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AM Frequency of the Week: 680

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MarioMania

Carmichael, CA

Daytime: KNBR (Weak) San Francisco, CA
Nighttime: KNBR San Francisco, CA

Vallejo, CA

Day & Night KNBR San Francisco, CA
 
Kenosha, WI Days- WDBC Escanaba, MI. Between a VERY weak signal and splatter from WSCR, this one is very tough but doable; being near Lake Michigan helps. About 220 miles.

Nights- CJOB Winnipeg, MB is usually dominant. WPTF Raleigh, NC also pops up pretty regularly. Very occasionally CFTR Toronto will show up. Years ago this was the easiest place to get California (KNBR) but it's been many years since I've heard it.
 
East Tennessee (Knoxville/Sevierville): Days-A weak WCTT, Corbin, KY, which may be one of the last Big Band stations. Sometimes WCNN, North Atlanta makes it in. A whiff of WKAZ, Charleston WV at Critical Hours.
Nights: WCTT is still on, but usually WPTF or a hodge-podge of others takes over. I have heard CFTR once or twice while they were on day facilities at night.

Retro/other: For 830 watts, WCTT gets out. I've gotten it in places like Fort Wayne, IN and the SDR in Edinburgh, IN.
 
Denver, CO - HD AM noise from 670 KLTT. Lost cause.

Retro/historic - In central Missouri in the 1980s, received, at various times, KNBR, KKYX San Antonio, and even KFEQ St. Joseph, MO at midnight. But let's talk about KFEQ for a moment. It's one of those longtime Midwest stations focused on farm news for a large region. For years, it was run by Gene Millard, a well-respected broadcaster in Missouri (who's still around!) with a solid commitment to news and public service. Considering circumstances these days, it's still a pretty good station. KFEQ's nighttime DA is pretty much a north-south figure-8, so when I got it in Columbia, considerably east and south of St. Joe, that midnight in 1980.

It's been about 18 or 19 months since this frequency came around on the forum; last time it did, I was visiting Santa Fe, NM on a house-hunting trip (didn't end up there) and picked up KNBR at night, a bit noisy but quite steady.

And, of course, when I lived in the Bay Area, KNBR was a constant.
 
West side of Houston TX

Days, fair/good signal from KKYK with a pretty good classic country format
Sunset/night/sunrise KKYK is usually dominant with KFEQ usually there in their null.

When I lived in Bakersfield CA for a year in the 90's, KNBR was strong, almost local strength, during the day (~225 miles). They were also strong at night.
 
Boise Idaho
Day nothing (670 KBOI has a brick wall cut-off at +-9 KHz)
SR &SS Montana & Washington.
Night mostly KNBR and sometimes CJOB.
 
Canyon Lake, TX is KKYX from San Antonio with a very robust signal by day. At night, the signal is very prone to fading. They drop their power to 10KW and go directional away from this area. KFEQ has been heard in the mix.

I have pulled in KNBR as close to here as Bandera (53 miles away and only once). KNBR is a regular in San Angelo (200 miles NW from Canyon Lake).
 
I once (~20 years ago) pulled in KNBR from Lake Worth, Florida, just south of West Palm Beach. It was a Monday morning, 4 AM or so. I assume other co-channel stations or adjacents were off the air for their Monday morning maintenance. I was dialing around on a cheap Aiwa pocket radio, killing a few minutes in bed before getting my day going and flying home to the Bay Area. That's 2500 miles, and KNBR isn't supposed to get out that far, but they did that night. I was astonished to hear when that ID played.
 
I've heard WPTF a handful of times here in suburban Columbus, Ohio. Never very strong, but it's there.
I used to catch KKYX in the Bay Area of Houston, usually quite well both day and night.
Only time I've heard KNBR (other than catching it on an SDR here or there) was in Vegas about 20 years ago. Loud at night, even on the Strip.
 
NW Washington
Day: A very faint KBRD, Lacey WA. Interesting station. Plays out of copyright music and recordings from the early 20th century. And it has listeners. It's been going in this configuration for 20 years.
 
From NW San Antonio:

Day and night it's local KKYX.

When KKYX drops to its 10 kW directional pattern at night and I orient the radio N-NW, the signal degrades a tiny bit. That sometimes allows a very weak KFEQ to be heard underneath when no music is being played.

Prior to local sunrise when KFEQ goes to day pattern, I can usually hear it with a slightly stronger signal in the KKYX partial null at times of no music.
 
DFW, Texas

Daytime: Weak KKYX San Antonio with country music.

Nights: KKYX disappears and KFEQ St. Joseph MO is the dominate station with news/talk. Nulling KFEQ I can sometimes hear KNBR San Francisco with a weak to fair signal or less often, WMFS Memphis. If conditions to the north are good, I can hear CJOB Winnipeg mixing with KFEQ.

Sunrise/DX: Heard WPTF Raleigh NC with local news and traffic when they went to day power.
 
TXPH97 said:
DFW, Texas

Daytime: Weak KKYX San Antonio with country music.

Nights: KKYX disappears and KFEQ St. Joseph MO is the dominate station with news/talk. Nulling KFEQ I can sometimes hear KNBR San Francisco with a weak to fair signal or less often, WMFS Memphis. If conditions to the north are good, I can hear CJOB Winnipeg mixing with KFEQ.
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Other than KNBR, nice catch by the way, this mirrors reception from 90 miles due east of DFW.
 
Weiserguy said:
I once (~20 years ago) pulled in KNBR from Lake Worth, Florida, just south of West Palm Beach. It was a Monday morning, 4 AM or so. I assume other co-channel stations or adjacents were off the air for their Monday morning maintenance. I was dialing around on a cheap Aiwa pocket radio, killing a few minutes in bed before getting my day going and flying home to the Bay Area. That's 2500 miles, and KNBR isn't supposed to get out that far, but they did that night. I was astonished to hear when that ID played.
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Good catch
 
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