C172 PLT LANDED WITHOUT OBTAINING LNDG CLRNC.

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THIS XCOUNTRY WAS MY FIRST FLT AS PIC AT NIGHT; AND WAS THE LAST LEG FROM EASTERWOOD TO DAVID WAYNE HOOKS. I OBTAINED DWH ATIS INFO PRIOR TO ENTERING THE DWH CLASS D AIRSPACE. IT STATED THAT RWY 35L WAS IN USE. I WAS AT 10 MI DME. AFTER CONTACTING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS HOOKS TWR; MY N-NUMBER WAS CALLED AND I WAS TOLD TO RPT 2 MI FINAL FOR RWY 16. NO SQUAWK CODE WAS GIVEN. I HAD A LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THE ARPT. IT WAS A VERY CLR NIGHT; AND THE CITY LIGHTS APPEARED MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE RWY LIGHTS. AT 2.5 MI DME; I TRIED TO CONTACT HOOKS TWR. BY THIS TIME; I WAS LINED UP ON FINAL FOR RWY 17R AT ABOUT 1000 FT. NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. I COULD NOT SEE ANY TFC IN THE PATTERN; AND ASSUMED EITHER MY RADIO HAD FAILED; OR THAT THE TWR WAS BUSY DOING SOMETHING ELSE. WHILE WATCHING THE TWR FOR LIGHT SIGNALS; I THEN LANDED. AFTER EXITING THE RWY; I USED THE SAME RADIO TO SWITCH TO GND CTL. I HAD NO TROUBLE REACHING THEM; NOR THEY IN REPLYING. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION; IT BECAME APPARENT THAT MY FIRST CONTACT WAS WITH THE TWR FROM THE ARPT I HAD DEPARTED FROM -- EASTERWOOD. I APPARENTLY HAD NOT SWITCHED TO THE CORRECT FREQ FOR THE TWR I NEEDED. AFTER BEING GIVEN THE 'RPT 2 MI FINAL FOR RWY 16;' I HEARD WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR -- GO STRAIGHT IN FOR RWY 17R. THE ATC TAPES AT EASTERWOOD CONFIRMED THE ABOVE INSTRUCTION; BUT ALSO CONTAINED ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE TO ME THAT I HAD CALLED THE WRONG TWR. BY THAT TIME THOUGH; I HAD DSNDED BELOW RECEPTION RANGE. MY WORSE MISTAKE WAS LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC. WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS ABORTED THE LNDG AFTER NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED; FLOWN OUT OF THE CLASS D AIRSPACE; AND THEN TRIED TO CONTACT THE TWR BY RADIO OR BY CELL PHONE.