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AM Frequency of the Week - 630 kHz

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Buckeyes2001

What do you all get on 630 AM?
Here in Vermilion, OH, I get CFCO/Chatham, ON with a country format which is also broadcast on 92.9 FM from Chatham. During the day I get a decent signal from them. At night there are several stations that can be heard underneath them...haven't been able to null out CFCO enough to ID them.
 
In the near north Chicago suburbs if I can null out WTMJ's IBOC with a good directional antenna I can hear CFCO during the day.
At night a mess with WLAP sometimes on top.
 
From Coldwater, MI-

Daytime-
CFCO- Chatham, ON pretty much all the time

Nighttime-
CFCO- Chatham, ON- Weaker, but still there
WLAP- Lexington, KY- Can be heard in CFCO null
KJSL- Saint Louis, MO- Less common, but still a semi-regular visitor.
 
NE NC days WMAL Washington in winter. Nothing in summer. Nights WMAL dominant. Sometimes WPRO Providence,RI.
 
In East Texas about 100 miles southeast of Dallas during the day it's KSLR from San Antonio and a weaker KVMA Magnolia AR. At night both of those are gone and usually replaced with a good signal from KJSL St. Louis (their main lobe is pointed this way). Nulling them out can reveal a weak KHOW Denver.
 
From Lexington, KY, 630 looks like this:

24/7---WLAP local

DX---CFCO in rare times when WLAP is off
---WMAL in null of WLAP

That's it.
 
Pretty much Radio Progreso in Cuba day and night.

I think the last US station I could catch from south FL was KJSL.

cd
 
In Bothell, WA it was a VERY strong KCIS Edmonds, WA (only about 5 or 6 mi away). Never could really null it out, but on a couple occasions heard KCIS on low power...got KFXD Boise, ID in it's null (Sports).

In Bellevue, WA KCIS is strong days, nights it's easily nulled revealing a fair KFXD. Once heard KTRW Opportunity, WA (w/ adult standards, presumed 530w day power) weakly under KFXD. Have not heard CHED yet here.

In Yakima, WA I heard KCIS, KTRW, KFXD and CHED, some at night, some at sunset.

-crainbebo
 
In Durham, North Carolina, either hash from local 620 kHz WDNC or Washington's WMAL (easy to hear during those rare occasions WDNC is off-air).
 
Dayton, Ohio: WLAP with iBoc noise from WTVN. Further north in Western Ohio, a mix of WLAP and CFCO with CFCO dominating once you get about to Lima
 
WPRO 630 from about 25-30 mi NW of he transmitter. (or 12 mi S of Worcester MA) Nothing else ever recd on 620.
 
[Note---630 being a multiple of 9, we *could* hear from members outside the Americas. ;) ]

cd
 
The 25 000-watt upper sideband of KPOJ (620); not really much else.

Sometimes at night, if I can manage to get into KPOJ's null and am using the Selectatenna, I can hear some other little music station that sounds like it's pretty far off in the distance, but this is quite a rare occurence considering where I am relative to the tower and that they still run quite a high power level (10 000 watts) at night.
 
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago....

Day....WTMJ splatter and hiss. Way back when...before that was an issue, I could sometimes get KXOK (now KJSL).

Night...Usually KJSL or CFCO. Sometimes WLAP.
 
It might be KCIS Edmonds, WA. They have mostly religious preaching, but also some religious music as well.

-crainbebo
 
Houston, TX - daytime is a fairly strong KSLR San Antonio. Nighttime is quite a mixture, hard to pull anything specific out of the mud.

KSLR in the 80's was a welcome CCM format. KSBJ wasn't on the air yet, and when it came on it was in its golden era. Still, with a combination of KSBJ, KSLR, and KCTA Corpus Christi on 1030, a Hot AC CCM listener had three stations on their presets in the Houston area! KSLR drops nicely between local 610 and 650 in Houston, and thankfully 610 has dropped IBOC to give any remaining Houston KSLR listeners a clean signal. Unfortunately, KSLR is now sad, tired old brokered preaching format - of little interest or relevance to CCM fans. Same with KCTA, a fabulous signal over Houston, non-player in the ratings although with a signal strong than KLVI, it certainly could be. And KSBJ has exiled CCM to their HD-2 channel. So a CCM fan in Houston is basically shut out unless they have HD radio.
 
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