1620 KOZN NE Bellevue 1-7 1606 Sports, heard name "The Zone." Harder to determine which is which here these days, now that WDND-AM 1620 South Bend's also Sports.EB-MI 1620 KAZP NE Belleve 1-14 1540 G S5 with local ads. JW-WI 1630 WRDW GA Augusta 1-16 0100 This one noted on talk format and ID "News, talk, sport. 16-30 WRDW Augusta." No mention of NRC AM Radio Log listed call of WTEL? BD-UK 1630 KKWY WY Cheyenne 1-14 0436 P u/KCJJ with country music and "KWY" mentions. CR-IL 1630 KKWY WY Cheyenne 1-3 2240 F in KCJJ null with traditional country music and ID by man as "KWY". NEW! MS-MB 1630 KKWY WY Cheyenne 1-15 0335 louder than KCJJ at times ET-MI 1660 WCNZ FL Marco Island 1-18 0000 Using new call letters. Format still rolling news and ID " News radio WCNZ Marco Island, Naples" BD-UK 1660 KQWB ND West Fargo 1-14 1550 VG S8 "Star 1660" and local ads. JW-WI 1680 KRJO LA Munroe 1-12 0630 P u/WJNZ. NEW! SA-MB 1690 KDDZ CO Arvada 1-6 1741 Popped in with Disney; lost.EB-MI 1695 "JN" IL Mahomet 1-7 2332 MEDFER beacon fair on new frequency, ex-1641. No problem at about 20 miles. LOY-IL 1690 WPTX MD Lexington Park 1-14 1557 Sporting News Radio. EB-MI

UNID'S or AMazing Mysteries: For UNID HELP: Shawn Axelrod's AM slogan page Barry McLarnon's AM UNID Search page

760 UNID 1-15 1630 Unknown religious station. F S4. Missed the ID at bottom of hour. Sermon and old time religious music "I'm walking with Jesus". ? Kansas or Tenn ? (W EWE) WJR nulled S9 -> zero. JW-WI 860 UNID 1-7 1548 AC Gold/Oldies, very poor, no CJBC at first: from an unid AC Gold song --> "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel --> a 50s oldie; lost before TOH. Ideas? EB-MI 860 UNID 1-13 1806 Oldies, // WWIT, under CJBC. I heard one "Gerat Oldies, back-to-back, on ______" liner, but CJBC started talking and washed the end out. Finally gave up after five records. EB-MI 860 UNID 1-13 1755 G in KKOW, CJBC nulls w/50's and 60's oldies. "The Greatest Oldies from 50's and 60's on AM 8-60" slogan instead of full ID at TOH. CR-IL 860 UNID 1-14 1637 "And now back to more great sounds on ____" into "Green Onions" by Booker T & the MGs. I'm not sure, but that last word might have been "Funtime." Three sessions and still baffling me. EB-MI 870 UNID 1-28 0553 F -Sounded French (not SS). Station is NE or SW from Kalamazoo MI. -Any help? ET-MI 890 UNID 1-7 1813 Urban Gospel, over WLS but lost quickly. WEEZ Laurel, MS? EB-MI 920 UNID 1-31 1756 Nostalgia; "Great Songs & Great Memories - 920, WAM___" WPDE847 off. EB-MI 970 UNID 1-14 1841 Fox Sports, in mud. WFUN Ashtabula, OH (Have heard,) or WBGG Pittsburgh, PA (Never heard.) EB-MI 1010 UNID 1-14 1053 Someone with a female call in program. This takes out WSPT that carries a sports format. Any ideas?? KW-WI 1020 UNID 1-15 0607 C&W u/KDKA.NH?ET-MI 1030 UNID 1-2 1658 Spanish, under resurgent WBZ.EB-MI 1060 UNID 1-25 1943 Country, under KYW; sounded like female DJ said "WGAL." WMCL McLeansboro, IL? (2w) EB-MI   1110 UNID 1-15 0612 F -"Oye Como Va" by Santana and slogan "The Law, AM 1110". Pretty clear. Who izzit? JJR-WI 1120 UNID 1-4 1920 u/o KMOX with play-by-play of sporting event (basketball?). One of the teams was the Flyers. CR-IL 1130 UNID 1-14 0110 Spanish: music, man spoke, then a woman spoke, I heard a 1 kHz tone, and they started another record. I couldn't make out what they said because it was under local WDFN. EB-MI 1150 UnID 1-11 1010 Who would be running French here? Who would I be getting during the daylight hours? KW-WI 1260 UNID 1-26 0713 Urban Gospel. "Today's Gospel Music Now." Carrying the Word Broadcasting Radio Network. (Maybe the Word Radio Broadcasting Network???) EB-MI 1270 UNID 1-13 1826 Sporting News Radio affiliate with football talk. Who carries Sporting News Radio on 1270? Their web site is of no help on the matter. CR-IL WXYT??-ed 1270 UNID 1-13 1815 talk show with Dr. Joyce Brother answering questions. CR-IL 1290 UNID 1-22 1705 "W__KS," into Rush Limbaugh. Who carries Rush this late? EB-MI 1290 UNID 1-24 2145 AC Gold ("Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy, an ID in which the calls sounded like "WCVD," into an AC Gold record.) Ideas? EB-MI 1320 UNID 1-22 1712 WJKL? Oldies, very weak; DJ mentioned "Hold Me..." by Mel Carter (Just played," a record before Bee Gees before that; mentioned NFL & NBA news coming up, as well as a Nat King Cole record, then started "Monday Monday" by Mamas & Papas. Nothing checks.EB-MI 1330 UNID 1-7 1637 "News Radio WRAD." Leaning toward WYRD Greenville, SC.EB-MI 1360 UNID 1-28 0720 Christian AC; fair in slush. Thanksgiving 1360 (?) said by man, into an ad. Then a lady said, "AM 1360," and then more Christian AC mx. Lost. EB-MI 1380 UNID 1-7 1655 C&W, fair over mess. Lost before TOH, leaning toward KAGE Winona, MN.EB-MI   1380 UNID 1-14 1720 Disney, way down in the mud; I chased this throughout the evening with no success. EB-MI 1410 UNID 1-4 1857 with English religion, then abruptly into Spanish talk at 1900 with ID as "Radio Maria" MS-MB 1410 UNID 1-31 1644 "We Keep Passing the Oldies Around the Table on Oldies 1410!" Thinking CKSL London, ONT. EB-MI 1420 UNID 1-26 0719 AM 1420 - Religious; YL preacher speaking. EB-MI Plymouth WI is REL-ed 1420 UNID 1-26 0735 Weather on WPT, under above. Given by man with Southern accent; high 55, it was 25 at the time I heard this. EB-MI 1420 UNID 1-26 0757 "AM Radio 1420" into "Imagine" by John Lennon. Sidetracked by another unid at 1060, which was washed out by pest WTKA, and this had gone to news when I returned. EB-MI 1420 UNID 1-26 0810 Calls sounded like WPTI. Mixing w/KTOE and a C&W station. The C&W station had a five second gap between records and disappeared during the next record. EB-MI 1420 UNID 1-30 1640 C&W, "Today's Hit Country & Four Decades of __________; AM 1420," and call letters that sounded like "WCNZ." I think that last word may have been "Classics," because they started a Kenny Rogers record after that. Lost during that; nothing jives.EB-MI 1430 UNID 1-5 0300 Very weak with ESPN on east-west bearing in tight null of local KEZW while trying for KJAY DX test. Nothing heard from KJAY. PG-CO 1440 UNID 1-13 1949 Sports coverage (Basketball...I think.) Heard a mention of cbssportsline.com, but mostly buried in slop from pest WWJ. BALL-IL   1470 UNID MI Kalamazoo? 1-25 0624 P with ID sounding like WQSN. Per Kalamazoo DXer Andy Robbins, WKLZ has same owner as WQSN and has relayed them in the past. Does anyone know if they still do? MS-MB 1550 UNID 1-14 1912 Urban Gospel, u/CBE. Several ideas here. EB-MI 1560 UNID 1-29 0626 Country, in slop. Didn't simulcast WKKO, so it wasn't WTOD. Switched records without saying anything, and lost during second record. EB-MI 1580 UNID 1-9 1737 Song by Katie Fox (Sounded sort of AC-ish,) into "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley, lost during Elvis song. Does this sound like anything to you? (By the way, I don't know what type of music to look under, as I've never heard of Katie Fox before this!)EB-MI 1580 UNID 1-28 1710 Mention of the New 95.1 popped out of mess, then disappeared. EB-MI

TRANS-ATLANTIC dx: ALL TIMES GMT 153 ALGERIA BECHAR Jan11 2323 G -Arabic talk and Aribic mx, Local level by 0000.NEW COUNTRY #22 STATION HEARD #700 BALL-IL 162 RFI FRANCE Dec6 1256 VG, but local power line noise made it very tough copy. French talk, time pips at the leading up to the TOH.NEW COUNTRY #21 BALL-IL 171 RMEI MOROCCO NADOR 01-26 0121 F. French, playing American pop music. NEW. BALL-IL 183 EUROPE 1 GERMANY SAARLOUIS Jan12 0643 F. French talk by man and woman. NEW! COUNTRY #24 BALL-IL 198 Radio Four United Kingdom Droitwich 01-26 0527 F. Radio Four id then into light instrumental music. NEW COUNTRY #27 BALL-IL 207 MOROCCO AZILAL Jan12 0019 F -Arabic programing good signal level but hampared by beacons. NEW COUNTRY #23 BALL-IL 216 RADIO MONTE CARLO FRANCE ROUMOULES Jan12 0535 French programing. NEW! BALL-IL 252 ALGERIA TIPAZA Jan12 0656 G. Me and MS Jones tune, and a couple of other soul tunes, then into French talk. NEW! BALL-IL 252 Atlantic 252 Ireland Clarkestown 01-26 0542 G. Sports programing, mixing with Algeria. NEW COUNTRY #28 BALL-IL 531 ALGERIA AIN-EL BEIDA Jan17 0334 F. Arabic mx. //153. NEW! BALL-IL 621 RNE-1 CANARY ISLANDS Jan17 0210 F/P. Spainish talk by two men. NEW COUNTRY#25. BALL-IL 855 RNE-1 SPAIN MURCIA Jan17 0357 VP. Very weak signal with man in spainish. NEW COUNTRY #26 BALL-IL 1375 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (RFO) Dec6 0905 VP. French talk for a couple of minutes, over 1370/1380 slop. NEW COUNTRY #20 BALL-IL

Pan-AM dx: ALL TIMES GMT 540 MEXICO XEWA San Luis Potosi Jan10 0239 English songs were heard with relay of XEW, ID given as "La Voz de America Latina XEW", good signal all over KDFT, no sign. JN-TX 640 CUBA Radio Progresso Jan19 2351 nice strong signal on top of the channel at. Ids as "Radio Progresso". JN-TX 660 MEXICO XEEY LaConsentida 1-28 1200 F-G ET-MI 760 COLOMBIA HJAJ Barranquilla Jan29 1045 G S9 on W EWE in ss with several mentions of 'Columbia' and 'Cadena' (Radio Cadena National). Another ss station under with Mex. mx. Gone in 5 minutes. JW-WI 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (ZBVI) Jan1 2301 G 2001 year in review program, several local ads incl Tops Photo Sudio & Port Purcell Market. WBBM nulled. NEW! NEW Country #19. BALL-IL Congratulations! -ed 780 MEXICO XESFT Mexico City Jan5 0013 F-G in SS when heard all over WBBM on the same channel. Nice id at 0128GMT. JN-TX 780 VENEZUELA Radio Coro Coro Jan26 0414 alone on east wire with Latin dance music, several Radio Coro ID's. JF-ON   790 MEXICO XEFE Nuevo Laredo Jan21 1237 G with chat program, with traffic reports as a helicopter can be heard in the background of the reporter. JN-TX 800 MEXICO XEROK Cd Juarez Jan12 1253 Good solid signal & many ids and local music.JN-TX 810 MEXICO XEFW Tampico Jan14 1328 F w/talk by man in Spanish. Local ads and many mentions of Mexico at 1330. CR-IL 900 MEXICO XEW Monterrey Jan10 0239 English songs were heard with powerhouse signal all over KCLW, ID given as "La Voz de America Latina XEW". JN-TX 940 MEXICO XEQ Mexico City Jan18 1056 G on top of the channel with romantic music this morning. Nice ID on the hour. JN-TX 1060 MEXICO XEEP Mexico City Dec7 0007 G in SS with instrumental music. Found // 6185 short-wave which was not as good. JN-TX 1100 CUBA Radio Habana Jan14 1155 F in WTAM null w/Cuban music and Radio Habana and Cuba mentions at 1200. CR-IL 1180 CUBA Radio Rebelde Jan19 2318 G at times in SS. Station was on top of the channel most of the time and was fighting it out with KGOL in Houston at times, found // 5025 short-wave. JN-TX   1290 MEXICO XEDA Mexico City Jan6 0644 Great fade-up with multi-station ID that included "XEDA Radio Trece...". Later at 0700, "Radio Trece presenta(sp)" NEW! LOY-IL

Hot-Tippers for January, 2002:

JA-WI Jim Albrecht, Milwaukee,WI GE Superadio

SA-MB Shawn M. Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg, MB Icom ICR-70, Drake R8, Icom R-7000 4' unAMplified box loop, Quantum loop, 145' outdoor wire, 100' indoor wire, discone, MFJ-1026 phasing unit http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/index.html

BALL-IL Jeff Ball, Auburn,IL Drake R8B, Kiwa loop, several longwires

EB-MI Eric Berger, nr Detroit MI Mopar Radio in Dodge Dakota Realistic Clarinette 100 (WVAB/KSFT/KKJY/KLFJ only)

RD-NE Rick Dau, Omaha, NE   Sony ICF-2010

BD-UK Barry Davies Carlisle, UK Updated AoR 7030, 300' LW

JF-ON Jeff Falconer, Clinton, ON Drake R8B, pair of 135' terminated wires, MFJ-1026 phaser, etc.

PG-CO Patrick Griffith, Westminster, CO Drake R-8 and Kiwa loop

TH-MI Ted Hammond, Shelby Twp., MI GE SuperRadio II

LOY-IL Eric Loy,Champaign IL or Mahomet IL TRF 12-655 Drake R8 and Quantum QX

JN-TX James Niven, Moody, TX 400 foot longwire, Icom R-71A receiver

TN-WI Tim Noonan, Madison WI Kenwood R1000, Radio West loop http://www.angelfire.com/wi/dxing

TP-MT Terry Palmersheim, Helena, MT AR-7030, RF-2200, ICF-SW1S, DX-399

MP-OH Michael Procop, Bedford Ohio Kenwood R-600 radio, M-400 Starduster antenna, 50' copper wire antenna (WBEX, WCIS, WYRD only), JVC R-X80 w/ ferrite rod (WRIX only) JVC R-X80 stereo w/ ferrite rod (WOI,WSDS,WCNS,WMFN and WVHU only)

CR-IL Christos Rigas,Wood Dale, Illinois Kenwood R-2000, Quantum QX-Pro Sony ICF-2010, Kowalski Loop

JJR-WI John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee, WI Icom IC-R75, Kiwa loop, MFJ-959B tuner-preamp or GE Superadio III, Terk AM1000 loop

MS-MB Morris Sorensen, Winnipeg MB Drake R8 with Quantum QX pro loop DX-392 with stock antenna Grundig YB-400 with stock antenna

ET-MI nr Kalamazoo CC Radio, stock

JW-WI John Wilke, WB9UAI, Milwaukee R71a, MFJ1025, 2x55' vert, 2 x EWE antennas.

KW-WI Kent Winrich, K9EZ, Waukesha, WI Yaesu FT-1000D, HyGain DX-88