New stations heard from West Michigan during March, 2016 (with the exception of 1548 4QD). Antenna used is noted in the log. All dates and times UTC:
TAs:
1431 Radio Sawa, Djibouti – 3/5/2016 0049-0053 UTC – Decent carrier noted several times here in past nights finally culminating with some audio on March 5th. Occasional strong peaks bursting into pop music lasting for several minutes. Parallel to a remote Perseus SDR located in the Mediterranean region that had a strong copy on Radio Sawa which provided a nice real-time comparison. 7,481 miles from my North D-KAZ antenna.
DUs:
1548.01 4QD Emerald, QLD, Australia – 3/24/2016 1134 UTC – Carrier peaking to legible audio at 1134 UTC with aussie accented talk during long signal peaks but clobbered by heavy slop from 1540. Best on North D-KAZ antenna, just like last year in March at this time when 4QD was received surprisingly clear. 9,081 miles!
Domestics:
810 WCTA Alamo, TN. – 3/5/2016 0159 UTC – Poor copy under WSYW with legal ID at TOH, heard on southwest BOGs.
1230 WMLR Hohenwald, TN. – 3/7/2016 0158 UTC – With oldies and TOH legal ID under local WTKG during au cx on South D-KAZ.
1230 KGHS International Falls, MN. – 3/27/2016 0000 UTC – OM call letter ID given along with mention of International Falls (MN), poor but distinguishable after a few playbacks of the recording, North D-KAZ.
1240 WJON St. Cloud, MN. – 3/26/2016 1159 UTC – OM legal call letter ID and into several mentions of St. Cloud and soon buried again, on North D-KAZ.
1270 WWWI Baxter, MN. – 3/6/2016 0000 UTC – With TOH ID: “This is NBC Red Zone Sports Radio, on WWWI, AM 12-70, Brainerd-Baxter”, dominant on North D-KAZ.
1300 KPMI Bemidji, MN. – 3/24/2016 1150 UTC – Under semi-local WOOD with spot for Imus in the Morning and then call letter ID, on North D-KAZ.
1350 WCMP Pine City, MN. – 3/6/2016 0000 UTC – 60 Hz buzz noted for a few seconds at TOH and then under modulated legal ID, difficult to understand and then into standards with better modulation, on North D-KAZ.
1360 KKBJ Bemidji, MN. – 3/26/2016 1156 UTC – With local Bemidji (MN) ads and local weather, briefly dominant, legal call letter ID at TOH, on North D-KAZ.
1390 KXSS Waite Park, MN. – 3/6/2016 0001 UTC – With Westwood One NCAA basketball and pause for legal ID, mixing with WGRB, on North D-KAZ.
1470 WBKV West Bend, WI. – 3/13/2016 2353 UTC – With slogan “In this fast paced world we live in, it’s better to stay in touch right here, AM 14-70, WBKV”, on North D-KAZ.
1480 KKCQ Fosston, MN. – 3/14/2016 0000 UTC – Very poor under WLMV with OM TOH legal ID, on North D-KAZ.