Tuesday 28 October 2008

WLCM Charlotte MI 1390

Jeff Frank confirmed my 19 October 2008 reception of Victory 1390 in a short email. Thanks a lot!

KTCT San Mateo CA 1050

Chuck Bullett (W1AEK) sent me an email to confirm my 23 October 2008 reception. He had been sailing in the Pacific and had just returned.
Thanks, Chuck!

Thursday 23 October 2008

KPRO Riverside CA 1570

Thanks a lot Valorie Stitely, General Manager, for confirming my 19 October 2008 reception of Inspirational Radio KPRO 1570 AM. Thanks also for the three stickers and your business card received by mail a few days later.

KJDY John Day OR 1400

One of a few reception reports sent while still at KONG18 was the one to KJDY. The same evening I received a very nice email from Phil Gray, Manager, confirming my 23 October 2008 reception and giving some information on his home town: "Our town is very small, only 1885 people. The total population of our county is 7900 people scattered out over 4800 square miles, so you can see there are not many people around here. We are also very isolated. It takes 3 and a half hours to get to a city of over 20,000!"

JORF RF Radio Nippon, Yokohama 1422

During my stay at the KONG18 DXpedition in Arctic Norway I received a letter from Japan back home. RF Radio Nippon sent me a letter and a QSL card to confirm my 17 October 2006 (KONG15) reception. They also sent two stickers and my USD back.

Wednesday 22 October 2008

KVAN Burbank WA 1560

"Hei, god ettermiddag", Jim Bock started his very nice email to confirm my 21 October 2008 (KONG18) reception of KVAN. He continues like this: "Alexandra Communications is located in Walla Walla, Washington. (We're in the southeastern corner of the state) Walla Walla is well-known for ultra-premium wines, sweet onions and wheat. I can honestly say it is about as far from Norway as possible, but, of course Arnstein, I invite you anytime."
This station is heard with its nice smooth jazz format quite often here in Arctic Norway.
Thank you, Jim!

Tuesday 21 October 2008

WFFG Marathon FL 1300

One of my favorute radio stations is WFFG, because they are a combination of AM radio and ocean fishing. See their web at www.floridakeysradio.com. Thanks to Captain Martin Scott for confirming my 29 September 2008 (Smøla) reception.

Monday 20 October 2008

WDRJ Inkster MI 1440

On 10 September Christian Community Station AM 1440 surfaced from WJJB and RTL for a few seconds on 1440 AM, but I couldn't hear much more than their ID. Caleb Foster, the Operations Manager, sent a very nice email to confirm my reception.

Wednesday 15 October 2008

WNSS Syracuse NY 1260

Operations Manager Tom Mitchell confirmed my 23 September 2008 reception of ESPN Radio 1260 in a correct and nice email. Thank you, Tom!

Tuesday 14 October 2008

HJJM Radio Auténtica, Cali 660

7 September 2008 I finally heard Cadena Radial Autentica, on a frequency where venezuelan Radio Anaco use to be dominant. A nice email with no v/s name was received.

WEAV Plattsburgh NY 960

The Zone WEAV 960 AM has been quite common this fall, compared to earlier years. Thanks a lot to Program Director Jamie Dennis for confirming my 3 September 2008 reception, only 8 minutes after I had sent my reception report via email. And thanks to OJ Sagdahl for Jamie's contact information.

Monday 13 October 2008

WNBF Binghamton NY 1290

Newsradio 1290 WNBF was heard remotely from Smøla on 30 September 2008. A very nice email was received from Roger Neel, and here is some of it: "Great to hear from you ! WNBF is celebrating our 81st Anniversary and serve Broome and Tioga Counties and our surrounding area. I do the Morning Show and serve as Program and Sports Director here."

Saturday 11 October 2008

KRWB Roseau MN 1410

"I don't think there are that many Classic Rock AM's in the US", Mike Pederson, Owner/operator, writes in a nice email, also confirming my 15 October 2007 (KONG17) reception of this most wanted radio station from Minnesota. Thanks a lot, Mike!

9 new Minnesota stations discovered in my KONG17 recordings so far, and now all of them have replied to me.

Radio Centrafrique, Bangui 6100

It took almost 28 years from my first reception report to Radio Centrafrique in January 1981, heard on 5035 kHz those days, until I received a QSL from Bangui. Last time I heard them was on 13 October 2001 when they surfaced on 6100 kHz during the KONG6 DXpedition. They have a quite new web site at http://www.radiocentrafrique.org/ giving sufficient information to obtain this confirmation.

Monday 6 October 2008

WBSM New Bedford MA 1420

A not so unusual station to be heard on 1420 during good conditions towards the east coast of the USA is WBSM, which I picked up for the first time this fall. Thanks a lot to Neal White for confirming my reception, and to OJ Sagdahl for providing his contact information.

Sunday 5 October 2008

WLIS Old Saybrook CT 1420

WLIS is a rare catch in Norway - the station was heard at Kalvøya on 1 October 2008 a few minutes after I heard WBSM, fading up in the middle of their double ID for WLIS 1420 and WMRD 1150.

Great thanks to Don DeCesare, General Manager, for the nice email and the confirmation of my reception.

Thursday 2 October 2008

CMKS Radio Trinchera Antiimperialista, Guantánamo 1020

I discovered this station on 1020 kHz a few days ago, and Henrik Klemetz helped me find out it was Radio Trinchera Antiimperialista which is unlisted in the WRTH 2008 on this frequency. The date of reception was 13 September 2008 and the QTH was of course Kalvøya, Smøla.
Thanks to Rolf Torvik for the hospitality, to Henrik Klemetz for great help identifying the station and to Mabel Pozo Ramírez for confirming my reception in an email tonight!

KDUS Tempe AZ 1060

KDUS was the first station ever I heard from Arizona. The reception date was 22 October 2007 during the KONG17 DXpedition, and tonight I finally received a confirmation of my reception from on-air personality Kevin McCabe who also has mentioned my reception is his show. Thanks, Kevin!