All times are CST/CDT, for EDT, add one hour (EST and CDT are the same), for UTC, add five hours for CDT, six hours for CST.

680 WJCE Memphis, TN-10/30 0143 good to poor mono and Stereo signals with CJOB/KFEQ/KNBR. Noted with "AM 680-The Juice" IDs, mention of "The Soul Food Cafe", local ads, R&B Oldies.

700 WIZB Dothan, AL-11/26 0512 noted with "94.3 The Rock" IDs and Contemporary Christian music //WIZB-FM Abbeville, AL. Management said that the AM was left on that morning! Ex-WGZS.

850 WYDE Birmingham, AL-10/30 0123 good to poor in KOA null. Noted with "AM 850 Radio Disney" ID, frequent "Radio Disney" mention and contemporary music. Calls have since changed to WMKI ("Mickey").

1010 WORM Savannah, TN-11/27 0420 noted with Oldies, with emphasis on the '70s, but some '50s and '60s tunes were thrown in, "101 The Worm" IDs. Good to poor with CFRB.

1010 KXEN Festus/St. Louis, MO-12/29 2039 very good signal in mono, good in Stereo. Noted with Tejano music up to legal ID in Spanish at 2100, "El Canal Hispano" slogans. Testing night equipment, which the station held a CP for since the mid-1980s! Still Christian during the day. New hours are 0600-0000 CLT (1200-0600 UTC).

1150 CKX Brandon, MB-11/19 0217 good to fair over WSPZ/others. Noted with country music, "CKX Brandon, 1150 Kicks" ID.

1230 WZZQ Terre Haute, IN-11/19 0250 briefly atop jumble with "ZZQ" IDs and album rock //WZZQ-FM 107.5.

1260 WSDZ Belleville, IL-12/18 0055 good to fair over WNDE. Noted with a mix of contemporary and children's music, "Radio Disney is WSDZ Belleville/St. Louis" ID at 0100. Call change, ex-WIBV.

1340 WLOK Memphis, TN-11/27 0254 noted with community service promo, mention of their Web site, "Now, more of the best gospel music" mention, calls and Urban Gospel music. Fair atop jumble.

1360 WCKY Cincinnati, OH-11/19 0406 fair over KSCJ, others. Noted with "All Sports 1360 Homer" slogan (with a "woo hoo" by none other than Homer Simpson!), into ESPN Sports talk. Sixth set of calls logged from this station since starting my DX career in 1981! Ex-WSAI, WWNK, WXAI, WAOZ, WAZU.

1520 WKVI Knox, IN-11/19 0333 noted with legal ID, country music //WKVI-FM 99.3. Listed as a 1.8 kW daytimer! Fair to poor with KOMA, KRHW, others.

1620 WHLY South Bend, IN-11/19 0010 good to poor mono and Stereo over WPHG. Noted with ABC Adult Standards, local ads, "Radio Hollywood 1620 WHLY" slogans. Better than on 1580! Simulcasting WJVA-1580 at the time.

1630 KCJJ Iowa City, IA-10/13 2326 very good to excellent mono, good to fair Stereo signals. Noted with "Loud and Clear in AM Stereo, 1630 KCJJ" ID and ABC Hot Adult Contemporary format. Only heard once on 1560.

1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls, IA-11/22 0202 good mono and Stereo signals, way over KKTR. Noted with ABC News, network ads, local news, "The Talk Station-KCNZ" ID, into ESPN Sports talk. Much better than on 1250!

1660 WQSN Kalamazoo, MI-10/23 0256 good to fair mono, intermittent Stereo signals over KXOL/WBAH. Noted with One-on-One Sports, legal ID at 0300 //WKLZ-1470.

1680 WBHD Ava, MI-10/23 0246 very good signal. Noted with Urban Contemporary music and frequent "1680 Jams" IDs. Station has since become WJNZ.

3210 COSTA RICA Radio Exterior de Espana relay-11/26 2004 noted with news bulletin and analysis in Spanish. Good to fair, with WWCR blasting away on 3215.

3985 UNITED KINDGOM Merlin Radio International-11/26 2340 noted with dance music, "Broadcasting on Satellite and Shortwave, this is Merlin" ID. Fair signal.

5085 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WGTG McCaysville, GA-11/26 2329 noted with anti-government talk. Good signal in SSB mode.

5875 UNITED KINGDOM BBC World Service-11/26 2334 noted with news analysis in Hungarian. Good to fair signal.

11595 GREECE Voice of Greece-11/27 0145 noted with native music and talk in Greek. Fair to poor signal.

11605 ISRAEL Kol Israel-11/27 0140 noted with Middle Eastern music and talk in Arabic. Fair to poor signal.

11785 BRAZIL Radio Guaiba-11/27 0158 noted with Brazilian music, ID at 0800, into promos in Portuguese. Good to fair signal.

13730 AUSTRIA Radio Austria International-11/27 0119 noted with popular music and talk in German. Fair to poor signal.

13780 GERMANY Deutsche Welle-11/27 0122 noted with discussion program in German. Fair to poor signal.

15315 FRANCE Radio France Internationale-11/27 0107 noted with news analysis in French. Fair signal.

15435 JORDAN Radio Jordan-11/27 0112 noted with Middle Eastern music, talk in Arabic. Poor signal.

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