WCHP on 760 is a quite commonly heard so called day timer station here in Scandinavia, especially during the autumn months when the station usually closes down around 21.15 UTC. I was lucky to hear the c/d of WCHP in 2011 and even more luck to get a confirmation from Terri Billiter, WCHP General Manager recently.
States Terri: “This confirms your reception of the WCHP 760AM signal.
It is amazing you heard that portion correctly word for word. I commend
you and your family for pursuing such impressive advanced educations. We
are a Christian formatted radio station and I urge you and your family
to seek the true wisdom that comes only from God and His son Jesus Christ.
John 3:16, Psalm 46:10”.
XEQIN La Voz del Valle in San Quintin, Baja California Norte on 1160 was a nice surprise when logged during the LEM274 pedition together with Pertti Äyräs in February 2009 around 13 UTC on 1160 without a sign of the frequency dominant KSL Salt Lake City.
San Quintín is a coastal town on the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California in the municipio of Ensenada som 300 km south of Tijuana.
The confirmation I received yesterday is thanks to Håkan Sundman (HS) who provided me with a fresh email-address. Thanks Håkan.
KULY Ulysses is a KS station heard a couple of times almost every season in Scandinavia despite the super dominants on 1420 such as WOC, KTOE, WHK etc. The station was heard several times during our LEM319 pedition last October giving its TOH ID “Your Home for Southwestern Kansas Real Country KULY Ulysses 14-20 AM”. Station Manager Bob Dale confirmed my audio clip. Thanks Bob!
A surprising X-mas present received a couple of hours ago in the form of a confirmation via Facebook on my reception of Sim Tupi 1590 in February 2012. At that time 1590 was totally dominated by this and R Restauracã0, Caruarú, PE. Under previous years, 1590 has not been a good frequency due to the DRM transmitter that used to be on on 1593. Fortunately this is now gone and the frequency is wide open for a variety of possibilities for new and nice catches.
KVSI in Montpelier, Idaho 1450 was logged in Lemmenjoki last October. This was a nice logging for me personally, because I visited the station in 2009 when Heidi and I and our friends made a trip from Seattle to Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. KVSI faded up just in time for their TOH ID “14-50 KVSI Montpelier, The Voice of Southeastern Idaho”. Keith Martindale kindly confirmed my reception. Thanks Keith and Happy Holidays!
A truly nice X-mas greeting from this rare Brazilian here in Scandinavia was received yesterday. Muito Obrogado!
During a pedition to Lemmenjoki in 2009 I noticed a peculiar format on 1170 together with KJOC Davenport IA. This turned out to be the quite rare KLOK in San Jose, CA with an ethnic format an identifying itself as Radio Desi. I had the luck to catch an English language local promo ending with “…desisuperdrive@klok1170.com”. KLOK’s pattern is not very favorable towards the north and thus Scandinavia, and maybe that’s why the station, with it’s at that time Spanish format, was heard regularly in Santa Barbara, CA where I lived between 1990-1993.
After many attempts to get a confirmation on my 2009 reception I recently received two separate kind confirmations from Brad Benhke and from Nate Guevara. Brad and Nate, I appreciate your confirmations very much indeed!
Last October I had the pleasure of hearing a crystal clear TOH ID from KGFW as “13-40 KGFW Kearney” before going into Fox News. This was my second NE-station on 1340 (KSID heard earlier) so now its only KHUB Freemont left to catch from NE on 1340.
Mark Reid, Operations Mgr on KGFW, writes: “Yes that is KGFW 1340-AM Kearney Nebraska, a 1,000 Watt Powerhouse. What you heard was our top of the hour ID into Fox News. Over the years we have received letters and e-mails from people in parts of Norway, Sweden and now Finland who have heard KGFW. We often joke that we wish our ratings service would send diaries to northern Europe as we have listeners there. It is amazing to me that this small station with not much power can bounce enough along the atmosphere and be heard in Finland. Thank you for the information and regards from Central Nebraska”. Thanks Mark for your confirmation!
R Voluntários da Pátria is situated in the western part of Pernambuco in the city of Ouricuri with a population of ca. 70.000 inhabitants. R Voluntários has been heard every now and then on 1540 AM. I have logged the station both in Borgå and in Lemmenjoki. The frequency holds a number of Brazilians frequently heard in Finland such as Nova Difusora, Osasco, SP; BaixaVerde, Joao Cámara, RN; and R Sant’Ana, Tianguá, CE.
I have reported Voluntário several times, but it was not until I got a fresh v/s from Jari Ruohomäki that a confirmation of my audio file was confirmed. Thanks a lot Jari!
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