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1040 WHO Des Moines, Iowa

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MarioMania

In Vallejo

At 7:18 pm..I got 1040 WHO Des Moines, Iowa

Is that Commen around NoCal??

Would Chicago AM's 50 Kw be out of the question? to catch?
 
^ 40 years ago, the answer would be "yes." But now, with 670, 720, 780 & 890, there are stations at night out your way. And of course in Vallejo, 670 would be out of the question, with KNBR on 680---and even with KNBR nulled, you would maybe hear Boise or Simi Valley.

Sure, it's possible, but it won't be easy.

Good work on WHO.

cd
 
I heard it 3 times last night, I had to listen again to make sure, The last one Newsradio 1040 WHO

It faded around 7:30pm ..

Yeah Chiacgo 50 kw AM's going to be tough .With KDWN, KOMO, KBOI, KKOH, KDXU in the way like you said
 
Your best option is on the best winter night, nulling out KKOH 780 or KDWN 720. WGN and WBBM are somewhat common here. KIRO ruins WGN however. I have to get out of the major lobe to get WGN. WLS heard once, and WSCR tentative.

-crainbebo
 
Around 30 - 40 years ago, WHO was a regular here in Oregon. Now there is a local on 1040 and a station in Vancouver, BC on 1040 and I haven't WHO in years.
 
I used to get WHO regularly for many years here in Houston. However, when KEYH 850 went 24 hours along with Cuban interference I could no longer receive it. Back in the late 1960s, Mike Hoyer did an all night country music show, which I would hear a lot. At that time, there were three AM country stations in Houston: 650 KIKK, 920 KTLW (Texas City) and 1070 KENR; all daytimers.

You had do a lot of DXing to hear country music at night around here. 1050 XEG played country music at night with a show called "Country Music Time." The music was good, the announcer was just that, an announcer. Sometimes, we would get a good signal from WSM and of course, WBAP, which was country with Bill Mack after 11PM CST. 1130 KWKH was another source for country at night.

Sorry, I digressed.
 
On good winter nights, WHO fades in. Sometimes it is clear to the East.

I heard KXEL 1540 a couple times as well, but of course that was in Bothell where KXPA barely comes in at night. When I logged them the first time, I heard the Overcomer Ministry (Brother Stair) and an KXEL ID. I was excited...
Also tentatively logged KCNZ 1650 one time, but never got an ID. Got away from me.

-crainbebo
 
As to post 2 of mine, I misread Mario's question, although he understood. I meant that 40 years ago the answer would be "no," it would NOT be out of the question :)

cd
 
From my experience in 2 or 3 business/personal trips annually to Nor-Cal (sometimes more)...WHO isn't exactly common. But it isn't exactly unusual either. I heard it a couple of months ago when I was visiting family in Santa Rosa.
 
MarioMania said:
In Vallejo

At 7:18 pm..I got 1040 WHO Des Moines, Iowa

Is that Commen around NoCal??

Would Chicago AM's 50 Kw be out of the question? to catch?
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Back in the 70s when I would visit my brother during the summer in Fairfield and Vacaville not far from where you are, WLS was a nighttime regular. Same with other stations like WLW Cincinnati and WWL New Orleans.

Unfortunately, there's no such thing as 'clear' channels anymore. :(

Even now, if you were to listen for any of the big Chicago stations and hear a strong much closer station, it's still a good possibility that you can hear a trace of the Chicago stations way in the background even if they will never be strong enough to ID.
 
When I got it...I tuned to 1200 just for kicks, As always I got KYAA weak..But I got like Sports Talk under it for a sec.

There's another 1200 in CA and it's not KYAA, I don't think I heard WOAI under it...
 
Here in Warminster PA(you know, Philly 'burbs), WHO was sort of a regular at night until the late 90's, when semi-local WJHR from
Flemington NJ went on the air as a Top 40 station. That station has been through many changes; it is
now WNJE, with ESPN Radio. WHO still pops up on occasions today, nulling out WNJE.
 
WLS used to be a regular in Southern California most nights in the 70s & early 80s. In fact it came in so well I could get it on a car radio while driving around. Even heard WCBS a few times in Southern Cal back in those days.
 
Chuck Tiller said:
I used to get WHO regularly for many years here in Houston. However, when KEYH 850 went 24 hours along with Cuban interference I could no longer receive it. Back in the late 1960s, Mike Hoyer did an all night country music show, which I would hear a lot. At that time, there were three AM country stations in Houston: 650 KIKK, 920 KTLW (Texas City) and 1070 KENR; all daytimers.

You had do a lot of DXing to hear country music at night around here. 1050 XEG played country music at night with a show called "Country Music Time." The music was good, the announcer was just that, an announcer. Sometimes, we would get a good signal from WSM and of course, WBAP, which was country with Bill Mack after 11PM CST. 1130 KWKH was another source for country at night.

Sorry, I digressed.
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I am an idiot. Note to myself: NEVER post anything when you are way too tired! I got WHO and WHAS crossed. It was 840 WHAS in Louisville, that I heard on a regular basis. KEYH interfered with my being able to hear. I used to hear KOA a lot too, before KEYH went 24 hours. Amazingly, I heard WHO in my car outside at a police station waiting to pick up a friend who had been arrested. It was intermixed with a Spanish language station. I can only assume it was Cuba.
 
The Chicago bigs would certainly be possible in Nor Cal. It will just take lots of time and patience.

On a very good Winter night, I can sometimes hear KSL-1160 Salt Lake City, UT over WYLL Chicago. My path to SLC goes right through Chicago, so this is not an easy task even when I can achieve it.

I used to think New Orleans (WWL) was a big deal until I heard Denver (KOA). I used to think Denver was a huge deal until I heard San Antonio (WOAI). In 7 years of DX'ing AM, I've learned that you just have to be persistent. I keep pushing my 'maximum distance' longer and longer. Just this year, I've already logged KNBR 680 as well as 1130 CKWX out of Vancouver.

Of course, it helps to have an open channel too. How strong is KOMO 1000 in your region? Could they be nulled to where you could hear WMVP?
 
Lawppy said:
I used to think New Orleans (WWL) was a big deal until I heard Denver (KOA). I used to think Denver was a huge deal until I heard San Antonio (WOAI). In 7 years of DX'ing AM, I've learned that you just have to be persistent. I keep pushing my 'maximum distance' longer and longer. Just this year, I've already logged KNBR 680 as well as 1130 CKWX out of Vancouver.

How strong is KOMO 1000 in your region? Could they be nulled to where you could hear WMVP?
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First-I first logged KSTP in 2007, and thought it was a big deal. Then it was WBBM. WCKY. KVNS with the 880w. Now I have Korea, HLCA 972 in the log, and most-wanted CFZM is also in the log too this year.

I live about 10 miles E of Vashon Island (KOMO xmitter), so they are too strong here. We are trying to build a box loop for the radio however (two foot, with 20 gauge wire, variable capacitor with tuning knob), so I think KOMO could be nulled out on that setup.

-crainbebo
 
I recall listening to Drake University basketball games on WHO here at night in the 1960's. Around the same time, on Saturday nights in the fall, the station also used to air tape delays of Iowa football games with Jim Zabel doing the play-by-play.
 
WHO has been around here in Central VA over the last week or so, again. I say again, because as the temps drop, it makes its way back onto my dial fairly regularly for the Winter months. Nice catch to the West Coast!
 
Mario---have you ever caught KMOX 1120? St Louis, for you. is at almost a 90-degree angle away from KPNW in OR; maybe you can hear that one. Not Chicago, but less than a day's drive. :)

KMOX's signal is still quite wide at night, and it's a nightly visitor here in south FL; that is, until the new WFNX Coral Springs FL signs on, grrrrrrr.

cd
 
I heard KMOX one time, with a St. Louis vs. Vancouver hockey game matching the schedule. Most times it's KANN under KPNW.

-crainbebo
 
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