Some of the Michigan radio people who had been in the military, who served various places during the Korean and Vietnam War era, described a set up in Ethiopia where they listened to WJR on a fairly regular basis, especially for Tiger Baseball. They said it was R-390s with large Loop antennas in many cases. Not surprised that you could frequently hear WLS in the Arctic, given that it is a pest in Scandinavia. They might have also used Beverage Antennas.
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AM Frequency of the Week: 1090
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Surprising they could get WJR during the summer with the longer daylight in the northern latitudes.
The people that talked about it didn't mention seasonal variations. Maybe it was in the Spring and Fall?
Got the Satellit 750, and the AM BC is very good, something on every frequency. Speaking of KAAY, it was coming in quite well near the Straits of Mackinac on the internal ferrite loop. WGVS 850 was booming in with the Oldies. Can't seem to get the S meter to budge though. Is there a switch for it? Heard CHU on 3330 and 7850, WWV on 5000 with the built in antenna. FM selectivity is good, not great. Sensitivity good to very good.
Another KAAY skywave coverage map. This one shows more outside the US. It clearly shows the 0.5 mV/m 50% skywave over the top of the Yucatan Peninsula.
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I would think it would have to be.
FYI, was just checking the Bozeman MT SDR and noticed KBOZ-1090, listed as silent, is back on the air with "Good Time Oldies", frequently IDing as 99.9 KBOZ-FM and 1090 KBOZ-AM, K-Bear. It's real oldies too, with Buddy Holly, Johnny Mathis, and Patti Page "Old Cape Cod" heard.
I have yet to recieve that one, but I've gotten K-Bear on 730 before.
Speaking of 1090, though, back in the late 50's and early 60's 1090 was totally empty in North America after 3 AM EST on Monday morning. The 4 AM sign on of CX28, Radio El Imparcial, from Montevideo, Uruguay with just 10 kw was a rather regular visitor in the East and Midwest, and even heard on occasion in the West.
Yeah, David. That pest CX28 used to ruin 1090 by us up in Queens NYC, too.
K i d d i n g.
Sigh. The AM dial in 1962 or so was so quiet overnight MM's. And you, being a few weeks* older than I, must've had an even better C to C cornucopia.
I think I have two stations from South America taped and logged from Queens NYC. One was HJAS 1400 Colombia, on 1400. The Auroral Borealis probably was spotted in Tierra del Fuego that night., Every single 'graveyard' frequency was awash in Spanish. Fellow DJ Reyes Burgos across the hall from our FM ID'ed the station for me.
* Well, alright. Perhaps several weeks on me.
K i d d i n g.
Sigh. The AM dial in 1962 or so was so quiet overnight MM's. And you, being a few weeks* older than I, must've had an even better C to C cornucopia.
I think I have two stations from South America taped and logged from Queens NYC. One was HJAS 1400 Colombia, on 1400. The Auroral Borealis probably was spotted in Tierra del Fuego that night., Every single 'graveyard' frequency was awash in Spanish. Fellow DJ Reyes Burgos across the hall from our FM ID'ed the station for me.
* Well, alright. Perhaps several weeks on me.
Not anymore, unfortunately.
Fla. is a horrible state, at least the Tampa area, to receive AM at night (or even during the day)
Too much static.
Only a handful of clear ch. stations, and some of them are weaker (ala WSB).
I spent some time for a few years at Treasure Island, just south of St. Pete Beach. Not a bad location, at all. And gar can vouch for Honeymoon Island, just north of Clearwater as being an excellent DX spot, despite a couple of big sticks in the neighborhood (noteably 820 and1040).
As for KAAY, my "nutshell: take on them is better audio, worse signal. Notably weaker than in it's glory days as a top 40 legend both here at my home location as well as our winter getaway spot on the beach near Pensacola.
Yeah, KAAY used to be a great station. It's a waste today.
Also the Key West SDR has good reception, but it's in a good location.
Last time I tuned in a few days ago, they were running a promo for a singing newscast. No thank you! Does Audacy (Entercom) still own KAAY? If so, it's hard to believe they can't find a better use for this signal.
That couldn't have been a reference to The Singing News, which is the Billboard of the Southern Gospel industry?
Doubtul.
A check of the website shows Cumulus still owns KAAY. It also shows huge holes in their brokered schedule. Sung news? New one on me
Years ago....probably 1970s....in an SRDS directory, I read in one's station's profile words to the effect of "Newscasts spoken or sung". I don't remember what station that was or where it was located. And I never heard of that before or since. Until just the other day!
(For those who may be unfamiliar, SRDS stands for "Standard Rates and Data" Services. A directory containing mostly listings of advertising rates, along with a paragraph or so describing each station. Both supplied by the individual station, There were (are?), editions for Radio, TV, Newspapers, etc. The radio edition would typically be the size of a big city phone book). Media buyers used them to help plan ad buys.
And, fjinally, thanks for correcting me on Cumulus as KAAY's ownet. For whatever reason, I was thinking Entercom/Audacy.
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