Just for kicks, as I was driving on E. 55th street in Cleveland between 4:30 and 5:00pm, I dialed up 1000 AM on my car radio. Wow. What a surprise when I heard music. It was modern contemporary Christian music. The signal was out-of-town weak. Hanging around to find out what it was, it turned out to be Educational Media Foundation's "Air-1". This was surprising as I didn't think that EMF went in for AM stations. Right at 5:00 pm, I heard, through the hiss and noise, "Akron", and I think, "Moreland Hills". The actual calls were not understandable. Listening after dark for a very brief moment, I heard music, again, but could not make out any specifics. I thought I might hear 50,000 watt AM1000 out of Chicago, but I didn't hear any sports talk.
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Could have been WCCD out of Parma but they're not an EMF station. Matter of fact, EMF doesn't own any AM stations. WCCD is a daytimer station also currently at 500 watts but has a construction permit to drop to 200 watts and move transmitter to North Roylaton, if they haven't done so already. Could it have been a pirate or a local church maybe broadcasting on that frequency with one of those little FM Ebay transmitters? Only other stations I could find with a religious music format were WKLF out of Clanton, Alabama but they're a daytimer also. The mystery deepens.......
Has WCCD managed to find a spot for their temporary antenna and get back on air with any appreciable power? I've not heard them on the air over Parma at all.
I'm on an AM1000 kick for now. I'd like to read what others are hearing on that frequency. Here's my scoop:
On Wednesday morning 10/9/24, I tuned in in my car radio at about 8:12 am in the Woodland/E.55th area of Cleveland. I heard a very weak signal with an announcer who said "ESPN, Chicago". That, of course, is WMVP (Formerly Top 40 powerhouse WCFL back-in-the=day). The next time I tuned in around noon, as I drove to a restaurant for lunch, I heard "Air-1". The quality of the signal was better than yesterday, but still shaky. I had a portable radio with me and tried to tune in to AM1000 on that. No sound/signal. When driving near 5:00pm, the Air-1 feed continued. At the top-of-the-hour I heard three ID's, one for 92.7 in Cleveland, one for WKDD HD2 in Akron, and one other that got blurred out by weak signal noise. So, I checked 92.7 FM and it was the same programming.
No mention of Air-1 being on AM1000.
I went on to check my car radio after 8:00 pm and I heard, pretty clearly, sports on AM1000 (50,000 watt WMVP in Chicago). I was also hearing, quite clearly, WMVP on a radio I have in the house as I tuned in after 10:00 pm.
What's going on? Who's grabbing EMF's "Air-1" broadcast and placing it on AM1000, and from where? If they are doing it like a daytime-only station, why wasn't the music on at 8:00 am? Daytime is here by that time. I'd like to find out when, and how, it starts and ends each day. All I've heard is a straight feed from Air-1. God only knows.
On Wednesday morning 10/9/24, I tuned in in my car radio at about 8:12 am in the Woodland/E.55th area of Cleveland. I heard a very weak signal with an announcer who said "ESPN, Chicago". That, of course, is WMVP (Formerly Top 40 powerhouse WCFL back-in-the=day). The next time I tuned in around noon, as I drove to a restaurant for lunch, I heard "Air-1". The quality of the signal was better than yesterday, but still shaky. I had a portable radio with me and tried to tune in to AM1000 on that. No sound/signal. When driving near 5:00pm, the Air-1 feed continued. At the top-of-the-hour I heard three ID's, one for 92.7 in Cleveland, one for WKDD HD2 in Akron, and one other that got blurred out by weak signal noise. So, I checked 92.7 FM and it was the same programming.
No mention of Air-1 being on AM1000.
I went on to check my car radio after 8:00 pm and I heard, pretty clearly, sports on AM1000 (50,000 watt WMVP in Chicago). I was also hearing, quite clearly, WMVP on a radio I have in the house as I tuned in after 10:00 pm.
What's going on? Who's grabbing EMF's "Air-1" broadcast and placing it on AM1000, and from where? If they are doing it like a daytime-only station, why wasn't the music on at 8:00 am? Daytime is here by that time. I'd like to find out when, and how, it starts and ends each day. All I've heard is a straight feed from Air-1. God only knows.
Well it's definitely not my Part 15. I'm on 990 and usually playing Easy Listening music. (if my little signal makes it out of my basment room to the corner of the block on a good day it's a miracle)
So Massillon won't come complaining any time soon about you infringing on their signal?Well it's definitely not my Part 15. I'm on 990 and usually playing Easy Listening music. (if my little signal makes it out of my basment room to the corner of the block on a good day it's a miracle)
If WCCD is on the air, why do I not hear a legal ID mentioning them at the top of the hour? Looking at both coverage maps on the radio locator site, the City of Cleveland is right in its main coverage area, yet, the "Air-1" programming heard is weak and sounds like an out-of-town station... and I'm listening in the City of Cleveland.
Saturday 10/12/2024 before 5:00pm. I was driving, put on AM1000 and heard nothing but static.
Saturday 1012/2024 after sundown, before 8:00 pm. Driving, and heard, through loud noise, the "Air-1" feed.
Saturday 1012/2024 after sundown, before 8:00 pm. Driving, and heard, through loud noise, the "Air-1" feed.
VintageMac
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I checked now and I can hear it. Signal sounds weak yet on my meter shows 8 out of 10. I'm in Parma area.
why wouldnt it be legal? If they have permission from EMF to rebroadcast Air1 and theyre operating under the parameters of their STA, then as far as i understand the rules, its very legal.
I am hearing AM 1000 loud and clear in Shaker Heights (over the city line). It's cross talking into my first adjacent 990 AM part 15 signal.
I'm trying to listen enough to catch a legal ID in 10 minutes
VintageMac
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But they're broadcasting in the evening and I thought they were daytime only.
1000 is a clear channel for Chicago. Nobody else should be on there in this part of the country.
VintageMac
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That's what I thought. I posted around 9:30 PM yesterday so WCCD should have been off.
It's definitely a city grade signal, low power but wide enough to spill into the 1st adjacent 990 and 1010. Probably no processing or NRSC filtering, the audio sounds flat but clean for what it is.
you left off what time of day you were hearing them originally in your "isnt this illegal" so i was going on what i could infer from your post
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