This logbook covers the period May through
December, 1998.
(Due to Web space limitations, only new stations and call letter changes
will be noted here.)
Receiver: Alaron 12-inch (30 cm) monochrome television set.
Antenna: Archer VU-110 VHF/UHF/FM antenna (for logs prior to July
21, 1998), Radio Shack VU-210XR VHF/UHF/FM antenna (for logs after July 21,
1998), with Radio Shack Archerotor at 33 feet (10 meters) above ground
level.
All times CST/CDT, for CST/UTC conversion, add six hours, for CDT/UTC
conversion, add five hours.
May 29, 1998 (trop)
0345 WPXU-23 Decatur, IL Formerly WFHL.
June 1, 1998 (E-skip)
1725 WGBH-TV 2 Boston, MA (under local KTVI)
1732 WCVB-5 Boston, MA (under local KSDK)
1758 WHDH-7 Boston, MA (tentative, very weak signal)
1836 WMAR-2 Baltimore, MD (under local KTVI)
1837 WRC-TV 4 Washington, DC (under local KMOV)
1838 WTTG-5 Washington, DC (under local KSDK)
1839 WJLA-7 Washington, DC (tentative, very weak)
June 20, 1998 (trop)
0015 WBKO-13 Bowling Green, KY (mixing with WPXS)
1810 WMBD-TV 31 Peoria, IL "CBS 31" (cleanly seperated from local
KDNL-30)
2300 WTVP-47 Peoria, IL (cleanly seperated from local WHSL-46)
July 21, 1998 (trop)
0500 WKYT-27 Lexington, KY "KYT" (through WTCT)
0508 WKRC-TV 12 Cincinnati, OH (mixing with KFVS)
0623 WLWT-5 Cincinnati, OH (under local KSDK)
0628 WNDY-23 Marion, IN "UPN 23"
August 5, 1998 (E-skip)
1955 CFQC-TV1 3 Stranraer, SK (//CFQC-8 Saskatoon)
2002 CKCK-2 Regina, SK (under local KTVI)
August 17, 1998 (trop)
0422 KSMO-TV 62 Kansas City, MO (CBTP, mixing with K62EG)
August 20, 1998 (trop)
0006 WWJ-TV 62 Detroit, MI (mixing with K62EG) Formerly
WGPR-TV
0213 WOIO-19 Shaker Heights, OH (mixing with WXIX)
0600 WOOD-TV 8 Grand Rapids, MI (through WISH/others)
0743 WWAZ-19 Madisonville, KY Formerly WLCN
0753 WKMJ-68 Louisville, KY (with KET's second network, KET-2)
0816 WNAB-58 Nashville, TN "WB-58" (mixing with local K58DH)
2322 WJYS-62 Hammond, IN (over local K62EG)
August 21, 1998 (trop)
0310 WDTN-2 Dayton, OH (under local KTVI)
2220 WTTV-4 Bloomington, IN "WB-4" (with local KMOV nulled)
2227 WYMT-57 Hazard, KY (over W57BS)
2237 WWHO-53 Chillicothe, OH "UPN-53"
2302 WKON-52 Owenton, KY (KET, semi-local signal)
2303 WCVN-54 Covington, KY (KET, equal strength to WXIX-19)
2322 WTTE-28 Columbus, OH "Fox 28" (not to be confused with WJSV Elkhart,
IN!)
2325 WPBY-33 Huntington, WV West Virginia ETV (first TV station from
West Virginia)
2330 WTSF-61 Ashland, KY w/local religious program
August 27, 1998 (trop)
0205 WCFT-33 Tuscaloosa, AL "ABC 33 and 40" (//WJSU-40 Anniston, AL)
2235 WKPC-15 Louisville, KY (with KET)
2302 WIAT-42 Birmingham, AL (near-local signal!)
2341 WHIQ-25 Huntsville, AL (with Alabama Public TV)
August 28, 1998 (trop)
0131 WPXH-44 Gadsden, AL (w/Pax Worship //WPXS-13)
0153 WHNT-19 Huntsville, AL (over WWAZ)
August 31, 1998 (trop)
0130 W28BE-28 Springfield, IL (w/EWTN, //K62EG)
0140 W33AY-33 Springfield, IL (w/America's Store, //K21OD)
2310 K41OI-41 Jefferson City, MO (w/TBN, //K18BT, K34BR)
September 14, 1998 (trop)
0430 W36AR-36 Lafayette, IN (w/TBN) Farthest LPTV to date, at 225
miles.
0500 WPTO-14 Oxford, OH (ID slide and classical music, WFIE off)
0510 W21BE-21 Champaign, IL (w/Christian programming in Spanish)
0517 W34AY-34 Champaign, IL (w/TBN, equal to K34BR)
December 1, 1998 (trop)
0203 KTEJ-19 Jonesboro, AR (with Arkansas ETV)
0307 WPTY-24 Memphis, TN "ABC 24" (local KNLC off)
0330 WNPX-28 Cookeville, TN (with Pax Worship //WPXS-13)
2355 W56DN-56 Evansville, IN (with Panda Shopping Network)
December 2, 1998 (trop)
0002 W38BK-38 Evansville, IN (w/TBN, over WBAK)
0003 WKOH-31 Owensboro, KY (w/KET)
0004 WKZT-23 Elizabethtown, KY (w/KET)
0452 WHO-TV 13 Des Moines, IA (poking through mess)