Unidentified radio
stations from North America
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Would
you like to train your ears with some unidentified
North American stations? And help me to identify some
of my catches... Listen to the soundfiles, compare
your observations with others and please email
me what you hear. I would greatly appreciate your
help.
The latest sound
files are in MP3 format, and older ones in either
Real Media or Windows media format.
Updated with comments in March 2006
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| North
America from 2005-2006 |
| kHz: |
date: |
time
UTC: |
comments
on the station: |
| 700 |
31.10.2005 |
1200 |
Mika:
Is there "Sports Radio KALL(?) with..."
at 11 sec? Followed soon by "700 ESPN"?
West Coast wire.
Jari Ruohomäki: I think this is KBYR
Jim Solatie: KALL on top and under KALL ID "700
ESPN" which would likely be KXLX Spokane (Airway
Heights). KXLX is nowadays "Spokane's only 24-hour
sports station 700 ESPN The Score".
Jan-Erik Österholm: KALL was heard by
LEM224 identifying as "Hot Ticket 700" |
| 800 |
31.10.2005 |
1031 |
Mika:
Canadian, is there "800 C..."? I was expecting
CKOR, as the antenna was pointing to the West Coast,
but doesn't quite sound like CKOR. |
| 840 |
31.10.2005 |
1003 |
Mika:
"... Radio" - I was hoping for Max Radio,
which would be KMAX Seattle WA, but the intonation
doesn't sound right. I heard "Max Radio"
slogan at 1022, but didn't have a recorder on... Heard
on the West Coast wire.
Jouko Peltomäki: I hear "Fox Radio"
twice.
Mika: I agree, probably just Fox R, so forget
about this one |
| 930 |
31.10.2005 |
0100 |
Mika:
"Newsradio 930 W..., ..." (probably ending
with the location. CBS News. |
| 1150 |
30.10.2005 |
0831 |
Mika:
"....'s Newsradio 1150 K..." (heard with
the West Coast wire, with KSAL and KXMG identifying
within a minute from this |
| 1230 |
30.10.2005 |
1302 |
Mika:
"From the K... 24-hour newsroom, this ... with
Jeff ...on and Stephen Kay (?)" Could be just
KKEE, but I was hoping for something better.
Jouko Peltomäki: Just KKEE relaying KAST:
"From the KAST 24-hour newsroom, this is ...
with Jeff Nelson and Zetty McKay. Good morning, I'm
Zetty McKay, hope you're having a great Tuesday so
far..."
Mika: I agrees, this is definitely KKEE relaying
KAST, thanks! |
| 1230 |
31.10.2005 |
0049 |
Mika:
"... Radio 1230 AM W..." Could be WTKG Grand
Rapids MI. The network show "Lars Larsen Show"
heard here airs on WTKG and WBVP Beaver Falls PA.
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree on "12-30
AM WTKG."
Mika: Thanks, definitely WTKG, unfortunately |
| 1240 |
29.10.2005 |
1317 |
Mika:
".... time for ... weather forecast on ... Radio
1240 K..." - heard on the West Coast wire, talking
about switching to normal time
Jouko Peltomäki: "... weather forecast
on Pendleton's Sports Radio, 12-40 KTIX"
Mika: Indeed, sounds very much like KTIX, so
we can forget about this one as well |
| 1240 |
1.11.2005 |
1008 |
Mika:
"Join ... AM 1240 K..."
Jouko Peltomäki: A female presenter with
"AM 12-40 KMHI" (Mountain Home, ID).
Mika: Indeed, most probably just KMHI |
| 1250 |
31.10.2005 |
0907 |
Mika:
UNID station relaying "94 FM The Fish",
which is an FM station in Nashville TN (WFFI 93.7
and WFFH 94.1 FM). Based on information received from
Salem Communications, this seems to have been an unauthorized
relay, and the company was unable to find out which
station on 1250 AM was rebroadcasting their programming!
Any ideas? |
| 1360 |
2.11.2005 |
2251 |
Mika:
"You're tuned to ... AM 1360" (not West
Coast based on the antenna) |
| 1380 |
2.11.2005 |
1044 |
Mika:
"1380 ... AM" (not West Coast based on the
antenna). KLIZ identified soon after.
Jouko Peltomäki: Sounds like "13-80
Relevant Radio" The only Relevant Radio affiliate
listed on 1380 would appear to be WMJR (Lexington,
KY). |
| 1390 |
3.11.2005 |
0030 |
Mika:
"Newsradio 1390 W...."
Jouko Peltomäki: "NewsRadio 13-90,
WT...S" WTJS (Jackson, TN) would fit. |
| 1400 |
29.10.2005 |
1159 |
Mika:
"K..." at 3 sec (West Coast wire)
Jouko Peltomäki: All I could hear was
a report about the 2003 Valerie Plame CIA leak case.
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| 1400 |
29.10.2005 |
1400 |
Mika:
a jingle "K..." followed by oldies rock |
| 1400 |
30.10.2005 |
1355 |
Mika:
a jingle "K..." (West Coast wire)
Jouko Peltomäki: Sounds like "KADR"
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| 1400 |
31.10.2005 |
1240 |
Mika:
"... your copy from oldies radio..." and
a jingle, perhaps CKGR (relayed on CKCR) or the real
thing, CKCR?
Jouko Peltomäki: "KADR" |
| 1490 |
1.11.2005 |
1005 |
Mika:
"... (news)radio, K... 1490"
Jouko Peltomäki: "Good News Radio"
and a call that sound remotely like KCSA(?). |
| 1490 |
2.11.2005 |
1200 |
Mika:
"1490 AM KQDS" (?) - so KQDS Duluth MN?
(not from the West Coast based on the antenna)
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree, "14-90
AM KQDS."
Mika: Yes, definitely KQDS; they have confirmed
my report |
| 1540 |
30.10.2005 |
0832 |
Mika:
weather forecast, ID unclear |
| 1590 |
31.10.2005 |
2304 |
Mika:
ID after weather, ending like this "From the
1590 K... weather center, meteorologist ..., 62(?)
degrees", definitely not the dominant WAKR, which
had its own weather forecast one minute later
Jouko Peltomäki: "From the 15-90
KCNN Weather Eye Weather Center, meteorologist..."
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| 1590 |
31.10.2005 |
2330 |
Mika:
"Here's what's happening at K... news center..."
Jouko Peltomäki: "Here's what's happening
at KCNN (or KC land?) news center..." The first
news item was about the Department of Defense base
in Grand Forks. |
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| North
America from 2004-2005 |
| kHz: |
date: |
time
UTC: |
comments
on the station: |
| 1230 |
28.11.2004 |
0826 |
"Key
Country 1230" or "K Country 1230".
Likely from somewhere northwestern US.
Bruce Portzer: unfortunately it could be any
K-call with that format |
| 1230 |
10.1.2005 |
0534 |
a
slogan in Spanish, could be Mexican as well
Jan-Erik Österholm: I hear "1230
AM, La Voz de....???....". |
| 1230 |
13.1.2005 |
1016 |
"K
Country 1230" |
| 1230 |
13.1.2005 |
1022 |
"...
AM 1230"
Jan-Erik Österholm: "KZZR AM 12-30"
Bruce Portzer: I agree, KZZR
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree, "KZZR"
Mika: Thanks, let's forget about this one,
KZZR is a regular station here |
| 1240 |
10.1.2005 |
0600 |
"This
is Newstalk 1240 K..."
Jan Alvestad: Newstalk 12-40 KBLL
Jouko Peltomäki: "KBLL" |
| 1340 |
14.1.2005 |
1058 |
"...
the Bay(?) Area's ... Talk Radio 1340 K..."
Jan-Erik Österholm: I would say "Talkradio
13-40 KTCR"
Bruce Portzer: The ID sounds like KVBR (Brainerd,
MN)
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree, it's "KVBR"
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| 1360 |
10.1.2005 |
0605 |
ID
at 0'14 to end the weather: "that's a look at
your AM 1360 ... weather forecast"
Jan-Erik Österholm: that's a look at your
AM 1360 KSCJ weather forecast.
Jouko Peltomäki: "KS...J", could
be KSCJ. |
| 1360 |
15.1.2005 |
0300 |
"...
weeknights from 7 to 10 pm ... Talkradio 1360 AM W...,
...." - doesn't fit to WTAQ schedule, so this
is hopefully something else (a bit earlier both KKBJ
and WTAQ were heard here)
Jan-Erik Österholm: could be WYOS Binghamton
NY
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree with Jan-Erik.
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| 1400 |
14.1.2005 |
0706 |
West
Coast antenna, but could be Rockies as well
Jan-Erik Österholm: Jamestown (ND) would
fit, as well as KQDJ |
| 1400 |
14.1.2005 |
1206 |
"Proud
to be a part of the ... community, AM 1400 K..."
(the calls are messy, but maybe someone would recognize
the pre-recorded ID format) |
| 1450 |
13.1.2005 |
1317 |
in
Spanish, perhaps a slogan at 0'38: "... 1450
..."
Jan-Erik Österholm: Tigre 14-50, which
would be KGRE Greeley CO. |
| 1450 |
14.1.2005 |
0805 |
"...
5 to 10 on Newstalk Radio 1450 K..."
Jan-Erik Österholm: KCTI (Gonzales TX)
would fit
Roland Sandberg: Could just as well be KQDI
(Great Falls MT)
Nigel Pimblett: This one is KQDI in Great Falls,
MT (a semi-local here in Alberta)
Jan-Erik Österholm: I agree with Roland,
KQDI |
| 1490 |
11.1.2005 |
1130 |
"AM
1490 K...", West Coast antenna
Risto Kotalampi: I think this is KYNR Toppenish,
WA. ID as follows: "...1490 KYNR, Toppenish,
Washington...".
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree with Risto. |
| 1490 |
11.1.2005 |
1140 |
"1490
K...", West Coast antenna
Jan-Erik Österholm: Could be KTEL (Walla
Walla WA)
Bruce Portzer: I agree, it sounds like KTEL
Jouko Peltomäki: "KTEL" |
| 1490 |
11.1.2005 |
2325 |
a
website promo, 1490w.... dot com (it can't be WECM,
WBEX, WJJM, WCVA, WTCS nor WBTA because their website
URLs have a different format or they don't have a
website, but how about WCCM, which has 1490wccm.com?),
300-degree antenna, good New England conditions
Jan-Erik Österholm: WCCM would fit well
Jouko Peltomäki: Yes, it's "1490wccm.com."
Mika: Thanks! Earlier I sent a tentative report
to WCCM, and got a QSL, so this must indeed be WCCM. |
| 1490 |
12.1.2005 |
0058 |
1490
W...
Bruce Portzer: An interesting one, at the beginning
it sounds like "1440 & 1490 then a call like
WPCL or WBCO or ??. Then about 14 seconds in, it says
"Right here on WW.." I don't know of any
1490 staions //1440.
Jouko Peltomäki: "WCD..." (WCDO,
Sidney, NY?). |
| 1490 |
12.1.2005 |
0859 |
"AM
1490 W... community service station"
Jan-Erik Österholm: WDAN (Danville IL)
would fit
Jouko Peltomäki: Could not get the call,
but WCSS Amsterdam NY would fit. The "CSS"
in WCSS stands for "Community Service Station".
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| North
America from 2001 |
| kHz: |
date: |
time
UTC: |
file
name: |
comments
on the station: |
| 810 |
3.12.2001 |
0747 |
lem158_21.rm |
should
be CJVA (rel. 92.9 CKLE), playing non-stop French
pop music, but I can't figure out the jingle |
| 1400 |
6.12.2001 |
1335 |
lem158_61.rm |
K...
Steve Whitt: 2sec OM "win a ticket today"
4.5s "14 hundred AM"
11s siren noise
13s "welcome back to Jez Holland (??) and his morning
crew" |
| 1470 |
4.12.2001 |
0611 |
lem158_27.rm |
"This
is all new, ... 1470, W..."
Lars Hedberg: Closest WIJK: W-JK W-KK |
| 1490 |
5.12.2001 |
0812 |
lem158_38.rm |
W...
(jingle)
Brian Smith: Sounds like "WQRT," which is funny
in itself if you're a ham radio operator. That probably
isn't it, though. The FCC lists no such station.
Bruce Portzer: sounds like WHYC or WHYZ or
WAYZ or something similar. I don't see anything close
listed. It could be an AM station relaying an FM with
a different call, which would be difficult to track
down.
Lars Hedberg: Closest WMRC. Sounds like "WKBRC" |
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| North
America from 1990-1998 |
| kHz: |
date: |
time
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file
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comments
on the station: |
| 1380 |
27.11.90 |
0249 |
U-1380b.wav |
male
ID, K-something?
Paul Swearingen: Sounds like "KGAM" to me,
but no match in the NRC AM Log
Jan-Erik Österholm: "13-80 AM. This is W---",
definitely like this, so this is not a K-station.
Brian Smith: Got to agree with Jan-Erik. The
first words are "1380 AM," then "This is W" (but it's
not even the full letter; more like "This is double-")
... then nothing but mush. This one may be impossible,
unless you can somehow match the voice with the station. |
| 1400 |
16.1.95 |
0829 |
U-1400c.wav |
male
ID "1400 K..."
Jean Burnell: "K-B-C-H" at about 5 seconds
(ref. to the this RM
file. Mentions Johnny Mathis (spelling?) a few
seconds later. This is listed as a nostalgia station.
Paul Swearingen: Sounds like "KGFP", but no
match in the NRC AM Log.
Jan-Erik Österholm: How about KBRB Ainsworth
NE?
Roland Sandberg: Could also be KCOG, KBRB
also gives FM 92 in their ID.
Bruce Portzer: The call sounds like KVSE KVFE
or something similar. CLosest thing listed is KVFD.
Brian Smith: After the "1400" I hear a very
distinct "K," then the fun begins: Is the second letter
a B, a D, a G or a V? Is the third letter an N or
an M? (It doesn't sound like an S, F or R to me; the
end of the syllable is smoother.) Is the fourth letter
truly an E? Put 'em together and you get something
that, to me, sounds most like "KDNE" or "KGNE" ...
but then, it could also be "KVME" or ... (and there's
nothing even close to any of these on the FCC site,
but then if this was in 1995, these call letters may
no longer exist ... sigh ...)
Lars Hedberg: Hard one: Sounds like KBME or
near
Jouko Peltomäki: Sounds very much like
KVFD (Fort Dodge, IA) to me. |
| 1420 |
16.1.95 |
0059 |
U-1420a.wav |
male
ann, sounds K-something, just before the pest, WOC,
comes on top just before the hour
Brian Smith: I hear the word "radio" immediately
following a two-syllable word (akin to "mobile" or
"mogul"), then four distinctly pronounced letters
that I would surmise is an ID, something like "KRUB"
or "KRUT." But there's nothing close to that on the
FCC list, unless the station has since changed call
letters. Noticed that the very last word on the recording
seems to be "crystal." |
| 1440 |
1.11.93 |
0759 |
U-1440a.wav |
Two
sports stations, the other one is WLPZ from Maine,
but what is the other one "This is the heart of the
country..." This recording is quite long, but should
be interesting to listen to, as the quality is so
good - NOTE: BIG FILE SIZE 1019k |
| 1490 |
4.1.97 |
1100 |
U-1490c.wav |
male
ID, "... on K..., ...a" (probably from the
Northwest, as 1340 KLKI Anacortes WA was heard at
the same time)
Graham Powell: is almost certainly IDing as
KVAC which would be in Forks WA, which matches what
else you were hearing at the time
Jean Burnell: Graham Powell says KVAC. He
has better ears than I. I can only hear at the beginning
something about "Dr. Ruth"..."AM"...
Bruce Portzer: Definitely not KVAC. It sounds
to me like KVHS or KVHL or something similar. (Side
comment on KVAC - I can't hear them in Seattle but
I've visited the area around Forks many times. KVAC
has always IDed as KVAC-KLLM when I've listened to
them, until very recently. When I was in the area
last month, they were IDing as "Westside Radio 103.9"
except for the legal ID at the top of the hour.)
Brian Smith: I'd have to say that I also hear
KVAC -- well, KVA for sure, and the last letter could
very well be a C.
Lars Hedberg: I would say KVAC
Jouko Peltomäki: I'd go for KVAC. |
| 1550 |
4.11.93 |
0006 |
U-1550a.wav |
"currently
in .... 51 degrees." The location would be the clue,
but I don't get it
Paul Swearingen: city ends in "-ville", and
it sounds most like "Huntsville" (WLOR) or perhaps
"Jacksonville" (WJIL) to me.
Jean Burnell: I just listened to it again.
I think Paul Swearingen is correct: very likely to
be saying: "currently in Huntsville it's 61 (or 51)
degrees.
Roland Sandberg: Sounds like Huntsville
Lars Hedberg: Agrees with Jean Burnell |
| 1580 |
21.11.97 |
2200 |
U-1580a.wav |
sounded
like K-something with a two-word city-of-license,
but at this time only the northeastern corner of the
US is in darkness
Bruce Portzer: At the beginning, I hear the
letters GCI or VCI, but no K. The rest is unintelligible.
Lars Hedberg: WVCI?
Jouko Peltomäki: "...VCI." |
| 1580 |
29.11.97 |
0920 |
U-1580b.wav |
a
station I'm very curious about, the ID is rather clear,
but I can't make it fit
Jean Burnell: 6 seconds into the recording
(ref. to the this
file) I can hear the ID as K-G-A-F. Since this
is a promo for country-and-western music, the format
of the station fits also. Nice catch...250 watts!
Paul Swearingen: I'd like to say I heard
"WEAM", but all I can pull out is "AM Radio AM". Not
enough.
Roland Sandberg: My ears say that this is
KGAF
Jan-Erik österholm: "The country music you need (?)
more than you hear...ow when you hear your Classic
Country on AM 15-80 KGAF"
Mika: seems to be KGAF indeed, have sent them
a tentative report, but no reply yet
Bruce Portzer: I caught "The Country music
you've been wanting to hear (something, something)
Classic Country (something) KGAF", though I'm not
100% sure about the call letters.
Steve: that is the voice of Don Day on a network
out of Ft.Worth broadcast over 250 watt AM 1580 KGAF
in Gainesville, Texas.
Mika: a tentative report sent to KGAF already
a couple of years ago, but no response
Lars Hedberg: No KGAF can I hear, but Oldies
KBHC or similar
Jouko Peltomäki: I agree with Bruce. "The
country music you've been wanting to hear, now .....
Classic Country 15-80 KGAF(?)". |
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