1530 - 1700: WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE IN THE DAYTIME?

[QCA USA 1]

From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

Daytime-

1530: Nothing
1540: KXEL Waterloo, IA
1550: Nothing
1560: Nothing- Used to just barely pick up KCJJ Iowa City, IA, which changed its callsign to KCJK after moving KCJJ's callsign and programming to the more powerful 1630 kHz in the X-band, and continued to simulcast KCJJ's programming on KCJK 1560. KCJK 1560 is now defunct and all operations are now exclusively on 1630
1570: Nothing usually; although a mix of WFRL Freeport, IL and KMCD Fairfield, IA are possible around SR and SS skip or during the day in winter
1580: Nothing- We used to have a local station, KFQC Davenport, IA but that station has been defunct for 12 years now and has long since been deleted from the FCC database.
1590: WAIK Galesburg, IL
1600: KGYM (formerly KCRG) Cedar Rapids, IA
1610: Nothing (according to Wikipedia, only two stations in Canada use this channel; no 1610's in the USA)
1620: Nothing
1630: KCJJ Iowa City, IA
1640: Nothing (some radios will get a slop from WKBF though)
1650: KCNZ Cedar Falls, IA
1660: Usually nothing; although KXTR Kansas City, KS is possible at SR and SS kip and at night as well
1670: Usually nothing; although WTDY Madison, WI is possible around SR and SS skip and at night of course
1680: New local TIS station from Iowa DOT (how and where do I find more info on these stations??)
1690: WVON Berwyn, IL (very weak during the day)
1700: KBGG Des Moines, IA (very weak during the day)

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

Anderson IN

1530 WCKY Cincinnati
1540 WMYJ Martinsville (Weak)
1550 WMDH New Castle IN
1560 WCNW Cincinnati
1570 WILO Frankfort IN
1580 WIFE Connersville IN
1590 WNTS Indianapolis
1600 WARU Peru
1610 Vacant
1620 WDND South Bend
1630 Vacant
1640 Vacant
1650 Vacant
1660 WQLR Kalamazoo
1670 Vacant
1680 WPRR Ada MI
1690 WVON Chicago
1700 Vacant
1710 Vacant

 

[MarcB]

Bristol, CT Radio: Stock Radio in 95 Pontiac Sunfire

1530 WDJZ Bridgeport, CT - (weak) Brokered Mostly Religious Programming geared to people from The Caribbean Islands.
1540 Nothing
1550 WDZK Bloomfield, CT Radio Disney
1560 Bleed from WDZK. Sometimes WQEW NYC will mix in also Radio Disney.
1570 Weak WNSH (somewhere in the Boston area) MA - Ethnic Programming simulcast from a non-co-owned 1230 in Mass.
1580 Weak WLIM Patchouge, Long Island - Spanish Religion
1590 Usually Nothing. Once in a blue moon Life Change Radio from Rhode Island.
1600 Mess. Usually neither one comes in that good. WWRL NYC/WHNP East Long Meadow, MA
1610 Weak TIS
1620 Nothing
1630 Nothing
1640 Nothing
1650 Nothing
1660 WWRU Jersey City, NJ - Korean Music and Programming
1670 Weak TIS Possibly from I-84 in Southington
1680 Usually nothing. Once in a while WTTM Lindenwold, NJ - Spanish
1690 Nothing
1700 Nothing

 

[crainbebo]

Bothell, WA

1530: KFBK Sacramento, CA-News/Talk winter, same thing in summer to about 9:30AM
1540: KXPA Bellevue, WA-Multicultural
1550: usually KRPI Blaine, WA-Punjabi/Indian, but KKAD Vancouver, WA-Adult Standards has fighted with KRPI, and probably all day in winter
1560: KZIZ Sumner, WA-Gospel
1570: Nothing
1580: nothing but 1590's slop
1590: KLFE Seattle, WA-Religious/Russian
1600: KLFE Slop/KVRI Blaine, WA-Indian
1610: WPKL360 Woodinville, WA-TIS/WPUJ642 Kingston, WA-TIS
1620: KYIZ Renton, WA-Urban Music
1630: nothing
1640: KDZR Lake Oswego, OR-Radio Disney in winter, nothing summer
1650: sometimes the TIS from Redmond, WA
1660: nothing but once caught KTIQ Merced, CA at 2PM (700 miles!!!)
1670: nothing
1680: KNTS Seattle, WA-Spanish Religious
1690: slop
1700: sometimes an extremely faint TIS from Issaquah, WA
1710: Spanish pirate

-crainbebo

 

[ddsparxx]

Manassas, VA

1530 nothing
1540 WACA Wheaton MD (near DC)
1550 WMRE Charles Town, WV weak signal
1560 WKIK La Plata, MD (SE of DC) very weak, also NY's Radio Disney WQEW by late afternoon
1570 WNST Towson MD (near Baltimore) very weak
1580 WHFS Morningside MD (just east of DC) "The Big Talker"
1590 almost nothing
1600 WLXE Rockville MD (near DC), rather weak
1610 nothing
1620 nothing
1630 a travel (?) information station for Northern VA Comm.Coll., whatever the callsign is.
1640 nothing
1650 WHKT Portsmouth, VA very weak but a bit stronger in afternoon
1660 usually nothing, by afternoon it's WWRU Jersey City, NJ
1670 nothing
1680 usually nothing, by afternoon it's WTTM Lindenwood, NJ
1690 WPTX Lexington Park, MD (near where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay) weak signal
1700 nothing

 

[gr8oldies]

Dayton OH
1530 WCKY Cincy
1540 very weak Decatur IN
1550 WDLR Delaware OH
1560 WCNW Fairfield OH
1570 WPTW Piqua OH
1580 WVKO Columbus/WIFE Connersville IN
1590 WSRW Hillsboro OH
1600 WULM Springfield OH
1610 nothing
1620
1630 KCJJ near sunset
1640 nothing
1650 nothing
1660 TIS "Information Radio" Kettering OH which illegally acts as a broadcast station at times
1670 WTDY Madison can hang in all day in the winter
1680 WPRR Ada MI near sunset, sometimes all day.
1690 WVON all day in winter at times
1700 nada

Lafayette IN
1530 WCKY Cinn
1540 Martinsville or Decatur IN
1550 WCVL Crawfordsville IN
1560 WRIN Rennsalear IN
1570 WILO Frankfort IN
1580 nothing
1590 WNTS Indianapolis
1600 WARU (?) Peru IN
1610
1620
1630 KCJJ sometimes
1640
1650
1660
1670 WTDY
1680
1690 WVON

 

[RadioDze]

Durham, NC

1530: WLLQ, Chapel Hill, NC (local)
1540: WYNC, Yanceyville, NC and hash from WLLQ
1550: faint WCLY, Raleigh, NC with other 1550s from region fading in such as one in Kingsport, TN
1560: WSBV, South Boston, VA
1570: WNCA, Siler City, NC
1580: WWDN, Danville, VA or WPGC, Morningside, MD
1590: WHPY, Clayton, NC
1600: WIDU, Fayetteville, NC
1610: TIS stations from RDU Int'l Airport WNBR-326 or Duke University WPHB-255
1620: Nothing
1630: WRNC, Warner-Robbins, GA
1640: Nothing
1650: WHKT, Portsmouth, VA
1660: WBCN, Charlotte, NC
1670: nothing
1680: TIS station from NCDOT
1690: nothing
1700: nothing

 

[stormy01]

Crystal Lake, IL - 30 miles NW of Chicago

1530: WJJG Elmhurst, IL
1540: KXEL Waterloo, IA very weak
1550: WZRK Lake Geneva, WI; WMAD Madison, WI
1560: WNWN Portage (Kalamazoo), MI
1570: WBGX Harvey, IL; WFRL Freeport, IL
1580: WTTN Columbus, WI
1590: WCGO Evanston, IL
1600: WAAM Ann Arbor, MI very weak
1610: IL DOT TIS Northfield, IL; WI DOT TIS Kenosha, WI
1620: Lake County, IL DOT TIS Lake Zurich, IL; WPNT South Bend, IN
1630: KCJJ Iowa City, IA very weak in winter, nonexistent summer
1640: WKSH Sussex (Milwaukee), WI
1650: Municipal TIS Aurora, IL
1660: WQLR Kalamazoo, MI very weak; Municipal TIS Palatine, IL; Municipal TIS Skokie, IL
1670: WTDY Madison, WI
1680: WPRR Ada (Grand Rapids), MI very weak in winter, nonexistent summer
1690: WVON Berwyn, IL
1700: Municipal/CVB TIS Racine, WI

 

[RyanHoward]

From the great town of Warminster PA:

1530: zippo
1540: WNWR Philly(ethnic)
1550: zippo
1560: sometimes WQEW New York
1570: WISP Doylestown(local religious)
1580: slop from WISP
1590: WPWA Chester PA(weak)
1600: zippo
1610: zippo
1620: zippo
1630: zippo
1640: local TIS station
1650: zippo
1660: zippo
1670: zippo
1680: WTTM Trenton NJ(Spanish)
1690-1710: zippo

 

[FreddyE1977]

from southern edge of Pittsburgh, PA

1530 - nothing until at least 3pm, then often WCKY, Cincinnati comes in late in the day
(was formerly WKTW, Jeanette, PA, moved to 770 several years ago)
1540 - nothing
1550 - WLFP, Braddock, PA
1560 - PennDOT TIS Station
1570 - WQTW, Latrobe, PA (very weak)
1580 - WANB, Waynesburg, PA (very weak)
1590 - WZUM, Carnegie, PA
1600 - WKKX, Wheeling, WV
1610 - PennDOT TIS Station (weak)
1620 - PennDOT TIS Station
1630 - nothing
1640 - nothing
1650 - PennDOT TIS Station
1660 - sometimes late-day catch of WQLR, Kalamzoo, MI (but generally nothing)
1670 - nothing
1680 - nothing
1690 - late-day catches of WPTX, Lexington Park, MD