You can see the CKFH...CHKT 6 tower 3 X 2 array, along with five total Day/Night towers for CHIN, from the CN Tower, on the Toronto Islands. They blast in better inside buildings than any other AM stations in Downtown Toronto.
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AM Frequency of the Week: 1430
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Filling in a few holes here: 1430 in Toronto never went dark, and has only had four callsigns in its entire existence. It was CKFH from its start in 1950 (with 250 watts on 1400!) through its move in 1959 to 1430. Foster Hewitt sold the station to Telemedia in 1981 and it became CJCL. In 1992, CJCL went to an all-sports format as "the FAN" (but it did not have the CFAN calls - those were and are in New Brunswick.)
In 1994, there was an ownership change and format swap that moved the CJCL calls and the sports "FAN" format to what had been CKYC 590 (the former CKEY). CKYC's country format moved to 1430 for two years, before Fairchild Broadcasting bought 1430 and took it Chinese-language as CHKT.
And yes, the CHKT and CHIN arrays are definitely out there on the Island. I had a lovely ferry ride and hike out to both sites over the summer, and you'll see the results in my Site of the Week column in a few months.
In 1994, there was an ownership change and format swap that moved the CJCL calls and the sports "FAN" format to what had been CKYC 590 (the former CKEY). CKYC's country format moved to 1430 for two years, before Fairchild Broadcasting bought 1430 and took it Chinese-language as CHKT.
And yes, the CHKT and CHIN arrays are definitely out there on the Island. I had a lovely ferry ride and hike out to both sites over the summer, and you'll see the results in my Site of the Week column in a few months.
Although several other AM sites are on the other side of the "Horseshoe" West of Niagara Falls, and the conductivity exceeds official M-3 type maps according to some unofficial maps over Lake Ontario, there's still a lot of distance over the Lake until the signals hit Toronto. Mr. Fybush should take an FI meter and measure all those signals by the North Shore of the Lake. CHKT and CHIN are probably in the several V/m range near the shore before it hits the buildings. WBEN 930 was very strong in the waiting area for the elevators inside the CN Tower on my Sony Headset radio though. I wondered if it was affected by standing waves on the CN Tower. WHAM wasn't very strong though a lot farther away.
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From west Houston TX, daytimes are local KSHJ with EWTN and Guadalupe Radio Catholic programming. I can null them and get KTBZ Tulsa easily starting before sunset. After KSHJ goes to night power KTBZ and KSHJ are often close to equal depending on the radio orientation. I've not ID'd anything else on this frequency.
Now that I think about it, I may be hearing KEES Gladewater TX in there at sunset and not realizing it since they're listed as Guadalupe Radio also.
Growing up in Tulsa in the 60's/70's, KTBZ was KELI "Kelly", my second choice Top 40 station. In the early days, they gave all their DJ's names to match the station, Dan Kelly, Dean Kelly, Mark Kelly, etc.
Now that I think about it, I may be hearing KEES Gladewater TX in there at sunset and not realizing it since they're listed as Guadalupe Radio also.
Growing up in Tulsa in the 60's/70's, KTBZ was KELI "Kelly", my second choice Top 40 station. In the early days, they gave all their DJ's names to match the station, Dan Kelly, Dean Kelly, Mark Kelly, etc.
Rocklin, CA
Daytime: KJAY West Sacramento
Nighttime: KMES Ogden, UT
Vallejo, CA
Daytime; KJAY West Sacramento with a weak signal
Nighttime: KMES Ogden, UT with a weak signal
Daytime: KJAY West Sacramento
Nighttime: KMES Ogden, UT
Vallejo, CA
Daytime; KJAY West Sacramento with a weak signal
Nighttime: KMES Ogden, UT with a weak signal
Chicago near the lakeshore:
Daytime: A weak WEEF in Deerfield, IL, even though in my new place I can barely hear it.
Nighttime: Several competing stations. WXNT in Indianapolis is the most likely. On various occasions I've logged CHKT Toronto, WFOB Fostoria, OH, WPLN in Madison TN, WION in Ionia, MI, and most recently WYMC in Mayfield, KY. Also, before it disappeared I would hear KZQZ in St Louis before it powered down for the night.
Daytime: A weak WEEF in Deerfield, IL, even though in my new place I can barely hear it.
Nighttime: Several competing stations. WXNT in Indianapolis is the most likely. On various occasions I've logged CHKT Toronto, WFOB Fostoria, OH, WPLN in Madison TN, WION in Ionia, MI, and most recently WYMC in Mayfield, KY. Also, before it disappeared I would hear KZQZ in St Louis before it powered down for the night.
During my University of Toledo days, I used to depend on WFOB for some Ohio State men's basketball games if the Toledo affiliate was carrying the local semi-pro hockey team. Their 1,000 watts got out decently as I recall, even with about 35 miles between me and their tower. Didn't know at the time (the late 90s) that they had a nice directional lobe to the north-northwest at night, essentially straight at me.
From NW San Antonio:
Day: Normally nothing, but via daytime skywave I've heard KTBZ in Tulsa and KSHJ in Houston a few times and classic country KROO in Breckenridge, TX, once.
Sunset: It's a mix of KTBZ and KSHJ, with XETT in Tlaxcala sometimes coming up. Occasionally I'll hear KEES in Gladewater (lagging behind KSJH a few seconds with the Guadalupe Radio Network broadcast) and KROO.
Night: Similar to sunset but KSHJ weaker and KTBZ most dominant. KEES and KROO are rarer.
Sunrise: Similar to sunset.
DX/Retro: One-time catches include WOWW in Germantown, TN (when it was "The Rebel") and XEREC (now retired) in Campeche. Also, I've heard KMES in Odgen, UT, twice (when it was "Unforgettable" KLO). XEWD in Cd. Miguel Aleman used to be a regular visitor before it was retired.
Day: Normally nothing, but via daytime skywave I've heard KTBZ in Tulsa and KSHJ in Houston a few times and classic country KROO in Breckenridge, TX, once.
Sunset: It's a mix of KTBZ and KSHJ, with XETT in Tlaxcala sometimes coming up. Occasionally I'll hear KEES in Gladewater (lagging behind KSJH a few seconds with the Guadalupe Radio Network broadcast) and KROO.
Night: Similar to sunset but KSHJ weaker and KTBZ most dominant. KEES and KROO are rarer.
Sunrise: Similar to sunset.
DX/Retro: One-time catches include WOWW in Germantown, TN (when it was "The Rebel") and XEREC (now retired) in Campeche. Also, I've heard KMES in Odgen, UT, twice (when it was "Unforgettable" KLO). XEWD in Cd. Miguel Aleman used to be a regular visitor before it was retired.
In St. Louis, WIL-AM/WRTH/KZQZ was the main signal. Now I often hear WPLN Nashville at night.
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