Somebody's gotta re-launch this. Just as well me as the next guy, so here goes.... 1290. No particular reason. I don't remember all the channels we've already covered....other than it was most, if not all, of them. So with apologies if we've been here before, here we go again....
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago (feels good to be typing that again).
Days: A very weak WZTI from Milwaukee. 5kw with a major lobe to the north, smaller lobe south. Basically all the signal along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Not much aimed in my direction (southwest).
Night: WIRL (Peoria) rules. In this case the 5kw is aimed right at me (almost). The Omaha 1290 occasionally butts in. WHIO (Dayton) intrudes less frequently.
(During my college days in southeast Iowa in the late '60s, WIRL was a regular daytime listen for me with a well-executed top 40 format. At night, they disappeared when they nulled in the direction of Omaha).
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago (feels good to be typing that again).
Days: A very weak WZTI from Milwaukee. 5kw with a major lobe to the north, smaller lobe south. Basically all the signal along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Not much aimed in my direction (southwest).
Night: WIRL (Peoria) rules. In this case the 5kw is aimed right at me (almost). The Omaha 1290 occasionally butts in. WHIO (Dayton) intrudes less frequently.
(During my college days in southeast Iowa in the late '60s, WIRL was a regular daytime listen for me with a well-executed top 40 format. At night, they disappeared when they nulled in the direction of Omaha).
