11/30/09

KNZZ Grand Junction CO 1100

KNZZ has been on my list for a long time. I have seen their carrier on my SDR-IQ but not until some weeks ago did I catch a local identification. Today Program Director Jim Ter Louw verified my report with an email.

KODY North Platte NE 1240

KODY surfaced for some minutes Nov 7 and I was lucky to get a perfect identification and some local information. Today General Manager Rob Mandeville verified my reception with a nice email. They do not have a web site but I found a photo of their studio announcer Scott Allen on a local newspaper in North Platte..

11/29/09

KFYR Bismarck ND 550


KFYR is a rather rare catch at my place. Just logged tice here. Today a very brief email with no signature verified my reception two weeks ago.

KBKW Aberdeen WA 1450

Nice email from Bill Wolfenbarger, President of Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc today verified my reception of KBKW.

11/27/09

KGY Olympia WA 1240

It was a nice surprise when KGY came through the pile up on 1240 November 7. I was lucky to get a decent identification before it faded away. Today Program Director Kevin Huffer confirmed my report with a brief email.

KWTL Grand Forks ND 1370


I had really good conditions November 7. I had many stations on 1370 and I was lucky to catch identifications from KWRM Corona CA and KWTL. Nighttime power of KWTL is only 275 W so I think it is a good catch. Today Steven Splonskowski of Real Precence Radio verified my reception with a brief mail.

CJSN Shaunavon SK 1490


Broadcast Engineer Matt Heinrichs today verified my reception of CJSN. He had som trouble to play my recording and gave me contact information to two other engineers at CJSN, Jeff Kachmarski and Dave Funk. My thanks to Matt and to my friend Christer Koivuranta in Luleå who help me with contact information.

KSEN Shelby MT 1150

Today Anne James verified my reception of KSEN. The voice on my recording was in fact her! Anne works fulltime at KSEN but she has also a business of her own, Sweetgrass Creative Designs. Check it out!

CFGN Port-au-Basque NL 1230

Today Ian Balfour Assistant General Manager of CFGN verified my reception report from early November.

11/20/09

Radio Sistema 2 (Radio Sucre) Guayaquil 1080

Transmissions from Radio Sucre have been logged quite frequently this season on 1080 kHz. Remigio Castillo R. Ing. de Grabación de Radio Sucre verifies that I have received their transmissions relayed by Sistema 2. He attached a very nice file with a pasillo played on the piano. In another mail he also verifies my reception of Radio Sucre on 700 AM last year

11/19/09

Radio Vigia Quito 840

I sent a letter with a CD with some sound tracks two weeks ago and today I received a very nice email from E. C. Alejandro Velasquez PRODUCTOR DE RADIO VIGIA. Radio Vigia is the radio station of Policia Nacional del Ecuador.

WVJS Owensboro KY 1420

This is a really tough one. I sent a recording to Chief Engineer Ed Thomas who forwarded it. (I will have some of the guys with better hearing to listen). Mike Chaney is their News Director and he says "I say it is safe for you to confirm you picked up our little AM station"! Thank you Ed and Mike!

11/17/09

Radio Universal Guayaquil 1270

I logged this station some weeks ago. Did not find an email address so I sent a letter with a CD. Today I received a nice email from Adela Arroba, Gerente. She writes:
Gracias por informarnos haber escuchado esta emisora, en honda corta si es posible se escuche en Suecia, el CD enviado confirma que si es Radio Universal de Guayaquil, Ecuador, sur amèrica, tambièn nos puedes escuchar por internet, nuestra pàgina es:

www.justin.tv/radiouniversalguayaquil

She also tells me that they have shortage of electricity in Ecuador. Not enough rain!

11/14/09

KOFI Kallispell MT 1180

Today Dave Rae, General Manager of KOFI in Kallispell, gave me my #400 US AM band verification.

11/12/09

WRKO Boston MA 680

This station is dominating 680 in the south of Sweden, but I have great problems getting around 6-80 News. However I succeeded a month ago and today Jason Wolfe , VP Programming, verified my reception.

CINA Mississauga ON 1650


CINA is a regular here and in fact I enjoy listening to their Bollywood Hits! Today General Manager Neeti Ray verified my reception.

11/10/09

KXO El Centro CA 1230

Conditions were very good November 4. I had several stations from California, Idaho and Utah. Some of the more common stations from Washington were weaker than usual. For some minutes "The Best Oldies on the Radio" = KXO peaked quite good and I was lucky enough to get a perfect identification. Vice President Carroll Buckley sent me a very nice email with an e-bumper sticker and an information sheet as attachments.

11/4/09

KMXA Aurora CO 1090

KMXA was widely logged September 9 when they were on daytime power. Their Mexican Tricolor program had quite good readability here in Hanabäckliden. I sent a report via the snail mail with no luck. Yesterday Ole Forr in Norway gave me some contact information and today Mario Carrera General Manager of KMXA verified my report. My thanks to Ole and Mario!