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KGO 810 Stunting

xkxrx said:
How could they have spots from new accounts when the flip just took place yesterday? Could they be bonus spots from other stations in the cluster?
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Many stations have sold "pioneer" or "early bird" packages at really cheap rates. There are advertisers who will go for those, and good sellers know who they are.
 
gar hi said:
I miss the old days of KGO when Ray Taliaferro was on late at night and he was always impressed with how far away his callers were hearing the show.

Always wondered how far east KGO has ever been heard at night.
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I have a "verie" or QSL from KGO for reception in Cleveland, Ohio. I also had one for reception in Quito, Ecuador (which is as far east as Cleveland). In Quito, I caught it on one of the rare occasions when local HCFV was off the air (I knew it was going to be off as I owned it!).
 
Maybe I can take a picture of a Detrola with the stations shown on the dial. It was pre NARBA. But really, it was only the most powerful stations that were on the dial, but that includes 5000 watt Class III-As. There are no Class IVs on Local Channels shown. If you look at radio yearbooks on David's site, Class IVs were the majority of stations. Many moved to Regional and Clear Channels circa 1940, to the postwar radio station boom. Some were as late as circa 1980, such as WTCM.
 
gar hi said:
Wow, hearing it in Cleveland is amazing.

Was WGY on the air at the time?
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Back then WGY was off at midnight EST Sunday night each week, as well as the other stations on 810 in North America at midnight their time. That left 810 empty except for KGO from 11 PM PST till Midnight, when they signed off too... just in time to hear sign-ons in Brazil and Argentina.

(K)GO to https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-DX/DFG/DFG-QSL-CA.pdf and scroll down a couple of items to see my 1961 verification card from KGO.

KGO was a relatively easy catch for DXers in the East at that time. More fun was waiting to hear 250 watt KIKI in Honolulu.

My best from CA was 250 watt KTIP from Porterville.
 
So I guess that means with WGY being on the air 24/7, it's technically possible to hear KGO in the background in the eastern US if conditions are right even though it would never be strong enough to ID?

It's like how WBBM can sometimes be heard in California way in the background when KKOH is in a fade away cycle.
 
gar hi said:
So I guess that means with WGY being on the air 24/7, it's technically possible to hear KGO in the background in the eastern US if conditions are right even though it would never be strong enough to ID?

It's like how WBBM can sometimes be heard in California way in the background when KKOH is in a fade away cycle.
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Exactly. It's how I heard CKOM 650 Saskatoon, Sask., in the middle of the night on 1/6/2019, when WSM Nashville was in a rare down cycle. Conditions lined up just right, I nulled WSM and CKOM faded up. Quite a surprise, especially because I thought CKOM was a 10 kW daytimer.
 
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