What do you all get on 1480 AM? In Vermilion, OH during the day there is a weak Spanish station which I assume is WSDS/Salem Twp, MI though they are sharply directional towards the NE according to R/L. I also get bits of WHBC/Canton, OH with a news/talk format. I've also gotten a weak oldies station on this frequency during the day. At night it is a jumble with nothing really standing out.
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AM Frequency of the Week - 1480 kHz
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Just today, mainly because of the odd weather we are having here in Central VA, Radio Fiesta at 1480 (WPWC) was coming in clearly.
Warminster PA:
Usually R&B station WDAS-AM(once Spanish WUBA) from Philadelphia, clear as a bell in
the daytime, and part of a multi-station mess at night.
Usually R&B station WDAS-AM(once Spanish WUBA) from Philadelphia, clear as a bell in
the daytime, and part of a multi-station mess at night.
Here near Wellsville, NY...WLEA in Hornell, NY is semi local (~25 miles from my qth) with a 2500 w signal, and at night running 19 watts with no coverage at my location.
Here is a small list of other 1480 signals I've picked up here:
1480 WCFR Springfield VT 8-18-11 5:15 am
1480 WPWC Dumfries VA 8-18-11 5:30 am
1480 WHBC Canton OH 11-4-11 6:00 am
1480 WADR Remsen NY 11-5-11 7:50 am
Here is a small list of other 1480 signals I've picked up here:
1480 WCFR Springfield VT 8-18-11 5:15 am
1480 WPWC Dumfries VA 8-18-11 5:30 am
1480 WHBC Canton OH 11-4-11 6:00 am
1480 WADR Remsen NY 11-5-11 7:50 am
Here, WZJY Mount Pleasant (Spanish). By far the worst AM signal in Charleston (880 watts daytime). Doesn't cover area well west of 526, and barely listenable outside of Mt. Pleasant, Sullivan's Island and IOP at night (44 watts).
n2wds --
'1480 WCFR Springfield VT 8-18-11 5:15 am
1480 WPWC Dumfries VA 8-18-11 5:30 am
1480 WHBC Canton OH 11-4-11 6:00 am
1480 WADR Remsen NY 11-5-11 7:50 am '
Good DX there! I would imagine when our semi-local WISL Shamokin was still operating, you'd've heard them too. They sent most of theirs north.
Noncom is right, too with the odd weather. About a week ago, broad daylight, in came WDJO Cincinnati, as the only readable signal. Caught a nice ID on tape, too. The program I have says it was 460 miles. I've had quite a bit of luck over the years with that quasi-Appalachian route from those mid-winter fritzes and peaks, especially on regionals.
But usually, daytime and night, it's a murmur or two from WZRC in New York atop a low-grumbling void.
'1480 WCFR Springfield VT 8-18-11 5:15 am
1480 WPWC Dumfries VA 8-18-11 5:30 am
1480 WHBC Canton OH 11-4-11 6:00 am
1480 WADR Remsen NY 11-5-11 7:50 am '
Good DX there! I would imagine when our semi-local WISL Shamokin was still operating, you'd've heard them too. They sent most of theirs north.
Noncom is right, too with the odd weather. About a week ago, broad daylight, in came WDJO Cincinnati, as the only readable signal. Caught a nice ID on tape, too. The program I have says it was 460 miles. I've had quite a bit of luck over the years with that quasi-Appalachian route from those mid-winter fritzes and peaks, especially on regionals.
But usually, daytime and night, it's a murmur or two from WZRC in New York atop a low-grumbling void.
cyberdad said:
I haven't listened to that frequency in a long time, but WGSB is the one I remember here in the near north Chicago suburbs. Didn't Jack Brickhouse once own that station?
cyberdad said:
I saw where WSPY's planned move to Millbrook IL was finally dismissed back in July of this year, and they're still running 125 watts directional from a temporary site. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding something here, but was it really about nine years ago that they lost their transmitter site and they've been operating under an STA since then?
1480 in Dayton Ohio is a very weak WDJO (it was better when it was on 1160), which at times in critical hours can be obliterated by WHBC as close to Cincinnati as Middletown. It's possible that WDJO could be your weak oldies in Vermillion.
radioman148 said:
Yup. Although officially, the legal owner was Brickhouse's then-wife, Nelda.
When I worked for Mal Bellairs in the 70s, he would talk about how "Brick" told him operating WGSB was more trouble than it was worth. (I don't recall the gory details, but they would not be hard to imagine).
Apparently Larry Nelson has come to the same conclusion, because it would seem that he doesn't want to put any money into it. Assuming that's indeed the case, I can't say as I blame him! Why in the (heck) would anyone want to build a four-tower plant (or whatever) for a 300-watt facility in Millwood, IL? I had never heard of the place, but it turns out to be in a not-exactly-heavily-populated area. Especially now that Nelson's WSQR has moved to 1180 with higher power and covers pretty much the exact same turf (at least daytime)....and then some.
My guess is that present ownership will allow WSPY to operate as long as there's little or no investment required, and as long as the FCC allows them to keep rolling over the STA.
When Brickhouse sold the station in the early 70s they were giving away all their records. Anyone who came by could pick up a nice collection of 78s. Anyone remember those? ;D
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