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AM Frequency of the week--740
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740 in Charleston is splatter from our local 730 AM with 5kw, but they just signed back on a few weeks ago. That station was off for several months, and numerous stations came in. 740 from Orlando was listenable daytime before 730 went back on.
At night, CFZM is in, with a decent signal for the distance. I've also heard KRMG many times, but I haven't picked out anything else.
At night, CFZM is in, with a decent signal for the distance. I've also heard KRMG many times, but I haven't picked out anything else.
Far northwest suburban Chicago.
Day: Nothing....although a good car radio can sometimes get WRPQ.
Night: CFZM owns the channel, usually with a strong signal. When it fades, there are usually multiple stations underneath, most common of which is KRMG. I don't have any recall of KRTH, but more likely than not it's been in the mix from time to time.
I was in Napa Valley earlier this week, as posted in another thread. About 25 miles north of where MarioMania is. KCBS is a day-night local there, but I thought the audio was really awful. Also at night I was getting a degree of groundwave-skywave cancellation. I've never noticed that before and was a little surprised by it. Meanwhile KNBR and KGO were both sounding great.
Tonight I'm in a hotel by Sea-Tac airport in Seattle, and all I'm getting is splatter from KIRO. Last night I was in Vancouver, BC and getting splatter from their local 730. So apparently I was too close to the respective local sticks to get a feel for how well KCBS is doing (or not doing) in the Pacific Northwest.
Day: Nothing....although a good car radio can sometimes get WRPQ.
Night: CFZM owns the channel, usually with a strong signal. When it fades, there are usually multiple stations underneath, most common of which is KRMG. I don't have any recall of KRTH, but more likely than not it's been in the mix from time to time.
I was in Napa Valley earlier this week, as posted in another thread. About 25 miles north of where MarioMania is. KCBS is a day-night local there, but I thought the audio was really awful. Also at night I was getting a degree of groundwave-skywave cancellation. I've never noticed that before and was a little surprised by it. Meanwhile KNBR and KGO were both sounding great.
Tonight I'm in a hotel by Sea-Tac airport in Seattle, and all I'm getting is splatter from KIRO. Last night I was in Vancouver, BC and getting splatter from their local 730. So apparently I was too close to the respective local sticks to get a feel for how well KCBS is doing (or not doing) in the Pacific Northwest.
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cd637299
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purpledevil
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cd637299 said:
Must make for some interesting radio at 3am. :
cd637299 said:
I heard that station last year when I was in Hawaii and couldn't believe the format.
cd637299 said:
Surprisingly, I found myself tuning in yesterday while dealing with Vancouver traffic. Everything repeats every five or six minutes, but it IS live. They also provide wait times for the U.S. border crossings (a half hour south of town) and capacity info for the ferry sailings to Vancouver Island (Victoria). I can tell you from experience that this can be handy stuff.
But great radio it is not!
cyberdad said:cd637299 said:
Surprisingly, I found myself tuning in yesterday while dealing with Vancouver traffic. Everything repeats every five or six minutes, but it IS live. They also provide wait times for the U.S. border crossings (a half hour south of town) and capacity info for the ferry sailings to Vancouver Island (Victoria). I can tell you from experience that this can be handy stuff.
But great radio it is not!
It shocked me when I first heard it--especially on a 50KW.
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cd637299
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What he said. I do think all-traffic might keep AM around a few more years if implemented right and can hold interest....but on a 50k station? That's what really amazes me.
AM 600 (10k) is gone from VAN now, but something like 600 or 800 (isn't 800 vacant there too?) could do the trick.
Does Vancouver have street signs to tell the driver to listen to 730?
cd
What he said. I do think all-traffic might keep AM around a few more years if implemented right and can hold interest....but on a 50k station? That's what really amazes me.
AM 600 (10k) is gone from VAN now, but something like 600 or 800 (isn't 800 vacant there too?) could do the trick.
Does Vancouver have street signs to tell the driver to listen to 730?
cd
cd.... I didn't see any street signs for 730. It's definitely a commercial operation, but they didn't seem to have a particularly heavy commercial load.
The thing about Vancouver is that it's basically a bunch of islands, peninsulas, etc. connected by a network of bridges. The bridges become bottlenecks during rush hour, and most of the bridges have alternative crossings. So...what happens is it becomes useful to know if your usual bridge is backed up, then what's the deal with the alternates. Same goes with the U.S. border crossings south of town. At one point yesterday, wait times ranged from an hour to five minutes (I have an iPhone app that also provides/confirmed this).
As for the ferries, nice to know if the one you're racing to meet is full or not. Depending on the time of day, they run every half hour or hour. They give you the percent full for each of the next two or three, so you can which one to use without having to wait for the next one. The ferries are great....waiting an hour at the landing is not. Been there, done that!
Back on topic, I went back to 740 last night in my Seattle hotel room. KCBS was there this time (9:30pm), but weak, and fighting it out with something else....presumably CBX.
The thing about Vancouver is that it's basically a bunch of islands, peninsulas, etc. connected by a network of bridges. The bridges become bottlenecks during rush hour, and most of the bridges have alternative crossings. So...what happens is it becomes useful to know if your usual bridge is backed up, then what's the deal with the alternates. Same goes with the U.S. border crossings south of town. At one point yesterday, wait times ranged from an hour to five minutes (I have an iPhone app that also provides/confirmed this).
As for the ferries, nice to know if the one you're racing to meet is full or not. Depending on the time of day, they run every half hour or hour. They give you the percent full for each of the next two or three, so you can which one to use without having to wait for the next one. The ferries are great....waiting an hour at the landing is not. Been there, done that!
Back on topic, I went back to 740 last night in my Seattle hotel room. KCBS was there this time (9:30pm), but weak, and fighting it out with something else....presumably CBX.
cyberdad said:
I still think this format would work in a city like Houston, where rush hour lasts for three hours or more morning and night and the major "news/talk" station is news in name only. In a city with a full-time news station, like Chicago or New York, it wouldn't be necessary.
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purpledevil
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schmave said:
Off topic and my apologies, but we do have one schmave...well, sort of. AM 1680 is the Texas Dept. of Public Safety's traffic and emergency station for metro Houston. Not the greatest reception in certain areas around town, but it does exist. I couldn't imagine where a full time traffic station could go on our dial. We only have one 50kW station at night, and that's KTRH. Any other AM would not cover the entire metropolitan area for this type of service.
schmave said:
Oddly enough, Vancouver has a full-time 24/7 news station (Rogers' CKWX/1130, basically a Canadian clone of stations like WCBS/WBBM/KNX/KCBS), and it also has a good newsroom in Corus' CKNW/980 - I've visited there.
AM 730 is actually a Corus sister station to CKNW. At one point, it was even CJNW, and aired CKNW time-shifted talk show repeats in addition to the traffic blocks.
purpledevil said:
No apologies necessary ... I did not know that. I had heard the public service stations on 1650 (Friendswood) and 1670 (Sugar Land) but never 1680. I used to drive either 45 to 59 to Gessner or 45 to the South Sam to Westpark to work, so I'm guessing at *some* point along that journey I'd have heard it if I'd tried. I wish now I had. I used to rely on the Chronicle's traffic map to determine when I'd leave the office and how I'd get home.
As far as where it would fit on a bigger signal, I guess I'd go with 1110 or, if CC ever stepped out of the box, 950. I know it'll never happen!
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