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AM Frequency of the Week - 1510 khz

cyberdad

cyberdad

UPDATE: While I was writing this, 1490 came in from Buckeyes as FOTW. Didn't mean to step on that. I'd normally defer and delete this since I'm ever-so-slightly late to the party. But since I don't have the ability to do that, I guess we have a "two-fer" this week up in the "almost shortwave" territory.

Since we've been talking about propagation and coverage issues on this channel in another thread, why don't we just go ahead and make this our frequency of the week. So...what do you guys get on 1510? Here in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago....

Days: It's a very weak WWHN, Joliet, IL 1kw a little over 50 miles to my south-southwest. There's a 23kw 1510 almost the exact same distance to the north of me, WRRD in Waukesha, WI. But since they have a really deep null in my direction, I almost never hear it.

Night: All WLAC all the time. I'm not quite directly in their lobe to the north, but close enough so that the signal is usually good, and they're usually all alone. I'm too lazy to look it up and/or do the math, but my guess is they're probably throwing the equivalent of about 10-15kw in my direction. Enough to get the job done.
 
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As you might expect, WLAC presents a consistently good night time signal here in Southwest Ohio, though nothing like when I lived in Indianapolis oh so long ago. Indy is right in their night north lobe.

Not surprisingly, I get a bit of spillover from 1530/WCKY, which is single digit miles from my west Cincinnati listening post.

The only other station I've logged in recent times is WWHN, and that was thanks to sunset skip.

As a pre-teen midwest white kid (1957?), I got my first taste of R&B listening to John R and Hoss Allen, though I couldn't afford to buy any records. I also learned what Royal Crown Hair Dressing was all about. :cool:
 
WWSM from downstate PA is the regular here in the day

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WWSM&service=AM&status=L&hours=D

They and their cowboy records have been in existence doing their thing for the 20 years I've lived here. I mean, they play songs by the FATHERS of the Pioneers.

They were quite listenable back when local WMBT 1530 was on, just over a couple of hills away from here.

Towards SSS, WWSM gets a bit of a prod from the one in Boston (I have them logged as 'WMEX' from November '95.

There is a WJIC NJ logging (taped) from two months later -- Jan 96.

I'm surprised that I don't have WLAC logged here. Hmmm. They'd come onto Long Island on occasion, with WMEX usually 3/4 of the time on top at night.

The wife and I were painting one day, in a Minersville basement, with the barefoot GE SRII playing, and WWSM serenading. I managed a pretty good null on them, and she and I both heard what sounded like 'WINJ'. The only things I figure it could be is WRNJ from Hackettstown NJ. Thing is, it sounded like a talk show, about 1:15 PM, and WRNJ is all Oldies. Maybe this winter I can get some better reception during retirement, rather than on a work break.
 
Cyberdad, looks like we're both on (almost) the same wavelength here :) Folks in Minneapolis or Washington DC may be able to duplicate their posts on both threads as splatter from their locals on 1500.

1510 here in Vermilion, OH is a rather weak WLKR/Norwalk, OH with an oldies/classic hits format during the day. I'm not in the most favorable direction from them so I don't get a listenable signal here even though it's only 25 miles as the crow flies. Nights are WLAC/Nashville
 
WLAC only comes in at night in East Tennessee. In fact tonight (around sunset) I had something else over it but didn't hang out for an ID. 1530 also had someone playing music over WCKY.

In Dayton not much of anything days, WLAC at night as well as WWHN around sunset
 
WLAC here of course. in the 70's growing up in SW Virginia WLAC was a fair nighttime signal but by no means the most dominant thing on the dial. Haven't checked it there lately but will do next trip up there
 
In St. Louis, 1510 is home to WQQW Highland, IL, which is known as "Que Buena," or should I say "QUE BUENA!" It is primarily a Regional Mexican, with other musical styles thrown in. At night, WLAC dominates. In fact WLAC can be heard mixing with our local 1-2 hours before local sunset due to our proximity to Nashville.
 
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In St. Louis, 1510 is home to WQQW Highland, IL, which is known as "Que Buena," or should I say "QUE BUENA!" It is primarily a Regional Mexican, with other musical styles thrown in. At night, WLAC dominates. In fact WLAC can be heard mixing with our local 1-2 hours before local sunset due to our proximity to Nashville.
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90 miles up the road in Springfield, IL, WLAC also dominates at night. During the day on a good car radio, WQQW can occasionally be heard (more likely around the southeast part of the city around University of IL's Springfield campus and the local community college) but WLRB Macomb, IL is more frequent, especially in the northwest parts of the city (once you get out of the city and toward Petersburg, Pleasant Plains, etc. WLRB punches in).
 
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