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Welcome to "60d-N-R", or 60 days:New and rare! What's posted here is what was reported as new or rare in the previous AT LEAST 60 days prior to the current month. The loggings are posted PLUS the top political units and any other things of note. My hope is this will help just a bit, to make the dx experience a bit better for the folks in midAMerica! Posted monthly on the 13th! Look and see what you might have heard or missed!

JJJ:
JANUARY'S HOTTEST by political unit/freq MO:3, IA, TN, IN, VA, AR, AL:2 each, and OH,MA,AB,ME,ND,MI and GA with 1 each! IN MAY THIS WILL LOOK GOOD!
580 CKUA AB Edmonton 1-16 0707 P -steady w/AB SK and MB temps. "...news next at 6:30 on CKUA." Rooster 3x and Ellison Broth (?) Rise&Shine Morning Show. Might have also used "580 Radio" 15 minutes earlier but I tuned away. NEW! JJR-MI
620 WZON ME Bangor 1-21 2023 Vp with Talk, '103.1 & 620 AM, The Pulse.' Got a Webcast match. NEW! TS-MI
630 WPRO RI Providence 1-21 0120-0131 weak in tight CFCO null, over/under UNID; Coast To Coast AM w ID at 0130 "Newstalk AM 630 and FM 99.7 WPRO." NEW STATE #40 RI#1 NEW! TS-MI 
670 WRJR VA Portsmouth 1-12 2358 faded up and over Rebelde in WSCR null, black gospel music, gone before ID but that's their format and it has to be them. Only other EE 670 east of the MS on at night. Probably 700w WR2XJR licensed to Portsmouth; not the 30w in Claremont. NEW! TS-MI 
860 WSBS MA Great Barrington 1-18 0104-0130 weak, in and out but readable with CJBC nulled, A/C and country songs, ID at 0129: "Your hometown stations, AM 860 and FM 94.1 WSBS." NEW! TS-MI 
870 WPWT TN Colonial Heights 1-27 1604 G - steady signal with WKAR nulled; bluegrass songs, live local anncr, one mention of "Tri-Cities" and ID "AM 870 FM 100.7 Real Radio." Confirmed by typing that into Google. Faded and gone by 1619. Faded back up at 1625, gone at 1630 sign-off. NEW! TS-MI 
900 KHOZ AR Harrison 1-7 1700 F well atop with legal ID. NEW! NK-IL
970 WTBF AL Troy 1-7 1659:30 P but clear enough with legal ID atop channel. NEW! NK-IL
1190 KQQZ MO Desoto 1-5 1930 F -fading up with clear 11-90 KQQZ ID and country music. First 2012: NEW! SA-MB
1250 WRBZ AL Wetumpka 1-7 1700 P-F atop with Classic Hits slogan and calls and CoL and gone at power switch. NEW! NK-IL
1270 WXGO IN Madison P -sat thru three OLDies and got "WXGO" Played tape 3x to be sure. This over a faded WLIK! NEW! JJR-WI
1280 KDKD MO Clinton 1-7 1700 VP thru pest WBIG with Clinton MO heard at end of ID. New. NK-IL
1300 WBZQ IN Bloomington 1-2 0557 P -"Oldies 1300 WBZQ" by jock and Year Of The Cat/Al Stewart in w/o/ WRDZ others NEW! JJR-WI
1300 WMTN TN Morristown 1-2 0616 P w/"Country Legends 1300 WMTM, tonight at 7 o'clock...." OLD C&W and NEW! JJR-WI
1400 WCCY MI Houghton 1-7 1800 F with Detroit Lions network mentions starting coverage of game vs Saints. Just about completes the Mich UP for me. QRMed by KEYL & KVFD. NEW! NK-IL
1420 KPOC AR Pocahontas 1-3 2159 F in brief fade-up w/ESPN cvrg of Sugar Bowl, sta ID pause, LID back to game. Thought maybe on 1kw day pwr, but gone w/in a couple of mins so perhaps just 118w u/right condx. Was following a strong FSR sta which turned out to be WTCR WV, prob on 5kw day pwr. NEW! BD-WI
1440 WKLV VA Blackstone 1-7 1700 F with "This is WKLV Blackstone, the new Fox sports". New. NK-IL
1520 KMSR ND Mayville 1-16 0745 P w/ND nx stoies o/KOLM. "This is the Dakota News Network" -dead air- Mike&Mike ESPN. Rare. JJR-MI
1520 WNWT OH Rossford 1-28 0726 P w/mx. Thinking old c&w (KRHW) and hrd "Positive, Encouraging K-Love" into song. Super, super tight null. Thought new, but hrd in 1968 as WTTO! Only 2nd time heard. Rare! JJR-MI  
1540 KBOA MO Kennett 1-7 1700 P-F mixed with KZMP's SS ESPN with ID and MYL ment and basically no trace of pest KXEL. Rare. NK-IL
1560 KLNG IA Council Bluffs-Omaha NE 1-27 1800 P w/LID after preacher and no WQEW at all. Rare! JJR-MI