WBLT was logged in Lemmenjoki last October. 1350 turns out to be a very good frequency indeed when cx are not towards the Mountains, when KRNT is usually dominating. WBLT was heard with a “double” ID for WGMN Roanoke 1240 and WBTL 1350.
Ashley Schamerhorn, Operations Director, ESPN Radio in Virginia, confirmed my reception. Thanks Ashley!
Hello Jan-Erik,
Definitely one of my best loggings from Ecuador was made on May 22, 2005 around 0130 UTC, just at sunrise in Finland, in the form of HCJA5 La Voz del Rio Tarqui, Cuenca. It is well known that late May and early June can be very good times for receptions especially towards Bolivia, but also towards Perú and Ecuador.
My logging of La Voz del Rio Tarqui on 1290 maybe unique in Europe, but the stations has been logged occasionally earlier on the short wave bands. The probably first logging of the station in Finland was done by Timo Kajamaa in 1971 on 3395 in the 90 m.b. Jari Korhonen heard the station on the new frequency of 3286 in 1983 and the station was logged by several Scandinavian DX-ers on this frequency up to 1992 when it left the short wave bands. La Voz del Rio Tarqui was established in 1960 by Don Manuel Pulla.
For me it turned out to be a long journey towards a confirmation of my AM report. Not surprisingly, the Master in accomplishing this was Henrik Klemetz (HK). Henrik had several contacts during September and October this year, both by phone and by emails, with the station’s Gerente General Rosa Maria Pulla, who also phoned Henrik at least once via Skype. All in all without Henrik’s determined help I would never have got a verification from La Voz del Rio Tarqui.
Thanks Henrik and I hope to see Josefina, Ida Sofia and yourself in Borgå in January!
WWWL New Orleans 1350 is a sister station to the commonly heard Clear Channel station WWL 870. WWWL is a talk radio outlet based in New Orleans LA, historically with the call letters WSMB. This Entercom station is an ESPN affiliate. WWWL broadcasts at 1350 kHz with 5 kW power – Unlimited time [up to 24-hrs. per day].
The station’s studios adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome were destroyed in August 2005 by Hurricane Katarina. Its frequency, as well as all other operational Entercom and Clear Channel frequencies, was used to simulcast the programing produced by the United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans with the staff of sister station WWL. Normal programming was resumed on December 19, 2005On June 30, 2008, WWWL became a full time ESPN radio affiliate.
WWWL was heard in Lemmenjoki in October 2011 with a rather good signal giving a simple “WWWL New Orleans” TOH id. Recently I received a short confirmation from the station’s Sales Director Pat Galloway. Thanks Paul! WWWL became my LA QSL # 12.
Last October KVBR came through on 1340 with a TOH+ID as AM 13-40 KVBR Brainerds Business Radio. Mark Persons kindly verified my reception. Thanks Mark.
This low power MN-station was heard in Lemmenjoki a couple of weeks ago, for a moment completely alone, without disturbances from the channels dominant KRNT Des Moines during cx towards the Rockies. JuliAnne French kindly confirmed my reception.
KXXT 1010 has surprisingly been heard in Northern Scandinavia during the latter part of October, 2012 periodically totally dominating over CBR Calgary! When I logged it in Lemmenjoki the station’s program director Ramon Bonilla was giving a promo mentioning his own email address. Just a few hours ago I received a nice email confirmation with two photos attached. Thank you very much indeed Ramon!
A very nice confirmation received from this rare station here in Scandinavia received in Lemmenjoki. Marcelo Pola was amazed that their signal could be received from so far away. The frequency is very interesting indeed from a Scandinavian perspective. There is actually only one “dominant” on the frequency: ZYH714 R Globo Gama, Brasilia, DF. The second most common, even though pretty rare, is ZYI202 R Espirito Santo, Vitória, ES. 1160 holds numerous Brazilian stations to be hunted for and with reasonable powers.
KPUR was heard last week in Lemmenjoki with a vice TOH id as “ESPN Radio 1440 AM in Amarillo, 1550 AM KZRK Canyon-Amarillo”. The station used to carry an oldies format and branded as “True Oldies”. The format was changed, however on October 22, 2012 just before we heard KPUR in Lemmenjoki with its new ESPN programming. Since KEYS Corpus Christie also carries ESPN 1440 on this frequency it is advisable to be careful not mixing them.
I short confirmation arrived instantly from Jack Light, Cumulus Radio,KARX-FM, KPUR-FM, KQIZ-FM, KZRK-FM, ESPN 1440 AM
301 S. Polk, Suite 100, Amarillo, TX 79101
KBLY was surpisingly heard on 1260 last week in Lemmenjoki. The more common KTRP Weiser at the same time. Nice for me since it was the first time I have heard KBLY. A short email from Mike Nelson, NewsTalk 690 KBLI-AM and 1260 KBLY-AM rapidly confirmed my reception. Thanks Mike!
KMTA a station I have been looking for for years. During the LEM319 expedition together with Hannu Niilekselä the cx towards North America war more or less locket to the Mountain and Pacific North West states of the US, resulting in many nice receptions from, e.g., Montana. KMTA transmits from Miles City located some 150 miles to the east of Billings MT. Mr. Terry Virag is the Manager of KYUS FM/KMTA AM. Terry is a central figure in the broadcasting scene in the state of Montana managing also over, e.g., KIKC in the neighboring city of Forsyth. During some twenty minutes during last weeks DX-pedition I was lucky to hit a jack-pot: heard KATL 770 and KMTA of Miles City, KIKC Forsyth 1250 and KYYA Billings on 730!
Last night I received an email from Terry Virag telling me “Yes…That was my voice on the station ID. We are using an all solid state BE 10,000 watt AM transmitter that goes to 136 watts at night so the ionosphere skip is fantastic. From one DSL..er to another…It is good hearing from you.”.
Thanks Terry for your kindness in responding!
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