KVOZ Del Mar Hills TX 890

I have heard KVOZ only once - on the great day of 22 December 2007 (KONG17). My reception was confirmed by the same person who confirmed KUBR.

KSRA Salmon ID 960

KSRA was on my list to KONG18 because I missed them in 2007, and today I received a short email confirming my reception.

KUBR San Juan TX 1210

It was great hearing KUBR for the very first time on 21 Ocrtober 2005 during KONG13. Since then this station has been heard several times a lot of Scandinavian DX'ers. It was great also receiving a confirmation, even if it took three years.

WJDA Quincy MA 1300

WJDA was heard during KONG17 last year, but it took some time to obtain a confirmation of my reception. Thank you for the verfication, Pastor Joel L. de Assis!
They have a web site at www.wjda1300am.com

CJBC Toronto ON 860

“Vouz écoutez la Première Chaîne de Radio Canada – CJBC, Toronto” was heard with an excellent reception quality on 26 September 2008, and today I received a letter (my own, with verie written on), a coverage map, a sticker and a business card from Carl Swanston, Manager of Technical Services. Thanks for confirming my reception.

CM.. Radio Rebelde, Moa 560

22 November also gave some Cubans, and Radio Rebelde was my third new station on 560 this morning, after WGAN and WQAM. They confirmed my reception via email, and sent a QSL by email as well. A QSL to OJ Sagdahl :-)

WSAL Logansport IN 1230

Another station not even mentioned in KOJE, 1230 AM WSAL, surfaced with a nice signal on the excellent day of 26 September 2008. This is a family run station and has been "Your News & Sports Voice for over 50 years". General Manager, Sales Manager and salesperson Dan Keister kindly confirmed my reception, and also attached a photo of the staff.

KDHL Faribault MN 920

KDHL had been on my list for a while, and finally I heard them on 22 November 2008, late in the morning. This was a very good day for DX'ing North Americans, and hopefully a lot of interesting stations are still to be found on my recordings from this day.

WNWT Rossford OH 1520

This station, changing its format and call letters last July, was one of the numerous exciting stations heard in the late evening on 23 October 2008 (KONG18).

KZIM Cape Girardeau MO 960

News Radio 960 KZIM - a non-KOJE station - was heard on Smøla on the fantastic day of 22 November 2008. The ID wasn't very clear, but sometimes you just are lucky: "Good morning Arnstein. I listened to your DX this morning and I can confirm you heard our Tim Root giving the weather here in Cape Girardeau. I’m a radio operator myself, and it’s always exciting to be heard. Thanks for sending us this contact."
Thanks for a great confirmation!

WQAM Miami FL 560

WGAN was heard for many hours in the early morning of 22 November, but I succeeded to hear one or two IDs from Sports Radio 560 WQAM as well - a new one to me.

WBGG Pittsburgh PA 970

Fox Sports 970 - a KOJE2 station - was heard on Smøla on the excellent day of 22 November 2008. Thanks for confirming my reception so quickly!

Picture: "Miami Dolphins cheerleaders entertain the crowd during a game" (from www.fox970.com)

CHLT Sherbrooke QC 630

Two things are necessary for CHLT to be heard at Smøla: 1) good conditions 2) NRK Vigra off. Both things happened on 22 November 2008, and my reception report was quickly confirmed via email. Merci!

KNSS Wichita KS 1330

News Radio 1330 KNSS was heard on 20 October 2008 (KONG18), and was kind enough to confirm my reception via email.

WGAN Portland ME 560

I had never heard WGAN before, but in the morning of 22 November 2008 I could hear them for four and a half hours! Thanks for the confirmation of my reception.

ZYJ455 Rádio Tupi, Rio de Janeiro 1280

A very nice and interesting letter in English confirmed my 7 September 2008 reception of Rádio Tupi:

"Dear Mr. Bue : best regards from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
I do confirm your reception of Radio Tupi in Norway, Trondheim City, while we broadcasted "Super Madrugada Tupi", with Fernando Sergio as the anchorman.

The reception is very good, indeed. Better than we pick at Downton Rio de Janeiro - Strong noise fields generated by the buildings, eletric lines, computers, cars, etc...

I am sendig to you some attachments: photos of Tupi-AM allowed daylight RF field, of our Harris DX-100 transmitter, of our two towers at the transmitter site, a reference map in the Google Maps and a Corcovado Mountain photo, with the statue of Christ Redemptor in the cume with the moon behind - it is not photoshop, it happens one day each year.

Brazil has around 1.500 AM stations and 2.500 FM stations as conventional stations and more than 5.000 LPFM - or "communitarian stations".

I hope these informations are helpfull for you and all we wish to you and your fammily a Happy Christmas and a Very Good New Year.

With our best regards,

Jose Claudio Barbedo(Formiga)
Technical Manager
Tupi Radio Network
Rio de Janeiro"

WKWF Key West FL 1600

As far as I can remember WKWF was the only North American heard among a lot of interesting Latin Americans during this fantastic DX week end at Smøla early September 2007.
"The mp3 of the audio signal was incredibly clear, and that's Scott Hamilton, our Program Director talking about the Key's Hurricane Guide. WKWF is a 24/7 sports radio station broadcasting with only 500 watts ERP omni-directional signal from just outside of Key West. [...] WKWF was the first radio station in the Florida Keys. The first broadcast aired in September 1945. I will try and put together more nostalgia about Key West radio and forward to our DX listeners." Thanks for the confirmation, Randall!

JO.. NHK-2 Okinawa 1602

This 0,1 kW JOAD relay station was heard with a fair signal during the station identification at 2220 JST on 22 October 2006. QSL card confirming this KONG15 reception was received today as well.

JOAD NHK-2 Okinawa, Naha 1125

On 16 October 2006 JOAD har a good signal on 1125 during their local ID at 2220 JST, and today I received a perfect QSL card confirming this KONG15 reception. Reception report (reminder) in Japanese via the contact form on the NHK Okinawa home page 16 days ago worked well - this seems to be the safest way to get verifications from NHK stations these days. This was my MW QSL #40 from Japan.

WKMC Roaring Spring PA 1370

Listening to my 1370 recording from the evening of 23 October 2008 I suddenly heard a station coming up from WDEA, with a surprisingly clear “... on 13-70 WKMC”.
This station has a Music Of Your Life format, and confirmed my reception with a brief email tonight. Thanks!

WRNI Providence RI 1290

Rhode Island's NPR was heard on 1 October 2008, which was a day with at least a handful of new AM stations from North America. WRNI confirmed my reception the day after I sent my reception report via email. Check out their web site at http://www.wrni.org/, and please do support National Public Radio.

JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Hiroshima 1350

My latest reception report to JOER was sent on 18 July 2007, and today I received an envelope from Hiroshima with a programme schedule and QSL card card ("QSLNo NOR003"), perfectly confirming my 16 October 2006 (KONG15) reception.

CJSN Shaunavon SK 1490

I was pleased to hear at least one of the two Canadians I was missing at 1490 AM - on 25 October 2008 I heard CJSN a couple of times among several US stations.

CHNC New Carlisle QC 610

I've just realized that I have been close to ignoring stations from Quebec for all these years, so now I have to try to catch as many as possible of them still on air. CHNC was captured on 27 September 2008 at Kalvøya, Smøla, by my remotely operated SDR-IQ.

JOCB NHK-2 Nagoya 909

A nice, old fashioned QSL card was received by mail today, confirming my 17 October 2006 (KONG15) reception. This was 8 days after I sent them a reminder in Japanese by filling in the contact form on their web, with links to my reception report on my mp3 recording on box.net. Thanks to Google Translate and to Gert Nilsson!

WING Dayton OH 1410

WING is another station heard in the late evening of 23 October 2008. Wikipedia, which is very good at US AM radio stations, also has an article about Dayton's oldest radio station: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WING

WMCA New York NY 570

Today I have been listening to some Smøla recordings from 27 September 2008, and the first new station I found was WMCA. Two very nice emails both confirmed my reception. Thank you!

WLNO New Orleans LA 1060

Stations from New Orleans have been on my most wanted list ever since I visited The Big Easy back in 1993. A fantastic city! On 23 October 2008 WLNO was heard with a poor signal for just a few minutes, hardly good enough for a reception report. But to my great pleasure they were able to confirm my reception - thanks a lot!

WTUX Madison WI 1550

WTUX was one of the nice daytimers we heard on 23 October 2003, with a fair signal for a few minutes competing with CBE Windsor ON. A very nice station - check out their web page at www.wtux.com. Thanks for the confirmation!

WIOU Kokomo IN 1350

Two very nice emails confirmed my 23 October 2008 reception. Thanks a lot!

KSPZ Ammon ID 980

La Super Caliente was another new station I heard on 25 October 2008, and after a few reminders I received an email confirming this.

Their home page can be found at http://www.lasupercaliente.com/

CKBX 100 Mile House BC 840

KXNT was super dominant on 840 on 25 October, but suddenly I heard a promo for a country&western station which could be CKBX The Wolf. I sent them an email to ask, and to my luck they recognized the promo to be for their "... country gold show that runs on the wolf weekends". Thanks!

KFTA Rupert ID 970

After a few reminders I received a nice email from Lee Family Broadcasting Inc., confirming my 25 October 2008 reception of La Fantastica 970 AM.

KBGG Des Moines IA 1700

AM 1700 The Champ was heard on 23 October 2008, bur for the first time on 24 October 2004. And when I received info from OJ Sagdahl I also received an email from Des Moines confirming my reception. Thanks!

CJLO Montréal QC 1690

CJLO - Concordia's Underground Radio - is one of my favorutes! Check out their web at http://www.cjlo.com/ This is a very fascinating station - I'd like to quote from the email I received, also confirming my 19 October 2008 reception:
"We’ve been operating as an online only station since 2003. Over the past four years, we’ve been working towards getting permission and funding for our AM broadcast. After several setbacks and delays, we were finally able to turn our 1kw transmitter on in September. As it stands, we are the only campus/university radio on AM in Montreal, though there are two others (at McGill University and Université de Montréal) on FM."

WBNS Columbus OH 1460

1460 The Fan is an excellent radio station with very friendly people. 23 October was the far best evening during KONG18, and one of the stations heard in Kongsfjord around local sunset in the US was WBNS on 1460.
The quick and kind response makes WBNS a memorable station. Thank you, gentlemen!

KRZI Waco TX 1660

1660 ESPN was heard in the morning of 20 October 2008, and today I recevied and email with information on all their stations and confirmation of my reception of KRZI.

MW QSL #800 from North America!

(Canada and USA, ex. Hawaii)

KSEI Pocatello ID 930

ESPN 930 KSEI was heard both during KONG17 last year and during KONG18. A nice email today confirmed my 25 October 2008 reception.

WCHP Champlain NY 760

Brandi, the female voice I heard in the sign off announcement at 6.16 pm EST, confirmed my 23 October 2008 (KONG18) reception of WCHP in a nice email I received today. We have tried hearing this station the latest seasons, without success, but now we got'em. Thanks Brandi, for the confirmation!

Radio Samoa, Auckland 1593

Radio Samoa was heard on 1592,98 kHz on 15 October 2007 during the great New Zealand conditions we experienced on the KONG17 DXpedition. Radio Samoa broadcast for the Samoan Community in New Zealand, and its philosophy is: "a well informed community is an empowered community". The station broadcasts predominantly in the Samoan language with English commercials and music from time to time. They have a nice web at http://www.radiosamoa.co.nz/
My email probably didn't reach Radio Samoa (I might be wrong - read on), and my two reception reports via air mail didn't get much attention either. Late September I contacted Bryan Clark, who now has retired to his 'antenna farm' in Mangawhai, 110 km from Auckland. He said he would go to Auckland in November, and offered to bring my reception report and recording and see if he could locate the offices of the station.

Here is the very interesting email Bryen sent me yesterday: "I visited the broadcasting studios of Radio Samoa 1593AM on Friday. I located them in an old nondescript building in Mount Eden, an inner city suburb of Auckland, about 6km from where I am staying.
The administrative offices are located in South Auckland, about 25km south (this is where your original letter went to), and I thought my chances of finding a sympathetic staff member would be greater at an operational studio.There was minimal signage to direct me to the Radio Samoa studios but I could hear noise upstairs, so I climbed some stairs and found a large 1593AM sign plus some very small signs for Radio Southern Cross – I think this is an Asian language broadcaster that buys air time on 1593AM.
After tapping on a window, a Samoan man came out and I explained my mission to him. His English language skills were only average but he seemed interested, taking me into a small studio to play the CD recording I had made of your MP3 clips. Another technical person was in the studio (a European) and he said he was aware that the station had received some emailed reports from Europe in the past.
The music in your recordings was confirmed as Samoan, and as soon as he heard the spoken announcements he said, yes, that’s us!
I asked ‘Do you have a letterhead or car sticker or other station literature that we can write a short message of confirmation on?’ Unfortunately the answer was no, so the only option left was to get him to write a short statement on your own letter. I told him to keep the CD and reception report -he said he was sure that the station manager would be interested to hear the recording.
As a DXer, I was disappointed that I couldn't secure a better form of QSL for you, but the station and its niche ethnic audience are not wealthy. We return home tomorrow, so I will organise the mailing of your 'signed letter' later in the week."

Bryan scanned the letter and sent it by email as well, giving me one of the better QSLs from the great KONG17 DXpedition. Thank you very much, Bryan, for your efforts in helping a fellow DX-er. Anyone can learn a lot from this.

KARI Blaine WA 550

Previously unheard in the Nordic countries, according to KOJE, KARI was heard both by Bjarne Mjelde the day before KONG18 and by ENOX10 the day we left Kongsfjord. Therefore it was no big surprise, but anyhow a big pleasure, to find two KARI identifications during one hour of listening to my recordings from 25 October. I received an email today with a QSL letter attached. Thanks!

KBBO Selah WA 980

After KBBO - Talk 980 K-USA - was heard both on ENOX10 and AND3, I knew this station most likely was heard during KONG18 too. I didn't take too long on the 25 October recordings until I found them, and with info from Tuomo Ahonen I also got a very nice email from Yakima confirming my reception.

WLOU Louisville KY 1350

This radio station was heard on 26 September 2008, and was first discovered by my good friend and best man OJ Sagdahl on his Smøla recordings. Fortunately I covered this frequency this excellent morning for NA DX, when WLOU was heard with a strong and clear signal for a few minutes. It took some time to find a person at the station who could confirm the reception, but now it's OK and my third Kentucky station is a fact.

WTCM Traverse City MI 580

"WTCM AM operates sun up to sundown at 50kw, the rest of the day we broadcast at 1.1kw. In October we power down at 7pm."

I heard WTCM at 7 pm, must have been just seconds before they powered down.

WRRD Waukesha WI 1510

WRRD has changed to ESPN Deportes Radio, and was heard on KONG18 at 6 pm CDT on 23 October 2008. Today I received a very nice email confirming my reception.

KLAD Klamath Falls OR 960

Country Legends 960 became a target for me after our good friend Tuomo Ahonen (TuA) heard them on ENOX10. I spent some time on 960 in my 25 October 2008 recordings, and suddenly KLAD was there with their country & western music under the dominant ESPN station. I heard their sister station KAGO 1150 back in year 2000.

KDZA Pueblo CO 1350

KDZA has been on my list for a while. I finally picked them up from my location at Kalvøya, Smøla, on 6 November at 3.00 am MST. "Yes, that was our station. We are currently this month operating at 5 KW from 5:45 am to 5:30 PM. At night we are at 280 watts." Thanks for the confirmation!

KSFN North Las Vegas NV 1140

Another nice station heard on 25 October 2008 was SportsRadio 1140 - heard with just a "Here on sportsradio1140.com" ID.

KBIS Forks WA 1490

KBIS 1490 Classic Hit Country was heard in the morning of 25 October 2008 near the end of the KONG18 DXpedition. A nice email confirmed my reception in just two minutes this afternoon.

KBEW Blue Earth MN 1560

I have to admit I hadn't even heard about neither KBEW nor Blue Earth until I discovered this daytime radio station mote or less by accident when I was hunting for a fair signal from KGOW. An excellent catch, and probably one of the best from KONG18 so far.
QSL #600 from USA

KXRO Aberdeen WA 1320

KXRO - the oldest station in the area celebrating 80 years this year - kindly confirmed my 25 October 2008 (KONG18) reception tonight.

QSL #60 from WA

YVYE Enlace 860, Valle de la Pascua 860

First time I heard Enlace 860 was during my visit to Rolf Torvik at his DX paradise Kalvøya late August this year. I didn't find no email address to the station, so my reception report had to go by air mail. To my great surprise and pleasure I received an email perfectly confirming my reception!

WKAR East Lansing MI 870

WKAR is one of the very best from KONG18 so far, heard the last minute before they signed off on 23 October 2008. A very nice email confirmed the reception.

WVJS Owensboro KY 1420

A short email confirmed my 23 October 2008 reception of WVJS.

WCTS Maplewood MN 1030

WCTS was heard right after 2300 UTC on 23 October 2008. It was around local sunset and WBZ had a fade, making the WCTS signal quite good for a short period. A very nice email confirmed my reception.

KGOW Bellaire TX 1560

1560 THE GAME was another station on my most wanted list for the KONG18, because they had been heard on daytime power by several DX'ers in Scandinavia this autumn. I heard KGOW before 23 UTC on 23 October, and a nice email confirmed my reception.

WKCW Warrenton VA 1420

LaLey 1420 was heard early in the evening on 23 October 2008, among a lot of other very interesting east coast US radio stations.

WTSO Madison WI 1070

ESPN Radio 1070 AM WTSO was a pleasure to hear on 1070, because I have been looking for them for a while. Heard on KONG18 during an early and very eventful opening on 23 October 2008. The signal peaked for a short period during sunset in Wisconsin.

KFNW West Fargo ND 1200

KFNW was on my most wanted list prior to KONG18, so it was nice to hear them on 19 October. Thanks a lot to Gary L. Ellingson for the confirmation and for a long and very nice letter!

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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!

HCNY2 Radio Cristal, Guayaquil 870

Muchas gracias, director Julio Juan Romero Rivas, for confirming my 13 September 2008 reception of Radio Cristal! This was a fantastic day for receiving AM radio signals from South and Central America, and I heard several new stations from Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

HJPM Radio Galeón, Santa Marta 890

13 September 2008 was a morning with lots of interesting radio signals reaching Kalvøya. I have spent some time examining recordings from that day, and one of the stations I found is Radio Galeón. I received an email today, 10 days after I sent my reception report via air mail. Thanks to Henrik Klemetz for valuable help with the identification! My first QSL ever from a station in Departamento de Magdalena.

WECK Cheektowaga NY 1230

Hometown 1230 WECK had a huge signal on 23 September 2008, which seems to have been an excellent day for listening to North American AM station from Kalvøya, Smøla. Thanks to Tom Schuh for confirming my reception today!

WKNR Cleveland OH 850

Stephen Dole kindly confirmed my 26 September 2008 reception of ESPN 850 WKNR in a nice email this afternoon. This station isn't easy to hear due to normally strong signals from WEEI or from KOA, but came through with a good signal a few days ago.