MW DX Recordings from the Past

During the early 70's I actively pursued mediumwave DXing from Lansing, Michigan. Below is a list of brief recordings of sign/ons, sign/offs, equipment tests and frequency checks from U.S. radio stations from that era.

Nearly all of the cuts were made on a Halllicrafters SX-96 receiver with either an outside Murch 86-D dipole or Worcester ferrite bar loop antenna.

A bit about the recordings. I have only just transferred these from 35 year old reel-to-reel tapes recorded at 1 7/8ths ips. I've done my best to clean them up but they are not 'studio quality' -- DX rarely is. The sounds are encoded in mp3 format.

You can sort the list below by callsign, frequency, state or date just by clicking on the column heading. Click again to sort in reverse order. Dates are in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format and anything that has a 'dd' of '01' is probably not correct. I used '01' as a default day for those cases where I only had a year and month in my log.

Call Freq City State Country Date Sound
WTVB 1590 Coldwater MI USA 1972-02-01 Listen
WCLS 1580 Columbus GA USA 1971-09-01 Listen
WHEF 1580 Columbia PA USA 1972-01-01 Listen
WRBJ 1580 St Johns MI USA 1972-02-01 Listen
WTTN 1580 Watertown WI USA 1972-08-01 Listen
WLIJ 1580 Shelbyville TN USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WCCF 1580 Punta Gorda FL USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WBBR 1580 Travelers Rest SC USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WAMY 1580 Amory MS USA 1972-12-01 Listen
KLTR 1580 Blackwell OK USA 1972-12-01 Listen
WCCR 1580 Champaigne IL USA 1973-11-01 Listen
WCNB 1580 Connorsville IN USA 1973-12-27 Listen
WORV 1580 Hattiesburg MS USA 1974-10-21 Listen
WKIG 1580 Glennville GA USA 1974-10-21 Listen
WEYY 1580 Taledega AL USA 1974-11-10 Listen
WSRF 1580 Fort Lauderdale FL USA 1975-02-17 Listen
WAMW 1580 Washington IN USA 1975-02-17 Listen
WCLS 1580 Colubus GA USA 1975-03-01 Listen
KPCA 1580 Marked Tree AR USA 1975-03-06 Listen
KTGR 1580 Columbia MO USA 1976-02-23 Listen
KFDF 1580 Van Buren AR USA 1976-02-28 Listen
WIFF 1570 Auburn IN USA 1972-08-05 Listen
WFUR 1570 Grand Rapids MI USA 1972-10-01 Listen
KOLS 1570 Pryer OK USA 1972-11-01 Listen
KQWC 1570 Webster City IA USA 1974-11-10 Listen
KOLS 1570 Pryer OK USA 1974-11-10 Listen
WTOD 1560 Toledo OH USA 1972-08-01 Listen
WTPS 1560 Portage MI USA 1972-10-01 Listen
KRCB 1560 Council Bluffs IA USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WTAI 1560 Melbourne FL USA 1974-04-07 Listen
WAGC 1560 Center AL USA 1974-10-19 Listen
KBEW 1560 Blue Earth MN USA 1975-01-20 Listen
WAGL 1560 Lancaster SC USA 1975-11-10 Listen
KKAA 1560 Aberdeen SD USA 1976-03-01 Listen
WSAO 1550 Senatopia MS USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WEVR 1550 River Falls WI USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WCSJ 1550 Florence IL USA 1974-11-11 Listen
WNTN 1550 Newton MA USA 1975-03-03 Listen
WRHC 1550 Coral Gables FL USA 1975-04-14 Listen
KQWB 1550 Fargo ND USA 1975-09-28 Listen
KQWB 1550 Fargo ND USA 1975-10-21 Listen
KGMO 1550 Cape Girardeau MO USA 1975-11-24 Listen
WTKM 1540 Hartford WI USA 1974-11-11 Listen
WSWG 1530 Greenwood MS USA 1974-03-18 Listen
WMEX 1510 Boston MA USA 1972-08-01 Listen
WPUT 1510 Brewster NY USA 1975-02-10 Listen
WVOC 1500 Battle Creek MI USA 1972-08-01 Listen
WZBN 1500 Zion IL USA 1972-09-01 Listen
WTOP 1500 Washington DC USA 1972-09-04 Listen
KWRG 1500 New Roads LA USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WAKE 1500 Valperaiso IN USA 1972-11-01 Listen
WBTS 1480 Bridgeport AL USA 1974-10-21 Listen
WEAG 1470 Alcoa TN USA 1975-11-10 Listen
KQYX 1450 Joplin MO USA 1974-11-10 Listen
WDXR 1450 Paducah KY USA 1974-11-16 Listen
KQYX 1450 Joplin MO USA 1975-10-06 Listen
WHIS 1440 Bluefield WV USA 1974-11-16 Listen
KPCR 1430 Bowling Green MO USA 1974-11-02 Listen
KXOW 1420 Hot Springs AR USA 1972-11-01 Listen
WHBN 1420 Harrodsburg KY USA 1974-12-02 Listen
WLTH 1370 Gary IN USA 1972-12-01 Listen
WBAY 1360 Green Bay WI USA 1971-03-21 Listen
WHMI 1350 Howell MI USA 1972-12-01 Listen
KRYT 1350 Colorado Springs CO USA 1976-03-01 Listen
KVBR 1340 Brainerd MN USA 1975-04-14 Listen
WDMJ 1320 Marquette MI USA 1973-11-18 Listen
WKIN 1320 Kingsport TN USA 1974-08-25 Listen
KPOC 1260 Pocahantis AR USA 1975-01-20 Listen
WMTR 1250 Morristown NJ USA 1975-10-06 Listen
KOKK 1210 Huron SD USA 1976-01-05 Listen
WANN 1190 Annapolis MD USA 1974-01-02 Listen
WIXE 1190 Monroe NC USA 1974-11-28 Listen
CHTN 1190 Charlottown PEI Canada 1976-02-16 Listen
WGOW 1150 Chatanooga TN USA 1975-01-20 Listen
KLPR 1140 Oklahoma City OK USA 1974-12-23 Listen
KLUC 1140 Las Vegas NV USA 1975-12-15 Listen
KMOX 1120 St. Louis MO USA 1974-11-17 Listen
WUNN 1110 Mason MI USA 1972-04-01 Listen
WKEG 1110 Washington PA USA 1974-02-09 Listen
KAAY 1090 Little Rock AR USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WOAP 1080 Owasso MI USA 1972-09-01 Listen
KCTA 1030 Corpus Christi TX USA 1974-11-17 Listen
XELO 1010 Juarez Mexico 1972-11-01 Listen
KRMO 990 Monett MO USA 1974-11-18 Listen
WFIR 960 Roanoke VA USA 1972-09-01 Listen
WSBT 960 South Bend IN USA 1974-11-16 Listen
KFVS 960 Cape Girardeau MO USA 1975-03-07 Listen
KXJK 950 Forrest City AR USA 1972-12-01 Listen
KFSA 950 Fort Smith AR USA 1974-11-04 Listen
KIMN 950 Denver CO USA 1974-12-25 Listen
WAAY 950 Huntsville AL USA 1975-11-17 Listen
WJOR 940 South Haven MI USA 1972-11-01 Listen
WCPC 940 Houston MS USA 1974-02-25 Listen
WINE 940 Brookfield CT USA 1975-01-20 Listen
WTAD 930 Quincy IL USA 1972-12-01 Listen
CFRY 920 Portage-la-Prarie MB Canada 1974-11-04 Listen
KLCN 910 Blythville AR USA 1972-03-01 Listen
WFDF 910 Flint MI USA 1973-12-24 Listen
WDDT 900 Greenville MS USA 1972-11-01 Listen
WSON 860 Henderson KY USA 1974-03-02 Listen
KOAM 860 Pittsburg KS USA 1974-03-27 Listen
KNUJ 860 New Ulm MN USA 1975-11-11 Listen
WKEE 800 Huntington WV USA 1972-10-01 Listen
KFYO 790 Lubbock TX USA 1972-11-05 Listen
KFGO 790 Fargo ND USA 1975-01-13 Listen
KOB 770 Albaquerque NM USA 1974-08-23 Listen
WHEB 750 Portsmouth NH USA 1975-12-29 Listen
WMBG 740 Williamsburg VA USA 1975-03-01 Listen
WVCH 740 Chester PA USA 1975-10-06 Listen
WBAW 740 Barnwell SC USA 1975-12-29 Listen
WOR 710 New York NY USA 1974-03-02 Listen
WQBX 710 Blacksburg VA USA 1976-01-26 Listen
WVOK 690 Birmingham AL USA 1972-01-01 Listen
WVOK 690 Birmingham AL USA 1974-03-01 Listen
WPTF 680 Raleigh NC USA 1971-02-01 Listen
KSKY 660 Dallas TX USA 1972-01-01 Listen
WNMT 650 Garden City GA USA 1975-11-24 Listen
KFI 640 Los Angeles CA USA 1972-11-17 Listen
WOI 640 Ames IA USA 1974-03-01 Listen
WPRO 630 Providence RI USA 1973-12-24 Listen
WVMT 620 Burlington VT USA 1972-10-01 Listen
WETE 620 Knoxville TN USA 1972-12-01 Listen
KWFT 620 Witchita Falls TX USA 1974-04-07 Listen
WKZO 590 Kalamazoo MI USA 1972-04-01 Listen
WOW 590 Omaha NE USA 1972-08-01 Listen
WAAX 570 Gadsden AL USA 1974-03-27 Listen
WJLS 560 Beckley WV USA 1972-01-01 Listen
KWTO 560 Springfield MO USA 1972-01-01 Listen
WQTE 560 Monroe MI USA 1974-02-25 Listen