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AM Frequency of the Week: 1030

Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: WNVR with good signal
Nightime: WBZ

DX/RETRO: According to my log book, WNVR first came on the air on March 1st, 1988 with a 0.5kW single tower located next to pet cemetery in Vernon Hill, IL. It was only a mile and a half away from where I used to work. They moved to their current site near Crystal Lake around 2003. They kept changing their power throughout the years. Currently they are licensed for 10kW daytime, 3.2 kW critical hours and 0.12 kW nighttime. At one point in 2010 WNVR applied for 27 kW daytime, 8 kw critical hours, 0.21 kw daytime, but nothing came out of it. As noted by others their daytime signal is good, but at night they disappear letting WBZ rule the frequency. Despite WBZ at night I managed to heard few other stations including KCTA (Corpus Cristi, TX), KTWO (Casper, WY), KFAY (Farmington, AR), WQSE (White Bluff, TN), WCTS (Maplewood, MN), WGSF (Memphis, TN), WWBG (Indian Head, MD), WNOW (Mint Hill, NC), WEBS (Calhoun, GA), WONQ (Oviedo, FL), WUFL (Sterling Heights, MI) and XEQR (Mexico City).
 
CADXER said:
According to my log book, WNVR first came on the air on March 1st, 1988 with a 0.5kW single tower located next to pet cemetery in Vernon Hill, IL. It was only a mile and a half away from where I used to work. They moved to their current site near Crystal Lake around 2003. They kept changing their power throughout the years. Currently they are licensed for 10kW daytime, 3.2 kW critical hours and 0.12 kW nighttime. At one point in 2010 WNVR applied for 27 kW daytime, 8 kw critical hours, 0.21 kw daytime,
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I remember that 27kw CP..... and wondering what it was supposed to acomplish.
 
From south Overland Park, Kansas:

I am late to the 1030 kHz party.

Day: A strong KCWJ, 5 kW, 3-tower directional aimed southwest, directly at my location. This pattern is clearly intended to protect WHO in Des Moines on 1040 kHz.

KCWJ-AM Radio Station Coverage Map

Night: KCWJ powers down to 500 watts. While still aimed at my direction, this signal is only listenable for about an hour after sunset. WBZ clearly begins to mix with and then at times, overtake the KCWJ signal. Sadly, at night neither signal is truly listenable. If it were not for KCWJ, WBZ would be listeninable even at 1,267 miles from the their transmitter site in Hull, Massachusetts.

Bob
 
DXBob said:
From south Overland Park, Kansas:

I am late to the 1030 kHz party.

Day: A strong KCWJ, 5 kW, 3-tower directional aimed southwest, directly at my location. This pattern is clearly intended to protect WHO in Des Moines on 1040 kHz.

KCWJ-AM Radio Station Coverage Map

Night: KCWJ powers down to 500 watts. While still aimed at my direction, this signal is only listenable for about an hour after sunset. WBZ clearly begins to mix with and then at times, overtake the KCWJ signal. Sadly, at night neither signal is truly listenable. If it were not for KCWJ, WBZ would be listeninable even at 1,267 miles from the their transmitter site in Hull, Massachusetts.

Bob
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When what's now KCWJ came on, I was staying two or three times a year at the La Quinta Inn in Lenexa at I-35 and 95th street. I forget the original call letters, but I remember the night signal getting routinely trashed by WBZ and splatter from WHO and KDKA.,
 
cyberdad said:
When what's now KCWJ came on, I was staying two or three times a year at the La Quinta Inn in Lenexa at I-35 and 95th street. I forget the original call letters, but I remember the night signal getting routinely trashed by WBZ and splatter from WHO and KDKA.
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I am located further south and east of that location near 143rd and Metcalf in Overland Park. However, my experience has been much the same with a bit less splatter from WHO and KDKA.

Bob
 
Last night, driving home a little after 1AM, I heard a station almost local on 1030 but couldn't ID it. When I got home I checked the closest SDR which is Athens, GA and it was there but seriously degraded. At 2AM they gave the TOH ID and it was WONQ.
 
Right now 1030 at night -- on my PR-D5 -- is a mix reminiscent of the early 2010's: KMAS with CBS Sports Radio, KTWO with C2C, and KDUN peeking up in the background with classic hits. Famous DJ Delilah has apparently gotten KDUN back on the air. I heard reports it was back on. Heard some music on the morning of September 11th.... and it's apparently on now.
 
West Central Georgia - Days this frequency is silent.
At night I can occasionally hear WBZ very late in the evening and would like to listen to it more often. Usually this frequency is full of Spanish language stations: WGSF Memphis and WONQ Orlando that should be broadcasting at very low power at night, and WNOW Mint Hill/Charlotte which is the most common, broadcasting a strong 9600 watts at night when it should be daytime only. And in the early morning hours around 4-5am EST, KCTA Corpus Christi TX signs on in the Central Time Zone really really early with a 50,000 watt signal when it should be broadcasting daytime only.
 
WahooWah said:
...... in the early morning hours around 4-5am EST, KCTA Corpus Christi TX signs on in the Central Time Zone really really early with a 50,000 watt signal when it should be broadcasting daytime only.
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KCTA may have a PSA (Pre sunrise authorization) allowing them to sign on with 50kw at Boston's sunrise instead of their own in Corpus Christi. The only times I've heard KCTA here in the Chicago area have been right around sunrise.
 
cyberdad said:
KCTA may have a PSA (Pre sunrise authorization) allowing them to sign on with 50kw at Boston's sunrise instead of their own in Corpus Christi. The only times I've heard KCTA here in the Chicago area have been right around sunrise.
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That is correct. I believe I've heard them mention this in their sign on/signoff announcements. As a result, they can sign on as early as 5:00 am EDT in the summer. In January, Boston sunrise is after 7:00 am EST. They sign off at Corpus Christi sunset
 
cyberdad said:
KCTA may have a PSA (Pre sunrise authorization) allowing them to sign on with 50kw at Boston's sunrise instead of their own in Corpus Christi. The only times I've heard KCTA here in the Chicago area have been right around sunrise.
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Same here. I've heard KCTA just before sunrise here in the Chicago area after WBZ has faded into the daylight.
 
South Mississippi:

Day- nothing
Critical hours: KCTA Corpus Christi
Night- WGSF Memphis, WBZ Boston. WEBS Calhoun, GA was the strongest last time I checked.
 
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