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AM Frequency of The Week: 1380
- Thread starter crainbebo
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The local WWMI Radio Disney from St. Pete.
They used to be WRBQ when they played top 40 and had AM stereo in the 80s.
It's the only Tampa/St. Pete station I've heard up in New Jersey right around dusk before they switched to their nighttime direction. It was so cool hearing them in stereo from all that distance.
They used to be WRBQ when they played top 40 and had AM stereo in the 80s.
It's the only Tampa/St. Pete station I've heard up in New Jersey right around dusk before they switched to their nighttime direction. It was so cool hearing them in stereo from all that distance.
At my home listening post near El Cajon, CA:
Daytime, radios with poor selectivity: slop from 1360 KLSD or 1390 XEKT
Daytime, better selective radios: nothing
Nighttime: have heard the Sacramento station, and I suspect other as-yet-unID'd ones are possible..
Daytime, radios with poor selectivity: slop from 1360 KLSD or 1390 XEKT
Daytime, better selective radios: nothing
Nighttime: have heard the Sacramento station, and I suspect other as-yet-unID'd ones are possible..
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musicman3355
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In the LA area:
Daytime: nothing
Nighttime: Huge mess, heard a very weak station under static so I can't figure what it is.
Daytime: nothing
Nighttime: Huge mess, heard a very weak station under static so I can't figure what it is.
Warminster PA here. 1380 is usually WTMC(a traffic and tourist station) from Wilmington DE.
I've also heard WAWZ(now defunct) from Zarephath NJ(in Somerset County) and WBNX(I forget
what they are now) from Carlstadt NJ, which shared with WAWZ.
I've also heard WAWZ(now defunct) from Zarephath NJ(in Somerset County) and WBNX(I forget
what they are now) from Carlstadt NJ, which shared with WAWZ.
Daytime:
Weak WFNW 1380 Naugatuck, CT. "Galaxia 1380". Locally owned Tropical formatted radio station. Sounds like crap. http://www.galaxia1380.com/ Once was community oriented 14/NVR - Naugatuck Valley Radio. Later the ran business programming. Hence the WFNW calls. - Financial News Waterbury.
Nite:
Mess.
Weak WFNW 1380 Naugatuck, CT. "Galaxia 1380". Locally owned Tropical formatted radio station. Sounds like crap. http://www.galaxia1380.com/ Once was community oriented 14/NVR - Naugatuck Valley Radio. Later the ran business programming. Hence the WFNW calls. - Financial News Waterbury.
Nite:
Mess.
Man, we keep picking frequencies next door to my strong locals! Last week's 1470 is adjacent to local WHIC 1460 Rochester (5 kW about 4 miles away), and 1380 is adjacent to even more local WXXI 1370 Rochester (5 kW about 2 miles away).
Over the years, I've had plenty of chances to DX with one or both locals off the air. With WXXI off, 1380 daytime here used to be CKLC Kingston ON; with CKLC now gone to FM, 1380 tends to be a mix of WABH Bath NY and CKPC Brantford ON. At night, WKDM New York has been heard as well.
(1470 is usually dominated by WNYY Ithaca when WHIC is off; CHOW Welland ON was a regular signal on that channel as well before it went to FM.)
Over the years, I've had plenty of chances to DX with one or both locals off the air. With WXXI off, 1380 daytime here used to be CKLC Kingston ON; with CKLC now gone to FM, 1380 tends to be a mix of WABH Bath NY and CKPC Brantford ON. At night, WKDM New York has been heard as well.
(1470 is usually dominated by WNYY Ithaca when WHIC is off; CHOW Welland ON was a regular signal on that channel as well before it went to FM.)
A frequency being close to locals isn't my problem here in Texas, about 80 miles east of Dallas. It's trying to remember when I really gave any thought to checking 1380.
Years ago in Dallas I used to get KWK St. Louis and WLCY St. Petersburg, both of which were really good stations. That should give you some idea of how long it's been.
But here goes, first with daytime, which is basically a silent frequency. Up until last year I was sometimes able to hear KMUS from Sperry OK (the Tulsa Radio Disney station) mainly around sunrise and sunset but they've since gone silent while trying to find a buyer. Otherwise it takes some real digging to find anything, since the only other daytime possibility here in Texas has been KRCM Beaumont, which recently moved into the Houston area. At night 1380 is a mess and the only thing that I can sort out is usually a sports station from St. Louis (déjà vu), KSLG.
Years ago in Dallas I used to get KWK St. Louis and WLCY St. Petersburg, both of which were really good stations. That should give you some idea of how long it's been.
But here goes, first with daytime, which is basically a silent frequency. Up until last year I was sometimes able to hear KMUS from Sperry OK (the Tulsa Radio Disney station) mainly around sunrise and sunset but they've since gone silent while trying to find a buyer. Otherwise it takes some real digging to find anything, since the only other daytime possibility here in Texas has been KRCM Beaumont, which recently moved into the Houston area. At night 1380 is a mess and the only thing that I can sort out is usually a sports station from St. Louis (déjà vu), KSLG.
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Darth_vader
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D/N: KRKO.
Day time it's barely audible, but it's there. Night time it's more of a mess on that frequency, but I usually can pick out KRKO fairly easliy if I use the Selectatenna.
Day time it's barely audible, but it's there. Night time it's more of a mess on that frequency, but I usually can pick out KRKO fairly easliy if I use the Selectatenna.
weak KTKZ from Scaramento
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago....
Day: WTJK. (Beloit, WI) with a fair signal.
Night: Mess. Back in the '60s, KWK (St. Louis) owned the channel here at night.
My fondest memories of 1380 are from the year I lived in Hawaii, with top-40 KPOI....studio & transmitter...four blocks from me, and right by my bus stop for high school . "KAY-POI one-three-eight-o". A couple of the jocks lived in my apartment complex.
Day: WTJK. (Beloit, WI) with a fair signal.
Night: Mess. Back in the '60s, KWK (St. Louis) owned the channel here at night.
My fondest memories of 1380 are from the year I lived in Hawaii, with top-40 KPOI....studio & transmitter...four blocks from me, and right by my bus stop for high school . "KAY-POI one-three-eight-o". A couple of the jocks lived in my apartment complex.
Same, weak during the day and listenable and at nightMarioMania said:
gar fla said:
Funny, I know this station as "WLCY" from back in the day. As a DXer then in Southern Connecticut, I seem to remember WLCY was not too rare a catch.
I just tuned to 1380 now to see what's there at night. CKPC Brantford, Ontario is pretty dominant with country music. Local 1390-WEOK covers 1380 during the day, but at night 1380 is clear of WEOK thanks to WEOK's reduction to just 100 watts or so at night.
When I lived in Tampa in the 60's, I would tune to around 1383 on my analog car radio to make LCY sound like an FM station. The station was loaded with enough bass that would rival today's boom-boxes, and tuning it slightly off-center would bring in the highs.
If WWMI is Disney, then it plays music; is its audio still very "bassy"?
Ib Boise
Day
KSRV Ontario
KRKO Everett for several hours after sunrise and several hours around sunset way on top at times
Even getting full HD lock at times.
KTKZ Sacto briefly after sunrise and again around sunset. Sometimes on top untill they go DA at night.
Night
KRKO. Since KRKO has been running non-directional all night on that STA they are on top. KSRV under them plus a little KTKZ.
Day
KSRV Ontario
KRKO Everett for several hours after sunrise and several hours around sunset way on top at times
Even getting full HD lock at times.
KTKZ Sacto briefly after sunrise and again around sunset. Sometimes on top untill they go DA at night.
Night
KRKO. Since KRKO has been running non-directional all night on that STA they are on top. KSRV under them plus a little KTKZ.
When I lived in Tampa in the 60's, I would tune to around 1383 on my analog car radio to make LCY sound like an FM station. The station was loaded with enough bass that would rival today's boom-boxes, and tuning it slightly off-center would bring in the highs.
If WWMI is Disney, then it plays music; is its audio still very "bassy"?
It's hard to tell now because so few stations play music these days. I just did a quick comparison of WWMI to WTMP which also plays music and it sounds about the same.
Back in the 80s, one of the things I liked about AM Stereo was that it had more of a solid less treble sound to it and that's one thing I especially remember about 1380 back then when they were WRBQ.
At the time, they played the exact thing that was on 104.7 FM but I listened to AM 1380 on my Walkman instead.
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