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AM Frequency of the Week - 1310 kHz

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Buckeyes2001

What do you all get on 1310 kHz?

Here in Vermilion, OH it is just slop from WOBL 1320 (Oberlin, OH) during the day and a jumble of stations at night with less WOBL splatter. WDTW used to be there but it went off the air beginning of this year.
 
Here in Charleston daytime it is WDKD Kingstree, SC, an ESPN sports station now. For several years, they simulcasted an FM soft rock station, and ran a variety hits format called "Frank."
 
From Houston: a weak KTCK Dallas. 25kw days, 5kW nights. I've had KEZM Sulphur, LA targetting Lake Charles on a couple of occasions. 500 Watt days, never caught them at night.

Not the best DX frequency here with KXYZ next door.
 
In Marysville, WA it's usually nothing by day (maybe KNPT Newport OR in dead winter, ditto KZXR Prosser WA).

Sunset is usually a mix of KNPT Newport OR (News/Talk), KZXR Prosser WA (Regional Mexican) and maybe KLIX Twin Falls ID (News/Talk)

Nights - usually KLIX Twin Falls is on top with a bit of KZXR. KMKY Oakland CA (Radio Disney) is also a common visitor, and once I got KEIN Great Falls MT (Adult Standards). Before CHLW St. Paul AB went FM (on 97.7), I picked them up a few times as well with their C/W format.

-crainbebo
 
ftballfan said:
Manistee, MI: WCCW Traverse City day and night
Allendale, MI: Slop from 1300 WOOD Grand Rapids
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You get WCCW at NIGHT in Manistee?

My experience up that way (admittedly, mostly when WCCW was 5kW D1) was that WCCW had awful coverage in its acidic sand. WCCW would be weak at Platte Lake during the day and would start getting hit by interference well before sunset. At night it would be WNIC with WIBA not far behind, but with a rush of others behind it reminiscent of a graveyard channel.

WCCW is highly directional at night, is still on lousy soil, and Manistee is further away from WCCW when Platte Lake is.

If you're hearing WCCW at night in Manistee, I'm guessing they must be WAY out of pattern spec.

1310 to me:
Cadieux/Harper area, Detroit, WAS: moderate strength WKNR/WNIC/WWKR/WMTG/WDOZ/WNIC by day, weak WNIC (et al) at night pummeled by CIWW and others. IS truly clear by day (analog slop from WOBL and WAMO), CIWW in afternoon critical, graveyardish at night.

Monroe County, WAS: WDTW day (almost is strong at Ohio line than it was at Cadieux - and was stronger around Port Clinton, OH than it was at Cadieux), pummeled before sunset by CIWW and WNQM 1300 slop, sometimes WCCW just before TC sunset, graveyardish night. IS: WXYT slop by day, numerous unIDs at critical hours, and WIBA is the station most likely to be heard over the mess on the channel at night (never logged it before WDTW QRT'ed)
 
ftballfan said:
Manistee, MI: WCCW Traverse City day and night
Allendale, MI: Slop from 1300 WOOD Grand Rapids
Click to expand...

You get WCCW at NIGHT in Manistee?

My experience up that way (admittedly, mostly when WCCW was 5kW D1) was that WCCW had awful coverage in its acidic sand. WCCW would be weak at Platte Lake during the day and would start getting hit by interference well before sunset. At night it would be WNIC with WIBA not far behind, but with a rush of others behind it reminiscent of a graveyard channel.

WCCW is highly directional at night, is still on lousy soil, and Manistee is further away from WCCW when Platte Lake is.

If you're hearing WCCW at night in Manistee, I'm guessing they must be WAY out of pattern spec.

1310 to me:
Cadieux/Harper area, Detroit, WAS: moderate strength WKNR/WNIC/WWKR/WMTG/WDOZ/WNIC by day, weak WNIC (et al) at night pummeled by CIWW and others. IS truly clear by day (analog slop from WOBL and WAMO), CIWW in afternoon critical, graveyardish at night.

Monroe County, WAS: WDTW day (almost is strong at Ohio line than it was at Cadieux - and was stronger around Port Clinton, OH than it was at Cadieux), pummeled before sunset by CIWW and WNQM 1300 slop, sometimes WCCW just before TC sunset, graveyardish night. IS: WXYT slop by day, numerous unIDs at critical hours, and WIBA is the station most likely to be heard over the mess on the channel at night (never logged it before WDTW QRT'ed)
 
Northern VA, strong local WDCT Fairfax, VA with Korean programming on days, and nights it's a mess with the Korean station and WGH from Newport News, VA with its gospel format.
 
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago....

Day: WIBA, fair.

Night: "once upon a time", WIBA was still fairly reliable at night. Now it's a mess, with WIBA occasionally showing up on top. CIWW also manages to rise above the noise once in a while, but far less often than WIBA.
 
From NE NC, 1310 days is WGH in Newport News, Virginia. At sunset, I've logged WISE in Asheville, NC.

(Looks like the "new" message board has settled down. I do most of my viewing and posting with my smartphone. It is a bit more difficult with the new system but I appreciate the opportunity to use and post on this board for free. Thanks to everyone that makes this happen).

Happy Listening y'all!
 
WCCW is now 15kW day, 7.5kW night. I admit I don't pay attention to AM as much as FM, but CCW has been there most of the time at night. Their 15kW day signal is better than WJNL's 50kW day signal at 1210 IMO
 
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