XECTL Radio Chetumal 860 verification

One of the surprises at Lista in October 2008 was catching a few rare stations from Central America. One of the best loggings was Radio Chetumal in Chetumal, Mexico, close to the border to Belize, on 860 kHz. Their signal made it through to our radios one morning identifying both as “Radio Chetumal” and using [...]

KSTP St. Paul MN 1500 verification

Discovering the signal of KSTP in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the recordings made at Lista in October 2008, was another surprise. 1500 kHz is usually totally covered by WFED in Washington DC with WLQV in Detroit also heard from time to time. The signal of KSTP made a brief apperance one night, however, with several [...]

WQEW New York NY 1560 verification

Another station I have tried to get a reply from several times through the years is WQEW in New York. WQEW is one of the very strongest US AM stations at my place and can be heard every night in the winter season with Radio Disney programming. Their 50 kilowatt transmitter located in Maspeth, New [...]

CMHW “Dobleve” 840 verification

I have tried to get a reply out of CMHW in Santa Clara, Cuba, a number of times before succeeding last week. CMHW is not a difficult station to hear, especially at Lista where they are often the dominating station on 840 kHz. CMHW – or “La Dobleve” as the station is better known as [...]

CHHA Toronto ON 1610 verification

CHHA “Voces Latinas” in Toronto is a station I have only been able to hear a few times. Their frequency is usually covered by either Caribbean Beacon in Anguilla or CJWI in Montréal here. At Lista in October 2008, however, the signal of CHHA was also heard briefly with Spanish language programming. CHHA is a [...]