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December 2016 Michigan BCB logs
« on: January 03, 2017, 0147 UTC »
Below are new stations heard and added to the logbook during the month of December, 2016 including a bunch from Minnesota and one from south Florida.  Receiver used is a Microtelecom Perseus SDR and the antenna is noted in each log.  Times/dates are UTC.

Domestics:

770 WLWL Rockingham, NC. - 0448 UTC 12/26/2016 - Fair at times under WABC with blues and urban Christmas music, during semi-au cx and WBBM's IBOC absence, thanks to tips from Rick Shaftan & Bruce Conti on the Facebook NRC page, South D-KAZ.


1150 KCCT Corpus Christi, TX. - 0006 UTC 12/23/2016 - Presumed with c/w mx and slogan "11-50, The Bridge" with time check and weather at 0007 UTC by local announcer, faint but briefly clear during au cx, South D-KAZ. 


1270 WDLA Walton, NY. - 0200 UTC 12/31/2016 - Difficult copy with calls at TOH and into ESPN under WXYT, North D-KAZ.


1300 WGDJ Rensselaer, NY. - 0200 UTC 12/31/2016 - Difficult copy with TOH legal ID with calls & Rensselaer mention, slogan "Talk 1300", and into ABC News under local WOOD, on North D-KAZ.


1310 KGLB St. Peter, MN. - 2057 UTC 12/27/2016 - OM with "Classic Hit Country, 13-10, K-T-L-B" and back into c/w music, on North D-KAZ.


1320 WKRK Murphy, NC. - 0200 UTC 12/9/2016 - Weak with this bubbling up at TOH "W-K-R-K radio in Murphy, North Carolina, 13-20 AM, 105.5 FM and cable TV channel 25", on South D-KAZ.


1340 KWLM Willmar, MN. - 2258 UTC 12/17/2016 - With OM call letter ID popping up out of the noise "K-W-L-M, Willmar" and lost again, on the North D-KAZ.


1350 KDIO Ortonville, MN. - 2059 UTC 12/27/2016 - Under WARF with "classic country" slogan and OM legal ID given at TOH, North D-KAZ.


1400 WBIP Booneville, MS. - 0011 UTC 12/23/2016 - With "News Mississippi" at TOH and into classic Christmas music, then local announcer at 0011 with weather forecast and slogan "The Eagle" with calls given, dominant!! During au cx, South D-KAZ.


1410 KLVQ Athens, TX. - 0000 UTC 12/23/016 - Very poor in the auroral jumble under local WNWZ with ID for FM translator K233BE 94.5 and into SRN News, South D-KAZ.


1410 KQV Pittsburgh, PA. - 2251 UTC 12/9/2016 - I'm probably the last to log this one, but finally...in and out with call letter IDs during announcements for local happenings, on South D-KAZ.


1440 WGMI Bremen, GA. - 0003 UTC 12/23/2016 - Jumble of stations with this popping up in the mix by OM "You're listening to the new W-G-M-I, 14-40, The Train" and into classic Christmas music, during au cx, South D-KAZ.


1450 KBUN Bemidji, MN. - 2258 UTC 12/11/2016 - Dominant with Minnesota Golden Gopher's basketball, pause for legal ID at 2259 UTC also mentioning FM 94.9 with "K-Bun's the one for the Gophers..", on North D-KAZ.


1460 KDMA Montevideo, MN. - 2300 UTC 12/11/2016 - Poor in the mix with weak but clear "Your news, weather and sports leader, 14-60 K-D-M-A, Montevideo" and into ABC News, on North D-KAZ. 


1490 KLGR Redwood Falls, MN. - 2059 UTC 12/27/2016 - Weak and mixing with an equally weak WIGM during local WKLQ dead-air moment, which returned seconds after this ID heard by OM "This is K-L-G-R, Redwood Falls" and then immediately buried by WKLQ. MW station #2000, North D-KAZ.


1510 WPGR Monroeville, PA. - 2259 UTC 12/17/2016 - With TOH ID "We are one body, W-G-R-P, 15-10 AM, Monroeville", poor on the North D-KAZ. 


1520 WRCI Three Rivers, MI. - 2159 UTC 12/31/2016 - Yes, first time hearing this one, with very weak with OM TOH ID "Your home for continuous classic country favorites, River Country 97.1, W-R-C-I, Three Rivers" on South D-KAZ. 


1550 WRHC Coral Gables, FL. - 0002 UTC 12/23/2016 - With SS talk and long "La Poderosa" jingle and then OM EE ID given over fanfare at 0002 UTC with "This is WWFE, 670 AM, Miami" and SS OM "Este es La Poderosa, seiscientos AM", mostly alone and dominant until overtaken by WPFC Port Allen, LA., modulation favored the upper sideband and hardly audible at all in the lower sideband despite a strong signal, during au cx, South D-KAZ.


Trans-Atlantics:

1044 Valladolid, Spain - 0129 UTC 12/13/2016 - With fair audio lasting for several minutes on peaks with music and SS talk // to Radio Valladolid's online stream, on the North D-KAZ.
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Re: December 2016 Michigan BCB logs
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2017, 0152 UTC »
Solid list.

Hopefully some day you can get 540 WXYG from Sauk Rapids... in C-QUAM.  ;D


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Re: December 2016 Michigan BCB logs
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2017, 0206 UTC »
Solid list.

Hopefully some day you can get 540 WXYG from Sauk Rapids... in C-QUAM.  ;D


I wish.  That's one that I've never heard yet and it's high on my most wanted list.  Really, it shouldn't be a difficult log from here, but...
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