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1530 - 1700: WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT?

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QCA USA 1

From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

Nighttime-

1530: WCKY Cincinnati, OH (before west coast sunset anyway)
1540: mix of KXEL Waterloo, IA and another station, possibly ZNS-1 Nassau, Bahamas
1550: Unsure (mix of stations)
1560: WQEW New York (before west coast sunset anyway)
1570: mix of stations
1580: Formerly CBJ Chicoutimi, QC before it moved to FM only broadcasting. As of the past three years or so, CKDO Oshawa, ON. Mix of other stations is possible on some nights as well. Also, as I stated on the "daytime" thread of 1530-1700 AM, we used to have a local station in Davenport, Iowa, KFQC, on 1580 AM and it originally started out as a daytime-only station but later added a low-power nighttime signal as well. Upon going fulltime, the night signal of KFQC was also audible in my neighborhood along with co-channel interference from CBJ. However, the night signal of KFQC was quite weak. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any online records of the now-defunct KFQC but my guesses are their daytime signal was anywhere from 250 watts to 1000 watts and the nighttime signal was probably well below 250 watts, thus making it a Class D station in today's radio world. Transmitter was located somewhere in North-Central Davenport.
1590: regional mix
1600: regional mix (KGYM Cedar Rapids, IA nulls its signal to the east (towards me) at night and is harder to hear after dark)
1610: CHHA Toronto, ON or CJWI Montreal, QC (the only licensed stations on this channel in North America)
1620: mix of stations
1630: KCJJ Iowa City, IA
1640: WKSH Sussex, WI (Milwaukee)
1650: KCNZ Cedar Falls, IA
1660: mix of KQWB West Fargo, ND (Fargo) and WQLR Kalamazoo, MI
1670: WTDY Madison, WI
1680: New local TIS station from Iowa DOT (see the "day" thread of 1530-1700 AM)
1690: WVON Berwyn, IL
1700: KBGG Des Moines, IA
 
Crystal Lake, IL - 30 miles NW of Chicago

1530: WCKY Cincinnati, OH
1540: KXEL Waterloo, IA; CHIN Toronto
1550: WDLR Delaware, OH; CBE Windsor, ON; KAPE Cape Girardeau, MO
1560: WQEW New York; WPAD Paducah, KY
1570: WFRL Freeport, IL; WSCO Appleton, WI; XERF Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, MX
1580: CKDO Oshawa, ON; WHLY South Bend, IN
1590: WAKR Akron, OH; WCGO Evanston, IL; WTVB Coldwater, MI
1600: WAAM Ann Arbor, MI; KATZ St. Louis
1610: CHHA Toronto
1620: WPNT South Bend, IN; nearby TIS (Lake County-IL-DOT)
1630: KCJJ IowaCity, IA
1640: WKSH Sussex(Milwaukee), WI; WTNI Biloxi, MS
1650: KCNZ Cedar Falls, IA; CINA Mississauga (Toronto), ON
1660: WQLR Kalamazoo, MI; KXTR Kansas City, KS
1670: WTDY Madison, WI; WFSM Dry Branch (Macon/Warner-Robbins), Georgia
1680: WPRR Ada (Grand Rapids), MI
1690: WVON Berwyn, IL; CHTO Toronto; WPTX Lexington Park, MD
1700: KBGG Des Moines, IA
 
Dayton OH
1530 WCKY
1540 KXEL or Toronto ethnic station
1550 various
1560 Radio Disney NY
1570 mess if sunspots acting up still can get WPTW Piqua
1580 various.WPFG until DC sunset and after sunrise
1590 WAKR, others
1600 mess including St Louis and New York
1610 ?
1620 TIS for Air Force Museum
1630 KCJJ
1640 WKSH
1650 ?
1660 local TIS "Information Radio" Kettering OH
1670 WTDY
1680 WPRR Ada MI
1690 WVON, others
1700 various
 
East Central IN

1530 WCKY Cincinnati
1540 KXEL Waterloo/ZNS-1 Nassau
1550 WMDH New Castle IN
1560 WQEW NYC
1570 Graveyard Mess
1580 WIFE Connersville
1590 Mess
1600 KATZ St Louis
1610 Vacant
1620 WDND South Bend
1630 KCJJ Iowa City
1640 WKSH Sussex
1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls, KXBZ Flagstaff
1660 WWRU NYC, WQLR Kalamazoo
1670 WTDY Madison
1680 WPRR Ada
1690 WVON Chicago
1700 Vacant
 
From Bothell, WA

1530: KFBK Sacramento, CA. Once caught WCKY Cincinatti at sunset (1965 miles!)
1540: KXPA Bellevue, WA and 1530 IBOC
1550: KKAD Portland, OR with KRPI Blaine, WA in the background and rarely KFRC San Francisco
1560: KVAN Burbank, WA with KNZR Bakersfield, CA in the background
1570: Lodi, CA (spanish) and sometimes CKMW Morden, MB (not heard in several months)
1580: KGAL Lebanon, OR. Once got KMIK Phoenix, AZ.
1590: KLFE Seattle, WA with KMBD Tilamook, OR in the background and once caught at sunrise KLIV San Jose, CA
1600: KVRI Blaine, WA with KOPB Eugene, OR in the background and rarely KOHI St. Helens, OR
1610: jumble of TIS stations, some far away (two, WQBV569 Union Gap, WA at about 115 miles and a NWR TIS from Pasco at about 150 miles)
1620: KYIZ Renton, WA and KSMH West Sacramento, CA
1630: KRND Fox Farm, WY
1640: KDZR Lake Oswego, OR, KDIA Vallejo, CA and KBJA Sandy, UT
1650: KFOX Torrance, CA and once caught KBJD Denver, CO (have also heard a WSDOT TIS channel from somewhere)
1660: KTIQ Merced, CA and KXOL Brigham City, UT
1670: KNRO Redding, CA and once caught KHPY Moreno Valley, CA
1680: KNTS Seattle, WA and another spanish station, maybe KGED Fresno, CA
1690: KFSG Roseville, CA
1700: XEPE Tecate, Baja California, Mexico with sometimes KVNS Brownsville, TX (!!!) in the background
1710: spanish pirate

-crainbebo
 
1530 Spanish mostly slop
1540 Spanish mostly slop
1550 Spanish mostly slop
1560 KGOW Houston
1570 XERF Del Rio, TX
1580 slop
1590 Talk Station
1600 Slop
1610 dead with occasional Canada
1620 WTAW
1630 slop But usually talk on top
1640 WTNI Biloxi, Mississippi
1650 KHRO El Paso if anything. Usually very weak if there at all. Used to get KWHN untill they shut it of.
1660 KXTR Clentsville, KS
1670 NOAA Weather Station Carrollton, TX
1680 KRJO Monroe, LA
1690 KKLF Splatter / IBOC Hash
1700 KKLF Richardson, TX or KVNS Brownsville, TX
 
From Warminster PA:

1530: WCKY Cincinnati OH
1540: WPTR Albany NY or KXEL Waterloo IA
1550: CBE Windsor ON
1560: WQEW New York(Radio Disney)
1570: WISP Doylestown PA(local but rather weak)
1580: CKLM Montreal(French)
1590: mess
1600: mess
1610: empty
1620: empty
1630: empty
1640: some local info station
1650: empty
1660: mess
1670: empty
1680: WTTM Trenton NJ(ethnic)
1690, 1700, 1710: all empty
 
From Ann Arbor, Mi:

1530 WJJG Chicago, Il (signOff @ 5:15pm est)
1530 WCKY Cincinatti, Oh (after WJJG signOff)
1560 WQEW New York (noisy)
 
Updated, Bellevue, WA

1530: KFBK Sacramento, CA but hammered by 1540 splatter
1540: KXPA Bellevue, WA (about 1.5 mi away)
1550: mostly splatter but KKOV Vancouver, WA and KRPI Blaine, WA have been pulled out
1560: mostly KVAN Burbank, WA; sometimes KNZR Bakersfield; maybe KZIZ Renton.
1570: KCVR Lodi, CA w/ Spanish Adult Hits; also CKMW Morden, MB w/ country. Haven't heard XERF in Bellevue yet.
1580: KGAL Lebanon, OR; sometimes strong
1590: KLFE Seattle, WA; KTIL Tillamook, OR sometimes dug out too
1600: mix; mostly KVRI Blaine, WA w/ Indian music, sometimes Fresno, CA's ESPN Deportes affiliate. KOPB was more common a year or so ago; now seems to be vanished from the night skywave
1610: TIS mess, most common one is WQBV569 Union Gap, WA (WSDOT)
1620: KYIZ Seattle, WA
1630: KRND Fox Farm, WY, weak
1640: KDZR Portland, OR and KDIA Vallejo, CA
1650: KXPA bleed very weak, sometimes very weak mess of stations, maybe KFOX?
1660: KXOL Brigham City, UT; also KTIQ Merced, CA
1670: KNRO Redding, CA
1680: KNTS Seattle, WA; maybe KGED Fresno, CA
1690: KFSG Roseville, CA
1700: XEPE Tecate, BCN, Mex.; only one confirmed in Bellevue as of yet. Haven't heard KVNS yet from Bellevue.

-crainbebo
 
stormy01 said:
Crystal Lake, IL - 30 miles NW of Chicago 

1530: WCKY Cincinnati, OH
1540: KXEL Waterloo, IA; CHIN Toronto
1550: WDLR Delaware, OH; CBE Windsor, ON; KAPE Cape Girardeau, MO
1560: WQEW New York; WPAD Paducah, KY
1570: WFRL Freeport, IL; WSCO Appleton, WI; XERF Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, MX
1580: CKDO Oshawa, ON; WHLY South Bend, IN
1590: WAKR Akron, OH; WCGO Evanston, IL; WTVB Coldwater, MI
1600: WAAM Ann Arbor, MI; KATZ St. Louis
1610: CHHA Toronto
1620: WPNT South Bend, IN; nearby TIS (Lake County-IL-DOT)
1630: KCJJ Iowa City, IA
1640: WKSH Sussex(Milwaukee), WI; WTNI Biloxi, MS
1650: KCNZ Cedar Falls, IA; CINA Mississauga (Toronto), ON
1660: WQLR Kalamazoo, MI; KXTR Kansas City, KS
1670: WTDY Madison, WI; WFSM Dry Branch (Macon/Warner-Robbins), Georgia
1680: WPRR Ada (Grand Rapids), MI
1690: WVON Berwyn, IL; CHTO Toronto; WPTX Lexington Park, MD
1700: KBGG Des Moines, IA
Click to expand...

I'm only a few miles from Stormy, so my list is all but identical.  But a few notes....

1530:  WLCO (Lapeer, MI) has been a relatively easy catch for me when they sign on just before our local dawn. 
1540:  I've heard CHIN, but not very often. KXEL rules.  I've also heard what used to be WPTR from time to time, but not lately.
1580:  This used to be the French station from Quebec....which vacated the channel.  Subsequently, since moving from 1350, CKDO has been pretty reliable.
1600:  Same basic result as Stormy, but I've also found that KCRG (Cedar Rapids, IA) is in the mix from time to time.
1660: KXTR...Easy to know when you've got this one.  Classical music!  Fairly reliable.
1690: I've heard Atlanta in the mix quite a few times here.
 
From Tampa....

1530 WCKY Cincinnati and some other unidentified station in the background which I could never get an ID from
1540 Spanish
1550 Slop of many stations
1560 KGOW Houston / WQEW New York (the weaker of the two)
1570 Spanish
1580 Spanish
1590 WPSL Port St. Lucie
1600 Slop of many stations
1610 Tampa International Airport information
1620 Cuban
1630 WRDW Augusta, Ga
1640 WTNI Biloxi, Ms
1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls, Ia / WHKT Portsmouth, Va.
1660 WCNZ Marco Island
1670 WPLA Dry Branch, Ga
1680 WOKB Winter Garden
1690 WMLB Avondale Estate, Ga
1700: WJCC Miami Springs / KVNS Brownsville
 
From the Bayfront area of St. Petersburg,FL
Listening post is several blocks from the bay, near downtown St. Pete (about 22 miles s.s.w. of Gar Fla)

1530 WCKY Cincinnati
1540 Freeport Bahamas
1550 Slop of many stations, but sometimes able to pull out WAMA out of Tampa out of the slop(133 watts night, 10,000 watts day)
1560 KGOW Houston / WQEW New York (the weaker of the two)
1570 Spanish
1580 Splatter from local 1590 WRXB
1590 WRXB - licensed to St. Pete Beach, Antenna in St. Pete, 1000 watts directional at night
1600 Splatter from local WRXB
1610 can barely receive the Tampa Intl Airport TIS, usually not strong enough to ID, but I know it's their TIS
1620 Cuban (comes in day and night)
1630 WRDW Augusta, Ga
1640 WTNI Biloxi, Ms
1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls, Ia / WHKT Portsmouth, Va.
1660 WCNZ Marco Island
1670 WPLA Dry Branch, Ga
1680 WOKB Winter Garden
1690 WMLB Avondale Estate, Ga
1700: WJCC Miami Springs / KVNS Brownsville

 
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