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AM Frequency of the Week: 570

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MarioMania

Carmichael, CA

Daytime: Nothing
Nighttime: KVI Seattle, WA

Vallejo, CA

Daytime: Splatter from 560 KSFO San Francisco, CA
Nighttime: KVI Seattle, WA
 
The new log list here in NE PA, throug four nice radios at various times and typing on a laptop with a balky ' ' key, has held three stations, all at night :
WTEM from DC, WMCA NY, and the ever popular R. Reloj.
The WTEM log -- tey were sports radio then -- was the last 'newie' logged, on a night when two DX buddies from Queens had dropped by and touched a wrong wire on the radio's only available antenna connection. The nub was a stingy kernel in a naked mass of electronics on a caseless rig. Soon tere was a smoke smell and its dial ligts went out. So much for the Hammarlund SP-600. I had gotten it for noting, anyway.
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Back in Queens, where local WMCA almost never was off, they were on two overnight occasions. One night tere was a lone, faint station tat turned out to be WWNC from Ashville NC.
And on one other stray overnight, WMCA was off, and former daytimer WFSO, now WPLP from Pinellas Park (Tampa) FL, was pretty loud. Knowing e'd be awake, I rang up NRC guy Ernie Cooper on Cape Cod to tell him. When he heard me say 'Tampa', I heard the clonk of a wall phone, the sound of diminishing, hurried footsteps, and no more. Lol -- it was the second time I was to hear those same 3AM sound effects from ERC's den.
 
From west Houston TX

Daytime, KLIF Dallas with a fair signal
Sunset, KLIF with XEBJB mixing and often strong. I can often hear Radio Reloj when conditions favor the south.
Nights, same as sunset. I've also heard WNAX Yankton SD on occasion but it's on the ~same bearing as Dallas so it is tough. Overnight there are several stations including KLIF running Coast to Coast, so I can usually hear an echo.

XEBJB Monterrey has been through several formats in recent years. Currently its La Voz with religious programming.
 
Central Ohio, it's a weak WKBN from Youngstown. Probably 3 on a scale of 1 to 10.
At night, nothing to replace it in my experience.
 
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: nothing but WIND splatter
Nighttime: usually WBMP

DX/RETRO: Others heard in the past include KLIF (Dallas, TX), WAAX (Gadsden, AL), WTBN (Pinellas Park, FL), WMAM (Peshtigo, WI), WKBN (Youngstown, OH), WVMI (Biloxi, MS), WNAX (Yankton, SD), WIDS (Russel Springs, KY). Common visitor at night used to be a Radio Reloj outlet from Cuba, but lately they are being heard only when conditions tend to be auroral. Also couple split frequency logs: Radio One, Tullamore, Ireland on 567 kHz in 1997 and TIRN, San Jose, Costa Rica on the frequency of 575 kHz, which used to be and easy catch from Costa Rica along with Radio Rumbo on 525 kHz. Latest new logs on this frequency are WWNC Asheville, NC in 2022 and WMCA, NY earlier this year.
 
Nutley, NJ: WMCA day and night, 6 miles away
Radio Reloj from Cuba can be heard faintly if nulled hard enough.
 
Central Kentucky:
Days: WIDS Russell Springs/Jamestown with gospel music. Fair
Nights: WWNC Asheville with something underneath I'm guessing Cuba...
 
Clifton, New Jersey

Days/Nights: I get WMCA "AM 570 and 102.3 FM The Mission" New York, NY. It has been a Christian Talk and Teaching station since 1989.

Retro: WMCA had a Top 40 format from the late 1950's until 1969. During most of its Top 40 run, the disc jockeys were collectively known as the Good Guys. In 1969, its hours were evenly split between Top 40 and Talk. From 1970 until 1989, it was a full-time talk station.
 
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From NW San Antonio:

Day: It's KLIF with a weak signal and XEBJB mixing in/underneath. There's a bit of splatter from my local 550 KTSA and 580 XELRDA.

Sunset: KLIF and XEBJB come up stronger, and the latter sometimes takes over. I can hear XEBJB more consistently if I aim N/S to null KLIF a bit.

Night: Similar to sunset, but if I aim NW/SE, I often hear a weak Radio Reloj in Cuba in and out. Occasionally a very weak KWML in Las Cruces will pop up in that direction with classic hits. At 1 a.m. CDT each night, XEBJB signs off, leaving KLIF fully dominant.

Sunrise: When XEBJB signs back on, it's similar to sunset. A few times when propagation was favorable, I've heard KWML come up for a while with a decent signal.

DX/Retro: I've logged WNAX in Yankton, SD, just once; it was at sunrise in April 2016. Occasionally I used to hear XETD "La Patrona Escuinapa," at night and sunrise before it was retired.
 
From Springfield, OH:

Hyundai Elantra in the driveway, and/or CCrane Skywave 2 indoors and/or Airspy HF+ SDR with a simple outdoor loop antenna:

WKBN, Youngstown, OH, both day and night
WWNC, Asheville, NC, nite
WAAX, Gadsden, AL, dusk
Radio Rebelde, Cuba - just grabbed this two nights ago for log #298. Was hoping it would be 300...Only my 2nd Cuba station.
 
North Iowa:
WNAX/Yankton days and nights

Central Kansas:
WNAX as well days and nights. Have not been successful in nulling them out for KLIF.
 
jim-satx said:
From NW San Antonio:

Day: It's KLIF with a weak signal and XEBJB mixing in/underneath. There's a bit of splatter from my local 550 KTSA and 580 XELRDA.
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Here on the NE side of Austin, KLIF is okay during the day. Average, maybe, and okay at night. 3-5/10.

KLIF is certainly stronger than 550-San Antonio, which is always unbelievably weak, maybe a 2/10, days and nights, unimpressive given its frequency.
 
From the southwest suburbs of Chicago ...

X marks the spot for the three stations I've received on 570: WKYX Paducah, Ky.; WAAX Gadsden, Ala.; and WNAX Yankton, S.D. Go figure.
 
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