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1320 - 1520: WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE IN THE DAYTIME?

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QCA USA 1

From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

-Daytime

1320: KMAQ Maquokate, IA (WKBF bleed underneath it)
1330: WRAM Monmouth, IL (very weak and under WKBF bleed)
1340: KROS Clinton, IA (WKBF bleed underneath)
1350: WOAM Peoria, IL (extremely weak and barely discernable, especially under WKBF bleed)
1360: WKBF bleed (WOC bleed is received on some radios)
1370: KDTH Dubuque, IA under WKBF/KJOC slop
1380: KCII Washington, IA (extremely weak and bearly discernable under WKBF bleed and WOC bleed)
1390: KCLN Clinton, IA with WKBF bleed and WOC bleed underneath it
1400: WGIL Galesburg, IL with WKBF bleed and WOC bleed underneath
1410: WOC splatter
1420: WOC Davenport, IA (local)
1430: WOC splatter
1440: WOC bleed (have occasionally picked up WROK Rockford, IL around SS skip)
1450: WKEI Kewanee, IL with WOC bleed underneath
1460: WOC bleed (KXNO Des Moines, IA is possible during SR and SS skip)
1470: WMBD Peoria, IL with WOC bleed underneath
1480: WOC bleed on some radios
1490: mix of KBUR Burlington, IA and WDBQ Dubuque, IA
1500: Nothing - We used to have WGEN, a daytime only station in Geneseo, IL, about 15 to 20 miles to the east of here but they are now defunct and the records are deleted from the FCC database. I don't know why that is. WOC bleed and/or WKBF bleed still possible on some radios
1510: Nothing
1520: Nothing

Again, the WKBF/KJOC slop on 1370 is a result of KJOC (1170 kHz) having a strong enough local signal to bleed in with WKBF on that frequency and the 1170 and 1370 frequencies both being located 100 kHz away from the very strong WKBF at 1270 kHz. Again, I don't know what causes this to occur or why it does but any expertise from engineers, etc., would be appreciated. Also, notice that there is a vacant frequency (1500 kHz) where we used to have a semi-local daytimer in the eastern part of the Quad Cities market before it went silent a couple of years or so ago.
 
Anderson IN

1320 Vacant
1330 WTRE Greensburg IN
1340 WXFN Muncie IN
1350 WIOU Kokomo IN
1360 WSAI Cincinnati
1370 WGCL Bloomington IN
1380 WKJG Ft Wayne
1390 WZZB Seymour IN
1400 WBAT Marion IN
1410 WING Dayton
1420 Vacant
1430 WXNT Indianapolis
1440 Vacant
1450 WASK Lafayette
1460 WGNR Slop
1470 WGNR Anderson
1480 WGNR Slop
1490 WKBV Richmond IN
1500 WBRI Indianapolis, WLQV Detroit in Fade time
1510 WJOT Wabash IN
1520 WSVX Shelbyville
 
Bristol, CT
1320 WATR Waterbury, CT - FOX Talk/Oldies Music (local and off the bird)
1330 Bleed from WATR
1340 Very Weak WYBC New Haven, CT Yale University Radio
1350 Nothing
1360 WDRC Hartford, CT Talk
1370 Nothing
1380 WFNW Naugatuck, CT Spanish (This station needs to add some processing. It sounds really flat)
1390 Nothing
1400 bleed from WPOP 1410
1410 WPOP Hartford, CT ESPN Radio/Yankees
1420 bleed from WPOP
1430 Nothing. Sometimes very weak WPNI Amherst, MA/Folk Music or WNSW Newark, NJ Spanish Religion
1440 Nothing.
1450 Nothing.
1460 Nothing.
1470 WMMW Meriden, CT Talk Simulcasts WDRC.
1480 Bleed from WMMW. Sometimes a very weak WKND Windsor, CT R&B Hits/R&B Oldies
1490 Mess
1500 WFIF Milford, CT - Religious
1510 Nothing. Once in a while WWZN Boston, MA Progressive Talk
1520 Nothing. Once in a while WIZZ Greenfield, MA. Weird and Obscure Oldies Music.
 
From Clovis/Fresno CA

1320 nothing
1330 KCBL bleed over
1340 KCBL Fresno
1350 KCBL Bleed over
1360 KFIV Modesto CA
1370 KGEN Tulare CA
1380 nothing
1390 KLOC Turlock CA
1400 KEZL Visalia
1410 KFIG bleed over
1420 KFIG bleed over
1430 KFIG Clovis
1440 KFIG bleed over
1450 KFIG bleed over
1460 KFIG bleed over
1470 nothing
1480 KYOS Merced
1490 nothing
1500 KIRV bleed over
1510 KIRV Fresno

I live very close to the KFIG 1430 towers, that explaines the multiple bleed overs.
 
Dayton OH
1320 nada
1330 nothing
1340 WIZE Springfield OH
1350 WCHI Chillicothe IN
1360 WSAI Cinncinati
1370 WSPD Toledo
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne
1390 WBLL Bellefontaine OH
1400 nothing
1410 WING
1420 nada
1430 WCLT Newark OH or Indianapolis
1440 WPGW Portland IN
1450 WMOH Hamilton OH
1460 nada
1470 nothing
1480 WCIN Cinncinati
1490 occ WKBV Richmond IN or WMRN Marion OH usually WBZI slop
1500 WBZI Xenia OH
1510 nothing until WLAC skips in can be all day in winter
1520 nothing
 
Bothell, WA

1320: CHMB Vancouver, BC-Chinese/KXRO Aberdeen, WA-News/Talk
1330: KGRG Auburn, WA-Alternative Rock
1340: KWLE Anacortes, WA-Adult Contemporary/KUOW Lacey, WA-NPR/mix
1350: nothing but KRLC Lewiston, WA-Classic Country comes in VERY weak sometimes
1360: KKMO Tacoma, WA/KUIK Hillsboro, OR (Weak)
1370: MAJOR IBLOCK HASH
1380: KRKO Everett, WA-ESPN (local)
1390: MAJOR IBLOCK HASH
1400: KITZ Silverdale, WA-Alternative Talk/mix
1410: CFTE Vancouver, BC-Sports (formerly CFUN)
1420: KRIZ Renton, WA-Urban AC and KITZ Chehalis, WA-Oldies
1430: KBRC Mt. Vernon, WA-Oldies and sometimes KYKN Keizer, OR-News/Talk
1440: sometimes a VERY weak KMED Medford, OR-Talk
1450: mostly a graveyard mess with 1460 slop all over it
1460: KARR Kirkland, WA-Family Radio
1470: KELA Centralia, WA-News/Talk/1460 slop
1480: Very weak KNTB Tacoma, WA-ESPN Deportes Spanish
1490: KBRO Bremerton, WA-ESPN Deportes Spanish/gy mess
1500: nothing
1510: sometimes KGA Spokane about 90 minutes before sunset.
1520: KGDD Oregon City, OR-Regional Mexican

-crainbebo
 
Manassas, VA

1320 WVNZ Richmond, VA very weak combined with a local station splatter
1330 Almost nothing
1340 WVCV Orange, VA very weak, by afternoon, a mix of other graveyarders
1350 WYSK Fredericksburg, VA weak plus WOYK York, PA in the late afternoon
1360 WHBG Harrisonburg, VA very weak
1370 WVIE Baltimore, modest signal
1380 WBTK Richmond very weak
1390 WZHF Arlington VA good signal
1400 WINC Winchester, VA weak, by afternoon, a mix of other graveyarders
1410 Some splatter from 1420, otherwise nothing
1420 WKCW Warrenton, VA, local
1430 WNAV Annapolis MD, very weak, a liitle bit of modulation from WKDV
1440 Nothing except a little bleed over from WKDV
1450 strong splatter from WKDV
1460 WKDV Manassas, VA
1470 strong splatter from WKDV
1480 WPWC 1480 Dumfies, VA very weak but the station is about 25 miles away plus some splatter/bleed over from WKDV
1490 WCVA rather weak
1500 WWWT DC, I've once heard that this station could be heard in the UK and Ireland at nights
1510 Nothing until afternoon, WWSM Annville PA very weak g1520 WTRI Brunswick MD very weak, WWKB Bulffalo NY takes over by afternoon

I am very close to the WKDV towers, causing the station to be heard around 545 kHZ on single conversion radios like my Grundig S350DL, main radio is a Palstar R30A with the Palomar Loop antenna, this AM/HF receiver really does a great job of handling very strong locals.
 
Cleveland OH:

1320: WOBL Oberlin (weak)
1330: WELW Willoughby (very weak)
1340: WNCO Ashland
1350: WARF Akron
1360: nothing
1370: WSPD Toledo (very weak)
1380: WDLW Lorain
1390: WNIO Youngstown (very weak)
1400: WMAN Mansfield (very weak)
1410: WHK splatter
1420: WHK Cleveland (local)
1430: WHK splatter
1440: nothing
1450: WLEC Sandusky (weak)
1460: WBNS Columbus mixing with WABQ Painesville
1470: nothing
1480: WHBC Canton (weak)
1490: WERE Cleveland (very weak)
1500: nothing
1510: WLKR Norwalk
1520: WJMP Kent (very weak)
 
Durham, NC

1320: hash from WTIK
1330: WBTM, Danville, VA or WTIK hash
1340: WCBQ, Oxford, NC
1350: nothing
1360: WCHL, Chapel Hill, NC (local)
1370: nothing
1380: WTOB, Winston-Salem, NC
1390: WEED, Rocky Mount, NC
1400: hash from WRJD
1410: WRJD, Durham, NC (local)
1420: hash from WRJD
1430: WRXO, Roxboro, NC
1440: WLXN, Lexington, NC
1450: WIZS, Henderson, NC
1460: nothing
1470: WWBG, Greensboro, NC
1480: hash from WDUR
1490: WDUR, Durham, NC (local)
1500: hash from WDUR or faint WTWP, Washington, DC
1510: WEAL, Greensboro, NC
1520: WARR, Warrenton, NC and hash from WLLQ
 
From Ann Arbor,Mi on a Grundig G8 Traveller II portable:

1370 WSPD Toledo, Oh
1400 WDTK Detroit, Mi
1440 WDRJ Inkster, Mi
1460 WPON Walled Lake, Mi
1480 WSDS Salem Township, Mi
1500 WLQV Detroit, Mi
 
from southern Pittsburgh, PA

1320 - WJAS, Pittsburgh
1330 - slop from 1320
1340 - WSTV, Steubenville, OH
1350 - nothing
1360 - WMNY, McKeesport, PA
1370 - nothing
1380 - WTYM, Kittanning, PA (weak)
1390 - WNIO, Youngstown, OH
1400 - slop from 1410
1410 - KQV, Pittsburgh
1420 - slop
1430 - WEIR, Weirton, WV (weak)
1440 - WHKZ, Warren, OH (very weak, sporadic)
1450 - WJPA, Washington, PA
1460 - WMBA, Ambridge, PA
1470 - nothing
1480 - WCNS, Latrobe, PA (weak)
1490 - WOHI, East Liverpool, OH
1500 - nothing
1510 - currently nothing (generally WPGR, Monroeville, PA, has gone dark as part of it's sale
along with WAMO AM-FM to a religious broadcaster)
1520 - occasional late-day WWKB, Buffalo, NY
 
McPherson, KS
1320 blank
1330 KNSS Wichita (for years this was KFH)
1340 blank
1350 usually blank
1360 KAHS El Dorado, KS (Catholic Radio)
1370 KGNO very weak from Dodge City
1380 blank
1390 KNCK Concordia, KS
1400 a battle between KAYS Hays and KVOE Emporia.
1410 extremely weak KGSO Wichita (in deep null)
1420 KJCK Junction City, KS
1430 blank
1440 blank
1450 KWBW Hutchison (station that has the worst coverage of any graveyard station in the western 2/3rds of Kansas
1460 blank, on RARE occasions pick up station from Chanute KS or Kearny, NE
1470 blank
1480 KQAM Wichita, going from radio disney to talk
1490 blank
1500 on occasion a station out of Pawhuska, OK
1510 KNNS Larned, KS and KCTE Independence, MO.
 
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