WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Algeria - Ifrikya FM: removed link to obsolete Youtube live stream 2) India - Akashvani: Updated link to current A-23 schedules (Thanks to Jose Jacob in dxindia iog mail list); Updated label from All India Radio to Akashvani; updated link to Facebook page. 3) Myanmar - Myanma Radio: Updated link to home page and added link to live streams 4) Ukraine - R Ukraine Int: Updated link to the UA Security Issue newscast (thanks to Glenn Hauser in WOR iog) 5) USA - WBCQ: Deleted link to discontinued R Angela programming strand 6) USA - WEWN: Added link to Spanish live stream The next update is scheduled for late September. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe ** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Saturday September 9 at 1741, LRA36 is on already S5/S7 with echoey music; 1806 the poetic scripted piece about Antarctica; 1807 into music. Still at 1935, S7/9+10 into Argentine remote. I was mainly listening instead to the opera from China on the WFMT Network via KUCO. Still on at 2112 when I`m mainly listening to `Film At Five` on WCLV analyzing Star Wars music. 2237 still on with music; off before next check 2329 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA. See MALDIVES [non] ** CUBA. 6000, Sept 10 at 0702, dead air from RHC, S9+10 direct vs HLNL: only frequency still on at the Sunday time when weekly Esperanto is supposed to air on 6100. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Sept 13 at 0132, RHC with S9+10 of dead air in Spanish, flanked by usual JBA carrier parasitic spurs on 11840 & 11860. At least not a roar now from Saudi Yemenia on 11860, just a bit of residual Cuban pulse jamming for mutual QRM. Dead air or just-barely-modulation is *normal* for 11850; what incompetence. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 11 at 2155, R. Cairo, S9+20/30 into UTwente, with ME song, plenty modulation but distorted. Something`s always egregious in Egypt. Earlier in the 2115+ English sesquihour, heard no signal direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440-, Sept 12 at 2157 JBA carrier direct from R. Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Sept 9 at 1500, V of Martyrs Korea s/on in English, refers to ``tiny Maldives``, and continues preaching in English rather than Dhivehi sometimes. In this case I`ll not trap them since per Almanaque Mundial, total land area of 1200 islands is only 298 sq km. And anything next to India seems tiny by comparison. S9/+20 as usual here on the opposite worldside, making the ``Uzbekistan`` nominal site unbelievable; more likely Taiwan or Kununurra, Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, my latest report of V of Martyrs Korea, Dhivehi service at 1500-1530, that widely assumed site Uzbekistan is unbelievable - strong regular signal with no polar path disruptions, and more likely Kununurra, Australia, or maybe Taiwan, led to further discussion in the WOR iog. Wolfgang Bueschel: ``Target Radio on 11620 kHz shortwave 25 meterband? Why these question marks already and y e t? It disappoints me already, that this target radio service outlet, 11620 kHz has not yet led to a clear transmitter centre assignment YET. Why can't DXers of professional performance in South Asia, Japan, Korea, Pacific and Australia, New Zealand make a true DIRECTION FINDING assignment of this transmission? vy73 wolfie df5sx wwdxc topnews`` Reply from Mauno Ritola, WRTH: ``No need any more, it is Kununurra as listed in https://wrth.info/ainternational-summer-schedules-update/ Best regards, Mauno`` DF5SX@darc.de kirjoitti 11.9.2023 klo 13.12: ``re 11620 kHz target radio program Voice of Martyrs - Kununurra site origin is true? Thanks Mauno for your WRTH Summer A23 season product PDF file. Have seen WRTH page #639 or PDF #14 page item of RBA site in Australia, noted just Sept 11 at 1505 UT 11824.990 kHz of RBA Burmese outlet, usual all Kununurra txions are oddly some minus 10 to minus 30 Hertz lower sideband. but today 11620 kHz in English noted at 15 UT on much e x a c t 11620 kHz -- as usual noted from Tashkent Uzbekistan bcast center site outlets instead. 73 wolfie`` Mauno: ``Oh. My experience is vice versa: Tashkent is mostly off. Now at 1540: 9649.95 kHz, 11529.83 kHz, 15629.85 kHz, 7509.93 kHz, 12080.01 kHz. 73, Mauno`` gh: I agree, Tashkent *is* habitually offset-minus, but I can`t be sure it apply to all their transmitters/relays. So how are you positive it`s Australia, any more than other sources which treat Uzbekistan as if it be positive. The real question is why, from the outset of the Maldives service, site has been treated as confidential by VOMK, never registered in HFCC; especially since VOMK already uses Kununurra openly for other services, such as Korean and Myanmarianese. That seems to raise the question whether it`s really, really secret somewhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Sept 12 I waste a sesquihour on the phone waiting for OG&E agent to pick up in ``less than an hour``, before giving up. Trying to get some axion on my week-ago complaint of intolerable line noise level here and thru much of Enid. They need more agents! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 101.5, Sept 8 circa 1820 UT on caradio around Enid, seems to be slight quieting but no Spanish; no stereo pilot either, so if KOCD Okeene, either turned off $ or just too weak to fire. Later circa 1830 at a certain sweet spot, getting JBA Spanish talk show about finances, more likely KSMM Liberal KS than religious KOCD? No, it isn`t: KSMM format is regional Mexmx and even sort of a program sked on website: ``12 PM – 4 PM Monday - Friday Erica Majalca ”La Manzanita" Join “La Manzanita/The Little Apple” as she presents la música del pueblo: banda, corridos, rancheras, cumbias, pop, romanticas and unforgettable classics every afternoon`` So back to KOCD? Website has no specific program sked, https://salvacionradionetwork.org/ but ``something for everyone`` and this revelation!: ``The History of Our Station / La Historia de Nuestra Estacion Radio Salvacion esta en el aire desde el año 2001, transmitiendo por el 1220 AM, y 890 AM. KWDW-LP 93.9 comenzó a transmitir en las ondas de LPFM en Agosto del 2014. Dejo de transmitir en Enero 2023. KOCD 101.5FM comenzó a transmitir como Salvacion Radio Network en Noviembre 2018. Termino de transmitir en Enero 2023`` Sic, sporadically accented. Sez both 101.5 and its primary on 93.9 went off the air in January 2023. So what were we hearing since then but not recently? KOCD 101.5 transmitter might have been on air anyway for test or oversight, or even being sold off. Hmmm, there is another Okie in Spanish I had not previously considered, just north of Tulsa, a lot closer than Liberal KS, but a lot weaker. WTFDA FM Database shows the one for whose ID I must be alert: KIZS 101.5 COLLINSVILLE OK HD Spanish OLDIES 101.5 EL PATRON 6.2 kW 200.0 m HAAT 36-20-02 95-47-08 17BC 101.5 El Patron; 183 km/114 stmi As for 1220 y 890 AM, must have bought some brokered time, not owned: KTLV 1220 Midwest City is now UC:GOS, no mention of Spanish in new 2023-24 NRC AM Log; KTLR 890 OKC is REL/TLK, no mention of Spanish but owned by Tyler Media which also runs KTUZ TV with three or four SS networx, and KTUZ 106.7 fulltime Spanish (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) 101.5: more under U S A ** SPAIN. Hola Glenn. :-) El 7/9/23 a las 4:14, Glenn Hauser via groups.io escribió: ``striking building about authors` & composers` compensation, abbr`d ASGAY? Inside is an exhibition about Spanish rock bands. Not that I care about this subject, but back to it at 2220 after trying to put up with the distortion on VOT. I try to google correct spelling; asgay gets sidetracked to gay stuff; asgaii comes up as a possibility but then that`s sidetracked to Did You Mean ASCII!`` José Ramón Estapá replies on the AER foroDX: ``Seguramente se refieran a la "SGAE", que es la Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. Una sociedad bastante polémica por aquí, por cierto: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_General_de_Autores_y_Editores Creo que en USA, el equivalente es "ASCAP": https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers Saludos. :-)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Sept 8 at 2200, token English from SNR. Justin Coe is again heard during part of the program. VG into Maryland SDR, also 15520, 17715; and 11670 for Africa better than usual but still squealy. Too may distraxions including Turkey to note much detail. Kenneth Vito Zichi habitually reports on these in great detail, presumably by recording and research, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Sept 11 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG S9+10/20 into Maryland SDR and also the other three are not off; the two YLs as usual, previewing feature interview about Javier Marías, novelist, columnist and translator who died one year ago today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wednesday September 13 at 2200, token English from SNR, this NAm frequency is much weaker than usual but still sufficient into Maryland SDR, not sufficient direct. 2205 feature by Justin Coe about some musician connected with composer of Looney Tunes music, Raymond Scott. Initially S8 with deep fades to S4, but fades completely out by 2225. At first the second best was 11670 for Af rather than 15520 for ME nor 17715 for SAm. After 17855 was gone, 11670 became best/and/only by default for French after 2230, but barely usable with RTTY warble. G1 level geomagnetic storms are ongoing per WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 11785.009, Sept 8 at 2200, VOT English not off the air, S9+45/50 into UTwente. I try to compare it to simulEnglish from Romania on 11800, only to find that unusually weak and bothered by splatter, which I then observe at least plus/minus 15/20 kHz both sides of VOT, and sure sounds like the source, not distorted on 11785 itself but plenty loud. 2213, ``with you every hour`` promo, song. 2217 `Weekly Analysis`, writer unattributed, about foreign minister visit to Iraq, as predecessor to planned Erdogan visit; lots of issues to be resolved, notably PKK activities in northern Iraq. 2231 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Supring` on benefits of linden tea. As here, std disclaimer about any associated advertising: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/linden-tea 2242 `Did You Know That` about unique cheese produced in some Turkish city, dating back to 5000 BC [sic], so a repeat by the badax; music. 2253 canned s/off as usual. 2254.5 IS, 2256.5 German ID, but 2257* chopoff. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sept 9 at 2238 tune-in, S9+40 into UTwente, with a recipe involving chicken broth, outro as `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products` to 2240, then ``with you every hour`` promo; 2241 song, with some distortion worse during music; 2245 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2247 song; 2251 s/off; 2253 IS; 2256 start German IDs twice a minute; 2359.6* cut off air just in time to prevent German hour. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Before it went off I checked for splatter above and below 11785 like last time, but that seems OK now and Romania 11800 unscathed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sept 11 at 2157, VOT IS and English IDs, VG S9+50 into UTwente, somewhat overmodulated/distorted. Badax delivers the news which runs much longer than usual, finishing with football scores, until 2222 `Review of the Turkish Press` for two more minutes. 2224 distorted song. 2227 `Did You Know That` about a new kind of chickpea. 2230 two-minute multilingual ID filler reel. 2232 song. Next feature talk about vaccines, punxuated by pauses for bits of ``La Bamba`` theme of `New Day, New Choices`. 2242 ``always by your side``, song. 2247 ``every hour every day``. 2248 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Supring` on the benefits of grape molasses. Ends just in time for s/off at 2253, standard criticism. 2255 ~7 note fragment of IS and chopoff, no finesse. Something`s always awry at Ankara and/or erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, Sept 12 at 2200, I am trying to hear VOT English direct, but JBA carrier. Improves slightly by 2205, S5/S7 but mostly unreadable, heavy flutter vertically in strength, horizontally in frequency. WWV reported at 2100: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 {sic} September follow. Solar flux 154 and estimated planetary A-index 26. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 12 September was 3.33. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sept 13 at 2200, no signal direct from VOT English; but also zero signal into UTwente past 2245 which ought to get at least a trace, so assumed AWOL despite geomag storm. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [and non]. WRMI skedgrid still shows a relay of RUI, presumably mostly in UU, daily except for a Friday gospel huxter at 1200-1300 on 5010 southward, which is hardly helpful in most of North America. I had not tried to hear RUI`s brief daily newscast in English for quite a while, `Ukraine; Security Issue`. The bookmark I had no longer worx. On UT Sept 10, I found it here by sliding the time to approx. 03:00 [local], click on it there and away it goes, this time for only 4 minutes: http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/channel.html?channelID=4&progID=954&sliderIndex=6 Also linx day by day back to many previous editions. Axually the latest program kept playing for a lot more than 4 minutes in English, with a ``weekly`` show following (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18164 USB, Sept 12 at 2057, pileups here trying to contact W6F in Kingman, Arizona, apparently a Route 66 special event. Op sounds like a YL, in the clear, then more pileups; worked a KP4. Heard again at next check 2158 but not the pileups. QRZ.com: ``W6F USA flag USA, 2022 Route 66 On The Air Special Event Hualapai Amateur Radio Club, WB6RER QSL: Send SASE to Hualapai ARC, P.O. Box 6908, Kingman, AZ 86402 Welcome to the Hualapai Amateur Radio Club (HARC) We wish to thank the Citrus Belt for allowing us to activate W6F this year. We are thrilled to be making new friends and rekindling previous contacts throughout this event. In just a two day period we have made about 1000 contacts and so when you hear Whiskey 6 Foxtrot please give us a call. Our goal is to ensure you make your clean sweep of all Route 66 stations from the "Mother Road", but specifically W6F out of Kingman, AZ! Requesting a QSL card is easy, just send to the P.O. Box address listed above, your confirming QSL card and a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope. Upon completion of the event we will start sending out the confirming cards as quickly as possible. If you would like more information on our club please visit our website at: http://www.wb6rer.org/News.php Our Hualapai club call sign WB6RER was licensed to the late actor Andy Divine who was considered a "native son of Kingman, AZ". More information can be found on our web page at: http://www.wb6rer.org/AndyDevine.php Further details on the Route 66 On The Air Special Event can be found at: https://w6jbt.org/ Thank you for making Route 66 such a great event by participating and being patient with our operators. Managing large pile ups is not always easy! We want to get your call sign right so we can confirm the QSL card!`` -- no info here on datespan of event (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re the Route 66 On the Air special ham event as logged on 18164 USB Sept 12, website https://w6jbt.org/ says datespan is Sept 9-17, no bands or frequencies seen but lots of calls roughly in order from West to East from LA to Chicago, W6A to W6N, skipping W6O, and W6P to W6U; includes many towns along the way but not Santa Rosa or Tucumcari (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. eQSL for Texas Radio SW, which presented two WORLDs of RADIOs from 1986, #322 & 342, as recorded by Mick Delmage, Alberta, off WRNO; in a salute to 2200 WORs recently completed; Aug 27, 2023 at 0000-0100 on WRMI 5950: https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW_World_of_Radio_QSL_WRMI_Hauser.pdf or #145 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html Many thanks to Terry Colgan, who surprisingly had to suspend TRSW after the Sept 3 programs; and our best wishes to him. Sked on WRMI had been UT Sun 00-01 on 5950, Sun 12-13 on 15770. I`m wondering whether some previous TRSWs might appear in those slots still. WRMI skedgrids not updated to show anything else (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2206 monitoring: ``Confirming a WOR WRMI 9395 KHz broadcast at 0030 UT on Thursday, 9/7/2023, a very strong signal with excellent modulation into central North Carolina. Doug, KA5ETS, White`` ``9395, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 0034, 9/7; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #2206; 0059+ WRMI spot into uncopiable new pgm intro into American Tax Relief spot. S20 peaks (Harold Frodge, MI)`` Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2206, notes, loggings, 9395 kHz, WRMI: 0030, 0043, 0100 (45443), September 5 UTC 2023 [Tue] 0030, 0044, 0057 (45343), [Thu] 0130, 0145 (45443), 0059, 0159, September 7 UTC [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s Richard`` Confirmed at 0030 UT Thu Sept 7 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/15 into Maryland SDR Also confirmed after 0130 UT Thu Sept 7 on WRMI 9395, S9+20 into Virginia SDR Also confirmed after 0130 UT Thu Sept 7 on WRMI 5010, S9/+10 but noisier into Virginia SDR WORLD OF RADIO 2207 contents: Angola, Antarctica, (Argentina), Brasil, Canada, China non, Congo DR, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia non, (Falkland Islands], Indonesia, Kurdistan non, Malaysia, México, Mongolia, [New Zealand], North America, Norway, Oklahoma and non, Pakistan, Russia, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, UKQOGBANI, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vatican; unID 6300; Adrian Peterson`s 50K QSLs; propagation outlook -- (countries mentioned with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2207 available from 0112 UT September 8 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2207.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2207.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2206] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW Thanks this week for financial support from Christopher Campbell, Columbus OH, for a contribution via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com and says, ``For your continuing generous effort to supply daily DX news about the world to the world. My greatest appreciation and admiration lay upon you. Your work means so much to me. I love the "tips for rational living.`` One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: confirmed Friday September 8 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+5/15 into nearby Noale SDR with some storm crashes and lite CCI. No Blitz on map closer than Malta, Galicia. Still not on 918 or 207 kHz. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2206] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: ``[WOR] AM loggings of World Of Radio 2207, from Treviso, Italy --- G.A. Marabello. Hello radio friends, How are you? I hope very well in a pandemic world. Here are the following logs on [Fri] September 8, 2023: 1323 8/9 2030 AM Italia/IRRS-Nexus, IT-Villa Estense (PD) Px "World Of Radio #2207" E 24543. No transmission on 918 and 207 kHz! Additional info: https://www.nexus.org/am-radio/ https://acquamarina.blogspot.com 73 da N. Marabello, QTH Treviso, Italy, RX: TECSUN PL-365, antenna: 10m longwire`` Also confirmed UT Saturday September 9 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, the first SW broadcast, S9+10/20 direct. As usual this airing starts about 10 seconds later. Also confirmed Saturday September 9 at 1600 & 1930 on WRN North America webcasts. And after 1930 on WRMI webcast-only. Also confirmed Saturday September 9 at 1936 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S7/9+10 into nearby SDR, about 2 minutes into so started circa 1934. Next: 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2206] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: still not confirmed UT Sunday Sept 10 at 0000 on WRMI 9955, rather Jeff interviewing a tech presumably on `Viva Miami`. WOR supposedly starting `later in Sept` when some new equipment is running, TBA by Jeff; i.e. Sept 17 or 24. Confirmed UT Sunday September 10 at 0034, the 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct in HLNL = high line noise level; at 0058, S9 into Missouri SDR vs HSNL = high storm noise level. Also confirmed UT Sunday September 10 at 0319 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15/20 vs HSNL into nearby SDR: nearest Blitz in east TN, NW KS, about 4 minutes into so started on time circa 0315. Also confirmed Sunday September 10 at 1030 on WRMI 9955, sufficient as I happened to awaken. Mike Barraclough reports Sept 10 to the bdxc-news iog: ``Smooth Radio AM closures --- Thomas TV on Digital Spy reports this afternoon hearing a message on Smooth Sussex 945 saying that they will be coming off AM at the end of this month. Checking their webpage showing AM frequencies which was updated September 4 it's now not listed there nor is 1323 Brighton so that must be closing soon as well. https://www.smoothradio.com/radio/how-to-listen/getting-started/ Mike`` --- That should lessen the QRM to WOR broadcasts on 1323 from Italy, Fri 2030 & Sun 2000 UT. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2206] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: confirmed Sunday September 10 at 2020 the 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323, S9+15/20 with lite CCI as usual, Brighton not closed forever yet; and noise from storm crashes. Also confirmed Sun Sept 10 at 2020 the 2000 on WRN Europe webcast; and still not on WRMI webcast-only, rather very familiar tunes in `world music` fill. Also confirmed UT Monday September 11 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Georgia SDR but noisy, and with usual QRM noise blast for 14+ seconds stomping upon me exactly when I start. Also confirmed UT Monday September 11 from 0301.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 - 68 Hz = 6159.932, S9+12 into NH SDR. Was ACI de 6165 Turkey, especially timesignal at 0300. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2206] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2207, notes, loggings, WRMI: First time heard 5850 kHz, slight QRM, 0131, 0146, 0159 (54433), (55444), 0159, September 9 UTC 2023 [Sat] 9395 kHz, static QRN, 0030, 0052 (45343), 0059, September 12 UTC 2023 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` ``hi, heard your program on wednesday morning [sic, Sept 12, must mean Tuesday] in the uk at 00:30 utc on 9395 at reception good/fair with slight static, wrmi ident at 01:00 utc, Jon collins, birmingham uk, tecsun pl-660 with long wire`` Confirmed UT Tuesday September 12 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9/+10 iinto Maryland SDR, preceded by fragment of `World is in turmoil` ad. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2206] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: ``Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2207, notes, loggings, 9395 kHz, WRMI: S8 signal, aurora QSB, 2330, 2345, 2359 (45443), September 12 UTC 2023 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Tuesday September 12 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+15 VG into Maryland SDR. Missed check Wed Sept 13 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490v; anyone hear it? Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} The new WOR 2208 should be ready by early UT Friday Septembet 15 tho not Shortwaved until UT Sat Sept 16 at 0130 on WRMI 5850. Thanks this week for financial support from Christopher Campbell, Columbus OH, for a contribution via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com and says, ``For your continuing generous effort to supply daily DX news about the world to the world. My greatest appreciation and admiration lay upon you. Your work means so much to me. I love the "tips for rational living.`` One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, UT Sun Sept 10 at 0000, surprise extra airing of `Encore` classical music has replaced Texas Radio SW, which suddenly suspended on WRMI. And at 0100, second hour of TRSW replaced by the Dave Mason hour of `The Mighty KBC`, ``all-American rock & roll``; KBC already sked at 00-02 Sun on 9455, unchecked, among several other times. Will this lineup continue? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {no} ** U S A. 9330, Sept 8 at 0628, no signal from WLCR/WBCQ-6, presumably off; tho propagation has been degraded, WRMI still good on 9395, 9455, 9955, but has a Southern advantage. Allan Weiner says today marx WBCQ`s 25th anniversary on the air, *1998y. Congrats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130+, Sept 9 at 0030, no signal from R. Trump International. Allan said on `AAAWWW` a few minutes ago that it was hit by lightning the day before. Tsk2. So WBCQ simulcasting now only on 7490- and 6160- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130+, Sept 11 at 0303, WBCQ`s Trump transmitter is still off the air, after a godly lightning strike. Hint2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825, Sept 12 at 2017, WWCR still S9+10 despite prop disturbance, but split second crackling in mod and/or transmission. 13845, 9980, 9350 remain the only supersigs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. An expedition some 10/15 miles north of Enid allows me to check 1550 KKLE Winfield KS better than I can hear it at home. In a previous report I heard sibling station 1130 KLEY in nearby Wellington utter a joint ID for them as well as several FM outlets. But Sept 10 at 1943 UT they are certainly not //: one caradio but tuning back and forth, 1550 with music, 1130 with ad. After 2000, KKLE goes from a banjo bluegrass tune, to country, which is exactly the format listed in the new NRC AM Log. KLEY however sounds more rockish to me than country whenever I check it, and it has been modulating lately. Never heard the slogan ``Red Dirt Country``. BTW an FCC report says the FM translator of 1130, which is all that matters, has changed from 100.3 to 104.1 MHz, unknown why. 100.3 was relatively clear but never heard this far away, and 104.1 is impossible with OKC fullpower on it. Another check on the caradio inside Enid, Sept 11 circa 2005 UT: 1130 KLEY ID jointly for KKLE and two FMs, probably their translators. But once again, 1550 with weaker but sufficient signal is NOT // 1130!! Playing bluegrass while 1130 goes on with classic rock. True, I have not heard how 1550 IDs, but it can`t be the Okie, KYAL Sapulpa/Tulsa which is a Sports Animal. At 2143 on home rig, 1550 promos as bluegrass 24/7; and I think My Town Media, as below. Does have a fast SAH, probably de KYAL. These stations used to belong to Rocking M Media LLC, as if on a branding iron, M atop an arc, as still shown at radio-locator; but FCC LMS, which is allegedly kept more up to date than ``unexpected error``, AM Query, says licensee is My Town Media Inc., but expired 01/04/2023! which would seem to imply it should be off the air. Ditto for KLEY. But ``Facility Status Date` is 08/12/2021! That`s MM/DD/YYYY format per other entries. And I believe the two are conjoined twins, axually operated from the same studio, or rather computer bank (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1550 kHz, Sept 10 at 2359 UT on E/W LW, I`m checking still tuned here for a legal ID from KKLE, q.v. No call letters, but ``greatest hits of all time, Motown(?) 107.5``. Looking thru all 56 entries on 1550 in the new NRC AM Log, it`s not the first one, WLOR Huntsville AL, 50000/44 watts which does have a puny FM translator on ``107.5, The Beat``. But gotta be this, also likelier by proximity: KESJ St. Joseph MO, 2500/500, ``Joe Town 107.5``! Another translator tail wagging the AM dog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 101.5, Sept 10 from 1900 UT on an expedition some 10/15 miles north of Enid, I stick mostly to this frequency trying to ID/sort out the fringe Spanish. Mostly unreadable, traces of Mexmx, but a couple momentary peaks at 1915 and 1921 say `La Mexicana`, ergo KSMM Liberal KS and not either Okie. Thataway there is more ACI from 101.3 Wichita (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 101.5, Sept 13 at 1955 UT on caradio, bits of Spanish and partial ID as ``Mexicana ... y 93.9``, so of course it is again KSMM Liberal KS which is also on 93.9 Dodge City KZRD --- not a relay of 92.9 KMML as there is no such station tho still shown that way in WTFDA FM DB for 101.5. Still no longer hearing any dead air in $tereo on 101.5, as per numerous logs in August, which I assumed was out of my nearest, KOCD Okeene. But of course never heard ID; could have confirmed only by driving closer to Okeene, but R. Salvación website claims it and its own LP primary on 93.9 in OKC had both gone off the air in January. So if true, the DA might have been from the other Okie in Collinsville near Tulsa. Or a remote possibility, an abandoned Part 15 RF feeder in some parked car or residence in Enid, no input but left turned on. I doubt this because of its wide range in town, not just around home QTH. In July I had a 101.5 log from KSMM and explained the confusion between 92.9 & 93.9. At least since then, the ``silent`` notation disappeared from 101.5 in the WTFDA DB. Except for a log in June on 101.5 also referring to 93.9 which I assumed was the OK pair rather than KS, I had not had an Okeene 101.5 log since July of 2022, including none since January 2023 -- tho as a semi-local would not have paid much attention to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. KSFR webcast, UT Tue Sept 12 from 0600, `Oil of Dog` is back after missing last week. DJ Gary Storm features rap records he just bought in Spain; never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UZBEKISTAN. See MALDIVES [non] ** VATICAN. 15595, Sept 9 at 0633, S9 best signal on band has RCC news in English. VR, SMG is scheduled everywhere as in French at 0630-0645; except Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15700, Sept 9 at 0633, JBA carrier vs S9 line noise level still not repaired by OG&E 3+ days later. Only thing listed is World Music Radio, DENMARK, per EiBi 24 hours, but per Aoki 09-16 only. It`s low power and I have never managed even a carrier in numerous bandscans here nor on 25800 or 5930. Operator said it would be 24/7 thru September with 300 W AM on 15700. As recently as Sept 3, Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal logged it on 15699.7; on Aug 31, 15699.642 per Wolfgang Büschel. I did not notice it being so far off-frequency but was not alert for that. Maybe something else. Propagation? Surprisingly, Vatican q.v. was in well on 15595, with a bit more power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 17953.1 USB, Sept 12 at 2209, Spanish sounds like a speech rather than an aero contact, only an occasional word recognizable. But stops and then other side of 2-way JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)