e r c a n x m t r . I t w o u l d appear t h a t Algeria h a s v a c a t e d 254 KHz. I f a f f i r m a t t v e , such a mavc s h o u l d open up 254 kHz on ECNA f o r R u s s i a n and/or F i n n ~ s h r e c e p t i o n d u r i n g w i n t e r 1987/88 p r o v i d r d such s t n s r e m a t n on these f r e q a s s ~ g n m e n t s w h ~ l e p o s s ~ b l y some o t h e r s t n s a n d f r e q s are i n a s t a t e o f f l u x and t h e E u r o LW band u n d e r g o e s changed. (Rohac)

153 ALGERIA/WEST GERMANY 5/3 b a d l y m lxed , b o t h abou t = s t r e n g t h s a t 0145- 0155. (Bohac)

162 F W C E A l l o u i s 5 / 1 0 3 5 5 w / F r o c k v o c a l s . S i g n a l l e v e l 3 0 d B / n o i s e a n d abou t 5 dB s t r o n g e r t h a n S a a r l u i s 183. On 5/3 a t 0140 so weak a s t o be o n l y m a r g i n a l l y a u d i b l e ~ n s t a t i c , w h i l e S a a r l u i s - 1 8 3 more o f t e n t h a n n o t -- a n d t h i s d a t e i s n o t an an e x c e p t ~ o n -- i s the s t r o n g e s t LW s t n i n t h e E u r o band. O f t e n , i n p o s t - F e b r u a r y r e c e p t ~ o n , France h a s r a t h e r c o n s i s t e n t l y p r o v i d e d f e e b l e and depressed r e c e p t i o n over e x t e n d e d p e r i o d s o f t i m e -- n o t m e r e l y s i g n a l t r o u g h s -- w h i l e s t n s i n c l o s e g c o p r o x i m i t y a r e booming ~ n . P e t e r Weeks i n New Brunswick h a s made s i m i l a r o b s e r v a t i o n . - i n re9ar .d t o s m e anana l l e s w i t h Poland-227 r e c e p t i ons. (Bohac)

171 MOROCCO 513 s i g n a l l e v e l 10 dB b e l ~ r S a a r l o u i s - 1 8 3 a t 0135-0140 when d o i n g i t s Ramadan t h i n g . (Bohac)

171 MOROCCO/UNID 5/7 0150 Morocco i n AA pgm w i t h s t r o n g 1 H e r t z SAH and s m e s n a t c h e s o f second s t n a u d i o p r e s e n t on u n i d s t n peaks . Morocco p l a y s march/anthem 0158-0159:30. As Morocco 's anthem ceases , R . Moscow ch imes c l e a r l y a u d i b l e . A t 0200 R u s s i a n f e m a l e anncr s h o u t s " G o v o r l t Moskva" . T o l l i n g b e l l s , then S o v i e t anthem t i l l 0204:15. The u n i d becomes ID 'ed . The anthem encompasses s e v e r a l s t a n z a s . (Bohac) 14 l ~ n e s o f i r r e l e v a n t m a t e r i a l d e l e t e d by me... . W h i l e I have a l w a y s a l l o w e d s m a l l a s i d e s of a l i n e o r two, 14 I S e x c e s s i v e . C o p i e s a v a i l a b l e t o anyone who c a r e s t o r e a d the e n t i r e t h i n g . . Chuck

183 WEST OERllFNY S a a r l o u i s 5/1 0332 w/FF ma le a n n c r . S i g 25 dB/no ise . On 5/3 0133 w / d i s c o s e l e c t i o n s . S i g n a l l e v e l v e r y s t r o n g a t s m e 3 7 dB above normal n o i s e f l o o r , b u t w i t h some s t a t i c c r a s h e s . S i g 10 dB weaker one hour l a t e r a t 0230 a n d continued t o be s o when observed . (Bohac)

200 ENGLAND BBC 5/1 0322-0336 a l t e r n a t e ma le / fe rna le a n n c r s w / " W o r l d Today" . U n i d 2nd s t n p r e s e n t f o r a 2 m i n u t e p e r i o d 0322-0324 w/non-Engl ish a u d i o programming. BBC q u i c k l y d m i n a n t on c h a n n e l : 0330 B i g Ben and BBC Wordl S e r v i c e . S i g n a l l e v e l 25 dB/nolse w / s m e s t a t i c . On 5 / 7 0130 weak t o f a i r i n s t a t i c and n o i s e . N o t e d 0132-0139 w/pgm abou t r a d i o r e c e p t i o n , DX' lng, m e n t i o n o f E n g l i s h mag # W i r e l e s s W o r l d " and t h e n c m e n t s abou t how t o buy a r a d i o . You w o u l d t h i n k t h e y w o u l d have ment i o n e d t h e r e c e n t l y I n t r o d u c e d and B r i t ish-made Lowe Model HF-125 r e c e i u e r . . . AS p rogram p r o g r e s s e d , s i g l e v e l i n c r e a s e d t o 25+ dB/noise f l o o r desp i t e some s t a t i c c rashes , i n t e r e s t i n g pgm. (Bohac)

209 MOROCCO 511 n o t e d 0408-0413 w i t h ma le anncr i n FIA f o l l o w e d b y Koran 25+ dB/noise w i t h some s t a t i c . (Bohac)

218 M W C O 5,') 0312 onward w/French comedian, l a u g h t e r . S i g 2u d b i n o ~ c e . Recheck a t 0414: s i g 32+ dB/noise w/FF pop m u s i c . (Bohac)

227 POLAND Kons tan tynow 5/1 n o t e d 031 5-0322 p l a y i n g MoR t y p e mx , unannounced s e l e c t i o n s . F a i r s i g some 15-20 d B / n o ~ s e w / s m e beacon QRM. On d a t e 5 / 3 n o t e d w/good s t r e n g t h and a u d i o : p i a n o mx. Poor i n s t a t i c l a t e r a t 0 2 2 ~ ~ w/male and female c h o r a l mx. On d a t e 5/7 0140 s i g n a l l e v e l 15 d B / n o ~ s e and 10 dB weaker t h a n BBC:-200 same t tme per. i od. P l a y e d MoR t y p e mx, sw,e w e s t e r n l n s t r u m e n t a l s , as w e l l a s s e l e c t i o n s w / P o l i s h v o c a l s . (Bohac)

236 LUXEMBOURG 5/1 n o t e d w/march mus ic 0307, FF ma1 e anncr . SI g l e v e l 25 dR/noise and beacons, easy I ~ s t e n t n g l e v e l . (Bohac)

ALGERIA see c a r m e n t s under 153 kHz. (Bohac) CZECHO-SLOVAKIA Topo l n a back-da t e l o g g i n g 3/20 2320-past 2400 Good l i s t e n i n g l e v e l w/MoR t y p e i n s t r u m e n t a l mx. A t 0000 h o u r s t i m e

p i p s , TC, i n t e r v a l s i g n a l x 2, I D , news b y fomale anncr i n Czech. On 5/1 n o t e d b r i e f l y 0259 p r e c e d i n g u s u a l h o u r l y p rocedure , news i n Czech, weak s l g n a l l e v e l m a r g i n a l l y a u d i b l e i n NSHD mode o f Drake R7 r e c e i v e r , t h e n

fade b e l o w n o i s e and beacons. (Bohac) SPAIN R. Uno de Esyana w i t h I D a t 0200 10/10, i n ~ a r a l l e l w i t h 774 . Mus ic b y Simon and G a r f u n k e l . ( R e n f r e w ) ENGLAND R. One w i t h B r i t i s h r o c k a n d r o l l DJ b u t no I D h e a r d on t h e h o u r , though news mudd led t h r o u g h a t 0300 2/12. (Ren f rew) SPAIN R. Uno de Eopana w i t h I D a t 0200 10/10, i n p a r a l l e l w i t h 585. Mus tc b y Simon a n d G a r f u n k e l . ( R e n f r e w ) PORTUGAL R. P o r t o , h e a r d w i t h f o o t b a l l i n PP, b u t n o I D ( a g a i n ! ) . D i s t i n c t i v e *goooooooooaaaaaaaaalllllll' shout e v e r y few moments ( f l n a l s c o r e was 234-191... h i . . .Chuck) . A few months l a t e r I h e a r d t h i s same announc ing s t y l e on SW R. P o r t u g a l . 2150 12/13. (Ren f rew) Or You can hear i t on any B r a z i l i a n d o i n g s o c c e r ... Chuck MEXlCO XEVQ C u l i a c a n h e a r d a t s /on w h i l e v i s i t i n g San D i e g o , 1250 1/2, e x t e n s i v e i n f o r m a t i o n ( a l l o v e r m o d u l a t e d ) , anthem, 5000 w a t t s , M o i n t a i n S t a n d a r d Time. ( R e n f r e w ) YUGOSLAVlA R. Zagreb h e a r d w i t h w i d e v a r i e t y o f mx ( p o l k a , r o c k and j a z z ) 0040-0330 3/18. 3 l o n g p i p s ( 9 seconds t o t a l d u r a t i o n ) a t t h e h o u r , f o l l o w e d b y news i n S e r b o - C r o a t i a n ( c e r t a ~ n l y s l a v i c , anyway) r e a d b y ma le anncr . I t was t o o muddy t o p i c k o u t I D though a t 0300 I ' m c e r t a i n I h e a r d * . . . t e l e v i z i j a .. .' t h r o u g h t h e muck. I n n e x t n i g h t a5 w e l l w i t h same program. ( R e n f r e w ) 6/12 0205-0229 I chanced upon v o c a l and i n s . t r u m e n t a l m u s ~ c w i t h a d e c i d e d l y BalKan f lawor. appro xi mat el^ On t h i s f r e q . I t was n o t a s p u r o f a l o c a l e t h n i c s t n . F r m 0205-0215 t h e s i g n a l was good enough f o r c a s u a l l i s t e n ~ n g on my s t a n d a r d 2 KHz s e t t i n g w i t h no t r o u b l e a t a l l f rom WNEW. Then s i g n a l f a d e d , r e t u r n i n g i n and o u t between 0217-0229 w i t h QSB and s l o p f rom 1130. I ' d n e v e r h e a r d a TA i n June b e f o r e , b u t t h i s makes me s u s p e c t I h a d B e l g r a d e . Anyone e l s e g e t them? (Rugg) ALBANIA E. T i r a n a h e a r d i n EE ( // 7065 W), 2235-2400 2/3. E x c e l l e n t a u d i o w i t h ID 'S, news, r e p o r t s on m i n i n g . No t new, b u t b e s t TA q u a l i t y e v e r . H e l p e d t h a t WFBL i s o f f t h e a i r . ( R e n f r e w ) MEXICO D i s t r i t o F e d e r a l XEAI 6/9 0210 c o n t e m p o r a r y SS mx, few r e q u e s t s f r m DF (most f r o m Pueb la , Z a c a t e c a s and s u r r o u n d i n g s t a t e s ) . I D 'Rad io A1 con c i n c o m i l w a t t s de p o t e n c i a con e s t u d i o s en C o l o n i a F r a n c o * . F a ~ r t o good. (Boehm)

IS70 TURKS AND CAlCOS A t l a n t i c Beacon h e a r d w i t h Jamaican g o s p e l p rogram 0545, t h e n f u l l s i g n - o f f a t 0600 2/13. C o u n t r y # 42 h e a r d . (Ren f rew)

J i m Boehm - San A n t o n i o , Tex.as SuperRadi o , 4' l o o p S t e v e Bohac - B r a n c h v i l l e , N J R7, RAI7K, 3 ' RA378, l o o p , R r c m SB620 2174,

Jim ( l o n g t i m e n o r e p o r t ) Renfrew - R o c h e s t e r , NY ??????? Andy Rugged - Nun's I s l a n d , PQ HQl80AC, R. West l o o p

Hey J o d ~ Hughes... I ' v e g o t t h i s SASE f r o m you b u t no i d e a what I ' m supposed t o d o w i t h i t . . . . H w abou t a reminder???

Rugg v e r i e s : 567 I r e l a n d RTE c a r d , 612 Morocco fo rm l e t t e r , s t i c k e r and sked, 1089 E n g l a n d v / l a n d p o c k e t b o o k l e t o f xmt r s i t e s f r o m London, 1179 Sweden c a r d , 1386 USSR Moscow c a r d n u t no xmt r s i t e & f r e q o f 2 2 m e t r e s , 1467 Monaco

I TWR c a r d , 1512 B e l g i u m c a r d .

Hank H o l b r o o k v e r i e d e p a r t m e n t : 236 Luxembourg c a r d w i t h n o s i g n e r f o r one do1 l a r r e t u r n p o s t a g e . 756 ermany c a r d b u t no s i g n e r f o r 3 IRC's. 1386 R. Moscow, K a l i n i n g r a d c a r d fran Moscow, no s i g n e r , n o r e t u r n p o s t a g e .

Random f o r e i g n news d e p a r t m e n t : Canary I s l a n d s 747 RCE La6 Palmas ex 1215. Spa in 520 RCE B i l b a o t e s t i n g h e r e , l i s t e d on 1476.

531 RCE O v e i d o h e r e now. 558 RCE V a l e n c i a h e r e ex 1314.

P u e r t o R i c o news f r o m our b r o a d c a s t i n g mogul Dave G leason :

1320 R. Uno h a s u s e d t h e N o t i U n o s l o g a n f o r 6 y e a r s , n o l o n g e r u s e s the R.l lno s l o g a n . They have t h e N o t i U n o n e t w o r k f r o m 6AM t o IOAH AST on 1480, b4U, 1170, 1080, 1550, 930, 1460, 1280, 1350, 1430, 1540 PR stations. L.eqal D f r o m t h e s e o n l y on t h e h o u r .

580 WKAQ has s i m i l a r news n e t a t same t i m e s on 580, 1500, 850, 710, 1490, 1210. 1200.

WBMJ 1 s S S a n d E E r e 1 l p ~ o n , no R a d ~ o R o c k a n y m o r e . WOSO E l 050 I S // 990 m o r n ~ n g d r l u e on E E . O S O I S a l l EE, o n l y o n e ~n S a n J u a n . 9 9 0 I S R . M I I , S S b a l l a d s o t h e r t l m e s . WGDL R . G r l t o , L a r e s n o w o n W I t h 2 5 0 w a t t s d a y s . R . A n t ~ l l a s , G u a y a n ~ l l a I S o n now s o C P a c t l u e . C P s t 1 1 1 n o t o n . M o c a I s o n a s S u p e r Q , d a > s o n l y . WAEL I S "WAEL R a d l o d 0 0 " , b a l l a d f o r m a t WAPA s l o g a n I S G u a p a R a d ~ o ( p h o n e t I C v e r s ~ o r ~ o f WAPA-CH) f o r a s l o n g a s D a v e c a n r e m e m b e r . L V d o 1 C a r ~ b e a s I ~ s t e d I S a t l e a s t 20 y e a r s o u t o f d a t e . W K J B 1s K J B e x c e p t R . re lo^ w h e n 1r8 n e w s n e t W l A C I D ' S a s s u c h , p r a c t ~ c a l l y h a s d ~ s c o n t ~ n u e d R . l n t e r n a c ~ o n a l W K W n o w 5 0 kW. C P no t o n t h e a ~ r y e t C P 1 s not f o r H u m a c a o a s I l s t c d ~n WRTH b u t r a t h e r L a s P l e d r a s . WLEY I S R . L e y WZOL I S R . S o l , T 4 0 WMSW I S L a G r a n W W N l K SI l e n t for o v e r 2 y e a r s WENA L a B u e n a d e l S u r WOLA R a d ~ o P r o c r r WRSS s l o g a n I S R . S a n S e b a s t I a n WLRP s l o g a n I S R a d ~ o R a ~ c r s WMDD 1 s S o n I d o 1 4 8 0 a n d h a s b e e n f o r 6 y e a r s . WAVE 1 s L a ~ a s n o t L a r c s . S l o g a n 1 5 " S u p e r B" t h e n e t I S c a l l e d C a d e n a QBS

WRAl S a n J u a n R. A e r o p u e r t o I S m l ~ s l n u f r o m t h e NRC IOU.

Radio Favorite Medium In West Geman study ( KPPL Aertainty .'

F r ~ n k l u r t -For the first linlc in ovcr 20 years, radlo beat out tv a5 thc mo i l oopular medium In West

12 comes to an end . .

Germany. Big surprise was revealed by a

detailed studv o f "Media Pcrs~ec- 13 uve," dealing wllh mass communi- cation i n Germany rincc 1964.

The average Well Gerinan lunes I . i n his radio two hours and 35 ~ninutes dally, 21 minutes more lhan tp,,- five years ago; and two hours and 0-f

foul minutes - lour minutes les5 than five years ago - viewing tv.

On an average day, 77% of Ger- man5 5pend some tune listening l o radio, a climb 017% from five Year5 ago, while 74%, 6Vo less than five hears belore, reserve some spare time Tor tv.

Reasons Tor the change are many -during the last year, private radio has been given the go-ahead In Ger- manv. with manv sounkv and livc- ly l o f j l shows. ~ a d i b pro;ides international highlights, and tlnle, weatl~er and road reports every hour - it's difficult to obtain this info via tv except at night.

Radio airs continuou%ly i n Ger- many while tv ends around midnight and starts the next morning. when only housewives, latenight workers and retirees can view.

Interestingly, German viewers. listeners and readers are very skep- ~ ~ c a l . Only 30% feel tv presents a true and objective depiction o f the news. 25% feel radio IS true and objective in newscasts, and daily news- papers have the fewot believers - 20% Tlnd dailies objective.

The average German today spends only 33 minutes - five minutes less than rive years ago - reading papers, so radio and tv are much more influential in bringing information and entertainment.

The strange saga of KPPL Raho 1s about lo end. w ~ t h the announcement Thursday that the belea- guered slatlon w ~ l l be purchased by a group headed by longitme Denver radlo man John M c G m e s s .

McGulnness, who is among Denver's most re- spected broadcasters, is paylng Denver Federal Bankruptcy Court $250,000 for the station. a f l p r e thal mlght be regarded as a bargam, except that KPPL 1s a statlon w ~ t h vtrtually no advertisers, no audlence and lew physlcal assets.

KPPL, at 1390 on the AM hal, has been the focus o l one of the more bizarre stones i n Denver broadcast luslory. The statton went on the a u as KFML ("Flne MUSIC Llstenmg") i n 1954 and reached its zeruth In the late '60s and early '70s as Denver's lus t underground hippie rock statlon. I t was purchased i n 1982 by Golden Bear Communicat~ons, owned by would-be entrepreneur Denny Workman, and briefly played jazz under the call letters KJJZ. The next vear 11 became KPPL.

Worhan , as i t turned out, knew htt le about suc- cessful broadcasting. Soon KPPL lound i tsel l i n deep trouble wi th the Federal Communtcations Commlsslon, which m May 1985 took the highly unusual step of kicking the statlon off the air for gross lederal broadcast law violations.

KPPL remamed silent for the next 19 months as Workman's vartous ventures, lnclhding radlo stations I n Oregon and Georgia, wallowed m bankruptcy courts. The feds, however, frown on broadcast licenses that are not being used, and last De- cember ordered the station to get back on the a u or surrender ~ t s hcense.

Stnce the broadcast permlt was virtually KPPL'S only asset, lederal bankruptcy trustee Linda S~der- tus hastened to save the hcenye and hued Denver broadcast englneer T tm Cutforth to rush KPPL back Into operation w ~ t h a format of unmterrupted soft Inuslc. S~derlus tlus week reached a deal wtlh the McGutnness group.

McGunness became one of Denver's best known broadcasters as an executive of KIMN from 1971 to 1976. I l e then became involved i n the advert~smg bustness, and most recently has been workmg as an

SPORTS NETWORKS Barry S. Finkel, 1 0 3 1 4 S. O a k l e y Ave. , Chicago, IL 60643

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1270 WTSN-NH 1280 WABK-ME 1290 WKNE-NH 1320 WDER-NH 1340 WGAW-MA

WNBH-MA WDME-ME WHOU-ME WLVC-ME WSTJ-VT

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1380 WSYB-VT 1 3 9 0 WPLM-MA 1400 WHMP-MA

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1430 WHAV-MA 1440 WGT-ME 1450 WC EA-MA

WKXL-NH 1470 WSRO-MA 1480 WCFR-VT 1490 WMRC-MA

1490 WTVL-ME WSIR-FL WEMJ-NH WFAD-VT WIKE-VT

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620 WHJB-PA 940 WESA-PA 1020 =-PA 1230 WBVP-PA 1280 WKST-PA 9 8 . 3 WESA-PA

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C h i c a g o B r u i s e r s ( a f ) 9 2 . 7 WSEX-IL

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560 WQAM-FL 800 WLAD-CT 870 WHCU-NY 900 WKAJ-NY 9 2 0 WIRD-NY

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1260 WNDR-NY 1270 WSPR-MA 1320 WSCR-PA 1340 WKRZ-PA

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WKOL-NY 102 .3 WFLC-NY 1590 WPSL-FL 104 .9 WSRD-NY

105 .5 WLPW-NY 9 2 . 1 WCKR-NY 9 5 . 9 WFLR-NY 9 9 . 3 WSFW-NY

By JANET WILKOF Tribune Stal l Writer

CLEARWATER BEACH - & the afternoon high tlde Inched i tr way up Clearwater Beach, the water washed over red, white and blue olastlc strios laid 81.1 on the sand In Ihe lorn1 of a huge ~ r n e r l c i n flag

\?\era hundred U'HBO lllr40 AN1 llsleners and LL~IIILS he..;hgners gathered ilroLnd the f i ~ g \unday waltlng lo ralse those strlps as part of a protest i f ~l legal radlo broadcasts from Cuba.

Radio Moscow has been alr ing anli-American propaganda on the 1040 AM frequency from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every other Saturday and every Sunday for several The weeks. broadcasts violate an international agree-

ment on Ihe use of airwaves and interfere with the operations of several Florida slations. Some areas wlthln the reach of WHBO's slgnal have been affect- ed by Radm Moscow.

"The FCC has sen1 a formal complaint to Cuba," sald WHBO program dlreclor Scott Robbins. "They have no buslness belng on the 1040 frequency."

Patrlotlsm abounded on the beach, as folks milled about and sang along to such traditional songs as "America" and "God Bless America." A few people munched on hot dogs and drank Cokes. Even "Enterta~nment Tonight." the TV equivalent 01 Peo- ple magazine. was on hand to inlerview protesters and fllln the evenl.

Allhollgh the almosphere. was festlve, Robbins Sald the statlon faces a serlous problem.

"It affects our radio station and 11 affects our listeners." he said. "When you have Moscow Mullbag and the Moscow Radio Cooking Show on, il's an In- trusion. Here's a chance for our llsleners to volce their dissent I n a positive way."

WHBO listeners turned out on Ciearwaler Beach on Flag Day to help create a ilving American flag by holding up colored plaslie strips. An alrplane flew by to take a picture of the flag, and the photograph will be sent to the governments of Russla and Cuba. "I was kind of shocked and slckened by them

allowing the signal to come over here," said Thome Strother. Strother, his wife and two daughlers were decked out i n red, whlte and blue, waved l ~ l l l e American flags and earrled a sign thal read

"On 1040 WHBO the music 1s fine "Your Russlan broadcasts are way oul of llne "Leave 1040 to these frlends of mlne And send your waves where the sun don't shlne " Jim Blank performed his song "I Don'l Like Hu.;.

sian Radio," whlch Robbins said is the most-rrqu<.\l- ed song on his statlon r lghl now. Radio Free l;urul,c also has been broadcasting the song, whlch I)I~I claims. " I was ralsed on rock 'n' roll, lhls HU\V.~II music ain't got no soul "

'I'm an American. I'm a V~etnaln veler.~~,," MCI Donna Towne of Kenneth Clty as she sloocl Iry .! I ~ Y I plastic strip, wailing for the sljirtal 11, 1111 11

The "Star Spangled Bdllner" pl.!yvd wlbllv 1111. crowd rased the plabl~c slrlpb In IIIV ;((I . ~ r l t l w.1v1.11 to the airplanes flylnr: ovrrhrild

DXCHANGE Tom Farmerie, 62 Sunrlse Ave., Grafton, MA 01519

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For t h i s e d i t i o n of nYCHANGL<. I ' d likri t o pass on a few t i p s on tubes . Tube type r e c e i v i n g equip~nent i r ; i n c r e a s i n g l y r e f e r r e d to 2s hollovr s t a t e " by '3CB 9:ier-s. For DXing a t BCB f r equenc ie s , tube equipment i s hard t o beat f o r performance, p l u s , i t h a s a cons ide rab le p r i c e advantage compared t o i t s equivalence i n new s o l i d s t a t e g e a r .

A tube type r e c e i v e r uses much higher v o l t a g e s than a s o l i d s t a t e t y p e . Consequently, components l i k e c a p a c i t o r s must be r a t ed a t 600 (cc~r.r.or, example) v o l t s o r s o , f a r h i g h e r than v a l u e s found i n most s o l i d s t a t e c i r c u i t r y . !I1 thouch 1hc:y a r e r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e today, t he number of sou rces is l i m i t e d . E s p e c i a l l y e l u s i v e a r e s o u r c e s f o r rilica and c, i l .v.cr- mica c a p a c i t o r s . Tube equipment a l s o uses h igh vo l t age t ransforc lers and chokes t h a t a r e today o n l y a v a i l a b l e by s p e c i a l order . F o r t u n a t e l y , t h e only components of hollow s t a t e g e a r t h a t normal ly need replacement a r e t h e t u b e s themselves .

The prudent owner of hollow s t a t e r e c e i v i n g equipment t r i e s t o keep a cache of s p a r e t ubes a t hand, e s p e c i a l l y of t hose tubes t h a t can s e t weak b u t n o t n e c e s s a r i l y f a i l , l i k e i . f . t u b e s , r e s u l t i n g i n " t i r e d " performance. V i r t u a l l y any tube is a v a i l a b l e from mail o rde r s o u r c e s . Even Radio Shack w i l l s p e c i a l o rde r many tubes f o r you. But, my f r i e n d , you w i l l pay the p r o v e r b i a l arm and l e g f o r t ubes v ia t h e s e sources!

A l t e r n a t i v e sou rces w i l l p rov ide the o p p o r t u n i t y t o buy most any tube f o r $1 o r $2. The b e s t of t h e s e sou rces i s t h e amateur ("ham") f l e a market. Most a l l major c i t i e s have t h e s e even t s a t l e a s t once a yea r . ( s e e QSJ e t c . f o r ca l enda r of e v e n t s ) . Ar r ive w i t h your w a n t - l i s t , and i f you d o n ' t s ee what you need, ASK, s i n c e most d e a l e r s have a l o t more a t home. Beware of unboxed tubes a s t h e y a r e probably used. You may wish t o haggle over any tube p r i c e d over $3. Another sou rce i s t h e sma l l independent Radio-TV r e p a i r shop t h a t has "been around awhi le" . These shops o f t e n have a s u p r i s i n g l y good s t o c k o f t u b e s g a t h e r i n g d u s t , and a r e sometimes g lad t o g e t $1 a p l e c e :

While y o u ' r e checking t h e s e s o u r c e s , look f o r a copy of t h e RCA RECEIV- I N G TUBE MANUAL. My 1974 e d i t i o n c o s t me a buck. I t is a MOST u s e f u l book: - - --

The c i t e d sou rces may a l s o n e t you a good p o r t a b l e tube t e s t e r . I myself bought a n i f t y wood c a b i n e t p ~ r t a b l e u n i t i n n e a r mint cond i t i on f o r $10. By the way, b e a r i n mind t h a t a tube t e s t e r does no t n e c e s s a r i l y t e s t a tube 100:;. Old Heath s i g n a l g e n e r a t o r s a r e common a t $5 o r $10. For a VTVbi, u n l e s s you ' r e on a t i g h t budge t , buy y o u r s e l f a new u n i t .

Now, maybe buy and s t u d y a copy o f a book l i k e How To Revai r Old-Time Radios, Tab 1148, by C . L. Hallmark, and you j u s t might be r eady t o t a c k l e any needed maintenance o r r e p a i r of a hollow s t a t e r e c e i v e r : This book i n p a r t i c u l a r is of va lue t o t h e person of average o r l i t t l e t e c h n i c a l knowledge. A d d i t i o n a l l y , any f l e a market copy of any o l d e r e d i t i o n of The Radio Amateur 's Handbook i s a cheap sou rce of tube theo ry and d a t a .

A few tubes a r e e x c e p t i o n a l l y expensive t h e s e days , n o t a b l y the 3TF7 used i n t h e R390 s e r i e s , r e p o r t e d l y go ing f o r over $13 these days .

For most r e c e i v e r s you should r e p l a c e t h e r e c t i f i e r t u b e ( s ) w i t h some inexpensive modern s i l i c o n r1iod.e~ ( s e e NRC r e p r i n t f o r R390 a p p l i c a t i o n ) . The s e t w i l l r un c o o l e r , u se l e s s power, and probably en joy a longe r l i f e a s a r e s u l t . Be aware t h a t t h e B p l u s vo l t age w i l l go up by 10; o r s o , which may o r may n o t be of concern t o any g i v e n des ign r e c e i v e r .

I should a l s o mention t h a t j u s t 3 y e a r s ago I bought a p a i r o f a n c i e n t "80" r e c t i f i e r t ubes f o r j u s t $1 each , a s s p a r e s f o r a 1938 RME DB-20 p r e s e l e c t o r . They a r e marked "Nade i n Japan" and look t o be of r a t h e r r e c e n t manufacture : J u s t shows you how much e a s i e r it is t h a n you might have imagined t o f i n d tubes h e r e i n t h e space age :

:'l~r,:,r, :1rr, t h e ra: ' iest Lo Y j r 1 ~ 1 t o < l : ~ y . ''i~ir; t2.l c:~::P 11111f~::" ! : P ~ ~ P I Lo 122 :)ri1~1:!.1-i ! y roun? i t 1 r>l:I 11.11. 1 ' r-I-:Gt-r:: r r cc~ iv i~ r . : : :ir111 ;lr.r,n' t : :<:n l . 2 ~ of Len. 1'0,- t h i s r ea son , plu:; what many c o n r : i , l c r rnr:(liocl-c yr?ri 'orrn.~nc(,, vcry w r y Iew BCB DZrr:; I I , ; ~ I l n l l i c r a f t c r : ; g c a r . i 'rc '?:'I JI se t ! : l i k e the! ii.2-120-:: use "meta l c r i d C ~ I ) tube?"". , ?~Ilicli h:17rt? grit1 v o l t a g e ap!?l.icfl by a wire conncctc.1 l o :I pill O I I tl!,2 'POT' o i t h e t u b e . One of my ov:n ~ . ' cc iyrer:;, a prizccl 1939 II:>-lZO-:: u!;(?s thorn, ancl d e s p i t e t h e i r r e l a t i . \ ~ ? r a r i t y t odsy , I mana!yed t o buy a coinpletr :;et o f g r i ( l - c z : ~ spa re t ubes f o r i t a t $2 a p i e c e , f i n d i n g them a t s e v e r a l f l e a markets . Glass t u b e s w i t h a s o l i d base a r e u s u a l l y q u i t e o l d , b u t r e c t i f i e r t ubes i n p a r t i c u l a r used t h i s con f iguna t ion cont inuously .

Well , I hope t h a t some o f t h i s i n fo rma t ion has been of b e n e f i t t o some of you. Novi on t o t h e DXCI-IAl'lGE i t ems on hand:

FOR SAL3 --

1983, l g84 , 1985 Broadcas t ing Yearboolcs, :>50 each o r 3 f o r c125, p o s t pa id . (George I : . S a n t u l l i . 912 Marsha l l n r ive N.T., Leesburg 7.4 22075, 703-777-7055)

fie-tkkj '; ;?-::iu:tiplier, ?'50 ( s i c ) , "mint cond i t i on , r a r e l y i f e v e r u sed" , p o s t pa id . ( S a n t u l l i )

FO2 SIILZ / TRADE

A J 1 5 Hea thk i t t u n e r amp b u i l t i n s i d e RX l,v/ manual, good c o n d i t i o n f o r $130 o r w i l l t r a d e f o r good cx HQ150 w/ manual. Also want a Fanasonic ~ R 2 9 0 0 jn good c o n d i t i o n , f o r which v i i l l 5ra:ln tiif: 1.315. (Roger G iann in i , 1111 F o r e s t H i l l s D r . , B e l l e - r i l l e , IL. 62221-4008, 613-235-4059 any r easonab le hour a f t e r 5 FX CnT)

FOR SALZ - PUBLICI':TICES

A l l of t h e fo l lowing p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e f o r s a l e by ( R u s s e l l J . Edmunds. 753 Val ley Road, Blue B e l l PA 19422) A l l p r i c e s p l u s s h i p p i n g :

"Hov: t o L i s t e n t o t h e World", ~ r o l . 7 , (1973) - 2 c o p i e s ; v o l . 9, (1074) - 1 cr2?y. $2.50 each . Many BCB a r t i c l e s .

, a 7 - r b i A t l a s " by Bruce ;:l-ring - v o l Lk ( 1 9 7 6 ) ; vol . 5 (1970) . l cony each , make o f f e r .

DTqC LATIII .4kZRICAN LOG - only e d i t i o n e v e r publ ished (1971) . I n e x c e l - l e n t cond i t i on . R c o l l e c t o r ' c i t em. ":2.5.7.

..,:- ..... T>,,L- - . ~ ~ ? r , c i ~ c e Xanuals - " E l d e r E d i t i o n s " , $1.00 each, a l l mint cx .

2 ) 1 s t e d i t i o n Receiver Reference I..anl:;l 3) G e t t i n g S t a r t e d i n !?'I qXing (1973) 1 ) - " (1983) 1) Antenna Reference Llanual v o l 2 (1982) 1) Receiver Reference 1.anual v o l 2 (1982)

Pl3C 3omer;tic Logs - "Elder Zd i t i ons" : $2 .00 each, a l l mint cx . 1) 3rd e d i t i o n , 2nd p r i n t i n g (1974-75) 2 ) 5 t h e d i t i o n (1978-50) 1) Lkth e d i t i o n (1976-77)

a:- . i L : ! L Thc f o l l o v ~ i n g volume? / s?it io:~:: : vo l 41 , 7,s 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 2 2 v o l 40 , ;!.? 6 , 11 t h r u 22, 25 t h r u 20, 30 , 31 v o l 38, , i s 11 ,15 ,10 i'Q1 37. r i : 28 v 0 l 39; 1: 29

'Jariou:: condition:: - minimuro o rde r 5 ~ Z F L I ~ : : / ')1. 00, The l o t f o r 5 . go, ALL, FLU? ~ ~ ~ ~ T l - I r ! c : : :

' : i r tua l ly a l l t h e t u b e s found i n cornmunications r e c e i v e r s of t h e p a s t 50 yea r s can be p h y s i c a l l y c l a s s i f i e d a s follo!vs. The l a s t g s n e r a t i o n of tube receiver:: used "min ia tu re g l a s s t ubes" ( a l l g l a s s , no me ta l b a s e ) .

1):. N": 1:; - T l ~ c fo l lov i ing volumcr: / izr:uc::: v o l . 113, ,f30

7 0 . ~ 7 0 ,,. ,. - 38, ;yr; : , 5 , 6 , 1 6 , 1 7 , 1 n , 20,;i ,?1',%3,71' , ? f , , ; ' i 2 , ?? , ? I 3 7 , ,,:- l - l ~ ~ , l ~ , l ~ ! , ~ ? , ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ ; , . ? 36 o r p r i o r - any i s s u e s (!:dmuntir )

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BCB DX SUB-AUDIBLE HETERODYNE DISPLAY DEVICE - DuJlont 3OlkA o r ; c i l l o s c o p e , s e e NRC r c p r j . n t on SAH d i s p l a y a s a T?:: a i d . The DulTont 3CkA i r : t h e same as t h e one used by GPN.. . comes w i t h a h i g h p e r s i s t e n c e C R T i n c t s l l c d , p l u s a s p a r c ( n o r m a l ) CHT, o r i ~ i n a l rlianual . Excell .ent condi t j .on . It i s e a s i l y connec ted t o t e r m i n a l s on t h e b a c k pane l o f any R39OA. Phc 3 O l l A i s i t s e l f unmodi f ied , d o u b l e s a s a r e g u l a r o n c i l l o s c o p e . L o t s o f f u n , i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h a l o o p it c a n h e l p i d e n t i f y m u l t i p l e z t a t i o n r ; on s p l i t f r e q u e n c i e : , , a l l010 t h c 5'::cr t o " c c t an(! , - - j l " f o r r c n f ' a b l c ailr!io. b:ake o f f e r , l o c a l p i c k up only . ( F a r r n e r i e )

O K , t h a t d o e s i t f o r a n o t h e r e d i t i o n o f DUCIIAMGZ. IIXCliZli:': i:. b r o u g h t -lo YOLI 2.:: 2 l , u ; ~ l i c r c r v i c e o f DTRC SPECTR?:. 73s and a l l t h a t r a d i o s t u f f .

National Radio Club, Inc. PO Box 24 Cambridge. W i . 53523

Attn: P!ike

Dear Mike :

Here is the l i s t of Dart's Radios and equipment which I have f o r sa le :

It i s a l l i n g rea t condition, and purchased within the l a s t year.

(1) JRC NRII-515 (H32140 32-02) A l l wave receiver includes CFL-218 F i l t e r UAR & CFL-260 CW F i l t e r UAR

(1 ) JRC ~ ~ t I - 9 8 r.lemory 30-10 Cost :61255.00 S e l l $ 900.00 Plus $20.00 shipping

(1 ) A M ~ O TPA Tunable preamp-~ntenna, $55.00 plus shipping

(1) MJF H751 F i l t e r , $45.00 plus shipping

(1 ) MJF #lo45 Prese lec to r $45.00 Plus shipping

(1) RA-RO ACA Reader ( f o r code) cost $129.00, s e l l $90.00 plus shippinq

(1) GLL Antenna cost $85.00, s e l l $ 9 . 0 0 plus shipping

(1)~ Rea l i s t i c TM-152 AH AM Stereo Tuner $40.00 plus shipping

(1 ) Real is t ic SA-102 Integrated Stereo Amplifier $40.00 Plus shipping

(1 ) ARRL Antenna Book, updated 14th E i i t lon $5.0~2 plus shppping

Cashier's check o r Money Order.

Call 339-529-0073 o r write Ellen Beal, PO Box 1246, Walla Walla, hra. 99162.

me. Bart r e a l l y enjoyed the radio clubs and spent many many hours l i s t en ing t o

h i s radio.

Sincerely

&2L&* ,&'A &en M. Beal PO Eox 1246 Walla Walla, Wa. 99362

AfR GRAPH Russ Edmunds. 753 Valley R o a d , Blue Bell. PA 19422

######HN#N#NNN#MY#~~HM~NN#NNNNI#~MN~H HQ- Seems we f o r g o t t o p r ~ n t the March c h a r t l a s t t ~ r n e . A l s o we have changed f rom the bar c h a r t s t y l e t o the line c h a r t . C m e n t s we lcuned . June 1 t h r u 4 was l o s t , w e ' l l have ~ t f o r you n e x t t l m e . Onto the c h a r t s :

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION MUSINGS Paul Swearingen

P.O. Box 481 2 , Panorama City, CA 9141 2

LlMAlALLEN COUNTY One of Lima's out-

slanding assets IS ~ t s location, which makes il the regional metropolis of Northweslern Ohio Served by an excellent network of roadways, the ~ ~ t y is localed on Interstate 75, a four-lane limited access highway system extend~ng from Canada lo Florida.

The city also lies m ~ d - way between two major easl-west four-lane h~ghways: - lnlerstate 70 near Dayton; and the Ohio-Indiana Toll Road near Toledo.

Since the nearest major cities are at least 75 miles from Lima, the c ~ t y dominates the area as an employment and retailing center for the 430,000 people who l ~ v e in Allen and the nine surroundrng counties Easily accessi- ble over some of the best roadways in the state, Lima is 35 minutes or less from any community ~n the 10-county trading area.

On a larger scale, Lima IS central ~n one of the nat~on's most populous and productive regions. A circle with a 250-m~le radius with the city as its center encompasses Pittsburgh to the east, Chicago to the West, Detroit to the north and C~ncinnat~ and Lou~sville to the south.

MILEAGE & DRIVING TIME TO MAJOR CITIES

Lima, Ohio to' Miles Driving Time Ch~cago 225 4 40 C~nc~nnali 127 2 25 Cleveland 156 3 15 Columbus 89 2 05 Dayton 74 1 40 Detro~l 140 3 00 Fort Wayne 60 110 lnd~anapolls 147 3 05 Lou~sv~lle 237 4 20 Pltlsburgh 245 5 25 Toledo 8 1 1 40

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HHHHHHHHHHHNH#HH~~H~#~H~~HHHH~~~~HH F i r s t o f f , thanks t o Jcdy Hughes for fomarding a discarded 1986 WTH, which 1'11 send

t o ADXL i n Argentina for redistr ibution t o a Dx'er s m h e r e i n South Amrica. Believe me, they rea l ly appreciate these donations, a s the l e t t e r s 1've received a t t e s t . Anyone e l s e who wants t o help out m y send t h e i r bREi's ( o r any stat ion l i s t book) t o AaYL - Dnilio Pedro Povrzenic - CC. 406 - 2000 Rosario - Pca. de Santa Fe - ARGENXNA, or to rn f o r forwarding.

I 'm holding one interest ing Muse f m Gene Martin for the next issue, having d i n e d tm e a r l i e r ones received, and I have canbined two contributions £ram Pete Kemp. The next Musing deadline (theme: F i r s t - t i re contr ibutors) w l l l be July 31. H o p e you're having a fan tas t ic smrarer! Now, on with it ...

Pete Kerp, KZlZ - P. 0. Box 73 - Bethel, a' 06801 Greetings a l l ... the s!mmsr has f ina l ly arrived ... The Saturday with

Sinatra Show, hosted by Sid Marks, 1s moving frcm WNY-EM (which is going c&w July 1 ) t o WR, effect ive July 4. It w i l l be heard from 7 t o 11 p n ... WFAN has been very busy l ining up its new on-air s t a f f . ABC'S sports host Jim -ley hs been signed as has B i l l i e Jean King (occasional sp ts ) . The nnmr mil l is touting Greg G h l ( ~ r i a n ' s brother) and former pitcher Jim Bouton a s possible additions t o t h e staff ... ~ t l a n t a ' s A l l News s ta t ion =ST has dropped its f o m t i n favor of A l l Talk, fo r f inancial reasons ... hGR, Buffalo, has hired ?wn Shannon a s i ts new morning m. TUII didn' t have t o t rave l f a r ; he had been with ... W-Wilrnington, DE, has a number of ex-WIL jocks on i ts o l d i e s - f o m t t e d stat ion. Keven Fenessy and Bob Charger have joined Jerry B l a ~ t as on-air t a l e n t . . . Top AM'ers i n

the Dayton m r k e t a re , i n rank order: WKIO, WNE, WDAO, and WING ... hW has los t the bidding war t o carry Memphis State University f o o t t a l l and basketball games a s they have done for the l a s t 43 years. hiSU games w i l l be heard on W-EN. W is now trying t o ge t the r i g h t s t o the University of Tennessee g m s away frcm WC . . . m h is doctor George Flinn has purchased WHEQ-AM for $750,000 ... Chicago's WFm-FM claims t o be the f i r s t s ta t ion in the nakon t o brmdcast a program using the new DAT (Digital Audio Tape) system ... Ken Galrand is looking forward t o h i s move from WIP t o WPEN on August 31. His wife, Elaine Sancini, is the News Director and morning news anchor there ... Larry Glick has parted ways with WBZ, i n Boston, a f t e r 20 years, but fear not, Beantmers . He has signed on with c r o s s t m r iva l WHDH, a t a r e p r t e d $800,00Ot a year for four years. Due t o a waiting pericd clause i n his contract (1 year) he wi l l not be heard on the a i r un t i l June 1 , 1988. H i s s p t on WBZ has been acquired by WIC-1080's Bruce Stevens ... WAE is joining the Mutual Padio Netwrk and wi l l carry the Larry King Shcw i n August. The King show had previously been heard on KQV ... Bob Edwards wil l celebrate b s 2,000th broadcast of National Public RadioAs Morning Edition on June 12 ... F& radio a m e n t a t o r Paul Harvey now has a boulevard n& a f t e r him i n Pueblo, Colorado ... Bev Smith is returning t o Pittsburgh radio, although this t h e on WAE. She had been on D K A before her s t i n t on WIS i n Orlando .. . The number one radio s p t i n m t r o i t belongs t o WJR, followed by M'ers w and W T ... Since Dm is for brmdcast band l i s teners , I f i l t e r out t h e M s ta t ions when l i s t i n g the l a t e s t ra t ing reports. I f the Inembership wishes, I could include the FM sldt.. Any c m n t s ? (Leave 'em in , a s f a r a s I am concerned. 1'd l ike t o see what the c c q e t i t i o n is 'doing -pis) International Dx'ers can hear "Rockin' m i c a Top 30 Countdown", with Scott Shannon, on f i v e s ta t ions i n Scotland: Radio Forth, Westsound, Tay, Clyde,and Moray F i r th ...

I had a very interest ing chat with a fellow on the amateur radio bands the other nlqlit, via teletype. we had a most enjoyable conversation about mrmercial broadcasting and the I\M radio d ia l . He seerred very knowledgeable, and our conversation was a mst interest ing one. During the conversation I came t o f ind out a l i t t l e about h i s background. Surprise, 11,. turned out t o be VP of NBC Radio's W Q Chicago. One certainly never knws who they wi 1 I run across on the ham bands . . . According t o the winter h o k , Washington X's most ~n[nl l ; l r m-g show belongs t o W-RL's Harding and Weaver . . . N e w s m n Allen Stone has r e t u r n ~ l 1 [ I

WIL in Philadelphia; he had previously been a t the s ta t ion £ran 1948-74 ... M X continu[*:; t o be the rat ings bmk leader i n S t . Louis, on AM . .. J. C. Corcoran is back i n KC on KSII ( 0 3 ~ s - KSD is dead and was i n S t . Louis, Pete. So where's J. C. now?!? -pis) ... Thc. N-w York S ta te Brmdcasters Association w i l l be t reated t o a most interest ing discussion w11c.11 they met during the w e k of July 12. Scheduled t o a p r a r e Fred Friendly and AI 1 IIIII Miller talking about the U. S. Constitution and broadcasting laws. This should lr> I I vc ,I y , especially i n l igh t of recent EKX rulings and deregulation . . . Pittsburqh's Dou<i Ilrx.1 t 11 I..III

now be heard on WAE . . . In Kansas City, WDAF took the top spot i n t h e winter h > k , I r , l l c w x i

by AM'ers K W , KMBZ, and WHB . . . International l i s teners take note: In wst t;r.nlklrly, I It, average person l i s t e n s t o the radio 2 hours and 31 minutes a day, 21 m r e rmnutc*:; a <l. ly IIKII,. than they did 5 years ago. Media watchers a t t r i b u t e t h i s t o the increase' irl I 1, I v.1 I < , I , I < I I ( I

s ta t ions. Radio is a l so l i s ted a s the mst popular medium, h t l n q alt ,12, . l~r l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . M ' s SprtSCaSter (soon t o be heard on WFAN on July 1) Pett* k ' rank l l l~ ILI:, :;,I! l o . ! t r l . t

@ mssive heart at tack. tie has undergone quadruple b y p s s surgery and hopefully wi l l be on the a i r again smn. A t age 59, Franklin has been associated with Cleveland sprts for twenty years . . . (;roup W is reportedly bargaining for ownership of Miami 's WINZ and i t s sister WZTA-k7.I ... With ownership regulations s t i l l being looked a t in t h e courts , Cap C i t i e s / m RPdio has dec idd t o reorganize its stat ions i n t o tw groups. Group One: M/WPLJ-FM, WJR,%JHYP-FM, KABC/KIOS-FM, WPRO, and KGO. Group 'Em: WKHX-AM/FM, W/KSCS-m, KQKS-WFM; MhFQX-FM, and m-AM/kPETZ-k'M . . . So much for now.

A Japanese &ceptim Season of 266 Days a Yeax

Gene - 3303 East Evans Avenue - Cenver, CO 80210 With the a r r iva l of another May it is t h t o r e p r t again on my study of

J a m e s e recewtion here i n Denver a s &sclosed i n the dai ly checking out of JOIB-747 in sappro .

JOIB is t h e fa r thes t north m j o r s tat ion i n Japan, located on Hakkaido, an is land with an almost Arctic c l i m t e , although i t 's no fa r ther north than the Minnesota-Iowa border i n the U. S.

In 1986, JOIB made its l a s t appearance of the season for me on May 6. In 1987, lts f i n a l appearance carre on May 9, only a BFD c a r r i e r a t 1040 and 1055 CMT. After May 9, I assume the increasing hours of daylight In Far Northern la t i tudes prevents t h e JOIB signal from making it t o Denver. And i f 1987 behaves i n the same m e r that 1986 did, I can expect JOIB t o return near the midde of August as night expnds i n Far Northern lat i tudes.

Between August 16, 1986, when JOIB returned for a new DX'ing season, t o May 9, 1986, when it disappeared i n its s m r t i m e hiatus, is 266 days. I f you take December out of the calculat ion, you have 235 days. I wmt to deal with these 235 days inasmuch a s my De&r record-keepin< is i n m p l e t e .

Then out of t h a t 235 days, I was able t o locate the s i g ~ l from JOIB on 183 early mornings i n Denver, always i n the area from 1000 t o 1200 W. I found i t s s ignal 6 days i n Auoust. 16 in Seotember, 25 davs i n October, 23 i n N o v d r , 31 days i n January, 22 i n -~~ >~~ . ~

February, 28 i n ~ k c h , 28 daysAin April, and f i n a l l y 4 days i n May. The only conspicuous period i n these months when the JOIB signal fa i led t o lMke it t o

Denver was Septenber 12 t o 21, 10 days, perhaps a b i t ea r ly for tha t f m u s DX'ing feature, the Midwinter AnoMly.

As t o t h a t an i t ted kmrkr record, the JOIB signal made it t o Denver the f i r s t ten days of the month and the l a s t th ree days.

Bebeen these t h s , I was i n Texas, and I found the JOIB het on a t l e a s t 4 occasions on the 750 kHz stat ions I heard there on my G3 portable travel radio.

The H, a s it af fec t s reception of Eurpoean signals i n Denver, i s nothing l e s s than the 100 percent disappearance of than, no t race for long periods of time, extending for months rather than veeks. In the best Dx'ing seasons for Europeans, t h e i r s igna ls a r e found on mybe four or f ive nights i n Septemter+Xtober and ear ly Navenber, and by C h r i s t n m s t h , t h e i r season is usually over for another year.

Hearing.Japan and the other Northern Asiat ics is a t o t a l l y different ba l l g m . They shod up i n August and mntinue to be heard through f a l l , winter, and spring. In midwinter, the best of than rrake it t o Denver a s ear ly a s 0700 and s tay with m t o beyond 1400 hours.

European signals never l a s t fo r hours a t a s t re tch , instead often fading out a f t e r an opening of no more than an hour o r ism.

A Midwinter AnoMly of the sort t h a t wipes out Northern Europeans simply never Ekes an appearance on the *stern U. S. and Japan path.

Ch An S i c l o l e s s and R e l i q i a a s Broadcastefi

Albert Lobel is the l a t e s t Arrerican Dx'er t o return f r m a v i s i t t o Europe f i l l e d with adniration for the mndit ions found there i n the continental broadcast band. The stat ions on adjacent channels separate neatly with a m i n b of splash and crosstalk between them, and even nqawat te rs can be tuned out i n 9 kHz. Plus the European AM'ers transmit f ine audio quali ty, not rmch d i f fe ren t £ran FM sound.

I have examined the European E?CB on tw occasions, the f i r s t time from London, m i n l y , and Paris for three weeks in December, 1976, and from Frankfurt fo r a couple of w&s in August, 1980.

Every Arrerican D x ' e r ought t o v i s i t Europe a t l e a s t once, i f fo r no other reason than t o fu l ly understand hcw the U. S. KB has h m i s ~ n a g e d by the Federal C m i c a t i o n s Camission for so m y years, t h a t plus the i n t r d u c t i o n by the industry of various technical c h g e s adversely affect ing sound transmission.

I can never claim t h a t I understand e v e e n g which has happened t o broadcasting i n the U. S., but I can see without any d i f f i c u l t y t h a t a s a resu l t of a l l the c h g e s , the AM broadcast scene i n the U. S. is a d i sas te r area in its cun ricrht. Radio l i s teners have

Another thing t o wonder about is whether the widespread abuses and scandals tFsetting the ranks of the ?V evangelists w i l l not have serious lmpl i w t ions for the lmre t h a n 700 U. S. radio s ta t ions c lass i f ied a s rel igious brmdcasters. 'Too nuny 'W evangelists and t h e i r radio counterparts a r e shady hucksters, preachers pzddling salvat ion f o r a contribution. Their [>lc>a is "send money i f you want t o be saved!" They bring the w1d "Christian" i n t o disrepute.

I have an excellent reason for the use of tha t harsh language inasmudl a s I am the f i r s t Martin i n four generations who did not b e a m a Methodist minister .

Contributions a r e already fa l l ing off for a l l the l V ~ v a n g e l i s t s , and I muld bet the sam thing is happening f o r t h e i r radio colleagues.

A t the s m time, pious folk have begun t o return t o the i r n e i g h b o r h d churches which never benefitted f r m the Big Bucks garnered by the lV and radio evangelists.

I w i l l r i s k a prediction: A l o t of those religious s ta t ions w i l l be going bankrupt in the next few months, o r t rying t o f ind new buyers who w i l l probably mm i n with d i f fe ren t f o m t s .

Jus t rarember, you saw it here f i r s t !

Niel Wolfish - 706-3900 Yonge St . - Toronto, ON M4N 3N6 I am back h a w for t h e s m r , working for a law firm again, a s I d id l a s t

year. Working beats law school any day. I suppose money &es for a good incentive, h i . I arrived hare f r m Winnipg t o f ind a few QSL's waiting f o r m. These E r e a l l the

resu l t s of the DXpedition i n December t o Williamsford, ON I attended with fellow NRC nmker Paul Routenburg and fellow CIDX &r Michael Bolitho. J t turns out t h a t I had 3 shortwave QSL's waiting £01 m but ony 2 KB veries. The tw m d i u m wave ver i f ica t ions carre f r m KSKY-660 and WHEB-750. KSKY sent a shor t verif icat ion l e t t e r . WEE! sent along a package of goodies, including both a QSL card and a verif icat ion l e t t e r .

The 1986-87 DX season £ram Winnipeg ended a t 735 s ta t ions heard. The l a s t logging was W(BF-1270 on April 17, noted on c a l l change from WHBF. 241 new s ta t ions were added t o the logbook i n my second season i n m i t o h a . 1987-88 will the be the l a s t winter for me in Winnipeg. I f igure #850 or 900 muld be a r e a i s t i c goal t o aim for . 1'11 have t o take care of verifying a few more of t h e s ta t ions 1'11 never hear in Toronto, par t icu la r ly anything i n Idaho, Oregon, o r Arizona.

It appears a s i f I had about a 70% ver i f ied r a t e t h i s year f r m Winnipeg, shortwave and medim Mve c d i n e d . Currently, 33 out of 45 s ta t ions have verif ied. lk s ta t ions t h a t haven't ver i f ied a r e e s p i a l l y d i sappin t ing . -1400 never ver i f ied a f t e r I phoned the s ta t ion t o ask i f the "Q14" I had heard was indeed CKSQ. The person I spoke t o turned out t o be the announcer I had heard on the a i r , Rich Nickel. I asked about the prospects of a verif icat ion and was encouraged t o sutmit a report, which I did. W - 1 4 9 0 never responded t o an October r e p r t . HCWVer, I wnder how long it has been since this Ohio graveyarder received a reception report £ran 1,000 miles away? (On the other hand, another Ohio graveyarder, MH-1450, veried promptly!)

Very l i t t l e DX'ing has been done i n Toronto. On 23, WSL-1030 was heard a t 11 :23 am with "Talkradio Legal Clinic" for Toronto logging #1121. I hope e v e r y m y has a gocd sumoer. 73's.

Dcn VOtXhkS - RD 3, BOX 97 - 0-0. NY 13126 Since plrchasing a Gilfer nodified FRG-8800 l a s t f a l l , I have increased my TA

loggings from 4 t o 13, including t h e f i r s t two IN'S ever, mgland-200 and France-162. Others were s p l i t frequencies, Portugal-1062, Monaco-1467, Norway-1314, Albania-1395, USSR-1386, mgland-693, and Senegal-765. This was sanething I never could do with the DX-300. Although I n o m l l y no longer verify, I d id send out 4 and received 3 s o fa r . Nomy-1314, Monacc-1467, and mgland-200. USSR is still out. Domestic veries were received from WSL-1030, and f r m MCC-1560 on t h e i r DX t e s t fo r the MIC.

I f i n a l l y campleted a s t a t e this past season - V e m n t - when I picked up WNHV-910 cn SSS 2-13-87. Also ccmpleted a personal goal with the logging of a l l Long Island NY stat ions. Wa~-1570 i n Riverhead was the last one t o be heard.

Although belated, I can add a few thoughts about Dx'ing while i n the Armed Services. I was a Control Tower -rator in WI, stationed i n GA, and i n what was then Ixitcl~ Ncw Guinea. While there w e heard m y Aussie s tat ions, with t h e i r "Waltzing Matilda" siynol f and the AFRS locals i n Hollandia and the Admiralty Islands. I ranember t h e i r slocjan, "(XI the a i r from Adniralty Square", plus much SW. I was i n the tower a t Hollandia l is teninq t ( ~ a Jap broadcast from Java c i t i n g local successes when they broke i n t o read an "Inlp.r.lill Rescript" - the m r o r announcinq the J a m e s e surr~mder!

- - - . - - - . While stationed i n Macon,- GA G K - 6 3 0 carre i n loud and c lear every morning. S I ~ I C I .

taking up the hobby again, I have t r i e d for years t o log it f r m 0-0, but not n I x r % l J . But there 's always another day.

a h d o n e d AM radio in droves, and more than three out of four of2then have b e m a par t of G. & l e y DeLeurere - P. 0. Box 10 - Hemkicks, WV 26271-0010 the M audience. My m mmrmications receiver is used for nothing except for t rying t o snare AM stat ions located across the Pacif ic and the Atlantic. Since Sharon went t o Canada for the week, I am batching and h.~v(- . I I w

m m t s t o send i n a quick report. There has been no DX of any consequence 1;rtc.l y . I 'vt. The a-180 is ra re ly used rrore than ism hours a day while my FM radios operate up t o

ten hours a day, me or less. been busy, and it has been beastly hot. Tu3ay, for e-le, it had t o Lx. c,vc.r r i i ! a . t y

Scm=thing t o think about is whether the adoption of European d u l a t i o n standards i n degrees. Anyway, I car1 say t h a t the 1600 s ta t ion from wheeling i s now WMM. I ~iily I:<.II<I I I

the U. S. - 90 percent by day, and 85 percent a t night - muld not be a major s tep toward a report soon. A1r-d~ I have confirmed the f o m r c a l l l e t t e r s md,, WNEIJ, WAN<, a ~ ~ i WIINI .

the re l ie f of AM radio's present sickness. Too, the 1400 s ta t ion Iron1 Clarksburg is once again WPQZ. I don't understant1 t l ~ . Ilrlvc.. i I is confinred here already as WBOY, WBBN, WPQZ, and WKKW.

@ Here a re two questions 1 have, and 1 do need help on them. mt stat ion on 1580 1s

broadcasting in Spanish? Or what s ta t ion broadcasting in Spanish would likely lMke it here? And, t co , what is the s t r e e t location of WRMR-850 of Cleveland, OH? Yes, I know that it

announces on the a i r tha t i t s address is 1 Radio Lme, N. E . , Cleveland, OH 44114, but where exactly i s Radio Lane? I can ' t locate it on a Cleveland rap.

Thank you kindly, ad here's wishing you saw great DX t h i s s w m r .

Karl V. Jeter - 2115 Scarbrough Road - Stone muntain, GA 30088 It has been a long t i n e s ince I appeared in these p g e s , and there has been

qui te a b i t going on, though not necessarily DX, especially la te ly . The lcca l AM d i a l around here has been going through som? changes, such a s Wpm590 now a f f i l i a t e d with the big FM country ou t le t , W, "Kicks", and seems t o simulcast a l o t with dual ID'S. WXS-1080 W r i e t t a , GA has been s i l e n t f o r qu i te a long tim now; they a p x e n t l y bent off the a i r short ly a f t e r the test b r a d c a s t . My reception r e p r t t o the published address was returned a s "unforwardable" by the P. O., but it s- saw others h v e received veries f ran an Atlanta address. Thanks t o Bil l Prater for t h i s i n f o m t i o n ; a f o l l m p has been sent. Perhaps the most interest ing change hasn't occured ye t , but i f it dces, it wuLd be one of the largest changes i n recent years. According t o an a r t i c l e i n the p a p r a few beeks ago (and sent t o HQ for possible inclusim a s a cl ipping), the owners of WJXI-W/FM a r e l m k n g i n t o the p s s i b i l i t y of puchasing an ex is t ing 8 here in Atlanta for a 50,000/1,000 stat ion and t ransferr ing the venerable "WXI" c a l l s t o this new stat ion, and the s e l l i n g the 790 out le t . It s- the CP was one of these minority ones issued a few years back, ad the s e l l e r is Michael Hollis, a local black entrepreneur whose Air Atlanta a i r l i n e s reoently mt belly-up. Already there a re c r ies of a possible minority-ed stat ion being lost , so t h i s w u l d be in trouble fran the s ta r t . I suspect the CP i s the one on 640 kHz, which with the higher v r might possibly help long-suffering WXI-AM, athough the lower night power along with Cuban interference might not be such a help t o them.

On t o saw f a i r l y recent DX, and t o what was perhap my DX highlight of the past season: on 4-9, I got a nice l q g i n g of IC3C-13?0 Sioux Falls , SD, bet- 10:13-10:38 pn EDT with local ads and ". . . the best of t h e '50 's, 60 's, 70 's, and today on AM-1320 stereo, KEII)". Unfortunately, my report has still gone unanswered. This Logging oocrured shortly a f t e r I f inished erect ing a new tW beveraae in the woods, and f o r awhile there in April,

WIMO before taking on the challenge of t h i s -11 Wnrosvil le s ta t ion . Their target audience is 24-35. He very much would l i k e to add C-QJAM and to ld m they 're a lnos t ready to gD 1000 D3 with a chance d m the road f o r 5 kW. Their transmitter is an old Gates, and tmm i n the back is 80 f e e t high, but he w u l d l i k e t o put up a 160-foot one. The building is m t marked, ad a wooden board a t the corner on the ground has t h e old WRUA c a l l . Amzingly, Mr. King s h a d m a tape sen t by none other than Kermit Geary f o r an April 7 S/off ! He a lso m t i o n e d a l e t t e r f ran Harley Deleurere! I l e f t saw back issues of DXN for him and these other s tat ions.

k x t t o WIXZ-1360 located a t the intersect ion of routes 30 and 148 i n what appears t o look l i k e a donut shop! It did surprise me and I should have know t h a t with S a t e l l i t e News, WIXZ added the SMN country with only one l i v e personality whan I rret at 1 pn; her a i r rmm is Annie Carter. By chance I caught the CE, Dick Ruby, who was dubfounded as t o how he could a n m r my verie requests for them and another s ta t ion he dces, WHJB. He pleaded t m busy a d no time, but was sympathetic and said any nure the only way t o ge t a verie is t o v i s i t a s tat ion. He dictated the v/l to a secretary, mntioning WIXZ's day and night tower S i tes were relocated to give the area a be t te r signal. The day i s inside Pgh i n Glen Hazel and the night is on a 4-tcwer array a t Lincoln Baro. Since he will be unrel iable ( a l s o a CE f o r WJAS and WEIX)) , I asked f o r help f ran Dick Grimes, now a consultant a t WIXZ who re t i red a s PD back i n August, but the new cuner asked him t o am back on a part-time basis. Mr. Grimes previously wrked a t WIBG i n Phil ly ad formed a l iaison w i t h fonrer Mayor Frank Rizzo, WKBW, KQV, WEEP, and a t WKQ, now WJAS. Finally, Annie, aka Kathy Comides' goal is to cun a s ta t ion or w r k a t WBIS in NYC.

On t o WHJB in Greensburg, but no tcur as eveqone was busy. So busy, a s the c 3 called ahead, the secretary instead of typing my v/l, just toak h i s scribble of f a paper and mpied it cnto t h e i r letterhead! They use a 3-tower days and 4 tmrs nights. I n t o Latrobe, f i r s t a t W i n dcwntdnrn to meet Ron Tostevin, NX D and CE who often asks for engineering help fran the CE a t WBZZ-Pgh. They nu# use the Transtar Country Netwrk with l i v e personali t ies in AM drive. Finally t o WPlW one mile south of tm in a mall building meting my v/s, DJ Debbie Larson. The f o m t is o ld ies on, yes, 45's! Before &g haw, I saw KN's I-towner site 3 mi l e s south a t hqqe ly , PA. ~ l l v/s sent to Wayne; 73's t o a l l ! mtal w i e s : 886.

s- good DX was caning d&n t h i s one. ~ l s o logged &as WIZZ-1250 Streator , LL 011-4-13 around 10 with ~ u b s BB. 1-1 ads, nm-i250v. m - 1 3 7 0 camthersvil le , MO on 4-20 with Radio Tells FCC: COO/ If Mutual & and I D a s "&ruthersv i l le -~a~t i " around 7 pn. A pair of new KY ,s m d e it in: WSON-860 Henderson 4-11 with nostalgia and what sounded l i k e a s a t e l l i t e servioe. Their c a l l s stand for With Sounds of Nostalgia. Their ver ie c m back ccmplete with a glass cookie jar with the l c q on the front! The other KY was WKLB-1290 Manchester, heard on 4-13 around 8 pn with sports and slcgan, "Clay County's Radio Station, WKL5". A new 'IN was bagged about the same time: VWC-820 Jasperon 4-4 a t 7-7:15 with CHR f o m t , USA Radio Netkark Nx, and sign-of f , mt . non-directional d a y t h ? power of 1,000 watts.

Since t h a t busy period in early t o mid May, DX has rea l ly slacked off t o the pint of no new lcggings and only a handful of veries, nustly holdouts f ran l a s t season. My return r a t e for 1986 a t t h i s p i n t stands a t 92%, with only the following holdouts: KG-1360, WMCT-730, WZX-780, WBIL-580. Recent ver ies received a r e a s follcus: K-1530, Wm-1480, KCRV-1370, WSON-860, WKLB-1290, VWC-820, WIZZ-1250, WIYE-1200, WINX-1290, ~ 1 1 9 0 , MS-1430, WLVS-1430, -1560 ( for t e s t ) . That takes it back t o the f i r s t of April.

I nust r e l a t e an unusual happening before closing: Back i n maker, 1986 I ~ ~ i l e d a report t o Sonidc-1120 i n Costa Rica, and about a mnth ago I received a l e t t e r f ran Costa Rica. Haever, it was not fran tha t s ta t ion , but fran a radio m t e u r in San Jose, who heard about my reception of Sonido on the s ta t ion one day! Apparently they were impressed; h m v e r , no verie yet (but it could have been l o s t in the mil ) . This fellow thinks I am an amteur l i k e him, and cannot f igure out how I w u l d have heard his loca l . s ta t ion! Guess I 'll have t o send him an "SS Guide t o DX", and who knows, mybe a new maker! That's a l l f o r now ... 73's!

67 Years of Broadcasting

John R. M i d r y - 995 Shadycrest Road - Pittsburgh, PA 15216-3023 I n addition t o my l a s t W e , on May 15 while a t WEDO, I got t o sit i n an3.

see a local radio s h in action f m 1-3 pn with "The Gary G. and Tina Marie Variety Show" which includes oldies, t r i v i a , prizes, and radio and W c l i p . WPDC-1600 PA has showing up nightly a t 9:10 pn, m s t l y with Oriole baseball and m y local ads.

On Saturday, June 20, unaware t o myself, K D K A T gave a story on the 6 pn news concerning KDKA Radio's 67th anniversary. The story sh& a celebration given by the Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society ( I know sorre of you a r e drooling already!) a t the location of the stat ion 's f i r s t ever transmission a t the Wilkinsburg Elks Lodge. Members included ham o ~ e r a t o r s , a s the story featured a grandson of m ' s f i r s t engineer. Old radios =re a l so shawed, a s I a s s m t h i s is where the society held rreetings. The story lasted about 30-45 seconds. I wil l try t o find out m r e about t h i s group a d r e p r t i n a future Muse.

Ps m t i o n e d last issue, WAE-1250 wil l go a l l - ta lk a s the trend in AM radio t o these f o m t s continues. An a r t i c l e in the paper a l s o says they wil l add the Larry King Shcw on August 1 which has been on KQV since the show Started. The new VP/CM says, "Even the addition of s tereo is not going t o be the salvation of AM radio."

On another front , I concluded my v i s i t s of s ta i tons in the eastern part of the area an June 2. F i r s t s top t o W - 1 5 1 0 meeting Lkl King, PD. Their format consists of a s-hat harder UrbanCon sound than t h a t of another UC stat ion, WAK-FM. Mr. King wrked 11 years a t

On Call Letter b0.dcapters are overwhelminply

O m y tinkenng with the cur- rn m& stanon call lener system, ec.

amessof legd bnefsrecent- t y M v l m t h e F C C .

"I ll dn'l bmke, don't nx it," d d Ospl(l1 Bmdceetlno Corp.. me o w - r d WTRQIROSh Mounl. NC.. ex- m n g the genera indushy senti- mnt . l h FCC recentlv Drooosed a ~ - . . .

-a Ovama,lot cml spn rules re. h Mass Mede Docket 871q

*mnomem: Ohvlating me geo(lraphic resuic-

M s (or using " K m d "W' cdl slgns: AWovinp the same edl signs to sta-

M a In dinerent broadcast selvices (AM, FM, N) where the stations are not m o n k owed: . SVemning the "Cst-cme-first- u r v W rules involving cdl.siw bans- fen in station ownenhip uansktions.

Mass lve P u b l l c Confus lon Predicted

Wile me FCC still hss the propossls under review, broadcasters were virtu. aly unanimous in their contantion that massiVe "public W n b M w u l d re- sun f r m chmginp me cunent system.

" h ~ ~ d a h merely for the sake of chlYlpe dats rot serve the public interest." sAd Knight Ouellty S1allons, the Wcmsee of WHEBIPMS~OU~~, NH.

Brmdcaslers cited at least a dozen r a m s m y me Commluon snouid not amp1 me p o w r e d mendmenls The most commn oblections were svnmed up by Shmmmck Bmdsa8t- Inp's atstemenl that "the C o m w b n ' s p r w d wiU enwnder dislcnied wdi- snce mncuurements, Injury to ratings u w a , advsrtlsers, and sdvanlslnp spmies, bu of gmd will m d reputs- tbn. adgenera economic harm lo the br-nng Indushy." U n n e z e w lawwit. and me mouaands of call lana assignments atesdy avdlsMe unda me existiw system were other reasons Cited.

Arbbmn's list of probsble nepah*e enecls wen based on its findings mat "dl leners are ae pincipd means by which me tc&e%tina lnduahy and me oenad w M c Identify statbra ad that conhrsin is created by call kmer assignment changes."

%rku Tanlam Inc.. me m a ol WGTC a WTTYElmmlnoton. IN. - . . rmced w c e m met 'me potenW for conl.sm In dwes "red ~y ramp se, vces W D I ~ D. ~ m r m ~ l s ,I me .se 01 common c d elgns In dinerent serrr(csr by independenfly w e d smons Is m i n d "

Gmup W Bro.dc.sIi~0, pohtinp lo its ststiona K Y w I P h l l a d ~ l . and KDKUPln8burgh, ssld. .'n wer mere was an unnecessw chanw for me sake of chanOe popossl, thls is it."

F C C Recordkeep lng B las ted

In a Wnt Mna, Tall md P bm munlcallons waned mat abwing dlf- lerent statiolrn to use identicd csls muid create a ~ e ~ a w ~ r k nlgh-e m d sgOIavate edsmg problem ulth me ~ c c . s mng system.

"One of me w t -es of poten- ti# conhrlion io at me ComnWcn itself. n is common M e w mat me Camlmon's present license 6103 mnlaln misfiled mated ad some- timss Id1 lo include such e-tial daumentsas r e n e w spplicslions . . . the preaent mhling problems are cer I n to becme even w s e , m&ng it more dlmcun lor members of me wbllc and licensees memeluss to locate e-ntid docunenis." mey w d .

L o n e Wol f S u p p o r t s C h a n g e

Mrtudly the only boadwter lo sup. mi the proposed rule change is Andy Jmmea F.k.8. me w e r ol Spanish- famaned KCAVRdlands. CA. ~e add me p r o m a 'nds me Commlssh 01 a unnece- and ov- rUe whlch dlacrlminmes awnst lndvldval rtstbn owners ln lavor of mu%@. ah- tion omen. " Hs u y r etalrn. h me

same community whlch do not breed cslU in me same lmauaw h k l be d- b w d t o u s e m e s a m e ~ c a H k t ~

Mile c m g me wdLBb(llty of 35.152 WUe Cd mmblnams mdw present rdes, oMer br-ten sup. gested abwinp s m s to use me 'w pen?., which is cvrenw reserved (or

r r i 1 ~ a y u s e M t h n ~ v ~ . . KCBQ Turned Down

By FCC The FCC tm turned m m m dom

on KCE(118.n DI.po's rwuest lo c h w e Its nighnlm. dad PWIUn Wd has ordered me stabm to reduce wverqe inslead

The p r o m dstes back lo 1971. when me s t a m r e c m s Specs Temmav A h w k a m sner corn. - , planno mat 11 wuld not @.st I s noaht- nme may 1" complmce urn ns I renw tecame 01 seVerd teem u o b l m . n d M g ns proXMW O omer broad. cast s tams, Cw%-%t a 1983 o m - Ship Swmh horn chnn 6,-a u r t l n p to Audb mu=, he s t a t h was Wen 18 m m s by me C m s - sbn to prcwdy ediust Its m a y or cut power lo a& htutaence vim KVOOflulu. Mi Houes r-ded by requesonp a c m e h AM aYoo. h rules hel world resrlt n KCBQ wtinuing lo ~perete at fun power wlth a imprcwdy adpoled may. The Mass Medm Bvesu add m, ad now Uis ful

~ w b w " , ~ o n 1 170 kHz wim 50 kw w. 5 kw whts. F n d power cutback M t yaf h dela- mined, bul M b muv ki W d ln 118 p a l m n might have lo &op lo 714 wan8 st ni@t, reducwq ngcorrq. vu by 71%.

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