AM Frequency of the Week - 1080 kHz

[Buckeyes2001]

What can you get on 1080 AM?

For me in Vermilion, OH I get nothing during the day and at night I get IBOC hash from an unknown source with several 1080s heard underneath it. What puzzles me is I don't have anything coming in particularly strong on 1070 or 1090 (although the latter is usually covered up by WTAM's IBOC)

 

[KR4BD]

WFNI-1070 has one OF THE MOST OBNOXIOUS IBLOCKS on the AM dial. I wish they would GO AWAY with it...!!!

 

[vibe]

In Central Mass it's a weak WTIC from 65 mi. At night the signal is much weaker than WBAL 1090 from 300 mi/ In SW Fla it's a weak KRLD at night. I've gotten a catfight between WTIC and KRLD on many early mornings along I 81 in Virginia.

 

[Schroedingers Cat]

I would think you would get a 50 uV/m signal from both WOAP and WWNL (legacy call letters WEEP) near Vermilion, Buckeyes2001.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

I would think you would get a 50 uV/m signal from both WOAP and WWNL (legacy call letters WEEP) near Vermilion, Buckeyes2001.

I'll have to try 1080 again tomorrow on my car radio in an interference-free area and see if I can hear those stations. Too much lightning static today with these storms that came through.

 

[Fenway1912]

Chicago was always a battle between WTIC and KRLD with Dallas winning most nights.

 

[N4GBK]

From NE NC car radio. 1080 days WWDR Murfreesboro, NC. Sunrise/sunset WTIC Hartford, CT and WWNL Pittsburgh, PA.

 

[radioman148]

In the near north Chicago suburbs it's semi-local WNWI with KRLD & a much weaker WTIC underneath.
In the days before WNWI had a night license it was KRLD & a stronger WTIC.

 

[schmave]

1080 is just jumble here in central Ohio at night. WTIC used to come in considerably stronger here (maybe 5/10, now it's lucky to be 2/10). I can still hear some Red Sox games at night, but very few.
KRLD rarely gets here, but the colder it is the better the chance. The only time I've heard it strong for any period of time was a rainy day in January 2007, around 6 p.m. or so here. It certainly was before the pattern change to protect Hartford.

 

[RyanHoward]

Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs):

Daytime: mostly zippo, maybe a small trace of WTIC from Hartford, CT.
Night: WTIC almost all the time, never got KRLD from Dallas here.

 

[KR4BD]

1080 in Lexington, KY

Daytime: WKJK Louisville and WFNI I-Block Noise

Night: WKJK, KRLD (rare)

Have heard WTIC and Pittsburgh when it was WEEP just before sunrise here in Cental KY...but both are rare.

 

[KA7PAT]

In the Portland area it is (local) KFXX 1080 The Fan with ESPN sports.

 

[tomservo]

Near Mobile, Alabama it's nothing during the day and nights are sometimes KRLD but often a jumbled mess of unidentifiable stations.

At home, specifically, I can't get anything day or night because of some unknown localized interference. DSL or an alarm, maybe. Any possible signal on 1080 would be under WNVY 1070's slop from Pensacola on a good radio, anyway.

 

[cyberdad]

In the near north Chicago suburbs it's semi-local WNWI with KRLD & a much weaker WTIC underneath.
In the days before WNWI had a night license it was KRLD & a stronger WTIC.

I'm about 30 miles west of Radioman, so once again, my results are similar....

Day: WNWI fair. Before they came on, the now-defunct WPOK from Pontiac, IL used to be audible here with a very weak signal. It was a 1kw ND daytimer, IIRC.

Night: WNWI still has a pretty decent signal. Their night pattern is pretty much aimed right at me. KRLD is usually what's underneath, WTIC sneaks in every so often. Even before WNWI came on at night, WTIC never had much of a signal here after sunset. They were an easier catch when non-directional during critical hours. WOAP from Michigan also used to show up from time to time around sunrise/sunset.

 

[crainbebo]

Days-nothing

Night-KFXX Portland, OR common with sports talk. Also hear KVNI Coeur d'Alene, ID under, also with ESPN Sports. One time I did get KRLD Fort Worth, with a mention of "Fort Worth", then the "bong" and start of TOH CBS News.

-crainbebo

 

[cd637299]

Day & night, WHIM Coral Gables FL....although even at 50k day & 20k night, it really is not a powerhouse. Radio Cadena Habana in Cuba easily takes over, once you get to the Keys, or probably aywhere outta the WHIM beams.

cd

 

[foreverchanges1975]

Memphis:

splatter day and night from local 1070 WDIA. KRLD can ocassionally be heard through the static at night.

 

[jd]

In East Texas near Tyler during the day it's a good signal from KRLD. At night though, as I posted in another thread, KRLD takes a beating. Lately a Cuban station ("Radio Cadena Habana") has been either equal strength or overpowering KRLD. Also heard occasionally is a weak WKJK, and until recently a weak XETUL from near Mexico City.

Even before WNWI came on at night, WTIC never had much of a signal here after sunset. They were an easier catch when non-directional during critical hours.

Actually WTIC doesn't switch during critical hours but they are a special case, however, in that they don't have to go to their night pattern until sunset at KRLD. That was a point of contention with a past application for nighttime authorization for WOAP (and a move from Owasso to Waverly MI). They convinced the FCC that WTIC should not be afforded the usual protection during that window in the evening; the FCC modified WTIC's license to reflect that their signal would be protected to the groundwave contour during that time, not their nighttime skywave. After all that, WOAP didn't follow through on their application and remains a daytimer, although they do have a flea-power PSSA.

One time I did get KRLD Fort Worth, with a mention of "Fort Worth", then the "bong" and start of TOH CBS News.

Not to be persnickety, but KRLD is licensed to Dallas and id's as "Dallas-Fort Worth." Transmitter is in Garland, northeast of downtown Big D.

 

[dave73]

From Gary, IN I get WNWI Oak Lawn, IL during the day, but some splatter at night.

 

[ddsparxx]

Northern VA,

Days, extremely weak WWNL Pittsburgh. Nights it's WTIC, sometimes something underneath it, possibly a Cuban station.