onsdag 17 oktober 2012

HJJW Em Nuevo Continente, Bogotá -1460



The 11th of September I had some pretty strong signals from Bogota. On 1460kHz  I caught "esta es la señal de Nuevo Continente en Bogotá HJJW Amplitud Modulada 1460 kHz....Nuevo Continente - La Alternativa Diferente"  totally dominated the frequency. 
Luis Enrique Ramos swiftly confirmed my reception.


CMBD Radio Reloj, Cuba -870


One of the beacons of Cuba , easily recognized programs with a clock ticking in the background and very very often mentions the time. A few weeks ago I reported the station and yesterday  a nice answer arrived from Sonia Suarez :
 Sr. Bernt-Iván:
                    Le escribo para confirmar que ciertamente en esa fecha y a esa hora usted sintonizó claramente Radio Reloj, la muestra de audio  que me envía está clarísima. La locutora se escucha a la perfección. Gracias por la sintonía. Ojalá pronto vuelva a sintonizarnoss y pueda escuchar muchas más cosas de mi país, CUBA. Cariños para su esposa Paola, besos para sus niñas: Jennifer, Jessica y Nathalie y usted reciba mi saludo afectuoso,
                                                             Sonya

WDDY Albany NY -1460



Two NY stations on the same QRG, WHIC Rochester and WDDY Albany, but in each side of the state. From my horizon its about 50/50 chance  which station that dominates the QRG depending on how selective  the conditions are.  WDDY radiates Radio Disney and use to put in local IDs a few minutes before TOH, as when I heard them the 13th of November last season "Radio WDDY and WDDY HD Albany" 
Today Sara Wiseman, Stn Mgr confirmed my reception with a short email
Albany is the capital city of the state of New York, sits on the west bank of Hudson River roughly 240km north of NYC. Albany  has close ties with the nearby cities of Troy,Schenectady and Saratoga Springs, forming the region called Capital District.

WFIF Milford CT -1500


I have been watching this QRG many times when the the possibilities for daytimer signals been good, but always ended up with the signals from WLQV instead. They also belong to Life Changing Radio Network  so one must be careful  not confuse the stations.
The 23rd of October last season  I once again had WLQV  strong, but just before 22UTC  the signals from WFIF popped up  and luckily with a announcement as "You´re tuned to AM 1500 WFIF, stay tuned for a special program from WFIF Radio"  These words really made my day !
Jon Vaught, Stn Mgr, sent a pleasent message to me a few days ago :


Dear Mr. Holmberg,

Yes, this is a verification of the reception report you sent to Dave Young about our station, WFIF. WFIF is a Christian radio station, located in Milford, Connecticut, USA. We are a daytime station only. We periodically receive reception reports from your area of the world. Congratulations for picking up our signal.

Blessings in JESUS,

Jon Vaught
Station Manager
WFIF 1500 AM
www.wfif.net

Their market are Bridgeport in the south to New Haven on the north but the station is located in Milford  on the northern shore of Long Island Sound just an hour from New York City.With about 50.000 residents,they call themself  "A small city with a Big Heart" 


tisdag 16 oktober 2012

WSUA Miami FL -1260


Although  located on a European MW QRG it is pretty regular guest here in Möklinta, especially in the early season Aug-Oct. Identifies as "Caracol 1260" and with the English call-ID at TOH. Heard them the 11th of September promoting their website "www.caracol1260.com" . As the name says closely connected to Caracol Colombia
V/s  Tomas A. Martinez Vice Pres and GM.  confirmed my report today.

lördag 13 oktober 2012

WXYT Detroit MI -1270


The QRG is often dominated by CJCB here in Möklinta, but when the condtion moves further west it can be  as a bubbling pot of stations. Two MI Talk stations can be found of the frequency, WMKT and also WXYT which I heard the 15th of Dec 2011 with a ID and jingle. They currently running a conservative talk radio format, but will switch to the new CBS Sports Radio in January 2013.
V/s Rona Danziger

WAMG Dedham MA -890


The station is most common in early nights here, easily recognized by their hot Tropical music and "La nueva Mega"  slogans. Heard them the 16th of September 2012 and soon received a short email message as "Congratulations, that is us.    Ivon Gois, GM WAMG 890"  

La Nueva Mega consists of three stations covering the central and eastern part of Massachusetts from Dedham, Lowell-Lawrence and Worcester.