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AM Frequency of the week: 1450

cyberdad

cyberdad

40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.....

Days: This used to be a fair-weak signal from shared time WCEV/WRLL. 1kw fromCicero, IL a close-in western Chicago suburb. WCEV went belly-up some months back, and since then I haven't heard either station. Just before beginning this post, I checked 1450 with the SuperadioII and all I got was a whine from some new ambient noise source. If I nulled it, I could hear unidentifiable signals. I'm guessing the two signal were WKEI from Kewanee, IL and KFIZ, Fon Du Lac, WI. That's pretty much a wild guess, but I've heard both of them here before during daylight hours.

Nights: Usual GY free for all. In the past, I've heard WCVS from Springfield, IL, WLAY from Muscle Shoals, AL, WMRY from Cedar Rapids, IA, and KATE from Austin, MN, to name a few. Then this morning an hour before dawn, a new one: WHTC from Holland, MI. I normally try to visit the upcoming week's at least 2-3 times before posting. But 1450 during this past week has been a lost cause. Plenty of noise, but nothing rising to the top. Then this morning, WHTC, Just in time for a positive ID, then it almost immediately vanished. Not the most impressive catch I've ever had, but I'll take it!

Retro: 1450 used to have its own "800 pound gorilla". CHUC from Coburg, ON. About 60 miles east of Toronto on Lake Ontario. For a number of years before CHUC migrated to FM in the late 1990s, CHUC was running 8kw on 1450. I wouldn't go so far as call it a regular at my location, but I did hear it from time to time. Usually around sunset.
 
In the near north Chicago Suburbs it's the same as cyberdad--nothing, but noise. At night a graveyard mess. At times I've heard WCVS and WMRY.
 
East Tennessee: Daytime-pick your poison, WLAF, Lafollette TN or WLAR, Athens TN.
Night: Graveyard mess.

Retro/other: Dayton, OH: A fair to middling WMOH, Hamilton, OH by day, graveyard mess by night












radioman148 said:
In the near north Chicago Suburbs it's the same as cyberdad--nothing, but noise. At night a graveyard mess. At times I've heard WCVS and WMRY.
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Chatham, IL (outside Springfield): WFMB (formerly WCVS) Springfield 24/7

Growing up between Peoria and the Quad Cities (and over 100 miles northwest of Springfield), it was WKEI Kewanee similarly 24/7.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Chatham, IL (outside Springfield): WFMB (formerly WCVS) Springfield 24/7

Growing up between Peoria and the Quad Cities (and over 100 miles northwest of Springfield), it was WKEI Kewanee similarly 24/7.
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The night skywave path between Springfield and Crystal Lake is "well trodden". I've heard WMAY (970), WTAX (1240), and WCVS/WFMB (1450) each multiple times. All 1kw or less at a distance of nearly 200 miles.
 
Chicago near the lakeshore:

Not much to report on this frequency. During the day it has been the now-defunct WCEV/WRLL, and at night if I could make out anything it was also usually WCEV/WRLL. One time I did manage to ID WMRY in Cedar Rapids.

Tonight I tried to see what it was like now that WCEV/WRLL was gone. Not much to report... a bunch of signals started coming in together around dusk and after that it was the usual graveyard mix. I did hear the expression "Knox County" at some point, and there is in fact a 1450 WAOV in Vincennes in Knox County, Indiana about 220 miles to my south. But I wouldn't count that as an ID since it was just a snippet.

Retro: In the Bay Area in the 80s, 1450 had KEST operating at 1 KW, and I was surprised to see it's still there at the same frequency today.
 
WRLL is still on the air, though might not be using all of its assigned time (10 p.m.-1 p.m. CT). Heard it after midnight, and again with an ID in English at 7 a.m. But in the old WCEV time, it was the standard GY jumble here in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.

Going way back, this was WVON's roost. When WVON went to 1390 and a fat 5 kw, WFMT, Chicago's dominant classical station, took over beginning Oct. 1976, simulcasting the usual fare on 98.7 FM. The ID was "WFMT-FM 98.7 Chicago and WFMT Cicero." Eventually there were bidders and the share-time arrangement began.
 
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: now with WCEV being off it's just WRLL with fair signal when they are on
Nightime: usual graveyard mess and WRLL with a weak signal

DX/RETRO/ETC: I vaguely remember that back in 1979/1980 WFMT used to be on this frequency. After that the WCEV/WVON frequency sharing commenced. That was around the end of 1980. DX wise before they moved to AM 1560 I used to hear WPAD (Paducah, KY). Some other DX included WHTC (Holland, MI), WEZR (Ft. Wayne, IN). Ever since WCEV decided to go off air only two new stations heard: KMRY (Cedar Rapids, IA) and WASK (Lafayette, IN)
 
tvnut said:
WRLL is still on the air, though might not be using all of its assigned time (10 p.m.-1 p.m. CT). Heard it after midnight, and again with an ID in English at 7 a.m. But in the old WCEV time, it was the standard GY jumble here in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.

Going way back, this was WVON's roost. When WVON went to 1390 and a fat 5 kw, WFMT, Chicago's dominant classical station, took over beginning Oct. 1976, simulcasting the usual fare on 98.7 FM. The ID was "WFMT-FM 98.7 Chicago and WFMT Cicero." Eventually there were bidders and the share-time arrangement began.
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Back when WVON, and before that WHFC were on 1450, the station had a better signal. Of course the noise level was much lower then.
 
This morning one or the other of WCEV and WRLL was back on, so as others have noted they are not totally gone. Also at sunset I just tried again and was able to get an ID for WAOV in Vincennes IN, as I speculated yesterday. This station rose to the top probably because my radio was on a south-facing window of my concrete building. This sometimes helps with the graveyard frequencies because the building filters out some of the numerous stations.
 
WRLL is licensed to broadcast on 1450 at these hours:

Mon-Fri: 10:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sat: 12:00 am - 1:00 pm
8:30 pm - 12:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 am - 5:00 am
10:00 pm - 12:00 pm

All other hours are licensed to WCEV, but that station is currently silent and will most likely not return back.
 
CADXER said:
WRLL is licensed to broadcast on 1450 at these hours:

Mon-Fri: 10:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sat: 12:00 am - 1:00 pm
8:30 pm - 12:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 am - 5:00 am
10:00 pm - 12:00 pm

All other hours are licensed to WCEV, but that station is currently silent and will most likely not return back.
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That explains why when I checked yesterday afternoon I heard nothing. At night apparently I'm too far away to hear WRLL in the mess of stations.
 
CADXER said:
WRLL is licensed to broadcast on 1450 at these hours:

Mon-Fri: 10:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sat: 12:00 am - 1:00 pm
8:30 pm - 12:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 am - 5:00 am
10:00 pm - 12:00 pm

All other hours are licensed to WCEV, but that station is currently silent and will most likely not return back.
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Thanks....

Don't blink or you'll miss it. I must have blinked. :)
 
Orange County, TX- KIKR Beaumont with sports simulcasting KBED 1510. KSIG, Crowley, LA is dominates when KIKR is not on.
 
From NW San Antonio:

Day: A weak KCTI in Gonzales, TX, 72 miles to my east. During winter daytime skywave I've heard KCYL in Lampasas, TX.

Sunset: KCTI is stronger, and KMBL in Junction, TX, as well as KBEN in Carrizo Springs, TX are usually in/out. The latter confused me for quite a while because it switches from Tejano to country around 7 p.m. CT and rarely IDs. Aiming N/S, KHWH in Altus, OK, starts to come up.

Night: To the N/S, KWHW is most dominant. To the E/W it's KIKR, with KSIG usually underneath or mixing in. KCTI is a rare visitor, as are KOBE in Las Cruces, NM, and KSEL in Portales, NM.

Sunrise: KWHW is still strongest N/S, and KCYL as well as KMBL in Junction, TX, are usually heard. To the E/W, KCTI starts to come back, and it sometimes mixes with a station with Spanish-language Christian preaching that I haven't IDed yet.

DX/RETRO: Stations I've heard once include KMHT (Marshall, TX), KNET (Palestine, TX), KOKO (Warrensburg, MO), KGIW (Alamosa, CO), KWBW (Hutchinson, KS), WROX (Clarksdale, MS), KGFF (Shawnee, OK), and XECU (Los Mochis). Also, I used to hear XERDO at night before it moved to 1060 and XEJM some mornings before it was retired.
 
Ah, one of the graveyard channels. My favorite.
Often 1450 in the daytime is just very weak slop, maybe KSUH Puyallup (Korean), sometimes something farther in winter time. Nighttime is where it shines. I have 18 stations logged here including aforementioned KSUH.

CHOR Summerland BC (Adult Contemporary, now defunct)
KCLX Colfax WA (Country)
KBKW Aberdeen WA (News/Talk)
KONP Port Angeles WA (News/Talk)
KLBM La Grande OR (News/Talk)
KEED Eugene OR (logged as KLZS w/ comedy, now classic country)
KBPS Portland OR (Variety, owned and operated by Portland Public Schools)
KFLS Klamath Falls OR (News/Talk)
KTIP Porterville CA (logged as News/Talk, now regional Mexican)
KVML Sonora CA (News/Talk)
KBFI Bonners Ferry ID (News/Talk)
KWEI Notus ID (Tejano, now silent)
KVSI Montpelier ID (logged as standards, now country)
KMMS Bozeman MT (News/Talk)
KQDI Great Falls MT (News/Talk)
KGRZ Missoula MT (Sports)
KHIT Reno NV (CBS Sports, logged as ESPN Deportes)
 
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