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AM Frequency of The Week: 1300
- Thread starter crainbebo
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In Northern Il it's Radio Disney from La Grange, Il or sometimes Grand Rapids, Mi.
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musicman3355
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Down here 1300 AM belongs to local KAZN, which carries Asian programming.
Near SF
KKOL Seatle
KKOL Seatle
The daytime local here in NE PA is what I still call WXXX, Hazleton. They've gone through more letters than Sajak and Vanna White over the years. (In fact, as I type this ... whoops! .... They've changed again. Now they're WKZN....)
At night it's another alphabet-soup affair -- the big regional from Baltimore now called WJZ, previously known best perhaps for their calls WFBR.
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Back in 'the days' near Laurelton Queens County (ten feet from Long Island), the major AMer on 1300 in the day was WAVZ New Haven. When brand-new WRRC from Rockland County came on the air, a 500-watt Top 40 for a while on the other side of the Hudson, they were pretty easy in a WAVZ null.
Sunset catches in Laurelton were WJDA Quincy MA, the above-mentioned Hazleton, WTHT Lebanon PA, and WQBK Rennsalaer NY. Nighttimes it was that same WFBR Baltimore, occasionally mixing with WERE Cleveland (which itself was very steady overnight when everything was off) and rarer ones from Florida and Puerto Rico when the Aurora was blaze.
1300 had been an incredibly shoehorned frequency into Metro NYC. Out here in the Anthracite Hills, though, 30 or so years later, it actually can sound like a nostalgic reginal channel at times.
At night it's another alphabet-soup affair -- the big regional from Baltimore now called WJZ, previously known best perhaps for their calls WFBR.
* * * * *
Back in 'the days' near Laurelton Queens County (ten feet from Long Island), the major AMer on 1300 in the day was WAVZ New Haven. When brand-new WRRC from Rockland County came on the air, a 500-watt Top 40 for a while on the other side of the Hudson, they were pretty easy in a WAVZ null.
Sunset catches in Laurelton were WJDA Quincy MA, the above-mentioned Hazleton, WTHT Lebanon PA, and WQBK Rennsalaer NY. Nighttimes it was that same WFBR Baltimore, occasionally mixing with WERE Cleveland (which itself was very steady overnight when everything was off) and rarer ones from Florida and Puerto Rico when the Aurora was blaze.
1300 had been an incredibly shoehorned frequency into Metro NYC. Out here in the Anthracite Hills, though, 30 or so years later, it actually can sound like a nostalgic reginal channel at times.
Here in my area, its WIMG from Trenton in the day, and Baltimore's WJZ at night.
SW Ohio
Days
Lexington KY WXLG Day Power 5kW ND weak
SunSet Skip/SunRise Skip
SSS Nashville TN WNQM Daytime - Day Power 50KW ND
SSS Harrisonburg VA WKCY Day Power - 5.7KW ND PSRA Power -.5KW ND
SRS Morristown TN WMTN Day Power - 5KW ND
SSS Mason City IA KGLO Day Power - 5KW DA
Back in the day...many more.
Days
Lexington KY WXLG Day Power 5kW ND weak
SunSet Skip/SunRise Skip
SSS Nashville TN WNQM Daytime - Day Power 50KW ND
SSS Harrisonburg VA WKCY Day Power - 5.7KW ND PSRA Power -.5KW ND
SRS Morristown TN WMTN Day Power - 5KW ND
SSS Mason City IA KGLO Day Power - 5KW DA
Back in the day...many more.
At home:
Daytime, using only a small radio's built-in antenna - typically nothing.
Daytime, using a Select-A-Tenna - a weak to moderate signal from KROP Brawley, CA.
Nighttime - usually a weak to moderate signal from KAZN Pasadena, CA.
At my grandma's house in San Gabriel, CA - The G8 reported an 85,25 signal in this picture, taken from her front yard. A light from a tower is visible in the background. (I used the flash with a stopped-down aperture, which resulted in a dark background (also from the fast shutter speed). IIRC it was still somewhat daylight at the time.) The station is KAZN Pasadena. I've actually seen the signal strength sometimes reported higher, like 87,25 or 88,25 for example, then after a second or two dropped down to something more like 83,25 or thereabouts.
Across the street from there, I get a tie for the strongest signal I've ever seen on the G8.
Any suggestions on a pocket radio (preferably not analog/dial tuned) with which I could get a listenable signal from 1290 KKDD San Bernardino at her house without any interference of any kind (whether it be desense or splatter) from KAZN 1300? According to Radio-Locator's estimated coverage maps, she's about halfway between the 500µV/m and 150µV/m contours for KKDD. I realize that 1110 KDIS has the same programming on a 50kW from less than 5 miles away, but they run IBOC and limit their analog bandwidth to about 5kHz, whereas KKDD from what I can tell (when I've been in their strong signal coverage area) has full analog 10kHz bandwidth. Unfortunately, my Tecsun PL-380, which is supposed to have excellent selectivity, struggles severely with several stations within about 60-100kHz or so for which she is within the predicted 2mV/m contour, and the signal bleeds almost all the way to the top the band on the Sony SRF-M37W (only to be overtaken around 1430 and above by a 50kW station on that same frequency using the same towers, one of which can be seen in one of the linked photos.
Daytime, using only a small radio's built-in antenna - typically nothing.
Daytime, using a Select-A-Tenna - a weak to moderate signal from KROP Brawley, CA.
Nighttime - usually a weak to moderate signal from KAZN Pasadena, CA.
At my grandma's house in San Gabriel, CA - The G8 reported an 85,25 signal in this picture, taken from her front yard. A light from a tower is visible in the background. (I used the flash with a stopped-down aperture, which resulted in a dark background (also from the fast shutter speed). IIRC it was still somewhat daylight at the time.) The station is KAZN Pasadena. I've actually seen the signal strength sometimes reported higher, like 87,25 or 88,25 for example, then after a second or two dropped down to something more like 83,25 or thereabouts.
Across the street from there, I get a tie for the strongest signal I've ever seen on the G8.
Any suggestions on a pocket radio (preferably not analog/dial tuned) with which I could get a listenable signal from 1290 KKDD San Bernardino at her house without any interference of any kind (whether it be desense or splatter) from KAZN 1300? According to Radio-Locator's estimated coverage maps, she's about halfway between the 500µV/m and 150µV/m contours for KKDD. I realize that 1110 KDIS has the same programming on a 50kW from less than 5 miles away, but they run IBOC and limit their analog bandwidth to about 5kHz, whereas KKDD from what I can tell (when I've been in their strong signal coverage area) has full analog 10kHz bandwidth. Unfortunately, my Tecsun PL-380, which is supposed to have excellent selectivity, struggles severely with several stations within about 60-100kHz or so for which she is within the predicted 2mV/m contour, and the signal bleeds almost all the way to the top the band on the Sony SRF-M37W (only to be overtaken around 1430 and above by a 50kW station on that same frequency using the same towers, one of which can be seen in one of the linked photos.
I used to get a Classic Rock Station on 1300 back in 2008/09
but haven't heard it in a long time.
Usually its just slop if it wasn't that Rocker.
Not sure where it came from but I always distinctly remember hearing an announcer say "The Beatles" in a thick Mexican accent during a fading station ID.
but haven't heard it in a long time.
Usually its just slop if it wasn't that Rocker.
Not sure where it came from but I always distinctly remember hearing an announcer say "The Beatles" in a thick Mexican accent during a fading station ID.
1300 in Vermilion, OH is a fuzzy WJMO/Cleveland, OH with gospel music and nights it's a mess.
Updating 1300 in Bellevue, WA.
KKOL dominates day and night. (Local)
KAPL Jacksonville, OR usually fights with KKOL at sunset, and sometimes even late night hours.
KLER Orofino, ID is another sunset "fighter" and for the last several nights, has topped KKOL with day power.
Also-for a few nights in late summer 2011 I was getting KCMY Carson City, NV u/ KKOL. Never heard since. Also never heard KACI from The Dalles, OR. Should look for that one.
-crainbebo
KKOL dominates day and night. (Local)
KAPL Jacksonville, OR usually fights with KKOL at sunset, and sometimes even late night hours.
KLER Orofino, ID is another sunset "fighter" and for the last several nights, has topped KKOL with day power.
Also-for a few nights in late summer 2011 I was getting KCMY Carson City, NV u/ KKOL. Never heard since. Also never heard KACI from The Dalles, OR. Should look for that one.
-crainbebo
cyberdad said:
All of the above and used to hear WERE (WJMO) Cleveland overnights and WFRX West Frankfort, Illinois near sunset...not recently, though...WRDZ was never that great a signal in the NW suburbs even before IBOC was used. KGLO comes in better in the winter...radioman148 said:
Definitely hear WOOD more consistently once they upgraded to 20kW.
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