2009 Medium Wave DX Logs (QTH = Wilmington, DE)
01-Jan-09:
1590 khz. || 1701 local || WPWA || 2.5 kw day || Chester, PA || Spanish talk then a quick "WPWA, Chester." // New. I guess it's not really
DX given that this station is only 15 miles from my QTH.
02-May-09:
1400 khz. || 1900 local || WOND || 1 kw || Pleasantville, New Jersey || Male with "Radio you can depend on, Newstalk 1400, WOND,
Pleasantville-Atlantic City, an Atlantic Broadcasting station." || New. A fairly close 66 mile catch.
1430 khz. || 1900 local || WNAV || 5 kw day, 1 kw night || Annapolis, Maryland || Male with "...1430 WNAV Annapolis." Into Bowie
Baysox baseball. || New. A fairly close 69 mile catch battling it out with SS and ESPN stations.
1470 khz. || 1900 local || WSAN || 5 kw day || Allentown, Pennsylvania || Male with "Phillies baseball [unintelligible] AM 1470, The Fox."
then back to Phillies game. Slogan matches that listed in the NRC's 2008-2009 AM Radio Log || New with this call. I got this one back in
July, 2004, when it was WKAP. A 63 mile catch.
1320 khz. || 2006 local || WBOB || 5 kw || Jacksonville, Florida || Male with "You’re listening to UNF Ospreys baseball on the official
flagship station [unintelligible] 1320 WBOB Jacksonville's talk station." || New. A 736 mile catch.
1440 khz. || 2002 local || WCDL || 5 kw day, 0.037 kw night || Carbondale, Pennsylvania || Male with "WCDL Carbondale, WNAK
Reading. Your home for the greatest music of all time." || New. A 126 mile catch (using USB) despite WILM's lower adjacent IBOC hash.
1460 khz. || 2005 local || WIFI || 0.5 kw night || Florance, New Jersey || Male with four faint mentions of WIFI in about 40 seconds.
Fighting it out with a Spanish station. || New. A 52 mile catch (using LSB) despite WILM's upper adjacent IBOC hash.
1240 khz. || 2100 local || WRTA || 1 kw || Altoona, Pennsylvania || Male with show promo "...on newstalk 1240 WRTA" followed by a
faint "In your backyard (?) and around the world, this is newstalk 1240 WRTA, Altoona." Into ABC News. || New. A 155 mile catch.
20-Sep-09:
1370 khz. || 1900 local || WVLY || 5 kw day || Moundsville, West Virginia || Male with "...1370 WVLY, Moundsville-Wheeling and
WVLY.net." || New. A 271 mile catch.
1390 khz. || 1901 local || WNIO || 4.8 kw night || Youngstown, Ohio || Male with "Your radio home for Cavaliers basketball all season
long, 1390, WNIO." followed by shortly thereafter by "Your home for the Steelers, Ohio State football and basketball, the Scrappers, the
Cavaliers and the best of local sports is 1390 WNIO, Youngstown." || New. Good signal and a 281 mile catch
1470 khz. || 1900 local || WRWB || 5 kw day, 0.072 kw night || Huntington, West Virgina || GY-like rumble then male with faint "...on
WRWB, your red, white and blue patriotic station." || New. Ex-WEMM and a 378 mile catch.
1380 khz. || 2300 local || WKDM || 5 kw || New York, New York || Male with "AM 1380, WKDM, New York" followed by "The following
program is a presentation of the public affairs department here at AM 1380 WKDM." || New. A short 113 mile catch with QRM from
WTMC, Wilmington, Delaware.
26-Sep-09:
1160 khz. || 1800 local || WMET || 50 kw day, 1.5 kw night || Gaithersburg, Maryland || Male with "WMET, Gaithersburg. World radio
at WMET 1160." || New. A 91 mile catch.
1120 khz. || 1801 local || WUST || 20 kw day || Washington, DC || Male with "You're listening to [?] radio, on New World Radio, WUST,
1120 AM." || New. A 99 mile catch.
1070 khz. || 1900 local || WKOK || 10 kw day, 1 kw night || Sunbury, Pennsylvania || Male with faint "Newsradio 1070 WKOK"
followed a few seconds later by "When you think Penn State football, think Newsradio 1070 WKOK, Sunbury. We *ARE* Penn State." ||
New. A 100 mile catch.
1190 khz. || 1900 local || WVUS || 4.5 kw day, 0.022 kw night || Grafton, West Virginia || Male with "You're listening to WVUS, AM
1190, Grafton, West Virginia. || New. A 235 mile catch.
1220 khz. || 1900 local || WFAX || 5 kw day, 0.048 kw night || Falls Church, Virginia || Male with "...1220 AM WFAX, Falls Church,
Virginia" || New. A 100 mile catch with QRM from WHKW.
01-Nov-09:
1400 khz. || 1900 local || WAMC || 1 kw || Albany, New York || Graveyard mush then a faint mention of WAMC and WAMC-AM. || New.
A 226 mile catch.
08-Nov-09:
590 khz. || 1700 local || WLES || 0.6 kw day, 0.028 kw night || Bon Air, Virginia || Male with "You're listening to Richmond's voice of
truth, AM 590 The Truth and around the world at WTRU.com, WLES Bon Air." Into SRN news. || New. A 183 mile catch.
650 khz. || 1700 local || WSRO || 0.25 kw day, 0.009 kw night || Ashland, Massachusetts || Male with "AM 650, WSRO, Ashland-
Boston." || New. A 281 mile catch.
680 khz. || 1700 local || WPTF || 50 kw || Raleigh, North Carolina || Male with "Newstalk 680 WPTF Raleigh, a Curtis Media Group
station with the news you need at AM 680 and WPTF.com." || New. A 320 mile catch.
540 khz. || 1802 local || WGTH || 1 kw day, 0.097 kw night || Richlands, Virginia || Male with weather report: "Right now it's 54 degrees
at WGTH." Into female with "WGTH, AM and FM..." || New. A 378 mile catch.
560 khz. || 1800 local || WFRB || 5 kw day, 0.055 kw night || Frostburg, Maryland || Male with "Broadcasting worldwide at Talkradio560.
com, this is WFRB AM Frostburg." || New. A 175 mile catch.