AM Dxing logs - 11:45pm to 12:40am 1/20/2009

2345-
Radio: Grundig S350DL using the ferrite antenna
Location: Leesville, SC

Notes: 900-970 was a real battleground tonight

550 - WDUN Gainesville GA - local news at the top of the hour, positive ID

640 - WGST Atlanta GA - Fox news and then some local traffic reports

650 - WSM Nashville TN - what else? country music

660 - WFAN New York, NY - sports positive ID

680 - WCNN Atlanta GA - Espn radio with positive ID at the top of the hour.
Usually WPTF out of Ralieght is here at my QSL but I was able to rotate the
Grundig S350DL to tune out WPTF

720 - WGN Chicago IL - positive ID, weather and traffic report.

740 - WFZM Canada - show called "Midnight Blue" playing music with female DJ

750 - WSB Atlanta GA- Michael savage, this station always booms in here due
to being only 157 miles away

780 - WBBM Chicago IL - positive ID followed by news talking about Gitmo
detainees

830 - WCCO Minneapolis MN - positive ID news radio 830 WCCO, usually 830
WTRU out of Greensboro NC blocks this here. The very directional ferrite antenna with the Grundig S350DL allowed reception of this. Was talking Minnesota Gophers basketball

830 - WTRU Greensboro NC - turning the antenna kicked off WCCO and brings this relgious station in

840 - WHAS Louisville KY - positive ID chanting call signs followed by talk
about 2 border agents having their sentences commuted. Michael Savage.

870 - WWL New Orleans LA - casino commercial followed by station ID

880 - WCBS New York NY - weather with a high of 30 for Tue and traffic, snow
removal problems at the bridges

890 - WLS Chicago IL - commercial from a 1985 Bears player for a lawyer

910 - WEPG South Pittsburg TN - "The River" with positive ID playing country
music. This station is supposed to be only 95 watts at night and 5000 watts
daytime so I believe they are under their daytime power.

930 - UNKNOWN - 3 stations fighting it out here but didn't get a positive ID from none of them. Good music though.

940 - WMIX Mount Vernon IL - all I got was a positive station ID and then fade out. For the last week, WCPC out of Houston MS had control of this for the past week.

950 - UNKNOWN - I could swear I heard a time signal on this freq with a spanish language station in the background. Some other stations also heard but no positive ID. Another dogfight here.

960 - WFIR Roanoke VA - positive ID talking about Skytracker forecaster

990 - WNML Knoxville TN - the Sports Animal, Fox Sports