AM Frequency of the Week: 1060

[cyberdad]

1060 is usually KDUS in Tempe here in San Diego at night. The 1060 in Northern California (KPAY) used to abe there occasionally, before the 1050 in The Bay Area bought it out so that the 1050 could increase power. Once I was up early on a school day, when I was in college, and WNOE was coming in pretty well. I only heard NOE once!

Welcome to the board, Gordon! You might have caught WNOE operating on day pattern/power at night. It wasn't a frequent occurance, but they were known to do that on occasion.

 

[icybluelake]

Usually nothing during the daytime except a faint hint of what I think is probably KFIL from Preston, MN. Nighttime is usually KYW, which is often a great signal. There have been occasions when I believe I heard XEEP, but I don't think I have ever IDed it. Also have heard CKMX, "Funny 1060," from Calgary, and WRHL from Rochelle, IL, which is supposed to be running 50 watts at night. Years ago, I'd sometimes hear WNOE from New Orleans. Maybe 10 or so years ago, on a few occasions I picked up the 1060 from Denver, which at the time was running business programming, and seemed to be accidentally running it at its full daytime power. But it's KYW most of the time at night, which means you can usually stay on top of Philadelphia traffic anytime you feel that you need to know about it.

 

[radioman148]

KYW is the big signal at night in the Chicago area, but once in awhile XEEP sneaks in.
Way way back during the fall & winter months, WNOE could be heard about an hour before sunset sometimes very well until
they powered down at New Orleans sunset.

 

[oldradiotapes]

Day, nothing

Nights, CKMX, though I stopped listening years ago when they flipped to country from easy listening. Note, of course, that evidently it can only be received "as far west as Battleground and Snohomish" (CKMX - Wikipedia) so I guess technically I'm too far south in Clark County to receive it... even though I do.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

From McGrath Alaska: 1060 CKMX Calgary at night

 

[bgfred]

@ HGR1290: We were down at my Folks place in Florida on a vacation. They lived in the relatively-new Villages, between Ocala and Leesburg. I was on the lawn in a beach chair with a drink just about sunset and waving around a barefoot GR SR II.

Despite a few indifferent fades with nothing else IDable, KYW was coming in. The wife, with her usual perfect timing, comes out just as they IDed. She's originally from outside Phiily.

'You came all the way down here with that nice radio just to hear THEM?' she asks.

I don't think many girls understand DX,

My wife sorta gets it... but only b/c her father worked for the Opry for ages, clear-channel skywave delivery of which was of course critical to its original success.

 

[Kevin]

I’m 20 miles North of Detroit and receive WLIB 1060 from Canton, Ohio during the daytime and KYW from Philadelphia at night.

 

[cyberdad]

Day, nothing

Nights, CKMX, though I stopped listening years ago when they flipped to country from easy listening.

CKMX is now comedy fulltime. Rare catch here in the Chicago area. But actually not all that uncommon on day pattern around sunset if you go about 100 miles north or west of here.

 

[oldradiotapes]

Yeah, I saw that mentioned on the Wiki page. I was like "a comedy format? Look how well that did here on 970 about 15 years ago". But then it's Canada, so maybe their taste in radio formats is different.