"Back to the Graveyard" again this week with our next stop at 1340....
Days: Far northwest suburbs of Chicago, it's another battle of two weak signals... WJYI, Milwaukee and WJOL in Joliet, IL. Both are roughly 60 miles from me via a good ground conductivity path. Lately, at my location, Milwaukee is getting the better of it, but not by much.
Night: Typical GY channel mess. For whatever reason, WJRW from Grand Rapids, MI is most likely to rise to the top. Which means rarely, but it's happened a handful of times. I've also heard WTRC from Elkhart, IN and WSOY from Decatur, IL to name a couple.
Retro/Other locations: As a teenager growing up about ten miles east of where I live now, I was a big fan of WRIT, the occupant of Milwaukee's 1340. It was a "higher energy" presentation than the Chicago rockers and local competitor WOKY without resorting to screaming or audio "gimmicks". But in those days WJOL was the stronger of the two mixing stations, and WRIT was unlistenable. BUT there was a "plan B". With good conditions, WRIT-FM, a 100% simulcast, was available at 102.9 FM. I didn't have a particularly good FM radio, so my listening was usually limited to once or twice a week. Still it was worth it to hear top-40 in stereo. How novel! The audio on 1340 was quite good also.
Fast forward a few years later to my college years in Iowa... I tried for WRIT on a fairly frequent basis. Finally one Morning, with the channel somewhat less crowded, there it was. Definitely not alone, but mostly on top for the better part of an hour.
Days: Far northwest suburbs of Chicago, it's another battle of two weak signals... WJYI, Milwaukee and WJOL in Joliet, IL. Both are roughly 60 miles from me via a good ground conductivity path. Lately, at my location, Milwaukee is getting the better of it, but not by much.
Night: Typical GY channel mess. For whatever reason, WJRW from Grand Rapids, MI is most likely to rise to the top. Which means rarely, but it's happened a handful of times. I've also heard WTRC from Elkhart, IN and WSOY from Decatur, IL to name a couple.
Retro/Other locations: As a teenager growing up about ten miles east of where I live now, I was a big fan of WRIT, the occupant of Milwaukee's 1340. It was a "higher energy" presentation than the Chicago rockers and local competitor WOKY without resorting to screaming or audio "gimmicks". But in those days WJOL was the stronger of the two mixing stations, and WRIT was unlistenable. BUT there was a "plan B". With good conditions, WRIT-FM, a 100% simulcast, was available at 102.9 FM. I didn't have a particularly good FM radio, so my listening was usually limited to once or twice a week. Still it was worth it to hear top-40 in stereo. How novel! The audio on 1340 was quite good also.
Fast forward a few years later to my college years in Iowa... I tried for WRIT on a fairly frequent basis. Finally one Morning, with the channel somewhat less crowded, there it was. Definitely not alone, but mostly on top for the better part of an hour.
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