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AM Frequency of the Week - 1260 kHz

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Buckeyes2001

What do you all get on 1260 AM?

Here in Vermilion, OH it is a very weak WWMK/Cleveland, OH which is a Radio Disney Affiliate. Despite their 10 kW daytime signal, I can barely hear them here due to their directional pattern and sharp null in my direction. At night it is a jumble of stations though recently I was able to ID WCHV/Charlottesville, VA around 9pm Eastern Time.
 
Here in suburban Rochester NY, during the day it's now mostly IBOC splat from WHTK 1280, a mile and change to my south. (Pre-IBOC, it was a weak Syracuse 1260, 70 miles to the east.) At night it's a jumble, with Cleveland dominant as often as not, but Erie, Washington and Boston have all popped in, too.
 
In Miami, it's only WSUA (50k day, 20k night), with IBOC 24/7 to boot.

Speaking of 1260, the ones in Erie PA & Cleveland are only 90 miles apart, both w/ 5k nights! Is anyone here on the board between the two cities? Would love to know how it sounds....

cd
 
I drive between the two cities fairly often. Both 1260s are located south of their respective cities and are VERY directional. By day, 1260 Erie is already useless before you get to the Ohio state line, 24 miles west of Erie, and 1260 Cleveland falls apart by the time you hit the Lake County line, 20 miles or so east of Cleveland...and at night it gets even uglier.
 
Scott Fybush said:
I drive between the two cities fairly often. Both 1260s are located south of their respective cities and are VERY directional. By day, 1260 Erie is already useless before you get to the Ohio state line, 24 miles west of Erie, and 1260 Cleveland falls apart by the time you hit the Lake County line, 20 miles or so east of Cleveland...and at night it gets even uglier.
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!260 out of Cleveland is very directional to the north both day and night. I grew up in Lake County east of Cleveland back when 1260 was the Top 40 powerhouse WIXY 1260. But even back then most of us out east of Cleveland tended to listen to CKLW out of Windsor/Detroit because it came in much clearer particularly at night than did WIXY.
 
As I recall, WDOK...WIXY...WWMK used to be a lot less directional when it was 5000 watts day.

You can still hear it in SE Michigan when WXYT has its IBOC off. I think they had to decrease overlap with WXYT when they upgraded to 10 kW daytime.

With Lake Erie and a section of Canada with good conductivity, Cleveland stations come in surprisingly well in the daytime in SE Michigan, all the way up to WHK 1420 in the WFLT null and minor lobe directions. With CBE off, WBCO Bucyrus comes in much of the time on 1540, and usually not Cleveland's 1540, WABQ...WWGK.
 
Here in High Bridge NJ it is in the day a fairly solid WFJS Trenton NJ, which will always be WBUD in my opinion, I kinda miss that station with their oldies. At night they are gone and it's jumble, no one really dominates. At sunset Syracuse and Phillipsburg PA put in some good signals.
 
In Bothell/Bellevue, WA it's nothing days and a mix of KLYC McMinnville, OR (Oldies, 850w N), KTRP Boise, ID (Classic Country, 1kw N) and CFRN Edmonton, AB (Sports, 50kw) at night, depending on conditions. I also have heard KPOW Powell, WY (Country) on occasion as well.

-crainbebo
 
During the day I get WSKO The Score 1260 out of Syracuse, NY. At night it is a mix of WSKO and Radio Disney. Both Boston and Cleveland have 5kw Radio Disney stations and Ive never confirmed it as one or the other, perhaps its both coming in randomly. From the direction of my loop I want to say its Cleveland.
 
From just south of downtown St. Petersburg,FL during the day, 1260 is nothing but IBOC hash from 1250 - WHNZ-Tampa;

at night it is WSUA, 1260, Miami.

drt
 
Dayton, Ohio area, WNDE Indianapolis day and night, with an assorted mess of other stations at night. How many Radio Disney stations are on 1260? I've recieved the Belleview (sp?) IL RD affiliate near St. Louis in Tennessee.
 
From Lexington, KY on 1260:

Daytime:

WNXT Portsmouth, OH (in splatter from semi-local WLRT-1250)

Night Time:
WNDE Indianapolis, IN

Sunrise/Sunset/DX

WDKN Dickson, TN
WNOO Chattanooga, TN
 
Manassas, VA

Semilocal WWRC 1260 in DC with right wing talk, with slight slop from another talker WKDL 1250 Warrenton, VA which is not too far from DC. At night, I hear usually a jumble of stations, including CKHJ Fredericton, New Brunswick with a country format.
 
Crystal Lake, IL:

Daytime:

WEKZ Monroe, WI
WSDZ Belleville, IL (sometimes mid-day in winter)
WPNW Zeeland, MI

Nighttime:

WNDZ Indianapolis, IN
WSDZ Belleville, IL
 
I'm only a few miles from Stormy. So my results are very similar. The only thing I'd add is that IME, WSDZ is more common and more likely to be on top at night than WNDZ. WEKZ is "top dog" daytime, but weak.
 
BobSmolarek said:
Here in High Bridge NJ it is in the day a fairly solid WFJS Trenton NJ, which will always be WBUD in my opinion, I kinda miss that station with their oldies. At night they are gone and it's jumble, no one really dominates. At sunset Syracuse and Phillipsburg PA put in some good signals.
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Same here in Warminster PA. WFJS in the daytime, who knows what at night.
 
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