OCX6N R La Luz, Arequipa -1560

The 10th of  May last year,the morning after I heard R Urkupiña on this QRG ,another signal a little bit lower (1560,03) was heard with religious programmes. It revealed itself  after a few minutes as "Radio La Luz - La señal Que Te Bendice. Muy Buenas Noches" when they probably closed the days transmission.
Juan Cesar Salgado Caldas  confirmed my reception via Facebook.

WXTG Hampton VA -1490

In late evening Dec 25th 2011 I heard a sports station which referenced a fotball game. A few promos for Compass Media network was heard together with the slogan "American new home for AFL Fotball, this is the Game"  After 30 minutes I finally heard the ID as  "WXTG Fox Sports Radio - The Game is WXTG FM, WXTG AM Red Zebra Broadcasting".  It was difficult to find a working email  but finally I came in contact with BT Briggs, Op. Prod. and Traffic/PSA Director  who confirmed my reception.

CMGL R Sancti Spíritus,Yaguajay -1200

The 17th of January 2012 I had a nice opening towards Cuba  and for the first time I heard R Sancti Spíritus from the northern city of Yaguajay. The station also has transmitters in Trinidad (1190) and in Sancti Spírtitus (1210) which is the strongest with a power of 10kW.
Webmaster  Wilber Zada Rosendi verified my reception  and wrote that I had heard a part of the programme Seleciones Musicales.

OAU6A Radio Milenio Universal, Arequipa -1540

In April 2011 I had  a few mornings with many signals from Peru.On 1540 I had signals from R Corporacion and Turbo Mix the 19th and the next morning conditions favoured  more southern parts of the country and I was lucky to hear Radio Milenio Universal from Arequipa on the same QRG.  Had  problems finding a contact address until I found them on Facebook. Manuel Alfredo Montes Urday verified my recording and that it also was his own voice I had heard announce "Radio Milenio Universal 1540kHz Amplitud Modulada" .

 La Plaza de Armas de ciudad de Arequipa

OBX4W Callao Super Radio , Lima -1400

This one use to be heard with huge signals in late spring at sunrise if the conditions favour Peru.  Got a nice Facebook message from Hernán Espinoza Neyra verifying my reception and also mentioned that it was his voice I heard reading the comercials.

R Urkupiña, Quillacollo Cochabamba -1560

My best ever conditions towards Bolivia on MW were at May 8 this year when signals from  the country was heard on several QRGs.  On 1560,142 kHz I heard a fotball commentary from a game between Aurora and Nacional Potosí and that the game was played on Estado Felix Capriles in Cochabamba. I sent a letter to the station (it didn´t exist at all on the internet) and a few weeks later a email from Patricia Salazar verified my reception. I also contacted Henrik Klemetz at the same time about my findings and with his contacts in the city he also  arranged  so I got this beautiful QSLcard from the station. Many Thanks Henrik!
The same night I also heard  two tentative  Bolivian "Community" stations on 1080 and 1570,71 but couldn´t get a positive ID from neither of them. Exciting anyway !

OBX4N R Corporacion, Cerro de Pasco -1540

Back in may 2010 I heard the station  a few times with beautiful andean music. The QRG is often occupied by TurboMix but I also heard R Milenio Universal from Arequipa last year.
Cerro de Pasco is a city of  70 000 inhabitants and an important mining center located at the top of the andean mountains. At a elevation of   4330 meters it is one of the highest cities in the world
The shortwave QRG in the header is inactive since many years.
P.C. Tito Vera Romero , Gerente General  verified my reception

CBT Grand Falls - Windsor NL -540

One of the CBC R One outlets in Newfoundland  that sometimes present strong signals here in Möklinta. They identify locally one minute before top of the hour as "CBC Radio One 5-40 AM in Grand Falls-Windsor  -Canada lives here"
Maureen Anonsen, Mgr verified my reception recently.

WPSL Port St Lucie FL-1590

The same morning I heard WMEL-1300   (20130206) I noticed that both 1430 and 1590 presented interesting signals. The 1430 station was revealed  as WTMN Gainesville  and 1590 identified itself as "This is WPSL Port Saint Lucie 15-90 - The talk of the Treasure Coast" . Been searching for them many times but now it finally got caught.  Greg Wyatt , Vice President wrote :
" Hi Bernt…..Thanks for listening, this is amazing because we can’t even hit South Stuart Florida (just 28 miles away) at night…..Good stuff. Have a great summer. Greg Wyatt VP/GM"
They share the same building as their sisterstation WJNX "La Gigante" -1330

WCAP Lowell MA -980

As we all know the  12th of January was a fantastic day  for TA receptions and an hour before  my local midnight I caught a signal playing oldies on the QRG. I followed the signal and after about 30 minutes I heard the ID as "This is AM 9-80 WCAP - Everybody gets it!" 
I send them my reception report and got a nice answer from Gerrry Lauderdale:

That is our station , no doubt about it. We are a 5,000 watt 24 hour news talk station during the day with Beatles and Before music in automation at night. We serve Lowell Massachusetts and have been in continuous operation since 1952. Keep listening and we will stay in touch. AM is amazing how it bounces around world......wow

 

Gerry Lauderdale
980 WCAP Radio
Serving the Entire Merrimack Valley
office 978-454-0404
cell 978-973-4183

 

Streaming at www.980wcap.com

Radio Lev Hamedina,Shfela Israel -91,0

One of my greatest FM catches of all time happened the 29th of June 2011 when I suddenly heard Hebrew talk on 91,0 MHz. A few seconds later I caught the ID "Radio Lev Hamediná" Had no idea where it came from until I searched the Internet  and was chocked by the length, 3400km . Must have been a double-hop  Sporadic-E propagation and at the same time I noticed a few other channels with arabic speaking stations, none of them identified.
It wasn´t easy to get in contact with the station but at last Aviram Gaon  replied  after he been listening to my recording that is was their station I´ve heard.

WIPR Máxima 940,San Juan -940

A usual guest on the frequency is "Máxima 9-40" which is a news-traffic and weather station , but when we hear them here in Sweden its with non-stop music programs during the local night.  I sent them a reception report last autumn and got a nice verification via Facebook.  

KRJO Monroe LA-1680

Located in the northern Louisiana and one of 6 US stations on the QRG. I heard them back in 2009  when they called themself  "Old School 16-80 AM"   but now todays format is Business News.
Program Dir J.R.Smith  verified my reception

WMEL Cocoa Beach FL -1300

February 6th I caught the rather rare signals of WMEL during selective cx towards central Florida. The usual FL station here is WFFG from the southern Key West but the QRG is well populated  and the dominant triple here in Möklinta  are WOOD-WJMO-KGLO, all three with excellent pattern towards Sweden.
The Owner John Harper wrote:

"Hi Bernt:

What a delight to learn from your report that you were able to receive my radio station in Sala, Sweden.  That is truly exciting news for us here at W M E L  Talk Radio AM 1300 on Cocoa Beach, Florida.

I will share your wonderful news with our staff and especially our Chief Engineer (Johnny O Hara).  I know he will really be thrilled as well.

Please keep in touch. 

John Harper and Your friends @ AM 1300 WMEL Cocoa Beach, Florida"

Cocoa Beach is located just south of  Cape Canaveral

Vahon FM, Haag -1557

The 15th of December last year I heard a strong signal one morning with oriental music on 1557kHz which turned out to be Vahon FM, the local voice for over  50.000 hindus  in and around Hauge in the Nederlands.  QSL-Manager Koos Wijnants  verified my reception , Thanks !

WHJJ Providence RI -920

In October 2011 I had the luck to receive their signals with a promo for Jim Bohannan Show  followed by "on 9-20 WHJJ". This was the first and only time I´ve heard them, so I decided to send them a f/up earlier this year. Program & News Director Bill George confirmed my reception after he been listening to my recording.

WPRV Providence RI -790

The 12th of January this year we had signals coming in early in the evening and quite a few "daytimers"  was logged in Scandinavia. Once again 790kHz surprised me with a TOH ID  at 2200UTC as "Listen to Imus in the Morning - AM7-90 WPRV Providence - A Cumulus Station"   Although not a daytimer  but a nice catch anyway from this, the smallest state in U.S.
Caroline Gallogly, Promotions Mgr verified my reception.

KFGO Fargo - Moorhead ND-790

During good conditions the 10th  of January I noticed that KEYZ  Williston 660 was dominating their QRG. As my collection of North Dakota QSLs are quite small I went to 790 to see if I had some luck. Last year I once  heard them but with a very disturbed and weak signal, but now I could clearly decipher "..on 7-90 KFGO - KFGO.com. News and People you trust. Everyday...Newsroom on the Mighty 7-90 Fargo-Moorhead"  when CFCW was in a deep fade.  I soon received a nice  letter from Brad Wilson :

Fargo-Moorhead are sister cities of the Red River Valley which acts as a natural border between ND and MN. The cities has a population of about 210 000.   Fargo is also the name of Cohen Brothers crime film from 1996 where our swedish actor Peter Stormare had his international breakthrough as an actor

CFCO Chatham-Kent ON -630

Had the luck to find this station the 8th of January with a weak signal below the strong CHED for a few minutes playing C&W music. ID between two songs as "..in the morning Country 92.9 FM 6-30 AM CFCO" .
Located in Chatham-Kent in the southern tip of Ontario and boasting a great daytime signal into most of Michigan, parts of Ohio and Indiana.
 David Palmer confirmed my reception after listening to my recording.

KUTR Taylorsville UT -820

It was a huge surprise when I heard the station with a faint signal in January 10th this year airing its religious programs and their TOH ID:  "This is Truth AM 8-20 KUTR  Taylorsville-Ogden-Provo-Salt Lake City"
Russ East, Station Manager, confirmed my reception.
Taylorsville is located 10km  south S.L.C.