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AM Frequency of the Week: 830

cyberdad

cyberdad

A busy day for me tomorrow, so here goes a day earlier than usual......

Far northwest suburban Chicago area....

Days: Splatter from first adjacent WCPT (820) and second adjacent WAIT (850).

Nights: A very solid WCCO. Sometimes with a very weak Spanish signal underneath. Not identifiable, but my best guess is the Norco, Louisiana 830.

Retro/Sunrise sunset: KBOA from Kenett, MO was an occasional visitor. Then 830 signal was sold and moved to Memphis. I'm pretty sure I've heard that one here also, but haven't been able to ID. As for KBOA, IIRC they moved to 1560 when they gave up 830, but I haven't heard them on that channel here.
 
East Tennessee: Daytime: Nothing. I suppose it's possible to get Goodletsville TN but I never have.
Night: WCCO, but during auroral conditions it's all WFCO, Norco, LA.

Retro/other: Nothing other than WCCO of note. I do remember KBOA from my days in the Quincy/Hannibal area. Those 250 watters got out in that great ground conductivity area
 
cyberdad said:
A busy day for me tomorrow, so here goes a day earlier than usual......

Far northwest suburban Chicago area....

Days: Splatter from first adjacent WCPT (820) and second adjacent WAIT (850).

Nights: A very solid WCCO. Sometimes with a very weak Spanish signal underneath. Not identifiable, but my best guess is the Norco, Louisiana 830.

Retro/Sunrise sunset: KBOA from Kenett, MO was an occasional visitor. Then 830 signal was sold and moved to Memphis. I'm pretty sure I've heard that one here also, but haven't been able to ID. As for KBOA, IIRC they moved to 1560 when they gave up 830, but I haven't heard them on that channel here.
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It's 1540 and i dont believe the current day KBOA has anything to do with the KBOA of the past..... 1540 simply picked up the KBOA call letters, and is owned by a different company even i think
 
In the near north Chicago suburbs I hear WCPT splatter during the day. At night all WCCO with a strong signal.

Other: When recently visiting the Southern California desert KLAA was present during the day with a fair signal. At night KLAA mostly disappears and WCCO can be heard along with KFLT during critical hours.
 
Laramie WY

Sometimes right after sunrise KFLT Tucson but not too often... usually WCCO right before/after sunrise. Right before sunset/at sunset/after sunset, sometimes KLAA and WCCO mix and gives way for WCCO .. and often tis just a strong WCCO
 
The Valley of the Jolly Green Giant (Le Sueur, MN)

WCCO
WCCO
WCCO

catch my drift??? WCCO booms in day, night, all the time
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
It's 1540 and i dont believe the current day KBOA has anything to do with the KBOA of the past..... 1540 simply picked up the KBOA call letters, and is owned by a different company even i think
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After I posted, I wondered if KBOA was absolutely on 1560. Thanks for the correction. Hey....I was only off by a couple of channels. LOL.

I also didn't know that the current version of KBOA didn't have any connection with the original. What I'm wondering now is if the original KBOA operation migrated to FM. If so, is it still out there?
 
WCJ said:
Orange County, TX Days KWDF, Ball, LA, Nights WCCO
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I assume you mean splatter from KWDF otherwise something is wrong lol
 
cyberdad said:
After I posted, I wondered if KBOA was absolutely on 1560. Thanks for the correction. Hey....I was only off by a couple of channels. LOL.

I also didn't know that the current version of KBOA didn't have any connection with the original. What I'm wondering now is if the original KBOA operation migrated to FM. If so, is it still out there?
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KBOA is on 105.5 too, as a 6kw class a.. owned by the 1540 folks.. but i dont think, once again, it has anything to do with the original kboa.


Go to fccinfo.com and use the historic call sign feature to search stuff like this
 
Yakima WA
Nothing daytime. In dead winter, I have heard a very weak KUYO Evansville WY (Christian).

Nights - KNCO Grass Valley (News/Talk) mixes with WCCO Minneapolis (News/Talk) throughout the night, but sometimes KNCO is alone when conditions aren't good to the east. Before moving to FM, CKKY Wainwright AB (Country, Key 83) would mix with all three. KLAA Orange CA is sometimes heard at sunset (Sports), and I have a one-time sunrise catch of KFLT Tucson AZ (Family Life Radio).

Doubt I'll ever get it, but KSDP Sand Point AK (NPR) is about the only station on my want list. 1KW on a relatively quiet channel. We just need some mega TP conditions like the PNW had last October.
 
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: WCPT splash
Nightime: WCCO all the time. Sometimes WFNO Norco, LA takes over WCCO

DX/RETRO: two recent logs include WCRN (Worcester, MA) and WKTX (Cortland, OH) both most likely on day power. Back in 1988 Cuba used this frequency for Radio Taino broadcasts and severly interfering with WCCO. Reports floating around at that time was that they were using 300 kW.
 
CADXER said:
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:
Back in 1988 Cuba used this frequency for Radio Taino broadcasts and severly interfering with WCCO. Reports floating around at that time was that they were using 300 kW.
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I remember that one. Audible Day/Night at our beach location near Pensacola. IIRC, at least some of the content (aimed at tourists) was in English.
 
Reynoldsburg, Ohio ...
* Daytime: Slop from local WVSG on 820.
* Nighttime: Usually a very solid WCCO. Never one of the loudest signals in my experience, but always there. I'm out of WVSG's primary nighttime lobe (which is only 790 watts anyway from roughly 15 miles WSW of me) so any slop is minimal.
 
In west Houston, daytime is nothing much. At sunset I've heard WCCO, WFNO, and once WUMY Memphis. Nights is a mix including WFNO, WCCO, and XEITE in Mexico City.

WUMY was a classic hits simulcast when I heard them, and Wikipedia lists them as such, but I notice the 830 frequency is not mentioned on the Guess FM website. Can anyone confirm they're still there with the same format?
 
From NW San Antonio:

Daytime: nothing

Sunset: XEITE with XELN "La Caliente" in Linares underneath when I aim SW. Aiming E/W I can null them out fairly well and usually hear WFNO with a decent signal.

Night: XEITE and XELN are stronger, and the latter sometimes comes to the fore. Every now and then, WCCO will pop up for a bit. In the E/W null, I can sometimes hear a weak KFLT.


Wildthangjim - Looks like WUMY 830 is now Spanish-language Christian: https://buenasnuevasmemphis.com
 
From far south Overland Park, Kansas:

Day: Generally nothing, a quiet frequency except in very cold weather, a very weak WCCO. I am 424 miles from their transmitter site.

Critical Hours: Typically, a clearly listenable WCCO both during morning and evening critical hours.

Night: WCCO is reasonably strong in the early evening hours but they often disappear for extended periods 2-3 hours after sunset until morning critical hours. When this occurs, I can hear a very weak Spanish language broadcast [as yet to be identified] and splatter from strong skywave WBAP on 820 kHz or WHAS on 840 kHz. I find this to be a bit odd since I am very close to equal distance from both WCCO and WBAP. However, WBAP is by far the stronger skywave signal as is WHAS at 484 miles.

Bob
 
From the southern portions of Pittsburgh I can (barely) get WKTX in Cortland, Ohio during the daytime.
Considering they run 1kW and are 80 to 90 miles away as the crow flies, that's not bad.

At night WCCO is there more often than not.
 
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