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AM Frequency of the Week: 940

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cyberdad

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(Note to newcomers and anyone else unaware. We're currently cycling through what were formally known as "clear" channels. So next week, we'll skip to 990, then 1000, 1010, etc.....)

Far northwest Chicago Suburbs....

Day: A weak WFAW from Fort Atkinson, WI. About 60 miles northwest of me. 500 watts with a fairly shallow null in my direction.

Night: Usually WFAW with a figure eight pattern that favors my location. As does the slight bump to 550 watts. Sometimes mixing with or under the current Montreal version of 940.

Other Location. At our beach location west of Pensacola, WYLD from New Orleans is present 24/7. XEQ from Mexico City manages to get on top of WYLD as often as not.

Retro: I've heard WYLD here once or twice down through the years at my home location. CBM from Montreal used to be a nighttime regular, but the new occupant of 940 in Montreal has a pattern that's unfavorable for my location. XEQ still turns up on rare occations. I also used to very rarely hear KIOA (now KPSZ). WMIX from Mount Vernon in southern, IL. was an occasional sunrise-sunset visitor as was WCPC from Houston, MS when they were 50kw. (Now 31kw directional to the east).
 
East Tennessee: Days-weak signal from WECO, Wartburg TN
Sunset: based on some monitoring last weekend, I came up with a mix of WCPC, Houston MS and I believe WINZ, Miami, carrying a Florida Gators game (the Chiefland station does not show Florida Gators on its website)....WINZ would still be on day pattern. In addition, I was getting one Rebelde outlet on 1180 and Cuba rarely shows before darkness or after daylight).
Night: A hodgepodge including WMAC, Macon GA.
Retro/other: Dayton and West Central, Ohio. Days-WCIT, Lima (much better near Celina/St. Marys. Nights were CBM, which was my go-to for CBC domestic programming. The replacement was only heard a time or two. WCPC was a sunset regular. Also heard WMIX, Mount Vernon, IL a couple of times, I guy I went to First Phone Wonder School with worked there at the time in the early 80s and I DXed him.
 
Tyler TX:

Daytime is usually nothing. If I try hard enough, I can pick up Gospel KTFS Texarkana, AR. but it's faint at best and takes some real patience with the dial.

At night, this was where I usually heard XERKS Reynosa, but they have apparently permanently powered down because I haven't caught a whiff of it in a couple years. Without XERKS in the mix, a variable signal from XEQ is heard. Some nights quite strong, others not so much. Have caught and logged KIXZ Amarillo with N/T around sunset on a few occasions.
 
Thanks to that directional pattern @gr8oldies, I know the WCIT signal that has made it to greater Columbus is not all that much weaker than what is heard around St. Marys and Celina. Certainly it's not as strong in that area as a Lima station could reasonably be expected to sound. I also haven't listened to WCIT in many years, so things might have changed.
 
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Thanks to that directional pattern @gr8oldies, I know the WCIT signal that has made it to greater Columbus is not all that much weaker than what is heard around St. Marys and Celina. Certainly it's not as strong in that area as a Lima station could reasonably be expected to sound. I also haven't listened to WCIT in many years, so things might have changed.
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WCIT gets out for 250 watts. It was a former top 40, (at one time carrying TM Stereo Rock). I received it as far west as Logansport IN
 
Central Kentucky:
Days: WCND Shelbyville "La Pantera 940"
Despite being only 20 miles away, their 250 watt daytime signal is hardly a powerhouse at my location. Sound more like it's 100 miles away...

Nights: Sometimes WMIX Mt Vernon Illinois mixed in with other un ID stations.

The last time I went through Mt Vernon on I 64, WMIX was playing "America's Best Music" (like my local WMST) it's a format I really enjoy. But that's been about 3 years ago.
 
Near north Chicago suburbs days: not much of anything, nights usually Montreal but not as strong as it used to be. I hear Des Moines once in awhile.
 
Denver, CO - Too close to local 950 KKSE for comfort.

Former Oakland, CA location - Daytimes, nothing. Nighttimes, KYNO Fresno was a regular visitor, with a pattern aimed right to the west. There's a backdoor lobe to the east so it appears that reception in Colorado might be possible if one could get away from KKSE.

Historic - I grew up in part in southern Iowa, where Des Moines' KIOA was the big station for teenagers. But, for those of us south of Des Moines, not at night. I gained some cred in 8th grade when I had a reasonable explanation for why KIOA disappeared at night. I didn't get into the business about directional antennas, though. At night, we could get XEQ occasionally even up there.
 
WINZ -Miami "940 Wins" Fox Sports Radio 2023 heard 24h

940 WMAC - Macon GA - Newstalk 940 News, talk - good at night mixed with WINZ.

kw - Melbourne FL
 
DFW, Texas

Daytime: Nothing audible.

Nights: XEQ Mexico DF (956 miles) is usually the strongest signal on the channel. Nulling XEQ to the east/west, I can hear WYLD "Hallelujah 940" New Orleans (470 miles) and/or KIXZ Amarillo (303 miles) with Conservative talk. A few times, I've heard KTFS Texarkana (178 miles) with a weak signal ID'ing as KTOY 105.9 (Gospel). Should have been on 11w night power at the time. One time I heard WINZ Miami (1120 miles) with Fox Sports 940 Miami ID mixing with WYLD.

Sunset: I've heard KVSH Valentine NE (703 miles) with Huskers Radio Network, KPSZ Des Moines IA (617 miles) with Front Porch Fellowship, and KSWM Aurora MO (333 miles) with Classic Album discussion. All on day power/pattern before change-over.

Sunrise: Heard once, WMAC Macon GA (773 miles) with news for Middle Georgia, after going to day power.
 
Downstate WADV Lebanon PA is the regular daytimer here, 1000 watts omni. I guess they can be considered a 'semi-local', 30 miles south. REL, last I'd heard.
WKGM from Smithfield VA was a SSS catch several Decembers' ago, nice taped ID. They're a suburban 'tidewater' station, about 25 miles west of Norfolk, and were a Talk outlet when I heard them. Lol -- a poster to here and other forums worked there as a show host. He posted under 'Joey Baby'. Great fellow; funny guy. We'd kid and rank on each other with eMails and phone calls, always in jest. He'd call me a Frog and a Shanty, and I'd call him all kinds of discourteous Italian names even though he was Jewish ; his last name sounded Italian. Joey moved to Israel several years ago and we fell out of touch.
A nighttime catch from some September was the aforementioned WMIX from Illinois ; I got a nice tape out of them, too.
It's otherwise CBM nighttimes.
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Back in the Queens DX days, a station that's a topic on a radio forum was a faithful regular. WINE Brookfield (Danbury) Connecticut is/was part of some sale, involving a company that has translators and other stations in that market. Apparently their license and status changes from on-air to off-air to relay to open carrier, etc. But their 1000-watt omni signal, as I mentioned, was always good in Queens. At some fortuitous time around SRS, WINE could stand to be another Connecticut 'add' for the log for DXers to the West.
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From west Houston, TX, daytime is all slop from local KPRC 950.

Around sunset, XEQ starts to come in with a strong signal. Nulling them I've heard WYLD New Orleans, KVSH Valentine NE, KIXZ in Amarillo. I've occasionally heard WINZ Miami FL with sports talk.

At night, XEQ dominates, with WYLD and KIXZ occasionally heard. I once heard KTFS in Texarkana.

At sunrise, it's still XEQ, with WYLD strong in their null.
 
Wilmington Delaware

Days - Splatter from WKDN Philadelphia on 950

Nights - Nothing identifiable. Several weak stations - one a sports station that I couldn't ID and something else maybe Montreal.

Retro - When I was at Penn State in 1979 I got QSL cards from WCPC in Houston MS and WMAZ (now WMAC) in Macon GA. Both were sunset catches before the stations cut their daytime power.
 
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Denver, CO - Too close to local 950 KKSE for comfort.

Former Oakland, CA location - Daytimes, nothing. Nighttimes, KYNO Fresno was a regular visitor, with a pattern aimed right to the west. There's a backdoor lobe to the east so it appears that reception in Colorado might be possible if one could get away from KKSE.

Historic - I grew up in part in southern Iowa, where Des Moines' KIOA was the big station for teenagers. But, for those of us south of Des Moines, not at night. I gained some cred in 8th grade when I had a reasonable explanation for why KIOA disappeared at night. I didn't get into the business about directional antennas, though. At night, we could get XEQ occasionally even up there.
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KIOA was a terrific top 40 station, And it's still rockin' after 66 years since it flipped to top 40,in 1957 Albeit now on FM. Home of Dic Youngs. AKA "Youngsie" or "The old youngster". A Des Moines native who was there for 43 years....mostly hosting morning drive. Most of the signal was aimed west from the transmitter in Carlisle, IA. The 10kw day pattern still made it to Kansas City. The pattern tightened when they dripped to 5kw nights. The night pattern had a narrow lobe to the southeast, which meant they were listenable day and night where I was during college late 60s in southeast Iowa. AFIK, the patterns are still the sae now as KSPZ. protecting Montreal and Mexico City.
 
cyberdad said:
KIOA was a terrific top 40 station, And it's still rockin' after 66 years since it flipped to top 40,in 1957 Albeit now on FM. Home of Dic Youngs. AKA "Youngsie" or "The old youngster". A Des Moines native who was there for 43 years....mostly hosting morning drive. Most of the signal was aimed west from the transmitter in Carlisle, IA. The 10kw day pattern still made it to Kansas City. The pattern tightened when they dripped to 5kw nights. The night pattern had a narrow lobe to the southeast, which meant they were listenable day and night where I was during college late 60s in southeast Iowa. AFIK, the patterns are still the sae now as KSPZ. protecting Montreal and Mexico City.
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The transmitter site moved to Hartford, southeast of Des Moines, in 1981. Before that, I believe it had been at Indianola. It looks like Albia, Centerville, and Ottumwa are all in something of a null during the daytime - and definitely a sharp null at night - but I remember that the signal was pretty good in C'ville.

In the early 1990s in Missouri, I drove on Interstate 70 a lot since I lived in Kansas City and my mom was still in Columbia. One Saturday, I was tuning around while driving and heard a familiar voice at 940. Yep, it was Youngsie. At that time KIOA was simulcasting on AM and FM. He was a master at engaging the listener, in a way that few are capable of doing today. I picked up the broadcast just outside Kansas City and managed to carry it for much of the trip...which seemed to go faster than usual as a result.
 
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Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: usually nothing, but WFAW sneaks in once in a while
Nighttime: WFAW mixing in with other stations

DX/Retro: CBM and CINW from Montreal used to to be the dominant stations. These days CFNV can be heard, but is not as common. XEQ used to be a regular catch, but as has been the case with so many Mexican stations that's no longer the case. Other reception on 940 include KIOA, (Des Moines, IA), KVSH (Valentine, NE), KIXZ (Amarillos, TX), WCSY (South Haven, MI), WECO (Wartburg, TN), WCPC (Houston, MS), WMIX (Mt. Vernon, IL), WMAC (Macon, GA), CJGX (Yorkton, SK). There use used to be a Radio Reloj, Cuba outlet that was a regular catch back in the 80's, but that's no longer the case. My most recent new logs on this frequency are from 2022: WKGM (Smithfield, VA) and WCND (Shelbyville, KY)
 
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