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In Kansas
Days: nothing
Nights: WTAM sometimes comes in
Days: nothing
Nights: WTAM sometimes comes in
East Tennessee: WTAM sometimes comes early and stays late. Sometimes a sunset catch is WJZA, which was recently WWWE (calls formerly used on 11am in Cleveland. Otherwise I've caught WCGA, Conyers, GA on their DX test a few years back,
Retro/other: Dayton, OH area is splatter from WGNZ, with WTAM at night During a flood in the Fargo area, I and a lot of folks heard KZFG, Dillworth MN with day facilities....it was even mentioned on the Cleveland, Indians game.
Central Indiana's SDR has netted WISS, Berlin, WI and KZFG, late morning winter reception.
Retro/other: Dayton, OH area is splatter from WGNZ, with WTAM at night During a flood in the Fargo area, I and a lot of folks heard KZFG, Dillworth MN with day facilities....it was even mentioned on the Cleveland, Indians game.
Central Indiana's SDR has netted WISS, Berlin, WI and KZFG, late morning winter reception.
Hartland, VT:
Nothing days, WTAM Cleveland nights.
Meriden, CT:
WHLI Hempstead, NY, days with classic hits, WTAM nights.
Nothing days, WTAM Cleveland nights.
Meriden, CT:
WHLI Hempstead, NY, days with classic hits, WTAM nights.
Melbourne FL:
no daytime reception....
1100 WCGA - Woodbine GA -Newstalk 1100 - News/talk – 10KW d 2023- around sunset
1100 WTAM - Cleveland -Newsradio WTAM 1100 - News/talk - FNR 2024 - nights
no daytime reception....
1100 WCGA - Woodbine GA -Newstalk 1100 - News/talk – 10KW d 2023- around sunset
1100 WTAM - Cleveland -Newsradio WTAM 1100 - News/talk - FNR 2024 - nights
Kenosha, WI days- A very weak WISS Berlin, WI, a 2.5KW daytimer about 115 miles from me. Moved from 1090 a few years ago.
Nights- WTAM Cleveland is one of the strongest / most consistent skywave signals here. First heard as WKYC, then WWWE. Heard KZFG Dilworth, MN under WTAM a couple times.
Nights- WTAM Cleveland is one of the strongest / most consistent skywave signals here. First heard as WKYC, then WWWE. Heard KZFG Dilworth, MN under WTAM a couple times.
Pickerington, Ohio ... moderately strong WTAM during the day, but it's subject to quite a bit of phasing at night. Some nights, especially this time of year, it's very listenable. Other nights, it's up and down.
My wife's hometown of Conneaut, Ohio, 65 miles northeast of downtown Cleveland and probably close to 75 from WTAM's tower, is firmly in the cancellation zone.
My wife's hometown of Conneaut, Ohio, 65 miles northeast of downtown Cleveland and probably close to 75 from WTAM's tower, is firmly in the cancellation zone.
Near north Chicago suburbs: days light splash from WXET, night all WTAM.
West side of Houston TX,
Days, mostly slop from local KTEK 1110 and sometimes a weak KDRY.
Around sunset I can usually hear WTAM with a fair signal. XETGO in Zacatecas often comes up closer to their sunset (they were silent for a while but seem to be back on, as "La Que Buena"). I've also heard KKLL Webb City MO once and KNZZ Grand Junction CO a few times.
Nights are mostly WTAM and XETGO. I heard WCGA's DX test in 2022 and, while listening to that, caught KFNX Cave Creek AZ. KDRY is weakly heard unless they stay on day power/pattern.
When WTAM fades out in the morning, it's XETGO mostly, with KDRY in the mix.
Days, mostly slop from local KTEK 1110 and sometimes a weak KDRY.
Around sunset I can usually hear WTAM with a fair signal. XETGO in Zacatecas often comes up closer to their sunset (they were silent for a while but seem to be back on, as "La Que Buena"). I've also heard KKLL Webb City MO once and KNZZ Grand Junction CO a few times.
Nights are mostly WTAM and XETGO. I heard WCGA's DX test in 2022 and, while listening to that, caught KFNX Cave Creek AZ. KDRY is weakly heard unless they stay on day power/pattern.
When WTAM fades out in the morning, it's XETGO mostly, with KDRY in the mix.
@wildthangjim Nice catch on WTAM. I don't think I ever even tried to catch it when I lived there, oddly enough, what with it being 150 miles from my hometown.
Denver, CO -
Daytime: Sidebands from local KMXA at 1090.
Nighttime: When KMXA is at night power, still not much - pinched between that and KFAB at 1110. (Edit: If KMXA is on day power, as it appeared to be for the last two months of 2023, nothing else at all possible.)
Daytime: Sidebands from local KMXA at 1090.
Nighttime: When KMXA is at night power, still not much - pinched between that and KFAB at 1110. (Edit: If KMXA is on day power, as it appeared to be for the last two months of 2023, nothing else at all possible.)
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They’re not that strong but usually audible at night, except for the auroral nights when the northern signals are diminished.
Forgot to mention that KZFG can be heard before sunrise
Revision to my report from Hartland, VT:
Days: WTWN Wells River, VT, simulcasting the country programming of WYKR-FM 101.3 Haverhill, NH. Weak but readable in the car with ignition off.
Days: WTWN Wells River, VT, simulcasting the country programming of WYKR-FM 101.3 Haverhill, NH. Weak but readable in the car with ignition off.
250-watt omni daytimer WGPA Bethlehem/Allentown does sound like a 250-watt omni daytimer here , a weak regular. They used to be louder at the first house here, cattycorner in town and higher up -- from a barbershop Zenith.
WGPA is possibly the reason that daytimer WHLI Long Island, a sunset catch here, is directional. WHLI wanted to raise their power to 10000 watts, but that was after little WGPA had already signed on.
So WHLI's big west null acts as a courtesy both to WGPA and the somewhat/co-linear WTAM. I'm uncertain which station -- Cleveland or Bethlehem -- was the priority immunity. As it were, WHLI's resultant signal and Standards music made for regular showings in some half-dozen survey books in three states, as you can imagine from this Radio-Locator map. Today they are Oldies.
WHLI-AM Radio Station Coverage Map
The big omni WTAM is one of the loudest AMs here at night.
WGPA is possibly the reason that daytimer WHLI Long Island, a sunset catch here, is directional. WHLI wanted to raise their power to 10000 watts, but that was after little WGPA had already signed on.
So WHLI's big west null acts as a courtesy both to WGPA and the somewhat/co-linear WTAM. I'm uncertain which station -- Cleveland or Bethlehem -- was the priority immunity. As it were, WHLI's resultant signal and Standards music made for regular showings in some half-dozen survey books in three states, as you can imagine from this Radio-Locator map. Today they are Oldies.
WHLI-AM Radio Station Coverage Map
The big omni WTAM is one of the loudest AMs here at night.
Dayton, NV
Daytime: KWWN Las Vages with a Very Weak Signal, other times nothing
Nighttime: KFAX San Francisco
Vallejo, CA
Day & Night KFAX San Francisco
Daytime: KWWN Las Vages with a Very Weak Signal, other times nothing
Nighttime: KFAX San Francisco
Vallejo, CA
Day & Night KFAX San Francisco
Also notable for being the very first all-news station, starting May 16, 1960. The KFAX calls were introduced at that time; the station had been KJBS. By December 1960, the station, described by one local newspaper as "floundering", reintroduced music to the schedule, retaining news from 6 to 9 am and 3 pm to sunset (it was limited-time to Cleveland then). There are also indications that this was when it started selling time for long-form advertising and preachers, which eventually transitioned into the current format.
Oddly, there don't appear to be any FCC history cards available for KFAX.
Here in Wood Dale, Illinois (near NW suburb of Chicago):
Daytime: Nothing possible due to WXES on 1110 just under 3 miles away from me.
Nighttime: dominant WTAM (ex WWWE)
Other DX on this frequency: KDRY (Alamo Heights, TX), KKLL (Webb City, MO), WSGI (Springfield, TN), WCGA (Woodbine, GA), WISS (Berlin, WI) . Also heard WZFG (Dilworth, MN) during an emergency broadcast in 2009. Foreign ones include Radio Reloj, Barranquilla, Colombia and several Cubans (Radio Taino, etc.). In recent months daytimer WJZA (ex-WWWE (Hapeville, GA) has been making an appearance under WTAM with reggae music late at might.
Daytime: Nothing possible due to WXES on 1110 just under 3 miles away from me.
Nighttime: dominant WTAM (ex WWWE)
Other DX on this frequency: KDRY (Alamo Heights, TX), KKLL (Webb City, MO), WSGI (Springfield, TN), WCGA (Woodbine, GA), WISS (Berlin, WI) . Also heard WZFG (Dilworth, MN) during an emergency broadcast in 2009. Foreign ones include Radio Reloj, Barranquilla, Colombia and several Cubans (Radio Taino, etc.). In recent months daytimer WJZA (ex-WWWE (Hapeville, GA) has been making an appearance under WTAM with reggae music late at might.
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