am 740

[davideduardo]

Let's not forget that CFZM's big signal certainly can get into Florida at night without breaking a sweat, so they should have been part of your mix on 740.

Wouldn't the Orlando station on 740 make reception in much of the state difficult? Beyond that, there are high-power YV's and HJ's that are listenable every night.

 

[KR4BD]

From My experience when visiting Florida, Orlando's 740 has VERY LIMITED night coverage despite its "high" power. Even in the area around the Orange Country Convention Center (International Dr), 740 is not that strong at night. The signal is highly concentrated in a narrow lobe to the EAST. If you go even a few miles north or south of Orlando, it fades FAST. DXers in Western Africa probably have no trouble receiving it at night, however.

 

[gar hi]

Let's not forget that CFZM's big signal certainly can get into Florida at night without breaking a sweat, so they should have been part of your mix on 740.

Wouldn't the Orlando station on 740 make reception in much of the state difficult? Beyond that, there are high-power YV's and HJ's that are listenable every night.

Where I am in Tampa, the Orlando station varies quite a bit at night.

There are times, especially this past week, where the Orlando station gets crushed by KTRH from Houston and I can also hear another talk station in the background too.

 

[cd637299]

If indeed 540 & 740 in Orlando are 50k fulltime, they gotta be THE weakest 50k fulltimers I've ever heard!

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[trusty]

If indeed 540 & 740 in Orlando are 50k fulltime, they gotta be THE weakest 50k fulltimers I've ever heard!

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Same towers.
(Actually both stations are very directional using 6 towers. I checked the antenna site (28° 28' 53" N, 81° 39' 43" W) and counted 7 towers. Methinks each station has its own main tower while both are using the same towers that create their patterns.)

 

[cyberdad]

Let's not forget that CFZM's big signal certainly can get into Florida at night without breaking a sweat, so they should have been part of your mix on 740.

Wouldn't the Orlando station on 740 make reception in much of the state difficult? Beyond that, there are high-power YV's and HJ's that are listenable every night.

I'm in Florida 3-4 times in a typical year.  IME, I'll hear CFZM once in a while, but most of the time they're either invisible or getting clobbered.  As for the 740 in Orlando, I've found them to be pretty much a non factor-outside of the Orlando metro. Elsewhere, one is more likely to hear the Latins in the mix.

As posted previously, any "protection" the FCC is giving CFZM strikes me as something of a joke....although they do have a killer nighttime signal where I live near Chicago, as well as in most of the Northeast and upper Midwest. Despite that, there are usually at least a couple of stations underneath at any given time/location.

 

[charlestondxman]

Both 540 and 740 can be heard in the Charleston area daytime. 740 is better with a better radio. 540 comes in on most radios. I also get 580 WDBO and a couple others.

740 here at night is usually Toronto, but Tulsa has come in several times (probably at least 6-8 times).

 

[travisl5678]

I'm geting in on this one a little late
Anyway, I live about 30 miles southeast of KCBS and it booms here during the day, I have a very cheap portable where I can here it anyway on the dial, it comes in over even other 50Kwers in the area, such as KNBR and KGO