• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

1110 - 1310: WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE IN THE DAYTIME?

Q

QCA USA 1

From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

Daytime-

1110: WMBI Chicago, IL (very weak)
1120: KMOX St. Louis, MO underneath WKBF/WOC slop
1130: KILJ Mount Pleasant, IA (very weak) under WKBF bleed
1140: WVEL Pekin, IL (weak); under WKBF bleed and even KJOC bleed on less selective radios
1150: WKBF bleed and KJOC bleed
1160: WYLL Chicago, IL underneath KJOC splatter
1170: KJOC Davenport, IA (local)
1180: KJOC splatter
1190: KJOC bleed and WKBF bleed
1200: WFXN bleed and WKBF bleed (some radios may pick up a KJOC bleed as well)
1210: WFXN bleed and WKBF bleed
1220: WLPO La Salle, IL underneath WFXN splatter and WKBF bleed
1230: WFXN Moline, IL (local) with WKBF bleeding in underneath
1240: WSDR Sterling, IL underneath WFXN splatter and WKBF bleed
1250: WKBF bleed
1260: WKBF splatter
1270: WKBF Rock Island, IL (local)
1280: WKBF splatter
1290: WKBF bleed (occasionally receive WIRL Peoria, IL during SR and SS skip or if WKBF is ever off-air)
1300: WKBF bleed (occasionally receive KGLO Mason City, IA under similar conditions as WIRL)
1310: WKBF/WFXN slop

Note: The reason WKBF is seen all over the place is because I am located near their towers, about a half a mile or so to the east. Their 5 kW nondirectional daytime signal causes much interference even at my place and, on the AM radios with the worst selectivity, WKBF even causes blanketing interference. Fortunately, most radios aren't that bad and WKBF only affects the middle-to-upper portions of the AM dial. However, the night signal for WKBF is also 5 kW but is directional and nulled to the east, which is the direction in which I am located from the towers and as a result, WKBF does not cause all this interference in my immediate area at night but still has more than a strong enough signal to be listenable at my house.

Also, on 1120, you hear a combination of WKBF (located at 1270 kHz) and WOC (located at 1420 kHz) during the daytime. This is because 1120 is the exact same distance from 1270 as 1420 is (150 kHz) and WOC has a strong daytime signal on 1420. The same thing goes for the slop on 1310 kHz, where you hear the slop of WKBF (1270) and WFXN (1230). WFXN has a strong signal in the daytime (and at night as it operates the same signal but that's a different story) and as 1310 is located the same distance away from 1270 as 1230 is (40 kHz difference), WFXN's signal is heard along with WKBF's signal on 1310. I have never known what causes this sort of thing to happen on radios. It also happens on FM as well as AM and it even happened on analog TVs as well. If anybody can explain what causes 1420 to be heard on 1120 while being located near the towers of these stations, please let me know. Thanks.

One more thing, as I have mentioned before, WKBF broadcasts a digital format along with analog on 1270 kHz but it's the CAM-D format, which causes seemingly no interference, neither to the analog signal of the station (WKBF) itself, nor to other adjacent channels, and the adjacent channel interference caused by WKBF sounds like analog ACI just like it always did; no hashing or anything like that which is associated with IBOC Hybrid-Digital Radio.
 
Anderson IN

1110 WGNZ Dayton
1120 KMOX St Louis (Weak)
1130 WEDI Dayton
1140 WAWK Ft Wayne
1150 WIMA Lima
1160 WQRT Cincinnati, WYLL Chicago (a very well even dual depending on which won wants to be stronger
1170 Vacant
1180 Vacant
1190 WOWO Ft Wayne
1200 Vacant
1210 WADO Dayton
1220 Vacant
1230 WHBU Splatter
1240 WHBU Anderson
1250 WHBU Splatter
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1270 WUCO Columbus OH
1280 WGBF Evansville (During Fade time)
1290 WHIO Dayton
1300 Vacant
1310 WTLC Indianapolis
 
Bristol, CT
1110 Bleed from WPRX 1120
1120 WPRX Bristol, CT (I'm really close to their towers) Tropical
1130 Bleed from WPRX
1140 Bleed from WPRX.
1150 WMRD Middletown, CT Talk (Weekdays)/Variety (weekends)
1160 Nothing
1170 Weak. WCTF Vernon, CT Family Radio
1180 Sometimes weak WHAM Rochester, NY Talk
1190 WLIB NYC Gospel (signal strength varies)
1200 Very Weak WKOX Framingham, Ma Tropical
1210 Nothing
1220 WQUN Hamden, CT Adult Standards
1230 Weak. WNEZ Manchester, CT Spanish AC "AMOR 1230" formerly "LATINA 1230"
1240 WWCO Waterbury, CT Talk (Simulcasts WDRC 1360)
1250 Nothing
1260 Nothing
1270 Weak WSPR Springfield, MA Tropical
1280 Nothing
1290 WCCC West Hartford, CT Classical Music/DON "QUACK QUACK" IMUS
1300 Nothing
1310 Bleed form WATR 1320
 
From Clovis/Fresno CA.

1110 nothing
1120 nothing
1130 KRDU Dinuba CA
1140 nothing
1150 nothing
1160 KSL Salt Lake UT( only 90 minutes before sunset.)
1170 KLOK San Jose CA
1180 KERN Bakersfield
1190 nothing
1200 KQEQ bleed over
1210 KQEQ Fowler CA
1230 KQEQ bleed over
1240 KJOP Lemoore CA
1250 KHOT Madera CA
1260 nothing
1270 KJUG Tulare CA.
1280 nothing
1290 KYNO bleed over
1300 KYNO Fresno
1310 KYNO bleed over.
 
Dayton OH
1110 WGNZ Fairborn OH
1120 " slop
1130 WEDI Eaton OH
1140 ?
1150 WIMA Lima or a station in KY
1160 WQRT Florence KY, often WYLL hanging in under it all day in winter
1170 WWVA
1180 cant think of anything
1190 WOWO
1200 blank
1210 WDAO Dayton
1220 nothing, sometimes WERT Van Wert, Cleveland before sunset
1230 Whatever Columbus' call letters are this week
1240 WHBU Anderson OH
1250 WCHO Washington Court House OH
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1270 nothing
1280 if anything WONW Defiance
1290 WHIO Dayton
1300 nada
1310 WTLC Indy
 
Thornville, Ohio (30 miles E of Columbus)

1110 WGNZ Fairborn, Ohio
1120 nothing
1130 nothing
1140 nothing
1150 WIMA Lima, weak
1160 WQRT Florence, Ky., weak ... some WWVA hash
1170 WWVA Wheeling, W.Va.
1180 a little WWVA hash
1190 WOWO Fort Wayne
1200 blank
1210 WDAO Dayton, extremely weak
1220 WCOL IBOC hash
1230 WCOL Columbus
1240 WHIZ Zanesville/WCOL IBOC hash
1250 WCHO Washington Court House OH
1260 nothing
1270 nothing
1280 nothing
1290 WHIO Dayton
1300 WMVO Mount Vernon
1310 nothing
 
Bothell, WA at noon today (12/12)
1100: 1090 slop
1110: KWDB Oak Harbor, WA-Adult Contemporary/Classic Hits
1120: nothing
1130: CKWX Vancouver, BC-All News
1140: 1150 slop, nothing under
1150: KKNW Bellevue, WA-Alternative Talk
1160: 1150 slop
1170: KPUG Bellingham, WA-Sports
1180: KLAY Tacoma, WA-News/Talk
1190: KEX Portland, OR-News/Talk
1200: CJRJ Vancouver, BC-Bollywood/Indian
1210: KTBK Auburn, WA-Reginal Mexican
1220: 1210/1230 slop
1230: KWYZ Everett, WA-Korean/hint of another station
1240: faint unID station, maybe KGY Olympia, WA-Adult Contemporary or KXLE Ellensburg, WA-News/Talk
1250: KKDZ Seattle, WA-Radio Disney
1260: IBOC hash with a very, VERY faint hint of something else, maybe KWEI Boise, ID-Mexican
1270: nothing
1280: KIT Yakima, WA-News/Talk and a very faint KLDY Lacey, WA-ESPN Deportes
1290: very faint, maybe Pendelton, OR?
1300: KKOL Seattle, WA-Business Talk
1310: very faint, maybe Newport, OR?

-crainbebo
 
from Manassas, VA

1110 Nothing until late afternoon, WBT Charlotte, NC can be heard
1120 WUST DC
1130 Nothing until late afternoon, WBBR NY
1140 WRVA Richmond, VA weak
1150 Generally nothing
1160 WMET Gaithersburg, MD near DC
1170 Nothing; except that WWVA Wheeling WV can be heard early in the morning and late afternoon
1180 Usually nothing
1190 WBIS Annapolis MD, weak
1200 WAGE Leesburg, now silent and the 1200 is vacant
1210 Nothing until afternoon when Philly's WPHT is heard
1220 WFAX Falls Church, VA near DC
1230 WFVA Fredericksburg, VA weak
1240 WJEJ Hagerstown MD, weak
1250 WKDL Warrenton good signal, recently dropped Spanish for English language religion
1260 WWRC DC, rather weak
1270 WCBC Cumberland, MD, very weak
1280 WHVR Hanover, PA, adequate signal (Hanover is near the MD-PA border)
1290 WDZY Colonial Hts, VA, near Richmond, very weak
1300 WHBG Harrisonburg, VA, very weak
1310 WDCT Fairfax, VA local
 
Cleveland, OH:

1110: WTAM IBOC
1120: nothing (minor WTAM IBOC)
1130: WDFN Detroit
1140: nothing, WRVA Richmond late afternoons
1150: WCUE Cuyahoga Falls (local, although so directional it is very weak over much of the metro)
1160: nothing, WYLL + mess late afternoons
1170: WWVA Wheeling - weak
1180: nothing, WHAM late afternoons
1190: WOWO Fort Wayne - weak
1200: WKST New Castle PA - weak
1210: nothing, WPHT late afternoon
1220: WHKW Cleveland (local)
1230: nothing
1240: nothing
1250: nothing
1260: WWMK Cleveland (local, so directional signal is very weak over much of metro)
1270: nothing
1280: New Castle PA (I think) - very weak
1290: nothing or WJMO slop
1300: WJMO Cleveland (another one so directional signal is weak over much of metro)
1310: nothing or WJMO slop
 
It was fading in and out, very weak carrier only with no sign of anything about IDs.

-crainbebo
 
Here's what's on my AM dial in Gary, IN on 1110 - 1310

1110 - WMBI Chicago
1120 - vacant
1130 - WISN Milwaukee
1140 - vacant
1150 - vacant
1160 - WYLL Chicago
1170 - vacant
1180 - vacant
1190 - WOWO Fort Wayne (faint)
1200 - WRTO Chicago
1210 - vacant
1220 - WKRS Waukegan (faint)
1230 - WJOB Hammond
1240 - vacant
1250 - vacant
1260 - vacant
1270 - WWCA Gary
1280 - vacant
1290 - vacant
1300 - WRDZ LaGrange/Chicago
1310 - vacant
 
Here's what my AM dial looks like here in Warminster PA:

1110-WNAP Norristown
1120-nothing
1130-WBBR New York
1140-nothing
1150-WDEL Wilmington DE
1160-WOBM Lakewood NJ(sometimes)
1170-WBRW Bridgewater NJ
1180-WFYL King of Prussia
1190-WANN Annapolis MD or WLIB New York(depends)
1200-nothing
1210-WPHT Philly
1220-nothing
1230-WEEX Easton PA
1240-WSNJ Bridgeton NJ(sometimes)
1250-nothing
1260-WBUD Trenton
1270-nothing
1280-WADO New York
1290-WWTX Wilmington DE
1300-WIMG Ewing NJ(Trenton)
 
Durham, North Carolina

1110-WBT, Charlotte, NC
1120-occasionally faint WSMO, Camp Lejeune, NC
1130-WPYB, Benson, NC (local)
1140-WRVA, Richmond, VA (faint)
1150-WBAG, Burlington, NC (local)
1160-WODY, COllinsville, Va (faint)
1170-WCLN, Clinton, NC
1180-nothing
1190-WOWO, Fort Wayne, IN (faint)
1200-WSML, Graham, NC (Local)
1210-WPHT, Philadelphia, PA
1220-WREV, Reidsville, NC
1230-nothing
1240-WPJL, Raleigh, NC (local)
1250-WDVA, Danville, VA
1260-WKXR, Asheboro, NC
1270-WMPM, Smithfield, NC (Local)
1280-nothing
1290-WXKL, Sanford, NC
1300-static from WTIK
1310-WTIK, Durham, NC (local)
 
Crystal Lake, IL - 40 miles NW of Chicago

1110 - WMBI Chicago
1120 - KMOX St. Louis Critical Hours
1130 - WISN Milwaukee; WDFN Detroit Critical Hours
1140 - WJNZ Kentwood (Grand Rapids), MI
1150 - WHBY Kimberly, WI Critical Hours
1160 - WYLL Chicago
1170 - WFDL Waupun, WI
1180 - WSQR Sycamore, IL
1190 - WOWO Fort Wayne, IN
1200 - WRTO Chicago
1210 - WJNL Kingsley (Petoskey), MI Critical Hours
1220 - WKRS Waukegan, IL
1230 - WJOB Hammond; WCLO Janesville, WI
1240 - WSBC Chicago
1250 - WSSP Milwaukee
1260 - WEKZ Monroe, WI; WPNW Zeeland, MI
1270 - WWCA Gary; WKBF Rock Island, IL
1280 - WBIG Aurora, IL
1290 - WIRL Peoria, IL; WMCS Greenfield (Milwaukee), WI
1300 - WRDZ La Grange, IL
1310 - WIBA Madison, WI
 
From Ann Arbor,Mi on a Grundig G8 Traveller II portable:

1130 WDFN Detroit, Mi
1160 WCXI Fenton, Mi
1200 WCHB Taylor,Mi
1270 WXYT Detroit, Mi
1290 WLBY Saline, Mi
1310 WDTW Dearborn, Mi
 
from southern edge of Pittsburgh, PA

1110 - WKZV, Washington, PA
1120 - nothing
1130 - WASP, Brownsville, PA (very weak, dropped from 5kW to 1kW a few years ago)
1140 - occasional late-day WRVA, Richmond, VA
1150 - WGBN, New Kensington, PA
1160 - nothing
1170 - WWVA, Wheeling, WV (really pathetic new IBOC signal)
1180 - occasional late-day WHAM, Rochester, NY
1190 - nothing
1200 - WKST, New Castle, PA
1210 - occasional late-day WPHT, Philadelphia
1220 - IBOC crud from 1250 (could formerly get WHKW, Cleveland)
1230 - IBOC crud from 1250 (could formerly get WBVP, Beaver Falls, PA)
1240 - IBOC crud
1250 - WEAE, Pittsburgh (sounding like a tin-can telephone till they shut the buzzer down at sundown)
1260 - IBOC crud
1270 - IBOC crud
1280 - WJST, New Castle, PA (weak, still with buzz from 1250)
1290 - nothing
1300 - WCLG, Morgantown, WV (weak)
1310 - slop under 1320
 
McPherson KS
1110 KFAB
1120 Blank
1130 KLEY Wellington KS
1140 Blank
1150 KSAL (in city grade)
1160 Blank
1170 KFAQ
1180 Blank (Omaha rarely comes in)
1190 KVSV Beloit, KS
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom