10/20/2010 WLW IBOQ is off

[schmave]

Agreed. Like any other station, it sounds tremendously better. I noticed right away this morning when WTVN/Columbus turned off its IBOC around 10:30 or so ... all of a sudden the sound was noticeably cleaner and crisper. I didn't get too optimistic until I turned to 620 and 630 and heard "normal" splatter.

 

[spunker88]

WLW does sound better, but unfortunately I still have WOR IBOC on 700. At least 690 has become a usable DX frequency now since its still a protected clear channel even though 690 Montreal is off the air. I regularly get 690 WELD now which is only 14 watts at night, and Im about 400 miles north of it, thanks to WLW's IBOC being off and no 50kw 690 signal from Montreal.

 

[ddsparxx]

I am hearing Spanish tropical music tonight on 690 with a fairly clean signal, could it be from the Carribeans/Cuba/whatever down south?

 

[schmave]

I heard the IBOC on WLW Sunday night driving through northern Indiana. Ugh. But odder still was tonight, when I was listening to the Hot Stove League around 6:30 p.m. and Spanish-language music was battling it out with 700 up here near Newark, Ohio, about 120 miles NE of Cincinnati. It was not adjacent channel interference ... it definitely was co-channel. First time I've ever heard anything else on 700 in this part of the country. Reminded me of when I lived in Houston and heard WLW fight it out with local KSEV many a night.

 

[tomservo]

I'd be interested in knowing what all the Spanish music is, too. I'm down on the gulf coast and have also heard the tropical sounding music on 690 and something battling with WLW on 700.

I'm new to this area so I dunno if it's normal or not, but I don't ever recall hearing Spanish language programming on either of these frequencies at night in the past. However, I did a casual band scan the other night around 9 pm central and found the same music that was on 680 to be spread out on at least 10 other channels, so… no telling.

 

[davideduardo]

I heard the IBOC on WLW Sunday night driving through northern Indiana. Ugh. But odder still was tonight, when I was listening to the Hot Stove League around 6:30 p.m. and Spanish-language music was battling it out with 700 up here near Newark, Ohio, about 120 miles NE of Cincinnati. It was not adjacent channel interference ... it definitely was co-channel. First time I've ever heard anything else on 700 in this part of the country. Reminded me of when I lived in Houston and heard WLW fight it out with local KSEV many a night.

While it is late in the season, I experienced a number of cases where 20-mile-away WKRC (WTAM) in Cleveland was battled by a 10 kw station in Venezuela in the early evening.

 

[davideduardo]

I'm new to this area so I dunno if it's normal or not, but I don't ever recall hearing Spanish language programming on either of these frequencies at night in the past. However, I did a casual band scan the other night around 9 pm central and found the same music that was on 680 to be spread out on at least 10 other channels, so… no telling.

High power Cubans... networked. 690 is a higher powered Radio Progreso station and 680 is a bigger Radio Rebelde net station. In addition, there are high powered 680's and 690's all over the Caribbean Basin.

 

[radiorob2.0]

While it is late in the season, I experienced a number of cases where 20-mile-away WKRC (WTAM) in Cleveland was battled by a 10 kw station in Venezuela in the early evening.

I'm taking a wild guess you meant to say WKYC.

 

[schmave]

I heard the IBOC on WLW Sunday night driving through northern Indiana. Ugh. But odder still was tonight, when I was listening to the Hot Stove League around 6:30 p.m. and Spanish-language music was battling it out with 700 up here near Newark, Ohio, about 120 miles NE of Cincinnati. It was not adjacent channel interference ... it definitely was co-channel. First time I've ever heard anything else on 700 in this part of the country. Reminded me of when I lived in Houston and heard WLW fight it out with local KSEV many a night.

While it is late in the season, I experienced a number of cases where 20-mile-away WKRC (WTAM) in Cleveland was battled by a 10 kw station in Venezuela in the early evening.

My (pretty much uneducated) guess was it was the station from Dallas, but I was just shocked. WLW definitely is vulnerable to interference in this area because it's the beginning of the groundwave/skywave cancellation zone, but this was a first.