Far Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.....
Days: Basically empty. I used to get a weak signal from the long-gone WGLC from Mendota, IL, about 75 miles to my southwest. They were 1kw non-directional IIRC.
Nights: Usually all KAAY. Once in a while WBAL underneath, but that's rare. Most nights KAAY is fair at best, not as strong as it was in its top-40 days before the site deteriorated and was subsequently rebuilt. BUT....yesterday morning, 10/16, before sunrise, it was absolutely blasting before sunrise, so I presume they were running non-directional. Great audio and splattering all over WTAM. KAAY is typicall all alone during nighttime hours, but in addition to WBAL, I've also heard WISS and WKBZ underneath, (WISS, from Rice Lake, WI is 5kw non-directional and supposed to be a daytimer).
Sunrise-Sunset. WBAL once in a while will completely take over 1090 when on non-directional day pattern. Not often, but it happens. Same goes for WKBZ (ex-WMUS) from Muskegon, MI.
Other Location: As those of you who have spent time on the Europe/Arctic SDRs know, Sports Talk London (actually 1089khz) has a monster signal. I can tell you from my years of going to London 1-2 times every year, that their local signal in London is also one of the best....if not THE best. Always strong in my hotel in Mayfair, regardless of what room they put me in. I don't know what their listenership was like overall, but IME, it was all but impossible to get into a cab and not hear it. The drivers were avid listeners, to put it mildly.
Days: Basically empty. I used to get a weak signal from the long-gone WGLC from Mendota, IL, about 75 miles to my southwest. They were 1kw non-directional IIRC.
Nights: Usually all KAAY. Once in a while WBAL underneath, but that's rare. Most nights KAAY is fair at best, not as strong as it was in its top-40 days before the site deteriorated and was subsequently rebuilt. BUT....yesterday morning, 10/16, before sunrise, it was absolutely blasting before sunrise, so I presume they were running non-directional. Great audio and splattering all over WTAM. KAAY is typicall all alone during nighttime hours, but in addition to WBAL, I've also heard WISS and WKBZ underneath, (WISS, from Rice Lake, WI is 5kw non-directional and supposed to be a daytimer).
Sunrise-Sunset. WBAL once in a while will completely take over 1090 when on non-directional day pattern. Not often, but it happens. Same goes for WKBZ (ex-WMUS) from Muskegon, MI.
Other Location: As those of you who have spent time on the Europe/Arctic SDRs know, Sports Talk London (actually 1089khz) has a monster signal. I can tell you from my years of going to London 1-2 times every year, that their local signal in London is also one of the best....if not THE best. Always strong in my hotel in Mayfair, regardless of what room they put me in. I don't know what their listenership was like overall, but IME, it was all but impossible to get into a cab and not hear it. The drivers were avid listeners, to put it mildly.
In addition, I've heard WBAL in Baltimore a few times.