AM Frequency of the Week: 640

[cyberdad]

What are you guys hearing these days on 640?

Here in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago, it's a weak WMFN, Zeeland, MI (Grand Rapids area) daytime. With the Superadio II, I can also hear WOI in the background.

Nights: WOI is usually on top with a fair signal. WMFN surfaces once in a while, as does Oklahoma City. As WWLS, the Oklahoma City used to be semi-regular. I also sometimes hear R. Progreso from Cuba. KFI used to be sometimes doable around here, but I haven't heard them for probably about 15 years or so. Sunrise/Sunset sometimes produces WHLO from Akron.

 

[radioman148]

In the near north Chicago burbs I get WMFN during the day pretty well. At critical hours WOI, WHLO, & WWLS are in the mix. At night a mess with WMFN usually on top.
KFI in the 60s thru the early 90s was a regular catch here, but I also haven't heard it for many years.

 

[Icangelp]

whlo akron oh most days and some nights
wgst atlanta ga sunset
wcrv collierville tn sunset
wfnc fayetteville nc sunset
wxsm blountville tn sunrise
cfmj richmond hill on sunrise
kfi los angeles ca sunrise
havana cuba nights
woi ames ia

 

[crainbebo]

Days - nada
Sunset/sunrise - mostly KFI, stronger at sunrise than sunset
Nights - KFI Los Angeles, and right now major local interference when I null it out. It goes on 24/7. Likely CFL bulb interference. Pre-interference, used to hear Radio Progreso in Cuba quite often with their SS music and talk. Have never heard any other domestic station on 640, even before sunrise when stations like WOI are waking up.

-crainbebo

 

[boombox4]

Western Washington.

Night time: KFI. On rare occasions, snippets of tropical music, which once partially matched R. Progreso's stream.

Also logged KGVW Belgrade, MT before it went off the air.

 

[W7PAT]

Nothing during the day, KFI Los Angeles nights.

 

[1L6E6VHF]

Southeast Michigan:

Back in the day (when clear channels meant that)
Nothing but CFCO slop by day
At night, usually CMQ (not sure if it was still technically CMQ in the late 70s/early 80s), usually with "La Voz de Cuba" after midnight, with slop from WSM. A few nights, I managed to hear KFI, which was top-40 then. I thought I was the greatest DXer in the world (LOL).

Now:
Day: CFCO slop, weak WMFN and WHLO with difficulty when nulling out CFCO.
Night: usually sounds like a weaker version of 1240, with slop from WSM and CFCO (made worse by an upgrade that saw them go from 1kW to 6kW at night and with a looser pattern). Sometimes, Progreso, WOI or WGST will stand out in the crowd.

 

[schmave]

Here around Columbus, Ohio, it's a fairly solid WHLO daytime and not much of anything at night. Spanish-language chatter sometimes breaks through, albeit extremely weakly.
I am pretty sure I heard KFI once six or seven years ago during a work trip to Austin, Texas. Whatever it was was weak.

 

[MarioMania]

In West Sacramento

Day: Splatter from KSTE 650
Night: Splatter from KSTE..null it KFI Los Angeles

 

[icybluelake]

In eastern Iowa, it's WOI Ames, IA, all day and all night. Sometimes WWLS from Oklahoma underneath. Like a lot of midwesterners, I've caught KFI numerous times over the years. But it's elusive and rare, and I haven't heard them in years.

I appreciate WOI being there and carrying their programming, especially on an AM dial increasingly filled with syndicated programming that doesn't interest me in the least. But sometimes I wish I could make WOI go away for a few minutes to see what else I could hear.

 

[gar hi]

Daytime - Cuba

Nighttime - Cuba but much stronger. And sometimes WVLG from near Orlando, WGST Atlanta, and once in while KFI will show up.

 

[RyanHoward]

Here in Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs):

Daytime: WWJZ, Mount Holly NJ(Radio Disney, soon to be something else. Who knows?)
Night: WWJZ(much weaker)

 

[hm insulators]

Back in the early 1980s when I lived in Hawaii, I was probably the only person on the island of Kauai to have KFI set on their car radio button; it was usually reliable at night.