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After a lengthy absence, this VUD feature is about toreturn .

Many thanks to Jeff Kruszka for volunteering to assume the editorship .Send photos of your DX catches to him at 7706-M, N. Jefferson Place Circle,Baton Rouge, LA, ?0809. With any kind of luck, we'll get to see some of theresults of the tremendous Tr opening in January .

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The Whiteface Chalet, our 1995 convention HQ, is a familyowned and operated lodge . Due to the nature of the pricing structure (meals androoms included), convention host Peter George has requested those who reserverooms to limit occupancy to no more than four per room (there are four beds ineach room), and to hP cure that each individual is reg'c .r -d . If, when you register,and do not have others to share your accommodations ; please let the lodge knowyou are willing to let them assign other members to your room . Keep in mind thatthe cost of the weekend package is reduced considerably when each unit is fullyoccupied . More information on the lodge appears elsewhere in this issue .

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F I4TRATIDN' The centerfold of this issue is a registrationform for the 1995 convention . Peter George has requested that those who areplanning to attend fill it out and return it to him as soon as possible . The $5.00registration fee is to cover expenses for snacks and soft drinks for the weekend, aswell as to get an idea ofhow many will be attending . Mail it to the address on theform. contin ued on PAGE 31 . . .

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KEY:& : satelltle programmingAF : new freq . allocation accepted for tiling

for a new FM licenseCC : call change/new calls assignedCL: city of license change grantedC0 : new xmtr co-ordinatesCX : a CP has expired, and a rzncelledC1,C2, etc : change in class statusDA : directional ardennaDE : calls deleted, license returned to FCCFC : station format change

UNITEC6TATES

ALABAMA:AlexanderCity :WSTH 106 .1

PC<85.8kW,1047tt,C0:32-4-30/85-28-20

Ashland :

WASZ 95 .5

PG to 1 .7 kW, 616h.Guntersville . WJIA 88 .5 XC:34-25-33/86-18-20(426tt)Homewood:W252AT98 .3 NS:10w :WRSA96.9DecaturMontgomery:WRW096 .1 FCtodassicrock"Arrow"

CC (ex WLNE)Stevenson : WMXN101 .7 CC (ex WKZA), FC to adult con-&Trinity :

WWX092 .5 CC (exWMHX)Tuscabosa :WFFX 95 .7 CO : 33-05-38 / 87-15-15 (981 tt)Valley :

WRLD 95 .3 QC from 98 .1ALASKA :Anchorage : KNBA 90 .3Cordova : 'NS 100 .9Juneau : 'NS 102 .7RtZ NA :

Bisbee :

KWRB 90 .9 CC (NS)Buckeye : KMJK106 .9 SG"Majic107"(urban-Phoenix)Claypool :

KIKO 106 .1

QC from 105 .5, soft AC "Mix 106"Dreamland : 'NS

89.1

AF(AmericanFamilyASSOC.)Dreamland :K2068L89 .1 NS-10w:WAFR88.3Tupelo(?)Flagstaff : KAKH 91 .7 CC(NS)Flagstaff :

KVNA 97 .5

FC toaduh album alternativeFlagstatt :

KMGN 93 .9

FC to Bass . rock "93-9 The Mtn ."Globe :

KNOT 100 .3

SG "K-HoT" (talk), ind . H . Stem .Kachina Village : KFLX 105 .1

RAwith aduhcontemporarySG "105-1 The Eagle"

L.Village :

KEGT 103 .5

NO-RE (3rd)Mesa :

K294AA106.7 on the air (KRDS 105 .3 AZ)Miami :

KQSS 98 .3

SG "IGss FM" (country)ParadiseVly :KXLL105 .9 NOParker:

KMDX 99 .3

NC to 10 kW, 941 w, GEPayson :

KRIM 104 .3

NC to 91 kW, 1164, GESG "Super Country K-Rim"

Phoenix:

KZON 101 .5 SG'The Zone"(adult. ahemative)Phoenix:

KESZ

99.9

SG "KEZ 99.9 FM" (a/c)Phoenix:

KKLT

98.7

SG "K-Lite 98 .7 FM"Pinetop-Lakeside : KKGL 106 .7 NO(but note theCLchange : these two towns merged into one in 1984)

Prescott : 'NS 89 .3 AF(N.ArizonaUniversity)

CC (ex KANH)AF6kW, -1058 tt.

GA : groMed amendment to table of FMallocations

GE : station was granted extension of a CPGX : groMed replacement of expired CPLC : filed for license to cover (for new stn .)MC : multipletity legal IDNC : no change yet, on a reported

pending graM/change .N0: station is not on the airNS : a new station granted a licenseNW: new station signs on the airPA : proposed amendment to change

table of allocationsPC> : a power change (increase)

Desert Hot Sps : K225AEEarlimart : KNRK 93.5Fremont : KBRG104.9Garberville : KWE0103 .7Greenfield : KLOK 99.5Hardord : KAFN 94.5Lemoore :

KOYZ 104.9Linsday: KZP0103.3Lompoc : 'NS 106.7Los Angeles : KZLA 93.9Ludlow : KDU0105.7Mendocino :'NS 89.3

PC<: a power change (decrease)PG> : power change granted (increase)PG< : power change granted (decrease)OC : frequency change for this stationOG : frequency change grantedRA : station rotums to the airRE: station roquests extension of a CPRX : station roquests re-instatement of

an expired CPSG : slogan change or updateSI : station is silentXC : station granted a transmitter (zmfr)

site change

Arizona :San Cados : KCDX 103 .7Sedona :

KSED 107.5Show Low : 'NS

90.7snow Low : KRFM 9s .sTuscon : KIIM 99 .5Tuscon :

KWFM 92 .9VYickenburg : KBSZ 93 .7

CC (exKMEO)Wickenburg :KRDS105.3 dropped"Eagle"SG .still

cont . Christian though (Phoenix)Willcox :

KWCX 98 .3

PA: to 104 .9 Bass C3Winslow : 'NS 95 .1 AFARKANSAS :t3entonville :KOLZ 98 .3 FCtoCHR(Fayetteville),CXCP

for 10,550 w, 499', lass C3Danville :

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105.5

GA to add lass AFsgland :

KLRA

96.5

NC to 10 .6 kW, 495 tt, RE (2nd)Fayetteville :K244DS96.7 NS-115w :KRE899.5HuntsvilleJoneboro :

'NS

90.5 AF(Amer . FamlIyASSOdation)Jonesboro : KDEZ 100.3

NC to 100 .5, 50 kW, RELittle Rock : KSYG 103.7

CC (ex KKYK), FC to talk radio(to makeup forthe coming silence of KSYG-1010)

Marked Tree : KERC93 .7 FC to SMN country (&)Monticello : KGPO 99 .9

CC (NS) : 3 kW, 328 tt .N.Crossett: KWLT 102.7

NW,oldies (&), "T-102 7"Piggott:

KBOA 105.5

CC (ex KTEI), this format and callmoves from it's old spot on 830 in nearby Kennett. Mo.

Rogers : W205CN88 .9 NS-250w :WAFR88.3Tupelo,MSTexarkana: KYGL 106.3

NW,dassic rock, CC (ex KUKB)CALIFORNIA:Alameda :

KZSF

92.7 CC(ex KJAZ)Atwater :

KVRO 92.5

NO-GE (2nd), PG> 6 kW, XCBakersfield :K262AD100 .3 NS-180w : KDW88 .9 Visalia

92 .9 NS-40w : KCMJ 92.7 IndioCC(NS)now simulcasted on KVRG 700NO-GE (2nd)now simulcasted on KLOK 1170NO-RENO-RE (2nd)NO-GX (4th)NS-1650w, 1237ft .adds Atter Midnight programNO-RE (5th)1 kW,-138 h .

NONW,country "Colt Country 107"AF(N. Arizona University)SG "Stereo 96 KRFM"SG "Kim" (country)SG "92 .9 Cool FM" (oldies)FC to new age music

FMY~I_~/~alifornia :

Morgan Hill : KSQQ 9s.1

PG~4.7 kW, 1 s1 nC0 :37-11-01 /121-48-09

Newport Bch : KBCD103 .1 FC to hotAC // KACD 103 .1Paso Robles : KNCR93.1 CC (exKTBG)Quinsy :

KSPY 100.3 NO-RE(5th)Rio Dell :

KMGX107.1

NO-GX, PG> 3250w, 1702 ft, C2XC : 40-30-03 1124-17-10

San Diego : KMKX 103.7 CC (exKJQY)San Diego : KKBH 102.9 CC (exKCLX) "Beach"SanFran : KRQR 97.3 C0:37-51-03/122-29-51(1014')San Luis Obispo : KWQH 97 .1

NO-GE(3rd)Santa Monica : KACD103.1

FCto hotAC // KBCD 103 .1Shatter:

KLYD 104.3 CC (ex KXHA)Shingle Sps : KSSJ101 .9 NC to 44 kW, 521 tt ., RE (2nd)Shingletown : "'

94.3

PAto adddass ASutterCreek : KSAC107 .5N0-RE(4th)Ukiah :

KUKI 103.3

NG to 2 .7 kW, 183T, GE (2nd)Ventura : KHAY100.7 addsAtterMidnightprogramWoo~ake : KFAR 104.1

FCtonew rock (Fresno)Yera :

KYHT 105.3 dismissed amendment : A m BiCOLORADO :Aspen : KPVWt07.1 NO-CX-DE(stationreq .reconsdr)Basalt : KVYT 106.1 NO-GX (2nd), PG< 2 kW, 364',XCCarbondale : KXKS2105.3 NS-60w(v) : KKKS RifleCastle Rock : KNRX92 .1 CC (ex KYBG), "92X" (Denver)Grand Jd : KAFM 100.7

PA-to dass C1Ouray:

KURA 105.7

NC to 7kW, -23 ft but GXCONNECTICUT :Berlin :

WERB 94 .5

QC from 97.3 testing on new freq .Northford : K246AI 97 .1

NS-10w :WSHU91 .1 FairfieldWaterbury : WMRQ104 .1 CC {ex WYSR), new rockDELAWARE :Bethany Bch : WJT1103 .5 NO~X-DEDover :

WRTX 91 .7

NW,jazz // WRTI 90 .1 Phila.Milford :

WAFL 97 .7

NCto6kw, DA, GERehoboth Bch : WGMD 92 .7 FC to newsAalkDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA :Washington :WHUR96 .3 adds TomJoynersshowFLORIDA :Cocoa Bch : W230AH93 .9 NS-120w(v) : WWFR 91 .7 FLCoraICove : WYNF107 .9 LCDada City : WGUL 96 .1

CC (ex WBSB)DaytonaBch :WCF894.5 FCtodance/AC"Star94 .5"Edgewater : WEDG 93 .1

FC to modemrockFt. Wallon Bch :WPSM 91 .1 NC to 5 kW, 79 tt., GE (2nd)Hornosassa Sps : WXCV 95 .3

PG> 6 kW, 328 tt .Inglis :

WAV0104 .3 NO-GE,XC:29-03-03/82-40-52Inverness : WJUF 90.1

CC(exWWUA)Lafayette:

WWFO 99.9 CC (ex WAIB)Live Oak :

WLV0106.1

NO-GE(dth)Meltxwrne : WFIT 89.5 FCtoNPR-info jazzIrkami :

WDNA 88.9

PC< 1 kW (v), 302tt,CO:25-41-07 /80-18-50

Naples :

W251AF98.1 NS-226w : WSEB91 .3 EnglewoodNaples:

WSRX 89.5

NC to 20 kW, GE (2nd)Panama City : WFSW89 .1 NO-RE(2nd)Parry:

WNFK105.5 PG> 1 .6kW,197tt,XC : 30-06-27 / 83-34-00

Port St .Joe : WMTO 93 .5 FC to country "Bubba Radio"(will also mix in country rock music)

Quinsy : WTPS100.7 PG>6kW,XC30-29-55/84-27-39NO-GE(2nd)

Roddedge : WHKR102 .7St.Augustine :WSOS94. tSebring : WYMRt05 .5SNverSprs: WLVX 95 .5Tallahassee : WAI8103 .1rrlusvide :

WGNE 98 .14

adds After Midnight programFC to WW t adult con . (8)C (exWCAC), FC to CHR "Y105"PG>SkWCC (ex WUMX ), "8103" countryPG~ 100 kW, 476 ri, dass C1

JU~I_ 1995GEORGIA:Albany : W273AE102 .5 NS-27w:WYFK89.5CdumbusAtlanta :

WRFG 89 .3

PG1900 kW, 279tt, DACk-weland : WGCX101 .9 noted with SpanishCuthbert : W207AW89.3NS-38w :WAFRti8 .3Tupelo,MSDalton :

WAKP104.5 CC(NS)Darien :

WYNR107.7 SG"The Winner"Dublin :

WKKZ 92 .7

FC tosoft ACEvans :

WAEG 92 .3

SG"92 .3 & 100 .9 The Beat"Gk~nnvige : WKIG 106 .3

may besilentGriffin :

WQUL 97 .7

QGfor 97 .5, CL : Fayetteville, GAP~ 6 kW, 686,tt .

Hawkinsville : WQSY103.9SG"Sunny103 .9"Irwinlon :

WVKX103 .7

maybe on, noted urban formatLumpkin :

WKCN 99 .3 XC:32-15-24/85-00-08Matter :

WHCG103.7 QC from 104 .9 , FC to oldiesSG "Super Gold 104"

Ringgoki :

WMPZ 93 .7 NW,urbaM000hattanooga),Z93Savannah : WCHY 94 .1

addsAfter Midnight programSoperton :

WKTM106.1 SG "CD Country 106" (&)Sparta :

"'

102.7

GAtoadddass ASpringfield : WSGF103.9 CC(exWQQT),FCto urb. gold (&)Sylvania:

WZBX106 .5

SG"Z-Box 106" (Country)Trion :

WATG 95 .7

PG> 1300 w.Warner Robins : WRCC 101 .7

PG~ 4.9 kW, 354 ri.Washington : WLOV100.1 SG "Power Cow"(country-d)Waynesboro : WAEJ100 .9SG "~J2.3 d 100 .9 The Beat" urb .Wrightville: WDBN107 .5

FCtotop 40 "Power 108" (Dublin)Young Hams : XLTR101 .1 faWCNG 102 .7 Murphy, NC onHAWAII;Hanalei : °NS 90 .9Honolulu : K209AA 89.7Honolulu : K217AA 91 .3IOlauea : 'NS 91 .9Lihue : 'NS 90.1IDAHO :Boise : KIZN 92.3Chinle : KAKK 107.3Coeurd'Alene :"` 102.3Gooding :

KAKQ 100.9Island Park : "'

106.5Moscow : KUOI 89.3Shelley : 'NS 107.9Wallace: "' 100.7ILLINOIS :Danville: `NS 88 .5 AFEttingham: `NS 91 .3 AF(Sou .IllinoisUniv)Eureka : WIVR 98 .5 FCtoWWloldies(8)Fartnirgton : "'

96.5

GAto add dass CKnoxville :

"'

105.3

GAto add dass ALawrenceville :WAKO 103 .1 NC to 6 kW, 246 tt, RE (2nd)Normal :

WIHN

96.7

FC torockPeoria :

WWCT105.7 PC<33.4kW,590tt .CO : 40-43-59 / 89-29-10

Quinsy :

WMOS103.9 CC (ex WZLZ), "The Moose"Streator : WYYS1p61 LCVirginia : 'NS 101 .3 AFWarsaw :

WIUW 89 .5 LCWilmington : WYKT105 .5 CC (ex WDND) "Cat"

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AFon air (KTUH 90 .3), 125 wattson air (KTUH 90 .3), 125 watts .AFAF (Hawaii Public Radio)

CX CP for 54 .2 kW, 2555 ft .CC (NS)GA to add dass ACC(NS)GA fo add dass C~ 400 w. (v)AFGA to add dass C

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FA~WI ~~AIINDIANA:Attica :

WGBD 95 .7

PG>3100w, 433 tt,XC : 40-23-02 / 87-07-55

Battle Ground : WASK98 .7 RA with newsrtalk //AMBeme :

WZBD 92.7 PC> 4 .1 kWBloomington : W251AG 98 .1 NS-250w : WFHB91 .3Brownsburg :WOFE101 .9 FC,addsJonesoldies(8)Charlestown :^"

104.3

GAto add dass ACovington : WCDV103 .1

FCtoJones soft a/c (&)Lafayette :

WKHY 93 .5

PC> 6 kW, 216 tt .Roann :

"'

101.9

PAto add dass ASeelyville : WTHC 95 .9 NO-REUnion City : WOEI 88 .9 NO-GXVeedersburg :WKLR92 .9 CC(NS)Vincennes : WZDM 92 .1

PC>4.1 kWWabash :

WKUZ 95 .9 P~ 5 kW (v)WA:

Albia :

KLBA

96.7

still SI (see remarks)Beriendorf: KORB 93 .5 CC (ex KQCS)Davenport: KOQQ106 .5 CC (ex KRVR)Decorah : K268AF101 .5 NS-200w KFSI 92 .9 MNEldon :

KACG104.3 CC(NS)Hudson : KZME 96 .1 NO-RE(2nd)Independence : KQMG 95 .3

PCv 3840w, 410 ft, XC :42-28-32 /91-52-26

Iowa City :

K295AC106.9on the air (KCCK88 .3 IA)Iowa City:

K226A893.1

rwton the air (KDFR 91 .3 IA)Iowa City :

KKRQ 100.7

FC todassic rock, "The Fox"Iowa Falls : KIFG

95.3

PCv6kWKeokuk :

KYAT 105.9Lamoni : KLAL 97.7Muscetine : 'NS

93.1Ottumwa: 'NS 89.7Waterloo : KHBG 88.1

N AArkansasC : K217CH91 .3 NS-250w : WAFR 88 .3TupeloFredonia :

'NS

104.1

AF (KGGF, KUSN, Inc.)Great Bend :KVGB 104.3

FCto Jones soft AC (&)KansasCity :KFKF 94 .1

addsAfter MidnightOsageCity : KANS 92 .9

CC (ex KZOC), FC to oldies (&)Sterling :

KGGG 95 .7

NS-6 kW, 328 ft .Topeka :

KWIC

99.3

FCto adult. contemp . (&)KENTUCKY :Campbellsville : WCKO 104 .1

PC> 17 kW, 394', DA, C3Carlisle : WCLK100 .7 NW,countryDanville :

WMGE107.1 adds SMN Real Country (8)Edmonton : WKNK 99 .1

CC(exWAPC}Elizabethtown : WQXE 98 .5 OGfor 98.3, 13,290w, 449 ft,

C3,XC : 37-43-19 / 86-02-13Harold :

WXLR104 .9 SG'The X" (album rock)Jenkins :

WIFX

94.3

FC to a/c - hits (not country)Lexington : W221AV92.1

noted on(//WUKY91 .3)Madisonville : WZEZ106 .9 CC (ex WFTL)Mannsville : WVLC 99 .9

PG511 kW, 492 ri,C0 :37-10-04/85-11-26

Midway :

WAHY107 .9 PG>6 kWPaintsville : WSIP 98 .9 SG"1-99"(country)Somerset :

XLTR 103.3

//WDCL 89 .7 heard in townLOUISIANA :Alexandria : KZMZ 96 .9

FCto dassic rockAlexandria : K288ER105.5NS-250w :KYFL89.5MonroeBaton Rouge : WJFM88 .5 NW, religion (by May 15th)Bayou Vista : KAKI 95.3

NC to 16 .7 kW, GE, XCBerwick :

KBZE 105.9 adds Tom Joyner showDeRidder :

KROK 92.1

FCto altemalive rockFranklinton :'NS 98.9 AFJonesboro : KTOC 104.9

NC to BkW, GE (2nd)Jonesville : K220EW91 .9 NS-250w :WAFR88.3Tupelo,MS

NO-RE(2nd)NO~CX-DEAFAF(Grassroots Bddg Co . )XC : 42-30-45 /92-19-24 (154')

JUoI_'199ouisiana :

Lake Charles : KOJ091 .7 PG< 1 BSOw, 417 ft .Moreauville :

KLIL 92.1

PG> 6 kWNewOrIeans :WYLD98.5 grantedC1,902ri .,

XC : 29-58-41 /89-56-26Oakdale :

KICK

98.7

CXCP for 34,100 wattsSulphur :

KKGB 100 .9

GA: to 101 .3 - dass C3MAINE :Bangor :

WHCF 88 .5

addsSKYcost. Christian (&)Bath :

WBCI105 .9

RAwith religionOIdTown : WBZN707 .3 NO-GX(4th)

XC : 45-00-35 /68-44-53 (436 feet)PresquelsIe:WTMS96 .1

FC to Hot AC SMN (&)Waterville :

WEBB 98 .5

one step appl . for C1, 63 kWWinterHbc'NS 97 .7 AFMARYLAND :Salisbury :

WSCL 89 .5

PC> 33 kW, 584 tt .( MASSACHUSETTS :il Nantucket:

'NS

91 .1

AFOrange :

WFUB 97 .3 NO-GE(4th)MICHIGAN :Allegan :

WNTX 92 .3 CC (ex WKGH)Baraga :

"'

104.3

GAto add dass CEscanaba: W254AG98.7 NS-27w :WPFF90.5Stur .Bay,WlHarborBch :'NS 103.7 AFHancock :

WZRK 93 .5

PC> 13.5 kW, 456 tt, dass C3CO : 47-06-06 / 88-34-11

Hancock :

"'

98.7

GAto add dass C2HarborBch :'NS 103.7 AFHartford : WAFU103.7 NO-GEHowell :

WHMI 93.5

PG> 5.2 kW, 354 tt .Hudson :

WMXE102.5 NW, SMN adult contemp . (8)Iron Mtn :

WJNR101 .5

PG~ 100 kW, 613 tt.Ishpeming : W260AG99.9 NS-5w : WPFF 90.5 Stur. Bay, WIMarquette: W294A1106.7 NS-50w : WPFF90.5 WIPentwater : WEWM94.1 NW,Joneseasylistening(8)Piconning : WMJKiIX).9

PG~ 2600 w ., CC (ex WBTZ)"Magic" //WUVE 104 .5

Saginaw :

WMJA104 .5 CC (exWUVE)"Magic"MINNESOTA :Bagley : 'NS 96 .7 AFBemidji :

KKBJ 103 .7

FCto adult contemp. (8)Bemidji :

"'

95.5

GA to add dass C1Bloomington : K220EG 91 .9 on air : WNCB89.3 DuluthEden Prairie : KCFE105 .7 adds Don Imus programGrand Manias : `NS 90 .7

AF (Univ . of Minnesota)Minneapolis :K244A196 .3 on air : WNCB89 .3 DuluthNew lNm :

K231AC95.7 NS-70w : KJLY 104 .5 Blue EarthPequot Lks : KTIG 102 .7

OC from 100 .1, now C2, PC>40 kW, 541 tt, CO : 46-40-48 / 94-25-02

Red Lake :

"'

94.1

GA toadddass C1St .Cloud :

KCLD 104 .7

PCx84.9 kW, 905 ri., CtCO : 45-10-06 / 94-02-40

S1 .Peter:

K250AC97 .9

NS-75w : KJLY 104 .5 Blue EarthSpringfeld : KNSG 94 .7

CC(ex KLPR)Thief River Fls : KKDQ99 .3PCv 18 kW, 368 tt, XCMISSISSIPPI :Aberdeen : WWZQ105 .3 one step app for dass C2,27.5 kWArtesia: WQNN 99 .9 NCto 47,250w ., 505 ri, RE (2nd)Greenvilte : W236AC95 .1 NS-BOw : KYFL 89 .5 Monroe, LAHattiesburg : WXRR104 .5 CC(exWHSY), RA with Gas .rockHouston :

WSYE 93.3

FC to70's oldies WW1 (&)Kosdusko : "'

103.3

GAto add class C3Lexington :

WLTD106.3

NCto 22.5 kW, 689 h, REMeridian :

WTUX102.1

FC to70's ddies (&)Mound Bayou : WHTX102 .1 CC (NS)Newfon :

WMYQ 97.9 RA with country (Meridian), QCfrom106.5, PC> 11 kW, 492 tt .

Pascagoula :`NS 88.9 AF(Amer.FamilyAssodation)WaterVly : WYCG105.5 NO-GE

F~Y~IsnY~

CO : 4342-44 /71-22-45NEWJERSEY :Franklin Lks : WNJW88 .7 CC (ex WJUX)Manahawkin : WYRS90 .7 NW,relgionMontdair :

WMSC 90 .3 OC from 101 .5Netcong : WPFR 88 .1 NO-CX-DEPleasantvilie : WMID99.3 PC< 3 kW, 328 tt .RioGrande :'NS 89 .1 AF(MercerCo.Comm.College)NEW MEXICO :Cbvis :

K201CY88.1 NS-250w :KLYT88.3Albuq .Des Moines : K291AD106 .1 NS-116w(h) : KENW 89 .5 NMEunice :

KYRK 100 .9 NO-CX-DE(req .reconsideration)station has also filed a LC

Grants :

KAHP 103 .7

XC: 35-28-03 / 108-14-25 (1299tt)FOrttand :

"'

102.9

GA to add dassCLas Vegas : K212EF90.3 NS-34w : WAFR88 .3 Tupeb, MSLosAlamos :

KEFE

107.5PG<25kW,-121tt ., C3XC : 35-59-47 / 105-53-49, NO-GE

SiIverCRy: KSCO 92 .9 OC from 94.5, raw3860w, 1023'NEW YORK :Alfred :

'NS 101 .9 AFAubum :

WDWN 89 .1

OC from 88.9,rrow 3 kW,102tt, DABriarditt Manor: WRGX 107.1

PG<890w ., 590 ft .,XC : 41-04-49 / 73-48-26

Buffalo :

WSJZ 92 .9 CC(ex WBUF) "Smooth Jazz"Conklin :

WMTT100 .5 NW, dassic rock "Met"(Binghamton), CC (ex WXEJ)

Coming :

WSOE 91 .1

NO-GE, PCv3 .6 kW, 653 ft, DAxC : a2-os-2o /7s-s2-n aassB1

~~j~ 12x0 AN'AVjll~ 92.3 F14~

>aAKIIApOItTW0111fSp01) 742-2187

JJy_'1995

contemporaryChostian (Fargo)OHIO :Alva :

K216CZ91 .1 NS-250w:WAFR88 .3Tupelo .MSBonaire :

WOMP100 .5 FC to CHR "The NewWomp"rro longer being // WRKY103 .5

Belpre :

WNUS107.1

NC to 4 .7 kW, 351tt, GE (4th)Bryan :

'NS

90.9

AF (Pub . Bctg of NW Ohio)Defiance :

'NS

91 .9

AF (Pub . Bctg of NW Ohio)Marietta :

WURN102 .1

SG "Sunny 102" (a/c &)Ripley :

WAOL 99 .5

SG "Oldies 99.5"SprirxJfield WING 102 .9

CC (ex WAZU), FC to 70's oldiesOKLAHOMA:Ada :

KECU 91 .3 NO~X-DEArdmore : K220EX91 .9 NS-250w:WAFR88.3Tupelo,MSDurant:

KLBC 107 .1

NC to 6 .9 kW, 617 tt, GE (2nd)PG< 6.9 kW, 61 T, dass C3, 34-03-56 / 96-29-36

Elk City :

KXOO 94 .3

NO-RE, NCto 12.2 kW, GE,RA with dassio rock (d)

Keyes :

K214CH91 .1

NS-240w(v): KJIL 99 .1 KSPonca City : KPNC 100 .9

PCv 6 kW, 272 tt .Salpupa :

KKOJ 100 .9 PG> 5 kWShawnee : KABH 95 .1 NO-GETulsa :

KJSR 103 .3

CC (ex KTFX)

Depoe Bay :

105.5

PA toaddBass At : KZZE 106.3

NW, rock"'

100.9

PAtoadddass Ass : 'NS

91 .1

AF(Amer . FamilyAssodation)bw : fC231AD 94 .1

NS-10w : KPOB-FM (OPB)y :KSND 95 .1 LCK208CF89 .5K204AV 88 .7K231A894 .1

K201CX88 .1LVANIA :WEXC107 .1

SG'Variety 107", as I notedything from darweiCHR to country!: WHPN 88.1

NO-GE(2nd), PG>540w, 105 ft .40-15-44/76-53-it: WLAK 103.5

FCtoAC // WMRF95.9 PAsburg :"' 103 .7 GA to add dass A

: WWBE 98.3

NC to 1 .4 kW, 482 tt, GEe :'NS

90.1

2 kW, 236 tt . (Moody Bible tnst .)ia : W297AD 107 .3NS-10w : WRDV 89.3 PAWIKN 107.9 reportedSlWXKW 93.1 CC (exWMHU)WKVE 97.5

PC< 19.5 kW, B00 tt .WYFM102 .9 FC to 70's oldies (Youngstown)WPHD 94.7

FCtodassic rock l/WMTT 100 .5a: WPMR107.9 RA withCHR /lWKRZ 98.5 PAISLAND :WUAE 99.7 PGc2.3kW, 535tt, DA

XC:41-34-22/71-37-66SOUTHCAROLINA :Andrews: WGTN100 .7 OCfrom100 .9,SG"G-101"Bamwell : WBAW 99.1 noted w/urban, SG"99 Jams"Bishopv4le : WKHT 93.7 noted with urban ACCharleston : WXTC 96.9

FCto 70's oldiesClemson :

WCCP104 .9 PG> 6 kWJohnsonville : WRHA105.1N0-GE(2nd)Ladson : WRL0106 .3 NO-GEMcCIeIlanville :WWSS98.9noted with urban ACMoncksComer:WJY0105 .5 NCto105.3,20kW,GE(3rd)

still silentMullins :

WCIG 107.1

one step app/ for dass C2, P©50 kW, 492' XC :33-56-14 / 78-57-53

New EUenton : WAJY102 .7 FC to adult standards (&)Newberry : WDXZ1063 CC (exWMNX), "Dixie", countryN .MyrtIeBeach :'NS88 .9 AFSocastee :

WMYB 99.5

PG<19.5 kW, 446'XC : 33-49-09 / 78-53-50

W.Cdumttia :WSC0100.1 noted wrtalk in the attemoonYtfiltiston:

WAAW 94.7 NW,oldiesSOUTHDAKOTA :Belle Fourche : KZZI95 .9Fbt Springs : KZMX 96.7Little Eagle : KLND 89.5Pierre :

KLXS 95.3Speadish :

KDDX 101 .1

"'

NS-30w :WAFR88 .3 TupeloNS-38w :WAFR88.3TUpeloNS-34w :KWAX 91 .1 EugeneNS-138w(v) : KAWZ88.91D

CC (ex KDDX)NC to 51 kW, 551', RE (3rd)NO-RE, CC (ex KAEN)NC to48 kW, 502ft, RE (3rd)CC (ex KEZV), FC to rock

Newport :

WNPC 92 .9 FC, adds SMN real country 8,C93OakRidge : WNFZ 9a .3 FCtonewrock,"94-Z"Ripley :

WTRB 94 .9 FCtoadultcontemopary(&)St.Joseph : WJOR101 .5 PG~4kW,403tt.Seymour:

WJBZ 96.3 PGS 2 .9 kWSignal Mtn : WZST 98 .1

SG "Star 98" (hot AC), note : 4hisSNOTon93 .1

Waynesboro : WFR094 .9 PG~6.8 kW, 622 tt,CO : 35-08-16 / 87-49-43

TEXAS :Amarillo :

KBUD 99.7

PG~21 .5 kW, 351 ft ., dass C3Beaumont : K277AG103.3 NS-250w:KR0T107 .5TXBowie'

KAJT 100 .7Canyon :

KIRK 107 .9Garksville : KGAP 98 .5Coahoma : KBYG 105 .5College Stn : KEGS 89.1Comarx;he : " .'

94.3Commerce : KEMM 92 .1Fairfield : KNES 92 .1Glen Rose : KCLE

92.1Gonzales : KCTI 106.3Jasper:

KMIA 100 .7Lamesa : KIOL 100 .3LJano : " . 96.3Llano :

KBAE 104 .7McAllen : KOXX 98 .5Midland : KORX 95 .1Monahans : KCD0102 .1New Boston : KEWL95.1

CC (ex KBWE)Palados :

"`

99.7

GA to add dass APlainview :

KKYN 103 .9

addsAfter MidnightSan Antonio : K279A8 103.7 on the air (KBOP 98 .3 TX)San Antonio : K237AS95 .3 on the air (KCYY 100 .3 S .Antonio)San Antonio : K254AC 98 .7 on the air (KRIO 94 .1 TX)SanSaba : 'NS 97 .1 AFS . Fort Polk : "'

95.7

GA to add dass AS .Padrels : KJIB 92 .7 NO-GE(6ih)

XC:26-03-51 /97-13-02Sterling City : `NS

96.5

NS: 50 kW, 492 fl.Tome// Hills : KCJZ 106.7

CC (ex KDIL), "Jazz"Tyler :

KDOK 92.1

GA : todassC3Victoria : KVRT 90.7 LCUTAH :Richfield :

KKWZ 93 .7

NC to 33,72thv, 3029tt, RE (6th)Salt LakeC:KUBL

93.3

CC (ex KLZX), FC to country "Bull"~RMONT :Bane :

'NS

89.9

940w, 590' (Christian Ministries)Bolton :

WCMK 91 .7 CC (NS)Waterbury: WGLY103.3

one step app/ for C3, 3 kW, 912 tt .VIRGINIA :Attavista :

WKDE105.5 rated wRh southern gospel musicBedford :

WYMY106.9 noted with adult standardsBlacksburg :WWV104.9 SG"Z-Rock105"(&)Blacksburg : WROE 96 .7 ???, This was f/WROV 96.3

Martinsville. Station legal ID iorthis station, but cantfind any record for it?

Buena Vista : WREL96 .7 NC to 10kW, 492 tt, GE

NC to 6250w, 435 tt, R ECC (ex KAKS}, `2-Rock"one step for C3, 50 kW 308 feet .NO-RENW, varietyGA to add dassAGA : to 103.3 dassAGA : to 99 .1 dass AFC to adult contemporaryCC (ex KPJN)GA : to dass C1, CL : Winnie,TXPA : to dass C1, CL : Tahoka, TXPA to add class APA : to 104 .9-C3 CL : Marble FallsCO : 26-07-14 / 97-49-18 (997 ft)NO-RE (6th)FC to dassic rockNW, oldies (expected on in June)

Setigman : KJEMSpringfield : 'NS 90 .1MONTANA :Billings : KBKO103 .7Billings : "' 105 .1

93.3 CC (ex KESE)6kW,328tt.(Amer .FamilyAssoc .)

CC(exKOHZ)FC to country "Bob"GA to add dass A

(&) at nightOld Forge : "' 94 .1 GA to addBassAPlattsburgh : WCFE 91 .9 NC to 89 .7, 190w, REPulaski : WSCP101 .7 RA with Jones country(&)Rotterdam : WYSR 98 .3 CC (exWTRY), "Star"

Eagle PoiEugene :Grants PHappy Ho

Ft .Belknap Agency : KGVA 88 .1 NO-GE Sodus : WNNR103 .5 PG>6kW, DALirx

:olnGtMidland :Great Falls : 'NS 88 .9 6 kW, 243 tt . SouthBristoI :WNVE95 .1 CC (exWR01),'TheNerve"(this Sanford :Hamilton : 'NS 91 .9 AF(UniversityofMontana) corrects last month's erroneous'WNRV' listing) Tumor :Ronan : KORK 92 .3 adds Jones softAC (8) Southampton :WRL189.9 NO-GE Waldport :NEBRASKA : Southport : WOKN 99.5 PCv2650w, 489 tt.

81air : KISP 106.3 NC to 101 .5, 25 kW, RE Stilwater: WJKE 101 .3 adds SMNAC (&)PENNSYGreenv4le :

Lirx ;oln : KGDE 101 .9 CC (exKYNN) NORTHCAROLINA : eveLincoln : KEZG 107.3 FC toWW1 a/c {d) (from soft a/c) AtlaniicBch :'NS 91 .5 AF(CravenComm .Cdlege)

NEVADA : BeechMtn : WECR102 .3 NO-GE

Las Vegas : KRBO105.1 FC to news(AP, & KVBC ch-3) CarolinaBch : WLGX106 .7 NO-RX(2nd)

HarrisburgXC

:HuM~gtonMcConnelMittknburgNewMesquite : KIPP 97.5 NO-CX-DE (2nd) Culbwhee : WWCU90.5 rested withAORon a Sunday

Pahrump : "' 95.1 PA to add dass A Attemoon, SG "Power 91"

Reno : KNEV 95.5 FC to hot a/c Edenton : WERX102.5 PA:todassCl,CL :Cdumbia,NC CastReno : KANC 89.5 NO-CX-DE(requestsreconsider .) Fair Bluff : "' 105.3 PA : delete this dass A PhiladelphPl

.Matilda :Sparks: KONV100.9 CC (exKNDE) Jacksonville : WXOR105.5NCto 105 .3, 19 kW, GE

NEWHAMPSHIRE :Pjne Knoll Shores : "' 105 .9 PA for dass A(from102 .5 A) Rerwvo :Waxhaw : WIST 106.1 NW,ad .stds (8)//WIST-1480 St .Mary's :

Hiflstxxo : WRCI 107.7 PC<580w, 738 tt . CC (ex WLWW) Sharon :CO : 43-09-00171-47-56Waynesville : WONS104 .9 PG<245 w, 1581 ft. Tioga :

New London : 'NS 90 .9 AF(Colby-Sawyer College)NORTHDAKOTA :

RodresMer : WSRI 96.7 adds the ImusshowCavalier : 'NS 105 .1 AF

TobyhannRHODECC (ex WWEM)

Wolfeboro : WLKZ 104 .9 PC<280w ., 1053 tt, FGndred : KPHT 92 .7 CC (ex KSSZ), FC to Wakefield :

MISSOURI : NewYork : FA~Y~I soYS Jl111~ yYY~Cameron : KNOZ 100.1 NW, country (&) Dansville : W282AC104 .3 NS-2w : WCOU88.3 Warsaw ~~: TENNESSEE :Campbell : "' 107 .5HatMay : KY00 99.1

GA to add lassC3NO-GE (2nd), PG>25 kW, 328 tt.

GIensFalls : WGFR 92 .7Grand Grove : 'NS105 .3

OCfrom 92.1, now 13w(h), 49tt .AF

Baker City : K214CF90 .7Banks : KDBX 107 .5

NS-13w : WAFR 88 .3 Tupelo, MS Bartlett: WMFS 92 .9 CC (exWRRW)"Memphis"one step app/ for Bass C3, P(~ Byrdstown : "' 96.7 GA to add lassA

dass C3, XC :37-45-41 /93-15-42 Horseheads : WPGI100 .9 CC (ex WOIX), "Pggy 101" 6.3 kW, 1332' XC : 45-31-22 / 122-45-07 CobnialHts : WLJ0105.9 NO-GE(2nd)hbuston : KUNG 99.3 NC to 33 .4 kW, 604 tt, RE (3rd) Hudson : Wl-HK 93 .5 CC (exWRVW) Bend : KOAK 105 .7 PC> 40kW, dass Ct Cookeville : 'NS 91 .7 AF (Nashville 8 DavidsonCo. )Kennett : KAKA 104 .3 CC(NS) Mexico: WUPN103.9 CC{NS) Bonanza : 'NS 102.9 AF Jackson : 'NS 88 .1 750w, 134', Amer . Family Assoc .Liberty: KCIY 106 .5 CC(NS)'TheCtty" Middletown :WRRV 92 .7 CC (ex WKOJ) &ownsville : KLRF 102.3 PG>95 kW(h), 40 kW (v), 987 ft . Knoxville : WUTK 90 .3 P~to800w(v),69'MattaBend :KRLI 97 .5 NO-GE Mineho : 'NS 106 .5 AF Bums : 'NS 92 .7 AF MuFreesboro:WAKN91 .7 CC(NS)Owensville : KLZE 95 .3 NC to 50 kw, CX that CP Monticelb : WJUX 99 .7 CC (ex WXTM) CaveJct : K283AE98 .3 NS-11w:KLDR98 .3Harbeck Mufreesboro:WAKF88 .3 CC(NS)Ozark : KZPF 92 .9 NW, country (&) Noyack : WSUF 89 .9 NO-GE CoosBay : KDCO 93 .5 NW, oldies (8) Mufreesboro : WRMX96 .3 NC to 53 kW, 1273 tt, RESt.Louis : KSD 93 .7 will carrySt .LouisRamsNFL Newburgh : WGNY103 .1 keeps a/c but runs SMN urbanAC

FA~WI _YYLVirginia :CedarBluff : WBBY107.7 SG "Kicks Country //WBDY 106.3Charlottesville:WLJL107 .5N0-RE(2nd)Christiansburg :WBNK 100.7 SG"Cool Country"/MINRV 990Clarksville : WLCQ 98.3

SG "Q-98.3", hot AC or CHRCovington: WIQO 100.9

FC to SMN Country (&)Culpeper : WPVB 89.9 NO-REHarrisonburg : "' 100.7

GAto add dass B (WOPO?)Lynchburg : XLTR 100.9

on air forWJLM 93 .5 SalemLynchburg : WLNI 105.9

SG "The Line", also carries ImusLynchburg : WWMC90 .9 OCfrom88 .9,con .Christian"C91"Lynchburg W224AG92 .7 on theair (WXLK 92 .3 Roanoke)Lynchburg : WGOL 97.9 noted wtth some AC w/OLPutaski : WPSK107.1 addsAtterMidnightRadford :

WRIQ 101.7

SG"CD Country" (8)Richmond : WLEE 96.5

CC (ex WDCK), 70's oldies "Lee"Roanoke:

WRXT 90 .3

announced: "soon we will also beheard on 103.7 "-a translator?

Rocky Mount: WZBB99 .9 SG "B 99 .9"with local countryRural Retreat : WCRR95 .3 noted with oldiesWhite Stone: WNDJ104.9 NO-RE(4th)Winsdor :

WSVY107.7

PG~5.2 kW< 351', DAC0 :36-51-35/76-25-59

WASHINGTON :Aberdeen : KAYO 99 .3Deer Park : KAZZ 107.1Eatonville : KJUN 104.9Ephrata : KTBI 93 .9Lynden : KLYN 106.5Quinsy: 'NS 102.9RoyaICity: KRCW 96 .3Seattle : KING 98 .1Winbck : KITI 95 .1WESTVIRGINIA :Beckley :

WCIR 103.7

noted running Don Imus program&uefieki :

WHAJ 104.5

softened up to hot ac still "J104"Fisher : `NS 103.7 AFKemmerer : `NS 107.3 AFMatewan:

WVKM106.7 noted with quite a btt of CHRMiami :

WKAZ107.3

FCto 70's oldies "107.3 KAZ'OakHill :

WARS 94 .1

SG "Wax"(oldies) also simulcasts11 pm news of WOAYTV4

Pt .PIeasant:WBYG 99 .5 NW . country"BigCountry"Princeton : WKMY100.9 SG"Y101"(a/c)Ravenswood :WFYZ93.1 NO-RE(2nd)Salem:

WOBG105.7 adds SMN oldies (&)Summersvilie :WCWV92.9 FC, mostly rock, "C93 the Heart

of Rock", simulcasts WOWKTV 136pm news

NC to 39 kW, GENC to 8320w, but GXNO-RECC (NS)NC to 68 kW,2332' but GEAFNO-GE(2nd)NC to 100 kW, 1046', GE (4th)CC (NS)

"Saul Chemoswrotevia Intemet, andprovidedsomeoftheCanadiannewsseenthismonth,thanks! Saulalso mentionsthat hecan beheardontheair,onCIUT89.5(Toronto),Wednesdaymoming~rom0900-1030,alongwithBruceCattle,hostingaradioprogramonthatstation.Mustbeinterestingtobeontheothersideofthemike! Good luck with that! Saul also mentions thatapparently the CBC English network on AM will bestayingonall-nightratherthansigningoff(740Toronto,940 Montreal, 1550 Winsdor, 990 Winnipeg, 690Vancouver, etc.) I was nothappyto hearthis, as I amsuremanyAM DXersweren't, butthisalsoaffectsFM,nthatCBCFM Englishmonophonicnetworkstations~elaying thesestations will nowalsobeon all night .

WISCONSIN:Appleton : W271AC102.1 NS-38w : WPFF90 .5WIAppleton :

WEMI 91 .9 PG<3 .1 kW,328tt .Brookfield : WWU 106.9

NO-GE, PG> 6 kW, 328 tt .DePere :

WJLW 95 .9

NC to 25 kW, 272tt, RE (3rd)Green Bay: WHID 88 .1

CC (ex WYPD)Iron River :

WNXR107.3

noted on the airKaukana : WKAU103.1 PG<3.6kW,879ft .

XC : 44-21-32 /87-59-07Milwaukee : WMSE 91 .7

PC>3.2 kW, 128tt,CO : 43-02-44 /87-54-28

NewHoIstein:KFKQ92.9 NO-RE(3rd)Port Washington : WGLB100.1

FC tosoft AC/smooth jazzVerona :

WMMM 105.5 PG< 2 kW, 573tt,XC : 42-57-32 /89-29-25

WYOMING :Gillette :

KGWY100.7

addsAfter MidnightLyman:

K224CI 92 .7

NS-19w(v) :KCSP90 .3 CasperU.S.TERRRORIES:PUERTO RICO :Culebra:

'NS

106.5

6kW, 663 ft.VIRGINISLANDS:Cruz Bay:

WDCM 92 .3 NO-GE(7th)

CANADA

JUPIs 1~IW

BRITISHCOLUMBIA:Kelowna :

'NS

99.9 to be countrySASKATCHEWAN :Caronport: 'NS

92.7

5 w, 126hrs/wk for BrieraestCommunity Radio, Inc ., English tang . programming

M~000

RAJACALIFORNIANORTE:Mexacali :

XHMNF92.3 SG"La BuenaRosa"(?), sloganmuffled abit.

Mexacali : XHDJ 97 .7to Tijuana?

Mexacali :

XH?? 105.9

station noted hereMexacali :

XEWV106.7 SG"FiestaMexicana"Tecate :

XHAP 95 .3

SG"Estereo Hits"N RA :

San Luis RioColorado : XH?? 107.9, "LaConsentida",sounded strong, at least SOkw, in till mile t OOuntilKMLE

SG"La Estrella de Amistad",dose

suchas93.5LondonBPeterborough,107.5Kingston,etc.) BetterchanceatDXtargetsforsome,morepestsnotsigningoffanymoreforothers(likeme,hi) . Saulalso mentionsthattheCRTCrtow has a"home page"ontheWoridWideWeb. Ifyouhaveaccesstotheweb,and are interested, check them out at http ://www.crtc.gc.ca

FhN~Is"b~~y" Frank Merrillsuppliedthe Mexicaninformation thatappeared this month, a BIG thank you for that rarestation news! Newsoutsidethe UnitedStatesisverymuchappreciated, as it is a bit harder to track down .Frankcomments:"I'mdefinitelysurprisedtofind"new"stationsascloseinasTecate.ThisalonetellsmethereareTONSofMexicanswedon'tknowabout. (AnotherhintisthatmyDX'esofXH PPO-94.5/XHTOR-96.1 arenot listed yet, nor ANYTHING in Estado Durango.Thanksagainfarthe info!" Neil Griffin of Ottumwa, Iowa, writes with someinterestingnews,someofwhichappearsinthismonth'slistings . HesaysthatEldon, Iowa's 104.3 is expectedonthisfall . MoredevelopmentsintheinterestingAlbia,IA/Memphis, M096.7case . KLBA96.7AIbia, Iowason for a day or two in February (with country) . . .untilKfvfEM (also96.7,55mifesawayfromclass C3KLBA,inArtemphis,Mo.)cornpiainedofinterference . Partofthemixwas KLBAbeingobiigatedtopayforKMEM tomoveoverto 100.5 .SeemsKLBAisrefusingtodothis!Sincetheyweredirectedtopayforthechange,KMEMhasappliedforanewtransmitterlocation,inordertogodassC3(perttapstoprotectco-channeIWYMGJack-sonville,111inois,speculatesNeil) . KLBAassertsthatsinceachangehasbeenfiled,theyarenoobligatedtopay.

courtesy :Todd Brandenburgagship : WIBW-580-Topeka, Kansas / KSMO TV~2 Kansas City

Announcers :DennyMatthewsandFredWhite(radio),DaveArmstrongandPaul Splittorff (TV)

MI RI :KAHN 95.9 BethanyKY00 106.3 BolivarKBFL 99 .9 BuffaloKMOE 92.1 ButlerKLRK 100.1 CassvilleKCBI 103.9 Chii{icotheKDKD 95.3 CiintonKCRG N13 Jeffersor(;ityKSMON-62 Kansas CityKHST 99 .9 LamarKIRK

103.7 LebanonKN~A01029 MarshallKBUG 92 .3 Osceola

~AI~SAS~I`~~®PALS

KZNN 105.3 RollaKTTN

92.1 TrentonKAYO 97 .7 WarsawBRA KA:

KUTT

99.3 FairtwryKNCY 97 .7 NebraskaCityKt+IV 103.9 OrdARKANSAS:KBPI

N-? FtSmithKANSAS :KOSM 105.5 CharwteKCLY 100.9 CIayCenterKCKS 95.3 Ca»cordia

JUrI~w~Keepusposted on this one, Neil! In otherlocalnews,Iowa StateU.wantes89.1-C3forOttumwa, whichismutuallyexclusivewithanapplicationfor89.7cIassAin Ottumwa. Grassroots Community Broadcasting,holder of the 89 .7 app., has agreed to seek anotherfrequency. Neil also mentions an article in Oil anentertainmentmagazineintheQuadCities,thattalksaboutfansof"soffa/c"upsetthattheirKMXG96 .1 "Mix96"isgettingtoohot. WriterBrianRathjensuggestsagood tuner and antenna, to receive signals such asKCLN 97 .7 Clinton, IA, WJRE 92 .1 Kewanee, IL,KMA095.3MaquoketaJA,andJVGEN104.9Geneseo,IL{whichalsorunscountry) . "IsaQuadCitiesaffiliateofthe WTFDA inordeR"wonders Neil ."Somethingofinteresting in theApril26th editionofMSfreetJoumal. Have you wondered which marketshavebeenthemostvolatilelately? Welltheytabulatedtheresults,goingbacktoJan.1,1994.ThemosfformatchangeswererecordedinAlbuquerque,withl3.Otherchangingnarketatcludevlonterey-Salinas-Sant~ruz(12), San Francisco,Houston, Honolulu,and Ycung-stown-Warrenwithi O,Seattle-Tacoma,Minneapolis-St .Paul, Riverside-San Bemardino, Greenville-Spartanburg,andCorpusChristiwith9,andLosAnge-les, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Grand Rapids,~akersfield,Jackson, Miss ., and Utica, NYwith8.

KANSAS : KANSAS :KOMB 103.9 FtScott

KWME 93.5 WellingtonKNZA 103.9 Hiawatha

KAKE N-10 WichitaKIND

101.7 IndependenceKANS 96.7 Lamed

KELR 105.5 ChantonKNDY 103.1 Marysville

KCFf

92.1 CherokeeKFNF 101.10berlin OKLAHOMA:KLKC 93.5 Parsons

KODO N-? SulphurKCAY 95.9 RussellKSKL 94.5 ScattCityKMZA 921 SenecaWIBWN-13 TopekaKTMJ N-43 Topeka (UPN)KFXX 106.7 I~goton

Thankstothesepeopleforhelpingtobringyouthismonth'sFM NEWS : Mike Lazaro,Bill Nollman, MikeBugaj{thanksfortheWTVU59articletoo!), MattSittel, DougSmith,Saul Chemos, FrankMerrill,JohnEbeling, PeteTaylor, Bill Nienajadly,KTUH90.3 (viaWWWInternet), PatDyer, EricBueneman,ToddBrandenburg, andMStreetJoumal,ofcourse!Also, IhavereceivedacopyofDougSmith'snewTVDATABASEthatwasadvertisedin the May'95 VUD. I want to say that he did an excellent jobwith it! It looks very nice, and is very detailedinformation wise . The databaseiswellworththecosttoanyTVDXer!! Well,hopefullybynextmonth,lwillhavefinallyseensomeskip!

TV NewsDoug Smith1385 Old ClarksvillePleasant View, TN37146-8098

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CP= Construction PermitPr= Province (of Canada)= Non-commercial

CRTC=Canadian Radio-TelevisionCommission

DBS= Direct Broadcast Sat .55 := Spanish languageLPRT=Low Power Relay Transmitter

(Canada)TBD= To Be Determined

APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

_St _Ch _ERP _AAAT _Call CityMA 48 27 .7 249 WYDN Worcester(TL 92 °18'19"N, 71 ° 53'51"W)(or. the WRAF-1C7 .3 tower)(was 1000kW/398m)TN 58 3980 240 WNAB Nashville(was SOOOkW/381m)

APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE

EXISTING STATIONS

_St _Ch _ERP _HART _Call CityMI 62 5000 418 WGPR Detroit(TL : 42 ° 26'50"N, 83 ° 10'23"W)(roughly i/2mi . SE of old site)(was i000kW/296m)MS 16 4786 359 WAPT Jackson(was 1O50kW/357m)PA 66 882 271 WFXP Erie(was

562kW)

APPLICATIONS FOR NEIN

STATIONS

(new station applications, cound.)_St Ch ERP HAAT CityWY 11 316 6i6 JacksonWY 11 316 327 Jackson.BC 42 ?

? Vancouver(two applications ; see Dave Sin-clair's items)

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR

NEW STATIONS

April 7 Duluth News-Tribune . UPN &WB affiliate. See John Ebeling'sitems below for more details .

NET11'ORK CHANGES

Tmd is the Telemundo Spanish-language network; IN is the Ir.for-mall infomercial net .

Currently, the only unaffili-ated commercial TV station in theSouth Bend market is religious WHMF96 . ABC will have to either enticethe NBC or CBS affiliate to switch,or settle for a LPTV .

In West Point/Tupelo, WLOV hadbeen a primary ABC/secondary Foxaffiliate ; effective September 1, itwill drop ABC programming and become100-: Fox . ABC told Broadcasting andCable that cable coverage will re-place WLOV's coverage . (in thisrelatively poor and rural area, Irather suspect cable won't do a very

good job of replacing WLOV . .) WLOVis LM.~d by WTVA-9, a NBC affiliate .Many programs on WLOV show a titleat the end saying "This programprovided by WTVA, Inc ." .

More ratings are in from theFox Surprise . By market :(numbers are how much the share ofprimetime viewing increased / de-clined over the network swap)

0`I'HER STUFF'

A Johnstown, Pa . station haschanged calls to WTWB-TV . Whichone, I don't know . This station, may"have adopted a WB Network affilia-tion at the same time .

The FCC has decided to allowSF, a joint venture of Fox Broad-casting and Savoy Pictures, to buyWLUK-11 Green Bay . This paves theway for WLUK to switch from NBC toFox . Fox is a 25- partner in thestation; with Fcx already at theownership limits, if the FCC wereto count WLUK as a Fox-owned sta-tion, Fox would be required to sellit . See Keith Smith's report formore information or. Fox's legal sit-uation .

CBS has disposed of surplusWVEU-69 Atlanta . In the same weekin which they purchased WGPR-62 Detroit, they also bought the Atlantastation, expecting to convert it toa CBS affiliate . At the lastminute, a special deal was reachedwith Tribune Broadcasting, grantingthe affiliation tc more-establishedWGNX-96 . WVEU is now a UPN affili-ate .

Parson Communications hasbought another affiliate for theInformall infomercial network .KUBD-59 Denver is a former Telemundoaffiliate . In a related develop-ment, the FCC has approved Paxscr.'spurchase of KZKI-18 San Bernardino(Los Angeles), KLXV-65 San Jose (San.Francisco), and. WGOT-60 Merrimack,NH . (Boston)

The share of viewers watchingBig 3 networks has fallen to 57-. .93- of viewers are watching Fcx,PBS, independents, cr cable . TVexecutives blame the absence of Ma-jor League baseball, the success ofthe 1999 Winter Olympics (and thelack of Olympics this year), thesuccess of Fox's NFL football, andthe O . J . Simpson trial . (which isbringing lots of viewers to CNN .O .J . coverage fills most of theslots of most popular programs oncable .)

The arrival of digital HDTVcould also blur the distinctic^, be-tween TV and radio . FCC Chair ReedHundt has suggested part of the 6mHzof digital TV spectrum might be usedto provide digital radio . Radioowners and the NAB aren't particu-larly happy with the plan ; they feelmost cities already have mere radiostations than, the economy car. sup-port .

DXers near markets with Univi-sior. affiliates may Boor, be doing adouble-take . Sesame Street is nowappearing- in Spanish- on Ur.ivisicnaffiliates in LA, Dallas, and Miami .The Spanish edition. is produced ir.cooperation with the M.exicar. Tele-Visa network., and already airs inMexico and Latin. America .

The conservative HeritageFoundation has proposed the possi-ble elimination of the FCC . A paperby the organization's Adam Thierersuggests that it might be a goodidea to eliminate the agency . Someregulatory functions (presumablywith regard to telephone companiesand non-technical regulations)would be turned over to the states .Setting of technical standardswould be done by industry and en-forced by the courts . And radiospectrum would be auctioned, with a"spectrum board" created to enforceresulting property rights .

In what may be good news forTV DXers . . . Stanley S . Hubbard ofHubbard Broadcasting (KSTP-5/99 .5,USSB) told the NAB : "Today, thereis an all-time-record-high sale ofoutdoor antennas ." Of course, he

Was Now City, stateKSCH-58 KQCA-58 Stocktor., CA

Kansas CityKSHB-91,WDAF-9,

Fox->NBCNBC->Fox.

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TampaNEW STATIONS ON THE AIR WFTS-28, Fox->ABC +5

WTVT-13, CBS->Fox -9WTSP-10, ABC->CBS +2

Grundy, VA : WLFG-68z : Atlanta115GkW/763m, 36 ° 99'47"/82 ° 09'95" WATL---36, Fox->ind -6Clinch Mtn ., near Abingdon . WAGA-5, CBS->Fox -3TBN ; granted an operating license in WGNX-96, ind->CBS +6late April, and seen by Matt Sittel . Detroit

WKBD-SC, Fox->UPN -3Duluth, MN : RNLD-21+ : WJBK-2, CBS->Fox -8555k.W/i80m, 96 97'91"/92 ° 07'05" Milwaukeeon the KQDS-94 .9 tower north of WCGV-24, Fox->UPN -3town . WITI-6, CBS->Fcx. -9Reported on in an article ir. the WDJT-58, ind->CBS +7

St Ch ERP HAAT CityAZ 39 11 .7 801 L . Havasu CityIA 23 2000 309 AmesIA 20 1507 123 Iowa CityID 19 296G 806 BoiseMI 10 316 904 IshpemingNM 19 5000 601 AlbuquerqueOK 30 795 230 ShawneeSD 36 1231 293 Sioux Falls

Station Was NowKCVu-30 Paradise, CA Fox Fox/UPNKUBD-59 Denver, CO Tmd INWSJZI-28 Elkhart, IN ABC FoxWLOV-27 West Point ABC/Fcx FoxWMUR-9 Manchester ABC ABC/Fox.

Abbreviations used in this col- St Ch HART CityCleveland

umn : AB 17_ERP?Lethbridge

WOIO-19, Fox.->CBS +3ERP= Effective Radiated Power in (see Dave Sinclair's items below for

WJW-8, CBS->Fox -7kW Phoenix

HAAT=Height Above Avg . Terrainmore information) KPHO-5, ind->CBS +10

nc= no change KSAZ-10, CBS->Fox -4TL= Tower Location CALL LETTER CHANGES KNXV-15, Fox->ABC +8

KTVK-3, ABC->ind -8

(Other Stuff, contd .)may have meant satellite antennasfor his USSB DBS system- but manyo£ those buying DBS _do install out-door terrestrial antennas to pickup their local affiliates . AndRadio Shack was doing a land-officebusiness in TV antennas at the Day-ton Hamvention .

The Group W/CBS deal may begoing further than network affilia-tion changes . The CNBC cable channel reported in late April thatWestinghouse was working on a planto buy CBS for $Sbillion .

Two deregulatory bills havebeen introduced in the House ofRepresentatives . One would makerenewal of TV licenses easier andexpand the license term to sevenyears . It would also require theFCC to grant a second channel to allTV stations, and would extend must-carry regulations to telephone com-panies delivering cable services .

The other bill, which facesDemocratic opposition, would repeallimits on the number of TV stationsthat could be owned by the samefirm . Instead, one owner would berestricted to stations covering 35-of U .S . viewers . (the current limitis 25-) After one year, this numberwould increase tc 50= ; then, the FCCwould be directed to review theentire issue, possibly eliminatingthe restriction altogether .

The law would also allow com-mon ownership of two UHF stations,or a VHF and a UHF, ir. the samemarket ; the FCC could also choosetc allow common ownership of twovHFs . The dual-network rule wouldalso be repealed ; this rule pro-hibits one company from operatingmore than one TV network .

New station WKAY-64 has beensold . The buyers currently ownWKPT-15 Kingsport, Tennessee, andthree Tennessee radio stations .

FORUM

John Ebeling, Hloomin~ton MN . :

John sent the item about KNLD-21 . He says the signals are non-existent with a bow-tie antenna athis cabin, 26 miles from the trans-mitter . Unless John's cabin is inan unusually poor RF location (andI'm not aware of any such locationsin northern Minnesota), this wouldseem to indicate KNLD's power isactually considerably lower thanthe listed 955kW . At my location,

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I can get a viewable, but snowy,picture from a 400kW station over50 miles away with a bow-tie .

Anyway, the News-Tribune arti-cle mentions the station's ratherlimited operating schedule . As ofearly April, KNLD was on weekdaysbetween 2 and Spm only ; by now itit had expected to operate from noonto lOpm . Some UPN and WB programsare airing on the station, thoughothers in the Star Trek series won'tbe moving from KBJR-6 for a fewmonths . KNLD also expects to landa Fox affiliation eventually, afterWDIO-10's secondary agreement ex-pires . Finally, the station expectsto air Milwaukee Brewers baseball,Minnesota Timberwolves basketball,and NHL ice hockey .

Delays in KNLD's premiere aredue to delays in negotiating a LMAwith KBJR . If such an agreement isreached, KNLD will share KBJR's stu-dios and much of their technicalequipment . At this time, KNLD isoperating with a minimum staff oftwo : a chief engineer and a generalmanager .

The article contains a sidebaron a subject we haven't seen formany years . . . "UAF stations like?44LD-TV Channel 21 operate on theUltra High Frequency, as opposed tothe Very High Frequency band - orVHF - on which the other local TVstations broadcast ."

Dave Sinclair, Vancouver HC :

Dave noticed an itea~ in Broad-casting and Cable about KBGE-33 be-ing sold . It mentioned "Act . Jan .6 (BTCCT99i220-KE)" . This is a FCCfile number . The BTC stands forBroadcast Transfer of Control, andthe CT for Commercial Television .941220 means the application wasfiled on December 2G, 1999 . I as-sume the KE is used to distinguishthis application from others filedon the same date .

Also forwarded was a CRTC pub-lic notice of a hearing on two com-peting applications for religiousTV stations in Vancouver . One ap-plication is from National Chris-tian Television, Inc . ; the otherfrom Gloria Kieler . Both stationspropose to operate on channel 42,and to air both Canadian and"foreign" (presumably U .S .) reli-gious material, in English . Inter-estingly, the hearings are to beheld in Winnipeg . . .

Dave has also heard of a CRTCgrant to a new station in

(Forum, Sinclair, contd .)Lethbridge, Alberta on channel 17 .My source of official CRTC informa-tion hasn't been updated since lateMarch, so I can't check this . Suchan application was filed in March,and it was returned for clarifica-tion .

The CBC has has withdrawn itslicense renewal applications for lo-cal Tv stations . CBC officials wartthe CRTC to grant temporary exten-sions until early 1997 . Licence re-newals in Canada carry requirementsfor specific amounts of local pro-gramming, and budget cuts leave theCBC uncertain of their financialability to meet the requirements .

Matt Sittel, Asheville NC :

(there was a great "mini-convention" at Matt's in mid-April .Mt . Mitchell proved an excellentplace for a DX-pedition (albeitrather cold!), and there was evensome low-level DX in town .)

Religious WGGS-16 Greenville,SC has added another translator .W42AC is new on in Athens, Georgia .

Fred McCOrmack, St . Paul MN :

Ernie Wesolowski'_ my_=tery pi-rate TBN-53 in Omaha has returned .Fred was in western Omaha on April 21and noted a strong TBN signal onchannel 53 . He also saw K95CQ Coun-cil Bluffs with TBN, though muchweaker . (that would seem to elimi-nate the possibility of 53 being achannel change for K45CQ .) Fred alsoconfirmed that K3BDU Sioux City is aTBN .

I misspoke, about the program-ming source on K28ER Dulce, NM. . Ilisted their primary as KOB-9 . Fredpointed out their ownership as thesame as KGAT-7 .

John Combs, Orlando FL :

Here we go again, with W90AQ . . .For awhile, they ran America's OneNetwork, then repeated a local dogshow (?!) . This month, it's takenover the Telemundo affiliation fromlongstanding affiliate W07BZ . Chan-nel 7, in turn, has switched to SURSouth American television .

John also has a mystery . Actu-ally, two mysteries . During an open-ing to south Georgia, South Carolina,and eastern North Carolina, he sawtwo stations on channel 96 . One wasa TBN; the other was carrying a bas-ketball game between Vidalia and PikeCounty (Georgia) High Schools . I

have no listings for either sta-tion .Jerry Stuart, Lawton OK :

Jerry lives near a police ra-dio repeater on 453 .35mHz . Everytime it transmits, it overloadschannel 25 . He wonders what car. bedone about it? I suggested he trya 1/9 wave tuned stub to null thepolice transmitter . Does anyoneelse have a better idea?

He's also seeing a "PleaseStay Tuned" test pattern all nighton channel 28 . I speculated he wasseeing the new KYLE-28 Bryan,Texas, but this too is an unID fornow .

Keith Smith, St . Ann MO :

Going back to the Fox owner-ship debate, the FCC ruled on May4 that Fox didn`t deliberately conceal

the

Australiar.

component

ofits ownership when it bought theformer Metromedia stations . It wasalso ruled that this Australianownership _does violate foreign-ownership restrictions . Fox maychoose between selling 74 " of theirstock (reducing the foreign owner-ship to 25+) or asking for a waiverof the foreign ownership rules .

Reports in Broadcasting andCable suggest the Comsiission isleaning towards granting the requested waiver . RestructuringFox's ownership would cost the com-pany seeeral hundred miilior. dol-lars in capital gains taxes ; Foxwill not co ..̂sider that optio^ .

DX ETC .

Nothing enormously exotichere, but there has been some skip .I'm also more-or-less back, on the6 meter ham band, running 10 wattsto a Zepp at 40 feet . Nothingexciting, but it does help keep intouch with the skip openings .

Please note the conve ..̂tienchanges . These conventions arealways a blast, you don't want tomiss it!

°;-~uq

Doug Smith (W9WI/9)1385 Old Clarksville PikePleasant View, TN 37196-8098Internet 72777 .3143@compuserve .com

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PREPARED FOR THE WTFDA ANDVHF/IJHF DIGEST BY TOM BRYANT,849 TODD PREIS DR., NAStiVR.LE,TN, 87221 -Pti/FX 615-646-2000

The Nlstor~ Ofw rT®,~

(Written by John Zondiq edited by Tom Bryant)

As the WTFDA nears its 30th anniversary(1997) it seems appropriate to review theclubs history. The following accrount ap-peared in a club publication fitted 'BeyondShortwave" which was part of a new-member packet some 1 S years ago. Manythanks to Dave Nieman for the loan of thisinterestingmaterial.

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HC7W ZT ALL BEGAN

The roots of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association go back manyyears, nearly to the inception ofcommercial television .

In the 1950's Bob Cooper andseveral friends in New York statebegan corresponding about TV DX .When Cooper moved to California, aclub was formed to keep the grouptogether . This club, the AmericanIonospheric Propagation Associa-tion, remained active for more than01il 93htyearyears, unt1 . In taanew bulletin editor took

ceasing publication withoutnotice . No explanation wasreceived for this action .

Many of the formerAmovedon to other clubs,nthenow-defunct Canadian DX

CDXC had an excellent TV DXedited by Wayne Plunkett .other clubs, the Newark NewsClub and the Canadian InternDX Club, also offered TV-FMcolumns ; but many lamented the lackof a club devoted exclusively toVHF-UHF DX .

In 1965, club founders MorrieGoldman and Gary Olson beganefforts to organize a TV-FM club .The two dug up names of thoseexpressing an interest in a TV-FMDX club from electronics magazinesand many other sources . Theirefforts paid off two years later,when at the 1967 Association ofNorth American Radio Clubs Conven-tion in Chicago, Goldman approachedthe publisher of the World MonitorsRadio Club (WMRC) and suggested heconvert it to a TV-FM format .WMRC, created seven years earlier,was floundering with only 27members and an all-band format .The change was made and WTFDA wasborn .

The first bulletin, termed asample issue, was dated September/October 1967 and mailed fromPhiladelphia . The new club, thencalled the WTFDXA, sent this issueto old WMRCers and to many of thepeople who had been contacted aboutforming a TV-FM DX club . Amongfeatures included in the firstissue were an introduction to TV-FMDX, Western TV and FM DX by DennisSmith, and Eastern TV and Productsby Morrie Goldman .

THE MZL1tATlI~E YEARS

1968 began with the move ofWTFDA headquarters from Philadel-phia to Milwaukee . Ferdinand Dombrowski took over as VHF-UHF DIGEST(VUD) editor, publisher, and clubpresident .

The VUD was published bymimeograph during the Milwaukeeera . Dues went from $3 to $3 .50 to$4 .50 per year for first-classdelivery in 1968, and a third classrate was established .

Many of the current VUDcolumns got their start in 1968 .FCC TV and CCI were begun by GaryOlson in April . Other new columns

The September issue was the lastsent to former WMRC members .

November 1968 saw a classicreport by a California memberclaiming reception of channel 2 inSeoul, Korea, channel 3 in CebuCity, Philippines, and other"unusual" loggings . The report wasroundly criticized in subsequentWD's and prompted a classic BobCooper article titled "What isNormal for TV-FM DX?"

WTFDR's second year, 1969,began with a report by PresidentDombrowski that club finances werein good shape and WTFDA was aboutto embark on a campaign ofadvertising in magazines such asCQ . The club's 1969 membershiplist had 113 names shown . By theend of the year, dues were up to$6 .50 per year for first classmail .

The WTFDA Station List cameout in 1969 . It sold to membersfor 50 cents and non-members for 75cents . Glenn Hauser set down clubstandards for counting TV stations,and also wrote a TV DX article forTV GUIDE which netted around 110requests for information on theclub .

WTFDA's first convention washeld May 30 thru June 1, 1969 . Itwas hosted by Bill Heusmann andstaged at Dettmering's Tavern inSteger, IL . 19 people paid a $7 .50registration fee and were inattendance for such talks as "Usinga VTVM as an S-Meter", and "Photo-graph your DX, and get that ID" .

1970 brought Ferdinand Dom-browski's first "President's Mes-sage" . Pat Dyer took over the VHFRadio column, retitled VHF UtilityDX . Charles bobbins took over theFCC FM that year, and Roger Browninitiated the central TV DX column .Morrie Goldman's Video Lines columnintroduced the VAFI signal code .

The WTFDA tradition of greattechnical articles continued in1970 . During the year Glen Hauser

membership and finances by Presi-dent Dombrowski .

Outstanding FM DXer BruceElving featured prominently in

WTFDA's fourth year, 1971 . In thatyear he heard his 1,000th FMstation (WKVI, Knoxville, IN), pub-lished the first "FM Atlas andStation Directory", and headed theFCC FM News column . 1971 also sawTerry Colgan take over the Mailboxcolumn and Charles bobbins moveover to FCC TV .

Dues were increased to $7 .50for first class delivery, and acourse in TV-FM DXing for beginners called the "New MemberPackage" was introduced . EastLansing, MI was the site of thethird annual WTFDA convention,where it was announced that clubpublishing would shift to Chicagoat the end of the year . RogerBrown hosted the gathering over theweekend of August 13-15 .

WTFDA reached a crisis pointin November 1971 . A meeting heldNovember 26 voted on the question :"Will HQ and publishing be moved toIllinois or will the club cease toexist?" The HQ staff decided totransfer the publishing and HQ toIL, over the objections of Ferdin-nd Dombrowski . His last issue inMilwaukee was January 1972 .

DCXrTi ZR PEERf'ZELD

Morrie Goldman and Gary Olsontook over the reins of WTFDA as itmoved to Deerfield, ZL . Both,along with Biil Heusmann, BruceElving and Dave Janowiak had beenvisiting Milwaukee regularly forpublishing sessions .

It was decided early in theDeerfield years to switch to anoffset printing of VUD, and thechange from mimeograph to offsetcame with the May 1972 VUD .

WTFDA membership quicklysoared past the 300 mark in 1972 .New club supplies such as VUDBoxers and DX Log Sheets wereintroduced, while the New MemberPackage and the TV Station Listwent out of print . The FM columnwas split, with Roger Winsor takingFM North, Richard Wood taking FMSouth, and Mike Dorner FM West(which has since been phased out) .

WTFDA HISTORY COMINUES NEXT MOMH. . .

Vou'll team about more staff changes,lntemal politics, crisis sffuations, andflnanclal woes. . .but most of all the will tosuMve. . .and aren't we 81ad ff didl

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IPAersotably

included FCC FM by Dennis Smith,VHF Radio by Ferdie Dombrowski,TechnilCorner by Dave Janowiak, andStatistics by Glenn Hauser . RogerWinsor took over as FM DX columneditor ; a section now split intoNorthern and Southern FM DX .

penned an article titled "VHFHarmonics^ . Roderick Luoma discus-sed rhombic antennas, and MorrieGoldman explained the technique ofTV offset identification .

Super TV DXer Bob Seyboldhosted the 1970 convention in

Club . WT FDA's first membership list Dunkirk, NY . The second annualco umn came out in August 1968, showing 67 gathering was held August 7-9 .

Two members . At that time Bob Cooper, Although membership reached the 163Radio then in the Virgin Islands, became mark in late 1970, the year wastional editor of the VHF Radio column . termed a bad one both in terms of

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COLUMN DHPINZTIONS : are as follows : Total = Total number of FM stations logged fran DXer~s

location (All loggings should be received within 25 mile radius of this location to count .)Freq . changes count as a station, call letter changes DO NOT count . Also count a station

only once regardless if logged by different propagation modes .

88-92 = All stations loggedfras 88 .0 to 91 .99 Mhz .

Hs=Total number of stations logged by H-skip . MS=Total by meteor

scatter . Au=Total via Aurora . DSA=Total number of states and the "+^ = Washington, DC .CN=Number of Canadian provinces logged . MX .NUmber of Mexican states logged . PO=Number

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IISA CN MX and FO .

YB = The year you began DXing from this location .

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DXfiR NAMfi DXfiR LOCATION TOTAL 88-92 HS MS AU USA CN MX PO TPU YB AS OF :

DYfiR PAT TX SAN ANTONIO 2691 425 2198 73 0 44+ 4 21 5 75 70 10/31/93STROBHL RALPH IN MUNCIE 2324 621 773 180 7 43+ 7 5 2 58 72 01/09/95BUNTIN DANNY OK STZLLWATER 2032 344 1210 4 0 48+ 5 9 2 65 74 07/01/94CONIGLIO GREG NY WILLIAMSVZLLE 1973 334 1032 24 38 41+ 8 2 4 56 85 10/02/94PIIGH KHITH AL NEW HOPE 1907 297 964 95 18 46+ 7 11 5 70 B3 02/23/93HBfiLING JOHN MN BLOOMINGTON 1837 312 1041 51 83 47+ 6 5 0 59 52 01/01/95FHLA JOSHPH NJ S . PLAINFIHLD 1825 398 1006 2 10 38+ 6 D 3 47 68 09/16/94HLVING BRIICH MN DULUTH 1788 318 1375 9 8 47+ 4 1 0 53 48 08/23/94BIIGAJ MIKH CT HNFIHLD 1758 245 970 25 23 37+ 5 1 3 47 74 11/18/94NORDQIIIST PRHD NY CLAY 1697 359 838 48 59 41+ 5 0 3 50 69 05/05/95NIHMAN DAVID NY AKRON 1512 409 467 53 27 43+ 8 0 3 55 59 11/07/93fiBfiLING JOHN MN PROSIT 1414 268 919 4 6 48+ 9 2 0 60 75 01/01/95HAWK MIKH NE OMAHA 1381 267 722 30 0 47+ 5 4 0 57 91 08/16/94SHYBOLD BOB NY DUNKIRK 1340 219 611 0 2 45 8 3 3 59 58 01/16/95CHERNOS SAIIL ON BURNT RIVHR 1319 272 759 42 81 38+ 8 0 1 98 77 08/12/94JHFFfiRSON JOHN CA DIABLO REGION 1283 291 740 174 1 30 4 7 0 91 74 01/08/95ZONDIA JOHN OK YIIKON 1217 292 668 2 0 42+ 5 9 0 57 79 02/26/95SITTfiL MATT FL TALLAHASSEfi 1156 162 554 2 0 38+ 2 6 4 51 92 01/18/95ALLEN DOUGLAS CO WOODLAND PARK 1122 168 859 83 19 40 5 4 0 49 88 08/24/93SHAFTAN RICHARD NJ SPARTA 1058 176 447 24 0 37+ 4 0 2 44 78 01/27/55SMOLARfiK BOB NJ OLDWICX 1046 175 458 2 4 36+ 4 0 2 43 78 01/10/93HOLBROOK HANK ~ DUNKIRK + 884 233 234 19 0 35+ 7 0 3 46 59 03/28/94

WISHBLOOD BTHVEN TX BROWNSVZLLfi 852 183 381 5 0 32 0 9 7 48 92 07/13/94NIHNAJADLY BILL NJ CLIFTON 806 116 376 8 0 34+ 3 0 2 40 75 07/01/94HALL D . BRIICH ON BRANTFORD 800 132 153 106 2 40+ 6 1 3 51 90 07/20/94SIHGHL GARY OH TOLHDO 770 164 177 0 0 32+ 5 2 1 41 76 11/12/94

STfiINBfiRGHR RICHARD MA HUDSON 736 155 329 12 6 35+ 4 0 0 40 58 05/01/94NIEMAN DAVID NY ROCK CITY 597 135 44 4 0 25+ 2 0 0 28 91 11/07/93

2~RGAN GIL MO LfiBANON 565 123 79 21 0 35+ 3 3 0 42 94 01/22/94SMITH DOUG TN PLfiASANT - VIfiW 439 85 113 1 0 30 3 5 0 38 94 12/17/94

TUDHNHAM JOHN MO JOPLIN 420 75 51 1 0 28 0 1 0 29 91 05/02/95CHHRNOS SAUL ON TORONTO 399 103 E2 0 0 21+ 1 0 0 23 77 08/12/94

JfiZZORKSI MIKE FL CRHSCENT HHACH 394 66 141 0 0 29+ 3 0 2 35 93 07/01/99GHORGE PHTHR MA STOUGHTON 384 87 140 20 2 36+ 5 0 0 91 67 07/01/94

MORGAN GIL MO LfiBANON 365 67 79 2 0 29 3 3 0 35 94 10/04/94MOIINT PAUL NJ MONMOUTH 307 48 21 0 0 20+ 0 0 0 21 90 08/24/92

MCVEY TIM PA HANOVHR 192 32 0 0 0 10+ 0 0 0 11 94 01/06/95BUHNEMAN fiRZC MO HAZLHWOOD 191 30 72 0 0 24 0 2 D 26 92 01/01/95

ONYSCHUK KHN IL STHGER 168 36 D 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 68 08/20/94

RHMINGTON SHHL HI KHAAU 135 19 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 89 05/02/94

SCHWfiITZER BOB VA SALHM 76 9 0 0 0 5+ 0 0 0 6 91 01/14/95+ VHRIFIHD .

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CHANNEL METRICS - John 2orxllo - Yukon OK - (02/26/95)NH2 88 !)9 90 91 92 93 94 95 % 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 TOTAL

.1 14 6 3 10 35 21 28 21 2 13 17 12 7 14 7 B 2 7 6 19 252.3 12 17 9 24 20 15 23 19 6 16 24 12 10 6 11 11 10 10 6 8 269.5 19 18 18 10 3 19 20 19 19 11 17 14 1 14 13 15 7 9 9 7 262

.7 11 16 16 2 22 20 1 21 18 15 10 11 13 6 1 11 11 9 17 1 232.9 7 13 3 14 17 21 10 14 15 12 4 13 8 1 10 8 2 12 6 12 202

TOTAL 63 70 49 60 97 % 82 94 60 67 72 62 39 41 42 53 32 47 44 47 1217

Personal Bests - Doug Smith - Pleasant View TN (12/17/94)Shortest Es : YNSE-93.3 NY Jarestown 576 mi .

Farthest ES : KPpX-92.5 NT Xevre 1425 mi .

Dersonal Bests - John TudeMaR - Joplin NO (01/05/95)Closest ES :

YRJA-88.1 SC Sunpter

827 mi .

Farthest TR : Noustan TX (Call/Freq?) 509 mi .

Personal Bests - Gil Mor9an - Lebanon MO (01/22/95)MS Stets : Lowest Power (1 .52kw) MFRS-88.9 NY Smithtown 1064 mi .

Ibst NS lopped fraR any state: TX = 5.Shortest NS : KGIZ-88.3/KJR7-93 .7 TX Amarillo 536 mi .

Farthest NS : KOOL-94.5 AZ Phoenix 1129 mi .Farthest TR : KEDT-90,3 TX Corpus Christi 734 mi .

Persanat Bests - Eric Buenmron - Nazlerood MO (01/01/95)FurthesT Es : CEYV-93.1 NV Las Vegas 1370 mi .

Farthest TR : WiN-99 .7 TN Manchester 327 mi .Bnt FN Verfea : Es CODL-94.5 AZ Phoeoeniz 7267 mi . i Tr NGFA-94.1 IL Wtaeka 19' mi .

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COLUMN DEFINITIONS : are as follows : Total _ Total number of TV stations logged fraD DXer~slocation (All loggings should be received within 25 mile radius of this location to count .)Freq . changes count ae a station, call letter changes DO NOT count . Also count a stationonly once regardless if logged by different propagation modes . UHF = All stations loggedfraD CHANNHLS 14 TO 83 .

Hs=Total number of stations logged by B-skip . MS=Total by meteorscatter. Au=Total via Aurora . USA=Total number of states and the "+" = Washington, DC .CN=Number of Canadian provinces logged . BD(=Ntuaber of Mexican states logged .

PO=Numberof foreign countries, but not Canada/Mexico . TPU (Total number of political units)=Sum ofIISA CN MX and P0 . YB = The year you began DXing from this location .

Other groundrules fortputing log totals are included in 2/95 VUD .

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IITFDA D% AiIARDS PROGRAM

AaaualsD%sLOga s=sPMttlst PlacesisRllanersIIpi~saTV`slst PlacesEjRuaaer`IIp=sjs~=(Notes 3 thru 4 Apply . No reloga .)

Aaa11a1 Records=

B-Skip greatest diataace - let Place FM/TV 1 ea .Tropo greatest distance - 1st Place FM/TV 1 ea .Au greatest distaste - let Place FM/TV 1 ea .MS greatest distaste - 1st Place FM/TV 1 ea .(Notes 1 thru 4 apply, except relogs are permitted)

Single Day Event, Greatest log 24 hrs : B-Skip : 1st Place Tropo : 1st PlaceAu: let Place

MS : let PlaceThe continuous 24 hr period may cover parts of 2 calendar days .(Notes 3 thru 4 apply, except reloga are permitted .)

Hall of Fame

- FM 2000+ loge - TV 1000+ loge(Notes 3 thru 4 apply . No reloge .)

Notes :1 . Greatest distance eatriea will be recalculated by Statistics Editor-using

D%ers location sad stations city of license grid coordinates .Records moat be log documented : i .e . Date/Prop/Time/Freq(MHz/Ch)/Call/Location/ID criteria .Logginga are to be in accordance with grollndrules for computing totalscited in the Feb 95 VDD .

(1 D% location only, within 25 mi . radius) .1995 Bntriea will be accepted for loggings thru 12/31/95 .Cutoff date for aubmittiag entries to Statistics editor will be1/31/96 . AaaoTlncements of recipients of D% Awards will be publishedis the March 96 VIID Statistics Column . Certificates will beprepared by Jim Thomas (Old cleat Graphics) who will mail them torecipients in March 96 .

Comments and suggestions for improving the 9PTFDA Awards Program, with thepurpose of creating more interest is our D% hobby are welcome . 73 - Fred .

DecalcoMania GTG in New Jersey!DecalcoMania, the club for collectors of radio promotional items,airchecks, and jingles, will have a convention this year!

It will be held over theJuly 28-30 weekend in East Brunswick, NJ . This location is Gose to NJRoute 18 and the NJ Turnpike (exit 9), and convenient to theGarden State Parkway, I-78, and I-287.

Some of the activities being planned by the convention committeeare seminars, an auction, a Saturday night group dinner, the return of thepromo table, station tours, and at least one radio broadcast originating fromthe motel. And, there will be plenty of time for promotional material andaircheck trading.

Registration will be 518 in advance, 520 at the door . This cost coversmeeting room rental, refreshments, convention booklet, door prizes,participation in the Promo Table, and other costs . A second family member mayalso be registered for 510.

To get further information and a registration fomn, please send a SASEto Convention, Box 126, Lincroft NJ 07738. You will also receive advanceinformation including a detail map of how to get to the motel and how tomake lodging reservations .

The Promo table was a popular feature of GWDXA and RadioPhile conventionsin the 80's. Each person attending is asked to bring at least one set of 20identical promotional items, to be placed on the "promo table" and sharedwith other attendees.

Only registered attendees may participate in thepromo table or be eligible for door prizes, so it's important that we hearfrom you ASAP fo get all the intonnation .

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IIPDATBD 5/14/95 TV SCORHBOARD

DXBR NAME DXBR IACATION TOTAL UHF L1ffV BS t(S AD IISA CN MX FO TPU YH AS OF :2 .

3 .KADBT JEFF IL MACOMB 1395 912 418 244 3 0 45+ 7 11 7 71 83 10/16/94SHYBOLD BOB NY DUNKIRK 1293 746 219 217 30 6 49+ 7 1 5 63 50 01/20/95 4 .DRAHB WILLIAM WI KHWAUNHH 1131 580 191 210 113 1 43+ 7 2 1 54 53 07/08/93KRAMBR ROBERT IL CHICAGO 632 364 83 108 30 0 40+ 7 3 4 54 71 09/25/93SIBGHL GARY OH TOLHDO 632 299 45 147 0 0 39+ 6 2 2 50 70 11/12/94LAPINSKI MIKH NY JAMBSTOWN 581 409 . 77 70 1 0 37+ 6 0 3 47 78 04/23/93PHRNANDO GARCIA NL CD . GUADALUPH 560 356 117 96 0 0 30 0 7 5 42 91 03/19/95NIBMAN DAVID NY AKRON 556 366 77 50 5 0 37+ 7 0 0 45 84 03/01/94BARSTOW ROY MA THATICKHT 478 282 66 98 5 1 36+ 7 0 1 45 71 05/14/94DYHR PAT TX SAN ANTONIO 478 148 9 195 64 0 92+ 5 16 4 68 59 12/31/93COMBS JOHN FL ORLANDO 461 235 62 129 13 0 30+ 2 6 9 48 72 05/23/93BRYANT TOM TN NASHVILLE 383 184 18 78 3 0 30 4 4 1 39 64 09/16/93CONIGLIO GREG NY WILLIAM.SVILLB 378 219 30 87 0 0 33 6 0 2 41 B6 09/14/93SITTHL MATT FL TALLAHASSHH 375 206 24 97 0 0 28 2 6 4 40 92 07/04/94HHPHURN WILLIAM ON SRAMPTON 358 242 38 63 1 0 30+ 5 0 1 37 85 06/30/94NORDQUZST FRED NY CLAY 353 212 37 72 3 0 34+ 6 0 1 42 69 04/18/95WHHELHR FRANK PA HRIE 328 91 0 237 5 2 33+ 9 0 0 44 53 06/20/93KRUSZKA JHFF LA BATON ROUGE 240 158 34 27 0 0 20+ 0 4 1 26 93 12/01/93SMITH DOUG TN PLHASANT VIHW 226 140 17 36 0 0 27 1 2 1 31 90 12/17/94NIHMAN DAVID NY ROCK CITY 219 152 26 11 0 0 14+ 3 0 D 18 91 03/01/94HANLHY CHRIS IL GALHSBURG 195 135 8 52 0 0 27 5 0 1 33 BB 07/01/93SMOLARHK SOB NJ HIGH BRIDGH 166 116 15 20 0 0 25+ 0 0 0 26 85 01/01/94SMITH DOIIG WI MADISON 161 104 10 29 0 0 21 4 0 0 25 77 12 /10/9GBUHNBMAN BRIC MO HAZLHWOOD 137 91 5 24 0 0 19 1 1 0 21 92 01/01/95ALLHN DOUGLAS CO WOODLAND PARK 135 51 42 49 1 0 30 4 3 0 37 88 04/10/93MILTIHR !RANDY CA SAN JOSE 126 38 2 70 2 0 16 ? 3 0 ? 69 01/25/95BIIFPIN DANNY OK STILLWATHR 123 90 6 6 O - J 22 .. 9 0 24 77 03/01/99RHNPRHW JIM NY ROCHHSTHR 92 35 4 34 0 D 17 3 0 0 20 89 04/01/93HANLBY CHRIS NC WINSTON-SALEM 90 36 0 22 0 0 18 2 0 1 21 BO 07/01/93CONfONB RICHARD NY JAMAICA 40 30 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 81 02/01/94RBtffNGTON SHBLDON HI PHRN PORBST 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 D 1 0 2 93 05/02/94

GREG CONIGLtO5100 GLENWOOD DRIVE

WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK 14221e-mail: conigli o~ geog .buffalo .ed u

coniglio~acsu .buffalo .eduV131 KKDN~UBVMS BITNET

ForDXeis in : MA,NH,VT,CT,MA,RI,NY,PA,NJ,OH,MI,IN,IL,WI,MN,IA,NE,SD,ND,MT,WY,ID, WA,OR,AK,CanadaJiJNE 1995

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om ostmarAnother small column this month, as the season is off to a slow start so far. There are some reportscatching up on theodd-logging hereand there, butnothing majorhas happend yet . Nodecent FM openinghas been reported to me, as of May 14th, although there was some FM skip out west on May 8th . Let'shopethe season gets going soon! If you hearanything, let us know! Also, let me know if any local stationshave an e-mail account or'World Wide Web' page on the Internet . I have been compiling a list of suchstations, hopefu lly for even tual publication . Thanks for your help, and hope to hear from you soon! . . .

NORTHERN fM~D%

ALAN R. MILLMAKER (KA9GUL) - 2714 LAKE ROAD - CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS 62801Equipment: Harmon Kardon HK3350. receiver, antenna is Winegard CH6065 up 30 ft . on aRadio Shack Archer H rotor with RG6 coax, no ampSEPTEMBER 19 . 1994 DX0600 WAES 102.3 IL Teutopolis0625 WWUC 105.7 TN Union CityOCTOBER 1994 DX27 Tr1331 WKKG 101 .5 IN Columbus28 Tr0258 KASU

91.9 AR Jonesboro0319 WBGL

91.7 IL Champaign, my 400th(congratulations!-gc)

NOVEMBER 11 . 1994 Tr0500 WVZA

92.7 IL Herrin

WEST VIRGINIA'S ROCK b ROLL STATION

A grand total of 401 . According to Popular Communications they had listed the town of Breese, III .getting a construction permit for a 6kW FM station, and (sorry, .Alan, I can't make this part out-gc) .I'll pass the information along about both and if they are on .

MIKE BUGAJ - 69 SHERMAN ROAD - ENFIELD CO NNECTICUT 06082Equipment: Carver TX-11 and Sherwood rx, (both IF modified), Probe 9 at 30 feet with rotor .New are underlined .Just a short report this time . Saw Bill Nollman for the first time in a long while and he saidWERB Berlin (ex 97 .3) is now testing on 94 .5 with open carrier but I get nothing but WCHRscatter here . Also he said Block Island 95 .9 is on but all I hear is WEFX and WADB so far .The only two new stations heard here are W288AZ - 105.5 Bernardston, MA relaying WGLY104 .3 Waterbury, VT on February 6th . However, this was heard only for 3-4 days and thengone . It just might be on with much reduced power . And then on March 20 around 2100some coastal trop with WFNN - 95 .7 (WRKS phased out), and WLFX - 97 .1 Ocean Pines,MD (WQHT phased out) with Delmarva's Classic Rock . This would never be heard withoutthe phase box . Now that it's April the band is beginning to come alive, and I can leave theN scale model railroading for a few months and start DXing again . Let's hope Es is good andtropo is even better!

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i~?~S~~Jo D~Q~,~ :~~~~~-~THIS YEAR'S CONVENTION AT THE WHITEFACECHALET INWILMINGTON, NY (NEAR LAKE PLACIDI PROMISES TO BE AGREAT EVENT! CONTACTHOST PETER GEORGE FOR MOREDETAILS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PAGE 3 OF LASTMONTH'S VUD [MAYI, OR ELSEWHERE IN THE VUD THISMONTH! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

NORTHERN FM DXROGER GRAVELLE - 60 VALERIE ST.

Equipment: Sony STS 555 ES, Channel Master 9NEW STATIONS LOGGED DEC. 94 - MAR. 95

WQMX 94.9 OH Medina, "k"

130WKSJ 94.9 AL Mobile

1000WXFX 95.1 AL Prattville

900WOVK 98.7 WV Wheeling

145WNIR 100.1 OH Kent

130WBRR 100.1 PA Bradford

147CIQB 101 .1 ON Barrie

145CKEY 101 .1 ON Fort Erie

125WKKY 704.7 OH Geneva

90WVNO 106.1 OH Mansfield

165WMMX107.7 OH Dayton

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element (no amps) ~58 feet . 300 ohmIs it just me or is the FM band getting as cluttered astheAM band?(It's notjustyou, hi-gc) . CHL01570wastruly St .Thomas with new and weather, etc . Now, asCfHK 103 .1 they ID as London, giving London wx andnews - we have lost our station!!! (It's too bad thatwasallowed to happen , denying local service to your townto someplace like London that already has plenty-gc) .

(201) 586-3563, Beeper for DX : (201) 661-5662. EQUIPMENT: JVC-JRS 201 with3/110 khz filters, Channel Master 20element TV 45' AGL, phased with FM 13 and winegard AP-3800 Amp (32.9 dB gain, 3.2 dB noise figure), 30' AGL and theBolin Phase Box . (IN CAR : Kenwood KRC-430 with two 110 khz filters) . All times approximate .4 0 WT1909 100 .9 WRNX, Amherst MA, ID

Finally got my roof done and the antennae up . f m now using a CM T dish which replaced the flimsier Antennacraft I usedin Rockaway . The CM seems more directional . Also put up my VHF. The roof of the house with these iwo plus the stackedFM-13s looks like the Baghdad Communications Center. With these up, I can finally compare Sparta and Rockaway (9 milesaway, my former QTH). Philly stations are much weaker on UHE than Rockaway and Scranton much stronger. I can get 38which was rare in Rockaway and I can bring in 44, 28, 22 and 16 s/i by pointing at them. Local WMBC-63 is not a problemeven at 1 .5 Meg at 3 miles . I can get WTZA-62 pointing 60 degrees away from them . Can get 39/69 Allentown S/F. Butno 55 LI or 65 Vineland . (actually, 55 is weak ifl point that way .) Even 47 NY is weak when I point to them but 41 can bes/i . Other "in all the time" stuff : 15 Reading, 21/25/31 NY (but weak), 17/29Phla. (but 57 is very weak), 24Stroudsburg LPN (W24BB) . Harrisburg/York very weak here. Even 8 Lancaster seems weaker than Rockaway, surprisingbecause thatis my "opening" through the mountains . 20/26/32 DC seem to scatter in a lot. We'll see what happens whenthere's real trop .

MIKE CHERRY (VE7SKA) - BOX 631- GANGES P.O . -

ALT SPRING ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA VOS 1E0Home equipment :

oshiba SA-500 receiver, with 180 IF 197

vintage ,

ansui SX-1070 receiver . Magnum Sleuth 150bandpass/pre-amp . Mobile : Toyota AM/FM Steroe w/18

IF . Antenna: Linsday FM-1010 element yogi CS 35' . Alliance0-110 rotor .

05/08/95 Es1943 KADV 90.5 CA1947 KFCF 88 .1 CA1948 KXOA 107 .9 CA1951 KFRC 99.7 CA

Oldies, $

relig . programs, IDjazz, local mention, $rock, K-108

739regular Es/ms stn.

Considering this is only the 2nd opening of the season, I'm quite impressed with the high MUFs . It's a good signof skip to come! 73's to all . Enjoy!!

How's your DX conditions lately?Let's hear from you today!!!

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ocnt . fr® last month

DEADLII~" 14thDX IS FOR REPORTF~LS FROM : AL, AR, AZ, CA, ~, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, KS, KY, LA,Nc, NM, Nv, ox, sC, TN, Tx, yr s wv . REPORT soon !_

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John R . Tudenham, 2824 Missouri Ave ., Joplin, Mp 64804-2755Fm , S pt . : Onkyo T4087 tuner 6 el . Radio Shack at 23 ft .(New stations heard March 1 - April 10, all trop)

WPIN 90.3KGNZ 88 .1 Abilene TX 8/6 1050 fund raiser, ID

WPKX 101 .5KHCC 90 .1 Hutchinson KS 3/8 2109, ID, wx, radio KS WABB 97 .5KUPP 99 .5 Fairbury NE 3/18 2002 Country 99 .5, IIO

WII~IIV 98 .7KBIX 105 .1 Wagoner OK 3/21 2205 CYuisin 102 FM DI

FAKK 97 .1Kt^jfZ 105 .9 Hobart OK 3/21 2240 A/C KQ 106 ID

WUWF 88 .1KJMM 105 .3 Bixby OK 3/22 210 Jam 105 .3 ID,K0C9 off

WJI)X 96 .3KVRW 107 .3 Lawton TX 3/22 300 Oldies 107 KVRW

WWM.S 97 .5KCWD 96 .1 Harrison AR 3/22 710 c/w Harrison ID

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95.5WYNK 101 .5 Baton Rouge LA 3/22 B00 LA nx WYNK,tfcxpt WGfX 104 .5KKBQ 92 .9 Pasadena TX 3/22 823 local ads, countsy

Vd~V 91 .9KHOM 104 .1 Houma LA 3/22 830 The new MIX 109 .1 KHOM WUAL 91 .5WMAH 90 .3 Biloxi MS 3/22 905 c ID 565

WKTF 95 .5KKYK 103 .7 Little Rock AR 4/9 2327 adds,103.7 TH KICKWFFX 95 .7WDRM 102 .1 Decatur AL 4/10 523 1D Country 102FM

KMOO 98 .7WIIER 103 .7 Hattiesburg MS 4/10 601 Fagle 103,NHC nx

Good morning trop opening 3/22 & 4/10 . Pensawla FL is aprevious one 3/22 I logged Biloxi, hD( .

0700 BL 89.9 TX Laredo, legal 7D(above twv previous Es)

0702 KWKH 94.5 LA Shreveport, "This newsfranKWKH" 466

0716 KQXX 98 .5 TX McAllen,"estereo Mar"9510720 KXKC 99 .1 LA New Iberia, "99 .1 KXKC"0757 KL'IN 93 .3 TX Port Arthur, Spanish 592KBNL still in0818 KHNM 96.5 TX Houston, local ads

677KIOX 96 .9 TX E1 Campo, ad,k$

7410822 Kh1DL 97 .3 LA Kaplan, "97-3 KI9iQ ." 5210830 KN11Q 102 .1 TX Houston, local call inshow

6774/10 tr0742 KOLL 94.9 AR Matmielle, local talk 319

KIJRB 98 .5 AR Little Rock, "B98 .5" 323A754 KWIO 98.7 MO Springfield, calls

347KCMY 100.5 MO Aurora, "My Oountzy" 369

0801 KTRR 101 .3 MO Springfield, calls

3280809 KKIX 103 .9 AR Fayetteville, "Kicks"398

K'Il7Z 104 .7 N1~ Marshfield,"Channel Z,

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mod rock

Danny Buntin1312 N . SkylineStillwater, OK 74075

Nashville TN 4/10 605 wxPensacola FZ 4/10 605 624Mobile AL 4/10 615 ID, wxVicksburg MS 4/10 627 IDMeridian MS 4/10 653 465Pensacola FL 4/10 659,IDJackson MS 4/10 711,Mix96Oxford MS 4/10 730Nashville TN 4/10 731 II~Galloon TN 4/10 750Dixons Mills AL 905 NPRTuscaloosa AL 4/10 924 476Jackson MS 410 841 IDTuscaloosa AL 4/10 924 476Centerville IA 4/10 2030

new tmp rewn3 for me,

0815 F7MAW 88 .1 MS Meridian, c$

3150840 WINL 98.5 AL Linden, local ads

296WNWS 101 .5 TN Jackson, local ads

1064/17 tr0920 WDMS 100 .7 MS

KOLL 94 .9 AR0925 KIIRB 98 .5 AR0928 KZMZ 96 .9 IA0934 WIQa7 96 .5 MS1003 W~[D 103 .9 rsS1015 WYMX 99 .1 A1S1025 WPYX 94 .7 MS1039 WSPZ 106 .7 M.S1059 KEZP 104 .3 LA1129 KT9Y 99 .9 LA4/18 tr0600 WMIM 93 .9 GA Moultrie, loc.ads0600 WIMP 94 .9 FL Tallahassee, leg . II~0602 WVFJ 93 .3 GA Manchester, "The Joy0628 WKHX 101 .5 GA Marietta,"Kicks 101 .5"

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Greenville, "Real CountryMaumelle 319Little Rock

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323Alexandria, ads

483Clarksdale, 248Cleveland, urban

275C,Yeerrwood, "Max 99 WYMX"Jackson, loc . ads

337Vicksburg,loc .ads 345Bunkie, legal IIJ

975Lafayette 506

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A fairly good Fs season a

ears to be shapingup . I have reports of 50 MHz ~~ by Es on April 10,21 and 23, and May 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; and some Auroraon May4.

Here it is mid-May, and in the San FranciscoBay area it's still raining and we've got sub-50°temperatures. We're still hopefully awaiting theNorth Pacific high pressure region settling in andgiving us some Tropo DX to Hawait .

My wannabeTV DXer friend is bemoaning hisfate with one of these "modern TVs," a Toshiba.Seems he lost the remote control . Hecan get theset's three-digit code with a Universal Remote, butwhen he sets it up, all the set does is blink its channelindicator when he tries to change the channel (orturn it onloff, or anything) .

So, you say, he should get off his duff and tunethe set manually. Easier said than done, there's nochannel selector, just a channel up button andchannel down button. You press one o[ these, andthe set tunes to the next stron¢ local channel. Noway to get it to channel 3 or 6 . This is progress?

We have one letter so far for this erstwhileDXer and any of our readers who may be in a similarsituation (located within line of sight of the TVtowers) .

Walt Breville, 1149 Innsbrook Estates, Wright City,MO 63390 (50 miles west of St. Louis)

I thought fd give this input regarding yourfriend who is a beginningTV DXer . fve teed myhand at this pastime otC and on for the past 20 or soYears. I had similar circumstances ofTV towers vis-tble from my house on Ch. 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 24, & 30.Yes, an indoor rabbit ear antenna is best for this asoutdoor Yogis simply result in too strong signalsoverloading the set . I found only one solution; Imoved out Into the country 40 qtr miles from thenearest TV towers! Many ofmy neighbors with kidsdid the same, and say it was worth it simply to live ina mote tranc(uil environment, even though theycommute to lobs 50 miles away. (I am single andrecently retired, so I can't say exactly the sametestimony, but to me the vastly better TV and FMDX reception alone makes it worth it!)

As for choice of TV, it is not clear-but to meassay computers (for home use, theApple Macintosh issuperior to the 1BM PC compatibles for ease of use),l like my 1991 vinta e R.C .A . color stereo remotedigital-tuning set, wile someTV DXers like oldersets because of their fine-tuning control for that extrabit of weak-signat boosting adjustment .

Forantenna rotors, I use my hands & arms onthe Yagi antenna mounted on the porch deck just 14ft. above ground-I have a very high location thatmakes up for the lowantenna . fve run intoproblems drilling through the floor and tearing up

Victor Frank12450 Skyline Blvd .Woodside, CA 94062-4541

e-mail frank@sneezy .sri .com(415)851-7031

the car et to get the twinlead into the house, and fmvery rePuctant to do that for a Cuture rotor cable . Theantenna is a large Radio Shack VHF-UHF Yagi,model unknown as 1 bought it used . Never havecompared it with any others as yet . I use VCRs fornothing but playing vtdeotapes,too manycomplications wuh controls and cables Cor me ; maybesome day fll get around to trying it, though . Wishingthe new TV DXer best of luckl

P .S . I have learned in 20-plus years not to take thisTV-DX hobby serious-no matter what 1 do, I knowfll never approach the totals of this club's top TVDX'ers even if I live a healthy 200 years.

Eric Bueneman (NOUIH), 631 Coachway Lane,Hazelwood, MO 63042-1347 . Phone (314) 839-9751 .Internet address : EBSDJDX@aol .com

Equipment :Alaron 12-inch (30 cm) black and white TV,Archer W-110 VHF/UHF1F'M antenna withArcherotor at 33' AGL All times CDT.

ALLDISTANCES EXPRESSED IN MILES ANDKILOMETERS, MILES EXPRESSED FIRST.

ADr!t 1995ib tr 1600 Springfield, IL 20, 55 80/128

1603 WAND 17 II Decatur 110/176

Apri122, 1995 (with JohnTudenham, Ernie Weso-lowski, Gil Morgan and Frank Merrill at Walt Brevil-le's QTH in Wright City, MO [40 miles Wof St .Louis], using a stereoTV (unknown brand] with anArcher VU-190)

22 tr 2110 KROG 13 MO Jefferson City (S> 60/962112 KOMU OS NO Columbia (f) 6511042130 KHOA 07 NO Hannibal (S) 70/112213z uceH 1o tt ouincr (s> as/141

The DX from Wright City occurred during St. LouisDX Get-Together 1995 . The St . Louis stations hadthe best signals of all the TV stations received outthere. Regular DX has been seen since the biopenings to December and January, looking 1&onwardto the upcoming TV DX season!

73, Eric-NOUIH

Dann O lethorpe, P .O. Box 6688, Shreveport, L .A7113

m ment :J

Penney (RCA) 19" TV; Archer 15-1113Breamp forUHF . March only : Channelaster 4257 Quantum UHFw/I-DX UA-75

balun at 18' AGL ., RG-6.March and April : Radio Shack 15-1718A V/U at 25'AGL, RG-6, Channel Master 9510A rotor .

(No VHF relogs within 220 miles listed unlessunusual .)

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Pat dyer, WASIYX, 5315 Silvertip Dr ., San Antonio TX 78228-274412/30 Es 12 31 Es1528 WKKO 99.5 IXI Tolec~, K-100 1195 1832 KMIiV 96 .9 WY Jackson, ID 11751534 WQBZ 106.3 GA Fort Valley 896 1833 KLZY 92 .5 WY Powe11,Z92,loc . ad 11871533 WWHId 97 .7 SC Georgetown area ads 1182 1837 KIQZ 92 .7 WY Rawlins, 1D 9761536 CKDK 103 .9 ON Woodstock,local ad 1362 1840 KKMK 93 .9 SD Rapid City, TD 10381539 WLWI 92 .3 AL Nbntgairery,loc .ad,ID 761 1840 KRCS 93 .1 AD Sturgis, area ad 10611540 WSKX 92 .3 GA Hinesville,ads 1025 1853 KAhiL 96 .9 WY Gillette, m 10901555 WZMQ 103 .9 FL Key Largo area ad 1152 1855 KUF7R 91 .9 WY Laramie,WY PR Net ID 9031602 W1A1I 93 .5 MI Howell, ID 1220 1947 KGWY 100 .7 WY Gillette, phone # 10881636 WKRY 93 .5 FL Key Mast, 16ep 43.5 ~Bi 1151

Doug Smith, (W94TP), 1385 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View TN 37146-8098Equipt . : Technics SP-G50, Archer W-160 at 15'4/9 tr 0809 KPFM 105 .5 AR Mountain Home, ads 2950641 KSTX 90 .1 TX San Antonio, ID 823 0847 KCWD 96 .1 AR Harrison, "96-1 KCWD"3340653 KMXR 9 3.9 TX Corpus Christi,wx 856 0850 KXUS 97 .3 NC1 Springfield, =P$ 348

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9 tr 0028 KNVO 48 TX 525

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0638 VMGT 41 GA 4700642 VSST 55 GA 445

0700 VPGA 58 GA 4_600702 VBHS 50 FL 550

0706 KMBH 60 TX 4950730 KLRT 16 AR 305

29 tr 2325 KNVO 48 TX 525

2344 KLDO 27 TX 5402345 XH??? 26 7? #2

xH??? 24 TA 715 //262358 KEDT 16 TX 425

30 tr 0010 xH??? 22 ?? //24,260201 xNFOx 17 TA 535 ~ 0206 KAW 25 TX 370ozzt xwrrx 57 NL sso #32013 KVDA 60 iX 445 ~ 2200 KNVO 48 TX 5252241 KMBH 60 Tx 4952243 K68DJ 68 Tx 425 Corpus Christi TMD2332 KDTx 58 TX 365

Mav 19951 tr 0030 KVEO 23 TX 500 10030 KDFI 27 Tx 365

0352 KASN 38 AR 270

0402 KLRT 16 AR 305

Notes:

1. New semi-local LPTV, rode endent program-ming. IDs a"HTV" (big letters. Was running Iowlbowling show when I observed them .

2. All 3 Mexican UHFs were parallel (22,24, and 26)with "XEQ-9" IDs (quite strong signals!). FromFernando's report a couple months ago, I deducedthe 24 was from Tampico; fll need to; find out fromhim where the other two are.

3. Color bars under KVW. "XHFTX 57" ID in

lower right.

Finally, an opening to the Mexican border to

pick up those newFox stations . I didn't expect to get

the 3XEQ stations, though!

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Comments :TheXHOXOIDwas seen under the lopt here .

I thought that the Fs season might be getting off to a

vigorous startwith the April 10 stuff reaching briefly92.5 and 93.5 in Key West, but things so far haven't

"lived up" to that .

K48DS is connected with a local junior toilege("telecourses for credit") often has heavy CCl from

the 48 in Galveston.

Local K02MX LPTV has been runningBloombergInformational TV since late March. For about a yearafter late April 1993 it had Channel Americaprogramming-otherwise since September 12, 1987(with some blessed transmitter down times rangingfrom hours, days, weeks, and a few months) it hasbeen nothing but a CBar ID with 400-Hz tone! Ioften wnsidered myself to be its entire audience .

73, Pat, WASIYX

Mike Cherry

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1995 CDT

0430 NHBO 13 TN 29012 tr 1000 KVDA 60 TX 350

KABB 29 TX 350KZTV 70 Tx 390

1030 X 9"TA 510

Mt . Pleasant ;0240 VLMT 30 TN0257aKBS1 23 MO0305 IASU b LA0430 New Orleans

Fam. Net290470270

26,38,491905 Houston 26,39 XHAB 7 TA 510 unlD 58 Religion1915 Houston 14,20,22 14 tr 2340 ItVL 4 LA 270 0445 KR SC 35 OK 2901935 K2TV 70 TX 390 15 tr 0025 New Orleans 20,38,49 Religion ; my first OK U2025 XH? 9 TA 510#3 0045 WSU b lA 270 1020 VMC 5 TN 2902030 XHAB 7 TA 510 Floating on KTAL 1035 VLAE 32 lA 2702055 KRGV 5 TX 570 0120aKAVN 25 TX 320 VLPB 27 LA 2102130 KNVS 57 TX 210 0145aKWE 24 TX 280 29 tr 0135 X 9 TA 5102158 KEDT 16 TX 390 0150 VGNO 26 LA 270 0140 KBTX 3 TX 2002220 XNFOX 17 TA 520 0756 1MAH 19 MS 320 (KTBS off)2235 KTMD 48 TX 220 0320 K168Y 16 TX 125 0202 XHAB 7 TA 510

KNVO 48 TX 510 Crocket ; alphanxmeric 0215 KCEN 6 TX 2352240 VAPT 16 MS 210 0340 unlD 33 (KTAL off)2320 KWV 57 Tx 210 Worship; floating on KMSS 2305 XHAB 7 TA 570

(Local LP Off .) 0355 KTEN 70 OK 230 X 9 TA 5102340 K30? 30 (VCC shopping) 16 tr 2200 VVL 4 LA 270 30 tr 0015 KRGV 5 TX 5700020 unlD 60 (TBN) 2210 New Orleans 26,49 0040 KCBT 4 TX 5100030 KMOL 4 Tx 350 2220 VMAH 19 MS 320 0205 KENS 5 TX 3500035 KENS 5 TX 350 VLAE 32 LA 270 KMOL 4 Tx 3500045 KORO 28 Tx 390 77 tr 0007 VLOx 13 MS 320 0214aKBTX 3 TX 200

KABB 29 TX 350 0015 VGMBt 44 LA color bars (KTBS off)KXAN 36 TX 280 0020 LM1E 8 LA 270 0275 KIII 3 rX 390

0100 VHNO 20 LA 270 0030 IAAM 7 MS 280 (KBTX nww off)0110 IMAO 23 NS 220 0050 New Orleans 20,38 0235 VaL 4 LA 270

VMPN 29 MS 270 (//23) 0100 VPMI 15 AL 350 0315 IASU b LA 270VDBD 40 MS 210 oloz uHLr z2 Ms zoo (KTAL off)

0115 VxVT 15 MS 220 0130 VKRG 5 AL 350 0329 VLOx 13 MS 3200215 KCEN 6 TX 235 0135 VGBC 30 MS 290 0335 KABB 29 TX 350

KIII 3 TX 390 0145 unlD 18 TBN; SSE 0345 KSAT 12 TX 3500245 KSAT 12 TX 350 0275 VALA 10 AL 350 (KSLA off)0300 unlD 49 (Religion) 0305 XHAB 7 TA 510 2310 X 9 TA 510 s/f

Klru 34 rx 165 x 9 u $70 2325 KvEO 23 Tz 5100325 KVEX 41 Tx 350 1120 VCBI 4 MS 320 XHFOx 17 TA 520

unlD 44 (TBN) 1975 xHAB 7 TA 510 2340 New Orleans 20,26,38,49VKNO 70 TN 290 X 9 TA 510 Baton Rouge 27,44

0335 VMC 5 TN 290 2030 KZTY 10 tX 390VHBQ 13 TN 290 2245 KRGVt S TX Mav 1995 CDTVPTY 24 TN 290 2335 tMAB Z MB 320 1 tr 0005 VLOX 13 MS 320

W8St2fr9 TV DX DannyOglethorpe'sreportcondudesWesternNDX Danny Oglethorpe's report begins unto z3 worship Pat Dyer, 5315 Silvertip Drive, San Antonio,TXMarch 1995 CST VJTC 44 FL 400 KMOL 4 TX 350 0215 XHAB 7 TA 510 78228-274419 tr 2205 KETH 14 TX 270 VNOL 38 LA 270 1140 KABB 29 TX 350 0375 KTBC 7 Tx 280

2275 KTXH 20 TX 210 VCCL 59 LA 270OSOSaKAW 25 rx 3_20

1145 KCEN 6 TX 235 2150 KENS 5 Tx 350 all times CST2230 KLTJ 22 TX 2100535 VNT2t 48 MS

o/u KTAL1235 Equipment:20 tr 0055 KRIV 26 Tx 210

0105 VVl1E 8 LA 270 osssaXWE z4 Tx zapKVTxt 10 TX

1240 KVKTt 44 TX Notes: Emerson 1987 mode1872VCRused as the0125 unlD 9 MEX. 0608 KRIS 6 Tx 390 20 tr 0925 KTEN 10 OK 230 1. XHFOXwasrunning.Foxprogrammrng (Movie : tuner ahead ofa 9" B&WKeePsafer CCTVozt5 WL 4 LA 270 (Floating onKTAL) o9za KJTL to rx 290 Hot Shots) about one minute ahead of KMSS-33, et . monitor. Archer V-100 and 8-bay bow-tie0230 KZTY 10 TX 390 1900 Houston 14,20,26,39,22 0950 info 42 TBN; NV al . MASH was on from 1830 to 1900. UHFarray at 20' AGLwith rotor0248 XHABt 7 TA 2025 Houston 45,57 1135 KENS 5 TX 350 2. This was a relay of Spanish KTFH-490315 KNVS 51 Tx 210 (o/locals) KLRNt 9 TX 3. The ID of this station has eluded me sinceJune January 1995KHTV 39 TX 270 2105 1MAH 19 MS 320 7158 KTBC 7 TX 280

1994 . It is an XEWaffiliate located somewhere in 31 Es 1231 XHBC 3, 1022 ~ 1246 KVBC 3 10VBDB 40 MS 210

0335 KXLN 45 rX 240KLDOt 27 TX(Univision)

1915 KYEO 23 TX 510XNFOX 17 TA 520 the Matamoros-Reynosa area. The rotor heading is

VAPT 16 MS 210 2zo5 Krac 7 rx zap XHAB 7 TA 510 the same as for XHAB-7,XHFOX-17,KRGV-5 and februarv 19950510 VGBC 30 MS 290 2240 KTI(D 48 TX 220 X 9 TA 510 the Corpus Christi stations. 01 Es 1250 xHOxO- 5

02 Es 1059 VBTV 3 1090 ~ 1114 WSa 2 80600 1MPN 29 MS 210 2310 LIDBD 40 MS 210 1803 tnlD 25 TBN; SV 4. This station airs Golden Girls at 0400, and they oz tr z3s9 xHCOx t7 2500610 VMAO 23 MS 220 z315 KxAN 36 rx 2Bo KEDT 16 TX 390 call themselves "News Channel 3." I first saw this one 14 Es 9829 VSB 2 8860610 VTDK 11 MS 2900675 1A)AM 7 MS 270

2345 KNSHt 67 TX(o/local)

1815 unlD 30(VCC jewelry; SV) last summer . 19 Es 1729 KEYT 3 1295

21 tr 1610 Nouston 14,20,26,39 2355 KLRU 18 TX 280 1840 KZTY 10 TX 390 22 Es 2124 KVBC 3 1052

1840 KLTJ 22 TX z10 KJTL 18 TX 2901845 XHFOX 17 TA 520 #1 10 tr 0030 KBTx 3 TX 200

1845 KAVN 25 TX 3202330 KAIT BAR 300 Jeff Kruszka, 7706-M N. Je[ferson Place Cir., Baton

March 1995

1930 Hadto leave (Floating on KT BS) 2340 K33DE 33 AR 180 Rouge,LA 70809 (504)923-019622 tr 0318 K48DS 48 new local

0331 WGNO 26 579 0359 VNOL 3822 tr 1700 Houston 14, 20, 26 0055 KDFI 27 TX 180 TBN ; Floating on KMSS 0426 KLFY 10 376 0427 VAFB 92245 VTOK 11 MS 290

2349 KHTV 39 rx 2100120 KRBC 9 Tx 3500740aVAPT 16 MS 210

KTEJ 19 AR 300(//KETS-2) Equipment: 0428 KPLC 7 340

109590429 VJKS 77 1

23 tr 0030 KxLN 45 TX 240 a1MAY 18 MS 270 2355 VLPB 27 LA 210 1992 7_.enith "Sentry 2" 13" color TV (Model 23 tr 0755 KTYE 10 450 KMSS 33

oo4s vNOLt 3a u 0145 VTVA 9 MS 320 (//KLTS-24) #513185 . UHF: RDXLabs UA-900 preamp,0110 VLAEt 32 LA 0225 KTEN 10 OK 230 21 tr 0040 VMAO 23 MS 220 Channel aster 4228A 8-bay @30 ft . VHF: Aorit 1995

08 0529 VVLA 33 441 ~ 0534 KPLC 7OL20 VKtW 90 TN 290 0240aKTxA 27 TX 980 WTY 24 TN 290 Rabbit ears +qwad loops forchs. 3and 5.

tr10 Es 1529 WBT 2 1147

24 tr 0045 KABB 29 TX 350 0250 KUVN 23 TX 180 0120 VKNO 10 TN 290 Mitsubishi HS-U31 VCR. 29 tr 2317 VNOL 38 519 ~ 2350 VGNO 260205 KXLN 45 T% 240 KDTXt 58 TX (Religion) 0755 VHBD 13 TN 290 2351 VAFB 9 4460255 KWEt 24 TX 0305 VKNO 10 TN 290 .

0315 51MC TN 2900202 Vxvi 15 MS 220

April 1994 CDT25 tr 0930 Houston 14,20,22,26,3927 tr 0001 Houston 14,39,45,51 0402 VCBI 4 MS 320

0205 unlD 21 Box; NV0220 K54CB 54 TX 85 3 tr 0001 K30EM 30 LA 65 (HOURIa indep.) #1

EASTERN TV~DXJune 1995

Note 2 :

Stephen West1077 sandy Narrows CourtVirginin ;w Beach, VA 23454

Deadline : 5th

'The first signs of skip are appearing, and should be going good by the

This is the first of my local LPTVs to adopt a four-letter consign .

Official calls are WKAG-LP .

Easlcrn TV DX

June 1995Doug Smitb, 1385 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098

Equipment : Sears 19" color stereo TV ; Archer W-160 for VHF ; RScorner-reflector for UHF, with CM-7475 preamp .

April 1995 DX8

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time this column is sent to WD HQ . May 7th C1~ba aid Canada were seen around1800 fran this Q1'H .

Fd Phelps, 991 lee Byrd Road, Henton, Kentucky 42025 NN2E9 Tr 0020

0108

KTVE-10 AR (371)KTXH-20 TX (677)KRIV-26 TX (677)KLTJ-22 TX (680)KARD-14 LA (415) Night F

0638 MS ETV 18/23/29Cortments : Hello from the Middle of Nowhere, KY : It has been a while since 0653 KXLN-45 TX (677)

my last report, so I thought I'd let you know that I am still alive . My new KVW-57 TX (680 )Phone number is 502-527-2289 . Call anytime you want, I have an answering machine 0709 WVLA-33 LA (483)now . It has a 35 W .p .m. answer message in Morse code . See if you can copy it . 0722 WDBD-40 MS (337)If you can't then just wait until the beeping stops and leave your message .

0737 K_P-RC=2 TX (677) HoustonThe past year has been another strange one for DX . E skip was real hot

(previous Es)from mid May through the end of July and then it just quit . Tropo was onlyso-so until December and January when all hell broke loose . It sure was weird 0743 KWA-60 TX (812) Telemunto have really hot tropo with the temps >n the teens and twenties . We even had 0748 WNOL-38 LA (472) Fox 38some E skip in December . I logged my first Mine . stations, ever, in Decei7i~er . 0800 KNVO-48 TX (961) UnivisiJanurary gave us tropo waaaay dam into FL . Z logged 18 new ones and saw a 0805 unYD-17 over local WZTV . Couldlot of old friends . WMAH-19 MS (403) MS ETV

As for current DX . . . .we had a good little tropo opening into LA and coastal 0816 KHSH-67 TX (677) HSC PSAs,TX on the 8th and 9th of April . I logged my first Mexican UHF (XHFOX .Reynos, 0822 WAKA-8 AL (293) local PTA) . 0849 KETK-56 TX (556)

I received a copy of '95 TV Database fran Doug S"ith . the database is a 0900 KTFH-49 TX (633)must for DXers and a great peice of work . 10 Tr 0745 KHBS-40t (AR) ABC w/W

Don't forget to give a call if you have a question, I hate writing letters . WMAW-14 MS (315)My log total is now 858 . . . .000d DX to all from the Middle of Nowhere here at KOLR-10 MO (329)Otis Acres :

unZD-12 CBS undeY KFVS, not //KWCH or KSLA?

Doug Smith, 1385 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 KVTH-26 AR (363)KASN-38 AR (319)

Equipment : Sears 19" color stereo TV ; Archer W-160 for VHF ; RS KSPR-33 MO (329)corner-reflector for UHF. , with CM-7475 preamp . KAFT-13 AR (389) "AETN"

KTHV-11 AR (323)February 1995 DX 0810 heavy CCI to local channels 2/4/518 Tr 0600 KETK-56 TX (556) NBC News at Sunrise

0827 KETS-2 AR (317) Big BirdNote ,fil

22 Tr 0738 KPOB-15 MO (189) xlnt w/WSIL-3 weather 0850 K52DHt MO too weak

W54AE KY (98) Paducah WTCT-27 12 Tr 0817 WMAW-14 MS (315)

0740 K62DA MO (160) Maiden WREG-3 New Orleans UHF

KSPR-33 MO (329) Birmingham 13/42/68KTEJ-19 AR (208) 0840 WCFT-33 AL (223)K45CA MO (151) Cape Girardeau ACTS xlnt . 16 Tr 1236 WREG-3 TN (175) Note 2WHSL-46 (MO) (232) KARK-4t ARWBMG-42 AL (201) WMC-5 TN (175)KARD-14 LA (415) 17 Tr 0900 KARD-14 LA (415)WCOV-20 AL (283) KNOE-8 LA (406)WIIQ-41 AL (281) // WFIQ-36 MS ETV 18/23/29

0843 WVEU-69 GA (236) WLOV-27 MS (212) Note 3W52AZ IN (113) w/UPN promo & Disney Morn . 1018 WABG-6 MS (286)

0859 W63BT IN (113) "TSN" Tri-state talkHouston 20/22/26/45/57

(WKAG-43) KY local, New calls for local, xW43AG1037 WMAU-17 MS (405) under l

Note /21039 KADN-15 LA (510) local a

March 1995 DX 1042 WLBT-3 MS (344)

6 Tr 1021 ROLR-10 MO (329) 1044 WDBD-40 MS1046 WVLA-33 LA (483) local ad

$pril 1995 DX unID-45 LA? Note 42 Tr 0720 W52AZ IN (lI3) 1050 WAPT-16 MS (338)

W638T IN (113) w/WEW-44 promo 6 ID 1051 W64BB MS (338) JacksonWKZX-28 TN (98) 1055 KLTL-18 LA (536) Mr . Rog

9 Es 1945 unID-2 weak opening for about 20 rains .1057 KPLC-7 LA (536) communi

Note 1 : Nothing local, but the only other NBC-56 is a translator 1058 WJTV-12 MS (343) Note 5

in Minnesota . Ed Phelps tells me this opening improved 1059 KLAX-31 LA (457)later in the day, but I had to leave for Missouri at 1126 WMAB-2 MS (240) // WMAO-

0630 . 2353 RVDA-60 (812)Houston UHFsome snow-free at 6

The April 9 opening shattered my tropo distance record yet again .Almost missed it after going into shock upon logging KBNL-89 .9'slegal ID at 0700 . . .

The one on the 10th was probably much better earlier in themorning . Those on the 12th and 17th were of about equal qualitybut the one on the 17th was more productive .

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FMBANDSCANS AROUND THE WORLD -

s, VENEZUELA--submitted by Tim McVey

lively regional musicmor vocals "for lovers and fnends"pop'rock, "yotu music, best music, Super 89 X"classical f! Yb"KZ-1090 (Fcadio Nacional de Venezuela]

mor with lots of talk & call-in showspop'CHR. (occasionally tosses in Eagles, RE1vi Billy Joel, etc-j

dance music and CF1R . Latin stylejazz from around the worldregional musicclassicah jazz, progressive formatspop~rockUS pop'rock hits from 60's, 70's, BO s . also "Classic Rock FM 99`

pop ;mormor (about half of playlist EE pop/mor music)

current Latin hitsIn"ely regional music, "FM Mundial Radio Stereo 103"mostly L'S aor-metal,'headbangng music, also "1045 FM"

pop-other regiomi musicEE and SS rock alternative, also "FM-107" and "R Exitos"106 6 translator, otherwise carries "Estereomil` mor sewice

sowrd qualih°compression indistinguishable from North Amerioan stations-al . Never heard ads on 91 .1 or 95 .5. Man;: used fa miliar format of 3 or d songs .

dvertising.grvs on Fkl arz almost never heard' "top of how ID's are usually given, and rewardcity, and a catchy jingle .0^Fb9 . 99 FM (con to meior dz los 60,'0, y 80), Y\'S2r1090 "1090-AT9"

lzs "la FM de Caracas . . noventidos punto nueve ."M-''S0 "Radio Caracas Radio" and T\' channel 2 "Radio Caracas Tti,"'here! OveraIL an exerting. cosmopolitan radio scene .enezuelan top 40 playlist of pop, rock, ~. dance hit,

i. Not much on TV just 4 channels lout many buildin¢s have satellite dishes for Telecatibe, HBO, CNN, etc .) .

UHF - DISH OR YAGI?I have noticed that the subject of parabolic UHF dish performance versus that of the broadbanded UHFCR

yogi has already been discussed in the March, 199"1 V-U DIGEST . Visiting Germany and later Italy,l noted manyof the high-peformance German models in service . Are they really superior to the 2.0 meter American and

Japanese UHF TV dishes? Not necessarily . In order to truly approximate the receiving patterns (deep side nulls,sharp lobes, etc .) one must properly stack these CR yogis and this means compromising on an optimum stacking

distance for the entire UHF TV range . Along with stacking comes the inevitable harness and phasing

considerations. If not properly done, any gain increase from the second antetma is negated.

I was told by a "radio-mechanic" in Torino that parabolic-type UHF antennas are difficult to come by in

Europe, where antenna-stacking really does seem to be king. It was also my impression that their lead-in is of

much higher quality than what is available in North America, and their mast-mounted boosters seemed to be much

better . This lacer aspect might be due to the fact that they do not try to cover as many channels with their boostersthan North Americans do, and they do not seem to have the overload problems that plague areas such as Houstonand l os Angeles . In much of Europe,TV antenna rotators are not necessary, and often hard to come by!

It seems to me (and the V-U Digest articles did not address this) that the actual forward gain comparison

between a good American UHF dish and a stack of two European CR yogis would be extremely close, with

perhaps the dish beating the yogis ever-so-slightly on some parts of the UHF range, and vice-versa on others . Has

anyone from WTFDA actually gonethrough the effort and considerable expense of acquiring European yogis? It

seems to me the results would be interesting, but both theory and practice suggest that the dish would indeed have

the "edge ." I would be interested to see something further on this matter published .

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Eastern TV DX June 1995Doug 9nith (coot . )Aril 1995

18 Tr 0001 RETK-56 TX (556)

Caraca88.1RARD-14 LA (415)

WMPN-29 MS (344)0015 KETH-14 TX (678) Inragen 88.7 Fbf

KTMD-48 TX 88 9 88-9 Romantics

0600 WJSP-28 GA (279(671 ;

89 7 89-.k'WGNX-46 GA (236) 91 .1 Radio SinjoniaWOGX-51 FL (557) Fox 51 w/calls 91 9 R (a FelicidaWSST-55 GA (361) 929 Fh1 de Caracas 92.9WALB-10 GA (394) "WALB Good Morning"

94 I Hot 94WTLV-12 FL (528) ad p 7700 Blooding Blvd .

95 .5 Jas:, 95 F.11WJEB-59 FL (528)0623 WNFT-47 FL (528) 963 Stereo 96.3

97.7 unlDMav 1995 DX 99 1 99.1 Fbf3 Tr 0809 KPOB-15 MO (189) 99 9 FM-99

W64AV KY (39) Only 744 watts . 100 .5 urtlD(Hopkinsville WKMA-35) 101 .5 Sts-FMK45CA MO (151) Note 6 10"' .3 Caraquedos 10.(Cape Girardeau ACTS)

103 .3 Rarlio Stereo 103W54AE KY (98)(Paducah WTCT-27) 104 5 Capitol Sound

l OG 5 Fiesta lOG F.ti1Note 1 : Had urban adult contemporary music (in English) on SAP ; 107 3 La Mega 107F.11

no stereo . 107] Fiesta 106 Fi11Note 2 : These stations were so strong, I thought they were skip!

No trops at all on UHF, and high-band wasn't that strong . CommentsLow band remained more or less open all night, despite 1 . All FM stations in stereo withstorms . 2 . Almost all stations commerc

Note 3 : Frequently supered "This program furnished by WTVA, Inc ." folloa" ed by block ofover syndicated programs and newsbreaks . I believe this ? . Slogans are even7hirtg -. callsstation is LMAd by WTVA-9 . the listener with name.

Note 4 : With infomercial in English . Does KXLN run any of this d- t ration Radto runs La Mcgastuff? with their excellent iin

Note 5 : Ad for cable company, including logos for all five 5 . Radio Caracas runs S'b'hSJackson over-the-air stations! 6 do lame rock or boring mor

"CHR` indicates thzNote 6 : Benny Hinn video ; 1kHz tone for audio .

ATTENTION W!'FDA MEMBEI>ZS!!The Official WTFDA logo decal is here! !

ORDER YOURS TODAY!(Details are found below.)

The Official WTFDA logo decal is now availablein white, red, or light blue . All are 5.25" indiameter and are computer-cut in reverse tobe applied to the inside of your favorite DXvehicle window. Are you a WTFDA member?

ADVERTISE 1T!!Send $5.00 check or money order to :

Old West Graphics749 S. Lemay, Ste . A3-355Ft. Collins, CO 805243251

1996 CONVENTION BIDS.' Tom Bryant, WTFDA convention coordinator,reports that he will soon be asking for volunteers to host the 1996 convention .Prospective hosts will be asked for particulars about their plans for sites andactivities .

f~~.7_F.STIONNAIRF~ Matt Sittel has assembled a wide-ranging opinion survey forWTFDA members . The board of directors is interested in learning what you like,what you don't like (hopefully you like EVERYTHING) ; and what you thinkmight be done to improve the club . When it's published (in the next month ortwo), ALL members are urged to complete the form and return it to Matt forcompilation . If you don't speak up, we don't know what you're thinking .

NOW AV I .AB .F~

Although there are notices elsewhere in this and otherrecent issues of the VUD, here's an additional reminder that several items ofinterest to club members are now on sale . Doug Smith's excellent TV Station Logis ready . Jim Thomas is offering a very attractive decal featuring the WTFDAlogo, and has expressed interest in marketing other club related material . Ofcourse, Dr . Bruce EIvinE's "FM ATLAS" (16th edition) is also ready for mailing .(WTFDA does not officially endorse any products or services made available byclub members.)

RF R IIT N :

Considerable discussion has centered on expanding ourmembership base, and it is generally agreed that the best way to accomplish this isvia the various computer bulletin boards. More on this as work progresses .

NEWMEMBERS.' Quite a few years ago WTFDA supplied new members withan information package about the club and the hobby. Interest has been expressedin re-establishing this practice ; with the intent of providing newcomers moreinformation about the hobby and the club . Thanks to Dave Nieman for the idea,and for copies of old brochures (which we will be updating) .

_APB( I:OSYy In the event that any of you bought airline tickets to Boston duringthe big fare-reduction window in late March and early April, we hope that youwere not too adversely affected by the change in location from Boston to the LakePlacid area. Unfortunately, news of the switch came too late to advise early-birdticket purchasers .

_OPE.N DOOR POLICY.' It is the intent of your board of directors to act in thebest interest of the entire membership in its' consideration of all matters pertainingto WTFDA business . If, for any reason, you feel that club affairs are not beingconducted in a fair and proper manner; write to any member of the board withyour comments and suggestions (particularly if you choose not to make your input'public' via the "MAILBAG" column) . Here are the addresses to write : BillThompson, P.O. Box 514, Buffalo, NY, 14205-0514 ; Dave Janowiak, 5023 S .65th St ., Greenfield, WI, 53220; Bruce Hall, 5 Stirton Ave ., Brantford, ON,Canada, N3T 1E2; Greg Coniglio, 5100 Glenwood Drive, Williamsville, NY.14221; or Tom Bryant, 849 Todd Preis Dr., Nashville, TN, 37221 .

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