What can you get on 770 AM?
In Vermilion, OH its slop from WJR during the day and WABC from NYC at night with a varying signal.
In Vermilion, OH its slop from WJR during the day and WABC from NYC at night with a varying signal.
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10 kHz AM Frequency of the Week - 770 kHz
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Buckeyes2001 said:
In the near north Chicago suburbs it used to be an easy WABC at night, but with WBBM's IBLOCK WABC rarely can be heard here.
Before WBBM's noisemaker pre sunrise I used to also hear WEW St Louis & KUOM Minneapolis. Way back in the 60s I also could hear WCAL Northfield, Mn when they shared the frequency with KUOM.
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rbrucecarter5
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From Houston, TX, daytime - very weak KAAM from Dallas. They used to be much stronger in Houston, practically static free in the far Northwest side - but once they converted to HD, they are barely receivable. The farther East you go in Houston, the more inteference to KAAM you will get from KJCB Lafayette LA. I've heard reports of Ft. Meyers on 770 on Galveston Island, but all I have gotten down there is something in Spanish.
Nighttime is usually KAAM mixed with the usual clutter from everywhere else.
In the pre-KAAM days, nighttime Houston was a mixture of WABC and then just KOB Albuquerque. You could null KOB and get WABC pretty well. Now days, it is tough to even get KKOB at night in Houston.
Nighttime is usually KAAM mixed with the usual clutter from everywhere else.
In the pre-KAAM days, nighttime Houston was a mixture of WABC and then just KOB Albuquerque. You could null KOB and get WABC pretty well. Now days, it is tough to even get KKOB at night in Houston.
♫ 77 WABC ♫ here, day and night, between Pottsville and Hazleton. They're the closest of the omni 'sticks' of all the NYC stations (although not the loudest 50,000 watter ; that would be directional WOR).
Ye Olde Logbook from the Long Island NY '60s has loggings of WABC, KOB, and HOL-something from Panama, as well as a Costa Rica station on 775.
Nowadays, 770 in the northeast USA had a half-dozen stations which weren't there back in the clear-channelled days. Perhaps some of them might make for some interesting sunset fare.
Ye Olde Logbook from the Long Island NY '60s has loggings of WABC, KOB, and HOL-something from Panama, as well as a Costa Rica station on 775.
Nowadays, 770 in the northeast USA had a half-dozen stations which weren't there back in the clear-channelled days. Perhaps some of them might make for some interesting sunset fare.
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FreddyE1977
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In the Pittsburgh area we get WABC (once local WKFB signs off at sundown).
However, increasingly WVNN from Huntsville, AL seems to intrude on WABC
for an hour or two (either they are forgetting to power down or the fact they
are the farthest east location on Central Time may have something to do with it)
However, increasingly WVNN from Huntsville, AL seems to intrude on WABC
for an hour or two (either they are forgetting to power down or the fact they
are the farthest east location on Central Time may have something to do with it)
Baldwin Co., AL:
770 is a bad frequency for me, especially at home. It's completely overwhelmed with noise. Recently we had a long term power outage (several hours) and the noise actually got worse! No idea what it could be. It seems to stretch from about 700-900 kHz.
At night, it's nothing discernible, although I'm pretty sure I've heard WVNN from Athens, AL a few times.
770 is a bad frequency for me, especially at home. It's completely overwhelmed with noise. Recently we had a long term power outage (several hours) and the noise actually got worse! No idea what it could be. It seems to stretch from about 700-900 kHz.
At night, it's nothing discernible, although I'm pretty sure I've heard WVNN from Athens, AL a few times.
Steve Green NEPA said:
Ditto for Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs): WABC all the time.
In my near north suburban Chicago location I can't null WBBM enough to hear WABC.
Back in the days before IBOC it was never a problem to hear Cousin Brucie, Scott Muni, Chuck Leonard, Bob "Bobba Loo" Lewis or Charlie Greer.
Those were the days--a no IBOC world.
Back in the days before IBOC it was never a problem to hear Cousin Brucie, Scott Muni, Chuck Leonard, Bob "Bobba Loo" Lewis or Charlie Greer.
Those were the days--a no IBOC world.
In Bellingham, WA, it's KTTH Seattle (with a good deal of splatter from 2nd adjacent KGMI 790.) In Eastern Washington, you could get CHQR or KKOB (you could null one or the other out pretty easily.)
It's been said long before 770 Seattle, then known as KXA went 24 hours in 1980 and was STILL broadcasting off it's ORIGINAL 1926 vintage T-Wire rooftop antenna on the Arcade Building (now the site of Benaroya Hall) in downtown Seattle until 1984! WABC used to make a few ghosty appearances in Puget Sound on some deep winter nights....
It's been said long before 770 Seattle, then known as KXA went 24 hours in 1980 and was STILL broadcasting off it's ORIGINAL 1926 vintage T-Wire rooftop antenna on the Arcade Building (now the site of Benaroya Hall) in downtown Seattle until 1984! WABC used to make a few ghosty appearances in Puget Sound on some deep winter nights....
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FreddyE1977
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The overlap between WABC and WVNN can be a bit disconcerting as you hear
Mark Levin overdubbing himself on a five-second delay.
Mark Levin overdubbing himself on a five-second delay.
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rbrucecarter5
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Does anybody know if WABC is running IBOC? I checked on their web site and not a hint of whether they do or don't. I can't believe that a signal that was formerly strong in Houston at night suddenly and completely disappeared - unless they are running IBOC. That would gut their coverage (and building penetration).
Nicholasville,KY during the day (that one gets out well for it's power), WEW St Louis on occasion near sunrise, WABC at night. Only once (during the great blackout of November 1965) did I hear KOB (now KKOB) from New Mexico.
Here in East Texas I'm well within range of KAAM Garland/Dallas, with a fairly good daytime signal. At night they're still in the mix, with traces of KKOB and WABC along with the occasional Latin American thrown in, too.
Last week I was in Augusta GA and during an ever so brief bandscan I found WABC very much in the clear. Also heard on the Ford stock radio were WFAN and WCBS (both surprisingly clear, with WCBS quite strong), WBBR breaking through the jumble and even an identifiable WQEW. WOR and WINS may have been in there, but not well enough for a positive ID. Chicago clears were surprisingly good, too, and even WMVP had a decent signal (they're a rare catch back home in Texas).
Sorry for the sidetrack, but hearing WABC coming in so well was quite a thrill.
Last week I was in Augusta GA and during an ever so brief bandscan I found WABC very much in the clear. Also heard on the Ford stock radio were WFAN and WCBS (both surprisingly clear, with WCBS quite strong), WBBR breaking through the jumble and even an identifiable WQEW. WOR and WINS may have been in there, but not well enough for a positive ID. Chicago clears were surprisingly good, too, and even WMVP had a decent signal (they're a rare catch back home in Texas).
Sorry for the sidetrack, but hearing WABC coming in so well was quite a thrill.
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