WGVU Kentwood MI 1480 verification

WSAR in Fall River, Massachusetts, is the dominant station on 1480 kHz and often leave little room for hearing anything else on this channel. At Lista in October 2008, a few others were heard too. Among those were WGVU broadcasting from Grand Valley State University in Kentwood, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, suburb. I caught them [...]

WDER Derry NH 1320 verification

1320 kHz is an interesting frequency now that CKEC in Nova Scotia (a real powerhouse here) has left the frequency. Several new stations were heard on this frequency at the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. One of the stations heard was WDER in Derry, New Hampshire, which came through briefly early one evening when they [...]

WHAS Louisville KY 840 verification

WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, is a station which I have heard many times through the years on 840 kHz. WHAS is the dominant station on this frequency at Lista along with CMHW “La Doblevé” in Cuba. WHAS is also the only station from Kentucky which can be called an easy catch in Southern Norway.
Kelly Carls, [...]

WGHQ Kingston NY 920 verification

We were really pleased about logging WGHQ in Kingston, New York, on 920 kHz at Lista in October 2008. That was a station we had not even heard of prior to the start of the DX-pedition, much less a station we expected to actually hear…
When reviewing our recordings later on, we found that WGHQ could [...]

WDZY Colonial Heights VA 1290 verification

One of many highlights at Lista in October 2008 was hearing WDZY in Colonial Heights, Virginia, on 1290 kHz. WDZY was heard one evening with a clear station identication and Radio Disney programming. They were apparently still on their daytime power of 25 kilowatts when I heard them, otherwise the night time power of their [...]

CJYM Rosetown SK 1330 verification

For those DX-ing from Arctic Scandinavia, CJYM in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, is a common catch on 1330 kHz. For those DX-ing from Southern Scandinavia, however, catching the signal of stations located so far west is much more difficult. On the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista,  CJYM was heard with a pretty good signal one night playing [...]

OBX4W Callao Super Radio 1400 verification

Hearing Transatlantic stations on mediumwave with my 70 metre random wire antenna at my home QTH is a challenge. Sometimes you can be lucky though and catch the signals of stations which I haven’t even heard at Lista. A station which I had never heard before was Callao Super Radio from Callao, Peru, on 1400 [...]

DRS Musikwelle 531 verification

On December 28, 2008, at 22.59 UTC, the mediumwave transmitter at Beromünster, Switzerland, had their very last day on air. During the last couple of years of operation, the transmitter was used for transmitting programmes from DRS Musikwelle, programmes consisting of mainly Swiss-German traditional music which can be either fun or extremely annoying to listen [...]

WWBC Cocoa FL 1510 verification

On the very successfull October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista, we managed to hear a number of U.S. daytime stations. One of our best catches was hearing WWBC in Cocoa, Florida, on 1510 kHz. This station had not been heard in Scandinavia before. I must rush to add that WWBC was logged by  several other DX-ers [...]

LV9 Radio Salta 840 verification

I haven’t been very succesfull in hearing stations from Argentina on mediumwave, and even less successfull in getting any verifications from the few I have managed to hear. Stations from the Southern part of South America have rarely made it to our DX-pedition site at Lista. The only time I have heard stations from this [...]

WBOB Jacksonville FL 1320 verification

WBOB was a station neither of us had heard prior to the October 2008 DX pedition to Lista. On this 3 night DX-pedition, however, WBOB was the dominant station on 1320 kHz most of the time. WBOB broadcasts a news/talk/sport programming with a night time power of 5 kilowatts from Jacksonville in Florida. WBOB has [...]

CKPC Brantford ON 1380 verification

Broadcasting an oldies format with 25 kilowatts of power from Brantford, Ontario, CKPC has become the most commonly heard North American station on 1380 kHz at Lista . CKPC was also the dominant station on this frequency at the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista.
Chief Engineer Stewart Bayley confirmed my reception of CKPC with a verification letter [...]

CJBK London ON 1290 verification

1290 kHz is an interesting frequency where it is possible to hear a number of stations. At the October 2008 DX pedition to Lista we heard no less than 9 different stations on this frequency – quite amazing for just 3 nights of DX-ing! One of the stations with the most consistent signals these 3 [...]

WMYF Portsmouth NH 1380 verification

1380 kHz has become an interesting frequency now that CKLC in Ontario left the frequency for FM some time ago. One of the stations which made it to our radios on 1380 kHz at the October 2008 DX pedition to Lista was WMYF in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. WMYF was noted several times at this DX [...]

CFLN Goose Bay NL / CFGN Port-aux-Basques NL 1230 verification

Signals from the CFCB radio network popped up also on 1230 kHz at the October 2008 DX pedition to Lista. These signals could originate from either CFLN in Goose Bay, Labrador or from CFGN in Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland, as both these transmitters repeats CFCB in their respective coverage area.
As far as I know, there is no [...]

CFNW Port au Choix NL 790 verification

Hearing CFNW on 790 kHz is not terribly difficult at Lista, especially early at night when other stations haven’t faded in yet. CFNW is located in the small town of Port au Choix on the Northwestern coastline of Newfoundland. According to Wikipedia, Port au Choix (also spelled Port aux Choix) had a population of [...]

CHSM Steinbach MB 1250 verification

Another Midwest station heard at Lista in October 2008 was CHSM in Steinbach, Manitoba. Manitoba stations are rare at Lista, so we were quite pleased about logging these at our location in Southern Norway. CHSM broadcasts from the agricultural heartland of the Canadian prairie and many of its programmes are targeting the agricultural community (according [...]

WHK Cleveland OH 1420 verification

A recent reply from 1440 WHKZ made me send another report to Chief Engineer Dave Johnson at Salem Communications in Cleveland, Ohio. This time a report to another station owned by Salem Communications, WHK in Cleveland. WHK was heard briefly at Lista in November 2007 on its frequency 1420 kHz. Dave Johnson kindly sent me [...]

CKMX Calgary AB 1060 verification

As mentioned a couple of times earlier on blog, we heard a number of unusual stations at Lista in October 2008. I have to add that many of the stations which we consider “unusual” are powerhouses up in Arctic Norway and Arctic Scandinavia though. One of these, CKMX in Calgary, popped up one morning on [...]

WHKZ Warren OH 1440 verification

1440 kilohertz is a very interesting frequency now that Luxembourg vacates the frequency most of the night. At Lista in October 2008, we managed to hear no less than 5 different U.S. stations on this frequency. One of them was WHKZ in Warren, Ohio, which was heard pretty well at times at this frequency. Most [...]

CJVB Vancouver BC 1470 verification

Creative and Promotions Coordinator Leela Donna at CJVB in Vancouver surprised me by sending me a letter by postal mail verifying my reception of the station as well as a sticker, a schedule and some information on the station.
I heard CJVB briefly one morning on 1470 kHz at the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. Leela [...]

WQAM Miami FL 560 verification

WQAM in Miami has become a rather common catch at Lista after CHVO left 560 kilohertz in October 2008. Although WGAN in Maine dominates the frequency, it is not uncommon to hear WQAM either, despite a listed nighttime power of just 1 kilowatt. May be the seaside location of their transmitter just south east of [...]

WGAM Manchester NH 1250 verification

WGAM in Manchester, New Hampshire, was another surprise catch from the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. WGAM was heard as early as 21.22 UTC (5.22 p.m. EST) one evening, but faded away rather quickly.
WGAM, dubbed “The Game – New Hampshire’s Sports Radio”, broadcasts with a power of 5 kilowatts simulcasting with WGHM in the neighbouring [...]

WLAC Nashville TN 1510 verification

The only station from Tennessee which can be said to be heard fairly regularly in Southern Norway, is WLAC in Nashville on 1510 kHz. For my part, however, I hadn’t had any luck hearing WLAC untill the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. On this DX-pedition, their signal was heard well for several hours mixing with [...]

KNX Los Angeles CA 1070 verification

My first verification ever from a West Coast station appeared in my inbox today when Andy G. Ludlum, Director of News Programming at KNX in Los Angeles, confirmed my reception of the station. Besides his professional job as a broadcast journalist, Andy is also a HAM with the call sign KI6NON.
KNX was heard briefly one [...]

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 [...]

CBT Grand Falls NL 540 verification

Now that Belgium has left and Hungary doesn’t use the frequency at night, 540 kHz has become a frequency opening up for Transatlantic DX. During the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista, 3 stations were heard on this frequencies: CBT in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, CBGA1 in New Carlisle, Québec and WFLF in Pine Hills, Florida. Of [...]

CBGA1 New Carlisle QC 540 verification

One of many new stations (well, new to me at least) which popped up at Lista in October 2008 was CBGA1 in New Carlisle, Québec, on 540 kHz. CBGA1 broadcasts French language programmes from CBCs “Première Chaîne”, but has local station identifications like other CBC stations. Jimmy Berthelot, Chief Technicien, confirmed my reception with a [...]

WHO Des Moines IA 1040 verification

1040 kHz is a frequency where I hardly hear any signals from North America on my usual DX pedition site at Lista. During the October 2008 venture to Lista, however, the signal of WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, was heard at times and sometimes even with pretty good signal. WHO broadcasts with a power of [...]

WIZZ Greenfield MA 1520 verification

WIZZ is one of the easiest U.S. day timers to hear at my usual DX pedition site at Lista. Only WFIF in Milford, Connecticut, on 1500 kHz is more common. If conditions towards North America are good enough, the signal of WIZZ can sometimes be as good or even better than the signal of the [...]

CKDH Amherst NS 900 verification

900 kHz was an interesting frequency on the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. One of several Transatlantic stations surfacing was CKDH in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Despite its location on the East coast of Canada, CKDH is not logged too often in Europe. I have never heard them before this DX-peditions, despite many DX-peditions to Lista [...]

HRUP6 Radio Satélite 900 verification

One of the biggest surprises of the fabulous October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista, was logging the signal of Radio Satélite in La Ceiba, Honduras, on 900 kHz. Radio Satélite was a station we had never heard about, much less a station we thought it was possible hearing. Their signal, however, faded up one morning [...]

WGAN Portland ME 560 verification

WGAN in Portland, Maine, has become a regular catch after CHVO in Newfoundland left the air in October 2008. Lara Seaver, Promotions Director, confirmed my MP3 recording of the station with a brief e-mail. A couple of weeks later on, Program Director Jeff Wade also confirmed my reception of WGAN with another e-mail.
This was another [...]

KEZW Aurora CO 1430 verification

Today I received my first verification from the state of Colorado. KEZW in Aurora, Colorado, was heard one morning during the January 2007 DX pedition to Lista. Huge surprise as the signal of stations in the Rocky Mountains hardly ever makes it to Lista. I haven’t had any success in my attempts in getting a [...]

WEPN New York NY 1050 verification

WEPN in New York is a very easy catch on 1050 kHz, especially at Lista. I haven’t tried very hard to obtain a verification from this station, but when I saw replies from Bob Galerstein to other DX-ers, I decided to send a reception report to him as well. Today, I got a letter in [...]

Radio Zavidovici 1503 verification

Sometimes my recordings from previous DX-peditions just lie very quietly on my computer without being touched. One of these recordings was of an unidentified station on 1503 kHz. I had a suspicion this station was Radio Zavidovici in Zavidovici, Bosnia, but didn’t try to confirm the identity of the station untill last week when I [...]

CHNS Halifax NS 960 verification

CHNS in Halifax, Nova Scotia, used to be a very common station at my place and by far the most commonly heard station on 960 kHz. I have sent a couple of reports to this station through the years, but no answer untill today when I got an e-mail verification from Alison Morash, Promotions Manager,  [...]

CKDO Oshawa ON 1580 verification

CKDO in Oshawa, Ontario, is another easy catch and is easily heard on its frequency 1580 kHz. In fact it is very difficult to hear anything but CKDO on this frequency. The station broadcasts with a power of 10 kilowatts and was also heard very well on the October 2008 trip to Lista. CKDO has [...]

WEAV Plattsburgh NY 960 verification

After both CHNS in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then CFFX in Kingston, Ontario, left AM for a new life on FM, WEAV in Plattsburgh, New York, has become the dominant station on 960 kHz at my place. WEAV The Zone has a talk format and is now usually an easy catch at my regular DX [...]

WNAM Neenah-Menasha WI 1280 verification

WNAM in Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin, was one of the more uncommon stations heard during the November 2007 DX-pedition to Lista. Normally the frequency of 1280 kHz is completely covered by either WFAU in Maine or by WCMN in Puerto Rico with VSB2 in Bermuda and CFMB in Montreal also showing up from time to time. Hearing [...]

CBE Windsor ON 1550 verification

CBE is a pretty easy catch at my regular DX pedition site at Lista. It is the dominant station on 1550 kHz and about the only North American station which it is possible to hear on this frequency. CBE is the CBC Radio One outlet in Windsor, Ontario, and broadcasts with a power of 10 [...]

CKMW Winkler MB 1570 verification

Hearing stations as far west as Manitoba is not very easy or very common at Lista. On the very successful October 2008 DX-pedition, however, we managed to hear a couple of stations from Manitoba. One of them was CKMW in Winkler which was heard pretty well on 1570 kHz one night along with the dominant [...]

CJOY Guelph ON 1460 verification

I have a lot of audio files and reception reports waiting to be sent out to common and fairly common stations in Canada and in the USA. One of the stations which is heard fairly commonly is CJOY in Guelph, Ontario.
CJOY can be heard quite frequently on 1460 kHz with their Oldies format programming usually [...]

Radio Afrika International 1476 verification

Hearing Radio Afrika International from Vienna on 1476 kHz was not really “hard-core-dx”, but it is a nice station which I enjoy listen to every now and then. Unfortunately, the 1476 kHz transmitter  at Wien-Bisamberg closed down on December 31, 2008, so their programmes are now only available on FM in Vienna and as an [...]

WSVU North Palm Beach FL 960 verification

One of the star loggings from Lista last October was catching the signal of WSVU “Seaview AM” on 960 kHz. This station had not been heard previously in Scandinavia according to the KOJE master list of North American AM stations, but popped up one morning around sunrise with an acceptable signal for a few minutes [...]

CHKT Toronto ON 1430 verification

CHKT in Toronto is a station I have heard many times on 1430 kHz. Their programmes are easily recognizable as they only broadcast foreign language programming. The main language of CHKT is Chinese but I have also heard them with programmes in a.o. Tamil and Pashto. The main problem about CHKT has been getting a [...]

XEEP Radio Educación 1060 verification

Stations from Mexico are not heard often at my place, but at Lista in November 2007 we managed to hear a few. One of them was Radio Educación in Mexico City. The signal of Radio Educación was heard one morning on 1060 kHz when their signal was heard pretty well mixing with the dominant station [...]

CFAV Laval QC 1570 verification

After many attempts, Claire Bellefeuille, Directrice at CFAV Radio Boomer, confirmed my reception of the station today. CFAV, or Radio Boomer as the station usually identifies as, broadcasts from Laval just outside Montréal. CFAV is an “easy” target for Transatlantic DX and is the dominant station on 1570 kHz here. This was for a MP3 [...]

WLMC Georgetown SC 1470 verification

WLMC in Georgetown, South Carolina, was another nice catch at Lista in last October. The station was heard with gospel music and announcing various religious and community events in and around Georgetown. WLMC broadcasts with a daytime power of  1 kilowatts while their nighttime power is  just 184 watts. As we heard them around 7.15 [...]

OAX4O Radio Victoria 6020 verification

QSLs from shortwave stations are rare these days as there are simple not a lot of stations left on the shortwave dial.  Radio Victoria in Lima is one of very few stations in the bigger cities of Peru which are still transmitting on shortwave. The station has been heard quite regularly on both 6020 kHz [...]

HJKM Emisora Mariana 1400 verification

Emisora Mariana in Bogotá, Colombia has been heard quite regularly on 1400 kHz this winter at my QTH, even with a 70 metre longwire antenna only.  As with most Colombians, reception is always best around sunrise now in winter.
It took a couple of tries to get a reply, but I finally got I nice e-mail [...]

WBTX Broadway-Timberville VA 1470 verification

Hearing the unexpected is to me the main thrill about DX-ing. We heard several unexpected stations during the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. One of the highlights was hearing WBTX licenced to Broadway-Timberville in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley on 1470 kHz, a daytimer with a power of 5 kilowatts. WBTX was a station we never had [...]

WOND Pleasantville NJ 1400 verification

WOND in Pleasantville, New Jersey, is a station I have heard many times. WOND is the second most commonly heard station on 1400 kilohertz at my place, and would have had a very good signal had they been on a clearer frequency. 1400 kilohertz is normally occupied by CBG in Gander, Newfoundland, here.
The challenge for [...]

WATR Waterbury CT 1320 verification

WATR in Waterbury, Connecticut, was another nice catch at our last venture to Lista in October 2008. WATR came up with a clear station identification around local sunset in Connecticut at 22.00 UTC. I guess the station switched from their listed day time power of 5 kilowatts to the night time power of 1 kilowatt [...]

KBRW Barrow AK 680 verification

Hearing Alaska on mediumwave has been something I have tried for years in the winter afternoons and evenings. The station I have hunted for has primarily been KBRW on 680 kHz, which is supposed to be the easiest Alaskan station to hear on mediumwave in Scandinavia. KBRW is located in Barrow, 515 kilometres north of [...]

Radio Libertad 1310 verification

Radio Libertad was a surprise catch one morning in Occtober when DX-ing with my very modest equipment at my home QTH. This station has been heard a couple of times in Scandinavia, but as far as I know it is not a very common catch on its frequency of 1310 kHz. Radio Libertad broadcasts from [...]

KWSL Sioux City IA 1470 verification

Another Iowa verification found its way to my e-mail inbox today. This time from Traffic Director Nicole Maranville at KWSL in Sioux City, Iowa. KWSL “La Preciosa” is, as the name implies, a Spanish station. The station was heard briefly on 1470 kHz on the January 2007 DX-pedition at Lista, and has also been noted [...]

KXNO Des Moines IA 1460 verification

Hearing stations as far west as Iowa is not that common on my usual DX-pedition site at Lista. At the November 2007 DX-pedition, however, we managed to hear quite a few stations from as far inland as Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
One of the stations heard was KXNO in Des Moines, Iowa, a station neither me [...]

Zenith Classic Rock 1584 verification

Zenith Classic Rock holds a temporary license to broadcast on 1584 kHz and is presently on air on weekends only with a power of 1 kilowatt. The station transmits in AM stereo using the C-QUAM-system and is believed to be the only station in Europe presently broadcasting in stereo on mediumwave. The transmitter is [...]

WEZS Laconia NH 1350 verification

Catching the signal of WEZS on 1350 kHz at the last DX-pedition to Lista was a big but pleasant surprise.  WEZS was caught with a top of the hour identification at 22.00 UTC on the first night of our DX-pedition. Not too good a signal, but enough for a postitive identification. WEZS is an Oldies [...]

WNSH Beverly MA 1570 verification

One of many interesting stations heard at Lista last October was WNSH broadcasting from Beverly, Massachusetts, on 1570 kHz. WNSH came up to beat the dominant CFAV in Québec a couple of times during our first evening and was heard with a clear station identification at 22.58 UTC (6.58 EST).
We thought we heard the station [...]

WLQV Detroit MI 1500 verification

WLQV in Detroit, Michigan, is a station which sometimes pops up at Lista on 1500 kHz. Usually, WFED in Washington DC (and its predecessors WTOP, WTWP and WWWT) totally owns this frequency, but on both the November 2007 Dx-pedition as well as the most recent October 2008 DX-pedition, WLQV had a good signal at times, [...]

CIWW Ottawa ON 1310 verification

For some reason I have never bothered to send a reception report to the most commonly heard station on 1310 kHz: CIWW in the Canadian capital Ottawa. CIWW – or “Oldies 1310″ as the station brands itself – can be heard on 1310 kHz whenever conditions favour North America. CIWW always has the strongest signal [...]

Radio Caracas Radio 750

Radio Caracas Radio – or RCR which the station is more commonly known as – in Caracas is the most frequent guest on 750 kHz at my place whenever conditions turn southwards.

RCR was also heard on the November 2007 DX-pedition at Lista even though the conditions definitely favoured North America at that time. RCR was [...]

CKLW Windsor ON 800

800 kHz is normally occupied by VOWR in Newfoundland at my place, but on the November 2007 DX-pedition at Lista we also noted both CHRC and CKLW on this frequency. Of these two stations, CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, had the better signal with “Coast to Coast A.M.” and other talk programmes.
Anne Marie Isshack, [...]

Radio Shumen 963

DX-ing local radio stations from Eastern Europe is may be not very common in the small DXing community To me, however, DX-ing small stations in Europe can be just as fun as catching the signal of a station in say Florida or Colombia.
One of these local European stations noticed on the January 2007 [...]

ZYJ455 Super Rádio Tupi 1280

In January 2007, we experienced some geomagnetic disturbances at Lista and we managed to hear a number of stations from Brazil and Argentina. Stations from that part of the world are otherwise rarely heard at Lista, mostly due to the antennas which we use which are usually pointed to the Caribbean or to North America.
One [...]

CHGM Gaspé QC 1150

CHGM in Gaspé, Québec, is the most commonly heard North American station on 1150 kHz at my place. CHGM had a good signal on the November 2007 DX-pedition at Lista, playing mostly French-Canadian pop and rock music. Benoît Trépenier, journalist at the station, kindly confirmed my reception of the station with an e-mail. Benoît also [...]

YLE Helsinki 558

Finnish state broadcaster YLE doesn’t really count as a DX object here in Norway, but I was tempted to tune in to their very last broadcast on AM on December 31, 2007. On this date, the Helsinki transmitter on 558 was switched off. I listened in around 12.00 UTC, and as this was during mid [...]

CKGA Gander NL 650

CKGA in Gander, Newfoundland, is one of the most commonly heard North American radio stations here. The station can be heard almost every night in the winter season on its frequency 650 kHz, provided you have a decent radio and antenna of course. CKGA is part of the VOCM Radio Network in Newfoundland and simulcasts [...]

CKNB Campbellton NB 950

 
CKNB in Campbellton, New Brunswick, is by far the most common North American radio station on 950 kHz at my place. General Manager David Montgomery sent me a brief e-mail confirming my report from the November 2007 trip to Lista yesterday. CKNB had a huge signal on 950 kHz all nights on this DX pedition.

HJJZ Radio Manantial 1310

I have been trying hard to get a verification from Radio Manantial in Bogotá, a station which I have heard several times at Lista on 1310 kHz. A few years ago, I also heard this station when the station Colorín Color Radio used this frequency. Radio Manantial can occasionaly be heard at Lista beating the [...]

WPHT Philadelphia PA 1210

Marc Rayfield, SVP Market Manager/General Manager of WPHT-AM, sent me an e-mail last Saturday confirming my reception of WPHT in Philadelphia on 1210 on the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista.
At Lista, WPHT is the most commonly heard station on 1210 kHz along with VOAR in Newfoundland. On a southernly location such as Lista, however, [...]

SER Radio Santander 1485

Another station responding to a follow up sent a few days ago was SER Radio Santander in Santander, Spain. The station says they receive quite a number of e-mails and letters from “radioaficionados” in the Nordic countries every year. Radio Santander is an easy catch here in Norway on 1485 kHz, but getting a reply hasn’t [...]

CJRS Montréal QC 1650

The summer holidays have resulted in very few reception reports being sent, and as a result the number of QSLs has of course also dropped significantly (in July the number was zero). I sent out a couple of follow-ups yesterday, one of them resulted in a brief confirmation in French from CJRS President Founder Robert [...]

XEVOZ Radio Tráfico 1590

XEVOZ Radio Tráfico in México City was a rather unexpected catch at Lista in November 2007. The station came through with pretty good quality one morning on 1590 kHz announcing the time every minute and giving traffic reports from Mexico every third minute. Ing. Miguel Angel Barrientos V., who is their Director de Ingeniería y [...]

930 CFBC St. John NB

930 kHz was also an interesting frequency during the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista and I managed to hear 2 stations which were new to me: WBEN in Buffalo, New York, and CFBC in St. John, New Brunswick. The dominant station on this frequency is CJYQ in St. John’s, Newfoundland, but during these 3 [...]

HJJX RCN Radio Bogotá 770

Ana Maria Davila, Asistente Nacional de Gerencia Producción at RCN Radio in Bogotá, sent me an e-mail confirming my reception of HJJX RCN Radio on 770 kHz. RCN is quite possibly the Colombian station which can be heard most often and with the best signal at my place and can be heard even if conditions [...]

WBAP Fort Worth TX 820

820 kHz was one of the most interesting frequencies on the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista. Normally, only Radio Paradise in St.Kitts-Nevis can be heard on this frequency with their (very boring) overnight TBN programming. During the 3 nights we were at Lista, several other stations both from Latin America and North America were [...]

WSB Atlanta GA 750

WSB in Atlanta, Georgia, was another November 2007 catch at Lista. The station faded up briefly on top of the hour one morning on its frequency 750 kHz beating the signal of dominant station CBGY in Newfoundland. WSB is not an easy catch at Lista, as CBGY usually has a very strong signal.

Program Director [...]

WYLL Chicago IL 1160

Another Chicago station heard at Lista in November 2007 was WYLL on 1160 kHz. WYLL is the dominant North American station on the channel and was heard with a good signal at times. There was quite a lot of interference from Radio Tay in Scotland on nearby 1161 kHz though as Scottish stations are incredibly [...]

WWVA Wheeling WV 1170

WWVA “News Radio 1170″ located in Wheeling, West Virginia, had a good signal at times on 1170 kHz during the morning on November 12 at Lista. Their signal had to fight several UK stations on the same frequency, notably Magic 1170 in Newcastle, but had a decent strength at times.
News Director Paul Morgan replied immediately [...]

Radio 4VEH 840

Catching Radio 4VEH on 840 kHz was one of the highlights of the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista. Although Radio 4VEH has been logged quite frequently in Scandinavia during the last year, it was still a pleasant surprise to catch the signal of this station. This is the first time I have [...]

WBBM Chicago IL 780

Several stations from Chicago came through quite well during the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista beating more commonly heard stations located further east. One of these stations was WBBM on 780 kHz which was heard with an equally good signal strength as the normally very dominant CFDR in Nova Scotia.
Ron Gleason, Director of [...]

CJYE Oakville ON 1250

Another Ontario station logged on the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista was CJYE in Oakville on 1250 kHz. The station airs a Christian music and talk format branded as “Joy 12-50″. Another slogan used is “Christian radio for Southern Ontario”.
Brian Smith at the Ontario DX Association sent me a full data QSL card [...]

WBEN Buffalo NY 930

One of the stations which turned up rather unexpectedly on the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista was WBEN in Buffalo, New York. Their frequency, 930 kHz, is usually dominated by 2 Canadian stations, CJYQ in Newfoundland and CFBC in New Brunswick. On this DX pedition we enjoyed good conditions towards the Great Lakes though, [...]

WJR Detroit MI 760

WJR in Detroit, Michigan, was the dominant station all 3 nights on 760 kHz on Lista in November 2007, and had a very good signal at times. WJR is the most commonly heard North American station on this frequency, but I have not heard them untill this DX pedition. WJR is a talk station branding [...]

COPE Menorca 1134

It’s been years since I last sent a reception report to a station in Spain. I have given priorities to stations in North America, Central America and South America instead. Spain is an interesting DX target though with many stations on the AM band. Spain seems to be one of only 2 European countries (the [...]

KFAN Minneapolis MN 1130

1130 kHz is a frequency which is usually completely dominated by 1 North American radio station in Southern Norway: WBBR in New York with their “Bloomberg Radio” programming. Last November, however, KFAN in Minneapolis came through briefly one morning on Lista with ESPN programming. Luckily, some local promotions were noted as well, so I could [...]

CHWO Toronto ON 740

Stations from Ontario came through very well on the November 2007 DX pedition to Lista and CHWO in Toronto on 740 kHz was one of the stations which was heard with a very good signal. There was some interference from co-channel CHCM in Newfoundland at times, but CHWO generally had the better signal playing nostalgia [...]

CKHJ Fredericton NB 1260

One of the better catches from the November 2007 DX-pedition to Lista, was CKHJ in Fredericton, New Brunswick on 1260 kHz. This frequency is usually dominated totally by WMKI in Boston with Radio Disney, but in the evening on November 11 CKHJ surfaced briefly with a promotion for their “Country Gold” programme.

Tom Blizzard, Group [...]

CIGM Sudbury ON 790

Another Ontario station which was heard on the November 2007 DX-pedition to Lista was CIGM in Sudbury, Ontario, on 790 kHz. CIGM was station I had never heard previously, but on this DX-pedition the station could be heard several times.
Today, Program Director Chris Johnson sent me a friendly e-mail confirming my reception of the station. [...]

CBGY Bonavista Bay NL 750

CBC Newfoundland is one of most commonly heard AM stations from North America in Southern Norway. Both CBN St. John’s on 600 kHz, CBGY on 750 kHz and CBG on 1400 kHz are easy catches.
The only one of these 3 transmitters which I had not verified previously was CBGY in Bonavista Bay on 750 kHz. [...]

CFFX Kingston ON 960

CFFX in Kingston, Ontario, was the most commonly heard station from North America on 960 kHz at my place untill they switched off their AM transmitter on January 15, 2008.
Luckily, I managed to hear their signal before they switched off their AM transmitter. On the November 2007 DX-pedition to Lista, CFFX was heard [...]

CFTR Toronto ON 680

CFTR in Toronto was heard with terrific quality all through the night on 680 kHz on the November 2007 DX-pedition to Lista. WRKO in Boston was also heard at the same time, but CFTR was usually the dominant station. CFTR only identifies “6-80 News” without call letters.
John Hinnen, Vice-President and General Manager, confirmed my reception [...]

CHCM Marystown NL 740

CHCM in Marystown, Newfoundland, is one of the most commonly stations heard on the AM band from North America. The station has only got own programming during the local mornings and afternoons, otherwise they relay VOCM from St. John’s. CHCM do have some local commercials and station identifications though during the VOCM programming, usually identifying [...]