WA5IYX San Antonio, TX    US NTSC Channel 2s (alphabetically by last-used call)
with first and last date/time (mm-dd-yyyy; CST, GMT-6) by each propagation mode
see notes at the end regarding local effects after Sept 1987
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K02MX  TX San Antonio (7 mi)        09-14-1987 1040 tr  ------------------
KASA   NM Santa Fe (606 mi)         12-01-1983 1516 Es  01-08-1998 1350 Es    9
                                    12-13-1984 0556 ms
KATU   OR Portland (1713 mi)        07-19-1974 0859 Es
KBCI   ID Boise (1377 mi)           05-24-1974 1220 Es  08-20-1987 1059 Es   35
KCBS   CA Los Angeles (1188 mi)     07-xx-1960 ---- Es  07-12-2009 1648 Es  486
                                    12-09-1984 0931 ms
KCWX   TX Fredericksburg (48 mi)    04-29-2000 ---- tr  06-12-2009 2300 tr
KDKA   PA Pittsburgh (1294 mi)        -  -1960 ---- Es  07-06-2009 1350 Es  193
KDTN   TX Denton (236 mi)           05-18-1989 2355 tr  ------------------
KETS   AR Little Rock (509 mi)      06-15-1974 1829 Es  06-06-1984 1751 Es    6
                                    09-18-1975 1023 tr  06-02-1985 1031 tr   16
                                    01-18-1980 1129 ms  01-03-1984 1210 ms    3
KGAN   IA Cedar Rapids (962 mi)     06-09-1962 1807 Es  06-13-2008 1816 Es  546
                                    12-11-1973 2209 ms  11-17-1998 0137 ms   34
KGFE   ND Grand Forks (1291 mi)     02-07-1975 2059 Es  05-25-2005 1719 Es  161
KJRH   OK Tulsa (483 mi)            05-08-1975 1010 tr  05-29-1985 1102 tr   12
                                    01-07-1976 0128 ms  12-13-1979 0604 ms    2
KMID-  TX Midland (284 mi)          12-08-1971 0002 tr  05-24-1990 0759 tr  109
                                    05-06-1974 1029 ms  06-23-1985 0759 ms    2
KNAZ   AZ Flagstaff (844 mi)        07-17-1970 1259 Es  08-12-2007 1730 Es  294
KNOP   NE North Platte (820 mi)     06-20-1963 2200 Es  07-06-2006 1559 Es  174
                                    12-11-1973 2216 ms  06-30-1987 0515 ms   14
KORK   NV Las Vegas (1050 mi)       12-30-1962 1700 Es  06-27-1966 0929 Es   44
KPRC   TX Houston (186 mi)          08-03-1959 ---- tr  ------------------
KQTV   MO St. Joseph (742 mi)       06-16-1960 2015 Es  02-19-2009 1811 Es  115
                                    12-10-1973 2329 ms  12-13-1986 0539 ms   28
KREM   WA Spokane (1599 mi)         01-04-1974 2030 Es  06-30-1981 0020 Es    2
KSNC   KS Great Bend (619 mi)       12-11-1973 2330 ms  12-14-1985 0645 ms   12
                                    05-23-1974 1443 Es  06-30-1999 1353 Es   25
KTCA   MN Minneapolis (1118 mi)     07-05-1962 1715 Es  12-24-2008 2058 Es  368
                                    12-04-1973 1828 ms  05-17-1982 0507 ms    6
KTVI   MO St. Louis (783 mi)        06-19-1962 1200 Es  08-01-2008 0954 Es  171
                                    12-12-1973 2200 ms  03-15-1982 0530 ms   14
KTVQ   MT Billings (1247 mi)        07-17-1963 1929 Es  07-19-2007 1729 Es  207
KTVU   CA Oakland (1480 mi)         04-27-1974 1628 Es  08-12-1975 2145 Es    3
KTWO   WY Casper (1012 mi)          06-28-1962 1028 Es  07-26-2000 1650 Es  474
                                    08-13-1975 2250 ms  06-04-1980 0120 ms    2
KUSD   SD Vermillion (944 mi)       05-11-1970 1629 Es  12-24-2008 2100 Es  328
                                    02-21-1973 1437 ms  12-13-1985 0623 ms   15
KUTV   UT Salt Lake City (1085 mi)  05-29-1963 1251 Es  04-27-2005 1200 Es  362
KWGN   CO Denver (803 mi)           06-15-1960 ---- Es  06-21-2008 1312 Es  289
                                    06-24-1976 1312 ms  07-13-1982 2038 ms    6
KXMA   ND Dickinson (1215 mi)       07-19-1962 1259 Es  05-29-2003 2350 Es  314
                                    07-31-1973 2323 ms
WBAY   WI Green Bay (1184 mi)       08-06-1962 1655 Es  06-01-2009 1558 Es  430
                                    01-03-1975 1629 ms  06-03-1976 1721 ms    4
WBBM   IL Chicago (1055 mi)         06-01-1963 1655 Es  07-05-2008 1940 Es  278
WBRZ   LA Baton Rouge (447 mi)      05-13-1963 0020 tr  07-13-2000 0647 tr   69
                                    07-22-1978 0451 ms  05-06-1985 0359 ms    6
                                    06-08-1983 0715 Es  07-09-1998 1240 Es    3
WCBD   SC Charleston (1141 mi)        -  -1961 ---- Es  05-14-2009 1624 Es  372
                                    07-20-1983 0258 ms  01-26-1984 0344 ms    2
WDIQ   AL Dozier (740 mi)           08-17-1959 1200 Es  08-13-2006 1241 Es   75
                                    05-10-1976 0959 ms  05-05-1978 1100 ms    2
WDTN   OH Dayton (1078 mi)          06-21-1962 1259 Es  06-11-2009 1005 Es  480
                                    08-13-1975 1129 ms  06-27-1983 0317 ms    6
WESH   FL Daytona Beach (1044 mi)   06-04-1960 ---- Es  05-28-2009 0859 Es  457
                                    01-27-1975 0514 tr  12-20-1978 0459 tr    2
                                    07-16-1976 1059 ms  11-07-1978 0449 ms    6
WFMY   NC Greensboro (1175 mi)      07-16-1962 1829 Es  07-09-2009 1320 Es  299
WGRZ   NY Buffalo (1437 mi)         05-16-1973 1029 Es  07-31-1987 2119 Es   27
WJBK   MI Detroit (1240 mi)         06-13-1963 0856 Es  06-19-2009 0704 Es  313
                                    07-16-1976 1126 ms  06-26-1981 0414 ms    3
WKAQ   PR San Juan (2189 mi)        05-08-1987 1550 Es
WKRN   TN Nashville (819 mi)        08-15-1963 1850 Es  10-29-2007 1734 Es  138
                                    05-22-1973 1759 ms  09-01-1982 0144 ms   24
WKTV   NY Utica (1608 mi)           06-13-1984 1029 Es
WLBZ   ME Bangor (1938 mi)          05-30-1974 1728 Es  05-24-1983 1844 Es    2
WMAB   MS State College (618 mi)    06-06-1973 1459 ms  09-26-1985 2217 ms   15
                                    05-27-1974 1759 Es  06-12-1998 1859 Es   17
WMAR   MD Baltimore (1417 mi)       01-02-1974 1829 Es  06-10-1999 1542 Es   19
WPBT   FL Miami (1149 mi) **        07-02-1962 1029 Es  07-12-2009 0957 Es  339
                                    03-31-1974 0029 tr
WSB    GA Atlanta (888 mi)            -  -1960 ---- Es  06-22-2008 1634 Es  183
                                    02-08-1974 1018 ms  07-18-1981 0420 ms   36
WSJK   TN Sneedville (1012 mi)      06-16-1970 1759 Es  06-03-2006 1659 Es  241
                                    08-21-1973 2100 ms  11-16-1978 1109 ms    4
WTWO   IN Terre Haute (928 mi)      06-24-1966 0959 Es  07-28-2003 0727 Es  262
                                    12-12-1973 2202 ms  06-18-1987 1118 ms   14
WUND   NC Columbia (1362 mi)        08-01-1972 ---- Es  07-07-2009 1752 Es   45

WUVF-CA   FL Naples (1050 mi)       12-06-2009 1452 Es  08-12-2011 1200 Es

** does not differentiate between the early-on time-share WTHS/WPBT situation
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see  for the detailed story of how this area got a "local" NTSC Channel 2
(perhaps the last full-powered commercial station granted on that channel).
The effcts of it (and its LPTV predecessor, K02MX) were simply devasting on my
ability to make idents on Channel 2 except at those azimuths where the "local" was
at or near a null.  After Oct 2002 my Yaesu FT-847 with the ability to tune the
audio offsets (though not at the right bandwidth for the best audio recovery) was a
prime factor in making what few idents that I did before the 2009 NTSC shutdown.
The nightlight service in Jun-Jul 2009 provided a small window of limited targets,
but the mostly-generic NAB programming did not foster rapid idents in many events.
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TOP FIVE Es
KGAN   IA Cedar Rapids (962 mi)     06-09-1962 1807 Es  06-13-2008 1816 Es  546
KCBS   CA Los Angeles (1188 mi)     07-xx-1960 ---- Es  07-12-2009 1648 Es  486
WDTN   OH Dayton (1078 mi)          06-21-1962 1259 Es  06-11-2009 1005 Es  480
KTWO   WY Casper (1012 mi)          06-28-1962 1028 Es  07-26-2000 1650 Es  474
WESH   FL Daytona Beach (1044 mi)   06-04-1960 ---- Es  05-28-2009 0859 Es  457

The dominance of KGAN is attributable to (1) it being at a null point for K02MX and
(2) the very large-sized ident that it used being easily read.