Now that I have finished mourning Oldies 950, I was dial surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520 WKBW. They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo, NY? Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
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1520 WKBW?
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I assume you were listening at night. If you got KB during the day, that is an event. Have you never dx-ed? Enjoy KB while you can.
> Now that I have finished mourning Oldies 950, I was dial
> surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520 WKBW.
> They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like
> WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW
> Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo, NY?
> Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in
> Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
>
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> Now that I have finished mourning Oldies 950, I was dial
> surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520 WKBW.
> They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like
> WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW
> Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo, NY?
> Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in
> Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
>
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> I assume you were listening at night. If you got KB during
> the day, that is an event. Have you never dx-ed? Enjoy KB
> while you can.
>
> > Now that I have finished mourning Oldies 950, I was dial
> > surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520
> WKBW.
> > They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like
> > WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW
> > Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo,
> NY?
> > Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in
> > Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
> >
>
Yes, I was listening at 9:00 PM. It is now 11:53 and KB is still loud and clear! I have never dx-ed. How does one do it?
> the day, that is an event. Have you never dx-ed? Enjoy KB
> while you can.
>
> > Now that I have finished mourning Oldies 950, I was dial
> > surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520
> WKBW.
> > They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like
> > WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW
> > Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo,
> NY?
> > Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in
> > Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
> >
>
Yes, I was listening at 9:00 PM. It is now 11:53 and KB is still loud and clear! I have never dx-ed. How does one do it?
C
crisisbroadcast
Guest
> Yes, I was listening at 9:00 PM. It is now 11:53 and KB is
> still loud and clear! I have never dx-ed. How does one do
> it?
It would seem that you're doing it right now.
DXing is listening to distant transmissions. AM signals carry best at night (which is why one can hear KB from Buffalo here in Philadelphia, or perhaps WBZ from Boston). During the day (or at night) something called e-skip and abnormalities in the troposphere can permit you to hear distant FM or AM signals, and even see distant TV/DT stations.
Check out the DX board for more.
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> still loud and clear! I have never dx-ed. How does one do
> it?
It would seem that you're doing it right now.
DXing is listening to distant transmissions. AM signals carry best at night (which is why one can hear KB from Buffalo here in Philadelphia, or perhaps WBZ from Boston). During the day (or at night) something called e-skip and abnormalities in the troposphere can permit you to hear distant FM or AM signals, and even see distant TV/DT stations.
Check out the DX board for more.
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</P>> Now that I have finished mourning Oldies 950, I was dial
> surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520 WKBW.
> They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like
> WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW
> Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo, NY?
> Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in
> Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
Strong AM signals, especially 50,000 watt AM stations like KB in Buffalo, can travel great distances at night. After sunset, the electrical charge of the ionospheric layer changes, and reflects AM signals back to earth rather than allowing them to pass through as in the daytime. These are a form of "skip" signals known as AM "skywave", and it happens to some degree most every night.
Tune your AM radio to other stations at night, to check station ID's. You'll find that you're picking up many other powerful AM stations skipping up and down the east coast as well. Doing this is called "DX'ing".
WKBW is actually WWKB in Buffalo. They were a legendary heritage rock'n'roll station with the original WKBW call letters back in the 50's and 60's. They let the call letters go years later, and the closest they could get was WWKB. They call themselves WKBW to recreate their 50's/60's sound, but somewhere around the top of each hour you'll hear the legal ID "WWKB, Buffalo".
> surfing tonight and happened on a great station, 1520 WKBW.
> They are playing "greatest hits of the 50s and 60s" like
> WPEN did. The crazy thing is, they are IDing as WKBW
> Buffalo. How in the heck can I be listening to Buffalo, NY?
> Skip off the clouds maybe? I wish we had a station in
> Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
Strong AM signals, especially 50,000 watt AM stations like KB in Buffalo, can travel great distances at night. After sunset, the electrical charge of the ionospheric layer changes, and reflects AM signals back to earth rather than allowing them to pass through as in the daytime. These are a form of "skip" signals known as AM "skywave", and it happens to some degree most every night.
Tune your AM radio to other stations at night, to check station ID's. You'll find that you're picking up many other powerful AM stations skipping up and down the east coast as well. Doing this is called "DX'ing".
WKBW is actually WWKB in Buffalo. They were a legendary heritage rock'n'roll station with the original WKBW call letters back in the 50's and 60's. They let the call letters go years later, and the closest they could get was WWKB. They call themselves WKBW to recreate their 50's/60's sound, but somewhere around the top of each hour you'll hear the legal ID "WWKB, Buffalo".
O
odomski
Guest
Also, some stations you may be able to pick up at night are 670 AM, 780-WBBM and 1000 AM from Chicago, KMOX-1120 from Saint Louis, KDKA-1020 from Pittsburgh, WBZ-1030 from Boston, WLW-700 in Cincinnati, 1110-WBT from Charlotte (NC), 810-WGY from Schenectady (NY), just to name a few.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Shawn O'Domski on 10/05/05 07:23 AM.</FONT></P>
J
Jim_Hicks
Guest
Growing up in Delaware in the 50's and 60's (pre-R&R on FM), particularly "Radio Free" Newark, where there was nothing local at night, you needed those distant stations to hear good music at night. We grew up listening to WLS and WCFL in Chicago, WOWO in Fort Wayne, WBZ-Boston, an Ohio station whose calls I forget, that played an enite Beatle album every Sunday night without interruption. And of course, the great WABC which mananaged to come in loud and clear day and night.
Like the NYC fights between WMCA and WABC, we would argue over which was the best: Joey Reynolds on 'KB or Cousin Brucie on WABC!
> > Yes, I was listening at 9:00 PM. It is now 11:53 and KB
> is
> > still loud and clear! I have never dx-ed. How does one
> do
> > it?
>
> It would seem that you're doing it right now.
>
> DXing is listening to distant transmissions. AM signals
> carry best at night (which is why one can hear KB from
> Buffalo here in Philadelphia, or perhaps WBZ from Boston).
> During the day (or at night) something called e-skip and
> abnormalities in the troposphere can permit you to hear
> distant FM or AM signals, and even see distant TV/DT
> stations.
>
> Check out the DX board for more.
>
Like the NYC fights between WMCA and WABC, we would argue over which was the best: Joey Reynolds on 'KB or Cousin Brucie on WABC!
> > Yes, I was listening at 9:00 PM. It is now 11:53 and KB
> is
> > still loud and clear! I have never dx-ed. How does one
> do
> > it?
>
> It would seem that you're doing it right now.
>
> DXing is listening to distant transmissions. AM signals
> carry best at night (which is why one can hear KB from
> Buffalo here in Philadelphia, or perhaps WBZ from Boston).
> During the day (or at night) something called e-skip and
> abnormalities in the troposphere can permit you to hear
> distant FM or AM signals, and even see distant TV/DT
> stations.
>
> Check out the DX board for more.
>
K
KlassikKountry
Guest
Its a shame you were not into this a few years back, WSAI-1530 from Cincinnati played real classic oldies for a few years, of course, you could only receive them at night. They went by the wayside at the beginning of 2005, its sad to say, but KB might be on the same road. Or, could always drive 30 miles or so east, if you are in the Philly area and tune into WMID-1340 AC, which IMHO plays better oldies than KB.
>
> WKBW is actually WWKB in Buffalo. They were a legendary
> heritage rock'n'roll station with the original WKBW call
> letters back in the 50's and 60's. They let the call letters
> go years later, and the closest they could get was WWKB.
> They call themselves WKBW to recreate their 50's/60's sound,
> but somewhere around the top of each hour you'll hear the
> legal ID "WWKB, Buffalo".
>
I grew up about 7 miles east of their transmitter site. If you're looking for KB history, visit http://www.buffalobroadcasting.com/history/kb-history1.htm; or, if you have a few minutes, browse around the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers website. It's very well put together and took me back to my childhood fascination with radio.
Growing up in WNY I didn't realize how important KB was in the development of rock 'n roll in the Northeast in general. KB and WABC ("Music Radio...WABC") were probably the two most important broadcasters in the region.
KB's 50kw directional signal directs most of its power towards the east & southeast. When I went to school at UB and met up with many New York-area peers, I was surprised how well they knew of KB and how well it reached the NYC area.
Richard / Allentown (ex-Buffalo)
> WKBW is actually WWKB in Buffalo. They were a legendary
> heritage rock'n'roll station with the original WKBW call
> letters back in the 50's and 60's. They let the call letters
> go years later, and the closest they could get was WWKB.
> They call themselves WKBW to recreate their 50's/60's sound,
> but somewhere around the top of each hour you'll hear the
> legal ID "WWKB, Buffalo".
>
I grew up about 7 miles east of their transmitter site. If you're looking for KB history, visit http://www.buffalobroadcasting.com/history/kb-history1.htm; or, if you have a few minutes, browse around the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers website. It's very well put together and took me back to my childhood fascination with radio.
Growing up in WNY I didn't realize how important KB was in the development of rock 'n roll in the Northeast in general. KB and WABC ("Music Radio...WABC") were probably the two most important broadcasters in the region.
KB's 50kw directional signal directs most of its power towards the east & southeast. When I went to school at UB and met up with many New York-area peers, I was surprised how well they knew of KB and how well it reached the NYC area.
Richard / Allentown (ex-Buffalo)
> Also, some stations you may be able to pick up at night are
> 670 AM, 780-WBBM and 1000 AM from Chicago, KMOX-1120 from
> Saint Louis, KDKA-1020 from Pittsburgh, WBZ-1030 from
> Boston, WLW-700 in Cincinnati, 1110-WBT from Charlotte (NC),
> 810-WGY from Schenectady (NY), just to name a few.
>
When it comes to shortwave, you hear broadcasts at various times from around the world. For example, some Latin American and African broadcasters have 1kw to 5 kw power and can be heard in North America.
The National Radio Club ("NRC") specializes in AM ("mediumwave") DXing; their URL is http://www.nrcdxas.org/.
Richard / Allentown
> 670 AM, 780-WBBM and 1000 AM from Chicago, KMOX-1120 from
> Saint Louis, KDKA-1020 from Pittsburgh, WBZ-1030 from
> Boston, WLW-700 in Cincinnati, 1110-WBT from Charlotte (NC),
> 810-WGY from Schenectady (NY), just to name a few.
>
When it comes to shortwave, you hear broadcasts at various times from around the world. For example, some Latin American and African broadcasters have 1kw to 5 kw power and can be heard in North America.
The National Radio Club ("NRC") specializes in AM ("mediumwave") DXing; their URL is http://www.nrcdxas.org/.
Richard / Allentown
Re: 1520 WWKB?
> I wish we had a station in
> Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
If we did it would be getting the same 1.7 share that WWKB does in Buffalo.
That would put it BEHIND:
KYW
WBEB
WDAS-FM
WUSL
WYSP
WOGL
WXTU
WMMR
WJJZ
WRNB
WPHT
WIOQ
WMGK
WRDW
WBEN
WIP
WPPZ
WSNI
WPHI
Does Philly radio need yet ANOTHER failure?
> I wish we had a station in
> Philly that sounded like this WKBW does!
If we did it would be getting the same 1.7 share that WWKB does in Buffalo.
That would put it BEHIND:
KYW
WBEB
WDAS-FM
WUSL
WYSP
WOGL
WXTU
WMMR
WJJZ
WRNB
WPHT
WIOQ
WMGK
WRDW
WBEN
WIP
WPPZ
WSNI
WPHI
Does Philly radio need yet ANOTHER failure?
H
humdinger
Guest
> Its a shame you were not into this a few years back,
> WSAI-1530 from Cincinnati played real classic oldies for a
> few years, of course, you could only receive them at night.
> They went by the wayside at the beginning of 2005, its sad
> to say, but KB might be on the same road. Or, could always
> drive 30 miles or so east, if you are in the Philly area and
> tune into WMID-1340 AC, which IMHO plays better oldies than
> KB.
>
KB 1520 is not gonna change.they are just fine! i liked WSAI too.with the echo chamber sound.why they went airhead is beyond me.KB rocks!!!
> WSAI-1530 from Cincinnati played real classic oldies for a
> few years, of course, you could only receive them at night.
> They went by the wayside at the beginning of 2005, its sad
> to say, but KB might be on the same road. Or, could always
> drive 30 miles or so east, if you are in the Philly area and
> tune into WMID-1340 AC, which IMHO plays better oldies than
> KB.
>
KB 1520 is not gonna change.they are just fine! i liked WSAI too.with the echo chamber sound.why they went airhead is beyond me.KB rocks!!!
In the sixties, all the top 40 stations in NYC had public service programs on Sunday night. WKBW still rocked on Sunday night. In NYC, WKBW was the only place to turn to get top 40 music on Sunday nights in the sixties.
> KB's 50kw directional signal directs most of its power
> towards the east & southeast. When I went to school at UB
> and met up with many New York-area peers, I was surprised
> how well they knew of KB and how well it reached the NYC
> area.
>
> Richard / Allentown (ex-Buffalo)
>
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> KB's 50kw directional signal directs most of its power
> towards the east & southeast. When I went to school at UB
> and met up with many New York-area peers, I was surprised
> how well they knew of KB and how well it reached the NYC
> area.
>
> Richard / Allentown (ex-Buffalo)
>
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Re: 840 WHAS
840 WHAS Louisville. I listened to Joe Donovan's Rock And Roll Revival from 1984-1997 (the last show). During that time, I lived in Brooklyn, NY, Lindenwold, NJ, Philadelphia, Miami Beach and Austin, Texas. I was able to get WHAS in all those places. Probably the best reception was when I lived in New Jersey.
> Also, some stations you may be able to pick up at night are
> 670 AM, 780-WBBM and 1000 AM from Chicago, KMOX-1120 from
> Saint Louis, KDKA-1020 from Pittsburgh, WBZ-1030 from
> Boston, WLW-700 in Cincinnati, 1110-WBT from Charlotte (NC),
> 810-WGY from Schenectady (NY), just to name a few.
>
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840 WHAS Louisville. I listened to Joe Donovan's Rock And Roll Revival from 1984-1997 (the last show). During that time, I lived in Brooklyn, NY, Lindenwold, NJ, Philadelphia, Miami Beach and Austin, Texas. I was able to get WHAS in all those places. Probably the best reception was when I lived in New Jersey.
> Also, some stations you may be able to pick up at night are
> 670 AM, 780-WBBM and 1000 AM from Chicago, KMOX-1120 from
> Saint Louis, KDKA-1020 from Pittsburgh, WBZ-1030 from
> Boston, WLW-700 in Cincinnati, 1110-WBT from Charlotte (NC),
> 810-WGY from Schenectady (NY), just to name a few.
>
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