10 kHz AM Frequency of the Week - 860 kHz

[Buckeyes2001]

What you get on 860 AM?

Here in Vermilion, OH it is CJBC/Toronto with a decent signal plus some slop from WKNR 850 during the day. At night, WKNR switches to a night pattern that doesn't favor my direction and 860 is CJBC and some other unknowns under it.

 

[crainbebo]

Here in Monroe, WA I sometimes get KPAM Troutdale, OR in the daytime on 860, but that's all.

At night I get KPAM, CFPR Prince Rupert, BC and KTRB San Francisco. Once logged CBKF-2 Saskatoon, SK with French, but CJBC has never been heard here.

-crainbebo

 

[jd]

Daytime here in East Texas it's KSFA's weak but listenable signal from Nacogdoches; nighttime is a solid KKOW Pittsburg KS.

 

[cyberdad]

Far northwest suburbs of Chicago....

Day: I'm about two miles from a local on 850, so I get splatter from that. If they go off, I can get WNOV from Milwaukee. Or at least I used to. They seem to have issues keeping themselves on the air.

Night: Pretty much all CJBC with a decent signal (and an excellent overnight program based on mostly classical music).

 

[fybush]

Pretty much all CJBC here in Rochester NY (100 or so miles away)...but what would you expect?

 

[cyberdad]

I have a soft spot for CJBC.

My daughter is fluent in French. To the point where she's studied in French at Laval University in Quebec City, and later taught English to French-speaking students at Queen Mary University in London. It all started when she was about 10 or 12 years old and I gave her an old Radio Shack portable. As posted previously, she had no interest in DX other than to listen to CJBC (and also CBF), along with French language broadcasts she could pick up on shortwave.

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

In the day here, it's the one from Philadelphia.
WWDB it seems to be now. I always regard it as WTEL
And that's weird, because they appear to send all their wattage int he opposite direction.

At nite, 'Ici Roddio Canad Dah'.
Maternal grandfather came from Montreal, Cyberdad. But I'm afraid the closest I'll ever approach fluent French would be pronouncing or spelling his name correctly (Jean Brousstel :- )
We tune in CJBC once a year -- on Christmas Eve -- and wrap gifts to it for distribution next day before ducking out for a midnight service.

Despite that customary, once-annually tune in, though : I did manage a wicked null one night on CJBC through the portable radio antenna and the non-connected loop and IDed the station under it. The null on CJBC was TOTAL, and in came WAMO from Pittsburgh PA.

860 seems like an awesome sunset frequency. I gotta lay in some more Q-Tips and do some more DXing.

 

[tomservo]

Nothing days, except slop from WWL New Orleans. Even at 150 miles it tends to boom in, especially along the bay or beaches.

KKOW Pittsburg, KS sounds very familiar and I may have heard it but not logged it; there's a local WAMI in Opp, AL that is on this channel but it's been silent for a while now.

 

[radioman148]

Near north Chicago suburbs it's a weak WNOV during the day and at night all CJBC.

 

[Darth_vader]

Just KPAM. (And on 820, 1720, 2580, 3440 and on the telephone line mixing with KKOV, too...)

 

[ddsparxx]

Northern VA....
On days, it's semilocal WFSI (formerly WBGR) from Baltimore with the non-commercial religious programming (preaching and music) that used to be on 107.9 in nearby Annapolis.
Nights, it's CJBC.

 

[FreddyE1977]

Here in Pittsburgh it's local WAOB with Catholic programming (though after sunset
the French Canadians do beat it up a bit).

 

[rbrucecarter5]

In Houston it is KONO San Antonio during the day, with severe interference from KEYH 850. KEYH is a very bad neighbor that does not limit its high frequency response, making it difficult to null completely. I wish one of those meteors would erase the KEYH towers from the map, it is nothing but foreign language garbage, when Houston needs - but doesn't have an oldies / classic hits station like KONO.

A clutter of foreign language garbage at night. I don't speak foreign, so I can't ID any of them.

 

[Icangelp]

I have a soft spot for CJBC.

My daughter is fluent in French. To the point where she's studied in French at Laval University in Quebec City, and later taught English to French-speaking students at Queen Mary University in London. It all started when she was about 10 or 12 years old and I gave her an old Radio Shack portable. As posted previously, she had no interest in DX other than to listen to CJBC (and also CBF), along with French language broadcasts she could pick up on shortwave.

That's a wonderful story! There are so many little things we parents say or do that have lifelong affects on our children. Often, we don't realize their importance until years later when our children are grown and long out of the house.

Nights, CJBC is usually very strong here in SW Ohio.

Days, it's WMRI in Marion, Indiana. Usually here but with a weak signal.

Nights, I've also heard WLBG in Laurens, SC. Both times I assumed they had issues and were still on day power.

At sunset, I'll occasionally hear KKOW in Pittsburg KS.

 

[ftballfan]

A very strong CJBC at night and nothing during the day

 

[icybluelake]

Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

Daytime KWPC Muscatine, IA 250 watts, about 50 miles away

Nighttime CJBC Toronto. Present most nights, varies from weak to strong

 

[foreverchanges1975]

Memphis:

Daytime: KOSE Wilson, AR

Nightime: CJBC fighting with KKOW

 

[boiseengineer]

Back when 860 out of Salt Lake City was running 50kw and C-QUAM I could get very listenable stereo reception daytime in Boise. Now with 10 KW they are just discernable.
Night it’s KTRB with their semi-permanent “STA” mixing with KPAM.
Occasionally KMVP Phoenix, and KKOW SSR SSS.
Hear CBC Prince George too. Once durring mid-day DX.

 

[cyberdad]

Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

Daytime KWPC Muscatine, IA 250 watts, about 50 miles away

Nighttime CJBC Toronto. Present most nights, varies from weak to strong

I worked at KWPC shortly after getting out of college. In those days, the thing standing between us and nighttime operation was Mexico not allowing it. Apparently Canada was okay with it. That always struck me as odd, because when we signed off, it was CJBC that came through. Never anything from Mexico.

Also someone mentioned KKOW. I should have mentioned that that used to be fairly regular around sunset in the Chicago area (as KKOW and before that as KOAM). I haven't heard them in years, however.

Finally, Icangelp, thanks for the kind words. I can assure you that at the time I gave my old radio to my daughter. I had NO clue what chain of events I was setting in motion!

 

[boiseengineer]

Missed one. Good ol' XEMO.
Should have read "Night it’s KTRB with their semi-permanent “STA” mixing with KPAM & XEMO"
They used to own the frequency.