21 November 2024

A couple distant FM signals that were auto-logged in the past 24 hours: 88.3 KAIX Casper, Wyoming (877 miles) – 4:41 PM CST yesterday afternoon 93.1 XHAAA-FM Reynosa, Tamaulipas (987 miles) – 5:58 AM CST this morning

19 November 2024

NWR DX logged this morning, November 19. Nothing too exciting, but a minor opening to the north: 162.475 WXK82 Hannibal 162.500 WXJ92 Macomb 162.525 WXM90 Jacksonville 162.525 WWF75 Bourbon This is in addition to local signals on 162.425, 162.450 and 162.550. I have...

17 November 2024

Catching up on some distant FM and TV signals logged since Thursday afternoon: FM 89.5 WPCS Pensacola, FL (588 miles, 11/17 @ 12:37 AM) 95.1 WXFX Prattville, AL (499 miles, 11/14 @ 4:20 PM) 99.7 WWTN Hendersonville, TN (296 miles, 11/17 @ 1:12 AM) 90.3 WPLN-FM...

13 November 2024

FM DX received in the past 12 hours: 99.7 WWTN Hendersonville, TN (296 miles) 90.1 WOI-FM Ames, IA (269 miles) 104.3 KBEQ-FM Kansas City, MO (221 miles) 91.7 KSUI Iowa City, IA (208 miles) TV DX: 7 KWWL Waterloo, IA (261...

WGEM-TV Frequency Change Signal Graphs

Just past 10:00 AM CDT today, August 21st, WGEM-TV in Quincy, Illinois shut off transmissions on VHF channel 10. (Signal graph times are EDT.) At about 12:30 AM CDT, it appears WGEM-TV’s signal on UHF channel 19 was activated, as evidenced by my loss of...

31 July 2024

A few TV and FM signals received yesterday evening and this morning: TV: KGCW 21 Burlington (175 miles) KMOS 15 Sedalia (134 miles) WSIL 34 Harrisburg (116 miles) FM: KZIA 102.9 Cedar Rapids (236 miles) KSUI 91.7 Iowa City (208 miles) WVIK 90.3 Rock Island (190 miles)...

14 July 2024

Several distant stations observed today. Starting with the TV side, 8 KCCI Alleman/Des Moines (269 miles) 29 KXVO Gretna/Omaha (347 miles) (ATSC 3.0) And on FM, 104.3 KBEQ-FM Kansas City (221 miles) 107.3 KMJK North Kansas City (201 miles) 100.7 KMZU Carrollton (167...

2 July 2024

TV from outside the St. Louis market received in the past day: 8 KCCI Des Moines 9 KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids 10 WGEM-TV Quincy 11 KFVS-TV Cape Girardeau 22 KHQA-TV Hannibal (first time logging on 22, was 7) 29 KRCG-TV Jefferson City FM from outside the St. Louis,...

27 June 2024

E-skip logged in the past day: CKGN-FM Kapuskasing, ON 89.7 – 834 miles KKXL-FM Grand Forks, ND 92.9 – 716 miles KCCM-FM Moorhead, MN 90.3 – 634 miles KNCM-FM Appleton, MN 91.3 – 526 miles KRSU Appleton, MN 88.5 – 526 miles Also logged...

21 June 2024

Logged 91.3 KNBJ-FM Bemidji, MN via e-skip a little before 5 PM CDT. KNBJ-FM is a 65,000 watt Minnesota Public Radio station transmitting from near Blackduck, northeast of Bemidji. Distance 649 miles.

KMOV and KDTL-LD Subchannel changes

Effective June 3, 2024 KMOV (RF 24) and KDTL-LD (RF 17), co-owned by Gray Television, have launched a new channel lineup including the use of virtual channel 32. On KMOV 24: 4.1 KMOV-HD 4.2 1STALRT 4.3 COZI-TV 4.4 MYSTERY 11.1 REWIND 32.1 MY-TV And on KDTL-LD 17: 32.2...

16 May 2024

Logged KROM-FM San Antonio, a 45kW station on 92.9, at 7:53 PM. Distance; 796 miles.

10 May 2024

TV and FM DX logged in the past day: 15 WRSP Springfield, IL 34 WDAF Kansas City 91.9 KASU Jonesboro 97.7 KPOW La Monte 102.9 KMMO Marshall 107.1 KLMZ Leadwood (only 69 miles, but KLMZ has an ERP of only 820 watts)...

23 April 2024

A few semi-distant signals received from nearby markets in Missouri and Illinois. On TV: 7 KHQA 22 KRBK 29 KRCG 34 WSIL And on FM: 88.9 KHIS (Cape Girardeau market) 90.1 KSCV (Springfield, MO market) 91.3 KBIA (Mid-Missouri market) 94.3 KATI (Mid-Missouri market)...

27 February 2024

FM DX logged: 91.3 WIUM Macomb (114 miles) 94.9 WAAG Galesburg (149 miles) 96.9 WXLP Moline (176 miles) 97.7 KPOW La Monte (156 miles) 101.3 KUUL East Moline (195 miles) 103.7 WLLR Davenport (190 miles) 107.3 KGRS Burlington (146...

8 February 2024

Some notable FM DX in the last 24 hours: KLAI Laytonville, CA – 90.3, 500 watts – Eskip – 3:03 AM, 1771 miles Tropo highlights include WSUI 91.7 Iowa City at 208 miles and WVIK 90.3 Rock Island at 190 miles.

22 January 2024 E-Skip

4:47 PM CST – currently receiving XHDP 89.7 Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico (1183 miles) and XHEPL 91.3 Cuauhtemoc (1189 miles) via E-skip. Audio has some fades but overall coming in clearly. Also verified by RDS. Update: Later in the evening and overnight, the...

28 December 2023 administrative update

Not much activity of late on the FM/TV/WX DX front, so this is a brief administrative update to call attention to a few things: A large batch of TV ID and newscast screengrabs has been uploaded to that area of the site. Continuing to track developments of the St....