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1250-1340: What does Your AM band look like at night?

C

crainbebo

For me, it's

1250: KKDZ Seattle, WA
1260: mostly a mix of stuff, logged KWEI Boise, ID, CFRN Edmonton, AB, KROX Crookston, MN, possible KWYR-AM Winner, SD
1270: KAJO Grants Pass, OR. Also logged KBAM Longview, WA.
1280: KIT Yakima, WA, with some mixing with KLDY Olympia, WA, KPTQ Spokane, WA, KDOX Henderson, NV
1290: KUMA Pendelton, OR. Also logged KOUU Pocatello, ID
1300: KKMO Seattle, WA with KAPL Jacksonville, OR and others logged
1310: big 'ol mix, with KLIX Twin Falls, ID, KZXR Prosser, WA, and MANY other unIDs logged. About as bad as the graveyard stations here.
1320: KXRO Aberdeen, WA and CHMB Vancouver, BC.'
1330: KMBI Spokane, WA, KKPZ Portland, OR logged here.
1340: grayeyard mess

-crainbebo
 
25 miles north of Chicago:

1250 WSSY Milwaukee, Wi
1260 nothing
1270 WWCA Gary, In
1280 WBIG Aurora, Il
1290 ---- Milwaukee, Wi
1300 WRDZ La Grange, Il
1310 nothing
1320 WKAN Kankankee, Il
1330 WKTA Evanston, Il
1340 WJOL Joliet, Il
 
40 Miles NW of Chicago

1250 WSSY Milwaukee
1260 WSDZ Belleville WNDE Indianapolis
1270 WKBF Rock Island KFLC Ft. Worth
1280 WGBF Evansville WNAM Neenah-Menasha WBIG Aurora
1290 WIRL Peoria WHIO Dayton
1300 WOOD Grand Rapids KGLO Mason City
1310 WIBA Madison
1320 WILS Lansing
1330 WVHI Evansville WKTA Evanston-Northbrook
1340 WJOL Joliet WJYI Milwaukee
 
from south end of Pittsburgh PA metro...

1250 - WEAE, local
1260-1290 slop, under WEAE (even now that they've ceased using IBOC at night)
1300 - WCLG, Morgantown, WV (very choppy, weak)
1310 - splater from 1320
1320- WJAS, local
1330 - splatter from 1320
1340 - WSTV, Steubenville, OH (weak, very sporadic)

On very rare occasions I will catch a bit of 1270 WXYT, Detroit
sliding in under 1250
 
Here in Fredericksburg, VA, it's kind of a mess...
1250 WEAE Pittsburgh often weak
1260 mess
1270 mess. sometimes WTJZ Newport News, VA (near Norfolk) and WCBC Cumberland, MD (SE of Pittsburgh)
1280 mess, WHVR Hanover, PA (near MD border) weak and possibly WADO New York NY
1290 mess, with WFBG Altoona, PA weak
1300 mess
1310 WDCT DC area, semilocal
1320 WJAS Pittsburgh, sometimes weak but never strong
1330 mess, sometimes WBTM Danville, VA, 150 miles away
1340 graveyard mess with splatter from a strong local
 
FreddyE1977 said:
from south end of Pittsburgh PA metro...

1250 - WEAE, local
1260-1290 slop, under WEAE (even now that they've ceased using IBOC at night)
1300 - WCLG, Morgantown, WV (very choppy, weak)
1310 - splater from 1320
1320- WJAS, local
1330 - splatter from 1320
1340 - WSTV, Steubenville, OH (weak, very sporadic)

On very rare occasions I will catch a bit of 1270 WXYT, Detroit
sliding in under 1250
Click to expand...

That is actually daytime conditions, is it? It should be full at night.

-crainbebo
 
Can anyone else post on this thread? It's been about nearly a month.

-crainbebo
 
Dayton OH area (from memory)

1250 WTAE Pburgh
1260 WNDE Indianapolis, others
1270 WXYT, Detroit
1280 various, WGBF Evansville IN
1290 WHIO Dayton, others including WIRL (even this close)
1300-splatter
1310 The liberal talk station in Detroit
1320-various
1330-nothing comes to mind as dominant
1340-WIZE, gy mess
1350 Akron, whatever they are now
1360 WSAI, Cincy

guess I went too far
1370 WSPD Toledo
 
Anderson indiana

1250 WHBU Splatter from 1240 am, WGL ft wayne, WEAE Pittsburgh
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1270 WNDE Hash,WXYT Detroit if the hash isnt bad
1280 WGBF evansville
1290 WHIO Dayton, WIRL Peoria
1300 graveyard splatter
1310 WTLC Indy, WDTW Detroit
1320 Nothing really
1330 WTRE Greensburg is the most dominant
1340 WXFN Muncie
1350 WIOU Kokomo (oooops i went to far as well
 
1250: Slop...Milwaukee on top
1260: Usually WIBV
1270: Slop...sometimes WKBF on top
1280: Slop
1290: Usually WIRL...sometimes quite strong. Omaha and Dayton sometimes get in
1300: Slop
1310: Used to be WIBA on top...now the slop has taken over. CIWW sometimes in for "a cup of coffee" (don't blink or you'll miss it)
1320: Similar to 1310 but with WILS on top
1330: Mother of all messes. KFH used to be top dog here more often than not, but I believe they moved
1340: Pure graveyard junk
 
May I try the 1250-1340 spectrum from an historic perspective, from SE Queens County/Long Island NY circa 1963?

This would be overnights, with much of the reception on Monday mornings..

1250 WTAE Pittsburgh -- Mostly classical
1260 WNDR Syracuse -- Weak but steady Top 40
1270 WXYZ Detroit -- Top 40
1280 (When local WADO was off) CJMS Quebec -- MoR/Chicken Rock
1290 WICE Providence -- Top 40
1300 WERE Cleveland -- quiet MoR
1310 WGH Newport News -- Top 40, and CKOY Ottawa -- pop/MoR -- when they'd
'forget' to go directional
1320 Pittsburgh again ... I forget the calls -- MoR
1330 (With local WEVD off) A weak but steady WHOT Youngstown OH -- top 40
(but once got KWWL Waterloo IA -- AM catch # 1000 )
1340 When top 40 WMID Atlantic City was off, it'd be anything from WOOK DC
(R&B) to WKGN Knoxville (Top 40) to other Carolinas.
1350 WADC Akron -- C&W, with a female DJ, and a steady WEZY Cocoa FL audible
under the trucker and train songs. I actually forget WEZY's format.....

There were lots of musical reasons to tune in AM rdio back then -- even overnights.
 
QTH Owensboro, KY

1250 WRAY Princeton, IN
1260 Nothing
1270 light slop
1280 WGBF Evansville
1290 light slop
1300 WNQM Nashville
1310 WTTL Madisonville
1320 light slop
1330 WVHI Evansville
1340 light slop with WBGN Bowling Green underneath
 
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